Carnegie Mellon University Undergraduate Catalog 2012-2013 Carnegie Institute of Technology The College of Fine Arts Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences H. John Heinz III College Mellon College of Science The School of Computer Science Tepper School of Business Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar Carnegie Mellon University does not discriminate in admission, employment, or administration of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap or disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, ancestry, belief, veteran status, or genetic information. Furthermore, Carnegie Mellon University does not discriminate and is required not to discriminate in violation of federal, state, or local laws or executive orders. Inquiries concerning the application of and compliance with this statement should be directed to the vice president for campus affairs, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, telephone 412-268-2056. Obtain general information about Carnegie Mellon University by calling 412-268-2000 Table of Contents Foreword ..................................................................... 4 School of Design ......................................................... 146 Frequently Asked Questions ........................................ 7 School of Drama .......................................................... 150 Look at Carnegie Mellon ............................................. 8 School of Music ........................................................... 157 Degrees Offered ........................................................ 10 Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences ................................................................................. 167 Undergraduate Admission ......................................... 14 Dietrich College Interdepartmental Majors .................. 174 Summer Opportunities .............................................. 18 Dietrich College Interdepartmental Minors .................. 180 Division of Enrollment Services ................................. 20 Undergraduate Economics Program ............................ 187 University Policies ..................................................... 24 Department of English ................................................ 194 Undergraduate Academic Regulations ...................... 36 Department of History ................................................. 203 University Services ................................................... 44 The Major in Information Systems ............................... 210 Undergraduate Options ............................................. 52 Department of Modern Languages .............................. 213 Department of Athletics and Physical Education ....... 56 Department of Philosophy ........................................... 223 Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) .................... 58 Department of Psychology .......................................... 230 Intercollege Programs ............................................... 62 Department of Social and Decision Sciences ............... 236 BXA Intercollege Degree Programs ................................ 70 Department of Statistics ............................................. 243 Bachelor of Science in Computational Biology ............... 62 H. John Heinz III College ......................................... 249 Bachelor of Science in Computational Finance .............. 62 Mellon College of Science ....................................... 253 Minor in Computational Finance .................................... 64 Minors Offered by the Mellon College of Science ......... 258 Minor in Health Care Policy and Management ............... 64 Department of Biological Sciences .............................. 260 Additional Major in Human-Computer Interaction .......... 65 Department of Chemistry ............................................ 266 B.S. in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences ................ 66 Department of Mathematical Sciences ........................ 275 Bachelor of Science in Music and Technology ................ 66 Department of Physics ................................................ 283 Major in Psychology & Biological Sciences .................... 67 School of Computer Science ................................... 290 Science and Humanities Scholars Program .................... 68 Tepper School of Business ...................................... 303 Carnegie Institute of Technology ............................... 89 Undergraduate Business Administration Program ........ 308 Undergraduate Designated Minors ................................ 93 Undergraduate Economics Program ............................ 311 CIT Minors for Non-Engineering Students ...................... 98 Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar ........................ 319 Department of Biomedical Engineering ....................... 100 Course Descriptions ................................................ 323 Department of Chemical Engineering .......................... 