Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA

The college says that the "major goals of the first 2 years of a Swarthmore education are to introduce students to a broad range of intellectual pursuits, to equip them with the analytic and expressive skills required to engage in those pursuits, and to foster a critical stance toward learning and knowing." [Source]

General Education Requirements

  • 1. Composition

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Composition because the Writing courses and seminars are topic courses in a range of disciplines.

  • 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

    See Note

    No credit given for Mathematics because it is not required for all students.

  • 7. Science

    YES

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