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I believe that if you know exactly what you want to study in college, then gen. eds should not be a requirement. CMV

This is a bit of a rant since I am just very up set with having to take gen. eds that have no relation to my major at all, but here it goes. There's also a TL;DR at the bottom for those who'd prefer it.

Ever since high school I knew I wanted to study Audio Engineering, more specifically, live sound. I got into the perfect school for this and it has excellent live sound classes that I love taking. I was actually upset when my first live sound class was over for the day, because I was enjoying it so much. However, I feel like I'm loosing potential knowledge and experience by having to take gen. ed courses. I'm a Junior in college and I'm still having to fulfill gen. ed requirements because there are so many. Thankfully after this semester I will be done.

I've had to take Math, Physics, Religion, Philosophy, English, Government, Political Science, History, Phys. Ed, & Psychology. I feel that all of these classes were simply a waste of time to me. I could've been taking classes that were related to my major instead, thus better preparing me for my career.

I know it's a good thing to be well rounded and what not, but College is the time when you figure out what you enjoy doing and you study that in order to be better prepared in finding a job in your career path. I took almost all of those courses in high school already. Why do I need to repeat them? Why do I need to know pre-calculus, calculating the friction of a box or about Plato's beliefs? They have no relation to my major. (And no, my physics course hasn't even covered anything remotely close to audio engineering, i.e. sine waves. It's all kinematics and forces)

I'm terrible at these things, but I'm good with live sound and audio stuff. Why should I be forced to waste my parents and my money (I help pay for college too) on courses that will not better prepare me for a job in the audio engineering field? A potential employer would not look at my college transcript and say "Even though you got straight A's in all of your Audio Engineering classes, you didn't do well in Religion, so I'm sorry but you don't have this Live Sound job."

Lastly, I understand that gen. eds are put in place to allow students to possibly find what they want to do as far as a career, and I think that's great for students who are unsure of what they want to do after college. However, I feel that it's unfair to those of us who have already found our passion and just want to take as many classes about our major as we can to better prepare ourselves.  

TL;DR Bullet point version:

* Loosing potential knowledge, because one isn't able to take as many classes related to their major.

* A waste of money because gen. eds do not relate to one's major or provide help in it.

* College is about finding what you want to do and focusing on that career. It shouldn't be a repeat of high school.

* I shouldn't focus my time and energy on making my weaknesses go from "suck" to "not as bad", when I could just make my strengths go from "great" to "Best".

* Gen. eds are in place to assist those who are unsure of what they want to do, but they hurt those who have already found their passion and just want to learn as much as they can about it.

EDIT: Thank you all for the wonderful new perspectives. While I still don't like gen. eds. my view on their purpose has been changed mostly. I guess I'm just wishing I could take more audio classes, because I always have fun in them compared to gen. eds. 

For those who've been harping me about not knowing what a Liberal Arts degree entitles; I had honestly never been told what the different degrees were or what they meant. No one in high school talked about them, no one at college visits talked about them, my parents never talked about them, I'd never really heard the term before. How could I have asked what I didn't know?
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1.  Employers who are hiring audio engineers are going to be primarily concerned with your grades in relevant courses - your grades in gen ed courses will not be as much of a factor.  So don't worry so much about that.

2.  Gen ed courses can indicate your strengths or weaknesses regarding various important skills or abilities.  Science and math courses may be used by employers as indicators of your intellect.  English, History, and Philosophy courses may indicate your proficiency with basic level writing - an important skill for any working adult.  Comparative Religion, Government, and Political Science can indicate that you are capable of understanding how adult society works, and that you are capable of thinking about things from other people's perspectives - which is an important skill when trying to resolve conflicts with coworkers, subordinates, clients, etc.   

3. You have wanted to be an audio engineer since high school, but many people think that they "know" that they want to be, and end up changing careers.  Many people change jobs and/or entire careers.  Having an exposure to a broad array of classes gives college students a broader perspective on career paths - including career paths that may have been previously unknown to the students.  In other words, without mandatory exposure, some people would never discuss a career path that would be very good for them.