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The difficulties that such a fast pace can create have not escaped the attention of its instructors. Associate Professors of History James Hankins who gave one of this week's lectures called attention to the problem in his opening remarks.
History 1a, "Western Societies, Politics and Cultures," marks the first time since the late 1960s that Harvard has offered an introductory survey course in European civilization and it attempts to cover Europe from ancient Greece to the English revolution.
Professor of History Steven E. Ozment, who teaches the course said yesterday he hopes it will give history concentrators a more solid grounding in the discipline.
Survey courses like History 1a and its spring counterpart History 1b, were once a staple of college curriculums but fell out of favor in the late 1960s. In recent years however, many educators have criticized American college for failing to ensure that students learn the basics of Western civilization.
But although the course catalogue describes History 1a and 1b as the normal point of entry for concentrators it is still not a requirement. And Harvard's Core Curriculum, introduced in 1979, is designed to introduce students to the major "approaches to knowledge" in fields of study rather than any...