Barnard College

New York, NY

Barnard says its "curriculum enables students to develop strength in ways of knowing that incorporate but also transcend traditional academic disciplines. The college dedicates itself to imparting to each student self-renewing intellectual resourcefulness, the mark of a liberal arts education." [Source]

General Education Requirements

  • 1. Composition

    YES

  • 2. Literature

    YES

  • 3. Foreign Language

    YES

  • 4. U.S. Government or History

    NO

  • 5. Economics

    NO

  • 6. Mathematics

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Mathematics because the "Quantitative and Deductive Reasoning" requirement may be satisfied by science courses.

  • 7. Science

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Natural or Physical Science because the "Laboratory Science" requirement may be satisfied by courses in psychology.

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