Course Correction

According to Dan Patrick, a Republican senator from Houston, a tweak in the Undergraduate’s course requirements is seen to have a positive outcome. With bill SB-1128 to be passed, the main focus would be that the requirement for higher education history courses would be altered to six hours or credits of American History, or three hours or credits of Texas History along with three hours or credits of American History. With the advantage that a more vague and broad set of choices are allowed to be marked as required hours, like the cultural history of drugs and alcohol and many other courses available, the stakes are seen as high but not impossible. The idea behind this would be that the students in general would have a better understanding of History as opposed to what was simply learned in a year span in High School.

Personally, I wouldn’t agree with this bill due to the fact that I despise History related topics to a great degree. Being more of a math whiz doesn’t catch my eye when referencing this bill of extending history courses to an extent. Although I wouldn’t be affected as much as the following students, I still feel that this bill might only bring a tougher requirement to those who aren’t as fond of history courses as I am. I strongly encourage and support the higher education requirements for undergraduates, also known as “basics,” to stay in the current condition that they are as of now, with no need for change.