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Yale University’s Web site is www.yale.edu; the Yale College Programs of Study is online at http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/yale-college-programs-study-0. Yale College Programs of Study Fall and Spring Terms 2010–2011 BULLETIN OF YALE UNIVERSITY Series 106 Number 9 August 1, 2010 Contents Building Abbreviations 4 Yale College Calendar with Pertinent Deadlines 5 Yale College Administrative Officers 8 Key to Course Listings 10 Final Examination Schedules 12 Subject Abbreviations 13 A Message from the Dean of Yale College 14 I. Yale College 15 The Undergraduate Curriculum 15 Distributional Requirements 16 Major Programs 18 The Residential Colleges 20 International Experience 20 Yale Summer Session 22 Special Programs 22 Honors 27 Miscellaneous 28 II. Academic Regulations 29 A. Requirements for the B.A. or B.S. Degree 29 B. Grades 35 C. Course Credits and Course Loads 40 D. Promotion and Good Standing 42 E. Registration and Enrollment in Courses 42 F. Withdrawal from Courses 46 G. Reading Period and Final Examination Period 47 H. Completion of Course Work 50 I. Academic Penalties and Restrictions 53 J. Leave of Absence, Withdrawal, and Readmission 55 K. Special Arrangements 59 L. Transfer Students 70 M. Eli Whitney Students Program 71 N. Nondegree Students Program 73 O. Credit from Other Universities 75 P. Acceleration Policies 79 Q. Amendments 83 III. Subjects of Instruction 84 Majors in Yale College 84 Accounting 85 African American Studies 85 African Studies 91 American Studies 98 Anthropology 109 2    Yale College Programs of Study Subjects of Instruction (cont.) Applied Mathematics 118 Applied Physics 122 Archaeological Studies 126 Architecture 130 Art 139 Astronomy 147 Biology 153 Biomedical Engineering 172 British Studies 177 Chemical Engineering 178 Chemistry 182 Child Study Center 194 Classics 195 Cognitive Science 206 College Seminars in the Residential Colleges 211 Computer Science 212 Computer Science and Mathematics 220 Computer Science and Psychology 221 Computing and the Arts 222 DeVane Lecture Course 224 Directed Studies 224 East Asian Languages and Literatures 225 East Asian Studies 237 Economics 242 Economics and Mathematics 256 Electrical Engineering 257 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 265 Engineering 267 Engineering and Applied Science 268 English Language and Literature 271 Environment 288 Environmental Engineering 288 Environmental Studies 293 Ethics, Politics, and Economics 302 Ethnicity, Race, and Migration 310 Film Studies 316 Forestry & Environmental Studies 324 French 326 Freshman Seminar Program 336 Geology and Geophysics 338 Germanic Languages and Literatures 348 German Studies 355 Global Health Studies 358 Hellenic Studies 362 History 364 Contents    3 Subjects of Instruction (cont.) History of Art 386 History of Science, History of Medicine 393 Humanities 397 International Studies 406 Italian 415 Judaic Studies 420 Latin American Studies 425 Linguistics 430 Literature Major, The 438 Mathematics 447 Mathematics and Philosophy 456 Mathematics and Physics 457 Mechanical Engineering 458 Modern Middle East Studies 464 Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry 468 Music 475 Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations 487 Operations Research 497 Peking University–Yale University Joint Undergraduate Program 498 Philosophy 499 Physics 507 Physics and Philosophy 516 Political Science 517 Portuguese 537 Psychology 540 Public Health 551 Religious Studies 552 Russian and East European Studies 560 Science 563 Slavic Languages and Literatures 564 Sociology 571 South Asian Studies 580 Southeast Asia Studies 586 Spanish 588 Special Divisional Majors 596 Statistics 599 Study of the City 603 Teacher Preparation and Education Studies 604 Theater Studies 607 Urban Studies 616 Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 617 The Work of Yale University 625 Index 627 Map of Yale University 640 Building Abbreviations AKW Arthur K. Watson Hall LFOP Leitner Observatory and BASS Bass Center for Molecular Planetarium and Structural Biology LGH Abby and Mitch Leigh Hall BASSLB Bass Library LOM Leet Oliver Memorial Hall BCMM Boyer Center for Molecular LORIA Loria Center Medicine LUCE Henry R. Luce Hall BCT Becton Engineering and LWR Lanman-Wright Memorial Applied Science Center Hall BK Berkeley College MC Morse College BM Charles W. Bingham Hall MEC Malone Engineering Center BML Brady Memorial Laboratory ML Mason Laboratory BR Branford College OML Osborn Memorial BRBL Beinecke Rare Book and Laboratories Manuscript Library PC Pierson College C Connecticut Hall PH Phelps Hall CC Calhoun College PM Peabody Museum of Natural CRB Class of 1954 Chemistry History Research Building PWG Payne Whitney Gymnasium CSC Child Study Center RDH Rudolph Hall D Durfee Hall RKZ Rosenkranz Hall DAVIES Davies Auditorium, SB Sage Hall Becton Center SCL Sterling Chemistry Laboratory DC Davenport College SDQ Sterling Divinity Quadrangle DL Dunham Laboratory SHM Sterling Hall of Medicine EAL