A .viliiiiii.' 7-2008 2 Lenoir^Rhyne C O I L E G r Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from LYRASIS members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/lenoirrhynecolle2007unse LENOIR-RHYNE COLLEGE Reaffirming our Commitment to Students GENERAL CATALOG 2007-2008 Hickory, North Carolina (828)328-1741 Volume 1 1 1 No. 1 June 2007 Lenoir-Rhyne College is committed to administering employment and educational policies, programs and activities without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability or veteran status. DISCLAIMER NOTATION Lenoir-Rhyne College intends to adhere to the policies and regulations, course offerings, and financial charges as announced in this bulletin and other publications. The College, nevertheless, reserves the right to withdraw any course, to change its policies affecting the admission and retention of students or the granting of credit degrees, or to alter its fees and other charges, whenever such changes are desirable or necessary. Attendance at Lenoir-Rhyne College is a privilege which may be forfeited by anyone whose conduct is inconsistent with the traditions, policies, or regulations of the College. While all efforts are made to ensure the completeness and accuracy of this catalog, the regulations and policies of the College are not changed by typographical or other errors. While a student's academic advisor is responsible for giving academic advice, each student is ultimately responsible for ensuring that all commencement requirements for the student's particular program are fulfilled. The official catalog of Lenior-Rhyne College is on-line at www.lrc.edu/registrar/ catalog. TABLE OF CONTENTS CALENDAR 3 INTRODUCING LENOIR-RHYNE COLLEGE 6 ADMISSION POLICIES 12 School of Life-Long Learning 16 Summer Session 17 Public School Licensure 18 FINANCIAL INFORMATION 19 Financial Aid Programs 24 STUDENT LIFE AND SERVICES 39 SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES 48 . GENERAL INFORMATION AND POLICIES 59 ACADEMIC REGULATIONS 71 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS (Undergraduate) 96 Core Curriculum 97 Charles M. Snipes School of Business 103 School of Communication and Literature 112 School of Computing Sciences and Mathematics 116 School of Education 122 School of Fine Arts 139 School of Health Sciences 149 School of History, Philosophy, and Religion 162 School of Modern and Classical Languages 168 School of Natural Sciences 172 School of Behavioral and Social Sciences 180 Interdisciplinary Studies Program 186 UNDERGRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 199 THE GRADUATE SCHOOL 301 BOARDS, STAFF, AND FACULTY 336 PROFESSORSHIPS AND FUNDS 353 MEDALS AND AWARDS 362 INDEX 365 Academic Calendar 3 2007-2008 ACADEMIC CALENDAR FALL SEMESTER 2007 AUGUST 16-17 Thursday-Friday Faculty Workdays/Development Activities 17-19 Friday-Sunday New Student Orientation 20 Monday Registration-Fall Semester 21 Tuesday Full Semester Day & Evening, Mini-Term & I Graduate Classes Begin 24 Friday OPENING CONVOCATION 27 Monday Last Day to DROP/ADD—Full Semester Day & Evening & Mini-Term Classes I SEPTEMBER 14 Friday Last Day to WITHDRAW with a 'W'— Mini-Term Classes I OCTOBER 9 Tuesday Mini-Term Ends I MID-TERM: Last day to WITHDRAW with a — 'W' Full Semester Day & Evening Classes 1^ Thursday Mini-Term Begins II 15 Monday Last Day to remove Incomplete T from Previous Spring & Summer Semesters 18 Thursday Last Day to DROP/ADD—Mini-Term II Classes 22-23 Monday-Tuesday FALL BREAK NOVEMBER 7 Wednesday Last Day to WITHDRAW with a 'W—Mini- Term Classes II 21-25 Wednesday-Sunday THANKSGIVING VACATION DECEMBER 6 Thursday All Fall Classes End 7,9 Friday, Sunday READING DAYS 8, 10, 11 Sat., Mon., Tues. FINAL EXAM PERIOD DECEMBER 12, 2007—JANUARY 7, 2008 CHRISTMAS VACATION 4 Academic Calendar SPRING SEMESTER 2008 JANUARY 3,4 Thursday-Friday Faculty Workdays 7 Monday Registration for Spring Semester 8 Tuesday Full Semester Day & Evening, Mini-Term & I Graduate Classes Begin 14 Monday Last Day to DROP/ADD—Full Semester & Mini-Term Classes I 21 Monday Martin Luther King Day (No Classes) FEBRUARY 1 Friday Last Day to WITHDRAW with a 'W'—Mini- Term Classes I 28 Thursday Mini-Term Ends I 29 Friday MID-TERM: Last day to WITHDRAW with a 'W' Full Semester Day & Evening Classes MARCH ??