Physiology is the field of biology that deals with function in living organisms. The academic foundation of the department is the knowledge of how humans and animals function at the level of genes, cells, organs, and systems. Our multidisciplinary curriculum requires students to take foundational courses in anatomy, biochemistry, mathematics, physics, physiology, and statistics.

Admission to the distributed studies track requires completion of 60 credits or more and permission from the dean’s office. The distributed studies track is intended for students who have accumulated a significant number of credit hours toward the completion of one or more majors and are not eligible to continue in those majors. 

An individually structured track also is available in the distributed studies program. Students pursuing the individually structured track must write and defend a thesis based on original scholarly or creative work.

The Comparative Literature Graduate Program enables students to study the production, reception, and interpretation of written texts and related media from a comprehensive perspective involving at least two national literatures. Comparative literature has long crossed national linguistic frontiers. The discipline today questions the very basis of such boundaries, exploring the construction of national literatures, languages, and traditions and, insofar as this can be read in and out of verbal and other media, of nations and national consciousness itself.

Course codes for this program are: ARCH and ENVD. 

The bachelor of arts in communication provides analytic work from both humanistic and social-scientific perspectives, and practical work to improve communication performance in various kinds of situations.

The undergraduate degree in communication emphasizes knowledge and awareness of:

The Institute of Cognitive Science offers academic programs for both graduate and undergraduate students. Cognitive science is the study of human knowledge, of which one aspect is the study of how knowledge is acquired, stored, and represented in the mind, including the mind’s underlying biological mechanisms. Another aspect of cognitive science concerns how knowledge is understood, remembered, communicated, and used in the performance of activities, including the acquisition and application of skills and information.

Through consultation with the undergraduate advisor, the bachelor’s degree in classics is tailored to the student’s interests in the field. Major and minor programs can be arranged with a concentration in either Latin or Greek or a combination of the two, with a focus on classical literature, culture, and thought (including mythology, literature, philosophy, religion, art, archaeology, and history) or with a particular emphasis on classical history, art, and archaeology.