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George Washington University Removes U.S. History as a Requirement for History Majors
HeatStreet ^ | 12/22/2016

Posted on 12/23/2016 11:35:40 AM PST by Altura Ct.

George Washington University has changed its course requirements for history major to no longer include U.S. history, the College Fix reports.

The university’s history department recently introduced new requirements with the stated aim of giving students greater flexibility to pursue their interests, and to “better reflect a globalizing world,” according to faculty.

Requirements in U.S., North American, and European history were eliminated, along with foreign language. Incoming history major will be required to take at least one introductory course, and may choose U.S. history as option. However, like many other universities, GWU allows incoming students to place out of the introductory courses by scoring well on Advanced Placement exams in high school.

It is therefore possible for a student to major in history at GWU without taking a single course on U.S. history. According to a report from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, the same is true of about two-thirds of the leading universities in the country.

The GW Hatchet reported last month that the changes were motivated in part by a desire to attract more students to the history department, which has experienced a steady decline in enrollment since 2011

“The main gain for students is that they have a great deal more flexibility than they had before, and they can adapt it to whatever their plans are for the future,” said Katrin Schultheiss, the department chair. “Whatever they want to do, there’s a way to make the history department work for them.”


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: gwu; highereducation; historyeducation; leftismoncampus
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To: Altura Ct.

High school kids who study American history today have to cover 50 more years than I had to cover. Something has to be left out. Just saying.


21 posted on 12/23/2016 11:56:10 AM PST by Terry Mross (is country will fail to exist inmy lifetime. And I'm ttin' up there in age.)
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To: Altura Ct.
No! Insanity!!

Are biology, anatomy, and chemistry required in pre-med? I don't want to know.

22 posted on 12/23/2016 11:56:11 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill: TWITTER, FACEBOOK, CNN)
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To: JBW1949

You left out Sub-Saharan Homoerotic Dance and Literature. Shame on you. That’s a terrific resume enhancer for the Womyns Studies majors.


23 posted on 12/23/2016 12:04:15 PM PST by Bob (Now, Republicans get to sing "Happy Days Are Here Again". Enjoy the suck, rats.)
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To: Altura Ct.

so glad I DO NOT have a college education ...


24 posted on 12/23/2016 12:05:36 PM PST by LeoWindhorse (America First !)
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To: Bob

OUCH!!!! I missed that one....


25 posted on 12/23/2016 12:11:33 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: Altura Ct.

They don’t deserve George Washington’s name.


26 posted on 12/23/2016 12:13:58 PM PST by VermithraxPejorative
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To: TTFlyer

It’s more like removing algebra instruction from Algebra 1. Or removing English instruction from English 1. Or saying islam isn’t responsible for Islamic atrocities.


27 posted on 12/23/2016 12:16:39 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: editor-surveyor

More like george sorros university


28 posted on 12/23/2016 12:20:18 PM PST by Jeff Vader
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To: octex
What’s next?; eliminating math courses for Engineering degrees?

I think they will eliminate all relevant courses from all degrees. You will just come to college, tell them what you want a degree and then sit 4 years of courses that focus on white privilege, race baiting, vagina studies, socialism, LGBT, Islam, and hate America studies.
29 posted on 12/23/2016 12:27:16 PM PST by PJBankard
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The predators are in control of the universities.


30 posted on 12/23/2016 12:27:57 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: PJBankard

I think they will eliminate all relevant courses from all degrees. You will just come to college, tell them what you want a degree and then sit 4 years of courses that focus on white privilege, race baiting, vagina studies, socialism, LGBT, Islam, and hate America studies.


With employment being based on competency shown on computer-administered certificate testing, such as prometric.


31 posted on 12/23/2016 12:28:59 PM PST by samtheman (Voted Trump)
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To: Altura Ct.; All

If the university was teaching politically correct history of USA, then this move by the university is good.

In my experience, it’s difficult to relearn something correctly after you’ve first unquestioningly accepted a politically correct explanation.


32 posted on 12/23/2016 12:30:04 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: Pride in the USA; Stillwaters

“History is written by the victors” ~ Winston Churchill

The left won academia long ago. I don’t know what it would take to turn this around, if anything could.


33 posted on 12/23/2016 12:34:30 PM PST by lonevoice (diagonally parked in a parallel universe)
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To: JBW1949
You forgot that your hypothetical student went to school in the People's Sewer of Kalifornia and completed 12 years of sex education wherein they learned how to properly apply a condom in preparation of homosexual perversion.

That always looks good on a resume.

34 posted on 12/23/2016 12:48:54 PM PST by LouAvul (The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
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To: Terry Mross

Baloney! High school kids are taught American History started with the Civil War and the southern states were/are the bad guys.


35 posted on 12/23/2016 12:53:38 PM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: lonevoice

Outrageous!


36 posted on 12/23/2016 12:59:32 PM PST by Pride in the USA
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To: Altura Ct.

No student loans for undergraduate schools that don’t have a US History requirement.


37 posted on 12/23/2016 1:09:48 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
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To: Altura Ct.

Madness.


38 posted on 12/23/2016 1:13:53 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Altura Ct.

George Mason ought to follow through and change their name.


39 posted on 12/23/2016 1:16:15 PM PST by Rebelbase (ABC/NBC/CBS/MSNBC/PBS/CNN/FOX are THE LEGACY MEDIA)
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To: Rebelbase

Oops, George Washington, not Mason!


40 posted on 12/23/2016 1:16:43 PM PST by Rebelbase (ABC/NBC/CBS/MSNBC/PBS/CNN/FOX are THE LEGACY MEDIA)
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