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1 £• P3 —-»Q-- to C=> CT3 CD O CD C^Z> c CD & ^CD :== /3 c: O£= CD £c? c ^ ---~^ £ 1 CD *ty Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/unioncollcat19962000unio BARBOURVILLE, KENTUCKY UnionCollegeisaccreditedbytheCommissiononCollegesoftheSouthernAssociationofColleges} and Schools to award Associate, Bachelor, and Master level degree, by the Kentucky Statel DepartmentofEducation,andisapprovedbytheUniversitySenateoftheUnitedMethodistChurch. ItisthepolicyofUnionCollegenottodiscriminateonthebasisofsex,race,color,disability,age,or nationalorethnicoriginintheadmissionofstudents,initsadministrationofeducationalornational! programs, scholarships, loan programs, or other school-administered programs, or in athletic participation.InquiresshouldbedirectedtoMr.EdwardH.Black,AffirmativeActionOfficer. 2 UNION COLLEGE CATALOG CONTENTS President'sMessage ii Curriculum 41 Historyand Mission CampusInformation 112 Statement 1, AcademicCalendar 119 AdmissionsandGeneral Administrationand Staff 123 Information 7 TheFaculty 124 FinancialAidand Fees 11 Board ofTrustees 128 TheAcademicProgram 27 Index 129 DIRECTORYFORCORRESPONDENCE AcademicProgramandAdvisement VicePresidentforAcademicAffairs AdmissionsInformation DeanofAdmissionsandFinancialAid AdmissiontoGraduateProgram DeanofGraduateAcademicAffairs AlumniAffairs DirectorofAlumniAffairs ChargesandPaymentofBills VicePresidentforBusinessAffairs GiftsandBequests VicePresidentforCollegeRelationsandDevelopment StudentIssuesandConcerns,StudentHealthServices,SingleandMarriedStudentHousing,Campus Activities VicePresidentforStudentLifeandDeanofStudents Grants,Scholarships,Work-studyandLoans DirectorofFinancialAid Transcripts,AcademicRecords,VeteransAffairs Registrar TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION A new campus-wide telephone network features Direct Inward Dialing (DID) to most campus extensions:callermayaccesstheseextensionsdirectlybyusingthe4-digitextensionnumberinplace oftheCollege'smainnumber.Allothernumbersmustfirstgothroughtheswitchboardandthemain Collegenumberplustheextensionnumber.Emergencynumbersinclude: CentralSwitchboard (606)546-4151 CampusSecurity (606)546-1390 AdmissionsOffice 1-800-489-8646 PfeifferHallHeadResident(women) (606)546-1363 StevensonHallHeadResident(men) (606)546-1262 LakesideHall(men) (606)546-1391 FAXnumber (606)546-1217 DR.ANDMRS.DAVIDC.JOYCE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE WelcometoUnionCollege.Youareaboutto journey. However, like all expeditions, the ex- embarkonanexcitingandchallengingjourney. periences you accumulate on the way to your You will encounter many opportunities for destinationwillformthetruecoreofyourtask. learningwithanexcellentfacultytomentorand Adegreemaybetheresultofanaccumulation guideyouthroughthisnewventure. ofcreditsandhours.Butaneducationisa life- time commitment ofexperiences and relation- Theclassroomwillbebutonemilieuforteach- iwinlglabnedmlaedarenianvga.ilAanbleentdoleysosuptohoelmoofmreensoturycoeus cshaiWmpseh.epanrtyoofuaseplreocuteddtUrandiiotinonCoolflaegcea,deymoiucbeex-- steponcampus. Itisoursincerehopethatyou cellenceandcommunityservice.Youarejoined will take advantage of many of these services. in your questby a dedicated campus commu- YlaotuerdetxoptehreieennceeragtyUannidonefCfoorltleygoeuisedxipreencdt.lyWree- nity.Wehopeyouenjoythetrip! wantthischapterofyourlifetobearealadven- Sincerely, ture. Education is a life long commitment. The coursesandprogramsofferedinthiscatalogwill assist you with "mappingout" your academic DavidC.Joyce President A History of Service asignificantincreaseinenrollment.Inaddition tocurriculumandacademicexpansion,Phillips' Union College was founded in 1879 by a presidencywasmarkedbytheconstructionofa group of progressive citizens of Barbourville 37,000 square-foot automated library addition; who formed a stockcompanyand secured the renovationofthestudentcenterandadditionof main part of the present campus. In 1880, the anewcafeteria;constructionofaweightroom firstbuildingwasformallyopenedonthesiteof and athletic facilities; a new football stadium; whatisnowknownasCentennialHall. andnewbaseballandsoccerfields. TheCollegewaspurchasedbytheKentucky InMay1996,Dr.DavidC.Joycewasselected ConferenceoftheMethodistEpiscopalChurch bytheBoardofTrusteestoleadUnionCollege in1886,andDanielStevensonwasmadepresi- into the 21st century. A native of Swansboro, dentofthereorganizedinstitution.Amajorbe- North Carolina, Dr. Joyce has a strong back- questfromMrs.FannySpeedledtotheconstruc- ground in higher education, ministry and ad- tion of Speed Hall, Stevenson Hall, and the vancement,havingservedasVicePresidentfor ClassroomBuilding(nowknownasCentennial InstitutionalAdvancementatOtterbeinCollege Hall). in Ohio, as well as with the United Methodist Thecollegedepartmentwasdiscontinuedin Church.Dr.Joyceholdsabachelor'sinpsychol- 1908, and for eight years the institution was ogyfromPfeifferCollege;amasterofdivinityin maintainedasaJuniorCollege,anacademy,and pastoralpsychologyfromYaleUniversity;asec- anelementaryschool.Itbecameabonafidecol- sointyd;maansdtear'dsocftroormoNfoerdtuhcaCtairoonlifnraoSmtaVtaenUdneirvbeirl-t legeagaininthepresidencyofEzraT.Franklin, who inaugurated a program of development UniversityinNashville. duringwhichtheMemorialGymnasiumanda