Electron Accelerator Laboratory SLB Sterling Law Buildings EM Edwin McClellan Hall SM Silliman College ES Ezra Stiles College SMH Sprague Memorial Hall ESC Class of 1954 Environmental SML Sterling Memorial Library Science Center SPL Sloane Physics Laboratory F Farnam Hall SSS Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona GML Greeley Memorial Laboratory Hall GRN Holcombe T. Green, Jr., Hall ST Street Hall HEN Hendrie Hall STOECK Stoeckel Hall HGS Hall of Graduate Studies SY Saybrook College JE Jonathan Edwards College TAC The Anlyan Center JWG Josiah Willard Gibbs TC Trumbull College Research Laboratories TD Timothy Dwight College K Kirtland Hall UT University Theatre KBT Kline Biology Tower V Vanderbilt Hall KCL Kline Chemistry Laboratory W Welch Hall KGL Kline Geology Laboratory WLH William L. Harkness Hall KRN Kroon Hall WNSL Wright Laboratory L Lawrance Hall WNSL–W Wright Laboratory West LC Linsly-Chittenden Hall YCBA Yale Center for British Art LEPH Laboratory of Epidemiology YUAG Yale University Art Gallery and Public Health Yale College Calendar with Pertinent Deadlines This calendar includes a partial summary of deadlines given in chapters I and II, along with those in the Yale College online publication Undergraduate Regulations. Unless otherwise specified, references are to sections in chapter II of this bulletin, and deadlines fall at 5 p.m. fall term 2010 Aug. 25 w Residences open to upperclassmen, 9 a.m. Aug. 27 f Residences open to freshmen, 9 a.m. Required registration meetings for freshmen, 8 p.m. Aug. 31 t Required registration meetings for upperclassmen. Sept. 1 w Fall-term classes begin. Sept. 10 f Final deadline to apply for a fall-term Leave of Absence (section J). Withdrawal from Yale College on or before this date entitles a student to a full rebate of fall-term tuition (Undergraduate Regulations). Sept. 13 m Course schedules due for the Class of 2014.* Sept. 14 t Course schedules due for the Classes of 2013 and 2012.* Sept. 15 w Course schedules due for the Class of 2011.* All students planning to complete degree requirements at the end of the fall term must file a petition by this date. (See section K for penalties resulting from failure to meet this deadline.) Sept. 25 sa Withdrawal from Yale College on or before this date entitles a student to a rebate of one-half of fall-term tuition (Undergraduate  Regulations). Oct. 15 f Deadline to apply for a spring-term 2011 Term Abroad (section K). Deadline to complete applications for financial aid for the spring term, for students not enrolled in the 2010 fall term (Undergraduate Regulations). Oct. 22 f Midterm. Last day to withdraw from a fall-term course without having the course appear on the transcript (sections F and B). Deadline to apply for double credit in a single-credit course (section K). Withdrawal from Yale College on or before this date entitles a student to a rebate of one-quarter of the term’s tuition (Undergraduate Regulations). *Late schedules from all classes are fined and may not include the Credit/D/Fail option. See chapter II, sections B and E. 6    Yale College Programs of Study Nov. 5 f Last day to convert from the Credit/D/Fail option in a fall-term course to a letter grade (section B). Nov. 19 f Fall recess begins, 5:20 p.m. Nov. 29 m Classes resume. Last day to relinquish on-campus housing for the spring term without charge (Undergraduate Regulations). Dec. 3 f Classes end; reading period begins. Last day to withdraw from a fall-term course (sections F and B). Dec. 10 f Reading period ends. Deadline for all course assignments, including term papers. This deadline can be extended only by a Temporary Incomplete authorized by the student’s residential college dean. Dec. 11 sa Final examinations begin, 9 a.m.† Dec. 18 sa Examinations end, 5:30 p.m.; winter recess begins. Dec. 19 su Residences close, 12 noon. spring term 2011 Jan. 5 w Residences open, 9 a.m. Jan. 9 su Required freshman registration meetings, 9 p.m. Jan. 10 m Spring-term classes begin. Registration for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Jan. 14 f Friday classes do not meet; Monday classes meet instead. Jan. 17 m Martin Luther King, Jr., Day; classes do not meet. Jan. 19 w Course schedules due for the Class of 2014.* Final deadline to apply for a spring-term Leave of Absence (section J). Withdrawal from Yale College on or before this date entitles a student to a full rebate of spring-term tuition (Undergraduate  Regulations). Jan. 20 th Course schedules due for the Classes of 2013 and 2012.* Jan. 21 f Course schedules due for the Class of 2011.* Last day for students in the Class of 2011 to petition for permission to complete the requirements of two majors. Feb. 4 f Withdrawal from Yale College on or before this date entitles a student to a rebate of one-half of spring-term tuition (Undergraduate Regulations). †Please note that examinations will be held on Saturday and Sunday, December 11, 12, and 18, 2010. *Late schedules from all classes are fined and may not include the Credit/D/Fail option. See chapter II, sections B and E.