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| Plan a College Curriculum / Составьте учебный план ВУЗа |
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The trustees of your university are very upset by recent studies showing that the average graduate from your school is less competent than the average graduate of 50 years ago. As a result, the trustees have insisted that the entire educational approach be changed. Instead of students taking only elective courses, they must take three years (144 units) of "core" courses. Only during their senior year may they take electives in their major.
According to the trustees, the core courses must be designed to "give the student a broad background in the general humanities and sciences with the result that the student possesses analytical skills and written and verbal ability necessary to be a leader in society."
Consider
Each course is four units. You may require a student to take more than four units (or no units) in the following subjects:
anthropology
art
astronomy
biology
botany
business administration
chemistry
composition
computers
dance
drama
economics
engineering
foreign languages
geography
geology
history
journalism
linguistics
literature
mathematics
music
philosophy physical education physics
political science
psychology
religion
sociology
speech
statistics
zoology
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| Decide and Write
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THE CORE PLAN (144 units; 12 courses—48 units per year)
I. Freshman Year
Fall Quarter
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Winter Quarter
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Spring Quarter
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
II. Sophomore Year
Fall Quarter
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Winter Quarter
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Spring Quarter
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
III. Junior Year
Fall Quarter
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Winter Quarter
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
Spring Quarter
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
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1. When is the best time to choose a major—before university studies? Or at some point during studies (what point)?
2. Is it a good idea for every student to study the same basic subjects before choosing a major?
3. In some countries, such as Japan, there is little relationship between what a student majors in and her ultimate job. What do you think of this system?
4. Rate the following subjects in order of importance to students (1 = most important, 8 = least important):
_____psychology, _____native language, _____philosophy, _____biology, _____art, _____mathematics, _____foreign languages, _____history
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