<p>You’re required to take 32 courses but they can be in any subject, as long as you complete what’s needed for your major. Is that correct? I’ve never heard of anything like that before. I think it’s a great idea.</p>
<p>yes, its called an open curriculum. brown has it too. also at amherst, you dont have to declare your major until senior year</p>
<p>Thanks for the swift reply. Do you know if students prefer open curriculum over general ed?</p>
<p>um...you have to declare your major at the end of sophomore year
and you are require to take only one class perscribed by the school, a freshman seminar your first semester in college. there are something like 30 options for the freshman seminar, each limited to 15 students. you submit a list of your top 7 before matriculating and you find out which one you get into soon before going up to school.</p>
<p>Yes, we do prefer it :) You know that everyone in your classes has chosen to be there, rather than taking one that checks some box in graduation requirements.</p>
<p>The nice thing is that this allows all students true academic freedom. Those that want to have the core can do it, and those that want to limit their subjects can do that, also. D loves the open curriculum because it allowed her to try out courses that she probably would never have taken otherwise, and she loved her Freshman Seminar - Renaissance Marvels.</p>