Word: core
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...four years, all students are required to give up one quarter of their courses to the Core. It is a travesty that so much of the undergraduate experience is limited to the often luke-warm Core offerings...
...departmental offerings did count for the Core, students could feast at a smorgasbord of courses instead of grinding by on the thin gruel of Core selections. After dealing with brackets, fall/spring course distinctions and scheduling conflicts, the current Core menu becomes very weak indeed...
True, such a move would force the administration to give up its pretense that Core courses promote different modes of intellectual inquiry that the department courses do not. This, not the acquisition of a body of facts, is the philosophy behind the Core. But who would actually say that upper-level classes cannot provide this exposure...
Many departmental offerings incorporate the same methods of learning that Core courses do. Professors may not spend half a lecture explaining their method of analysis in a higher-level class, but the concepts are there and are being applied--at least as much as in any Core class...
...Core offerings are often appropriate for someone learning the material--and how to look at it--for the first time. But some students come to the Core already comfortable with certain disciplines. Rather than forcing them to learn the basics over again, they could be allowed to take a higher level class in the same subject area that gives them a chance to use what they already know...