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This is a compilation of required courses for Mount Holyoke students from 1930 until 1978. All information has been taken from the Mount Holyoke College Catalog, which can be found in individual volumes in the Williston Library and the College Archives. The information presented here includes general required courses as well as distribution requirements; it does not represent requirements for each individual major. All requirements are listed in the first year of each decade (1930, 1940, etc.) and changes are listed for subsequent years. The information has been compiled to provide an efficient way to compare curriculum at Mount Holyoke over a period of time without searching through each individual course catalog.
Compiled by Jeanine Abarno, Whitney Hoffman, Sara Rummel, Natasha Segool, Amanda Willis
1930's
1930-1931
Courses Required for All Students:
- English - 6 hours
- French or German - 6 hours
- Physical Education - 4 hours
- Speech
Courses Prescribed with Option (Seven to be chosen out of eight):
- Chemistry or Physics - 6 hours
- English Literature - 6 hours
- Greek or Latin - 6 hours
- History - 6 hours
- Mathematics - 6 hours
- Philosophy and Psychology - 6 hours
- Religion - 6 hours
- Science (Astronomy or Botany or Geology or Physiology or Zoology) - 6 hours
1932-1933
Removals:
None
Additions. Departments added to list of optional courses:
- Drama added with English Literature
- Political Science added with History
- Geography added with Geology
1934-1935
*Note - this is the year the current system of distribution requirements was instituted.
During the first and second years, students must complete:
- At least 18 hours in Group I, evenly divided among three departments, 6 hours of which must be in English.
- At least 12 hours from Groups II and III, evenly divided between the two departments chosen within each group.
- Only mathematics and science courses offering laboratory work will fulfill the requirement.
Group I - Languages and Literatures
- English
- Greek
- English Literature and Drama
- Latin
- German
- Romance Languages
Group II - Natural Sciences and Mathematics
- Anthropology
- Astronomy
- Botany
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Geology and Geography
- Physiology
- Zoology
- Mathematics
Group III - Social Studies
- Economics and Sociology
- History and Political Science
- Philosophy and Psychology
- Religion
1936-1937
No Changes
1938-1939
No Changes
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