History Colloquia

The History Department has, in a limited and clearly experimental way, shown a beautiful flexibility. It has initiated new credit colloquia to replace the 100-level courses now required of first year graduate students in American and modern European history.

These colloquia promise to provide the student with more time to explore his particular area of interest and to work with the senior faculty of his department. They would also be more effective than the 100-level courses in equipping the student with the core of material which the department regards as necessary.

If this experiment succeeds, students in other departments could enjoy the good fortune of students in American and modern European history. The fact that the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences looks upon the change as "a dandy move" certainly offers hope.