{"id":817,"date":"2020-01-23T22:19:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T22:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/dean-of-faculty\/?page_id=817"},"modified":"2025-09-03T19:24:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T19:24:02","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/dean-of-faculty\/academic-programs-and-centers\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Trinity’s Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Trinity Plus Curriculum: Liberal Arts Education for the 21st<\/sup> Century<\/h2>\n

The Trinity Plus Curriculum, introduced in fall 2021, provides opportunities for applied and experiential real-world learning experiences while maintaining the strength of Trinity\u2019s core liberal arts education<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trinity\u2019s distinctive liberal arts curriculum provides the opportunity for students to engage and connect conversations, methodologies, and diverse perspectives across the College\u2019s academic divisions. Thirty-five total credits are required for graduation, composed of 32 academic credits, earned from the completion of divisional classroom-based courses, plus 3 credits which may be a combination of academic and co-curricular credits. Co-curricular credits emphasize practical learning which takes place beyond the traditional classroom and expand opportunities for applied research on campus as well as real-world learning in Hartford, and across the world.<\/p>\n

The three plus<\/em> credits, beyond Trinity\u2019s required 32 academic<\/span> credits, encourages students to think about which experiences (co-curricular, academic, or a combination) would best prepare them for their next steps after Trinity. Students may fulfill their Trinity Plus<\/em>\u00a0credits by taking an exploratory route: completing any combination of academic credits, co-curricular credits; or, by completing a faculty designed 3-credit Experiential Certificate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/a>An additional component of the\u00a0plus<\/em> is Trinity’s Wellness Program<\/a>, which is designed to equip students to balance personal well-being with their social, academic, and extra-curricular requirements. This program addresses the whole-health of our students during their time at Trinity and prepares students to sustain positive behaviors in their post-graduate careers.<\/p>\n

General Education<\/h2>\n

Fostering intellectual curiosity and core competencies, Trinity\u2019s general education is designed to give each student the freedom to explore academic interests, discover passions, and acquire the breadth of knowledge integral to a liberal arts education. \u00a0Our curriculum equips students with the flexibility of a general education and the capacity to become innovative thinkers.<\/p>\n

Trinity’s general education curriculum has six key components:<\/strong><\/p>\n