We offer a wide variety of courses for students to choose from through their academic major(s)/minor(s), general education requirements and electives. Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree at Connecticut College include 128 semester hours of academic credit distributed among general education, elective courses and the academic major. There are currently 46 Majors and 49 Minors and with faculty approval students may also pursue a self-designed major. Students must declare a major by the end of their second year.

Connections is our general education program, which begins with a First Year Seminar (FYS) in the first year and a ConnCourse in the first two years. FYS courses are designated Writing courses and instructors serve as the students’ pre-major advisor. In ConnCourses students connect areas of the liberal arts and explore different modes of thinking. ConnCourses cultivate and encourage an integrative approach to learning and problem-solving. IStudents must take two semesters of a language, two Writing courses and two Social Difference and Power designated courses sometime during their course of study. Finally, students must take courses across multiple disciplines and can choose to do this through an Interdisciplinary Academic Center/Certificate Program, an Integrative Pathway, or courses in five different Modes of Inquiry. For more information on Connections Requirements please see this site.