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1The UniversityNorthwestern University provides opportunities ofthe highest caliber for intellectual, personal, and professional growth. Its wide-ranging academic offeringsare enhanced by a highly collaborative and flexibleenvironment and by the richness of Chicago. Througha combination of close interschool cooperation and aflexible academic calendar, both undergraduate andgraduate students and faculty are able to customizeeducation and research across disciplines. Northwestern is a place where faculty work closely with studentsand each other and where students at all levels interactas part of an innovative and technologically sophisticated learning community.Northwestern’s emphasis on effective communication, regardless of field of study, fosters the abilityto think analytically and write and speak clearly andpersuasively. The result is that Northwestern graduates are exceptionally well prepared for academic andcareer success and become leaders in their fields.The University’s locations in Evanston, the firstsuburb north of Chicago, and in Chicago provide outstanding intellectual, professional, social, and culturalopportunities in beautiful settings on the shore ofLake Michigan.The Undergraduate ExperienceNorthwestern provides an educational and extracurricular environment that enables students tobecome accomplished individuals and responsiblecitizens. Its alumni feel confident exploring a widerange of subjects and experiences, in school andbeyond, regardless of their majors. Northwesternbelieves that students should not invest themselves sofully in one area that they’re afraid to risk exploringunfamiliar academic disciplines. About 20 to 25 percent of freshmen enroll with a prospective major of“undecided”; many more change their minds andtheir majors before they graduate; and 25 percent ofthem transfer from one of Northwestern’s undergraduate schools to another. Students frequently pursuetwo majors or even two degrees at the same time, andenterprising students, with their deans’ permission,occasionally construct their own majors or programsof study.At the heart of a Northwestern education is thebelief that a solid foundation in the liberal arts isessential, regardless of one’s future plans. All studentsin the six undergraduate schools take courses inscience, mathematics and technology, individual andsocial behavior, historical studies, the humanities, andfine arts. In addition to the traditional components ofundergraduate education — general requirements andadvanced work in the major — Northwestern pridesitself on making unusual academic opportunities available. Students also are encouraged to pursue independent study, internships, research, and study abroad.At least 30 percent of Northwestern’s undergraduatesengage in internships, practicums, paid cooperativeeducation programs, applied research, and other offcampus experiences, often for academic credit.Underpinning the breadth of a Northwesterneducation is the quarter system, which gives studentsthe opportunity to take more courses than they wouldunder a traditional semester system. Undergraduatestypically take 4 courses each quarter and 12 coursesin an academic year.In both its academic and extracurricular programs,Northwestern encourages students to obtain a broadunderstanding of the world in which they live and tocultivate the habits of critical inquiry, creativity, andreflection that characterize the educated person. TheUniversity places particular value on being able to communicate effectively, to interpret the developments inscience and technology that shape our changing world,and to use the techniques of quantitative analysis thatare necessary to effective professional and social life.One of Northwestern’s strongest traditions is theenergetic involvement of its undergraduates in campuslife, a tradition that often leads them beyond the campus itself. Northwestern is a major force in the economic, social, and cultural life of Evanston, Chicago,and nearby communities. Each year Northwesternstudents, faculty, and staff provide thousands of hoursof volunteer service to the community.

