Trinity College Bulletin Catalog Issue 2011-2012 August 16, 2011 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 7 History of the College 10 The Mission of Trinity College 14 The Curriculum 15 The First-Year Program 16 Special Curricular Opportunities 17 The Individualized Degree Program 28 Graduate Studies 29 Advising 30 Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree 33 Admission to the College 43 College Expenses 49 Financial Aid 53 Key to Course Numbers and Credits 55 Distribution Requirement 57 Interdisciplinary Minors 58 African Studies.................................................... 59 African American Studies.............................................. 60 Architectural Studies................................................. 61 Asian Studies..................................................... 62 Classical Antiquity.................................................. 63 The Classical Tradition............................................... 64 Cognitive Science................................................... 65 Community Action.................................................. 66 Film Studies..................................................... 68 Formal Organizations................................................ 69 French Studies.................................................... 70 German Studies.................................................... 71 Human Rights Studies................................................ 73 Italian Studies.................................................... 74 Jewish Studies.................................................... 77 2 CONTENTS CONTENTS Legal Studies..................................................... 79 Literature and Psychology.............................................. 80 Marine Studies.................................................... 82 Medieval and Renaissance Studies......................................... 84 Middle East Studies................................................. 86 Models and Data................................................... 87 Mythology....................................................... 88 Russian Studies.................................................... 90 Studies in Progressive American Social Movements................................ 91 Urban Studies..................................................... 92 Women, Gender, and Sexuality........................................... 95 Writing, Rhetoric, and Media Arts......................................... 97 First-Year Seminars 99 Academic Disciplines 108 African Studies.................................................... 109 American Studies................................................... 110 Anthropology..................................................... 129 Asian Studies..................................................... 136 Biochemistry..................................................... 137 Biology........................................................ 138 Caribbean and Latin American Studies...................................... 152 Chemistry....................................................... 153 Classics........................................................ 158 Classics..................................................... 160 Greek...................................................... 161 Latin....................................................... 161 Classical Civilization.............................................. 162 College Courses.................................................... 166 Community Learning Initiative........................................... 169 Comparative Development Studies......................................... 170 Computer Science.................................................. 171 The Cities Program................................................. 179 Economics....................................................... 181 Educational Studies Program............................................ 196 Engineering...................................................... 205 English........................................................ 214 Environmental Science................................................ 245 Film Studies..................................................... 253 Fine Arts....................................................... 257 Art History................................................... 257 Studio Arts................................................... 264 Global Programs................................................... 267 Guided Studies Program: European Cultures................................... 286 Genomics Research Program............................................ 288 History........................................................ 289 Human Rights.................................................... 309 InterArts Program.................................................. 313 Interdisciplinary Computing............................................. 315 Interdisciplinary Science Program.......................................... 318 International Relations................................................ 319 International Studies Program........................................... 321 African Studies................................................. 334 Asian Studies.................................................. 335 Caribbean and Latin American Studies.................................... 337 3 CONTENTS CONTENTS Global Studies................................................. 338 Middle Eastern Studies............................................ 340 Russian and Eurasian Studies......................................... 341 Jewish Studies Program............................................... 343 Language and Culture Studies........................................... 346 Language and Culture Studies:........................................ 347 Arabic...................................................... 352 Chinese..................................................... 354 French...................................................... 356 German Studies................................................. 361 Hebrew..................................................... 366 Hispanic Studies................................................ 367 Italian Studies................................................. 376 Japanese..................................................... 380 Russian..................................................... 382 Spanish See Hispanic studies......................................... 385 Programa de Estudios Hispanicos en Cordoba (PRESCHO)........................ 385 Lesbian and Gay Studies............................................... 386 Mathematics..................................................... 387 Medieval and Renaissance Studies......................................... 394 Middle Eastern Studies............................................... 396 Music......................................................... 397 Neuroscience..................................................... 404 Philosophy...................................................... 412 Physical Education.................................................. 421 Physical Sciences................................................... 425 Physics........................................................ 426 Astronomy................................................... 426 Geological Sciences............................................... 427 Physics..................................................... 427 Political Science................................................... 431 Psychology...................................................... 448 Public Policy and Law Program........................................... 461 Religion........................................................ 471 Research Courses Related to the Social Sciences................................. 479 Russian and Eurasian Studies............................................ 480 Sociology....................................................... 481 Theater and Dance.................................................. 487 Women, Gender, and Sexuality Program.....................................