Goucher Cutting Majors Including Math and Physics

ucbalumnus
Fri, 17 Aug 2018 20:03:38 +0000

https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=goucher&s=all&id=162654#programs indicates in 2016-2017, the number of graduates in some majors being cut was:

9 art
8 math
4 music
3 religion
1 Russian
9 physics
8 theater

With respect to math, Goucher’s upper level offerings are already very minimal and probably inadequate for many math majors: https://www.goucher.edu/learn/undergraduate-programs/mathematics/courses (inclusion of some courses ordinarily listed as statistics or computer science makes it look like a larger number than it is). Upper level physics offerings may also be considered inadequate for a physics major who may consider graduate school in physics: https://www.goucher.edu/learn/undergraduate-programs/physics/courses . I.e. it may seem like a shock to eliminate those two majors, but the state of those two majors at Goucher is already at the point that Goucher is unattractive to a prospective student considering those majors.

Note that University of Akron is also eliminating math and physics as majors: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/08/16/u-akron-cuts-80-degree-tracks