Word: nat
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Nat Sci Problem...
...committee has also examined the interrelation of Gen Ed with other non-departmental programs to determine whether any one can be combined under a unified administration. It has considered altering the present Gen Ed requirements, such as making Gen Ed optional for some students, and two years of Nat Sci courses required for others...
...present, there are probably only two courses which qualify as this kind of science Gen Ed: Nash's Nat Sci 4, which presumes a high school background in science, and Holton's Nat Sci 120 (not given this year), which presumes Physics...
...Such Nat Sci courses, if they required a college-level introduction to a science, or the equivalent as shown by test, would offer more incentives to teachers than a lower level course attempting to treat the same three issues: an instructor could use language to which he was more accustomed; he would not constantly stumble over lack of elementary information; and he could expect spontaneous interest from the student who elected the course...
There would have to be many more such Nat Sci courses than there are now. Departments could encourage professors to take the time to teach them either by rotating them among the members of the department year by year, or by allowing individuals to give courses periodically instead of each year...