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: French language study helps with understanding culture.
Warrant 0: culture is not a bourgeois concept
Warrant 1: culture is a bourgeois concept
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Colleges need humanities programs
Reason: Humanities help students to process information and communicate with other people more effectively, sometimes in other languages.
Warrant 0: we need more than one language to function even if we can use apps if we have to translate
Warrant 1: we only need one language to function and can use apps if we have to translate
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Colleges need humanities programs
Reason: Spanish classes were very useful when travelling.
Warrant 0: most people do travel internationally
Warrant 1: most people don't travel internationally
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Colleges need humanities programs
Reason: Language programs assist in communication between international companies.
Warrant 0: many people are going work internationally
Warrant 1: most people aren't going work internationally
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Colleges do not need humanities programs
Reason: Humanities programs teach non-essential information.
Warrant 0: student need to complete electives
Warrant 1: student do not need to complete electives
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Colleges need humanities programs
Reason: Humanities courses ensure students are exposed to other cultures.
Warrant 0: students might not be exposed to cultures in a variety of other ways
Warrant 1: students are exposed to cultures in a variety of other ways
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Colleges 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: 1

Claim: Colleges 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: 0

Claim: Colleges do not 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: 1

Claim: Colleges 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: 1

Claim: Colleges 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: 0