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DUCATION REFORM
mean for students? Take a look at the plan that will shape Meredlth^s future,*.
DIATE LEVEL:
/ Connections
AL POINT:
ultural/Societal
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in the world
and individuals of other
societies fit together in the
global framework.
In the Globa)
Perspectives class--open
only to students with at least
75 hours of course work—a
student will have taken
enough courses in her major
to bring a certain amount of
expertise to the class
discussions.
This fall the task force will
pilot four sections of The
Context of Culture course.
Colwell-Waber .said that an
entering freshman may take
this class simply because she is
“interested in the material;"
however, her general education
curriculum will be the same
one that Meredith students
currently follow. The class will
count as an elective but will
“position her to follow the new
general education cumculum.”
Among other new elements
to the curriculum are a foreign
language competency exam, an
English course called
Intertextuality that will replace
the current Major British
Authors and several new
classes that will fulfill a
quantitative requirement in the
mathematics section.
Under the new curriculum,
science and mathematics are
in separate categories, while
in the current curriculum,
theyshare a category.
A student is required to
take three hours of
mathematics as part of a 13-
hour core from the current
curriculum’s math and
natural science category.
Under the new curriculum,
students are required to take 3
hours of math in addition to a
quantitative course chosen
from a new list of electives.
Many of the quantitative
courses on the elective list are
related to a student’s major
such as Managerial
Accounting, Compter Science
with Java or Music Theory
and Composition.
The English deparment is
working on the new English
course that will replace Major
British Authors.
Webb said that this class
will take “the best of what
British Authors provides” and
will focus on authors such as
Chaucer, Milton. Shakespeare
and Austen.
Finally, students who prove
competency on a foreign
language exam developed by
the department with criteria
from the American Council of
Teachers of Foreign
Language.s (ACTFL) may
graduate Meredith without
ever taking a foreign language
course.
Webb and Colwell-Waber
are looking forward to the next
few years as the general
education curriculum takes
shape.
They hope it will provide
students with a framework
beyond the one of their
individual environments to
think about issues and connect
principles
‘The whole world is not
divided into 3-hour courses,
fifteen hours a semester," said
Webb.
Both are also looking
forward to working with
faculty of different expertise
to shape the new courses and
to expand the program’s goal
to intertwine multiple
di.sciplines.
"We have more in
common...” said Colwell-
Waber. "Than less," fmished
Webb.
The new general education
curriculum will not effect
current Meredith students.
THE CULMINATING LEVEL:
Global Perspectives
FOCAL POINT: WORLD
3-credit course
Taken during senior year
Builds on the two prior courses.
Students will use the world as a focal point and
will work together on a research project that
will have an impact on society.