Requirements Particular to the AB and BS Degrees

By the end of the sophomore year, students should have met the language requirement, made substantial progress toward completing an area distribution plan, and completed prerequisites for a concentration.



Language Requirement

Second language study contributes importantly to a liberal education, not only as a means of access to the cultural and intellectual heritage of the world's non-English-speaking majority but also...

Area Distribution requirement

By means of this requirement the College seeks to instill an understanding and an appreciation of the major areas of learning: The natural sciences, the social sciences, the humanities, mathematics and symbolic analysis, and creative expression.

General Policies for Area Distribution Plans

An area distribution plan may include...
An area distribution plan may not include...

Concentration requirements

The concentration requirement provides the opportunity to acquire in-depth knowledge in one academic discipline while developing and refining skills that will serve students in a wide array of academic and non-academic endeavors

Concentration Policies

Rules pertaining to all concentrations in the College. Each A.B. or B.S. student must develop a concentration plan in consultation with a concentration advisor, who must also approve it.

AB/BS Concentration Programs (alphabetical listing)

Students may choose a concentration from...

Individual Concentration Program

Students with academic interests outside existing concentration programs may propose their own field of concentration and, on approval, elect the Individual Concentration Program

Double Concentration

A student electing a double concentration must meet all requirements for both concentrations.