2Student Demographics A Historical Overview Accreditation Schools and DivisionsStudent DemographicsNorthwestern recruits students of demonstrated academic achievement from diverse social, ethnic, andeconomic backgrounds. All 50 states and more than45 countries are represented in the undergraduatestudent body. Forty-five percent of the approximately7,500 undergraduates are from the Midwest, 20 percentfrom the East, 19 percent from the West, 9 percentfrom the South, and 7 percent from foreign countries. More than half are female, and 27 percent aremembers of minority groups. Sixty percent enroll withfinancial aid. More than 90 percent earn a bachelor’sdegree within six years.A Historical OverviewExcellence has been Northwestern’s goal since ninepioneering Chicagoans met in 1850 to establish aneducational institution that would rival any in the eastern United States. That group — a physician, threeattorneys, two businessmen, and three Methodistclergymen — envisioned a university “of the highestorder of excellence” to serve the people of the Northwest Territory. Northwestern University was officiallyestablished on January 28, 1851, when its act of incorporation was passed by the Illinois legislature.In 1853 the founders purchased a 379-acre tractof farmland along Lake Michigan 12 miles north ofChicago as a site for the new university. The locationso impressed founder Orrington Lunt that he wrote,“I could not rid myself of the fairy visions constantlypresenting themselves in fanciful beauties — of thegently waving lake — its pebbly shore — the beautifuloak openings and bluffs beyond.”The town that grew up around Northwestern wasnamed Evanston in honor of one of the University’smost prominent founders, John Evans. A physicianand businessman, Evans provided the cash to placea 1,000 down payment on the land and assumedresponsibility for the mortgage covering the balance.Evans was chairman of the board from the University’sfounding until his death in 1897.After completing its first building in 1855, Northwestern began classes that fall with two faculty members and 10 male students. In 1869 it enrolled its firstfemale students, thereby becoming a pioneer in thehigher education of women. By 1900 the Universitywas composed of a liberal arts college and six professional schools, including the schools of law andmedicine, with a total of 2,700 students. With theestablishment of the Graduate School in 1910, Northwestern adopted the German university model of providing graduate as well as undergraduate instructionand stressing research along with teaching.As Northwestern celebrates its sesquicentennial,it enjoys a position as one of the country’s leading private research universities. Approximately 16,300 fulltime and part-time students are enrolled in 11 collegesand schools located on lakefront campuses in Evanston and Chicago. Undergraduate education is onthe Evanston campus in the Judd A. and MarjorieWeinberg College of Arts and Sciences, the School ofEducation and Social Policy, the Robert R. McCormickSchool of Engineering and Applied Science, theMedill School of Journalism, the School of Music,and the School of Speech.AccreditationNorthwestern University is accredited by the NorthCentral Association of Colleges and Schools. Otherprofessional, college, school, and departmentalaccreditations are listed under the respective areasin the following section.Schools and DivisionsThe undergraduate schools offer the programs andcourses of instruction described in the respective sections of this catalog. Undergraduate study may lead tothe bachelor’s degree as a final academic goal or to advanced work toward a graduate or professional degree.Evanston CampusThe schools and other institutional divisions, in orderof establishment, are as follows: The Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Artsand Sciences (1851) offers the degree of bachelorof arts. Through the School of Continuing Studies,Weinberg College also offers the degrees of bachelor of philosophy and bachelor of science in generalstudies and two certificates in arts and sciences.The American Chemical Society and the AmericanPsychological Association have accredited WeinbergCollege programs in their respective fields. The School of Speech (1878), with departments ofcommunication sciences and disorders, communication studies, performance studies, radio/television/film, and theater, offers the bachelor of science inspeech degree. Through the School of ContinuingStudies, the School of Speech offers the bachelor

Schools and Divisionsof philosophy in communication. The school alsooffers the degree of master of science in communication. Its programs are accredited by the AmericanSpeech-Language-Hearing Association and theNational Association of Schools of Theatre. The School of Music (1895) offers the degrees ofbachelor of music and bachelor of arts in music. Inits graduate division the School of Music offers thedegrees of doctor of music and master of music anda certificate in performance. The school is accreditedby the National Association of Schools of Music. The Kellogg Graduate School of Management(1908) offers the master of business administrationdegree. It provides students with the opportunityto study general management, finance, marketing,entrepreneurship, family business, e-business, healthservices, manufacturing, and public and nonprofit,real estate, and biotechnology management. Inaddition to the full-time MBA, Kellogg offers a parttime evening MBA through its Managers’ Programon Northwestern’s Chicago campus, a weekend executive MBA through the Executive Masters’ Program(EMP) on the Evanston campus, and internationalexecutive MBA (IEMBA) programs in Europe, theMiddle East, and Asia. Kellogg also offers a widerange of nondegreed executive education courses atits Allen Center on the Evanston campus. Kellogg isaccredited by the American Assembly of CollegiateSchools of Business and the Accrediting Commissionon Graduate Education for Hospital Administration. The Robert R. McCormick School of Engineeringand Applied Science (1909) offers the bachelor ofscience degree in applied mathematics, biomedicalengineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering,computer engineering, computer science, electricalengineering, engineering science, environmentalengineering, industrial engineering, manufacturingengineering, materials science and engineering,mechanical engineering, and medical engineering(for students enrolled in the Honors Program inMedical Education). All departments offer advancedstudy for graduate students. The McCormick Schoolalso offers master’s degrees in engineering management, manufacturing engineering, information technology, and project management and, jointly withthe Kellogg School, the master of management inmanufacturing. McCormick programs are accreditedby the Engineering Accreditation Council of theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.3 The Graduate School (1910) controls all advancedprograms leading to the degrees of doctor of philosophy, master of arts, master of fine arts, and masterof science. The Graduate School bulletin, describingmaster’s and doctoral programs in all schools anddepartments, is available on request. Summer Session (1920) provides summer programsfor undergraduate, graduate, and visiting students. The Medill School of Journalism (1921) offersthe degree of bachelor of science in journalism aswell as master of science degrees in journalism andintegrated marketing communications. Medill isaccredited by the Accrediting Council on Educationin Journalism and Mass Communication. The School of Education and Social Policy (1926)offers the degrees of bachelor of science in education and social policy, master of science in educationand social policy, master of arts in learning sciences,and master of science in marital and family therapy.Programs in the School of Education and SocialPolicy are accredited by the Illinois Office ofEducation, State Teacher Certification Board; theIllinois Department of Registration and Education;and the American Psychological Association.Chicago CampusSchools and institutional divisions on the Chicagocampus, in order of establishment, are as follows: The Medical School (1859) offers the degreesof doctor of medicine and doctor of physical therapy. High school graduates accepted for the HonorsProgram in Medical Education can receive the MDdegree from the Medical School seven years afterthey enter Weinberg College, the McCormickSchool, or the School of Speech as freshmen. TheMedical School and McCormick School cooperate inbiomedical engineering programs, and joint degreeprograms with the Graduate School and KelloggSchool offer an MD degree as well as a PhD or MBAdegree. The Medical School has accreditation fromthe Liaison Committee on Medical Education,Accreditation Council for Continuing MedicalEducation, American Psychological Association,American Board for Certification in Prosthetics andOrthotics, American Physical Therapy Association,and Accreditation Council for Graduate MedicalEducation.

