Brown and its majors

dontknowjack
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:08:00 +0000

In the case of Brown, I do not know if this contraction of majors coincided with the adoption of the open curriculum in 1969 or some other university directive.

Personally, my thoughts are along the same vein as Uroogla’s comments. A specialized major within a major (e.g. biomedical engineering, within engineering) will require not only a set of foundational courses, but will also necessarily need to specify additional courses in order to justify your sub-specialization degree. While this is an option and beneficially practical for some majors, I think the overarching goal is to have enough majors but keep them generalized so students will have room to explore and craft a uniquely specialized experience on their own accord, absent hard guidelines.