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m^^^' YCOMING COLII 2003-2004 ACADEMIC The Mission The missionofLycomingCollege isto provide a distinguished baccalaureate education in the liberal arts. This is achieved within acoeducational, supportive, residential setting through programs that develop communicationandcriticalthinkingskills; fosterself-awareness while increasing receptivity to new concepts and perspectives; exploreliteraryandscientifictraditions; cultivate an aesthetic sensibility; elicit social responsibility; promoteracial inclusiveness, genderequality, and an appreciation of cultural diversity; and produce leadership for the institutions ofsociety. Each student is encouraged to develop and strengthen virtues and traits ofcharacter that enable, ennoble, andemancipatethehuman spiritwhile deepening commitment to those values that undergirdcivilization. Fullyaccredited, Lycomingisamemberof the Middle States Association ofColleges and Schools, and the University Senate ofThe UnitedMethodistChurch. It isamemberof theAssociation ofAmerican Colleges and Universities, the Pennsylvania Association of CollegesandUniversities,theCommissionfor Independent Colleges and Universities, the National Commissionon Accrediting andthe National Association ofSchools and Colleges ofThe United Methodist Church. Also, the Department ofChemistry is approvedbytheAmericanChemicalSociety to certify upon graduation those students who meetorexceedtherequirementsestablished &f^'srF»r.'^"%3t*'Tfl. bythe Societyformembership. Thedepart- ments ofAccounting and Business Adminis- tration are accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs. LYCOMING COLLEGE 2003-04 ACADEMICCATALOG CONTENTS Contents Academic Calendar, 2003-2004 2 Welcome to Lycoming 4 The Campus 6 Admission to Lycoming 10 Financial Matters 13 Student Affairs 20 Academic Policies And Regulations 23 Thegeneralregulationsandpoliciesstatedinthis catalogareineffectforthe2003-04academicyear. FreshmenbeginningtheirfirsttermsatLycomingCollege inthefallof2003 orthespringof2004arethereafter The Academic Program 30 governedbythepoliciesstatedinthiscatalog. Ifchangesaremade insubsequenteditionsofthe catalogtoeithergeneralrequirementsormajorrequire- ments,studentshavetheoptionoffollowingtheiroriginal The Curriculum 50 programorasubsequentcatalogversion,buttheCollege alwaysreservestherighttodeterminewhichrequirements apply. The Board ofTrustees 164 Ifastudentinterruptshisorhereducationbutreturns totheCollegeafternomorethanoneacademicyearhas passed,he/shewill retainthesamerequirements ineffect attheinitialdateofentrance. Astudentwhowithdraws Administrative Staff/Faculty 165 fromtheCollegeformorethanoneyearwill,uponreturn, berequiredtocompletetherequirementscurrently imposeduponotherstudentsofthesameacademic level. A studentwhotransferstotheCollegewithadvanced The Alumni Association 180 standingwill besubjecttotherequirements imposedupon otherstudentsattheCollegewhohaveattainedthesame academic level. Post-baccalaureate studentswill be subjecttotherequirementsstatedonpage 30. Index 182 LycomingCollegereservestherighttoamendor changethepoliciesand proceduresstated inthiscatalog without priornoticetothosewhomaybeaffectedby them. Theprovisionsofthispublicationarenottobe Communication With regardedasan irrevocablecontractbetweentheapplicant LycomingCollege 184 and/orthestudentandLycomingCollege. 2003-04ACADEMICCATALOG LYCOMINGCOLLEGE ACADEMIC CALENDAR • ACADEMIC Calendar 2003 - 2004 ACADEMIC CALENDAR • WELCOMETOLYCOMING • -•I Welcome To Lycoming College Lycoming College is a liberal arts and for individual attention by a faculty truly sciences college dedicated to providing the committed to teaching. The average gradua- type oflearning that can be used fora lifetime tion rate for first time freshmen is 70%. in a supportive, residential environment that Lycoming students are superbly prepared to fosters individual growth and close interper- meet the challenges oflife through an aca- sonal relationships. demic program that includes both breadth of U.S. News and WorldReport has recog- study in the humanities, arts, social sciences nized the Carnegie reclassification of and natural sciences and depth ofstudy in at Lycoming. The College is one ofthe national least one area ofconcentration. liberal arts colleges in the United States. It is Those areas ofconcentration include something that Lycoming alumni have quietly bachelorofarts programs in 31 major fields, known foryears. The reasons are simple. andabachelorofscience inthree