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Gustavus Adolphus G:>Llege Gustavus Adolphus G:>llege CATALOG 1971-1972 Digitized and Provided by the College Archives, Gustavus Adolphus College Name Guslavu~ Adolphus College Type Liberal Arts Degree 01fered Bachelor of Arts Cost $3 100 Comprehemive---Cuaranlee Feature Entrance Test S.A. r. or A.C. T. Size 1850, Residential LoLation St. Peter, Minnesota Calendar 4-1-4 Financial A~sistance C.S.S. Advanced Placement 3 or higher 8UllETI'- OF Published quarterly al Gustavu, Adolphu, GUSTA \iUS ADOLPHUS COL I EGE College, SI f'eter, Monne,013 5.e,ond dass Vol b6 lune, 1971 No.) postage paid at St Peter Minnesora. '>tudents are required to bring their catalog, with them lo lhe campus lor rt>leren~e while at college. Digitized and Provided by the College Archives, Gustavus Adolphus College ~ Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter, Minnesota Bulletin of Gustavus Adolphus College Catalog Issue I 1971 -1972 Digitized and Provided by the College Archives, Gustavus Adolphus College To a Prospective Gustavian: We invite you to exa m ine carefully the program which is described in these pages and the impact which it may have on your future. You will find here the accumulated experience of more than a century of service . to youth in search of sound education for signifi ca nt leadership in church and sta te. And you will find many of the latest developments in curriculum, course offerings, and teaching methods. Ph ys ica l facilities have kept pace with the program . The academ ic buildings, studen t union, Chapel, res idences, and grounds reflect the forward spirit of Gus­ tavus. A Fine Arts Center has just been completed and a modern library is under construction. If you are qualified to undertake a ra ther fast-paced and exciting college program, in a stimulating educa tional environment, and would like to ta ke seriously the Chris­ tian understanding of life and the world as it relates to all areas of knowledge, we urge you to investigate the possibilities of j oining us. A___. ~rank R. Barth t:--~-c:>-.....-4-- ........4 ~ . President Digitized and Provided by the College Archives, Gustavus Adolphus College Table of Contents General Information / 5 Student Life / 11 Admissions, Fi nancial Aid and Expenses / 19 Academic Information / 25 Pre- Professional and Specialized Programs / 33 Curri cula and Course Descriptions / 41 Appendices / 105 Digitized and Provided by the College Archives, Gustavus Adolphus College Digitized and Provided by the College Archives, Gustavus Adolphus College General Information Aims and Objectives Gustavus Adolphus College is committed to th e theory and practice of so und learning according to standards w hich are common t o the academic enterprise w herever it is carried on, and specifically within the liberal arts trad ition. Gustavus Adolphus aims to produce graduates w ho have ac hieved a sound under­ stand ing of broad fields of knowledge, comparative mastery of a maj or field of study, the technical skills and personal incentives for continued study, and the ca­ pacity for adaptation to new situations and new bodies of knowledge. Gustavus Ado lphus is concerned not o nly to pass on w hat is already known but also to pursue new knowledge and to prepare students to adjust themselves to new frontiers of learning. Th e faculty is dedicated to offering an opportunity for continuing dialogue be­ tween the insights derived from the study of the vario us disc iplines and the insights derived from the Christian fa ith. Each discipline must be represented by spokesm en who are fu lly accredited by the standards which the disc ipline requires of good teachers anywhere. Worship is an inherent part of the Gustavus Adolphus educa tio nal program. Voluntary daily chapel and the services of a full time chaplain specifically represent the com mitment of the college as a w hole to the Christian faith and the Christian way of life. Accreditation Gustavus Adolphus College is accredited by the North Central Associatio n of Colleges and Secondary Schools, The A merica n Chemica l Soc iety, The National Council for the Accred itation of Teacher Ed ucation and the National League for Nursi ng. Th e college is a member of the Associatio n of Ameri can Colleges, The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Educatio n, the Natio nal Associatio n of Schools of M usic, and is on the approved lis t of the A merican Association of Univer­ sity W omen. History In 1862, w hen young men fro m M innesota were answ ering the ca ll to arms to preserve the Union, Gustavus Adolphus College was founded as an Academy in Red Wing, Minnesota, by the Reverend Eric Norelius. A few years later the Academy was moved for a brief time to East