<p>are there distribution requirements aside from one's major/minor?
would these distribution requirements (if they exist) apply to an honors college student?</p>
<p>Yes to both questions.</p>
<p>Sorry for the double post, but I ran out of time to add to what I said earlier.</p>
<p>Here is the Pitt database of courses: Course</a> Descriptions | University of Pittsburgh</p>
<p>To get an idea of the Gen Ed requirements, over on the right you will see "Search by Arts and Sciences requirements," and, under that, "general education requirements." If you hit that drop-down menu, you will see all of the various topics you will need to cover. After you choose the subject, choose the semester you want to see. For the Spring semester, hit 2094. You will then get a list of all the courses that will fill that particular requirement. Make sure you select "List All" on the far right. As you can see, many of the requirements can be satisfied in a variety of ways and can even overlap with courses you are taking for your major.</p>
<p>Also, underneath that you will see the writing and mathematics required courses. You get out of those if you score more than 600 on the CR or the M section of the SAT. And if you place out of the Workshop in Composition, there are I think two additional writing courses you need to take. </p>
<p>Beyond the requirements, you can check out all of Pitt's course offerings, including the Honors College. On the left, just select from the drop-down menus for each department and select which semester you want to see. I'm pointing this out because it's a bit hard to find from the Pitt website.</p>
<p>Also, my daughter has found the advising at Pitt to be excellent. She meets with her every semester, and they discuss her progress and what she needs to take. That will change now that she has declared a major and will be assigned to someone in that department.</p>
<p>thank you!</p>
<p>I agree!! The advising at Pitt is terrific!!! I am very impressed with the one my son has!</p>