Yale College Programs of Study Fall and Spring Terms 2015–2016 BULLETIN OF YALE UNIVERSITY Series 111 Number 9 August 1, 2015 BULLETIN OF YALE UNIVERSITY Series 111 Number 9 August 1, 2015 (USPS 078-500) is published seventeen times a year (one time in May and October; three times in June and September; four times in July; five times in August) by Yale University, 2 Whitney Avenue, New Haven CT 0651o. Periodicals postage paid at New Haven, Connecticut. Postmaster: Send address changes to Bulletin of Yale University, PO Box 208227, New Haven CT 06520-8227 Managing Editor: Kimberly M. Go≠-Crews Editor: Lesley K. Baier PO Box 208230, New Haven CT 06520-8230 The closing date for material in this bulletin was May 1, 2015. The University reserves the right to withdraw or modify the courses of instruction or to change the instructors at any time. ©2015 by Yale University. All rights reserved. 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Yale College Programs of Study Fall and Spring Terms 2015–2016 BULLETIN OF YALE UNIVERSITY Series 111 Number 9 August 1, 2015 Contents Key to Course Listings 6 Building Abbreviations 7 Yale College Calendar with Pertinent Deadlines 8 Yale College Administrative Officers 12 Final Examination Schedules 14 Subject Abbreviations 15 A Message from the Dean of Yale College 17 I. Yale College 18 The Undergraduate Curriculum 18 Distributional Requirements 19 Major Programs 22 The Residential Colleges 23 International Experience 24 Yale Summer Session 25 Special Programs 26 Honors 31 Miscellaneous 32 II. Academic Regulations 33 A. Requirements for the B.A. or B.S. Degree 33 B. Grades 40 C. Course Credits and Course Loads 44 D. Promotion and Good Standing 46 E. Registration and Enrollment in Courses 47 F. Withdrawal from Courses 50 G. Reading Period and Final Examination Period 52 H. Completion of Course Work 54 I. Academic Penalties and Restrictions 58 J. Leave of Absence, Withdrawal, and Reinstatement 59 K. Special Arrangements 65 L. Transfer Students 75 M. Eli Whitney Students Program 77 N. Nondegree Students Program 79 O. Credit from Other Universities 81 P. Acceleration Policies 84 Q. Amendments 89 III. Subjects of Instruction 90 Majors in Yale College 90 Accounting 92 Aerospace Studies 92 African American Studies 94 African Studies 99 American Studies 107 Anthropology 118 Applied Mathematics 129 Applied Physics 134 Archaeological Studies 137 Architecture 143 Art 150 Astronomy 160 Biology 166 Biomedical Engineering 167 British Studies 172 Chemical Engineering 173 Chemistry 178 Child Study Center 190 Classics 192 Cognitive Science 202 College Seminars 210 Computer Science 210 Computer Science and Mathematics 219 Computer Science and Psychology 220 Computing and the Arts 221 DeVane Lecture Course 224 Directed Studies 224 East Asian Languages and Literatures 225 East Asian Studies 233 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 241 Economics 249 Economics and Mathematics 262 Education Studies 263 Electrical Engineering 265 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 273 Energy Studies 275 Engineering 275 Engineering and Applied Science 276 English Language and Literature 279 Environment 299 Environmental Engineering 299 Environmental Studies 303 Ethics, Politics, and Economics 311 Ethnicity, Race, and Migration 322 Film and Media Studies 333 Forestry and Environmental Studies 342 French 344 Freshman Seminar Program 352 Geology and Geophysics 359 German Studies 369 Germanic Languages and Literatures 369 Global Affairs 377 Global Health Studies 385 Hellenic Studies 393 History 394 History of Art 418 History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health 425 Human Rights 430 Humanities 431 Italian 437 Judaic Studies 442 Latin American Studies 446 Linguistics 455 Literature 464 Mathematics 476 Mathematics and Philosophy 486 Mathematics and Physics 487 Mechanical Engineering 488 Media Theory and History 494 Modern Middle East Studies 495 Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry 501 Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology 507 Music 521 Naval Science 532 Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations 535 Philosophy 544 Physics 551 Physics and Geosciences 560 Physics and Philosophy 561 Political Science 561 Portuguese 579 Psychology 582 Public Health 593 Religious Studies 594 Russian and East European Studies 600 Science 604 Slavic Languages and Literatures 604 Sociology 611 South Asian Studies 620 Southeast Asia Studies 627 Spanish 630 Special Divisional Majors 636 Statistics 639 Study of the City 