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Peer reviewedBaron, Naomi S. – Liberal Education, 1983
The emergence of undergraduate majors in America is reviewed, and a survey of administrative attitudes on undergraduate majors is discussed. Today's academic departments control majors entirely by determining how many courses will constitute their major, what these courses will be, and in what order they will be taken. (MLW)
Descriptors: Career Planning, Degree Requirements, Departments, Elective Courses
