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Postage Graham Hall, Box 667 P A I D Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943-0667 Permit No. 714 ACA Lynchburg, VA (800) 755-0733 (434) 223-6120 DE Fax (434) 223-6346 MI [email protected] WWW.HSC.EDU C CATALOGUE 2017–2018 • HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE ACADEMIC CATALOGUE FORMING GOOD MEN AND GOOD CITIZENS URLS.HSC.EDU/CATALOGUE 2017–2018 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. The contents of this catalogue represent accurate information available at the time of publication (July 2017). However, during the time covered by this issue, it is reasonable to expect changes to be made with respect to this information without prior notice. Records of changes are on file and available for examination in the Office of the Dean of Faculty. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACADEMIC CATALOGUE 2017–2018 Academic Calendar ........................... 3 Mathematics and Computer History of H-SC ................................. 4 Science ........................................ 92 Academic Program ........................... 7 Modern Lanuages ........................ 96 Course Offerings ............................. 39 Philosophy ................................. 104 Biology ......................................... 41 Physics and Astronomy ............. 106 Chemistry ..................................... 47 Psychology ................................ 110 Classics ....................................... 51 Religion ...................................... 114 Core Cultures ............................... 55 Rhetoric ...................................... 118 Economics and Business ............ 56 Admissions ................................... 121 English ......................................... 61 Expenses & Financial Aid .............. 127 Fine Arts ...................................... 69 Presidents and Trustees ............... 132 Government and Foreign Affairs . 76 Faculty ........................................... 134 History.......................................... 82 Administrative and Support Staff . 146 Honors ......................................... 89 Matters of Record ......................... 151 Interdisciplinary Studies .............. 90 Index .............................................. 174 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 2017 First Semester August 18 Friday Freshmen and transfers report 20 Sunday All other students report 21 Monday Classes begin 25 Friday Last day of Add Period September 1 Friday Last day of Drop Period without Record October 9 Monday No classes* 10 Tuesday No classes* 11 Wednesday Deficiency reports due in Registrar’s Office 20 Friday Last day of Drop Period with “W” 24 Tuesday Rhetoric Proficiency Examination 24 Tuesday Beginning of registration for spring semester November 2 Thursday Close of registration for spring courses 21 Tuesday Thanksgiving break begins after classes 27 Monday Classes resume December 1 Friday Last day of classes 2 Saturday Study day 3 Sunday Study day 4 Monday First day of final examinations** 6 Wednesday Study day 8 Friday Last day of final examinations Spring 2018 Second Semester January 13 Saturday New and transfer students report 14 Sunday All students report 15 Monday Classes begin 19 Friday Last day of Add Period 26 Friday Last day of Drop Period without Record March 2 Friday Spring break begins after classes 12 Monday Classes resume 14 Wednesday Deficiency reports due in Registrar’s Office 20 Tuesday Rhetoric Proficiency Examination 23 Friday Last day of Drop Period with a “W” 27 Tuesday Beginning of registration for fall semester April 3 Tuesday Close of registration for fall courses 27 Friday Last day of classes 28 Saturday Study day 29 Sunday Study day 30 Monday First day of final examinations** May 2 Wednesday Study day 4 Friday Last day of final examinations 12 Saturday Graduation * For students who wish to remain on campus on October 9 through 10, 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. These examinations cannot be moved to accommodate any other examinations. HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE The mission of Hampden-Sydney College Samuel Stanhope Smith, College of New Jersey has 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 Slate Hill plantation, accepted a gift action in Rich Mountain in West Virginia (July of one hundred acres for the College, elected 9-11, 1861), were captured, and were paroled by Trustees and named as President the Rev. General George B. McClellan on the condition history of the college 5 that they return to their studies. The College did M. Bortz III (2000-2009) was a period of the not close during the Civil War. greatest expansion of college facilities since the During the presidencies of Dr. Atkinson and 1960s/70s. The academic program was revised his successor, Dr. Richard McIlwaine, many