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by  Denison University

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Discrimination inEmploymentActof 1967 as amended,the RehabilitationActof 1973,TitleIXoftheEducational
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Table of Contents
History and Purposes 3
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Denison: Rich History 3
Denison: Character, Philosophy and Mission 4
Accreditation and Recognition 6
Housing and Residential Life 6
Denison at a Glance 6
TheAcademic Program 8
The General Education Program 8
Departmental and Interdepartmental Majors 9
The Individually Designed Major 9
The Minor 10
The Concentration 10
International and Off-Campus Study 10
Graduation Requirements 14
Assessment ofAcademic Programs 15
Degrees Available at Denison 15
Educational Planning and Advising 15
Special Academic Projects 16
Special Academic Honors 17
Registration 18
Statement ofPetition Policy 20
Special Academic Regulations 22
Library, Computing Services, Information Resources 293
Courses ofStudy 2006-2007 26
Arabic 26
Art Studio 28
Art History 33
Astronomy 37
Athletic Training ^ 38
Biology 40
Black Studies 47
Chemistry and Biochemistry 52
Chinese 57
Cinema 59
Classics 62
Communication 65
Computer Science 71
Dance 75
East Asian Studies 82
Economics 88
Education 94
English 99
Environmental Studies 06
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First-Year Program Ill
French 112
Geosciences 115
German 121
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Course Catalog 2006-2007
Greek 124
History 126
Honors Program 133
Interdepartmental 136
International Studies 137
Japanese 139
Latin 141
Lugar Program (concentration only) 143
Mathematics 145
Music 149
Neuroscience (concentration only) 159
Organizational Studies 160
Philosophy 162
Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) 169
Physical Education 171
Physics 178
Political Science 182
Portuguese 188
Psychology 190
Queer Studies (concentration only) 198
Religion 200
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Sociology/Anthropology 204
Spanish 212
Theatre 215
Women's Studies 222
Special Courses and Opportunities 230
Pre-Professional Programs 230
Summer Research Opportunities for Students 232
Denison Internship Program 233
Service-Learning 233
Admissions, Costs and Financial Aid 234
Admissions 234
Annual Costs 237
FinancialAid Information 242
Administrative and Faculty Directory 263
The Board ofTrustees 263
Faculty/Staff Emeriti 268
Faculty 273
Administration 288
Index 297
History and Purposes
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Denison: Rich History
Denison holds a storied place in American higher education. Among the earliest colleges to be established in
the old "Northwest Territory" beyond the Allegheny Mountains and north of the Ohio River, it held its first
classes during the presidency ofAndrew Jackson. Its founders were ambitious frontier people, determined to
nurture leadership for education, commerce, religion, and government. For their initial guidance, they turned
tograduatesofBrownUniversityinRhodeIsland, whichhadahistoryofpreparingclergy intheBaptisttradition
for service in the West. First called the Granville Literary and Theological Institution, it soon took the name
Granville College, and, in the mid-1850s, Denison University, in honor ofa key benefactor.
The college's early fortunes rose and fell with the leading developments of the young American nation: the
canal andrailroadbooms, westwardexpansion, sectionalism and civil war. Students, professors, and graduates
alikeweredeeplyengagedwiththecentral issuesoftheirtimes. Many werecommittedtoanti-slavery activism.
Others took an early interest in women's education, providing encouragement for not one, but two women's
colleges in Granville. By the endofthe Civil War, women werejoining men in Denison classes, and at the turn
ofthe century, Shepardson College forWomen was physically integrated into Denison. The early curriculum
wasbroadanddemanding: classical languages, Englishgrammar,rhetoric, mathematics, history andgeography,
philosophy and theology, and, especially following the "Darwinian revolution" ofthe mid-nineteenth century,
natural sciences.
Wellbefore itreachedits firstcentennial, Denisonhadgained areputation forattracting outstandingprofessors
and college leaders, sending a number on to advance higher education across the country. William Rainey
Harper, founding president of the University of Chicago, held his first professorship at Denison. Clarence
LutherHerrick, laterpresident ofthe University ofNew Mexico, served Denison as Professor ofGeology and
Natural History andinitiated an innovative scholarlyjournal. Bulletin ofthe ScientificLaboratoriesofDenison
University, in 1885. Denison president E. Benjamin Andrews subsequently led Brown University and served
as chancellor ofthe University ofNebraska. President Daniel Purinton took leadership ofWest Virginia Uni-
versity.TheacademicreputationofDenisonbrieflyencouragedthefacultyandTrusteestooffergraduatedegrees,
butbytheearlytwentiethcenturyitwasclearthatthestrengthoftheinstitutionwasinhigh-qualityundergraduate
instruction, and the title "university" was retained primarily for historical reasons.
