Catalog: Boston College 2006-2007 University Catalog | |
| receive its publications and are part of an informal network. There is a special ... concern with the needs of academic institutions in the developing ... countries of the Third World. Center activities include ... the publication of a quarterly newsletter dealing with the ... central concerns of higher education in an international ... ; a book series on higher education; the maintenance of an international ... database of administrators, policy makers, and ... researchers in the field of higher education; and sponsorship of an ... universities worldwide occasionally are in residence at the Center. CIHE works ... in conjunction with the Higher Education Program of the Lynch ... School. More information on the Center for International Higher ... | |
| . Students who entered BC prior to the fall of 2005 can demonstrate ... proficiency with a score of 3 or better on the AP exam or a score ... of 500 or better on the SAT subject reading exam in a modern ... language. By achieving a score of 4 or above on the AP test or a score of ... 600 or better on the SAT subject test in a classical ... a native language other than English. The student should provide documentation of ... native proficiency, or be tested by the appropriate department. By passing one ... of the language tests given by the Boston College language departments ( ... than Romance Language). Carroll School of Management students may demonstrate ... as follows: By successful completion of the course work for second semester ... | |
| and miscellaneous expenses, etc., are considered in the students budget. It ... also includes what resources (such as parental ... financial aid, student assets, etc.) are considered in the calculation of need ... . how much of the students financial need, as determined ... by the institution, has been met. Students ... also have the right to request an explanation of each ... type of aid, and the amount of each, in their financial aid award ... package. students receiving loans have the right to know what the interest rate is ... , the total amount that must be repaid, the length of time given to repay the loan ... provisions that apply. Students offered a Work-Study job have the right to know ... what kind of job it is, what hours are expected, what the duties will be, what ... | |
| The College of Arts and Sciences UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE ... OF ARTS AND SCIENCES The College of Arts and Sciences is the oldest and ... largest of the undergraduate colleges of the university. It offers either a ... Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree depending upon ... the major discipline and prepares its ... graduates for careers in a broad range of fields as well as graduate training in ... and academic disciplines. In the College of Arts and Sciences a students ... program consists of required Core courses, intensive study ... in a major field, and a choice of individual electives reflecting a ... interests. Core A modern version of the traditional Jesuit Ratio Studiorum, the ... | |
| Humanities is administered through the Lynch School of Education in ... cooperation with the Department of Classics. Requirements for the M.A. ... must complete thirty (30) credits of course work at the graduate level, of ... , with departmental permission, consist of a thesis tutorial. In addition, ... complete a departmental reading list of Latin and/or Greek authors, must ... demonstrate the ability to read a modern foreign ... must pass comprehensive examinations. The examinations will be written and oral. ... The written portion consisting of translation from the authors on the ... reading list and an essay on one of the passages translated. The oral consists ... of discussion with the faculty of a candidates course work in the history ... | |
| is broader in scope, and consists of a twohour oral examination usually on a ... one half hours long, explores a topical area in which the dissertation is likely to ... take place. All examinations are graded according to the University ... scale for graduate examinations. The Chairperson of the examining board ... submits the grade immediately and prepares, as soon ... as possible, a written evaluation of the examination for the student and the ... Departmental records. Other members of the board may also submit individual ... and Dissertation After completing the dissertation field exam, the student ... or her Dissertation Director describing the thesis topic and including a working ... bibliography. This prospectus will be then submitted to two additional faculty ... | |
| of fiction and poetry, they enable reflection on the tensions ... between biography and the creative process. And for us readers, ... they open up privileged access to the formation of the modern subject. Well ... examine how that very curious subject, the Irishman (and woman) was formed. Well ... study, of course, the fictionalized memoirs of major authors ... and well particularly observe questions of narratology, of gender, and of ... Irish for those with a basic knowledge of the language. Emphasis will be on ... developing the ability to read contemporary literature ... Modern Irish II (Spring: 3) A course in the reading of literary texts of all genres ... Celtic Heroic Age (Fall: 3) Fulfills the pre-1700 requirement. A survey of the ... | |