105 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ... 108 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ... 111 Department of Engineering and Public Policy .............. 117 Department of Mechanical Engineering ....................... 122 Department of Materials Science and Engineering ...... 126 College of Fine Arts ................................................. 132 Minors Offered by the College of Fine Arts .................. 135 School of Architecture ................................................. 139 School of Art ............................................................... 143 4      F o re word 2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog Foreword Administration This catalog is intended to detail the University’s academic programs, JARED L. COHON, President. policies and services for use by current undergraduate students, faculty, and administrators. We appreciate that applicants, prospective MARK S. KAMLET, Provost and Executive Vice President. students, and many other people will read this material, as well, for some RANDAL E. BRYANT, Dean, School of Computer Science. understanding of University programs and culture. AMY BURKERT, Vice Provost for Education. Information in the catalog is current as of August 2012; the next Catalog will be published in August 2013. In the interim, new courses will be announced JAY S. CALHOUN, Treasurer. in the course schedules which are usually available in November and April ILKER BAYBARS, Dean, CMU-Qatar. and on the Web (www.cmu.edu/hub). GINA CASALEGNO, Dean, Office of Student Affairs. The program requirements and academic policies set forth in this Catalog are subject to change. As a consequence, students are expected to MARY JO DIVELY, Vice President and General Counsel. consult with their individual college or department for the most up-to- date information about program requirements, and should consult the ROBERT M. DAMMON, Dean, David A. Tepper School of Business. University’s policy website for the most current statements of University FREDERICK GILMAN, Dean, Mellon College of Science. policy. CHERYL M. HAYS, Secretary of the Board; Director, Office of the President. Any changes or updated information from any member of the campus community should be directed to John Papinchak, University Registrar. CHARLES KENNEDY, Interim Chief Investment Officer. PRADEEP K. KHOSLA, Dean, Carnegie Institute of Technology. Michael C. Murphy Vice President for Campus Affairs RAMAYYA KRISHNAN, Dean, H. John Heinz III College. Jonathan D. Samuels, Copy Editor ROBBEE BAKER KOSAK, Vice President for University Advancement. University Registrar’s Office Catalog Team John Papinchak, University Registrar JOHN P. LEHOCZKY, Dean, College of Humanities & Social Sciences. DANIEL J. MARTIN, Interim Dean, College of Fine Arts. Published August 17, 2012 RICHARD MCCULLOUGH, Vice President for Research. Statement of Assurance ELIZABETH MILAVEC, Assistant Treasurer. DEBORAH J. MOON, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Carnegie Mellon University does not discriminate in admission, employment, or administration of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, MICHAEL MURPHY, Vice President for Campus Affairs. national origin, sex, handicap or disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, ancestry, belief, veteran status, or genetic PAUL D. NIELSEN, Director and Chief Executive Officer, Software Engineering information. Furthermore, Carnegie Mellon University does not discriminate Institute. and is required not to discriminate in violation of federal, state, or local laws GLORIANA ST. CLAIR, Dean, University Libraries. or executive orders. JOEL M. SMITH, Vice Provost for Computing Services and Chief Information Inquiries concerning the application of and compliance with this statement Officer. should be directed to the vice president for campus affairs, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, telephone 412-268-2056. Officers of the Board of Trustees Obtain general information about Carnegie Mellon University by calling RAYMOND J. LANE, Chairman. 412-268-2000. E. KEARS POLLOCK, Vice Chairman. DAVID KIRR, Vice Chairman. JARED L. COHON, President. JAY CALHOUN, Treasurer. MARY JO DIVELY, Vice President and General Counsel. CHERYL M. HAYS, Secretary. MARK S. KAMLET, Provost and Executive Vice President. CHARLES A. KENNEDY, Interim Chief Investment Officer. KAREN T. KHAN, Assistant Secretary. ROBBEE BAKER KOSAK, Vice President for University Advancement. RICHARD MCCULLOUGH, Vice President for Research. ELIZABETH MILAVEC, Assistant Treasurer. DEBORAH MOON, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. MICHAEL MURPHY, Vice President for Campus Affairs. Ex-Officio Trustees JARED L. COHON, President. DARLENE M. HARRIS, President, Pittsburgh City Council. Carnegie Mellon University        5    GREGORY POLANSKY, President, Andrew Carnegie Society. JAMES GIANOPULOS, Chairman and CEO, Fox Filmed Entertainment. LUKE RAVENSTAHL, Mayor, City of Pittsburgh. ROY HALEY, . ANTHONY ROLLETT, Chair, Faculty Senate, Carnegie Mellon University. OSCAR