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First impressions begin with an introduction.“Good to meet you.” “I’ve heard a lot about you.” The back-and-forth sets up a

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friendship that may last the rest of your life. Here is your introduction to DePauw

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162Intellectual life here is about people. Talented faculty. Ambitious students. Put them on a campus where they run into

each other – a lot – and you have the definition of a liberal arts college. Scientists rub

elbows with visual artists. Math wizards with lit scholars. History majors with digital

age pioneers. Add study abroad experiences and off-campus internships to the mix

and you get DePauw.

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a CEO – and leave with your goals unchanged. But you’ll graduate with a much clearer sense of what it’ll take to get there and the skills to make it happen. That clarity is the promise of the liberal arts experience at DePauw.

The academic setting here is built for exactly this sort of engagement. The student body numbers a little more than 2,300. Not too small, and definitely not too big. Average class size hovers between 17 and 18. There’s one professor to every 10 students. And the layout of campus – a landscaped collection of character-filled, 19th-century buildings and state-of-the-art contemporary ones – leads to frequent encounters between students and faculty.

DePauw students explore 40 majors and three music degree programs. DePauw students also have the oppor-tunity to double major and minor in programs of interest, making illuminating connections between fields.

Prospective first-year students can apply to five Honor Scholar and Fellows Programs (see sidebar). And the

The Liberal Arts The liberal arts experience at DePauw is just that – an experience. You enter one way, and you leave changed. What changes you is doing the work. Engaging with new ideas. Exploring different areas of study. Experiencing the people, places and things that make the world go ’round. Synthesizing all you’ve learned in a coherent, compelling way. These are the basic bullet points on your agenda for the next four years. Perform them successfully, and you’ll have a transformational story to tell.

You might come with a passion for journalism and leave with a physics degree. Or you might walk onto this campus with a firm idea of what you want to be – a doctor, a choral director,

Every student at DePauw can audition for the School of Music’s orchestra, band or other ensembles. Average class size in the School of Music is 13, and the student-faculty ratio is 6:1.

DePauw offers 40 majors and three music degree programs.

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independent interdisciplinary major gives active minds the chance to combine programs in original ways. If there’s an area of study you’re interested in, you’ll probably find it here. Or you’ll find advisers eager to help you create your own.

Whatever you choose to major in, whoever you want to become, at DePauw you’ll learn to think, speak and write in ways that set you apart. You’ll be able to analyze situations and solve problems. Moreover, you’ll be able to implement solutions. That’s what happens when you combine a superb liberal arts education with real-world experience. That’s what happens when you spend four years at DePauw.

OUR FACULTY

The academics at DePauw are strong because professors are at the top of their game. The faculty includes pub-lished authors, renowned musicians and research scientists at the forefront of their fields. Awards received recently by faculty include the J. William Fulbright Award, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, National

HONOR SCHOLAR AND FELLOWS PROGRAMS:

» Honor Scholars intensify their liberal arts experience through interdisciplinary seminars and a required thesis.

» Environmental Fellows approach issues such as climate change and biodiversity through many disciplines.

» Management Fellows enhance their academic experience with a guest lecture series and paid internships at major corporations.

» Media Fellows study journalism and communication mediums from TV, film and radio to print and the Internet.

» Science Research Fellows start labwork alongside professors on day one.

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talk about paper topics – or about the more mundane issues of juggling a rigorous course schedule. In your second year, you might go in to bounce around ideas about majors or studying abroad. Later, you can get guidance, mentorship or just a vote of confidence about your capstone project or your senior thesis.

Because class sizes are small, professors know your name. By the time you leave, they’ll know the person behind it.

OUR STUDENTS

DePauw students hold doors open for each other – literally. As far as general impressions go, that’s probably one of the first that visitors have of the people here. They’re friendly.

Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants, and the Indiana Humanities Award. In the last five years alone, members of our faculty published 73 books, wrote 748 essays, articles and creative works for scholarly journals, produced seven CDs or DVDs and held 74 exhibitions. It’s professors like these who will be putting their eyes on your work.

What’s more, faculty members are accessible. They invite students to their homes for dinner. They travel with students on month-long Winter Term trips. And during the semester, they hold weekly office hours. You can head in to discuss a lecture, a reading assignment or a software program you’re working on. In your first year, you might

Intellectual energy is generated in part by small classes and close student-faculty interaction.

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They’re also diverse. Students come from 45 states and 34 countries. The range of perspectives that students bring to the table makes for fascinating seminar discussions. Just imagine the contrasts in upbringing, opinion and outlook among students from opposite sides of the globe. Learning and living among a diverse group of people will expose you to new points of view. You’ll learn to communicate with multiple audiences at DePauw, because you’ll do it every day.

Behind the friendly and diverse exterior is a highly focused academic culture. You can hear the intensity in the clicking of laptop keys during classes, the relaxed banter in the dining hall in between, and after, the quiet concentration in Roy O. West Library until the lights go out at 2 a.m.

Intellectual energy is generated in part by small classes and close student-faculty interaction. Students who choose to attend a college where 70 percent of classes max out at 20 want to be noticed. So students prepare.

They’re excited about the readings, the experiments, the challenges their professors set out for them and that they set out for themselves. They want to do more than learn. They want to contribute.

They also want to be part of an academic community. As hard as students work individually, they work just as hard in groups. Students compare notes after class and form study groups to prepare for exams. They pair up for presentations. They team up on any number of assign-ments and projects. The friendliness of the student body makes for a remark-able ease when it comes to working together. So you learn to collaborate in the very same ways that the world outside DePauw demands.

Roy O. West Library and the Prevo Science Library are popular places to pore over readings and write papers. Study rooms in the basement of Roy O. offer spaces to transition quietly from collaborative to independent thinking.

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in American prisons. You’ll send in your top picks. Then you’ll get your assignment to a FYS of about 15 students and a faculty instructor. That faculty member will serve as your personal academic adviser throughout your first year. The group also gets a mentor, an upperclass student whose job it is to guide you through DePauw’s academic land-scape. Mentors are handpicked for the insight and energy they bring to the process of building a schedule, choosing classes and generally getting oriented at DePauw. They have a lot to share. And they’ll be there for you.

Think of the FYS as a testing ground for approaching small group discussions and tackling college-level assignments. You’ll learn how to read texts with the

DePauw students have access to the kind of equipment that they’ll encounter in graduate school or industry research labs.

You learn to collaborate in the very same ways that the world outside DePauw demands.

Years One and TwoAt DePauw, students use the first two years to build a broad foundation across disciplines and hone the intellectual skills that will serve them throughout their academic careers. What begins as a wide-angle view later zooms in and narrows focus.

OUR FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR

DePauw creates a sense of intellectual community before day one. Prior to arriving on campus for your first semes-ter, you’ll choose a First-Year Seminar (FYS) from a list of highly intriguing course titles (see sidebar on page 24). Recent topics have ranged from reading science fiction to exposing fictions about science, from exploring Utopian visions to inspecting the harsh realities

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distance of a critic. You’ll expand what qualifies as a text – not textbooks, per se, but novels, historical documents, scientific reports, mathematical equations. You’ll be encouraged to grow and develop as a thinker, researcher and problem-solver in your own right.

And you’ll write. From your first semester through your fourth year, you’ll sharpen your analytical skills on the diamond edge of continual writing assignments. The aim is not only excellent written communication skills, but also clear, logical, ordered thinking. You’ll start to see writ-ing as a way of processing, streamlining and synthesizing ideas. This will be true for you whether you’re an arts and humanities person or a math and sciences person. Students leave with a huge advantage when it comes to their ability to relate complex thoughts in ways that any audience can understand.

ACADEMIC BREADTH

It happens all the time. The first-year student who’s been certain since eighth grade that he’d become a child

A SELECTION OF FIRST-YEAR SEMINARS:

» Education for Social Justice: A Community-Based Approach

» Microbes and Human Health» Science of Attraction and Close

Relationships» Reading and Writing the Holocaust» Climate Change and Philosophy» Global Perspectives on

Reproduction and Childbirth» Earth’s Climate Past and Present» Global Diseases, Global Responses» Incremental Musical

Instrumentarium» Materials of Art: The Science of

Making Things Beautiful» Say it Loud: Contemporary

African American Poetry» Medical Imaging: Science,

Technology, Politics, Ethics and Cost» Confessions in Literature and Film» Liberty and the Role of Government» Cooking and Chemistry» Across Space, Across Time,

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psychologist discovers that his heart is really in musicology. The sophomore who was set on a legal career finds her greatest fulfillment in the chemistry lab. The bookworm whose love affair with J.K. Rowling began in the first grade switches from creative writing to conflict studies. Changing plans is by no means guaranteed. But it comes with the territory when you pursue a college education at DePauw.

Why? Because DePauw demands that you challenge your preconceived notions of what interests you most by studying everything: two courses in sciences and math, two in the social sciences, two in humanities and at least a second-semester–level foreign language class.

Coursework across multiple disciplines will dominate your schedule for the first two years. In your second semester, you might take an intro bio class with a lab, a studio art class, an intro social science course and a mid-level history seminar. First semester sophomore year might feature an equally eclectic mix. Yes, you’ll be

fulfilling distribution requirements. But you’ll be doing it by studying what interests you. That’s one of the beauties of DePauw. You can meet the academic requirements simply by satisfying your curiosity.

CHOOSING YOUR MAJOR

Fulfilling the distribution requirements in the first two years is key to feeling confident about the sophomore-year milestone: declaring a major. Techni-cally, a major consists of eight to 10 classes in your department or program, with at least three at the advanced level. Given that you need at least 31 credits to graduate, the major is a smaller fraction of the courses you’ll take than you might initially expect. Some students complete two. By the time

DyKnow Vision is an interactive classroom technology invented by a DePauw professor. Its use is one example of how DePauw marries the critical thinking, speaking and writing strengths of a liberal arts education with digital fluency.

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you declare, you’ll have already completed some major requirements. The challenge lies in zeroing in on one or two. Remember: DePauw offers 40.

The breadth in the curriculum is not the only aid in guaranteeing that you’ll feel secure in your decision. Another is the amount of time you have to make up your mind. The official deadline to declare is week six of your second semester sophomore year. Having more than three semesters to experiment gives you the time you need to figure out what fires you up and get focused on what you want to accomplish before you graduate.

ADVISING

Another enormous help is advice from faculty members. You’re not on this journey alone. The faculty adviser who is assigned to you in your first year will guide you in choosing courses. Those courses will introduce you to professors you can talk to about their fields. How did they choose to specialize in microbiology, or Romantic poetry or American politics? Answers to these and questions like

Nearly 95% of students engage in off-campus coursework, internships or Winter Terms.

When it comes time to plan for DePauw’s famed Winter Term, you can pop into the centrally located Kathryn F. Hubbard Center for Student Engagement for personalized and in-depth advising.

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You can meet the academic requirements simply by satisfying your curiosity.them will give you some insight – and a few reality checks – to guide you toward the major that’s right for you.

When you choose a major, you also choose an adviser in that major. Presumably, you’ve had a class with a professor you love. Perhaps that class is what led you to decide on your major in the first place. Your major adviser will help you make sure that you’re meeting your requirements. They’ll also guide you toward experiential learning opportunities – one of the hallmarks of intellectual life at DePauw. (Keep reading for more on that.)

Years Three and Four The curriculum at DePauw grants you more autonomy with each passing year. By year three, your distribution

requirements are nearing completion, and you can start diving more deeply into what interests you most. You’ll start taking upper-level courses in your major. You’ll realize plans to study abroad – plans students start making sophomore year, if not sooner. You’ll get your head into serious research. And you’ll begin to see connections between courses and out-of-the-classroom experiences that may have seemed random to you while you were in the thick of them. The con-nections may surprise you.

OFF-CAMPUS STUDY

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undertaking semester-long internships or earning credit at foreign universities toward your DePauw degree. If you’re going to a non-English speaking country, you’ll have had two years of intensive language classes to prepare. So you’ll be ready to go, whether you’re headed to a school or corporate setting anywhere from Argentina to Wales. (See sidebar.)

RESEARCH

Opportunities for student-faculty collaboration on research projects are abundant at DePauw. The Science Research Fellows Program is the most obvious and immediate route to hands-on lab work. Research in the sciences is also an option for non-fellows. The Nature Park – a 520-acre area just off campus – is a popular site for inquiries into butterflies, bird banding, leaf litter dynamics and the effects of environmental stress on plant life. The psychology department’s Touch and Emotion Lab (TEL) has been conducting NIH-funded studies on the effects of television on infants.

A SAMPLING OF PLACES TO STUDY ABROAD:

DePauw students hiked the Inca Trail through the Andes Mountains of Peru to Machu Picchu, the UNESCO World Heritage Site that sits on a ridge about 8,000 feet above sea level.

» Argentina» Australia» Chile» China» Costa Rica» Cuba» Czech Republic» Denmark» Egypt» England» France

» Germany» Ghana» Greece» Ireland» Italy» Netherlands» Russia» South Africa» Spain» Thailand» Wales

Sixty percent of students have at least one international experience, often lasting a semester or more.

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Professors in the humanities and social sciences also offer opportunities to collaborate with faculty. The commu-nication and theatre department sponsors the DePauw University National Undergraduate Honors Conference every spring to support undergraduate scholarship in areas such as rhetoric and film studies. Still other students have helped to design programs that test ideas in behavioral economics, or teamed with a faculty member publishing a book in their discipline. DePauw professors have also been known to tap students for research assistance abroad.

YOUR SENIOR CAPSTONE

The senior capstone experience is what turns the episodes of college life into a narrative – a story with a beginning, middle and end. The capstone project can take the form

The capstone project can take the form of a senior thesis or performance.

Thirty percent of students have conducted research with a faculty member by senior year.

SOME INTERESTING CAPSTONE PROJECTS:

» Hip-hop Darwinism – Music» Cairo in Ruins: 30 Years to

Liberation – Conflict Studies» ‘Pour vous, qu’est-ce qu’être

Français?’: The Politics of French National Identity in the 21st Century – Honor Scholar

» Evaluation of the BCR sequential extraction procedure for carbon-ate rich sediments and soils – Chemistry and Biochemistry

» Automated Behavioral Analysis of Malware – Computer Science

» The Buddha’s Light and the Woman’s Smile – Asian Studies

» Klinik La Konpasyon (Clinic of Compassion) Non-Profit Health-care Clinic in Jacmel, Haiti – Economics and Management

» Wartime Opposition as the Protec-tor of Civil Liberties – Political Science

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students develop intellectual and personal maturity, as well as a spirit of independent inquiry.

