<p>Do any other universities have an "Open Curriculum" that is similar to Brown's?</p>
<p>The idea sounds really cool, designing your own education. Does anyone know of any other schools which have something similar?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I think it's more of a small college thing like Amherst, Vassar, Wesleyan, etc.</p>
<p>Rochester does I believe and it's a bit larger than small LACs.</p>
<p>Cornell has a 'College Scholar' program that absolves you of all requirements, a la Brown.</p>
<p>The only catch is that you need to apply to the program and prove that you have the intellectual integrity to pursue such a path. </p>
<p>Unlike Brown...</p>
<p>Mostly LACs, I think. As everyone else has already said.</p>
<p>On a side note: I thought that the open curriculum thing sounded really cool, until I looked at the distribution requirements at some of the schools with "closed" curriculums and realized that even if I was at Brown or Wesleyan or any of the other places with no course requirements, I'd probably fulfill typical distribution requirements (which tend to be pretty basic except for in some extreme cases) anyways... But then, I have interests in all categories, and the same may not apply to everyone.</p>
<p>University of Rochester is the closest i believe</p>
<p>Smith has an open curriculum but I guess that does the OP no good on gender grounds.</p>
<p>To clarify, Wesleyan doesn't have any distribution "requirements," but it does have distribution "suggestions" (3 classes each in humanities, social sciences and math). These are not required for graduation, but are for honors (in most majors), Phi Beta Kappa, etc, so if you think you'd want to go for any of that kind of thing, you would end up doing distribution classes. As someone who was originally interested in Brown for lack of a core, I have not found these classes problematic to fulfill—at most places, distribution requirements are very light.</p>
<p>Amherst is another one with no requirements. I believe Grinnell is too. You should try searching to forum for this topic, as it has been covered before.</p>
<p>Thanks! I'll try searching as you suggested, Weskid.</p>
<p>I've been looking for the post which you said covered this before...</p>
<p>...not finding it.</p>
<p>Anyone else?</p>
<p>Hamilton College - no distribution or core requirements. Design your own education. They are very proud of it.</p>
<p>Smith College has an open curriculum with no core requirements. </p>
<p>And Smith is part of a 5-college consortium (with Amherst, Hampshire, Mt. Holyoke and Univ Mass). You can take classes at any. There is a free shuttle bus to get to classes at the other campuses.</p>
<p>Here's a list you might find interesting/helpful. I don't think every school on it has a 100% open curriculum, but many do, and those that do not only have a very few requirments:</p>
<p>College</a> Lists wiki / Open Curriculum - schools with more flexible curricula</p>
<p>ROCHESTER</p>
<p>This was my brothers second choice (to Brown, from which we were both rejected) and is going there.</p>
<p>Still somewhat tough to get into, but easier than getting into brown and has a similar curriculum.</p>
<p>Thanks! :o)</p>
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<p>I second Rochester.
I was a Brown reject, and while I'm not one hundred percent crazy about the experience, the open-ish curriculum is delightful.</p>