Washington and Lee's size is in no way limiting to its students. Undergraduates choose from 900 courses and 40 majors. Washington and Lee emphasizes a traditional liberal arts education in humanities and natural sciences, but also offers students the opportunity to study journalism, business, engineering, and a variety of interdisciplinary fields. Washington and Lee maintains a strong faculty. All courses are taught by professors - never teaching assistants or graduate students.
All faculty members keep office hours and make themselves very accessible to students.
121 credits are required for graduation. General education requirements comprise about one-third of those 121 credits. The major takes up a second third, and the final third comes from electives, areas of special inquiry, or perhaps a second major, and five courses in physical education. The following information summarizes important facts about the College and the Williams School. The College is the University division that includes the freshman year and advanced work in the humanities, natural sciences, mathematics and computer science, and in certain social sciences.