The College

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Introduction
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North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
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Chicago considers students, employees, applicants for admission or employment,
and those seeking access to programs on the basis of individual merit. The
University, therefore, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex,
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Table of Contents
6 The Curriculum
23 Degree Program Worksheet
24 Liberal Education at Chicago
25 Academic Regulations and Procedures
26 Grading and Academic Status
29 Taking Courses
31 Earning a Degree
33 Registration
34 Academic Advising
36 Academic Integrity
37 Examination Credit and Transfer Credit
48 Programs of Study
50 Anthropology
126 Art History
146 Biological Chemistry
149 Biological Sciences
224 Chemistry
242 Cinema and Media Studies
255 Civilization Studies
271 Classical Studies
309 Comparative Human Development
337 Comparative Literature
361 Comparative Race and Ethics Studies
381 Computer Science
416 Early Christian Literature
418 East Asian Languages and Civilizations
454 Economics
486 English Language and Literature
520 Environmental Science
551 Environmental Studies
572 Fundamentals: Issues and Texts
602 Gender and Sexuality Studies
612 Geographical Studies
621 Geophysical Sciences
655 Germanic Studies
668 History
717 History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and
Medicine
737 Humanities
751 Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities
757 International Studies
767 Jewish Studies
782 Latin American Studies
791 Law, Letters, and Society
802 Linguistics
824 Mathematics
864 Medieval Studies
876 Music
896 Natural Sciences
900 Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
954 New Collegiate Division
956 Philosophy
983 Physical Sciences
993 Physics
1009 Political Science
1040 Psychology
1062 Public Policy Studies
1081 Religion and the Humanities
1084 Religious Studies
1095 Romance Languages and Literatures
1132 Russian Studies
1142 Slavic Languages and Literatures
1175 Social Sciences
1190 Sociology
1224 South Asian Languages and Civilizations
1260 Statistics
1295 Theater and Performance Studies
1315 Tutorial Studies
1317 Visual Arts
1350 Interdisciplinary Opportunities
1351 Astronomy and Astrophysics
1357 Big Problems
1372 Chicago Studies
1378 Computational Neuroscience
1382 Creative Writing
1405 Education
1411 Human Rights
1417 Joint Degree Programs
1420 Joint BS/MS in Chemistry
1421 Joint BA/MS or BS/MS in Computer Science
1422 Joint BA/MA in the Humanities
1425 Joint BA/MS or BS/MS in Mathematics
1426 Joint BA/MS or BS/MS in Statistics
1427 Joint BA/MA in Social Service Administration
1428 Joint BA/MAT in Urban Teaching
1429 Professional Option: Medicine
1430 Professional Option: Public Policy Studies
1431 International Relations
1433 Study Abroad
1437 Preparation for Professional Study
1446 Research Opportunities
1447 Index
6 The Curriculum
The Curriculum
The University of Chicago College curriculum has three components: general
education requirements, a major, and electives.
General education requirements, which are described below, consist of integrated,
often interdisciplinary, sequences. They cannot be replaced by other courses (except
in the sciences as indicated below) and they should be completed by the end of
the second year. Please note that substitutes for general education courses are
rarely approved (1) to accommodate a second major or a minor or (2) to avoid
curricular and scheduling conflicts that result from postponing general education
requirements until a student’s third or fourth year.
Majors are described in detail in the Programs of Study (p. 48) section of the
catalog.
Electives provide scope to a student’s work in the College. Students choose
electives to pursue interests, wherever they fall in the College catalog, that are not
covered by their general education sequences or their major. Depending on other
choices, electives comprise about one-third of the degree program.
Students choose courses across the curriculum in consultation with College
advisers and faculty counselors. Credit for forty-two quarter courses is required for
the undergraduate degree. Students may count each quarter course only once in the
degree program of forty-two courses.
General Education
Humanities, Civilization Studies, and the Arts (6 quarters)
An essential component of general education is learning how to appreciate
and analyze texts intellectually, historically, and aesthetically. Through this
general education requirement, students at Chicago learn how to interpret
literary, philosophical, and historical texts in depth; how to identify significant
intellectual problems posed by those texts; and how to discuss and write about them
perceptively and persuasively. They also learn how to study a visual or performing
art form. Finally, students learn how to study texts and art forms within a specific
cultural and chronological frame. Students may choose from many options to meet
these requirements.
Students take a total of six quarters in humanities and civilization studies,
selecting one of the following three options. The letters in parentheses refer to the
sections below.
