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Harvard U. to overhaul A & S curriculum.(NEWSWATCH)
In its first major Arts and Sciences curriculum overhaul in 30 years, Harvard University MA will be putting a new emphasis on the sciences, sensitive religious and cultural issues and overcoming the country's "parochialism."
It has eight new required subject areas, including:
* "societies of the world" on values and customs
* "culture and belief" on art, religion
* science, including stem cell and ...
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