Schools with flexible (but not nonexistent) core requirements

samuck
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:48:06 +0000

It’s the math or the quantitative reasoning requirement we’re zeroing in on , having a very lopsided student like GwenFairfax’s D. Some of the required courses in this area are straight math courses, others, as Keilexandra notes, may be filled by psych or logic or computer science courses – it’s the latter we’re after. Interestingly, so far it’s the most elite unis which seem to offer these ‘softer’ math courses, eg. “Fat Chance” at Harvard which assumes no knowledge beyond highschool algebra ([HERS Output](http://webdocs.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/courses/EmpiricalandMathematicalReasoning.html)). I’m someone who fulfilled my nat sci gen ed requirement (Harvard in the 70s) with an ethnographic film course – it’s that type of ‘loose distribution requirements’ we’re seeking.