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...facilitate the transition to Gen Ed, the College should maximize the number of departmental courses that count for Core credit—for example, by further relaxing the requirements for departmental courses and by streamlining the petition process. In the long run, however, it is up to newly appointed Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds and the Task Force on General Education to give Gen Ed a coherent education philosophy and a tenable organization...
...whose proposal the Economics Department submitted last February, has yet to be approved for Gen Ed credit. But two introductory courses were approved at the final meeting: “Life Sciences 1a” and “Life Sciences 1b,” both of which will count for Science of Living Systems credit. An advanced math class was also approved. Mathematics professor Lauren K. Williams’ Mathematics 154: “Probability Theory” will count toward Empirical and Mathematical Reasoning. “Obviously that’s a course most students are never...
...that meet its requirements are the designated “Core classes,” classified under the Core Curriculum rather than a particular department, most students stay confined to a tiny selection of classes. Of the 1500 classes listed in the Courses of Instruction, only 103 departmental classes count toward the Core, a disproportionate number of which are science or quantitative reasoning...
...Consequently, most departmental classes–especially those that don’t count for Cores–never see students from far distant concentrations. When I whimsically decided to take two English classes, I suspected I would be one of the only non-humanities students in my section. I was right. Both times...
...adopts such an initiative, however, our optimism must be tempered. The reported inertia and apathy in new course development may yet condemn students to recast versions of the hollow Cores. As of yet, no new courses have been created under this Gen Ed category. Of existing courses approved to count for credit, only one, Mathematics 154: Probability Theory (which even Gen Ed Committee chair Jay R. Harris admits most students are never going to take), is not a hold-over from the Core...