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Undergraduate Catalog2020–21

TABLE OF CONTENTSBienen Minors . 34Programs & Centers Minors . 34Undergraduate . 6Transportation and Logistics Minor . 35Privacy & Disclosures . 9SoC Minors . 36Admission . 12McCormick Minors . 36Financial Aid . 16WCAS Minors . 36Financial Aid Application . 16Second Majors . 37Financial Aid Eligibility . 16Bienen Second Majors . 37Tuition & Payment . 18WCAS Second Majors . 37Tuition Benefit . 18Dual Graduate & Undergraduate Degrees . 38Withdrawal Refunds . 18Honors Program in Medical Education . 38Programs A-Z . 20Premedical Scholars Program . 39Requirements and Policies . 23Dual Bachelor's Degrees . 40Courses and Credit . 23BA/BS in Liberal Arts and Engineering . 40Enrollment . 24BA/BMus in Liberal Arts and Music . 40Exams and Attendance . 24BA/BS or BS/BS in Communication and Engineering . 41Withdrawal . 24BA/BMus, BS/BMus, BA/BAMus, or BS/BAMus in Communicationand Music . 41Grades . 25Graduation & Degrees . 26Graduation Honors . 27Student Status . 27Academic Standing . 27Disciplinary Actions . 28Returning to the University . 28Transcripts . 28Transfer Credit . 28Test Credit . 29Transfer Types . 29Undergraduate Registration Requirement . 29Additional Baccalaureate Options . 31Accelerated Bachelors . 31Certificates . 31Kellogg Certificates . 31Financial Economics Certificate . 31Managerial Analytics Certificate . 31McCormick Certificates . 32Medill Certificates . 32Programs & Centers Certificates . 32Leadership . 32Sustainability and Energy . 33SESP Certificates . 34Minors . 34BSED/BMus or BSED/BAMus in Education and Social Policy and inMusic . 42BS/BMus or BS/BAMus in Engineering and Music . 42BSJ/BMus in Journalism and Music . 42Study Outside Northwestern . 44Undergraduate Research . 45Special Programs & Courses . 46College Transition Programs . 46Innovation in News and Storytelling . 46Military Programs . 46Naval Science . 46Academic Calendar . 48Academic Integrity . 49Academic Support . 50Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music . 51Composition and Music Technology . 54Composition Major . 56Composition Minor . 56Music Technology Minor . 56Conducting and Ensembles . 56Jazz . 57Jazz Studies Major . 57Music Cognition . 58Music Core . 58

Music Education . 59Theatre Minor . 102Music Education Major . 60School of Education and Social Policy . 104Music Education Minor . 61Human Development in Context . 106Music Studies for Nonmajors . 61Human Development in Context Major . 107Music Technology . 63Learning and Organizational Change . 108Music Theory and Cognition . 63Learning and Organizational Change Major . 110Music Cognition Major . 63Learning Sciences . 111Music Cognition Minor . 64Learning Sciences Major . 113Music Theory Major . 64Secondary Teaching . 114Music Theory Minor . 64Social Policy . 120Musicology . 64Social Policy Major . 121Musicology Major . 66Summer Field Studies Program . 122Musicology Minor . 66Civic Engagement Certificate . 122Piano . 66Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science . 124Piano Major . 67Applied Mathematics . 129String Instruments . 68Biomedical Engineering . 129String Instruments Major . 69Biomedical Engineering Degree . 131Voice and Opera . 70Chemical Engineering . 132Voice and Opera Major . 70Chemical Engineering Degree . 134Winds and Percussion Instruments . 71Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering Minor . 135Winds and Percussion Instruments Major . 72Civil and Environmental Engineering . 136School of Communication . 73Civil Engineering Degree . 144Communication Sciences and Disorders . 77Environmental Engineering Degree . 144Human Communication Sciences Major . 78Architectural Engineering and Design Minor . 145Human Communication Sciences Minor . 79Environmental Engineering Minor . 145Communication Studies . 79Computer Engineering . 146Communication Studies Major . 83Computer Science . 146Dance . 84Computer Science Degree . 149General Communication . 84Computer Science Minor (McCormick School of Engineering). 151Human Communication Sciences . 84Performance Studies . 84Performance Studies Major . 86Performance Studies Minor . 87Radio/Television/Film . 87Film and Media Studies Minor . 89Radio/Television/Film Major . 90Sound Design Minor . 91Theatre . 91Dance Major . 97Dance Minor . 98Music Theatre Certificate . 99Theatre Major . 100Design Engineering (Engineering Design) . 152Electrical and Computer Engineering . 152Computer Engineering Degree . 156Electrical Engineering Degree . 158Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics . 159Applied Mathematics Degree . 160Environmental Engineering . 160Farley Center for Entrepreneurship . 160Entrepreneurship Minor . 161General Engineering . 162Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences . 164Industrial Engineering Degree . 166

