Studying business or science related subjects at university level is more important than arts related courses like literature. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

When considering tertiary level
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, there is a school of thought that believes that studying more concrete topics
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as commerce, physics or biology is more valuable to
society
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than spending time focused on novels and other literary subjects.
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,
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argument is flawed for a number of reasons as will now be presented.
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certain fields of study lead more directly into a position of employment, university
education
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is valuable not only for the
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learned but
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learned, but
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as an indication that the person has the ability to learn, and as
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it is irrelevant whether it is a career based course of study or something more intangible, like the arts. It suggests to potential employers that person can learn new skills, and
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is often as important as what is already known.
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, those that complete an
arts
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art
related degree could potentially go on to be writers, poets or playwrights,
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thus contribute
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thus contributing
to
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in a cultural form rather than financially or technologically. The opinion that the writer is of less worth than the scientist is very biased, especially when it comes to a contribution to
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. Admittedly, there is the point that science and business related
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can financially benefit a country, whereas art and literature does not offer the same value economically.
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, a country’s wealth is not calculated in financial terms alone. In sum,
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, both types of
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offer advantages to the country, so neither should be
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preferred
over the other as both have a degree of value to
society
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.

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