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352 The Boston College Catalog 2004-2005 INDEX A About Boston College.....................................................................................5 Academic Awards..........................................................................................42 Academic Calendar. ....................................................................................348 Academic Development Center. .....................................................................6 Academic Integrity .......................................................................................33 Promoting Academic Integrity: Roles of Community Members ..........................................................33 Students ...................................................................................33 Faculty .....................................................................................33 Academic Deans.......................................................................34 Procedures................................................................................34 Academic Regulations ..................................................................................34 Academic Grievances..........................................................................34 Academic Record................................................................................34 Attendance .........................................................................................34 Audits.................................................................................................34 Candidacy: Doctoral ..........................................................................34 Comprehensive Exams: Doctoral........................................................34 Comprehensive Exams: Masters .........................................................34 Core Curriculum Undergraduate.....................................................34 Cross Registration ..............................................................................35 CAS .........................................................................................35 Boston Theological Institute ....................................................35 The Consortium ......................................................................35 GSSW......................................................................................35 Deans List..........................................................................................35 Degree Audit ......................................................................................35 Degree with Honors ...........................................................................35 Doctoral Continuation.......................................................................35 Enrollment Status...............................................................................35 Undergraduate Full-Time.........................................................35 Undergraduate Part-Time ........................................................35 Graduate Full-Time .................................................................36 External Courses Undergrad/Grad...................................................37 Final Examinations.............................................................................37 Foreign Language Requirement Undergraduate ...............................37 Good Standing ...................................................................................38 Grading..............................................................................................38 Incomplete and Deferred Grades ........................................................39 Pass/Fail Electives Undergraduate ....................................................39 Pass/Fail Electives Graduate.............................................................39 Grade Change ....................................................................................39 Graduation.........................................................................................40 Internal Transfers................................................................................40 Leave of Absence Undergraduate .....................................................40 Leave of Absence Graduate..............................................................40 Majors, Minors, and Concentrations ..................................................40 Overloads ...........................................................................................41 Readmission .......................................................................................41 Study Abroad Center for International Programs and Partnerships (CIPP).....................................................................41 Summer Courses Undergraduate .....................................................41 Summer Courses Graduate..............................................................41 Transcripts..........................................................................................42 Transfer of Credit Undergraduate ....................................................42 Transfer of Credit Graduate.............................................................42 University Degree Requirements Undergraduate .............................42 Withdrawal from a Course .................................................................42 Withdrawal from Boston College .......................................................42 University Awards and Honors ...........................................................42 Academic Resources........................................................................................6 Accreditation of the University .......................................................................6 Accounting. ................................................................................................290 Admission, Undergraduate ...........................................................................22 Admission-in-Transfer ........................................................................22 Admission from Secondary School .....................................................22 Advanced Placement ..........................................................................23 Application Procedures.......................................................................22 Date of Graduation ............................................................................23 Early Action .......................................................................................22 International Baccalaureate.................................................................24 International Student Admission. .......................................................24 Regular Freshman Admission .............................................................22 Residency Requirements.....................................................................23 Special Students..................................................................................23 Standardized Testing...........................................................................22 Transfer of Credit ...............................................................................22 Advanced Placement.....................................................................................23 Advancing Studies, Woods College of .........................................................341 AHANA .......................................................................................................23 American Studies ..........................................................................................47 Ancient Civilization......................................................................................47 Application Procedures .................................................................................22 Art and Performance.......................................................................................6 Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of ..........................................................50 Admission ..........................................................................................51 Doctoral Degree Programs .................................................................51 Fifth Year B.A./M.A. Program ............................................................51 Financial Aid ......................................................................................52 Masters Degree Programs...................................................................51 Special Students..................................................................................51 Arts and Sciences, Undergraduate College of ................................................46 American Studies................................................................................47 Ancient Civilization ...........................................................................47 Asian Studies ......................................................................................47 Bachelor of Arts-Master of Social Work Program................................50 Black Studies ......................................................................................47 Departmental Honors ........................................................................46 Departmental Minors.........................................................................46 East European Studies ........................................................................48 Environmental Studies .......................................................................48 Faith, Peace, and Justice Studies .........................................................48 Fifth Year B.A./M.A. ........................................................................ 50 Film Studies .......................................................................................48 German Studies..................................................................................48 Independent Major ............................................................................47 Interdisciplinary Programs..................................................................46 Interdisciplinary Minors .....................................................................47 International Studies ..........................................................................48 Irish Studies........................................................................................49 Latin American Studies ......................................................................49 Minors in the School of Education.....................................................50 Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies ....................................................49 Psychoanalytic Studies ........................................................................49 Scientific Computation ......................................................................49 Special Academic Programs ................................................................46 Womens Studies.................................................................................49 Arts and Sciences, Departments and Programs..............................................52 Biochemistry ......................................................................................52 Biology...............................................................................................53 Black Studies ......................................................................................63 Chemistry ..........................................................................................65 Classical Studies .................................................................................71 Communication .................................................................................74 Computer Science ..............................................................................80 Economics..........................................................................................86 English ...............................................................................................92 Fine Arts ..........................................................................................107 Geology and Geophysics ..................................................................117 German Studies................................................................................126 History.............................................................................................127 Honors Program...............................................................................144 International Studies ........................................................................146 Mathematics.....................................................................................148 Music ...............................................................................................154 Philosophy .......................................................................................160 Physics .............................................................................................170 Political Science................................................................................176 Psychology .......................................................................................183 Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry .....................192 Romance Languages and Literature ..................................................197 Slavic and Eastern Languages ...........................................................209 Sociology..........................................................................................215 Index

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