Trinity College Bulletin Catalog Issue 2021-2022 August 31, 2021 Trinity College 300 Summit Street Hartford, Connecticut 06106-3100 (860)297-2000 www:trincoll:edu Trinity College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (formerly the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc.). Inquiries regarding the accreditation status by the Commission should be directed to the administrative staff of the institution. Individuals may also contact: New England Commission of Higher Education 3 Burlington Woods Drive, Suite 100, Burlington, MA 01803-4514 (781) 425 7785 E-Mail: [email protected] NOTICE: The reader should take notice that while every effort is made to ensure the accuracy ofthe information provided herein, Trinity College reserves the right to make changes at any time without prior notice. 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Contents College Calendar 1 History of the College 4 Trinity College Mission Statement5 The Curriculum 6 Special Curricular Opportunities 8 The Individualized Degree Program 19 Graduate Studies 20 Advising 26 Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree 29 Admission to the College 49 College Expenses 56 Financial Aid 60 Key to Course Numbers and Credits 62 College Academic Accommodations in Response to COVID-19 65 Interdisciplinary Minors 69 African American Studies.............................................. 70 African Studies.................................................... 71 Architectural Studies................................................. 72 Asian Studies..................................................... 73 Classical Antiquity.................................................. 74 The Classical Tradition............................................... 75 Cognitive Science................................................... 76 Community Action.................................................. 77 Film Studies..................................................... 79 Formal Organizations................................................ 80 French Studies.................................................... 81 German Studies.................................................... 82 Human Rights Studies................................................ 83 Italian Studies.................................................... 84 Jewish Studies.................................................... 85 Latin American Studies............................................... 86 Legal Studies..................................................... 87 ii CONTENTS CONTENTS Literature and Psychology.............................................. 88 Marine Studies.................................................... 89 Medieval and Renaissance Studies......................................... 91 Middle East Studies................................................. 92 Models and Data................................................... 93 Mythology....................................................... 94 Rhetoric, Writing, and Media Studies....................................... 95 Russian Studies.................................................... 96 Student-Designed Interdisciplinary Minors..................................... 97 Urban China Studies................................................. 98 Urban Studies..................................................... 99 Women, Gender, and Sexuality........................................... 100 First-Year Seminar Program 101 Academic Disciplines 108 African Studies.................................................... 109 American Studies................................................... 110 Anthropology..................................................... 124 Art History...................................................... 132 Asian Studies..................................................... 140 Biochemistry..................................................... 141 Biology........................................................ 143 Caribbean and Latin American Studies...................................... 154 Chemistry....................................................... 155 Classical Studies................................................... 161 Classics..................................................... 163 Greek...................................................... 163 Latin....................................................... 164 Classical Civilization.............................................. 166 College Courses.................................................... 170 Community Action Gateway Program....................................... 172 Community Learning................................................. 173 Computer Science.................................................. 176 Interdisciplinary Computing............................................. 183 The Cities Program................................................. 187 Economics....................................................... 189 Educational Studies Program............................................ 206 Engineering...................................................... 213 English........................................................ 223 Environmental Science................................................ 246 Film Studies..................................................... 256 Global Health Humanities Gateway......................................... 264 Global Programs (Study Away)........................................... 266 History........................................................ 269 Human Rights.................................................... 285 Humanities Gateway Program............................................ 290 InterArts Program.................................................. 293 Interdisciplinary Science Program.......................................... 294 International Relations................................................ 295 International Studies Program........................................... 297 African Studies................................................. 311 Asian Studies.................................................. 311 Caribbean and Latin American Studies.................................... 312 Global Studies................................................. 312 Middle East Studies.............................................. 313 iii CONTENTS CONTENTS Russian and Eurasian Studies......................................... 314 Jewish Studies Program............................................... 315 Liberal Arts Action Lab............................................... 318 Language and Culture Studies........................................... 319 Arabic...................................................... 327 Chinese..................................................... 329 French...................................................... 331 German Studies................................................. 335 Hebrew..................................................... 340 Hispanic Studies................................................ 342 Italian Studies................................................. 351 Japanese..................................................... 356 Linguistics.................................................... 359 Russian..................................................... 359 World Literature and Culture Studies.................................... 363 Mathematics..................................................... 364 Middle East Studies................................................. 375 Music......................................................... 376 Neuroscience..................................................... 385 Philosophy...................................................... 398 Physical Education.................................................. 408 Physical Sciences................................................... 412 Physics........................................................ 413 Political Science................................................... 418 Psychology...................................................... 434 Public Policy and Law................................................ 449 Quantitative Literacy Program........................................... 461 Religious Studies................................................... 462 Russian and Eurasian Studies............................................ 470 Sociology....................................................... 471 Student-Designed Interdisciplinary Majors....................................