Students who enter LS&A in fall 1994 can choose from more than three dozen courses to meet the Colleges new quantitative reasoning (QR) requirement.
Members of the Task Force on the Quantitative Reasoning Requirement, who developed the proposal, and others spearheading undergraduate curricular reform are optimistic that in the future students will have an even wider array to choose from, as new courses are created or identified that meet the QR requirement.
LS&A faculty voted unanimously last Monday to approve the requirement for each student seeking a B.S., A.B. or B.G.S. degree.
Two categories of potential courses can be used to fill the requirement: QR/1 (full QR credit) or QR/2 (half QR credit). Students may fulfill this requirement by:
(1) Successfully completing one course (of 3 credits or more) designated QR/1 (for full QR credit); or
(2) Successfully completing two courses (at least one of which must be 3 credits or more) designated QR/2 (for half QR credit).
Certification criteria for courses are based on the following principles:
The next step for the College, according to Michael M. Martin, associate dean for undergraduate education, is to make sure that the QR requirement and courses are properly advertised and that students are counseled to enroll in them.