"A Core needs to pay self-conscious attention to how a discipline works," Verba added. "The Core program doesn't bar survey courses, but most survey courses tend not to give you analytical tools for analyzing music, for example."

Verba also said that the committee was concerned that departmental bypasses would weaken the Core system.

He said he believed that departmental bypasses weakened the General Education system, the distribution system that preceded the Core.

Although the review committee decided against recommending departmental bypasses, Verba conceded that there are not presently enough courses offered in the Core.

Verba said the committee is looking into "inducements" for professors to bring their courses into the Core program, such as more teaching credit for Cores.

"The members of this committee spend a lot of time taking professors out to lunch, talking them into teaching Cores," he said.

Verba said that the curricular requirements for Core courses are not that onerous and should not deter professors from bringing their courses into the Core.

However, he said that the committee "should be looking into making sure that courses aren't being turned away by a prissy committee.