THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2009-2010 FIRST SEMESTER August 22 – 25 Orientation and Registration: New and Transfer Students August 26 Classes Begin at 8:00 A.M. September 1 Last Day to Register and Adjust Class Schedules October 12 – 16 Fall Break for Lakeland Day Program October 23 Mid-Term Grades Due in Registrar’s Office November 13 Final Day to Drop Courses Without an Academic Penalty November 25 – 29 Thanksgiving Recess for Lakeland Day Program December 14 – 16 Final Examinations December 19 Mid-Year Commencement December 19 Christmas Holidays Begin SECOND SEMESTER January 10 Orientation and Registration: New and Transfer Students January 11 Classes Begin at 8:00 A.M. January 15 Last Day to Register and Adjust Class Schedules January 18 Martin Luther King Day; No Classes February 26 Mid-Term Grades Due in Registrar’s Office March 1 – 5 Spring Holidays for Lakeland Day Program March 26 Final Day to Drop Courses Without an Academic Penalty April 2 Good Friday Holiday April 26 – 28 Final Examinations May 1 Commencement MAY OPTION May 3 – 31 Dates may differ depending on the particular study abroad option SUMMER SESSIONS May 10 – June 4 Summer Session I June 7 – July 2 Summer Session II July 5 – July 30 Summer Session III Florida Southern College CATALOG 2009-2010 Message from the Provost For over 120 years, Florida Southern College has been educating young men and women who have gone on to serve as leaders in business, government, academia, and the arts. Today, the FSC ranks among the best private colleges in the south- eastern United States. Florida Southern has always been committed to a vision of education that stresses the whole person. We seek to provide the opportunity for all of our students to grow and thrive academically, socially, morally, and spiritually. This year Florida Southern is finalizing our transition to a curriculum that will continue to transform this vision into a reality fit for the demands of the 21st century. Our creative cur- riculum is based on a commitment to engaged learning as the key to education and is designed to provide a real-world education for success in all aspects of life. This catalog is your key to open the door to a wonderful educational experience. Our faculty are researchers, scholars, and authors, but more importantly, teachers, advisors, and mentors. All members of the Florida Southern community are here to help you develop your full potential through your college experience. World-class architecture creating a unique environment in which to learn, a talented faculty committed to teaching and mentoring, a dedicated and efficient staff – all of these assets place Florida Southern College at the forefront of higher education. On behalf of Florida Southern, I extend you our warmest welcome. – Russell G. Warren, Ph.D. Table of Contents General Information ........................................................................................4 Undergraduate Programs................................................................................8 Admissions ..............................................................................................................8 Financial Information ............................................................................................16 Student Life ...........................................................................................................21 Academics .......................................................................................................25 Academic Policies .................................................................................................25 Undergraduate Programs and Concentrations .......................................................42 Programs of Study .................................................................................................43 Undergraduate Degree Requirements ....................................................................50 Undergraduate Evening Programs .........................................................................56 Undergraduate Program Requirements ......................................................61 Undergraduate Course Descriptions ..........................................................128 Graduate Programs .....................................................................................205 Admissions ..........................................................................................................205 Financial Information ..........................................................................................207 Academic Policies ...............................................................................................208 MBA ....................................................................................................................211 MEd and MAT .....................................................................................................213 MSN .....................................................................................................................216 Graduate Course Descriptions ...................................................................222 College Personnel .........................................................................................232 Board of Trustees .................................................................................................232 Administration and Staff ......................................................................................234 Endowed Chairs and Professorships ....................................................................237 Honorary Chancellors ..........................................................................................239 Faculty .................................................................................................................240 Index ..............................................................................................................249 Calendar ................................................................................ inside front cover 4 FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE GENERAL INFORMATION College Mission Florida Southern College is committed to educational excellence and is a selective, compre- hensive, private, United Methodist-affiliated college with a strong liberal arts core and distinctive undergraduate and graduate degree programs in business, education, and nursing. The College enrolls a talented student body taught by dynamic professors who are dedicated to teaching excellence through engaged learning. Outstanding opportunities for student-faculty collabora- tive research and performance, service learning, study abroad, internships, and honors study are distinctive features of the academic program at Florida Southern. The College offers exceptional student life programs, including a championship athletic program.. Florida Southern History at a Glance Florida Southern College—the oldest private college in Florida—has been affiliated with the Methodist Church since its inception in 1883 in Orlando as South Florida Institute (SFI). Soon after- ward, SFI moved to Leesburg under the sponsorship of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. A college curriculum was added in 1885, and the College was opened to both male and female students. In 1901, the growing college moved to Sutherland (now Palm Harbor) on the Gulf Coast and in 1906 was renamed Southern College. The College remained at Sutherland until fires in the early 1920s forced the school temporarily to move to Clearwater Beach. Then in 1922, the Col- lege moved from Clearwater Beach to the shores of Lake Hollingsworth in Lakeland. In 1935, the Trustees adopted Florida Southern College as the corporate title. For more than 120 years, Florida United Methodists have assisted enthusiastically in support- ing Florida Southern. Florida Southern College Today The campus comprises some 60 buildings on 100 acres of land. The highlights of the campus are the twelve structures designed by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright. In the 1940s and 1950s, Mr. Wright said his design was to have all the buildings "flow from the ground in harmony with the natural landscape." In that functional, yet exquisite environment, they exhibit the traits that Wright intended: organic union among the earth, sunlight, and local flora. The Wright buildings include the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, which has become the “trademark” of the Frank Lloyd Wright campus; the Thad Buckner Administration Building; the Emile Watson Administration Building; the Benjamin Fine Administration Building; the Seminar Building (which in its original construction comprised three separate buildings known as the Carter, Walbridge, and Hawkins Seminar Rooms); the Lucius Pond Ordway Building; the Danforth Chapel; and the Polk County Science Building capped by the white-domed planetarium. The ten Wright buildings are complemented by two other significant Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structures: the Water Dome in front of the Roux Library, and the Esplanades, the covered walkways that connect most of the Wright buildings. The twelve Frank Lloyd Wright structures make up the largest Frank Lloyd Wright collection in the world. The Wright campus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The more traditional buildings on campus include the Allan Spivey and Joseph Reynolds residence halls for first-year women and Edge Memorial Hall, housing classrooms and faculty offices. These date to the 1920s and are built in the conventional, brick collegiate style. Other prominent buildings