Rick Santorum Lies...

Even the medical school offers American History!

http://saa49.ucsf.edu/gencat/history_of_health_sciences.html

219

Introduction to the History of American Medicine, 1900-1950

(4 units)

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Spring

Instructor(s):R. Bartz Prerequisite(s): None.

Restrictions:None. Activities: Lecture: 2 hours, Project: 3 hours, Independent Study: 3 hours

This course examines the history of American Medicine from 1900-1950. Topics include: the changing organization of medical practice, reforms in medical education, developments in medical science and technology, shifting ecology of disease, transformation of medical care institutions, patient and physician perspectives on health and illness, theories of disease and clinical therapeutics, debates over costs and quality, and the history of American health policy before Medicare and Medicaid. (DAHSM)

Ok, not exactly American History 101, but then again these ARE those snobby graduate degrees. LOL...

Rachel,

Rick Santorum mentioned that the UC system does not teach American History, we know that is ridiculous. I believe that he was referring to the a recent article in the LA Times, http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0401-uc-critics-20120402,0,6621298.story The article does state that the UC system does not offer American History courses, but it does mention that the UC system advocates a leftist agenda.

"The study by the California Assn. of Scholars repeats objections conservatives have had for decades over what they see as an overwhelmingly liberal academia that stifles dissent. "

I completely agree with this article's assumption but would not want anything to change in the UC system, the conservative view point is out of touch.

More than likely, it was the Wall Street Journal version, which I don't have access to, but I saw excerpted somewhere... I'd rather not give the blog who cut'n'pasted it any more hits, if it's all the same to you folks...: Seeing as i can't post the link--Grrr--search for the WSJ article "How California Colleges Indoctrinate Students," by Peter Berkowitz.

And the article doesn't say the courses are not offered; only that they're (supposedly) not required for graduation:
"None of the nine general campuses in the UC system requires students to study the history and institutions of the United States. None requires students to study Western civilization, and on seven of the nine UC campuses, including Berkeley, a survey course in Western civilization is not even offered. In several English departments one can graduate without taking a course in Shakespeare. In many political science departments majors need not take a course in American politics."

Rick is strong pro-life, from conception to deception.

About the right wing dictatorship in Benton Harbor Mich. Why isn't the "Czar" hanging from a tree? I'm serious. Why did the people just sit there and let their democracy be taken away from them without a fight? I don't get it.

Many have died to preserve our democracy. Why won't the people of Benton Harbor lift a finger and fight?

UC Berkeley's statement on American History: "The American History and Institutions requirements are based on the principle that a U.S. resident graduated from an American university should have an understanding of the history and governmental institutions of the United States."

UC Santa Barbara has 17 faculty just in American History: "With 17 faculty members, the UCSB graduate program in U. S. history offers a wide variety of intensive reading and research seminars. The program covers traditional chronological fields, with especially strong coverage of modern U. S history (1865 to the present). At the same time, the U. S. field has a number of strengths that cross traditional chronological boundaries. These thematic strengths include gender history, race and ethnicity (Native American, African American, Asian American and Chicano history), political economy, and public policy history."

At UC San Diego "The 37 permanent faculty and distinguished visiting faculty of the Department of History offer between 125 and 150 undergraduate courses every academic year in social, cultural, political, economic, and intellectual history. While most of the Department's offerings are grouped under geographic rubrics (United States,...)"

UC Santa Cruz: "

Dear Members of the UCSC Community:

As students of history, we are situated in a particular academic and political environment. We ourselves are products of particular histories. What we see when we look at the past is unavoidably shaped by our present sensibilities and concerns. We ask about the past at a time when the health of the world economy and the notion of unending progress are open to question and challenge, when previous paths to development and wealth have proven unsustainable and inequitable, and when the fate and future of our own public university system is uncertain. The study of history cannot solve these problems for us. But it can help us ask how wealth has been accumulated, how ideas of the good life or the just life have taken shape and been challenged. It can help us understand the various ways that humans have interacted with the nonhuman world, and how human activity has produced change over time." (and they do teach American History courses).

The list goes on, but now Rick can't claim that Maddow pulled out an exception rather than the rule.

We need a left-wing PAC that puts out an ad saying, "Romney (or Santorum) had sex with a goat!!"

Then when they scream "Lie! Lie!" we just put up moments like this and say, "Say what?!"

Holy Duggar! That is Jim Bob standing behind Rick on the podium!

I have taken an American history course at UC Davis. It was one of the best classes I ever took, in fact--a history of technology in America, taught by Michael Smith. I also have a good friend who got a PhD in history at UC Irvine. He studied the French revolution, so not quite American history, but of course the histories of France and the United States in that period are deeply intertwined.