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All minors are educated in central areas of statistics including linear models and categorical data analysis. Minors then select courses based on their interests, choosing from courses in these areas:

• Computational statistics
• Bayesian statistics
• Causal inference
• Experimental design

About the Program

The Holy Cross neuroscience program is a pioneer in developing undergraduate neuroscience courses and curricula. Distinctive features of the Holy Cross approach include opening new opportunities for students to explore science and technology; creating environments that allow students to grow and contribute their unique strengths to the learning process; and inviting students to explore the implications and applications of their learning.

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Offered through the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Russian and Eastern European Studies will encourage you to appreciate the region’s dramatic past, its strategically important present and its uncertain and contested future. You will learn how to: 

• Evaluate sources

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A physics education at Holy Cross starts with a pair of introductory physics courses taught in a format that integrates lab, lecture and problem solving components into a single interactive learning environment. These courses are capped at 28 students, while later courses in the physics major are even smaller, ranging from about 6 to about 20 students. These small classes foster a strong student community and allow professors and students to develop a close connection. 

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Our formula for success has led the chemistry department to produce among the nation’s highest number of chemistry graduates and is a top baccalaureate origin for Ph.D.s in chemistry.

While studying Chemistry at Holy Cross, students will be able to:

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Students in the Chinese Studies program take language courses — ranging from elementary to advanced levels — as well as courses on Chinese:

• Literature, linguistics, and cinema
• Art
• Economics
• History
• Philosophy
• Politics
• Religions

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• A dynamic interdisciplinary approach that combines the humanities, social sciences, arts and culture and language study.
• Access to a robust cocurricular program of campus speakers, visiting artists, panel discussions, symposia and exhibitions in the Cantor Art Gallery.
• Active engagement with the arts on campus, including opportunities to assist with gallery exhibitions, and participate in music, dance and theatre performances.

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This influential and culturally rich language will give you a lens into a part of the world that has historically been, and remains, globally significant. The Arabic program offers language courses at three different levels:

• Elementary Arabic
• Intermediate Arabic
• Advanced Arabic
• Arabic Culture
• Arabic Literature

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Students enrolled in history at Holy Cross explore their major and gain depth in a particular aspect of history through a global concentration. Spanning geographic locations and time, students select coursework based on areas of interest.

• Colonialism and Empire
• Gender in Public and Private Life
• Race and Ethnicity
• Resistance, Revolution and Reaction
• Knowledge and Belief
• War and Memory

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Offered through the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, the ESIB minor will help you: