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COLLEGI i m^> ^^iM^f ^%-> m '^Mi «*««««»( I ^1^:: 1991-1992 Catalog Leo Saint College 1991-92 Catalog General Statement agencies,suchoutsiderequirementsshallsuper- sedepriorconditions. Saint Leo College is incorporated under the The College is anAffirmative Action,Equal laws of the state of Florida and is fully em- Opportunityemployer. poweredtoconferdegrees.SaintLeoCollegeis SaintLeo Collegecomplies with the Family accreditedbytheCommissiononCollegesofthe Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (as SouthernAssociationofCollegesandSchoolsto amended). award the associate's and bachelor's degree. Saint Leo College's program in Social Work is accreditedbythe Commissionon Accreditation Contents oftheCouncilonSocialWorkEducation(BSW Level).SaintLeoCollegehasTeacherEducation ProgramapprovalbythestateofFloridaDepart- BoardofTrustees 2 mentofEducation. Otherassociations in which President'sMessage 3 Saint Leo College holds membership are the AmericanCouncilonEducation,Associationof DirectoryofCorrespondence 4 GoverningBoardsofUniversitiesandColleges, AcademicCalendar 5 Independent Colleges and Universities of HistoryoftheCollege 7 Florida,theAmericanAssociationofAdultand Continuing Education, the National Collegiate MissionStatement 7 HonorSociety,theNationalAssociationofInde- CampusDescription 8 pendentColleges andUniversities,theNational CampusStudentLifeandActivities 11 Association ofInstitutions for Military Educa- tionServices,ServicemembersOpportunityCol- AdmissionsInformation 17 leges,National CatholicEducationAssociation, FinancialInformation 21 and the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities. See Divisional listings for other StudentFinancialAssistance 25 memberships inprofessionalorganizations. AcademicRegulations 31 Announcementscontainedinthispublication AcademicPrograms 39 aresubjecttochangewithoutnoticeandmaynot beregarded in thenatureofbindingobligations AcademicSupportServices 45 ontheCollege.TheCollegereservestherightto CenterforContinuingEducation 82 changeanyprovisionorrequirement. EveningCollege 82 WhenstudentsbeginattendanceatSaintLeo College,theycomeundertheacademicrequire- WeekendCollege 82 mentsoftheeditionoftheCollegecatalogatthat MilitaryEducationProgram 87 time. Students may normally graduate under CourseOfferings 101 these academic requirements within aperiodof fiveyearseventhoughsubsequentcatalogsmay AdministrationandFaculty 152 change. Should new changes be to their ad- Index 170 vantage,studentsmaygraduateunderthecondi- tions of the newer catalog. However, because academic programs are subject to requirements imposed by outside accrediting or certifying Board ofTrustees Officers DwaineE.Gullett HughC.McGeehan WesleyChapel,Florida Chairman RobertC.Harnett MonsignorFrankM.Mouch CoralGables,Florida PresidentoftheCollege JamesJ.Heagerty Bradenton,Florida AnthonyM.Franco 1stViceChairman CharlesF.Henderson PalmBeach,Florida D.CraigCollins 2ndViceChairman PeterW.Kreuziger Dunedin,Florida SisterGermaineBevans,O.S.B Secretary FrankA.Lay NeilE.LeFevre St.Petersburg,Florida Treasurer NeilE.LeFevre LongboatKey,Florida MarkT.Mahaffey St.RobertaBailey,O.S.B. CrystalRiver,Florida St.Petersburg,Florida Sr.GermaineBevans,O.S.B. FredJ.Mancinik DeLand,Florida SaintLeo,Florida DonaldE.Brown,M.D. DonaldL.McBath,D.O. Worthington,Ohio DadeCity,Florida RobertA.Buckner HughC.McGeehan Brooksville,Florida SpringHill,Florida RobertJ.Cabot JosephA.Molloy SanAntonio,Florida Tampa,Florida MonsignorFrankM.Mouch