Catalog: Boston College 2006-2007 University Catalog | |
| official transcript(s) of all courses taken at other colleges and universities. ... candidates will be notified of action taken on their applications between May 1 and ... . For transfer students, courses taken during the summer prior to enrollment ... deans. College credit courses taken in high school with high school ... corresponding College Board AP exam is taken and a qualifying score is earned. Date ... , students will be allowed to make up their status and graduate with their ... Placement policies listed below will take affect with the class of 2011. All ... reserves the right to reevaluate and update the following policies at any time. ... . English Language exam are required to take one semester of the Literature Core ... English Literature exam are required to take one semester of the Writing Core ... | |
| manner the work that is agreed upon in accepting a Federal Work-Study job ... come to understand, appreciate, and act upon the uniqueness of Boston College as a ... and trained Orientation Leaders who are upper class students and peers. The ... who are interested in finding ways to take advantage of BCs intellectual, social, ... particularly on their first year ups and downs in regards to the topics of ... | |
| ; dishonesty in requests for make-up exams, for extensions of deadlines for ... that a faculty member is not living up to his or her responsibility to ... | |
| entitled, as a matter of right, to make up what was missed. The professor involved ... is free to decide whether a make-up will be allowed. A student who is ... shall not create an unreasonable burden upon the University. No fees will be charged ... doctoral comprehensive examination may take it once again not sooner than the ... . During the semester in which students take the comprehensive examinations, they ... . Registration for comprehensives will take place directly with the individual ... Masters Comprehensive Examination may take it only one more time. Students who ... | |
| be fulfilled by an appropriate course taken to fulfill another Core requirement, a ... Theological Institute (BTI) should pick up a cross registration petition in Lyons ... . Graduate Theology majors may take up to half of their courses through BTI. ... , sophomores, juniors, and seniors may take one elective course during each ... and only if the course they wish to take at BU will not be offered at any time ... , sophomores, juniors, and seniors may take one elective course during each ... the courses that the student has taken with the requirements of his or her ... | |
| . Carroll School of Management freshmen take Introduction to Ethics, a one-credit, ... and Lynch School of Education freshmen take a one-credit Professional Development ... summer school courses including those taken at Boston Colleges Summer Session. A ... better to receive credit for any course taken at another university. In some ... , as a matter of right, to a make-up examination except for serious illness ... for the same day are entitled to take a make-up exam at a later date during ... exam, this is the exam that is taken at the later date. In the Graduate ... | |
| or degree requirements that may have taken place during the period of absence. ... programs are not. Students wishing to take Core courses abroad should consult Core ... credit is reserved for courses taken at BC and approved by the Core ... , credit may be given for a course (taken in a non-western country) whose ... principal focus is upon that countrys culture, or for a course ... (taken in a western country) whose principal ... focus is upon the situation within that country of ... courses. Students may be permitted to take summer courses for enrichment or to ... make up for a past failure, withdrawal, or ... -time undergraduate schools. Courses taken at other institutions during the summer ... Office of Transfer Admission. Courses taken through the Boston College Summer ... accredited M.S.W. program may receive up to the equivalent of onehalf of the ... | |
| pursuing the minor are encouraged to take advantage of the partnership programs ... academic discipline, drawing upon almost every area in the Humanities and ... permission of one of the co-directors, take elective courses that will count toward ... requirement, students are encouraged to take as many courses as possible in biblical ... For additional information, or to sign up for the Minor in Jewish Studies, ... | |
| provide a stipend, and may include up to a full tuition scholarship, do not ... . However, all students are required to take two courses: BK 110 Introduction to ... | |
| and the emergence of protest movements up to the end of the Civil War. During the ... | |
| by the Admissions Committee may be made up in the graduate school. The Ph.D. ... , course requirements vary depending upon the candidates prior teaching ... in two parts, although they may be taken in reverse order, if necessary. The ... | |