EXTENDED STUDIES AND WINTER TERM

DePauw promotes exploration and engaged learning in ways that make us different. Take the academic calendar. Instead of a standard two-semester system, our academic calendar is split into three. You typically take four courses in the fall and four in the spring. Winter Term takes place in between. Every DePauw student completes at least two Extended Studies opportuni-ties with at least one taking place during Winter Term.

Extended Studies opportunities can take many forms: on-campus courses, off-campus study and service projects,

of a senior thesis or performance. It could be a senior seminar or a comprehensive exam. It could be in-depth research on a topic that came to you through coursework in your major. The goal is to craft a meaningful conclusion to your time at DePauw. Capstones have ranged from the production of student-written plays to theses on subjects from the role of synthetic markets in the global economy to proteins and DNA. Every spring, depart-ments and programs highlight or display the work of all successful senior capstone students through public poster presentations, performances, exhibitions and readings.

Experiential LearningDePauw University is a liberal arts college, plus. The curriculum emphasizes oral and written communication skills, analytical and quantitative skills, and exposure to various disciplines. The added benefit is DePauw’s serious commitment to non-traditional, experiential learning. Extended Studies, which includes Winter Term, help

DePauw students facilitate a summer camp experience for orphaned and abandoned children in Rio de Contas, Brazil, during Winter Term.

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sion. Internships are undeniably important for this reason alone. They also help you build professional networks. So it’s no wonder so many DePauw students complete an intern-ship experience by the time they graduate.

Another of the many exceptional things about DePauw is the synthesis of career services, international educa-tion, community service and internship offices into the singular Hubbard Center for Student Engagement. The staff – which is centrally located in the lobby of the Union Building – won’t just help you find an internship. They’ll ask you what you care deeply about. They’ll ask what you do well. And they’ll help you figure out where you want to

internships, directed independent study projects and study at other schools or organizations. You might travel abroad with a professor – to China, Italy, the United Arab Emirates. You might do meaningful service work – in inner-city Chicago, rural Ecuador or El Salvador. You might venture domestically to Georgia O’Keeffe’s stomping grounds in New Mexico, to the Sundance and Slam-dance film festivals in Park City, Utah, or to the musical shrines of New York City. Whatever you study, the point is to take risks and learn for the sake of learning.

INTERNSHIPS

If you’re like most DePauw students, you’re interested in too much. And you need some help narrowing things down – especially in terms of choosing a profes-

Every student completes at least one Extended Studies opportunity during DePauw’s signature Winter Term.

Nearly two-thirds of DePauw students participate in an internship by the time they graduate.

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do it. So you wind up doing what you love, not what you think you should be doing.

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Perhaps you’re interested in using your political science degree to build a career of leadership in the nonprofit sector. Maybe you’re thinking about careers in interna-tional community development, social work or advocacy. Service is another way – a great way – to put your ideas and plans to the test.

Avenues for students who are highly committed to performing service throughout their college careers include the Civic Interns program, the Bonner Scholars program and Winter Term in Service – the last of which happens across the United States and around the world.

The point is to take risks and learn for the sake of learning.

A FEW RECENT INTERNSHIP SITES:

» Barcelona Metropolitan – Spain» BrandEra – Fort Worth, Texas» C-SPAN – Washington, D.C.» Children’s Hospital Boston,

Harvard University Medical School » Cummins Inc. – Columbus, Ind.» Eli Lilly & Company – Indianapolis» Ernst and Young – London, UK» Extreme Makeover: Home

Edition – Los Angeles» Max Planck Institute for Molecular

Genetics – Berlin, Germany» Summit Daily News – Frisco, Colo.» The Clinton Foundation – New

York City» The Daily Show – New York City» The Today Show – New York City» The White House » USATODAY – Washington, D.C.» U.S. House of Representatives» U.S. Senate

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You can also do community-based work in Greencastle and the surrounding area of Putnam County. You might manage volunteers, or a program, or a service organiza-tion’s finances. The potential to develop leadership skills – and to make a difference in people’s lives – is enormous.

A Look AheadWhen you use your college experience to explore and grapple with rich ideas and tackle new opportunities, you wind up more knowledgeable about the possibilities that lie ahead. Ninety-two percent of DePauw’s most recent graduating class report they are employed, in graduate school or participating in a fellowship. In the past three years, 19 DePauw graduates have won Fulbright grants to conduct projects ranging from HIV research to an investigation of the plight of Colombian refugees. Dozens more have joined Teach For America.

Recent DePauw graduates and current students have also won grants and scholarships such as an National Science Foundation graduate fellowship in psychology,

National Institutes of Health Oxford/Cambridge Scholarship for Biomedical Research and a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship, as well as Harry S. Truman and Barry M. Goldwater scholarships. Notable alumni include CEOs of major corporations, best-sell-ing novelists, dedicated teachers, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, presidential advisers, conservationists and Internet entrepreneurs.

If you dive headfirst into the DePauw experience, you’ll graduate with a clear sense of direction. Rewards will follow. The immediate payoff will be pride in knowing how far you’ve come – and confidence in knowing how far you’ll be able to go as a result.

Former President Bill Clinton (left) and Vernon E. Jordan Jr. ’57 (right) are just two of many leaders brought to campus by DePauw’s Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture Series. Speakers range from politicians to scientists to journalists to human rights activists.

Nineteen DePauw graduates have won Fulbright scholarships in the past three years.

3Social life at DePauw connects people. It brings people together. It shapes them. Thoughtful students become outspoken.

Passionate ones become leaders. You might play soccer, sing opera, go Greek –

or all three. Whatever you’re passionate about, you’ll find a community here. If you’re

like most at DePauw, you’ll find more than one.

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CLUBS

“DePauw is just an involved place. That’s why there are so many clubs and so many people doing different things.” JULIA

IT’S EASY TO GET INVOLVED at DePauw, which has an astounding number of clubs and organizations for a school of its size. (Sometimes it seems like there’s a club for every two students.) That’s partly because student government rewards ingenuity. It will welcome almost any idea you can dream up.

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CLUBS A SAMPLING OF STUDENT-RUN ORGANIZATIONS:

» A Midwestern Review Magazine» Amnesty International» Association of African-American

Students (AAAS)» ASIA » Building Tomorrow» Catholic Students’ Association» Climb For A Cure » College Democrats» College Mentors for Kids» College Republicans» Colleges Against Cancer/Relay

for Life » Committee for Latino Concerns» D3TV – DePauw Student Television» Debate Society» The DePauw » DePauw China Connection » DePauw Environmental Club» DePauw University Competitive Knowledge Squad (DUCKS)» Feminista!» Gospel Choir » Habitat for Humanity» Hillel» Independent Council» International Student Association» InterVarsity Christian Fellowship » Italian Club» L.A.C.E. (Ladies and Allies for

Cross-cultural Education)» Les Chanteurs» Men of Excellence in Cross

Cultural Alliance (MECCA)» Model United Nations » Muslim Student Association» Na Hoa Aloha ‘O Hawai’i » Organization for Resident

Students (ORS)» United DePauw (LGBT)» Up ’Til Dawn» Wamidan» WGRE – DePauw Student Radio» Women in Computer Science» Women in Economics and

Business

WGRE is the radio voice of DePauw University. It consistently ranks among the top college radio stations in the country.

“I’m in a number of clubs, and the best thing about it is that you meet such a variety of people that you wouldn’t neces-sarily have the opportunity to meet otherwise.” STEWART

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ARTS

The School of Music regularly brings world-class musicians and artists, such as Yo-Yo Ma, to meet with students and conduct master classes in the Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts.

“I have a friend who just recently wrote a play and produced it. That kind of opportunity is really cool.” TYLER

THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC puts on more than 150 performances per year, which are just part of the lively arts scene at DePauw. Very few liberal arts colleges can boast a conservatory-caliber music school right on campus, with ensembles, choirs and orchestras holding open auditions for anyone who wants to join. But it doesn’t stop there. The studio art building is second to none, and the DePauw Theatre produces four major shows each season.

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ARTS “Whether you’re seeing a play, a concert or a visual arts display around campus – the quality of the work that our students put out just blows me away.” CHRISTINE

ARTS & CULTURE EVENTS:

» ArtsFest» Art Exhibitions » DePauwCappella Concerts » DePauw Theatre » Duzer Du Annual Playwrights

Festival » Film Studies Film and Speaker

Series » International Festival» James & Marilou Kelly Writers

Series » Jazz at the Duck » Moon Festival» Performing Arts Series» X-Cell

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ATHLETICS

“You actually know the athletes here. They’re kids you sit next to in class. That adds a whole new level of excitement to the games.”

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ATHLETICS VARSITY TEAMS:

» Baseball (M)» Basketball (M,W)» Cross Country (M,W)» Field Hockey (W)» Football (M)» Golf (M,W)» Lacrosse (M,W) » Soccer (M,W)» Softball (W)» Swimming and Diving (M,W)» Tennis (M,W)» Indoor and Outdoor Track

and Field (M,W)» Volleyball (W)

NOTABLE CLUB AND INTRAMURAL SPORTS:

» Basketball» Indoor Soccer » Outdoor Soccer » Racquetball » Softball » Table Tennis » Touch Football» Ultimate Frisbee » Walleyball» Biking » Fencing Club » Hapkido » Rugby » Tae Kwon Do

DePauw is a member of the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC), a leader in NCAA Division III sports. During the last decade DePauw has won seven conference all-sports trophies and finished second the other three years.

MONON BELL is a 300-pound mass of steel that used to clang atop an Indiana freight train. Now it’s the trophy in the Monon Bell Classic, the annual football match-up between DePauw and Wabash. The campus tradition draws huge crowds.

“At the Division III level, people play because they love the game. And whether you’re on the bench or you’re a team captain, you’ll learn more about leadership than any job could ever teach you.” JULIA

“There was an event this weekend, and I cheered. I wish I could say more about DePauw pride.

But I lost my voice.”

CHRISTOPHER C.

“There was an event this weekend, and I cheered. I wish I could say more about DePauw pride.

But I lost my voice.”

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HOUSINGA BRIEF GUIDE TO FIRST-YEAR HOUSING:

Most of the first-year class lives in South Quad, where all halls have AC and printing stations.

» Bishop Roberts Hall is known as BR for short. A tunnel leading from BR to Longden Hall provides easy access to the Den in Longden Hall.

» College Street Hall is small at only 45 students. Lounges on each floor bring people together to build a sense of community.

» Hogate Hall offers suite-style living for first-year students. Each floor has two wings, and each wing has four suites and a small kitchen.

» Humbert Hall is located in South Quad between Longden and Hogate. The four-story, red-brick building houses 135 students.

» Longden Hall, like neighboring Humbert Hall, overlooks the Dells area, a small park-like spot where you can find students relaxing or playing sand volleyball.

“Everyone at DePauw is good at making sure that their studies come first. But everyone’s also really social. It’s kind of a weird dichotomy of being buried in the books and finding your friends and asking how people’s days are.” CHIP

LIVING ON CAMPUS is part of life at DePauw. Options vary from single rooms to suites to apartments. The communities are like neighborhoods. People gather to talk about the latest campus news, bounce ideas around and share their plans – and their food. What starts out as a community of first-year students evolves into a range of other com-munities – Greek chapters or themed houses and other student groups – and then into the more independent living spaces of University duplexes and apartments.

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HOUSING

“We are 100 percent residential, so everyone lives on campus. You have some really great options –some cool, inven-tive places to live, definitely.” ANNIE

The seven small residence halls of Rector Village are anchored by Reese Hall, which features a second-floor veranda with a commanding view of the quad. The view of the building from the opposite end of the quad is pretty sweet, too.

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GREEK 25 FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES:

» Alpha Chi Omega » Alpha Phi » Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.» Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.» Alpha Tau Omega » Beta Theta Pi » Delta Tau Delta » Delta Gamma » Delta Upsilon » Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.» Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.» Kappa Alpha Theta » Kappa Kappa Gamma » Lambda Sigma Upsilon » Omega Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.» Phi Delta Theta » Phi Gamma Delta » Phi Kappa Psi » Psi Lambda Xi» Pi Beta Phi » Sigma Alpha Epsilon » Sigma Chi » Sigma Lambda Gamma Sorority,

Inc.» Sigma Nu » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

“Whether you’re coming in looking to be independent or as a third- or fourth-generation Greek student, there is a place for you.” LIZ

The tradition of Greek life at DePauw dates back to 1845. The first Greek-letter fraternity for women, Kappa Alpha Theta, was founded at DePauw in 1870.

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GREEK

“Joining my fraternity was the best decision I’ve made on campus. I was honored with a leadership position early on, and I was respon-sible for every service opportunity we had. I’ve learned to grow and mature as an adult.” CHRISTOPHER J.

FRATERNITY AND SORORITY LIFE at DePauw defies stereotypes. Joining a Greek organization offers incredible opportunities to make connections, gain leadership experience and give back by supporting important causes. It’s an open system, known for being laid-back and inclusive. DePauw also has a late rush, so every first-year student can dedicate first semester to making new friends and adjusting to college-level course work before participating in recruitment in February.

“I’ve really enjoyed being Greek – but it’s only one part of my DePauw experience.”

“I’ve really enjoyed being Greek – but it’s only one part of my DePauw experience.”

HALLIE

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SERVICE

“Efforts like Relay for Life show Greencastle that DePauw students care about issues that affect everyone.” STEWART

Run by students and community leaders, the Relay for Life effort at DePauw rallies from 2,500 to 3,000 volunteers to raise about $160,000 per year.

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SERVICE 20 WAYS TO GIVE BACK WHILE YOU’RE AT DEPAUW:

» Tutor and mentor students in local public schools

» Prepare meals for residents at the Beyond Homeless Shelter

» Shadow doctors and nurses at the Putnam County Hospital

» Provide administrative support at the local health clinic

» Help facilitate support groups at Family Support Services

» Serve as a junior board member at the United Way

» Visit with residents at Asbury Towers retirement home

» Train as an EMT at Putnam County Operation Life

» Teach stained glass art at the Putnam County Library

» Research and develop exhibits at the Putnam County Museum

» Organize Giving Tree to provide gifts to local children

» Organize food at the Putnam County Emergency Food Pantry

» Help beautify Greencastle yards through Rake and Run

» Care for and socialize animals at the Humane Society general store

» Coach and referee Putnam County Youth Soccer

» Build community gardens for a more sustainable Greencastle

» Mentor children with Big Brothers-Big Sisters

» Teach language and culture with the Spanish Enrichment Program

» Befriend people with special needs through Best Buddies

» Get to know Greencastle and Putnam County during First-Year Service Plunge

“Everybody plays some role in service at some point when they’re here. One thing you get from DePauw students is peo-ple who come in very driven and energized.” TYLER

BONNER SCHOLARS is one way to commit to service. Other paths include the student-managed DePauw Community Service program, Saturday work projects, Alternative Spring Break and programs spon-sored by individual residence halls. Service is a great way to get out into the wider community and give something back.

