Bowdoin College

Brunswick, ME

Bowdoin says that the "success of a Bowdoin education is evident in the capacity of graduates to be informed and critically analytic readers of texts, evidence and conclusions; to be able to construct a logical argument; to communicate in writing and speaking with clarity and self-confidence; to understand the nature of artistic creation and the character of critical aesthetic judgment; to have the capacity to use quantitative and graphical presentations of information critically and confidently; and to access, evaluate, and make effective use of information resources in varied forms and media." [Source]

General Education Requirements

  • 1. Composition

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Composition because the "First-Year Seminar" requirement does not focus primarily on composition and writing instruction.

  • 2. Literature

    NO
  • 3. Foreign Language

    NO
  • 4. U.S. Government or History

    NO
  • 5. Economics

    NO
  • 6. Mathematics

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Mathematics because the "Mathematical, Computational, or Statistical Reasoning" requirement may be satisfied by science or economics courses. Furthermore, math and science are folded into the "Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division Requirement," and students may avoid math by taking exclusively science courses.

  • 7. Science

    YES

F

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