| dition. Writers might include some of the following: Plato, Sappho, Shakespeare, ... : Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory (Spring: 3) Course will focus on how to ... . We will begin by reading a series of well-known essays by authors such as ... , and Greenblatt. An accompanying set of exercises will enhance critical inquiry ... skills and will help with the formulation of research topics. Well ... for those planning to write a critical thesis, creative writers are welcome. ... Empire 1688-1832 (Spring: 3) Fulfills the pre-1900 requirement. This course looks ... at British literature in a period of imperial expansion and crisis. We will ... read literary texts from the late seventeenth century through the ... early nineteenth century with a range of questions regarding the relations of ... | |
| Requirement This course will illuminate the art of the so-called Dark Ages, from ... about 200 A.D. to around the year 1000 A.D. We will begin with the ... art of the waning classical world where, in ... addition to the burgeoning imagery of early Christianity, one finds the ... magico-religious art of the mystery cults of Cybele, Mithras and ... Isis. We will look at the art of Byzantium, as well as that of Celtic- ... Christian Ireland, and go on to a study of the Carolingian renaissance. The last ... part of the course will be devoted to the apocalyptic millennial art of tenth- ... Spain. Pamela Berger FA 222 Art of the Later Medieval World: Imagination and ... Requirement This course will look at the symbolism and the multiplicity of ... | |
| 094 Modern History I and II: Europe and the World (Fall/Spring: 3) Satisfies ... History Core Requirement HS 094 is offered first semester and HS 093 second ... semester. Because so much of modern history has been dominated by ... Europe, and because Europe pioneered the crucial historical processes that the ... on Europe. Nonetheless, it also traces the changing patterns of interaction and ... domination that have characterized the relationship between Europe and the non ... -European world. Thus it covers the startling economic, intellectual, ... that have come to shape not only the West but also the world as a whole. The ... first semester examines the period c. 1500-1800. The second ... semester examines the period c. 1800-present. The Department ... | |
| Cultural Diversity Core Requirement Offered Periodically Late Imperial China saw ... the development of vibrant popular and elite cultures, and ... tensions, and was punctuated by periods of severe economic and political crisis ... and by the ravages of war and natural catastrophe. The ... seventeenth century saw the collapse of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), rise of the ... Dynasty (1644-1911), and transition to the nineteenth century. This course will ... explore the dramatic changes of this period from a variety of ... perspectives, focusing on analysis of primary sources in translation. ... : 3) Prerequisites: Any two semesters of HS 001 through HS 094 Satisfies ... in Tokugawa Japan (1600-1868) through the early Meiji transition. Powerful ... | |
| the area of their major, under the direction of an advisor from their ... major department, but many like the challenge of working outside their own ... take part in integrative seminars where they will re-read certain key texts that ... they may have studied years earlier (Platos ... Republic, for example) as a way of coming to understand their own ... experience of college education. The aim is to encourage them as seniors to ... rise above the specialized viewpoint of their majors in order to grasp the ... among contemporary ways of thinking and the principles of value ... and behavior that have been guiding their development implicitly during their ... receive Honors Program designation in the commencement program and on their ... | |
| Honors normally include completion of the mathematics major, as listed above, ... together with these additional components: Completion of ... MT 695 Honors Seminar (offered in spring semester) or, with approval, ... substitution of an MT 499 Readings and Research course ... 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 the junior year, to formalize the program necessary to complete the major ... with the Honors designation. Minor in ... Mathematics The Mathematics minor requires completion ... of six (6) courses, as follows: Three (3) ... 3) elective courses, chosen from among the following: MT 216 Introduction to ... | |
| covered include: complex numbers and their properties, analytic functions and the ... Cauchy-Riemann equations, the logarithm and other elementary ... functions of a complex variable, integration of ... complex functions, the Cauchy integral theorem and its consequences, power series ... representation of analytic functions, the residue theorem and applications to ... Listed with CS 391 This course is about the mathematical theory of two-person ... elements. We examine a large number of such games, find out what mathematics ... winning strategies, and a little bit of what Computer Science can tell us about ... play such games well. Well also see how the same ideas can be used to construct ... numbers, then go back to the world of play and look at the (very different) ... | |
