Word: core
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...introductory course proposed by Barker Professor of Economics Stephen A. Marglin ’59 that would offer, Marglin said, a “more balanced perspective of views.” The petition was only partially successful, with the economics department overwhelmingly rejecting the proposal but the Core Curriculum Committee approving the course to fulfill the Social Analysis requirement...
...core problem with Harvard’s department, the proposal argues, is its disparate nature...
...brainchild of then-Dean of the Faculty Henry A. Rosovsky, the Core was officially established in 1978 and as it evolved, administrators continued to pound out their vision—in what a May 16, 1979 New York Times article called “a radical departure from established methods of undergraduate education...
These continued deliberations led to unexpected changes in the Core requirements...
Placing a strong emphasis on the sciences, the Standing Committee on the Core Curriculum approved a measure in February, 1980 requiring that physical sciences concentrators be required to take a Core course in the biological sciences—raising the number of required courses for physical science concentrators to nine...