[LaGrange College] Bulletin, LaGrange, Georgia, Catalogue Issue, 1993-94, September 1993

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by  LaGrange College

LaGrange, Georgia
Bulletin 1993-94
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Communications Directory
For prompt attention, please address inquiries as indicated below:
General Information (882-291 1)* Office ofthe President
Admission (812-7260) Director ofAdmission
Alumni Interest and Gifts (812-7245) Director, Alumni Activities
Bequests and Gifts (812-7257) Vice President for Advancement
Business Matters and Expenses (812-7278) Business Manager
Educational Program (812-7235)....Vice President and Dean ofthe College
Public Relations and News (812-7246) ....Director of Institutional Relations
Financial Assistance (812-7249) Director ofStudent Financial Planning
Student Affairs
Housing and Counseling (812-7269) Dean ofStudent Development
Summer School (812-7260) Director ofAdmission
Transcript and Academic Reports (812-7237) Registrar
Placement (812-7286) Director ofCareer Planning and Placement
*Area code is 706
Visitors are welcome at LaGrange College throughout the year. The
administrative offices in the Quillian Building are open Monday through
Friday from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday visits may be arranged by
appointment. Visitors desiring interviews with members of the staff are
urged to make appointments in advance.
The College information telephone number is (706) 882-291 1
FAX: [phone]
Mailing address:
LaGrange College
601 Broad St.
LaGrange, Georgia 30240-2999
LaGrange College admits qualified students of any race, color, national
and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities gen-
erally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not
discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national or ethnic origin in
administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship
and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
(USPS 299-300)
Entered as second class matter ofthe Post Office of
LaGrange, Georgia 30240, under the act ofAugust 24, 1912.
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Contents
Communications Directory Inside Front Cover
Calendar 4
About LaGrange College, Purpose and History 7
The LaGrange College Campus 11
Admission 17
Financial Information 21
Financial Planning 25
Student Development 51
Academic Programs and Degree Requirements 61
Academic Regulations and Procedures 73
Pre-professional and Co-operative Programs 85
Departments and Courses 91
Faculty, Trustees and Administration 199
Degrees Awarded, June 1993 212
Index 216
CHANGE OF REGULATIONS
The College reserves the rightto make modifications in the degree require-
ments, courses, schedules, calendar, regulations, fees and other changes
deemed necessaryor conducivetothe efficientoperation ofthe College. Such
changes become effective as announced by the proper college authorities.
Note: For information, regulations and procedures for graduate study,
please see the Graduate Bulletin.
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Calendar, 1993-94
1993
Fall,
September 7 Faculty assemble
September 8,9,10 Faculty workshop
September 11 New students arrive
September 13 Registration for night classes
September 13,14 Registration for day classes
September 14 Night classes begin
Opening Convocation
September 15 Day classes begin
September 1 End drop/add, day and night classes, 5:00 p.m.
No refund for individual classes dropped after
this date. "I" grades must be changed to
permanent grades.
Last day for late registration
October 6 Last day to drop a class with an automatic "W"
October 1 Visiting Day for families of new students
November 12 Last day to drop a class
November 18 Last day of class
November 19 Reading (a.m.)
November Exams
19,20,22,23,24
November 24 Begin term break, 3:30 p.m.
November 30 Grades due
Winter, 1994
January 2 Residence halls open
January 3 Registration for day and night classes
January 4 Classes begin (day and night)
January 7 End drop/add, day and night classes, 5:00 p.m.
No refund for individual classes dropped after
this date. "\" grades must be changed to
permanent grades.
Last day for late registration.
January 25 Last day to drop a class with an automatic "W"
February 8 Midterm, graduation petitions due for June
graduation
March 1 Last day to drop a class
March 7 Last day of class
March 9,10,11,12 Exams
March 13-20 Spring break
IS
Spring, 1994
March 20 Residence halls open
March 21 Registration
March 22 Classes begin
March 25 End drop/add, day and night classes, 5:00 p.m.
No refund for individual courses dropped after
this date. "\" grades must be changed to
permanent grades.
Last day for registration
April 1 Good Friday. Classes end and offices close at
noon
April 4 Easter Monday; Faculty Workshop. No day
classes; night classes will meet.
April 13 Last day to drop a class with an automatic "W"
May 2-7 Community 1994 - Honors Day; Senior Art Show
May 7 May Day; Parents' Day
May 18 Last day to drop a class
May 25 Last day of class
May 27,28,30,31 Exams
June 3 Baccalaureate sermon
June 4 Graduation

