Bulletin & Course Catalog 2016-17 Conceptual Foundations of Science ............................................... 106 TABLE OF CONTENTS Critical Social Thought ..................................................................... 107 Bulletin & Course Catalog 2016-2017 ......................................................... 3 Culture, Health, and Science ............................................................ 113 Academic Calendar ...................................................................................... 4 Curricular Support Courses .............................................................. 114 About Mount Holyoke College .................................................................... 5 Dance ................................................................................................. 115 Bachelor of Arts Degree and Requirements ............................................... 7 Data Science ..................................................................................... 121 Other Programs and Resources ................................................................ 10 Development Studies ........................................................................ 122 Other Degree and Certificate Programs ............................................. 10 East Asian Studies ........................................................................... 123 Special Programs and Resources ...................................................... 11 Economics ......................................................................................... 125 The Five College Consortium ............................................................. 16 Educational Policy and Practice ...................................................... 130 Academic and Career Advising .......................................................... 18 Educational Studies .......................................................................... 131 Academic Regulations ............................................................................... 20 Engineering ........................................................................................ 133 Admission ................................................................................................... 26 English ............................................................................................... 134 Tuition, Fees, Financial Aid and Fellowships ........................................... 29 Entrepreneurship, Organizations, and Society ................................ 149 Tuition and Fees ................................................................................. 29 Environmental Studies ..................................................................... 153 Financial Aid for Undergraduate Students ........................................ 31 Ethnomusicology .............................................................................. 160 Fellowships for Mount Holyoke Alumnae and Graduating Seniors Film Studies ...................................................................................... 160 ............................................................................................................... 37 First-Year Seminars .......................................................................... 168 Areas of Study A-Z .................................................................................... 39 French ................................................................................................ 173 Key to Course Listings ....................................................................... 42 Gender Studies .................................................................................. 179 African Studies .................................................................................... 42 Geography ......................................................................................... 189 Africana Studies ................................................................................. 43 Geology .............................................................................................. 192 Ancient Studies ................................................................................... 49 German Studies ................................................................................ 196 Anthropology ....................................................................................... 50 Global Business ................................................................................ 201 Arabic ................................................................................................... 54 Greek .................................................................................................. 202 Architectural Studies .......................................................................... 55 History ............................................................................................... 204 Art History ........................................................................................... 58 International Relations ..................................................................... 217 Art Studio ............................................................................................ 64 Italian ................................................................................................. 221 Asian Studies ...................................................................................... 67 Japanese ........................................................................................... 224 Asian/Pacific/American Studies ........................................................ 75 Jewish Studies .................................................................................. 225 Astronomy ........................................................................................... 75 Journalism, Media, and Public Discourse ....................................... 227 Biochemistry ....................................................................................... 79 Latin ................................................................................................... 229 Biological Sciences ............................................................................. 80 Latin American Studies .................................................................... 231 Bio-Mathematical Sciences ................................................................ 88 Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies .............................. 234 Buddhist Studies ................................................................................. 89 Latina/o Studies ............................................................................... 235 Chemistry ............................................................................................ 89 Law, Public Policy, and Human Rights ............................................ 238 Chinese ................................................................................................ 95 Logic .................................................................................................. 239 Classics ............................................................................................... 97 Mathematics ..................................................................................... 240 Coastal and Marine Sciences .......................................................... 100 Medieval Studies .............................................................................. 244 Cognitive Neuroscience .................................................................... 101 Middle Eastern Studies .................................................................... 245 College Courses ................................................................................ 102 Music ................................................................................................. 247 Computer Science ............................................................................ 102 Native American and Indigenous Studies ....................................... 262 Neuroscience and Behavior ............................................................. 262 Nonprofit Organizations ................................................................... 263 Philosophy ......................................................................................... 264 Physical Education and Athletics .................................................... 269 Physics .............................................................................................. 277 Politics ............................................................................................... 282 Psychology ........................................................................................ 292 Psychology and Education ............................................................... 298 Public History, Museums, Archives and Digital Humanities ........... 305 Queer and Sexuality Studies ............................................................ 306 Religion .............................................................................................. 306 Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice ........................................ 312 Romance Languages and Cultures .................................................. 312 Russian and Eurasian Studies ......................................................... 314 Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies .............................