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...absolutely stupefied by the recent decision of the Core program's Historical Study subcommittee to prevent History 10a and 10b from entering the Core. I can't think of any action which would have been more beneficial to the Core. Not only would these courses provide some backbone to the generally wishywashy offerings of the core, but their inclusion would send an important message: that Harvard recognizes the importance of the survey class...
History 10a and 10b are survey courses which cover Western history from antiquity to the present. I am currently enrolled in History 10b, and I find it to be an excellent course, providing necessary factual information along with insightful and interesting analysis. But for some strange reason, academia's perverse antipathy toward sur-veys seems to have raised its ugly head once again. Ostensibly, the committee killed the proposal because of details which seem completely insignificant: whether or not the courses will be Historical Studies...
...Historical Studies segment of the core is currently divided into an A category, which focuses on "major issues of the contemporary world," and a B category, which presents "the documented details of some transforming event or group of events," according to the Courses of Instruction. Granted, 10a and 10b don't fit neatly into either category, but it wouldn't upset any great cosmic order to add these two classes to the A category, the broader of the two. It is the reluctance of the subcommittee to take this minor step that is the problem...
History Department Chair Thomas N. Bisson saidthe department continues to support includingHistory 10a and 10b as part of the Core...
History 10a and 10b are survey courses in Western history...