Course Catalog 2010-11 L U APPLETON, WISCONSIN CONTENTS About Lawrence ............................................................................................................. 7 Mission.................................................................................................................. 7 Educational philosophy ......................................................................................... 7 Lawrence in the community .................................................................................. 7 History................................................................................................................... 8 Presidents of the college..................................................................................... 10 A Liberal Arts Education.............................................................................................. 11 Liberal learning ................................................................................................... 11 A Lawrence education ........................................................................................ 12 A residential education........................................................................................ 12 The Campus Community ............................................................................................. 13 Academic and campus life services.................................................................... 13 The campus and campus life .............................................................................. 13 Planning an Academic Program.................................................................................. 21 The structure of the curriculum ........................................................................... 21 Postgraduate considerations .............................................................................. 25 Degree and General Education Requirements .......................................................... 28 Residence requirements ..................................................................................... 28 Bachelor of Arts degree ...................................................................................... 28 Bachelor of Music degree ................................................................................... 30 B.A. and B.Mus. double-degree program ........................................................... 31 Cooperative degree programs ............................................................................ 34 Engineering......................................................................................................... 34 Forestry and environmental studies.................................................................... 34 Occupational therapy .......................................................................................... 35 Courses of Study .......................................................................................................... 36 Anthropology....................................................................................................... 36 Archaeology (see Anthropology) Art and Art History............................................................................................... 48 Studio Art ............................................................................................................ 48 Art History ........................................................................................................... 56 Biochemistry ....................................................................................................... 64 Biology ................................................................................................................ 70 Biomedical Ethics................................................................................................ 83 Business (see postgraduate considerations) Chemistry............................................................................................................ 86 Chinese and Japanese ....................................................................................... 96 Classics............................................................................................................. 103 Cognitive Science ............................................................................................. 113 Computer Science ............................................................................................ 118 East Asian Studies ........................................................................................... 124 Economics ....................................................................................................... 131 Education .......................................................................................................... 143 English ............................................................................................................. 152 Environmental Studies ...................................................................................... 165 Ethnic Studies ................................................................................................... 181 1 CONTENTS Film Studies ...................................................................................................... 192 French and Francophone Studies..................................................................... 200 Freshman Studies............................................................................................. 210 Gender Studies ................................................................................................. 212 Geology............................................................................................................. 222 German ............................................................................................................. 232 Government ...................................................................................................... 244 History............................................................................................................... 256 International Studies ......................................................................................... 276 Japanese (see Chinese and Japanese) Latin American Studies ..................................................................................... 278 Law (see postgraduate considerations) Linguistics ......................................................................................................... 283 Mathematics...................................................................................................... 291 Medicine (see postgraduate considerations) Music................................................................................................................. 301 Interdisciplinary Major in the Natural Sciences ................................................. 304 Neuroscience .................................................................................................... 305 Philosophy ........................................................................................................ 311 Physics.............................................................................................................. 319 Political Science (see Government) Psychology........................................................................................................ 329 Religious Studies .............................................................................................. 342 Russian ............................................................................................................. 348 Sociology (see Anthropology, Gender Studies) Spanish ............................................................................................................. 355 Statistics (see Economics, Mathematics) Theatre Arts ...................................................................................................... 365 University Courses............................................................................................ 377 Conservatory of Music ............................................................................................... 383 General information .......................................................................................... 384 Residence requirements ................................................................................... 384 Bachelor of Music degree ................................................................................. 384 Major in performance ........................................................................................ 387 Emphasis options for performance major ......................................................... 390 Major in music education .................................................................................. 393 Major in theory/composition .............................................................................. 397 Emphasis option for theory/composition majors ............................................... 398 Five-year B.A. and B.Mus. double-degree program ......................................... 400 Courses............................................................................................................. 403 Composition and arranging............................................................................... 403 Ensemble performance study ..........................................................................