| are occurring as the word communication takes on a broader meaning than it possessed ... variety of presentations with emphasis upon the strategic delivery of messages. ... information on the Internet, (3) set up web pages, and (4) analyze web pages ... | |
| . Therefore, students who wish to take more than one course in computer ... science will need to take CS 101 sometime. The skills needed to ... Record Exam (GRE) usually needs to be taken by the fall of their senior year. ... used heavily in the GRE, should be taken by the end of the junior year: CS 272 ... with MI 021 CSOM students should sign up for MI 021, a required course, during ... | |
| one-semester courses that should be taken in numerical order, Micro before Macro ... , although Macro can be taken first if necessary. It is possible to ... take only one of these courses, but the ... three of the five electives must be upper-level courses, i.e., courses with a theory ... meant to be structured. Students should take both EC 131 and EC 132 before taking ... than Statistics. Students normally take EC 131 before EC 132, although EC 132 ... may be taken first. Students taking Principles ... freshman year would usually take Micro Theory, Macro Theory, and one ... sophomore year would generally take Micro Theory, Macro Theory, and two ... junior year. Statistics should be taken as soon as possible, certainly no later ... precisely. Students who need to take an elective before completing a theory ... | |
| the Thesis sequence, honors students take three other electives, at least one of ... which must be an upper-level course. The distinction of Honors in ... Economics may only be conferred upon those students completing an Honors ... . GPA and the rigor of the courses taken will be considered. The conferral is ... . At least one elective must be an upper-level course. Finally, students should know ... area of concentration, are required to take Principles of Economics (EC 131-132) ... , at least one of which must be an upper-level course. Students with a serious ... on study-abroad courses are as follows: Up to two of the five electives that are ... and Sciences Economics major may be taken abroad. A S minors and CSOM Economics ... . Note that the restrictions on upper- versus lower-level electives apply to ... | |
| Department faculty. Students may not take courses through the Woods College of ... -year students, students should plan to take both courses during the first year. EN ... to the two Core courses, students must take ten courses from the departments ... . These courses are usually taken in sequence in the sophomore year. Both ... literature These courses may be taken at any time in the students major, but ... in American literature are advised to take American Literary History I as a ... . Students are reminded that courses taken through the Woods College of Advancing ... this way may count for English credit up to two courses taken in other ... . This concentration requires minors to take the requisite course in the minor, as ... | |
| a senior thesis are encouraged to take one of the Departments seminars during ... who desire a challenging, rigorous, and up-to-date academic program. Candidates pursuing ... | |
| Students may devote up to six of the required 30 credits to ... and May. The language exam may be taken at any time during the course of a ... the literary studies exam is ordinarily taken after all courses have been completed ... examination. The language exam may be taken in a wide range of languages and may be ... course with grades of B or above (taken within three years of the application ... modern Irish. Remaining credits may be taken in Irish Studies courses offered by ... of the course of study, students will take an oral examination, focusing on a ... . Course requirements vary depending upon the candidates prior teaching ... Four doctoral seminars are to be taken in consecutive semesters over the first ... . Ideally, students will have taken four to six courses in addition to the ... professionalization colloquium is taken in the third or fourth year. Language ... | |
| process. And for us readers, they open up privileged access to the formation of ... the various movements that make up what has come to be called the feminist ... History I (Fall: 3) Students need not take these courses in chronological order. ... | |
| English around the world. We will also take a historical approach to topics within ... : 3) This semester, well be taking up terms like British and Modernism and ... coming up with working definitions of our own, ... | |
| , among others. We will subsequently take on full-length studies, possibly ... Lacanian and Kristevan texts will make up our next segment, which will present ... appreciation of terms that we now take for granted, including discourse, ... | |
