Catalog: Boston College 2004-2005 Catalog | |
| THE UNIVERSITY: POLICIES AND PROCEDURES aid ... it is offering. However, it is Boston College policy ... that the student will receive primary benefit ... need and second, to reduce a portion of the self-help component (work or ... Federal Perkins Loan) of a financial aid award. Only after those ... or grant monies possibly be affected. The Federal Stafford Loan is reduced last. ... agency, department, etc., other than the Boston College Office of Student ... , etc., must be incorporated into the need-based package and can in fact ... need-based award. State scholarships are not considered outside aid and will ... generally be used to reduce the Boston College grant or scholarship ... assistance. Students participating in the International Study Program or Resident ... Assistant (RA) programs are encouraged to check with their ... | |
| FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE The Office of First Year Experience was created in ... 1990 as a response to the perceived needs of universities to ... orient and monitor more effectively the progress of first year and transfer ... . Research has strongly indicated that the initial experience and the first months ... of a students matriculation are pivotal to overall success in college. ... The First Year Experience concept at Boston ... has a dual focus. First, to introduce the new students to the resources of the ... University so that they might maximize the integration of their gifts and skills ... with the challenge afforded them at Boston College. Second, to assist in ... the inculturation process whereby these new students come to understand, ... | |
| THE UNIVERSITY: POLICIES AND PROCEDURES The Boston College Catalog 2004-2005 35 ... Attendance Students are expected to attend classes regularly, ... , and submit papers and other work at the times specified by the professor on the ... course syllabus. Students who are absent repeatedly from class or ... be evaluated by faculty responsible for the course to ascertain their ability to ... achieve the course objectives and to continue in ... the course. Professors may include, as part ... of the semesters grades, marks for the quality and quantity of the students ... . A student who is absent from class on the day of a previously announced ... examination including the final examination is not entitled, as a ... matter of right, to make up what was missed. The professor involved is ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 54 The Boston College Catalog 2004-2005 Janet Paluh, Assistant ... University; Post-Doc, University of California at Berkeley Gabor T. Marth ... Professor; B.S., M.S., University of Dhaka, (Bangladesh); Ph.D., Edinburgh ( ... McMaster University; Ph.D., University of British Columbia Robert J. Wolff, ... Monheimer, monheimr@bc.edu Director of Laboratories: Dr. Mariana Tran, mariana ... @bc.edu Assistant Director of Laboratories: Melanie Kutschke, ... : Noel Gillis, tc.biology@bc.edu Office Coordinator: Jenny Williamson ... Description B.A. and B.S. Degrees The department offers both Bachelor of ... Science and Bachelor of Arts degree programs in biology. The B. ... is well-suited for Biology majors who are interested in pursuing those aspects of ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog 2004-2005 73 Incoming students can ... taught on a regular basis. In Greek these include Homer, lyric poets, 5th century ... , Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes), the historians Herodotus and Thucydides, ... , and 4th century orators. In Latin they include Plautus and Terence, the late ... (Virgil, Horace, Elegy, and Ovid), the historians Livy and Tacitus, and the ... novel. The Departments of Philosophy, Theology, and Slavic and Eastern Languages also ... offer courses in relevant areas of the ancient world. Undergraduate Course ... Offerings Note: Future course offerings and courses offered on a periodic basis ... are listed on the World Wide Web at http://www.bc.edu/ ... /Spring: 3) This course will introduce the fundamentals of Latin grammar and ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog 2004-2005 97 Good Standing Candidates ... for the degree are expected to remain in good standing in ... with department guidelines set out for the timely completion of the degree. ... financial support and participation in the program depends on maintaining good ... standing. English for Foreign Students The Department offers a number of ... specialized courses of English language and literature for ... (SL 117-120). Undergraduate Course Offerings Note: Future course offerings and ... courses offered on a periodic basis are listed on the World Wide Web at http:// ... students with writing as a source of learning and a form of communication. ... which each student develops a portfolio of personal and academic writing, the ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 98 The Boston College Catalog 2004-2005 theory, sex roles, ... and essays by and about women. The course emphasizes participation and ... 131 Studies in Poetry (Fall/Spring: 3) The goals of the course are close reading ... of poetry, developing the students ability to ask questions which ... writing lucid interpretative papers. The Department EN 133 Narrative and ... introduces students to questions that they might bring to the study of narrative ... narrative poems. It aims to introduce the various critical frames through which ... we construct interpretations. As part of the process of reading, students will ... be introduced to common critical terms, the narrative genres, conventions, and ... discourses, the construction of character and the ways of representing ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 100 The Boston College Catalog 2004-2005 EN 320 ... writing in English, which emerges from the vibrant popular and high cultures of ... about English literature. Well set these texts in relation to the longer, more ... literary traditions in India and the canon of English literature to see how ... . Well familiarize ourselves with the local culture: myth and folklore, Hindi ... , art cinema, religious traditions and the media, English departments in India, ... and the influence of Western popular culture and TV. ... (Spring: 3) This course explores the dramatic transformations in literary ... practice during the first half of the twentieth century that are generally ... grouped under the rubric Modernism. Well focus on several ... different kinds of literary modernisms produced in the ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 122 The Boston College Catalog 2004-2005 earth ... courses in education, and six credits are for supervised internship teaching. For ... .S.T. degree program is required (since the internship is not necessary) of which ... at least five courses are in the earth sciences. The application ... procedures for the M.S.T. degree programs are the same as ... those for the M.S. degree program. Students seeking ... certification in Massachusetts are required to pass the Massachusetts ... Test. For further information on the M.S.T., please refer to Masters ... in Secondary Teaching section in the Lynch School of Education or call the ... Office of Graduate Admissions, Lynch School of ... -552-4214. M.S.T. Degree Requirements The five required courses in the earth ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 134 The Boston College Catalog 2004-2005 is ... life, riots, parades and clothing are engaged in as arenas of social ... interaction, acts of personal pleasures and sites of ... struggle. We will also explore what happens when a diversity of forces ... converge at the intersection of commerce and culture. Present day ... notions of popular culture, and common topics of ... HS 104 American Presidency (Fall: 3) Offered Biennially This course examines the ... single most important position of power in our political system, the men ... who shaped it, and the elections that placed them in that ... office. Although the course begins with the drafting of the Constitution, the focus ... is on the twentieth century. Mark Gelfand HS 107 ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 142 The Boston College Catalog 2004-2005 ... shaping the destiny of modern Ireland and intersecting with ... some of the major economic, political and cultural ... history. This course will examine the history of Irish transatlantic ... migration from the seventeenth century to the late ... : 3) Prerequisites: Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094 Offered ... open to students who have taken HS 259 The study of Americas physical being from ... colonial settling to the present, examining the changes made ... show a nation ecologically in turmoil. Areas and issues studied include clearing the ... land, the impact of urbanization and suburbanization, ... . Andrew Bunie HS 564 Goin to Chicago: The Great Migration and Urban Culture in ... | |
| HS 888 Interim Study (Fall/Spring: 0) The Department HS 997 Dissertation Workshop ... -resident students, who have finished their comprehensive examinations are required ... to enroll in the Dissertation Workshop. The Department ... Comprehensives (Fall/Spring: 0) The Department HS 999 Doctoral Continuation ... (Fall/Spring: 0) The Department The Honors Program Contacts Director of ... the Honors Program: Dr. Mark OConnor, 617- ... http://www.bc.edu/schools /cas/honors/ The Structure of the Honors Program All ... Boston College undergraduates are required to do an extensive Core ... curriculum in the humanities and the natural and social sciences. The Honors ... Program provides students with the opportunity to complete most of this ... Core in a four-year sequence of courses and academic challenges that ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog 2004-2005 149 Departmental Honors The ... Department offers to qualified Mathematics majors the ... program. Requirements for completion of the major with Honors include ... completion of the mathematics major, as listed above, ... together with: Completion of MT 695 Honors Seminar (normally offered ... in spring semester) Completion of two graduate level classes (numbered MT ... 800 or above) A grade point average of at least 3.0 in MT courses numbered 300 ... talk with his or her faculty advisor or the Chairperson no later than the beginning ... of his or her junior year, to formalize ... the program necessary to complete the major with the Honors designation. ... Minor in Mathematics The Mathematics minor requires completion ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 166 The Boston College Catalog 2004-2005 PL 435 ... Theory of the Novel (Fall: 3) Offered Biennially This course will consider ... the relationship between the production of literature and philosophy. Although ... do not intend to be philosophers, they do isolate and present a specific ... vision of reality. This course will concentrate ... on the philosophic vision presented in ... specific literary texts such as the following: One Hundred Years of ... Solitude, Crime and Punishment, The Sun Also Rises, Death in Venice, Light ... Bovary. In this course we will read the novels in relationship to selected ... texts from the history of Aesthetics in Philosophies of Art and ... Introduction to Western Moral Theory (Fall: 3) Offered Periodically The ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 188 The Boston College Catalog 2004-2005 brain ... mechanisms of reward and reinforcement; hormones and ... behavior; an introduction to the development of the nervous system; ... brain mechanisms of learning and memory; and brain ... mechanisms of emotion. Michael Numan PS 287 Learning ... : 3) This course examines fundamentals of learning theory. We will examine ... principles of classical and instrumental learning in ... animals and will discuss the human application of these principles ... in the home, classroom and