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Comparison

In the winter of 2006, the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences instituted changes to the curriculum. Students who enter the College in or after September 2006 follow this curriculum. Students who entered the College before September 2006 continue with their original curriculum. Both are described on the College website. Click here for an explanation of the color-coding system identifying information specific to each.

Throughout this site, information specific to the Class of 2009 and Earlier is represented with a gray background.

Requirements: Class of 2009 and Earlier	Requirements: Class of 2010 and Later
Skills Requirements Note: The Writing, Foreign Language and Quantitative Data Analysis Requirements are the same for both curricula. Writing Foreign Language Quantitative Data Analysis	Foundational Approaches Note: The Writing, Foreign Language and Quantitative Data Analysis Requirements are the same for both curricula. Writing Foreign Language Quantitative Data Analysis Formal Reasoning Cross-Cultural Analysis Class of 2012 and Later Cultural Diversity in the U.S.
General Requirement Note: While some sectors within the two curricula have the same names, course lists and some rules may differ. I. Society II. History & Tradition III. Arts & Letters IV. Formal Reasoning V. Living World VI. Physical World VII. Science Studies	Sector Requirement Note: While some sectors within the two curricula have the same names, course lists and some rules may differ. I. Society II. History & Tradition III. Arts & Letters IV. Humanities and Social Science V. Living World VI. Physical World VII. Natural Science and Mathematics
Note: The Major and Free Elective Requirements are also the same for both curricula. Major (read more) Free Electives (read more)	Note: The Major and Free Elective Requirements are also the same for both curricula. Major (read more) Free Electives (read more)
Please Note
Fulfilling the Sectors
Students must take two courses in each of sectors I, II, and III in the General Requirement, one course in each of sectors IV, V, and VI, and one additional course in either sector IV, V, VI, or VII.	Students must take one course in each sector of the Sector Requirement.
Double counting courses within the College requirement
The Quantitative Data Analysis Requirement may be satisfied with a course that also satisfies a sector of the General Requirement or a major requirement.	The Quantitative Data Analysis, Formal Reasoning and Analysis, and Cross Cultural Analysis Requirements may be satisfied with a course that also satisfies the Sector Requirement or a requirement for the major.
Double counting major courses and College requirements
Students may double count as many major courses toward the General and/or Quantitative Data Analysis Requirement as their majors allow.	Students may double count no more than one course toward both the major and the Sector Requirement. Students with a double major may double count one course toward each major. Biochemistry, Biological Basis of Behavior and Biology majors may double count as many as two major courses toward the Sector Requirement, one each in the Living World and the Physical World sectors.
	See more on rules and regulations governing the new curriculum.