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»»rj^ -i^'- -•l The Mission ThemissionofLycomingCollegeisto provide a distinguished baccalaureate education in the liberal arts. This is achieved within a coeducational, supportive, residential setting through programs that develop communicationandcriticalthinkingskills; foster self-awareness while increasing receptivity to new concepts and perspectives; explore literaryandscientifictraditions; cultivate an aesthetic sensibility; elicit social responsibility; promote racial inclusiveness, gender equality, 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 thatenable, ennoble, andemancipatethehuman spiiitwhile deepening commitment to those values that undergirdcivilization. Fullyaccredited,Lycomingisamemberof the Middle States Association ofColleges and Schools, and the University Senate ofThe UnitedMethodistChurch. Itis amemberof the Association ofAmerican Colleges and Universities, the Pennsylvania Association of CollegesandUniversities,theCommissionfor Independent Colleges and Universities, the NationalCommission on Accrediting andthe National Association ofSchools and Colleges ofThe United Methodist Church. Also, theDepartment ofNursing is accred- itedby theNational LeagueforNursing. The DepartmentofChemistry is approved by the AmericanChemical Societytocertifyupon graduation those students who meet or exceed the requirements established by the Society formembership. The departments ofAccount- ing and Business Administration are accred- ited by the Association ofCollegiate Business Schools and Programs. ? LYCOMINGCOLLEGE 2001-02ACADEMICCATALOG . CONTENTS Contents Academic Calendar, 2001-2002 2 Welcome to Lycoming 4 The Campus 6 Admission to Lycoming 10 Financial Matters 13 Student Affairs 20 Academic Policies And Regulations 23 Thegeneral regulationsandpoliciesstatedinthis catalogareineffectforthe2001-02academicyear. Freshmen beginningtheirfirsttermsatLycomingCollege inthefallof2001 orthespringof2002arethere-after The Academic Program 30 governedbythepolicies statedinthiscatalog. Ifchangesaremadein subsequenteditionsofthe catalogtoeithergeneralrequirementsormajorrequire- The Curriculum 50 ments, studentshavetheoptionoffollowingtheiroriginal programorasubsequentcatalogversion,buttheCollege alwaysreservesthe right todetennine which requirements apply. The Board ofTrustees 169 Ifastudentinterruptshisorhereducationbutreturns totheCollegeafternomorethanoneacademicyearhas passed,he/she willretainthesamerequirements ineffect attheinitialdateofentrance. Astudentwhowithdraws Administrative Staff/Faculty 170 fromtheCollege formorethanoneyearwill, uponreturn, berequiredtocompletethe requirementscurrently imposeduponotherstudentsofthe sameacademiclevel. The Alumni Association 185 A studentwhotransferstotheCollege withadvanced standingwillbesubjecttotherequirementsimposedupon otherstudentsattheCollegewhohaveattainedthesame academic level. Post-baccalaureate students will be Index 182 subjecttotherequirementsstatedonpage31 LycomingCollegereservestherighttoamendor changethe policiesandproceduresstatedin thiscatalog without priornotice tothose who may beaffectedby Communication With them. The provisionsofthispublicationarenottobe Lycoming College 184 regardedasan irrevocablecontractbetween the applicant and/orthe studentand LycomingCollege. 2001-02 ACADEMICCATALOG LYCOMING COLLEGE ACADEMIC CALENDAR • Academic Calendar 2001 2002 - ^ 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 70%. learning that can 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. News and WorldReport has recog- natural sciences and depth ofstudy in at least nized Lycoming as one ofthe top regional one area ofconcentration. colleges in the United States. It is something Those areas ofconcentration include that Lycoming alumni have quietly known for bachelorofarts programs in 33 majorfields, years. The reasons are simple. and a bachelor ofscience in three 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 number ofcooperative programs ratio ofstudents to faculty, classes offive or with othercolleges and universities, ten students are not uncommon, while even Lycoming students can study engineering, large introductory courses average about 30 forestry, environment, podiatric medicine, — students. This means abundant opportunities optometry, and medical technology while for individual attention by a faculty truly still enjoying the benefits ofa small college LYCOMING COLLEGE 2001-02ACADEMICCATALOG 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 semester in Washington, D.C., or New York City through a number ofothercooperative programs. One ofLycoming's most popularand successful ways ofblending career planning fraternities and sororities, special interest with a liberal arts education is through its clubs and campus-wide social events. internship