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fcvUy VcJLton. SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY BULLETIN GENERAL CATALOG FOR 2009-10 School of Arts, Humanities and Communications School of Natural and Social Sciences Sigmund Weis School of Business www.susqu.edu/catalog The 152ndAcademic Year 514 UniversityAvenue Selinsgrove, PA 17870-1164 Accreditation. Susquehanna is fullyaccreditedbyappropriate state and regional accreditingorganizations, includingthe Middle StatesAssociation ofColleges and Schools, the Pennsylvania State Department ofEducation, andthe Board ofRegentsofthe UniversityoftheStateofNewYork. Education programs are approved bytheAmerican Association ofColleges forTeacher — Education. The Sigmund Weis School ofBusiness is accredited byAACSB International the Association to AdvanceCollegiate Schools ofBusiness. The Department ofMusic isaccredited bythe National Association of Schools ofMusic, and the Departmentof Chemistryis accredited bytheAmerican Chemical Society. The accountingprogram is registered with the Universityofthe Stateof NewYork; itsgraduates are eligible to sit forthe NewYorkStatelicensureexamination in certified public accounting. Susquehanna is also a memberoftheAmerican Association ofColleges and Universities, theAmerican Council on Education, the American Council ofLearned Societies, theAssociated NewAmerican Colleges and the Lutheran Educational Conference ofNorth America. Nondiscrimination Policy. In administering its affairs, theuniversityshall not discriminateagainstanyperson on the basisofrace, color, religion, national orethnic origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability,veteran status oranyotherlegallyprotected status. Compliance inquiriesmaybedirected to LisaM. Scott, special assistant to thepresident forequityand inclusion and chief diversityofficer, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA 17870-1164, 570-372-4567; orto the directorofthe Departmentof Education, Washington, D.C. CatalogInformation. This catalog is notto be considered an offer to enter into a contractora contractualagreementbetween the universityand thestudent orbetween theprofessorand the student. While frequent changes are not probable, the administration reserves the rightto make anychanges it deems necessaryand acknowledges that undercertain circumstances special activities ofthe universityorpart ofthe universitycommunitymight impingeupon the normal academic schedule. All students are responsible for adherenceto theuniversity's rules, regulations andprocedures, whetherpublished in this catalog, the StudentHandbook, or other official media. KeytoAbbreviations CC = Central Curriculum GPA = gradepoint average S = Satisfactory SH = semesterhours U = Unsatisfactory This catalog is printed on recycled paper. Table of Contents Table ofContents 3 Elements ofa Susquehanna Education 4 Majors and Minors 11 Schoolsand Courses ofStudy 15 Academic Policies and Regulations 139 Campus Life, Student Services and Facilities 146 Admission to Susquehanna 153 Costs and Financial Aid 157 Costs 160 Directories 163 Index 176 • Workeffectivelywith ateam to analyzeand solve problems. ELEMENTS OF A • Function withprofessional competency in a chosen discipline. SUSQUEHANNA EDUCATION • Understand thatproblems often elicitcomplex, conflicting, and ambiguous responses. The Central Curriculum isdesigned to foster in students There arethree majorelementsofcourseworkat Susquehanna: • Knowledgeofthelimits andcontextsoftheirown • The CentralCurriculum forms the broad liberal artsbase in experience and the abilitytovaluethedifferent experiences preparation forspecialized studyin anyfield. Central ofothers. Curriculum courses are spread over fouryearsandtotal • The abilityto examine theirown strengthsand weaknesses about40percent ofthegraduation requirements. criticallyand realistically. • Majorprograms build on the Central Curriculum • Willingness to strivefor responsible actionspersonallyand foundation and usuallytotal one-third ofcourses taken. interpersonally. Majorsaredesigned toprovide abroad introduction tothe The Central Curriculum is intended tolead studentstopossess theoryand practice