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y00 Front Matter.qxp:Mount Holyoke 2010 7/14/10 3:04 PM Page i Bulletin & Course Catalogue 2010–2011 y00 Front Matter.qxp:Mount Holyoke 2010 7/14/10 3:04 PM Page ii Mount Holyoke College Bulletin & Course Catalogue 2010-11 y00 Front Matter.qxp:Mount Holyoke 2010 7/14/10 3:04 PM Page iii Contents v 2010–2011 Academic Calendar 1 About Mount Holyoke College 4 The Bachelor of Arts Degree and College Requirements 11 Other Degree and Certificate Programs 11 The Second Bachelor’s Degree 11 Dual-Degree Programs 13 The Graduate Degree Program 13 Certificate and Licensure Programs 16 Special Programs and Resources 16 The Harriet L. and Paul M. Weissman Center for Leadership and the Liberal Arts 17 The Dorothy R. and Norman E. McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives 20 Foreign Languages at Mount Holyoke College 21 The Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Center for the Environment 22 Library, Information, and Technology Services 23 Internships 23 Exchanges and Semester Programs 24 January Term 25 Independent Study 25 Honors Thesis 27 The Five College Consortium 27 About the Consortium 28 Five College Certificate Programs 40 Academic Regulations 49 Academic and Career Advising 49 Academic Advising 49 Career Advising 52 Admission 52 Undergraduate Admission 54 The Frances Perkins Program 55 Graduate Admission 57 Fellowships for Mount Holyoke Alumnae and Graduating Seniors 60 Tuition and Fees 66 Financial Aid 77 Key to Course Descriptions/Special Courses 77 First-Year Seminar Program 80 Courses for Multicultural Perspectives 85 Foreign Literature Courses in Translation 87 English for Speakers of Other Languages 87 Writing-Intensive Seminars 92 Speaking-Intensive Seminars 97 Community-Based Learning Courses of Study 98 Departmental and Interdisciplinary Majors 99 African American and African Studies 106 Ancient Studies 107 Anthropology 111 Architectural Studies 113 Art History 121 Art-Studio iii Mount Holyoke College Bulletin & Course Catalogue 2010-11 y00 Front Matter.qxp:Mount Holyoke 2010 7/14/10 3:04 PM Page iv 125 Asian Studies 135 Astronomy 140 Biochemistry 142 Biological Sciences 152 Chemistry 159 Classics 165 College Courses 168 Complex Organizations Program 171 Computer Science 176 Critical Social Thought 181 Curricular Support Courses 183 Dance 191 Economics 199 Educational Studies 201 English 220 Environmental Studies 228 European Studies 231 Film Studies 241 French 250 Gender Studies 261 Geography 266 Geology 271 German Studies 281 History 307 Interdisciplinary Minors 308 International Relations 313 Italian 317 Jewish Studies 321 Latin American Studies 325 Mathematics 331 Medieval Studies 334 Music 345 Neuroscience and Behavior 347 Nexus Minors 350 Philosophy 359 Physical Education and Athletics 370 Physics 375 Politics 387 Psychology 398 Psychology and Education 406 Religion 416 Romance Languages and Cultures 419 Russian and Eurasian Studies 428 Sociology 432 Spanish (Hispanophone Studies) 440 Statistics 443 Theatre Arts 450 Thematic Minors 454 Five College Course Offerings by Five College Faculty, 2010–2011 471 Appendix iv Mount Holyoke College Bulletin & Course Catalogue 2010-11 y00 Front Matter.qxp:Mount Holyoke 2010 7/14/10 3:04 PM Page v 2010–2011 Academic Calendar International Student Orientation Begins Monday, August 30 Online registration opens Wednesday, September 1 Preorientation Program Begins Wednesday, September 1 New Student Orientation Saturday, September 4–Tuesday, September 7 Returning students arrive Sunday, September 5 Convocation Tuesday, September 7 Fall-semester classes begin Wednesday, September 8 Last day to add classes Tuesday, September 21 Last day to withdraw from a class Tuesday, September 28 without “W” grade recorded Midsemester break Saturday, October 9–Tuesday, October 12 Family and Friends Weekend Friday, October 22–Sunday, October 24 Academic advising period Monday, November 1– Friday, November 5 Founder’s Day Sunday, November 7 Online MHC and Five College spring Monday, November 8–Friday, November 19 and J-Term registration Last day to withdraw from a class with Thursday, November 18 “W” grade recorded Last day to declare ungraded option Thursday, November 18 Thanksgiving recess Wednesday, November 24–Sunday, November 28 Last day of classes Tuesday, December 14 Reading days Wednesday, December 15–Thursday, December 16 Examinations Friday, December 17–Tuesday, December 21 noon December recess Tuesday, December 21 noon–Sunday, January 2 January Term Monday, January 3–Friday, January 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, January 17 (no classes) January recess Saturday, January 22–Tuesday, January 25 Online registration opens Friday, January 21 Spring-semester classes begin Wednesday, January 26 Last day to add classes Tuesday, February 8 Last day to withdraw from a class Tuesday, February 15 without “W” grade recorded Midsemester break Saturday, March 12–Sunday, March 20 Academic advising period Monday, April 4–Friday, April 8 Online Five College fall registration Monday, April 11–Friday, April 15 Online MHC fall registration