<p>You can definitely coble the Core together at Cornell, especially the art, literature, music side. </p>
<p>I think the only tough one would be Columbia’s “contemporary civilization” course, but I think taking Cornell’s intro to political philosophy and intro to modern philosophy would suffice. Both would obviously be lectures led by marquee professors (as opposed to seminars), but I believe both classes have a writing intensive section you can enroll in for an additional credit.</p>
<p>You can also take Core-esque courses as a Freshman Writing Seminar. While not all writing seminar’s are of the same type, the kids who want a Core-esque experience tend to end up in the Shakespeare or Marx and Freud courses…</p>
<p>There are negatives to the Core, too. For one, you might end up in a section where a lot of students might not be very interested in the material at all.</p>