Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, NY

Vassar College says it "offers a curriculum that honors the values of liberal learning as it challenges us to lead energetic and purposeful lives. We aim, therefore, to support a faculty dedicated to teaching, scholarship, and artistic endeavor; to educate in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences; distinguished, diverse students motivated toward intellectual risk; to promote clear thinking and articulate expression; to stimulate integrative learning through multidisciplinary studies that communicate across cultural and curricular perspectives; and to commit both students and teachers to coherent and cohesive approaches to learning." [Source]

General Education Requirements

  • 1. Composition

    NO

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    No credit given for Composition because the "Freshman Writing Seminar" requirement may be satisfied by topic courses in a range of disciplines that do not focus primarily on composition and writing instruction.

  • 2. Literature

    NO
  • 3. Foreign Language

    NO

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    No credit given for Foreign Language because students may fulfill the requirement with elementary-level study.

  • 4. U.S. Government or History

    NO
  • 5. Economics

    NO
  • 6. Mathematics

    NO

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    No credit given for Mathematics because the "Quantitative Analysis" requirement may be fulfilled with science and economics courses.

  • 7. Science

    NO

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    No credit given for Natural or Physical Science because the "Quantitative Analysis" requirement may be fulfilled with math and economics courses.

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