Segal Design Institute . 167Biological Sciences Second Major for ISP Students . 222Manufacturing and Design Engineering Degree . 169Business Institutions . 222Segal Design Certificate . 169Business Institutions Minor . 222Materials Science and Engineering . 170Catholic Studies . 223Materials Science and Engineering Degree . 173Chemistry . 223Mechanical Engineering . 174Chemistry Major . 227Mechanical Engineering Degree . 177Chemistry Minor . 229Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated MarketingCommunications . 178Chemistry Second Major for ISP Students . 229Integrated Marketing Communications . 180Integrated Marketing Communications Certificate . 181Journalism . 181Journalism Degree . 185Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences . 186African American Studies . 191African American Studies Major . 194African American Studies Minor . 196African Studies . 196African Studies Adjunct Major . 197African Studies Minor . 197American Studies . 198American Studies Major . 198Anthropology . 198Anthropology Major . 201Anthropology Minor . 203Arabic . 204Art History . 204Art History Major . 206Art History Minor . 207Art Theory and Practice . 207Art Theory and Practice Major . 208Art Theory and Practice Minor . 208Asian American Studies . 208Chemistry BA/MS . 229Chicago Field Studies . 229Chinese . 230Classics . 230Classics Major . 233Classics Minor Concentrations . 234Cognitive Science . 234Cognitive Science Major . 235Cognitive Science Minor . 237Comparative Literary Studies . 237Comparative Literary Studies Major . 238World Literature Minor . 239Comparative Literary Studies BA/MA . 240Computer Science . 240Computer Science Major . 240Computer Science Minor (Weinberg College) . 242Computer Science Second Major for ISP Students . 243Computer Science BA/MS . 243Critical Theory . 243Critical Theory Minor . 244Data Science . 244Earth and Planetary Sciences . 244Earth and Planetary Sciences Major . 246Earth and Planetary Sciences Minor . 248Asian American Studies Major . 209Earth and Planetary Sciences Second Major for ISP Students. 248Asian American Studies Minor . 210Economics . 248Asian Languages and Cultures . 210Economics Major . 251Asian Languages and Cultures Major . 215Economics Minor . 252Asian Humanities Minor . 216Economics BA/MA . 252Advanced Asian Languages Minor . 216English . 253Astronomy . 216English and American Literature Major . 256Biological Sciences . 216Creative Writing Major . 257Biological Sciences Major . 220English and American Literature Minor . 257

Creative Writing Sequence-Based Minor . 257International Studies . 293Creative Writing Cross-Genre Minor . 258International Studies Adjunct Major . 294Environmental Policy and Culture . 258International Studies Minor . 295Environmental Policy and Culture Minor . 259Italian . 295Environmental Sciences . 259Japanese . 295Environmental Sciences Major . 260Jewish Studies . 295Environmental Sciences Second Major for ISP Students . 262Jewish Studies Major . 297Ethics and Civic Life . 262Hebrew Studies Minor . 298Brady Scholars Program . 262Jewish Studies Minor . 298First-Year Seminars . 262Korean . 298French and Italian . 262Latin . 298French Major . 267Latin American and Caribbean Studies . 298French Minor . 268Latin American and Caribbean Studies Minor . 298Italian Literature and Culture Major . 269Latina and Latino Studies . 299Italian Minor . 270Latina and Latino Studies Major . 300French BA/MA . 270Latina and Latino Studies Minor . 301Gender and Sexuality Studies . 270Legal Studies . 301Gender and Sexuality Studies Major . 272Legal Studies Major . 302Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor . 272Legal Studies Minor . 303General Liberal Arts . 272Linguistics . 303Geography . 273Linguistics Major . 305Geography Adjunct Major . 274Linguistics Minor . 305Geography Minor . 274Linguistics BA/MA . 305German . 274Materials Science . 306German Major . 278Materials Science Major . 306German Minor . 279Materials Science Minor . 307German Studies Minor . 279Materials Science Second Major for ISP Students . 308Business German Minor . 280Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences . 308Global Health Studies . 280MMSS Adjunct Major . 309Global Health Studies Adjunct Major . 281Mathematics . 310Global Health Studies Minor . 282Mathematics Major . 316Greek . 282Mathematics Minor . 318Hebrew . 282Mathematics Second Major for ISP Students . 318Hindi . 282Mathematics Second Major or Minor for MMSS Students . 318History . 282Middle East and North African Studies . 319History Major . 287Middle East and North African Studies Major . 322History Minor . 290Middle East and North African Studies Minor . 322Humanities . 290Molecular Biosciences . 323Humanities Minor . 292Native American and Indigenous Studies . 323Kaplan Humanities Scholars Program . 292Native American and Indigenous Studies Minor . 323Integrated Science . 292Neurobiology . 323Integrated Science Major . 293Neuroscience Major . 325

Neuroscience Second Major for ISP Students .

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