Union, before settling in St. Peter in 1876 w ith the name of Gustavus Adolphus College, after the famous Sw edish hero -king. Digitized and Provided by the College Archives, Gustavus Adolphus College 6 / General Information One of the oldest educational institutio ns in th e state, the College was originally supported by the Minnesota Conference of the Augustana Lutheran Church and, since the centennial, by th e Minnesota and Red River Valley Synods of the Lutheran Church in America. G ustavus Adolphus College has engaged in majo r building pro­ grams in recent yea rs adding to its plant several new academic buildings and st udent living, dining and recreational facilities. Strong suppo rt from the College's va rious constituencies have made possible this dynamic and substantial growth. Location St. Peter, M innesota, the ho me o f Gustavus Adolphus for more than ninety yea rs, has many of the fine qualities of a college town-friendly citizens, helpful business and profess ional people, o pen churches and community activities, and considerable pride in " its college." Now a community of over 9,5 00 citizens, St. Peter is o ne of Minnesota's most his­ to ri c cities, and has produced five governors of the state--nine if former students of the College are incl uded . Rich in Indian and early settler lore, St. Peter may be best recalled as the site of the 1851 Treaty of Trave rse des Sioux in w hic h more than twenty millio n acres of territory w ere purchased from the Sioux Indian tribes. St. Peter is si xty-five miles southwest fro m the Minneapo lis-S t. Paul International Airpo rt and offers frequent bus service to those cities via four-lane highway 169. It is about twelve miles no rth of M ankato, Minnesota, population 40,000. Mankato is the hub of highways 169 and 14, and many other roads, and also offers plane and bus connections to all points. Campus G ustavus Adolphus College commands a vista of a dozen miles upstream and down­ stream of the beautiful Minnesota River Va lley from its position on the west bank, above the busy highway and business district of St. Peter. Its 246 acres spread them­ se lves for several blocks along the crest of the hill and away fro m the valley about one-half m ile into the rich farmlands of southern Minnesota. From the resi dences at the north edge, through the mid-ca mpus w ith its academic and se rvice buildings, t o the south v iew where more residences nestle on the hill­ side, Gustavus Adolphus accommodates all of its students. Handsomely landscaped gro unds, w ell filled with new buildings, intermingled w ith a to uch of the old, greet the ca mpus vis itor. M aj estic to th e entire countryside, with its striking architectura l style and 187-foot spire, Christ Chapel becomes the focus of attention. CHRIST CHAPEL: One of the most adequate and noteworthy places of worship to be found on any college ca mpus, Christ Chapel was dedicat ed on January 7, 1962. G round was bro ken on March 2, 1959, w ith Clement Attlee, former Prime M inister of G reat Britain, amo ng lea ders of the Church and Sta te gathered for the event. Christ Chapel sea ts fifteen-hundred people and houses a four-manual, fifty-eight rank Hilgreen-Lane O rgan . A continuing program of Chapel enrichment incl udes a major religious sculpture program depicting the histo ry of the Church. Paul G ranlund, Gustavus grad uate and G uggenheim fellow, is commiss ioned for th is project. O LD M AIN: The Gustavus ca mpus enjoys the presence of strikingly new buildings and the charm and warmth o f the o ld. O ld Main represen ts the old, being con­ struct ed in 1876. It was the dormitory, food-service, libra ry, classroom build ing, in fact, the entire campus in 1876. Today it provides pl easant facilities for the Admis- Digitized and Provided by the College Archives, Gustavus Adolphus College Campus I 7 sions Office, and for the Departments of Economics and Business, Elementary and Secondary Education, Mathematics, and Psychology. THE FOLKE BERNADOTIE MEMORIAL LIBRARY: Built in 1948, the Bernadotte Library houses a collection of over 130,000 volumes with approxi mately 10,000 vol­ umes being added yearly. The library also houses the Almen-Vickner browsing library, four large study rooms, several smaller conference-seminar rooms, the Almen-Vickner art collection, the museum, and the college Archives. Typewriters, micro-readers, and photocopying equipment are available for student and faculty use. A new library with stack space for 380,000 volumes is currently under construction. THE ALFRED NOBEL MEMORIAL HALL OF SCIENCE: The Nobel Hall of Science has been acclaimed by some of America's eminent scientists as an outstanding under­ graduate science faci lity.
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