ofeach field; studentsmaychoose an integrated senseofpersonal ethical responsibilityfocused on departmental, interdisciplinaryor self-designed majors. their • Electives typicallymake up the remainingcoursework. • Interaction with the natural environment. Thesemaybe used topursueone or more minorsora • Continuedgrowth and developmentascontributing second major, to workin an internship, or simplyto develop membersofa numberofcommunitieswithin human individual interests that mayexpand career options. society. • Recognition and understanding ofthediversitiesofhuman experience. Central Curriculum • Commitment to an ongoing development ofthelifeofthe mind. Susquehanna's Central Curriculum, which is required ofall students, embodiesthe university'svision ofourstudents as confident, liberally educated peoplewho arecommitted to the Structure ongoingprocessesofcross- and multidisciplinaryeducation, who arecapable ofthinking not only in terms oftheirmajor area, but The structurefortheCentral Curriculum is as follows: from theperspectives ofotherdisciplines aswell, and who bring togetherall facetsoftheireducationalexperience in orderto Section 1. RichnessofThought frame awayofthinking about theirvocations,theirmajorareaof 4 semesterhours in Analytical Thought study, and theirlivesasa meansto achievement,leadershipand 4 semesterhours in LiteraryExpression service intheworld. 4 semesterhours in Artistic Expression The Central Curriculum isdesignedto develop in studentsan Amongthegoals ofthe Richness ofThoughtareaareteaching awarenessof: students to debatethe definitions ofliterarytext, canon(s), and • The richnessofhuman thought and expression the relationshipbetween them; to abstract a problem into a • Theways humanshave sought to explain the natural world symbolic ormathematical model or framework; and toarticulate • Thebreadth ofhuman interactionsthroughout theworld, an understandingoftheways in which art can serve as amedium across time and into thepresent, and ofthebeliefsystems, forrecognizingand understanding the diversities ofhuman values, and practicesthrough which those interactions are experiences. manifested. Section 2. NaturalWorld The Central Curriculum is intended toprovidestudents with the 4 semesterhours in Scientific Explanations abilityto On completingthe Natural World requirement, students should • Thinkcreativelyand criticallyin orderto analyze issues and be able to describethephilosophical underpinnings ofscience as makeeffective decisions. it isused to explain the naturalworld and to evaluatethevalidity • Incorporatethe methodsofanalysis from a range of ofinformation presented as science. academic disciplines in the natural and social sciences and humanitiesto understand and solveproblems and explore Section 3. Human Interactions 4 semester hours in Social Interactions conflict. • Listen effectivelyand articulatean informed opinion and 4 semester hours in Historical Perspectives argument orallyand in writing. 4 semester hours in Ethics • Gatherand evaluate information. 2009-2011 Bulletin 1 0-12 semesterhours (dependingon placement) in alanguage satisfying other requirements, an appropriatelydesignatedcourse otherthan English in the Central Curriculum mayalso be counted toward oneor 4 semesterhours in Ethics Intensive courses two Intensive requirements (e.g. ANTH-413 Race, Ethnicity, and Minorities, in addition to satisfyingthe Diversityrequirement The extensive objectives ofthisarea ofthe Central Curriculum and theSocial Interactions requirement, also maybe applied includeleadingstudentsto demonstrate they can understand and toward the Writing Intensive requirement). evaluatehow the methodsofanalysis from thesocial sciences are used to identify issues and exploreconflict within a contemporarycontext; to describethewaypasteventsand trends Courses are relevantto thepresent; to articulate the implicationsof ethical questions forhuman life; and to compareand contrast Coursescurrentlyapproved forthe Central Curriculum arelisted anotherlanguage and culturewith their own. below. It is anticipated that departmentswillcontinueto submit Central Curriculum proposals, especially in the Interdisciplinary, Section4. IntellectualSkills