clinical settings. ... stimulus-response tendencies or do they have expectations and cognitions? How ... will discuss recent findings regarding the brain mechanisms underlying simple ... learning. Jon Horvitz PS 300 Children of Color (Spring: 3) Prerequisite: PS 260 ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 214 The Boston College Catalog 2004-2005 SL 280 ... Society and National Identity in the Balkans (Spring: 3) Cross Listed with ... Cultural Diversity Core Requirement Offered Periodically An overview of ethnic, ... , and religious diversity among peoples of the Balkans (Albanians, Bosnians, ... , and gypsies {Roma}). It is a study of what constitutes the various parameters of ... culture, and social class. An analysis of the origins of nationalism, the ... emergence of nation-states, and contemporary ... nationalism as a source of instability and war in the Balkans will ... (Spring: 3) Cross Listed with EN 254 Offered Periodically All readings will be in ... translation This course will explore the encounter of Russian literature and ... | |
| AND SCIENCES Cross Listed with EN 675 Offered Periodically Conducted in English. ... Permission of instructor required for undergraduates ... and in the cases of other languages. Literary translation ... as an art. Some discussion of the history and theory of literary ... translation in the West and in Russia, but mainly practice ... SL 888 Interim Study (Fall/Spring: 0) The Department Sociology Faculty Severyn T ... Emeritus; A.B., A.M., Ph.D., University of Illinois John D. Donovan, Professor ... .B., Yale University; Ph.D., University of Chicago Lisa Dodson, Research ... College; A.M., Ph.D., University of Michigan Jeanne Guillemin, Professor; ... ; A.B., A.M., Ph.D., University of Michigan Lynda Lytle Holmstrom, ... ; A.B., A.M., Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley Stephen J. ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog 2004-2005 217 SC 003 Introductory ... basic concepts in social anthropology. These include traditional versus modern ... notions of the community, religion, economics and ... politics. Jeanne Guillemin The Department SC 008 Marriage and the ... Core Requirement May be taken as part of the Womens Studies Minor. This course ... analyzes sociological theories and research on the family with ... particular attention to (1) the family and the broader society; (2) ... and behavior; (3) comparisons of family life by gender, social class, ... and race; (4) the family and the life cycle; (5) contemporary ... alternatives to the good provider/cult of domesticity family common between 1830 ... Sociology (Fall: 3) Matt Gregory SC 021 The Question of Consumer Society: Shop Til ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES SC 491 Sociology of the Third World (Spring: 3) A sociological ... explanation of historical and contemporary events in ... America. This course ties together themes of social, political, and economic ... development. Emphasis is placed on the role of emerging institutions political ... , trade unions, armies, etc. in meeting the challenges of dependency and ... modernization. Post-modern approaches are also presented. Detailed case studies ... are drawn from Rwanda, Afghanistan, and ... SC 506 Seminar: Health, Gender, and the Body (Spring: 3) Graduate course also ... to advanced undergrads with permission of Instructor. This course was originally ... SC 605. This graduate seminar examines the field of health and illness, with ... emphasis on medicines role in gendering the body. It introduces students to classic ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES 238 The Boston College Catalog 2004-2005 sioned ... when both gods and goddesses are worshiped. Male deities are considered ... . Goddesses include Sri Laksmi, the great Goddess, Apirami, and Kali. ... Primarily theological and textual, the course also considers ritual and ... perspectives. For comparison, the cult of the Virgin Mary is examined in several ... Marian texts. Goal: to see what can be learned from respectfully, ... comparative proposals on gender and the divine. No prerequisite knowledge of ... Spring: 3) Cross Listed with IN 600 See Theology Department for registration approval. ... Preference to Theology and International Studies majors and ... minors. An examination of the role of religion in international politics and ... | |
| The Boston College Catalog 2004-2005 307 MANAGEMENT and aggregate ... demand concept, the Keynesian and monetary models are ... trade, exchange rates, and balance of payments are also examined. The ... ) See course description under MD 700. The Department MD 703 Computer Information ... and other managers who must resolve an often bewildering array of organizational, ... issues involving information systems. The Department MD 705 Statistics (Fall/ ... Spring/Summer: 3) The course begins with descriptive ... . In addition to basic concepts of estimation and hypothesis testing, the ... course includes coverage of topics such as analysis of variance and ... regression. The Department MD 707 Operations Management ... Spring/Summer: 3) Prerequisite: MD 705 The course focuses on decisions that ... | |
| The Boston College Catalog 2004-2005 311 MANAGEMENT Human ... Psychology (by permission of instructor) MB 648 Management of ... Technology Undergraduate Course Offerings Note: Future course offerings and ... courses offered on a periodic basis are listed on the World Wide Web at http:// ... (Fall/Spring: 3) As an introduction to the study of human behavior in ... an awareness and understanding of individual, interpersonal, group, and ... to explain and influence such events. The course deals with concepts that are ... applicable to institutions of any type; a central thrust of these ... concepts concerns the way institutions can become more ... adaptive and effective. The course is designed to help the student ... understand and influence the groups and organizations to which he/ ... | |
