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It is hardly a surprise that marijuana is consumed in a state that decriminalized possession of small quantities of the substance last year—it certainly isn’t to Steven G. Catalano, spokesman for the Harvard University Police Department.
The History Department announced yesterday its plans to reduce the number of half-courses required to graduate by two, granting concentrators more flexibility in choosing courses.
In an e-mail to the department’s 233 declared concentrators, Director of Undergraduate Studies and History Professor Daniel L. Smail wrote that the department will now require 10 half-courses to graduate and 12 to qualify for honors.
Since the Faculty of Arts and Sciences extended the deadline for undergraduates to declare their concentrations to sophomore fall, the History Department has seen an increase in the number of related-field petitions as concentrators had to seek credit for related courses that they had already taken, History Lecturer Trygve...
By reducing the number of requirements, Throntveit said, history concentrators would have more flexibility to take courses outside the department.