Cross-Cultural, and Intensive areas, through the2009-10 2 semesterhours in Perspectives academic year. 4 semesterhours in Writingand Thinking 4 semester hours in an Interdisciplinarycourse AnalyticalThought 8 semesterhours in Writing Intensivecourses MATH:108 Introduction to Statistics 4 semesterhours in Oral Intensivecourses MATHTll Calculus I 4 semesterhours inTeam Intensivecourses MATHT12 Calculus II MATH:201 LinearAlgebra Through this area ofthe Central Curriculum, students should MATH:221 Discrete Structures learn to show an appreciation ofhow different academic MGMT:202 Business Statistics disciplinescan supplement and reinforce oneanother;to work MUSC:363 TheoryV Modality, SetTheory&Serialism togetherina team to analyzeand solveproblems; and to develop, strengthen and marshal an argument, both orallyand in writing. PHIL:11 Introduction toLogic PSYQ123 Elementary Statistics Section 5. Connections LiteraryExpression 4 semester hours in Diversity ENGL:200 LiteratureandCulture 4 semesterhours in DiversityIntensive courses ENGL:205 LiteratureStudies An off-campus Cross-Cultural experience that mayormaynot ENGL:220 Studies in Literatures ofthe Americas, Colonial bearcredit, depending on the specific experienceselectedbythe to 1865 student ENGL:225 Studies in Literatures ofthe Americas, 1865- 2 semesterhours in a Cross-Culturalseminar, to be taken after Present the student returns from his orherCross-Cultural experience ENGL:230 Studies in Literature ofthe British Theirstudyin this area ofthe Central Curriculum should lead Commonwealth, Medieval to Renaissance students toa fundamentalunderstandingofmultipletheories ENGL233 Studies in Literature ofthe British and principles ofdiversity, to demonstrate a complex Commonwealth, Jacobean to Augustan understandingofculture, andto reflect on theirpersonal growth, ENGL:235 Studies in LiteratureoftheBritish social responsibilityand the value ofactive participation in Commonwealth, Romantic to Modernist human society. ENGL:245 Studies in Comparative Literatures ofthe Americas Section 6. Capstone ENGL:250 World Literature 2 semesterhours in a Capstonecourse ENGL:255/J Jewish Literature The Capstone is designed to enrich students' academic WST:255 experiencebyallowingthem to demonstrate what has been ENGL:265 FormsofWriting learned through a concentrated courseofstudyat Susquehanna. RELI:103 The New Testament THEA:200 Introductionto DramaticLiterature Courses satisfying Central Curriculum requirementsmayalso be counted toward majors and minors. The Diversitycoursemay ArtisticExpression cross-countwith anyonecoursewithin the Central Curriculum, ARTD:101 Introduction to ArtHistoryI merging the requirements forboth into a single course offering ARTD:102 Introduction to Art HistoryII (e.g. ANTH-413 Race, Ethnicity, and Minorities satisfiesboth the ARTD:305 Ancient Art Diversity requirement and the Social Interactions requirement). ARTD:306 Renaissance Art History Similarly, the Interdisciplinarycourse maycross-countwith any ARTD:308 American Art History onecoursewithin the Central Curriculum. In addition to ARTD:309 19th CenturyArt History 11 ARTD:310 20th CenturyArt MUSG245 Music ofMed, Ren, &BaroqueEras ARTD:313/W Women inArt Ethics MST:313 PHIL:101 Problems in Philosophy FILM:150 Introduction to Film PHIL:105 PhilosophyofLoveand Desire FILM:220 InternationalFilm MGMT-133 British Theatre PPHHIILL:T22021 REevseorlyvdianygEMtohricaslConflicts MUSQIOl Introduction to Music MUSC:102 A StudyofJazz RELL102 Applied BiblicalEthics RELL107 Faithsand Values MUSC:130 Rock Music and Society RELL115/JW Jewish Philosophyand Ethics MUSC:250 Music ofthe Classic and Romantic Eras ST:115 PHIL:235 Aesthetics THEA:152 UnderstandingTheatre Language THEA:252 SurveyofWestern Theatre Completion through the 201 levelofanylanguage otherthan THEA:253 Identity&Representation in Non-Western English Theatre Ethics Intensive ScientificExplanations ACCT:210 Legal Environment BIOL:01 Issues in Biology ARTD:312 ContemporaryArt BIOLTOl Ecology, Evolution, and Heredity BIOL:300 Developmental Biology CHEMT00 Chemical Concepts BIOL:301 Developmental BiologyLab CHEM:1 1 General ChemistryI MGMT:369 Ethicsand Leadership ECOLTOO Introduction