32 courses are required for graduation, subject to current restrictions on residency, fractional credit, transfer credit, and course load. Individual courses may be counted toward multiple requirements.

First-Year Seminar in Critical Inquiry (1 course)

Students will complete the First-Year Seminar in Critical Inquiry in their first semester.

Writing (1-2 courses)

In coordination with the First-Year Seminar Program and the Program in Writing:

Students will demonstrate basic writing proficiency in their first year, through placement examination or completion of the College Writing Tutorial.

Students will complete a course designated as Writing Intensive (W) in any semester between the completion of the First-Year Seminar and the beginning of Junior Independent Study.

Global and Cultural Perspectives (1-3 courses)

Foreign Language. Students will demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language through the second-level course in a given language sequence, through placement examination or course work.

Studies in Cultural Difference. Students will complete a course (C) that examines either a culture outside the United States or the culture of an American minority group (e.g., African American, Asian American, Hispanic or Latino American, Native American). Courses may be taught in English or in a foreign language.

Religious Perspectives (1 course)

Students will complete a course from any department or program that examines the religious dimension of humankind in relation to issues of cultural, social, historical, or ethical significance (R).

Quantitative Reasoning (1 course)

Students will demonstrate basic quantitative proficiency through completion of a course that involves a substantial element of quantitative reasoning (Q).

Learning Across the Disciplines (6 courses)

Students will complete no fewer than two approved courses in each of three academic areas: Arts and Humanities, History and Social Sciences, Mathematical and Natural Sciences.

Learning in the Major (7-9 courses in one department)

Students will complete a major in a Department or Program. The number of courses required in the major, excluding Independent Study, shall be no less than seven and no more than thirteen, of which no more than nine shall be in the same department. A maximum of twelve course credits in any one department excluding Independent Study may be counted toward graduation.

Independent Study (3 courses)

Students will complete three courses in Independent Study:

one course in Independent Study, normally taken in the junior year, that will focus on the development of research skills and methods in the discipline
a two-course Independent Study Thesis, normally taken in the two semesters of the senior year

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