Please click here for newer distribution requirements -- those applicable to students entering in 2012 and later.
The requirements listed below apply to classes before the class of 2016 (students who entered prior to 2012).
For purposes of distribution requirements, the Davidson curriculum is divided into six categories. All students must complete ten distribution requirements in order to graduate, with six of them completed in order to enter the junior year. The catalogue lists courses in each department or program that fulfill distribution requirements (formerly called core requirements). The requirements are:
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• LITERATURE:
Requirement: one (1) course in literature (English or other language)
Departments: English, Chinese, Classics, French, Spanish, German, Russian, or the 2-year Humanities Program
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• HISTORY:
Requirement: one (1) course
Department: History or the two-year Humanities Program
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• RELIGION and PHILOSOPHY:
Requirement: two (2) courses, at least one in Religion
Departments: Religion, Philosophy, two-year Humanities Program
[Note: The two-year Humanities program (150, 151W, 250, 251), when completed, fulfills the requirement in literature, history, and both courses in religion and philosophy (as well as composition). |
• FINE ARTS:
Requirement: one (1) course
Departments: Art, Music, and Theatre
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• NATURAL SCIENCES and MATHEMATICS:
Requirement: three (3) courses, at least one in Mathematics and one science course with a lab
Departments: Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics
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• SOCIAL SCIENCES:
Requirement: two (2) courses
Departments: Anthropology, Economics, Education, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology |
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