Word: uppers
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...Students with demonstrated preparedness in one (or more) of the four broad fields of knowledge will be exempted from the lower level requirements in that area. But they will be required to take an upper level Gen Ed course (or two half courses) in its place...
Although it is the first task of General Education to give a student tools to structure his thought in the four basic divisions, there are two main reasons which justify requiring a student to take an upper level course in lieu of a lower level offering. First, although a well-prepared student may already have covered some of the content of a lower level course which would thus bore him, he has probably not been exposed to the selective Gen Ed approach of relating disciplines within that field of knowledge. This experience would be stimulating in an upper level...
...Second, upper level courses will help to fill in the gap between the base divisions. As mentioned, the study of history can profitably be related to psychology or sociology, the study of literature to history. For example, a person who has taken a course like Hum 6 in high school would still do well to take a more sophisticated course combining the textual with the historical approach. In short, the basic four course requirement aims toward attainment of what is in our opinion the primary goal of Gen Ed; the substitution of upper level Gen Ed courses helps to fill...
...addition, upper level courses will give a needed degree of flexibility to the required program. Because many upper level Gen Ed offerings are (and will be) half courses, a student who passes out of lower level requirements will be able to have greater freedom of choice (and scheduling...
...upper level requirement beyond the required four courses, it should remain much the same as the one outlined by the Doty Report...