liberal arts education
part of the formal education during the Roman Empire; 7 free arts still considered together the basis for a traditional academic program in Western higher education
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Summary
liberal arts education is an academic discipline[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of academic discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,038 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: academic major[3], heptad[4]
- Subclass of: curriculum[5]
- Commons category: Seven liberal arts[6]
- Said to be the same as: liberal arts[7]
- Has part(s): trivium[8], quadrivium[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Liberal arts education[10]
- Commons gallery: Liberal arts[11]
- Depicted by: Frieze of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts[12]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], The Catholic Encyclopedia[16], New International Encyclopedia[17], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[18]
- Different from: Liberal Arts[19]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]
- Characteristic of: Studium Generale[21]
Why It Matters
liberal arts education has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 120 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]