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BOSTON COLLEGE BULLETIN 2001-2002Volume LXXI, Number 14, April 2001

The Boston College Bulletin contains current information regarding the Universitycalendar, admissions, degree requirements, fees, regulations and course offerings. It isnot intended to be and should not be relied upon as a statement of the University’scontractual undertakings.

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About Boston CollegeIntroduction ........................................................................5The University.....................................................................5Mission Statement ...............................................................5Brief History of Boston College ...........................................5Accreditation of the University ............................................6The Campus........................................................................6Academic Resources.............................................................6Academic Development Center ...........................................6Audiovisual Facilities ...........................................................6Language Laboratory ...........................................................6Computing Support/Facilities..............................................7The Libraries .......................................................................7Art and Performance............................................................8University Research Institutes and Centers ..........................9Student Life Resources.......................................................12Office of Services for Students with Disabilities .................13Student Right to Information ............................................14Inspection of Education Records .......................................14Confidentiality of Student Records ....................................15Enrollment Statistics and Graduation Rate ........................15Notice of Information Disclosures .....................................15Notice of Non-Discrimination...........................................16Residence Accommodations ..............................................16Tuition and Fees ................................................................17Massachusetts Medical Insurance.......................................18National Student Loan Clearinghouse ...............................19Full-Time Enrollment Status .............................................20

The University: Policies and ProceduresUndergraduate Admission ................................................21Financial Aid .....................................................................23University Core Requirements ...........................................24First Year Experience..........................................................25Special Programs ...............................................................25Academic Regulations .......................................................31University Awards and Honors ..........................................33

College of Arts and SciencesUndergraduate College of Arts and Sciences

Academic Regulations .......................................................37Special Academic Programs................................................40Interdisciplinary Programs .................................................41Departments and Programs ...............................................49

Biochemistry ............................................................49Biology .....................................................................50Black Studies .............................................................59Chemistry .................................................................62Classical Studies ........................................................68Communication .......................................................71Computer Science ....................................................77Economics ................................................................78English .....................................................................86Fine Arts .................................................................102

Art History .....................................................102Film Studies.....................................................102Studio Art .......................................................103

Geology and Geophysics .........................................111

German Studies .......................................................121History ....................................................................123Honors Program......................................................138Mathematics ...........................................................140Music .....................................................................145Philosophy...............................................................151Physics ....................................................................160Political Science .......................................................166Psychology...............................................................172Institute of Religious Education andPastoral Ministry .....................................................181Romance Languages and Literatures .......................187

French .............................................................187Hispanic Studies ..............................................188Italian ..............................................................188

Slavic and Eastern Languages ..................................200Sociology ................................................................205Theatre ....................................................................213Theology .................................................................217University Courses...................................................230

Graduate School of Arts and SciencesMaster’s Degree Programs ..................................................45M.A. and M.S. Requirements ............................................45Special Programs................................................................46Dual Degree Programs.......................................................46Doctoral Degree Programs.................................................46Ph.D. Requirements ..........................................................46Special Students.................................................................47Admission..........................................................................47Academic Regulations........................................................48Financial Aid .....................................................................49Graduate Programs

Biology ......................................................................53Chemistry..................................................................63Classical Studies.........................................................69Economics .................................................................80English ......................................................................89Fine Arts..................................................................104Geology and Geophysics..........................................114German Studies .......................................................121History ....................................................................125Mathematics ............................................................141Philosophy...............................................................153Physics.....................................................................161Political Science .......................................................167Psychology...............................................................174Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry .....................................................181Romance Languages and Literatures ........................189Slavic and Eastern Languages...................................201Sociology .................................................................206Theology .................................................................220

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Lynch School of EducationUndergraduate Lynch School of Education

Mission Statement ...........................................................234Academic Regulations .....................................................234Academic Honors ............................................................237Majors in Education ........................................................237

Major in Early Childhood Education ......................238Major in Elementary Education...............................238Major in Secondary Education ................................238Middle School Certification.....................................238

Major in Human Development .......................................238Second Majors and Interdisciplinary Majors for LSOE Students ...............................................................239Interdisciplinary Majors ..................................................239

Child in Society.......................................................239Mathematics/Computer Science ..............................239Human Development ..............................................239American Heritages .................................................239Perspectives on the Hispanic Experience ..................239General Science .......................................................239

Minors in the Lynch School of Education........................239Minors for LSOE Students ......................................239Minor in Special Education .....................................240Minor in Health Science..........................................240Minor in Middle School Mathematics Teaching ......240Minor in Organization Studies-Human Resources Management ...........................................240

Minors for College of Arts and Sciences Majors...............240Minor in Secondary Education for Students in the College of Arts and Sciences ....................................240Minor in Health Science..........................................240Minor in General Education....................................240

Minors for CSOM Majors...............................................240Minor in Human Development for CSOM Majors .240Minor in Health Science..........................................240Minor in General Education....................................240

Minors for School of Nursing Majors ..............................241Minors for LSOE, SON, A&S, and CSOM Majors ........241Minor in Health Science..................................................241Minors for SON, A&S, and CSOM Majors ....................241Minor in General Education............................................241Fifth Year Programs .........................................................241Undergraduate Course Offerings .....................................255

Lynch School of Education Graduate ProgramsIntroduction ....................................................................241Policies and Procedures ....................................................241Degree Programs .............................................................243Doctoral Degree Programs...............................................243Certificate of Advanced Educational Specialization ..........244Master’s Degree Programs ................................................244Academic Regulations......................................................245Research Centers .............................................................246Department of Teacher Education, Special Education and Curriculum & Instruction ........................................246Programs in Teacher Education, Special Education & Curriculum and Instruction.............................................247

Department of Educational Administration and Higher Education ............................................................249Programs in Educational Administration .........................249Programs in Higher Education ........................................250Department of Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology ...................................................251Programs in Counseling Psychology.................................251Programs in Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology..............................................................................252Department of Educational Research, Measurement andEvaluation .......................................................................253Lynch School of Education Summary of Graduate Program and Degree Offerings ........................................254Faculty.............................................................................254Graduate Course Offerings ..............................................261

Law SchoolPre-Legal Studies .............................................................273Admission Requirements .................................................273Application Procedures ....................................................273Registration for Bar Examination.....................................273Auditors...........................................................................273Advanced Standing ..........................................................273Financial Aid Programs....................................................273Dual Degree Program in Business Administration and Law...........................................................................273Dual Degree Program in Social Work and Law ................273Dual Degree Program in Education and Law ..................274London Program .............................................................274Information .....................................................................274Faculty.............................................................................274

Carroll School of ManagementUndergraduate Carroll School of Management

Mission Statement ...........................................................276Requirements for the Degree ..........................................276Academic Regulations......................................................278Special Programs..............................................................279Management Honors Program.........................................279Pre-Professional Studies for Law ......................................279The Ethics Initiative ........................................................279Concentrations and Programs

Accounting ..............................................................284Business Law ...........................................................287Computer Science ...................................................289Economics ...............................................................292Finance....................................................................292General Management ..............................................296Honors Program .....................................................297Marketing................................................................297Operations and Strategic Management ....................300Organizational Studies—Human Resources Management...............................................................305

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Carroll School of Management Graduate ProgramsIntroduction ....................................................................279Master of Business Administration Program ....................279M.B.A. Curriculum .........................................................280Dual Degree Programs.....................................................280Master of Science in Finance............................................281Ph.D. in Management with Concentration in Finance ....281Ph.D. in Management with Concentration in Organization Studies .......................................................281Admission Information....................................................282Financial Assistance .........................................................283Career Services.................................................................283Accreditation ...................................................................283For More Information .....................................................283Graduate Course Offerings

