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Catalog 2008-09 DePauw University Catalog 2008-09 Preamble ...............................................................................................2 Section I: The University .....................................................................3 Section II: Graduation Requirements ...................................................8 Section III: Majors, Minors, Courses .................................................14 School of Music......................................................................18 College of Liberal Arts ...........................................................30 Graduate Programs in Education..........................................136 Section IV: Academic Policies .........................................................138 Section V: The DePauw Experience.................................................159 Section VI Campus Living ...............................................................176 Section VII: Admission, Expenses, Financial Aid ...........................184 Section VIII: University Personnel ..................................................196 This is a PDF copy of the official DePauw University Catalog, 2008-09, which is available at http://www.depauw.edu/catalog. This reproduction was created on September 15, 2008. Contact: Dr. Ken Kirkpatrick Registrar DePauw University 313 S. Locust St. Greencastle, IN 46135 [email protected] 765-658-4141 Preamble to the Catalog Accuracy of Catalog Information Every effort has been made to ensure that information in this catalog is accurate at the time of publication. However, this catalog should not be construed as a contract between the University and any person. The policies contained herein are subject to change following established University procedures. They may be applied to students currently enrolled as long as students have access to notice of changes and, in matters affecting graduation, have time to comply with the changes. Student expenses, such as tuition and room and board, are determined each year in January. Failure to read this bulletin does not excuse students from the requirements and regulations herein. Equal Opportunity Policy DePauw University, in affirmation of its commitment to excellence, endeavors to provide equal opportunity for all individuals in its hiring, promotion, compensation and admission procedures. Institutional decisions regarding hiring, promotion, compensation and admission will be based upon a person's qualifications and/or performance without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, gender, gender identity or gender expression, except where religion, gender, or national origin is a bona fide occupational qualification. DePauw University's goals and commitments are best served if the institution reflects the diversity of our society; hence, DePauw seeks diversity in all areas and levels of employment and abides by all local, state, and federal regulations concerning equal employment opportunities. The University admits, hires and promotes individuals upon their qualities and merits. North Central Association (NCA) The public is invited to submit comments about the University. Mail to: Public Comment on DePauw University Commission on Institututions of Higher Education North Central Association of Colleges and Schools 30 North LaSallee Street Suite 2400 Chicago, IL 60602 DePauw Web site: www.depauw.edu [email protected] - ©2000-2008 DePauw University DePauw University P.O. Box 37 Greencastle, IN 46135-0037 (765) 658-4800 Section I: The University A DePauw Education Nationally recognized for a distinctive liberal arts approach that links intellectual rigor with life's work, DePauw University prepares graduates who creatively address the challenges of the world. DePauw is a coeducational, residential liberal arts institution. The University offers a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences. In addition, there are three degree options within the School of Music. Beginning in 2007-08, DePauw will offer a Masters degree in teaching (MAT). The study of the liberal arts provides a foundation for a lifetime of learning, intellectual challenge and personal growth. At DePauw, it allows students to explore widely and come to appreciate how different ways of knowing may interact, yet it also encourages sustained and focused inquiry. Through the program of general education, students not only learn about, but also participate in, a variety of artistic, humanistic and scientific endeavors. Majors encourage students to understand what it means to master a subject or area of knowledge. A DePauw education means more than gathering knowledge. It emphasizes critical thinking, problem-solving, interpretation, learning through experience and learning through reflection. Along with developing ideas, it emphasizes expressing them articulately and distinctively in speaking and writing. The liberal arts curriculum is dynamic and incorporates emerging fields as well as interdisciplinary approaches to ideas, culture and human experience. A DePauw education asserts that developing a global perspective and an appreciation and tolerance for a more diverse society are vital for living in an increasingly interdependent world. Since its founding by frontier Methodists, DePauw has sought to foster moral reflection and humane values among its students. Its strong tradition of service to humanity – whether in the Greencastle community or around the world – manifests its belief that moral engagement and civic responsibility should guide our actions and commitments. DePauw is a place where world leaders discuss the issues of the day. Speakers on campus have included former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev; retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Colin L. Powell; former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; former First Lady Barbara Bush; former West German Chancellor and Nobel Prize winner (the late) Willy Brandt; former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley; former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney; civil rights leaders Jesse Jackson and Julian Bond; Nobel Prize winners, including Holocaust writer Elie Weisel, physicist Leon Lederman and DePauw alumnus Dr. Ferid Murad; journalists Bernard Shaw and George Will; novelists, including Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner Toni Morrison, Roger Wilkins and alumna Barbara Kingsolver; retired Apollo 13 astronaut James A. Lovell Jr.; and important voices in the marketplace of ideas, such as former U.S. Secretary of Education and drug czar William Bennett, magazine publisher and presidential candidate Malcolm S. Forbes Jr., educator and social critic Jonathan Kozol, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author James B. Stewart, an alumnus. It is a place for theater and debate, self-expression and self-understanding, art exhibits and musical recitals, student publications and media productions. As a residential college, DePauw fosters learning in how to build and govern a community. Students occupy many positions of responsibility in living units and campus organizations, and DePauw is deeply committed to realizing the ideals of civic responsibility in itself as a community. Among these ideals are the inclusion of diversity and respect for difference so that all can be members of the community without all being alike. DePauw is a place for activity. Its variety of intercollegiate and intramural sports and recreation programs invites every student's participation and promotes an active, healthy life. Finally, DePauw is a place where the intellect is challenged by experience. Through internships, off-campus study and research projects, DePauw students enrich the classroom with practice and application. Much of DePauw's reputation for excellence can be attributed to the uncommon success of its alumni. DePauw graduates have distinguished themselves in the arts, business, education, government, journalism, law, medicine, music, science and many other fields. DePauw University Mission Statement DePauw University, a residential liberal arts college, provides a diverse learning and living community which is distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and international and experiential learning opportunities. DePauw teaches its students values and habits of mind which serve them throughout their lives as each of them makes a positive difference as an active citizen of the world. (adopted by the Board of Trustees in January, 2006) GO TO TOP A DePauw Education The Purpose and Aims of DePauw History of the University Accreditation Campus Facilities The Purpose and Aims of DePauw (An institutional statement approved by the faculty.) DePauw University stands today as a prime example of the independent liberal arts college which has served its state and nation in the best traditions of American educational institutions. It views the normal four-year period of college as a foundation for a lifetime of continued learning and growth. Therefore, while it stresses particular patterns of prevocational and pre-professional learning, it does so in the context of a commitment to an examination of values, a pursuit of heightened aptitude in critical thinking and the establishment of a sufficiently broad base of general learning to constitute a foundation for living with meaning as well as making a living. DePauw reaffirms its commitment to academic excellence, growth in personal and social awareness and preparation for leadership. The general intellectual aims of the University are to seek truth
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