The Bowdoin curriculum was designed to ensure that you receive an exceptional liberal arts education—one that allows you to explore your interests and also build skills and connections across many subjects and areas of study.
To qualify for your Bowdoin degree, you will need to pass thirty-two full-credit courses, including:
So what are distribution areas, anyway? What about divisions?
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Distribution and Division Requirements
You will have plenty of time.
The curriculum is built so that you can fulfill these requirements by the end of your junior year.
Also, none of the classes that fulfill these requirements exist in a vacuum—if you enroll in SOC 2239: Science, Technology, and Power in order to fulfill your DPI requirement, and then later decide that you want to be a sociology major or minor, that course counts towards your total number of sociology credits.
Your advisor will work with you to make sure that you are completing your requirements at the right time, and can help suggest classes that you might enjoy, and that may connect with your areas of interest.
These required surveys cover topics that you studied in high school.
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How to choose courses for your first semester.
Set an alarm and make it official. Build a schedule and have alternatives ready.
What to ask—and bring—when meeting with your liberal arts advisor.