news from camp hamp

hampcurious
Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:21:38 +0000

Okay, I am still doing Div I but as far as I can tell, Div II is what would be like a “major” at another school. However, instead of having to declare, and say I am an education major, for instance, and then being told what the requirements for that major are, one gets to decide what classes to take. Hampshire seems to work well for those of us who have several seemingly disparate interests. If you are interested in music, education, and german, you decide what classes to take, and how they fit together in some way. One of the strengths of Hampshire is supposed to be that it helps you to tie all your interests together, to find the common thread, and then to figure out how to follow them all in some way in terms of a job, or work, or further education.
So, essentially, I believe that Div II is a body of work, of classes taken, papers written, internships, independent study, etc. and the student has to figure out how to tie it all together, or to fill the holes in his own knowledge, to make it a meaningful education.
Talk to me next year, I may have a better definition!