CORNELL UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCEMENTS APRIL 13, 1964 ARTS AND SCIENCES 1964-1965 COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ACADEMIC CALENDAR (Tentative) 1 9 6 4 - 1 9 6 5 1965-1966 Sept. 1 9 .......... ..S... Freshman Orientation............................... .......... S.. .......... Sept. 18 Sept. 21 .......... M. ...Registration, new students..................... .......... M. .......... Sept. 20 Sept. 22 ........... .T.. ....Registration, old students....................... ...........T . ........... Sept. 21 Sept. 23............ W . ..Instruction begins, 1 p.in......................... .......W Nov. 11 .......... .\V... Midterm grades due.................................. ....... w .............Nov. 10 Thanksgiving recess: Nov. 2 5 .......... ,\v... ...Instruction suspended, 12:50 p.m.......... .......\v .............Nov. 24 Nov. 30 .......... .M . Instruction resumed, 8 a.m.................... .......M. ............ Nov. 29 Christmas recess: Dec. 1 9 .......... ..S... ...Instruction suspended, 12:50 p.m.......... ...........S. ............. Dec. 18 Jan. 4 .......... .M . Instruction resumed, 8 a.m.................... .......M. Jan. 3 Jan. 23 ....... S. ....First-term instruction ends.............. .......... S. ............. Jan. 22 Jan. 25 .. ... M . ...Second-term registration, old students... .. M .. Jan. 24 Jan. 2fi .. ........ T . Examinations begin.......................................... T ........ .. Jan. 25 Feb. 3 . .. .. AV. Examinations end............................................ ...W ... ... Feb. 2 Feb. 4 . .. .Th.. .. Midyear recess.................................................... .Th. .. Feb. 3 Feb. 5 .. ........ F. Midyear recess.................................................... .!•........ .. Feb. 4 Feb. 6 . ........ S. Registration, new students........................... S........ Feb. 5 Feb. 8 .............M ........... Second-term instruction begins.......................... M .............. Feb. 7 Mar. 26 ........ F. ...Midterm grades due.................................. ...........S......... Mar. 26 Spring recess: Mar. 27 . ........ S. .Instruction suspended, 12:50 p.m.......... .......... S.......... Mar. 26 Apr. 5 .. ___ M . Instruction resumed, 8 a.m.................... .......... M . .. Apr. 4 May 29 . ........ S ..Second-term instruction ends................. .......... S......... May 28 May 31 . .. M . .Examinations begin.................................... ....... M . .. May 30 June 8 .. .. ,T . Examinations end...................................... .......... T . .. .. June 7 [une 14 __ M Commencement Day................................. ....... M . June 13 CORNELL UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCEMENTS. Volume 55. Number 16. Apr. 13, 1964. Published twenty-one times a year: twice in March, April, May, June, July, August, October, and December; three times in September; once in January and in November; no issues in February. Published by Cornell Univer­ sity at Edmund Ezra Day Hall, 18 East Avenue, Ithaca, New York. Second-class postage paid at Ithaca, New York. CORNELL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 1964-1965 CONTENTS ACADEMIC CALENDAR .....................................................................................................Inside front cover FACULTY .............................................................................................................................................................. iv COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ..................................................................................................... 1 Requirements for Admission ........................................................................................................................... 10 Advanced Placement ............................................................................................................................................ 12 Registration in Courses ..................................................................................................................................... 13 Advisers .................................................................................................................................................................... 13 The Curriculum ..................................................................................................................................................... 14 Credit for Summer Session ................................................................................................................................. 17 Leaves of Absence ................................................................................................................................................. 18 Grades and Scholastic Discipline .................................................................................................................... 18 Requirements for the Degree ........................................................................................................................... 19 Special Programs ................................................................................................................................................... 20 The Libraries ......................................................................................................................................................... 21 Housing and Dining ............................................................................................................................................ 21 Scholarships and Prizes........................................................................................................................................ 22 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 26 American Studies ................................................................................................................................................... 26 Anthropology ......................................................................................................................................................... 26 Asian Studies ......................................................................................................................................................... 31 Astronomy ................................................................................................................................................................ 35 Biology ...................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Botany ...................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Chemistry ................................................................................................................................................................ 39 The Classics and Hebrew ................................................................................................................................. 44 Economics ................................................................................................................................................................ 47 English ...................................................................................................................................................................... 53 Geology and Geography ..................................................................................................................................... 60 Government ........................................................................................................................................................... 63 History ...................................................................................................................................................................... 67 History of Art ....................................................................................................................................................... 73 Literature ................................................................................................................................................................ 77 Mathematics ........................................................................................................................................................... 79 Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures (Burmese, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English as a Second Language, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Linguistics, Portuguese, Quechua, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Sinhalese, Spanish, Telugu, Thai, Urdu, Vietnamese; ..............................................................................................................................85-102 Music ......................................................................................................................................................................... 102 Philosophy .............................................................................................................................................................. 106 Physics ...................................................................................................................................................................... 109 Psychology ...............................................................................................................................................................