Graduate Management Practice/International..........284Accounting ..............................................................286Business Law ...........................................................288Computer Science ...................................................291Finance....................................................................295Marketing................................................................299Operations and Strategic Management ....................302Organizational Studies-Human Resources Management............................................................307

School of NursingUndergraduate School of Nursing

Plan of Study ...................................................................309Academic Honors ............................................................310Academic Regulations......................................................310General Information........................................................311Faculty.............................................................................317Undergraduate Course Offerings .....................................317

Graduate School of NursingDoctor of Philosophy Degree Program ............................312

Program of Study.....................................................312Master of Science Degree Program...................................313

Program of Study.....................................................315General Information........................................................316Faculty.............................................................................317Graduate Course Offerings ..............................................320

Graduate School of Social WorkProfessional Program: Master’s Level................................326Dual Degree Programs.....................................................327Professional Program: Doctoral Level...............................327Continuing Education.....................................................328Information .....................................................................328Faculty.............................................................................328Course Offerings .............................................................329

College of Advancing StudiesUndergraduate Degree Program.......................................338Graduate Degree Program ...............................................339

Summer Session ......................................................................340

Administration and Faculty.....................................................341

Academic Calendar 2001-2002 ...............................................344

Directory and Office Locations ...............................................345

Campus Maps .........................................................................347

Index.......................................................................................348


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ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE

About Boston CollegeINTRODUCTIONThe University

From its beginnings in 1863 as a small Jesuit college for boys inBoston’s South End, Boston College has grown into a national insti-tution of higher learning that is regularly listed among the top 40universities in the nation, in ratings compiled by publications suchas Barron’s and U.S. News and World Report.

The University, now located in the Boston suburb of ChestnutHill, Massachusetts, enrolls 8,930 full-time undergraduates and4,621 graduate students, hailing from all 50 states and 100 foreigncountries. Boston College offers its diverse student body state-of-the-art facilities for learning: a full range of computer services includingon-line access to databases in business, economics, social sciences andlaw, and a library system with nearly 2 million books, periodicals andgovernment documents, and more than 3.3 million microform units.

Boston College awards bachelor’s and graduate degrees in morethan 50 subjects and interdisciplinary areas within the College ofArts and Sciences, as well as undergraduate and graduate degreesfrom three professional schools: the Wallace E. Carroll School ofManagement, founded in 1938; the School of Nursing, founded in1947; and the Lynch School of Education, founded in 1952. Thelatter is now known as the Carolyn A. and Peter S. Lynch School ofEducation. Boston College also awards master’s and doctoral degreesfrom the Graduate School of Social Work, and the Juris Doctor fromBoston College Law School, which is consistently ranked among thetop 25 law schools in the United States.

The Mission of Boston CollegeStrengthened by more than a century and a quarter of dedica-

tion to academic excellence, Boston College commits itself to thehighest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, gradu-ate and professional programs and to the pursuit of a just societythrough its own accomplishments, the work of its faculty and staff,and the achievements of its graduates. It seeks both to advance itsplace among the nation’s finest universities and to bring to the com-pany of its distinguished peers and to contemporary society the rich-ness of the Catholic intellectual ideal of a mutually illuminating rela-tionship between religious faith and free intellectual inquiry.

Boston College draws inspiration for its academic and societalmission from its distinctive religious tradition. As a Catholic andJesuit university, it is rooted in a world view that encounters God inall creation and through all human activity, especially in the searchfor truth in every discipline, in the desire to learn, and in the call tolive justly together. In this spirit, the University regards the contri-bution of different religious traditions and value systems as essentialto the fullness of its intellectual life and to the continuous develop-ment of its distinctive intellectual heritage. Boston College pursuesthis distinctive mission by serving society in three ways:• by fostering the rigorous intellectual development and the

religious, ethical and personal formation of its undergraduate,graduate and professional students in order to prepare themfor citizenship, service and leadership in a global society

• by producing national and international significant researchthat advances insight and understanding, thereby both enrich-ing culture and addressing important societal needs

• by committing itself to advance the dialogue between reli-gious belief and other formative elements of culture throughthe intellectual inquiry, teaching and learning, and the com-munity life that form the University.

Boston College fulfills this mission with a deep concern for allmembers of its community, with a recognition of the important con-tribution a diverse student body, faculty and staff can offer, with a firmcommitment to academic freedom, and with a determination to exer-cise careful stewardship of its resources in pursuit of its academic goals.

Brief History of Boston CollegeBoston College was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1863 and

is one of twenty-eight Jesuit colleges and universities in the UnitedStates. The founder, Father John McElroy, was thwarted for some yearsby Protestant opposition to his attempt to establish a church and col-lege on property near the North Station. Property was acquired in theSouth End in 1859, a college charter granted by the Commonwealthof Massachusetts in 1863, and, with three teachers and twenty-two stu-dents, the school opened its doors on September 5, 1864. The firstpresident was Father John Bapst, a native of Switzerland.

The first dean was Father Robert Fulton, who served twice aspresident (1870-1880, 1888-1891). When he was president he alsoheld the office of dean, so he was the formative influence on theCollege in the nineteenth century. At the outset and for more thanseven decades of its first century, the college remained an exclusivelyliberal arts institution with emphasis on the Greek and Latin classics,English and modern languages, and with more attention to philoso-phy than to the physical or social sciences. Religion of course had itsplace in the classroom as well as in the nonacademic life of the college.

Originally located on Harrison Avenue in the South End ofBoston, where it shared quarters with the Boston College High School,the College outgrew its urban setting toward the end of its first fiftyyears. A new location was selected in Chestnut Hill, then almost rural,and four parcels of land were acquired in 1907 by Father ThomasGasson, who became president that year. A design competition for thedevelopment of the campus was won by the firm of Maginnis andWalsh, and ground was broken on June 19, 1909, for the constructionof Gasson Hall. It is located on the site of the Lawrence farmhouse, inthe center of the original tract of land purchased by Father Gasson, andis built largely of stone taken from the surrounding property.

Later purchases doubled the size of the property, with the addi-tion of the upper campus in 1941, and the lower campus with thepurchase of the Lawrence Basin and adjoining land in 1949. In 1974Boston College acquired Newton College of the Sacred Heart, a mile-and-a-half from the main campus. With sixteen buildings standingon forty acres, it is now the site of the Boston College Law School anddormitories housing over 800 students, primarily freshmen.

Though incorporated as a University since its beginning, it wasnot until its second half-century that Boston College began to fillout the dimensions of its University charter. The Summer Sessionwas inaugurated in 1924; the Graduate School of Arts and Sciencesin 1925; the Law School in 1929; the Evening College (now theCollege of Advancing Studies), 1929; the Graduate School of SocialWork, 1936; the College of Business Administration, 1938. The lat-ter, along with its Graduate School established in 1957, is nowknown as The Wallace E. Carroll School of Management. TheSchools of Nursing and Education were founded in 1947 and 1952,respectively. The latter is now known as the Carolyn A. and Peter S.Lynch School of Education. Weston Observatory, founded in 1928,was accepted as a Department of Boston College in 1947, offeringcourses in geophysics and geology.

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences began programs at thedoctoral level in 1952. Now courses leading to the doctorate are


offered by thirteen Arts and Sciences departments. The Schools ofEducation and Nursing, the Carroll Graduate School of Management,and the Graduate School of Social Work also offer doctoral programs.

In 1927 Boston College conferred one earned bachelor’s degreeand fifteen master’s degrees on women through the ExtensionDivision, the precursor of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,the Evening College, and the Summer Session. By 1970 all under-graduate programs had become coeducational. Today women stu-dents comprise more than half of the University’s enrollment.

