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...years of college can, therefore, be filled with only three chemistry half-courses if a student wishes. These requirements are what those of the other sciences ought to look like. A student must take what is necessary for a knowledge base, but that student can also avoid all upper-level courses...
...CCSR supported a resolution calling onCiticorp to reveal the number of women andminorities in upper-level positions. The committeealso called on Abbott Laboratories and R.J.Reynolds-Nabisco to explain their policies onsales of infant formula and cigarettes,respectively, in developing nations. The CCSR alsoasked that research companies produce annualreports on replacements for animal testing
True, such a move would force the administration to give up its pretense that Core courses promote different modes of intellectual inquiry that the department courses do not. This, not the acquisition of a body of facts, is the philosophy behind the Core. But who would actually say that upper-level classes cannot provide this exposure...
...administration's weak position in maintaining distinctions between upper-level and Core courses in particuliar areas withers under the rational objectivity of science. In physics, chemistry and biology, departmental offerings do count for Core credit--even though the differences between Core and department offerings are more striking than in any other discipline...
...time to rescue those students trapped for too much of their precious college years in the first 44 pages of the Course catalog. Expanding Core credit to certain upper-level classes would also improve the quality of life for those who elected to stick with the Core offerings. While those well-versed in a field could take more satisfying upper-level options, novices in a particuliar area would not have to deal with irritating pedants in section...