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...Living Systems category. On the humanities side, folklore and mythology professor Maria Tatar’s popular Core class, Literature and Arts A-17: “Childhood: Its History, Philosophy, and Literature,” will fulfill either the Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding or Culture and Belief requirement??but not both at once, according to Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education Stephanie H. Kenen. Finding science classes for popular consumption has been a challenge for decades, due to the difficulties departments face in tailoring technical offerings to non-concentrators. “The science categories present a real...
...study in Latin.And up until only recently, the classical languages of Latin and Greek formed the foundation for almost all of higher education. Most public high schools offered at least introductory instruction, and preparatory schools like Choate and Groton—which maintains even today an effective classical language requirement??ensured its graduates had substantial exposure to both languages. Harvard even retained its admission requirement of three years of Latin, or two of Greek, well into the second half of the twentieth century.In 2007, fewer than 40 students counted the Classics as their concentration, and expectedly only...
...site was launched in April 2007, only 20 students so far have submitted their theses for free and open access. The initiative targeting senior thesis writers parallels a February 12 decision by the University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences to adopt an open-access requirement??the first ever at a university. While the policy mandates that professors provide their scholarly articles to the University’s online repository, professors will able to request a waiver to opt out of the project. The primary arguments in favor of open access for scholarly literature written...
...earlier this year, the Organization of Undergraduate Representatives for Harvard University Art Museums (OUR HUAM) will present “Night at the Sackler Museum” on Dec. 6. Togas are optional at this night of antiquity, but an extensive knowledge of art history is definitely not a requirement??the student-run event aims to introduce Harvard undergraduates to exhibits on display at the Sackler through culinary, dance, and fashion attractions, as well as student-led tours that will run throughout the night. The night’s Greek theme is based...
...wars rather than a communal quest for the best curriculum. Discussions were put on hold for months at a time during the winters of 2005 and 2006, while the Faculty lambasted Summers and his leadership style. When the review—and in particular its centerpiece, the General Education requirement??was on the agenda, discussion was characterized both in committee and among the full Faculty by a striking inability to work together and agree on any meaningful proposals...