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Lycoming college 2002-03 ACADEMIC CATALOG The Mission ThemissionofLycomingCollege isto provide a distinguished baccalaureate educa- ' tion in the liberal arts. Thisis achievedwithin| a coeducational, supportive, residential settini through programs that develop communica- tionandcriticalthinkingskills; fosterself- awareness while increasing receptivity to new concepts and perspectives; explore literary and scientific traditions; cultivate an aesthetic sensibility; elicit social responsibility; promote racial inclusiveness, genderequality, and an appreciation ofcultural diversity; and produce leadership for the institutions of society. Each student is encouraged to develop and strengthen virtues and traits of j characterthat enable, ennoble, and emancipat thehumanspiritwhiledeepeningcommitment to those values that undergird civilization. Fullyaccredited. Lycomingisamemberof the Middle States Association ofColleges an( Schools, and the University Senate ofThe UnitedMethodistChurch. Itis amemberof the Association ofAmerican Colleges and Universities, the Pennsylvania Association of CollegesandUniversities,theCommissionfoi Independent Colleges and Universities, the National Commissionon Accrediting and the National Association ofSchools and Colleges ofThe United Methodist Church. Also, theDepartmentofNursingis accreditedby theNational League for Nursing.TheDepartmentofChemistryis approvedbytheAmericanChemical Society to certify upon graduation those students who meetorexceedthe requirements established by the Society formembership. Thedepart- ments ofAccounting and Business Adminis- tration are accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs. LYCOMING COLLEGE 2002-03 ACADEMIC CATALOG CONTENTS • Contents Academic Calendar, 2002-2003 2 Welcome to Lycoming 4 The Campus 6 Admission to Lycoming 10 Financial Matters 13 Student Affairs 20 Academic Policies And Regulations 23 Thegeneralregulationsandpoliciesstatedinthis catalogareineffectforthe2002-03 academicyear. FreshmenbeginningtheirfirsttermsatLycomingCollege inthefallof2002orthespringof2003arethere-after The Academic Program 30 governedbythepoliciesstatedinthiscatalog. Ifchangesaremadeinsubsequenteditionsofthe catalogtoeithergeneralrequirementsormajorrequire- ments, studentshavetheoptionoffollowingtheiroriginal The Curriculum 50 programorasubsequentcatalogversion,buttheCollege alwaysreservestherighttodeterminewhichrequirements apply. Fhe Board ofTrustees 164 Ifastudentinterruptshisorhereducationbutreturns totheCollegeafternomorethanoneacademicyearhas passed,he/shewillretainthesamerequirementsineffect attheinitialdateofentrance. Astudentwhowithdraws Administrative Staff/Faculty 165 fromtheCollegeformorethanoneyearwill,uponreturn, berequiredtocompletetherequirementscurrently imposeduponotherstudentsofthesameacademic level. A studentwhotransferstotheCollegewithadvanced Fhe Alumni Association 180 standing willbesubjecttotherequirementsimposedupon otherstudentsattheCollegewhohaveattainedthesame academic level. Post-baccalaureate students will be subjecttotherequirementsstatedonpage30. [ndex 182 LycomingCollegereservestherighttoamendor changethepoliciesandproceduresstatedinthiscatalog withoutpriornotice tothose whomay beaffectedby Communication With them. Theprovisionsofthispublicationare nottobe regardedasan irrevocablecontract between theapplicant ^ycoming College 184 and/orthe studentand LycomingCollege. 1002-03 ACADEMICCATALOG LYCOMING COLLEGE ACADEMIC CALENDAR ACADEMIC Calendar 2002 - 2003 ACADEMIC CALENDAR WELCOMETOLYCOMING WELCOME TO LYCOMING COLLEGE Lycoming College is a small liberal arts committed to teaching. The average gradua- college dedicated to providing the type of tion rate forfirst time freshmen is 63%. learning thatcan be used fora lifetime in a Lycoming students are superbly prepared supportive, residential environment that to meet the challenges oflife through an fosters individual growth and close interper- academic program that includes both breadth sonal relationships. ofstudy in the humanities, social sciences and U.S. Newsand WorldReporthas recog- natural sciences and depth ofstudy in at least nized the Carnegie reclassification of one area ofconcentration. Lycoming. The College is one ofthe national Those areas ofconcentration include liberal arts colleges in the United States. It is bachelorofarts programs in 33 majorfields, something that Lycoming alumni have quietly and abachelorofscience inthree majorfields. known foryears. The reasons are simple. Those who intend to continue in medicine, All ofLycoming's resources and faculty dentistry, law, the ministry orteaching will are dedicated to the undergraduate education find excellent preprofessional preparation. ofjust 1500 students. Classes are small and Through a numberofcooperative programs all faculty members teach. With a 13 to 1 with othercolleges and universities, ratio ofstudents to faculty, classes offive or Lycoming students can study engineering, ten students are not uncommon, while even forestry, environment, podiatric med—icine, large introductory courses average about 30 optometry, and medical technology while students. This means abundant