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True, but some students find the difference goes beyond mere content and point to the way in which Core course syllabi dress their curricula. "The Core is definitely worked up through the syllabus," said Cyrus C. Mody...
Indeed, these syllabi seem to presume an unholy connection between intellectual curiosity and cosmetic presentation. "The syllabi are like ads." said one first-year. And Dang H. Nguyen '97 interrupted his perusal of the Science B29 syllabus to observe that "the setup in the Science Center is glitzy, show-offish...
However, the syllabus for literature and Arts A35: "Tragic Drama and Human Conflict," which was offered last semester, is a good example of "syllabias." It opens with the goals and themes of the course, playing to students' preference for cozy abstractions over cold, hard facts...
...Core's promotional efforts, many students do not give much weight to syllabi while selecting courses. "If I'm going to take it, I'm going to take it," said Khalid K brathwaite '97. "The syllabus won't change my mind...
...world's greatest scientists are not the best explicators of basic material. Nevertheless, students paying $25,000 a year deserve better than to be kept waiting for three hours because their lab has only one mass spectrometer. They deserve more than lab TFs unaware of the course's syllabus and problem sets that routinely require knowledge of reactions not yet taught in lecture...