HARRIS, CEO and Founder, Turner Associates. BEVERLY WHEELER, President, Carnegie Mellon Alumni Association. LARRY JENNINGS, JR., Senor Managing Director, ValStone Partners, LLC. PATRICIA ASKWITH KENNER, President, Campus Coach Lines. Life Trustees CANDACE MATTHEWS, Chief Marketing Officer, Amway Corporation. JOHN R. BERTUCCI, Chairman, MKS Instruments, Inc. DAVID MCCORMICK, Senior Leader, Bridgewater Associates. FRANK BRUNCKHORST, BOAR’S HEAD PROVISIONS CO., INC, . BRUCE MCWILLIAMS, CEO and President, SuVolta. ERROLL B. DAVIS, JR., Interim Superintendent, Atlanta Public Schools. WILLIAM L. MEANEY, CEO, The Zeullig Group. LINDA A. DICKERSON, Principal, 501(c)(3)². ATTILA MOLNAR, Retired President and CEO, Bayer Corporation. WILLIAM S. DIETRICH, II, Trustee, The Dietrich Charitable Trusts. SULAJJA MOTWANI, Managing Director, Kinetic Motor Co., Ltd. PHILIP L. DOWD, Sherick Enterprises, LLC. ROY J. SHANKER, Consultant. DINA DUBLON, . AJIT SHETTY, Managing Director and Chairman of the Board, Janssen EDWARD H. FRANK, Vice President, Apple, Inc. Pharmaceutical. YOSHIAKI FUJIMORI, Chairman, President and CEO, GE Japan Corporation. MANOJ SINGH, Global Managing Partner - Operations, Deloitte. HENRY J. GAILLIOT, . LIP-BU TAN, Chairman, Walden International; CEO, Cadence Design Systems. IRA J. GUMBERG, President and Chief Executive Officer, J.J. Gumberg Co.. THOMAS TULL, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Legendary Pictures. TERESA L. HEINZ, Chairman, Heinz Family Philanthropies. ROHET TOLANI, Managing Director, Tolani Shipping (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. TORRENCE M. HUNT, JR., . PATRICK WILSON, Actor. TOD S. JOHNSON, Chief Executive Officer, The NPD Group, Inc.. Life Emeritus Trustees DAVID M. KIRR, Partner, Kirr, Marbach & Company. PAUL A. ALLAIRE, Former Chairman and CEO, Xerox Corporation. RAYMOND J. LANE, Managing Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers. ARTHUR H. ARONSON, Retired Executive Vice President, Allegheny Teledyne. JACK E. MCGRATH, Retired Senior Vice President, Booz & Company. CAROL R. BROWN, Former President, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. REGINA GOUGER MILLER, Owner/Artist, Ginger and Spice; Regina Gouger Miller Studio. ROBERT M. BROWN, III, President, B-III Capital LLC. AMBAR PAUL, Director, Caparo Group Limited. FRANK V. CAHOUET, Retired Chairman and CEO, BNY Mellon. E. KEARS POLLOCK, Retired Executive Vice President, PPG Industries, Inc.. LUCIAN CASTE, Retired Owner, Lucian Caste Architects & Engineers. JAMES E. ROHR, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The PNC Financial ROBERT A. CHARPIE, . Services Group, Inc. DOUGLAS D. DANFORTH, Retired Chairman and CEO, Westinghouse Electric JONATHAN ROTHBERG, Founder and Chairman, Raindance Technologies and Corporation. Ion Torrent Systems. W. LOGAN DICKERSON, President, Lindwood Farm, Inc. & Protos Foods, Inc.. DAVID S. SHAPIRA, Chairman, CEO and President, Giant Eagle, Inc. EDWARD DONLEY, Former Chairman, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.. J. LEA HILLMAN SIMONDS, . WILLIAM B. ELLIS, Retired Chairman and CEO, Northeast Utilities. JAMES C. STALDER, . CYNTHIA FRIEDMAN, Co-owner, Union Real Estate Company of Pittsburgh. DONALD E. STITZENBERG, Principal, CBA Associates. CLAIRE W. GARGALLI, . DAVID TEPPER, President and Founder, Appaloosa Management. WILLIAM GOLDSMITH, Chairman of the Board, Nucon Energy Group. MARY ANN ULISHNEY, Vice President and Wealth Specialist, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. RICHARD D. HAMILTON, Former Director of Product Supply, Procter and Gamble. SUNIL WADHWANI, Chairman and Co-founder, iGATE Corporation. WILTON A. HAWKINS, . PAULA KAUFFMAN WAGNER, Producer/Owner, Chestnut Ridge Productions. ORION HOCH, Chairman Emeritus, Litton Industries. Term Trustees T. JEROME HOLLERAN, Chairman, Precision Medical Prodcts, Inc.. W. LEE HOSKINS, Retired Chairman and CEO,The Huntington Bank. JOEL ADAMS, General Partner, Adams Capital Management, Inc. JUSTIN M. JOHNSON, Retired Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania. ANDRESS APPOLON, . WILLIAM H. KNOELL, Retired Chairman and CEO, Cyclops Corporation. RONALD BIANCHINI, President and CEO, Avere Systems, Inc. HANS W. LANGE, . ARISTIDES CANDRIS, President and CEO, Westinghouse Electric Company. EDWARD E. LUCENTE, . ERIC COOPER, . THOMAS A. MCCONOMY, Retired Chairman of the Board, Calgon Carbon DAVID COULTER, Managing Director and Senior Advisor, Warburg Pincus. Corporation. RUSSELL CROCKETT, Senior Vice President, Texas Petrochemicals, Inc. LINDSAY J. MORGENTHALER, . JEANNE CUNICELLI, Partner, Bay City Capital. ALESSANDRO OVI, President, TechRev srl. FRANCISCO D’SOUZA, President and CEO, Cognizant Technology Solution. NORMAN F. PARKER, Retired President, Varian Associates. HOWARD ELLIN, Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom. CHARLES J. QUEENAN, JR., Retired Senior Counsel, K&L Gates LLP. EVAN FRAZIER, Senior Vice President, Community Affairs, Highmark, Inc. JOHN G. RANGOS, John G. Rangos, Sr. Charitable Foundation. DIRK GATES, Chief Executive Officer, Xirrus, Inc. 