Harvey Mudd core + Rice physics/astronomy

trueblue25
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:50:53 +0000

I hear that at Harvey Mudd it’s much more difficult to take the classes you want because of the common core. Is it really that restrictive or is that just a pessimistic way to look at it? And how does the humanities requirement work? Can I take classes on whatever humanities courses I want or does Harvey Mudd give you specific classes to take?

Also, I wasn’t sure where to post this next question but I thought maybe people attending Rice on this forum may know about this:
Rice says they have a physics/astronomy department and on their supplement form where they ask you to mark which major you want to go into, they only have Physics and Astronomy, not Physics. Then on the website it talks about specific classes needed for each major, and it separates the physics majors from the astronomy majors. So my question is: Can I go to Rice and major in JUST physics, and not astronomy, or do the two always come in a package?

Thanks in advance!