<p>Open Curriculum is like everything else in college really: It is what you make of it. You can (and people do) look at it as an opportunity to never take Math/Science/History/English again. I certainly never took a stats or calc class in college, I fulfilled the quantitative latin honors requirement by taking two computer science courses (“How the Internet Works” and “How Computers Work”) that required maybe a little addition and the occasional bout of subtraction. </p>
<p>But really, OC is a chance to free yourself to do what you want and direct your own education. You can make choices to study broadly or narrowly, it’s up to you. I also think it encourages departments to offer better and more interesting classes. Since theyr’e not garaunteed to have students in any department, they have to go out and compete for them by offering students courses that are really appealing.</p>