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About the Discovery Curriculum

The Discovery Curriculum, which all students in the College of Arts & Sciences will explore and complete, helps students prepare for a lifetime of learning and thoughtful work. The courses in these programs reinforce each other in challenging and productive ways.

The Curriculum takes advantage of three distinctive features of the academic environment at Washington University:

  • The strong tradition of cooperation between faculty working in different intellectual disciplines,
  • Teaching and learning draw energies from an environment of vigorous and creative research and,
  • The faculty has resolved to enrich undergraduate training in writing and quantitative analysis.

 

"The good things I heard are true. Professors are really accessible, and I actually enjoy going to their office hours to discuss the material."

Huajia Wang
Mathematics