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University's New
Curricu
the University hopes that high schools will con-
sider giving some of the Core offerings in
History, English and Science to their honor
students in the senior year. In this way, the
,ery able student will begin his or her academic
work at Seattle University at the highest level
of scholastic preparation and perhaps graduate
in less than four years.
The movement to revise the Core curriculum
got its start at a Faculty Orientation Confer-
ence opening the 1963 school year. Shortly
thereafter, the Academic Council appointed a
nine-man faculty committee to formuiate a new
program.
The Rev. John A.. Fitterer, S.J, then clean
of the College of Liberal Arts and now presi-
dent-designate of the University, chaired the
committee and worked the wonders of leader-
ship necessary to produce a consensus in a
group of strong-minded experts. No aspect of
academic life of the University escaped the
committee's scrutiny; no opinions went un-
heard for want of a hearing, and no conclusions
were reached a priori.
• The' committee's proposals, which subse-
quently received the Academic Council's ap-
proval and the Facuhy's concurrence, are con-
tained in a 55-page report :that stands as a
thoughtful synthesis of the aims and purposes
of liberal education.
The heart of the new Core is the wholly
reshaped and revitalized Philosophy sequence
of five courses totalling 20 hours. The first
three courses, consisting of a survey from the
early Greek philosophers through the Ex-'
istentialists, will be taken in the freshman year
and the remaining two in the sophomore year.
The latter will be systematic courses that in-
vestigate the problems of man and his knowl-
edge and the general problems of value and
ethics.
F'our courses in Theology are included in
the new Core because of the University's con-
viction that it is a liberal art and, as such, is
"a cardinal instrument for channeling the rich
cultural heritage of Western civilization to the
university student." The first ,two courses in
the sequence, which will begin in the final
quarter of the sophomore year, will cover the
Old anl New Test,ments and the Early Chris-
tian writers. The final two courses organize
and clarify the truths discovered in the earlier
studies.
Non-Catholics will not be required to take
the entire Theology sequence but will be en-
couraged to take some courses in this area
to broaden and deepen their knowledge of
their spiritual origins.
There are some options in the Core offer-
ings in English and History, although a mini-
mum of 12 hours is required in each discipline.
For Information Write or Phone
Director of Admissions
Seaffle 98112 EA 3-9400
