Areas of Study/ Departments/Programs Excerpt from 2021–22 Bryn Mawr College Undergraduate Catalog ACADEMIC AWARDS AND PRIZES / AREAS OF STUDY award to a Bryn Mawr or Haverford undergraduate working on Health. The award may be continued until the degrees are a project concerning development in a third world country or the obtained. Renewal applications will be sent to scholarship United States. (1989) recipients by the premedical adviser. (1948) The Katherine Stains Prize Fund in Classical Literature was The Hannah E. Longshore Memorial Medical Scholarship was established by Katherine Stains in memory of her parents, founded by Mrs. Rudolf Blankenburg in memory of her mother. Arthur and Katheryn Stains, and in honor of two excellent 20th- The Scholarship is awarded by a committee to students and century scholars of classical literature, Richmond Lattimore alumnae who have been accepted by a medical school. (1921) and Moses Hadas. The income from the fund is to be awarded The Jane V. Myers Medical Scholarship Fund was established annually as a prize to an undergraduate student for excellence by Mrs. Rudolf Blankenburg in memory of her aunt. The in Greek literature, either in the original or in translation. (1969) scholarship is awarded by a committee to students and The M. Carey Thomas Essay Prize is awarded annually to a alumnae who have been accepted by a medical school. (1921) member of the senior class for distinction in writing. The award The Harriet Judd Sartain Memorial Scholarship Fund was is made by the Department of English for either creative or founded by bequest under the will of Paul J. Sartain. The critical writing. It was established in memory of Miss Thomas by income from the fund is to establish a scholarship which is her niece, Millicent Carey McIntosh ’20. (1943) awarded by a committee to students and alumnae who have The Emma Osborn Thompson Prize in Geology was been accepted by a medical school. (1948) established by a bequest of Emma Osborn Thompson ’04. From the income of the bequest, a prize is to be awarded from time to time to a student in Geology. (1963) AREAS OF STUDY The Laura van Straaten Fund was established by Thomas van Straaten and his daughter, Laura van Straaten ’90, in honor of Laura’s graduation. The fund supports a summer internship Definitions for a student working to advance the causes of civil rights, Major women’s rights or reproductive rights. (1990) In order to ensure that a student’s education involves not The Esther Walker Award was founded by a bequest from simply exposure to many disciplines but also development of William John Walker in memory of his sister, Esther Walker some degree of mastery in at least one, a student must choose ’10. It is given from time to time to support the study of living a major subject at the end of the sophomore year. With the conditions of northern African Americans. (1940) guidance of the major adviser, a student plans an appropriate The Anna Pell Wheeler Prize in Mathematics is awarded sequence of courses. The following is a list of major subjects: annually to an undergraduate on the recommendation of Anthropology the Department of Mathematics. It was established by an Astronomy (Haverford College) anonymous gift in honor of Anna Pell Wheeler, Professor of Astrophysics (Haverford College Mathematics from 1918 until her death in 1966. (1960) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Biology The Thomas Raeburn White Scholarships were established Chemistry by Amos and Dorothy Peaslee in honor of Thomas Raeburn Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology White, Trustee of the College from 1907 until his death in 1959, Classical Culture and Society counsel to the College throughout these years, and President Classical Languages Comparative Literature of the Trustees from 1956 to 1959. The income from the fund Computer Science is to be used for prizes to undergraduate students who plan to East Asian Languages and Cultures Economics study foreign languages abroad during the summer under the English (See Literatures in English) auspices of an approved program. (1964) Environmental Studies (Bi-Co Major) Fine Arts (Haverford College) The Anne Kirschbaum Winkelman Prize, established by the French and Francophone Studies Geology children of Anne Kirschbaum Winkelman ’48, is awarded German and German Studies Greek annually to the student judged to have submitted the most Growth and Structure of Cities History outstanding short story. (1987) History of Art International Studies Scholarships for Medical Study Latin The following scholarships may be awarded to seniors or Linguistics (Tri-College Major) graduates of Bryn Mawr intending to study medicine, after their Linguistics and Languages (Tri-College Major) acceptance by a medical school in the United States. The health Literatures in English