<p>What is the difference in curriculum for a liberal arts college and a university? </p>
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<p>Does it mean that a liberal arts college offers lesser majors one can choose from? </p>
<p>Also, I know that for universities and colleges in the States, the first two years are spent on meeting general requirements before proceeding to concentrating on the student’s major. Is this the case for a liberal arts college as well? Having to study a broad area of both language, humanities and science? </p>
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<p>Typically, yes, a liberal arts college (LAC) offers fewer majors than a university. Most LACs do not offer majors in vocational fields such as business, engineering, architecture, or nursing. However, many of the best American universities do not offer all these majors either. So in these cases, the most important difference between the LAC and the university is that the LAC does not have a graduate school (that is, LACs do not offer a wide range of Masters and Ph.D. degrees). The undergraduate curriculum, however, is very similar.</p>
<p>At most LACs, as in the undergraduate programs at most universities, you spend the first 2 years in general studies, and the last 2 in the major program. A few colleges (such as Hampshire College in Massachusetts) do things a little differently.</p>