majorfields. All ofLycoming's resources and faculty Those who intend to continue in medicine, are dedicated to the undergraduate education dentistry, law, the ministry orteaching will ofjust 1500 students. Classes are small and find excellent preprofessional preparation. all faculty members teach. With a 13 to 1 Through a numberofcooperative programs ratio ofstudents to faculty, classes offive or with other colleges and universities, Lycoming ten students are not uncommon, while even students can study engineering, forestry, large introductory courses average about 30 environment, podiatric medicine, optometry, — students. This means abundant opportunities and medical technology while still enjoying LYCOMFNGCOLLEGE 2003-04ACADEMICCATALOG WELCOMETOLYCOMING the benefits ofa small college experience. They can also study at Oxford Brookes University in Oxford, England; Anglia Polytechnic University in Cambridge, England; Regent's College in London, England; Lancaster University, Lancaster, England; CUEF Universite Stendhal- Grenoble 3 in Grenoble, France; and Tandem International School, Madrid, Spain; or spend a semester in Washington, D.C., orNew York City through a numberofothercooperative programs. One ofLycoming's most popularand acclaimed choir and concert band, as well as successful ways ofblending career planning organize and manage their own social with a liberal arts education is through its fraternities and sororities, special interest internship program. Close to one-third of clubs and campus-wide social events. Lycoming students gain realjob experience as Student athletes can try out for 19 different part ofa semester course load. The varsity sports 10 for men, 9 forwomen) or ( Williamsport area is particularly rich in participate in the College's strong intramural internship opportunities in business, commu- program. nication, government, health and social Students are admitted free to productions services. The close relationship between the at the Community Arts Center. Student-run College and the community has given programs have brought in Adam Sandler, Lycoming students a chance to roll up their FionaApple, Eve6, SugarRayand BrianAdams. sleeves and gain resume-enhancing experi- Lycoming's campus lies nearthe historic ence rather than mere observation. downtown ofWilliamsport, a city best known Most students complete their program of as the birthplace ofLittle League Baseball study in fouryears, usually by taking four and the site ofits annual international courses each fall and spring semester. championship. The greater metro area has a However, students may take one course population ofapproximately 75,000. during Lycoming's May Term and from one The rolling hills and forestlands of to two courses in each Summer Term. northcentral Pennsylvania provide some of Perhaps one ofthe most important the state's best scenery, as well as hiking, qualities ofLycoming is its feeling of camping, kayaking, and other outdoor community. Lycoming is atruly residential recreation. Yet Lycoming is less than a four- college where all students, with the exception hour drive from New York City, Philadelphia, ofclose commuters, live on campus in one of Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Pittsburgh. the College's residence halls or apartments. The College enjoys a relationship with the The quality ofcampus life is enriched by a United Methodist Church and supports its variety ofextracurricular activities in which tradition ofproviding an education to persons Lycoming students gain valuable leadership ofall faiths. The College is firmly committed training. to a policy ofcultural diversity and expects its Students produce a newspaper, run the students to work together in an atmosphere of campus radio station, edit a yearbook, mount respect and tolerance. theatre productions, participate in a nationally 2003-04ACADEMICCATALOG LYCOMINGCOLLEGE •HISTORY•THECAMPUS History The history ofLycoming College has been one ofcontinual evolution. The institution has been, at one time oranother, an elemen- tary and secondary school, a seminary, a juniorcollege and at present a four-year — liberal arts college going through three name changes in the process. Sold by an independent board to the Methodists (who bought it as a source ofrevenue), it is today an independent non-profit, private college, affiliated with the United Methodist Church. — Its beginning dates back to 1812 making Lycomin—g one ofthe 50 oldest colleges in America when it was founded as the Williamsport Academy, that