6      F o re word DAVID M. RODERICK, Former Chairman and CEO, United States Steel Corporation. VINCENT A. SARNI, Retired Chairman and CEO, PPG Industries, Inc.. JOYCE BOWIE SCOTT, J. Bowie Scott Studio. RAYMOND SMITH, Chairman, Rothschild Continuation Investments. WILLIAM P. SNYDER, III, President and Chairman, The Wilpen Group, Inc.. W. LOWELL STEINBRENNER, Retired Chairman, Contours, Ltd.. JAMES M. WALTON, President Emeritus, Carnegie Institute. KONRAD M. WEIS, Former President and CEO, Bayer Corporation. Carnegie Mellon University        7    Frequently Asked Questions Q: What is the Undergraduate Catalog? A: The Undergraduate Catalog, published every year, contains information about and academic requirements for each course of study or program available to undergraduate students at Carnegie Mellon, as well as course descriptions and university policies. Q: For whom is the Undergraduate Catalog relevant? A: The Undergraduate Catalog is most relevant for students entering in the year of publication. However, returning students should also use the Undergraduate Catalog to look at new programs and courses of study that may interest them. Q: How often is the Undergraduate Catalog updated? A: The Undergraduate Catalog is published every year. The next Catalog will be published in August 2013. Q: The requirements for my major are different here than when I entered Carnegie Mellon; will my classes still count the same towards graduation? A: Yes. A student’s requirements for graduation are determined by the year he or she enters Carnegie Mellon. If a program or major’s requirements change in a later catalog, these changes will only affect students entering during that Catalog year. Note: The only exception is for courses which stop being taught or change course number. You should confer with your academic advisor each semester in order to be sure you are on track for graduation. You can also use the Academic Audit (https://enr-apps.as.cmu.edu/audit/audit) tool to check on your progress. Q: Does the Catalog include course times and locations? A: No. Current information on course times and locations can be found on Student Information Online (https://s3.as.cmu.edu/sio), under the Course Schedule tab. 8      L o o k at Carnegie Mellon Look at Carnegie Mellon is diverse, with roughly 5,300 undergraduates, 3,500 graduate students, Excellence in Practice and Learning for Life and more than 1,200 faculty members. About 10% of undergraduate students are underrepresented minorities and 15% hail from countries Carnegie Mellon emphasizes a deep connection between theoretical outside the U.S. Faculty and graduate students also come from across the knowledge and practice: the university’s interdisciplinary approach to globe. education stresses the practical application and analysis of knowledge in The university’s small student-to-faculty ratio gives students the opportunity institutional, social and historical contexts. “On a campus of 110 acres, for close interaction with their teachers - an essential component of research and teaching are conducted in more than 30 different fields of the academic success. But while professors spend a great deal of time with arts, humanities, engineering, the sciences, social sciences, management students, they also expect them to develop initiative, to critically assess and public policy. Students and faculty in these areas are in daily contact their own progress and to work as teams. Working together, students and with one another, pursuing interdisciplinary projects, redefining fields of faculty create real-world projects with immediate impact. A design professor knowledge, pushing their own visions of the possible and contributing to might critique a student’s sketches of a company logo, or a team of the world around them,” writes Jared L. Cohon, the eighth president of students will work with professors and researchers to design an autonomous Carnegie Mellon in “The Innovative University,” a volume of writings that robot for a race across the desert. Faculty at Carnegie Mellon take an celebrated Carnegie Mellon’s centennial in 2000. Carnegie Mellon graduates interest in their students’ questions and concerns beyond the classroom. are excellent practitioners in their chosen fields. The university is in the Some serve as academic advisors, while others seek undergraduate process of enriching and complementing this education to ensure that our assistance with research projects or oversee student-proposed projects. students also gain broader, well-informed perspectives that will help them grow and change with their professions; interact wisely with the natural Equally important to the Carnegie Mellon education is the meta-curriculum, environment; and be responsible and informed citizens in an increasingly the learning that occurs outside classes through community service, technological world and complex global culture. interacting and learning in the university’s international community, or even just living in the residence halls. From Technical School to International Structure to Succeed, Freedom to Explore