required curriculum-pros and cons????

ariesathena
Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:39:10 +0000

I only wish Tufts would take it much further, perhaps making the requirements so heavy that students would only be capable of chosing one major.

Well, the engineers barely have time for our one major anyway. Besides that, some of us take our electives to learn about Western Civ instead of the use of alcohol in sub-Saharan Africa and its impact on twenty-first century black authors (hypothetically).

Some 55% of Tufts students go abroad for at least one semester (this includes summers; the Talloires programme is pretty big). I presume the language requirement is tailored to work with the Jumbo tendancy to go abroad.