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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<\/a> 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<\/a> and with faculty approval students may also pursue a self-designed major. Students must declare a major by the end of their second year.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n[gallery columns=\"1\" link=\"none\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"32\"]\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Connections is our general education program<\/span><\/a>, 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\u2019 pre-major advisor. In ConnCourses<\/a> 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<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and two Social Difference and Power <\/a>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<\/a>, an Integrative Pathway<\/a>, or courses in five different Modes of Inquiry<\/a>. For more information on Connections Requirements please see this site.<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"

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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<\/a> 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<\/a> and with faculty approval students may also pursue a self-designed major. Students must declare a major by the end of their second year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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