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LOCATION

DEPAUW BUCKET LIST:

» Jog through the quarry » Eat a garlic cheeseburger (a.k.a.

GCB) at Marvin’s» Picnic at Cataract Falls» Walk in Relay for Life» Play campus golf» Eat pancakes at the midnight

breakfast on Monon Bell Weekend» Cycle in Little 5» Cheer at Old Gold » Visit the Greencastle Farmers’

Market» Make a Dairy Castle run» Canoe or kayak on Big Walnut

Creek» Study at the 24-hour truck stop» Photograph a covered bridge» Sample every type of pie at

Almost Home» Beat Wabash to win the Monon

Bell

“I grew up in a house with eight people, and being in this town has given me so much peace. I’ll walk or bike as far as my legs will carry me, and I think it’s gorgeous and unique.” LAILA

On the square in Greencastle, Almost Home is a popular spot for coffee, a slice of pie or a parent-worthy dining experience.

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LOCATION “I interned with the mayor over Winter Term and got to be pretty intimate with the City of Greencastle. It’s a small town, and people here take a lot of pride in it. That makes it a really good place to live.” NATHAN

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA is a Midwestern city with a small-town feel. The square just north of campus is lined with storefronts, coffee shops and restaurants. The DePauw Nature Park offers outdoorsy types more than nine miles of trails. A few miles away, you’ll find Cataract Falls, one of the biggest waterfalls in Indiana, which you can get to by car or by cycling some beautiful country roads. And there’s a greasy spoon in town that has DePauw’s fingerprints all over it.

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PEOPLEAndrew Maddocks» senior» Major: conflict studies » Activities: The DePauw (four years)

orchestra (three years); Phi Gamma Delta fraternity

“DePauw has been incredibly supportive – in a really pushy way – and I’m really grateful for that. My parents would tell me that you get out of college what you put into it, and I didn’t really know what that meant. Now I know that hours and hours of dedication matter, and intensity matters. I’ll carry that back into my family, the professional world and future friendships.”

Annie Bowers» sophomore» Major: political science» Activities: Independent Council

president; student senator; mentor

“I’ve learned how to balance academic life and social life really well. And my organizational skills and overall professionalism have really been honed at DePauw. I think that’s one of the greatest things that DePauw has taught me.”

Chip Shields» senior» Major: economics, Management

Fellow» Activities: Alpha Tau Omega frater-

nity; mentor

“DePauw showed me what I was capable of, and it showed me the

value of saying yes to good oppor-tunities. You don’t rise by saying no. You embrace opportunities, whether it’s the chance to run for a position in student government or to be the head of a club.”

Christine Walker» senior» Major: political science» Activities: Student Body president;

Alpha Phi sorority

“How has my DePauw experience changed me? You mean, besides in every way possible? The biggest way DePauw has changed me is increasing my confidence 10,000 times over. Everyone has new and exciting ideas. I think it takes a special place to make you truly believe that those ideas can become reality. DePauw has never asked me to be anyone other than who I am, but has always demanded that I do it the best I possibly can. I know that if I believe in something and put everything I have into it, I can do it. It takes a special place to create that kind of confidence.”

Christopher Jennings» sophomore» Major: biology» Activities: philanthrophy chair,

Sigma Chi fraternity; mentor

“I was the student that literally ran every club possible in my high school, just because I didn’t trust anyone else to be able to do the job. DePauw has taught me to trust

people more. I’ve learned to lead in certain aspects, like leading my own organizations. I’ve learned to not necessarily be the top guy but to let others have some of the spotlight, too.”

Christopher Clark» junior» Major: political science» Activities: DePauw Community

Service; Beta Theta Pi fraternity

“My freshman year, when I came in, I was so shy. I didn’t really talk or hang out. But now, I’m a very social person. I do a lot around campus and I’m able to live life better because I’m more social. Academically, it’s nice to go to class with students who are smarter than you or just as smart as you, because you can grow from that. It’s really nice to bounce ideas off of other people and just grow that way.”

Hallie Moberg» senior» Major: conflict studies, Honor

Scholar» Activities: intern, Prindle Institute

for Ethics; employee, Center for Spiritual Life; Ethics Bowl

“The most important thing I’ve learned from my DePauw experi-ence is to think critically – to take any situation that might come my way and look at it, turn it upside down, and try to decide what the right thing is for me to do. To ask,

The voices of DePauw quoted on the previous 18 pages were recorded during a series of conversations with current students. Each ended with the same question: “How has your DePauw experience changed you?” Here are some answers, along with a bio of each speaker.

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what do I want, what do I value? It’s been a really interesting journey, getting to that point.”

Julia Drummond» senior» Majors: English (creative writing)

and economics, Management Fellow

» Activities: varsity soccer; Pi Beta Phi sorority

“I think I found myself here. I’ve been able to explore everything from philosophy to economics and ask myself the questions that matter. And in doing so, I’ve grown as a person, in my understanding of what is important to me. I think I’ve evolved as a leader because DePauw forces you to get involved, and you’re constantly evolving by working with teams, whether that’s on a soccer field or at an ethics institute. There are so many opportu-nities to challenge the world around you and to challenge yourself in doing so.”

Lauren “Laila” Howard» sophomore» Major: psychology» Leadership Roles: Congress Rep for

United DePauw; executive member of the Independent Council

“The one thing that DePauw has really taught me thus far is that there are people out there who are so intelligent and so kind and so pro-gressive, that they’re almost imagi-nary. The views that are expressed here change the way that you think forever. Once you hear some of the things that people have to say, you will never be able to think about those things the same way again.”

Liz Gentry» sophomore» Major: psychology» Activities: varsity tennis; member,

Union Board; Alpha Phi sorority

“I learned that this isn’t high school and you can’t do everything. You can’t be perfect. And you’re not the best, smartest, most whatever person anymore because everyone is that here. It took a lot of learning to just understand that that’s okay.”

Nathan Mullins» sophomore» Majors: economics and

Spanish, Management Fellow» Activities: varsity swimming; Beta

Theta Pi fraternity

“I don’t know if I’ve necessarily changed. Grown might be a better word to describe it. I think I’ve become better in a lot of aspects, whether that be leadership, approachability, what have you. I think that just being in the DePauw atmosphere, being around these types of goal-oriented and exciting and happy individuals, has rubbed off on me. And I think that the fact that I’m around all of these people has made me better.”

Sean Haseley» junior» Major: communication» Activities: varsity basketball

“In high school, I kept to myself. I focused on schoolwork and did athletics, and that was about it. So to come here and be at a school full of people who were their class president, and who were involved in everything, and to do pretty well is definitely a confidence booster.

It has just kind of proven to me that, you know, if I can be relatively successful at a school like this, I can be successful in the real world.”

Stewart Burns» sophomore» Major: political science with a

minor in economics» Activities: debate team; reporter

for The DePauw; radio show host, WGRE; allocations board

“Take away the buildings and the green grass, and it’s really the people here – the professors and the students and the administration – that make DePauw what it is. I could have gone to a school where everyone has the same ideologies and wears the same shoes that I do. But coming here really does open you to new ideas. DePauw has inspired me to seek more answers and look for more paths in life.”

Tyler Archer» senior» Major: history» Activities: station manager, WGRE;

organizing chair, Relay for Life

“I don’t know that it’s about chang-ing so much as I think that when you’re at DePauw you find out who you really are.”

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4After DePauw come stories of success.DePauw graduates are agile thinkers. Creative problem-solvers. Great communicators.

Better still, they have access to a network of DePauw friends and alumni that

crisscrosses the globe from New York and Chicago to London and Hong Kong. In

other words, there’s a reason that 92 percent of DePauw’s most recent graduates are

employed, in graduate school or on a fellowship. Becoming a DePauw alum instills

pride. Being one means you’ll rise.

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NAME : Wallace “J.” Nichols ’89

CAREER : environmental scientist and ocean advocate

P LACES : California’s Slowcoast (home); California Academy of Sciences (work); the Pacific Ocean (research)

PAST L I VES : Biology and Spanish major; Delta Chi brother; columnist for The DePauw; master’s degree in environmental management, Duke University; doctorate in wildlife ecology, University of Arizona; founder, Grupo Tortuguero, an international grassroots movement dedicated to restoring Pacific sea turtles and sustainable management of ocean fisheries; co-founder, OceanRevolution.org, a worldwide network of young ocean leaders

“Sometime late in my education here, I learned you could actually make a living protecting wildlife. Little did I know that snorkeling in Bowman Pond, scuba diving in the quarry, writing for The DePauw and ravaging Marvin’s burritos were preparing me to be a marine biologist studying sea turtles in Baja, Mexico.”

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NAME : Marie Sokolova ’03

CAREER : opera singer – mezzo soprano

P LACES : Chicago (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Phoenix (hometown); Vienna, Austria (study abroad)

PAST L I VES : Vocal performance major, DePauw School of Music; Delta Zeta sister; Mu Phi Epsilon music honorary fraternity member; Sorceress in Dido and Aeneus (freshman year); Principessa in Suor Angelica (sophomore year); Buttercup in H.M.S. Pinafore (junior year); Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro (senior year); Witch in Hansel and Gretel (San Francisco Conservatory); Olga in Eugene Onegin (North Bay Opera); Tessa in The Gondoliers (The San Francisco Lamplighters), among many others

“The music faculty at DePauw take the extra step to prepare students for their time at DePauw and after. We worked on my résumé and ensured that I was preparing for auditions, for grad school and for where the music world was going. Now I am living my dream. I work for one of the best opera houses in the country. I’m on stage every day. I sing for a living, and I love it. Every career goal I had has been realized.”

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NAME : Vernon Jordan ’57

CAREER : civil rights pioneer, lawyer, and business executive

P LACES : Washington, D.C. (home); New York City (work); Atlanta, Ga. (hometown); 106 Longden Hall (freshman dorm room)

PAST L I VES : Political science major; history and speech minor; member, Men’s Hall Association (MHA); actor, Duzer Du (theatre honorary); head waiter, Longden Hall; J.D., Howard University School of Law; Georgia field director, NAACP; director, Voter Education Project; executive director, United Negro College Fund; president, National Urban League; recipient of the Alexis de Tocqueville Award from the United Way of America, the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP, and 72 honorary degrees from U.S. colleges and universities

“I loved my DePauw experience. Professors were great. The classes were great. The intellectual stimulation of it was terrific. I went to get a good education, and that’s what I did. If I had to do it again, I would go back to Greencastle. I have such enormous respect and gratitude for the education I got at DePauw.”

NAME : Elisa Villanueva Beard ‘98

CAREER : educator – COO, Teach For America

P LACES : Houston (a house, a husband and two sons); McAllen, Texas (hometown); Melbourne, Australia (study abroad); 43 Teach for America sites from Hawaii to Florida (work)

PAST L I VES : Sociology major; Kappa Kappa Gamma sister; Resident Advisor (Longden Hall, third floor); bilingual first and second grade teacher (Phoenix); Executive Director at Teach For America for the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas

“The bottom line is that DePauw was a life-changing experience for me. I’m from one of the poorest counties in the country. I had a very good, happy upbringing. And there was no question that I was going to college. But my community lacks exposure and access to opportuni-ties. DePauw opened up a whole new world and provided me with a whole set of supports that I didn’t know existed.”

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NAME : Tiffany Ballard ’06

CAREER : surgeon

P LACES : Ann Arbor, Mich. (residency, University of Michigan Hospital System); Nashville, Tenn. (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine); El Salvador (DePauw University Winter Term in Service); Decatur, Ind. (hometown)

PAST L I VES : Biochemistry major; anthropology minor; Pi Beta Phi sister; Order of Omega, honorary sorority member; lab researcher, Riley Hospital for Children and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital; first-generation college student; Phi Beta Kappa inductee and summa cum laude graduate of DePauw

“DePauw – with its small class sizes and great professors and all that involvement – pushed me from being a naïve small-town girl to being a mature student ready to take on the challenge of becoming a physician. Almost all of my biochemistry class has gone on to become M.D.s, Ph.Ds, and dentists, doing great things in the world already.”

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NAME : Matthew Lytle ’05

CAREER : investment banker – VP, Goldman, Sachs and Co.

P LACES : New York City (work); Chicago (internship at Goldman Sachs); Cozumel, Mexico (Winter Term course, “Coral Reef Ecology”); Wooster, Ohio (hometown)

PAST L I VES : Economics major; Management Fellow; ITAP; Sigma Chi brother, treasurer and pledge-class president; president, College Republicans

“I was attracted to DePauw because of its strong academic reputation and culture of experien-tial learning and community involvement. DePauw challenged me to develop many of the skills I need in my career, such as problem solving, leadership and communication skills. I couldn’t have asked for a more well-rounded experience.“

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NAME : Angie Hicks ’95

CAREER : Founder and CMO, Angie’s List

P LACES : Fishers, Ind. (home); Indianapolis (corporate headquarters); Cambridge, Mass. (business school); 200 other U.S. cities where Angie’s List is operational

PAST L I VES : Economics major; mathematics minor; Management Fellow; Alpha Omicron Pi (Theta Chapter) sister; CID Equity Partners intern; M.B.A., Harvard Business School; selling hot dogs and popcorn at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo at age 16 for $4 an hour (first job)

“My time at DePauw was instrumen-tal in my later success with Angie’s List. At DePauw, I learned a lot about myself, my strengths and my weaknesses. And I built another layer of strong foundation in my self-confidence. I’m sure I wouldn’t have had the fortitude to make it through that first year of growing Angie’s List without the base I’d had started by my family, and reinforced at DePauw.”

NAME : Jon Fortt ’98

CAREER : technology correspondent at CNBC

PLACES : Englewood Cliffs, N.J. (work); Washington, D.C. (Home-town); Atlanta (internship at CNN)

PAST L I VES : English major; Media Fellow; editor of The DePauw; senior writer at Fortune magazine; senior editor at Business 2.0; real estate and finance editor at the San Jose Mercury News; reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader in Kentucky

“I got to DePauw as a student interested in newspapers and a bunch of other things. DePauw was a great laboratory environment for life – socially, professionally. I learned how to talk to people, how to explore ideas. And that’s been at the center of everything I’ve done since.”

