Distributional Requirements

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<p>Does Dartmouth have distributional requirements? If so, what are they? Thanks.</p>

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<p>Requirements for graduation
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<p>A student must pass the following courses, although they may be substituted in part by credits on entrance or by proficiency demonstrated then or later. </p>

<p>A. Writing: Writing 5; Writing 2-3; or a proficiency equivalent to that achieved by Writing 5.1 Students must complete the requirement by the end of the second term of the first year. Neither Writing 5 nor Writing 2-3 is eligible for use of the Non-Recording Option.</p>

<p>B. First-Year Seminar: One seminar chosen from an approved list which is available on the College website: <a href=“http://dartmouth.edu/~reg/fysem.html[/url]”>This page has moved. These seminars, which have Writing 5 (or 2-3) as prerequisite, are designed both to further the student’s proficiency in writing and to provide an opportunity for participation in small group study and discussions with an instructor on a subject of mutual interest (page XXX). This requirement must be completed during the first year. A First-Year Seminar may satisfy a distributive or world culture requirement if so indicated on the College website at <a href=“This page has moved”>This page has moved. It is never possible to include a First-Year Seminar as an actual part of a major. No First-Year Seminar may be taken under the Non-Recording Option.</p>

<p>C. Language: Foreign language courses numbered 1, 2, and 3; or proficiency equivalent to three terms of study in one foreign language at the college level, or fluency in some language other than English. A student must demonstrate the ability (1) to read with understanding representative texts in a foreign language; and in the case of a modern foreign language, (2) to understand and use the spoken language in a variety of situations. Every student will take qualifying tests upon entrance. If the student passes these examinations, he or she will have fulfilled the Foreign Language Requirement. Where no department or program exists to determine a student’s fluency in a language, the Associate Dean of Faculty for the Humanities shall make whatever arrangements are necessary for such a determination.</p>

<p>General Education Requirements (Class of 2008 and later classes): There are two separate requirements under this heading: World Culture Requirement, and Distributive Requirement. These requirements are outlined below, and are explained in detail (including the codes used to designate which courses fall into which categories) below. (keep in mind that some courses can meet more than one distribution requirement)</p>

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<li><p>World Culture Requirement. Each student must take and pass one course in each of three areas: Western Cultures, Non-Western Cultures, and Culture and Identity.</p></li>
<li><p>Distributive Requirement. Each student must take and pass ten courses, as follows:</p></li>
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<p>one in the Arts;</p>

<p>one in Literature;</p>

<p>one in Systems and Traditions of Thought, Meaning, and Value;</p>

<p>one in International or Comparative Study;</p>

<p>two in Social Analysis;</p>

<p>one in Quantitative and Deductive Sciences;</p>

<p>two in the Natural Sciences;</p>

<p>one in Technology or Applied Science.</p>

<p>One of the courses in the Natural Science or Technology categories must have a laboratory, field, or experimental component.</p>

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<p>wow… this sounds like a lot. are they really hard to satisfy? do students resent them?</p>

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<p>no they are not hard to satisfy. With some planning you can very easily schedule courses that meet more than one distribution requirement. For example, my D’s first year seminiar meet her distribution requirements for both literature and Culture & Identity. This one course met 3 requirements :D</p>

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<p>right, one course can satisfy multiple requirements…</p>

<p>plus the fact that dartmouth is on the quarter system…</p>

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<p>are there generally a large number of courses that satisfy each requirement, with a wide enough range so that almost anyone can find something that appeals to them? or do people often find themselves taking classes they aren’t very interested in because they want to meet a requirement?</p>

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<p>You will need 35 classes across the distribution requirements and your major in order to graduate. There are some courses that you will have to take whether you like it or not; a lab science is a lab science, math is still math and you will fulfill these requirements no matter where you attend college.</p>

<p>Yes, there are a wide number of couses that you can use to fulfill your requirements but will take looking around and planning on your part.</p>

<p>For example:</p>

<p>My D is fulfilling her Technology requirement by taking</p>

<p>Engineering 2. The Technology of Sailing
05F: 9; Laboratory</p>

<p>While the art of building sailing vessels has been developed over thousands of years, only since the turn of the century has the design of sailboats undergone a major revolution, because of a better knowledge of fluid mechanics and the development of such new strong lightweight materials as fiberglass and Kevlar. The fundamentals of fluid mechanics will be studied in order to understand why and how a sailboat moves. Design criteria will be developed, and modern designs, materials, and sails used for today’s sailboats will be discussed. A design project will be assigned to each student. There will be a laboratory and the students will have the opportunity to sail with the College sailing team on Lake Mascoma.</p>

<p>Religion 1 can be used to fulfill the TMV or INT dist. requirements. Since she has fulfilled the TMV she is using it to fulfill her INT requirement.</p>

<p>She also took a Religion 56 class that fulfills both a TMV & a WCult: CI requirement.</p>

<p>I am attaching the link to to the course descriptions and departmental requirements. This way you can look around to see what is offered and which classes fulfill different requirements.</p>

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<p>hope this helps</p>

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<p>Starcatch,</p>

<p>Play around with this link to see what is being offered this school year (as the year officially begins in the summer). If you look up different courses, you will see which distribution requirements they fulfill.</p>

<p><a href=“http://oracle-www.dartmouth.edu/dart/groucho/timetable.subject_search[/url]”>http://oracle-www.dartmouth.edu/dart/groucho/timetable.subject_search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>hope this helps</p>