<p>The Rochester Curriculum - University of Rochester students enroll with no required subjects as they design their own college path. Write about the subjects and learning situations that interest you most, and how you intend to use your autonomy here.</p>
<p>can someone clarify what this means? by learning situations do they mean working with others, public speaking, etc. ?
and the answer to how we would use it at rochester seems to obvious. obviously i'm going to apply what i learned from my high school and try to apply it to the classes at rochester. what other answer would there be? i do not like this question.</p>
<p>They mean what you said first or whatever your personal anecdotal experience is. There is no right answer. The point is that UR has a specific approach to teaching and learning and to see if you fit that and for you to think about whether it fits you. </p>
<p>You know what the Curriculum is, that you major in something and you then explore using “clusters” in the other main areas. The idea is to match kids who are interested in a subject to teachers interested in teaching the subjects. The idea is that it increases faculty morale and teaching interest while encouraging students to learn more in depth and to follow their interests, all because kids take classes they want. This then connects to the whole Take Five idea, which you can think of as the Curriculum taken to its fullest.</p>
<p>hahahahehehe (I like your name)… The responses that I recieve to this question helps me to assess the student’s interests and the extent to which that student understands the benefits of pursuing that interest at Rochester. It may be that you have a single passion (i.e. Neuroscience), and you want to use the curriculum to pursue that passion in depth and without the obstacles that might prevent you from doing so in a more restricted curriculum. Or, maybe you have three very strong interests, and you intend to take advantage of the flexibility of Rochester’s curriculum by exploring all three before you make a decision about your major. Make sure that you write a response that is specific to you personally - avoid generic responses.</p>