Case Western Reserve University 1 Table of Contents College of Arts and Sciences .................................................................... 3 American Studies Program ........................................................................................ 7 Asian Studies Program ............................................................................................... 9 Biochemistry .............................................................................................................. 11 Childhood Studies Program ..................................................................................... 12 Computer Science ..................................................................................................... 14 Department of Anthropology ................................................................................... 15 Department of Art History and Art .......................................................................... 45 Department of Astronomy ........................................................................................ 76 Department of Biology .............................................................................................. 83 Department of Chemistry ....................................................................................... 120 Department of Classics .......................................................................................... 134 Department of Cognitive Science .......................................................................... 147 Department of Dance .............................................................................................. 161 Department of Economics ...................................................................................... 168 Department of English ............................................................................................ 169 Department of Geological Sciences ...................................................................... 187 Department of History ............................................................................................ 196 Department of Mathematics ................................................................................... 228 Department of Modern Languages and Literatures ............................................. 249 Department of Music ............................................................................................... 274 Department of Philosophy ..................................................................................... 302 Department of Physics ........................................................................................... 315 Department of Political Science ............................................................................ 339 Department of Psychological Sciences ................................................................ 362 Department of Religious Studies ........................................................................... 384 Department of Sociology ........................................................................................ 396 Department of Statistics ......................................................................................... 411 Department of Theater ............................................................................................ 422 Environmental Studies Program ............................................................................ 433 Ethnic Studies Program ......................................................................................... 436 Evolutionary Biology Program ............................................................................... 447 French and Francophone Studies Program ......................................................... 449 2 German Studies Program ....................................................................................... 453 Gerontological Studies Program ........................................................................... 455 History and Philosophy of Science Program ....................................................... 457 International Studies Program ............................................................................... 458 Japanese Studies Program .................................................................................... 460 Judaic Studies Program ......................................................................................... 462 Natural Sciences Program ..................................................................................... 465 Nutrition .................................................................................................................... 467 Pre-Architecture Program ....................................................................................... 468 Public Policy Program ............................................................................................ 469 Teacher Licensure Program ................................................................................... 470 Washington Study Program ................................................................................... 473 Women's and Gender Studies Program ............................................................... 474 World Literature Program ....................................................................................... 481 Case Western Reserve University 3 College of Arts and Sciences The Case Western Reserve University College slavery. Colonizationists believed that liberated of Arts and Sciences combines a history of slaves should be resettled in Africa; abolitionists did educational excellence with a commitment to not favor such a policy. After long and bitter conflict, innovation and discovery. Building on a 185-year- supporters of the abolitionist movement carried the old tradition, the College traces its origins to several day. predecessor institutions, including Adelbert College, Flora Stone Mather College, Cleveland College, Emergence of science. The college in Hudson Western Reserve College, and the Case Institute of was home to early and distinguished programs Technology. in astronomy and mathematics. Later, in 1887, Professor Edward Morley collaborated with Today, the College offers educational and research Professor Albert Michelson of the Case School of programs in the arts and humanities, mathematics Applied Science in a series of experiments that and natural sciences, and social sciences. It remain among the most significant in the history of comprises 22 academic departments and 34 physics. interdisciplinary programs and centers. Education of women. In the 1850s, the college’s Cleveland-based Department of Medicine awarded six of the first seven medical degrees granted to Brief History women in this country. The founding of the College for Women in 1888 was only the second instance Western Reserve College, the earliest of our of a separate “coordinate” college for women at a predecessor institutions, was founded in 1826 major university. in Hudson, Ohio, about 26 miles southwest of Demographic and technological change. Following Cleveland. In 1882 the college moved to Cleveland, World War II, enrollment in Cleveland College where it formed the basis for Western Reserve swelled with returning veterans. During this University. The institution expanded to include period, the introduction of new technologies several professional and graduate schools in and fields of study drove increasing demand for addition to its liberal arts programs. It also served advanced education and research in a wide range as a magnet for other artistic, cultural, educational, of disciplines. medical, and scientific organizations, now its neighbors in the extraordinary setting known as University Circle. Undergraduate Programs Central to the heritage of the college are the traditions of the programs that preceded it: Adelbert College, as the men’s undergraduate unit of Undergraduates in the college can choose a major Western Reserve University was known after the or minor from almost 60 programs, design their own move to Cleveland; Flora Stone Mather College, courses of study, or enroll in integrated bachelor’s/ initially founded in 1888 as the Cleveland College master’s degree programs. The university offers for Women; and Cleveland College, founded great flexibility to students wishing to pursue double in 1925 in downtown Cleveland to serve part- majors in disparate fields, such as physics and time and adult students. These three units, each studio art. In addition, students from all fields with a distinguished history of scholarship and are eligible to participate in the college’s vibrant achievement, were brought together in 1972 performing arts programs, including music and under the revived name of “Western Reserve dance ensembles. College.” The College took its present form in Beyond their course work, students are encouraged 1992, when undergraduate and graduate programs to conduct independent research within the college, and research in the arts, humanities, and social in other units of the university, or in the scientific sciences were united with those in the physical and cultural institutions of University Circle. They sciences to form the College of Arts and Sciences. also have opportunities to engage in service Since the early 19th century, the college and learning projects and internships in research its predecessors have participated in important institutions, businesses, cultural institutions, developments