Understanding Warren College General Education Requirements

Warren College is attractive to students who seek a balanced course of study.  Graduate programs and prospective employers have demonstrated their interest in students who possess a breadth of knowledge in diverse fields.

Our General Education requirements have been crafted to afford students the opportunity to gain a rounded and multi-dimensional education, anchored by a major and complemented by two other academic disciplines. This guiding pedagogical precept derives from the belief that students need to learn not only about one field—their major—but to develop expertise in subjects non-contiguous to the major. This allows them to gain the academic skills and essential critical thinking necessary to grow into ethical and responsible citizen-scholars.

To that end, students are given the flexibility to choose two disciplines beyond the major (called Programs of Concentration for BA/BS students and Area Studies for BS Engineering students) that they find stimulating or challenging. Additionally, a set of core courses is required of all freshmen to provide a solid foundation for study at Warren. These include a rigorous two-quarter sequence in argumentative writing (Warren Writing 10A and B), a one-quarter class in Ethics and Society (Philosophy/Political Science 27) that explores the College’s theme of the role of the individual in society, two formal skills classes (calculus, logic, statistics, or programming), and two courses in cultural diversity.

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