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Trinity College Bulletin Catalog Issue 2018-2019 September 4, 2018 Trinity College 300 Summit Street Hartford, Connecticut 06106-3100 (860)297-2000 www.trincoll.edu Trinity College is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. NOTICE: The reader should take notice that while every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information provided herein, Trinity College reserves the right to make changes at any time without prior notice. The College provides the information herein solely for the convenience of the reader and, to the extent permissible by law, expressly disclaims any liability that may otherwise be incurred. Trinity College does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, handicap, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other College-administered pro- grams. 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Contents College Calendar 1 History of the College 4 Trinity College Mission Statement5 The Curriculum 6 Special Curricular Opportunities 8 Community Action Gateway Program....................................8 The Liberal Arts Action Lab......................................... 12 The Individualized Degree Program 18 Graduate Studies 19 Advising 24 Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree 26 Admission to the College 45 College Expenses 52 Financial Aid 56 Key to Course Numbers and Credits 58 Interdisciplinary Minors 60 African Studies.................................................... 61 African American Studies.............................................. 62 Architectural Studies................................................. 63 Asian Studies..................................................... 64 Classical Antiquity.................................................. 65 The Classical Tradition............................................... 66 Cognitive Science................................................... 67 Community Action.................................................. 68 Film Studies..................................................... 70 Formal Organizations................................................ 71 French Studies.................................................... 72 German Studies.................................................... 73 Human Rights Studies................................................ 74 Italian Studies.................................................... 75 Jewish Studies.................................................... 76 Latin American Studies............................................... 77 Legal Studies..................................................... 78 ii CONTENTS CONTENTS Literature and Psychology.............................................. 79 Marine Studies.................................................... 80 Medieval and Renaissance Studies......................................... 82 Middle East Studies................................................. 83 Models and Data................................................... 84 Mythology....................................................... 85 Russian Studies.................................................... 86 Student-Designed Interdisciplinary Minors..................................... 87 Studies in Progressive American Social Movements................................ 88 Urban China Studies................................................. 89 Urban Studies..................................................... 90 Women, Gender, and Sexuality........................................... 91 Writing, Rhetoric, and Media Studies....................................... 92 First-Year Seminar Program 93 Academic Disciplines 94 African Studies.................................................... 95 American Studies................................................... 96 Anthropology..................................................... 113 Art History...................................................... 121 Asian Studies..................................................... 127 Biochemistry..................................................... 128 Biology........................................................ 130 Caribbean and Latin American Studies...................................... 141 Chemistry....................................................... 142 Classical Studies................................................... 147 Classics..................................................... 149 Greek...................................................... 149 Latin....................................................... 150 Classical Civilization.............................................. 151 College Courses.................................................... 155 Community Learning Initiative........................................... 157 Comparative Development Studies......................................... 160 Computer Science.................................................. 161 Interdisciplinary Computing............................................. 168 The Cities Program................................................. 172 Economics....................................................... 174 Educational Studies Program............................................ 189 Engineering...................................................... 196 English........................................................ 205 Environmental Science................................................ 228 Film Studies..................................................... 237 Global Programs (Study Away)........................................... 244 History........................................................ 258 Human Rights.................................................... 271 Humanities Gateway Program: European Cultures................................ 275 InterArts Program.................................................. 277 Interdisciplinary Science Program.......................................... 278 International Relations................................................ 279 International Studies Program........................................... 281 African Studies................................................. 292 Asian Studies.................................................. 292 Caribbean and Latin American Studies.................................... 294 Global Studies................................................. 295 Middle East Studies.............................................. 296 iii CONTENTS CONTENTS Russian and Eurasian Studies......................................... 296 Jewish Studies Program............................................... 298 Liberal Arts Action Lab............................................... 301 Language and Culture Studies........................................... 302 Arabic...................................................... 310 Chinese..................................................... 312 French...................................................... 314 German Studies................................................. 318 Hebrew..................................................... 322 Hispanic Studies................................................ 323 Italian Studies................................................. 331 Japanese..................................................... 336 Linguistics.................................................... 338 Russian..................................................... 338 World Literature and Culture Studies.................................... 341 Mathematics..................................................... 343 Middle East Studies................................................. 351 Music......................................................... 352 Neuroscience..................................................... 362 Philosophy...................................................... 373 Physical Education.................................................. 381 Physical Sciences................................................... 385 Physics........................................................ 386 Political Science................................................... 391 Psychology...................................................... 405 Public Policy and Law................................................ 418 Religious Studies................................................... 429 Research Courses Related to the Social Sciences................................. 439 Russian and Eurasian Studies............................................ 440 Sociology....................................................... 441 Student-Designed Interdisciplinary Majors..................................... 447 Studio Arts...................................................... 448 Theater and Dance.................................................. 455 Urban Studies..................................................... 464 Women, Gender, and Sexuality Program.....................................