Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Animal behavior | |
Animal behavior, an interdisciplinary major combining psychology and biology, offers either the bachelor of arts or the bachelor of science degree. |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Anthropology | |
Anthropology explores the diversity and integrity of other cultures, and shows the value of other ways of life. The discipline is, by nature, inclusive, importing ideas, methods, and subject matter from many sources to apply to its central focus: the study of human cultural behavior. The field also has... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Art and Art History | |
The Department of Art and Art History encourages interactions among the disciplines of art, art history, museum studies, film studies, philosophy, history, modern languages and others. The curriculum enhances students' visual literacy and theory skills and prepares them for critical engagement in an... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Astronomy | |
The Astronomy Program is integrated into the Physics curriculum, and is designed to be accessible to majors and non-majors alike. In addition to courses, the Astronomy Program offers opportunities teaching and research in the field.
Students interested in concentrating their studies in astronomy are... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Biology | |
Biology provides students with an understanding of the nature and origin of species and how organisms function, concepts relative to health, the environment, and agriculture. Bucknell‘s biology program combines these areas of knowledge in a liberal arts setting. |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Biomedical Engineering | |
Biomedical engineering is an interdisciplinary field which not only integrates fundamental scientific knowledge with medicine and biology, but also stimulates the interaction of engineers from all of the traditional disciplines. From its early days focused on the development of medical devices, biomedical... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Cell Biology/ Biochemistry | |
The Cell Biology/Biochemistry program is a synergy between the Chemistry and Biology departments at the University. The interdisciplinary nature of the program emphasizes critical thinking, problem solving skills, and laboratory experience. Students contemplating this major should have a passion for... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Chemical Engineering | |
Chemical engineers are experts in designing and analyzing products and production systems which make use of chemical, physical, and/or biological transformations of raw materials. Their education must exhibit the breadth that allows them to form a bridge from the atomic-scale nature of matter all the... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Chemistry (BA) | |
A bachelor of arts major in chemistry consists of eight courses in chemistry numbered 211 or above, five of which are required: Organic Chemistry I (CHEM 211), Organic Chemistry II (212), Inorganic Chemistry (221), Analytical Chemistry (231), and Biophysical Chemstry (340) or Physical Chemistry (341).... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Chemistry (BS) | |
A bachelor of science major in chemistry consists of 10 courses in chemistry, eight of which are required: Organic Chemistry I (CHEM 211), Organic Chemistry II (212), Inorganic Chemistry (221), Analytical Chemistry (231), Physical Chemistry (341), Inorganic II (322), Analytical Chemistry II (332), and... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Civil & Environmental Engineering | |
The goal of Bucknell's civil and environmental engineering program is to provide students with the educational background they'll need for their first job in engineering, yet also give them the foresight they'll need for their last engineering position. The curriculum offers courses to undergraduates... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Classics | |
Classics offers students opportunities to study the Mediterranean world of the ancient Greeks and Romans and, to a more limited extent, the societies of the Near East and Egypt. Classics has been taught at Bucknell since its founding in 1846. The discipline has grown and broadened over that century and... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Comparative Humanities Program | |
The program in comparative humanities is designed to approach the western tradition of ideas, history, literature, and art in an interdisciplinary fashion. Such a program of study is intended to reflect contemporary trends in humanistic discourse and has a largely but not exclusively European orientation.... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Computer Engineering | |
The bachelor of science degree in computer engineering is an interdisciplinary degree offered jointly by the Departments of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Computer engineering is the integrated study of both computer hardware and software systems to solve problems and create new systems.... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Computer Science (BA) | |
The Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science degree program provides the student with an opportunity to combine the liberal arts tradition with computer science. The BA in Computer Science program is the most flexible of the three computer science programs and may be combined with another BA program for... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Computer Science (BS) | |
The Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree program is in the tradition of other Bachelor of Science degrees such as chemistry, biology, mathematics, and physics. It provides a broad scientific and technical background while maintaining the flexibility of a liberal arts program. The program combines... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Computer Science and Engineering | |
The Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering program is an engineering degree in the tradition of other Bachelor of Science in Engineering degrees such as chemical, civil, electrical, biomedical, and mechanical engineering. It is a program for students interested in computer science in... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
East Asian Studies | |
Whether students study the liberal arts, the sciences, the social sciences, business, or engineering, a knowledge of Western culture alone is inadequate to meet the demands of a world that is increasingly international. Asia and the Pacific Rim are rapidly emerging as major forces in international affairs.
