College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, MA

Holy Cross says its "requirements provide students with the opportunity to explore basic modes of inquiry and to encourage them to develop a reflective attitude with regard to different ways of knowing and the bodies of knowledge associated with them. Taken together, these areas of study reflect the College's understanding of the foundation of a liberal arts education." [Source]

General Education Requirements

  • 1. Composition

    NO
  • 2. Literature

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Literature because the Arts and Literature section of the Common Requirements may be satisfied by courses narrow in scope.

  • 3. Foreign Language

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Foreign Language because the Language Studies section of the Common Requirements may be satisfied by elementary-level study.

  • 4. U.S. Government or History

    NO
  • 5. Economics

    NO
  • 6. Mathematics

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Mathematics because students are not required to take a math course to fulfill the Natural and Mathematical Sciences section of the Common Requirements.

  • 7. Science

    YES

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