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Though the proposal--to establish a new sub-area within the Science area of the Core--will most likely meet with opposition on the student-Faculty Core advisory committee, it is at least an attempt to convey student dissatisfaction with the Core. All the same, the council should submit a thorough report to the committee, putting it in the context of the Core's academic philosophy...
...strongest argument against setting up a new sub-area of the Core is that it would add one more requirement to the hefty burden students must now juggle. Specifically, several faculty members have said that establishing a Science "C" area would lure students away from the "A" area courses. Even if this is true, though, it should make the Faculty infer that "A" area courses apparently do not have what students are looking for. The better approach would be to include the courses in question within the existing Science...
MacCaffrey said he sees no need for changes in the department's treatment of two of its chronic problems--faculty members in the same specialty taking leaves of absence at the same time, stripping a sub-area of the department of many of its course offerings, and the shortage of tenured women professors...
...committee also decided that students in physical science concentrations must take one half-course in the Sciences B sub-area, which covers life sciences. Concentrators in biology-related sciences, however, are not required to take courses in the Sciences A sub-area, covering physical sciences...
...committees are also empowered to modify sub-area requirements as they see necessary. The main standing committee may authorize the shift of one half-course requirement between areas, provided the total number of Core requirements is not reduced