RobertJ.Carr Sarasota,Florida WesleyChapel,Florida JeromeJ.Cocciardi BernardC.O'NeillJr. Sarasota,Florida WinterPark,Florida D.CraigCollins JohnC.Reynolds Tampa,Florida Allendale,NewJersey ThomasL.Dempsey RtRev.PatrickShelton,O.S.B. WesleyChapel,Florida SaintLeo,Florida MostRev.NorbertM.Dorsey,C.P.,D.D. WilliamAmoryUnderbill DeLand,Florida Orlando,Florida RLRev.FidelisJ.Dunlap,O.S.B. ConnieS.Walter Tampa,Florida BeverlyHills,Florida EJ.Ewing Englewood,Florida TrusteesEmeriti MostRev.JohnC.Favalora,D.D. RLRev.MarionBowman,O.S.B. St.Petersburg,Florida SaintLeo,Florida AnthonyM.Franco Gilbert©Garcia Orlando,Florida Lincolnwood,Illinois JeffreyD.Gargiulo VeryRev.JamesHoge,O.S.B. Naples,Florida Lecanto,Florida RaleighW.GreeneJr. ThomasA.Welstead St.Petersburg,Florida BalHarbour,Florida GlenE.Greenfelder DadeCity,Florida EveryonewhostudiesundertheauspicesofSaintLeoCollegehaspotentialand, presumably,willsucceed.Thisinstitutionprovidesanexcellentfacultytochallenge eachindividual'spotentialandanenvironmentwhichsupportsthelearningprocess andpromptsmorenotablesuccess.TheSaintLeo atmosphereisrich.Itbreathesa Christianspirit; itissupportedbyacaringcommunity;itpermeatesalldimensions ofcampus life. Itupholds serious scholarship, yet makes it attainable to students justbeginningtheirhighereducationexperience.Itfosterswhatattimesisatension between intellectualdevelopmentand the serviceofothersas amajorgoal inlife, between competence and compassion, with the expectation that the student will live withboth inthefuture. Ie—ncourageyou tocome toknow SaintLeoCollegeforthefme institutionthat it is and, as one of its students, to make your contribution to this college community. MaytheLordbless yourefforts! FrankM. Mouch President 4 DirectoryofCorrespondence Directory of Division ofScience and Mathematics, Postal Box2188,LewisHall(588-8339) Correspondence Division ofSocial Science, Postal Box 2247, FacultyOfficeBuilding(588-8302) College office hours are from 8 a.m. until 5 FinancialAid,DirectorofFinancialAid,Postal p.m., Monday through Friday. Members ofthe Box2228,SaintEdwardHall(588-8270) College staffare available atothertimes by ap- Finance and Accounting, Postal Box 2097, pointment Send mail to P. O. Box or Drawer number, SaintFrancisHall(588-8211) SaintLeoCollege,SaintLeo,Florida33574. FreshmanStudiesProgram,PostalDrawerS, LewisHall(588-8466) Admission, Application and General Infor- Gifts, Wills and Bequests, Vice President for mation, Director of Admissions, Postal Box Institutional Advancement, Postal Box 2227, 2008,SaintFrancisHall(588-8283) SaintLeoHall(588-8248) Academic Affairs, Vice President for Health Center, Coordinator ofHealth Center, AcademicAffairs,PostalBox2006,SaintFran- PostalDrawerA,SaintEdwardHall(588-8266) cisHall(588-8244) HonorsProgram, Directorofthe Honors Pro- Academic Records, Transcripts, Registrar, gram,PostalDrawerS,LewisHall(588-8466) PostalBox2278,SaintFrancisHall(588-8234) Housing, Director of Residential Life, Postal AcademicSupportServices,DeanofCampus Drawer2068,SaintEdwardHall(588-8266) Academic Programs, Postal Drawer S, Saint FrancisHall(588-8460) InstitutionalAdvancement,VicePresidentfor Institutional Advancement, Postal Box 2227, Alumni/Parent Relations, Director of Alum- SaintLeoHall(588-8248) ni/ParentRelations,PostalBox2227,SaintLeo Hall(588-8250) Library,PostalBox2128(588-8258) Athletics, Director of Athletics, Postal Box MilitaryEducationProgram,DeanofMilitary 2038, Marion Bowman Activities Center(588- Education, Postal Drawer 2277, Saint Francis 