University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Robert E. Streeter, Dean of the College. College Undergraduate education at the University of Chicago should accomplish two ends. The Un- dergraduate Announcements state, cgIt should give all students a common, critical understand- ing of the major helds of human knowledge and their interrelationsll. It should also, cldevelop intellectual powers and provide. special knowledge appropriate to the interests and plans of each student? This double aim combines the theories of general and specialized education. Our form of general education was established by Robert Hutchins when he initiated his llNew Flaw, in 1942. It now consists of three year se- quences in Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences respectively; single COurses in Mathematics: English, and a foreign language; and two integration courses: Organizations, Methods, and Principles of Knowledge, and His- tory of Western Civilization. Not all students take all these courses, however. Those taken are are determined by placement tests, administered to all entering students, and by individual degree requlrements. Specialized undergraduate education, in exist- ence for two years now, was introduced by the present administration under Chancellor Kimp- ton. It combines facilities of the College and di- visions. If a student specializes in Social Scien- vs