Debate: Do Colleges Need French Departments?
With humanities programs being cut at many universities, what do students stand to lose?

Claim: Colleges do not need humanities programs
Reason: Humanities help students to appreciate early teachings of Greeks and Romans.
Warrant 0: such appreciation is tangential to our current world
Warrant 1: such appreciation is integral to our current world
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Colleges do not need humanities programs
Reason: Understanding other culture is more important now than ever before.
Warrant 0: doing important things is practical
Warrant 1: doing important things is not practical
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Colleges need humanities programs
Reason: The internet provides this kind of information for free.
Warrant 0: most university students don't have access to the internet
Warrant 1: most university students have access to the internet
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Colleges do not need humanities programs
Reason: Students need to think critically and outside of conventional ideas.
Warrant 0: humanity programs don't teach how to think critically
Warrant 1: humanity programs teach how to think critically
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Colleges do not need humanities programs
Reason: Humanities help students to appreciate early teachings of Greeks and Romans.
Warrant 0: people should learn about Greeks and Romans
Warrant 1: people don't need to learn about Greeks and Romans
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Colleges need humanities programs
Reason: The internet provides this kind of information for free.
Warrant 0: students don't spend enough productive time on the internet
Warrant 1: students spend enough productive time on the internet
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Colleges do not need humanities programs
Reason: Humanities programs are meant to enrich everyone.
Warrant 0: education is about learning in preparation for employment and enrichment
Warrant 1: education is about learning in preparation for employment and not enrichment
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Colleges do not need humanities programs
Reason: The humanities are important for developing a student's creative and critical thinking which are important skills for succeeding in a global economy.
Warrant 0: all students will work in the global economy in some way
Warrant 1: some students won't work in the global economy
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Colleges do not need humanities programs
Reason: I have broadened the scope of my knowledge to include issues relating to North African, West African, and Carribbean peoples.
Warrant 0: interested parties can learn about other cultures and languages outside of university
Warrant 1: interested parties cannot easily learn about other cultures and languages outside of university
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Colleges do not need humanities programs
Reason: Americans need to learn about other cultures.
Warrant 0: there is no one true way to learn about a culture
Warrant 1: the only true way to learn about a culture is to experience it first hand
Correct warrant: 1