Bryn Mawr College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age or disability in the administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other College-administered programs, or in its employment practices. In conformity with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, it is also the policy of Bryn Mawr College not to discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational programs, activities or employment practices. The admission of only women in the Undergraduate College is in conformity with a provision of the Act. Inquiries regarding compliance with this legislation and other policies regarding nondiscrimination may be directed to the Equal Opportunity Officer, who administers the College’s procedures, at 610-526-5275. All information in this catalog is subject to change without notice. © 2010 Bryn Mawr College TABLE OF CONTENTS 2011-12 ACADEMIC CALENDARS 3 FEES AND FINANCIAL AID 22 CONTACT AND Costs of Education 22 website INFORMATION 4 Schedule of Payments 22 Refund Policy 23 ABOUT BRYN MAWR COLLEGE 5 When a Student Withdraws 23 The Mission of Bryn Mawr College 5 Financial Aid 24 The History of Bryn Mawr College 5 Loan Funds 27 College as Community 6 Scholarship Funds 28 Geographical Distribution of Students 8 ACADEMIC PROGRAM 36 LIBRARIES AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES 9 The Curriculum 36 Libraries 9 Requirements for the A.B. Degree 36 Special Research Resources 10 (prior to Fall 2011) Computing 11 Emily Balch Seminar Requirement 36 Language Learning Center 11 Quantitative Requirement 36 Laboratories 11 Foreign Language Requirement 36 Facilities for the Arts 13 Divisional Requirements 37 Gymnasium 13 Requirements for the A.B. Degree 38 Campus Center 13 (matriculating Fall 2011) Emily Balch Seminar Requirement 38 STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS 14 Quantitative and Mathematical Reasoning Requirement 38 The Honor Code 14 Foreign Language Requirement 38 Privacy of Student Records 14 Distribution Requirements 38 Directory Information 14 The Major 39 Campus Crime Awareness/Clery Act 14 The Independent Major Program 40 Right-to-Know Act 14 Physical Education Requirement 41 Equality of Opportunity 15 Residency Requirement 41 Access Services 15 Exceptions 41 STUDENT LIFE 15 Academic Regulations 42 Student Advising 15 Registration 42 Customs Week 15 Credit/No Credit 42 Academic Support Services 15 Course Options 42 Career Development Office 16 Half-semester Courses 43 Health Center 16 Cooperation with Neighboring Institutions 43 Student Residences 16 Conduct of Courses 44 ADMISSIONS 18 Quizzes, Examinations and Extensions 44 Grading and Academic Record 45 Committee on Academic Standing 45 Cumulative Grade Point Averages 46 2 Table of Contents Distinctions 46 Child and Family Studies 109 Credit for Work Done Elsewhere 46 Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology 112 Departure from the College 47 Comparative Literature 120 Computer Science 128 Academic Opportunities 49 East Asian Studies 131 Minors and Concentrations 49 Economics 136 Combined A.B./M.A. Degree Programs 49 Education 141 English 147 3-2 Program in Engineering and Applied Science 49 Environmental Studies 160 Film Studies 172 3-2 Program in City and Regional Planning 50 Fine Arts 178 Combined Master’s and French and Francophone Studies 182 Teacher Certification Programs 50 Gender and Sexuality 187 Summer Language Programs 50 General Studies 200 Study Abroad in the Junior Year 51 Geology 201 Preparation for Careers in Architecture 51 German and German Studies 206 Preparation for Careers in the Greek, Latin and Classical Studies 211 Health Professions 52 Growth and Structure of Cities 219 Preparation for Careers in Law 52 Hebrew and Judaic Studies 231 Teacher Certification 52 History 233 History of Art 244 Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps 52 International Studies 254 Centers for 21st Century Inquiry 53 Italian 258 Summer Courses 53 Latin American, Latino, and Continuing Education Program 53 Iberian Peoples and Cultures 263 Katharine E. McBride Scholars Program 54 Linguistics 269 Mathematics 271 Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program 54 Middle Eastern Studies 275 Emily Balch Seminars 54 Music 281 360º 55 Neural and Behavioral Sciences 285 Focus Courses 55 Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies 287 Athletics and Physical Education 56 Philosophy 292 Praxis Program 57 Physics 300 Political Science 306 Collaboration with the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School Psychology 319 of Social Work and Social Research 58 Religion 325 Romance Languages 330 ACADEMIC AWARDS AND PRIZES 59 Russian 331 Scholarships for Medical Study 62 Sociology 336 Spanish 344 AREAS OF STUDY 63 Definitions 63 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF Africana Studies 66 BRYN MAWR COLLEGE 350 Anthropology 73 FACULTY OF Arabic 83 BRYN MAWR COLLEGE 351 Arts Program 84 Astronomy 94 ADMINISTRATION 358 Biology 96 Chemistry 104 Academic Calendars 3 ACADEMIC CALENDARS 2011 First Semester 2012 First Semester August 29 Classes begin September 4 Classes begin October 7 Fall break begins after last class October 12 