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Harvard weighs curriculum changes
By Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff
CAMBRIDGE — Harvard’s idea of what every student should study before donning cap and gown may be about to change.
Undergraduate education should be far more relevant to the real world than it is now, according to a curriculum task force’s proposal distributed to professors Wednesday.
Courses students are required to take outside their majors should teach them what they need to know to be responsible citizens in the 21st century, no matter what career they choose.
And what they need to know, the report says, includes two major subjects that Harvard does not require students to study now: religion and the United States.
Faculty members will probably discuss the report at a November meeting and may vote on a final draft early next year, according to a task force leader.