| (Fall: 3) Kierkegaard and Nietzsche are two of the most important thinkers of ... the nineteenth century and two leading ... thought. This course will study their lives and the dominant themes of their ... thought along the lines of Christian belief and Atheistic Humanism ... Aesthetics (Spring: 3) We will examine the relation between art and ethics in ... Kants Critique of Judgment, Schillers Letters on the ... Aesthetic Education of Man, Schlegels Fragments and Nietzsches ... Birth of Tragedy and Gay Science. We will attend ... particularly to the development by which the artist comes ... increasingly to be ascribed the role of moral paradigm. Vanessa P. Rumble PL ... 470 Philosophy of World Religions (Fall: 3) Prerequisite ... | |
| ethics, but also to a broader selection of issues addressed in classical and ... contemporary philosophy. The goal is to develop a more adequate ... understanding of what it means to be practically reasonable ... and of how practical reasonableness can be ... R. Madigan, S.J. PL 541 Philosophy of Health Science: East and West (Spring: ... Requirement This course will explore the underlying ethical suppositions of ... from concrete clinical problems such as the care of the elderly and the influence ... of technology, the course will attempt to draw out the ... philosophical assumptions of health care practice and show the ... necessity of an appropriate philosophical ... perspective in the resolution of day-to-day ethical dilemmas in health ... | |
| PO 421 The Politics of Northern Ireland, 1921-Present (Spring ... : 3) This course seeks to trace the political development of Northern ... Ireland from its creation in 1921 to the present, examining in particular the ... and movements that have shaped the political landscape of the six counties ... of historic Ulster that remain part of the United Kingdom. The focus of this ... course will be on the Troubles, 1968-present, with special ... attention given to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. There will ... also be a brief survey of the major political, economic, religious, ... and social developments in Ireland from the early 1600s to the late 1800s. Robert ... (Spring: 3) This course examines the theoretical and empirical literature on social ... | |
| Conducted in French. Offered Periodically This course will examine ... some of the fundamental literary, philosophical, ... and historical components of French Existentialism. It will examine ... the way that the major writers of this movement in twentiethcentury ... thought developed their ideas against the backdrop of Surrealism in literature, ... phenomenology in philosophy, and the historical upheavals of World War II. ... Of primary concern will be the manner in which the themes, concepts, ... and experiences of Meaninglessness, Engagement, Occupation ... , Resistance, and Liberation are confronted and rearticulated in the ... 511 Manzonis Promessi Sposi (Spring: 3) Offered Periodically Conducted in Italian. ... . Admitted by placement test, consent of instructor, or completion of RL 214 ( ... | |
| Diversity Core Requirement An overview of the modern and ancient cultures of the ... (Fall: 3) Cross Listed with EN 226 Offered Periodically Conducted entirely in ... English. The bilingual and bicultural achievement of ... Vladimir Nabokov. An examination of selected major works from Nabokovs ... , ethics, and metaphysics and issues of gender, sexuality, authorship and exile ... . Readings include Glory, The Defense, Invitation to a Beheading, The ... Cultural Diversity Core Requirement Offered Periodically An examination of how we ... power relations among social groups and of how individuals define personal ... through speech. Case studies include: the linguistic representation of social ... Americans and US language policy, the Ebonics controversy; and arguments for ... | |
| Graduate Course Offerings SL 390 Advanced Tutorial: Russian ... 3) May be repeated for credit. A course of directed study on Russian grammar and ... who have exhausted present course offerings or are doing thesis work on advanced ... topics.The precise subject matter is determined by ... arrangement and need. The Department SL 427 The Art and Craft of ... (Spring: 3) Prerequisite: Knowledge of a Classical, Germanic, Romance or ... Slavic language beyond the intermediate level. Cross Listed with ... EN 675, RL 899 Offered Periodically Permission of instructor ... required for undergraduates and in the cases of Hebrew, Yiddish and other ... translation as an art. Discussion of the history and theory of literary ... translation in the West and in Russia, but mainly practice ... | |
| crime. For each, we will discuss what theory best explains it and what might be an ... Requirement This can be taken as part of the Womens Studies minor. This course ... explores the formation, experience and change of ... include (1) gendered differences in the organization of power, kinship, ... and feminine social roles; (3) the impact of global economic and ... change on social constructions of gender; (4) gender, popular culture and ... the mass media; (5) gender equality and ... social justice. The Department SC 028 Love, Intimacy and ... Core Requirement May be taken as part of the Womens Studies minor. This course ... and anthropological sources included in theories of identity formation, marriage and ... family, and gender behavior. The course emphasizes analysis of intimate ... | |
