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...limited teacher-student interaction have long beleaguered Harvard’s largest concentration, and bringing back seminars is clearly a step in the right direction. Ideally, students will have greater opportunities to substantively connect with their peers and instructors, in a more intimate class environment. However, the number of seminars??which decreased relative to years past—and their relatively large size limit the benefits students can derive from such courses. Offering more seminars with smaller class sizes within the department should be a priority for the College...
...offers well-defined focus fields in environmental policy and theory—and a wealth of relevant classes to match. And, of course, existing Harvard courses—like the excellent (if lonesome) environmental offerings in the history and anthropology departments and ESPP’s handful of nonscientific seminars??can help inspire the next generation of classes...
...having students carve their own path for the exploration of a new area of interest.In addition to considering solutions for accommodating more applicants, professors still continue to grapple with other ways in which the program could both improve and progress.While professors including Mitchell have suggested granting concentration credit for seminars??a policy already practiced in certain concentrations—Rohse said the Freshman Seminar Program must find a way to integrate itself seamlessly into the new General Education curriculum.Naddaff said that these curricular initiatives, and others they are spawning, may limit the growth of the program at this...
...having dinner, agonizing over all of their remaining work, and...learning how to fix storm windows? Practicing self defense? Ever since John G. “Sean” Palfrey assumed the position of Adams House Master ten years ago, he has offered weekly “Life Seminars?? to Adams House students and affiliates, ranging from the practical (such as basic plumbing), to the indulgent (such as wine tasting), to the cerebral (such as an introduction to Italian opera). Depending on the topic and the time of year, anywhere from three to 30 people come to take...
...program, Cabot Professor of American Literature Lawrence Buell encouraged professors to rescue the seminars from the “outer darkness of the Gen Ed template.” The Faculty eventually voted to allow freshman seminars to count toward the new general education requirements, but voted that these seminars??and all other classes—must be taken for a letter grade to count.But Baird Professor of Physics Gary J. Feldman said he worried that inclusion of freshman seminars in general education would be detrimental to both programs.“What makes it successful is that...