than Professors. There is no tenure system at Quest. Other distinguishing features include the Foundation and Concentration Programs, block plan scheduling, a Question instead of a conventional major, and a final Keystone project. Foundation program In their first two years of study, students enroll in 16 Foundation courses. After completing the mandatory Cornerstone and Rhetoric classes, they go on to take 14 courses chosen from five major divisions: Social Sciences, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Arts & Humanities. They must also fulfil a language requirement. Toward the end of the Foundation Program, students take a course called Question. Working with an instructor and a faculty mentor, they develop a statement of Question: a proposal for how they will study a topic of particular interest to them. The Question is in lieu of a conventional major, serves as the basis for the remaining two years of study, and inspires the student's Keystone project. Concentration program The remaining two years are known as the Concentration Program. With the help of a faculty advisor, students design a personalized program, which consists of four principal elements: a statement of the Question a course plan a list of related readings a Keystone project Along with their Concentration (or Focus) Courses, students take between one and four Experiential Learning Blocks, hands-on work that can take place in the private sector, not-for-profit, government or many other settings. Quest states that the purpose of Experiential Learning is to show students how their interests manifest in the world and help them gain direct experience. Students also take three or more electives. Block plan Quest operates on the block plan, where students take one course at a time, meeting every weekday for 3.5 weeks. The academic year is divided into two terms. Fall term usually runs from September to mid-December, and spring term typically runs from January to the end of April. There are four blocks per term, and full-time students take eight blocks per year. Quest claims that the block plan allows scheduling flexibility: students can decide which blocks are spent on courses and which are spent traveling, working, or exploring other pursuits. The school also notes that block scheduling permits faculty to run "field studies", off-campus learning experiences that can run for several weeks. Many field studies involve fees, which range from nominal to significant. Quest also offers Study Abroad. Students can spend one or two academic