University A Carnegie Mellon education is marked by its strong focus on fundamental In a letter written in 1900, industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and versatile problem-solving skills in a specific discipline, but the university offered to give the city of Pittsburgh $1 million in bonds to found a technical respects and values students’ varied talents and interests that often span institute. The city provided 32 acres of land near Schenley Park, and the many specialties. At Carnegie Mellon, students can explore more than institution became known as the Carnegie Technical Schools. According one field of study while developing the strong professional core that is to Carnegie’s plans, the institution would train the sons and daughters the hallmark of a Carnegie Mellon education. The university encourages of working-class families in five schools: Science and Technology, to students to expand their thinking in new and exciting dimensions, whether train draftsmen and engineer’s assistants; Fine and Applied Arts, for by taking courses from disciplines across the university or pursuing a double designers and art workers; Apprentices and Journeymen, for mechanics in major or minor - frequently in a different college. Students can even design manufacturing and construction; and Margaret Morrison Carnegie College, their own majors. In a community rich with seven colleges, the academic for home economists or secretaries. Within two decades, the Carnegie options are as varied as the students who pursue them. Technical Schools offered bachelor’s, master’s and doctor’s programs, and fittingly changed its name to the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Though academic interests may differ, the university has structured its programs so students develop skills vital to all professions, with In 1967, the trustees of the Mellon Institute and the Carnegie Institute of communication and reflective practice acting as the common threads Technology merged the two institutions and adopted the name Carnegie connecting these skills. In order to excel in any field and lead a life of social Mellon University. In 1968, Margaret Morrison Carnegie College closed and responsibility and lifelong learning, students must be able to understand the the university organized a new College of Humanities and Social Sciences. theoretical basis and practical implications of knowledge and action, convey New graduate-level colleges and schools also flourished, including the ideas and information effectively, and be reflective practitioners. Carnegie Graduate School of Industrial Administration (GSIA), the Heinz College of Mellon instills these qualities in students and gives them a wide array of Public Policy and Management, and the School of Computer Science. As perspective and opportunities by creating an environment of learning-by- time progressed, new research centers and institutes developed on and doing, providing them with a strong analytical background, and encouraging off campus in specialties ranging from art conservation to sustainable them to do and make. computing. In 2004, GSIA was renamed the Tepper School of Business after alumnus David A. Tepper. Strength in Research and Artistic Creation The Carnegie Institute of Technology has developed from a regional, technical college into Carnegie Mellon University, a selective, international At Carnegie Mellon, faculty members aren’t just devoted teachers. They research university that consistently ranks among the nation’s best colleges conduct groundbreaking research, create new and exciting art, and in U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek and BusinessWeek magazines. contribute to a growing global scholastic community. The university’s faculty The university is also a leader in environmental sustainability and energy are continuously innovating, and the new knowledge they create and the efficiency, and is home to the nation’s first Leadership in Energy and methods they discover routinely benefit classroom learning. Each college Environmental Design (LEED) certified dormitory. University Business and dozens of special centers focus on issues and developments that affect magazine identified Carnegie Mellon as one of the nation’s Higher Education the world beyond Carnegie Mellon. Sustainability Stars. Researchers in the Mellon College of Science received a $13.3 million grant Undergraduate students can pursue majors in six of the university’s seven to develop the National Center for Networks and Pathways, which will colleges: the Carnegie Institute of Technology (engineering), the College generate molecular bio-sensors that will change the way scientists look of Fine Arts, the Tepper School’s business administration program, the at living cells. A study by researchers in the College of Engineering found College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Mellon College of Science, that cell phones and other portable electronic devices can interfere with and the School of Computer Science. Carnegie Mellon also has campuses in the normal operation of critical