| , students are encouraged to take the Introduction to Film Art (FM 202) ... abroad. Normally, the student should take up to two (2) film studies courses ... of the co-directors, the student may take other courses where there are solid, ... Paris. These courses should ideally be taken in junior year, since the student ... student may study abroad. Often courses taken abroad are used as major electives. On ... courses in your area of concentration Up to two of the seven electives that are ... Arts and Sciences Studio major may be taken abroad. There are no restrictions on ... courses taken abroad, but it is recommended that they ... | |
| cases, valid techniques for clean-up exist but are cost prohibitive. Long ... packages with spatial data sets taken from across the disciplines including ... specific case study explanations or upgrades. Gail Kineke Graduate Course Offerings ... of coastal environments. This course takes a morphodynamic approach by studying ... | |
| minoring) in German, nearly all courses taken abroad will be accorded major (or minor ... and Conversation (i.e., at least four upper-level literature or culture courses) must be ... taken within the German Studies Department at ... writing. Graduate students must either take this course for credit or register as ... German. Graduate students must either take this course for credit or register as ... Corequisite: Students should be signed up for GM 001-002. This intensive one- ... | |
| must be taken at Boston College during the regular ... summer courses for credit only to make up deficiencies, so that even a course ... in history and concludes with two upper-division electives (numbered 200-699). In ... minoring in history are encouraged to take at least one course in non-Western ... this requirement, but students must take one course on the first half of the ... the same class for the entire year, but upon completion of the first half of one ... however, will students be permitted to take the courses out of order. The first ... junior year abroad. History majors may take as many as four courses abroad for ... (and a maximum of two courses for upper-division credit), although six history courses ( ... the Core), including HS 300, must be taken at Boston College during the regular ... | |
| last six credits earned for the degree, taken after the comprehensive exams, will be ... summer sessions, but are required to take a total of at least four courses (12 ... seven courses (twenty-one hours) can be taken in the major field. Major fields for ... history. The minor field is made up of a minimum of three courses (nine ... . Exam and Thesis: Students must take an oral comprehensive examination ... in Medieval Studies will be expected to take at least nine credits in Medieval ... | |
| . All graduate students are urged to take at least one colloquium each semester. ... history before 1850. The focus will be upon the development of a new post- ... in the field of American history up to Reconstruction. Lynn Lyerly HS 872 ... history. The focus will be largely upon social and economic history. Devin ... history. The topic will be one upon which the student and professor have ... | |
| . Students may choose, instead, to take part in integrative seminars where they ... in the Honors Program are required to take Western HP 001- HP 004 as freshmen and ... in the Honors Program are required to take Western Cultural Tradition I-IV (HP 001 ... first semester deals with the period up to World War II and focuses on both the ... | |
| requirement in mathematics, you may take a Core-level mathematics course at any ... , unless approved equivalents have been taken previously, their course work should ... the degree requirements, students may take some additional courses in or outside ... Test. Degree candidates draw up an overall plan of study with joint ... , unless approved equivalents have been taken previously, these required courses ... | |
| : Continued course. Students must sign up in the fall in order to register for ... to Intermediate For students who have taken a full semester of Beginner Tin Whistle ... | |
| , Verdi, and Wagner. This course will take excursions into other works the operas ... , and musical institutions that grew up in the nineteenth century, as ... | |
| Offered Biennially Hegels Phenomenology takes us from experience in its lowest form ... of the different shapes experience takes in the ascent to Spirit in its purest ... reciprocal influence of Christianity upon Greek thought. Margaret Schatkin PL ... all course requirements but have not taken comprehensive examinations. Also for ... masters students who have taken up to six credits of Thesis Seminar but ... | |
| this sequence, students are required to take eight more courses, with at least one ... II, usually taught in the spring, takes as its focus an understanding of the ... go directly from Fundamentals into upper-level electives. The courses taken beyond ... Fundamentals do not have to be taken in any particular order, and the course ... (PO 041 and PO 042), but students may take other introductory courses instead of ... Rules PO 041 and 042 need not be taken in the numerical sequence, although it ... coming late to the major will need to take PO 042 prior to PO 041. Students who ... have already taken one or more Political Science elective ... requirement. Students may transfer up to four courses (12 credits) from other ... | |