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Academic Program Guide 70Honor Scholar and Fellows Programs 83Hubbard Center for Student Engagement 84Advising 86Living on Campus 88How to Apply 91

Tuition and Financial Aid 93Planning Your Visit 94DePauw at a Glance 96

The Sum of All Parts

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Actuarial Science (major only)See Mathematics

AnthropologyWhat is culture? How do economic, political and societal forces shape human behavior on a grand scale? What can the collapse of ancient civilizations tell us about the future of our own? Exploring answers to these and other ques-tions, anthropologists bring a unique perspective to the holistic study of humanity from its origins, behavior, physical, social and cultural develop-ment. Majors explore cross-cultural understanding and engagement through themes such as violence and warfare, kinship systems, race and ethnicity, the gendered distribution of labor, political structures, practices of economic exchange, competition and community. Anthropology is particularly well suited to understanding the require-ments of citizenship in a globalizing age. Majors enjoy successful careers in academia, law, medicine, social work, international development, historic preservation, museum cu-ratorship, business, government and community organizing.

Sample Courses: Human Cultures; Archaeology; Culture, Medicine and Health; Wars and Militarism; Anthropology of Food

Art The Department of Art and Art History offers majors and minors in

art history and studio art as well as courses in art education.

ART HISTORY

Art history courses apply innova-tive approaches to the study of art, past and present, and stress the im-portance of viewing visual artifacts and architecture within their social and cultural contexts. Students are encouraged to look at art in an ac-tive and engaged way and to think critically about the meaning of art and visual culture in the contempo-rary world. Art history majors are prepared for graduate programs or a variety of professional careers in the arts: art historian, critic, muse-um curator, gallery professional and arts administrator.

Sample Courses: Visual Encounters: Critical Approaches to Representa-tion; Modern Art and Modernity; Ecology of Medieval Art; Art and Literature in Paris and Berlin

The architecturally and artistically rich cities of Athens, Florence, Rome, London and Paris are a few popular study abroad destinations for art history majors.

STUDIO ART

Studio art courses expose students to drawing, painting, ceramics, sculpture, photography and video and digital art. Students learn the

fundamentals of visual communica-tion, composition and design, and cultivate the technical skills neces-sary for the effective expression of ideas in a given medium. Beyond the classroom, visiting artists, critics and historians present their own work and meet with students for critique and discussion, and the galleries of the Peeler Art Center provide as many as eight exhibi-tions annually. Studio art majors have gone on to graduate programs as well to careers as practicing artists, commercial illustrators and art educators.

Sample Courses: Introduction to Video Art; Projects in Painting; Sculpture in Public Places; Casting Clay: Repetition and Refinement

Asian Studies (East Asian Studies major, Asian Studies minor)

The Asian Studies Program offers an interdisciplinary major in East Asian studies and minor in Asian studies. The East Asian studies major is geared toward a broad-ranging knowledge of China and Japan through language, histo-ry, literature, film, religion, politics, economics and the arts. The Asian studies minor covers various aspects of Indian, Chinese and Japanese cultures. Courses in language, literature, art history, film, history, political science and religious studies provide the building blocks for understanding these cultures, past and present. Students may take

Academic Program GuideDePauw University follows a course credit system in which students take four classes in the fall semester and four in the spring semester, with two three-week extended terms taking place in January and May. The College of Liberal Arts offers 40 majors that lead to the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree. The School of Music offers majors that lead to a Bachelor of Music (B.M.), Bachelor of Music Education (B.M.E.) and Bachelor of Musical Arts (B.M.A.).

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advantage of semester or yearlong opportunities to study in Asia. Stu-dents put their majors and minors to use in international education and business fields as well as in professional and graduate schools.

Sample Courses for East Asian studies major: Advanced Chinese, Advanced Japanese, China on Screen, Traditional Japanese Literature, Zen Buddhism

Sample Courses for Asian studies minor: Elementary Chinese, Elementary Japanese, Modern Chi-na and Japan, China and India in the 21st Century, Religions of India

Astronomy (minor only)See Physics

BiochemistrySee Chemistry

BiologyStudents in the biology program gain a solid understanding of bio-logical systems at the environmen-tal, organismal, cellular and mo-lecular levels. While introductory courses provide a broad exposure to biology at all levels, inquiry-based advanced courses are geared to improve students’ practical skills in scientific investigation. Through advanced courses and on-campus research activities with faculty, stu-dents get hands-on experience in the field and laboratory. Research experience at institutions, such as Harvard Medical School, Eli Lilly and Company, and Rocky Moun-tain Biological Laboratory, provide additional opportunities to network and learn from scientists. Biology students follow career paths in medicine, other health professions, biomedical research, and environmental biology and conservation.

Sample Courses: Ecology and Evolution, Conservation Biology, Cells and Genes, Microbiology, Immunology, Animal Physiology, Molecular Biology

DePauw’s 520-acre Nature Park is a living laboratory for students of biology.

Black StudiesBlack studies at DePauw challenges students to explore issues of race, difference, identity, and subject formation and to understand the collective experience of black people in today’s world. Students use a multidisciplinary approach to explore the multiple and shifting historical, cultural, social and political meanings of blackness with a focus on the Diasporan societies, cultures and people of the United States, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Stu-dents learn to challenge traditional ways of thinking about difference, gain a critical consciousness about global relations and the roles blacks play in these relations, and understand how a knowledge of the black experience will enhance their engagement with contemporary social, cultural and political issues. The program prepares students for world citizenship and adds an intercultural dimension to their growing store of knowledge.

Sample Courses: Sociology and Hip Hop; Harlem Renaissance; American Government: Race, Power, and Privilege; Caribbean Religion and Cultures; Jazz History

Business Administration (minor only)

Students who pursue the interdisci-plinary minor in business admin-

istration approach the concepts of business administration from a liberal arts perspective. The minor includes core courses in economics, mathematics and psychology as well as a quantitative analysis component and an elective course that students may choose from a variety of disciplines. Business administration minor requirements also include attending Manage-ment Center Lecture Series events and completing an internship.

Sample Courses: Introduction to Economics, Introduction to Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Industrial and Organizational Psychology

See also Economics

Chemistry and Biochemistry DePauw’s innovative curriculum provides a solid foundation and offers majors in both chemistry and biochemistry. Coursework prepares students to understand the physical and living world and to make scientifically informed contri-butions to many academic fields and society at large. Biochemistry majors pair a chemistry scaffold with molecularly focused course-work in biology. The curriculum provides students considerable flexibility to explore sub-disciplines of chemistry in ways they find most stimulating. Students engage in collaborative research with faculty and participate in internships at national laboratories, in industrial or medical settings. Careers include drug development, instrumen-tation, biotechnology, cosmetics, environmental monitoring and agrochemicals. Students go on to graduate study in a variety of fields, including medicine.

Sample Courses in Chemistry and Biochemistry: Biophysical

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Chemistry, Chemometrics, Inor-ganic Synthesis, Thermodynamics, Equilibrium and Kinetics

Chinese (minor only)See Modern Languages

Classical Archaeology (minor only)See Classical Studies

Classical CivilizationSee Classical Studies

Classical StudiesThe classical studies department approaches the ancient Mediterra-nean world through the humanistic disciplines of language and liter-

ature, history and philosophy, and art and archaeology. This curricu-lum focuses on some of the greatest works of the human spirit. It de-velops logical and creative thought and demands sophisticated analysis of Greek and Roman literary works and cultural monuments. Students in classical studies study overseas in Italy, Greece and Turkey, and reg-ularly participate in archaeological excavations. Classical studies offers majors and minors in Greek, Latin or classical civilization, as well as a minor in classical archaeology. Classical studies majors pursue careers in law, medicine, business,

journalism, government, education, theatre and the arts.

Sample Courses: Greek and Latin at all levels; Greek Civilization; Aegean, Egyptian and Near Eastern Archaeology; Greek and Roman Mythology; Ancient Mediterranean World; Impact of Empire; Greek and Roman Law; Archaeology of Ancient Israel

Communication and TheatreAs a crossroads discipline, com-munication is studied from the humanities, artistic and social science perspectives. The study of communication is built around a framework that allows for an understanding of theory, oppor-tunity for criticism of messages and practice, and research in the discipline. Students study a wide range of communication areas, including rhetoric, interpersonal communication, media and theatre. Communication students can apply their understanding in a variety of fields, including corporate commu-nication, public relations, person-nel, advertising, marketing, law, electronic media, journalism, sales, public service and the performing arts. Most communication students participate in cocurricular activities, such as debate (DePauw Debate), theatre (DePauw Theatre) and student media (WGRE-FM radio and D3TV cable access television). The Department of Communica-tion and Theatre also contributes to the Media Fellows Program. Majors are offered in Communi-cation and Theatre, and minors can be earned in rhetoric/interpersonal, media studies and theatre.

Sample Courses: Media, Culture and Society; Theatre Production and Design; Rhetorical Theory and Criticism; Intercultural Commu-

» Anthropology» Art History» Art Studio» Biochemistry» Biology» Black Studies» Chemistry » Classical Civilization » Computer Science» Conflict Studies» Earth Sciences» Economics » Education Studies» English: Literature» Environmental

Geoscience» Film Studies» French» Geology» German » Greek» History» Kinesiology » Latin» Mathematics» Music (College of

Liberal Arts)» Music (School of Mu-

sic): Music Education;

Music Performance: Voice, Piano, Organ, String, Wind, Brass, and Percussion; Musical Arts; Music Business; Music and a Second Major; 5-year Double De-gree Program: Music performance and a liberal arts major

» Philosophy» Physics » Political Science» Psychology» Religious Studies» Sociology» Spanish» Theatre» Women’s Studies

MAJORS ONLY» Actuarial Science» Communication» East Asian Studies» English: Writing» Independent

Interdisciplinary» Pre-Engineering (3-2)

» Romance Languages

MINORS ONLY» Asian Studies» Astronomy» Business Administration» Chinese» Classical Archaeology» European Studies» Geography» Instrumental Jazz

Studies (School of Music)

» International Business» Italian» Japanese» Jazz Studies» Jewish Studies» Latin American and

Caribbean Studies» Media Studies» Music (Applied)» Rhetoric and Interper-

sonal Connection» Russian» Russian Studies» World Literature

COURSES OF STUDY:MAJORS AND MINORS

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nication; Media Law; History of Theatrical Theory and Criticism

Computer Science The most important aspect of com-puter science is problem solving, an essential skill for life. Students study the design, development and analysis of software and hardware used to solve problems in a variety of busi-ness, scientific and social contexts. Because computers solve problems to serve people, there is a significant human side to computer science as well. University programs of interest to computer science majors include the Science Research Fellows Program and Information Technol-ogy Associates Program. Computer science students pursue careers with companies that provide hardware, software or services for use in busi-ness, education, science, government, entertainment and research. Students may also choose to attend graduate school to further their study.

Sample Courses: Software De-velopment, Artificial Intelligence, Web Programming and Cybersecu-rity, Autonomous Robotics, Graph-ics, Human Computer Interaction

Conflict StudiesConflict studies is an interdisci-plinary field that examines conflict from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives. Because of the ubiquity and significance of conflict in human affairs, the study of the causes, processes and resolution of conflict is increasingly claiming a central place in how we understand and engage the world. Majors apply a wide array of theoretical lenses (e.g., Social Psychology, Gender, Critical Security, Post-Colonial) to the exploration of conflict at all levels (intrapersonal to interna-tional), conflict-types (e.g., interest,

value, structural) and substantive issues (e.g., contemporary armed conflict, human rights, environ-ment, labor-management, global-ization, culture, interfaith). More than 15 departments offer courses that qualify for Conflict Studies credit. Courses allow self-directed students to consider the practical dynamics of preventing, managing, resolving and/or transforming conflict. Through the theoretical-ly informed analysis of in-depth case studies, students develop the analytical and reasoning skills necessary to make structural and relational change possible.

Sample Courses: Topics in Conflict Studies; Alternative Dispute Reso-lution; Senior Seminar: The Study and Analysis of Conflict

Earth ScienceSee Geosciences

Economics The economics and management department offers a major in economics that broadens under-standing of economic behavior, domestic and international government policies and social institutions. It sharpens the ability to think clearly and analytically about these and other matters, while also offering coursework in management topics. Economics majors may further define their study through pursuit of interdis-ciplinary minors in international business or business administration. Studying economics may also help students reach a variety of specific career goals. Economics graduates have careers in banks and other financial institutions, accounting and management consulting firms, manufacturing, public utilities, commerce and government service. A background in economics is also

excellent preparation for graduate study in law and business.

Sample Courses: Contemporary Economic Problems, Managerial Accounting, Urban Economics, Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Applied Game Theory, Development Economics

See also Business Administration and International Business

Education StudiesThe education studies department takes the view that the process of education is critical to a society still moving toward its democratic ideals. Examining education and educa-tion-related issues from a variety of theoretical perspectives, the department offers courses that recognize the socio-cultural, historical, political, economic and philosophical influences on learning, teaching and human development. As a result of their coursework, field experiences, formal research projects, exposure to national speakers, and internships and off-campus study trips, education students cultivate several qualities: an awareness of their personal power and agency, the ability to critique as well as problem solve, and the capacity to undertake informed and principled action within learning communities. Thus, the department’s curricular offerings highlight how self-discovery and understanding one’s natural and social worlds occur in a range of settings, including but not limited to, schools.

The four-year, non-licensure education studies program focuses on education as a discipline within the liberal arts. Students investi-gate topics such as the sociology of education, political economy of

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education systems, and theories of learning and development as well as engage in cultural, historical and philosophical studies in education.

Sample Courses: Comparative Education, Education and Social Change, History of American Education, American Public School Law, Women in Education

MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM

The School of Music offers the music education program, and it nominates candidates for licensure to the department of education studies. The department is responsible for recommending the program’s candidates for Indiana state licensure.

See also Music (School of Music)

English Trained to think inventively and write expressively, English majors are prepared for work in various professional spheres, including graduate study in the field, education, communications, publishing, law and business. Some have established reputations as scholars, journalists and authors. English majors concentrate in writing or literature.

WRITING

The study of writing directly engages students’ imaginations and knowledge and helps them develop their potential as writers through courses in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting and journalism. Small workshop classes provide intensive experience in the crafting and revising of students’ own work and in the productive critique of others.

Sample Courses: Introduction to Creative Writing; Fiction Writing Workshop; Nonfiction Writing

Topics: Memoir; Poetry Writing Workshop; Playwriting Workshop; Screenwriting Workshop Topics: Adaptation; News Writing and Editing

The Kelly Writers Series brings renowned poets, novelists, playwrights and nonfiction authors to campus to read and meet with students.

