Lafayette College Catalog 2008 - 2009 INTRODUCTION Contents Contents ............................................................ 1 International Economics and Commerce.......161 Mathematics ..................................................162 Introduction....................................................... 2 Mathematics and Economics.........................167 Mission Statement............................................. 2 Military Science ............................................167 Profile................................................................ 2 Music.............................................................171 Vision................................................................ 3 Neuroscience.................................................176 History .............................................................. 3 Philosophy.....................................................177 Lafayette Today ................................................ 4 Physics ..........................................................180 Accreditation..................................................... 4 Policy Studies................................................184 Psychology ....................................................185 Religion and Politics .....................................190 Academic Programs .......................................... 6 Religious Studies...........................................190 Degrees ............................................................. 6 Russian and East European Studies...............195 Graduation Requirements.................................. 6 Interdisciplinary Studies................................196 The Major........................................................ 10 Interim Session/On Campus..........................200 The Minor ....................................................... 11 Interim Session/Study Abroad.......................200 Five-Year, Two-Degree Programs .................. 11 Attendance and Standing................................. 11 Course Registration......................................... 13 The Board of Trustees...................................205 Advising.......................................................... 16 Trustees Emeriti ............................................206 Academic Services.......................................... 17 Part-Time Studies............................................ 18 Faculty...........................................................208 Honors............................................................. 19 Faculty Emeriti..............................................216 Special Academic Opportunities..................... 26 Library Resources ........................................... 30 Officers of Administration ............................219 Information Technology Services ................... 30 Index .............................................................229 Admissions and Costs ..................................... 32 Admissions...................................................... 32 Non-Discrimination Policy............................231 Preparation ...................................................... 32 Disclaimer .....................................................231 Advanced Placement....................................... 32 Equity in Athletics Disclosure.......................231 Transfer Students ............................................ 33 International Students...................................... 33 Fees ................................................................. 33 Courses of Instruction ..................................... 37 First-Year Seminar.......................................... 37 Values and Science/Technology Seminar ....... 53 Africana Studies.............................................. 63 American Studies ............................................ 66 Anthropology and Sociology .......................... 68 Art ................................................................... 73 Biochemistry ................................................... 79 Biology............................................................ 80 Chemistry........................................................ 85 Computer Science ........................................... 88 Economics and Business ................................. 90 Education ........................................................ 97 Engineering..................................................... 97 A.B. in International Studies/B.S. Engineering98 Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering........ 99 Civil and Environmental Engineering........... 102 Electrical and Computer Engineering ........... 107 Engineering Studies ...................................... 111 Mechanical Engineering................................ 114 English .......................................................... 118 Foreign Languages and Literatures ............... 128 Geology and Environmental Geosciences..... 140 Government & Law and Foreign Language.. 145 Government and Law.................................... 145 History .......................................................... 151 History and Government & Law................... 159 History and Religious Studies....................... 160 International Affairs...................................... 160 1 INTRODUCTION Introduction The College's curriculum is distinguished by MISSION STATEMENT the rare combination, on an undergraduate campus, of degree programs in the liberal In an environment that fosters the free arts and in engineering. Students who come exchange of ideas, Lafayette College seeks to Lafayette may choose among a range of to nurture the inquiring mind and to disciplinary and interdisciplinary courses integrate intellectual, social, and personal and pursue the Bachelor of Arts degree in growth. The College strives to develop 31 fields or the Bachelor of Science degree students' skills of critical thinking, verbal in nine fields of science and four fields of communication, and quantitative reasoning engineering. Those who pursue professional and their capacity for creative endeavor; it career preparation do so within programs encourages students to examine the rooted in and enriched by the liberal arts. traditions of their own culture and those of Lafayette alumni/ae remain unusually active others, to develop systems of values that and supportive of the College and its goals. include an understanding of personal, social, and professional responsibility, and to Effective and challenging teaching is the regard education as an indispensable, life- first priority of the faculty both in the long process. classroom and in a variety of independent and collaborative learning experiences. Easton's proximity to New York City and PROFILE Philadelphia helps students extend their learning experiences, as do Lafayette's full Lafayette College was founded in 1826 by co-curricular intellectual, cultural, athletic, citizens of Easton, Pennsylvania, as an all- and social programs. Faculty research and male liberal arts institution. Throughout its scholarship are encouraged and supported in history, the College has continually shaped the belief that such professional itself in ways that best serve its educational involvement extends the individual faculty purpose, remaining supportive of the member's intellectual resources, strengthens tradition of liberal art education while being and complements teaching effectiveness, responsive to changes and challenges of facilitates student/faculty research, and society and the times. For example, in 1838, contributes to the scholarly and professional it became one of the first colleges to communities outside the College. implement a teacher-training program, thus recognizing the connections within In addition to a campus of great beauty, education at all levels. In 1854, the College Lafayette offers a well-equipped physical formed a mutually supportive association plant. Its programs are supported by a with the Presbyterian Church. In 1866, as library with more than 500,000 volumes and industrialism was changing the Western an extensive array of electronic resources; world, it established courses in engineering, modern computer facilities and laboratories chemistry, and mining. At a local level, it accessible to students; a thriving Center for acknowledged the educational needs of the the Arts; a large College Center for dining Easton area by introducing a part-time and other communal activities; an athletic evening degree program in 1953. More complex compatible with its intercollegiate recently, as the role of women in society Patriot League commitment and its underwent redefinition, in 1970 the College, extensive intramural and recreational began coeducation to prepare both men and program; two chapels serving a variety of women to lead the nation into a new religious commitments; and a diversity of century. Today, Lafayette is an independent, living situations. Lafayette's endowment per coeducational, residential, undergraduate student is in the top 2 percent of all institution with a faculty of distinction and institutions in the country. 2,400 full-time men and women students of high intellectual promise and diverse backgrounds. The student body is 50 percent men and 50 percent women. 2 INTRODUCTION ISION nourishes students both as individuals and V as members of a community. With the In the coming decade, Lafayette expects to Farinon College Center and the Williams strengthen its position among liberal arts Center for the Arts