Undergraduate Catalog 2020 2021
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Contents 2020-21 University Calendar ........................................................................................................... 2 Hollins: An Overview .......................................................................................................... 3 Mission of the University .................................................................................................... 3 History of Hollins ................................................................................................................ 3 Hollins Today ..................................................................................................................... 4 Programs of Study ............................................................................................................. 5 Graduate Programs ........................................................................................................... 6 Partnerships for Graduate Studies ..................................................................................... 6 Special Academic Programs ............................................................................................. 10 Study Abroad Programs ................................................................................................... 11 Hollins-Affiliated Study Abroad Programs and Exchanges ....................................... 12 Other Study Abroad Opportunities ............................................................................ 14 Horizon Program .............................................................................................................. 15 Academic Support Programs ........................................................................................... 17 Career Center ........................................................................................................... 17 Center for Learning Excellence ................................................................................ 17 Writing Center .................................................................................................... 17 Quantitative Reasoning (QR) Center ................................................................. 17 Eleanor D. Wilson Museum ...................................................................................... 18 Health and Counseling Services ............................................................................... 18 Information Technology ............................................................................................ 18 Wyndham Robertson Library .................................................................................... 19 Internships ....................................................................................................................... 19 Admission Guidelines ...................................................................................................... 21 Tuition and Fees .............................................................................................................. 25 Financial Aid .................................................................................................................... 30 Academic Regulations ...................................................................................................... 34 The General Education Program at Hollins ...................................................................... 34 Academic Honors ............................................................................................................ 43 Honor Societies ............................................................................................................... 44 Awards ............................................................................................................................. 45 Student Rights/Education Records .................................................................................. 48 Course Description Codes ............................................................................................... 49 General Education Codes ................................................................................................ 49 Undergraduate Courses ................................................................................................... 50 Faculty ........................................................................................................................... 245 Faculty Emeriti ............................................................................................................... 251 Board of Trustees .......................................................................................................... 253 Administrative Offices .................................................................................................... 254 Graduates ...................................................................................................................... 257 Index .............................................................................................................................. 261 1 Hollins University Calendar 2020-2021 (rev: 8/13/20, subject to revision) Fall Term New Students Check-In Sat-Tues Aug 22-25 New Student Orientation Sat-Sun Aug 22-30 Returning Students Arrive Wed-Sat Aug 26-29 Faculty Meeting Fri: Aug 28 Fall Classes Begin Mon: Aug 31 Labor Day (classes in session) Mon: Sept 7 Last Day to Add a Class (e-forms only) Mon: Sept 7 @ 4:30 PM Last Day to Declare P/F/AU (e-forms only) Mon: Sept 28 @ 4:30 PM Last Day to Drop w/out W grade (e-forms only) Mon: Sept 28 @ 4:30 PM Prelude to C3 Mon-Sat: Sept 28-Oct 3 Census Date Tues: Sept 29 Fall Graduation Date Thur: Oct 1 Last Day to Withdraw from a Class Mon: Oct 26 @ 4:30 PM Board of Trustees Meeting Thur-Sat: Oct 29-31 Short/Spring Term Advising (2 weeks) Mon-Fri: Oct 26-Nov 6 Spring Term Registration Begins Mon: Nov 9 Thanksgiving Recess (no classes) Mon-Fri: Nov 23-27 Remote instruction through last day of classes Mon-Fri: Nov 30-Dec 4 Reading Day Sat: Dec 5 Fall Term Examinations Sun-Thur: Dec 6-10 Winter Break Begins Fri: Dec 11 Grades Due Sun: Dec 13 Short Term Short Term Begins Mon: Jan 4 Last Day to Drop/Add Wed: Jan 6 Martin L. King Jr. Day (classes in session) Mon: Jan 18 Short Term Ends Fri: Jan 29 Grades due for short term seminars Fri: Feb 5 Grades due for internships, ind. studies Mon: Feb 22 Spring Term Registration & Drop/Add Tues: Feb 2 Classes Begin Wed: Feb 3 Last Day to Add a Class Wed: Feb 10 Last Day to Declare P/F/AU Wed: Feb 10 Last Day to Drop w/out W grade Wed: Feb 10 Presidents' Day (classes in session) Mon: Feb 15 Career Connections Conference (C3) Fri: Feb 19 Hollins Day Convocation Thur: Feb 25 Board of Trustees Meeting Thur-Sat: Feb 25-27 Last Day to Declare P/F/AU Wed: Mar 3 Last Day to Drop w/out W grade Wed: Mar 3 Spring Recess (no classes) Mon-Fri: Mar 22-26 Fall Term Advising Mon-Fri: Apr 19-23 Last Day to Withdraw from a Class Wed: Apr 7 Fall Term Registration Begins Mon: Apr 26 Honors Convocation Tues: May 4 Last Day of Classes Tues: May 11 Reading Day Wed: May 12 Spring Term Examinations Thur-Mon: May 13-17 Grades Due for Graduating Students Tues: May 18 Grades Due for Non-Graduating Students Thur: May 20 Commencement Sun: May 23 Memorial Day Mon: May 31 Board of Trustees Meeting Fri-Sun: May 21-23 Reunion Fri-Su: Jun 4-6 Summer Term Summer Term Begins Mon: Jun 21 Independence Day (classes in session) Sun: Jul 4 Summer Term Ends Fri: Jul 30 Grades Due Mon: Aug 9 HOLLINS AN OVERVIEW Hollins enrolls approximately 800 students, 668 in its undergraduate programs for women and 130 in coeducational graduate studies. Forty-three states and territories and more than 20 countries are represented in the student body. Students enjoy Hollins’ challenging and supportive academic environment and its focus on personal contact. In preparing students for career excellence in the physical sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, Hollins emphasizes a broad liberal arts curriculum that offers strong academic programs, superior teaching, and extensive study abroad, leadership, and internship opportunities. Undergraduates may choose from 33 majors with 16 concentrations and 31 minors. Hollins has long been recognized for the many highly regarded writers it has produced. This includes four Pulitzer Prize winners (Mary Wells Knight Ashworth, Henry Taylor, Annie Dillard, and Natasha Trethewey), and achievement that has earned Hollins the nickname “Pulitzer U.” Other well-known writers who have attended Hollins are beloved children’s book creator Margaret Wise Brown; Kiran Desai, the youngest-ever winner of the Man Booker Prize; and bestselling authors Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, Beth Macy, and Lee Smith. Hollins’ distinctions include a renowned graduate creative writing program; writer- and artist-in-residence programs; a January Short Term that enables students to pursue internships in careers around the globe, participate in travel/study programs, or focus intensely on an unusual course or project; one of the oldest study abroad programs in the country; a first-year seminar program; the Batten Leadership Institute, a program that offers executive-level training to undergraduates; and the Institute for Entrepreneurial Learning, which provides students with the resources needed to develop an entrepreneurial outlook across all disciplines. Hollins’ first coeducational graduate program was established in 1958. Today, a number of graduate programs serve men and women who want a graduate