LITERATURE

Literature classes engage students in appreciation and criticism of litera-ture as an art form. Through courses covering a spectrum of historical, cultural and ethnic perspectives, literature also invites students to explore their own lives and times as well as think beyond their own ex-perience. The curriculum introduces students to representative works of English, American and Anglophone writing and encourages them to develop methods of critical inter-pretation. Classes typically combine lecture and discussion.

Sample Courses: Literature and Interpretation, British Writers I, Shakespeare, The Romantic Period, Modern Continental Literature

Environmental GeoscienceSee Geosciences

European Studies (minor only)

The minor in European studies invites students to integrate course-work from several fields into a broad, yet coherent individual pro-gram of study. Many fields, from the humanities to government, business and scientific research, have increasing interactions with the European Union. The minor in European studies thus contributes to the preparation for a career in a wide variety of professions.

Sample Courses: Introduction to Art History, Modern Continental Literature, History of Western Philosophy, Politics of Civil Rights and Liberties

Film StudiesFilm, video and other related media are ubiquitous in contemporary society. Students who study film learn to think, write and speak critically about a vital cultural form that increasingly reflects us, defines us, persuades us, markets us and tells our stories. Film studies at DePauw is not a pre-professional program for aspiring filmmakers. While students are required to complete at least one

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course in production, the program’s emphasis rests on the critical, theoretical, historical and philo-sophical approaches that constitute film studies as a field of inquiry within the liberal arts tradition. As such, film studies can prepare students for a wide range of careers and aspirations: as teachers, business professionals, entrepreneurs, artists, scholars, administrators, or to simply try to change the world.

Sample Courses: Film and Culture, Film Theory, Women in Film, Documentary Film, Japanese Cinema and Anime, Screenwriting

FrenchSee Modern Languages

Study abroad opportu-nities for students are available in cities in France (Paris, Angers, Grenoble, Nancy and Strasbourg), Belgium (Brussels) and Senegal (Dakar).

Geography (minor only)See Geosciences

GeologySee Geosciences

GeosciencesGeoscientists study the Earth, including the materials that compose it, the processes that con-tinuously change it, and its evolution over time. Because these studies in-volve investigations of relationships between Earth’s systems, the geosci-ences are inherently interdisciplinary and include aspects of chemistry, biology and physics. The DePauw geosciences department offers three majors – geology, earth science and environmental geoscience – as well

as minors in these fields and in ge-ography. Coursework in geology in-cludes mostly geoscience with some chemistry. Earth science majors combine geoscience with astronomy and chemistry for a broader view. Environmental geoscience is the most interdisciplinary of the three with core courses in geoscience and environmentally focused coursework in anthropology, biology, chem-istry, economics and philosophy. The geography minor combines a course in physical geography and an upper-level geoscience course with study in other disciplines. Geoscien-tists address increasingly challenging problems that confront a growing human population: climate change, dwindling natural resources, earth-quake prediction and natural hazard identification, human environmental impact, and safe disposal of toxic and radioactive waste materials. Geosciences graduates pursue careers in industry, government and academia.

Sample Courses: Earthquakes and Volcanoes; Weather, Climate and Climate Change; Earth and the Environment; Geologic Field Experiences; Sedimentology and Stratigraphy; Environmental Geophysics; Applied Hydrogeology

GermanSee Modern Languages

Study abroad oppor-tunities for students are available in cities in Germany (Berlin, Freiburg and Tubingen) and Austria (Vienna).

GreekSee Classical Studies

HistoryBy exploring the complexities of peoples and societies in the past, history majors make the present more comprehensible. History coursework encourages students to think critically, argue logically and examine the values of their society and those of other societies. History students develop research, analytical, writing, oral communi-cation and problem-solving skills that prepare them for a range of occupations, for graduate and professional schools and for the responsibilities of informed citizen-ship. History majors pursue careers in law, education, governmental affairs, journalism, social service, business, finance and museums.

The history department sponsors field trips to historical sites and assists students in find-ing relevant internships.

Sample Courses: United States in the Sixties, Modern Middle East, France from Charlemagne to Napoleon, Ethnicity and Conflict in South Africa, History of Mexico, Women and Family in Modern China, History of Science, History Beyond the Classroom

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Independent Interdisciplinary (major only)

Students have the opportunity to devise an academic program suited to an area of special interest. An interdisciplinary major consists of an integrated series of courses selected from at least two of the conventional academic disciplines. A committee of three faculty members supervises each interdisciplinary major from the proposal and application process through the senior project.

Although any general problem of a genuine academic, scientific or intellectual nature may constitute the subject of an interdisciplinary major, such a major is ordinarily defined in one of three ways:

» an area of the world, geograph-ically, politically or culturally prescribed, such as the United States or the Middle East;

» a period of time in the history of some part of the world, such as the Victorian Age; or

» a specific problem that is treated by several disciplines, such as the concept of social justice or the artist in the modern world, the rhetoric of revolutionary move-ments or political modernization.

International Business (minor only)

The international business program is designed for students preparing for careers in international trade or finance. Students in this program major in East Asian studies, economics, French, German or Spanish and complete additional coursework in economics, history, political science and language for the international business concentration. It is strongly recommended that students spend some time (Winter Term, semester or year) in an

off-campus study program and/or internship in the foreign country or region in which they are specializing. Appropriate courses taken in such approved off-campus programs will count toward fulfilling the requirements of this concentration. Economics majors take four electives and between two and six language courses, depending on language placement. All other majors take five economics courses and four electives.

Sample Courses: Introduction to Financial Accounting, International Economics, Managerial Finance, Business French, German for Busi-ness, Business Spanish

See also Economics and Modern Languages

Italian (minor only)See Modern Languages

Japanese (minor only)See Modern Languages

Jazz Studies (minor only)See Music (College of Liberal Arts)

Jewish Studies (minor only)

Jewish studies takes an interdisci-plinary approach to the diversity and complexity of the Jewish experience. It treats Judaism not as a fixed system but as a cluster of ideas that has shifted and continues to develop in response to historical necessities and alongside other cultures. Two strands are central to Jewish studies: the study of Jewish intellectual life and the study of Jewish identity, both their religious and secular aspects. Central to both strands is the under-standing that there is no singular or essential Judaism, Jewish thought, Jewish place or Jewish identity.

Sample Courses: Hebrew Bible, Topics: Holocaust History, Modern Jewish Writers, Jerusalem: The Holy City

In 2013 the undefeat-ed women’s basketball team won its second national championship in seven years and set a national record as the only team to win 34 games in a season.

Kinesiology The kinesiology major provides a breadth and depth of knowledge of human movement in the context of a strong liberal arts education. Courses address how the human body functions from a physiolog-ical, biochemical, mechanical and psychological view, using exercise and physical activity as the model for study. Students gain hands-on experience through multiple labo-ratory experiences. Each student completes a research project as a culminating experience for his or her degree that exposes the student to all aspects of the research process. Kinesiology majors graduate to become researchers at universities, government agencies and private organizations (such as Nike and the Gatorade Institute); strength coach-es; exercise technologists in health-care settings; leaders of corporate wellness programs; personal trainers; fitness instructors; corporate sports leaders; and sports marketing/event planners. Graduates also seek pro-fessional degrees in physical therapy, nursing and medicine.

Sample Courses: Physiology of Ex-ercise, Motor Control, Biomechan-ics, Bioenergetics, Musculoskeletal Pathomechanics, Environmental Physiology

LatinSee Classical Studies

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Latin American and Caribbean Studies (minor only)

Latin American and Caribbean studies provides an integrated academic program covering the diversity of the human experience in Latin America and the Caribbean. The program features three core components: student-de-signed curriculum, experiential learning and a research-oriented intellectual commons. The program prepares students for careers in fields such as international business, foreign affairs, bilingual education, journalism and social work as well as for graduate school. Students may also self-design a major in the field.

Sample Courses: Colonial Latin America, Caribbean Cultures, Economics of Income Differences, African Diaspora Cultures

MathematicsThe study of mathematics encour-ages the development of skills in analytical thinking and problem solving that have wide applicability. Math majors continue their educa-tion in fields as disparate as math-ematics, computer science, physics, operations research, law, business, statistics, music, education, religion, dentistry and medicine. The depart-ment also has a long tradition of successfully preparing students for the actuarial profession.

Sample Courses: Mathematics of Compound Interest, Calculus, Algebraic Structures, Statistical Model Analysis

Media Studies (minor only)

The Eugene S. Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media houses media organizations and facilities that all students can experience. Radio station WGRE produces numer-

ous sports broadcasts and timely news coverage, is an industry leader in promotion of up-and-coming alternative music, and was named the number two College Radio Sta-tion in America in 2011 and 2012. The TV facility contains Sony Vegas and Final Cut Pro/iMovie nonlinear editing systems, two studios and a control room, and is home to D3TV, the student television channel. For more information, see Communica-tion and Theatre.

Modern LanguagesStudents in the department of modern languages develop oral, written and reading proficiency in their target language and increase their awareness and understand-ing of foreign cultures through coursework in literature, cinema, civilization (both pre-modern and contemporary) and business. The department encourages all students to spend at least one semester in an approved off-campus program in a country where their target language is spoken. Students with training in foreign languages and cultures have an important edge in today’s increasingly international job mar-ket. They often go on to successful careers in banking and business, government and diplomacy,

education, travel, the Peace Corps, telecommunications and social work, among many other fields.

In addition to language majors and minors, the modern languages department offers for-credit courses in Arabic, Italian and Portuguese.

Majors and Minors Offered: Chinese (minor only), French, German, Japanese (minor only), Romance Languages (major only), Russian (minor only), and Spanish

Sample Courses: German Cultural Studies, Chinese Conversation, Review of Elementary French, Intermediate Japanese I, Spoken Russian, Spanish Civilization

Music (College of Liberal Arts)

BACHELOR OF ARTS WITH A MAJOR IN MUSIC: VOICE, PIANO, ORGAN, STRING, WIND, BRASS AND PERCUSSION

Students in the College of Liberal Arts working toward the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree may major in music following a successful audition held by School of Music faculty members. Students fulfill all College of Liberal Arts require-ments. Approximately one-third of

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the curriculum is the music major, which comprises required sequenc-es in music theory, music history and literature as well as ensembles and music electives.

Sample Courses: Theory, Musicianship, History of Western Music, Senior Seminar

MUSIC (minor only)

Students in the College of Liberal Arts who are majoring in disci-plines other than music may com-plete a minor in music. The minor includes core music courses as well as electives. A successful School of Music audition is required if the student is interested in applied lessons or ensembles.

Sample Courses: Theory, Musicianship, History of Western Music

JAZZ STUDIES (minor only)

Non-music majors in the College of Liberal Arts may complete a minor in jazz studies. The minor includes core jazz music courses as well as applied music lessons (in jazz piano, guitar or bass) and ensemble participation. A success-ful School of Music audition is

required before a student can be certified as a jazz studies minor.

Sample Courses: Jazz Theory, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz History, Jazz Piano, Jazz Ensemble

Music (School of Music)

Dedicated to preparing students for a music career in the 21st century, the School of Music offers several degree options. Students approach their education as entre-preneurs, incorporating community engagement, advocacy, audience development and innovative programming techniques with core business skills and rigorous performance instruction. Addition-ally, the School of Music provides opportunities for all students to study music as an essential part of a liberal arts education. Students are admitted to the School of Music by auditions. Music students learn and perform on campus in the Jud-son and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts, which includes Kresge Auditorium, Moore Theatre and Thompson Recital Hall; approximately 40 acoustically iso-lated practice/rehearsal rooms; the Music Instructional Technology

Center; a state-of-the-art recording studio; the Roland® Keyboard Lab; and the Music Library.

Vienna, Milan, Paris, London and Amsterdam are popular destinations for music majors who choose to study abroad. Winter Term options in-clude faculty-led projects.

MUSIC EDUCATION (BACHELOR OF MUSIC EDUCATION)

The music education degree program successfully prepares graduates for careers as public school music teachers. The program leads to state certification to teach music in the P-12 public schools in Indiana and 43 other states. Two majors are available: an instrumen-tal/general music emphasis and a choral/general music emphasis. To obtain certification, students must complete a semester of student teaching in a local elementary or secondary school. Music education faculty members challenge students to develop their knowledge, skills and dispositions to become accomplished musicians, scholars and educators.

Sample Courses: Conducting, Music for Students with Diverse Needs, English Diction for Singers (choral/general), Elementary and Secondary Instrumental Materials (instrumental/general)

MUSIC PERFORMANCE (Bachelor of Music)

The Bachelor of Music (B.M.) degree is the most common profes-sional degree in music and the most music-intensive of all options, with approximately three-quarters of all coursework in music and one-quar-ter in other liberal arts courses.

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There are four areas of emphasis offered: vocal performance; piano performance; organ performance; and string, wind, brass and percus-sion performance. Students gen-erally practice several hours each day on a primary instrument in addition to carrying a normal class load. The music curriculum includes theory, musicianship, music history and literature courses in addition to applied music lessons and ensemble participation. Students are admit-ted to the performance program by successful completion of a quali-fying performance examination at the end of their sophomore year. Performance majors complete a half recital in their junior year and a full recital in their senior year.

Sample Courses: Advanced Keyboard Skills (organ and piano); Italian Diction for Singers (voice); The Organ in the Church Service (organ); Large Ensembles (all); Symphonic Literature (string, wind, brass and percussion)

MUSICAL ARTS (Bachelor of Musical Arts)

The Bachelor of Musical Arts (B.M.A.) degree is an interdisci-plinary music degree that requires students to develop a secondary area of emphasis outside of music. Students personally design these interdisciplinary liberal arts components through a process of individual advising with faculty members. The program culminates in a capstone experience that relates studies in music to the secondary area of emphasis. As with the B.M. degree, students complete a rigorous core curriculum in theory, musicianship and music history as well as participate in applied music lessons and ensembles. The B.M.A. degree provides an education that is

more general than the B.M. degree while still emphasizing music. This degree differs from the B.A. degree in that it generally requires more music theory and history classes. The B.M.A. effectively prepares students for graduate study in music.

Sample Courses: Theory, Musi-cianship, Conducting, History of Western Music, Large Ensembles

MUSIC BUSINESS

Students may pursue an emphasis in business with the B.M. or B.M.A. degree. These majors combine the music curriculum with courses in economics and psychology as well as career-related electives.

Sample Courses: Introduction to Economics, Managerial Account-ing, Industrial and Organizational Psychology

MUSIC AND A SECOND MAJOR

Students may pursue a liberal arts major with a B.M. or B.M.A degree. This requires an additional eight to 10 courses in the student’s second discipline.

