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CLAS Academic Handbook 2020-2021.Pdf 1 Villanova University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 2020-21 Catalog Table of Contents College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Academic Incomplete Grades for Undergraduate Students | Page 21 Handbook | Page 4 Laboratory Science Accommodation for Student with Disabilities | Page 21 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Page 4 Leave of Absence | Page 22 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Directory | Page 4 Mathematics Placement | Page 22 History | Page 4 Medallion of Excellence | Page 22 Academic Mission | Page 5 Medical Leave of Absence | Page 22 Mission to Students, Faculty, and Staff | Page 5 Official tDa e of Graduation | Page 22 Office for Undergraduate Students | Page 6 Overload Policy | Page 22 Office for Undergraduate Students Directory | Page 6 Phi Beta Kappa (ΦΒΚ) | Page 23 Vision | Page 6 Refunds/Tuition Reversal | Page 23 Mission | Page 6 Removal of AP Course Credit | Page 23 Academic Advising | Page 6 Repeat Course Request | Page 23 Exploratory Science Advising | Page 7 Required Units for Admission | Page 24 Health Professions Advising | Page 7 Residency Requirement for Graduation | Page 24 Internship Program | Page 7 Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Grades | Page 24 Leadership and Professional Development | Page 7 Students with Disabilities | Page 24 The Bridge Society | Page 8 Transfer Credit Hours | Page 24 The Core Curriculum | Page 8 Transfer Students | Page 25 Core Curriculum Overview | Page 8 Unauthorized Withdrawal | Page 26 Summary of Core Curriculum Course Requirements | Page 8 Undergraduates Taking Graduate Level Courses | Page 26 Fulfilling orC e Curriculum Course Requirements | Page 9 Withdrawal from the University | Page 26 Learning Outcomes and Assessment | Page 12 W Grade | Page 26 University and CLAS Policies | Page 12 Walkers at Commencement | Page 26 Academic Bankruptcy | Page 12 Withdrawal from a Course | Page 26 Academic Dismissal | Page 12 WX Grade | Page 27 Academic Integrity | Page 13 Y Grade | Page 27 Academic Probation | Page 13 Degrees | Page 28 Academic Progress | Page 13 Academic Standing | Page 13 Aerospace Studies (Air Force ROTC) | Page 28 Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Credit Africana Studies | Page 28 | Page 13 Arab and Islamic Studies | Page 29 Apply for Re-Admission | Page 15 Arabic Language | Page 29 Attendance | Page 15 Art History | Page 30 Auditing a Course | Page 16 Asian Studies | Page 32 CLAS Students Taking College of Professional Studies Courses Astrophysics and Planetary Science | Page 33 | Page 16 Biochemistry | Page 35 Closed Section | Page 16 Biology | Page 37 Complaints Against Faculty | Page 16 Business | Page 39 Confidentiality | Page 16 Center for Irish Studies | Page 40 Credit by Exam | Page 16 Chemistry | Page 41 Credit Increases | Page 17 Chinese Language | Page 44 Cross College Majors | Page 17 Classical Studies | Page 45 Dean's List | Page 17 Cognitive Science | Page 46 Declaring or Changing a Major for CLAS Students | Page 17 Communication | Page 49 Declaring a CLAS Minor or Concentration | Page 18 Comprehensive Science | Page 52 Degree Requirements | Page 18 Computing Sciences | Page 53 Disclosure of Student Records | Page 18 Criminology | Page 55 Double Majors/Primary & Secondary Majors | Page 18 Economics | Page 57 Drop/Add | Page 18 Education and Counseling | Page 59 Dual Degree Policy | Page 18 English | Page 63 F Grade | Page 19 Ethics | Page 67 Fast Forward Courses | Page 19 French and Francophone Studies | Page 69 Final Exams and Finals Week | Page 19 Gender and Women's Studies | Page 70 Full-Time Student Status vs. Part-Time Student Status (i.e. Geography and the Environment | Page 71 Scholastic Load) | Page 19 Global Interdisciplinary Studies | Page 79 Grade Appeals | Page 19 History | Page 91 Grade Changes | Page 19 Honors | Page 92 Grade Definitions and aluesV | Page 19 Humanities | Page 95 Grade Point Average (GPA) | Page 20 Italian | Page 96 Grade Reports | Page 21 Japanese Language | Page 98 Graduation Honors | Page 21 Latin American Studies | Page 98 Grade Extensions on Incomplete Grades | Page 21 Liberal Arts | Page 99 2 Villanova University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 2020-21 Catalog Mathematics and Statistics | Page 99 Education | Page 178 Military Science (Army ROTC) | Page 104 English | Page 183 Naval Science (Navy ROTC) | Page 104 Entrepreneurship | Page 190 Peace and Justice | Page 104 Ethics | Page 190 Philosophy | Page 105 Finance | Page 191 Physics | Page 107 French and Francophone Studies | Page 193 Political Science | Page 109 Gender and Women's Studies | Page 196 Psychological and Brain Sciences | Page 112 Geography and the Environment | Page 196 Public Administration | Page 116 Global Interdisciplinary Studies | Page 202 Russian Studies | Page 117 Greek | Page 205 Sociology | Page 118 History | Page 206 Spanish Studies | Page 119 Honors | Page 213 Theatre | Page 121 Human Services | Page 217 Theology and Religious Studies | Page 123 Humanities | Page 217 Writing and Rhetoric | Page 126 Italian | Page 220 Course Descriptions | Page 130 Japanese Language | Page 223 Latin | Page 224 Accounting | Page 130 Latin American Studies | Page 225 Aerospace Studies (Air Force ROTC) | Page 132 Leadership | Page 225 Africana Studies | Page 132 Liberal Arts | Page 226 American Sign Language | Page 133 Management | Page 226 Arab and Islamic Studies | Page 133 Marketing | Page 228 Arabic Language | Page 133 Mathematics and Statistics | Page 230 Art History | Page 134 Meteorology | Page 234 Astrophysics and Planetary Science | Page 136 Naval Science (Navy ROTC) | Page 234 Biology | Page 137 Organizational Development Management | Page 235 Business Administration | Page 144 Peace and Justice | Page 236 Business Law | Page 145 Philosophy | Page 238 Center for Irish Studies | Page 145 Physics | Page 242 Chemistry | Page 146 Political Science | Page 245 Chinese Language | Page 154 Psychological and Brain Sciences | Page 250 Classical Studies | Page 155 Public Administration | Page 252 Cognitive Science | Page 156 Russian Studies | Page 252 Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience | Page 157 Sociology | Page 253 Communication | Page 157 Spanish Studies | Page 255 Computing Sciences | Page 166 Statistics | Page 258 Counseling | Page 172 Theatre | Page 260 Criminology | Page 172 Theology and Religious Studies | Page 262 Cultural Studies | Page 174 Economics | Page 174 3 Villanova University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 2020-21 Catalog origins to old St. Augustine’s Church in College of Liberal Arts and Philadelphia, which the Augustinians founded in 1796, and to its parish school, St. Augustine’s Sciences Academic Academy, established in 1811. Handbook In 1842 the Augustinians purchased “Belle Air,” the country estate of John Rudolph, a Revolutionary War officer and Philadelphia College of Liberal Arts and merchant. There they established the Sciences “Augustinian College of Villanova,” under the patronage of St. Thomas of Villanova, a 16th century Augustinian educator and Bishop of College of Liberal Arts and Valencia, Spain. Eventually the College came to be known as Villanova and gave its name to the Sciences Directory town which grew up around it. Adele Lindenmeyr, Ph.D., Dean Emory Woodard, Ph.D., Dean, Graduate Studies Classes for the new college began on September Crystal J. Lucky, Ph.D., Associate Dean for 18, 1843, when 13 students embarked on a Baccalaureate Studies traditional liberal arts curriculum. At the outset, Barry Selinsky, Ph.D., Associate Dean for however, difficulties plagued the new college. The Research and Faculty Development anti-Catholic “Know Nothing” riots in Philadelphia Joseph Lennon, Ph.D., Associate Dean for in 1844 resulted in the burning of St. Augustine’s International & Interdisciplinary Studies Church. The need to rebuild the church and Edward Fierros, Ph.D., Associate Dean for maintain the new college created a financial crisis Diversity and Inclusion for the Order. As a result, the College closed its Rebecca Rebalsky, Assistant Dean for External doors on February 20, 1845. It was able to reopen and College Relations in September, 1846, with a student population of Susan Jacobs, M.A., Assistant Dean for 24; the first commencement took place on July Undergraduate Students 21, 1847. The following year, on March 10, 1848, the Seth Matthew Fishman, Ph.D., Director of Governor of Pennsylvania, Francis R. Shunk, Curriculum and Assessment signed the Act of Legislature incorporating the College. Office: 105 Saint Augustine Center for the Liberal Arts In 1857, Villanova College closed for a second Phone: 610-519-4600 time. Demands on the services of priests through E-mail Associate Deans: the expansion of parishes in the area created [email protected] staffing oblemspr for the Augustinians, while the E-mail Dean: [email protected] “Panic of 1857” brought on hard economic times. Web site: http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/ The onslaught of the Civil War in 1860 affected student enrollment, and the College was not reopened until September 1865. Set love as the criterion of all that you say, and In the years that followed, the College prospered, whatever you teach, teach in such a way that the increasing its student population and adding person to whom you speak, by hearing, may significantly ot its physical facilities. Although in believe, by believing hope, and by hoping love. the first 50 years of its existence the College concentrated exclusively on the liberal arts, it nevertheless remained open to the changes in curriculum which were required to meet the THE INSTRUCTION
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