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The Bulletin of Wellesley College Catalog for 1980-81 •%^ f lllltflf I f v.^ y ?. •^ '.iT' 'il^ :^ .-t*;^ >: . -> Catalog for 1980-81 The Bulletin of Wellesley College Academic Calendar, 1980-81 2 Payment Plans 27 Inquiries and Visits to the College 3 Financial Aid 29 The College 5 Graduate Fellowships 30 The Campus 9 The Academic Program 33 Acadennic Facilities 9 The Curriculum 33 Cocurricular Facilities 10 Academic Policies and Procedures 35 Other Campus Resources 11 Special Academic Programs 38 Student Life 13 Academic Distinctions 41 Student Residence and Resources 13 Courses of Instruction 43 Student Government 15 The Board of Trustees 187 Career Services 17 Presidents 189 Admission 19 The Faculty 191 Criteria for Admission 19 The Administration 209 Admission Plans 21 The Alumnae Organization 215 Foreign and Transfer Students 22 The National Development Fund Committee 217 Costs & Financial Aid 25 Travel Instructions 219 Fees and Expenses 25 Index 220 Volume 70, Number 1 The information contained in this Bulletin is accurate as of August 1980. However, Wellesley College reserves the right to make changes at its discretion affecting policies, fees, curricula, or other matters announced in this Bulletin. The Bulletin of Wellesley College (USPS 078-360) is published September, December, January, March, and May by Wellesley College, Green Hall, Wellesley, Mass. 02181. Second-class postage paid at Boston, Mass. Postmaster: Send Form 3579 to Wellesley College Post Office, Green Hall, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass. 02181 Wellesley College admits students, without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin, to all the rights, privileges, programs, -and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the College. The College does not discriminate, on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin, in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic and other college-administered programs or in its employment policies. Wellesley College, as a private, undergraduate educational institution for women, does not discriminate on the basis of sex against its students in the educational programs or activities which it operates, and does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its employment policies, in compliance with the regulations of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, nor does the College discriminate on the basis of handicap in violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Academic Calendar 1980-81 First Semester Inquiries & Visits Wellesley welcomes inquiries and visits to the College from prospective students, their parents, and other interested individuals. For those who would like more detailed information on many of the programs and opportunities described m this catalog, the College publishes a number of brochures and booklets. These publications, as well as answers to any specific questions, may be obtained by writing to the appropriate office as listed. For those who would like to visit the College, the administrative offices in Green Hall are open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and by appointment on Saturday mornings during term time. Special arrangements for greeting prospective students can also be made during vacation periods. Rooms for alumnae and for parents of students or prospective students are available on the campus in the Wellesley College Club and may be reserved by writing to the club manager. A prospective student who wishes to arrange an interview with a member of the professional staff of the Board of Admission should make an appointment well in advance. Student guides provide tours for visitors without previous appointment. Visitors to the College may call the Board of Admission prior to their visit to arrange a mutually convenient time for the tour. President Bursar General interests of the College College fees Dean of the College Registrar Academic policies and programs Transcripts of records Dean of Students Director of Continuing Education Student life Continuing education Advising, counseling Residence Director of Career Services MIT cross-registration Graduate school; employment; Exchange programs general career counseling of International students undergraduates and alumnae Study Abroad Vice President for Financial and Business Class Deans Affairs Individual students Business matters Director of Admission Vice President for Resources Admission of students Gifts and bequests Director of Financial Aid Vice President for College Relations Financial aid; student employment; Internal and external public affairs fellowships; student loans Executive Director, Alumnae Association Alumnae interests Address Wellesley College Wellesley, Massachusetts 02181 (617) 235-0320 -^^ -%,^ ipte-l i^H -t ^7^* '-'Mi... » **.-'^. The College A student's years at Wellesley College are the beginning— not the end — of an education. The liberal arts curriculum and the great opportunities on campus encourage investigation of diverse interests and intensive work in a single field. The rewards are freedom from preconceptions, the capacity to synthesize new information, and the ability to make critical judgments. These are lifetime skills essential in pursuing personal goals and in participating effectively in the larger community. Wellesley offers this education in an environment that takes women seriously as individuals, as scholars, and as leaders. Although Wellesley is more than 100 years academic and professional interests. Poets, old, it continues to reflect the goals of its novelists, artists, musicians, scientists, founder, Henry Fowie Durant. An political and economic analysts, the members impassioned believer in equality for women, of the faculty are scholars dedicated to Durant saw education as the way women teaching and to sharing their experience with could prepare themselves for "great students. A number live on or near the cam- conflicts" and "vast reforms in social life." pus, and they take part in many aspects of Wellesley College reaffirmed these early College life. visions in 1971 when, after seriously consid- Wellesley's outstanding resources and policy that ering coeducation, it elected to remain a facilities are administered with the college for women only. all students, whether majors or nonmajors, Throughout the years, Wellesley has en- will have access to the resources they need couraged women to make unconventional to pursue their interests in all departments. choices. As a result, many Wellesley women The Margaret Clapp Library has an choose to major in such areas as economics, extensive general collection containing mathematics, and the sciences. Many Welles- original source material from special collec- ley graduates enter careers in business, law, tions. In addition to the facilities of the main and medicine— all fields that have been long library, many departments have their own dominated by men. libraries. In the sciences, the new Science This conscious effort to prepare women Center brings together all the science depart- for a full range of career and life choices is ments, including mathematics and computer an integral part of Wellesley's rigorous and science, in a contemporary setting that demanding academic experience. fosters interdisciplinary studies. High academic standards at Wellesley Wellesley's strength in the sciences are combined with considerable flexibility of dates to the nineteenth century, when the choice for the individual student. There are College's physics laboratory was the second opportunities for independent study, indi- such laboratory in the country (the first was at vidually designed majors, and research. the Massachusetts Institute of Technology). A primary concern in the Wellesley Laboratories in the new Science Center are classroom is the development of analytical completely equipped for a wide variety of skills and clarity of expression; to this end, fields. Other scientific resources at Wellesley most instructors emphasize writing papers include a central library, greenhouses, and an and reports. The average size of classes observatory. ranges from 22 to 25 students. Popular Students in the arts find excellent facili- introductory courses that enroll more than ties in the Jewett Arts Center which has a 100 students include small discussion or con- teaching museum, libraries, practice rooms, ference sections. Upper level classes and studios, and an auditorium. Each year the seminars bring together 12 to 15 students Museum has several exhibitions of students' and an instructor to investigate clearly work, and Jewett is also used for students' defined areas of concern. A low student- concerts and recitals. faculty ratio offers an excellent