Colorado College

Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado College says that it "seeks to provide a broad education. The college therefore requires students to gain some knowledge and experience in a variety of areas and to study at least one academic discipline in depth." [Source]

General Education Requirements

  • 1. Composition

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Composition because only students who do not receive a satisfactory score on a portfolio of previous written work must take a writing course.

  • 2. Literature

    NO

  • 3. Foreign Language

    NO

    See Note

    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

  • 7. Science

    YES

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