Today we present the second installment of BloggerHeads, a weekly feature in which our bloggers sit down to debate or discuss an important issue at Columbia.
Writing recently in Spectator, professor David Helfand argued for the end of the departmental major. In response, editorial board member Samuel Roth defended the formal curricular program as essential for a strong academic foundation. This week, we asked Amin Ghadimi and Cornelius FitzPatrick if the major has outlived its usefulness.
