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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Profile ofLebanon Valley College 2
Mission ofLebanon Valley College 3
Undergraduate Information
Admissions 4
Continuing Education 5
UndergraduateAcademic Regulations and Procedures 7
Degrees 7
Graduation Requirements 8
Nontraditional Credit 13
Grading System 14
Undergraduate Academic Programs 19
General Education 19
Cooperative Programs 24
Pre-professional Programs 26
Individualized Major 27
Internships 27
Independent Study 28
Tutorial Study 28
Special Topics Courses 28
Study Abroad 28
Undergraduate Departments 29
Graduate Academic Programs 153
Directory 171
Board ofTrustees 171
Administration 175
Faculty 182
Support Staff 196
Awards 197
Accreditation 299
Campus Map 200
Index 202
Phone Numbers 204
2004-2005 Academic Calendar inside back cover
LebanonValley College Table ofContents 1
LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE
Founded: 1866, as aprivate coeducational institution on the site oftheAnnvilleAcademy.
Became afour-yearinstitution by 1883 as the lowergrades were phased out.
Curriculum: a four-year program of study in the liberal arts with an academic year
comprised offall and spring semesters and an optional sunmierterm.
Degrees granted: Bachelor ofArts, Bachelor ofMusic, Bachelor ofScience,Associate of
Arts,Associate ofScience, MasterofBusinessAdministration, MasterofMusic Education,
MasterofScience Education, DoctorofPhysicalTherapy.
Majorfields ofstudy: accounting, actuarial science, American studies, art and art history,
biochemistry, biology, business, chemistry, computer science, digital communications,
economics, elementary education, English, French, German, health-care management,
healthscience,historicalcommunications,history,mathematics, medicaltechnology,music,
music business, music education, music technology, philosophy, physical therapy, physics,
political science, psychobiology, psychology, religion, sociology, Spanish.
Special programs: military science (ROTC), secondary education certification; in
cooperation with Thomas Jefferson University: biotechnology, cytotechnology, diagnostic
imaging, occupational therapy, physical therapy; in cooperation with The Pennsylvania
State University, Case WesternReserve University, UniversityofPennsylvania, andWidener
University: engineering; in cooperation with Duke University: forestry, environmental
sciences; in cooperation with approvedhospitals: medical technology.
Special options: departmental honors, double majors, independent study, individualized
majors, internships, tutorial study, study abroad, Philadelphia andWashington semester
programs.
Number of faculty: 99; of the permanent faculty, 88 percent have earned a Ph.D. or
equivalent terminal degree.
Student-faculty ratio: 13:1, with an average class size of20.
Location:Aimville, foundedin 1799, is asmalltownofapproximately 5,000peoplelocated
in south central Pennsylvania. Driving times: Hershey, 10 minutes; Harrisburg, 1/2 hour;
Baltimore, 2 hours; Philadelphia, 2 hours; NewYork, 3 hours;Washington, D.C., 3 hours.
Size of campus: 37 buildings. The library contains over 200,000 catalog items, and the
College provides students with access to more than 200 personal computers. The sports
center is nationally recognizedforits waterfitness program.
Residencehalls: 27 residencehallshousing 1,151 students in male, female, coed, suiteand
apartment-style facilities.
Student enrollment: 1,530 full-time undergraduate students, with 235 part-time under-
graduates and 141 graduate students.
Studentfinancial aid: approximately 95 percentoffull-time students receive financial aid
in the form ofLVC grants and academic scholarships. In 2003-2004, these awards totaled
$13,770,560, with the average studentbeing $9,470.
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THE MISSION OF THE COLLEGE
Lebanon Valley is a small, private, liberal arts college. Its mission arises directly from
its historical traditions and a relationship with the United Methodist Church.
The College's aim is to enable our students tobecome people ofbroad vision, capable
ofmaking informed decisions, andpreparedforalifeofservicetoothers. Tothatend, we
seek to provide an education that helps students acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes
and values necessary to live and work in a changing, diverse and fragile world.
Through both curricular and co-curricular activities, we endeavor to acquaint our stu-
dents with humanity's most significant ideas and accomplishments, to develop their abil-
ities to think logically and communicate clearly, to give them practice in precise analysis
and effective performance, and to enhance their sensitivity to and appreciation ofdiffer-
ences among human beings.
LebanonValleyCollegeaspirestopursuethis missionwithinacommunity in whichcar-
ing andconcernforothersis acorevalue. We value strongandnurturingfaculty interacting
closely with students; encourage individual student development; and affirm the inter-
relatedness of liberal learning and the ideal of vocation. We regard the cultivation of
wisdom that is the capacity ofjudging rightly in matters oflife and conduct, and alifelong
love oflearning as the ultimate rewardofthe educational experience.
