Undergraduate Bulletins [Bulletin]

420 Pages·1995·28.4 MB·English

by  Loyola University (New Orleans, La.)

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
1995^7
UNDERGRADUAT
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BULLETIN
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Loyola Rated
One of the Top 10
Regional Colleges
AND Univer—sities in
THE South Again!
Moves Up to Number 7
LoyolaUniversityNew
OrleansmoveduptoNumber7
amongthetop 10regionalcolleges
anduniversitiesintheSouthand
the60bestinthenationinthe 1994
annualcollegeanduniversity
surveyissueofU.S. News & World
Report. Forfiveconsecutiveyears,
Loyolahasbeenlistedinthe
magazine'stop 15 schools,
includingthepasttwoyearsas 10th
andpreviouslyas 12thand 15th.
Inaddition, Loyolaranked6th ''Loyola is a hidden
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institutiontothequalityof
Loyola University
education.
Recendy, Loyolaalsohas President
been listedin TheBestBuysin BernardP. Knoth, S.J.
CollegeEducation, editedby
EdwardB. Fiske, formereducation LOYOLA
editorforTheNew YorkTimes.
Formoreinformation, contact
theDivisionof Institutional NEWORLEAhJS
Advancementat(504) 861-5888.
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
in New Orleans is a Catholic institution
that emphasizes the Jesuit tradition
ofcontributing to the liberal education
of the whole person.
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The university searches for those students
who are not satisfied with the ordinary,
but who thrive on
CHALLENGE.
Our purpose is to provide quality education
for a select group ofstudents.
LoyolaUniversity is aJesuituniversity foundedby the Society
ofJesus and chartered on April 15, 1912 with ownership vested in
theLoyolacommunity ofJesuitfathers. Theuniversity was autho-
rizedtograntdegreesbyTheGeneralAssemblyofLouisianaforthe
year 1912.
Today, Loyola New Orleans still operates under its founding
purpose of offering a liberal arts education on the undergraduate
level to all who seek knowledge and truth.
LoyolaUniversityisaccreditedbytheCommissiononColleges
of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award
bachelors and masters degrees.
All educational programs and activities are open to all qualified
persons without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, age,
sex, or disability in the true spirit ofChristian love andcharity and
the Jesuit commitment to socialjustice.
Loyola is a medium-size university with a total enrollment of
over 5,500 students, including over 3,500 undergraduate students,
and 2,000 graduate, law and other students.
Loyola's student body is geographically diverse. Nearly a
quarter of the students permanently reside outside Louisiana and
represent 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 59
foreigncountries. Studentsalsorepresentawiderangeofsocialand
economic backgrounds.
LOYOLAUNIVERSITY
Loyola is located in a residential area ofuptown New Orleans
knownastheUniversitySection. Frontingontree-linedSt. Charles
Avenue where streetcars are the mode ofpublic transportation, the
main campus faces Audubon Park directly across the avenue. The
19-acre campus is acollection ofbeautifulTudor-Gothicbuildings
and modem architecture. Two blocks up St. Charles Avenue is the
recently acquired four-acre Broadway Campus.
Loyola University was rated one ofthe top 7 regional colleges
anduniversitiesintheSouthandoneofthetop60ofthe561 regional
collegesanduniversitiesintheUnitedStatesby U.S.News & World
Report's special report on "America's Best Colleges" in 1994.
Loyolaisratedone ofthenation'sbestopportunities foraffordable
qualityeducationinBarron's300: BestBuys in CollegeEducation
and is listed in The 200 BestBuys in College Education edited by
Edward B. Fiske, former education editor ofTheNew York Times.
Loyola is committed to the task of equipping its students to
know themselves, their world and their potential. It operates from
thebeliefthatto performthatfunction properly, itmuststrivetobe
an academic community composed in a manner fitting today's
pluralistic society and ecumenical age. Students of all beliefs and
faiths are welcome at Loyola ifthey are willing to dedicate them-
selves to the university's educational mission.
LOYOLAUNIVERSITY
CONTENTS
5 Programs of Study
8 Statement ofEducational Purpose
10 Goals ofLoyola University
16 Loyola Character & Commitment Statement
20 Admissions
27 Tuition, Fees and FinancialAid
36 Academic Regulations
56 CollegeofArts and Sciences
140 JosephA. Butt, S.J., CollegeofBusinessAdministration
154 City College
166 College ofMusic
197 Summer Session
198 Special Programs
200 Academic Programs
207 Academic Facilities
211 Undergraduate Courses
324 Rehgious Life
326 Student Life
336 Administrators and Faculty
.
360 Degrees Conferred in 1992
372 Degrees Conferred in 1993
