"PASADENA - Caltech's faculty is poised to give the vaunted core curriculum its first overhaul in decades.
The core curriculum is a two-year science education boot camp that begins in large lecture hall classes. Whatever their major, freshman students can expect a heavy dose of physics and math.
A proposal now suggests the school offer more breadth in the sciences, emphasizing more flexibility in the core, better writing skills and a renewed emphasis on teaching.
'We don't want to dumb things down, but we are not entirely convinced that the best way to learn is to have a bunch of work dumped on you,' said Professor Mike Brown, a co-chair on the task force.
The plan has already been floated by the school's"
The core curriculum is a two-year science education boot camp that begins in large lecture hall classes. Whatever their major, freshman students can expect a heavy dose of physics and math.
A proposal now suggests the school offer more breadth in the sciences, emphasizing more flexibility in the core, better writing skills and a renewed emphasis on teaching.
'We don't want to dumb things down, but we are not entirely convinced that the best way to learn is to have a bunch of work dumped on you,' said Professor Mike Brown, a co-chair on the task force.
The plan has already been floated by the school's"