program. Close to one-third of Student athletes can try out for 19 different Lycoming students gain realjob experience as varsity sports (10 for men, 9 forwomen) or part ofa semestercourse load. The participate in the College's strong intramural Williamsport area is particularly rich in program. internship opportunities in business, commu- Students are admittedfree to productions at nication, government, health and social the Community Arts Center. Student-run services. The close relationship between the programs have brought in Adam Sandler, College and the community has given Fiona Apple, Eve6, Our Lady Peace and Brian Lycoming students achance to roll up their Adams. sleeves and gain resume-enhancing experience Lycoming's campus lies nearthe historic rather than mere observation. downtown ofWilliamsport, a city best known Most students complete theirprogram of as the birthplace ofLittle League Baseball and study in fouryears, usually by taking four the site ofits annual international champion- courses each fall and spring semester. How- ship. The greater metro area has a population ever, students may take one course during ofapproximately 75,000. Lycoming's May Term and from one to two The rolling hills and forestlands of courses in each SummerTerm. northcentral Pennsylvania provide some ofthe Perhaps one ofthe most important qualities state's best scenery, as well as hiking, ofLycoming is its feeling ofcommunity. camping, kayaking, and otheroutdoor Lycoming is a truly residential college where recreation. Yet Lycoming is less than a four- all students, with the exception ofclose hourdrive from New York City, Philadelphia, commuters, live on campus in one ofthe Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Pittsburgh. College's residence halls or apartments. The College enjoys a relationship with the The quality ofcampus life is enrichedby 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 acclaimed choir and concert band, as well as organize and manage their own social 2001-02 ACADEMICCATALOG LYCOMING COLLEGE — HISTORY•THECAMPUS History Thehistory ofLycoming Collegehas been one ofcontinual evolution. The institution has been, atonetimeoranother, anelementary and secondary school, a seminary, ajuniorcollege and atpresentafour-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 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 athletic curriculum was added and it became the field and football stadium lie a few blocks Williamsport Dickinson Junior College, the north ofthe main campus. firstjuniorcollege in Pennsylvania. Modem buildings include the eight In 1947, thejuniorcollege became afour- residence halls, which contain clean and year degree-granting college ofliberal arts and comfortable double rooms; the student union; sciences.ItadoptedthenameLycoming,derived and the physical education/recreation center. from the Indian word "lacomic," meaning "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 computer center, 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 2001-02ACADEMICCATALOG 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 circuit through the upperSusquehanna District John G. Snowden Memorial Library, Wendle in 1812, the yearLycoming (then the Hall, the Arena Theatre and Laboratories, and Williamsport Academy) opened its doors. the faculty office building. Asbury Hall houses freshman students in aco- John G. Snowden Memorial Library educational environment. — (1968) The library is named afterthe late — Crever Hall (1962) Honors Lycoming's state senatorJohn G. Snowden. An active founder and first financial agent, the Rev. instruction program acquaints students with Benjamin H. Crever, who helped persuade the academic library strategies and supports their Baltimore Conference to purchase the school specific research in each discipline studied. from the Williamsport Town Council in 1848. Students become familiar with research — methods using print materials, web accessed East Hall (1962) Houses five chapters of academic information resources, and other Lycoming's fraternities and sororities. The information technologies. The collection self-contained units contain student rooms and includes more than 180,000 volumes, approxi- a chapterroom. mately 1000 periodical titles, and a strong — reference section suitable to an undergraduate Forrest Hall (1968) Honors Dr. and Mrs. education. The Snowden Memorial Library Fletcher Bliss Forrest and Anna Forrest also serves as a partial depository for U.S. Burfeindt '30, the parents and sisterof government publications and houses the Katherine Forrest Mathers '28, whose archives ofthe Central PennsylvaniaConfer- generosity established the memorial. ence ofthe United Methodist Church and the — Rich Hall (1948) Honors the Rich family College archives. — ofWoolrich, Pennsylvania. It houses health