I completed my PhD in the 1980's at USC, not a "slouch" school; there was no language requirement even "way back then"
Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [email protected] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:50:36 -0400 >From: "Christopher D. Green" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [tips] PhD language requirement >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > > michael sylvester wrote: > > There used to be some kind of a language > requirement as a part of the grad requirement. > I am not sure if it was in lieu of > stats.Anyway,what happened to that idea? > > Language requirements are still common in the > humanities. I had to do French for my philosophy PhD > just a few years back. Sometime after psychology > decided that it was a "natural science" (and > therefore, I suppose, spoke the "language of > nature") it dumped its language requirements most > places. (I can remember some students attempting to > argue that learning a computer programing "language" > should count. I think I lost that argument because I > was so busy laughing.) > > Chris > -- > > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > > > 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 > [email protected] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > > ========================== > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
