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^s:u»^?ss£^: ^Sl^a^^l^^st LYCOMING COLLEGE 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; exploreliteraryandscientifictraditions; cultivate an aesthetic sensibility; elicit social responsibility; promote racial inclusiveness, gender equality, and an appreciation of cultural diversity; andproduceleadership for the institutions of society. Each student is encouraged to develop and strengthen virtues and traits ofcharacter thatenable, 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. Itisamemberof the AssociationofAmerican Colleges and Universities, the Pennsylvania Association of CollegesandUniversities,theCommissionfor Independent Colleges and Universities, the NationalCommission on Accrediting and the National Association ofSchoolsand Colleges ofThe United Methodist Church. Also, the DepartmentofNursing is accred- itedby theNational LeagueforNursing. The DepartmentofChemistry is approved by the AmericanChemicalSocietytocertifyupon graduation those students who meet or exceed the requirements established by the Society formembership. LYCOMING COLLEGE 1998-99 ACADEMIC CATALOG CONTENTS Contents Academic Calendar, 999-2000 2 1 WelcometoLycoming 4 The Campus 6 AdmissiontoLycoming 10 FinancialMatters 13 StudentAffairs 20 AcademicPoliciesAndRegulations 23 Thegeneralregulationsandpoliciesstatedinthis catalogareineffectforthe 1999-00academicyear. FreshmenbeginningtheirfirsttemisatLycomingCollege inthefallof1999orthespringof2000arethere-after TheAcademicProgram 29 governedby thepoliciesstatedinthiscatalog. Ifchangesaremadeinsubsequenteditionsofthe catalogtoeithergeneralrequirementsormajorrequire- TheCurriculum 49 ments, studentshavetheoptionoffollowingtheiroriginal programorasubsequentcatalog version, buttheCollege alwaysreservesthe righttodetermine whichrequirements apply. TheBoardofTrustees 165 Ifastudentinterruptshisorhereducationbutreturns totheCollegeafternomorethanoneacademicyearhas passed,he/shewillretainthesamerequirementsineffect attheinitialdateofentrance. Astudentwhowithdraws AdministrativeStaff/Faculty 166 fromtheCollege formorethanoneyearwill,uponreturn, berequiredtocompletetherequirementscurrently imposeduponotherstudentsofthe sameacademic level. TheAlumni Association A student whotransferstotheCollegewithadvanced standing will be subjecttotherequirementsimposedupon otherstudentsattheCollegewhohaveattainedthe same academic level. Post-baccalaureate students will be Index 183 subjecttotherequirementsstatedonpage 30. LycomingCollegereservestherighttoamendor changethepoliciesandprocedures stated in thiscatalog withoutpriornotice tothose whomay be affectedby Communication With them. Theprovisionsofthispublicationarenottobe LycomingCollege Inside BackCover regardedasan irrevocablecontractbetween the applicant and/orthe studentandLycomingCollege. 1999-2(){K) ACADEMICCATALOG LYCOMING COLLEGE ACADEMIC CALENDAR • Academic Calendar 1999 - 2000 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 forfirsttime freshmen is 59%. 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 Lycoming as one ofthe top ten 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, a years. The reasons are simple. bachelorofscience in three majorfields, and a All ofLycoming's resources and faculty bachelorofscience degree in nursing. are dedicated to the undergraduate education Those who intend to continue in medicine, ofjust 1500 students. Classes are small and dentistry, law, the ministry orteaching will all faculty members teach. With a 13 to 1 find excellent preprofessional preparation. ratio ofstudents to faculty, classes offive or Through a numberofcooperative programs ten students are not uncommon, while even with othercolleges and universities, large introductory courses average about 30 Lycoming students can study engineering, students. This means abundant opportunities forestry, environment, podiatric medicine, — forindividual attention by afaculty truly optometry, and medical technology while LYCOMING COLLEGE 1999-2000ACADEMICCATALOG WELCOMETOLYCOMING Still enjoying the benefits ofa small college experience. They can also study at WestminsterCollege in Oxford, England; Anglia Polytechnic University in Cambridge, England; Regent's College in London, England; or spend a semester in Washington, D.C.. orNew York City through a numberof other cooperative programs. OneofLycoming's mostpopularand successful ways ofblending career planning with a liberal arts education is through its internship program. Close to one-thirdof Lycoming students gain realjob experience as Student athletes can try out for 19 different part ofa semestercourse load. The varsity sports (10 for men, 9 for women) 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 All students are admitted free to the services. The close relationship between the Lycoming College Artist Series which has College and the community has given brought The New York City Opera National Lycoming students a chance to roll up their Company; such Broadway musicals asAnnie, sleeves and gain resume-enhancing experience Into