5-YEAR DOUBLE DEGREE PROGRAM (Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts)

Students complete the professional study in music required for a Bachelor of Music degree as well as the full liberal arts curriculum required for a Bachelor of Arts degree in a discipline outside of music. The program requires five years of study. Unlike the B.M. and B.M.A. degrees with a second liberal arts major, the double degree program requires that students fulfill all College of Liberal Arts degree requirements, including the distribution area requirements and the competency requirements as

well as coursework in their College of Liberal Arts major. Students in the double degree program are expected to enroll in lessons and participate in ensembles in each of their five years.

INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ STUDIES (minor only)

Students in the School of Music may complete a minor in instru-mental jazz studies. The minor requires courses in jazz theory, improvisation, history as well as jazz ensemble and combos. Most courses may not overlap with the music major requirements.

Sample Courses: Jazz Theory, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz History, Jazz Combo, Jazz Piano

MUSIC FOR NON-MAJORS

There are many ways in which College of Liberal Arts majors can participate in School of Music offerings. Opportunities include large ensemble participation, individual applied music lessons, applied music classes, academ-ic music courses, dance courses, chamber music, minors in music and opera participation.

PhilosophyThe purpose of the major in philosophy is threefold: it encour-ages clear, logical and independent thinking; it affords the chance to explore problems and ideas about self, society, knowledge and value that have intrinsic interest and are germane to other disciplines; and when studied in conjunction with appropriate courses in other disciplines, it prepares students for professional fields such as law, medicine, business, journalism and government. A major in philoso-phy bridged to other programs is available.

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The DePauw Ethics Bowl team debates the best solutions to moral problems drawn from real life. The team has advanced to national competition in six of the past seven years.

Sample Courses: Environmental Ethics, Existentialism, Philosophy of Art, Philosophy of Sex and Gen-der, Classical Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Cosmology

Physics Physics is the study of the funda-mental nature of everything, from the very large (e.g., the structure of the universe) to the very small (e.g., atoms). Experimental and theoretical physicists are people who enjoy understanding how things work. Physics students develop excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills in in-novative integrated classrooms and labs, a dedicated physics computer lab, research laboratories, and fully equipped metal and wood machine shops. An undergraduate physics degree is a springboard to careers in engineering, systems analysis, financial analysis, management, national security, medical research, education and journalism. Some students pursue a minor in astron-omy. Many physics majors pursue graduate study in medicine or law.

Sample Courses: Stars and Galaxies, Physics and Society, Electronics, Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Nuclear and Particle Physics

Political SciencePolitical science involves the systematic study of how people and

societies make the political deci-sions that affect their lives. Many courses analyze the American political system, but there are also courses on political systems in other countries and regions (Europe, the Middle East, China, India and the Third World, more generally), on relations among and between nations, and on issues and questions that transcend the politics of any particular place. Stu-dents go on to successful careers in elected and appointed government positions, journalism, business, research, education and law.

Sample Courses: Elements of Political Theory, American National Government, Political Parties, African American Politics, China and India in the 21st Century, Muslim Political Thought

Political science majors expand on what they learn in the classroom through internships in various government offices, participation in election campaigns, off-campus study in Washington, D.C., and relevant Winter Term travel and study abroad experiences.

Pre-Engineering (3-2) (major only)

Pre-engineering students may earn a DePauw B.A. along with a B.S. in engineering at Columbia University or Washington Univer-sity (St. Louis). In this five-year program, students spend three years at DePauw completing coursework in math, physics, computer science, chemistry and other sciences to

satisfy the requirements of DePauw and their chosen engineering program. The standard minimum GPA for automatic transfer is 3.25. Students then spend two or more years in engineering school. Transfer to other engineering schools with which DePauw does not have a for-mal agreement may also be possible. The DePauw Department of Physics and Astronomy oversees this program.

Sample Courses: Differential Equations, Principles of Physics, Computer Science I, Structure and Properties of Inorganic Compounds

PsychologyPsychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes approached from physiological, cognitive, behavioral, social and applied perspectives. Psychology majors receive training in the scien-tific approach as it has been applied to the study of such topics as: brain function, perception, learning, motivation, memory, development, social influence, attitudes, organiza-tional behavior, and mental disor-ders and treatments. Understanding how these topics have been inves-tigated scientifically requires the development of critical thinking skills, quantitative reasoning skills, and speaking and writing abilities necessary to communicate research knowledge to others. An apprecia-tion for the ethical issues involved in dealing with colleagues, clients and subjects is also required. Psy-chology majors go on to careers in research, counseling and teaching as well as such fields as medicine, business, journalism and law.

Sample Courses: Social Psycholo-gy; Abnormal Psychology; Devel-opmental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience; Drugs, Brain and

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Behavior; Learning and Compara-tive Cognition; Industrial/Organi-zational Psychology; Psychotherapy and Behavior Change; Psychology of Personality

Religious StudiesReligion is intimately related to such key aspects of communities as the structure of political power, economic organization, class structures, conceptions of gender, marriage, work and war. In short, religion shapes both institutional order and the thought and behavior of individuals. The study of religion, therefore, is basic to the liberal arts and helps prepare students for a variety of career paths, including journalism, law, business, education and work in philanthropic and religious institutions. Courses on the history, scriptures, thought, practices and institutions of both Western and Asian religious traditions are key. Attention is also given to the interaction between religion and society and to the comparative study of religions. Religious studies may be a major, minor or bridge major, which in-volves coursework in religion with classes in another field or fields.

Sample Courses: Introduction to World Religious Literature, Religions of India, Religion in American Culture: Friend or Foe?, Religion and Film

Rhetoric and Interpersonal Communication (minor only)

Students weave study in rhetoric and interpersonal communication with majors, such as sociology, political science, economics, psy-chology, education and English, to prepare for careers in law, manage-ment, nonprofit leadership, business writing, teaching and counseling.

DePauw Debaters were Pi Kappa Delta national champions in 2012. For more information, see Commu-nication and Theatre.

Romance Languages (major only)

Offered by the department of modern languages, the major in Romance languages combines coursework in French and Spanish. Students complete a major in one language along with upper-level coursework in the other.

See also Modern Languages

Russian (minor only)

See Modern Languages

Russian Studies (minor only)

Russian studies is an interdisciplin-ary minor combining study of the Russian language with courses in Russian literature, culture, history, politics and geography. Students develop a level of language proficiency through on-campus courses. In addition, off-campus programs in Russia and other Slavic countries provide courses in litera-ture, history and the social sciences while immersing students in the study and daily use of the language.

Sample Courses: Reading Russian, Spoken Russian, Russian Culture: From Icons to Faberge, Nineteenth- Century Russian Literature

Sociology Sociology fosters a critical consciousness of how different cultures and social groups organize and make sense of their world. Majors discover the patterns, rules and logic that undergird race relations, gender, sexuality, family, work, law, medicine, religion and criminal justice systems. Students learn to question received knowl-edge, analyze structural inequalities,

think critically and imaginatively, interpret an argument, design and carry out research, formulate a po-sition, write cogently, and develop a historical and comparative gaze in tackling contemporary problems. Majors have gone on to careers in fields ranging from criminal justice to community organizing, medicine to museum curatorship, academia to activism and many others.

Interdisciplinary courses in Black studies, Jewish studies, Latin American and Caribbean studies, and women’s studies enrich sociology majors’ understanding of their own and other cultures.

Sample Courses: Contemporary Society; Medical Sociology; Race and Ethnic Relations; Sexuality, Culture and Power; Sociology of Family; Criminology; Protest, Activism and Change

SpanishSee Modern Languages

Study abroad oppor-tunities for students are available in Spain, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and many other countries.

TheatreDePauw Theatre students use the unique advantages of the liberal arts environment to craft indi-vidualized paths to a professional life in the arts. We offer unique experiences for students to design, produce and direct during our main stage seasons, in addition to per-

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formance opportunities that have no graduate students competing for roles. Faculty are active playwrights, actors, directors, designers and scholars, and the foundational training in the classroom and on our stages is fleshed out with in-ternships, study-abroad opportuni-ties and summer work. Cooperative arrangements with the School of Music, art department and Creative Writing Program offer additional creative training for the growing artist. For more information, see Communication and Theatre.

Women’s StudiesIn the past 30 years, women’s studies has produced a compelling body of interdisciplinary and multicultural scholarship that has challenged traditional interpreta-tions of history, experience, culture and science. Women’s studies is an interdisciplinary major (with courses in 16 academic depart-ments) that encourages students to reconsider the diversity of women’s experiences historically and globally, along with the changing roles of women and men today. With women’s studies, students have an opportunity to concentrate on an area of passionate interest while acquiring skills, and inter-rogating perspectives, from many different disciplines.

Sample Courses: Feminist Inquiry; Queer Theory, Queer Lives; Women of Color in the U.S.; Fem-inism and Environmentalism

Additional Programs INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES PROGRAM (ITAP)

The Information Technology Associates Program (ITAP) provides DePauw students with a unique opportunity to hold paid

on-campus internships centering on technology and leadership in a liberal arts setting for four years. In addition to technological profi-ciency, ITAP interns build critical thinking, problem solving and com-munication skills, among others. The ITAP experience can be customized to complement an intern’s academic and professional goals. ITAP grad-uates leave DePauw prepared for success in a 21st-century world with technological fluency within their chosen fields.

BONNER SCHOLAR PROGRAM

The Bonner Scholar Program awards scholarships to qualified students passionate about dedicat-ing themselves to community service. Bonner Scholars are selected from the incoming first-

year class and are expected to stay involved and support the program through their four years of college.

PRINDLE INTERNSHIPS

Approximately 12 undergraduates each semester serve as paid interns at The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics (see p. 90). Prindle interns act as hosts for visitors, advise the director regarding student involve-ment, and help plan programs that engage the campus in discussion and debate.

Prindle interns team up to create riveting events around critical questions of justice and public pol-icy, character, duty and responsibility.

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Honor Scholar Program If you are an insatiably curious student and thrive on finding and exploring connections between different fields, and have the intellec-tual courage to explore difficult and unfamiliar topics, then the Honor Scholar Program is for you. The program plays a pivotal role in De-Pauw’s commitment to excellence in a liberal arts education, and it is open to students of all majors. In their first year, students take two Honor Scholar seminars. In their next three years, Honor Scholars take three discussion-based interdisciplinary seminars, working in a small-group setting with professors to investigate topics in the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. As seniors, Honor Scholars complete a thesis, working closely with a faculty adviser and committee of additional profes-sors. The Honor Scholar Program is liberal arts education at its best, and it provides a community for students seeking an especially stimulating intellectual experience.

Environmental Fellows ProgramThis integrative program is designed for outstanding students who exhibit intellectual curiosity, high academic achievement and strong motivation to explore environmental issues from a range of disciplinary perspectives. Experiential learning opportunities, such as scien-tific research, internships or off-cam-pus study, enhance the understanding that students gain through both their disciplinary major and cross-disci-

plinary environmental coursework. A capstone experience enables students to integrate all aspects of their environmental education. Upon graduation, Environmental Fellows are well-equipped to address complex, real-world problems using multi-disciplinary approaches. They are prepared to be strong and suc-cessful candidates for employment in environmental careers, graduate study in disciplinary areas, graduate study in discipline, and programs with an environmental focus.

Management Fellows Program This program is designed for outstanding students who want to integrate a top-notch liberal arts ed-ucation with the practical experience of a semester-long, paid internship. Students will take courses in econom-ics, accounting, finance, ethics and business writing. A capstone experi-ence will allow students to reflect on their internship experiences as well as to use the skills they have obtained to implement a business plan. A series of workshops and lectures with out-standing business leaders helps shape the education of a DePauw Manage-ment Fellow. Past internships have sent our students all over the world as they have worked for companies such as BrandEra, Fort Worth, Texas; Independent Purchasing Cooperative (SUBWAY™), Miami; Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis; and Cum-mins, Pune, India.

Media Fellows Program Combining classes with hands-on media experience within Eugene S.

Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media, this program features semes-ter-long, off-campus internships and a robust speaker series. Recent in-ternship locations include such sites as “The Today Show,” “The Colbert Report,” The White House, The Aspen Times and C-SPAN. These experiences encourage exploration of the theory and practice of media and give students insight into the world of radio, television, print jour-nalism, advertising, public relations, film, social media and the Internet, with emphasis on multimedia experience.

Science Research Fellows ProgramDesigned for curious students with an interest in hands-on research, the Science Research Fellows Program engages students through-out their four years on campus. Students have the opportunity to conduct collaborative scientific research with DePauw professors as early as the summer after their first year. These initial experiences lay the groundwork for prestigious external internships at locations such as the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Aerospace Corporation, Eli Lilly and Com-pany, Rocky Mountain Biology Laboratory, Duke University Med-ical School, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Students learn to solve problems, enhance their communication skills and develop leadership qualities that prepare them for success at top graduate schools and future careers in science-related fields.

Honor Scholar and Fellows ProgramsDePauw offers uncommonly driven, curious and passionate students opportunities for enhanced academic and career-oriented experiences through a selection of five unique programs.

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Cocurricular Advising: Part of your Four-Year PlanThe Kathryn F. Hubbard Center for Student Engagement (CSE) is committed to supporting DePauw’s integrated approach to advising that helps students define their academic goals and identify opportunities that enable them to achieve those goals (see page 86). The Hubbard Center provides information, resources and advising in the areas of service, study abroad, internship and career development – including Extended Study opportunities during Winter Term, May Term and summer. Their approach integrates with the academic and student life elements of a student’s four-year plan and is designed to help students tie the many threads of their liberal arts experience together in meaningful ways that enhance their employment and graduate school opportunities.

Through a new part-nership with the Kelley School of Business, a new Winter Term course complements DePauw’s classic liberal arts curric-ulum with an intensive introduction to the fun-damentals of business.

Professional Development: Internships and CareersFrom summer internships to semes-ter-long and short-term intensive internships, DePauw students draw upon internship experiences to ex-plore their career goals and interests. Center for Student Engagement staff also help students draft cover letters, develop professional résumés, and prepare for internship and job interviews. Throughout a student’s four years on campus, the Hubbard

Center assists students looking for ways to articulate their interests while promoting their skills and talents to potential employers.

Extended Studies Opportunities Through courses on and off campus, internships, short-term study abroad, and independent study or research, DePauw’s Extended Studies Program – which includes Winter Term – is an opportunity to engage in hands-on learning with an empha-sis on liberal arts integration. As a component of each student’s four-year plan, students complete two Extended Studies experiences during their time at DePauw, including at least one that takes place during Winter Term.

