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BOX 599 APPLETON, WI 54912-0599 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED LOG LOG CATA 2008-09 UNIVERSITY LAWRENCE 2008-09 Lawrence Lawrence C ourse Catalog ourse Uni ve rs i t y t i rs 2008-09 course catalog www.lawrence.edu CONTENTS About Lawrence 5 Environmental.Studies.....................................................114 Mission......................................................................................6 Ethnic.Studies.....................................................................124 Educational.philosophy......................................................6 Film.Studies.........................................................................130 Lawrence.in.the.community.............................................6 French.and.Francophone.Studies................................134 History.......................................................................................6 Freshman.Studies..............................................................140 Presidents.of.the.college...................................................8 Gender.Studies.................................................................. 142 Geology.................................................................................149 The Liberal Arts Education 9 German................................................................................. 155 Liberal.learning.....................................................................10 Government........................................................................ 163 A.Lawrence.education.......................................................10 History.....................................................................................171 A.residential.education.......................................................11 International.Studies.......................................................183 Japanese.(see.Chinese.and.Japanese) Latin.American.Studies...................................................184 The Campus Community 12 Law.(see.postgraduate.considerations) Academic.and.campus.life.services...............................13 Linguistics.............................................................................187 The.campus.and.campus.life...........................................14 Mathematics.......................................................................192 Medicine.(see.postgraduate.considerations) Planning an Academic Program 19 Music......................................................................................198 The.structure.of.the.curriculum.................................. 20 Natural.Sciences...............................................................200 Postgraduate.considerations...........................................23 Neuroscience......................................................................201 Philosophy..........................................................................204 Physics..................................................................................208 Degree and General Education Requirements 25 Political.Science.(see.Government) Residence.requirements...................................................26 Psychology...........................................................................214 Bachelor.of.Arts.degree...................................................26 Religious.Studies............................................................... 221 Bachelor.of.Music.degree................................................27 Russian..................................................................................225 Five-year.B.A..and.B.Mus..double-degree.program......28 Sociology.(see.Anthropology,.Gender.Studies) Cooperative.degree.programs........................................30 Spanish.................................................................................229 Engineering.............................................................................31 Statistics.(see.Economics,.Mathematics) Forestry.and.environmental.studies.............................31 Theatre.Arts........................................................................237 Occupational.therapy.........................................................31 University.Courses...........................................................244 Courses of Study 33 Anthropology.......................................................................34 Conservatory of Music 248 Archaeology.(see.Anthropology) General.information........................................................249 Art.and.Art.History.............................................................41 Residence.requirements................................................250 Studio.Art...........................................................................41 Bachelor.of.Music.degree.............................................250 Art.History........................................................................44 Major.in.performance..................................................... 251 Biochemistry.........................................................................49 Emphasis.options.for.performance.majors.............253 Biology....................................................................................53 Major.in.music.education............................................. 255 Biomedical.Ethics.................................................................61 Major.in.theory/composition......................................258 Business.(see.postgraduate.considerations) Emphasis.option.for.theory/composition.majors.....259 Chemistry..............................................................................66 Five-year.B.A..and.B.Mus..double-degree.program....260 Chinese.and.Japanese........................................................73 Courses................................................................................. 262 Classics....................................................................................77 Composition.and.arranging..................................... 262 Cognitive.Science................................................................83 Ensemble.performance.study.................................264 Computer.Science..............................................................87 Music.education.and.pedagogy.............................265 East.Asian.Studies............................................................... 91 Music.history.................................................................270 Economics..............................................................................95 Applied.music.individual.instruction....................274 Education...............................................................................101 Music.repertoire.and.performance.studies........275 English....................................................................................108 Music.theory..................................................................277 2 CONTENTS Student-Initiated Courses and Programs 280 Canada Tutorials................................................................................281 Québec.seminar.and.internship........................300 Independent.study...........................................................281 Chile Academic.internships......................................................281 Santiago......................................................................300 Honors.projects................................................................ 282 China Writing.for.credit.............................................................286 Beijing...........................................................................301 Student-designed.courses............................................286 Costa.Rica Student-designed.majors..............................................286 Studies.in.Latin.American.culture. Student-designed.interdisciplinary.areas................287 and.society.................................................................301 Tropical.field.research.............................................301 Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom 288 The.School.for.Field.Studies................................ 301 Student.programs.at.Björklunden.............................289 Ecuador Speakers.and.other.campus.visitors.........................290 . Minnesota.Studies.in.International. The.Career.Center.and.internships............................291 . Development............................................................301 ArtsBridge.America..........................................................291 England.and.Italy London.and.Florence:.Arts.in.context..............301 England Off-Campus Programs 292 . Arcadia.University–Oxford.University............ 302 Lawrence-sponsored programs.................................274 . Arcadia.University–University.of.York............ 302 Lawrence.London.Centre.........................................295. France Lawrence.Francophone.seminar............................295 Nantes......................................................................... 302 Lawrence.Kurgan.exchange.term..........................295 Paris.............................................................................. 302 United States programs...............................................298 Germany Chicago Berlin............................................................................ 302 Chicago.arts.program.............................................298