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Hi, I was wondering if anyone could name some colleges that do not have a core curriculum, or don't require students to complete certain classes. I know Brown doesn't, and my friend told me Wesleyan has something similar, but are there any others?
thanks

By August (August) on Wednesday, July 07, 2004 - 10:27 pm: Edit

Smith doesn't have a core curriculum or distribution requirements.

By Fredmurtz2 (Fredmurtz2) on Wednesday, July 07, 2004 - 11:19 pm: Edit

Schools with small cores include:
Lehigh
Vassar
New College of Flordia
UVA Echols [I dont know if you can only apply to Echols though]
Amherst

By A2a2 (A2a2) on Thursday, July 08, 2004 - 12:09 am: Edit

Grinnell - the only requirement is to take a first-year seminar. Just to warn people...not having core curriculum doesn't mean you'll get all the way thru college without any requirements. For example, English majors at Grinnell need to satisfy a foreign language requirement.

By Fredmurtz2 (Fredmurtz2) on Thursday, July 08, 2004 - 12:32 am: Edit

Grinnell's tuition is generally lower than a lot of schools because of it's huge endowment (An added bonus).

By Reidmc (Reidmc) on Thursday, July 08, 2004 - 01:52 am: Edit

Hamilton

By Jblackboy05 (Jblackboy05) on Thursday, July 08, 2004 - 02:50 am: Edit

oberlin

By Dudedad (Dudedad) on Thursday, July 08, 2004 - 09:05 am: Edit

Rochester

By Hopkinslax (Hopkinslax) on Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 08:24 pm: Edit

Bucknell

By Tdizzo (Tdizzo) on Friday, July 16, 2004 - 12:25 pm: Edit

Pomona...sort of...beyond a language requirement Pomona has what's called a PAC system by which you have to take a class in 10 generall categories (each one probably has close to 15-25 classes in it so you can pick and choose what you really want to take)