8221) Hall(588-8203) CampusMinistry, DirectorofCampus Minis- MilitaryScience/ROTC,PostalBox2126,Col- try,PostalDrawer2156,SaintEdwardHall(588- legeTheatre(588-8256) 8331) President,Postal Box 2187, SaintFrancis Hall Continuing Education, Dean, Postal Drawer (588-8242) 2248, Continuing Education Building (588- Security, Security Manager, Postal Box 2388, 8236) SecurityBuilding(588-8332) Counseling and Career Development, Direc- Student Activities, Director of Student tor ofCounseling, Postal Drawer A, Saint Ed- Development, Postal Box 2156, Saint Edward wardHall,(588-8346) Hall(588-8358) Division of Business Administration, Postal StudentAffairs,VicePresidentforStudentAf- Box2067,FacultyOfficeBuilding(588-8309) fairs,PostalBox2156,SaintEdwardHall(588- DivisionofEducation,PostalBox2098,Educa- 8992) tionBuilding(588-8272) VeteransAffairs,CoordinatorofVeterans Af- DivisionofHumanities,PostalBox2127,Saint fairs,PostalBox2228,SaintEdwardHall(588- LeoHall(588-8294) 8270) Division of Physical Education, Postal Box Weekend College, Director of Weekend Col- 2038, Marion Bowman Activities Center(588- lege, Postal Box 2248, Continuing Education 8221) Building(588-8236) Academic Calendar 5 Academic Calendar Fall 1991 August28 NewStudentsArrive 28-31 NewStudentOrientation September1 NewStudentOrientation 2 Upper-ClassStudentsArrive 3 Registration: AllStudents 4 ClassesBegin 6 LastDayto Add/ReduceCourseswithoutFee October5 CLASTTest 21 MidsemesterGradesDue 24 MidsemesterGradesIssued 25-27 Family/Parents'Weekend 31 LastDaytoWithdrawfromCourses(Fee) November4 Preregistration/SpringBegins 27-29 ThanksgivingBreak December5 LastDaytoWithdrawfromCollegewithoutCourseFailure 12 LastDayofClass/LastDaytoRemoveIncompletes 13-14/16-17 Exams 18 '. GradesDueatNoon Spring 1992 January9 NewStudentsArrive 9-11 Orientation 12 Upper-ClassStudentsArrive 13 Registration-AllStudents 14 , ClassesBegin 17 LastDaytoAdd/ReduceCourseswithoutFee February22 CLASTTest j i March2 MidsemesterGradesDue 5 MidsemesterGradesIssued 11 LastDaytoWithdrawfromClasses(Fee) 12 Preregistration/Spring/SummerBegins 23-27 SpringBreak April 10 LastDaytoWithdrawfromCollegewithoutCourseFailure 15 PreregistrationEnds 17 GoodFriday-NoClasses 22 LastDayofClass/LastDaytoRemoveIncompletes 23-25/27 FinalExams 28 GradesDueatNoon May2 Commencement 4 SummerSessionRegistration 5 SummerSessionBegins 7 LastDaytoAdd/ReduceCourseswithoutFee 11 LastDaytoWithdrawfromClasses(Fee) 25 MemorialDay,NoClasses June4 LastDayofClasses 5 FinalExams 6 CLASTTest The College 7 The College ferred its first bachelor's degrees on April 23, 1967, on 51 men and 13 women. It was ac- creditedbytheSouthernAssociationofColleges and SchoolsonNovember29, 1967,retroactive History toincludethecharterB.A.class. In1969theCollegewasreorganizedwhenthe SaintLeoCollegeisaCatholic,coeducational Order of Saint Benedict ofFlorida transferred liberalartscollegeofferingafour-yearprogram titleandcontroltoanindependentboardoftrus- leadingtothebaccalaureatedegree. tees. The College was charteredonJune 4, 1889, In a noteworthy broadening of its purpose, whentheFloridalegislatureauthorizedtheOrder which echoed its military roots. Saint Leo ofSaintBenedictofFloridato"haveandpossess responded in 1973 to requests from the armed the right and power of conferring the usual services to offer degree programs on military academicandotherdegreesgrantedby anycol- bases. It is now the sixth largest provider of legeinthisState." militaryeducationmtheUnitedStates. Saint Leo opened with the dedication ofits Saint Leo has grown from 32 students at its mainbuildingonSeptember14, 1890.Itwasthe beginning to a total enrollment of more then firstCatholiccollegeinFlorida. 