Princeton - Weekly Bulletin 05/02/05

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Editor: Ruth Stevens
Calendar editor: Carolyn Geller
Staff writers: Jennifer Greenstein Altmann, Steven Schultz
Contributing writers: Patricia Allen, Karin Dienst, Eric Quiñones
Photographer: Denise Applewhite, John Jameson
Design: Margaret Westergaard, Laurel Masten Cantor, Mahlon Lovett
Web edition: Mahlon Lovett

By the numbers

Smaller departments gain concentrators

In comparison to current juniors and seniors, an increasing number of sophomores are selecting majors in what have traditionally been smaller departments (see article in this issue). According to a report from Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel on sophomores’ choices of majors, the following departments recorded gains of 25 percent or more:

Major		% increase

Classics		100
Music		100
Slavic languages and literature		60
Comparative literature		57
Religion		52
German		50
Art and archaeology		44
Philosophy		39
Astrophysical sciences		33
Chemistry		31
Physics		27
Psychology		27