-9 Monday-Saturday SPRING BREAK 10 Monday Mini-Term Begins II 17 Monday Last Day to Remove Incomplete T from Previous Fall Semester Last Day to DROP/ADD—Mini-Term II Classes 21 Friday Good Friday Holiday 24 Monday Easter Monday Holiday APRIL 2 Wednesday Last Day to WITHDRAW with a 'W'— Mini-Term Classes II 30 Wednesday HONORS CONVOCATION MAY 1 Thursday All Classes End 2,4 Friday, Sunday READING DAYS 3, 5,6 Sat., Mon., Tues. FINAL EXAM PERIOD 9 Friday BACCALAUREATE COMMENCEMENT 10 Saturday Academic Calendar 5 SUMMER SESSION 2008 SESSION 2008 I MAY 27 Tuesday Session and Full Summer Classes Begin I JUNE 27 Friday Session Classes End I SESSION 2008 II JUNE 30 Monday Session Classes Begin II JULY 4 Friday July 4 Holiday (No Classes) SI Thursday Session II & Full Summer Term Classes End AUGUST SUMMER COMMENCEMENT 1 Fridav 6 Introduction INTRODUCING LENOIR-RHYNE COLLEGE PURPOSE In pursuit of the development of the whole person, Lenoir-Rhyne College seeks to liberate mind and spirit, clarify personal faith, foster physical wholeness, build a sense of community, and promote responsible leadership for service in the world. As an institution of the North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the College holds the conviction that wholeness of personality, true vocation, and the most useful service to God and the world are best discerned from the perspective of Christian faith. As a community of learning, the College provides programs of undergraduate, graduate, and continuing study committed to the liberal arts and sciences as a foundation for a wide variety of careers and as guidance for a meaningful life. ACCREDITATION Lenoir-Rhyne College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097: telephone 404-679-4501) to award bachelor's and master's degrees. It is also a member of the National Commission of Accrediting, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, and is registered by the United States government for the reception of foreign students. It is approved for veterans training. Lenoir-Rhyne College is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education for the preparation of teachers at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Its programs are officially approved by the Board of Education of North Carolina, and the institution is registered as a standard college by the Department of Public Instruction of New York, Pennsylvania, and other states to which application for such registration has been made. The Lenoir-Rhyne College Division of Nursing is accredited by the Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education (One DuPont Circle, NW, Suite 530, Washington, DC 20036, telephone 202-887-6791) and is approved by the North Carolina Board of Nursing (Box 2129, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27602-2129: telephone 919-782-3211). The Occupational Therapy Program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education. The Athletic Training Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education. The Charles M. Snipes School of Business is accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs. HISTORY The Reverend William R Cline and the Reverend L. Crouse shared the desire of other Lutheran leaders that the church establish an institution in Hickory to train teachers and ministers and offer a religious-oriented education to all youth. Their desire for a school did not take form until property became available through a Hickory businessman. Colonel J.G. Hall. The property, a 56-acre tract one mile north of the Hickory business district, was part of the estate of a Watauga County lawyer, Captain Walter Lenoir. Before he died in 1890, Captain Lenoir surveyed the Introduction 7 area and deeded it to Colonel Hall with the request that it be used only as a campus for a church-sponsored college. Colonel Hall, acting as Lenoir's trustee, turned the property over to the ministers after they had signed personal notes assuring that $10,000 would be invested in buildings and equipment. The school opened September 1, 1891. It carried the name "Highland College," but four months later it was chartered under the name of Lenoir College in memory of the donor of the land. The 149 students and eight teachers met for classes the first year in a modest two-door frame structure which had originally housed a private academy. During its second year, the College moved into a new brick main building which housed the academic, administrative, social, and religious life of the campus until It was destroyed by fire in 1927. Even though Lutheran ministers founded the College, taught its classes, and Lutheran congregations sent young people to its doors, it was not until 1895 that the College established a formal relationship with the church. That year, the Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod, which included a large number of North Carolina congregations, assumed official sponsorship and support of the institution and, through its successor bodies, has maintained the relationship to the present day. The church oversees the work of the College through a 29-member board of trustees. For almost three decades Lenoir College served as a combination college, business school, and academy under the leadership of President R.A. Yoder (1891-1901) and President R.L Fritz (1901-1920). By the time Dr. J.C. Peery (1920-1925) became president, the upspringing of public schools in North Carolina had squeezed the academy division out of the college structure. The institution made another major change in its academic program by abandoning its traditional program of a single liberal arts curriculum and offering students a choice of varied major fields. In 1923 the College changed its name to honor Daniel E. Rhyne, a Lincoln County industrialist who boosted the