How come Caltech doesn't take any AP credits?

Antiquark
Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:19:09 +0000

These are the “frosh hums” you can take at Caltech:

Hum/H 1 ab. East Asian History
Hum/H 2. American History
Hum/H 3 abc. European Civilization
a. The Classical and Medieval Worlds
b. Early Modern Europe
c. Modern Europe
Hum/H 4 abc. Civilization, Science, and Archaeology
a. Before Greece
b. The Development of Science from Babylon through the Renaissance
c. The Origins of Polytheism and Monotheism in Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Israel and the Nature of Religious Belief
Hum/En 5. Major British Authors
Hum/En 6. American Literature and Culture
Hum/En 7. Modern European Literature
Hum/Pl 8. Right and Wrong
Hum/Pl 9. Knowledge and Reality
Hum/H/HPS 10. Introduction to the History of Science
F/Hum 32. Humanities on Film

These classes aren’t exactly the hardest things in the world to pass, but there’s not that much overlap between them and AP tests. No one’s going to stop you from taking an advanced English course even if you haven’t done an introductory English course, regardless of background. Basically, it’s pretty easy to get your frosh hums done without repeating stuff in high school. The two philosophy classes “Right and Wrong” and “Knowledge and Reality” are pretty popular.