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6/ The Academic Program The Vice President for Academic ... Affairs and Dean of the College oversees the academic ... program at Holy Cross. The Dean is assisted by the Associate Deans of the College, ... Deans, the Registrar, the Director of Academic Services Learning Resources, and ... advisors from special academic programs. The Class Deans are ... responsible for monitoring the academic progress of students in their ... respective classes and for coordinating the Collegefs ... academic advising program. The Registrarfs Office ... , processing transcript requests, and classroom management. The office also ...

7 The Arts and Literature The Arts and Literature are concerned with the study ... of aesthetic forms as expressions of meaning, as vehicles for exploring the ... nature of reality, as sources of beauty, and as objects of knowledge and ... critical scrutiny. In studying the arts the visual arts, music, theatre, dance ... , and film there is the opportunity to ... explore ways of knowing and universes of expression beyond the essentially ... cognitive or discursive. A distinctive feature of the arts is the ... relationship between form and content: meaning is conveyed by both ... the medium and the subject matter of the work. Central to the study of the ...

12/ Student Attendance at Class Students registered in a course ... are expected to attend class regularly and to fulfill all obligations of the ... course as outlined by the professor. During the ... first week of the semester, professors generally ... announce, orally or by distributed outlines, the ... course requirements and methods of evaluation, including their policy on ... attendance and class participation. If this ... , students should request it. In cases of unforeseen absence (e.g., because of ... students should contact the professor as soon as they are able. Arrangements for ... foreseen absences (e.g., participation in college- ...

382 Washington Internship Fall, spring An internship (four days per week) with a ... Government office, a lobby group, a museum, a federal agency, or other ... Washington-based organizations offering a well-supervised position requiring ... initiative and responsibility. One-and-a-half units. DCSP 383 Washington Research ... Fall, spring A research project culminating in a ... ). Each intern, in consultation with an on-campus faculty sponsor, chooses a ... studentfs internship responsibilities and useful to the Washington agency which ... serves as the site for the internship. The intern ... is expected to make good use of the resources of his/her agency and of ...

own writing, which is examined in class and in conference with the instructor. ... One unit. English 120 Critical Reading and Writing: Poetry Fall, spring ... Identifies and examines prosodic and figurative elements of poetry as well ... as the historical context of poems of various periods, authors, and kinds. ... falls on the studentfs production of critical essays, which logically ... organize and persuasively present responses to the ... poems from a close reading. Required of all English majors. One unit. English ... 121 Critical Reading and Writing: Fiction Fall, The topics are ... the elements of fiction: narrative structures, various ...

97 History 296 Colonial Latin America Fall Provides an introduction to Latin ... American history from pre-Columbian to modern ... native cultures, the conquest of the New World, the creation of colonial ... societies in the Americas, race, gender and class relations, the ... functioning of the imperial system, the formation of a ... peasant communities, and the wars of independence. Fulfills non-Western and ... the major. One unit. History 297 Latin America Since Independence Spring Surveys the ... history of 19th- and 20th-century Latin America, focusing on six countries. Topics ... include the formation of nation-states, the role of the military ...

.D., Professor Jeffrey Bloechl, Ph.D., Associate Professor Lawrence E. Cahoone, Ph.D., ... Associate Professor Predrag Cicovacki, Ph.D., ... Christopher A. Dustin, Ph.D., Associate Professor William E. Stempsey, S.J., M ... .D., Ph.D., Associate Professor and Acting Chair Karsten R. Stueber, Ph.D., ... Jeffrey A. Bernstein, Ph.D., Shelby T. Weitzel, Ph ... .D., May Sim, Ph.D., Visiting Associate Professor Maria Granik, Ph.D., James ... is concerned with fundamental questions about the nature of reality; the foundations ... of science, ethics and art; and the nature and scope of human knowledge ... . Philosophy is actually the meeting place for all disciplines, ...

140/ Philosophy 204 Ethics Annually A study of moral philosophy with a ... twofold aim: (1) to give students an appreciation of the important historical and ... ; (2) to help students to think, write and speak clearly about important moral ... issues of our time. Examines both the thought of ... important Western philosophers such as Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, and John Stuart Mill, ... and topics of contemporary concern in personal and ... ethics. One unit. Philosophy 205 Ethics and the Natural World Alternate years ... gEnvironmental ethicsh poses a philosophical as well as a personal ...

142/ debate about controversial issues. Aim is to help students think, speak, and ... write clearly about these issues. Discusses moral ... justification and an overview of several types of ethical theory. ... Considers such issues as the physician-patient relationship, ... truth-telling and confidentiality, informed consent, ... reproductive technologies, abortion, the right to die, euthanasia and ... assisted suicide, the AIDS epidemic, human genetics, and justice ... in the distribution of health care. One unit. Philosophy 254 ... Philosophy East and West Alternate years By exploring Greek texts from the ... the Sanscrit Upanishads, this course attempts to reveal the common metaphysical root ...

164/ functions in the major. Included are courses that advance a studentfs ... understanding of a fundamental area (e.g., Biological Basis of Mental ... Disorders), courses that integrate across fundamental areas within psychology (e. ... other disciplines (e.g., Neuroanatomy and Behavior), or courses that study ... applications of psychology to real world problems (e.g ... ., Clinical Psychology, Drugs of Abuse, or Health Psychology). Additionally, ... all majors must fulfill the common ... in the social sciences by taking at least one social science course outside ... the common requirement in the natural and mathematical sciences by taking at ...

199 An exploratory approach to the next level of understanding ... digital imaging in the fine arts. Learn advanced imaging principles and tool techniques ... to generate then manipulate images and text using the latest versions of ... Illustrator, Painter, Photoshop and QuarkXpress. Emphasis on combining ... to (hyper) realize your concepts and visions. Prerequisite: Intro to Digital ... Imaging or permission. One unit. Visual Arts Studio 210 Printmaking 1 Alternate ... years Printmaking is another form of drawing, with its own range of marks, ... textures and surfaces. This course introduces relief ...