my fear would be that such a class would inspire resentment amongst the first year class at whatever institution. something like that was suggested at smith, and it seemed to make a lot of people pissy.
having you taken a latin am, asian am, or afro am course? all three are very careful about establishing a sociohistorical context. they just deal with topics that conventional conservative history courses aren't able to deal with in detail. think of it like this: history as a major is an overview. latin am, afro am, asian am, classics, italian, spanish, etc etc all are more spec majors, going into a particular aspect of history in more elaborate detail.
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Date: 2003-06-21 04:13 pm (UTC)having you taken a latin am, asian am, or afro am course? all three are very careful about establishing a sociohistorical context. they just deal with topics that conventional conservative history courses aren't able to deal with in detail. think of it like this: history as a major is an overview. latin am, afro am, asian am, classics, italian, spanish, etc etc all are more spec majors, going into a particular aspect of history in more elaborate detail.
:) it's my pleasure.