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