Semester Transition: Changes and Updates
Danielle Del Sol
Issue date: 4/5/02 Section: News
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As spring term sets in and planning for 2002 fall term begins, many questions have been raised concerning the transition to the semester system that will begin next year. Questions concerning schedules, graduation requirements and more have been on every Hendrix student's mind. So, for those who did not catch any of the numerous flyers or Q & A sessions, here is a brief synopsis of some very important questions.
Hendrix College officials began six years ago to reconsider the semester system that, although absent from the campus for 28 years at the time, had existed at Hendrix for the 91 years before 1968. In 1999, the decision for the change was passed by a faculty vote.
Since then, opinions and aid from students and faculty members such as Dr. Keith Berry, Dr. Peg Falls-Corbitt, Dean Bob Eslinger, Adam Ford ('02), former Dean Beth Gerl, Ben Hatten ('02), Dr. Jane Harris, Dr. Carole Herrick, Dr. Mark Schantz and Dr. David Sutherland have helped to produce a decisive and functioning transition schedule that accommodates all students and their needs.
Under this new semester system, graduation requirements have changed. New requirements are organized into the groups Collegiate Center, Learning Domains and Capacities. These groups encase the number of courses that need to be taken from each aspect of a well-rounded education in order to graduate. While some requirements are new, some have not changed.
For example, while a new Foreign Language requirement has been added, the Writing Skills requirements have remained the same. Another example is the required core courses. As many already know, the 2001-2002 school year was the last to hold the freshman course Western Intellectual Traditions, as it will be formed into a "Journeys" course of broader intellectual study next year.
With these course requirement changes also comes the opportunities of new majors and minors offered. New majors include Computer Science, Elementary Education and Environmental Studies. New minors are African Studies, Art History, Studio Art and Classical Studies.
Hendrix College officials began six years ago to reconsider the semester system that, although absent from the campus for 28 years at the time, had existed at Hendrix for the 91 years before 1968. In 1999, the decision for the change was passed by a faculty vote.
Since then, opinions and aid from students and faculty members such as Dr. Keith Berry, Dr. Peg Falls-Corbitt, Dean Bob Eslinger, Adam Ford ('02), former Dean Beth Gerl, Ben Hatten ('02), Dr. Jane Harris, Dr. Carole Herrick, Dr. Mark Schantz and Dr. David Sutherland have helped to produce a decisive and functioning transition schedule that accommodates all students and their needs.
Under this new semester system, graduation requirements have changed. New requirements are organized into the groups Collegiate Center, Learning Domains and Capacities. These groups encase the number of courses that need to be taken from each aspect of a well-rounded education in order to graduate. While some requirements are new, some have not changed.
For example, while a new Foreign Language requirement has been added, the Writing Skills requirements have remained the same. Another example is the required core courses. As many already know, the 2001-2002 school year was the last to hold the freshman course Western Intellectual Traditions, as it will be formed into a "Journeys" course of broader intellectual study next year.
With these course requirement changes also comes the opportunities of new majors and minors offered. New majors include Computer Science, Elementary Education and Environmental Studies. New minors are African Studies, Art History, Studio Art and Classical Studies.
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