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About LaGrange College
Purpose
The mission of LaGrange College is to provide a liberating academic en-
vironment in which students and faculty enjoy the adventure of higher learn-
ing. This mission provides a college environment that enables students to
discover and value that which is excellent in life; an environment which
producesgraduates prepared to accept responsibility in contemporarysociety;
and an environment distinguished by a faith in God and by an understanding
of humankind's place in the universe.
Since 1831 many men and women, sustained by their faith in God and in
humankind, have nurtured and promoted LaGrange College. These men and
women have studied, taught, administered and given of their resources so
that the mission of excellent Christian higher education would be realized at
LaGrange College, a college associated with The United Methodist Church
since 1856.
This mission of over 150 years has been the basis of the programs at
LaGrange College. Today the College continues to seek ways to achieve this
mission and fulfill its purpose:
• by emphasizing undergraduate education with a firm commitment to
liberal arts. This is done through the strong general education curriculum and
major programs. These major programs are in the liberal arts and sciences as
well as other compatible professional areas.
• byoffering, where resources permit, academicstudy in particular areas
specifically in responsetocurrentcommunity needs. Currentlythese programs
include nursing, graduate business administration, graduate teacher educa-
tion, and social work.
• by fosteringout-of-class enrichment (lectures, plays, exhibits, concerts,
interest and honor groups) and extracurricular activities (intramural and in-
tercollegiate athletics, religious organizations and opportunities, service or-
ganizations, social organizations and student publications).
• by promoting healthy guided opportunities for physical activities.
• byofferingopportunities for inter-cultural experiences in the academic
and social programs.
• by striving to maximize student success through a strong academic
support system, counseling and placement services.
• by seeking to attract and retain a faculty who are not only highly
competent in their disciplines but who also identify with the mission of the
College.
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• by providing a constructive influence on the local area through con-
tributing intellectual, cultural and social leadership; by offering educational
opportunities to area citizens; and by encouraging faculty, staff and student
participation in local organizations.
• by recruiting students who, through scholastic achievement and po-
tential aswell as personal motivation, have indicated theirdesire to undertake
the LaGrange College program.
• by striving to increase its resources at a rate which preserves the fi-
nancial well-being of the College, supports existing programs, including Stu-
dent Aid, and facilitates program development to meet changing needs and
to achieve improvements in quality.
Adopted by Faculty,Administration,and BoardofTrustees, 1990.
History and Description
The history of LaGrange College is closely associated with the history ofthe
CityofLaGrangeandTroupCounty. When thevasttractofland lyingbetween
the Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers was secured by the Indian Springs Treaty
of 1825 and was opened for settlement in 1827, one of the five counties
formed on the western border of the state was named Troup in honor of
Governor George Michael Troup.
An act was passed by the Georgia Legislature on December 24, 1827,
providing for the selection of a county seat. It was named LaGrange after the
country estate ofthe Marquis de Lafayette, American Revolutionary War hero
who had visited the region in 1825 as the guest of Governor Troup. The site
for the town of LaGrange was purchased in 1828 and the town was incor-
porated on December 18, 1828. On December 26, 1831, the charter for the
LaGrange FemaleAcademywas granted atthe state capitol, then in Milledge-
ville.
In 1831 Andrew Jackson was president of the United States. Abraham
Lincoln was 22 years old. The Creek Indians had been moved out ofthis area
of the state only six years earlier. The only other college in the state was
Franklin College, now the University of Georgia.
In 1847 the charter for the school was amended and the school became
The LaGrange Female Institute with power to confer degrees. The name was
changed to LaGrange Female College in 1851 and in 1934 it was changed
to LaGrange College. The college became officially coeducational in 1953.
The first location ofthe school was in a large white building atwhat is now
406 Broad Street. The school moved to its present location "On The Hill,"
the highestgeographical point in LaGrange, aftertheconstruction ofthe build-
ing now known as Smith Hall in 1842.
The Collegewassold tothe Georgia Conference ofthe Methodist Episcopal
Church South in 1856. Today it is an institution of the North Georgia Con-
ference of The United Methodist Church.