The College motto is, "You shallknow the truth andthe truth shall setyoufree.
(John 8:32)
Lebanon Valley College College Mission 3
UNDERGRADUATE INFORMATION
Admission for Full-time Students
High School Preparation
All admissioncandidates shouldhavecompleted 16creditunitsandgraduatedfroman
accredited secondary school, or present an equivalency certificate (G.E.D.). Of the 16
units, 4 should be in English, 2 in foreign language, 3 in mathematics, 2 in science, and 1
in social studies.
Application Procedure
AcandidateforadmissiontoLebanonValleyCollegemustsubmitacompletedapphcation
form with the required application fee, S.A.T. orA.C.T. results, and an official transcript
ofhigh school grades. Students planning to transfer to Lebanon Valley must submit offi-
cial transcripts ofcompleted college oruniversity work.
Candidates are encouraged to visit campus for a personal interview. Applicants for
admission to certain academic programs (elementary education, music, and physical thera-
py majors) are required to undergo additional steps. For further information, contact:
Admission Office
Lebanon Valley College
101 North CollegeAvenue
Annville, PA 17003-1400
Phone: [phone] or 1-866-LVC-4ADM
FAX: [phone]
Internet: http://www.lvc.edu
E-mail: [email protected]
Student Finances
Payment fortuition, room, board and othercharges is due by apublished deadline prior
to the beginning ofeach semester. Students failing to meet this deadline will be required to
makespecialarrangementswiththeBusiness Officebeforetheircourseregistrations willbe
processed. Questions about charges and payments should be addressed to the Business
Office.
RefundPolicy
Studentswhowithdraw,aredismissed,ortakealeaveofabsencefromtheCollegeduring
the billing period in which they are enrolled will receive arefund in accordance withfed-
eral policy. Acopy ofthe federal refund policy is available in the Business Office.
Part-time students should consult the refund schedule published by the Continuing
EducationOffice. However,part-timestudentsreceivingfederalfinancialassistance(Title
IV) will receive a refund according to federal policy. Acopy ofthe federal refund policy
is on file in the Business Office.
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Alternative PaymentPlan
Lebanon Valley College offers a paymentplan forthose families who, afterexploring
other options, prefer to spread payments over a 10-month period. An agent has been
appointed to process deferred payment applications:
Academic Management Services
OneAMS
Place
P.O. Box 100
MA
Swansea, 02777
Phone: [phone]
Continuing Education
Students may enroll part time for undergraduate study at Lebanon Valley College
through Continuing Education. Students are considered part time ifthey are enrolled for
0-11 credit hours per semester.
Continuing Education offers credit programs on four levels: certificate, associate,
baccalaureate and professional certificates. Certificates are starter programs that
approximate the beginning of a four-year college experience, ideal springboards from
which to go on for an associate's or bachelor's degree. Professional certificate programs
are intended for persons who have already been awarded a bachelor's degree in one dis-
cipline and desire to study anotherdiscipline in some depth.
Asecondbachelor'sdegreemaybeawardedtoadultstudentswhoalreadyhavereceived
abachelorofarts or sciences fromLebanonValley oranotherregionally accreditedcollege
oruniversity. In such cases, students mustonly complete the majorrequirements forthe
second degree oraminimumof30 credits, whicheveris greater.
Courses taught through Continuing Education are offered during the day, evening,
Saturday and summer sessions on the main campus in Annville. Continuing Education
publishes course schedules for the fall, spring and summer sessions. To obtain copies of
course schedules or to get detailed information on all academic programs for part-time
students, call 717-867-6213 ortoll free at 877-877-0423 orwritethe Office ofGraduate
Studies and Continuing Education, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA 17003-1400.
Information is also available through the LVC website: www.lvc.edu/ce.
A candidate for admission to any ofLebanon Valley College's Continuing Education
certificate or degree programs must submit a completed application form with the
required application fee. An official high school transcript is required if students have
fewerthan 24 semesterhours oftransferablecollege credits. Students planning totransfer
toLebanonValley must submitofficialtranscripts ofany completedcollege oruniversity
courses. Official transcripts relating to military orbusiness courses also may prove to be
useful. Although candidates may begin taking classes before they have been accepted,
they must speak with an advisor before registering for courses. To arrange an admission
interview with an advisor, call 717-867-6213 in Annville or toll free at 877-877-0423.
Decisions on all part-time student applications usually are made within one month after
thelastrequiredtranscript is received.
