http://serc.carleton.edu/earthandmind/posts/geologywildcard.html#discussion http://serc.carleton.edu/earthandmind/posts/geologywildcard.html#post3624 http://www.american.edu/provost/gened/WildCards.cfm): "fresh, topical classes reflective of a faculty-member's current scholarly interests," that count towards the university's general education requirements. I wasn't familiar with the term before, and I wonder how many Wall Street Journal readers were. In any case, I like the concept of wild card courses, whatever they're called. In my own college education, wild cards included "History of the Woven Textile" and "PreColumbian Art." ]]> Kim Kastens 1255407720 http://serc.carleton.edu/earthandmind/posts/geologywildcard.html#post3624