"People need to learn how to think quantitatively--we do live in a technological age," says Henry Ehrenreich, Clowes professor of science. "We need to understand the numerical ways of expressing trends which have to do with society in a general way. It's very reasonable to add this requirement.
Some first-years also say that they recognize the importance of taking a quantitative reasoning class even if math is not their favorite subject.
If Literature and Arts is a required area, why shouldn't statistics be one?
"I think math is as important as writing, so if they are going to make us take writing, they should make us take math." says Oliver J. Bell '03.
At the Core
"There is absolutely no increase," she says. "There was never intended to be one."
The required eight Core classes remain the same, but instead of having 10 fields from which to choose, the Class of 2003 has 11.
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