2017-18 Bulletin The Graduate School Bulletin 2017-18 Table of Contents (06/27/17) Table of Contents About This Bulletin ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 About Washington University in St. Louis ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 Trustees & Administration ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Academic Calendar .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Campus Resources ................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 University Policies ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 University Affiliations ................................................................................................................................................................................ 13 Arts & Sciences .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 14 Doctoral Degrees ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Academic Information ....................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Financial Information ......................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Master's Degrees ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Academic Information ....................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Financial Information ......................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Fields of Study ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 American Culture Studies ................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Anthropology ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Art History and Archaeology ............................................................................................................................................................. 29 Biology & Biomedical Sciences ........................................................................................................................................................ 31 Business Administration .................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Chemistry .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Classics ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 43 Comparative Literature ...................................................................................................................................................................... 45 Dance ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 48 Data Science in the Humanities ....................................................................................................................................................... 50 Earth and Planetary Sciences .......................................................................................................................................................... 51 East Asian Languages and Cultures ................................................................................................................................................ 53 East Asian Studies ............................................................................................................................................................................ 55 Economics ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 56 Education ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 59 Engineering & Applied Science ........................................................................................................................................................ 60 Biomedical Engineering .............................................................................................................................................................. 61 Computer Science & Engineering .............................................................................................................................................. 63 Electrical & Systems Engineering .............................................................................................................................................. 65 Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering ....................................................................................................................... 68 1 Bulletin 2017-18 Table of Contents (06/27/17) Materials Science & Engineering ............................................................................................................................................... 71 Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science ............................................................................................................................ 76 English ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 79 Film and Media Studies .................................................................................................................................................................... 81 Germanic Languages and Literatures .............................................................................................................................................. 83 History ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 86 Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures ............................................................................................................ 89 Latin American Studies ..................................................................................................................................................................... 92 Mathematics ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 94 Movement Science ............................................................................................................................................................................ 98 Music ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 100 Philosophy ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 101 Physics ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 103 Political Science .............................................................................................................................................................................