Extended Studies opportunities (taking place in Winter Term, in May and at other times during the year) may take many forms, but opportunities include:

» Exploring a new subject with a faculty-led course or service trip.

» Working collaboratively on a project with faculty members or professionals who have similar interests.

» Studying a problem or topic from a cross-disciplinary perspective through independent study.

» Exploring a potential career or experience a field of work related or unrelated to one’s area of study.

Hubbard Center for Student EngagementLocated in the Memorial Student Union Building, the Kathryn F. Hubbard Center for Student Engagement provides comprehensive advising and programming in career and pre-professional planning, study abroad, internships, undergraduate research and service learning.

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» Working and living with others while providing a community service.

American television journalist Charles Kuralt once described the Winter Term in Service Program as “DePauw’s own Peace Corps.”

Off-Campus StudySemester-long and short-term study abroad experiences offer an excellent opportunity for students to explore another culture, learn in a different environment, develop new skills and see themselves as part of a global community. Typically, students participate in semester-long programs during their junior year, while short-term off-campus study can also take place as an Extended Studies opportunity during Winter Term. With programs available on every continent (except Antarctica), students can enroll in a program that supports their own academic pursuits. All students, regardless of major or financial circumstance, have an opportunity to study off campus.

Independent Study and Undergraduate ResearchIndependent study projects offer opportunities to explore an area of special interest. Students might explore a senior thesis topic or prepare for future graduate school study. Students work closely with a supervising faculty member who serves as the principal point of contact and evaluates the finished product. With DePauw’s low student-to-faculty ratio, students also have opportunities to engage in original research directly with faculty members. Students across the disciplines regularly partner

with faculty on research projects and scholarly work.

Community Engagement and Service LearningService opportunities at DePauw take many forms. The student-run DePauw Community Service pro-gram coordinates dozens of projects on campus and in the Greencastle community. Alternative fall and spring breaks provide opportunities for students to take their commit-ment to service off campus, often to communities in need throughout the United States. For longer-term service opportunities, Winter Term in Service (WTIS) seeks to im-merse students in a local community abroad or elsewhere in the United States for two to three weeks while working on projects in areas such as construction, public health, educa-tion, environment and technology.

Financial Support for Off-Campus StudyAll students, regardless of major, have an opportunity to study off

campus. A variety of dedicated endowments directed by the Center for Student Engagement – including the Winter Term Student Financial Support Program – are designed to help DePauw students with demonstrated financial need participate in off-campus projects.

Learning through Experiential Applications Program (LEAP)LEAP rewards students for participating in programs, advising and opportunities that help develop professional skills and perspectives on career fields to develop post-graduate goals. Opportunities for LEAP credit include working with an alumni mentor, studying off-campus (Extended Studies or for a semester), getting your résumé critiqued and pursuing a summer internship. Hubbard Center advisers can help students learn about possibilities to connect their strengths and interests to life possibilities after you graduate.

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From getting settled for the first time as a college student, to selecting courses, to choosing a major, to applying to graduate school or laying the groundwork for a career, you can rely on DePauw faculty and staff for guidance. DePauw is committed to providing every student with a team of advisers – in academic life, student life and cocurricular life (through the Hubbard Center) – that support student success.

Advising shifts fully to support student preparation for post-

graduate opportunities, including job search, graduate school applica-tions, and postgraduate fellowships and awards. Students are officially welcomed into the alumni network.

YOUR FOUR-YEAR PLAN

AL – Academic Life SL – Student Life HC – Hubbard Center

Students enroll in a first-year seminar. Students work with

their faculty advisers to build an academic plan that encourages exploration and lays the foundation for future work.

Student life assigns peer mentors and resident assistants

for each new student, and students participate in first-year programming designed to assist students in adjusting to college life.

Early advising focuses on encouraging students to

begin developing their cocurricular plan, including off-campus study, community service and career exploration.

Students continue exploring the curriculum broadly, which

leads to declaring an academic major during the spring semester.

Students identify and begin to more deeply involve themselves

in student organizations (e.g., athletic teams, Greek organizations, musical ensembles).

The Sophomore Institute intro-duces students to professional

skills development, networking and the full scope of Hubbard Center resources. Students further develop their cocurricular plan and prepare for off-campus study, externships and internships.

Coursework focuses on high-level, discipline-specific

study and provides opportunities for students to connect their major to other academic areas and research opportunities across the curriculum.

Students position themselves for major leadership roles in

campus organizations, living units and peer mentoring programs.

Students engage in major cocur-ricular activity: semester-long,

off-campus study; internships; and/or off-campus, extended studies experi-ences as outlined in their cocurricular plan. Center advising begins to shift focus to career planning, graduate school planning, pre-professional advising, postgraduate fellowships and awards.

Students complete the academic program (including

senior thesis, projects, recitals and other capstone experiences).

Students complete final leadership opportunities

on campus and begin to live independently.

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A Team of AdvisersBefore first-year students set foot on campus for orientation, they are assigned a team of advisers from the offices of Academic Life, Student Life and the Hubbard Center for Student Engagement. They are also assigned to a First-Year Seminar (FYS) group. The seminar’s faculty instructor serves as a student’s academic adviser during the first year and until the student declares a ma-jor. (Transfer students and interna-tional exchange students are assigned a faculty adviser.) The adviser guides students in choosing classes and ac-tivities that are the building blocks of their liberal arts experience. Because students do not declare a major until second semester of sophomore year, first-year advisers help students explore interests and begin to define their academic and career goals as they start their journeys at DePauw.

Major AdvisingStudents transition to a faculty adviser of their choice when they declare a major. Although students have primary responsibility for their academic programs, students and ad-visers share responsibility for mon-itoring student progress in fulfilling graduation requirements. Advisers may also recommend off-campus study opportunities, Winter Term experiences, and extracurricular or cocurricular activities that augment students’ academic course of study. Students are expected to communi-cate their goals to their adviser and to inform the adviser of any changes in these goals. It is important that students meet with their advisers throughout the semester.

Graduate School AdvisingSeniors who are considering ob-taining master’s or doctoral degrees should discuss opportunities with

their major adviser and other professors in the field. Students’ professors are the best sources of advice and letters of recommen-dation. The Hubbard Center can assist students in narrowing down options, crafting statements of intent and identifying the most beneficial graduate programs.

Pre-professional AdvisingStudents interested in health and legal professions, pre-engineering and music education can find re-sources in the Hubbard Center for test taking and applying as well as advice on how to incorporate their liberal arts education into pro-fessional fields. Students are also encouraged to talk with designated advisers for pre-med and pre-law.

PRE-MED ADVISING (Medicine, Den-tistry, Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Other Health Professions)

A dedicated health sciences adviser assists students with their prepa-ration for medical school, dental school, the veterinary sciences and other health professions. Alongside members of the faculty, DePauw’s pre-health adviser offers students access to a wide range of expertise across the sciences and in areas of career counseling and academic skills development. The adviser also helps students prepare their appli-cations, including crafting letters of recommendation.

PRE-LAW ADVISING

A liberal arts education is the best preparation for a career in law. At

DePauw, students thinking of law are counseled on an individual basis by their faculty adviser and the University’s pre-law adviser. Recent graduates have attended law school at Harvard University, University of Chicago, George Washington Uni-versity, and Georgetown. DePauw also recently launched a partnership with the McKinney School of Law at Indiana University.

PRE-ENGINEERING ADVISING

Students interested in engineering may earn a B.A. degree from DePauw and then take advantage of the University’s partnerships with Columbia University and Washington University (St. Louis) to earn a B.S. in engineering. Center for Student Engagement staff, along with the University’s dedicated pre-engineering adviser, are available to guide students through the program’s options.

Fellowships and AwardsEvery year, DePauw students win nationally competitive fellowships, scholarships and awards that sup-port study, research or teaching in a wide range of academic disciplines. DePauw assists students in apply-ing for competitive scholarships, such as the Fulbright, Marshall, Wilson and Mellon. Recipients of scholarships attend graduate pro-grams, conduct research and teach in countries around the world. They become leaders in their fields of study and communities.

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Housing DePauw guarantees housing through all four years of a student’s college experience. Living options include singles, doubles, triples and duplexes for upperclassmen. Students who choose to participate in Greek life have the option of living in sorority and fraternity houses, which are located on or near campus and include a full meal plan.

Dining All students living in University housing participate in the Din-ing Plan. The plan for first-year students includes three meals a day (typically available through an all-you-care-to-eat meal), and also DPU Flex dollars to spend at the Fluttering Duck, 2 West Bistro and other participating restaurant locations in town.

The Hub Café is located in the center of campus at the Memorial Student Union Building. It is open late and provides an all-you-care-to-eat meal for a set price. The Hub Café features a wide variety of delicious, healthy, sustainable and authentic culinary creations. Each food station showcases a rotat-ing menu of items that are made from scratch, including vegetarian and vegan options for every meal. Special dietary needs are easily provided by an on-site chef and management team.

The Den Bistro is a unique dining experience located in the lower lev-el of Longden Hall in South Quad. It provides an array of convenience

items along with an á la carte café featuring a made-to-order deli and bistro-inspired menu options. As with all dining options, ingredients are sustainably sourced and pur-chased locally whenever possible. The Den Bistro serves lunch, dinner and late-night food, which complements the student social space that is used by various indi-vidual students and student groups for programming and events.

Hoover Dining Hall, the Univer-sity’s new dining hall, is currently under construction and sched-uled for completion in the fall of 2016. It will replace the Hub Café and serve as the primary dining facility for first-year students and upper-class students who live in University housing. Follow con-struction progress at depauw.edu/buildingdepauw.

Café Roy, located in the Roy O. West Library, meets all your coffee and liquid refreshment needs and carries snacks and fresh-baked goods.

Café Allegro, located in the Green Center for the Performing Arts, offers the same goodies as Café Roy.

Spiritual LifeDePauw’s Methodist heritage is reflected in the University’s deep commitment to supporting the spiritual journeys of people from all faith traditions. The Center for Spiritual Life (CSL) coordinates student religious organizations, facilitates interfaith and ecumenical dialogue, offers spiritual care and

counseling, and advocates for social justice and social responsibility.

AthleticsNCAA DIVISION III VARSITY SPORTS

DePauw is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC). The NCAC consists of Allegheny College, Denison University, DePauw University, Hiram College, Kenyon College, Oberlin College, Ohio Wesleyan University, Wabash College, Wittenberg University and The College of Wooster. All students who meet the eligibility standards of the NCAA are encouraged to try out for any of the varsity sports.

In the first year of competition in the NCAC, DePauw won the all-sports trophy and has ranked first or second in the conference each of the past three years.

Men’s Teams» Baseball» Basketball» Cross Country» Football» Golf» Lacrosse» Soccer» Swimming and Diving» Tennis» Track and Field

(Indoor and Outdoor)

Living on CampusDePauw is a fully residential liberal arts college, which means conversations spill over from the seminar table to the dining hall to the student lounge.

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Women’s Teams» Basketball» Cross Country» Field Hockey» Golf» Lacrosse» Soccer» Softball» Swimming and Diving» Tennis» Track and Field

(Indoor and Outdoor)» Volleyball

CLUB AND INTRAMURAL SPORTS

Intramural teams are generally formed by living units and organized into divisions for competition. Students who share a common interest in a particular sport can start a club team or compete against other schools. Of-ferings might change from year to year, depending on student interest.

Club Sports» Biking» Cheerleading» Crew» Equestrian Club» Fencing Club» Hapkido» Poms

» Rugby (M, W)» Tae Kwon Do» Weight Lifting

Intramural Sports» Badminton» Basketball» Billiards (M)» Bowling» Golf (M)» Indoor Soccer (M)» Outdoor Soccer (W)» Racquetball» Softball» Table Tennis» Tennis» Touch Football» Ultimate Frisbee» Volleyball» Walleyball

DePauw’s Little 5 Bike Race has been a campus tradition since 1956. Every April, men’s and women’s teams race around campus.

FITNESS AND WELLNESS

A well-rounded liberal arts program exercises the body as well as the brain. DePauw offers fitness

and wellness classes free of charge. Mind-focusing and energizing selections include yoga, Zumba®, Turbo Kick, Pilates, indoor cycling and water aerobics, among others.

SPORTS FACILITIESLilly Physical Education and Recreation Center With a 36,000-square-foot expan-sion and renovation completed in 2014, the Lilly Center includes:» four basketball courts» eight volleyball courts» eight badminton courts » three multi-purpose rooms for

fitness classes and dance» three fencing lanes» the new 16,000-square-foot,

two-story, Welch Fitness Center with exercise equipment for machine-weight and free-weight training

» three hardwood courts for rac-quetball and handball

» a 25-yard by 25-meter swimming pool with one one-meter and one three-meter diving board

Indoor Tennis and Track Center » six Deco-Turf tennis courts » a 200-meter, six-lane track with

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a Mondo Super-X spike-proof surface

» two long-jump/triple-jump runways and pits, and a pole-vault area

Outdoor Athletics Facilities » Nick Mourouzis Field at Black-

stock Stadium with new Astro-Turf GameDay Grass 3d Xtreme synthetic turf (football, track and field, and field hockey)

» two playing fields at Reavis Sta-dium, a competition field and a practice field, both with Astro-Turf GameDay Grass 3D Xtreme synthetic turf (soccer, lacrosse and field hockey)

» Walker Field (baseball)» an intercollegiate softball field » nine outdoor tennis courts,

including three lighted courts

Academic Resource HighlightsLIBRARIES

DePauw’s four wi-fi equipped libraries offer 24/7 online access to books, articles and more. Grab a cup of coffee with your professor at Café Roy in the main library. While you’re there, receive guidance for your research, mine the Archives and special collections, or borrow books from libraries around the world. You can also take advantage of our unique collections and services at the Prevo Science Library, Visual Resource Center or Music Library.

LAPTOPS, WI-FI ACCESS AND CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGYDePauw expects all students to have a laptop computer to use in coursework. Computers play a significant role in many aspects of the DePauw experience. Students find that having a personal laptop is invaluable for completing coursework, accessing online course materials, performing research,

taking notes, and communicating with friends and family. In addition, because faculty members assume that each student owns a laptop, some instructors incorporate using a laptop into course assignments and sometimes require you to bring a laptop to class.

THE JANET PRINDLE INSTITUTE FOR ETHICS

The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics promotes critical reflection and constructive debate about important ethical questions: What is right, just and good, and what must human beings do – now and in the future – to meet our moral responsibilities? The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics seeks to explore with DePauw students the moral challenges of the 21st Century and encourage them not to remain silent in the face of injustice.