UnionCollegeiscurrentlyinthemidstofa$1 home for thepresidentwerebuilt. In 1927, the million project that will modernize the voice/ CollegewasaccreditedbytheUniversityofKen- data information services available to its stu- tuckyasafour-yearcollegeofAgrade. dentsandfaculty.Theinitialphaseswhichhave been completed include a new campus-wide PresidentJohnO. Grossemphasizedtheim- phonesystemthathasallowedforexpansionof provementof thecurriculum and the building these services into each room in the residence ofastrongfaculty.In1931,Unionwasaccredited halls. Second has been the total automation of bytheUniversitySenateoftheMethodistEpis- the Weeks/Townsend Memorial Library and copalChurch,andin1932,fullaccreditationwas connectiontoInternetinsummer1996,allowing realized when it was made a member of the for easier, quicker, and expanded access to in- Southern Association ofColleges and Schools. formation concerning available resources and The Board of Regents of the University of the researchmaterialsbothoncampusandnation- StateofNewYorkplacedUnionCollegeonits wide. Future plans call for networking of the accreditedlistin1937. College's five academic computer laboratories In Conway Boatman's twenty-one years of andtheinstallationofcomputerhookupsineach student'sroom.Theseconnectionswouldenable leadership, theCollegeachievedmarked prog- studentstoaccesstheLibraryandacademicfa- rpelsasntinimbportohveimtsenetd.ucSaetvieonnanlepwrobguirladmisngasnwderien cCiollitlieegsefirsopmretphaerisonlgiittusdceaomfptuhseiarnrdosotmusd.enUtnsifoonr completedandotherswereenlarged.Thecurric- thehighlytechnologicalworldthatawaitsusin ulumwasexpanded,endowmentfundswerein- the21stcentury. creased,andamarkedlyimprovedprogramof- The College has always accepted a special ifacultysalariesandbenefitswasadopted. missiontoAppalachia,acommitmentwhichis Mahlon A. Miller was elected to the presi- nowbeingstrengthenedwithuniqueacademic dency in 1959. In 1960, a Master of Arts in- programsbasedonregionalcharacteristics,ex- Educationdegreeprogramwasintroduced,and panded student financial aid, studentcommu- iplant expansion continued with the develop- nity-service projects, and new career-oriented mentofCollegePark,afacultyresidentialarea, curricula. followedby the constructionofadditional stu- ThedoorsofUnionCollegeareopentoall- dent housing, a physical educationbuilding, a who aspireto a more fulfillinglife, withoutre- iStudentcenter,andasciencecenter,completed gard to race, color, sex, disability, national or ;in1973. ethnicorigin. PresidentJackCarterPhillipsbeganhisduties Interested and prospective students are en- at Union College in January, 1983. Under Dr. couraged to arrange a visit to the campus by Phillips'leadership,theCollegehasexperienced callingtheAdmissionsOffice1-800-189-8646. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE humanities,naturalsciences,andsocialsciences, promotesbreadthoflearningandservesasthe (Mission Statement) foundationforthepursuitofindividualmajors. UnionCollegeisanindependentliberalarts Plansofstudyinpre-professionalandtechnical institution of higher education, affiliated with fieldspreparestudentsheaded forpost-gradu- theUnitedMethodistChurch.Itisdedicatedto ate study or for immediate employment. A maintaininganacademicenvironmentthatstim- strongdevelopmentalprogramattendstogaps ulatesintellectualcuriosityandscholasticcom- inacademicpreparation.Unionoffersgraduate petence, encourages Christian values, and un- programsineducationforthefurtherprepara- derscores the worth and responsibilities of tion ofboth teachers and administrators. As a education and the individual. The College ad- vitalpartofitsservicetothesurroundingarea, mits students without regard to race, color, outreachincludesacommunityeducationpro- creed,age,sex,ordisability. gram, linkages with area school districts, se- lectedcoursesofferedatregionallocations,and denUtnsiwointCholalsegoeucnodmemdiutcsatiitosenl.ftTohperofvaicdulitnygsetmu-- provisionofseveralassociatedegrees.Initscom- mitmenttotheUnitedMethodistChurch,Union bodies scholarship and dedication to student College provides pre-ministerial training and needsandachievements.Smallclassesallowat- supportservicestolocalchurches. tentiontotheindividual.Facultyadvisorsassist each student in developingcareer goals and a AlthoughCentralAppalachiaisUnion'spri- plan of study appropriate to these goals. Stu- maryservicearea, theCollegeintentionallyre- dents have access to many scholarly and tech- cruits students from numerous states and for- nical resources, to personal, career, and aca- eign countries who enrich and diversify the demiccounseling,andtoafacultyrepresenting Collegecommunity. In order to inform people a variety of models of intellectual accomplish- about Appalachian life, traditions, and prob- ment. lems,theCollegeoffersAppalachianstudiesfoi The College has designed its academic pro- its own studentsand those from other institu- tionsofhighereducation. gramtoprovideitsstudentswiththeopportu- nity to broaden their knowledge of their own Asaculturalcenter,asaresourceforitsarea, andothercultures,andtoobtaintheintellectual andasarigorousacademicenvironment,Union skillsnecessaryforacareer.Theundergraduate College pursues its mission to serve both stu- Liberal EducationCore, including the fields of dentsandcommunity.