Financial aid is a monetary grant awarded by private and liberal arts colleges to students who need financial support to pursue their degrees.

Need-blind colleges/universities are those colleges that do not consider an applicant's ability to pay...

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Computer Science is a degree offered by the College of Arts and Science in a university. It requires students to take fewer courses to graduate compared to the Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science degree which is o...

College education in the U.S. gives freedom to students to choose courses. Apart from taking courses that satisfy the minimum requirements for their major, students are allowed to take courses from different departments. This enables them to appro...

A liberal arts college provides its students with a holistic education that would prepare them for real-world challenges. Apart from taking courses relevant to their major, students studying in a liberal arts college are required to take courses f...

Students choose courses based on two criteria:
1) Does the course pertain to the major the student is pursuing?
2) Even if the course is not related to their major, does it interest them?

Students browse the course catalog of their university's w...

It depends on the major that you are pursuing and the college that you attend. Liberal arts colleges like Union College require all engineering students to take 12 elective courses and 28 core courses (major-related courses) in their four years of...