2016-2017 Undergraduate Academic Catalog
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2016-2017 UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC CATALOG WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE 2016-2017 Academic Catalog TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ............................................................................4 German .................................................................................49 Expenses ................................................................................6 Greek ....................................................................................50 Financial Aid ..........................................................................8 History..................................................................................50 Admissions ...........................................................................12 Honors Program ...................................................................53 Academic Policies ................................................................14 Human Social Services ........................................................53 Academic Program ...............................................................17 Interdisciplinary Majors .......................................................54 General Education ................................................................18 Marine Biology ....................................................................54 Programs of Study................................................................19 Mathematics .........................................................................55 Accounting ...........................................................................20 Media Design .......................................................................58 Anthropology .......................................................................21 Music....................................................................................58 Art ........................................................................................22 Nursing .................................................................................65 Biochemistry ........................................................................25 Philosophy............................................................................68 Biology .................................................................................26 Physical Education ...............................................................70 Business Administration ......................................................29 Physics .................................................................................72 Chemistry .............................................................................30 Political Science ...................................................................74 China Studies .......................................................................33 Psychology ...........................................................................74 College Seminars .................................................................34 Sociology .............................................................................76 Communication ....................................................................34 Spanish .................................................................................76 Communicative Arts ............................................................36 Sport and Exercise Science ..................................................78 Computer Science ................................................................36 Theatre .................................................................................78 Digital Cinema and Media....................................................38 Theology ..............................................................................81 Earth-Space Science .............................................................39 Presidents Cabinet ................................................................84 Education .............................................................................40 Board of Regents ..................................................................84 English .................................................................................47 Faculty ..................................................................................85 Geography ............................................................................49 WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE INTRODUCTION Marvin M. Schwan Library was completed and dedicated to the __________________________________________________________________________________ glory of God. In July of 1991, after two years of negotiation with the City of Wauwatosa, construction began on the college’s second Each college has its separate character – a uniqueness which sets new building, the Recreation Complex. The REX was dedicated it apart from other colleges. Consider the religious heritage and on September 12, 1992. A third building, the Center for Arts and commitment, the nature of the community in which it resides, the Performance, was completed in 1996, and the Campus Center was mission, the size, its faculty and students, its vision and its dreams, finished and dedicated in 1998. Two much needed residence halls and an image of its character emerges. Wisconsin Lutheran College is were constructed and dedicated on September 9, 2000. After two years one of those very special Christian colleges combining the excitement of additional negotiation with the City of Wauwatosa and neighbors, and vitality of a large metropolitan area with the seriousness of construction began on the Science Hall which was dedicated on helping students to understand more fully the Scriptural implications September 11, 2004. In February of 2004 the college purchased 26 for their lives, as well as the world in which they live. acres of land in the northwest quadrant of the Milwaukee County Grounds as a site for its new outdoor athletic complex. Warrior Fields History was dedicated on September 10, 2005. When a handful of dedicated Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod members gathered to organize this liberal arts college in Dr. Gary Greenfield, who served as the college’s first President for 28 the early 1970s, they had little more than strong faith in God and years, retired in June of 2003. Dr. Timothy Kriewall was inaugurated great determination. They had no facilities and no faculty, yet they as the second president on September 7, 2003, and retired in June proceeded. By the grace of God they opened this infant college in the of 2008. Dr. Daniel Johnson accepted the call to be the third full- fall of 1973 with a part-time faculty and two dozen students. It wasn’t time president of Wisconsin Lutheran College in July 2008 and was until two years later that the school had its first full-time president. inaugurated on April 24, 2009. The year 1977 was memorable at Wisconsin Lutheran College. In the summer 2009, the college initiated planning for the addition of God showed how marvelously He works. The school purchased an adult accelerated degree completion program. The new program facilities; five complete buildings, an 8.5-acre campus, and a enrolled its first cohort of ten students in March 2010. complex set of plans that allowed for growth and development. In 1982, the college reached another milestone when it purchased the In 2010, the college was granted authority to award the Master of entire academic library from Milton College. Volunteers moved and Arts in Education degree. God’s abundant grace has been evident installed this 60,000 volume library. In 1983, the college purchased throughout the years at Wisconsin Lutheran College. And always, to and installed the science laboratory furnishings of the University of God be the glory. Wisconsin Center at Medford, again largely through the cooperation of volunteers. These major additions helped the college pursue its Identity dream of becoming a four-year college. Wisconsin Lutheran College is a four-year liberal arts college affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. It is After careful study, the faculty and administration submitted a located in Milwaukee. The college has a two-semester academic year comprehensive curriculum plan to the Board of Regents describing and awards the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of a complete four-year program of study in eleven majors with fifteen Science in Nursing degrees with liberal arts and professional majors minors. In 1984, the Board of Regents approved the program for and several pre-professional programs. implementation in the fall of 1985 with the addition of the junior class. The evaluation team from North Central Association of Colleges and Schools concurred with the Board’s decision and agreed that Purpose the necessary planning and resources existed to enable Wisconsin Wisconsin Lutheran College is a Christian school of higher education Lutheran College to move toward accreditation as a baccalaureate offering a program in the arts and sciences. Realizing that in Chris degree-granting institution. "are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge," the college integrates God’s truths into every discipline, helping students relate The Board of Regents then began extensive master site planning to their faith to life in today’s world. Its primary purpose is to provide ensure that the facilities required for a four-year college could be higher education for students interested in the arts and sciences taught constructed at the present site. In July of 1985 an eighteen room within