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Requirements of junior and senior concentrators will remain the same--five half courses in major area, two half courses in minor area and one non-Western area course. Starting with this year's sophomore class students will focus on one of the three main fields of study and take at least one course each in the remaining...
...distribution areas include Ancient History: Europe 500 to 1700 Modern Western: America and Europe since 1700; and Non-Western: Africa, Latin America, Eastern Asia and the Near East...
...best place to battle willful ignorance and bigotry, of course, is in the classroom. Teaching that strengthens reason over reflex, curiosity over insularity may help improve students' behavior outside the classroom as well. Though the changes are often controversial, many colleges have revised their curricula to include courses in non-Western cultures and values. Fewer and fewer of the history and literature surveys focus exclusively on the West European heritage. "The curriculum has been radically realigned," says Carnegie Foundation president Ernest Boyer. "Minorities have insisted on it, women have insisted on it, and frankly it's made universities dramatically better...
...Many [professors] complain either about the lack of coherence of the student body, i.e. the diversity in preparation and levels of understanding, or about the general lack of historical knowledge, especially in European and non-Western history," reported the Historical Studies Subcommittee in their five-year review issued last spring...
...Classics Vol. 2, is due to appear, along with Rei Momo, Byrne's solo album based on Brazilian and other Latin song styles. Simon is planning to include Brazilian- inspired material in his next album, scheduled for release in early 1990. Gabriel, whose new Real World label focuses on non-Western music, based his score for the film The Last Temptation of Christ on the sounds of Brazil and Africa. Brazil's influence is also acknowledged by Roberta Flack on her late- 1988 album Oasis. "Under a warm Rio night/ We danced on the edge," she coos in a number...