The effect of a general versus narrow undergraduate curriculum on graduate specialization¶
Kovačević, M. (2022). The effect of a general versus narrow undergraduate curriculum on graduate specialization: The case of a Dutch liberal arts college. The Curriculum Journal, 33(4), 632-648.
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- Decoupling Point
- In education, the decoupling point is the year, course, or threshold where general curriculum (push, standardised for forecast cohorts) gives way to specialisation, capstone, or apprenticeship (pull, customised to the learner), and early-specialisation systems place it early while liberal-arts systems defer it.
This sourceEmpirically compares broad (liberal-arts) versus narrow (early-specialization) undergraduate curricula as differing placements of the general-to-specialized transition, finding liberal-arts graduates equally prepared for specialized master's study despite less subject-specific knowledge — the breadth-versus-depth trade-off in preparation for later specialization.
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Supplies the breadth-versus-depth background — liberal-arts programmes as an exception to the continental norm of early specialization — but not where the transition falls, nor the push/pull framing.
“This discussion is particularly relevant in the context of European liberal arts bachelor's programmes, which recently re‐emerged as an exception to the continental norm of specialized undergraduate curricula.”
- In education, the decoupling point is the year, course, or threshold where general curriculum (push, standardised for forecast cohorts) gives way to specialisation, capstone, or apprenticeship (pull, customised to the learner), and early-specialisation systems place it early while liberal-arts systems defer it.
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