Word: curriculums
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...fruitless. The “Red Book”—which spawned the legendary General Education program—was begun at the outset of World War II and was completed in 1945, and it had long-lasting effects on higher education the world over. The Core Curriculum began development in 1974, and was adopted by the Faculty in 1978. It has had long-lasting effects—something like a bad aftertaste—at Harvard, and maybe Harvard alone. Finally, 2005’s Curricular Review report—the first real product from a process...
...total of six or four half-courses, depending on the courses—it wouldn’t be unreasonable to cut the required number of Core courses for each undergrad to five. The College could encourage professors to devise pilot courses now, with the ideals of the new curriculum in mind, and test them out as Cores. The College could even put an interim distribution requirement in place to encourage current students to get their Gen Ed directly from departments’ introductory courses, and perhaps offer separate sections for concentrators and non-concentrators, and even different assignments...
...essays challenge the rationale for our Core Curriculum, while praising individual Core classes; offer a defense of classical learning and the pursuit of veritas; and contain excellent advice on advising, among other areas,” Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby wrote in an e-mail...
Ryan A. Thorpe ’08 found fault with the mission of the current Core curriculum. He said he believes the Core presents students with a particular discipline’s view of an issue without providing an overall understanding of the complexities...
...social studies concentrator in Adams House, spends his spare time playing hide and seek with Harvard’s hidden curriculum. His column, “Miseducation,” seeks to offer a critical yet hopeful perspective on education at Harvard and beyond on alternate Thursdays...