electronics on airplanes. Meanwhile, in the California and Qatar and is expanding its presence in Europe, Australia and university’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences, faculty have made Asia with master’s programs and other educational partnerships. critical strides toward understanding what causes autism and how it can be treated more effectively. The National Science Foundation recently funded a A Unique Educational Experience new Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center - a joint effort of Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science and the University of The university’s diversity, focus on strong student-faculty ties and Pittsburgh - that will design and commercialize technology to help older commitment to education outside the classroom combine to create a adults and people with disabilities live independently and productively. New learning environment that is as uniquely Carnegie Mellon as the Tartan plaid research from the Tepper School of Business showed small retailers that on the kilts of its bagpipers. the best way to compete with mega-marts is to use their existing customer data to develop new sales and marketing strategies. Students and faculty in Carnegie Mellon strives for a campus culture that reflects a fundamental the university’s School of Design have collaborated with local foundations respect for different ways of living, working, and learning so every student to create Explanatoids, cartoons designed to illustrate the importance of has the opportunity to reach her or his potential. The university community science, math and technology to the Pittsburgh region while stressing the Carnegie Mellon University        9    role girls play in the careers of the future. Just down the road, faculty in the Heinz College are breaking new ground with studies on the different ways Our Mission men and women negotiate. To create and disseminate knowledge and art through research and creative Exploring Research and Creative Projects inquiry, teaching, and learning, and to transfer our intellectual and artistic product to enhance society in meaningful and sustainable ways. Faculty aren’t the only people busy with research on campus. Research is a vital component of undergraduate education at Carnegie Mellon. Students To serve our students by taching them problem solving, leadershipand can initiate projects of their own or become involved with existing ones on teamwork skills, and the value of a commitment to quality, ethical behavior, campus. The Department of Biological Sciences, for example, has faculty and respect for others. mentors who help interested students find research opportunities that To achieve these ends by pursuing the advantages of a diverse and support their own intellectual curiosity. Drama students participate in relatively small university community, open to the exchange of ideas, every facet of productions, from set construction to acting. Students across where discovery, creativity, and personal and professional development can campus are encouraged to work with faculty to pursue their own interests, flourish. and most departments offer courses for independent study that allow undergraduates to work on projects of their own design under the guidance Our Values of a faculty member. Research projects often come with a financial cost, but Carnegie Mellon • Dedication, as exemplified by our commitment to the critical issues of offers many sources of funding for students conducting independent society and our uncompromizing work ethic. research and creative projects. One popular source of funding is the • Collaboration, as exemplified by our interdisciplinarity, our exernal university’s Small Undergraduate Research Grant (SURG) program offered partnerships, and our capacity to create new fields of inquiry. through the Undergraduate Research Initiative. (For more information, • Measuring excellence by impact, as exemplified by our focus on see the Undergraduate Research Initiative section in this catalog under issues critical to regional development, national interest, and global “University Services.”) These types of funding programs combined with welfare. the support and encouragement offered by faculty and staff on campus bring research - traditionally the mark of graduate education - into the • Entrepreneurship, as exemplified by openness to new ideas, prudent undergraduate realm. use of resources, and readiness to act. • Depth driving breadth, as exemplified by our issue-driven research, The World of Carnegie Mellon our context-based general education initiatives, and our focus on problem solving and creative production at all levels. Carnegie Mellon is often described as a competitive place - and it is. The • Compassion, as exemplified by our focus on human welfare, on the university selects students from among the best in the world, so attending betterment of society, and on the personal devlopmentof the members Carnegie Mellon means that you’ll be with students who, like you, were of our community. at the top of their classes in high school. The