to Ecology MUED:355 Music forExceptional Children EENVTOl Environmental Science PHIL:221 Applied Ethics EENV:102 EnvironmentalHazards PHIL:241 Ancient Philosophy EENV:103 Earth System History PSYG450 Introduction to Counseling EENV:104 Weatherand Climate RELL105 World Religions EENV:213 Oceanography SOCL316 Social Justice PHYS:100 Astronomyand ClassicalPhysics Perspectives PHYS:108 Physics ofMusic MGMTT02 Global Business Perspectives PHYS:204 IntroductoryPhysics I MUSCT52 World Music Perspectives Social Interactions PRDV:104 Perspectives ANTH:152 Public Culture WritingandThinking ANTH:413/S Race, Ethnicityand Minorities ENGLT00 WritingandThinking OCL413 ECON:201 Principles ofMacroeconomics Interdisciplinary ECON:202 Principles ofMicroeconomics ECON:338/P International PoliticalEconomy EDUC:240 Cognition and Learning OLL338 POLE11 American Government and Politics HLCR:305 Eastern andWestern Health Care POLL121 Comparative Government and Politics HLCR:370 Human Health and Disease POLL131 WorldAffairs MUED:355 Music forExceptional Children PSYQ101 Principles ofPsychology RELL207/ Women in the Biblical Tradition SOCL101 Principles ofSociology WMST:207/J SOCL102 Social Problems WST:207 RELL350 Science and Religion Historical Perspectives THEA:340 Stage Management &Theatre Operations HIST:11 U.S. Historyto 1877 HIST:112 U.S. HistorySince 1877 WritingIntensive HISTT31 Europe800-1648 ANTHT52 Public Culture HIST:132 Europe 1648 - Present ANTH:222 LifeDuringWartime HISTT51 TraditionalEast Asia ANTH:341/S Familyand Kinship HIST:152 Modern EastAsia OCL341 HISTT71 African Civilization ANTH:413/S Race, Ethnicityand Minorities HIST:172 EarlyModern Africa OCL413 HIST:180 Latin America, 1492 1825 BIOL:202/EC Systematic Biology HISTT81 Latin America, 1825-Present OL:202 2009-2011 Bulletin CHEM:222 Organic ChemistryII MGMT:400 Business Policy and Strategy CHEM:34I Physical Chemistry I MUSQ245 MusicofMed, Ren & Baroque Eras COMM:131 Introduction to Journalism POLL211/W Women and U.S. Politics COMM:275 Media Analysis MST:211 ECON:370 Game Theory POLL501 SeniorSeminar EENV:242 Climateand Global Change SPAN:401 Advanced Spanish Language ENGL:235 Studies in Literature ofthe British SPAN:445 Peninsular Spanish Studies Commonwealth, Romantic to Modernist SPAN:447 Hispanic-American Studies ENGL:265 Forms ofWriting THEA:151 ActingI ENGL:290 Aesthetics and Interpretation THEA:251 Acting II ENGL:315 Themes in EarlyModern British Literature THEA:351 Acting III ENGL:335 Themes in EarlyAmerican Literature Team Intensive ENGL:350 Studies in MajorAuthors ARTD:402 Senior Portfolio ENGL:365 Studies in Literature and Gender ARTD:451 Graphic Design Studio ENGL:390 Special Themesand Topics BIOLT01 Ecology, Evolution and Heredity ENGL:440 Independent Research: Issues in Literature BIOL:202/EC Systematic Biology FRNC:460 French/Francophone Seminar OL:202 GERM:404 Multicultural German Literature COMM:411 Corporate Communications/P. R. GERM:460 Seminar in German Studies Management GERM:461 German Theatreand Film COMM:491 Group Communication INFS:472 Management Support Systems HIST:401 Collective Inquiry in History MGMT:400 Business Policy and Strategy MGMTT02 Global Business Perspectives MUSC:250 Music ofthe Classic and Romantic Eras POLI:131 World Affairs MUSC:261 TheoryIII: Advanced Tonal Harmony MUSC:262 TheoryIV: Form and Analysis POLL316 TheAmerican Presidency POLL411 Government Power &theConstitution SOCL316 SocialJustice THEAT01 The Fall Musical POLE412 Civil Liberties and the Constitution THEAT02 The One-Act PlayFestival POLI:501 Senior Seminar THEAT03 Spring Production PSYC:334/W PsychologyofGender THEAT04 Advanced Acting Workshop MST:334 THEA:142 Stagecraft and Production PSYC:350 Psychology, Culture, and Ethnicity THEA:143 Scenic Paintingand Lighting PSYC:421/42 Directed Research 2 Diversity RELL207/ Women in the Biblical Tradition ANTHT52 Public Culture WMST:207/J ANTHT62 CulturalAnthropology WST:207 ANTH:220/R Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion SOCL331 Social Control and Deviance ELE220 SPAN:401 Advanced Spanish Language ANTH:227 Native America North ofMexico SPAN:445 Peninsular Spanish Studies ANTH:413/S Race, Ethnicity, and Minorities