Residential Colleges

fa-la-la-lena
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:09:16 +0000

too lazy to explain how it works entirely. But generally how James madison works is, you apply on your app as a “james madison college” major. You get placed into case hall with the rest of the james madison freshmen. You take 2 classes - a yearlong intro to public policy class, and yearlong intensive writing class with your fellow james madisonians (along with 2-3 other classes of your choice). Your classes are held in case hall and your professors offices are in case hall. Towards the end of your first year you choose a major - 1 of 4, international relations, comparative cultures/politics, social relations/policy, or political theory/constitutional democracy. etc. etc. Benefits of being in the residential college - meet lots of students in your major. more of a community feeling. easy access to classes and professors. smaller class sizes than the average social science class. etc. The other residential colleges have the same concept, although I wouldn’t know the particulars