Baird Professor of Science Gary J. Feldman, whowill be teaching "Time" this fall, said thechallenge of teaching this course would be to"take rather profound ideas and explain them in asimple way."
"We will discuss issues that wouldn't getdiscussed in a physics classroom," he said.
According to Director of the Core Program SusanW. Lewis, new classes are admitted into the Coreonly after being extensively reviewed by both theCore subcommittee and the Faculty standingcommittee.
Most of the new classes were reviewed andapproved last year, Lewis said. Others wereapproved two years ago but due to faculty leavesand other complications, are only now beingoffered.
Though most students said they haven't reallyopened their course guides, a few noticed theadditions.
Zachary A. Merriman '99 said he welcomed theidea of having more Core classes, as long as "theybring good teachers to do it.