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...courses which were not in the top ten last year have made the list for 1958-59. Ranking ninth and tenth respectively, they are English 7 with an enrollment of 341 and Soc. Sci. 4 with an enrollment...
Rankings of the top ten courses are: Economics 1, 549; Hum. 2, 519; English 124, 502; Math 1A, 498; Hum. 5, 491; SocSci. 1, 460; Chemistry 1, 356; Government 1A, 342; English 7, 341, and Soc. Sci...
Such professional orientation is not stressed as heavily in Physics. Nat. Sci. 2, with its optional lab, was accepted last year by the medical schools as a substitute for Physics...
Gerald Holton, associate professor of Physics and of General Education, stressed the non-professional nature of Nat. Sci. 2. "The idea of a general education course is that it is self-contained. All departmental courses like Bio. 1 and Physics 1 lead to increased specialization and learning," he said...
Wilson, on the other hand underlined the need for such pre-med specialization in Biology, which is more important to a doctor than Physics. A more general biology course before Medical School is not the purpose of the substitution, he explained. Many students become pre-meds after taking Nat. Sci. 8. It is to prevent unnecessary repetition of material that the allowance is being made, he said...