2019–2020 FIRST-YEAR ACADEMIC HANDBOOK UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 2019–2020 FIRST-YEAR ACADEMIC HANDBOOK UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER FIRST-YEAR ACADEMIC HANDBOOK CONTENTS 4 Welcome to the College 92 Noteworthy Educational Options 4 The Rochester Curriculum 92 Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections 6 Choosing Your Courses 93 Planning for Medical, Dental, and 10 What Will You Have Time For? Veterinary Programs 11 Meliora Seminars 95 Education Abroad 12 Undergraduate Programs 95 Take Five Scholars Program 90 Graduate Programs 95 e5 Program 90 William E. Simon School of Business 95 Certifcate and Citation Programs 90 Margaret Warner Graduate School of 96 Prestigious Fellowships and Scholarships Education and Human Development 96 Senior Scholars Research Program 97 Majors and Minors [2 ORIENTATION STAFF 2019 STUDENT ORIENTATION STAFF Victoria Bongard ’20 Gabija Saginaite ’22 Victoria, a rising senior, grew up in Virginia, and Gabija is an international student who grew up her family now lives in Indiana. She is a double in Lithuania and graduated from high school in major in flm and media studies and digital Boston. She is majoring in fnance with a minor in media studies with a minor in computer science. biology and is considering a minor in ASL. When She has been making videos since she was six, she is not working at “Grab and Go” or studying but when she doesn’t have a camera in her hand at the library (shoutout to iZone!), Gabija likes to you can catch her leading campus tours, playing hang out with friends, explore the city of Roches- feld hockey, working as a peer academic mentor, ter, and, while doing so, fnd the best places to get cheering on Barcelona FC, and eating lots of Ben food. She is very excited for the new students to & Jerry’s ice cream. Victoria is returning from a join the Rochester community! semester in Barcelona and is excited to welcome the newest Yellowjackets to the University of Helena Schreder ’22 Rochester! Helena grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She is a rising sophomore planning to major in mechani- Rafael Ramirez Giron ’21 cal engineering with a minor in studio arts. When Rafael is a rising junior from Santa Ana, Califor- she isn’t drawing in her sketchbook or doing math nia, and is pursuing a major in cell and develop- problems, she can be seen spending time with mental biology. He is originally from Mexico, her friends from Gannett 3 or her sisters from but his family immigrated to the United States Gamma Phi Beta. Helena is excited to help make when he was a baby. When he is not busy with Rochester a home away from home for transfer classes and work, he volunteers at the hospital, students and the Class of 2023! is involved with Student Programming Board (event planning), and, starting this fall, with Brendan Stone ’20 Class Council. Rafael cannot wait to welcome Brendan is a rising senior from Corning, New new Yellowjackets to the University of Rochester York, majoring in international relations with a community. minor in digital media studies. When he’s not catching up on schoolwork, he can be seen work- Sekelile Mkhabela ’21 ing for the Athletics Department’s Stream Team Seke, a rising junior international relations and broadcasting the Yellowjackets’ latest games and economics major, hails from the lovely Kingdom tournaments, going for a hike with the Outing of eSwatini. In addition to delving into the com- Club, or working with the 2020 Class Council plexities of politics and money, she likes spending planning upcoming events. Brendan is excited to time exploring the city of Rochester, playing (and show both the class of 2023 and transfer students losing) card games, and being the vice president how passionate students at Rochester are and help of Model United Nations club and a curator for them discover the opportunities to pursue pas- TEDxUniversityofRochester. She also serves in sions of their own! the Meridian Society as a tour guide. Seke looks forward to giving the Class of 2023 and transfer students a memorable orientation experience! Tifany Nicholas ’19, T5 ’20 Tifany grew up in the Rochester area (you can tell by her love for Wegmans) and is a rising ffh-year student. She’s majoring in biomedical engineering, minoring in music and history, and studying gender and the media for her Take Five program. When she’s not baking cakes, making bad puns, or watching a Marvel movie, she can probably be found volunteering with her brothers in Alpha Phi Omega, working as a TA for the BME department, or trying not to trip while giv- ing tours on campus. Afer working with orienta- tion for the past two years, Tifany is excited to be back again to welcome the newest addition of Yellowjackets to the Rochester family! 