Good Core classes on East Coast

columbia2007
Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:04:17 +0000

Note that the “Great Books” philosophy and the concept of a general education Core Curriculum are distinct entities. It was much later in the history of Columbia’s Core Curriculum that a Great Books program was adopted for some of the classes within it. The first Core class, Contemporary Civilization, commenced in 1919, when Hutchins was still an undergrad at Yale.

“An Oasis of Order: The Core Curriculum at Columbia College”