Anderson College Catalog

206 Pages·1996·9.8 MB·English

Anderson College Catalog
Published by Anderson Collcf^e,
316 Boulevard, Anderson,SC 29621;
Telephone: [phone]
Digitized by the Internet Archive
in 2011 with funding from
Lyrasis IVIembers and Sloan Foundation
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CONTENTS
PresentingAndersonCollege/ 7-10
OverviewofAcademicPrograms/ 13-2
StudentLife/23-29
Admissions Information/31-35
Financial Information/37-42
FinancialAid/45-50
Programs of Study/53-101
Academic Policies/ 103-122
Courses of Study/ 125-174
CollegeDirectory/ 177-188
Calendar 1996-97/191-192
General Information/ 193-194
Campus Map/ 195
Index/ 196-197
A
Message from the
President
DearProspective Student,
I wish I couldpersonallyconvey to you a small measureofthe
excitement andeven anticipation1 feel as 1 entermysecondyearas
PresidentofAndersonCollege. As 1 lookoverthisgracious, historic, tree-
linedcampus, I amremindedofthe thousandsofmen andwomen
throughout thiscentury whohave walked throughthesehalls. Coming
fromfarandnear, they sought the best in liberal arts education. Christian
truth, highstandardsofethics andpersonal morality, andopportunitiesfor
life-long learning andvocational success. They still come forsuchreasons,
and theyencountertheAndersonCollege experience, anexperience ofa
living, teaching, learningcommunityoffaithwhichpresents the teachings
ofJesus Christwhileseeking todevelop the highest andbest ineachofits
students.
1 invite you to this campus andto acommunitycommitted to academic
excellence. Christianwitness, and life-longservice. Engagewith ourfine
faculty insmall classes, enjoy the many opportunities affordedbyourfirst
class, state-of-the-art, RaineyFine Arts Center, explore the technology in
the newVandiver Hall computercenter, exercise on the many lighted
tennis courts, orjust stroll through the tree-linedpark. Like so many
Anderson College men andwomenwhohave gone before you, let this
—
specialplace be yourgateway to the future afuture bright with
opportunities and the promise andpresence ofGod.
BestWishes,
Lee Royce
President

Presenting Anderson
College
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PRESENTINGANDERSONCOLLEGE
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ANDERSON COLLEGE
Value: QualityLiberalArts
MISSION Education
Goals:
Nature, Scope, andAffiliation 4. Toprovide abroad liberal arts
education as a meansoffostering
AndersonCollege, aprivate, coed- a pursuitofa life ofpurpose and
ucational, four-year. Christianlib- freedom, truth andwisdom, tol-
eral arts institution affiliatedwith erancefordifferent ideas, and a
the South Carolina Baptist Con- spiritofgenerositytowardoth-
vention, offers degree programs at ers.
the undergraduate level. 5. To assiststudents in acquiring
anunderstanding ofthe various
Purpose modesofinquiry and expression
in the broad areasofknowledge
The purpose ofAndersonCollege —
and experience humanities, so-
is to provide, within aChristian
cial sciences, mathematics, natu-
community, a quality liberal arts
ral sciences, history, religion,
educationfor adiverse student
body thatwill prepare graduatesfor andfine arts.
both a livelihood and a rewarding 6. To provide opportunitiesforstu-
dents to achieve competence in
life.
the skills oforal and written
In its effort to fulfill this purpose,
communication, mathematics,
the College is committed to the
following values and goals: critical thinking, problem solv-
ing, and the use ofcomputer
Value: Christian Community technology.
Goals: 7. To recruitqualified Christian
1 To be a community ofteachers faculty andstaffcommitted to
and learners that actively affirms the challenge ofintegratingfaith
and proclaims the teachingsof and discipline and to meeting
Jesus Christ as the ultimate the individual and collective
guide for living. needs ofstudents, support their
2. To maintain a Christian envi- personal and professional
ronment by creatinga commu- growth, and reward excellence in
nity characterized by respect, re- performance and service.
spcjnsibility, discipline, service,
and grace. Value: Diverse Student Body
3. To assist students in developing Goals:
an understanding ofethics and 8. To recruit students who are sup-
Chri.stian values and truths and portive ofthe mission ofthe
ofthe ways in which this under- College as a Christian liberal arts
standing applies to all humrm ac- C(}llcge and who can benefit
—
tivity public, private, individ- from the academic programs and
ual, and corporate. student services offered.
8 PRESENTINGANDERSONCOLLEGE
9. To recruit astudentbody 16. Toprovide eachmemberofthe
broadly representativeofthe cul- College communityopportuni-
tural and ethnic diversitythat ties for intellectual, physical, so-
characterizesthe society in cial, moral and spiritual growth.
whichgraduateswill live and
work. COLLEGE HISTORY
10. To recruitstudents who are well
prepared academically and so- AndersonCollege traces its origin
cially but also toprovide oppor- to one ofthe first institutionsof
tunities for a limitednumberof higher learningforwomen in the
students who maybe underpre- United States. TheJohnsonFemale
paredforcollege but demon- Seminaryopened in the village of
strate some promise forsuccess. Anderson in 1848. The founder
11. To offerprograms appropriatefor
was the ReverendWilliam B. John-
resident students, commuting
son, a Baptist ministerwhowas the
students, traditionalcollege age
firstpresident ofthe Southern Bap-
students, and adult students.
tist Convention.
The school the ReverendMr.
Value: Preparationfora
Livelihood Johnsonfoundedwasforced to
Goals: close duringthe CivilWar anddid
12. To offer an academicallychal- not reopen; but in time anewgen-
lenging education in a varietyof erationcarriedon whathad been
A
professional andpreprofessional begun at that institution. group
areasbased upon the intellectual ofpublic-spiritedcitizens, desirous
breadthofferedby a liberal arts ofhaving an institutionofhigher
education. learning inAnderson, offered32
13. To stress the relevance ofliberal acres ofland and$100,000 to the
learning as well as professional South CarolinaBaptistConven-
knowledge to successfulperform- tion at its meeting in 1910. The
ance in avarietyofcareers and conventionnominateda group of
to the solutionofcontemporary trustees, andAndersonCollege was
problems.
granted a charter in 1911 by the
14. To provide careereducation as South CarolinaGeneralAssembly.
both acurricularand a student
In 1912, the College opened its
service.
doors andoperated as afour-year
Value: Preparationfor a college forwomen until 1930. In
RewardingLife 1929, the South Carolina Baptist
Goals: Convention approved the institu-
15. To emphasize the rewardsofa tion's transition to ajuniorcollege,
life characterizedby balance, dis- the first in the state. The College
cipline, service to others, and became acoeducational institution
Christiandiscipleship. in 1930.