6,500: 1,000 on its main campus, 1,000 in its Established initially by monks from Saint adultweekend andeveningprogram, and4,500 VincentArchabbeyinLatrobe,Pennsylvania,the onmilitarybasesthroughouttheSoutheast. Benedictinemissioninwhatwasformallycalled the "Catholic Colony ofSan Antonio, Florida" Mission Statement wastransferredtothejurisdictionofMary Help of Christians Abbey (now called Belmont) in ThebasicpurposeofSaintLeoCollegeisto North Carolina in 1888. SaintLeo College and provideitsstudentsaliberaleducationthatleads Abbey are named for its abbot, Leo Haid, the themtoself-knowledgeandtoanunderstanding principal founderandfirstpresidentofthe Col- of their relationships to others and to their lege. Creator. There were 32 students in the pioneer year The goal of the College is to develop the 1890-1891. The basic curriculum was a mix of whole person by emphasizing an awareness of liberalartsandcommercialcoursesleadingtothe humanity and encouraging scholarship and a degree ofMasterofAccounts. Periodically, the constant striving toward professional growth, College went through a military phase, with self-assurance,andindependence.Studentswho uniforms and required drilling, to instill dis- accept this challenge and meet their academic cipline and order. The first M.A. degrees were responsibilities are welcome at Saint Leo Col- conferredonthepioneergraduatingclassoffive lege. studentsonJune20, 1893. AsaCatholicinstitution,theCollegeseeksto In 1920, the College was phased out as the reflecttherichintellectualandspiritualheritage facultydecidedtofocuson becoming whatone oftheChurch,aswellasthepreciousintegrityof long-timeBenedictinecalled"aseriousEnglish- the individual person. Thus, it takes an active style prep school." It was accredited by the interest in student life beyond the classroom. "Southern Educational Association" in 1921. Recognizing theneeds ofthe individualperson, Afteravarietyofnamechanges(includingSaint it encourages aesthetical, ethical, and spiritual LeoAcademyandBenedictineHighSchool),the growth.Itprovidesanatmosphereofintellectual institution settled on Saint Leo College freedom, the optimum environment for the Preparatory Schoolin 1929.Itlasteduntil 1964. development of healthy, self-determined in- Reaching for a larger mission, Saint Leo dividuals who have apropersense oftheirown opened acollegeagain in 1959. Itsefforts were abilitiesandvalues.TheCollegestrivestofulfill assisted by the neighboring community of eachstudent'sneedtoberegardedasapersonof BenedictinesistersatHolyNamePriory.Operat- worth, avaluedandcontributing memberofthe ing first on the associate's level, the College community.Thiseffortissupportedbyafaculty movedquickly toafour-yearprogramandcon- ofaccomplished teachers and scholars and the 8 The College Benedictine family spiritthatis reflected in the Saint Francis Hall houses the offices of the personalrelationshipsoffaculty andstudents. President,VicePresidentforAcademicAffairs, Saint Leo College beUeves in providing Dean ofCampus AcademicPrograms, Director higher education to all capable students who ofPublicAffairs, DirectorofComputerCenter, desire it It extends its degree programs to the Registrar,Purchasing,FinanceandAccounting, workingadult,includingmembersoftheUnited Dean of the Center for Continuing Education, Statesmilitarycommunity.TheCollegeiscom- DeanoftheMilitaryEducationProgram,Direc- mitted