Colleges with Open Curriculums

College Search & Selection
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<p>I’m trying to compile a list of schools (other than Brown) that have no required courses or close to no required classes, preferrably on the east coast and have a reputable economics/business dept. So far I have:</p>

<li>Brown University</li>
</ol>

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<ol>
<li>Duke University</li>
</ol>

<p>Duke has no core curriculum, just distribution requirements. Depending on your major, for example, you might not ever have to take math again. You can fill the "quantitaitve studies" requirement with another totally different type of course instead, such as Psych or Comp Sci. I got this info from the Duke board, but here is the site that explains how the curriculum works:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.aas.duke.edu/trinity/t-reqs/curriculum/generalstudies.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.aas.duke.edu/trinity/t-reqs/curriculum/generalstudies.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>university of rochester</p>

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<p>Hamilton College
Vassar (?)
Evergreen State college</p>

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<p>Try searching the threads. This very topic has come up more than once in recent months.</p>

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<p>New School
Sarah Lawrence</p>

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<ol>
<li>Brown University</li>
<li>Duke University</li>
<li>University of Rochester</li>
<li>Hamilton College</li>
<li>Vassar College?</li>
<li>Evergreen State College</li>
<li>New School University</li>
<li>Sarah Lawrence</li>
</ol>

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<p>Brown is the only top school that I know of with absolutely no core curriculum, no distribution requirements, and no compulsary course.. As long as you have enough classes to complete your concentration at the end of four years, you're fine..</p>

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<p>amherst i believe has an open curriculum</p>

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<ol>
<li>Brown University</li>
<li>Duke University</li>
<li>University of Rochester</li>
<li>Hamilton College</li>
<li>Vassar College?</li>
<li>Evergreen State College</li>
<li>New School University</li>
<li>Sarah Lawrence College</li>
<li>Amherst College</li>
</ol>

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<ol>
<li>Brown University</li>
<li>Duke University</li>
<li>University of Rochester</li>
<li>Hamilton College</li>
<li>Vassar College? (I'm not sure about this one...)</li>
<li>Evergreen State College</li>
<li>New School University (look into Eugene Lang College)</li>
<li>Sarah Lawrence College</li>
<li>Amherst College</li>
<li>New College of Florida</li>
<li>Colorado College</li>
</ol>

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<p>I believe Wesleyan also has one.</p>

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<p>Yeah, Wesleyan's another one. So is NYU's Gallatin school.</p>

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<ol>
<li>Brown University</li>
<li>Duke University</li>
<li>University of Rochester</li>
<li>Hamilton College</li>
<li>Vassar College? (I'm not sure about this one...)</li>
<li>Evergreen State College</li>
<li>New School University (look into Eugene Lang College)</li>
<li>Sarah Lawrence College</li>
<li>Amherst College</li>
<li>New College of Florida</li>
<li>Colorado College</li>
<li>Wesleyan University</li>
<li>NYU Gallatin School</li>
</ol>

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<ol>
<li>Brown University</li>
<li>Duke University</li>
<li>University of Rochester</li>
<li>Hamilton College</li>
<li>Vassar College? (I'm not sure about this one...)</li>
<li>Evergreen State College</li>
<li>New School University (look into Eugene Lang College)</li>
<li>Sarah Lawrence College</li>
<li>Amherst College</li>
<li>New College of Florida</li>
<li>Colorado College</li>
<li>Wesleyan University</li>
<li>NYU Gallatin School</li>
<li>Smith College</li>
</ol>

<p>Besides fulfilling major requirements, Smith College only has a writing course requirement.</p>

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<p>Grinnell college.</p>

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<ol>
<li>Brown University</li>
<li>Duke University</li>
<li>University of Rochester</li>
<li>Hamilton College</li>
<li>Vassar College? (I'm not sure about this one...)</li>
<li>Evergreen State College</li>
<li>New School University (look into Eugene Lang College)</li>
<li>Sarah Lawrence College</li>
<li>Amherst College</li>
<li>New College of Florida</li>
<li>Colorado College</li>
<li>Wesleyan University</li>
<li>NYU Gallatin School</li>
<li>Smith College</li>
<li>Grinnell College</li>
</ol>

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<p>A lot of the schools listed so far are very similiar--small, nontraditional, very liberal leaning. If you're thinking about a school that's larger and more traditional, the only one I can think of is the University of Virginia.</p>

<p>Echols Scholars at the University of Virginia have a completely open curriculum and priority registration.</p>

<p><a href="http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/echols/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/echols/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>