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...other words, it will be proposed that the Core curriculum that has served Harvard for over 25 years be replaced by a more flexible distribution requirement in which a body of freestanding, extra-departmental classes will still be available to any student...
Professors say the new curriculum will adapt and incorporate some of the successful components of the current Core, combining them with more opportunities for students to take departmental courses or Harvard College courses to fulfill their general education requirements...
Gross says that such a combination would be a better method than either distribution requirements or the Core alone. It would mix the breadth of the latter with the established, generally-available body of courses that Harvard now offers in its 11 Core areas...
Unlike existing Core courses, Harvard College courses would likely concentrate on the current state of a particular field than on modes of thought...
Stanfield Professor of International Peace and Committee on the Core Program member Jeffry Frieden also stresses the importance of foundational knowledge...