Up to 1970 the president of Boston College was also rector ofthe Jesuit community, appointed by the Father General of theSociety of Jesus. By canon law a rector served only a six year term,though rare exceptions extended that limit, as in the cases of FatherFulton and Father Michael Walsh (1958-1968). Father J. DonaldMonan, the twenty-fourth president, elected in 1972, was the firstnot to be rector of the Jesuit community, hence free from the six-yearlimitation in office. He served for twenty-four years, which provedto be a golden era in the University’s history. In July 1996 FatherWilliam P. Leahy succeeded Father Monan as president. FatherLeahy is the latest chief officer of an institution that in academicprestige, in applications to undergraduate and graduate programs, infinancial stability and strength, and in efficient management hasreached an elite position in American higher education.

Accreditation of the UniversityBoston College is a member of, or accredited by, the following

educational institutions: The American Association of Colleges ofNursing, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education,the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business, theAmerican Association of University Women, the American BarAssociation, the American Chemical Society, the American Councilon Education, the American Psychological Association, theAssociation of American Colleges, the Association of American LawSchools, the Association for Continuing Higher Education, theAssociation of Urban Universities, the Board of Regents of theUniversity of New York, the College Entrance Examination Board, theCouncil of Graduate Schools, the Council on Social Work Education,the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, the Institute ofEuropean Studies, the Institute of Asian Studies, the InternationalAssociation of Universities, the International Association of CatholicUniversities, the Interstate Certification Compact, the NationalCatholic Education Association, the National League for Nursing, theNew England Association of Schools and Colleges, the NationalCouncil for Accreditation of Teacher Education, Phi Beta Kappa,Alpha Sigma Nu, and other similar organizations.

The CampusLocated on the border between the city of Boston and the sub-

urb of Newton, Boston College derives benefits from its proximityto a large metropolitan city and its setting in a residential suburb.Often cited as a model of university planning, the campus is spreadover more than 200 acres of tree-covered Chestnut Hill. Yet it is justa few miles from culturally and socially rich Boston.

The Chestnut Hill campus is tri-level. Dormitories are on theupper campus; classroom, laboratory, administrative, and student ser-vice facilities are on the middle campus; and the lower campusincludes the Robsham Theatre, the Conte Forum, modular and apart-ment residences as well as dining, recreational, and parking facilities.

The Newton campus is situated one and one-half miles fromthe Chestnut Hill campus. The Law School is located on this easilyaccessible 40-acre tract that also contains undergraduate classrooms,dormitories, athletic areas, and student service facilities.

ACADEMIC RESOURCESAcademic Development Center

The Academic Development Center (ADC) is designed to sup-port and enhance academic excellence by helping undergraduates,graduate students, and faculty improve learning quality and teachingeffectiveness. The ADC, which opened its doors in September 1991,is located on the second floor of O’Neill Library, in the Eileen M.and John M. Connors Learning Center.

The Academic Development Center is a comprehensive, inclu-sive resource serving all BC students at no charge. The Center pro-vides tutoring for more than 60 courses in mathematics, physicaland life sciences, management, social work, nursing, social sciences,history, philosophy, and in classical and foreign languages. The ADCalso offers workshops in study skills and learning strategies. In addi-tion, graduate tutors in English help students strengthen their acad-emic writing skills. These services are available throughout the regu-lar academic year and during summer school. All ADC tutors havebeen recommended by their relevant academic departments; mostare graduate students or outstanding upper-division students.

The ADC offers programs designed to challenge the most aca-demically talented, highest achieving students, as well as programsdesigned to support those who are least prepared and most academ-ically challenged. One member of ADC’s full-time professional staffprovides academic support services for students with learning dis-abilities, helping to ensure their success at Boston College. Workingclosely with the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the ADCsponsors seminars, workshops, and discussions for graduate teachingassistants (TAs) and teaching fellows (TFs) on strategies for improv-ing teaching effectiveness and student learning. Each fall, the ADCand Graduate School of Arts and Science hold a two-day workshopto help TAs and TFs prepare for teaching. The ADC provides simi-lar instructional support services to BC’s faculty. Through these andother related activities, the Academic Development Center plays animportant role in enhancing the quality of academic life at BostonCollege. Call 617-552-8055 for further information.

Audiovisual FacilitiesUniversity Audiovisual Services (BCAV) provides media-related

products and services to the Boston College community in order toenhance research, instruction, and to support BC community events.

These services include access to over thirty types of classroomaudiovisual equipment, audioproduction services, film and videorentals, television recording and editing, photography, and graphicdesign and production. In addition—as part of project AGORA—BCAV operates BC’s Cable Services which offers educational andcommercial programming on its 57 cable TV channels to all studentdormitories across campus. Several courses are also taught in AV’stelevision studio where students use modern post-production editingequipment for their TV projects.

Finally, BCAV offers instructional design expertise in order tomake the link between modern technologies and teaching/learning.

For more information, our web site is: www.bc.edu/av.

Language LaboratoryThe Boston College Language Laboratory, serving all the lan-

guage departments, students of English as a foreign language, and theBoston College community at large, is located in Lyons 313. In addi-tion to its 32 listening/recording stations and teacher console, thefacility includes: 15 networked Macintosh workstations, 2 laser print-ers, a web server, a materials development workstation, 2 TV/videoviewing rooms, 2 individual carrels for TV/video viewing, and oneCD listening station. The Lab’s audio and videotape/ laserdisc col-lection, computer/multimedia software, other audio-visual learning



aids, and print materials including mono- and bilingual dictionaries,as well as laboratory manuals for elementary through advanced lan-guage courses, directly support and/or supplement the curriculumrequirements in international language, literature, and music.

The Lab’s collection is designed to assist users in the acquisitionand maintenance of aural comprehension, oral and written proficien-cy, and cultural awareness. Prominent among the Lab’s offerings thatdirectly address these goals are international news broadcasts and othertelevision programming available through the Boston College cabletelevision network and made accessible to lab users via EagleNET con-nections and/or via videotaped off-air recordings. These live or near-live broadcasts from around the world provide a timely resource forlinguistic and cultural information in a wide variety of languages.

Students (undergraduate and graduate), faculty and B.C. com-munity members who wish to use the Language Laboratory facilityand its collection will find the Laboratory staff available during theday, in the evening, and on weekends to assist them in the operationof equipment and in the selection of appropriate materials for theircourse-related or personal language needs. Digitized audio programsfrom the Lab’s collection are also available on the Boston Collegenetwork 24 hours/day, 7 days/week to students officially enrolled incourses in which these programs have been adopted as curricularmaterial. For more information about the Language Laboratory,please visit its web site at http://www.bc.edu/langlab.

Computing Support, Service and FacilitiesIn ancient Greece, the Agora was the place where the communi-

ty gathered for discourse and trade. At Boston College, Agora is theplace where the University gathers to communicate electronically. ThisIntranet environment requires users to log in with their BostonCollege usernames and 5-digit Personal Identification Number (PIN).After logging in via the World Wide Web at http://agora.bc.edu, a cus-tomized set of services is generated for the user, and he/she can thenview and update information related to his/her role at Boston College,as well as complete required business transactions. For more informa-tion on specific services for faculty, staff and students, click on theOverview button on the main Agora page.

Workstations can access EagleNet, Boston College’s campus-wide information network that links the IBM mainframe, Alpha,UNIX workstations and more than 3,000 desktop and laptop com-puters on campus. EagleNet provides access to an ever-increasingvariety of services including: course registration, grades, academicand financial aid information, electronic mail (e-mail), QUEST(Boston College’s electronic library catalog), indexes to periodicals,and electronic services of other affiliated libraries.