to providing educational services on tor ofHuman Resources, the Copy Center and military mstallations and at other places and at PrintShopandtheAdmissionsoffice. timesuniquetoadultlearners. Across from SaintFrancis Hall is SaintEd- Asanextensionofthiscommitmenttoeduca- ward Hall, wherethe StudentAffairs Centeris tion, the College includes in its learning com- located.OfficesoftheVicePresidentforStudent munitystudentswhohavenotbeenacademically Affairs, Campus Ministry, Counseling and successful in the past but who demonstrate the Career Development, Financial Aid, Veterans potentialforsuccess.Recognizingthatthededi- Affairs, Health Services, Intercultural Student catedandpersonalinterestoftheadministration Advising, Student Development, Student and faculty can inspire its students, the College GovemmentAssociation, Intrafratemity Coun- alsorealizesthatsuccesscancomeonlyfromthe cil,PanhellenicandResidential Lifearehoused studentsthemselves. onthefirstfloor.Therestofthebuildingisused asaresidencehall. The Campus Residence halls are situated throughout the 170-acrecampus.Locatedonthewestsideofthe ThecentralFloridalocationofSaintLeoCol- campusistheMarmion/Snydercomplexwhich lege affords the many natural advantages that isastudentresidencehallhousingmeninSnyder attractpeopletolive,work,andretireinFlorida. and women in Marmion. A series ofprograms The location is unusual in that the pleasing at- and seminars modeled after the College 101 mosphereoflakesandbeachescanbeexchanged courseisofferedinthehalltoassiststudentswith in an hour or two for the ambience of two their transition to and success in college. Villa metropolitan areas: Tampa-St. Petersburg and Hall houses predominantly junior and senior Orlando. women and is often noted for its home-like at- ThecampusofSaintLeoCollegeliesbetween mosphere. DadeCityandthecityofSanAntonio.Itsrolling The east side of the campus features four hills and richly wooded grounds edge on Lake residencehalls.SaintEdwardHallisoneofthe Jovita. There are numerous athletic fields and oldest halls on campus and houses male resi- racquetballandtenniscourtsoncampus.Located dents. Benoit Hall also houses male residents directlyacrossthestreetisan18-holegolfcourse and featuresastudyloungeonthe secondfloor. availabletotheCollegecommunity. HendersonHall isanall-femalehallwithsome Campus buildings unite the tradition of the ofthewingshavingaspecificthemeoraffiliation past with the objectives of modem education ofstudents.Finally,RoderickHallofferssuite- through a pleasing combination of Spanish stylelivingandisaco-edhall,withwomenliving Floridabaroqueandcontemporary architecture. on the second floor and men on the first floor. OnthemainquadrangleareSaintLeoHall,Saint ResidencyinRoderickisreservedforjuniorsand FrancisHall, SaintEdwardHallandthe Educa- seniorswhohaveandmaintaina2.5cumulative tionBuilding. GPA. Saint LeoHall, constructed ofblocks made AmongthenewerbuildingsistheJuliaDeal by the founding Benedictine monks, houses Lewis Hall of Science, a three-story building faculty offices for the Division ofHumanities, occupiedbytheDivisionofNaturalScienceand the offices of the Vice President and Special Mathematics,theFreshmanStudiesProgramand Assistant to the President, Vice President for its Leaming Assistance labs, classrooms, Institutional Advancement, Director of Alum- laboratories,andasciencelibrary. ni/ParentRelations,DirectorofAnnualSupport, The William G. and Marie Selby Audi- andStudentPublications. torium, adjoiningLewisHallatthegroundand