Chris- This is indeed interesting. Forgive me if I'm reading too much into your post, btw, but I don't see that much wrong with the change in Social Sciences, per se. Your note seemed to imply that social sciences were being given the heave ho (or am I reading too much into "sidelined"?). If so, I do apologize- Long day today! But in the proposal the social science core requirement was being reduced from 12 to 9 hours (our college's is 6 units from Psychology- which all the smart ones take, Sociology, Anthropology, or Political Economy). If I read the current requirements correctly they are quite suspect that anyone would actually take 12 hours of proper social science anyway.
I actually found the Georgia proposal far more troubling for other reasons. 1) for its emphasis on a very small increase in natural science and 2) the increase in Humanities from 6 to 12 units. What troubles me is that the spokesperson stated that these changes were going to (somewhat magically in my mind) prepare their students for the 21st Century. In terms of assessment I didn't see any evidence that their current programs didn't or weren't already better. But more troubling were the silly/illogical statements that suggested the increase in Humanities was going to "allow the students" to take more foreign language. (Sure it is!) Which implies they were somehow prevented from taking foreign language by the current requirements! Even more bizarre is the assumption that students given 6 units additional requirements between the Arts, Humanities, and Foreign Language were going to choose to take twice as much Foreign Language coursework! Yikes! Now that's totally bizarre if my own experience as an educator is at all generalizable. I can see students now. Let's see. Photography or Advanced Spanish Reading. I can see the lines forming as I write! :) Take care. Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology Albertson College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems -----Original Message----- From: Christopher D. Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 11/14/2006 7:07 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education - Inside Higher Ed :: More Science, Less Social Science Psychology (and other social sciences) sidelined in U. Georgia core curriculum. Will other schools follow suit? http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/11/14/curriculum Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-5115 ex. 66164 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yorku.ca/christo ============================= --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
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