The stimulation the student receives in glimpsing broader fields and interrelations will undoubtedly bring him more eagerly back to those departments with approaches and knowledge which seem most likely to provide answers or extend insight. In the elective courses all, or nearly all, departmentally taught, the zeal of departments for teaching in their own disciplines may be unbridled upon a voluntary, no longer captive audience. In this setting depth and detail will quickly be learned.

The value of the whole-class lecture as a didactic technique is recognized. It is hoped, however, that more limited use of this technique will afford time for small group discussions and problem solving exercises in which the stimulus for learning may be more intense and individual needs more readily met.

The Councils

In order to facilitate the coordinated interdepartmental teaching and to provide proper balance, it is recommended that three Faculty Councils should be established:

1. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Biochemistry

Microbiology

Biophysics

Physiology

Anatomy-histology-embryology

Pharmacology

Pathology

Genetics

2. BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Psychology