Harvey Mudd core + Rice physics/astronomy

braden
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:18:21 +0000

The core at Mudd has been updated as of this coming school year to be less restrictive, but no one has experienced it yet, so it’ll be hard to tell how effective it is.
For humanities, 12 (though it may be 11 now) humanities courses must be taken, and there are restrictions on these. The department defines three areas of HSA courses: humanities, social sciences, and arts, languages and literature. You must choose a concentration in a certain subject of humanities/social sciences/arts (a lot of people do economics, I’m attempting media studies, full list here: [List of Approved Concentrations](http://www.hmc.edu/academicsclinicresearch/academicdepartments/humanitiesandsocialsciences1/nosidebar/concentrations.html)) in which you take at least 4 courses. You have to then take at least two courses in different subjects in the two other areas. Half of the courses should be at Mudd. The other half can be at any of the other 5C colleges. The college doesn’t really dictate which courses you take, you just need to fulfill your concentration and distribution requirements. The first semester writing course is the only one chosen by the college for you.

Here’s last years handbook for further perusing, though it is slightly outdated with the core change: http://www.hmc.edu/files/humanities/Advising%20Handbook/HSAAdvising09.pdf#handbook