Is Whittier really that liberal?

Stressy
Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:04:39 +0000

I think it’s ‘liberal’ in the sense that students can basically create their own major with the Whittier Scholars Program. There’s also the Liberal Education Program, which is explained more via their website. My sister’s currently a freshman at Whittier and some subjects, such as sociology, biology, psychology, etc. must be taken with a writing course that revolves around issues concerning that field. My sister decided to take biology, so her writing seminar class has an emphasis on the medical industry and healthcare.

Liberal schools just mean students don’t just focus on their major alone, but rather they’re well-rounded throughout various fields, due to programs similar to Whittier’s “writing seminars”, which promote the importance of thinking creatively and critically in many fields as opposed to one.

Hope that helped a bit!