Fall break begins after last class October 17 Fall break ends at 8 a.m. October 22 Fall break ends at 8 a.m. November 23 Thanksgiving vacation begins after November 21 Thanksgiving vacation begins after last class last class November 28 Thanksgiving vacation ends at 8 a.m. November 26 Thanksgiving vacation ends at 8 a.m. December 8 Last day of classes December 13 Last day of classes December 9-10 Review period December 14-15 Review period December 11-16 Examination period December 16-21 Examination period 2012 Second Semester 2013 Second Semester January 17 Classes begin January 22 Classes begin March 2 Spring vacation begins after last class March 8 Spring vacation begins after last class March 12 Spring vacation ends at 8 a.m. March 18 Spring vacation ends at 8 a.m. April 27 Last day of classes May 3 Last day of classes April 28 - May 1 Review period May 4-7 Review period May 2-11 Examination period May 8-17 Examination period May 12 Commencement May 18 Commencement 4 Contact Information CONTACT AND website INFORMATION Mailing Address: Switchboard: Bryn Mawr College 610-526-5000 101 N. Merion Avenue Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899 College website: http://www.brynmawr.edu For information regarding academic programs and For information about meal plans and dining halls, visit regulations, academic advising, study abroad, the the Dining Services website at http://www.brynmawr. curriculum and special academic programs, visit the edu/dining. Dean’s Office website at http://www.brynmawr.edu/ deans. For information about the libraries and their special collections, visit the Libraries website at http://www. For information regarding course schedules, brynmawr.edu/library. registration, procedures, exams and student records, visit the Registrar’s Office website at http://www. For information about computers, labs and technological brynmawr.edu/registrar. resources, visit the Computing Services website at http://www.brynmawr.edu/computing. For information regarding entrance exams, advance placement or admissions, visit the Admissions Office For information about accommodations for students with website at http://www.brynmawr.edu/admissions. disabilities, visit the Access Services website at http:// www.brynmawr.edu/access_services. For information about applying for financial aid or continuing financial aid, visit the Student Financial For information about career development services, Services website at http://www.brynmawr.edu/sfs. including pre-law advising and the Externship Program, visit the Career Development Office website at http:// For information about student billing, refunds and www.brynmawr.edu/cdo. student loans, visit the Controller’s Office website at http://www.brynmawr.edu/controller. For information about athletics, physical education, recreation and wellness, visit the Department of For information about the Health Center and health Athletics and Physical Education website at http://www. insurance, visit the Health Center’s website at http:// brynmawr.edu/athletics. www.brynmawr.edu/healthcenter. Web pages for individual academic departments and For information about residential life, visit the Student programs may be accessed from the following website: Life Office website at http://www.brynmawr.edu/ http://www.brynmawr.edu/find/fieldsofstudy.shtml. residentiallife. About the College 5 ABOUT THE COLLEGE deciding that Bryn Mawr would be nondenominational. Bryn Mawr’s first administrators had determined that excellence in scholarship was a more important con- The Mission of Bryn Mawr College sideration than religious faith in appointing the faculty, although the College remained committed to Quaker The mission of Bryn Mawr College is to provide a values such as freedom of conscience. rigorous education and to encourage the pursuit of knowledge as preparation for life and work. Bryn Mawr The College’s mission was to offer women rigorous intel- teaches and values critical, creative and independent lectual training and the chance to do original research, habits of thought and expression in an undergraduate a European-style program that was then available only liberal-arts curriculum for women and in coeducational at a few elite institutions for men. That was a formidable graduate programs in the arts and sciences and in challenge, especially in light of the resistance of society social work and social research. Bryn Mawr seeks to at large, at the end of the 19th century, to the notion that sustain a community diverse in nature and democratic women could be the intellectual peers of men. in practice, for we believe that only through considering many perspectives do we gain a deeper understanding Fortunately, at its inception, the College was adopted as of each other and the world. a moral cause and a life’s work by a woman of immense tenacity, M. Carey Thomas. Thomas, Bryn Mawr’s Since its founding in 1885, the College has maintained first dean and second president, had been so intent its character as a small residential community that upon undertaking advanced study that when American fosters close working relationships between faculty universities denied her the opportunity to enter a Ph.D.