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2003-04 Catalogue 1 Contents College Calendar. 2 General Information A History of Vassar College . 6 Academic Life . 8 Physical Resources . 10 Student Services and Activities . 17 Admission . 24 Fees . 28 Financial Aid . 33 Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC) . 41 Academic Information Degrees and Courses of Study . 43 Preparation for Graduate Study . 63 Instruction 2003/2004 . 64 Departments and Programs of Instruction . 66 College Organization Board of Trustees . 361 Administration . 362 Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College . 374 Faculty . 375 Degree Programs . 393 Index . 394 For the college website and the catalogue online, please refer to: http://www.vassar.edu VASSAR 2003/04 Catalogue printed on recycled paper 2 Calendar 2003/04 Vacations, recesses, and holidays are shown in underlined figures. JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER SMTWTF S SMTWTF S SMTWTF S 12345 12 1234 56 6 7891011 12 3456789 78910111213 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31 OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER SMTWTF S SMTWTF S SMTWTF S 1 234 1 123456 5 67891011 2345678 78910111213 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9101112131415 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 28 29 30 31 30 JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH SMTWTF S SMTWTF S SMTWTF S 123 1234567 123456 4 5678910 891011 12 13 14 7891011 12 13 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 28 29 30 31 APRIL MAY JUNE SMTWTF S SMTWTF S SMTWTF S 123 1 1 2345 4 5678910 23 4567 6789101112 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 891011 12 13 14 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25 26 27 28 29 30 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 29 30 31 Although Vassar College has no religious affiliations, it does respect the obser- vance of religious holy days by members of the college community. Academic Calendar 3 First Semester 2003/04 August 8 Friday Last day for payment of first semester fees. 25 Monday Residence houses open at 9:00 a.m. for new students only. All new students arrive before 2:00 p.m. for beginning of orientation week. First board meal is lunch. 30 Saturday Residence houses open at 9:00 a.m. for all other students. September 1 Monday Classes Begin. Registration of special students. 3Wednesday Fall Convocation at 3:30 p.m. 12 Friday Drop period ends. 20-21 Saturday- Freshmen Parents Weekend. Sunday October 10 Friday Drop period ends. 17 Friday- October break begins at 5:00 p.m. 26 Sunday October break ends at midnight. November 3-14 Monday- Preregistration for Spring 2004. Friday 26-30 Wednesday- Thanksgiving recess begins at 5:00 p.m. Sunday Thanksgiving recess ends at midnight. December 9 Tuesday First semester classes end. 10-14 Wednesday- Study period. Sunday 15-19 Monday- First semester examinations. Friday 20 Saturday Residence houses close at 9:00 a.m. Last board meal is breakfast. Second Semester 2003/04 January 2 Friday Last day for payment of second semester fees. 17 Saturday Residence houses open at 9:00 a.m. New students arrive. First board meal is lunch. 21 Wednesday Second semester classes begin. Registration of special students. (Note: No classes on Martin Luther King Day) February 3 Tuesday Add period ends. 18 Wednesday All College Day (classes will be held) March 5 Friday Drop period ends. 5Friday Spring vacation begins at 5:00 p.m. 6 Saturday Residence houses close at 9:00 a.m. Last board meal is breakfast. 21 Sunday Spring vacation ends at midnight. Residence houses open at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday (20th). First board meal is lunch on Saturday, March 20. April 2-4 Friday- All Parents Weekend Sunday 5-16 Monday- Preregistration for Fall, 2004. Friday 28 Wednesday Spring Convocation at 3:30 p.m. May 4 Tuesday Second semester classes end. 5-11 Wednesday- Study period. Tuesday 12-18 Wednesday- Second semester examinations. Tuesday 19 Wednesday Residence houses close at 9:00 a.m. (except seniors). 