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...that the report satisfies those goals through the increased role it gives departments in creating courses that meet the needs of general education, and through the category of extra-departmental courses.Some professors expressed reservations about the expansive freedom the proposed curriculum gives students. Baird Professor of Science Gary J. Feldman said that though he supported a distribution requirement, the new system would not force less adventurous students to explore other disciplines.“We want to gently prod these students to explore more widely,” he said. “Three courses in three areas will...
...advising will help students take advantage of greater free choice. But some faculty were concerned that the new system will not provide enough guidance to students.“Requirements are one of the most effective ways of advising,” said Baird Professor of Science Gary J. Feldman. “Beyond the first term of their freshman year, students are immune to any advice they don’t want to hear.”“Without any control of distribution requirements one could have a math major who does three courses in music theory...
Baird Professor of Science Gary J. Feldman reported to the Faculty that the Physics department, of which he is a member, voted unanimously that the EPC should reconsider its recommendation to eliminate joint concentrations...
...Feldman said secondary fields are an inferior option because though they appear on the transcript, they are absent on the diploma. He also said some secondary field studies will actually require students to take more courses than joint concentrations, citing the concentration combination of Physics with Mathematics or Astronomy...
...think that the feeling that the Faculty Council may take on more responsibility for Faculty affairs was of interest for people to continue,” Feldman said...