Multiple news sources confirmed earlier this week that Columbia University would offer a class with Occupy Wall Street as its subject matter–and that students enrolled in the class would work in the field promoting OWS. But according to an e-mail from Columbia spokesperson Brian Connolly, the class has not yet been approved:
“While the University was closed during the holidays, a few news outlets reported that Columbia would be offering a new undergraduate course regarding Occupy Wall Street. The study of contemporary political, economic and social issues is entirely appropriate and has a long history here. But the fact is that the proposal for a new anthropology course involving fieldwork on this topic had yet to be considered for approval by the faculty Committee on Instruction. A course does not appear in the official directory of classes and cannot be offered in advance of required approvals. News reports and some departmental postings regarding the spring semester were premature.”
If Columbia does offer the class, it will not be the first university to do so. New York University is offering two classes on OWS, though they are reportedly discussion based and will not require students to work on implementing the goals of OWS.
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