23 Sunday 140th Commencement. Residence houses close at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, May 24 (for seniors). June 4-6 Friday- Vassar College Reunions. Sunday Note: Due to the Thanksgiving holiday there is an uneven distribution of class days during the fall term. Therefore, the final Monday and Tuesday of the fall term will be treated, for teaching purposes, as a Friday and a Thursday, as noted below: Monday, December 8 = Friday Tuesday, December 9 = Thursday 4 Academic Calendar Four-Year Calendar, 2003/04-2006/07 First Semester 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 Classes Begin 9/1 (Mon) 8/30 (Mon) 9/1 (Thur) 8/31 (Thur) October Break: Begins 5:00 p.m. 10/17 (Fri) 10/15 (Fri) 10/14 (Fri) 10/13 (Fri) Ends Midnight 10/26 (Sun) 10/24 (Sun) 10/23 (Sun) 10/22 (Sun) Thanksgiving: Begins 5:00 p.m. 11/26 (Wed) 11/24 (Wed) 11/23 (Wed) 11/22 (Wed) Ends Midnight 11/30 (Sun) 11/28 (Sun) 11/27 (Sun) 11/26 (Sun) Classes End 12/9 (Tue) 12/7 (Tue) 12/9 (Fri) 12/8 (Fri) Study Period: Begins 12/10 (Wed) 12/8 (Wed) 12/10 (Sat) 12/9 (Sat) Ends 12/14 (Sun) 12/12 (Sun) 12/14 (Wed) 12/13 (Wed) Final Exams: Begin 12/15 (Mon) 12/13 (Mon) 12/15 (Thur) 12/14 (Thur) End 12/19 (Fri) 12/17 (Fri) 12/21 (Wed) 12/20 (Wed) Second Semester Classes Begin 1/21 (Wed) 1/19 (Wed) 1/25 (Wed) 1/24 (Wed) Spring Break: Begins 5:00 p.m. 3/5 (Fri) 3/4 (Fri) 3/10 (Fri) 3/9 (Fri) Ends Midnight 3/21 (Sun) 3/20 (Sun) 3/26 (Sun) 3/25 (Sun) Classes End 5/4 (Tue) 5/3 (Tue) 5/9 (Tue) 5/8 (Tue) Study Period: Begins 5/5 (Wed) 5/4 (Wed) 5/10 (Wed) 5/9 (Wed) Ends 5/11 (Tue) 5/10 (Tue) 5/16 (Tue) 5/15 (Tue) Final Exams: Begin 5/12 (Wed) 5/11 (Wed) 5/17 (Wed) 5/16 (Wed) End 5/18 (Tue) 5/17 (Tue) 5/23 (Tue) 5/22 (Tue) Commencement 5/23 (Sun) 5/22 (Sun) 5/28 (Sun) 5/27 (Sun) Note: Spring 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 classes begin on Wednesday instead of Tuesday. General Information 5 General Information Andrew Cohn ’03 Andrew The Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College (AAVC) welcomes each new class by treating them to Vassar Devils at Alumnae House. 6 General Information A History of Vassar College Considered a pioneer for women’s education and liberal arts education in the United States, Matthew Vassar founded Vassar College in 1861. Opening its doors to its first class of 353 students paying $350 for tuition and “residence” on September 26, 1865, the college offered young women a liberal arts education equal to that of the best men’s colleges of the day. Coeducational since 1969, Vassar College set the standard for higher education for women for more than 100 years and now sets the standard for true coeducation. Recognized as one of the best liberal arts colleges in the country, Vassar has successfully fulfilled its founder’s goals. An English-born brewer and businessman, Matthew Vassar established his college in Poughkeepsie, New York, a small city on the Hudson River, 75 miles north of New York City. Only 33 years after opening its doors, Vassar had gained a reputation for intellectual rigor that led to the founding of the first chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at a women’s college. For the first time, women were offered courses in art history, physical education, geology, astronomy, music, mathematics, and chemistry, taught by the leading scholars of the day. From the beginning, the Vassar curriculum was characterized by boldness, breadth, and flexibility, and Vassar graduates were recognized as a “breed apart” for their independence of thought and their inclination to “go to the source” in search of answers. The Vassar approach to learning was shaped by faculty members such as noted astronomer Maria Mitchell the first woman to be elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Frederick Louis Ritter, one of America’s first historians of music. In 1869, Maria Mitchell took her students to Iowa to observe an eclipse of the sun, and in the 1880s Lucy Maynard Salmon, professor of history, was exploring the “seminar method” of teaching through original source materials. Vassar continues to use original source materials as essential teaching elements in several departments. The college holds an extensive collection of manuscripts in the Virginia B. Smith Manuscript Collection, named for president emerita Virginia B. Smith upon her retirement in 1986. The collection ranges from medieval illuminated manuscripts to modern manuscripts of literary and historical importance.
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