HAVERFORD COLLEGE CATALOG 2006-2007 1 HAVERFORD COLLEGE ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2006-2007 SEMESTER I August 30 First year and transfer students arrive September 2-3 Returning students arrive September 3 Non-academic registration September 4 Labor Day; classes begin at Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore September 8 Last day to uncover NNG — CR/NO CR from previous semester September 12 Final academic verification at Haverford and Bryn Mawr September 12 Last day to register for the Class of 2010 September 22 Last day to request NNG — CR/NO CR at Haverford and Bryn Mawr September 22 Last day to drop a credit at Haverford and Bryn Mawr October 13 Fall break begins at 4:00 p.m. October 23 Classes resume at 8:30 a.m. October 27 End of half-semester courses October 27-29 Family Weekend and Homecoming October 30-November 3 Faculty reports of concern due to CSSP November 3 Academic flexibility proposals due November 16-17 Registration for spring semester November 22 Thanksgiving break begins at 4:00 p.m. November 27 Classes resume at 8:30 a.m. December 15 Classes end at Haverford; optional Reading Day December 15 All papers (except those in lieu of exams) due December 16-17 Reading Period December 18-22 Final examinations for all students through Friday at 12:00 noon December 22 Semester I ends at 12:00 noon January 5 Final grades due in Registrar's Office by 12:00 noon 2 SEMESTER II January 22 Classes begin at Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore January 26 Last day to uncover NNG — CR/NO CR from previous semester January 30 Final academic verification at Haverford and Bryn Mawr February 9 Last day to request NNG — CR/NO CR at Haverford and Bryn Mawr February 9 Last day to drop a credit at Haverford and Bryn Mawr March 9 End of half-semester courses March 9 Spring break begins at 4:00 p.m. March 19 Classes resume at 8:30 a.m. March 19-23 Faculty reports of concern due to CSSP March 23 Academic flexibility proposals due April 20 Returning students' financial aid applications due April 19-20 Registration for Semester I, 2006 April 20 Sophomore Major Work Plans due in Registrar's Office May 4 Classes end at Haverford and Bryn Mawr May 4 All papers (except those in lieu of exams) and lab notebooks due May 5-8 Reading Period — self-scheduled exams may only be taken on Monday and Tuesday May 7-9 Senior comprehensive examinations May 9-12 Final examinations for seniors through Saturday at 5:00 p.m. May 14 Senior grades due in the Registrar's Office by 5:00 p.m. May 9-18 Final examinations for underclassmen through Friday at 12:00 noon May 18 Semester II ends at Noon May 20 Commencement — in the morning at Haverford; in the afternoon at Bryn Mawr May 25 Final grades due in the Registrar's Office by 12:00 noon June 1-3 Alumni Weekend 3 CONTENTS The College 6 Statement of Purpose; History; Facilities Curriculum and Requirements for the Degree 18 Guidelines for Liberal Education; First-Year Writing Requirement; Foreign Language Requirement; Social Justice Requirement; Distribution Requirements; Quantitative Requirement; Departmental Major Requirement; Special Majors; Credit Requirement; Physical Education Requirement; Areas of Concentration; Minors Academic Regulations 24 First-Year Program; Registration Procedures and Policies; Course Load and Credit; No Numerical Grade Option (Pass/Fail); Course Changes; Repeating Courses; Laboratory/No Laboratory Courses; Independent Study Courses; Course Intensification; Year-Long Courses; Continuing in a Failed Course; Auditing a Course; Course Limits at Cooperating Institutions; Continuing Students; Grading and Grading Regulations; Deadlines; Extensions and Incompletes; Class Attendance; Graduation Honors; Residency and Other Requirements for the Degree; Monitoring Academic Performance Special Academic Programs 34 Intercollegiate Cooperation; Academic Flexibility Program; Post-Graduate Study; International Study; 3/2 Engineering Program; Study at Other American Colleges; Independent Study While Not in Residence; Summer Study at Another Institution; Advanced Placement Credit; Leaves of Absence; Dean's Leave; College Leave Courses of Instruction 43 List of Departments; Numbering System and Symbols; The Centers; Departmental Descriptions: Africana and African Studies, Anthropology, Arabic, Archaeology, Arts Program, Astronomy, Athletic Department, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biology, Chemistry, Classics, Comparative Literature, Computer