I thought that the following site might be of interest:
http://www.princeton.edu/integratedscience/.
Princeton University recently established an optional Integrated Science
program for any undergraduate considering a major in the sciences or
engineering. It is an interdisciplinary introductory science curriculum
taken during the freshman and sophomore years, and I was reminded of
Professor Murray's suggestion (echoed by many others) to integrate our
core subjects in a cross-disciplinary manner. The Princeton curriculum
sounds like a good experiment, but I would like to find out more about it
before I form an opinion. I am very interested in the idea of giving our
core curriculum more continuity and relating individual subjects to each
other, but at the same time, I believe that each subject should be taught
rigorously at a fundamental level without the constant need to find
applications. Just thought that I'd put it up for others to think about.
-Neal Bansal
2 comments:
I'm a current student in the sequence. The people who seem to get the most out of it are the ones who came to Princeton with the most rigorous backgrounds. It's not for everyone, even at a top notch institution it caters to the best students.
The sequence does have strengths, the labs during freshman year were my favorite part. Something that could be improved is the way information is organized, we have had like 3-4 textbooks, only read a few sections from them, and most of the material comes from lectures; having a a source to turn to outside of class could help a lot.
Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium?
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