Justin Guiffre, the Hatchet’s contributing Opinions editor, discusses how GCRs can serve a useful purpose.
“Dean Michael Brown of the Elliott School pointedly explained that creating a common basis of knowledge for students is important for continuity. But more than that, I have had some truly excellent GCRs that I would never have signed up for otherwise.”
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But you are from the Elliott school were you are only required to take two maths, or two sciences.
For those of us that are in the School of Media and Public Affairs, it seems odd to require us to take two maths, and three sciences. Most people I have talked to would even settle for two maths and two sciences.
I agree that my UW class was pretty cool, and we need to continue to get a Liberal Arts Education, but I feel it is easier for you to advocate for GCRs when you are in the Elliot school and only have to take two maths, OR two sciences, rather than toil through two maths, AND three sciences.
While I agree that not all college classes will be fun, shouldn’t we be able expect challanging courses? I picked a UW20 on a topic I found interesting, and i enjoyed the discussions, but very little effort was required for my papers. Maybe it was just my class, but I know that my senior english class in highschool required a great deal more work to get a good grade on an essay. As a result I put in little effort and coasted through. Most people probably wouldn’t see this as cause to complain, but if a class is going to be required, shouldn’t it have more merit than an easy A? I think students should be able to place out of UW20 if they have already developed the neccesary writing skils.