<p>Link is here</p>
<p>[Columbia</a> College Academics > Core Curriculum > Major Cultures](<a href=“http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/classes/mc.php]Columbia”>Global Core Requirement | The Core Curriculum)</p>
<p>Anyone know why this change was made or what is in the new global core requirement-could not get link to the new course lists to work</p>
<p>I’m curious too. Could it simply be a more PC name for the same thing?</p>
<p>my bet: you can thank the hunger strikers.</p>
<p>sounds so incredibly unnecessary! Why do they do this now?!</p>
<p>I agree with Skraylor; it’s those deluded hunger-strikers. We should’ve given them just enough saline solution to harvest their organs. What a waste.</p>
<p>I think the ultimate goal of the “settlement” with the hunger strikers was to create a “lit hum” style (ie small class size discussion type) non-western seminar devoted to non-European literature, culture, and philosophy. I believe the seminar was to be standardized college wide and contain a universal curriculum similar to Lit Hum and CC. This is going to take much effort, time, and money and I doubt this is what occurred with the name change. Probably just a subtle change in the actual description of the requirement or available courses but I don’t know for sure. </p>
<p>Maybe they will include this course as an available option:</p>
<p>EAAS W3338 Cultural History - Japanese Monsters 3 pts.
From Godzilla to Pokemon (literally, “pocket monster”) toys, Japanese monsters have become a staple commodity of late-capitalist global pop culture. This course seeks to place this phenomenon within a longer historical, as well as a broader cross-cultural, context. Through an examination of texts and images spanning over thirteen centuries of Japanese history, along with comparable productions from other cultures, students will gain an understanding not only of different conceptions and representations of monsters, ghosts, and other supernatural creatures in Japan, but also of the role of the “monstrous” in the cultural imagination more generally. The course draws on various media and genres of representation, ranging from written works, both literary and scholarly, to the visual arts, material culture, drama, and cinema. Readings average 100-150 pages per week. Several film and video screenings will be scheduled in addition to the regular class meetings. Seating in limited, with final admission based on a written essay and other information to be submitted to the instructor before the beginning of the semester. Some preference is given to EALAC and History majors, as well as to those who have done previous coursework on Japan.</p>
<p>I give up - my alma mater is now offer course work on Pokemon -what next - maybe they can start a course on Sex in the City from another post!</p>
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<p>And a 20 million plus bill.</p>
<p>jesus christo @ those hunger strikers. I hadn’t heard about this until now…kids, it doesn’t count if you have laptops, wireless, and a comfy lounge to retire to when it rains. </p>
<p>Don’t they have <em>anything</em> better to do with their time and misplaced righteousness??? Seriously, don’t they?</p>
<p>Here is an update that tries to answers some of the questions</p>
<p>[The</a> Bwog: The Global Core… It’s Nebulous!](<a href=“http://www.bwog.net/articles/the_global_core_it_s_nebulous]The”>http://www.bwog.net/articles/the_global_core_it_s_nebulous)</p>