<p>Can anyone give me the names of some smaller liberal arts colleges that also have a research element to them? Some examples would be schools like Johns Hopkins and Lafayette that don’t really have a core curriculum, but also have a focus on undergraduate research. </p>
<p>Are you also asking for schools with no core curriculum? That’s not in your subject title.</p>
<p>hendrix college</p>
<p>If you know of any schools like I described with no core curriculum that would be great, but it would be fine if you found a school like this that does have a curriculum. </p>
<p>Johns Hopkins isn’t a “smaller liberal arts college.” It’s unclear what you’re looking for.</p>
<p>From personal research, top Lacs like Williams, Swarthmore, Carleton, do quite a bit of research. Lafayette as well. Lehigh isn’t exactly a LAC, it has graduate students, but its highly undergraduate focused and thus a lot of research is performed by undergrads.</p>
<p>Rice isn’t a LAC either, but it’s a small(er) university that also focuses a lot on undergrads.</p>
<p>It is unclear what you are asking. Johns Hopkins is a research university, although a smaller one. When I think of liberal arts college with research, there are many that students can participate in research, like Pomona, but I think of Wesleyan perhaps. So I’m unclear if you are asking about places like University of Chicago which has a lot of research but a liberal arts smaller undergrad college, or like a really extra small LAC like Mt. Holyoke or something.</p>
<p>My D is at Lafayette. They do have some requirements, but from what my D said, they are pretty easy to get through and there are many choices. She (and a number of her friends) are on campus this summer doing research in all kinds of disciplines (ex. psychology, anthropology, biology, engineering to name a few) so there is a lot of opportunity to get involved with research if you are looking to do so. My D will take an advanced research class in the fall so she can continue on with the study she is involved with.</p>
<p>Amherst College is a small LAC with no core curriculum, and my impression was that there were plenty of research opportunities there. Many colleges will have lots of research opportunities for undergrads because there won’t be any graduate students to do the research instead. Therefore, the professors have to reach out to the undergrads to help them out with projects.</p>
<p>Smith College has no core curriculum and has lots of research opportunities, both during the school year (paid or for credit) and over the summer (paid).</p>
<p>College of Wooster in Ohio requires mentored independent research project for all students. </p>
<p>The carnegie school classification site can be used to search for schools of a certain type.</p>
<p>Here is a list of medium sized research universities with very high research activity that are primarily undergraduate. </p>
<p>This was the best set of search criteria I could come up with that would seemingly result in the most research opportunities for undergrads, but you can experiment with it.</p>
<p><a href=“Carnegie Foundation Classifications”>Carnegie Foundation Classifications;
<p>There is only one school with the exact same profile as JHU (large size, very high research activity, primarily graduate), </p>
<p><a href=“Carnegie Foundation Classifications”>Carnegie Foundation Classifications;