Focus upon leadership in undergraduate education and commitment to the residential principle led the college
to develop concrete plans for the physical expansion of the campus and measured growth, with the college
reaching its present size of about 2,000 students by 1970. In 1916, the famed landscape architectural firm of
Frederick Law Olmsted Sons, whose founder was the designer ofNewYork's Central Park, some ofthe great
Chicago lakefront parks, and distinguished college campuses such as Stanford and Wellesley, produced an in-
novative design forDenison. The "Olmsted Plan" has remained the touchstone forthe continuing development
ofthe Denison campus, locating academic halls on the center ofthe College Hill, placing residential halls on
the east and west wings ofthe hill, and arranging buildings in quadrangles, sometimes leaving one side open
to take advantage ofthe views across the hills and valleys north and south. The plan also posited a pedestrian-
friendly campus which encouraged the chance meetings and casual conversations among both students and
facultythatadvancelearningandfriendship. Denison'snew (2003) "CampusCommon" fulfillsthisplan,creating
an open quadrangle flanked by the state-of-the-art Samson Talbot Hall of Biological Science and the Burton
D. Morgan Center, housing programs promoting connections between a Denison education and the world
beyond college. The campus's latest residence halls are ofapartment style, allowing many students to progress
during theirfouryears from traditional double rooms through suites and singles and apartments with kitchens.
Denison: Character, Philosophy andMission
Today's Denison, a recognized leader among 21st centur)' American liberal arts colleges, builds upon aU of
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these founding traditions. non-sectarian institution independent of any religious affiliation since the 1960s,
Denison actively seeks outstanding students from across the country and around the world. Denison offers a
rich and deep education in the natural sciences, humanities, social sciences, and fine arts and extraordinary
campus leadershipopportunities aimedatpreparinggraduateswhowillmake adifferenceintheircommunities,
their countp.'. and the world.
President Dale T. Knobel
August. 2004
Denison: Character, Philosophy and Mission
As a residential undergraduate liberal arts college, Denison is among those places that ha\'e been called "dis-
tinctivelyAmerican" in their contribution to higher education worldwide. In fact, it is one ofa select number
ofinstitutions that today defines the type. Confident in the distinction ofits graduates and advantaged by un-
usualresources.Denisonhaspointedlyresistedthetendencyinhighereducationtoaddlayersofgraduatedegrees,
professional schools, and service functions beyond the scope ofbaccalaureate education ofthe highest order.
Entering its 175th year. Denison has maintained afully residential campus based upon the well-testedpremise
that learning flourishes in community.
Denison selectively admits successful, confident, and motivated students who seek to take advantage ofhighly
participator}' learning within classroom, laboratory, and studio and \\'\\o expect to learn and grow through their
imestmentin the challenges and opportunities ofcollege Hfe. The college attracts matriculants fromacross the
country and more than three dozen nations. Denison engages smdents with outstanding professors in small
classes that encourage men and women to take a high degree ofpersonal responsibility for learning. Smdents
pursue a major field ofstudy selected from thirty-nine areas offered by twenty-eight disciplinary departments
and interdiscipHnar)' programs in the divisions ofNamral Science, Humanities, Social Science, and Fine Arts
as well as complete a sequence of General Education and a personalized curriculum ofelectives from across
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the college. Denison education is notjust for a hving but for a life. Denison graduates are educated to be
curious, resourceful, and reflective. They are expected to begin a life of learning at Denison. not complete it.
They are well prepared for the rapidly changing world ofthe 21st cenmr}'.
Nothing defines a Denison education more than the mumally-enriching relationships that develop between
students and faculty. The heart ofthe college is a full-time facult)' ofalmost 200. These men and women, who
hold the most ad\anced degrees in their fields, are selected on the basis ofpedagogical and scholarly ability
and are encouraged to be innovative teachers whose continuing growth in their discipline through active
scholarship allows them to be among the best at theircraft. They look forwardto the challenge and stimulation
oftheir smdents even as they seek to draw the best efforts from them. Many Denison smdents come to regard
professors as mentors, who frequently oversee smdents' independent scholarly projects.
AtDenison. men and women learn and grow in communit)'. andtheresidential characterofthe campus is more
than a convenience but a way of engaging the full smdent body in a shared enterprise. The college actively
seeks academically superiorsmdentswhobringdiversetalents,interests,backgrounds, andexperiences,behexing
that out ofthe classroom as well as within learning takes place by sharing, questioning, and growing together.
Denison smdents have unusual opportunities to participate in the arts, in athletics and recreation, in service to
others beyond the campus, in smdent organizational life, and in campus governance.
