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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To clarify a number of posts, there are the liberal arts and there are Liberal Arts Colleges (LACs). The Carnegie classification for BC is R1 research university. BC may have a core curriculum with a focus in liberal arts (hey, so do UChicago and Columbia), but it is not an LAC.

The core curriculum at BC consists of: 1 arts, 1 cultural diversity (can overlap), 2 history, 1 literature, 1 math, 2 natural science, 2 philosophy, 2 social science (econ usually covers these for business majors), 2 theology, 1 writing

[b]Many schools [/b]have gen ed requirements that include history, writing, natural science, etc. BC's core is a little bit heavier than some, with philosophy and theology, but not terribly different otherwise.[/quote]

For OP, whose DC is interested in business school - there is a difference in the BC liberal arts core that requires you to spread the LA courses as noted (ensuring you are exposed broadly) vs Lehigh where you can mostly choose non-business courses as you wish (for example, never taking a philosophy or history if you don't want to). Just having gen-ed requirements is not the same as having a true liberal arts focus requirement. Whether this is good or bad in your college search depends on your own goals. At BC - these are the same requirements as students in Arts and Sciences - so it also means in your early years you are meeting friends/classmates in a way that does not pigeon hole you to just kids in School of Management. It makes for a cohesive community across all of the schools.

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Not sure why you’re talking about school of A&S for BC. Wouldn’t a finance kid apply to the Carroll school of management? And therefore not have the same liberal arts core requirements? [/quote]
DP. Carroll has the same core as A&S, just without the foreign lang requirement.[/quote]
Got it. I’m finding it difficult to figure out this level of detail. [/quote]
It's here if anyone needs it: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/carroll-school/undergraduate/academics.html#tab-class_of_2027 ("Degree requirements: BC Core Curriculum, Carroll School Core Curriculum, and departmental concentration requirements" with link to the BC Core)[/quote]

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