The Boston College InfoEagle (http://www.bc.edu/infoeagle)is a rapidly expanding electronic source of campus information, withon-line listings of campus events, telephone numbers, want ads,research discussions and other information. The EagleNet is con-nected to the Internet, a worldwide computer network offering usersa wide variety of interesting resources and research tools. Electronicmail accounts are available for students.

Students can also access electronic mail, the World Wide Web,library and Agora services via network computers that are distrib-uted throughout the campus.

Part of Boston College’s Information Technology department,the Student Learning and Support Center (SLSC) is the largest pub-lic computing facility on campus. It is open to anyone with a current-ly valid Boston College ID card. The SLSC in O’Neill 250 seats 150students at 80 PCs and 70 Macs. It also feature two Macintosh midimusic stations and two IBM scanner stations for images and text.There are also six laptop stations with power and network connections

to compliment the six network computers for standup e-mail andinternet-access. The SLSC also manages the Instructional Lab atO’Neill 248 which features 18 dual platform seats (IBM/Mac) with anInFocus 2000 projector on the teacher’s desk.

Students rely on the SLSC for the wealth of software main-tained by our monitoring of academic departmental needs, as well asword processing, spreadsheet, statistical analysis, programming lan-guages, graphics production, and database management software.Students can visit The SLSC on the web at www.bc.edu/slsc for acomplete listing of the latest versions of software.

The SLSC also provides server space and support for theProfessor’s Folders, which allow for the dissemination of coursematerials in the lab and campus wide as well as drop boxes for elec-tronic filing of assignments. Paper output is available from nine laserprinters, located within the facility.

The SLSC is staffed with professionals and students who pro-vide assistance. Training tutorials and software documentation areavailable within the facility, as well as a wealth of resources availableon the World Wide Web at http://www.bc.edu/infotech. More spe-cialized assistance is provided at the Help Desk for students inO’Neill 250, on a walk-in, phone-in, or email basis. Dial 552-HELPfor assistance or an appointment.

The SLSC is open 8:00 A.M.-midnight Monday throughThursday, 8:00 A.M.-7:00 P.M., Friday, 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.Saturday, and noon-midnight on Sunday. Visit our web site atwww.bc.edu/slsc or dial (617) 552-8566. The SLSC and the HelpDesk are part of Information Technology’s Academic andComputing Support department, staffed by professional consultantswho provide advanced computing and networking support.

The LibrariesThe Boston College Libraries offer a wealth of resources and ser-

vices to support the teaching and research activities of the University.The book collection has reached 1,858,113 volumes and 21,296 ser-ial titles are currently received. The Libraries offer access to hundredsof databases via the Web and in CD-ROM format. A growing num-ber of these databases and journals provide full text access directly tothe researcher’s desktop. A complete listing of all online databasesavailable can be found by selecting Databases on the Libraries’ homepage: www.bc.edu/libraries.html. Databases range in coverage fromvery general to very specific and cover a wide range of research areasin the humanities, social sciences, sciences, health sciences, business,law and public affairs. An expanding number of links to electronicjournals may also be found under the Resources menu on theLibraries’ Web page by selecting Electronic Journals link.

The Libraries migrated to a new Web based state-of-the-artintegrated library system in June 2000. This new system is a flexi-ble and open system with transparent interface to other systems anddatabases which allows for easy resource sharing capabilities. It pro-vides expanded access to the Libraries’ collections, databases and ser-vices. The new system provides a variety of methods for searchingthe Boston College online catalog which includes books, periodicals,media materials, microforms, newspapers and links to electronicmaterials at www.bc.edu/quest. QUEST can easily be searched fromany Web browser regardless of platform or location, 24 hours a day,7 days a week. Users can interact with the system and receive imme-diate feedback on the status of requests, place a hold, recall orrequest rush processing for a new book right from their desktop.Users can also initiate and track requests for document delivery andinterlibrary loan transactions and may renew materials that are cur-rently charged to them. The web interface and expanded cataloging



capabilities allow unprecedented access to over 183 web accessibledatabases, to full text journals and to digital collections such as theLiturgy and Life Collection of the John J. Burns Library.

In October 2000, the Libraries became the 112th member ofthe Association of Research Libraries. ARL is a not-for-profit mem-bership organization comprising the leading research libraries inNorth America. Its mission is to shape and influence forces affectingthe future of research libraries in the process of scholarly communi-cation. Membership is by invitation upon the recommendation ofthe Board of Directors and approval of the membership.

Membership on two academic consortia, the Boston LibraryConsortium and the Boston Theological Institute, adds still greaterdimensions to the resource of the Boston College Libraries, providingfaculty and students who have special research needs access to themillions of volumes and other services of the member institutions.

The O’Neill Library, opened in 1984 and named for formerspeaker of the U.S. House of Representative, Thomas P.O’Neill, Jr.‘36 is the central research library of the University and is located onthe main campus. Collections include approximately 1.4 millionvolumes on a broad range of subjects reflecting the University’sextensive curriculum. Access to QUEST, the Libraries’ online cata-log, multiple databases and other local and remote resources is pro-vided via more than 60 workstations in the O’Neill Library.Individual study spaces are available throughout with both net-worked connections in some areas and wireless connectionsthroughout the Library.

The Resource Center, located in the lower level of the TrinityChapel, provides study space for the residents of the NewtonCampus as well as PC and Macintosh workstations.

The School of Social Work Library,McGuinn Hall, containsa collection of over 35,000 volumes, 360 serials, social work theses,doctoral dissertations, and videotapes. The collection covers the his-tory and philosophy of social work, its methodology, and all aspectsof social welfare services. The Library’s collections and services sup-port the master’s and doctoral programs offered at the Chestnut Hillcampus, and master’s programs offered at four off-campus sitesthroughout Massachusetts and Maine.

The Law School Library, located on the Newton Campus, hasa collection of approximately 404,000 volumes of legal and relatedmaterials in a variety of media, most of which are non-circulating. Itincludes primary source materials consisting of reports of decisionsand statutory materials with a broad collection of secondary researchmaterials in the form of textbooks and treatises, legal and relatedperiodicals, legal encyclopedias and related reference works. Thelibrary possesses substantial and growing collections of internationaland comparative law works.

The Bapst Library, a beautiful collegiate Gothic buildingwhich served as the main library for over 50 years, has been restoredto its original splendor and now houses the resources for libraryresearch in art and art history. A circulating collection of contempo-rary fiction and non-fiction can be found in Gargan Hall.Approximately five hundred seats are available for quiet studythroughout the library.

The John J. Burns Library of Rare Books and SpecialCollections, houses over 150,000 volumes and more than 15 mil-lion manuscripts in a beautiful, secure and climate-controlled space.Holdings include unique, illuminated medieval manuscripts; exam-ples of the earliest printed books; the largest collection in America ofIrish research materials, an integral part of Boston College’s distin-guished Irish Programs, including original manuscripts of NobelPrize winning authors William Butler Yeats, Samuel Beckett andSeamus Heaney; the libraries and archives of various British Catholic

authors, including Graham Greene and Hilaire Belloc; the mostcomprehensive collection in America of books by and about Jesuitsfrom their founding in 1540 to their Suppression in 1773; and thepapers of distinguished political leaders, such as Thomas P. O’Neill,Jr., former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and RobertDrinan, S.J., the only Catholic priest ever to have served as a mem-ber of Congress. The Library also contains important collections onJamaica, Judaica, West Africa, the Balkans, American DetectiveFiction, the City of Boston, Nursing, Boston Banking, and UrbanPlanning, including the papers of Jane Jacobs. The Burns Library isalso home to the University’s Archives. The Library supports anambitious exhibitions program, and hosts various lectures and pro-grams to which the public is invited. Students and researchers arewarmly encouraged to visit and make use of these resources.

