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Arts, Sciences, and Engineering 2010-2011 Bulletin - USS at Tufts

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CO L L E G E O F L I B E R A L A R TS >spring semester, will provide a forum <strong>at</strong> which theparticipants in the minor will discuss their workwith others interested in the same general area <strong>and</strong>share the views <strong>and</strong> insights gained by particip<strong>at</strong>ionin the particular minor program.Students may submit a Declar<strong>at</strong>ion of Minorform to the Center for Interdisciplinary Studiesonly after they have declared a major concentr<strong>at</strong>ion.At the completion of their minor program,students must submit a Minor Certific<strong>at</strong>ion form,bearing the sign<strong>at</strong>ures of the faculty coordin<strong>at</strong>or ofthe minor <strong>and</strong> of the two or more faculty membersinvolved in the evalu<strong>at</strong>ion of their project, the titleof the project, <strong>and</strong> a list of the five courses taken.The approved interdisciplinary minor programs are:Africa in the New WorldAsian StudiesCognitive <strong>and</strong> Brain <strong>Sciences</strong>Film StudiesJudaic StudiesL<strong>at</strong>in American StudiesL<strong>at</strong>ino StudiesLeadership StudiesMass Communic<strong>at</strong>ions <strong>and</strong> Media StudiesMedieval StudiesMultimedia <strong>Arts</strong>Urban StudiesWomen’s StudiesSee the alphabetical listings in this bulletin for adescription of these programs <strong>and</strong> the name of thefaculty coordin<strong>at</strong>or, who in each case can providemore inform<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>and</strong> an upd<strong>at</strong>ed list of approvedcourses.Pre-m<strong>at</strong>ricul<strong>at</strong>ion CreditsPre-m<strong>at</strong>ricul<strong>at</strong>ion credits are defined as creditsearned from certain scores on AdvancedPlacement <strong>and</strong> SATII examin<strong>at</strong>ions, scores onexamin<strong>at</strong>ions of certain intern<strong>at</strong>ional diplomas, aswell as credits earned from college courses takenprior to m<strong>at</strong>ricul<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>at</strong> <strong>Tufts</strong>. These scores <strong>and</strong>their equivalencies have been determined by theindividual departments <strong>and</strong> are listed below. Prem<strong>at</strong>ricul<strong>at</strong>ioncredits are tre<strong>at</strong>ed as regular coursecredits, but are not normally applied toward theconcentr<strong>at</strong>ion. These credits may be accepted inpartial s<strong>at</strong>isfaction of the found<strong>at</strong>ion requirements.They also may count toward one of the two creditsrequired in each distribution area. If the studentchooses to take a course th<strong>at</strong> is equivalent to a prem<strong>at</strong>ricul<strong>at</strong>ioncredit received <strong>and</strong> passes, then thepre-m<strong>at</strong>ricul<strong>at</strong>ion credit will be removed from thestudent’s record. Students do not need to take thenext level course in order to keep the pre-m<strong>at</strong>ricul<strong>at</strong>ioncredit (except where st<strong>at</strong>ed). Liberal arts studentsare limited to five pre-m<strong>at</strong>ricul<strong>at</strong>ion creditstoward their degree. Credits earned prior to m<strong>at</strong>ricul<strong>at</strong>ionvia <strong>Tufts</strong> summer session are not includedin this limit. Students with more than five eligiblecredits will be awarded five credits by the registrar.If they wish to make any changes, they may do soby completing the appropri<strong>at</strong>e form underStudent Forms <strong>at</strong> http://uss.tufts.edu/stuServ.Students receiving five pre-m<strong>at</strong>ricul<strong>at</strong>ion creditswill be allowed to gradu<strong>at</strong>e in seven semestersinstead of eight; however, this advanced st<strong>and</strong>ingwill not be inst<strong>at</strong>ed until the student completesfour semesters <strong>at</strong> <strong>Tufts</strong>.Secondary school students who have takencollege courses should consult the appropri<strong>at</strong>edepartments regarding their placement <strong>and</strong> thepossible award of credits. Credit is awarded onlyfor courses taken <strong>at</strong> a college with regularlyenrolled college students. Some colleges offer theircourses <strong>at</strong> nearby secondary schools for classescomposed entirely of secondary school students;credit is not awarded for these courses.Please note: Health professions gradu<strong>at</strong>e programs,such as medical <strong>and</strong> dental schools, will generallyexpect actual college science courses with labor<strong>at</strong>ory onthe transcript.Advanced PlacementArt History <strong>and</strong> Studio Art5: Exemption from FAH 0001 <strong>and</strong> 0002; nocredit.Biology5: Consult department regarding placement; normally,placement will be in Biology 13 or 14; onecourse credit which may count toward the major.Students who take both Biology 13 <strong>and</strong> 14 willnot also be awarded pre-m<strong>at</strong>ricul<strong>at</strong>ion credit.Chemistry5: Placement into Chemistry 31 or 51; two creditsawarded.Chinese5: Exemption from the basic language requirement(part 1); placement into Chinese 22. One credit17

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