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Economics | |
Economics at Bucknell is an integral part of the liberal arts. The department's primary goal is to cultivate patterns of inquiry that produce economic literacy, independent thinking, and a commitment to lifelong learning and a socially responsible life. |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Education | |
The education program at Bucknell combines a liberal arts education with professional preparation. The integration of liberal and professional studies provides students with a broad and deep education not found in traditional professional programs, and it develops within them the resourcefulness, imagination,... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Electrical Engineering | |
A primary goal of the electrical engineering curriculum is to provide technical content that is current and relevant to present and future engineering practice at a level commensurate with students' abilities and interests. Another goal is to foster growth in students' analytical faculties, design abilities,... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Engineering
Management | |
Engineering students now have a new educational option -- a five-year joint degree program that combines the technical capacities of engineering with the business acumen of management. Student in this program will earn a full Bachelor of Science degree in any one of the six engineering disciplines, augmented... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
English | |
The Bucknell English Department provides students with opportunities for intensive study in language and literature. Courses in English introduce students to important works of literary art in the English and American literary traditions, to other national and regional literary traditions in English,... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Environmental Geology (BA) | |
Our department offers a BA in Environmental Geology, and emphasizes hands-on, field-based learning. Recent student graduates are working in environmental engineering consulting firms, government agencies, and education among other careers, or pursuing graduate education in some of the nation's top graduate... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Environmental Geology (BS) | |
Our department offers a BS in Environmental Geology, and emphasizes hands-on, field-based learning. Recent student graduates are working in environmental engineering consulting firms, government agencies, and education among other careers, or pursuing graduate education in some of the nation's top graduate... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Environmental Studies (BA) | |
A bachelor of arts offered to introduce students to the various great scientific and human issues in contemporary environmental affairs.
Few environmental studies programs in America offer the breadth of courses that Bucknelll's does -- anthropoglogy, engineering, chemistry, philosophy, religion,... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Environmental Studies (BS) | |
A bachelor of science offered to introduce students to the various great scientific and human issues in contemporary environmental affairs.
Few environmental studies programs in America offer the breadth of courses that Bucknelll's does -- anthropoglogy, engineering, chemistry, philosophy, religion,... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
French | |
The major in French consists of a minimum of eight courses at the FREN 104 level or above, excluding FREN 201, 202, 301, and 302 (Intermediate and Advanced French Conversation). These must include FREN 150 (Posing and Composing in French), FREN 230 (French Literature I), FREN 231 (French Literature II),... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Geography | |
The field of geography, unlike the world it studies, has no boundaries. Just as others study the dynamics of change in society, culture, politics, economy, or landscapes over time, geographers add the crucial dimension of space. Geography studies the ways people shape and give meaning to their environments... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Geology (BA) | |
Our department offers a BA in both Geology and emphasizes hands-on, field-based learning. Recent student graduates are working in environmental engineering consulting firms, government agencies, and education among other careers, or pursuing graduate education in some of the nation's top graduate schools.... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Geology (BS) | |
Our department offers a BS in Geology and emphasizes hands-on, field-based learning. Recent student graduates are working in environmental engineering consulting firms, government agencies, and education among other careers, or pursuing graduate education in some of the nation's top graduate schools.... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
German | |
Herzlich Willkommen to the German Studies Program at Bucknell University! German is one of the major languages in the European Union and is quickly becoming the language of commerce throughout Eastern Europe. In addition, it is the language of some of the most seminal thinkers in modern times, Goethe,... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
History | |
Courses in history are designed to encourage reflection on the nature, advantages, and struggles of human societies in different times and places, and to invite cross-cultural comparisons. Moreover, they are intended to stimulate the historical imagination and to promote critical and technical skills... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Interdisciplinary Studies in Economics and Mathematics | |
The Bachelor of Science major in Interdisciplinary Studies in Economics and Mathematics at Bucknell University offers students a degree program that incorporates economics, mathematics, and statistics. This major is designed for students who are interested in combining the quantitative methods or the... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
International Relations | |
International relations is a field of study concerned with the cultural, economic, environmental, military, and political interactions among the major units of the world, such as states, international organizations, transnational corporations, and nongovernmental organizations. Courses from a number... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Latin American Studies | |
