Lewis & Clark College Catalog 2009-10

Lewis & Clark College Catalog 2009-10 2 Lewis & Clark College 0615 S.W. Palatine Hill Road Portland, Oregon 97219-7899 U.S.A. www.lclark.edu General inquiries, 503-768-7000 Admissions, 503-768-7040 Admissions, toll-free 800-444-4111 President, 503-768-7680 Vice President and Provost, 503-768-7200 Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, 503-768-7100 Dean of Students, 503-768-7115 Registrar, 503-768-7325 Business and Finance, 503-768-7800 Lewis & Clark College is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Lewis & Clark is a member of the American Council on Education, the Association of American Colleges, the College Entrance Examination Board, and the Northwest Association of Private Colleges and Universities. Lewis & Clark is on the approved lists of the American Chemical Society and the American Association of University Women. Lewis & Clark College reserves the right to withdraw courses at any time, change the fees, change the rules and calendar regulating admission and graduation requirements, and change any other regulations affecting the student body. Changes shall become effec- tive whenever the proper authorities so determine and shall apply not only to prospective students but also to those who are matriculated in the College of Arts and Sciences at the time. The contents of this catalog are based on information available to the administration at the time of publication. Lewis & Clark College adheres to a nondiscriminatory policy with respect to employ- ment, enrollment, and program. Lewis & Clark does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap or disability, sexual orientation, or marital status and has a firm commitment to promote the letter and spirit of all equal opportunity and civil rights laws, including Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and their implementing regulations. Questions or complaints regarding Lewis & Clark’s equal opportunity policies and practices may be directed to the vice president and provost at 503-768-7200. Complaints of discrimination or harassment by faculty or staff may be directed to the contact persons for discrimination and harassment complaints, the appropriate dean, or the director of human resources, in accordance with the Discrimination and Harassment Complaint Procedure posted on our website. Disability-related reasonable accommodation requests for academic or residence living matters may be directed to the director of student support services at 503-768-7156. Questions about the Americans With Disabilities Act or reasonable accommodation requests by faculty or staff may be directed to David Ellis, acting director of human resources, at 503-768-7691. The security of all members of the campus community is of vital concern to Lewis & Clark College. Information about safety advice, the enforcement authority of the Office of Campus Safety, policies concerning the reporting of any crimes that may occur on campus, and crime statistics for the most recent three-year period may be requested from the Office of Campus Safety by calling 503-768-7855 or visiting www.lclark.edu/about/campus_safety. © 2009 Lewis & Clark College. All rights reserved. 3 Mathematical Sciences 156 Contents Music 166 Lewis & Clark College 5 Overseas and Off-Campus Programs 180 History of Lewis & Clark 6 Philosophy 183 Mission of Lewis & Clark 7 Physical Education and Athletics 189 Physics 191 Academic Information 9 Political Economy 198 Academic Calendar 10 Political Science 199 The Liberal Arts 11 Pre-Law 208 Program of Study 12 Pre-Medicine/Pre-Health 209 Graduation Requirements 12 Psychology 209 Policies and Procedures 18 Religious Studies 216 Sociology and Anthropology 223 Programs of Study 37 Theatre 234 Academic Departments, Majors, Minors, and Programs: General Information 247 Academic English Studies 38 Academic Services and Resources 248 Art 41 Student Services, Resources, and Biochemistry and Programs 249 Molecular Biology 51 Cocurricular Opportunities 253 Biology 53 Admission 256 Chemistry 60 Costs 260 Classical Studies 67 Student Financial Services 266 Communication 70 Financial Resources 273 Computer Science 77 Campus Buildings 281 Core 77 East Asian Studies 78 Faculty, Administrators, Economics 82 Board of Trustees 289 Education 91 Engineering 92 College Profile 305 English 94 English as a Second Language Campus Map 313 (see Academic English Studies) Environmental Studies 103 Index 319 Ethnic Studies 108 Foreign Languages and Literatures 111 Gender Studies 131 Geological Science 134 History 135 International Affairs 147 Latin American Studies 155 Lewis & Clark College 6 History of Lewis & Clark History of Lewis & Clark Lewis & Clark’s journey from pioneer vision to premier institution of higher education began 60 miles south of present-day Portland. In 1867, the Presbytery of Oregon—desiring “an institution of learning in which shall be taught all the branches of a complete college education”—secured a charter from the state legislature. The church partnered with Albany to fund and build a