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...Some people say it's fear of science courses in general," said Richard V. Jones, Gordan McKay Professor of Applied Physics, who is teaching Nat Sci 113. "Perhaps something labeled as a middle-group course would be additionally terrifying...
Only two undergraduates took Nat Sci 100, "The Nature of Certainty in Physical Experiments," for credit last Fall and Nat Sci 113, "Crystals, Quanta, and Electrons," has an enrollment of just 20 this Spring...
...General Education program fails to set up a diversified assortment of middle-group Nat Sci courses, then a principal part of the new Gen Ed program would be undermined -- the attempt to write a Gen Ed requirement that would work for students with widely-differing levels of high school preparation...
Wilcox said that if the middle-group courses, including new offerings such as Nat Sci 114, "The Flow of Liquids and Gases," do not get a better response next year, the concept would be "finished" in the Natural Sciences...
...assumption behind the middle-group Nat Sci's, Wilcox said, was that a large number of students had both the training and the desire to take courses more advanced than the old lower-level offerings such as Nat Sci 2 or 4. He estimated that there are 500 entering freshmen each year with advanced placement in mathematics...