Union College - Academic Catalog 209-2020

[Pages:521]UNION COLLEGE ACADEMIC CATALOG

2019-2020

Table of Contents

Catalog Home ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Accessing the On-line Academic Catalog .................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Downloading the Academic Catalog ............................................................................................................................................................................ 7

Academic Calendar 2019-2020 ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 FALL TERM 2019 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 WINTER TERM 2020.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 SPRING TERM 2020 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11

Mission Statement and General Information .................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Union College Mission Statement .............................................................................................................................................................................. 13 General Information ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 About Union College.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 A Brief History ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Presidents of Union College ................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 The College Grounds.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Further Information ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17

Admissions ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Application and Admission Procedures...................................................................................................................................................................... 18 International Students ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Transfer Students........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 19 Visiting Students ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 19 Admissions Timetable ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 20

Costs and Financial Aid.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20 Costs ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Withdrawal Deadlines, Refunds, and Obligations .................................................................................................................................................. 21 Fees......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Financial Aid .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 23 Applying for Financial Aid..................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Aid Awards............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 24 Disbursement of Aid............................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Annual Renewals .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Refunds................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Satisfactory Academic Progress ............................................................................................................................................................................. 24 Academic Eligibility for Federal Title IV Programs............................................................................................................................................... 24 New York State: Academic Eligibility Requirements ............................................................................................................................................ 25 Student Rights and Responsibilities........................................................................................................................................................................ 26 Financial Aid Programs .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Institutional Aid .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28

Student Life and Student Services .................................................................................................................................................................................. 29 Student Life ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 29 Residential Life....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 College Residences ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 29

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Student Activities ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 30 The Office of Religious and Spiritual Life ............................................................................................................................................................. 30 Athletics.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 31 Student Services ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Campus Safety........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 31 Counseling .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 32 International Advising Office ................................................................................................................................................................................. 32 Disability Services Office ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Health Services ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Stanley R. Becker Career Center ............................................................................................................................................................................ 33 Academic Program and Policies ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 The Academic Program .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 33 Degree Requirements.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 34 Academic Calendar and Enrollment Requirements ................................................................................................................................................ 34 The Common Curriculum (General Education)...................................................................................................................................................... 34 The Major ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35 The Minor............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35 Combined Degree Programs ................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 International Programs............................................................................................................................................................................................ 36 Academic Policies ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Registration for Courses ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Pass-Fail Option ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Attendance and Completion of Courses.................................................................................................................................................................. 37 Academic Standing................................................................................................................................................................................................. 38 Academic Honesty.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 39 Transfer Credit Policy............................................................................................................................................................................................. 39 Proficiency Examinations ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 40 Participation in Graduation ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Academic Honors and Recognition ........................................................................................................................................................................ 41 Academic Honor Societies...................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 College Policy Resources ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Students' Rights and Confidentiality of Student Records (FERPA)........................................................................................................................ 43 Student Right-to-Know Act .................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Academic Support and Services ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Academic Affairs........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 43 Academic Achievement Office................................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Academic Opportunity Program/Higher Education Opportunity Program ................................................................................................................. 44 Advising ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Disabilities.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 44 Health Professions Program ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Information Technology Services............................................................................................................................................................................... 45 Language Center......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 45

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Prelaw Advising ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 46 National Fellowships and Scholarships ...................................................................................................................................................................... 46 Permanent Collection and Mandeville Gallery ........................................................................................................................................................... 46 Registrar's Office ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 46 Schaffer Library.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 47 Undergraduate Research ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 47 Writing Center ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 47 Special Curricular Opportunities .................................................................................................................................................................................... 47 Scholars Program........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 47 Seward Interdisciplinary Fellows ............................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Community-based learning......................................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Independent Study ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Academic Credit for Internships................................................................................................................................................................................. 48 Cross Registration....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48

Hudson-Mohawk Association Consortium (HMAC).............................................................................................................................................. 48 New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium and the Cross Registration Initiative ....................................................................................................... 49 Part-Time Undergraduate Study ................................................................................................................................................................................. 49 Union University ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 50 Common Curriculum ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 50 Courses that Build Intellectual Foundations ............................................................................................................................................................... 50 Courses that Explore the Liberal Arts......................................................................................................................................................................... 51 Courses that Create Connections across Boundaries .................................................................................................................................................. 51 Writing Across the Curriculum................................................................................................................................................................................... 51 Divisions..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 52 Degrees Offered.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 53 Majors, Minors, and Other Programs ............................................................................................................................................................................. 55 Africana Studies ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 55 American Studies........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 60 Anthropology.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 68 Asian Studies .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 70 Astronomy .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 74 Common Curriculum (CC) Courses ........................................................................................................................................................................... 74 Course Selection Guidelines....................................................................................................................................................................................... 74 Biochemistry............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 78 Biomedical Engineering ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 80 Chemistry ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 86 Classics ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 93 Computer Engineering................................................................................................................................................................................................ 96 Computer Science..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 104 Data Analytics .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 108 Digital Media............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 109 Economics ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 110

