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Military Courses Changed,
Gain Civilian Outlook

A major alteration in the
concert of the Naval Reserve
Officers training curriculum was
announced by the University's
Department of Naval Science
yesterday. The Naval Science
requirements which affect students
entering the program in the fall of
1969 will shift emphasis from
military taught to civilian taught
courses

At the same time, the courses
which will continue to be taught by
the staff in Maury Hall will be
upgraded in content and academic
quality.

This alteration was designed as a
response to critics of its curriculum
who object to the large number of
military courses in the schedule nd
of the persons who feel that naval
regimen is not sufficiently academic
in nature.

Old military taught courses in
naval orientation, history, and
weapons have all been eliminated.
In their place have been substituted
three classes taught by regular
University professors: History 146,
Norman Graebner's diplomatic
history of the United States in the
twentieth century, International
Relations 1, Computer Science CE
353 an introduction to that subject.
Math and science requirements
from the old curriculum have been
retained.

Officers in the local NROTC
unit pointed out that the national