Word: sanskrit
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
There were, I know, some strange wonderfulbrains at work in esoteric fields of Sanskrit,Eastern religious, Mayan anthropology and thelike. To my regret, I came into contact with toofew of them. They were little pockets ofexcellence in the Harvard tapestry and gave lustreto those of who did not fully plumb the depths ofwhat Harvard offered. I felt them out there,though, and I was proud of them and their work andwas glad to be among them...
...many years the Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies discouraged undergraduates, according to Tubb, since the concentration was based on "rather intensive courses in Sanskrit" which are "very time-consuming. The department was afraid undergraduates wouldn't have time to do the things all undergraduates should be doing." With the establishment of a "less intensive" option in Indian Studies two years ago as part of "a deliberate effort on the part of the department to attract more concentrators" and "to be more active in undergraduate teaching," the department now has more concentrators than in the 20 previous years together...
Although most say larger enrollments might justify increased funding, faculty do not feel that their departments are given less consideration than larger ones when the university appropriates resources. While "the fact that [Sanskrit is] a small program does make it more difficult to get funding," Tubb says, "the administration has been attentive to the description of our needs that we've given them." Afro-Am's Hyatt agrees that funding is plentiful for his department...
Professors say they cannot offer a range of courses comparable to larger departments' offerings. "[A small department] does give students a smaller pool to choose from," Sanskrit's Tubb admits. Afro-Am offers most courses on a rotating basis every three years in order to allow concentrators to fulfill their requirements, Hyatt says. "We can't offer the breadth of courses required by the needs of the college," he says. "Unless I offer new stuff every term, the concentrators are going to run out of courses to take...
...Smallest Departments Department Number of Students in 1984-85 East Asian Languages and Civilization 21 Folklore and Mythology 20 Physical Sciences 19 Near Eastern Languages and Civilization 18 Germanic Languages and Literature 18 Linguistics 15 Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 Statistics 4 Afro-American Studies 3 Sanskrit...