643 Theater Studies 643 Urban Studies 652 Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 652 The Work of Yale University 662 Index 664 Map of Yale University 670 Key to Course Listings AFAM Course subjects are listed by three- or four-letter abbreviations in capitals. See the complete list of Subject Abbreviations. MATH 112a or b The letters “a” and “b” after a course number denote fall- and spring- term courses, respectively. A course designated “a or b” is the same course given in both terms. Staff Multiple course instructors are commonly listed as “Staff.” Refer to Online Course Information (http://students.yale.edu/oci) for individual section instructors. Prerequisite: Prerequisites and recommendations are listed at the end of the course MATH 112 description. L5, HU Foreign language courses are designated L1 (first term of language study), L2 (second term), L3 (third term), L4 (fourth term), or L5 (beyond the fourth term). Other distributional designations are QR, WR, HU, SC, and SO, representing quantitative reasoning, writing, humanities and arts, science, and social science, respectively. See “Distributional Requirements” under “Requirements for the B.A. or B.S. Degree” (http://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/academic-regulations/ requirements-for-ba-bs-degree/) in the Academic Regulations. ½ Course cr Most courses earn one course credit per term; variations are noted. RP A course designated “RP” meets during the reading period. See “Reading Period and Final Examination Period” (http://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/ academic-regulations/reading-period-final-examination-period/) in the Academic Regulations. [ASTR 320] Courses in brackets are not offered during the current year but are expected to be given in the succeeding academic year. *HIST 012 A student must obtain the instructor’s permission before taking a course marked by a star. All seminars are starred. ITAL 310/LITR 183 A course with multiple titles, i.e., with two or more departments in the title line, counts toward the major in each department where it appears. TR The abbreviation “TR” denotes a literature course with readings in translation. English: Pre-1900 Lit Courses with department-specific designations are applied toward the requirements of certain majors. See the program descriptions of the relevant majors. HIST 130Jb, MCDB A capital J or L following the course number denotes a History 201Lb departmental seminar or a science laboratory, respectively. Cognitive Science Related courses appear in departments other than their own (e.g., Courses: ECON 159 ECON 159 might be listed under Cognitive Science). Such courses may count toward the major of the relating department. Building Abbreviations AKW Arthur K. Watson Hall LEPH Laboratory of Epidemiology and BASS Bass Center for Molecular and Public Health Structural Biology LFOP Leitner Observatory and BASSLB Bass Library Planetarium BCMM Boyer Center for Molecular LGH Abby and Mitch Leigh Hall Medicine LOM Leet Oliver Memorial Hall BCT Becton Engineering and Applied LORIA Jeffrey H. Loria Center Science Center LUCE Henry R. Luce Hall BK Berkeley College LWR Lanman-Wright Memorial Hall BM Charles W. Bingham Hall MC Morse College BML Brady Memorial Laboratory MEC Malone Engineering Center BR Branford College ML Mason Laboratory BRBL Beinecke Rare Book and OML Osborn Memorial Laboratories Manuscript Library PC Pierson College C Connecticut Hall PH Phelps Hall CC Calhoun College PM Peabody Museum of Natural CRB Class of 1954 Chemistry Research History Building PWG Payne Whitney Gymnasium CSC Child Study Center RDH Rudolph Hall D Durfee Hall RKZ Rosenkranz Hall DAVIES Davies Auditorium, Becton SB Sage Hall Center SCL Sterling Chemistry Laboratory DC Davenport College SDQ Sterling Divinity Quadrangle DL Dunham Laboratory SHM Sterling Hall of Medicine DOW Dow Hall SLB Sterling Law Building EAL Electron Accelerator Laboratory SM Silliman College EM Edwin McClellan Hall SMH Sprague Memorial Hall ES Ezra Stiles College SML Sterling Memorial Library ESC Class of 1954 Environmental SPL Sloane Physics Laboratory Science Center SSS Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona EVANS Edward P. Evans Hall Hall F Farnam Hall STOECK Stoeckel Hall GML Greeley Memorial Laboratory SY Saybrook College GRN Holcombe T. Green, Jr., Hall TAC The Anlyan Center HGS Hall of Graduate Studies TC Trumbull College JE Jonathan Edwards College TD Timothy Dwight College JWG Josiah Willard Gibbs Research UT University Theatre Laboratories V Vanderbilt