| Undergraduate and Graduate Course Offerings SC 378 Introduction to Social Work ( ... : 3) Cross Listed with PS 600, SW 600 The purpose of this course is to give ... students an overview of the field of social work. Starting with a discussion ... of the history of social work and the relevance of values and ethics to the ... practice of social work, the course then takes up the generalist method of ... social work intervention. The course also examines the current ... and programs, issues, and trends of the major settings in which social work is ... practiced. The Department SC 422 Internships in ... /Spring: 3) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor Students are provided the ... field setting consistent with their career goals or academic interests. ... | |
| dialogue today; religious diversity in the Boston area. Each section brings the ... Sarah Moses Islam Tisha Rajendra Islam The Department TH 164 The Challenge of ... Peace (Spring: 3) Of special interest to International ... and Faith, Peace and Justice students. The Poet says peace and peacemaking are ... hard, hard almost as war. Then those who aspire to peace, need all the ... advantages they can marshal. Toward this end, the ... course presents the foundational ethical, theological and ... issues which bear on Peace Studies. These include origins of violence, the use of ... as well as interdisciplinary issues on the conditions, causes and ways of ... makes a distinctive contribution to the analysis of our contemporary crisis of ... | |
| TH 604 The Practice of Ministry with Youth and Young Adults: ... Course See course description under the Institute of Religious Education and ... Pastoral Ministry. The Department TH 609 Seminar in Latin ... (Spring: 3) Prerequisite: One year of classical or medieval Latin. ... Selections from St. Jerome read in the original Latin to illustrate his role ... a mediator between eastern and western theology. Margaret Schatkin TH 612 Seminar in ... De providentia Dei will be read in the original Greek with careful attention ... to patristic philology and theology. Margaret Schatkin TH 624 The Humanity ... of Jesus in the High Middle Ages (Spring: 3) A ... commonplace holds that interest in the humanity of Jesus surged markedly in ... medieval Europe around the turn of the twelfth century, inaugurating the ... | |
| children they work with are constructors of meaning. This course is ... designed for individuals beginning their professional development in education ... days per week, for graduate students in the following licensure programs: Early ... Special Needs, and Vision. Placements are made in selected area, international, ... out-of-state, or non-school sites. This course is ... for standard licensure. Apply to the Office of Professional Practicum Experiences ... during the semester preceding the placement: by March 15 for fall ... placements. Carol Pelletier ED 421 Theories of Instruction (Spring: 3) This ... provides an in-depth review of modern instructional models classified ... families with regard to perception of knowledge, the learner, curriculum, ... | |
| and industry analysis, and (2) the integrative application of knowledge ... gained from all of the management disciplines to solve actual ... with MK 161 See course description in the Marketing Department. John Westman MD ... will focus on aspects involved in the management of service operations within ... the pure service sector (financial service ... tourism, government, etc.) and within the service functions of manufacturing ( ... section to provide an overview of the role of services in the economy and ... within the functioning of various enterprises (to include ... government, not-for-profits, etc.), the following topics will be explored: ... design and delivery of services, measurement for productivity ... demand, quality management, redesign of service delivery processes, management ... | |
| Graduate Course Offerings MD 700-701 Economics (Fall/Spring: 2 or ... 3) The microeconomics is a fairly traditional ... treatment of price theory which develops an analytic framework of ... demand and supply. Upon this base, the implications of the various market ... structures are considered within the usual structure/conduct/perform ance ... implications. In macroeconomics, the variables of focus are interest rates, ... . Based on an initial backdrop of the naive aggregate supply and aggregate ... demand concept, the Keynesian and monetary models are ... trade, exchange rates, and balance of payments are also examined. The ... /Summer: 3) This course focuses on the analytical tools of statistics that are ... applicable to management practice. The course begins with descriptive ... | |
| : MB 021, MB 031, or permission of instructor In addition to providing an ... understanding of what makes the people side of organizations effective ... ineffective, this course gives students the opportunity to learn about various ... functions of personnel management. The development of programs to reduce ... coherent career tracks is critical to the success of companies competing in the ... international arena. Just as it would be unthinkable for a ... : MB 021, MB 031, or permission of instructor Knowledge about ... behavior and help managers protect themselves, employees, and the organization from ... illegal behavior. This course examines the management of organizational ethics ... issues within an environment of employment law. Objectives include ... | |