4University Centers Libraries The School of Law (1859) provides a superior foundation in legal reasoning, analysis, and writing. Itoffers the degrees of juris doctor, master of laws, anddoctor of juridical science. The School of Law andthe Kellogg School offer a joint degree programallowing students to earn both juris doctor and master of business administration degrees in three years.Another joint program with Kellogg allows international and foreign-trained students to earn amaster of laws degree and a certificate of management in one year. Students also can participate ina five-year program to earn a JD and a PhD in oneof the social sciences. The school is accredited bythe American Bar Association and the Associationfor American Law Schools. The School of Continuing Studies (1933) is thecontinuing education division of the University,providing an opportunity for adults to return toschool in the evenings or on Saturdays on a parttime or full-time basis to earn a degree or to takecourses for personal enrichment or professionalmobility. Classes are offered on both the Chicagoand the Evanston campuses. Through the School ofContinuing Studies, Weinberg College offers thedegrees of bachelor of philosophy and bachelor ofscience in general studies; the School of Speechoffers the bachelor of philosophy in communication;and the Graduate School offers the master of arts inliberal studies and the master of literature. SCS alsooffers several certificate programs, including business programs in accounting and administrativetechniques, a postbaccalaureate premedicine program,and noncredit professional development programs.University CentersUniversity-wide and specialized research centers facilitate new scholarly approaches to problems by enablingfaculty to collaborate across the boundaries of traditional disciplines. These interdisciplinary centers haveprofound implications for undergraduates becausesuch research often alters theory and practice withina given academic discipline and results in the development of new curricular programs.Students also are involved directly with the centersthrough lectures or other special events and, in somecases, through research projects. The University’scenters and programs include the following: Program of African Studies Institute for Bioengineering and Nanoscience inAdvanced Medicine Center for Catalysis and Surface Science Center for Circadian Biology and Medicine DND Synchrotron Research Center Institute for Health Services Research andPolicy Studies Materials Research Center Materials Research Institute Center for Mathematical Studies in Economicsand Management Science Institute for Nanotechnology Institute for Neuroscience Institute for Policy Research Center for Public Safety Center for Reproductive Science Transportation CenterFor detailed information about these centers,see ml.LibrariesUndergraduates at Northwestern have access to awealth of library resources and services. With morethan 4 million volumes in the University Librarysystem, the Galter Health Sciences Library, and thePritzker Legal Research Center, Northwestern offersits students the 10th largest library collection amongprivate universities in the United States. Undergraduates are encouraged to explore the full range ofresources available to them and to develop their skillsas information seekers.Northwestern undergraduates have full access tointerlibrary loan services and to materials from librariesworldwide. Through the Infopass program, studentscan gain admittance to other collections in the Chicagoarea, including those of the Newberry Library, theField Museum library, the Art Institute of Chicagolibrary, and other academic and private libraries.University LibraryUniversity Library consists of the main library,which houses the University’s major collections inthe humanities and social sciences, as well as severalspecialized research collections; the adjoining CharlesDeering Library, which houses fine arts and otherspecialized collections; the Seeley G. Mudd Library

Librariesfor Science and Engineering; the Geology Library;the Mathematics Library; and the Joseph SchaffnerLibrary, which supports the research needs of studentson the Chicago campus.University Library offers many electronicresearch and textual resources, both within the libraryand on the campus network. NUcat, the onlinecatalog of University Library, provides bibliographic,location, and circulation status information formaterials from these libraries. NUcat and manyother resources and services are available on the Webat www.library.northwestern.edu.Main Library (Evanston Campus)The main library building houses collections in threeresearch towers: north for the social sciences, east forhistory, and south for the humanities.The main library’s General Information Centerand Reference Department, both located on level 1,offer students research assistance and support. TheGeneral Information Center, which serves as a gateway to the library, has staff to answer questions andstate-of-the-art workstations to access informationelectronically. The Reference Department offersin-depth research assistance and consultation andinstructional services. A 50,000-volume referencecollection and many research databases make theReference Department an important resource.Also

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