Letters to the Editor
Issue date: 12/6/06 Section: Commentary
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Keep the Core the Way It Is
Dear Editor,
I want to express my opinion about the University of Dallas's core curriculum. I want the core that currently exists to stay intact for Constantin College and the College of Business undergraduates. In addition, all new undergraduate colleges of the University of Dallas should have as much of the Constantin College core as possible, and the core curriculum of every college should include all of the prerequisites for courses normally taken in the University of Dallas Rome Program for students who participate in that program.
However, I would not have a problem with University of Dallas changing its American history core requirement as long as six credits of American history are required, with at least one course covering pre-Civil War American history and at least one course covering post-Civil war American history. University of Dallas will probably have to allow students to take courses other than American Civilization II, especially the math majors, the science majors, and non-Constantin College undergraduate majors, to satisfy the American history core requirement in the future because American history has changed since the establishment of the University of Dallas, though History majors would probably still have to take both American Civilization I and American Civilization II. I also would not have a problem with University of Dallas changing the Fine Arts, Mathematics, or Science core requirements, provided that they are not eliminated from the core.
I would not want the University of Dallas to cut any core requirements from any undergraduate colleges if possible. I would like the University of Dallas to allow undergraduate students to count credits earned in all language courses towards the number of credits required to graduate from the University of Dallas, including elementary-level courses. This change would benefit University of Dallas students in many ways.
First, many students enrolled in the elementary level of the language used to satisfy the core requirement and did not start at the Intermediate I level in the language used to satisfy the core requirement.
Dear Editor,
I want to express my opinion about the University of Dallas's core curriculum. I want the core that currently exists to stay intact for Constantin College and the College of Business undergraduates. In addition, all new undergraduate colleges of the University of Dallas should have as much of the Constantin College core as possible, and the core curriculum of every college should include all of the prerequisites for courses normally taken in the University of Dallas Rome Program for students who participate in that program.
However, I would not have a problem with University of Dallas changing its American history core requirement as long as six credits of American history are required, with at least one course covering pre-Civil War American history and at least one course covering post-Civil war American history. University of Dallas will probably have to allow students to take courses other than American Civilization II, especially the math majors, the science majors, and non-Constantin College undergraduate majors, to satisfy the American history core requirement in the future because American history has changed since the establishment of the University of Dallas, though History majors would probably still have to take both American Civilization I and American Civilization II. I also would not have a problem with University of Dallas changing the Fine Arts, Mathematics, or Science core requirements, provided that they are not eliminated from the core.
I would not want the University of Dallas to cut any core requirements from any undergraduate colleges if possible. I would like the University of Dallas to allow undergraduate students to count credits earned in all language courses towards the number of credits required to graduate from the University of Dallas, including elementary-level courses. This change would benefit University of Dallas students in many ways.
First, many students enrolled in the elementary level of the language used to satisfy the core requirement and did not start at the Intermediate I level in the language used to satisfy the core requirement.
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