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...gift from David Rockefeller ’36. In this effort to increase the accessibility to artistic opportunities on campus, the task force has addressed the dearth of artistic engagement within our day-to-day study. It is a shame that in all the administrative discussion of curricular review and General Education, tardy attention has been granted to the production and creation of art as part of the undergraduate curriculum. Moreover, the discussion of art has been marginalized to an arts-specific task force, as opposed to being discussed within the context of general curricular reform. This only underscores...
...could both improve and progress.While professors including Mitchell have suggested granting concentration credit for seminars—a policy already practiced in certain concentrations—Rohse said the Freshman Seminar Program must find a way to integrate itself seamlessly into the new General Education curriculum.Naddaff said that these curricular initiatives, and others they are spawning, may limit the growth of the program at this time, as they place new demands on faculty time.As the anniversary of its conception inaugurates a period of reflection on the many benefits of the program, now may also be the time to look...
...clarified and translated into less intimidating language before it is presented to undergraduates. Otherwise, the English department will scare away the very students it is hoping to attract.Because of the ambiguity of the modules and the greater freedom of choice under the new system, it is good that the curricular overhaul will be accompanied by an overhaul of departmental advising. Massive curricular changes must go hand-in-hand with greater attention to concentrators, especially during the transitional period. Comprehensive advising is the key to creating a unified course of study throughout four years in college: students should emerge from Harvard...
...Menand said the department is trying to do too many things all at once: give students a common literary experience, make sure they take classes they would otherwise avoid, and engage them in small classes. But the curricular review veteran said, “It’s very hard to meet all those needs in the same curriculum...
...department will likely have to keep a less-than-ideal curricular program that overlaps undergraduates and graduate courses, and may also be unable to offer an interdisciplinary General Education course that had been in the works, Chierchia said...