Word: depth
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...reorganized Gen Ed program. The new program should 1) include areas of knowledge not adequately represented in the current program, 2) introduce a greater variety of course offerings accommodating various levels of preparation, and 3) provide course sequences so that students can pursue special interests in greater depth than is now possible...
...basic contradiction in the Doty Report arises from the Committee's assessment of the two broad, non-administrative shortcomings in the Gen Ed program. On the one hand, the Committee cites the high level of preparation among freshmen and uses this as an argument for Gen Ed sequences in depth. On the other hand, the Committee feels that the present program should rectify its omission of important segments of modern thought, suggesting the need for greater breadth in the program. Thus, even in the Committee's most fundamental recommendations, a contradiction between breadth and depth is evident...
...short, the Doty Committee wants students both to cover a wide range of topics and to pursue special interests in depth at the same time. These contradictory goals cannot be accomplished without increasing the total Gen Ed course load. We strongly agree with the Doty Committee that the total requirements should not be increased. But we believe that the contradiction can be resolved by choosing between the alternatives of depth and breadth...
BREADTH OVER DEPTH--Although the implicit ambiguities in the Committee's various statements of purpose cannot be corrected in a single sentence, the Report makes clear which alternative should have precedence in the Committee's opinion: "If as a committee we are forced to choose between breadth and depth--we shall choose depth and risk the danger of overspecialization in Gen Ed." This is indeed strange language for a report on general education; it seems the Committee has reversed the proper order of priorities. We contend that breadth in General Education is more important than depth, which is clearly...
...think a broad General Education means a series of survey courses (in the worst sense of that phrase) spread over a variety of topics. We share fully the Committee's desire to avoid superficiality in Gen Ed. But who does not? To solve the dilemma of breadth versus depth is inevitably to settle on basic definitions of the General Education. But this is not easy...