St. Anselm College's Unusual Curricular Requirement in Humanities: Ahead of Its Time or behind the Times?.

Mooney, Carolyn J.

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Publication Date: 1990

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St. Anselm College's Unusual Curricular Requirement in Humanities: Ahead of Its Time or behind the Times?

Mooney, Carolyn J.

Chronicle of Higher Education, v36 n24 pA17,19 Feb 28 1990

The article describes a two-year, interdisciplinary humanities core requirement, "Portraits of Human Greatness." Established in 1977-78 at St. Anselm College (New Hampshire), this course requires freshmen and sophomores to study groups or individuals in Western Civilization in a lecture/seminar format with extensive reading and writing assignments. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Biographies, Course Descriptions, Curriculum, Higher Education, Humanities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Required Courses, Western Civilization

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