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...secondary field program was initiated in 2006 to offer students the chance to “pursue focused study in one area outside of the concentration” by taking four to six courses in a particular area, according to the College’s secondary fields Web site...
...Faculty has discussed changing the rule for over a year, but wanted to wait for the three-year-old secondary field program to become more established before adjusting it, General Education administrative director Stephanie H. Kenen wrote in an e-mail...
...that involved taking three courses in each of three areas—natural sciences, arts and humanities, and social sciences. Undergraduate curriculum planners did not want students to take three similar courses in one distribution category and then fulfill nearly all of the requirements for a secondary field with the same three courses...
...adjustment is expected to alleviate “administrative headaches” for students and advisors, Kenan wrote. A Faculty-legislated review of the entire secondary field program will occur next year, as mandated by the 2006 report on curricular renewal...
Athena L. Lao ’12, who was involved in the creation of the recently-approved secondary field in Ethnic Studies, said she thought this change would benefit the growing program that she helped nurture into existence...