What appears to be "jargon laden gibberish" to some is perfectly intelligible to those who understand what is being talked about."

I was a sociology major for two years and received high grades as well as praise for my writing from PhDs.  I look back at my own writing in sociology with utter disgust.  I did not belittle sociology, psychology, or the "soft" sciences.   As I said, properly taught, they can be more valuable than engineering, in the long run.