UChicago changes requirements for economics major

JBStillFlying
Mon, 17 Apr 2017 01:54:11 +0000

@Chrchill as my kid wants to major in History I would agree with at least part of that, particularly if her subject matter makes use of data and quantitative methods of analysis (which she is hoping to learn). English can go either way - a lot depends on how rigorously it’s taught. UChicago has plenty of stories that suggest there is no issue there.

The particular disciplines (or sub-disciplines) of “Queer/Chicano/Womens/AA/Catholic/etc. Studies” really do vary from school to school. What I know of the general subject matter suggests that it can definitely be taught from more of an “advocacy” angle than “critical thought” angle. Schools with entire departments devoted to these subjects appear to be the worst offenders. If UChicago treats “queer studies” as a sub-discipline of English or Philosophy or History then it should be on the more rigorous side, given the rigor of those respective departments.