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Are there required classes for incoming freshman? What are some examples of these?

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Posted by enotes on Sunday August 24, 2008 at 5:00 PM and tagged with academics, college of william & mary, freshman.

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  1. gaisera
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    As a freshman, you will need to take a freshman seminar course.  These are very small, discussion based courses on a specific topic which you will choose at registration.  There are a variety of topics to choose from, and they all concern very interesting and unique subjects.  You will also need to complete the GERs or General Education Requirements.  Most students tend to take their GERs as freshman and sophomores.  The GERs, according to the William and Mary website are as followed:

    GER 1: Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning: one course 

    GER 2: Natural Sciences: two courses   

    A. One course in Physical Sciences   

    B. One course in Biological Sciences 

    One Laboratory associated with one of the courses above   

    GER 3: Social Sciences: two courses  

    GER 4: World Cultures and History: three courses   

    A. History and Culture in the European Tradition   

    B. History and Culture outside the European Tradition   

    C. A course in Cross-Cultural Issues, or a second A or a second B   

    GER 5: Literature and History of Arts: one course  

    GER 6: Creative and Performing Arts: two credits in a creative/performing art.  In music, both 

    credits must be from participation in the same ensemble, or on an instrument in the same style 

    (one credit in jazz piano and one in classical piano, for example, do not fulfill the requirement). 

    GER 7: Philosophical, Religious, and Social Thought: one course 

     

    An example of the kinds of courses offered at William and Mary is hard to give and would not necessarily be helpful because the courses offered are so broad in range.  There are the basic "Chemistry 101", "Italian 101", etc courses, but also "Social Problems" (which fulfills GER 3), "Ballroom Dance" (which fulfills GER 7), etc.

    Sources:
    http://web.wm.edu/as/undergraduate/academicadvising/docs/...

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    Posted by gaisera on Thursday October 22, 2009 at 10:37 AM