Hasselmo also said he saw problems with the decision announced last week by the Subcommittee on the Science Core to stop granting Science Core credit for Advanced Placement (A.P.) scores.

"I'm surprised that a Core subcommittee could institute a measure to raise the number of requirements when the full Faculty has voted to reduce the number of requirements," he said.

The Faculty has decided to delay discussion of A.P. credit until more work is done on the issue of the overall undergraduate requirements.

Professor of Sociology Theda Skocpol cautioned against rushing into changing the number of courses required for graduation.

"We may need to think about what our objectives are in these changes," Skocpol said. "One would be to increase the room for simple free choice. The other would be to encourage a broadening of experience in the undergraduate years."

During the question period, Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53 criticized the University's decision to invite Chinese President Jiang Zemin to speak at Harvard last month.

"This was not free speech, it was sponsored speech, which tended to give him political legitimacy," Mansfield said.

However, President Neil L. Rudenstine and members of the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, which issued the invitation, defended the University's policy against censorship on the ground of political neutrality