The Latin American studies program at Bucknell encompasses a study of all nations in the Western hemisphere south of the United States, as well as Latin Americans within the United States ” the nation‘s second largest minority. Few areas of the world are so frequently discussed and so little understood... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Management | |
Requirements for the BSBA degree, with a major in management, includes fulfillment of all university degree requirements, including the Common Learning Agenda, and the following:
Twelve BSBA core requirements: MATH 201 or MATH 192, MGMT 101, 160, 161, 220, 242, 340, 370, 380, ECON 103 and 256, and one... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Mathematics (BA) | |
The mathematics department offers Bachelor of Arts degree. The degree provides option for concentrating in pure mathematics or statistics and obtaining departmental honors. Students with strong interests outside of science and mathematics might prefer the Bachelor of Arts program. The requirements... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Mathematics (BS) | |
The mathematics department offers Bachelor of Science degree. The degree provides options for concentrating in pure mathematics or statistics and obtaining departmental honors. Students with a strong interest in a career in mathematics or science may be best advised to enroll in the Bachelor of Science... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Mechanical Engineering | |
Traditionally, mechanical engineers have been responsible for designing,developing, manufacturing, and testing energy-conversion systems. Their efforts have resulted in the creation of combustion engines (used in automobiles, trucks, locomotives, airplanes, factories, and utility power plants) and other... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Music | |
Bucknell offers a professional music program within an outstanding liberal-arts environment. Students explore musical performance, music theory, and music history with an internationally-recognized faculty whose members are committed to personalized teaching.
The Department is accredited by the National... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Neuroscience
Behavior and Cognitive Neuroscience | |
The Neuroscience major offers the degree of Bachelor of Science. Students are strongly encouraged to participate in research with faculty, volunteer in laboratories, or work through independent studies and honors theses.
Students interested in Neuroscience can choose track:
Behavior and Cognitive... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Neuroscience
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience | |
The Neuroscience major offers the degree of Bachelor of Science. Students are strongly encouraged to participate in research with faculty, volunteer in laboratories, or work through independent studies and honors theses.
Students interested in Neuroscience can choose track:
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience:... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Neuroscience
General Neuroscience | |
The Neuroscience major offers the degree of Bachelor of Science. Students are strongly encouraged to participate in research with faculty, volunteer in laboratories, or work through independent studies and honors theses.
Students interested in Neuroscience can choose tracks:
General Neuroscience: ... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Philosophy | |
Philosophy students examine questions pertaining to the nature of language, reality, and ethical commitment--questions that are fundamental to human existence but defy definitive answers. The study of philosophy develops skills in interpreting texts, thoughtfully responding to other viewpoints, constructing... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Physics | |
A major in physics may be pursued under the bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree program, either of which can provide adequate preparation for graduate study. Students in the bachelor of arts program who plan to attend graduate school in physics should consult with their advisers to select... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Political Science | |
A systematic study of all aspects of collective decision making in human society, political science looks at questions of right and wrong, of law, of power, and of justice, among other philosophical issues. Political scientists deal with politics in the United States and in other societies around the... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Psychology | |
Psychology is the scientific study of behavior, thought, and emotion. Through its study, students learn what research has revealed about the principles that govern behavior in individuals and groups, humans and other animals, young and old. In the process, students also learn how psychological principles... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Religion | |
The study of religion at Bucknell explores the experiences, narratives, and social expressions of individuals and groups as they strive to articulate meaningful lives. As an academic study, religion focuses on institutional formations associated with both world religions and local religious traditions,... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Russian | |
Bucknell offers a major in Russian Studies . Majors are encouraged to take additional courses in Russian history, political science, foreign policy, and economy, taught by specialists in other departments. If taken as a double major with International Relations or some other major, it becomes an even... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Sociology | |
Sociology offers a wide variety of integrative views of social life (theories), numerous techniques to research its patterns in understandable forms (methods), and just as many critical stances from which to judge the fairness of social orderings (values). Appropriately enough, this multiplicity provides... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Spanish | |
The major in Spanish is designed to cultivate our students' understanding, respect, and appreciation of the rich literary and cultural traditions of Spanish-speaking peoples; to provide a sound foundation for graduate study related to the Hispanic worlds; and to develop our students' ability to analyze... |
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Theatre | |
The major in theatre offers opportunities in all phases of theatre arts and consists of a minimum of eight and one-half credits.