city's first elementary and secondary school. The school was administered by a Board ofTrustees made up primarily ofstaunch Presbyterians. By 1848, Williamsport had its own public school system well in place, and the private school was becoming a financial burden. A visionary circuit preacher. Rev. Benjamin H. Crever, persuaded the Methodists to buy the school. They named the institution Dickinson The Campus Seminary and offered college preparatory courses. Rev. Crever is considered the Nineteen buildings sit on Lycoming's 35- school's true founder. acre campus. Most buildings have been The seminary operated as a private constructed since 1950. All are easy to reach boarding school until 1929 when a college from anywhere on campus. A 12-acre curriculum was added and it became the athletic field and football stadium lie a few Williamsport Dickinson Junior College, the blocks north ofthe main campus. first privatejunior college in Pennsylvania. Modem buildings include the eight In 1947, thejuniorcollege became a four- residence halls, which contain clean and yeardegree-granting college ofliberal arts comfortable double rooms; the student union; and sciences. It adopted the name Lycoming, and the physical education/recreation center. derived from the American Indian word Up-to-date facilities include the library, the "lacomic," meaning "Great Stream," a name theatre, the planetarium, the computercenter, that enjoys local popularity as the name ofthe an electronic music studio, a photography county, a township and a creek. In its evolutionary tradition, Lycoming laboratory, and an art gallery. The computer College continues to expand its programs and center opened in 1969; the art gallery and the improve its academic excellence with each physical education center opened in 1980. decade, seeking to provide a truly distin- An arts centerwas renovated and opened in guished baccalaureate education to every 1983. The Heim Biology and Chemistry student entering its doors. oBuilding opened in 1990. LYCOMINGCOLLEGE 2003-04ACADEMICCATALOG THECAMPUS Residence Halls Academic Buildings — — Asbury Hall (1962) Named in honor of Academic Center (1968) The most Bishop Francis Asbury, the father ofThe architecturally impressive complex on campus, United Methodist Church in the United the Center is composedoffourbuildings: the States, who made the circuit through the John G. Snowden Memorial Library, Wendle upper Susquehanna District in 1812, the year Hall,the Mary L. WelchTheatreand Laborato- Lycoming (then the Williamsport Academy) ries, andthe facultyofficebuilding. opened its doors. Asbury Hall houses fresh- John G. Snowden Memorial Library (1968) man students in a co-educational environ- www.lycoming.edu/library Named after the ment. — late state senator John G. Snowden, the library Crever Hall (1962) Honors Lycoming's supports the classroom and research needs of founder and first financial agent, the Rev. the college community. An active instruction Benjamin H. Crever. who helped persuadethe program promotes the use ofprint materials, Baltimore Conference to purchase the school web accessed academic information resources, from the Williamsport Town Council in 1848. and other information technologies. The — collection includes more than 180,000 vol- East Hall (1962) Houses five chapters of umes, approximately 1000 periodical titles, Lycoming's fraternities and sororities. The and a strong reference collection suitable to an self-contained units contain student rooms undergraduate education. The Snowden and a chapterroom. — Memorial Library also serves as a partial Forrest Hall (1968) Honors Dr. and Mrs. depository for U.S. government publications Fletcher Bliss Forrest and Anna Forrest and houses the Lycoming College Archives Burfeindt '30, the parents and sister of and the archives ofthe Central Pennsylvania Katherine Forrest Mathers '28, whose Conference ofthe United Methodist Church. — generosity established the memorial. — ArtGallery(1980) Locatedinthenorthwest Rich Hall (1948) Honors the Rich family comerofthefirstflooroftheJohnG. Snowden ofWoolrich, Pennsylvania. It houses health MemorialLibrary,thegallerycontainsexhibits services, dining services office, security, year-round,includingshowsofstudentwork. residence life, and buildings and grounds. Information Technology Services/Computer — Rich is an all female hall. Center (1969) www.lycoming.edu/it — Skeath Hall (1965) The largest residence Lycoming Collegeprovides at least one hall honors the late J. Milton Skeath, profes- computernetwork