Word: regularization
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Partial exceptions to the regular Fogg Museum fare are Professor Kenneth Conant's five half-courses in the history of architecture. Now given in cooperation with the School of Design, Fine Arts 3, 4, 5, 7 and 7b perhaps saver too much of archaeology but nevertheless remain as the basis of the General Exams...
Like the medical student, the Astronomy concentree knows pretty well where he is headed long before he completes the required courses. Most concentrees here move right into advanced graduate study upon completion of the regular B. A. course of study. Harvard's Graduate School of Astronomy, instituted in 1921 by Professor Shapley, is now recognized as the country's most prolific, spawning ground for Astronomy Ph.D.'s; at present there are 17 graduate students (including 5 from Radcliffe) here. This well-integrated balance between graduate and undergraduate students, combined with the small size of even the primary courses, enhances...
...remainder of the staff is made up of practicing doctors, most of whom are connected in some way with the Medical School in Boston. The relative inaccessibility of some of the tutors at times other then their regular office hours is offset by the opportunities which the serious student is offered to observe, discuss and possibly assist in the research being carried on by his tutor...
...five courses for five of their eight terms in College, only two of which are entirely free choices. Redeeming factors, however, and the lack of general examinations in the senior year and the possibility of obtaining a degree with honors on the basis of distinctive work in the regular program alone. Tutorial, as such, is non-existent, but laboratory work and the availability of the faculty for individual conferences fill the gap between lecture and textbook...
...addition to the regular courses, the high proportion of teachers to pupils in the Department of the Classics--nearly one assistant professor or higher for every three concentrators--makes possible a tutorial system that leaves nothing to be desired and stands in sharp contrast to many of the other departments now so badly in need of adequate tutorial...