Amherst's New Curriculum in its First Year
T HE "New Curriculum" seeks to organize the student's courses into a meaningful, purposeful program of study. Each semester students register for four courses, rather than for five as before. Freshmen and Sophomores must complete three two-year sequence studies in science, history, and the humanities. The fourth course may be elected only if the foreign language requirement has been met. Emphasis is placed upon small classes. In all courses laboratory or seminar sessions are held; thus, large lecture classes are supplemented by small group meetings for individual assignments and discussion. In the junior and senior years the student concentrates upon his "major" and must follow new regulations governing its pursuit. Even after a " major" has been elected, the department in which the student is concentrating supervises the selection of his complementary studies. Able students are encouraged to become candidates for honors work. The newness of the " New Curriculum" lies largely in the change from the previous program, the insistence upon a high proportion of