Each graduating student must complete a senior thesis or project. Scripps also requires first-year students to take a writing course. General requirements include classes in fine arts, letters, natural sciences, social sciences, women's/gender studies and race/ethnic studies. Academics are focused on interdisciplinary humanistic studies, combined with rigorous training in the disciplines. News & World Report as of 2008, and 4th, nationally, in terms of women's colleges tied with Mount Holyoke and Barnard College, both of which have been considered top women's colleges in the United States. Scripps was ranked 27th nationally among liberal arts colleges by U.S. Over the years, a rivalry has formed between the opposing sports teams CMS (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) and PP (Pomona-Pitzer). This is the general academic policy at all five schools, and is meant to give students the resources of a larger university while still maintaining the qualities of a small, liberal-arts college. All five colleges are part of the Claremont University Consortium.Īny student attending Scripps can enroll in up to 2/3 of their classes at the other four colleges, and can also major at any of the other four, so long as the student's requested major is not offered at Scripps. Scripps is a member of the Claremont Colleges, and much of student life revolves around the five colleges, or '5C's.' Scripps College, Claremont McKenna College, Pomona College, Pitzer College and Harvey Mudd College all interact socially, but also share dining halls, libraries, and other facilities spread throughout the bordering campuses. Scripps was founded in 1926 by Ellen Browning Scripps, who believed that 'the primary obligation of a college is to educate students to be clear and independent thinkers and to live their lives with confidence, courage and hope.' The motto of the college is 'Incipit Vita Nova' ('New life begins') from Dante's 'New Life'. It is a member of the Claremont Colleges. Website = [ Scripps College is a liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California, United States.

Postgrad_label = postbaccalaureate premedicalįree = $274.4 million Motto = 'Incipit Vita Nova' ('Here Begins New Life')

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