First, the teaching characteristics
Dartmouth College is different from all other schools in that it has a special school calendar, commonly known as "Dartmouth Project". This plan divides the whole year into four semesters, each with ten weeks. Students only need to attend classes for three semesters each year, which three semesters can they choose. The only rule of the school is that students must attend classes in the summer semester when they reach the third grade.
Second, professional courses
Dartmouth's curriculum belongs to liberal arts education, with more than 40 academic subjects and interdisciplinary course, and 57 main subjects, covering humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering. Students can choose their own majors or complete double-degree courses.
Dartmouth College's most popular majors include: social science, biology and biomedical science, computer and information science and support services, engineering and history.
If students want to graduate, they must complete 35 courses, of which 8- 10 is a required course. Other courses require students to complete courses in other fields besides their majors, including a foreign language and a first-year writing course.
Therefore, Dartmouth not only trains graduates with a single major, but also shapes students into talents with logical ability, analytical ability and humanistic quality through the combination of arts and sciences.
Third, the teacher-student ratio.
Today, with the increasing university population, Dartmouth College still maintains a strict enrollment system and a very high entrance threshold. In terms of teaching scale, Dartmouth College insists on small class size, and the teacher-student ratio is 1:7. The class size of 63.8% is less than 20, and that of 85% is less than 30, which makes its "liberal arts college temperament" more prominent.
According to the data of official website this year, there are about 4,400 undergraduates, with a gender distribution of about 5 1% boys and 49% girls. There are about 2 100 graduate students and about108/kloc-0 professors. Three Nobel Prize winners have studied here.
It is because of "smallness" that Dartmouth people enjoy the preferential treatment of "fewer people and more resources". Even though the professors of Dartmouth College are in the leading position in their respective fields, they still devote themselves to teaching, and even the most experienced professors will teach their students the first-year courses.
Fourth, the dominant major.
Tucker Business School trains wise and decisive leaders who can improve the world through business. The completely modern learning environment of the college allows students to learn and contact with the diversity and energy of the world, and also cultivates their innovative ability.
engineering
The engineering course of Dartmouth University covers basic science and its application in practical problem solving, which provides students with the opportunity to engage in engineering specialty.
computer science
In Dartmouth's computer science department, graduate students interact closely with world-class researchers in a closely linked academic environment, which provides rich opportunities for internal and interdisciplinary research. Students have the opportunity to cooperate with researchers in engineering, business, mathematics, art, biology, sociology and medicine.
public health
The Master of Public Health (M.P.H) degree is a unique program to explore the relationship between traditional public health and American medical system. Use analytical methods to let students know about medical care and public health system. Through the analysis tools of biostatistics, epidemiology and research methods, students will learn to use quality improvement methods to initiate changes, turn research results into actions, improve nursing and accessibility, and formulate strategies to promote population health.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) campus network
Dartmouth College is the source of popularizing computer education, because the BASIC language was born here, the earliest meeting of artificial intelligence was held here, and the campus network e-mail also originated from this school and was integrated into the teaching and daily life of teachers and students. JohnKemeny, a former principal and now a freshman computer professor, is the inventor of the computer BASIC language. During his tenure, he vigorously promoted computers in Dartmouth, established a set of the most perfect computer system in the country, and brought computers into every course from physics to philosophy. Dartmouth's computer center is open day and night, and all classrooms and dormitories are connected to the whole campus network. Dartmouth College, which has always been conservative, is indeed at the forefront of the United States in this respect.
Sixth, well-known alumni
The famous graduates of the college include American politician and daniel webster, who served as US Secretary of State twice; Author of the famous children's series "Gasell Susie"; Former US Vice President nelson rockefeller and several federal ministers, including Paulson and Geithner, and several US Treasury secretaries; CEO of General Electric, USA; Former CEO of Goldman Sachs Group. China alumni include Ceng Zimo, host of Phoenix TV, Zhang Lichen, general manager of Bentley Group in China, CuongDo, chief strategy officer of Lenovo Group, Lin Xinhe, chief operating officer of Sina, etc.