The goals ofthe college are spelled out clearly in an up-to-date "Mission Statement:"
Ourpurpose is to inspire and educate our students to become autonomous thinkers, discerning moral agents
andactive citizens ofademocraticsociety. Through an emphasis onactive learning, we engage students in the
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Denison: Character, Philosophy andMission
liberal arts, whichfosters self-determination anddemonstrates the transformativepowerofeducation. We en-
visionourstudents'livesasbasedupon rationalchoice, afirmbeliefin humandignityandcompassionunlimited
bycultural, racial, sexual, religious oreconomicbarriers, anddirectedtowardan engagementwith the central
issues ofourtime.
Our curriculum balances breadth with depth, building academic specialization upon a liberal artsfoundation
in thearts, thesciences, thesocialsciencesandthehumanities. Responsivetonewwaysoflearning, wecontinue
todevelop interdisciplinary integration ofthemanyformsofknowledge. While ourstudentspursuespecialized
learning in theirchosen majors, they also develop theframeworkforan integrated intellectual life, spiritually
andmorally informed.
Ourfaculty is committed to undergraduate education. As teacher-scholar-advisors, theirprincipal responsib-
ility iseffectiveteaching informedby thebestscholarship. Facultymembersplaceapriorityon close interaction
withstudents, interactive learning, andpartnershipswith students in originalresearch. Ourlowstudent/faculty
ratioallowsforclose supervision ofindependentresearch andcollaborative workin smallgroupsandclasses.
We seek to ensure an ever-broader range ofracial, ethnic, international andsocioeconomic backgrounds in a
studentbody ofabout2,000students. We offerdifferentkinds offinancialaidto meetthe differentneeds ofour
students.
ThefocusofstudentlifeatDenison isa concernforthewholeperson. The Universityprovidesaliving-learning
environmentsensitive to individual needsyetgrounded in a concernfor community, in which theprinciples of
human dignity andethical integrityareparamount. Students engage in a wide range ofco-curricularactivities
thataddress the multidimensional characteroftheir intellectual andpersonaljourney.
Denison is a community in which individuals respect one another and their environment. Each member ofthe
communitypossessesafullrange ofrightsandresponsibilities. Foremostamong these isa commitmentto treat
each otherandthe environment with mutual respect, tolerance, andcivility.
Denisonoccupiesanarresting 1000-acrecampus, muchofitpercheduponCollegeHilloverlookingthehistoric
(1805) town ofGranville. There are some 75 campus buildings conveniently arrangedamong the college's hills
andvalleys,noneofthemmorethan aten-minutewalkfromthecampuscenter Theyrangefromhistorichouses
that predate Denison's founding in 1831 to substantial Victorian Italianate structures of the late nineteenth
century, handsome twentieth century red brick neo-Georgian classroom and residence buildings, and state-of-
the-artmodem laboratories that artfully blend contemporary design with the college's signature brickand slate.
The contours ofthe College Hill ridge form a natural bowl into which nestle some the college's principal ath-
letic facilities: Deeds Field, LivingstonGymnasium, Gregory Pool, andthe Mitchell Centerfieldhouse. Beyond
lie expansive playing and practice fields, Denison's 350-acre Biological Reserve with its PollyAnderson Field
Laboratory, andtheHomestead, aresidentialcommunity ofstudentsliving symbiotically withtheland. Granville
is a scenic college town located in the Greater Columbus region of more than 1.5 million residents, 15 miles
eastofthe Columbus city limits and 20 miles fromthe international airport. It is adjacentto the city ofNewark
which, with its surrounding communities, provides everyday amenities for an areapopulation ofabout 75,000.
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President Dale T. Knobel
August, 2004
Accreditation andRecognition
Accreditation and Recognition
Denison is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission ofthe North Central Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools, which was formed in 1913. NCA is located at 30 North LaSalle St., Chicago, 111. 60602
(Ph. 312-263-0456). Denison is certifiedby the OhioBoardofRegents to grantthreedegrees: BachelorofArts,
Bachelor ofScience, and Bachelor ofFineArts.
Denison's program in Education is approved by the State of Ohio Board of Education, and the American
Chemical Society accredits the program in chemistry.
Denison'spre-medicalprogramisrecognizedbyallmedical schools accreditedbytheAssociationofAmerican
Medical Colleges.
The American Medical Association recognizes Athletic Training as an Allied Health Profession. The Denison
UniversityAthleticTrainingEducationProgramis accreditedby theCommission ontheAccreditationofAllied
Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). Interested students may also refer to the Denison University ATEP
Web site for admission information; www.denison.edu/phed/ATEPAdmission.html.
