[1674] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: [Mit-talk] Progress of the Task Force on Undergraduate
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mary Ross)
Thu Nov 17 10:12:54 2005
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:06:52 -0500
From: Mary Ross <maryr@alum.mit.edu>
To: Jessica H Lowell <jessiehl@mit.edu>
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> HASS: There's a HASS Overview Committee on the TF, which is ongoing. Righ=
t
> now
> they are looking at a more "coordinated" first-year experience with "majo=
r
> themes" and where "communication-intensive characteristics are embedded".
> It
> sounds like this translates, in implementation, to some sort of large
> humanities class, or a few options for a humanities class, that all
> freshmen
> would take. They say they want students to go home and discuss humanities
> themes in their dorms. They also intend to simplify the Communication
> requirement, and make Concentrations more transparent and more demanding.
Why does it always terrify me when they try to 'unify the freshman
experience' and 'bring class concepts home' to the dorms? Oh yeah, Simmons.
(Yes, yes, I suppose that was flame-bait, sorry.)
Anyway, what do you mean by making the concentrations more transparent? And
does this mean that they'd essentially be adding a HASS GIR - that is, a
HASS that would be experienced much like 8.01, 18.01, etc, one with
different options but basically a common experience to all students?
- Mary
--
Nothing is too wonderful to be true.
- Michael Faraday
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<div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(=
204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">HASS: There'=
s a HASS Overview Committee on the TF, which is ongoing. Right n=
ow<br>they are looking at a more "coordinated" first-year experie=
nce with "major
<br>themes" and where "communication-intensive characteristics ar=
e embedded". It<br>sounds like this translates, in implemen=
tation, to some sort of large<br>humanities class, or a few options for a h=
umanities class, that all freshmen
<br>would take. They say they want students to go home and discu=
ss humanities<br>themes in their dorms. They also intend to simp=
lify the Communication<br>requirement, and make Concentrations more transpa=
rent and more demanding.
</blockquote><div><br>
</div></div>Why does it always terrify me when they try to 'unify the
freshman experience' and 'bring class concepts home' to the
dorms? Oh yeah, Simmons. (Yes, yes, I suppose that was
flame-bait, sorry.)<br>
<br>
Anyway, what do you mean by making the concentrations more
transparent? And does this mean that they'd essentially be adding
a HASS GIR - that is, a HASS that would be experienced much like 8.01,
18.01, etc, one with different options but basically a common
experience to all students?<br>
<br>
- Mary<br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Nothing is too wonderful to be true.<br>=
- Michael Faraday
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