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The Committee on Undergraduate Education's resolution on Special Studies concentrations is on the docket for next Tuesday's Faculty meeting, after being tabled at two previous meetings. The resolution would allow students to set up concentrations outside established departments.
The plan, submitted in May and at a meeting this Fall, will be replaced at the Tuesday meeting by a simplified version that attempts to reduce the administrative superstructure of Special Studies.
If the resolution is passed, a student must still obtain permission of the Senior Tutor of the House, or his equivalent, and department heads, and find an advisor, before submitting a petition to the Committee on Special Studies (CSS).
The newest resolution would eliminate the necessity of going before a House committee in addition to the above procedure.
A small lobby of students, headed by Steven R. Bowman '72, has contacted some Faculty members to aid passage of the resolution by expressing their personal interest in the plan.
Supporters of the plan said students would put more thought into their program of study so it would be comprehensive enough to pass the CSS, rather than spending time fitting their interests around department requirements.
Some members of the Faculty have expressed opposition to the resolution, on the grounds that a "grand plan" should be established for undergraduate education.
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