384 Degrees Conferred in 1994
395 The Story ofLoyola University
399 Association ofJesuit Colleges and Universities
400 Index
406 Academic Calendar
LOYOLAUNIVERSITY
PROGRAMS OF STUDY
COLLEGEOFARTSANDSCIENCES
BachelorofArts Theatre Arts with aMinorin
Communications Business Administration
Drama VisualArts
Drama/Communications VisualArts/Graphics
Economics
English BachelorofFineArts
French VisualArts
German
History BachelorofScience
Philosophy Biological Sciences
Political Science Chemistry
Psychology ComputerInformation Systems
Rehgious Studies ComputerScience
Russian ElementaryEducation
Sociology Mathematics
Spanish Physics
COLLEGEOFBUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BachelorofAccountancy
BachelorofBusinessAdministration
Accounting InternationalBusiness
Economics Management
Finance Marketing
COLLEGEOFMUSIC
BachelorofMusic Music withMinors in:
Performance BusinessAdministration
Jazz Studies Communications
PianoPedagogy ComputerScience
Theory andComposition Drama
BachelorofArtsinMusic
Music History MusicTheory
BachelorofMusicEducation
Instrumental Vocal
BachelorofMusicTherapy
PRE-PROFESSIONALPROGRAMS
Pre-Dentistry Pre-Medicine
Pre-Engineering Pre-Pharmacy
LOYOLAUNIVERSITY
CITY COLLEGE (EveningStudies)
BachelorofAppliedScience BachelorofLiberal—Studies
BachelorofCriminalJustice BachelorofScience Nursing
SCHOOLOFLAW
JurisDoctor
GRADUATEDEGREES OFTHECOLLEGES
MasterofArtsinCommunications MasterofScienceinTeaching(Secondary)
MasterofArtsinReligious Studies MasterofMusic
MasterofBusinessAdministration MasterofMusicEducation
MasterofQualityManagement MasterofMusicTherapy
MasterofScienceinGuidanceand MasterofPastoral Studies
Counseling MasterofReligious Education
MasterofScienceinReading MasterofScienceinTeaching
MasterofScienceinTeaching(Elementary)
LOYOLAUNIVERSITY
LOYOLA
searches notjust for students,
but for young men and women
who have
imagination,
initiative,
„
intelligence,
and character.
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
NEW ORLEANS
STATEMENT OF
EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE
Loyola is a comprehensive Catholic university that embodies the standards of
academicexcellencesynonymous withJesuiteducation. Asacommunityunitedinthe
search for truth and wisdom, Loyola's faculty, students, and staff are committed to
scholarship, service, andjustice. Consistent with its Jesuit and Catholic heritage, the
universityis opentoallqualified persons.
As enunciated in Goals ofLoyola and elaborated in the Loyola Characterand
Commitment Statement, the mission of Loyola University is to provide a rigorous
education grounded in values for an academically able student body selected from
diversegeographic,ethnic, andeconomicbackgrounds. Whilereaffirmingitscommit-
menttotheeducationalneedsofthecitizensofNewOrleansandofLouisiana,Loyola
willcontinueto seek students fromthroughoutthe region, thenation andtheworld.
To achieveits goals, Loyolarecruits faculty who arededicatedtoinstruction and
advising,toresearchthatenrichestheirteaching,andtoservicebothtotheuniversityand
to the larger community. To preserve its Jesuit character, Loyola seeks to maintain a
substantialpresenceofJesuitsasfacultymembers.Acknowledgingthateducationisnot
limited to the classroom, the institution employs staff who are committed to the
educationofthewholestudent.Throughthecurriculum,advising,campusministry,co-
curricularactivities, andstudentlifeprogramming,faculty andstaffstrivetoprovidea
supportivebut challenging environment in which students can realize theirindividual
potentials while coming to recognize theirresponsibility to serve others. To meet the
diverse needs ofits students, Loyola offers a curriculum rooted in the liberal arts and
sciences and fully supportive of a wide range of pre-professional and professional
programs. Thoughitsprincipalfocus isundergraduateeducation, theinstitutionoffers
selectedgraduateprograms thatareconsistent with its mission.
In the Ignatian tradition, Loyola University endeavors to develop students into a
newgenerationofleaderswhopossessalovefortruth,thecriticalintelligencetopursue
it,andtheeloquencetoarticulateit.ThegoalofaLoyolaeducationisnotmeretechnical
competencebut wisdom and socialresponsibility.
AsapprovedbytheBoardofTrustees, "GoalsofLoyola"isLoyolaUniversity'smission
statement;the "LoyolaCharacterandCommitmentStatement"isanamplificationofthe
institution's Jesuit and Catholic identity and tradition; the "Loyola Statement of
EducationalPurpose" isadistillation ofthesetwodocuments tobeusedforplanning
andassessmentpurposes.
Approved03/03/94-MissionEffectivenessCommittee/BoardofTrustees
Approved03/17/94-UniversityPlanningTeam
Approved03/24/94-Academic &Faculty Affairs Committee/BoardofTrustees
Approved05/19/94-BoardofTrustees
May 1994
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