3] FIRST-YEAR ACADEMIC HANDBOOK WELCOME TO THE COLLEGE Te College at the University of Rochester is unlike any other col- Students need to complete a major in one of these three divi- lege in the world. Here we believe that your education belongs to sions, and unless they choose an additional major or a minor, an you, and that your interests, passions, curiosity, and goals—above all authorized “divisional cluster” in each of the other two areas outside else—should drive your learning. We know as a research faculty that the area of the major. Te following list of undergraduate degree you will do your best work and have the most fun in your studies if programs (majors) ofered by the College is divided into these three you learn what you love and love what you learn. academic divisions: Experience teaches us that people do not learn in isolation. We learn from others and with others. At Rochester, people learn NATURAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SCIENCES together by living and working together. Studying with those who AND ENGINEERING Anthropology share your interests and curiosity helps keep your learning alive. Applied Mathematics Business Being challenged by others who ask unexpected questions opens Audio and Music Economics Engineering* Epidemiology up new interests and passions. Te possibilities for learning here are Biological Sciences Financial Economics unbounded. Te campus ofers nearly unlimited opportunities for • Biochemistry Health, Behavior and Society you—both in and out of class—to sharpen your skills and develop • Cell and Developmental Health Policy new interests. Biology History Welcome to college. Everything in this First-Year Student • Computational Biology International Relations Academic Handbook is designed to help make your education your • Ecology and Evolutionary Linguistics own. Have the time of your life! Biology Political Science • Microbiology Psychology • Molecular Genetics HUMANITIES • Neuroscience The Rochester Curriculum American Sign Language Biology Tree features central to faculty learning are the hallmarks of the Art and Art History Biomedical Engineering* Rochester Curriculum: curiosity, competence, and community. • Art History Brain and Cognitive With abundant and committed guidance, students plan for broad • Studio Arts Sciences and free experimentation with ideas and subjects, discover or Bioethics Chemical Engineering* Dance sharpen their interests, and come to understand their intellectual Chemistry English strengths and weaknesses. Students learn through sustained and Computer Science Film and Media Studies integrated study in varied felds about a range of subjects and Data Science Modern Languages acquire the complex problem-solving and analytical skills needed Earth and Environmental and Cultures for a lifetime of learning. Students pursue at least one major in one Sciences • Comparative Literature • Environmental Science of the three great divisions of learning (humanities, social sciences, • French • Environmental Studies natural sciences and engineering) and complete at least a cluster in • German • Geological Sciences each of the other two areas. Te choice of subject matter and the • Japanese Electrical and Computer level of concentration (major, minor, cluster) in each division is • Russian Engineering* the student’s, but through that choice, students take part in three • Spanish Engineering Science diferent intellectual communities and in three diferent sustained Music Engineering and Applied Philosophy conversations about learning and ideas. Sciences Religion and Classics Tese three diferent intellectual communities are the academic Environmental Health • Classics divisions of the College. Scholars in each division tend to know dif- Geological Sciences • Religion ferent things and to know them in diferent ways. Geomechanics Te natural sciences and engineering are concerned with Mathematics INTERDISCIPLINARY natural phenomena ranging from the nature of numbers and logic to Mathematics-Statistics MAJORS those of the cosmos and our Earth, through those of creature, organ, Mechanical Engineering* African and African-American cell, and gene, and on to those of the fundamental phenomena of Optical Engineering* Studies energy and existence. Optics* American Studies Archeology, Technology and Te social sciences focus on natural phenomena that involve Physics Physics and Astronomy Historical Structures social interactions, human behavior, and the ways in which indi- Statistics Digital Media Studies viduals create and maintain social groups and shape societies. Social East Asian Studies scientists conduct research that is both quantitative and qualitative. Gender, Sexuality, and Te humanities investigate humanity’s meaningful past and Women’s Studies present through analysis of our symbolic and creative expressions. Interdepartmental Studies Tey explore how individuals and groups defne and understand Russian Studies themselves and others with the ultimate goal of learning what it means to be human. ___________NOTE: A LIST OF APPROVED MINORS APPEARS ON PAGE 97. *Students in these programs may complete somewhat modifed clusters. [4 WELCOME TO THE COLLEGE Clusters are ofcially authorized sets of related courses comprising International students are encouraged to register for U.S. Life: at least twelve credit hours (normally equivalent to three courses). Customs and Practices (CAS 170) during the fall or spring semester Most students fnd that their interests coincide with some of the of the frst year.