opportunities still enjoying the benefits ofa small college for individual attention by a faculty truly LYCOMING COLLEGE 2002-03 ACADEMICCATALOG WELCOMETOLYCOMING • experience. They can also study at Oxford Brookes Univeristy 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 Interna- tional School, Madrid, Spain; or spend a semesterin Washington, D.C., orNew York City through anumberofothercooperative programs. One ofLycoming's mostpopularand successful ways ofblending careerplanning with a liberal arts education is through its internship program. Close to one-third of Lycoming students gain realjob experience as part ofa semestercourse load. The Williamsport area is particularly rich in internship opportunities in business, commu- nication, government, health and social services. The close relationship between the College and the community has given Lycoming students a chance to roll up their sleeves and gain resume-enhancing experience rather than mere observation. Most students complete theirprogram of study in fouryears, usually by taking four courses each fall and spring semester. How- ever, students may take one course during Lycoming's May Term and from one to two courses in each SummerTerm. Perhaps one ofthe most important qualities ofLycoming is its feeling ofcommunity. Lycoming is a truly residential college where all students, with the exception ofclose commuters, live on campus in one ofthe College's residence halls or apartments. The quality ofcampus life is enriched by a variety ofextracurricular activities in which Lycoming students gain valuable leadership training. Students produce anewspaper, run the campus radio station, edit a yearbook, mount theatre productions, participate in a nationally acclaimed choirand concert band, as well as organize and manage theirown social HISTORY•THECAMPUS • -«l HISTORY The history ofLycoming College has been oneofcontinual evolution. The institution has been, atonetimeoranother, anelementary and secondary school, a seminary, ajuniorcollege andatpresentafour-yearliberal artscollege- going through three name changes in the process. Sold by the Presbyterians to the Methodists (who bought it as a source of revenue), 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 oldestcolleges 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 acollege from anywhere on campus. A 12-acre athletic curriculum was added and it became the field and football stadium lie a few blocks Williamsport Dickinson JuniorCollege, the north ofthe main campus. firstjuniorcollege in Pennsylvania. Modem buildings include the eight In 1947, thejuniorcollege became afour- residence halls, which contain clean and yeardegree-granting college ofliberal arts and comfortable double rooms; the student union; fscrioemncetsh.eIItnaddioapntewdotrhden"almaceoLmyicc,o"mimnega,ndienrigved and the physical education/recreation center. . "Great Stream," a name that enjoys local Up-to-date facilities include the library, the popularity as the name ofthe county, a theatre, the planetarium, the computercenter, an electronic music studio, a photography township and a creek. In its evolutionary tradition, Lycoming laboratory, and an art gallery. The computer College continues to expand its programs and centeropened in 1969; the art gallery and the improve its academic excellence with each physical education centeropened in 1980. An decade, seeking to provide a truly distin- arts center was renovated and opened in 1983. guished baccalaureate education to every The Heim Biology and Chemistry Building student entering its doors. opened in 1990. LYCOMING COLLEGE 2002-03 ACADEMICCATALOG THECAMPUS Residence Halls Academic Buildings — — Asbury Hall (1962) Named in honorof Academic Center(1968) The most architec- Bishop Francis Asbury, the fatherofThe United turally impressive complex on campus, the Methodist Church in America, who made the Center is composed offourbuildings: the John circuit through the upperSusquehanna District G. Snowden Memorial Library, Wendle Hall, in 1812. the year Lycoming (then the the Mary L. Welch Theatre and Laboratories, Williamsport Academy) opened its doors. and the faculty office building. Asbury Hall houses freshman students in a co- John G. Snowden Memorial Library (1968) educational environment. — www.lycoming.edu/library Named after the Crever Hall (1962) Honors Lycoming's late state senatorJohn G. Snowden, the library founder and first financial agent, the Rev. supports the classroom and research needs of Benjamin H. Crever, who helped persuade the the college community. An active instruction Baltimore Conference to purchase the school program promotes the use ofprint materials, from the Williamsport Town Council in 1848. web accessed academic information resources, — and otherinformation technologies. The East Hall (1962) Houses five chapters of Lycoming's fraternities and sororities. The collection includes more than 180,000 vol- self-contained units contain student rooms and umes, approximately 1000 periodical titles, and a strong reference collection suitable to an achapterroom. — undergraduate education. The Snowden Forrest Hall (1968) Honors Dr. and Mrs. Memorial Library also serves as a partial Fletcher