| , Psychology majors are not required to take any additional courses in mathematics ... introductory courses are required to take an additional 200-level psychology ... Proposal. They may also choose to sign up for an Independent Study course with ... in the Honors Program are required to take one additional upper-level course (500- ... PS 496), and the 500-level course, are taken in addition to the ten courses required ... | |
| or advanced placement test should sign up for an appropriate language course. ... Romance Languages and Literatures also take into account the presence of Hispanic ... abroad. RLL majors earn credit for up to three courses (nine credits) toward ... of study abroad, and credit for up to five courses (15 credits) in a year- ... and Literatures minors earn credit for up to two courses (six credits) toward ... their minor in a semester or up to three courses (nine credits) in a ... Hispanic Studies major while abroad to take at least one 600-level course each ... to BC. Hispanic Minors are required to take at least one 600-level course after ... Studies will evaluate the courses taken abroad and make a decision. No Romance ... not automatically granted for courses taken in the target language. Courses must ... | |
| examination, students are encouraged to take courses in all periods. Related ... may include in their doctoral program up to six credits earned in related ... | |
| satisfy the residence requirement. Upon completion of all course work and ... pass an oral comprehensive examination. Upon successful completion of an oral ... before it is officially approved. Upon approval, it will be distributed to the ... a maximum of nine credits for courses taken in languages/literatures other than the ... of the Graduate Studies Committee, up to six credits may be earned from ... related areas of study, or from courses taken at other institutions. Distribution ... student in the French M.A. Program must take at least one course from every area of ... : Hispanic Studies students must take a minimum of nine credits in Peninsular ... Studies are strongly encouraged to take RL 704, Explication de textes, and RL ... . Course requirements vary depending upon the candidates prior teaching ... | |
| French experience should also sign up for RL 011-012.) Emphasis is on ... are conducted in Spanish. May be taken concurrently with RL 017. This ... Spanish experience should also sign up for RL 017.) Emphasis is on building ... | |
| of requirements. A student may apply up to two courses (six credits) of ... | |
| as the political and cultural make up of the Middle East, the status of ... . A special practicum in Japanese which takes post-intermediate students to the heart ... ; and forms of courtesy. Makoto Takenaka SL 205 Tolstoy and Dostoevsky (in ... of and about the political and social upheavals of the twentieth century in Central and ... | |
| of social work, the course then takes up the generalist method of social work ... Program. Ordinarily, students will take this course during the spring of their ... | |
| of Theater Production I (which must be taken along with CT 145 Theater Production ... Production II (which must also be taken along with CT 150 Theater Production ... the major: Students must pick two (2) upper-level departmental Theater courses in theater ... 479. Students must also pick two (2) upper-level departmental courses in performance and ... students may select these courses based upon their interests and needs. As mentioned ... , students should be prepared to take between five and six Theater Production ... complete a major program, students must take twelve (12) three-credit courses plus ... in their first semester and plan to take CT 140 Elements of Theatrical ... Production I (which must be taken along with CT 145 Theater Production ... semester. Non-Majors Non-majors may take CT 060 Introduction to Theater to ... | |
| , including vocal and physical warm-ups to free the body and voice, ... I (Fall/Spring: 1) Corequisite: To be taken in conjunction with CT 140 or ... supervision. If approved, students may take the course for work as a performer in a ... rehearsal disciplines. It is built upon the foundation of skills and knowledge ... developed. A series of exercises will take the actor from simple improvisations to ... | |
| terminology. Classes include body warm-up, stretch and flexibility combinations, ... Stage Movement I (Fall: 3) Through warm-up exercises, discussion of design, time, ... , architect, and director, but it takes the story from the year 1642 to the ... of Acting Techniques I. It builds upon the foundation of Linklater voice and ... either CT 202 or CT 220 This course takes the basic acting skills for granted and ... | |
| continuing theological reflection upon his or her own tradition. It is this ... in this Area are thus prepared to take up a wide range of research projects, and ... examinations. Students may take the departmental translation ... Theology Core Requirement You must take both sections of Biblical Heritage (TH ... | |
