Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University says, "Balancing breadth with depth of study, and setting common learning goals that can be flexibly met, the College Program ensures that as a liberally educated graduate of CAS, you will have acquired strong communication and critical reasoning skills; a broad base of knowledge and ways of gathering new knowledge; and the expertise that results from in-depth study of one or more majors." [Source]

General Education Requirements

  • 1. Composition

    YES
  • 2. Literature

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Literature because the "Humanities" portion of the "Divisional Studies Program," one of the two general education curricula that students may elect to follow, may be fulfilled with non-literature courses.

  • 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, of the "Core Curriculum" and "Divisional Studies" options to fulfill general education requirements, the former requires no math, and the "Mathematics and Computer Science" requirement of the latter may be satisfied by courses with little college-level math content.

  • 7. Science

    YES

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