The University Archives are the official non-current papersand records of an institution that are deemed worthy of preservationfor their legal, fiscal, or historical values. The University Archives, adepartment within the John J. Burns Library, contain the officerecords and documents of the various University offices, academicand otherwise, copies of all University publications, including stu-dent publications, movie footage of Boston College football, someaudiovisual materials, and tape recordings of the University Lectureseries and other significant events.

A significant collection of photographs documents the pictori-al history of Boston College. Alumni, faculty, and Jesuit records arealso preserved. In addition, the Archives are the repository for thedocuments of Newton College of the Sacred Heart (1946-1975); theJesuit Education Association (1934-1970); the CatholicInternational Education Office (1952-1976); and the documents ofthe Jesuit community of Boston College (1863-).

The Catherine B. O’Connor Geophysics Library, located atWeston Observatory, contains a specialized collection of over 8,000monographs and journals on earth sciences, particularly seismology.

The Educational Resource Center, located in Campion Hall,is a state-of-the-art facility that serves the Lynch School ofEducation’s faculty and students. The collection includes current ele-mentary and secondary textbooks and teaching guides, pre K-12educational software, children’s books including both fiction andnon-fiction, curriculum guides (Kraus Curriculum DevelopmentLibrary), instructional aids, math and science manipulatives, educa-tional and psychological tests, and video and audio tapes.

Art and PerformanceThe cultural offerings on campus are a rich mix, ranging from

classical to contemporary, presented by artists working alone and incompany, in venues as casual as the McElroy coffee shop, as formalas Robsham Theater, as elegant as the McMullen Museum of Art.

Many events have a spontaneous, comes-as-you-feel: a poetry slamin McElroy, a stand-up comic in the Rat, a French horn recital in GassonHall. But there are eight campus structures that support and promotemost student art and performance in all their forms and variations.• The E. Paul Robsham Theater Arts Center annually hosts

dance and theater productions on its main stage and manyother performances in its studio workshops.

• Humanities Series has been bringing poets, novelists andcritics to speak at Boston College since 1957.

• McMullen Museum of Art features the permanent BC collec-tion as well as special exhibits of works from around the world.

• The Department of Fine Arts offers majors in studio art, arthistory, and film studies.

• The Music Department and the student-run Musical Guildsponsor free student and faculty concerts throughout the year.



• Boston College Bands Program sponsors concerts, festivals,and other events by its lineup of five bands: the “ScreamingEagles” Marching Band, the Pep Band, BC bOp!, the Swingin’Eagles Stage Band and the Community Concert Band.

• The Boston College Chorale and the Boston CollegeSymphony

• The Undergraduate Government of Boston College, a stu-dent group primarily elected to represent student views to theUniversity, also sponsors concerts by contemporary artists inrock, rap, R&B and folk.

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES ANDCENTERS

Research is an important part of the intellectual life at BostonCollege. Faculty members, graduate students, and undergraduatescollaborate in a range of research strategies across the disciplines andprofessional schools: laboratory studies; survey research; archival andtextual research; theory development; field and basic research. Inaddition to the work of individual faculty and units, Boston Collegesupports the collaborative work of faculty and students across theuniversity through the following centers and institutes:

Center for Child, Family, and Community PartnershipsThe Center for Child, Family and Community Partnerships is

an “outreach scholarship” program that fosters collaboration amongBoston College faculty and students, and community leaders inhealth care, social service, economic development, and education.The goal of the participants is to create stronger, healthier, and moreeconomically sound communities. The Center offers technical assis-tance, program evaluation, needs assessment, training, and consulta-tion to community organizations.

Center for Corporate Community RelationsThe Center for Corporate Community Relations is an interna-

tional corporate membership organization. The Center partnerswith businesses worldwide to strengthen their community relation-ships and investments to achieve healthy, sustainable communities inwhich to live, work and do business. The Center does this throughresearch, policy, and education that build knowledge of the interde-pendence of community vitality and business success.

The Center’s research and development are dedicated to advanc-ing the understanding and creating new technologies for the practiceof corporate citizenship, including best practices that define and mea-sure excellence, national surveys and custom research upon request.

The Center offers a Resource Center on Corporate Citizenshipthat is the only one of its kind. It maintains a collection of corporatecitizenship materials from more than 1,000 corporations and back-ground materials on more than 400 non-profit organizations, andprovides quick-response, customized searches to provide informa-tion about corporate citizenship. The Center produces a number ofpublications on corporate citizenship, including the monthlyCorporate Community Relations Letter, the annual CommunityRelations Index, a biannual Profile of the Community RelationsProfession, and an annual $5,000 award for the best paper on cor-porate community relations by an M.B.A. student.

Center for East Europe, Russia, and AsiaThe Center’s programs encourage faculty and students to partic-

ipate in interdepartmental endeavors on both the graduate and under-graduate levels. Participating faculty come from the Departments ofFine Arts, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Slavic and EasternLanguages, and Theology and offer over eighty academic courses con-nected with the study of the culture, history, and political life of EastEurope, Russia, the Balkans, and Central Asia.

Students may also earn a certificate of proficiency from theCenter. Certificate requirements and other information on the oper-ation of the Center are available from Prof. Raymond T. McNally(History), Director, Carney 171.

Center for Ignatian SpiritualityThe Center for Ignatian Spirituality is a university operation

that offers faculty and staff a resource to carry on the needed dia-logue between the values that constitute Boston College and the plu-ralism that characterizes our contemporary culture. The Center ini-tiates its own programs, inviting faculty and staff to pursue a partic-ular topic; gives support to the Ignatian Society, a student groupcommitted to integrating Ignatian spirituality into the lives of itsmembers and offering other students opportunities to do the same;sponsors retreats and reflection opportunities for faculty and staff;and has a wide range of national and international commitments toother institutions in their efforts to integrate Ignatian spiritualityinto their educational endeavors. For more information, please visitus at Rahner House, 96 College Road, or call (617) 552-177, or visitour website at www.bc.edu/igspirit.

Center for International Higher Education Established in 1995 and housed in the Lynch School of

Education, the Center for International Higher Education (CIHE) isa research and service agency providing information, publicationsand a sense of community to colleges and universities worldwide. Themain focus of the Center is on academic institutions in the Jesuit tra-dition, but other universities receive its publications and are part ofan informal network. There is a special concern with the needs of aca-demic institutions in the developing countries of the Third World.

Center activities include the publication of a quarterly newslet-ter dealing with the central concerns of higher education in an inter-national context; a book series on higher education; the maintenanceof an international data base of administrators, policy makers, andresearchers in the field of higher education; and sponsorship of aninternational conference on higher education issues. Visiting schol-ars from Jesuit and other universities worldwide occasionally are inresidence at the Center. CIHE works in conjunction with theHigher Education Program of the Lynch School of Education.

More information on the Center for International HigherEducation can be found at its web site at: www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/cihe.

Center for Nursing ResearchThe CNR’s central purpose is to serve as an institutional

resource for faculty and students in the School of Nursing, theBoston College community, and the greater Boston nursing andhealth care community. Three interrelated but separate goals supportthe purpose of the CNR: (1) to strengthen the research productivityof faculty in the School of Nursing, (2) to increase intradisciplinaryand interdisciplinary research and scholarship, and (3) to communi-cate research findings to facilitate research utilization in nursingpractice and in educational settings. The Center serves as a reposito-ry for the Cathy J. Malek Research Collection as well as books andother materials related to quantitative and qualitative researchmethods, data analysis, grant-seeking and grant-writing.