two-story building on the town’s College Square site. Albany Collegiate Institute was born. The school educated women and men equally within a common curriculum that focused on the classics and traditional courses. The first class graduated in 1873. In 1905 the trustees officially adopted the name Albany College, transferred ownership to the Synod of Oregon, and established the bachelor of arts degree. In 1934 the institution opened a lower-division extension in Portland. Enrollment grew so rapidly on the extension campus that in 1938 the trustees voted to move all operations to Oregon’s urban center. They persuaded Morgan Odell, a widely respected scholar of religion and philosophy at Occidental College, to assume the presiden- cy of the institution in 1941. The following year, through a gift-sale made possible by the generosity of the Lloyd Frank family, the trustees acquired a tract of 63 acres in Portland’s southwest hills. The deeply forested landscape was home to Fir Acres, a grand estate developed in the 1920s by Lloyd Frank and designed by Herman Brookman. To mark the transformation made possible by the acquisition, the trustees sought a new name. They unanimously selected Lewis & Clark College as a “symbol of the pioneering spirit that had made and main- tained the College,” thereby grounding the future of the institution in a heritage of exploration and discovery. In the decades that followed, Lewis & Clark enhanced its undergraduate studies, added a law school, and refined graduate programs in education and counseling. From the Fir Acres campus—now known as the undergraduate campus—the College of Arts and Sciences has launched innovative academic and experiential initiatives such as its overseas and off- campus study program, gender studies program, international studies, collaborative research between faculty and students, rigorous interdis- ciplinary studies, and student-initiated projects—funded by student fees—in the arts, sciences, and humanities. Lewis & Clark’s law school, founded in Portland in 1884 as the state’s law school, reorganized as the private Northwestern College of Law in 1915. In 1965 the school merged with Lewis & Clark and was renamed Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College. Soon after, the law school built a new campus just west of the undergraduate campus. During the 1970s, the law school emerged from the position of a highly respected regional institution to that of national promi- nence, distinguished for its legal education, research, and service. Mission of Lewis & Clark 7 Lewis & Clark has educated teachers since its earliest days, and in 1984 postgraduate programs in education, counseling psychology, and public administration were consolidated into what is now the Graduate School of Education and Counseling. The public administration program was transferred to Portland State University in 1996. In 2000, Lewis & Clark purchased from the Sisters of St. Francis an 18-acre estate immediately south of the undergraduate campus. It is now home to the graduate school, which develops thoughtful leaders, innovative decision makers, and agents of positive change in the fields of education and counseling. In 2004 the school initiated a program leading to a doctorate in educational leadership, and the first cohort received degrees in 2007. In 1966, almost 100 years after Albany Collegiate Institute was chartered, Lewis & Clark and the Synod of Oregon agreed to sever their formal bonds. While affirming its historic ties to the Presbyterian Church, Lewis & Clark became an independent institution with a self- perpetuating board of trustees. Four presidents have succeeded Morgan Odell. John Howard was president from 1960 to 1981, James Gardner from 1981 to 1989, and Michael Mooney from 1989 to 2003. Thomas Hochstettler became president in 2004. Today, as global thinkers and leaders, Lewis & Clark students, faculty, alumni, and staff thrive as they explore new ways of knowing, develop innovative collaborations, and strengthen civic leadership. In doing this they embrace and promote the shared objectives that draw the College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Education and Counseling, and the School of Law to a common endeavor, and that form Lewis & Clark’s official motto: Explorare, Discere, Sociare (to explore, to learn, to work together). Mission of Lewis & Clark The mission of Lewis & Clark is to know the traditions of the liberal arts, to test their boundaries through ongoing exploration, and to hand on to successive generations the tools and discoveries of this quest. By these means the institution pursues the aims of all liberal learning: to seek knowledge for its own sake and to prepare for civic leadership. Lewis & Clark carries out this mission through undergraduate programs in the arts and sciences and postgraduate programs in the closely related professions of education, counseling, and law. Lewis & Clark mounts these programs as both separately valid and mutually sup- portive enterprises.

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