Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1910-1910
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...stated by President Lowell: "The object to be obtained is twofold: first, to require every student to make a choice of electives that will secure a systematic education, based on the principle of knowing a little of everything and something well; second, to make the student plan his College curriculum seriously, and plan it as a whole." Another quotation from the same source expresses the need of this new plan and the evils which its adoption will eradicate: "Many of the undergraduates, no doubt, choose their courses wisely; but there are a number who do not devote enough time...
...primary object of creating this new degree is to remove from the regular law curriculum and place in a separate department those subjects which are of interest only to men who wish to specialize in one branch of their profession. Such subjects are legal history and Jurisprudence, of special interest to those who desire to teach law; international law; Roman and modern civil law, especially the law of our new colonies; statutes and the principles of legislation; admiralty, patent, mining, and irrigation...
...order to keep in advance of the constantly increasing demands of the law, the University Law School has added to its curriculum an optional fourth year, the successful completion of which will entitle the student to the degree of "Juris Doctor." The growth of industry and commerce in recent years has so added to the complexity of the law that there is no time in the three-year course for the study of special branches of jurisprudence...
...question which arises in regard to the fourth year is whether or not it will become for most men a necessary part of the curriculum. In the light of the Law School's history, this would be a natural outcome. Since 1839 the requirement for the bachelor's degree has increased from eighteen months to three years by the addition of optional periods, which soon became a part of the requirement. In this case, however, the additional year is for a supplementary degree, and its popularity will depend largely upon its value to practicing lawyers. This innovation will...
...HARVARD EDUCATION CLUB. "Education as a College Study: Its Uses in a General Curriculum and as a Vocational Subject." Discussion of Students' Work in the History, the Theory and the Practice of Education, Phillips Brooks House, 3d floor...