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...Sci 5 is an introductory survey of biology which, unlike most elementary courses, emphasizes a molecular approach to biological phenomena. Wald stresses atomic structure and basic physical concepts in the Fall before turning to the more standard aspects of biology in the Spring...
Wald has been teaching at Harvard for 29 years and has never taken a sabbatical before. Nat Sci 5 was Wald's vision, and, by repute, has turned as many scientists into philosophers as it has turned humanists into scientists. His course has been recommended "especially for poets" and persuaded many that the bridge between the Cultures can be bridged...
Natural sciences concentrators could be required to take an elementary nat sci course, on the grounds that such courses are valuable both to the scientist and the non-scientist. Reversing the recommendation of the Bruner Report of 1959, the Committee could also recomment restricting nat sci courses to the classical sciences: chemistry, physics, and biology...
...Committee might apply the same standard to the social sciences, and recommend that lower level soc sci's stick to the traditional fields of history and political theory, eliminating courses like Soc Sci 8. In order to toughen the soc sci requirement, the Committee could suggest that courses teach more about the social sciences as a discipline; this would be done not by teaching methodology but by approaching historical and social problems from the standpoint of theory...
Instead of throwing out a straight history course like Soc Sci 1, students could be required to take an upper level soc sci which deals more substantially with social and historical problems, as well as a lower level course...