HPSC: A science or a social science? (2 Viewers)

[seanieg89]

I'll concede your point about not all illness being physical (although I find it hard to believe it's only 30%), but my point still stands if you replace the doctor with a surgeon.

So what? It's misleading. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to get surgery from a doctor and later found out that they had an MBBS in the history of medicine. Just like I wouldn't want to hire a plumber and found out they've got a certificate III in the philosophy of plumbing. If someone has a BSc I'm going to assume they have a background in science, not history and philosophy.

Just to clarify, I'm not saying it's not useful. Saying HPSC isn't useful because it's not a science would be like saying a law degree isn't useful - it is, it's just not a science and there's nothing wrong with that. I fully understand that history and philosophy are important - "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it".

+1 Pretty much my view.

 

[OzKo]

I'll concede your point about not all illness being physical (although I find it hard to believe it's only 30%), but my point still stands if you replace the doctor with a surgeon.

So what? It's misleading. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to get surgery from a doctor and later found out that they had an MBBS in the history of medicine. Just like I wouldn't want to hire a plumber and found out they've got a certificate III in the philosophy of plumbing. If someone has a BSc I'm going to assume they have a background in science, not history and philosophy.

Just to clarify, I'm not saying it's not useful. Saying HPSC isn't useful because it's not a science would be like saying a law degree isn't useful - it is, it's just not a science and there's nothing wrong with that. I fully understand that history and philosophy are important - "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it".

I would like to think though that anybody looking at tertiary qualifications (in this instance, employment) would probably look at what majors a student completed within a specific degree. It's common for students to do majors across different faculties anyway so looking at the name of the degree doesn't really say anything about what skills a particular student has practiced over the duration of their studies.