Word: cores
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LACKING A CORE...
...Despite purported differences in philosophy, many of Gen Ed’s categories resemble those of the Core: Ethical Reasoning looks like Moral Reasoning, and Empirical and Mathematical Reasoning looks like Quantitative Reasoning...
...Some professors say that the College needed to overhaul its curriculum because students were frustrated: both with limited choices and a proliferation of seemingly irrelevant Core classes...
...even though Gen Ed will allow for a greater variety of courses—including classes without final exams—it actually requires students to take eight courses as opposed to seven in the Core, limiting elective options further...
...many professors, this sacrifice of freedom of study appears worthwhile as long as it is accompanied by the destruction of the Core. Most seem to agree that after 30 years, it was time for that program...