Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard says its Program in General Education seeks to "introduces students to subject matter and skills from across the University, and does so in ways that link the arts and sciences with the 21st century world that students will face and the lives they will lead after college." [Source]

General Education Requirements

  • 1. Composition

    YES
  • 2. Literature

    NO

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    No credit given for Literature because the "Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding" requirement may be fulfilled with non-literature courses.

  • 3. Foreign Language

    NO

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

  • 4. U.S. Government or History

    NO

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    No credit given for U.S. Government or History because the "United States in the World" requirement may be satisfied by courses narrow in scope.

  • 5. Economics

    NO
  • 6. Mathematics

    NO

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    No credit given for Mathematics because the "Empirical and Mathematical Reasoning" requirement may be satisfied by courses with little college-level math content.

  • 7. Science

    YES

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