Standing atop an old quarry site, the Prindle Institute is a place where students and faculty can get away from campus to concentrate and reflect on ethical issues.

Adjacent to the Institute is The Bartlett Reflection Center, which provides a place for individual and group reflections in a quiet, natural setting. The two buildings are joined by a series of waterfalls and streams. The Reflection Center complements the Institute by offering a space conducive to meditation and contemplation.

JUDSON AND JOYCE GREEN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

The stunning Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts, home to DePauw’s School of Music and Department of Com-munication and Theatre, provides well-balanced opportunities for students to polish their musical skills while developing their abilities to think and reason. Extraordinary

faculty members, who are accom-plished performers and teachers, are dedicated student advocates and mentors. Non-music majors are welcome to audition for ensembles and enroll in music classes.

SustainabilitySustainability is an institutional priority for DePauw that trans-lates into students’ daily lives in a number of ways. Here are a few examples:

» We purchase sustainably grown and processed foods whenever possible, including cage-free eggs, local beef from Fischer Farms, fair trade drinks from Green Moun-tain Coffee, and yogurt and milk from Traders Point Creamery. We also purchase fresh produce in season from local farmers.

» In response to a student-led call to action, DePauw does not sell plastic-bottled water on campus. We encourage using reusable wa-ter bottles, which can be filled at hydration stations across campus.

» During spring 2013, DePauw be-gan a campus farm. Most of that produce is served in University dining halls; 15 percent of what is produced is donated to a local food pantry. The farm also helps students learn about gardening and growing our own food.

» A University-wide recycling program.

DePauw’s seven-acre campus farm provides a living example of sustainability principles as well as provides sustainably grown pro-duce to the campus and community.

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Admission Checklist1. The Common Application -

available at www.depauw.edu or www.commonapp.org

2. The Common Application Secondary School Report

3. Test scores from the SAT I and/or ACT. (For students living in China, please submit official results from the TOEFL or IELTS.)

4. A letter of recommendation from a high school teacher or counselor.

DEPAUW TEST SCORE SUBMISSION CODES

SAT I and SAT II – 1166ACT – 1184AP – 1166TOEFL – 1166

5. An essay - respond to one of the five essay prompts provided by The Common Application.

6. CSS Profile and parental tax return from the prior year, if applying for need-based financial assistance. You will also need to submit the FAFSA by February 1 to complete the need-based aid process.

Admission TypesEARLY DECISION – APPLICATION DEADLINE NOVEMBER 1

Early decision is an option for students early in their senior year who are sure they wish to enroll at DePauw. If you select the early decision option, you must read and sign the Early Decision Candi-

date’s Agreement with your parents and counselor and submit it with your application. The agreement states that DePauw is your first-choice university and, if accepted, you will attend DePauw and withdraw all applications pending elsewhere. The University takes this commitment seriously and expects that you will also; a nonrefundable $400 enrollment deposit is due by January 15. Candidates seeking need-based financial assistance must complete the CSS Profile, and submit parental tax return, by November 1 and the FAFSA by February 1.

EARLY ACTION – APPLICATION DEADLINE DECEMBER 1

Students who wish to receive an

early notification of their admis-sion to DePauw may use the Early Action option. Under this program, students are notified of their admission decision no later than January 15 and have until May 1 to submit their nonrefundable $400 enrollment deposit confirming their intention to enroll at DePauw. Candidates seeking need-based financial assistance must complete the CSS Profile, and submit paren-tal tax return, by December 1 and the FAFSA by February 1.

REGULAR DECISION – APPLICATION DEADLINE FEBRUARY 1

Regular decision is DePauw’s final application deadline for the year for non-transfer students. Admitted RD candidates have until May 1 to

How to ApplyDePauw University seeks high-achieving students who have demonstrated the ability to meet intel-lectual challenges and have the potential to make significant contributions of talent and energy to enrich the life of our campus. Through a highly selective process, we offer admission to students with the promise to use their DePauw education to lay a foundation for lifelong success.

ADMISSION TYPE

APPLICATION DEADLINE

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Early Decision November 1 January 15

Early Action December 1 May 1

Regular Decision February 1 May 1

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submit their nonrefundable $400 enrollment deposit. Candidates seeking need-based financial assistance must complete the CSS Profile, submit parental tax return and the FAFSA by February 1.

TRANSFER

Transfer students may apply for admission for the fall or spring semester. Transfer applicants to DePauw must submit all the mate-rials required for regular admission (see Admission Checklist) as well as an official college transcript and The Common Application’s College Official ’s Report. Traditionally, admitted transfer applicants have demonstrated a minimum GPA of 3.0 in college-level work. Transfer applicants with at least two years of college studies at another institu-tion are not required to submit a secondary school report. Transfer applicants will be admitted on a rolling basis.

International StudentsInternational applicants must arrange for official school tran-scripts to be sent to DePauw from the school(s). We require that the documents be sent to us in both the original language of issuance (if it is a language other than English) AND translated into English. Translations should be verified by either your school(s), or a local EducationUSA center. To find a center, visit www.educationusa.info/centers.php.

If you come from a country where you have taken national, regional or state board examinations (such as the Indian CBSE/ISC/State Board, the African WAEC, the Cambridge IGCSE, GCSE, etc.), we require that your counselor sub-mit your exam results along with your high school records.

International applicants whose first language is not English must also submit an Official Score Report from the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or IELTS (International English Language Testing System) along with the SAT I and/or the ACT. Proof of English proficiency can be waived for those students who have spent their entire secondary school education at an English-medium school (where English is the pri-mary language of instruction).

Minimum TOEFL requirements: 563 (paper test), 223 (computer test), 85 (Internet test).

Minimum IELTS requirement: 6.5

In order to complete their appli-cation, all international applicants must also submit the CSS Profile if applying for financial aid.

Admission InterviewsAlthough not required, an individ-ual interview is strongly recom-mended for students who plan to apply to DePauw. We recommend students interview during the summer before, or during, the fall semester of the senior year of high school. However, if a high school junior feels prepared to have an interview, this can be scheduled late in the spring semester of the junior year. The admission interview is evaluative in nature and becomes part of the student’s application for admission.

School of Music AuditionsIn addition to submitting the materials in the admission checklist above, students who wish to apply to the School of Music must audition. Auditions are scheduled through an online registration form (www.depauw.edu) or by calling the Office of Admission at 800-447-2495. The

Office of Admission must receive all application materials no later than two weeks prior to the audition date in order for academic credentials to be reviewed. Those students who are academically admissible to the Uni-versity will be notified in advance of the audition. Applicants who demonstrate significant academic weaknesses may not be able to par-ticipate in the audition process.

DePauw grants music perfor-mance awards to music majors who demonstrate exceptional talent during the audition pro-cess. Non-music majors who are committed to participating in large ensembles and taking private lessons in areas other than female voice may also audition for music performance awards.For more information, call 800-447-2495 or email admission@depauw.edu.

Honor Scholar and Fellows Program ApplicationsSome students choose to delve deeply into specific areas of study through one of DePauw’s Honor Scholar or Fellows Programs. Each program has a unique application and deadline. Promising candidates will be contacted shortly thereafter and invited to visit campus for a formal interview in March.

For more information, go to www.depauw.edu.

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TuitionWhen choosing a college, the key word is “choice.” It makes sense to look at cost, but that is only one factor to consider as you plan for your future. The quality of the education, your abilities and interests, the college’s programs and stories of alumni success should all play a role in your decision.

TUITION AND FEES PER SEMESTER 2015-16

Tuition $21,975Housing $3,080Meal Plan $2,770Activity Fee $118Health Fee $146Housing Program Fee $40Recreation Fee $100Total Semester Charges $28,229

LAPTOP REQUIREMENT

In addition to the above expenses, DePauw expects all students to have a laptop computer to use in their coursework.

Financial AidThe DePauw Financial Aid Office will work with you to find the best combination of options for funding your education. Scholarships as well as need-based aid and loan packages are available.

SCHOLARSHIPS

An extensive listing of scholar-ships can be found online at www.depauw.edu. Scholarships are available for first-year and current students.

NEED-BASED FINANCIAL AID

If you are applying for need-based financial aid, you must submit the College Scholarship Service (CSS) PROFILE form and prior year tax returns to be considered for institutional need-based assistance. You must also submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to be considered for federal and state assistance.

DEPAUW FINANCIAL AID CODES

FAFSA – 001792 http://www.fafsa.gov

College Scholarship Service PROFILE – 1166 http://student.collegeboard.org/css-financial-aid-profile

Tuition and Financial AidDePauw is committed to making the education we offer accessible to all qualified applicants. We will work with you to find the best combination of options for funding your four years here.

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A standard campus visit consists of a walking tour with a current DePauw student and an appoint-ment with an admission counselor. Weekday visits during the academic year afford additional opportunities to help students and their families become acquainted with DePauw.

You may also choose to visit DePauw on one of our scheduled event days, such as a Preview Day. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and some Saturdays during the school year from 9 a.m.-noon.

For more information, go to www.depauw.edu, email visit@depauw.edu or call 800-447-2495.

ToursTours, led by current DePauw students, leave from the Office of Admission and take approximately 75 minutes. Be sure to wear your walking shoes and dress for the weather!

Tours are offered frequently during the school year:

» Weekdays, five times daily

» Saturdays, three times daily

There are no Saturday tours during the summer months of June, July and August.

Admission AppointmentsThe appointment with an admis-sion counselor can be conducted in one of two formats:

Information Sessions include a brief presentation by an admission counselor with the opportunity for questions and answers. There may be other families present for the information session.

Individual Interviews are strongly recommended for students who plan to apply to DePauw. Interviews for high school seniors typically take place in the fall semester. High school juniors who feel prepared may interview in their spring semester. Information from the individual interview becomes part of the student’s application for admission.

Admission appointments are available every weekday and many

Planning Your VisitThe best way for you to experience the beauty of our campus, intellectual intensity in our class-rooms and warmth of our highly social atmosphere is to come see DePauw for yourself.

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Saturdays during the academic year. During the summer months of June, July and August, appoint-ments are scheduled Monday through Friday only, except during Alumni Reunion Weekend.

Weekend VisitsThe Office of Admission is open for individual visits some Saturdays during the academic year. De-pending on schedules, an appoint-ment with an athletics coach is sometimes possible on a Saturday. Classroom visits, meetings with professors and financial aid ap-pointments are not possible during a Saturday visit.

Overnight VisitsHigh school seniors are welcome to spend the night on campus with a student host. Overnight accommodations for one night are available for any Sunday–Thursday evening within specific dates. Many students like to arrive on campus in the late afternoon or early evening hours, meet their host/hostess and then have their sched-uled appointments and activities the following day.

Travel by Car, Plane or TrainDePauw University is located in Greencastle, Indiana. The closest airport, Indianapolis International Airport, is located 40 miles east of DePauw on Interstate 70. There is no public transportation available between the airport and Greencas-tle, nor is there public transporta-tion (including taxi service) between towns in close proximity to Greencastle. Visiting families will need to rent a car at the airport. Train and/or bus service is available from cities such as Chicago and Cincinnati. We provide shuttle transportation from

the airport or train and bus stations for prospective students traveling alone. Driving directions are available on our website at www.depauw.edu.

On-campus parking: Visitors may park in any University-owned lot or along any street throughout campus. We encourage you to get a visitor permit from the Public Safety Office at 101 E. Seminary St. There is no charge for this permit.

Where to StayA variety of hotels and bed-and-breakfast accommodations are available near campus. The Inn at DePauw offers lodging and dining right on campus. The Inn can be reached by phone at 765-653-2761. Additional area hotels can be

found online at www.depauw.edu.

Where to EatAlthough fast food is easy to find along I-70, downtown Greencastle has its own local lures. Marvin’s, or Marv’s as students affectionately call it, is a DePauw landmark. It’s a casual dining spot that serves as a meeting place for students and Greencastle residents alike. Marv’s menu includes burgers, pizzas and burritos, and its garlic cheeseburger (or GCB) is locally famous. Other local restaurants offer a variety of cuisines, including American, Mexican, Italian, Chinese and BBQ, and range from casual to fine dining. Find specific details online at www.depauw.edu.

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General Information» A private, selective, coeducation-

al, residential, undergraduate College of Liberal Arts and School of Music

» Founded in 1837 by the Methodist church

» Accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Sec-ondary Schools, University Senate of the United Methodist Church, Committee on Professional Train-ing of the American Chemical Society, National Council for Ac-creditation of Teacher Education, Indiana Professional Standards Board for the State of Indiana, Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs and the National Association of Schools of Music

Campus» Greencastle, Indiana, population

approximately 10,300; 45 min-utes west of Indianapolis

» Historic East College, dedicated in 1877, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

» 36 major buildings on 695 acres, including a 520-acre nature park featuring The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics and The Bartlett Reflection Center

Curriculum» Liberal arts with 40 major pro-

grams, and three degree programs offered in the School of Music

» Academic calendar: two 15-week semesters with two three-week extended terms taking place in January and May that are devoted

to on-campus coursework, internships, independent study, study abroad or volunteer service

Students» Total Enrollment: 2,304 Men: 45% Women: 55%

» Freshman-to-Sophomore Retention Rate: 92%

» Minority Enrollment: 19%

» International Student Enrollment: 10%

» SAT 25th-75th Percentile: 1610-1910

» ACT 25th-75th Percentile: 25-30

» Class Rank 25th-75th Percentile: 76-96%

» Unweighted GPA 25th-75th Percentile: 3.57-4.05

» Students come from 44 states and 35 countries

Faculty » Total Faculty (FTE): 225

» Student-Faculty Ratio: 10:1

» Average Class Size: 16

» Multicultural Faculty: 19%

» Tenure-Track Faculty Holding Ph.D. or Highest Degree: 99%

Office of AdmissionDePauw UniversityOffice of Admission204 East Seminary StreetP.O. Box 37Greencastle, IN46135-0037 Phone: 765-658-4800 Toll free: 800-447-2495admission@depauw.edu

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY POLICYDePauw University, in affirmation of its commitment to excellence, endeavors to provide equal opportunity for all individuals in its hiring, promotion, compensation and admission procedures. Institutional decisions regarding hiring, promotion, compensation and admission will be based upon a person’s qualifica-tions and/or performance without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, gender, gender identity or gender expres-sion, except where religion, gender or national origin is a bona fide occupation-al qualification.

Photography by Bob Handelman, Bruce Weller, Richard Fields, Larry Ligget, Linda Striggo, Andrew Collins, Scott Stewart, Polina Osherov, L. John Powers and Melissa Barnes.

DePauw at a Glance

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