1. A three-quarter humanities sequence (A); a two-quarter civilization studies
sequence (C); and one course in the dramatic, musical, and visual arts (B).
2. A three-quarter civilization studies sequence (C); a two-quarter humanities
sequence (A); and one course in the dramatic, musical, and visual arts (B).
3. A two-quarter humanities sequence (A); a two-quarter civilization studies
sequence (C); and two quarter courses in the dramatic, musical, and visual arts
(B).
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A. Interpretation of Historical, Literary, and Philosophical Texts
All humanities courses that meet general education requirements engage students
in the pleasure and challenge of humanistic works through the close reading of
a broad range of literary, historical, and philosophical texts. These are not survey
courses; rather, they work to establish methods for appreciating and analyzing the
meaning and power of exemplary texts. In combination with these courses, students
take HUMA 19100 Humanities Writing Seminars that introduce the analysis and
practice of expert academic writing.
The humanities sequences give students the opportunity to focus on a range of
issues and texts. All HUMA 10000-level sequences that meet general education
requirements are available as either a two-quarter sequence (Autumn, Winter) or as
a three-quarter sequence (Autumn, Winter, Spring). Once students begin a sequence,
they are expected to remain in the same sequence.
A three-quarter sequence in humanities is recommended for students who are
preparing for medical school or for law school. Students who are unable to complete
a three-quarter sequence in their first year should plan to take a writing-intensive
English course when their schedule allows. This English course, however, cannot be
applied to the general education humanities requirement.
NOTE: Students registered in any of the sequences below must attend the first and
second class sessions or their registration will be dropped.
HUMA Readings in World Literature I 300
11000-11100-11200 and Readings in World Literature II
and Readings in World Literature III
HUMA Philosophical Perspectives I 300
11500-11600-11700 and Philosophical Perspectives II
and Philosophical Perspectives III
HUMA Greek Thought and Literature I 300
12000-12100-12200 and Greek Thought and Literature II
and Greek Thought and Literature III
HUMA Human Being and Citizen I 300
12300-12400-12500 and Human Being and Citizen II
and Human Being and Citizen III
HUMA Introduction to the Humanities I 300
13500-13600-13700 and Introduction to the Humanities II
and Introduction to the Humanities III
HUMA Reading Cultures: Collection, Travel, Exchange I 300
14000-14100-14200 and Reading Cultures: Collection, Travel, Exchange II
and Reading Cultures: Collection, Travel, Exchange III
HUMA Media Aesthetics: Image, Text, Sound I 300
16000-16100-16200 and Media Aesthetics: Image, Text, Sound II
and Media Aesthetics: Image, Text, Sound III
HUMA Language and the Human I 300
17000-17100-17200 and Language and the Human II
and Language and the Human III
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B. Dramatic, Musical, and Visual Arts
These courses provide an introduction to methods for analyzing, comprehending,
and appreciating works of dramatic, musical, or visual art by examining their formal
vocabularies and how these vocabularies are used to create meaning. This objective
is met either by the intensive study of selected masterpieces or by producing
original works of art, drama, music, or performance.
The courses below are not specialized introductions to one single field or creative
practice, but instead are expressly designed to broadly investigate the arts through
study and practice. For that reason, only the courses on the list below can be used
to satisfy the general education requirement in the dramatic, musical, or visual arts.
NOTE: Substitutes will not be approved. Students with expertise in one particular
area of the arts should pursue course work in a different area.
ARTH 10100 Introduction to Art 100
ARTH 14000 through 16999. Art Surveys
ARTH 17000 through 18999. Art in Context
ARTV 10100 Visual Language: On Images 100
ARTV 10200 Visual Language: On Objects 100
ARTV 10300 Visual Language: On Time and Space 100
CRWR 12100 through 12199. Introduction to Genres or Reading As a Writer
MUSI 10100 Introduction to Western Art Music 100
MUSI 10200 Introduction to World Music 100
MUSI 10300 Introduction to Music: Materials and Design 100
MUSI 10400 Introduction to Music: Analysis and Criticism 100
TAPS 10100 Drama: Embodiment and Transformation 100
TAPS 10200 Acting Fundamentals 100
TAPS 10300 through 10699. Text and Performance
TAPS 28400 History and Theory of Drama I 100
TAPS 28401 History and Theory of Drama II 100
C. Civilization Studies
Each sequence provides an in-depth examination of the development and
accomplishments of one of the world’s great civilizations through direct encounters
with some of its most significant documents and monuments. Students who have
completed (or plan to complete) three quarters of a humanities sequence and one
quarter of the dramatic, musical, or visual arts and therefore need only two quarters
of civilization studies, may take any of the three-quarter sequences as a two-quarter
sequence. NOTE: Not all of the sequences that follow are offered every year; consult
departmental course listings.
