Colleges where you study only what you want
Amherst
Austin College
Bard
Bennington
Brown University
Eugene Lang (New School University)
Evergreen State College , WA
Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU
Grinnell , IA*
Hamilton College
Hampshire College
Johnston Center at the University of Redlands
Marlboro College
Moravian College – Add-Venture program
New College of Florida
New England Institute of Technology
Oberlin
Pitzer , CA
Reed, OR
Sarah Lawrence
Smith College
St. John’s College (both campuses)
U of Redlands
University of Rochester
Vassar College
Wesleyan
Western Washington University (Fairhaven College)
Wheaton
Whitman
Several of the honors colleges at large publics also allow students to waive distribution requirements. Two to check out would be the
College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara and the
Honors Tutorial Program at Ohio University,
but there are probably others as well. There are also a number of schools that have very minimal requirements. One example would be
Beloit in Wisconsin
where students merely have to take two courses in three different areas: arts and humanities, science and math, and social sciences. It basically is pretty open ended with no requirements in terms of specific classes. So, I usually suggest that students look beyond just the "no requirements" to "colleges with minimal requirements" because otherwise they'll be limiting themselves.
posted by caroline at
9:52 PM
2 Comments:
This list was published on the National Assn. for College Admission Counseling listserve. Now it has gotten some corrections. I'll update it, but please be aware to double-check with the college if this is a make-or-break factor!
I know this is an old post, but the St. John's colleges both only have required classes, with no electives allowed (there may be an art elective at the Santa Fe school, but I don't know). So unless you mean "Study only the 'Great Books'" when you say Study what you want, I would revise your list.
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