access point in each class- sorofpsychology and four-time Dean ofthe room, office, and foreach student on campus. College from 1921 to 1967. It houses In addition the Snowden Library and otherkey freshmen in a co-educational environment. areas have wireless network access. Students — haveaccesstoavarietyofon-campus and Wesley Hall (1956) Honors John Wesley, worldwide resources tlirough the network. the founder ofMethodism. This building The College maintains five public use houses a number ofGreek organizations, as computer labs, four labs populated with well as independent students. Windows-based computers, and one lab with a — Williams Hall (1965) Honors Mary Ellen mix ofWindows and Macintosh computers. Whitehead Williams, mother ofJoseph A. The Windows labs utilize several popular Williams, ofSt. Marys, Pennsylvania, whose software packages, such as Office XP (Word, bequest established the memorial. Excel, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage 2002), 2003-04ACADEMICCATALOG LYCOMINGCOLLEGE THECAMPUS Internet Explorer, and SPSS. The Graphics Video Conference Facility (1995) - The Lab utiHzes Microsoft Office, PageMaker, College maintains a specially equipped video- Photoshop, Quark XPress, Illustrator, conference facility that provides access to FrontPage 2002, Macromedia Director and courses, lectures and resources that would DreamWeaver. Laser printing and CD/RW otherwise be unavailable. Lycoming is part drives are available in all labs, with scanning ofa consortium ofschools that uses this tech- available in the Graphics Lab. nology to enhance educational opportunities. Lycoming College maintains a site on the — World Wide Web where our URL is Computer Graphics Lab (1993) This www.lycoming.edu. Any student who is computer lab features state-of-the-art enrolled at Lycoming receives an e-mail Macintosh and Windows XP graphic stations equipped with animation, photographic account as well as a network account with disk space for a personal Web site and imaging, paint and draw programs forboth common tiles. These are backed up daily. fine arts and commercial design students, Academic departments maintain home pages along with desktop publishing and a number and resources underthe Lycoming College ofotherprograms forgeneral use. Most home page(s). Many faculty post departmen- programs are updated annually. — tal home pages and communicate with their Wendle Hall (1968) Named after the students by e-mail. George Wendle family, a College benefactor, Any student living in a residence hall can this building contains 21 classrooms, the become part ofthe Residential Networking psychology laboratories, fourcomputer lab- Program, ResNet. They then have direct oratories with 75 terminals available for use, access to the Lycoming network and the and spacious Pennington Lounge, an informal Internet. Students need properly configured meeting place for students and faculty. computers to give them access to e-mail and the World Wide Web from theirrooms. Mary L—. Welch Theatre and Laboratories A Linux serverprovides access to a variety (1968) The 204-seat thrust-stage theatre, ofdifferent software packages to students in formerly known as the Arena Theatre until the Mathematical and Computer Sciences. 2000, is one ofthe finest in the region. It includes projection facilities, scene and ResNet(1995) - Any student who has a costume shops, a make-up room, and a computer is encouraged to bring it to campus. multiple-use area known as the Down Stage, Tojoin the Residential Networking Program, where one-act experimental plays are per- ResNet, a student must have a computerthat formed. The language, business, mathemat- meets a minimal set ofstandards and he/she ics, and physics laboratories are situated on must complete the Residential Networking the upper floors. The Detwiler Planetarium is Access Account Application. ResNet is part located on the ground floor. ofa single consolidated Technology Fee of — $155 persemesterthat will coveryouraccess Faculty Office Building (1968) Contains to ResNet, cable TV and the telephone basic faculty offices, seminarrooms, and a 735-seat fee. Applications are available on the Web at lecture hall. — www.lycoming.edu/acad/resapp.htm. Fine Arts Center (1923, renovated 1983) For full instructionsyoucanalsogoto Contains studios, sculpture foundry, wood- www.lycoming.edu/acad/resnet.htm. shop, printmaking shop, classrooms, lecture hall, offices. LYCOMINGCOLLEGE 2003-04ACADEMICCATALOG

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