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Originally established to train Congregationalist ministers, the college began teaching humanities and natural sciences by the late 18th century. At the same time, students began organizing extracurricular organizations: first [[College literary societies|literary societies]], and later publications, sports teams, and singing groups. By the middle of the 19th century, it was the largest college in the United States. In 1847, it was joined by another undergraduate school at Yale, the [[Sheffield Scientific School]], which was absorbed into the college in 1956. These merged curricula became the basis of the modern-day [[liberal arts]] curriculum, which requires students to take courses in a broad range of subjects, including foreign language, composition, sciences, and quantitative reasoning, in addition to electing a [[major (academic)|departmental major]] in their sophomore year.
The most distinctive feature of undergraduate life is the school's [[residential colleges of Yale University|system of residential colleges]], established in 1932 and modeled after the constituent colleges of [[Oxbridge|English universities]]. Undergraduates live in these colleges after their freshman year, when most live on the school's [[Old Campus (Yale University)|Old Campus]].
==History==
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