2014 – 2015 Hamline University Undergraduate Bulletin 1536 Hewitt Ave, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104-1284 www.hamline.edu Table of Contents About the Bulletin ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Mission, Values, and Vision .................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Undergraduate Academic Calendar 2014-2015 .............................................................................................................................. 2 Connecting Education to Life ............................................................................................................................................................... 3 The Hamline Experience .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Admission to Hamline University .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Educational Goals: The Hamline Plan ................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 The Hamline Tradition ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Academic Standards and Policies ........................................................................................................................................................8 Graduation Requirements: The Hamline Plan .................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Other Academic Standards and Policies ........................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Curriculum: The College of Liberal Arts ........................................................................................................................................ 23 African-American Studies ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Anthropology ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 23 Art (Studio Arts) and Art History ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 26 Biochemistry .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 29 Biology ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 30 Chemistry ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Communication Studies ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Computer Science ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Conflict Studies ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 39 Creative Writing ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 41 Criminal Justice and Forensic Science ............................................................................................................................................................................. 43 Digital Media Arts .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 46 East Asian Studies ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48 English ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 49 Environmental ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 55 Exercise Science ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Global Studies ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 56 History ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................57 International Journalism ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 59 Latin American Studies .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 60 Law School Early Admission ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 65 Legal Studies .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 61 Linguistics and Applied Linguistics ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 53 Mathematics .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 67 Middle East Studies ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 58 Modern Languages and Literatures ................................................................................................................................................................................... 68 Music............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 71 Philosophy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 72 Physical Education................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 73 Physicst 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