Colleges without general education requirements

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<p>I'm nearly certain there are threads dedicated just to this but I've been unable to retrieve them. </p>

<p>What are some colleges that do not general education or distribution requirements for their baccalaureate degree programs? I'm aware of Brown and Wesleyan, but what other schools?</p>

<p>Trinity of Connecticut was mentioned but I didn't see much information on their website on their degree requirements.</p>

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<p>Both Weselyan and Trinity CT have distribution requirements.
<a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/registrar/ARNew.html#DEGREE%20REQUIREMENTS%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wesleyan.edu/registrar/ARNew.html#DEGREE%20REQUIREMENTS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www.trincoll.edu/pub/about/bulletin0506/requirements%20for%20bachelor.html#Requirements%20for%20the%20Bachelor%E2%80%99s%20Degree%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.trincoll.edu/pub/about/bulletin0506/requirements%20for%20bachelor.html#Requirements%20for%20the%20Bachelor%E2%80%99s%20Degree&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Amherst has no distribution requirements or core curriculum.</p>

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<p>New College of Florida, <a href="http://www.ncf.edu/Catalog/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ncf.edu/Catalog/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Grinnell College</p>

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<p>Hamilton College.</p>

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<p>I think Brown and Sarah Lawrence?</p>

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Both Weselyan and Trinity CT have distribution requirements

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<p>They arn't required at Wes unless you want honors.</p>

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<p>To further demonstrate what Weskid said, from the above cited website:</p>

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A student who does not meet these expectations by the time of graduation will not be eligible for University honors, Phi Beta Kappa, honors in general scholarship, and for honors in certain departments.

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<p>They use the word "expectations" rather than "requirements" for that reason, I believe.</p>

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<p>Smith and Amherst, I think.</p>

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<p>Vassar (?)</p>

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<p>Are there others? The colleges listed all have some sort of general requirements. All I know is that Brown's only requirement is that you complete a major and take the necessary amount of credits yearly, in addition to residency. I'm looking for a similar program. New College of Florida is a little too off-beat and independent for me; I'm not looking for something like Hampshire or Marlboro.</p>

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New College of Florida is a little too off-beat and independent for me

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It has an excellent reputation ( rank #1 in public LAC) and Florida's tuition is quite low. For many students, it is a good match.</p>