We go inside the Humanities Division, the history of the Common Core, the Graduate Aid Initiative, and double majors to understand why the Humanities will always have a strong home at the University of Chicago.
Topic: the core
Uncommon Interview: Harvey Mansfield
Harvey Mansfield discusses the Core, the relevance of ancient Greeks and Romans, and the risk of David Axelrod’s influence with the Maroon.
O-Issue 2012: The Core
The U of C’s Great Doorstops—er, Books—program.
Useless to the Core
Current Core Bio classes are uninspiring and turn students away from the sciences.
O-Issue 2011: The Core
The U of C’s Great Doorstops—er, Books—program.
U of C’s Core beats peer curricula with a B on survey
The Core received a B because it did not meet the survey’s standards for foreign language, U.S. History, or Economics requirements. It still fared better than most top universities.
Righting the wrong
The Core’s writing seminars should provide more rigorous training
Core art requirement opens to creative writing
Two creative writing courses will now count for the Core art requirement, part of the expansion of the creative writing program.
Nonagenarian grad talks about Core
“I don’t think I understood any one of those books,” said Dominican theologian Benedict Ashley (B.A., M.A. ’37) at the Tuesday talk in the BSLC.
Classes
Advice for picking winners
U of C Traditions
Rituals to relish, or run from
Musical chairs
Finding a seat in a Core Art course shouldn’t be such a frustrating game
Programs of study
Core class in computing skills would benefit students across all disciplines
Early action
Assigning papers prior to class discussion would enhance learning.
Six-year Core impractical
I admire Ari Allyn-Feuer’s lofty ideals of education, but I consider his proposal for a six-year core unrealistic and impractical.
The case for a six-year Core
A radical re-imagining of the Common Core could better serve the University’s mission.
Examining the Core: Foreign language
The U of C foreign language requirement represents a good balance of breadth and depth.
Examining the Core: The Arts
The dilemma with the Core’s Dramatic, Musical, and Visual Arts requirement is that it covers a range of media and ideas, but too often gets bogged down by the details of practice instead of delving into foundational theory.
Examining the Core: Hum, Sosc, and Civ
Few subjects capture both the unassailable strengths and glaring weaknesses of the Core as the Sosc, Hum, and Civ sequences.
Examining the Core: The sciences
While a balanced diet may be critical to a healthy lifestyle, it hardly warrants a place next to Self, Culture And Society as a pillar of a University of Chicago education.
The Core
Kat explains The College’s trademark gen ed requirements.