Word: overview
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...serve to fill in some of the educational holes left by the distribution requirements by surveying large academic domains. In other words, if a student only takes classes on volcanoes to fulfill his or her science requirements, a Harvard College Course will ideally give him or her a broader overview of the sciences that, while perhaps including geology, is not limited...
...order to reach this aim, the structure of Harvard College Courses should follow the example of classes like Social Studies 10. This class does an excellent job of providing an overview of the major thinkers and ideas in social science; and the teaching style of the course could easily be replicated. Equally important is ensuring that Teaching Fellows (TFs) for Harvard College Courses are especially well-trained teachers. The committee suggests that Harvard College Courses should consist of two hour-long lectures and two hour-long sections per week. Classes will very likely be dependent on TFs, and therefore...
...wrote the yet to be published Penguin History of Opera, an overview of the history of opera, and has authored “In Search of Opera” (2001) and “Unsung Voices?...
...want a quick overview of the Tigers recent history, just take the brief recap above, fill in a different Ivy team and then fill in a different heartbreaking way to lose. Makes a great game for dinner parties and bar mitzvahs...
...website's online magazine, which nets suggestions by some of Germany's leading publishers. And the magazine's Panorama section features clear, concise academic articles on general aspects of Teutonic literature. Marburg University Professor Thomas Anz's short piece on post-reunification German lit, for instance, gives an overview of the different generations of authors at work since 1989, as well as the most important literary themes and forms of the period...