Word: fieldses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The innovations adopted by the Department of History to take effect next fall, and by which the former 17 existing fields of specific concentration were subdivided into 25; have been summed up and explained to the CRIMSON by Professor W. S. Ferguson chairman of the Department.
In connection with the new plans Professor Ferguson outlined the change of conditions in the department which brought about the alteration of the fields of concentration.
Specific Fields Not Specific
"At first," said Professor Ferguson, there were only two divisional examinations given, one on the work in the division, that is, in History, Government and Economics, and one in the specific field of concentration chosen for the degree. As there was then no general examination in History, and the department...
Professor Ferguson then showed that so long as the entire subject was touched upon, the original fields of concentration were too broad to be covered minutely, and it was considered necessary to restrict them. This resulted in the new alignment recently issued.