The motion to do away with Advanced Placement bypass options may be altered so that it will go to the EPC as well. Gary Feldman, chair of the physics department, said he wants the Faculty to discuss the issue, which he feels was largely ignored in the wider Core discussions.

"I wanted to bring it to the Faculty's attention so it would be studied," Feldman said, noting that while the sciences allow Advanced Placement bypasses, the same is not true in other disciplines. For instance, Social Analysis 10: "Principles of Economics" cannot be bypassed with the economics exam.

"It is my contention that the high school courses do not give the same introduction to the way scientists think that taking a Core course in science at Harvard, or a departmental course at Harvard [does]," Feldman said.

The proposals allowing Cores to have prerequisites and opening the door for small-group teaching by Faculty in the Core will probably fail, since the Faculty Council was unsympathetic toward them.

Former Dean for Undergraduate Education Lawrence M. Buell, who is Marquand professor of English, will propose the small-group teaching motion.

The EPC "is already quite familiar with my views," although he would be willing to have them look at the subject again, Buell said.

Donald H. Pfister, Gray professor of systemic biology and a member of the Faculty Council, said that while "everyone would agree that small classes are a good means of instruction," there were concerns about the practicality of the goal.

However, Buell said that his proposal takes resource concerns into account.

"It acknowledge that in order to achieve a state when there are enough seminars mathematically for each student to have one would take a long time and is not to be expected at the start," Buell said, adding that he wants to "make a stand on principle that this is a valuable dimension of Core pedagogy.