LAGRANGE COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATE BULLETIN 2008-2009 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/lagrangecollegeu2008lagr VOLUME CLXVTI JUNE 2008 NUMBER l LAGRANGE COLLEGE BULLETIN LAGRANGE, GEORGIA CATALOGUE ISSUE 2008-2009 Communications Directory LaGrange College 601 Broad Street LaGrange, Georgia 30240-2999 (706) 880-8000 Fax: (706) 880-8358 www.lagrange.edu Forpromptattention, please addressinquiries as indicated below. The Area Code of706 is required when dialing. LaGrange College (general information) 880-8000 Office ofthe President 880-8230 & Executive Director ofInstructional Information Tech 880-8050 Vice President for Academic Affairs andDean 880-8236 Registrar 880-8997 Vice President & Dean for Student Life and Retention 880-8004 DirectorofCareerPlanning and Placement 880-8286 Vice President forEnrollment Management 880-8736 Director ofAdmission 880-8253 Director StudentFinancial Planning 880-8229 Executive Vice President forAdministration 880-8267 Controller 880-8232 Vice President for Advancement 880-8257 DirectorofCommunications and Marketing 880-8246 VisitorsarewelcomeatLaGrange Collegethroughouttheyear. The administrativeofficesintheQuillianBuilding areopenMondaythroughFridayfrom 8:00a.m. to5:00p.m. Saturdayvisits maybearrangedbyappointment. Visitors desiringinterviewswithmembersofthestaffareurgedtomakeappointmentsinadvance. LaGrangeCollegeadmitsqualified studentsofanyrace,color, national andethnic originto allrights, privileges, programsand activitiesgenerallyaccordedormade availableto studentsatthe school. Itdoesnotdiscriminateonthebasisofsex,race, color,nationalorethnicorigin inadministrationofitseducationalpolicies, admissions policies, scholarshipandloanprograms,andathleticandotherschool-administeredprograms. LaGrangeCollegeBulletin,VolumeCLXVII,Number 1 President: Dr. F. StuartGulley Editor: Dr. SharonLivingston LaGrangeCollegeBulletin,theofficial publicationofLaGrangeCollegeforcurrent and futurestudents, ispublishedannually. Correspondenceshouldbedirectedtothe OfficeofAcademicDean,LaGrangeCollege, 601 Broad Street,LaGrange,GA 30240-2999. E-mail correspondenceto [email protected] (706) 880-8358. Challengingthemind. Inspiring thesoul. Contents Communications Directory 2 Calendar 5 About LaGrange College, Mission, and History 12 LaGrange College at Albany 15 The LaGrange College Campus 16 Admission and Enrollment 23 Financial Information 29 Financial Aid 35 Student Life 48 Academic Policies 66 Information Technology and Academic Support 83 Academic Programs 91 Departments and Courses 112 Academic Divisions, Departments and Courses 114 Faculty 297 Board ofTrustees 307 Administrative Staff 311 Index 317 Change of Regulations The College reserves the right to make modifications in the degree requirements, courses, schedules, calendar, regulations, fees and other changes deemed necessary orconducive to the efficient operation ofthe College. Such changes become effective as announced by the proper college authorities. Note: For information, regulations and procedures forgraduate study, please see the Graduate Bulletin. For information, regulations and procedures forevening courses, please see the Evening College Bulletin. For information, regulations and procedures ofthe Albany campus, please see the Albany Bulletin. 2008 -2009 Academic Calendar Day Program August 2008 Fall Semester (63 Class Days) 19 Orientation for new faculty and staffmembers 20 Opening Session 20 Departmental and/or Division meetings 20 Faculty Institute begins 22 Faculty Institute ends 25 New students move in - First Week begins 25 Math placement test for all new students, Jolly Room, Science Building 25-29 FirstWeek 26-29 First Year Student Assessment 28 President's Buffet forfaculty, administration, staffand their spouses 29 Work aid and work study time sheets due September 2008 1 Labor Day - College Closed 2 Returning students move in 2 Registration for new and returning Day students not prepaid. Advisors for first year, transfer and readmitted students are available. 