Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...above division as a basic one that should be made to structure the program, we of course realize there are large areas of over-lap--especially between Behavioral Science and Historical Studies and between Historical Studies and Humanities--which in our opinion may best be dealt with in upper level Gen Ed courses...
...Under the new rules it would be possible to satisfy Gen Ed requirements in a relatively cavalier fashion. For example, a premed English major could take one Humanities course, two departmental courses in fine arts, one sciences course, two courses in physics or chemistry and two upper level Latin courses, thus fulfilling his Gen Ed requirement without taking a course in the behavioral sciences or in history or government...
...courses as the Report suggests. Instead of trying to accommodate all types of students on the lower level, wouldn't it be much simpler to exempt students with demonstrated preparedness from basic Gen Ed courses in the areas of their greatest strength and allow them to take more sophisticated upper level courses instead...
...only to take some courses outside his own field of concentration. In 1945, the famous "Redbook," General Education in a Free Society, embraced a close approximation to the former plan, defining the word general as both "shared"--students taking the same lower-level courses with little choice in fulfilling upper-level requirements--and "philosophical," denoting the historic themes of Western Civilization...
...specific Redbook proposals never got off the ground. When a final program for General Education was approved in 1949, three main changes had been made. Students were allowed to choose from a variety of lower-level courses; were given almost complete freedom of choice in fulfilling the upper-level requirements; and were allowed to substitute departmental courses for certain Gen Ed offerings. In short, the idea of Gen Ed as a "shared" experience was altered from the beginning...