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Situation 

The arts advocate argues that universities should increase the number of art courses required for students specializing in science and technology, with the

goal of helping these students succeed in their careers. Few universities require students in these fields to take many art courses.

Reasoning 

What piece of information, if true and added to the argument, would most strengthen it? One of the arts advocate’s premises is that progress in science and technology requires creativity. Another premise is that courses in the arts foster creativity. The conclusion is that universities should, for the sake of promoting career success, require students specializing in science and

technology to take more courses in art. Suppose that participation in art

courses enriches students’ participation in the science and technology courses: that would be a further reason for universities to require that the students take more art courses.

A. This does not indicate that increasing art offerings now for science and technology

students is the most prudent course of action. Universities’ past decision to offer fewer art courses for science and technology students may have resulted from review of data, careful analysis, and prudent policy assumptions. For example, the decision may have been required in order to finance provision of more science and technology courses.

B. Correct. This suggests that participation in art courses increases the value of science and technology courses, an additional piece of information that strengthens the argument.

C. The argument does not suggest that the goal of requiring science and technology students to take more art courses is to persuade more students interested in art to

specialize in science and technology. This information is therefore largely irrelevant to the arts advocate’s Reasoning.

D. This information does not address the role art may have played in the scientists’ achievements in science and technology. Several of these scientists may well have been aspiring artists who failed or became disenchanted and discovered that they could

better exploit their talents in science and technology.

E. The arts advocate does not advocate that science and technology topics be addressed in art courses. The arts advocate’s Reasoning focuses on the value of art courses in fostering creativity.

The correct answer is B.