university also stresses • Integrity and inclusion, as exemplified by our attention to the highest collaboration and teamwork, often across disciplines, where students ethical standards in all domains, and our commitment to being a share common goals and tasks while still bringing something unique to community which welcomes talented minds from diverse backgrounds the interaction. Carnegie Mellon students are serious scholars who want to and challenges them individually and collectively to achieve their best. excel. The atmosphere is intense and demanding, but also encouraging and rewarding. Carnegie Mellon graduates enter society prepared to assume Carnegie Mellon’s undergraduate educational programs are designed to help even greater challenges and equipped with an awareness of their own students acquire the following: strengths and abilities. • Depth of knowledge in their chosen areas of specialization and genuine But Carnegie Mellon students still have fun, and spend their free time intellectual breadth in other fields. planning for the coming weekend and forging some of the strongest • Creativity and intellectual playfulness, moving beyond established friendships they’ve ever known. Students don’t just develop a strong work knowledge and practice to create imaginative ideas and artifacts. ethic at Carnegie Mellon - they develop a strong sense of community. • Skilled thoughtfulness and critical judgment, which allow them to Through residence hall living, community service, group projects and evaluate new ideas, identify and solve or explore problems, and numerous activities and clubs, students find they can belong to a range of appreciate a variety of different forms of analysis and thought. communities. Carnegie Mellon also has the tradition of Spring Carnival, an annual three-day event whose buggy races and booths involve students and • Skills of independent learning, which enable them to grow in wisdom and alumni from a multitude of academic and cultural backgrounds. keep abreast of changing knowledge and problems in their profession and the world. Carnegie Mellon Impacts the World • A set of values, including commitment to personal excellence and intellectual adventure, concern for the freedoms and dignity of others, As a Carnegie Mellon graduate, you’ll join a highly respected group of and sensitivity to the special professional and social responsibilities that individuals who have changed the world as we know it. Whether pursuing come with advanced learning and positions of leadership. further education or entering the work force, alumni consistently achieve • The self-confidence and resourcefulness necessary to take action and get the high goals they’ve set for themselves in a wide variety of academic and things done. professional fields. One alumnus wrote the songs for “Godspell,” while an • The ability to communicate with others on topics both within and outside alumna won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in their chosen field of specialization. a Play for her performance in the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Doubt.” Carnegie Mellon alumni created and starred in “Hill Street Blues,” “L.A. Law,” “NYPD Most instruction at Carnegie Mellon is focused on fundamentals useful in Blue,” “ER” and “Lost.” More than 2,000 of our graduates are corporate later learning, rather than on particulars of knowledge and techniques chairs, presidents or vice presidents. Some 1,400 alumni are university that may soon become obsolete. Advanced courses provide students professors and another 30 are deans. Most major symphonies around the with the opportunity to refine their skills by applying and exercising the country include Carnegie Mellon alumni. The university’s graduates are also fundamentals they have acquired in earlier courses and by exploring new prominent in government, and include a former White House staff assistant, analytical and creative directions. In a world that has sometimes placed too a U.N. delegate and a former first deputy chairman of the presidium of little emphasis on skill, Carnegie Mellon takes pride in educating students the USSR. An astronaut who walked on the moon holds a Carnegie Mellon who display excellence in application-students who can do useful things with degree, as does the project director of NASA’s Pioneer Interplanetary Probe. their learning. Five Carnegie Mellon alumni have gone on to win the Nobel Prize (three in economics, two in physics), and the works of many former art students hang Values, including sensitivity to the feelings, needs and rights of others, in the permanent collections of more than 50 international museums. are learned in part through example. To this end, the faculty and staff of Carnegie Mellon work to provide a supportive and caring environment that values and respects intellectual, philosophical, personal and cultural Our Vision diversity. The faculty strive to identify and discuss with their students, both in formal classroom settings and in a variety of informal contexts, their Carnegie Mellon will meet the changing needs of society by building on its responsibilities as professionals, citizens and human beings, and to teach traditions of innovation, problem solving, and interdisciplinarity. through example. The undergraduate programs at Carnegie Mellon are designed to help our students become accomplished professionals who are broadly educated, independent and humane leaders. 