<p>Reesespieces, love the name! sorry this is unrelated to the thread, but how’s humanities at carleton, I know that it’s famous for the hard sciences, but what about english, history, and economics? Thanks!</p>
<p>No problem, 4HGlove! I’ve only taken one humanities class so far (a philosophy/neuroscience mix) but it was pretty cool - to the point where I actually want to tak more psychology/philosophy now (I’m a freshman, so I’ve only taken 3 classes). I’m taking another Poli Sci class this winter that has gotten good reviews as well. In addition, both of my roommates and a lot of the upperclassmen I know are either potential or declared humanities majors. I’ve heard good things about the classics department - my roommate is probably going to be a classics major, and I know a junior who is as well - as well as the history department. Three of my floormates really like the English classes that they’re in as well. Although I have yet to take a language class (I placed out of the requirement), the department was very helpful when I was looking for information on placement, and my other roommate (who took a philosophy class in Spanish this term) really likes her Spanish classes so far. Hope that helped!</p>
<p>(Sorry to hijack the original thread)</p>
<p>In case you want to take this scheduling concept another step, a couple of schools run on a one-course-at-a-time “block plan”. A “block” at Colorado College is 3.5 weeks long, then you get a 4-day break. You still take about the same number of courses (but in series not in parallel). Not only does this suit some people’s learning style better, but it gives you more flexibility for field work. Each class at Colorado College gets its own dedicated classroom, studio or lab for the duration of the block, so you can hang around as long as you want after class to continue a discussion or work as a team on a project.</p>
<p>There are also schools that integrate work and study. Antioch does it with alternating terms.</p>