Word: surveys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...microphobia, a fear of smallness. The English department's undergraduate courses, especially the basic English 10, are noted for their grand, sweeping approach to English literature, and a relentless pace to boot. The Department has always eschewed specialized courses at the lower levels to favor the large survey type approach to literature...
Moving the course up to the sophomore year also puts it in an awkward and illogical position in the program. A survey course fits naturally in one of two places, either in the freshman year as an introduction, or in the senior year as a binder. For sophomores, a survey course makes little sense...
According to Lon Fuller, professor of Law and a member of the American Bar Association which made the four year survey, the University has fewer faults than most others...
...survey suggested three solutions to curricular problems: extensive course consolidation and elimination, better utilization of the pre-legal years, and an additional fourth year. The University, according to Fuller, advocates and has already put into effect the first suggestion...
According to the survey, "the lawyer now must be something of an economist, and the better economist he is, the better lawyer he is likely to be." The emphasis at the University is on courses related to economics...