Wheaton College, Massachusetts

:This article is about the college in Norton, Massachusetts. For the Christian school, see Wheaton College, Illinois.

Curriculum

Wheaton offers a liberal arts curriculum leading to a bachelor of arts degree in more than 36 majors and 50 minors. Students choose from courses in subjects from physics to philosophy, political science to computer science, art history to theater, English to economics. In addition, Wheaton offers highly specialized courses typically found only at large universities. The course selection is extended further through the college's cross-registration programs with Brown University and nine local colleges involved in SACHEM (Southeastern Association for Cooperation in Higher Education in Massachusetts). Wheaton also offers dual-degree programs, enabling its undergraduates to begin graduate-level study in studio art, communications, engineering, business, theology and optometry.

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Curriculum - Philosophy - Political science - Computer science - Art history - Theater - English - Economics - Brown University - Studio art - Communications - Engineering - Business - Theology - Optometry

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Beginning with the Class of 2007, all Wheaton students take sets of courses that approach a topic from the perspectives of different disciplines. These connected courses are intended to encourage students to explore and think beyond their primary academic interests. http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/Catalog/Contents/LiberalArts/Curriculum.html

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For instance, the Connection Communication through Art and Mathematics links Arts 298 (Graphic Design I) with Math 127 (Advertising Math).

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Foundations courses focus on writing, quantitative analysis, foreign language study and non-Western perspectives. In their first semester at Wheaton, all freshmen take a First Year Seminar in which they explore contemporary issues and gain academic skills needed for college-level study. The Major concentration and elective courses are also central to the Wheaton Curriculum, which culminates in a senior capstone experience?a thesis, research project, seminar or creative project.

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Quantitative analysis - Foreign language

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It is important to remember that the intent of a formal curriculum seldom coincides exactly with its actual effects. Frequently, interdisciplinary and exploratory subjects fail to provoke the mental response their inventors expect. In this connection, see Benson Snyder's The Hidden Curriculum (1970).

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The Hidden Curriculum - 1970

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