ArtGallery(1980) Locatedinthenorth- services, dining services office, security, westcomerofthefirstflooroftheJohnG. residence life, and buildings and grounds. SnowdenMemorialLibrary,thegallery Rich is an all female hall. containsexhibitsyear-round, including shows — ofstudentwork. Skeath Hall (1965) The largest residence hall honors the late J. Milton Skeath, professor Office ofCommunications—Technology/ ofpsychology and four-time Dean ofthe Computer Center (1969) College from 1921 to 1967. It houses (www.lycoming.edu/dept/oct) Lycoming freshmen in a co-educational environment. College provides at least one computer Wesley Hall (1956) — Honors John Wesley, network access point in each classroom, office, and foreach student on campus. the founderofMethodism. This building Students have access to a variety ofon- houses a number ofGreek organizations, as campus and worldwide resources through the well as independent students. network. — Williams Hall (1965) Honors Mary Ellen The College maintains five public use Whitehead Williams, mother ofJoseph A. computer labs, four labs populated with Williams, ofSt. Marys, Pennsylvania, whose Windows-based computers, and one lab with a bequest established the memorial. mix ofWindows and Macintosh computers. 2W)l-()2 ACADEMICCATALOG LYCOMING COLLEGE THECAMPUS The Windows labs utilize several popular tions Technology. Forfull instructions youcan ' software packages, such as Office 2000 also go to www.lycoming.edu/acad/resnet.htm. (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage 2000), Internet Explorer, and SPSS. The Video Conference Facility (1995) - The Graphics Lab utilizes Microsoft Office, College maintains a specially equipped video- PageMaker, Photoshop, Quark XPress, conference facility that provides access to Illustrator, FrontPage 2000, and Macromedia courses, lectures and resources that would Director and DreamWeaver. Laser printing otherwise be unavailable. Lycoming is part of and Zip drives are available in all labs, with a consortium ofschools that uses this tech- scanning 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 http://www.lycoming.edu. Any student who computerlab features state-of-the-art Macintosh is enrolled at Lycoming receives an e-mail and Windows NT graphic stations equipped with animation, photographic imaging, and account as well as a network account with disk space for apersonal Web site and paint and draw programs forboth fine arts and common files. These are backed up daily. commercial design students, along with Most academic departments maintain home desktop publishing and a number ofother pages and resources under the Lycoming programs for general use. The programs are College home page(s). Many faculty post updated annually. — departmental home pages and communicate Nursing Skills Laboratory (1983) with their students by e-mail Located in the lower level ofthe Academic Any student living in a residence hall can Center, itis areplicaofamodem hospital ward, become part ofthe Residential Networking complete with 10 simulated work stations, a Program, ResNet. They then have direct nurses' station, an intensive care unit and all access to the Lycoming network and the the medical equipment used by nurses. Internet. Students need properly configured — computers to give them access to e-mail and Wendle Hall (1968) Named afterthe the World Wide Web from theirrooms. George Wendle family, a College benefactor, An IBM RS6000running Unix provides this building contains 21 classrooms, the access to a variety ofdifferent software psychology laboratories, fourcomputerlab- packages to students in the Mathematical and oratories with 75 terminals available for use, Computer Sciences. and spacious Pennington Lounge, an infomial meetingplaceforstudents andfaculty. ResNet (1995) - Any student who has a computeris encouraged to bring it to campus. Mary L—. Welch Theatre and Laboratories Tojoin the Residential Networking Program, (1968) The 204-seat thrust-stage theatre, ResNet, a student must have a computerthat formerly known as the Arena Theatre until meets a minimal set ofstandards and he/she 2000, theatre is one ofthe finest in the region. must compete the Residential Networking It includes projection facilities, scene and Access Account Application, contracting for costume shops, a make-up room, and a the complete set ofInternet Services. The multiple-use area known as the Down Stage, access account fee is $15.00 per month. where one-act experimental plays are per- Applications are available on the Web at formed. The language, business, mathemat- www.lycoming.edu/acad/resapp.htm, in the ics, and physics laboratories are situated on Residence Life Office, the Telecommunica- the upper floors. The Detwiler Planetarium is tions Office, or in the Office ofCommunica- located on the ground floor. o LYCOMING COLLEGE 2001-02ACADEMICCATALOG