Center for Retirement ResearchThe Center for Retirement Research at Boston College was

established through a 5-year $5.25 million grant from the SocialSecurity Administration in 1998. The goals of the Center are to pro-mote research on retirement issues, to transmit new findings to thepolicy community and the public, to help train new scholars, and tobroaden access to valuable data sources. The Center is the head-



quarters for researchers and experts in affiliated institutions includ-ing MIT, Syracuse University, the Brookings Institution, the UrbanInstitute, and the National Academy of Social Insurance. The Centeris structured around a research team of interdisciplinary back-grounds in actuarial science, demography, economics, economic his-tory, finance, political science, sociology and social work, and pos-sesses a breadth of knowledge on retirement issues and institutionsvirtually unmatched in the field. As the nation confronts the myri-ad issues surrounding how best to ensure adequate retirementincome for an aging population, the Center’s researchers and expertsexplore possible policy changes related to Social Security, privatepensions, and other sources of retirement income.

Since its creation, the Center has established itself as a dynam-ic research enterprise with a growing national reputation. TheCenter has showcased its first-rate research through an array of pub-lications, conferences, and special events. Publications include issuebriefs designed for a general audience, as well as more technicalpapers for the research community. The Center’s events include fre-quently co-sponsored debates in Boston’s financial district that aretargeted to a business audience, as well as an annual conference inWashington, D.C. co-sponsored with a parallel center at theUniversity of Michigan.

The Center has established a comprehensive training and edu-cational program that provides funding for graduate research fellow-ships, dissertation fellowships, postdoctoral fellowships, and VisitingScholars. The Center also supports academic courses in retirement-related subjects as well as workshops and seminars for practitioners,such as congressional staff. Currently, the Center also providesopportunities for undergraduate and graduate students at BostonCollege as research assistants.

For more information on publications, ongoing research pro-jects and financial support programs, please visit the Center’s website (http://www.bc.edu/crr), e-mail the Center at [email protected], orcall (617) 552-1762.

Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, andEducational Policy (CSTEEP)

The Lynch School of Education houses the Center for theStudy of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy (CSTEEP), auniversity-supported research center internationally recognized forits work in the policy uses of tests. This research center is a richresource for all programs in education. In the past decade, CSTEEPhas been involved in assessment issues that address the fairness oftesting in culturally and economically diverse populations.

Among the projects conducted under the auspices of CSTEEPis the National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy. Itsweb address is http://nbetpp.bc.edu/.

CSTEEP has been joined by the Learning CommunitiesResearch Group, which specializes in research on technology in edu-cation. Its web address is http://learning.bc.edu/.

Funding from the Spencer Foundation has enabled researchers atCSTEEP to use drawings by students to document and change edu-cation and schooling. To view drawings and learn about the research,visit the web site at www.csteep.bc.edu/drawoned/spencer.html.

Further information on CSTEEP is available at its web site:www.csteep.bc.edu.

Center for Work and Family The Boston College Center for Work and Family is a research

organization within the Carroll School of Management that pro-motes employer responsiveness to families. The Center’s guidingvision is to serve as the bridge linking the academic research com-munity to the workplace. To gain increased understanding of the

challenges faced by both employees and employers in meeting thegoals of the individual and the enterprise, the Center conducts basicand applied research studies and analyzes secondary informationsources. The Center’s initiatives fall into three broad categories:research, employer partnerships, and information services.

Central to the Center’s operating philosophy is collaborationwith leading partners who are also committed to advancing theissues of work and family. These partnerships have resulted in sever-al significant outcomes, including: • Development of the first-ever professional development initiativein the work/life field in collaboration with the Alliance ofWork/Life Professionals.

• Publication of a Policy Paper Series that explores significant policy issues related to work and family.

• Ongoing expansion of our two corporate partnerships, the Workand Family Roundtable and the New England Work/FamilyAssociation.

• Creation of the Sloan Work Family Researchers ElectronicNetwork, an on-line community and database of cutting edgeresearch in the fields of work redesign and work/family.

• Publication of the Metrics Manual, a practitioner’s guide to 10Approaches to Work/Life Measurement. Several BC facultiesauthored chapters in this manual.

International Study CenterThe International Study Center at the Lynch School of

Education is dedicated to conducting comparative studies in educa-tional achievement. Principally, it serves as the center for interna-tional studies in mathematics, science, and reading—the Trends inInternational Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and theProgress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS).

The TIMSS 1999 assessment measured the mathematics andscience of eighth-grade students (ages 13 and 14 years) in 38 coun-tries and collected extensive information from students, teachers,and school principals about mathematics and science curricula,instruction, home contexts, and school characteristics and policies.There was extensive international coverage of the results, announcedat BC and in countries around the world in December 2000.

PIRLS is the latest international assessment being conducted bythe International Study Center. Approximately 40 countries are par-ticipating in this study that measures reading literacy achievement offourth-grade students (ages 9 and 10) and gathers information abouthome and school factors associated with learning to read. The fieldtest was conducted in September 2000 and the main data collectionis to begin in April 2001.

The International Study Center receives funding from suchorganizations as the International Association for the Evaluation ofEducational Achievement, U.S. National Center for EducationStatistics, and the U.S.National Science Foundation. Its web addressis http://timss.bc.edu.

Institute of Medieval Philosophy and TheologyThe Institute is a center that unites the teaching and research

efforts of the faculty members in the Philosophy and TheologyDepartments who specialize in medieval philosophy and theology.Doctoral degrees are awarded in the Theology or Philosophy depart-ments and students matriculate in one of these two departments. Thefocus of the Institute is on the relationship between medieval philoso-phy and theology and modern continental philosophy and theology.

To foster this dialogue and encourage the scholarly retrieval ofthe great medieval intellectual world, the Institute offers graduatestudent fellowships and assistantships, sponsors speakers programs,runs a faculty-student seminar to investigate new areas of medieval



philosophical and theological research, and has set up a research cen-ter to assist in the publication of monographs and articles in thediverse areas of medieval philosophy and theology, to encourage thetranslations of medieval sources and to stimulate editions of philo-sophical and theological texts.

Institute for Scientific ResearchThe Institute for Scientific Research (ISR) is engaged in scien-

tific analysis, mathematical modeling and image processing in heav-enly explorations—for example, interpreting changes in infraredemissions in space—and in earthbound pursuits—such as designinga database to help understand the behavior of financial markets.

Over the course of its history, the Institute has utilized a diver-sity of knowledge to develop highly sophisticated techniques for ana-lyzing raw scientific and engineering data and presenting it in mean-ingful and useful ways. Using state-of-the-art analytical tools andtechnology including computer-generated modeling, the Institute isa forerunner in scientific data analysis and interpretation using sta-tistical data analysis, digital signal processing and image processing;mathematical signal modeling; animated visualization of real andsimulated data; the manipulation and interpretation of scientificimages; and the design of specialized databases, data managementtechniques and interactive scientific software.

Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race andCulture (ISPRC)

The Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture(ISPRC) was founded in 2000 at Boston College, under the directionof Dr. Janet E. Helms, to promote the assets and address the societalconflicts associated with race or culture in theory and research, men-tal health practice, education, business, and society at large.

The ISPRC attempts to solicit, design, and disseminate effectiveinterventions with a pro-active, pragmatic focus. Each year the Institutewill address a racial or cultural issue that could benefit from a pragmaticscholarly focus through its Diversity Challenge conference.

Irish InstituteThe Irish Institute at Boston College was established by the

University in 1992 and utilizes cross-campus resources to create andprovide programs in areas such as business, government and educa-tion. We believe that this mission—and the personal, educational,and corporate exchanges it facilitates—serves to promote a morelasting peace on the island of Ireland and can provide models for thedelivery of good government that can be applied to many regionsaround the world.

