Summer Term, June 30-Aug. 24, Offers 68 Courses in 21 Fields
THE seventh Dartmouth Summer Term will begin on Monday, June 30. and end with final examinations on Sunday, August 24. This year 68 courses will be offered in 21 departments — an increase of two courses over 1968.
New offerings include Chemistry 3-4 (Introductory), which permits a student to accomplish in eight weeks what normally takes an entire year in colleges operating on the semester plan. In these concentrated courses the pace is swift and the learning intense. Six years' experience with Chemistry 51-52 (Organic) has provided evidence of the advantages of studying this kind of subject undiverted by other subjects, or student activities. In the sciences, Physics 3-4 (General) will also be given under the concentrated plan, while Geology 1 and Mathematics 3 (Calculus), 6 (Finite), and 16 (Computer for Everyman), will be single courses offered in eight weeks. Mathematics 16 is a computer course for non-mathematicians and was one of the early experiments of the Dartmouth Summer Term, and led to inclusion of a similar course in the curriculum during the year.
In the social sciences an effort has been made to provide courses with greater direct relevance to the contemporary world, by offering pairs of courses concerned with closely related topics. Examples are Government 81 (Men, Society and Violence) and History 80 (Social Change and Revolution); and History 39 (Making of Modern Africa) and 86 (Negro in America). For the first time History 34 (Rise of the U.S. as World Military Power) will be offered in the summer, as will Psychology 10 (Human Personality), and Religion 2 (Asian).
There will be two new courses in Geography, Geography 10 (Population Geography), and Geography 71 (Geography of New England).
As the list below indicates, the Congregation of the Arts will again have strong offerings in studio art, drama and music. For the first time, Philosophy 45 (Philosophy of Art) will also be available.
Intensive language courses in German, French, Italian and Spanish have become fixtures in the summer program. The methodology used in these courses was developed at Dartmouth during several years of experimentation in training Peace Corps volunteers to learn a new language in a minimum of time.
The number of conferences and institutes for continuing education will be fewer this year. Included will be the ABC Program, Graduate School of Credit and Financial Management, Management Objectives Program for executives of the Bell System, the Alumni College, Thayer School seminars on Reverse Osmosis and Information Theory, Northwestern University School of Law's National Institute for Education in Law and Poverty, Human Space Perception Conference, and the Pharmaceutical Executive Conference.
The list of course offerings for the 1969 Summer Term is as follows:
ANTHROPOLOGY 1 Introductory Anthropology
ART 10 Basic Design 22 Drawing 56 Art of the 20th Century 57 Modern Architecture 64 Painting 65 Sculpture 85 Advanced Painting
CHEMISTRY 3-4 Introductory General Chemistry 51 Organic Chemistry 52 Organic Chemistry
DRAMA 44 Technical Production 51 Acting 1 52 Acting 2 82 Student Repertory 83 Repertory Acting Drama Program for High School Students
ECONOMICS 1 Introduction to Economics 29 International Economics
EDUCATION 70 Educational Issues in Contemporary Society
ENGLISH 30 Creative Writing 61 Shakespeare 78 Modern American Novel
GEOGRAPHY 10 Population Geography: Our Greatest Challenge 71 New England: Background and Development
GEOLOGY 1 Earth Sciences
GERMAN 1-2 Intensive German for Beginners
GOVERNMENT 5 Introduction to Political Thought 6 The American Political System 7 International Politics 39 The Supreme Court and Constitutional Development 81 Men, Society, and Violence
HISTORY 34 Rise of the United States as a World Military Power 39 Making of Modern Africa 52 Europe since 1919 80 Social Change and Revolution 86 The Negro in America
MATHEMATICS 3 Introduction to Calculus 6 Introduction to Finite Mathematics 16 The Computer for Everyman
Music 76 Practicum in Composers 78 Practicum in Musical Media: Symphony Orchestra
PHILOSOPHY 1 Introduction to Philosophy 45 Philosophy of Art
PHYSICS 3 General Physics 4 General Physics
PSYCHOLOGY 1 Introductory Psychology 10 Human Personality 21 Abnormal Psychology
RELIGION 1 Judaeo-Christian Tradition 2 Introduction to Asian Religions
ROMANCE LANGUAGES FRENCH 1-2 Intensive French for Beginners 72 Proust
ITALIAN 1-2 Intensive Italian for Beginners
SPANISH 1-2 Intensive Spanish for Beginners 62 Don Quixote
RUSSIAN 42 The Russian Novel
SOCIOLOGY 5 Human Society 6 Social Problems 27 Group Dynamics
