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Most departmental chairman argue their field simply does not lend itself to instruction by seminars. McCaffrey says, History junior tutorials are year-long chronological studies and a topical half-year seminar is not an acceptable substitute. But History sophomore tutorials are divided into four specialized units and a seminar might easily take the place of two units. "We will discuss it," Stephan A. Thernstrom, head tutor in History, said. More often than not, departments report no plans for seminars this year, though some tentatively hazard the speculation that they might "consider the possibility" at some unspecified "later date." Maybe...
...standing committee members agreed they could grant two half-year course exemptions to History concentrators because concentration requirements overlap the Core area of Historical Studies...
Paul C. Martin, professor of Physics and guest member of the committee, said yesterday Physics concentrators should only be allowed one half-year course exemption in the Core Sciences area. Martin said "There are a lot of things they could be exempted from in principle," but he declined to specify possible exemptions...
Andrew M. Gleason, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and chairman of the Core Committee on Mathematics Requirement, said committee members also doubt they will grant more than one half-year course exemption for Philosophy concentrators...
Philosophy concentrators will not have to take the one half-year course required in Moral Reasoning, but "it is not necessarily clear that the concentration covers anything else" that warrents an exemption, Gleason said...