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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from LYRASIS IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/elonuniversity112113elon UN ELON, NORTH CAROLINA 27244 336-278-2000 ElonVol. 112—September 2001 (UPS 076-160) Published annually at Elon University, Elon, N.C. 27244. Elon University does not discriminate with regard to race, color, religion, sex, national or ethnic origin,veteran status or disability in the recruitment and admission ofstudents, the recruitment and employment offaculty and staffor the operation ofany ofits programs. Students with documented disabilities may request in writing reasonable special services and accommo- dations. The university's Section 504 coordinator for students is Dr. SmithJackson, Alamance 118, 336-278-7220 and for apphcants and current employees is Mr. Ronald Klepcyk, 521 E. HaggardAve., 336- 278-5560. Elon's Title IX coordinator is Dr.AlanWhite, Koury Center 201, 336-278-6800. Elon University reserves the right to add or drop programs and courses, to institute new requirements when such changes are desirable, and to change the calendar that has been published. Every effort wiU be made to minimize the inconvenience such changes might create for students. & ^k^H^ ^d9^^ ^A^l^^ «|^&MB ^^H|^ C^g^^ Contents Hi Career Center 33 Communications with Elon University 1 Academic SupportServices 34 Student Life 37 Calendar 3 Student Services 37 Introduction 5 RoomReservationand SecurityDeposits .38 Mission Statement 5 New StudentOrientation 39 History 6 The Student GovernmentAssociation 39 Students 7 Judicial System 39 Faculty 7 Campus Safetyand Pohce 39 Programs 7 The Student UnionBoard 40 Academic Message 8 Moseley Center 40 Academic Calendar 8 ReligiousLife 41 Accreditation 8 MinorityAffairs 41 Campus & Facilities 11 AfricanAmerican Resource Center 41 Location 11 El Centro deEspanol 41 Campus 11 Leadership Development 42 Facilities 12 Service Learning 42 Athletic Facilities 15 HonorSocieties 42 RecreationalAreas 16 Student Organizations andActivities 44 Support Facilities 16 Communications Media 45 Visitor Information 18 Who'sWho 45 Travel Information 18 Campus Recreation 45 Academic Program 21 TraditionalEvents 47 Degrees andMajor Admissions,Finances and Financial Aid 51 Fields ofConcentration 21 FreshmanApplications 51 MinorFields ofConcentration 22 FreshmanApplication Procedures 51 General Studies 22 FreshmanApplication deadlines 51 The Martha andSpencerLove FreshmanAdmission Requirements 51 SchoolofBusiness 23 FreshmanAdmissionNotification 52 ProfessionalPrograms 24 TheEarlyDecisionPlan 52 PreprofessionalPrograms 24 TransferAdmission 53 EveningSchool 25 TransferAdmission DeadHnes 53 Transitional Program 25 TransferCredit 53 PeerTutoring 26 International StudentAdmission 53 WritingProgram 26 EnrollmentDepositfor Elon 101 26 All Resident Students 54 High School CreditBank Program 26 Enrollment DepositforAll LeadersfortheTwenty-First Century CommuterStudents 54 Programs 26 ResidencyRequirement 54 EnrichmentPrograms 31 SpecialStudents 55 StudyAbroad 32 AdvancedPlacementExamination 55 IndependentStudyandResearch 32 InternationalBaccalaureate 55 Mihtary 33 CoUege-Level Exanunation Engineering 138 Program (CLEP) 55 English 141 Department Exammation 56 EnvironmentalStudies 151 CreditforVeterans 56 Finance 153 General Costs 56 FineArts 153 Costs CoveredbyTuition 56 Foreign Languages 154 The MealPlan 56 General Studies 159 BookExpenses 56 Geography 161 Room Change Charge 56 Health Education 162 Expensesforthe 2001-2002 History 165 AcademicYear 57 Human Services 170 Refunds 59 IndependentMajor 174 FinancialAid 60 International Studies 175 FinancialAssistanceBasedon Need 61 Journalism and Communications 178 FinancialAssistance NotBased on Need ....62 Leisure/SportManagement 185 Loan Options NotBasedon Need 65 Mathematics 187 HowtoApply forFinancialAid 65 MedicalTechnology 192 Need-based FinancialAidApplication Military Science 192 ProcessforContinuingStudents 66 Music 195 PaymentOptions 66 MusicTheatre 200 EndowedScholarships 66 Non-Violence Studies 202 LeadersfortheTwenty-First Century Philosophy 203 Scholarships 71 Physical Education 206 PresidentialScholarships 71 Physics 211 EndowedAthletics Scholarships 71 Political Science 214 Endowment andSources ofIncome 72 ProfessionalWritingStudies 219 GeneralAcademic Regulations 75 Psychology 220 Registration and Courses 75 PublicAdministration 223 Grades andReports 78 Religious Studies 226 Academic Standards andWithdrawal 80 ScienceEducation 228 Science 232 iv Degree Requirements 83 Social Science Education 232 Degreesand Major Fields 83 Social Science 233 Bachelors Degree Requirements 84 SociologyandAnthropology 234 The Major 86 SportsMedicine 240 The Minor 86 TheatreArts 246 Organization ofAcademic Units 88 Women'sStudies/GenderStudies 249 Courses 89 Graduate Programs 253 Accountingand Finance 89 Degrees andMajorFields 253 African/African-American Studies 92 Mission 253 Art 93 MasterofBusinessAdministration (MBA) 254 Asian/Pacific Studies 97 MasterofEducation (M.Ed.) 255 Biology 98 MasterofPhysicalTherapy (MPT) 258 BusinessAdministration 105 Directory 8iAppendices 263 Chemistry 110 Officers ofthe Corporation 263 Classical Studies 115 Faculty,2000-2001 265 Communications 116 Administrative Officers ComputingSciences 116 and Staff 281 Cooperative Education 119 Retired FacultyandAdministration 290 CriminalJustice 120 Tide II Report onTeacherEducation 292 Dance 121 Economics 124 Education 129