The liberal arts education began in the Middle Ages andcharacterized the topics studies by freemen.Philosophy and theologywere at the heart of the liberal arts education.The Middle Agesliberal arts education can be described as the study of language(rhetoric, grammar, and the dialectic), and the study ofmathematics (geometry, arithmetic, Astronomy, and music).The modernLiberal Arts and Humanities program has developed out of thesecourses of study and includes theology, literature, languages,philosophy, history, mathematics and science.Liberal arts and humanities colleges are generally smallerschools with higher faculty- to-student ratios.While largeruniversities employ graduate students as teaching assistants,liberal arts and humanities colleges emphasize faculty and studentinteraction. Th