COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES CATALOG AND POLICIES 2017–2018 Information contained in this catalog is current as of the date of printing. Table of Contents College of Arts and Sciences .................................................................................................................................... 5 The University ................................................................................................................................................ 5 Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 5 About the University .................................................................................................................................... 5 Accreditations and Approvals ......................................................................................................................... 11 Administration (University) .......................................................................................................................... 11 About the College ........................................................................................................................................... 17 General Information ................................................................................................................................... 17 Academic Calendar ..................................................................................................................................... 17 Administration (College) ............................................................................................................................. 18 Faculty ..................................................................................................................................................... 19 Degrees ........................................................................................................................................................ 36 Degree Requirements ................................................................................................................................. 36 General Education Requirements .................................................................................................................. 36 Majors .................................................................................................................................................... 38 Minors and Certificates of Curricular Study ..................................................................................................... 39 Second Degrees, Majors, and Minors ............................................................................................................. 39 Degrees with Honors, Valedictorian, and Salutatorian ........................................................................................ 39 Departments and Interdisciplinary Programs ......................................................................................................... 40 African and African American Studies ............................................................................................................ 42 American Studies ...................................................................................................................................... 44 Anthropology ............................................................................................................................................ 47 Arabic ..................................................................................................................................................... 49 Archaeology ............................................................................................................................................. 50 Art, Art History, and Visual Studies ............................................................................................................... 52 Asian Studies ............................................................................................................................................ 57 Biochemistry ............................................................................................................................................ 60 Biology ................................................................................................................................................... 62 Business .................................................................................................................................................. 67 Chemistry ................................................................................................................................................ 69 Chinese ................................................................................................................................................... 71 Civic and Global Leadership ........................................................................................................................ 72 Classics ................................................................................................................................................... 74 Earth and Environmental Systems .................................................................................................................. 78 Economics ............................................................................................................................................... 89 Education ................................................................................................................................................. 91 English ................................................................................................................................................... 92 Environmental Studies ................................................................................................................................ 94 European Studies ..................................................................................................................................... 100 First-Year Program ................................................................................................................................... 101 French and French Studies ......................................................................................................................... 102 German ................................................................................................................................................. 105 History .................................................................................................................................................. 107 Humanities ............................................................................................................................................. 113 Intergroup Dialogues ................................................................................................................................. 114 International and Global Studies .................................................................................................................. 115 Italian .................................................................................................................................................... 125 Japanese ................................................................................................................................................. 127 Library Resources ..................................................................................................................................... 128 Linguistics .............................................................................................................................................. 129 Mathematics and Computer Science .............................................................................................................. 130 Medical Humanities .................................................................................................................................. 134 Medieval Studies ...................................................................................................................................... 135 Music .................................................................................................................................................... 138 Neuroscience .......................................................................................................................................... 140 Philosophy .............................................................................................................................................. 141 Physical Education and Athletics .................................................................................................................. 143 Physics and Astronomy .............................................................................................................................. 144 Politics ................................................................................................................................................... 147 Pre-professional Programs .......................................................................................................................... 152 Psychology 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