Trinity College Bulletin Catalog Issue 2017-2018 September 5, 2017 Trinity College 300 Summit Street Hartford, Connecticut 06106-3100 (860)297-2000 www.trincoll.edu Trinity College is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. NOTICE: The reader should take notice that while every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information provided herein, Trinity College reserves the right to make changes at any time without prior notice. The College provides the information herein solely for the convenience of the reader and, to the extent permissible by law, expressly disclaims any liability that may otherwise be incurred. Trinity College does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, handicap, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other College-administered pro- grams. 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Contents College Calendar 1 History of the College 4 Trinity College Mission Statement5 The Curriculum 6 Special Curricular Opportunities 8 Community Action Gateway Program....................................8 The Liberal Arts Action Lab......................................... 12 The Individualized Degree Program 18 Graduate Studies 19 Advising 24 Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree 26 Admission to the College 45 College Expenses 52 Financial Aid 56 Key to Course Numbers and Credits 59 Interdisciplinary Minors 61 African Studies.................................................... 62 African American Studies.............................................. 63 Architectural Studies................................................. 64 Asian Studies..................................................... 65 Classical Antiquity.................................................. 66 The Classical Tradition............................................... 67 Cognitive Science................................................... 68 Community Action.................................................. 69 Film Studies..................................................... 70 Formal Organizations................................................ 71 French Studies.................................................... 72 German Studies.................................................... 73 Human Rights Studies................................................ 74 Italian Studies.................................................... 75 Jewish Studies.................................................... 76 Latin American Studies............................................... 77 Legal Studies..................................................... 78 ii CONTENTS CONTENTS Literature and Psychology.............................................. 79 Marine Studies.................................................... 80 Medieval and Renaissance Studies......................................... 82 Middle East Studies................................................. 83 Models and Data................................................... 84 Mythology....................................................... 85 Russian Studies.................................................... 86 Student-Designed Interdisciplinary Minors..................................... 87 Studies in Progressive American Social Movements................................ 88 Urban Studies..................................................... 89 Women, Gender, and Sexuality........................................... 90 Writing, Rhetoric, and Media Studies....................................... 91 First-Year Seminar Program 92 Academic Disciplines 99 African Studies.................................................... 100 American Studies................................................... 101 Anthropology..................................................... 118 Art History...................................................... 127 Asian Studies..................................................... 134 Biochemistry..................................................... 135 Biology........................................................ 137 Caribbean and Latin American Studies...................................... 149 Chemistry....................................................... 150 Classics........................................................ 155 Classics..................................................... 157 Greek...................................................... 157 Latin....................................................... 158 Classical Civilization.............................................. 159 College Courses.................................................... 163 Community Learning Initiative........................................... 166 Comparative Development Studies......................................... 170 Computer Science.................................................. 171 Interdisciplinary Computing............................................. 177 The Cities Program................................................. 181 Economics....................................................... 183 Educational Studies Program............................................ 199 Engineering...................................................... 206 English........................................................ 215 Environmental Science................................................ 238 Film Studies..................................................... 247 Global Programs (Study Away)........................................... 250 History........................................................ 264 Humanities Gateway Program: European Cultures................................ 280 Human Rights.................................................... 282 InterArts Program.................................................. 286 Interdisciplinary Science Program.......................................... 287 International Relations................................................ 288 International Studies Program........................................... 290 African Studies................................................. 301 Asian Studies.................................................. 301 Caribbean and Latin American Studies.................................... 303 Global Studies................................................. 305 Middle East Studies.............................................. 306 Russian and Eurasian Studies......................................... 306 iii CONTENTS CONTENTS Jewish Studies Program............................................... 307 Language and Culture Studies........................................... 311 Arabic...................................................... 317 Chinese..................................................... 319 French...................................................... 321 German Studies................................................. 325 Hebrew..................................................... 330 Hispanic Studies................................................ 331 Italian Studies................................................. 340 Japanese..................................................... 344 Linguistics.................................................... 346 Russian..................................................... 346 World Literature and Culture Studies.................................... 349 Mathematics..................................................... 351 Middle East Studies................................................. 359 Music......................................................... 360 Neuroscience..................................................... 368 Philosophy...................................................... 379 Physical Education.................................................. 387 Physical Sciences................................................... 391 Physics........................................................ 392 Political Science................................................... 397 Psychology...................................................... 411 Public Policy and Law................................................ 424 Religious Studies................................................... 436 Research Courses Related to the Social Sciences................................. 445 Russian and Eurasian Studies............................................ 446 Sociology....................................................... 447 Student-Designed Interdisciplinary Majors..................................... 453 Studio Arts...................................................... 454 Theater and Dance.................................................. 461 Urban Studies..................................................... 471 Women, Gender, and Sexuality Program...................................... 477 Writing and Rhetoric Program........................................... 482 Special Instructions 486 Fellowships 493 Scholarships 494 Prizes