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Postage Brown Student Center Box 667 P A I D Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943-0667 Permit No. 714 ACA Lynchburg, VA (800) 755-0733 (434) 223-6120 D Fax (434) 223-6346 E MI [email protected] WWW.HSC.EDU C CATALOGUE 2019–2020 • HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE ACADEMIC CATALOGUE FORMING GOOD MEN AND GOOD CITIZENS urls.hsc.edu/catalogue 2019–2020 Welcome to HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE The mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been, since stated by its founders in 1775, “to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.” Hampden-Sydney College strives to instill in its students a commitment to sound scholarship through studies in the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences; to cultivate qualities of character and moral discernment rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition; to develop clear thinking and expression; to promote an understanding of the world and our place in it; to impart a comprehension of social institutions as a basis for intelligent citizenship and responsible leadership in a democracy; to prepare those with special interests and capacities for graduate and professional study; and to equip graduates for a rewarding and productive life. Hampden-Sydney College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Hampden-Sydney College. This Academic Catalogue was prepared on the basis of the best information available at the time of publication (July 2019). Hampden-Sydney College, by or through its various departments, may unilaterally amend, supplement, or revoke any of the provisions, statements, policies, curricula, procedures, fees or dates set forth in this Catalogue at any time without prior notice. Such changes are within the College’s sole discretion and may be based on student interest, teaching capacity, fluctuations in financial resources and/or a variety of other educational and financial factors. Therefore, the inclusion of a course, offering or other program in this Catalogue is not a promise that such course, offering or other program will be available to those students wishing to participate. Statements in this Catalogue do not constitute an actual or implied contract between the College and any of its students. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACADEMIC CATALOGUE 2019–2020 Academic Calendar ........................... 3 Mathematics and Computer History of H-SC ................................. 4 Science ........................................ 92 Academic Program ........................... 7 Modern Languages ...................... 96 Course Offerings ............................. 39 Philosophy ................................. 104 Biology ......................................... 41 Physics and Astronomy ............. 107 Chemistry ..................................... 47 Psychology ................................ 111 Classics ....................................... 51 Religion ...................................... 115 Core Cultures ............................... 55 Rhetoric ...................................... 120 Economics and Business ............ 56 Admissions ................................... 123 English ......................................... 61 Expenses & Financial Aid .............. 129 Fine Arts ...................................... 69 Presidents and Trustees ............... 136 Government and Foreign Affairs . 76 Faculty ........................................... 138 History.......................................... 82 Administrative and Support Staff . 150 Honors ......................................... 89 Matters of Record ......................... 155 Interdisciplinary Studies .............. 90 Index .............................................. 173 NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY STATEMENT Hampden-Sydney College, while exempted from Subpart C of the Title IX regulation with respect to its admission and recruitment activities, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, handicap, sexual orientation, or veteran status in the operation of its educational programs and with respect to employment. For information on this non-discrimination policy, contact the Office of Human Resources, Box 127, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943, (434) 223-6220. academic calendar 3 Fall 2019 First Semester August 22 Thursday Freshmen and transfers report 25 Sunday All other students report 26 Monday Classes begin 30 Friday Last day of Add Period September 6 Friday Last day of Drop Period without Record October 7 Monday No classes* 8 Tuesday No classes* 16 Wednesday Deficiency reports due in Registrar’s Office 22 Tuesday Rhetoric Proficiency Examination 25 Friday Last day of Drop Period with “W” 29 Tuesday Beginning of registration for the spring semester November 7 Thursday Close of registration for spring courses 26 Tuesday Thanksgiving break begins after classes 2 Monday Classes resume December 6 Friday Last day of classes 7 Saturday Study day 8 Sunday Study day 9 Monday First day of final examinations 11 Wednesday Study day 14 Saturday Last day of final examinations Spring 2020 Second Semester January 11 Saturday New and transfer students report 12 Sunday All students report 13 Monday Classes begin 17 Friday Last day of Add Period 24 Friday Last day of Drop Period without Record March 4 Wednesday Deficiency reports due in Registrar’s Office 6 Friday Spring break begins after classes 16 Monday Classes resume 20 Friday Last day of Drop Period with a “W” 24 Tuesday Rhetoric Proficiency Examination 31 Tuesday Beginning of registration for the fall semester April 7 Tuesday Close of registration for fall courses 24 Friday Last day of classes 25 Saturday Study day 26 Sunday Study day 27 Monday First day of final examinations 29 Wednesday Study day May 2 Saturday Last day of final examinations 9 Saturday Graduation * For students who wish to remain on campus on October 7 and 8, residence halls will remain open and meals will be provided. ** Rhetoric 100, 101, and 102 final examinations will be scheduled in the first slot of the first day of final examinations. Rhetoric 100, 101, and 102 final essay examinations will be held in the evening on the last Tuesday of classes. HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE The mission of Hampden-Sydney College has Samuel Stanhope Smith, College of New Jersey been, since stated by its Founders in 1775, (Princeton) Class of 1769. Within only ten “to form good men and good citizens in an months, Smith secured an adequate subscription atmosphere of sound learning.” In continuous of funds and an enrollment of 110 students. operation since the first classes were held on Intending to model the new college after his November 10, 1775, the College is one of the alma mater, he journeyed to Princeton to secure oldest institutions of higher learning in the the first faculty and visited Philadelphia to enlist United States and holds the oldest (1783) private support and to purchase a library and scientific charter in the South. apparatus. Students and faculty gathered for the The first president, Samuel Stanhope Smith opening of the first winter term on November (1775-1779), chose the name Hampden- 10, 1775. Sydney to symbolize devotion to the principles The College matured physically and of representative government and full civil and academically through the first half of the 19th religious freedom which the Englishmen John century. Jonathan P. Cushing (1821-1835) Hampden (1594-1643) and Algernon oversaw the move from the College’s original Sydney (1622-1683) had supported buildings to “New College,” now Cushing and for which they had given their Hall. Union Theological Seminary (now lives in the 17th century. They were Union Presbyterian Seminary) was founded widely invoked as hero-martyrs at Hampden-Sydney in 1822 and occupied by American colonial patriots, and the south end of the present campus their names immediately associated until its relocation to Richmond the College with the cause of (1898). independence championed by The Medical College of Virginia Patrick Henry, James Madison, and (now the Virginia Commonwealth the other less well-known but equally University School of Medicine) was vigorous patriots who comprised the opened in Richmond in 1838 as the College’s first Board of Trustees. medical department of Hampden- The first students committed themselves Sydney College. to the revolutionary effort, organized Algernon Sydney (top) The Civil War and its aftermath a militia-company, drilled regularly, John Hampden (above) were difficult years for Hampden- and went off to the defense of Sydney. The longest-tenured of its Williamsburg in 1777 and Petersburg in 1778. presidents, J. M. P. Atkinson, served from before Their uniform was hunting-shirts, dyed purple the War through Reconstruction (1857-1883). with the juice of pokeberries, and grey trousers. He performed the remarkable feat of keeping Garnet and grey were adopted as the College’s the College open and solvent, while upholding colors when sports teams were introduced in the academic standards. 19th century. Once again, at the outset of war the student The College, first proposed in 1771, was body organized a company. These men, officially formally organized in February 1775, when the mustered as Company G, 20th Virginia Presbytery of Hanover, meeting at Nathaniel Regiment, “The Hampden-Sidney Boys,” saw Venable’s