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...students who may lack classical training, but like to play GarageBand or sing in student groups like Kuumba.The new “era of globalization” to which the Final Report of the Task Force on General Education repeatedly refers has also found its way into the Music curriculum??which has focused mostly on Western greats like Bach and Beethoven.Now, Music concentrators will be required to take a class in non-Western music—Music 51c: “World Music History and Repertory”—which will be taught next year...
Anthropology professor Daniel E. Lieberman ’86 said the field of biological anthropology has diverged drastically in methodology and focus from the curriculum??s current archaeology and social anthropology tracks, which lie in the social sciences...
...current students will have the chance to experiment with the new curriculum??having the option to elect to fulfill requirements under Gen Ed or the Core. Though the choice is available for all, it represents a far more viable possibility for current freshmen...
...added. “It’s an easy target. We have to be smart on how to expect the resistance.” Quinnie Lin ’09—who helps coordinate the Ethnic Studies Coalition, a student group that advocates for an ethnic studies curriculum??said that she was pleased with the discussion. “I think this conversation was great in that it was the first step in fostering student-faculty communication, and we really need students to work with faculty and administrators to establish a sustainable program in ethnic studies...
...gone unnoticed by other countries. Over spring break, through the Harvard College in Asia Program, I had the opportunity to stay at Hong Kong University with a group of fellow undergraduates. The dean of education there informed us that the college is planning to reform its curriculum??a relic of British colonial rule—to bring it more in line with the American system. Rather than starting off their university years with a set major and pre-professional plans, students will now be able to dabble in the glorious uncertainty of a liberal arts education...