Post-Harvard University has put forward specific requirements for undergraduates to study such courses (called "core courses") for many years. The requirement of 1992 is to take several courses in six fields: foreign culture, history, literature and art, moral cultivation, natural science and social analysis, and the total amount should reach 65,438+0.4 of the total amount of study required for graduation.
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General education is also a curriculum way to realize the "university spirit". Most modern universities carry out and practice the university spirit of "democracy, science, truth, justice, freedom and tolerance", which requires the guarantee of not only the university system, but also the curriculum system.
Based on general education, learners can gradually form their own knowledge system, values, analytical methods and cognitive abilities. No matter what social phenomenon or specific practical problems you face, you can think independently and analyze comprehensively. They can not only enjoy internal pleasure but also gain external cognition, which is the basis for their precipitation of life thickness and future happiness.
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