Bliss Forrest and AnnaForrest depository for U.S. government publications Burfeindt '30, the parents and sisterof and houses the Lycoming College Archives Katherine Forrest Mathers '28, whose and the archives ofthe Central Pennsylvania generosity established the memorial. Conference ofthe United MethodistChurch. — — Rich Hall (1948) Honors the Rich family ArtGallery(1980) Locatedinthenorthwest ofWoolrich, Pennsylvania. It houses health cornerofthefirstflooroftheJohnG. Snowden services, dining services office, security, MemorialLibrary,thegallerycontainsexhibits residence life, and buildings and grounds. year-round, includingshowsofstudentwork. Rich is an all female hall. — Office ofCommunications—Technology/ Skeath Hall (1965) The largest residence Computer Center (1969) hall honors the late J. Milton Skeath, professor www.lycoming.edu/dept/oct Lycoming ofpsychology and four-time Dean ofthe College provides at least one computer network College from 1921 to 1967. It houses access point in each classroom, office, and for freshmen in a co-educational environment. each student on campus. Students have access — Wesley Hall (1956) Honors John Wesley, to a variety ofon- campus and worldwide the founderofMethodism. This building resources through the network. houses a number ofGreek organizations, as The College maintains five public use [well as independent students. computer labs, four labs populated with — 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 2000 (Word, [bequest established the memorial. Excel, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage 2000), Internet Explorer, and SPSS. The Graphics 2002-03 ACADEMICCATALOG LYCOMING COLLEGE THECAMPUS Lab utilizes Microsoft Office, PageMaker, Video Conference Facility (1995) - The Photoshop, Quark XPress, Illustrator, College maintains aspecially equipped video- FrontPage 2000, and Macromedia Director conference facility that provides access to and DreamWeaver. Laserprinting and Zip courses, lectures and resources that would drives are available in all labs, with scanning otherwise be unavailable. Lycoming is part oft available in the Graphics Lab. a consortiumofschools that uses this tech- Lycoming College maintains a site on nology toenhanceeducational opportunities. the World Wide Web where ourURL is — http://www.lycoming.edu. Any student who ComputerGraphicsLab(1993) This is enrolled at Lycoming receives an e-mail computerlab features state-of-the-art Macintosh] account as well as a network account with and Windows NT graphic stations equipped disk space fora personal Web site and with animation, photographic imaging, and common files. These are backed up daily. paint and draw programs forboth fine arts and! Most academic departments maintain home commercial design students, along with pages and resources underthe Lycoming desktop publishing and a numberofother College home page(s). Many faculty post programs forgeneral use. The programs are departmental home pages and communicate updated annually. — with their students by e-mail. Nursing Skills Laboratory (1983) Any student living in a residence hall can Located in the lower level ofthe Academic become part ofthe Residential Networking Program, ResNet. They then have direct Center, itis areplicaofamodemhospital ward, complete with 10 simulated work stations, a access to the Lycoming network and the nurses' station, an intensive care unitand all Internet. Students need properly configured the medical equipment used by nurses. computers to give them access to e-mail and — the World Wide Web from theirrooms. Wendle Hall (1968) Named afterthe An IBM RS6000 running Unix provides George Wendle family, a College benefactor, access to a variety ofdifferent software this building contains 21 classrooms, the packages to students in the Mathematical and psychology laboratories, fourcomputerlab- Computer Sciences. oratories with 75 terminals available for use, ResNet (1995) - Any student who has a and spacious PenningtonLounge, an informal meetingplaceforstudents andfaculty. computeris encouraged to bring it to campus. Tojoin the Residential Networking Program, Mary L. Welch Theatre and Laboratories — ResNet, a student must have a computerthat (1968) The 204-seat thrust-stage theatre, meets a minimal set ofstandards and he/she formerly known as the Arena Theatre until must compete the Residential Networking 2000, isoneofthefinestintheregion. It Access Account Application, contracting for includes projection facilities, scene and the complete set ofInternet Services. The costume shops, a make-up room, and a access account fee is $15.00 per month. multiple-use area known as the Down Stage, Applications are available on the Web at where one-act experimental plays are per- www.lycoming.edu/acad/resapp.htm. formed. The language, business, mathemat- in the Residence Life Office, the Telecommu- ics, and physics laboratories are situated on nications Office, orin the Office of the upper floors. The DetwilerPlanetarium is Communications Technology. Forfull located on the ground floor. instructionsyou can alsogoto www.lycoming.edu/acad/resnet.htm. o LYCOMING COLLEGE 2002-03 ACADEMICCATALOG

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