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...opportunity to gain greater breadth of educational experience either through a number of departmental courses or through individual Gen Ed courses "which we feel provide great breadth themselves...
skillful management by the Gen Ed committee...
...rules are a generalization of the so-called "Nat Sci bypass" which allowed students-mostly Nat Sci concentrators-to avoid having to take introductory Gen Ed courses if they were taking at least two departmental courses in the natural sciences. Now all students will be relieved of the basic Gen Ed requirement in their own areas of concentration, and will be able to avoid it in the other two areas if they'd rather take twice as many departmental courses...
Through the upper level and expository writing requirements remain unchanged, the expos department is planning extensive changes in its Freshman program next year (see tomorrow's CRIMSON) and Gen Ed chairman Edward T. Wilcox told the Faculty yesterday that because of the new rules, the Gen Ed committee is considering elimination of the distinction between the basic and upper level Gen Ed requirements...
Greater flexibility in choosing courses by eliminating the need for a Gen Ed course in one's own area of concentration...