UC Berkeley vs UChicago

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<p>American History and Institutions is often fulfilled by high school courses in the subject. If not already fulfilled, then it can be fulfilled by taking a course from a specified list, but the same course can be used to fulfill other requirements. The same “doubling up” also applies to the American Cultures requirement. These are university-wide, not just College of Letters and Science.</p>

<p>The College of Engineering’s breadth requirements are six courses in humanities and social studies; at most two of them can be fulfilled with AP credit. At least two of the humanities and social studies courses must be junior or senior level courses. (The engineering majors require plenty of math and science, so that is not a concern for breadth requirements.)</p>

<p>But note that there is considerable student choice in the courses taken to fulfill the breadth requirements; there is no single course or set of courses specified for every student, if that is what you mean by “core”.</p>