Denison is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association, the Association of American Colleges and
Universities, the Ohio CollegesAssociation, theAssociation ofIndependentColleges andUniversities ofOhio,
and several additional national and state associations.
Housing and Residential Life
Denison is aresidentialcollege.A substantiveresidential experience enhances academic achievement, personal
growth, andthedevelopmentofastrongcampusconmiunity, allofwhicharehallmarksofaDenisoneducation.
Denison is committed to its residential identity and to the many benefits that stem from the relationships,
activities, and programs available to smdents in the residence halls. An integral component of each student's
Denisonexperienceforfouryears, residentiallivingprovides importantopportunities forstudents to learn about
others aswell asthemselves, developinterpersonal skills, andtakeresponsibility fortheirimmediatecommunity.
This is an ideal complement to the learning that occurs in our classrooms, laboratories, and studios.
Denison at a Glance
Type ofCoUege: Coeducational, residential, four-year independent college ofliberal arts and sciences
Founded in 1831
Location: Granville, Ohio, 27 miles east ofColumbus
Campus size: 1000 acres with a 350-acre Biological Reserve
Academic year: Semester system
Courses ofstudy: 43
Summer Scholar Program: 120 students
Optional Denison Internship Program: Internships and travel seminars
Degrees offered; B.A., B.S., B.F.A.
Phi Beta Kappa chapter: Established 1910
Denison ata Glance
Average class size: 20; Student/teacher ratio: 11:1
Total full-time equivalent faculty: 192
Total undergraduates: Approximately 2,100
Total alumni: 30,590
Endowment and similar funds: $545,000,000
The Academic Program
The concept of liberal arts embodies certain fundamental goals, among them breadth, depth, independent
thinking, and rational and humane self-determination. Our commitment to a broad liberal arts education is ex-
pressed in the form of General and Major Requirements designed to structure the student's pursuit of these
educational goals. Breadth refers to a setofexperiences that introduces students to a wide range ofcontent and
modes of inquiry, offers a broad exposure to human culture, and cultivates a more informed understanding of
ourworldfrommanyperspectives. Depthrefers tothe developmentofthehigher-orderintellectualcompetencies
that come primarily fromthe intensive study ofa particular discipline, principally from the pursuit ofa major.
Independent thinking denotes the development ofthe capacity, embodied in the "liberal" or "free" person, to
challenge assumptions and to create new ideas and meanings. Finally, rational and humane self-determination
entails educating students who are attuned to the multiplicity of meanings and perspectives in the realms of
knowledge and experience.
The General Education Program
Denison University engages its students in a sustained liberal arts education. A liberal education provides
practice in the disciplines and processes necessary to function as a free-thinking human being facing the chal-
lenges ofthe 21stcentury: listening,reading, andobserving;reasoningcritically andquantitatively; andexpress-
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ing ideas clearly and convincingly in oral discourse as well as the written word. life based on rational and
humane self-determinationrequiresthose abilities as wellastheunderstandingofideas andprinciplesindiverse
areas ofmodem knowledge.
The General Educationrequirements ensurethat students developcore liberal arts competencies andencounter
a broad range ofliberal arts inquiries - social, scientific, humanistic, and artistic - embraced by the faculty of
Denison University. In addition, the requirements expose students to a diversity of perspectives that enable
themtointeractmoreeffectively in an increasingly interdependentworld. Thus the General Educationprogram
embarks on three goals: 1) development ofcompetencies; 2) exposure to abroad variety ofdisciplines; and 3)
development ofa global perspective.
General Education: Summary of Requirements Please note: This general educationprogram applies to
all students who entered the University on orafterAugust 30, 2004.
First-Year Seminar 101
First-YearSeminar 102 (Thisrequirementmaybe metbytakingan Honors course. Usuallythis selectionfulfills
one ofthe divisional requirements from FineArts, Sciences, Social Sciences, or Humanities.)
Two courses from the FineArts
Two courses from the Sciences (one fulfilling a lab requirement)
Two courses from the Social Sciences
Two courses from the Humanities
Two courses in a Language
Interdisciplinary and World Issues
• Twoofthesecourses (orothercourses) mustfulfillonequantitative andoneoralcommunicationrequirement.
• Only one course from a single discipline may be used to fulfill the divisional requirements.
• At aminimum, aU students mustcomplete an elementary year ofForeign Language 1 11-1 12 at the college
level. Students whohave studiedalanguage in high school andwho wishto continue study ofthat language
at Denison in order to fulfill this requirement will, however, be expected to complete three semesters of
thatlanguage (i.e., topass ordemonstrateproficiency inthe language atthe 21 1 level).All entering students
who have studied a foreign language in high school must take the appropriate placement test during the