<p>Where can I find a reference that shows the old Common Core Curriculum, that required a total of 21 courses?</p>
<p>Drop professor Levine a note, he will be able to provide it. He was Dean of the College at that time and is a chronicler of the development of the curriculum for the college.</p>
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<p>This 1998 NY Times article describes the change, in general terms: [University</a> of Chicago Comes to a Fork in the Road](<a href=“http://pages.nyu.edu/~fmh1/classes/innovations_in_higher_ed/chicago.htm]University”>http://pages.nyu.edu/~fmh1/classes/innovations_in_higher_ed/chicago.htm)</p>
<p>As far as I can tell, they dropped one quarter of science, one of math, and one quarter of humanities/civilization. I believe (but I’m not positive) that they also instituted the “limited Chinese menu” approach to Hum and Sosc and the sciences, and the arts distributional requirement, at that point; before that everyone theoretically took the same courses, although individual teachers could vary what they taught and how they focused.</p>
<p>The article is great reading for understanding how much of a sea change Chicago has been through in the past 12 years:</p>
<p>– Undergraduate population was 3,500; now it is about 5,500
– It got 5,500 applications, and accepted 60% of them
– Graduation rate was around 83%, largely because of students transferring out
– Alumni children attended Chicago at about 1/3 the rate that HY alumni children attended those college
– Study abroad was discouraged</p>
<p>The article has some great quotes, too:</p>
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<p>I happened to take one of Bert Cohler’s classes this year and absolutely fell in love with the man. He is the epitome of the UofC.</p>