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

Claim: Colleges need humanities programs
Reason: My French studies were the most relevant part of my academics background; being fluent in French is highly valuable.
Warrant 0: I could get that now online
Warrant 1: I can't get that now online
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Colleges do not need humanities programs
Reason: Humanities programs teach non-essential information.
Warrant 0: things like art, theater, and poetry don't add beauty to the world
Warrant 1: things like art, theater, and poetry while not essential add beauty to the world
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Colleges need humanities programs
Reason: In my opinion if money is lacking then it needs to be spent more wisely in the humanities to ensure that every field has a grounding in them.
Warrant 0: the money is lacking
Warrant 1: the money is not lacking
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Colleges do not need humanities programs
Reason: Liberal arts provide knowledge to learn creative thinking, reading, and writing which are important to many career paths.
Warrant 0: They can learn critical thinking In psychology courses
Warrant 1: They can learn critical thinking In humanities courses
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Colleges do not need humanities programs
Reason: Understanding other culture is more important now than ever before.
Warrant 0: more people now understand other cultures
Warrant 1: more people now fail to understand other cultures
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Colleges do not need humanities programs
Reason: Liberal arts provide knowledge to learn creative thinking, reading, and writing which are important to many career paths.
Warrant 0: those career paths are more than just being a liberal arts teacher or a hobo
Warrant 1: those career paths are being a liberal arts teacher or a hobo
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Colleges do not need humanities programs
Reason: Learning just some French can help with travelling.
Warrant 0: a person can learn a little French without an entire class
Warrant 1: a person can most easily learn a little French with a class
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Colleges do not need humanities programs
Reason: Understanding other culture is more important now than ever before.
Warrant 0: the best way to do that is to travel
Warrant 1: to travel is not necessarily the best way to do that
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Colleges do not need humanities programs
Reason: We should support humanities programs to create a intellectual ecosystem that is complex and evolved.
Warrant 0: college is about job preparation and not complex intellectual ecosystems
Warrant 1: college is about complex intellectual ecosystems and not job preparation
Correct warrant: 0