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First, we disagree with the EPC??s logic in recommending that concentration choice be delayed an extra semester. Moving concentration declaration from the end of freshman year to the middle of sophomore year will limit student choice and hinder many concentrations in exchange for a dubious set of benefits. It is true that freshmen schedules are restricted by the need to fulfill their language requirements and complete Expos, and the EPC has argued that students need more time to thoroughly explore fields of potential interest. Another undecided semester would provide that, and it would allow ample contact with...
...best way for the EPC to promote flexibility in concentrations is to reduce the total number of requirements, not delay the date of concentration choice. As such, we endorse the EPC??s proposal to limit the number of courses required for concentrations (honors and non-honors) to 12, with exceptions made for highly technical fields (Engineering, for example) and interdisciplinary study. Twelve courses, which will comprise about 40 percent of a student’s undergraduate course load, should allow students to become experts in a particular field while granting them the freedom to pursue a truly diverse...
Selective adoption of the EPC??s proposals will allow students to gain from increased flexibility while retaining the benefits of access to concentration advising and concentration tutorials in the first semester of the sophomore year. And with fewer requirements, students will find it less difficult to switch concentrations after the first semester of their sophomore years or at any time during their Harvard careers. For example, if a student decides on anthropology at the end of her freshman year, she can still easily switch to history the next spring. With fewer requirements, she will be able to make...
Moving from major to minor, the EPC??s idea of instituting a “secondary field” seems outwardly appealing. Theoretically, these fields could work like the Language Citation program, allowing students to get credit for in-depth work in a non-concentration field. The EPC suggests that students can take four to six classes in a field outside their concentration to merit a certificate in a secondary field. While the benefits are obvious, we can foresee a time when graduating with a secondary field certificate becomes the norm and students who take a truly diverse...
Professor of VES Giuliana Bruno, the department’s only senior faculty member with a focus on film studies, hailed the EPC??s decision as a “wonderful moment” for Harvard...