Manual To return to Chapter 3 table of contents, click the icon above. This is a brief introduction to these areas, with more detail in the pages that follow. These requirements serve as a framework around which students develop, in consultation with the academic adviser, a thoughtfully chosen course of study.
Some courses fulfill more than one general degree requirement simultaneously.
Students are encouraged to fulfill the majority of these requirements during their first and second years. Often it is possible to take courses in an intended major area and have these courses satisfy both general degree requirements and major requirements. The Major T he major is a program of concentrated study in a chosen field of learning. It enables students to acquire an understanding of the content, concepts, and methods of inquiry essential to the field, and is designed to increase sophistication in the skills, values, and understanding to which a liberal education aims. Students declare a major in the sophomore year.