00:00 Introduction
01:30 Leon Loucks begins speaking
03:00 Discussion of the mandate of the university with regards to the curriculum
04:00 Discussion of various programs offered at UPEI; necessity of those programs
06:00 Discussion of more specialised programs offered at UPEI; promotion of liberal education at UPEI
07:00 Discussion of UPEI's failure to promote the sciences adequately
08:00 Discussion of the need for a balanced curriculum; discussion of enrolment
09:00 Discussion of designing a curriculum to encourage enrolment
10:00 Discussion of the academic committee evaluating program proposals
11:00 Discussion of the merits imparting of factual knowledge versus the development of intellectual skills
12:00 Conclusion of Leon Loucks portion of the discussion
13:00 Ken Butler begins speaking; discussion of the importance of critical thinking skills over the memorisation of facts
16:00 Discussion of the role universities play in a society
17:00 Discussion of the educated versus the non-educated
18:00 Discussion of the humanities and social sciences
19:00 Discussion of the universities role in fostering western individualism
20:00 Further discussion of the merits of a liberal education
24:00 Discussion of the impact of student enrolment on the policies made by administration
26:00 Conclusion of Ken Butler's portion of the discussion; Rev. MacLellan begins speaking
27:00 Discussion of the problems of education
28:00 Discussion of metaphysics with regards to education
29:00 Discussion of materialist versus immaterialist views of man
30:00 Discussion of a program based on the uniqueness of man
32:00 Discussion of ideas with regards to history
33:00 Discussion of cultural history
34:00 Discussion of periodisation of history, history courses based on
37:00 Discussion of courses in philosophy
41:00 Discussion of the necessity of religious studies in a university curriculum
42:00 Discussion of potential improvements to miscellaneous components of the curriculum; conclusion of Rev. MacLellan's portion of the discussion
43:00 Beginning of question period; question regarding curriculum for adult and continuing education students
45:00 Question regarding general studies versus specialised studies
47:00 Slight gap in recording
51:00 Question regarding the need for more natural sciences courses; debate over the balance between humanities and sciences
56:00 Discussion of the statistics of student enrolment in various disciplines
01:01:00 Discussion of ways of encouraging students to enrol in a variety of disciplines
01:04:00 Question regarding the statistics of enrolment
01:09:00 Question regarding how different disciplines could work together
01:11:00 Observation on the disparity between perceptions of the humanities versus business and the sciences; anecdote on industrial and educational sociology courses
01:05:00 Discussion on the imbalance between PEI high school graduates and UPEI enrolment rate; the future of UPEI
01:18:00 Concluding remarks from the three speakers
01:24:00 Question regarding how to build a curriculum for undergraduates with limited academic experience
01:26:00 Comment that the problem of developing a curriculum will not satisfy everyone
01:30:00 Comment that this is not a conflict between the faculties, all are in agreeance on a balanced curriculum
01:34:00 Tape cuts out before end of discussion
