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Course Selection Guidebook [pdf] - College of William and Mary

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<strong>Course</strong> <strong>Selection</strong> <strong>Guidebook</strong> – Fall 2011in South Asia. Assignments include films, novels, memoirs, <strong>and</strong> travelogues. (For freshmen <strong>and</strong>sophomores with AP credit or exemption.)280. West Africa since 1800 (GER 4B) Fall <strong>and</strong> Spring (3,3) StaffExplores the survival <strong>of</strong> West Africans in ancient environments, subsequent challenges in trans-Saharan <strong>and</strong> Atlantic slave trade, colonial overrule, political independence, <strong>and</strong> ever-increasingglobalization as well as relocation to rural America in the early Atlantic era <strong>and</strong> eventually tocontemporary American cities. (Cross-listed with AFST 306) (For freshmen <strong>and</strong> sophomoreswith AP credit or exemption.Interdisciplinary StudiesThe curriculum <strong>of</strong> the Faculty <strong>of</strong> Arts <strong>and</strong> Sciences includes interdisciplinary majors. Under thisprogram, a student formulates an interdisciplinary major in consultation with a faculty advisor <strong>and</strong>the proposed major is submitted to the Committee on Interdisciplinary Studies for approval. Theresponsibility for formulating a sound academic program <strong>of</strong> interdisciplinary study lies with thestudent <strong>and</strong> the advisor. Normally, students pursuing an interdisciplinary major base their programupon a solid underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>of</strong> an established discipline. Programs for the more popularinterdisciplinary majors have been formulated <strong>and</strong> are listed below:Africana Studies (See page 22)Environmental Science/Studies (See page 37)Linguistics (See page 48)Literary & Cultural Studies (See page 49)Medieval & Renaissance Studies (See page 53)Neuroscience (See page 61)Women’s Studies (See page 71)Applications for interdisciplinary majors must be submitted to the Interdisciplinary StudyCommittee before the beginning <strong>of</strong> preregistration for the first semester <strong>of</strong> the student’s senioryear.Requirements have been established for the following interdisciplinary minors:Africana StudiesBiochemistryEnvironmental Science <strong>and</strong> PolicyFilm StudiesItalian StudiesJudaic StudiesLinguisticsLiterary <strong>and</strong> Cultural StudiesMedieval <strong>and</strong> Renaissance StudiesWomen’s StudiesNote that self-designed minors are not available.Application forms <strong>and</strong> detailed information concerning interdisciplinary study are available on theCharles Center website, web.wm.edu/charlescenter.50

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