LebanonValley College Undergraduate Information 5
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UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC
REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES
AttendanceatLebanonValleyCollegeis aprivilege, notaright.Toprovidethenecessary
atmosphere in which teaching and learning can occur, the College expects thatthe conduct
of all campus citizens will conform to accepted standards. The College has the right to
require the withdrawal ofany student whose actions are inimical to the purposes ofthe
institution. The following academic regulations are announcements and do notconstitute a
contractbetweenthestudentandtheCollege.TheCollegereservestherighttochangethese
regulationsandproceduresasitdeemsnecessaryfortheaccomplishmentofitspurposes,but
whereverpossible, astudentwillproceedtograduationundertheregulations ineffectatthe
time ofhis orherentrance at the College.
Degrees
Baccalaureate Degrees
LebanonValleyCollegeconfersfivebaccalaureatedegrees. BachelorofArtsforstudents
completing requirements in the following major programs: American studies, economics,
English, French, German, historical communications, history, music, music business,
philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, Spanish and certain
individualized majors.
Bachelor of Science for students completing requirements in the following major
programs: accounting, actuarial science, biochemistry, biology, business administration,
chemistry, computer science, cooperative engineering, cooperative forestry, digital
communications, elementary education, health-care management, health science, math-
ematics, music education, physics, psychobiology and certain individualized majors.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology, and
Bachelor of Music: Emphasis in Music Recording Technology for students completing
requirements forthe appropriate majorprogram.
Associate Degrees
Through the Continuing Education Office, part-time students may earn theAssociate of
Science degree in accounting, general studies, orbusiness administration, or theAssociate
ofArts degree in general studies.
Privacy ofStudent Records
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 is a federal law that provides
students the right to review their academic records, the right to challenge the contents of
theirrecords, andtherightto confidentiality oftheirrecords.
TheBuckleyAmendmentallowsthedisclosureofbasicdirectorydataand,inthecaseof
athletes, extends that information to relevant personal data and accomplishments. The
College Relations Office uses permissible information from students' records to report on
social andacademic accomplishments.
Annually, Lebanon Valley College informs students of the Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This Act, with which the institution intends to
comply fully, was designated to protect the privacy ofeducation records, to establish the
rightofstudentstoinspectandreviewtheireducationrecords, andtoprovideguidelinesfor
thecorrection ofinaccurate ormisleading datathrough informal andformal hearings.
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Students also have the right to file complaints with the Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act Office (FERPA) concerning alleged failures by the institution to com-
ply with the act.
Localpolicyexplainsindetailtheprocedurestobeusedbytheinstitutionforcompliance
with the provisions oftheAct. Copies ofthe policy can be found in the following offices:
Office ofthe Registrar, Office ofStudent Services, and Office ofthe Dean ofthe Faculty.
The policy is also printed in the FacultyAdvising Handbook. The offices mentioned also
maintainaDirectory ofRecords thatlists all education records maintainedon students by
this institution.
Questions concerning the Family Educational Rights and PrivacyAct may be referred
to the Registrar's Office.
Credit Hours
A credit hour is the unit to measure academic progress. Each course has a credit des-
ignation approximately equal to the number of hours to be spent in class each week. A
course requiring three hours of class attendance each week will carry 3 credit hours.
Credit for laboratories is generally awarded at one halfthe regularrate.
Application for Graduation
As a student nears completion of the degree requirements, the student must file an
application forthe degree and a graduation plan with the Registrar's Office. Graduation
application deadlines and the semesterCourse List and Registration Schedule are avail-
able in that office. This application process provides the student with a timely opportu-
nity to review his or her degree requirements and to plan or change the student's course
schedule to ensure completion ofall requirements.
The student mustcomplete anApplication forthe Degree and aGraduation Plan, meet
with his orher advisor, obtain all required signatures forgraduation, including majorand
minor requirements, and deliver the forms to the Registrar's Office in the Humanities
Building.
Graduation Requirements
Candidates for a baccalaureate degree shall complete successfully 120 credit hours,
including the requirements for the general education program (see page 19) and the
requirements for majors and minors as appropriate. Credit hours are accumulated in three
separate categories: general education requirements, majorrequirements, and electives.
In addition, candidates shall complete successfully two units of physical education
selected from a listofapproved activities. Students shall not satisfy the physical education
requirement by taking the same activity unit twice. Students shall have amaximum ofone
physicaleducationunitwaivedforsuccessfulcompletionofanyofthefollowing: oneseason
of a varsity sport, one semester of marching band, or one semester of military science.
Continuing education students are exempt from the physical education requirement.
Candidates for an associate's degree must accumulate at least 60 credit hours including
the course work appropriate to their major program. Fifteen of the last 18 credit hours
toward the degree must be in residence.
Candidates for a degree must obtain a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 and a
major grade point average of2.00.
The generaleducation program is thatpartofthecurriculumsharedby all students in all
majors. The required courses reflect 54-56 credit hours.
The majorprograms each require at least 24 credithours ofcourse work.
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