"Perhaps more will be designed that meet the aims of the Core, but there aren't many at the moment," said. Lewis.
Another concern for some is finding the necessary staff for large classes.
"Finding qualified teaching fellows is a large concern if a course becomes much larger [once it counts for Core credit]," Kiely says.
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"We've been working with new faculty and we've had some more success," Robert P. Kirschner, professor of astronomy and chair of the Science subcommittee, says.
Leverett Professor of Mathematics and Chair of the Quantitative Reasoning Subcommittee Benedict H. Gross projects that things will be better next year.
"We'll have a few more departmental alternatives, but we're looking to create more quantitative reasoning classes," he said.
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