Students should be made aware of more than one economic school of thought. This is proposed as a minimum only so there is the potential for critical comparison. Clearly we would hope programmes would cover more.
Also, while I find the history of economics fascinating, I'm not sure that it merits taking up a lot of time in every masters course. Some courses could explicitly offer this, for those students who are so inclined. I've found that interest in the history of economics tends to develop later in one's development as an economist, as long as one isn't brainwashed into some orthodoxy early on.
Wondering where to fit in question of maths/use of Greek letters etc....I like the challenge of trying to learn this stuff. But part of me also thinks, if I learn this, am I not just achieving economics status quo. How/or should we manage critical approaches to maths & calculus etc.
From Francis Cripps point, it makes more sense to me to have 'history of economic thought' rather than 'schools of thought' on the curriculum so that the student is introduced to the main "tree" of economics. Then different schools (or at least origins) of economic schools of thought are touched upon in its historical context. Depending on the resources and capacity, this could be general but also specific to macroeconomics, microeconomics, etc. A general cover should be a minimum.
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