"I’ve taught public key cryptography as an upper-level elective, but I’m excited to learn alongside first-year students. I would rather assist beginning students to explore what they want to learn rather than teach them what I know and think is important. There are some natural questions to ask, of course, but it will be really fun to explore questions students ask that I haven’t anticipated." — Professor of Mathematics Lynne Butler

Our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience .

“Madness and Wine in Classical Literature” is a writing seminar with a focus on classics including Plato's Phaedrus and Euripides' Bacchae. Our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience .

History is essential to a free and enlightened citizenry and forms a cornerstone of the liberal arts education at Haverford College. Our varied curriculum encourages students to analyze and interpret the past from many different perspectives and to recognize their own role in writing “history.” 

History is essential to a free and enlightened citizenry and forms a cornerstone of the liberal arts education at Haverford College. Our varied curriculum encourages students to analyze and interpret the past from many different perspectives and to recognize their own role in writing “history.” 

Haverford College has forged innovative partnerships with some of the world’s top academic institutions to offer students additional opportunities for graduate study.

Our degree partnership programs allow students to pursue an accelerated course of study toward a master’s degree.