Strong departments?

oliver
Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:13:34 +0000

Allow me to lead you on a journey of dizzying logic and dazzling insight.

First let me make an assumption. The kids who go to Bowdoin are smart.

ok

let’s look at our facts.

Smart Kids.
Big Biology Department.

I propose that the biology department is large, because the students are taking the courses. Agree?

I propose the students are taking courses because they like them. Agree?

I propose that since the students are smart, they make the major large because it is a strong program. Agree?

Bigger isn’t always better. But at a college like Bowdoin, the size of a major might do much to indicate that the college indeed has strength in that department.