Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard says its Program in General Education seeks to "connect a student's liberal education ... to life beyond college" and to "provide new opportunities for students to learn—and faculty to teach—in ways that cut across traditional departmental and intra-University lines." [Source]

General Education Requirements

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  • 1. Composition

    YES
  • 2. Literature

    NO
  • 3. Foreign Language

    NO

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    No credit given for Foreign Language because only one year of a language is required.

  • 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 is made up of niche courses.

  • 5. Economics

    NO
  • 6. Mathematics

    NO

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    No credit given for Mathematics because courses with little college-level math content—such as "Fat Chance," a course billed in its description as "not mathematically demanding"—may be used to fulfill the Empirical and Mathematical Reasoning requirement.

  • 7. Science

    YES

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