| Word in light of soteriology, and take up such notions as hypostatic union, ... | |
| University Capstone Courses For up-to-date information on Capstone, including the ... learning ahead. The Capstone Seminars take seriously the struggle to integrate ... a senior or a second-semester junior to take the course. Students may take only one ... the major requirements if the student takes a seminar as cross-listed in the ... the following rule: No student may take more than one Capstone seminar during ... undergraduate years. Thus, you may not take two Capstone courses in one semester or ... | |
| Admission Admission may be deferred for up to one year or for those accepted to ... programs each year is dependent upon the number of deferred students who ... an English-speaking university, must take the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign ... all applicants to doctoral programs take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). ... of courses Non-Degree Students may take outside their degree program, no more ... program in the Lynch School. Courses taken as a Non-Degree Student may be applied ... | |
| 25 percent of the loan is forgiven upon graduation from the masters program and ... Minority Fellowships are renewable for up to five years of support, and carry ... accepts the affirmative duty to take positive steps to educate disabled ... | |
| undergraduate accounting majors must take additional courses to fulfill our ... and may be required to complete up to fifteen courses (45 credit hours). ... (18 credits each). Students must take at least two accounting-related ... in one full year of study. Students take four courses in the fall and spring ... , however, part-time students typically take two courses in the fall, spring, and ... | |
| may received equivalency credit for up to 12 credit hours. Students must have ... taking a waiver exam. The exam must be taken prior to the start of the students ... may be awarded equivalency credit for up to 3 courses or 12 credit hours. ... advanced standing credit for courses taken while enrolled in another graduate ... , all applicants are required to take the GMAT. The Admissions Committee ... | |
| such a background may be required to take additional courses. The GMAT or GRE is ... entering the program may be required to take additional courses. The GMAT or GRE is ... language is not English are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign ... materials. Ph.D. in Finance candidates, upon completion of any necessary ... remission and an annual stipend for up to four years of full-time study. In ... | |
| , jurisdiction, tax, financing start-ups, privacy, speech, defamation, content ... , at least one of which must be an upper level course Students with a serious ... in economics, however, are urged to take at least ten courses, the equivalent of ... area of concentration, are required to take Principles of Economics (EC 131 -132) ... | |
| . Students in the Honors Program must take MH 126 Business and Professional ... : 1) This is a one-credit sixth course taken during one semester of the freshman ... of the project are mutually agreed upon by the student, advisor, and the ... of the modern enterprise, making up the single largest portion of capital ... | |
| 021 Marketing Principles) students must take four courses for the Marketing ... Marketing Research should be taken in the spring semester, junior year. ... Applied Marketing Management should be taken in the senior year. The two additional ... courses may be taken from any of the following electives: ... in a career in marketing often take more than the minimum four courses in ... the individual study prior to signing up for the course. Information for Study ... abroad, Marketing majors must have taken the Core marketing course (MK 021). ... | |
| two years, students are required to take this intensive course for six credits ... Honors Program Students in this program take the entire liberal arts honors program ... masters degrees in five years. Students take graduate courses their senior year and ... Selected undergraduate students may take up to two masters courses as part of ... | |
| all course requirements, but have not taken comprehensive examinations. Also, for ... masters students (only) who have taken up to six credits of Thesis Seminar, but ... | |
| and ethics to its practice, the course takes up the various social work methods of ... | |
| individuality of the learners who make up our local educational community. This ... available to undergraduates who want to take credit classes without enrolling in a ... | |
| history resonates with the give and take of students, faculty, graduates, ... . At least eight of the courses must be taken within the Boston College ... required cluster unifying all courses. Up to two courses of comparable graduate ... | |
| three-week courses enable students to take two sequential semesters of a subject. ... required for their status may make up these deficiencies by passing a course ... | |