endowment and other assets of the institution with his frequent gifts. In recognition of his support, the college name assumed its present form: Lenoir-Rhyne College. Approval of Lenoir-Rhyne College's academic program had been earned during the Fritz administration when the North Carolina State Board of Education awarded A-grade ratings to Lenoir and nine other colleges. It was during the administration of President H. Brent Schaeffer (1926-1934) that regional accreditation was earned. Lenoir-Rhyne College was admitted to membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1928. Dramatic growth in student enrollment marked the closing years of the administration of Dr. RE. Monroe (1934-1949). Boosted by the influx of returning veterans following World War II, enrollment rose from 407 in 1945 to 843 two years later. LENOIR-RHYNE COLLEGE'S GROWTH The trend toward rising enrollments carried over into the administration of Dr. Voigt R. Cromer (1949-1967). Gradual enlargement of the student body continued until 1 ,300 students were enrolled. The faculty increased to 96 members, the endowment grew to $1.8 million, and 13 major buildings were constructed. During the administration of Dr. Raymond M. Bost (1967-1976), Lenoir-Rhyne College initiated long-range plans to enrich the quality of its curriculum. Major improvements in the academic calendar and program were implemented, and joint- degree programs with other institutions of higher education were increased. Student 8 Introduction personnel services expanded, the campus enlarged to 100 acres, and the endowment grew to $3.9 million. Dr. Albert B. Anderson served as the eighth president from 1976-1982. His administration was marked by a refinement of the role of the College as a church- related institution, the restructuring of the academic calendar and core curhculum, and the addition of majors in psychology and accounting. Capital campaigns conducted by the church, the local community, and alumni resulted in the construction of a physical education center, new instructional facilities, the renovation of an existing classroom building, and a new mini-auditorium. With the 1980-1981 academic year, the College established a graduate program in education. In addition, — two significant programs the Lineberger Center for Cultural and Educational — Renewal and the Broyhill Institute for Business Leadership were established under Dr. Anderson's leadership, and the endowment grew to $8.8 million. Lenoir-Rhyne College graduate and member of the College's Board of Trustees, Albert M. Allran, guided the College as interim president for approximately 20 months before the appointment of Dr. John E. Trainer, Jr. Dr. Trainer's administration as ninth president began in August 1984 and closed in May 1994. In recognition of the College's centennial anniversary in 1991, supporters contributed more than $27 million for endowment, building, and operational purposes. The endowment increased to $19 million and the annual operational budget advanced to $20 million. During the decade, the College also added a major field of study in occupational therapy, gained institutional recognition among top- ranked colleges in the nation, and initiated special renewed efforts to encourage academic excellence and student leadership development. The tenth president, Dr. Ryan A. LaHurd, was called to Lenoir-Rhyne College in 1994, following nine years of service as Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the College at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He helped the College achieve a vision to embrace multi-culturalism, celebrate Lutheran heritage, and strengthen Lenoir-Rhyne College's leadership as a comprehensive regional college of the liberal arts. He resigned in June 2002. Dr. Wayne B. Powell became Lenoir-Rhyne's 11th President on December 1, 2002, following two years of service as Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs at the College. He previously served other institutions as a dean and Professor of Mathematics. Dr. Powell has articulated an aggressive vision for Lenoir-Rhyne Centered around excellence and founded in the College's heritage as a nationally recognized comprehensive, liberal arts college operating under the Lutheran traditions of inquiry and free exchange of ideas. THE CAMPUS The campus of Lenoir-Rhyne College includes approximately 100 acres, bounded by Fourth and Eighth Streets, N.E., and extending northeast of Seventh Avenue, N.E., in Hickory. Hickory is a city of about 36,000, and is the nucleus of North Carolina's fourth largest metropolitan area, statistically. The campus includes the following major structures: Admissions House (constructed 1997): Facing Seventh Avenue, N.E., the Admissions House was constructed by joining two existing brick homes which had been acquired earlier by the College. One of these homes was built in 1938 for Professor Victor Aderholt, a member of the Class of 1915, the other in 1950 for Dr. Robert L. Fritz, an 1892 alumnus of Lenoir-Rhyne College, and both were acquired