Hey y'all! I'm Caroline York, and I'm a '25 from Georgia! My hope is to share my Dartmouth experience with potential '28s, '29s, '30s and beyond! On campus, I write sports for The Dartmouth, am a Center for Social Impact SIBS mentor, am in Christian life, a Tour Guide, a Dartmouth Emergency Medical Services (EMS) member, and am a Hood Museum Intern! Otherwise, you'll find me in the Connecticut River, studying in the Tower Room, and running along the Appalachian Trail. Welcome to my world!
I initially took this class because I wanted to know more about Dartmouth’s history with Native Americans. It ended up being my favorite class because Professor Duthu was so enthusiastic about Native American affairs. He related the lectures to his own experiences growing up on a reservation, which made the class come to life.
As a potential Classics major on the pre-health track, this class was perfect for me! We learned about different medical practices from Rome and Greece and how medicine had changed in the past 2,000 years. We had a class in the Geisel School of Medicine and got to hold human organs!
I took this class because I wanted to learn more about the economy. Econ 2 focuses on the current economic climate in the US, so we would follow the DOW Jones on a daily basis to establish trends. In an economy impacted by a pandemic, inflation, and a war, this class was so helpful in my understanding of the financial climate of the country.
Physics with Professor Blencowe was delightful. His enthusiasm for the subject matter created excitement for students. The labs were hands-on and interactive to learn about the mechanics of the world.
This class fulfilled the Interdisciplinary Approach to my Global Health minor, and I enjoyed every minute of it. With Professor McCabe, we discussed gender and how its structure impacts our daily lives. My final research project studied gender within "Grey's Anatomy," which was created by Shonda Rhimes '91.
I used my "off-term" to travel to Hanoi, Vietnam for a Dartmouth Dickey Center Global Health Internship. I worked for the Institute of Population, Health, and Development, and studied health disparities in Vietnam.
This class was taught by a visiting professor, and she did an excellent job of engaging the class and making the material exciting. We learned about the historical Jesus figure in a Jewish context, and we connected the class content to modern day movies about Jesus.
I did a transfer term at Trinity College, Dublin, which means I took three courses at Trinity. My favorite was "Roman Archaeology" because I had never taken an archaeology course yet for my Classical Studies major.
Dartmouth has a series of Distributive Requirements that students fulfill in order to graduate. This includes about 10 classes in several different categories. Here is the official requirements:
The World Culture Requirements can be classes also used for the Distributive Requirements. For example, I took "Federal Indian Law", which fulfilled both the Social Analysis requirement as well as the Non-Western Cultures requirement.
Through my major, Classical Studies, I was able to fulfill several of the requirements. I took an Art History with a Classical focus that fulfilled the Art requirement as well as a Roman and Greek Engineering course that fulfilled the Technology or Applied Science requirement. Overall, I fulfilled half of my Distributive Requirements with my major!
I see the Distributive Requirements as a fantastic way to explore all the courses that Dartmouth has to offer. One of my friends took a Sociology course her first fall in order to fulfill the Social Analysis course and ended up loving it so much that she majored in Sociology!
For my remaining 5 classes for my Distributive Requirements, I took classes in several different departments in order to really understand the liberal arts experience. For example, I took an English course, "Horrors of Survival" in order to fulfill the requirement. This class taught me how to be a better reader and writer, and I had the chance to read several books on the Green during the lovely summer term.
Overall, I appreciate the Distributive Requirements and see them as something we as students have the opportunity to do, not something that "must" be done.
After returning from an enriching study abroad program, I'm diving into a bustling spring semester here at Dartmouth. Here are my four courses I'm taking this term!
Dartmouth's liberal arts curriculum pushes students to explore new departments and draw connections between seemingly disparate disciplines. Come explore my Economics, Physics, and Asian, Societies, Cultures, and Languages classes!
