Ec 10 Tops List of Fall Offerings

Reaganomics and a prolific British playwright picqued student interests last week, as Social Analysis 10 and a core class in Shakespeare topped the list of most popular offerings for the fall semester.

The student population of "Ec 10," taught by Reagan adviser and baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Felstein '61, edged up to 764 students this year, compared to last year's 743, according to Associate Registrar Thurston Smith.

Taught primarily by teaching fellows, Ec 10 is a year-long course in the nuts and bolts of economics. Section leaders say their input may be what puts Ec 10 over the top.

"In most other large universities, the professor just lectures to students, making it difficult to teach interactively," said head section leader Brian J. Hall '86. "Here, rather than just presenting the material, we present it in an interactive way through section classes."

Professor of English Marjorie Garber's Literature and Arts A course, "Shakespeare, the Early Plays," comes a distant second, with 628 students signed up this semester. The course, a traditional Core favorite, was not offered in the last academic year.

Last year's ninth-and 10th-largest courses, Chemistry 5 and Math 1b, were ousted this year--one by a new Core course, one by a class the CUE guide lauded for its lenient requirements.

Carswell Professor of English and American Literature and Language Sacvan Bercovitch's "Myth of America," an English class making its first appearance in the Core, Pulled into the number nine spot with 328 students.

Once a popular English Department's class that drew concentrators and non-concentrators alike, Bercovitch's revamped "Myth" interprets major American literary works in a socio-historical light.

Squeezing into the tenth spot, Professor of Music Bernard Rands' Literature and Arts B-75, "Composing Music Since 1950," attracted 303 students this semester. Last year only 100 students took the course, praised in the CUE Guide for its low competition and moderate workload.

Despite the large number of students that attended the most popular Core classes, only Berkovitch's "Myth" course required a lottery. According to Assistant Director of the Core Elisabeth W. Swain '63, 328 students were accepted to the course from approximately 450 applications.

Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature Gregory Nagy's Literature and Arts C class, known in Harvard lore as "Heroes for Zeros," places third this year with 599 students; last year, 651 students signed up for the course.

Buoyed by a high percentage of government concentrators, Dillon Professor of International Affairs

Joseph S. Nye's Historical Studies A-12,"International Conflicts in the Modern World,"finishes fourth, with 575 students. The course wasrecently made a government department requirement.

One of Harvard's most highlypraised courses,Robert Coles's General Education 105, "TheLiterature of Social Reflection," drewcharacteristically large crowds this year with 551students, up from last year's 500.

Science courses are usually the largestdepartment offerings. Biological Sciences 2,co-taught by Bigelow Professor of IchthyologyKarel F. Liem, Associate Professor of BiologySteven N. Austad and Arnold Professor ofDendrology Robert E. Cook, leads the pack thisyear. The class, the semester's sixth mostpopular, attracted 412 students.

Another introductory science class, Chemistry10, attracted 376 students, making it this year'sseventh largest. Its co-teachers, AssistantProfessor of Chemistry Philip A. Anfinrud andBaird Professor of Science Dudley R. Herschbach,are new to the course.

Mathematics 21a, a section-only intermediatecalculus class, comes in eighth with an enrollmentof 374 students

Joseph S. Nye's Historical Studies A-12,"International Conflicts in the Modern World,"finishes fourth, with 575 students. The course wasrecently made a government department requirement.

One of Harvard's most highlypraised courses,Robert Coles's General Education 105, "TheLiterature of Social Reflection," drewcharacteristically large crowds this year with 551students, up from last year's 500.

Science courses are usually the largestdepartment offerings. Biological Sciences 2,co-taught by Bigelow Professor of IchthyologyKarel F. Liem, Associate Professor of BiologySteven N. Austad and Arnold Professor ofDendrology Robert E. Cook, leads the pack thisyear. The class, the semester's sixth mostpopular, attracted 412 students.

Another introductory science class, Chemistry10, attracted 376 students, making it this year'sseventh largest. Its co-teachers, AssistantProfessor of Chemistry Philip A. Anfinrud andBaird Professor of Science Dudley R. Herschbach,are new to the course.

Mathematics 21a, a section-only intermediatecalculus class, comes in eighth with an enrollmentof 374 students