The Trinity Plus Curriculum: Liberal Arts Education for the 21^st Century

The Trinity Plus Curriculum, introduced in fall 2021, provides opportunities for applied and experiential real-world learning experiences while maintaining the strength of Trinity’s core liberal arts education.

Trinity’s distinctive liberal arts curriculum provides the opportunity for students to engage and connect conversations, methodologies, and diverse perspectives across the College’s 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.

The three plus credits, beyond Trinity’s required 32 academic 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 credits by taking an exploratory route: completing any combination of academic credits, co-curricular credits; or, by completing a faculty designed 3-credit Experiential Certificate.