the Woods and Big River, and other rather than mere observation. artists, ranging from the Tokyo String Quartet Most students complete theirprogram of to the Pilobolus Dance Theater. Student-run study in fouryears, usually by taking four programs have brought in Gin Blossoms, courses each fall and spring semester. How- Violent Femmes, Howie Mandel, Brian ever, students may take one course during Adams, and Rythm Syndicate. Lycoming's May Term and from one to two Lycoming's campus lies nearthe historic courses in each SummerTerm. downtown ofWilliamsport. a city best known Perhaps one ofthe most important qualities as the birthplace ofLittle League Baseball and ofLycoming is its feeling ofcommunity. the site ofits annual international champion- Lycoming is a truly residential college where ship. The greater metro area has a population all students, with the exception ofclose ofapproximately 75,000. commuters, live on campus in one ofthe The rolling hills andforestlands of College's residence halls. northcentral Pennsylvania provide some ofthe The quality ofcampus life is enriched by a state's best scenery, as well as hiking, variety ofextracurricularactivities in which camping, kayaking, and other outdoor Lycoming students gain valuable leadership recreation. Yet Lycoming is less than a four- training. hourdrive from New York City. Philadelphia, Students produce a weekly newspaper, run Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Pittsburgh. the campus radio station, edit a yearbook, The College enjoys a relationship with the mount theatre productions, participate in a United Methodist Church and supports its nationally acclaimed choir and concert band, tradition ofproviding an education to persons as well as organize and manage theirown ofall faiths. The College is firmly committed social fraternities and sororities, special to a policy ofcultural diversity and expects its interest clubs and campus-wide social events. students to work together in an atmosphere of respect and tolerance. 1999-2000ACADEMICCATALOG LYCOMING COLLEGE — HISTORY •THECAMPUS History The history ofLycoming College has been oneofcontinual evolution. The institution has been, atonetimeoranother, anelementaryand 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 Lycoming 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 aprivate 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 a four- 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 Up-to-date facilities include the library, the "Great Stream," a name that enjoys local theatre, the planetarium, the computercenter, popularity as the name ofthe county, a an electronic music studio, a photography township and a creek. In its evolutionary tradition, Lycoming laboratory, and an art gallery. The computer centeropened in 1969; the art gallery and the College continues to expand its programs and physical education centeropened in 1980. An improve its academic excellence with each decade, seeking to provide a truly distin- arts center was renovated and opened in 1983. The Heim Biology and Chemistry Building guished baccalaureate education to every student entering its doors. eopened in 1990. LYCOMING COLLEGE 1999-2000ACADEMICCATALOG THECAMPUS • Residence Halls Williams, ofSt. Marys, Pennsylvania, whose — Asbury Hall (1962) Named in honor of bequest established the memorial. Bishop Francis Asbury, the fatherofThe United Academic Buildings Methodist Church in America, who made the — circuit through the upper Susque-hanna District Academic Center(1968) The most architec- in 1812. the year Lycoming (then the turally impressive complex on campus, the Williamsport Academy) opened its doors. Center is composed offour buildings: the Asbury Hall houses freshman students in a co- John G. Snowden Memorial Library, Wendle educational environment. The Telecommuni- Hall, the Arena Theatre and Laboratories, and cations Office is located in the basement. the faculty office building. — Crever Hall (1962) Honors Lycoming's John G.—Snowden Memorial Library founder and first financial agent, the Rev. (1968) The library is named afterthe late Benjamin H. Crever, who helped persuade the state senatorJohn G. Snowden. An active Baltimore Conference to purchase the school instruction program acquaints students with from the Williamsport Town Council in 1848. academic library strategies and supports their — specific research in each discipline studied. East Hall (1962) Houses five chapters of Students become familiar with traditional Lycoming's fraternities and sororities. The methods ofresearch as well as new informa- self-contained units contain student rooms and tion technologies utilizing computerized CD- a chapterroom. ROM and on-line searching, and the Internet. — The collection includes more than 160,000 Forrest Hall (1968) Honors Dr. and Mrs. volumes, approximately 1000 periodical titles, Fletcher Bliss Forrest and Anna Forrest and a strong reference section suitable to an Burfeindt '30, the parents and sisterof undergraduate education. The Snowden Katherine Forrest Mathers '28, whose Memorial