Open curriculum





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By Skulkarni1 (Skulkarni1) on Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 07:21 pm: Edit

Hi, i have a question, other than brown university, what other colleges have the open curriculum?

By Stug (Stug) on Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 08:57 pm: Edit

vassar and amherst off hand.

By Beero1000 (Beero1000) on Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 10:27 pm: Edit

hopkins

By Tropicanabanana (Tropicanabanana) on Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 10:33 pm: Edit

smith.

By Incog (Incog) on Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 11:00 pm: Edit

open curriculum is so overrated.

By A2a2 (A2a2) on Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 11:17 pm: Edit

Grinnell - only requirement is 1st-year seminar. Your major may require that you have language or math or whatever - so it may not make that much difference anyway.

By Reidmc (Reidmc) on Monday, May 24, 2004 - 01:37 am: Edit

Hamilton

By Kjofkw (Kjofkw) on Monday, May 24, 2004 - 08:13 am: Edit

Open curriculum does not necessarily mean you are free to choose everything. Even during our visit to Brown, when my son met w/ the department he was interested in majoring, they explained that while the university has an open policy, each department in reality has their own list of specific requirements. The department may, for example require a English composition class even though the university does not.

By Nicksummers (Nicksummers) on Monday, May 24, 2004 - 08:32 am: Edit

I believe there is a scholarship @ UVA that offers a kind of 'open curriculum'. "Echols", I think it is.

In any case, most schools allow students to propose their own curriculums if they so choose, which is probably a lot safer + more beneficial to the student if a bit more work.

By Skulkarni1 (Skulkarni1) on Monday, May 24, 2004 - 08:56 pm: Edit

hopkins has open curriculum? i was not aware of that! any other schools other htan those mentioned above? so far:
grinnel, hopkins, vassar, amherst, and UVA have been mentioned

By Stug (Stug) on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 02:25 am: Edit

Hopkin's is not open. It has distribution requirements.

By Skulkarni1 (Skulkarni1) on Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 01:04 am: Edit

what are distribution requirements? anyone else know?


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