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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Univ of Chicago’s required core curriculum is intense and reminds me of philosophy classes I took in college. In one semester the first year, our daughter read Aristotle, Plato, St. Augustine, Durkheim, Arendt, and Freud. I’m sure I’ve forgotten many. https://college.uchicago.edu/academics/core-curriculum[/quote]
A humanities kid having to take core classes with a bunch of Econ majors (30% of Chicago students major in Econ) and STEM kids sounds like a living hell to me…[/quote]

Well I guess only St. John’s or a theological seminary would suit you, then. I hope your student, however, will survive a few classes with people who have perspectives and goals that differ from hers. The world would likely be in better shape if the econ kids and the STEM kids had studied philosophy and literature.  [/quote]
No, how about a school without an excessive core and with more humanities students? Call me crazy, but then you get to take humanities courses with other kids who are actually interested in the humanities. STEM kids having to take science classes with kids who have no interest and/or background in science is a major buzzkill. The same is true when a humanities kid has to be surrounded by STEM, Econ, and preprofessional types in their “beginner” humanities classes. Lame. They should be given a tuition reduction just for having to deal with it and serve as unofficial TAs. [/quote]

Sure, find a school with more humanities than econ students if you can, and if you need to have the classrooms cleansed of novices, avoid all schools with core requirements. Sounds like you have your own marching orders. BTW a first year student who has read enough Aristotle and Spinoza to serve as an unofficial TA is a very rare breed and would probably be a perfect fit for St. John’s.[/quote]

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