... on the idea that knowledge fell within the disciplinary boundaries of grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric. These subjects were created to enhance a student's verbal skills and to acquire a thorough study of language and the poetic arts. However, in ancient Greece the curriculum also included arithmetic, astronomy, geometry and music. These seven subjects would later come to be known as the liberal arts. During this period of history, the aims of ... liberal arts. When a person showed that they knew the seven liberal arts well enough, they became a " Master of Arts". Students could then choos...

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