Author describes an experimental unit, the Utopia Project, given in the College of Basic Studies at Boston University, and shows how it works with examples of actual projects undertaken by students. (DR)

If students are to learn as much as they can, they should themselves choose what they wish to study. College faculties who set up course requirements, for whatever ostensible reason, are usurping a function which belongs to the student. Explicit guidance, in the form of advice from a faculty member, is better than the implicit guidance of course…