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...work hard,” as Tisch Professor of History Niall Ferguson puts it. But they simply do not have the time or the stamina to read a total of 1,200 pages a week. Incidentally, Ferguson assigns over 300 pages each week in History 10b. Many professors argue that it is not easy to achieve both depth and breadth in designing a syllabus. But throwing three novels or four hundred pages of critical theory at a group of busy undergrads is not the answer. I probably don’t need to read Derrida’s take...
This year’s freshmen who concentrate in history will no longer have to take History 10a and 10b, two survey courses in Western civilization, as part of a new system of requirements approved by the History department last week, chair of the department Andrew D. Gordon ’74 said...
Current history concentrators will still be required to take History 10a, “Western Societies, Politics, and Cultures: From Antiquity to 1650,” and History 10b, “Western Economies, Societies, and Polities: From 1648 to the Present...
Gordon said he thinks many students will still choose to take 10a and 10b, especially because the course is often taken as a Core course or an elective...
Kishlansky did say that the department may face difficulty finding instructors for 10a and its counterpart, History 10b, "Western Economies, Societies, and Polities: From 1648 to the Present," once the courses are no longer required for concentrators. "By eliminating the requirement, we would not have to exert pressure each year to get someone to do this," Kishlansky said...