<p>I was wondering what are the classes required in BU’s core curriculum. also, i heard something about it being optional? can someone explain this to me better? thanks lol</p>
<p>the core curriculum sucks in my opinion & my friends who started in the core drop out and take divisional studies instead [you get to choose the courses you take to satisfy your liberal arts requirements - it's good if you're undecided because you get to explore a lot].</p>
<p>you basically read a bunch of old texts [ex. for science you read darwin] and analyze them. it satisfies all of your CAS requirements excluding foreign language.</p>
<p>you're basically taking humanities and natural science, 2 courses each semester freshmen & sophomore years.</p>
<p>i decided not to go to uchicago BECAUSE they had a core ... it's to each his/her own i suppose.</p>
<p>some people love it, some people hate it.</p>
<p>goodnight!</p>
<p>My son applied to BU specifically because of Core! He's "into" those "old texts," also called a "Great Books" approach to learning so it might be wonderful for him. There's only one way to make sure and that's for him to experience it first hand. We'll be visiting next week and sitting in on several Core classes, both the huge lectures and the smaller seminars. As he also got accepted to Honors, we learned there are Honors sections for the seminars. We'll keep you posted, as it is between BU, with a very nice 1/2 tuition scholarship and Vassar with no money.</p>
<p>There is a website about the Core - [url=<a href="http://www.bu.edu/core/about/%5Dhere%5B/url">http://www.bu.edu/core/about/]here[/url</a>]. It is not required. The structure is very similar to cores at schools like Chicago, Columbia and many other places. It's only 8 classes during the 1st two years.</p>
<p>I'm currently a freshman at CAS, I'm taking divisional studies and not Core. But if you take Core, you learn SO much more and a lot of the stuff is really awesome. I just chose divisional because I'm not great at writing and Core has a lot of writing involved(papers, etc.). But Core is a great program and has a lot more to offer.</p>
<p>can someone explain the divisional studies program a little better? what type of courses are offered?</p>