10      D e g rees Offered Degrees Offered The following list shows all primary degrees offered for both undergraduate • M.S. in Information Technology - Information Security and graduate students at Carnegie Mellon University. • M.S. in Information Technology - Mobility • M.S. in Information Technology - Software Management Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Institute of Technology • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (link) (p. 123) Interdepartmental • M.S. in Computational Design and Manufacturing • M.S. in Engineering and Technology Innovation Management • M.S. in Mechanical Engineering • M.S. in Energy Science, Technology and Policy (jointly offered by Civil and • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering Environmental Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering) Materials Science and Engineering Biomedical Engineering • B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering (link) (p. 126) • B.S. in an engineering discipline and Biomedical Engineering (link) (p. • M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering 100) • Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering • M.S. in Biomedical Engineering • Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering Silicon Valley Campus • M.S. in Software Engineering Chemical Engineering • M.S. in Software Engineering - Development Management • B.S. in Chemical Engineering (link) (p. 105) • M.S. in Software Management • M. Chemical Engineering • M. Chemical Engineering and Colloids, Polymers and Surfaces • M.S. in Chemical Engineering College of Fine Arts • M.S. in Colloids, Polymers and Surfaces (jointly with Mellon College of Science) Architecture • Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering • B. of Architecture (5-year program) (link) (p. 139) Civil and Environmental Engineering • M.S. in Architecture • B.S. in Civil Engineering (link) (p. 108) • M.S. in Building Performance and Diagnostics • M.S. in Advanced Infrastructure Systems • M.S. in Computational Design • M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering • M.S. in Sustainable Design • M.S. in Civil Engineering • M. of Tangible Interaction Design • M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Management (jointly • M. of Urban Design with the Tepper School of Business) • Ph.D. in Building Performance and Diagnostics • M.S. in Computational Mechanics • Ph.D. in Computational Design • M.S. in Energy Science, Technology and Policy (jointly with Materials Science and Engineering) Art • M.S. in Environmental Engineering • B.F.A. in Art (link) (p. 143) • M.S. in Environmental Management and Science • M.F.A. in Art • Ph.D. in Advanced Infrastructure Systems • Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering Design • Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering/Engineering and Public • B.F.A. in Communication Design (link) (p. 146) Policy (dual degree offered with Engineering and Public Policy) • B.F.A. in Industrial Design (link) (p. 146) • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering • M. Design in Interaction Design • Ph.D. in Computational Mechanics • Ph.D. in Design • Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering • Ph.D. in Environmental Management and Science Drama • B.F.A. in Drama (link) (p. 150) Electrical and Computer Engineering • M.F.A. in Costume Design • B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (link) (p. 111) • M.F.A. in Costume Production • B.S. in Music and Technology (jointly with the Department of Music and • M.F.A. in Directing the School of Computer Science) • M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing • M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering • M.F.A. in Lighting Design • M.S. in Music and Technology (jointly with the Department of Music and • M.F.A. in Production Technology and Management the School of Computer Science) • M.F.A. in Scene Design • Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering • M.F.A. in Sound Design Engineering and Public Policy Music • B.S. in an engineering discipline and Engineering and Public Policy (link) (p. 117) • B.F.A. in Music (link) (p. 157) • M.S. in Engineering and Public Policy • B.F.A. in Music (Composition) (link) (p. 157) • Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy and an engineering discipline • B.F.A. in Music Performance (link) (p. 157) • Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy • B.S. in Music and Technology (jointly with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the School of Computer Science) (link) (p. Information Networking Institute 161) • M. Music in Composition • M.S. in Information Networking • M. Music in Conducting • M.S. in Information Security Technology and Management