Monday, April 11–Friday, April 29 Last day to withdraw from a class Tuesday, April 12 with “W” grade recorded Last day to declare ungraded option Tuesday, April 12 Last day of classes Tuesday, May 3 Reading days Wednesday, May 4–Friday, May 6, 7pm Examinations Friday, May 6, 7pm–Tuesday, May 10 noon Reunion I Friday, May 20–Sunday, May 22 Baccalaureate service Saturday, May 21 Commencement Sunday, May 22 Reunion II Friday, May 27–Sunday, May 29 v Mount Holyoke College Bulletin & Course Catalogue 2010-11 y00 Front Matter.qxp:Mount Holyoke 2010 7/14/10 3:04 PM Page vi vi Mount Holyoke College Bulletin & Course Catalogue 2010-11 y00 Front Matter.qxp:Mount Holyoke 2010 7/14/10 3:04 PM Page 1 About Mount Holyoke College Chemist and educator Mary Lyon founded Mount Holyoke College (then called Mount Holyoke Female Seminary) in 1837, nearly a century before women gained the right to vote. The first of the Seven Sisters—the female equivalent of the once pre- dominantly male Ivy League—Mount Holyoke offered a rigorous program of study at a time when higher education for women was a revolutionary idea. The school quickly became synonymous with academic excellence and brilliant teaching and be- came a model for many other women’s colleges. In 1893, the seminary curriculum was phased out and the institution’s name was changed to Mount Holyoke College. Today, Mount Holyoke is a highly selective, nondenominational, residential, research liberal arts college for women located in the Connecticut River Valley of western Mas- sachusetts. The College’s 2,200 students hail from 47 states and over 70 countries. Its nearly 250 full-time and part-time instructional faculty are devoted to undergraduate teaching and cutting-edge research. About half of the faculty are women; a quarter are individuals of color; and over 30 percent were born abroad. With a student-fac- ulty ratio of 9 to 1 and with most classes averaging 10–19 students, faculty and stu- dents collaborate closely on academic course work and research. The College operates on a semester calendar, with an optional January Term offering opportunities for research, independent study, projects of students’ own choice, travel, internships, noncredit study, and some intensive courses for academic credit. In 2008, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc., through its com- mission on Institutions of Higher Education, approved the continuation of the Col- lege’s accreditation. Mary Lyon’s famous words—“Go where no one else will go, do what no one else will do”—continue to inspire the College’s students and its 33,000 alumnae. By offering a distinctive combination of a rigorous liberal arts education, an unusually diverse and international community, a lifelong global network, and a legacy of educating leaders, Mount Holyoke is powerfully positioned to graduate women who will be successful and contribute to a better world. Mission of the College Mount Holyoke College reaffirms its commitment to educating a diverse residential community of women at the highest level of academic excellence and to fostering the alliance of liberal arts education with purposeful engagement in the world. 1 Mount Holyoke College Bulletin & Course Catalogue 2010-11 y00 Front Matter.qxp:Mount Holyoke 2010 7/14/10 3:04 PM Page 2 ABOUT MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, 2010-2011, MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE Seal of Mount Holyoke College On August 23, 1838, Mount Holyoke awarded certificates to its first three graduates. A seal attached by a ribbon to the diploma bore a design that had been the subject of long and careful consideration by the Board of Trustees. Created by Orra White Hitchcock (wife of Ed- ward Hitchcock, an original trustee of the College), the seal design depicted a centering cluster of palms, a palace in the background, and a block of stone in the foreground. It cited the text of Psalms 144.12: “That our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace.” Facilities Mount Holyoke College’s 800-acre campus is widely considered to be one of the most beautiful in the nation with its neo-Gothic buildings, spacious greens, two small lakes, and a magnificent tree canopy. It is home to more than 40 academic buildings and residence halls. The main campus is an arboretum with a diverse collection of trees and shrubs, while a nature preserve spans more than 300 acres and serves as an envi- ronmental classroom. A massive, $36-million expansion and renovation of Mount Holyoke’s science facili- ties was completed in 2003. The resulting Science Center was designed to foster inter- departmental interaction, collaborative research, pedagogical innovation, and curricular planning. Students benefit from hands-on work with sophisticated instru- mentation often reserved for graduate students at other institutions. The equipment inventory includes a solar greenhouse, a state-of-the-art microscopy facility, two nu- clear magnetic resonance spectrometers, a mass spectrometer, extensive molecular bi- ology and genomics instruments, and instrumentation for fabrication and characterization of nanomaterials.