Required of All Majors (total of 8.5 credits)
* THEA 256: Rituals, Festivals, Institutions
* THEA 259: The Rise of Theatrical Realism
* Performance course
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Bucknell University
Bachelor degree
Women's and Gender Studies | |
Women's and Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary program that examines the role of women and gender in history, literature, society, science and culture using a variety of methodologies and feminist theoretical perspectives. Students inside Coleman Hall
A central goal of the program is to strengthen... |
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Bucknell University
Masters degree
Animal behavior | |
The program in animal behavior is administered by the departments of biology and psychology. Courses applicable to the animal behavior degree are listed under the departments of biology and psychology.
The program is intended primarily for those who hope to later earn a Ph.D. or wish to amplify their... |
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Bucknell University
Masters degree
Biology | |
Applicants for admission should have credit for a minimum of eight courses in biology or supporting disciplines (chemistry, physics, mathematics, etc.) with a grade point average of 3.0 in these courses, although exceptions may be made for students showing marked improvement during their undergraduate... |
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Bucknell University
Masters degree
Chemical Engineering | |
Candidates for a master‘s degree in chemical engineering must complete a program of study which consists of three required core courses in chemical engineering, four elective courses, and a graduate thesis credit. The program normally requires 20 to 24 months of full-time study. The three required courses... |
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Bucknell University
Masters degree
Chemistry | |
The degree of master of science in chemistry is designed to ensure students a thorough foundation in their field and to prepare them to continue their graduate education elsewhere or to obtain attractive employment in industry, government, or education.
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Bucknell University
Masters degree
Chemistry (BS/MS) | |
A combined B.S./M.S. degree program is available for students who know at an early stage that they want a career in chemical research. Selected during their sophomore year, students spend three 10-week summer sessions gathering the experimental results which form the basis for their master's thesis.... |
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Bucknell University
Masters degree
Chemistry (MA) | |
The M.A. degree program in the Chemistry department is for high school teachers of chemistry and enriches their training through research and courses. It is designed to allow high school teachers to experience chemistry as it is actually practiced. A goal of the program is to help teachers see themselves... |
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Bucknell University
Masters degree
Chemistry (MS) | |
The Master of Science program in Chemistry at Bucknell University is designed to provide students with a basic foundation in their field through both research and courses and to prepare them, should they desire, to continue their graduate education in a specialized area of chemistry at any other institution.... |
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Bucknell University
Masters degree
Civil Engineering | |
Faculty research interests emphasize the following areas: environmental engineering, soil mechanics and foundation engineering, structures, transportation, water resources, computer graphics, computer-aided design, railroad engineering, engineering mechanics, timber structures, pavement design, and materials... |
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Bucknell University
Masters degree
Education | |
The department of education offers a master of science degree in education with focused study in six established areas of specialization: elementary and secondary principalship, supervision of curriculum and instruction, school superintendency (letter of eligibility), elementary and/or secondary counseling,... |
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Bucknell University
Masters degree
Electrical Engineering | |
The faculty research interests emphasize the following areas: antenna design, control systems, computer architecture and performance, computer networks, electromagnetics, digital system design, digital signal and image processing, simulation, communication systems, power electronics, VLSI, optoelectronic... |
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Bucknell University
Masters degree
English (MA) | |
The graduate program in English offers the student a structure consisting of eight courses in English or six courses in English and two in other disciplines with adviser‘s approval, and a thesis.
The M.A. in English is designed for A) those who plan to pursue a Ph.D. or M.F.A. and B) those who plan... |
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Bucknell University
Masters degree
Environmental Engineering | |
Faculty research interests emphasize the following areas: biodegradation of municipal solid waste and aqueous organics; biological conversion of waste materials to useful forms of energy, such as methane and hydrogen. Life-cycle analysis of engineered environmental systems; bioremediation of contaminated... |
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Bucknell University
Masters degree
Mathematics | |
For admission to the master‘s degree program, the student is expected to have completed courses in modern abstract algebra, real analysis (advanced calculus) beyond calculus of several variables, linear algebra, and probability. Those courses are prerequisite to advanced courses required for the M.A.... |
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Bucknell University
Masters degree
Mechanical Engineering | |
The mechanical engineering department requires six graduate level courses and a thesis for the master‘s degree. Of these six courses, five must be in the department of mechanical engineering; one may be a graduate level course in physics or in the College of Engineering. |
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Bucknell University
Masters degree
Psychology | |
The department offers programs leading to the M.S. degree in general experimental psychology. All programs culminate in a thesis and require two full academic years, including one or two summers. Students take eight courses for the degree, one of which is a thesis credit.
The general experimental program... |
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