The Irish Institute currently offers programs in education, busi-ness management, and political leadership. Featured in 2000-2001are programs in Education Policymaking, Parliamentary Clerks,NGO Management, Young Political Leadership, the UlsterUniversity Leadership Program, The Middle East Higher EducationProgram, the Economic Development Program, the Ireland andNorthern Ireland Local Government Program.

In 1997 the Institute was chosen to administer the Americancomponent of the Northern Ireland Assembly Transition Program.Boston College continues to host Assembly members, their staff andcivil servants, as well as representatives of all the parties from Britainand Ireland, for programs that will allow them to learn about theAmerican political system at city, state and federal levels, and toforge relationships with their counterparts in the United States.

In recent years, the Institute has applied its programming mod-els, and expertise with the problems confronting divided societies, toembrace participants from the Middle East and North Africa. InOctober 2000, the Institute opened an office at 43 Stephen’s Green,Dublin. This four-story facility is run by, and for, Irish Programs at

Boston College, the office which coordinates and oversees all BostonCollege Irish initiatives in both Boston and Ireland. The Institutehosts an extensive series of international lectures and special events.In late 2000, the Institute received a fourth federal grant, as a resultof a congressional appropriation, and is very pleased with this con-tinued recognition of its work in Europe and throughout the world.The Irish Institute works in partnership with city, state and federalagencies in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States aswell as with the Ireland Funds, the International Fund for Ireland,the Irish American Partnership, the Irish Management Institute,Ulster University and the Boston College community.

Since 1998, the Irish Institute has been based at ConnollyHouse, a state-of-the-art facility recently restored on HammondStreet, in Chestnut Hill. For more information on any of the IrishInstitute’s program offerings, call 617-552-4503 or visit its web siteat http://www.bc.edu/irishinstitute.

Jesuit InstituteThe Jesuit Institute was established in 1988 to contribute

towards the response to the question of identity. The Institute, ini-tially funded by the Jesuit Community at Boston College, is not anadditional or separate academic program. It is rather a research insti-tute which works in cooperation with existing schools, programs andfaculties, primarily but not exclusively, at Boston College. Within anatmosphere of complete academic freedom essential to a university,the Institute engages positively in the intellectual exchange that con-stitutes the University. Its overarching purpose is to foster researchand collaborate interchange upon those issues that emerge at theintersection of faith and culture. Through its programs, the Institutedoes this in two ways: by supporting the exploration of those reli-gious and ethical questions raised by this intersection and by sup-porting the presence of scholars committed to these questions.

Lonergan CenterStudies related to the work of the Jesuit theologian and philoso-

pher Bernard Lonergan (1904-1984) are fostered and advanced inthe Lonergan Center at Boston College. Inaugurated in 1986, theCenter houses a growing collection of Lonergan’s published andunpublished writings as well as secondary materials and referenceworks, and it also serves as a seminar and meeting room. BostonCollege sponsors the annual Lonergan Institute, which providesresources, lectures, and workshops for the study of the thought ofBernard Lonergan, S.J.

Mathematics InstituteThe Boston College Mathematics Institute was established in

1957 as a unit separate from the Mathematics Department to assistin the effort to improve the content and instructional practice ofmathematics at school level. In the 1960’s and 1970’s the primaryfocus of the Institute was on providing veteran teachers with renew-al programs and professional development opportunities to updateand deepen their background in mathematics. The National ScienceFoundation was a major source of funding. Concurrently, Institutestaff developed some supplementary instructional materials to usewith students in the grades K-12.

At present, the Mathematics Institute offers professionalenhancement courses for teachers in the summers at Boston Collegeand other sites. Other current projects include research studies andcontent development related to school level mathematics concerns.

Center for Religion and American Public LifeThe Center for Religion and American Public Life was founded

to bring together high quality research and scholarship on religion tobear on issues of public policy in America. The Center’s goal is not to



advance any ideological agenda, whether liberal or conservative. TheCenter seeks instead to be the sponsor of dialogue and discussion whichbrings together people whose primary concerns are religious with peo-ple whose primary concerns are political, in the belief that they will findcommon ground. The main goals of the Center include the promotionof scholarship dealing with religion and public life, faculty and studentdevelopment at Boston College, and outreach activities that contributeto a more robust public discussion of critical issues.

Small Business Development CenterThe Small Business Development Center (SBDC) provides

managerial, financial and technical assistance and training to smallbusiness people in the Greater Boston area. Prospective and activesmall business people can receive one-on-one counseling and con-sultative assistance in a range of business areas such as finance, mar-keting, planning, operations, accounting and controls. The SBDCalso offers specially designed small business management trainingworkshops. Topics include writing a business plan, financial plan-ning, marketing, strategic planning, cash flow and general manage-ment as well as other varied topics.

The Massachusetts Small Business Development CenterNetwork is a partnership of the US Small Business Administration,the Massachusetts Executive Office of Economic Affairs and BostonCollege through the University of Massachusetts/Amherst under aconsortium agreement.

Social Welfare Research InstituteThe Social Welfare Research Institute (SWRI) is a multidiscipli-

nary research center specializing in the study of spirituality, wealth,philanthropy, and other aspects of cultural life in an age of affluence.Founded in 1970, SWRI is a recognized authority on the relationbetween economic wherewithal and philanthropy, the motivations forcharitable involvement, and the underlying meaning and practice ofcare. Over the past twelve years SWRI has received generous supportfrom the T.B. Murphy Foundation Charitable Trust, which fundedSWRI’s ground-breaking Study on Wealth and Philanthropy, and fromthe Indiana University Center on Philanthropy, the W. K. KelloggFoundation, and the Lilly Endowment, Inc. A list of working papers,published articles, and books is available by requesting one in writingor by logging on to the Institute’s web site (www.bc.edu/swri).

Weston ObservatoryWeston Observatory, formerly Weston College Seismic Station

(1928-1949), is a part of the Department of Geology and Geophysics ofBoston College. Located 10 miles from the main campus, theObservatory is an interdisciplinary research facility of the Department,and a center for research in the fields of geophysics, geology, and relatedfields. Weston Observatory was one of the first participating facilities inthe Worldwide Standardized Seismograph Network and operates atwelve-station regional seismic network that records data on earthquakesin the northeast, as well as distant earthquakes. The facilities at WestonObservatory offer students a unique opportunity to work on excitingprojects with modern, sophisticated, scientific research equipment in anumber of different areas of scientific and environmental interest.

STUDENT LIFE RESOURCESAHANA Student Programs

(African-American, Hispanic, Asian and Native American)The goal of this office is to promote the optimal academic

achievement of AHANA students at Boston College especially thoseidentified as being at an academic disadvantage. The services avail-able include the following: tutorial assistance, academic advisement,individual and group counseling, tracking of academic performance,and career counseling. In addition to these services, the office assists

AHANA student organizations in developing and implementingcultural programs. The AHANA Office is located at 72 CollegeRoad, 617-552-3358.

Options Through Education ProgramSponsored by the Office of AHANA Student Programs, this

six-week summer residential program has as its objective the goal ofequipping 40 pre-freshmen, identified by the Admission Office asbeing at an educational and economic disadvantage, with the skillsnecessary to successfully negotiate Boston College’s curriculum. Atthe core of the program’s curriculum is a focus on imparting skills intwo critical areas: English and Mathematics. In addition to a focuson academics, the program seeks to introduce its students to thediverse resources available at Boston College and in the greaterBoston community.

