| In your college years, you should take classes to | | | | History well in high school. |
| increase both your general knowledge (breadth) | | | | --A year of American History courses, surveying |
| and your knowledge about a particular academic | | | | colonial to modern history, unless you've learned |
| field (depth). I believe that there is enough time to | | | | American History well in high school. |
| take many classes in both the breadth and depth | | | | --One East Asian History survey course. |
| groups. I've been out of college for more than a | | | | --One Introduction to American Politics course. |
| decade, and I still think about the classes I took | | | | --One introductory course in psychology, |
| and didn't take. Here, then, are my | | | | sociology, communication studies, or anthropology. |
| recommendations for the breadth courses. | | | | --One Introduction to Economics course (or |
| Literature, Philosophy, Language, and Linguistics. | | | | maybe a Macroeconomics course and a |
| --A year of English literature courses, surveying | | | | Microeconomics course). |
| ancient to modern literature. | | | | --One Abnormal Psychology course. |
| --One Introduction to Western Philosophy course. | | | | --One Introduction to Statistics course. |
| --One Principles of Critical Reasoning or Principles | | | | Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Mathematics. |
| of Argumentation course (a philosophy or speech | | | | --One Introduction to Human Anatomy course. |
| course). | | | | --One Introduction to Biology course, unless |
| --A year of a foreign language, unless you are | | | | you've completed a year of biology in high school. |
| fluent in a second language. | | | | --One introductory course in Life Sciences (other |
| --One Introduction to Linguistics course. | | | | than Biology), Earth & Space Sciences, or |
| Visual and Musical Arts. | | | | Atmospheric Sciences. |
| --One Introduction to Art History course. | | | | --One Introduction to Chemistry course, unless |
| --One Music Appreciation course or Introduction to | | | | you've completed a year of chemistry in high |
| Musical Theory course. | | | | school. |
| Social Sciences | | | | --One Introduction to Physics course, unless |
| --A year of European History or World History | | | | you've completed a year of physics in high school. |
| courses, surveying ancient to modern history, | | | | --One year of mathematics, unless you've |
| unless you've learned European History or World | | | | compeleted a year of calculus in high school. |