Design for Game Development

My projects are killing meeeeee...........
As a game Development student I am being forced to concentrate more on ART/DESIGN than on Programming.
This is one thing i hate about my college.
According to me a programming student should concentrate on writing codes and solving problems logically.
Basic knowledge of Art wont kill, but why sooooo much of ART n DESIGN STUFF!!!???
I tried to address this problem of mine(n also of all the Game Development students) to our head of college, but he never gave a convincing answer. He always dismissed the meetings and never gave a solution for this problem. I need a convincing answer.
I don't understand what has gotten in to the minds of my college's administrative department!!!!
They are telling the staff to teach us ART n DESIGN stuff....Its been almost an year and what I've learned till this date is - What a Pixel Art is and how to create one on Graph sheet.
I also learned what is actually an Object Oriented Programming. The classes for this programming module was over within two weeks.
Programming module for Game Development students lasted for two weeks and Design module for Game Development students is still in progress(its been almost an year).
My projects concentrate more on design. Programming part is almost nothing in it.
I sometimes get irritated, but still I do what I am told to.....