Academics
Excellence in Education
A Connecticut College education will help you develop skills for success in any arena. You'll learn how to evaluate and synthesize information, solve complex problems, reason cogently and communicate effectively.
You can pursue your intellectual interests outside the classroom through college-funded internships, student-faculty research, service learning and study-abroad programs.
Our academic programs in the arts, sciences, humanities and social sciences are designed to shape ethical, informed citizens with a global perspective. View our course catalog.
Highlights of the academic program:
- a student-faculty ratio of 9:1
- forty-three majors, including self-designed and interdisciplinary majors
- 171 full-time professors; 90 percent hold a doctorate or equivalent
- dedicated teacher-scholars, available in and out of the classroom
- language study that helps internationalize any major
- intellectual life outside the classroom through the residential education fellows program
- interdisciplinary certificate programs that can be combined with any major
- pre-law, pre-health and pre-business programs
- support for pursuing fellowships and scholarships
- the College is a member of Phi Beta Kappa
Our distinguished graduates have won Fulbright, Goldwater, Luce and other notable fellowships and scholarships. Connecticut College is consistently recognized as a top producer of Fulbright scholars with 23 awarded in the past five years.
For incoming students, the top anticipated majors are biology, English, government, international relations and psychology. Many students choose to double major or self-design their major.
In addition to major requirements, we have a General Education requirement of at least seven courses across a wide range of liberal arts disciplines. First-year students take a freshman seminar, a small, intensive class with close student-faculty interaction.
For highly motivated students in any major, the College offers interdisciplinary certificates through our centers in international studies, environmental studies, community action, arts and technology and museum studies. Students may also earn state certification in elementary and secondary education.
