Wanted: A New Introductory Course for Social Science and the Humanities.

Kieffer, Jarold A.

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Publication Date: 1975

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Wanted: A New Introductory Course for Social Science and the Humanities

Kieffer, Jarold A.

Liberal Education, 61, 4, 439-46, Dec 75

As a substitute for what he sees as confusion of separate introductory courses in the different areas, the author proposes an interdisciplinary social science-humanities course organized around basic questions about man's individual and group needs and behaviors, group relationships and processes, value systems, and techniques for creating and transmitting culture. (JT)

Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Course Content, Course Objectives, Course Organization, Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Humanities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Social Sciences, Thematic Approach

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