Colleges that don't require Gen Ed Courses

BassDad
Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:13:21 +0000

I wouldn’t exactly say that Oberlin has few core/gen ed requirements. There are no individual courses that are absolutely required, but you have to satisfy requirements in a number of categories including at least nine hours each of humanities, natural sciences, and social studies. Additionally, you need nine hours worth of courses for cultural diversity, two writing-intensive courses and one or two (depending on subject matter) courses that include an element of quantitative proficiency (i.e. math). Some courses count for more than one requirement, e.g. the same course could count for three hours of social studies, three of cultural diversity and one of the writing-intensives to boot.

It sounds like the major drawbacks for the OP’s daughter would be the natural science and quantitative proficiency requirements. There are courses available that would allow her to get these out of the way relatively painlessly, such as Intro Astronomy, Psychology and the Arts, The Physics of Sports, etc…