Library also serves as a partial generosity established the memorial. depository for U.S. government publications — and houses the archives ofthe Central Rich Hall (1948) Honors the Rich family Pennsylvania Conference ofthe United ofWoolrich, Pennsylvania. It houses health Methodist Church and the College archives. and counseling services, dining services — office, security, residence life, and buildings ArtGallery(1980) Locatedinthenorth- and grounds. Rich is an all female hall. westcornerofthefirstflooroftheJohnG. — Snowden Memorial Library, thegallery Skeath Hall (1965) The largest residence containsexhibitsyear-round, includingshows hall honors the late J. Milton Skeath, professor ofstudentwork. ofpsychology and four-time Dean ofthe College from 1921 to 1967. It houses Office ofCommunications—Technology/ freshmen in a co-educational environment. Computer Center (1969) — (www.Iycoming.edu/dept/oct) Lycoming Wesley Hall (1956) Honors John Wesley, College provides at least one computer the founderofMethodism. This building network access point in each room on campus. houses a numberofGreek organizations, as This is the completion ofan ambitious three well as independent students. year undertaking to enrich the educational — environment. Students have access to a Williams Hall (1965) Honors Mary Ellen variety ofon campus resources and world Whitehead Williams, motherofJoseph A. wide resources through the network. 1999-2000ACADEMICCATALOG LYCOMING COLLEGE THECAMPUS • The College maintains fourpublic use ResNet (1995) - Any student who has a computer labs, three labs populated with IBM computer is encouraged to bring it to campus. compatible computers, and one lab populated Tojoin the Residential Networking Program, by Macintosh computers. The IBM based labs ResNet, a student must have a computer that use the Windows NT operating system. These meets a minimal set ofstandards and he/she labs utilize several popular software packages, must compete the Residential Networking including Excel, and Office 97 (Word, Excel, Access Account Application, contracting for Power Point, Access) SPSS. The Macintosh the complete set ofInternet Services. The lab uses the System 8.5 operating system. access account fee is $15.00 per month. Microsoft Office, PageMaker, Photoshop, Applications are available in the Residence Quark and Macromedia Director are among Life Office, theTelecommunications Office, or the applications available in the Macintosh in the Office ofCommunicationsTechnology. lab. Laserprinting is available in both labs, Forfull instructions youcan alsogoto with scanning and colorprinting available in www.lycoming.edu/dept/oct. the Macintosh lab. Lycoming College maintains a site on Video Conference Facility (1995) - The the World Wide Web. OurURL is College maintains a speciallyequipped video- http://www.lycoming.edu Any student who is conference facility that provides access to enrolled at Lycoming may receive a free courses, lectures and resources that would otherwise be unavailable. Lycoming is part of E-mail account as well as unlimited access to the Internet andWorld Wide Web. Most aconsortium ofschools that uses this tech- academic departments maintain home pages nology to enhance educational opportunities. — and resources underthe Lycoming College Computer Graphics Lab (1993) This home pages. Many faculty postdepartmental computerlab features state-of-the-art Macintosh information, syllabi, information about majors andWindows NT graphic stations equipped and a variety ofotherresources under their with animation, photographic imaging, and departmental home pages. A growing number paint and draw programs forboth fine arts and offaculty require students to have E-mail commercial design students, along with accounts so that they may communicate desktop publishing and a numberofother during offhours. programs for general use. The programs are Any student living in a residence hall may updated annually. apply tojoin the Residential Networking — Program, ResNet. Students need properly Nursing Skills Laboratory (1983) configured computers to give them access to Located in the lower level ofthe Academic E-mail and the World Wide Web from their Center, it is areplicaofamodem hospital ward, rooms. The college has arranged through a complete with 10 simulated work stations, a local service providerto offer access to off- nurses' station, an intensive care unit and all campus students forE-mail and the World the medical equipment used by nurses. Wide Web at reduced rates — The College runs its administrative comput- Wendle Hall (1968) Named afterthe ing system from a UNIX based platform an George Wendle family, a College benefactor, IBM F40. An IBM RS6000 running AIX this building contains 21 classrooms, the provides access to a variety ofdifferent psychology laboratories, three computerlab- software packages to students in the Math- oratories with 50 IBM terminals available for ematical Sciences. use, and spaciousPennington Lounge, an informal meetingplace forstudents and faculty. o LYCOMING COLLEGE 1999-2000ACADEMICCATALOG