CRES Colonizations I 300
24001-24002-24003 and Colonizations II
and Colonizations III
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EALC Introduction to the Civilizations of East Asia I 300
10800-10900-11000 and Introduction to the Civilizations of East Asia II
and Introduction to the Civilizations of East Asia III
GNSE 15002-15003 Gender and Sexuality in World Civilizations I 200
and Gender and Sexuality in World Civilizations II
HIPS Science, Culture, and Society in Western Civilization I 400
17300-17400-17501-17a5n0d2 Science, Culture, and Society in Western Civilization
II
and Science, Culture, and Society in Western Civilization
III: Medicine since the Renaissance
and Science, Culture, and Society in Western Civilization
+
IV: Modern Science
HIST 10101-10102 Introduction to African Civilization I 200
and Introduction to African Civilization II
HIST History of European Civilization I 300
13001-13002-13003 and History of European Civilization II
+
and History of European Civilization III
HIST History of Western Civilization I 300
13100-13200-13300 and History of Western Civilization II
and History of Western Civilization III
HIST America in World Civilization I 300
13500-13600-13700 and America in World Civilization II
and America in World Civilization III
HIST 13900-14000 Introduction to Russian Civilization I 200
and Introduction to Russian Civilization II
HIST Ancient Mediterranean World I 300
16700-16800-16900 and Ancient Mediterranean World II
and Ancient Mediterranean World III
JWSC Jewish History and Society I: Ancient Jerusalem 300
20001-20002-20003 and Jewish History and Society II: Jews in the Modern
World
and Jewish History and Society III: Narratives of
Assimilation
JWSC Jewish Thought and Literature I: Introduction to the 300
20004-20005-20006 Hebrew Bible
and Jewish Thought and Literature II: The Bible and
Archaeology
and Jewish Thought and Literature III: The Jewish
Interpretation of the Bible in the Middle Ages
LACS Introduction to Latin American Civilization I 300
16100-16200-16300 and Introduction to Latin American Civilization II
and Introduction to Latin American Civilization III
MUSI 12100-12200 Music in Western Civilization I: To 1750 200
and Music in Western Civilization II: 1750 to the Present
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NEHC Ancient Near Eastern History and Society I: Egypt 300
20001-20002-20003 and Ancient Near Eastern History and Society II:
Mesopotamia
and Ancient Near Eastern History and Society III:
Anatolia and Levant
NEHC Ancient Near Eastern Thought and Literature I: 300
20004-20005-20006 Mesopotamian Literature
and Ancient Near Eastern Thought and Literature II:
Anatolian Literature
and Ancient Near Eastern Thought and Literature III
NEHC Ancient Empires I: The Neo-Assyrian Empire 300
20011-20012-20013 and Ancient Empires II: The Ottoman Empire
and Ancient Empires III: The Egyptian Empire of the New
Kingdom
NEHC Semitic Languages Cultures and Civilizations I 300
20416-20417-20418 and Semitic Languages Cultures and Civilizations II
and Semitic Languages Cultures and Civilizations III
NEHC Islamic History and Society I: The Rise of Islam and the 300
20501-20502-20503 Caliphate
and Islamic History and Society II: The Middle Period
and Islamic History and Society III: The Modern Middle
East
NEHC Islamic Thought and Literature I 300
20601-20602-20603 and Islamic Thought and Literature II
and Islamic Thought and Literature III
SALC 20100-20200 Introduction to the Civilizations of South Asia I 200
and Introduction to the Civilizations of South Asia II
+ This notation indicates sequences with optional courses, and/or those providing
students a choice of courses that fulfill the sequence. Review the description for
more detail about sequence options and requirements.
Students may also complete their civilization studies requirement by participating
in one of the College’s study abroad programs listed below. For more information
about these programs, see the Study Abroad (p. 1433) section of this catalog or
visit study-abroad.uchicago.edu. Eligible Study Abroad programs include:
Rome: Antiquity to Baroque I-II-III
Western Mediterranean Civilization I-II-III
African Civilizations: Colonialism, Migration, Diaspora I-II-III
South Asian Civilizations in India I-II-III
China in East Asian Civilization I-II-III
Latin American Civilization in Oaxaca I-II-III
Vienna in Western Civilization I-II-III
European Civilization in Paris I-II-III