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Electrical Engineering .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 114 Energy Studies.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 119 Engineering .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 120 English...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 121 Entrepreneurship....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 130 Environmental Science, Policy and Engineering ...................................................................................................................................................... 131 Ethics Across the Curriculum ................................................................................................................................................................................... 142 Film Studies.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 144 Gender, Sexuality, & Women's Studies .................................................................................................................................................................... 145 Geology .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 149 History ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 153 Interdepartmental...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 158 Interdisciplinary Studies ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 158 International Programs.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 158 Jewish Studies .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 163 Latin American and Caribbean Studies .................................................................................................................................................................... 164 Law and Humanities ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 167 3+3 Accelerated Law Program ................................................................................................................................................................................. 168 Leadership in Medicine/Health Care Management Program .................................................................................................................................... 169 Managerial Economics ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 172 Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)........................................................................................................................................................................... 174 Master of Business in Healthcare Management ........................................................................................................................................................ 175 Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Energy Systems .................................................................................... 176 Mathematics ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 176 Mechanical Engineering ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 179 Modern Languages and Literatures .......................................................................................................................................................................... 182 Music ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 187 Nanotechnology........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 190 Neuroscience ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 191 Organizing Theme .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 197 Philosophy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 198 Physics...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 204 Common Curriculum (CC) Courses ......................................................................................................................................................................... 204 Course Selection Guidelines..................................................................................................................................................................................... 204 Political Science ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 208 Psychology ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 215 Religious Studies ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 220 Russian and East European Studies .......................................................................................................................................................................... 227 Science, Medicine, and Technology in Culture ........................................................................................................................................................ 228 Sociology.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 240 Theatre & Dance....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 243 Visual Arts: Art History and Studio Fine Arts 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World Musics and Cultures ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 252 Course Listing .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 254

Art History................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 254 Accounting ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 260 Dance........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 260 Africana Studies ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 264 American Studies...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 265 Asian Studies ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 265 Music ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 266 Anthropology............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 272 Arabic ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 279 Astronomy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 280 Theater...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 282 Studio Arts................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 288 Biochemistry............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 296 Biological Sciences................................................................................................................................................................................................... 297 Biomedical Engineering ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 305 Chemistry ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 308 Chinese ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 311 Classics ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 314 Computer Science..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 319 Electrical Engineering .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 326 Economics ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 332 English...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 339 Environmental Science, Policy and Engineering ...................................................................................................................................................... 355 Engineering Science ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 359 Film Studies.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 359 First-Year Preceptorial.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 360 French ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 360 Geology .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 365 German ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 370 Greek ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 375 Gender, Sexuality, & Women's Studies.................................................................................................................................................................... 377 Biblical Hebrew........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 378 History ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 378 Interdepartmental...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 396 Integrated Math-Physics ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 397 Interdisciplinary........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 397 Italian........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 399 Japanese.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 399 Latin American and Caribbean Studies .................................................................................................................................................................... 401 Latin ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 402

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Mechanical Engineering ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 404 Modern Languages & Literatures ............................................................................................................................................................................. 409 Mathematics ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 409 Philosophy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 415 Physics...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 421 Portuguese ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 426 Political Science ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 426 Psychology ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 438 Russian and East European Studies .......................................................................................................................................................................... 446 Religious Studies ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 446 Russian ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 447 Scholars Program...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 450 Science, Medicine, and Technology in Culture ........................................................................................................................................................ 451 Sociology.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 451 Sophomore Research Seminar .................................................................................................................................................................................. 457 Spanish ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 457 Statistics.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 466 Prizes, Honors, and Scholarships.................................................................................................................................................................................. 467 Endowed and Annual Prizes ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 467 Special Awards and Prizes........................................................................................................................................................................................ 471 Endowed Scholarships.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 472 Albany Law School and Albany Medical College Scholarships............................................................................................................................... 497 Annual Scholarships ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 498 Fellowships............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 498 Directory....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 501 Officers of the College.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 501 The Faculty ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 502 Departmental Assistants and Technicians................................................................................................................................................................. 509 Endowed Professorships ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 509 The Administration................................................................................................................................................................................................... 510 Faculty and Administration Emeriti.......................................................................................................................................................................... 517

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Catalog Home

The Union College Academic Catalog describes the College's academic program, including the Common Curriculum and individual department and program majors, minors, and course offerings, as well as academic policies and regulations. The Academic Catalog also contains information about Union College, including life on campus as well as costs and financial aid.

Accessing the On-line Academic Catalog

This is the home page for the Online Academic Catalog, which provides the most up-to-date information about courses and programs. You can access sections of the Academic Catalog using the navigational tabs to the right. For example, for requirements of particular majors and minors, click on "Majors, Minors and other Programs" and for information about particular courses, click on "Course Listing."

Downloading the Academic Catalog

You can download the Academic Catalog in a pdf document. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION IS IN THE ONLINE VERSION. Union College 2019-2020 Academic Catalog The information in this Academic Catalog was prepared as of September 6, 2019. Provisions of this publication are not to be regarded as an irrevocable contract between the student and Union College. The College reserves the right to make changes in its course offerings, degree requirements, regulations and procedures, and fees and expenses as educational and financial considerations require. Union College does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religious belief, disability, sexual orientation, or national origin. The College's policy of nondiscrimination extends to all areas of college operations, including but not limited to admissions, student aid, athletics, employment, and educational programs. All the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded to all full-time matriculated students of the College are accorded on a nondiscriminatory basis.

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