SPAN:447 Hispanic-American Studies OCL-413 THEA:258 From Page to Stage COMMT94 Intercultural Communication THEA:453 Dramatic Theoryand Criticism COMM:275 Media Analysis WRIT:250 Introduction to CreativeWriting DIVSTOO Introduction to DiversityStudies ENGL:245 Studies in Comparative Literatures ofthe Oral Intensive Americas ARTD:312 Contemporary Art ENGL:255/ Jewish Literature BIOL:511 Student Research II JWST COMM:192 Public Speaking PSYQ334/ PsychologyofGender FRNC:460 French/Francophone Seminar WMST:334 GERM:303 Introduction to Business German PSYC:350 Psychology, Culture, and Ethnicity GERM:404 Multicultural German Literature RELIT07 Faithsand Values GERM:460 Seminarin German Studies RELIT10 Introduction to Religious Studies GERM:461 German Theatre and Film HLCR370 Human Health and Disease RELIT13/ Introduction to Judaism JWST:113 MGMT:102 Global Business Perspectives SOCI:202 BlackFeminism I ECON:499 Applied Research Methods SOCI:300 BlackFeminism II EDUQ501 Preparation and Planning THEA:253 Identity& Representation in Non-Western EDUG502 Classroom Teaching Theatre EDUC503 Classroom Management WMST:100 Introduction toWomen's Studies EDUG600 Seminar EENV:590 Environmental Internship Cross-Cultural EENV:591 Environmental Internship Seminar INTD:510 Focus Australia EENV:595 Research in Earth & Environmental Science R£LI:250 Images ofJesus in CentralAmerica EENV:596 Research Seminar DiversityIntensive EENV:597 Field Program ANTH:222 Life During Wartime ENGL:440 Ind Research: Issues in Literature ANTH:341/S Familyand Kinship FRNC460 SeminarFrench Literature/Culture/Film OCI:341 GERM:404 Multicultural German Literature BIOL:157/W BiologyofWomen GERM:460 Seminarin German Studies MST:250 GERM:461 German Theatreand Film ECON:373 Political EconomicThought HIST:41 Seminarin History HIST:112 U.S. HistorySince 1877 INFS:505 Capstone HIST:323 History ofAmerican Medicine MATH:500 SeniorColloquium MGMT:360 Management & Organizational Behavior MGMT:400 Business Policyand Strategy MGMT:468/ Women in Organizations MUED:400 Student Teaching WMST:380 MUSG500 Recital MUSC:152 World Music Perspectives MUSC:501 Independent Studyin Music PHIL:201 EverydayEthics PHIL:500 Directed Readingand Research POLI:211/W Women and U.S. Politics PHYS:550 Physics Research MST:211 POLL501 Senior Seminar POLI:314 Diversityin American Politics PSYG421/42 Directed Research RELI:105 World Religions 2 RELI:207/ Women in the Biblical Tradition RELL500 Independent Study WMST:207/J RELL502 Practicum WST:207 SOCL500 Seminar PvELI:360/AN Religious Fundamentalisms in the Modern SOCL501 Independent Study TH:360 World SPAN:401 Advanced Spanish Language SOCI:206 Gendered Bodies and Social Control SPAN:445 Seminarin PeninsularSpanish Studies SOCI:315 Social Stratification in ContemporarySociety SPAN:447 Seminarin Hispanic-American Studies THEA:200 Introduction to Dramatic Literature THEA:505 Theatre Capstone WRIT:550 SeniorWritingPortfolio Capstone ANTH:500 Seminar ANTH:501 Independent Study Cross-Cultural Programs Policies and ARTD:402 Senior Portfolio ARTD:403 SeniorThesis Procedures ARTD:451 Graphic Design Studio BIOL:501 Seminarin Biology Susquehanna Universityoffersawide range ofprograms around BIOL:510 Student Research I theworld to suit student interests, fields ofstudyand foreign BIOL:511 Student Research II language preparation. The Global Opportunities (GO) programs CHEM:500 Problems in Chemistry fit into several categories: SU GO Long, SU GO Short and SU GO COMM:411 Corporate Communications/P. R. YourOwn Way. There are manySU GO Shortprograms led by Management SU facultyand staff. Theygenerallylast two tofourweeksduring COMM:435 FeatureWriting winteror summerbreak. SU GO Longprograms areapproved COMM:482 Television Documentary Production semesterprogramsthat areadministered entirelyby COMM:491 Group Communication Susquehanna LTniversityorin close cooperation with studyaway CSCI:472 Software Engineering: Practicum partners. Thevast majority-ofstudents choose an approved SU CSCI:483 CompilerTheory GOprogram. However, students mayattend other CSCI:500 Senior Colloquium recommended programs ordesign theirown Cross-Cultural ECOL:511 Student Research II 2009-2011 Bulletin