Has anyone taken a PULSE course?

bluebayou
Sun, 28 Oct 2018 03:14:11 +0000

My D was in teh PULSE program as a Soph. She loved it.

The way it works is that you get credit for a total of four courses. The faculty know that you are also doing community service, so you essentially get two classes worth of academic work and credit for two community service classes. But it’s one consolidated grade per semester times 2.

As a parent, not sure I’d recommend it for a Frosh. Better to get comfortable with the transition to college, and fulfill some first year courses towards your major or Core, such as Calc, Chem, English, Foreign Language, History and the like.

btw: many folks use these two Phil courses as a springboard to double major in Philosophy. (PL is a popular double at BC.)