New for 2024-25

Updates to Department/Program Names

• The Cinema Studies Program is now the Cinema and Media Department .
• The Creative Writing Program is now the Creative Writing Department .

New Programs

• ​Communication Studies Major  
• Finance Minor  
• Musicology Minor  
• Neuroscience Minor  
• Recording Arts and Production Major  

Revised Programs

• Biochemistry Major  
• Biology Major  
• Cinema and Media Major  
• Comparative American Studies Major  
• Creative Writing Major  
• Creative Writing Minor  
• German Major  
• History Major  
• Music Minor  
• Musical Studies Major 
• Neuroscience Major  
• Statistical Modeling Minor  
• Theater Major  
• Theater Minor  

New Course Attributes

• Undergraduate Research Intensive (URI)
  • Courses with the new pedagogical course attribute URI offer students the opportunity to engage in research while receiving course credit and are often incorporated into the formal curriculum of their major. Students should expect URI courses to provide exposure to how knowledge is produced in their discipline and experience with the methodology that produces this knowledge.
     See a list of courses with the URI attribute.  

New Course Types

• Cinema and Media (CIME)
• Musicology (MUSY)
• Recording Arts and Production (RAPR)

New Courses

View new courses for 2024-25.