Visiting Swarthmore

<p>Is there a particularly good class there that I should visit for the full experience? (preferably humanities)</p>

<p>There are probably as many answers to that as there are students at Swarthmore.</p>

<p>Assuming that you are a future applicant, you might want to take advantage of the opportunity to e-mail the chairman of a department and ask his or her opinion. It's always a good idea to e-mail the prof ahead of time and find out if the class is an appropriate choice. Many of upper level Swarthmore classes are extremely small seminars with just a few students and are at such an advanced level that you would be utterly lost. The Chair of the Chemistry department flat out told my D that the particular class she asked about wouldn't be a good choice and recommended a different class he was teaching as a better alternative. When the schedule didn't work out for that one, he invited her to his office instead and arranged for a senior chem major to give her a tour of the science building.</p>

<p>In another case, (a Russian lit in translation class), the prof wrote back that it would be a good class to attend and sent along the reading assignment for that particular class so my daughter could come to class prepared! It took an inter-library loan here locally to track down the rather obscure Dostoevsky short novel.</p>

<p>It's also good to e-mail ahead of time so that you don't end up trying to attend a class when an exam is being given.</p>

<p>If you want a large lecture class, the "Intro to Western Art" course seems to be getting rave reviews. </p>

<p>You can search for courses by name, department, or professor at Swat, Haverford, and Bryn Mawr at the Tri-Co course listing site:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.trico.haverford.edu/cgi-bin/courseguide/cgi-bin/search.cgi%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.trico.haverford.edu/cgi-bin/courseguide/cgi-bin/search.cgi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Entry-level courses are numbered something like 014 or 102. 200-level, 300-level, and 400-level courses get increasingly sophisticated.</p>

<p>Michael Cothren's class is a favorite in Art History. He is very entertaining and a great professor...and your enthusiasm for Swarthmore would go up when you take his class.</p>

<p>My daughter sat in on two of Michael Cothren's classes when she had her overnight and she enjoyed both of them.</p>

<p>Achat, I feel like your echo today.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.swarthmore.edu/admissions/visit_planner/visit_planner.cgi%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.swarthmore.edu/admissions/visit_planner/visit_planner.cgi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Use this link to see what classes are available on the day you plan to be there.</p>

<p>I loved joining Schuldenfrei's Philosophy class when I visited...he's a big reason I'm going to Swarthmore...he was awesome!</p>

<p>thanks! (to everyone)</p>

<p>I loved joining Schuldenfrei's Philosophy class when I visited...he's a big reason I'm going to Swarthmore...he was awesome!</p>

<p>My son's taking his class this semester and he's one of his favorite profs. I guess fulfilling his humanities requirement isn't so painful after all.</p>

<p>S has chosen Shuldenfrei for his advisor (not how it usually works). He will probably be a philosophy major, however. S is not easily impressed, but loves Shuldenfrei.</p>

<p>I now plan to plant the Cothren bug in his ear for next year.</p>

<p>I'm visiting Swarthmore next weekend (Friday-Saturday). What do I need to do in order to sit in on a class, as well as take the tour. Do I need to sign up or email someone (for the class, I'm guessing yes), or should I just show up (tour, maybe)? Thanks.</p>

<p>Call admissions! They'll be more than happy to help you out with everything. The number is (610) 328-8300.</p>

<p>Thanks armandoleon.</p>