Athletic Association In keeping with our tradition as a Catholic and Jesuit universi-

ty, rooted in a belief that seeks God in all things, especially in humanactivity, the Boston College Athletic Association offers a broad-basedprogram of intercollegiate athletics, as well as intramural, recreation,and club sport opportunities. Through these activities, the AthleticAssociation provides an educational experience that promotes thedevelopment of the whole person intellectually, physically, socially,and spiritually. Through its offerings, the Athletic Association playsan integral part in the personal formation and development of stu-dents, preparing them for citizenship, service, and leadership.

The Athletic Association supports and promotes theUniversity’s goal of a diverse student body, faculty and staff. In thisspirit, the Athletic Association supports equitable opportunities forall students and staff, including minorities and women.

Career CenterThe Career Center at Boston College offers an exciting program

of services and resources designed to help students build successfulcareers. Through the Career Center, students obtain advice and guid-ance, gain work-related experience, make meaningful connectionswith alumni and employers, and learn the latest job search tech-niques. It is highly recommended that students participate in theCareer Center’s programs beginning freshman or sophomore year.

The Career Center’s Internship Program provides students ofall classes with the opportunity to gain practical part-time workexperience in a professional capacity, during the summer or schoolyear. As part of a consortium of 14 universities nationwide, theBoston College Internship Program lists on-line internships in awide range of professional settings and geographic areas. Studentsare encouraged to participate in at least 2 or 3 internships beforethey graduate.

Students are also encouraged to conduct informational inter-views with BC alumni. The Career Advisory Network contains5,000+ alumni who have volunteered to share their career experi-ence and to provide job search strategy tips. Students can access theNetwork through computers at the Career Center, or via the CareerCenter’s home page.

The Career Resource Library offer up-to-date career resources,including a wide variety of exploration and job search resources, grad-uate and professional school information, and employer literature.Computer access to the web for career search purposes is available.

AHANA (African-American, Hispanic, Asian, Native American)Career Services provides AHANA students with a monthly newsletter,highlighting career opportunities and events specifically targetedtoward AHANA students. Additionally, the Career Center sponsorsan annual AHANA Student-Employer Reception.



The Recruiting Program provides opportunities for students tointerview with over 350 employers. Employer Information Sessionsare open to all students, and a large career fair is held every fall.

Visit the Career Center at 38 Commonwealth Avenue, 552-3430, or on the web at http://careercenter.bc.edu.

Office of Campus MinistryThe Office of Campus Ministry strives to deepen the faith of

Boston College students by offering opportunities to discover, growin, express and celebrate the religious dimensions of their lives inpersonally relevant ways. In addition, it works to foster justice bydeveloping social awareness and by building a sense of communityas a Christian value in the whole University. The Office of CampusMinistry is located in McElroy 215, 617-552-3475.

Office of the Dean for Student DevelopmentThe Office of the Dean for Student Development coordinates

the planning, implementation and evaluation of programs and ser-vices promoting student development. This includes overseeing stu-dent clubs and organizations, programming, the UndergraduateGovernment of Boston College, the Emerging Leaders Program, theGraduate Student Association and the Graduate Student Center atMurray House, Alcohol and Drug Education, off-campus and com-muting student affairs, international student services, and the GlobalProficiency Program. The Dean and assistants are also responsiblefor coordinating policies and procedures concerning student con-duct and discipline, and the judicial process. The Office of the Deanfor Student Development is located in McElroy 233, 617-552-3470.

Dining Services The University offers a varied and nutritionally balanced menu

in seven dining areas: Carney’s, the Cafe, and the Eagle’s Nest atMcElroy Commons, Lyons Hall on Middle Campus, Stuart Hall onNewton Campus, the Lower Campus Dining Facility, and the WalshHall Dining Room. In addition students can use their Meal Plan inthe concessions at Conte Forum.

The Meal Plan is mandatory for resident students living in UpperCampus, Newton Campus, Walsh Hall, 66 Comm. Ave., Greycliff,Vanderslice Hall, and 90 St. Thomas More Drive. The cost of the fullMeal Plan for 2001-02 is $1,905 per semester or $3,810 per year.

Optional meal plans are available to all other students living inon/off campus apartments, and to commuters. Further informationcan be obtained by contacting the Office of Student Services, 617-552-3300, Lyons Hall. A dietitian is available to those students withspecial dietary needs or restrictions, by calling 617-552-8040.

Office of Services for Students with DisabilitiesBoston College complies with federal regulations prohibiting

discrimination on the basis of disability. Students with disabilitiesapplying to Boston College are strongly encouraged to make theirdisability known voluntarily to the Admission Office of the School towhich they are applying. This information will not affect the decisionon admission; rather, it will give the University the opportunity tooffer specific assistance and support through programs and servicesprovided by the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities.

For more information regarding services for students withphysical disabilities contact John Hennessy, Coordinator of Servicesfor Students with Disabilities and 504/ADA Compliance Officer forStudents, Gasson Hall 108, 617-552-3310. For more informationregarding services for students with learning disabilities contact Dr.Kathleen Duggan, Coordinator of Academic Support Services forLearning Disabled Students, Academic Development Center,O’Neill 200, 617-552-8055.

Graduate Student AssociationThe Graduate Student Association (GSA) of Boston College is

an autonomous organization that serves the Graduate Schools ofArts and Sciences, Education, Nursing, Social Work, and the CarrollGraduate School of Management.

The GSA exists to provide academic support in the form ofconference grants and special group funding to host social, culturaland academic programs for graduates, and to inform the graduatecommunity of matters of interest to them. The GSA also advocatesfor graduate student interests within the university.

The GSA Officers, elected each April for a year of service,include a Director and a Finance Director. The GSA Council,which meets monthly, is made up of representatives from all thegraduate schools. The GSA Council and staff work together tostrengthen the collective voice of graduate students. The GSA isfunded by an activity fee charged to every graduate student.

The GSA has an office in the John Courtney Murray, S.J.Graduate Student Center located at 292 Hammond Street, a shortwalk from middle campus. This Graduate Center which opened itsdoors in December 1997 offers services to graduate students such asa computer center, kitchen/dining area, cable TV, study rooms andconference rooms.

John Courtney Murray, S.J. Graduate Student Center The Murray Graduate Center has been established to serve the

needs of Boston College’s graduate students. It is staffed by theAssociate Dean for Graduate Student Life, an Administrative/Technology Support Assistant, Graduate Student ResidentManagers, and work-study staff. During the academic year theGraduate Center is open from 8:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M., Mondaythrough Friday, 12:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M., on Saturday and 5:00 P.M.to 11:00 P.M. on Sunday.

The Mission of the Murray Graduate Center is as follows:• To build community among graduate students, faculty, and

administration by providing a center that offers opportunitiesto gather for discussion, reflection, presentations, meals, andsocial functions.

• To function as a center of information by responding to indi-vidual and group questions regarding resources such as healthservices, career services, retreats and programs in spirituality,etc., available at the University.

• To serve as a coordinating center for graduate student groupssuch as the Graduate Student Association, GraduateInternational Student Association, and the Graduate AHANAStudent Association.

• To offer on-site services for graduate students such as a com-puter lab with PCs and MACs, study rooms with networkstations and network activated jacks for laptop computers,dining facilities, and an administrative staff to act as advocatesfor all graduate students.

• To promote and support student initiatives that foster diversi-ty and service within the university, the greater Boston area,and the world at large.

• To be the home of the Graduate Center web site located at:http://www.bc.edu/gsc. Web site capabilities include reservingspace for graduate events, which is updated monthly, graduatelinks, off-campus and on-campus graduate resources andinformation.



University Health Services The primary goal of University Health Services is to provide

confidential medical/nursing care and educational programs to safe-guard the phy

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