ACADEMIC CATALOGUE urls.hsc.edu/catalogue 2021–2022 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. This Academic Catalogue was prepared on the basis of the best information available at the time of publication (July 2021). Hampden-Sydney College, by or through its various departments, may unilaterally amend, supplement, or revoke any of the provisions, statements, policies, curricula, procedures, fees or dates set forth in this Catalogue at any time without prior notice. Such changes are within the College’s sole discretion and may be based on student interest, teaching capacity, fluctuations in financial resources and/or a variety of other educational and financial factors. Therefore, the inclusion of a course, offering or other program in this Catalogue is not a promise that such course, offering or other program will be available to those students wishing to participate. Statements in this Catalogue do not constitute an actual or implied contract between the College and any of its students. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACADEMIC CATALOGUE 2021–2022 Academic Calendar ........................... 3 Mathematics and Computer History of H-SC ................................. 4 Science ........................................ 96 Academic Program ........................... 7 Modern Languages .................... 100 Course Offerings ............................. 41 Philosophy ................................. 108 Biology ......................................... 43 Physics and Astronomy ............. 111 Chemistry ..................................... 49 Psychology ................................ 115 Classics ....................................... 53 Religion ...................................... 120 Core Cultures ............................... 57 Rhetoric ...................................... 125 Economics and Business ............ 58 Admission ..................................... 127 English ......................................... 63 Expenses & Financial Aid .............. 131 Fine Arts ...................................... 71 Presidents and Trustees ............... 139 Government and Foreign Affairs . 78 Faculty ........................................... 142 History.......................................... 84 Administrative and Support Staff . 154 Honors ......................................... 92 Matters of Record ......................... 159 Interdisciplinary Studies .............. 93 Index .............................................. 176 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 2021 First Semester August 19 Thursday Freshmen and transfers report 22 Sunday All other students report 23 Monday Classes begin 27 Friday Last day of Add Period September 3 Friday Last day of Drop Period without Record October 11 Monday No classes* 12 Tuesday No classes* 13 Wednesday Deficiency reports due in Registrar’s Office 19 Tuesday Rhetoric Proficiency Examination 22 Friday Last day of Drop Period with “W” 26 Tuesday Beginning of registration for the spring semester November 23 Tuesday Thanksgiving break begins after classes 29 Monday Classes resume December 3 Friday Last day of classes 4 Saturday Study day 5 Sunday Study day 6 Monday First day of final examinations 8 Wednesday Study day 11 Saturday Last day of final examinations Spring 2022 Second Semester January 15 Saturday New and transfer students report 16 Sunday All students report 17 Monday Classes begin 21 Friday Last day of Add Period 28 Friday Last day of Drop Period without Record March 2 Wednesday Deficiency reports due in Registrar’s Office 4 Friday Spring break begins after classes 14 Monday Classes resume 18 Friday Last day of Drop Period with a “W” 22 Tuesday Rhetoric Proficiency Examination 22 Tuesday Beginning of registration for the fall semester April 29 Friday Last day of classes 30 Saturday Study day May 1 Sunday Study day 2 Monday First day of final examinations 4 Wednesday Study day 7 Saturday Last day of final examinations 14 Saturday Graduation * For students who wish to remain on campus on October 11 and 12, 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. Rhetoric 100, 101, and 102 final essay examinations will be held in the evening on the last Tuesday of classes. HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE The mission of Hampden-Sydney College has secured an adequate subscription of funds and been, since stated by its Founders in 1775, an enrollment of 110 students. Intending to “to form good men and good citizens.” In model the new college after his alma mater, he continuous operation since the first classes were journeyed to Princeton to secure the first faculty held on November 10, 1775, the College is one and visited Philadelphia to enlist support and of the oldest institutions of higher learning in to purchase a library and scientific apparatus. the United States and holds the oldest (1783) Students and faculty gathered for the opening of private charter in the South. the first winter term on November 10, 1775. The first president, Samuel Stanhope Smith The College matured physically and (1775–1779), chose the name Hampden- academically through the first half of the Sydney to symbolize devotion to the principles nineteenth century. Jonathan P. Cushing of representative government and full civil and (1821–1835) oversaw the move from the religious freedom, which the Englishmen John College’s original buildings to “New College,” Hampden (1594–1643) and Algernon Sydney now Cushing Hall. Union Theological Seminary (1622–1683) had supported and for (now Union Presbyterian Seminary) was founded which they had given their lives. They at Hampden-Sydney in 1822 and occupied were widely invoked as hero-martyrs the current Venable Hall and the south end by American colonial patriots, and of the present campus until its relocation their names immediately associated to Richmond in 1898. The Medical the College with the cause of College of Virginia (now the Virginia independence championed by Patrick Commonwealth University School of Henry, James Madison, and the Medicine) was opened in Richmond other less well-known but equally in 1838 as the medical department vigorous patriots who comprised the of Hampden-Sydney College. College’s first Board of Trustees. The Civil War and its aftermath The first students committed themselves were difficult years for Hampden- to the revolutionary effort, organized a Sydney. The longest-tenured of militia-company, drilled regularly, and went its presidents, J. M. P. Atkinson, off to the defense of Williamsburg Algernon Sydney (top) served from before the war through in 1777 and Petersburg in 1778. John Hampden (above) Reconstruction (1857–1883). He Their uniform was a hunting-shirt, performed the remarkable feat of dyed purple with the juice of pokeberries, and keeping the College open and solvent, while gray trousers. Garnet and gray were adopted upholding academic standards. as the College’s colors when sports teams were Once again, at the outset of war the student introduced in the 19th century. body organized a company. These men, officially The College, first proposed in 1771, was mustered as Company G, 20th Virginia formally organized in February 1775, when the Regiment, “The Hampden-Sidney Boys,” saw Presbytery of Hanover, meeting at Nathaniel action in Rich Mountain in West Virginia (July Venable’s Slate Hill plantation, accepted a gift of 9–11, 1861), were captured, and were paroled by 100 acres for the College, elected Trustees and General George B. McClellan on the condition named as President the Rev. Samuel Stanhope that they return to their studies. The College did Smith, College of New Jersey (Princeton) not close during the Civil War. Class of 1769. Within only ten months, Smith history of the college 5 During the presidencies of Dr. Atkinson liberal arts college recognized