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This attitude of attempting to cope actively with conflicts is what Fisher says he hopes to teach his students in Soc Sci 174, a course sporting a hefty 72-page reading list and syllabus. Most of those pages contain detailed explanations of what students are expected to learn about particular diplomatic and conflict-solving techniques, such as breaking conflicts into bite-sized pieces, and making it easier for the other guy to do what you want him to. Soc Sci 174 is supposed to help bridge the gap between the theory and practice of international conflict-solving by teaching students...
Patton says Soc Sci 174 was "one of the last courses I took at Harvard, and finally someone is saying let's do something about it--take the theory the Government Department puts out, and apply it to the real world...
Fisher gives his students the same chance to change history, if only in a small way. Students in Soc Sci 174 must write a 15-page memorandum to someone in a position to do something constructive about an international conflict, telling that person what he or she can do immediately to help the situation. Well-written memorandums are actually sent off to their targets, with a cover letter from Fisher...
Some students in Soc Sci 174 last year had complaints about Fisher and his course. A common criticism was that the course "lacked substance." Others said the lectures were repetitive, and the weekly full-class discussion sections were useless. Students complained the reading list contained unclear or highly theoretical works, and the weekly problems sets were ambiguous and not very useful...
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