College of Brown University

Founded in 1764, the College is the university's oldest school and the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.

[3] On March 3, 1764, James Manning and Ezra Stiles filed a charter to create the College of Rhode Island.

Their mission, as stated in the charter, was to prepare students "for discharging the Offices of Life" by providing instruction in the Vernacular Learned Languages, and in the liberal Arts and Sciences.

In 1969, the Open Curriculum was implemented, eliminating distribution requirements and allowing students to take any course Satisfactory/No Credit.

[6] While students at the College have long been able to cross-register for classes at the nearby Rhode Island School of Design, it is now possible to complete a degree from Brown and a B.F.A.