<p>You need to define “liberal artsy” for me. Traditionally the “liberal arts” encompass languages, literature, math, science and social sciences (e.g, history, philosophy). Science departments are usually housed within a subset of the school called something like “College of Liberal Arts” or “College of Arts & Sciences”, etc. So saying you want to study the sciences (bio/chem) is saying you want a liberal arts based education. </p>
<p>Studying biology/chemistry at most major universities is going to come with a set of non-science requirements often called something like “Core Classes” or “Basic Reqs”. Some schools will say if you’re a science major you need 3 social science classes, 3 humanities classes and a language, others will be more or less specific. As ColdCase points out, at BC the track may be a little bit more defined than at other schools. But you will have options as to what areas you want to explore - for, example, there is a philosophy requirement at BC, but there are a plenty of different types of classes to choose from. So to answer you question: “How well rounded is [are the] academics?” Very.</p>