professions adviser will send applications for the scholarship Mathematics to medical school applicants during the spring preceding the Music (Haverford College) academic year in which the scholarship is to be held. Neuroscience (Bi-Co Major) The Linda B. Lange Fund was founded by bequest under the Philosophy will of Linda B. Lange, A.B. 1903. The income from this fund Physics provides the Anna Howard Shaw Scholarship in Medicine and Political Science Public Health, awarded to members of the graduating class or Psychology graduates of the College for the pursuit, during an uninterrupted Religion (Haverford College) succession of years, of studies leading to the degrees of M.D. Romance Languages and Doctor of Public Health or M.D. and Master of Public Russian 51 AREAS OF STUDY Sociology Concentration Transnational Italian Studies The concentration, which is not required for the degree, is a Spanish cluster of classes that overlap the major and focus a student’s work on a specific area of interest: Minior Gender and Sexuality Studies The minor typically consists of six courses, with specific Geoarchaeology (with a major in Anthropology, Classical and requirements determined by the department or program. A Near Eastern Archaeology, or Geology) minor is not required for the degree. The following is a list Peace, Conflict and Social Justice Studies of subjects in which students may elect to minor. Minors in departments or programs that do not offer majors appear in Key to Course Letters italics. ANTH Anthropology Africana Studies ARAB Arabic Anthropology ARCH Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Astronomy (at Haverford) ARTA Arts in Education Biology ARTD Dance Chemistry ARTS Fine Arts Child and Family Studies ARTT Theater Chinese ARTW Creative Writing Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology ASTR Astronomy Classical Culture and Society BIOL Biology Comparative Literature CHEM Chemistry Computational Methods CITY Growth and Structure of Cities Computer Science CMSC Computer Science Creative Writing CNSE Chinese Dance COML Comparative Literature Data Science CSTS Classical Culture and Society East Asian Languages and Cultures DSCI Data Science Economics EALC East Asian Languages and Cultures Education ECON Economics Environmental Studies (Tri-Co minor) EDUC Education Film Studies ENGL Literatures in English French and Francophone Studies ENVS Environmental Studies Gender and Sexuality Studies FREN French and Francophone Studies Geology GEOL Geology German and German Studies GERM German and German Studies Greek GNST General Studies Growth and Structure of Cities GREK Greek Health Studies HART History of Art History HEBR Hebrew and Judaic Studies History of Art HIST History International Studies HLTH Health Studies Japanese INST International Studies Latin ITAL Transnational Italian Studies Latin American, Iberian, and Latina/o Studies INDT Independent Programs Linguistics JNSE Japanese Literatures in English LATN Latin Mathematics LING Linguistics Middle Eastern Studies MATH Mathematics Museum Studies MEST Middle Eastern Studies Music (at Haverford) MUSC Music Neuroscience NEUR Neuroscience Philosophy PHIL Philosophy Physics PHYS Physics Political Science POLS Political Science Psychology PSYC Psychology Russian RELG Religion Sociology RUSS Russian Spanish SOCL Sociology Statistics (Haverford College) SPAN Spanish Theater STAT Statistics Transnational Italian Studies WRIT Writing Program Visual Studies (at Haverford) 52 AREAS OF STUDY / DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS Key to Course Numbers DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS 001-099 These course numbers are used by only a few departments. They refer to introductory courses that are not counted towards the major. 100-199 Introductory courses. AFRICANA STUDIES 200-299 Introductory and intermediate-level courses 300-399 Advanced courses. The Bryn Mawr Africana Studies Program brings an 400-499 Special categories of work (e.g., 403 for a unit of international vantage to the study of Africa and its supervised work). diasporas. Drawing on analytical and affective perspectives from anthropology, dance, economics, history, literary studies, A semester course usually carries one unit of credit. Students languages, political science, religion, international studies, should check the course guide for unit listing. One unit equals the health sciences, education, the fine arts, museum studies, four semester hours or six quarter hours. A quarter course (or creative writing, and sociology, the Program focuses on Africa Focus course) carries 0.5 units. and peoples of African descent within the context of increasing globalization and dramatic cultural, economic, and political Key to Requirement Indicators change. We are also grounded in rigorous study of the past Quantitative