2 Fair on the Square, LaFayette Square 3 All Classes begin 3 Opening Convocation 9 End drop/add at 5:00 p.m. No refund for individual classes dropped after this date. Syllabi and office hours due in the Dean's Office 81 September 2008 1 Administrative Council Meeting 19 Day ofRecord 25 Faculty Assembly, Jolly Room 29 Spring & Summer 2009 Class Schedules due in the Registrar's Office 29-Oct 2 InterimTerm 2009 Pre-Registration 30 Work aid and work studytime sheets due 30 Named Annual Scholarships Luncheon 30 Last dayto withdraw from a class with an automatic "W" October 2008 2 StaffCouncil Meeting, Student Center Assembly Room 2 Faculty Meeting, Student Center Assembly Room 13-14 Fall Break—No Classes 15 Midterm. Faculty should submit deficiency reports electronically to the Dean's Office by 5:00 p.m. so that advisors may have copies before pre-registration advising. 16 Administrative Council Meeting 16-17 Board ofTrustees Meeting 17-19 2008 Homecoming - 21-22 SeniorAssessment 20-24 Faculty Advising Week 27-31 Pre-registration forDay students. Students completing degree requirements by end ofFall, Jan, or Spring terms should file petitions for graduation with the Registrar. Advisors available. 30 Faculty Assembly, Jolly Room 3 Work aid and work study time sheets due November 2008 2 Daylight Savings Time Ends 6 StaffCouncil Meeting, Student CenterAssembly Room 6 Faculty Meeting, Student Center Assembly Room 6 Proposals for Interim 2010 Travel Courses due 9 Loyalty Fund Scholars Luncheon 20 Administrative Council Meeting 20 Faculty Assembly, Jolly Room 25 Last Day ofClasses before Thanksgiving Break 26-28 Thanksgiving Break - No Classes 26 Work aid and work study time sheets due 27-28 Administrative Offices Closed December 2008 Classes resume afterThanksgiving Break Celebrate the Servant 1 Celebration ofServant-Leadership, Chapel 2 Service ofCelebration and Recognition, Chapel 2 Faculty Meeting, Student Center Assembly Room 4 StaffCouncil Meeting, Student Center Assembly Room 5 LastDay ofFall Term Classes for Day College 6 Reading Day 7 A Festival ofNine Lessons and Carols, Callaway Auditorium 8-12 Final Exams 12 Begin termbreak at 5:00 pm 12 Summerresearch proposals due in Dean's Office 18 Grades due 18 Administrative Council Meeting 24-26 Holidays for administration and staff- College Closed 29 Administrative offices open 31 Work aid and work study time sheets due. January 2009 InterimTerm (17 Class Days) 1 New Year's Holiday - College Closed 2 Residence halls open 2 Registration for new and returning Day students. 5 Mandatory First Meeting forclasses. 6 End drop/add at 5:00 p.m. No refund for individual classes dropped after this date. 6 Syllabi and office hours due in the Dean's Office 6 Faculty Assembly, Jolly Room 31 . . January 2009 8 StaffCouncil Meeting, Student CenterAssembly Room 8 FacultyMeeting, Student CenterAssembly Room 9 Last day to withdraw from a class with an automatic "W" 15 Administrative Council Meeting 19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - College Closed. 28 Last day ofclass 29 Nursing Pre-Admission Examination for Sims Scholarship 29 Faculty Assembly, Jolly Room 30 Day program registration fornew and returning students not prepaid. Advisors forfirst year, transfer and readmitted students are available. 30 Work aid and work study time sheets due February 2009 Sprin. gSe.m. est.er (. 6. 3 Class Days) 2 Math placementtest for all new students, Jolly Room, Science Building 2 InterimTerm Grades due 2 Classes begin 5 StaffCouncil Meeting, Student CenterAssembly Room 5 Faculty Meeting, Student CenterAssembly Room 6 End drop/add at 5:00 p.m. No refund forindividual classes dropped afterthis date. 6 Syllabi and office hours due in the Dean's Office 6 FallTerm 2009 and SpringTerm 2010 schedules are due in the Registrar's Office. 1 Day ofRecord 13 Spring SemesterFirst Year Student Assessment 19 Administrative Council Meeting 2 Make-up for snow, ifnecessary, forDay and Evening classes 24 Endowed Scholarship Luncheon 26 Faculty Assembly, Jolly Room 27 Work aid and work studytime sheets due 27 Last day to withdraw with an automatic "W" 8