Science, East Asian Studies, Chinese Language, Japanese Language, Economics, Education and Educational Studies, English, Fine Arts, French and French Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Geology, German and German Studies, Growth and Structure of Cities, Hebrew and Judaic Studies, History, History of Art, Independent College Programs, Italian, Latin American and Iberian Studies, Linguistics, Mathematics, Mathematical Economics, Music, Neural and Behavioral Science, Peace and Conflict Studies, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Romance Languages, Russian, Sociology, Spanish, Writing Program 4 Student Services and Activities 321 Residence Halls and Dining; Health Program; Counseling and Psychological Services; Office of Disabilities Services; Career Development Office; Writing Center; Women's Center; Eighth Dimension; Office of Multicultural Affairs; Student Government; Committee System; Honor System; Extracurricular Organizations and Publications Admission 329 Admission Information; Transfer Students; International Students; Advanced Standing; Expenses; Payment Plans; Refunds; Financial Aid; New Students; Returning Students; Further Information; Rate of Graduation Scholarship Funds; Fellowships and Prizes 335 Scholarship Funds; Phi Beta Kappa; Endowed Fellowships for Haverford Graduates; Prizes and Awards Safety and Security 359 Our Commitment to Safety; Crime Statistics and Rates; Physical Plant; Fire Safety; Access to Buildings; Housing Information; Screening and Discipline Faculty and Administration 364 Faculty; Academic Council; Senior Staff; Administration and Professional Staff; Special Appointments; College Visitors on Special Funds; Corporation Officers and Board of Managers; The Executive Committee of The Alumni Association Supplemental Information 400 Directory for Correspondence; Index; Campus Map 5 THE COLLEGE Statement of Purpose 7 History 8 Facilities 9 6 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE Haverford College is committed to providing a liberal arts education in the broadest sense. This education, based on a rich academic curriculum at its core, is distinguished by a commit- ment to excellence and a concern for individual growth. Haverford has chosen to remain small and to foster close student/faculty relationships to achieve these objectives. The College's rigorous academic program is flexible in form and content to meet the needs of individual students, and rests on the assumption that the able students who come here will use their capacities fully. Haverford's faculty is noted for its strength in both scholarship and teaching, and its members expect to transmit to students their enthusiasm and high standards. The faculty members are teaching at an undergraduate college of arts and sciences by choice and they expect to learn, as well as to teach, in this close relationship with undergraduates. The full resources of the College, in and out of the classroom, are designed to promote the personal and intellectual growth of students. Through an ambitious program of visiting lectur- ers and cultural activities, a conscious effort to recruit faculty and students representing diverse backgrounds and perspectives, student self-governance and service programs, an athletic program focused on participation and the scholar-athlete, and through day-to-day living in a residential community, the College seeks to broaden and enrich each person's development. Students are asked to give of themselves, even as they draw new strength from others. We seek to foster the pursuit of excellence and a sense of individual and collective responsibility throughout the entire environment. Haverford strives to be a college in which integrity, honesty, and concern for others are dominant forces. The College does not have as many formal rules or as much formal supervi- sion as most other colleges; rather it offers an opportunity for students to govern their affairs and conduct themselves with respect and concern for others. Each student is expected to adhere to the Honor Code as it is adopted each year by the Students' Association. Haverford College, while a non-sectarian institution, has Quaker origins which inform many aspects of the life of the College. They help to make Haverford the special college that it is, where the excellence of its academic program is deepened by its spiritual, moral, and ethical dimensions. These show most clearly in the close relationship among members of the campus community, in the emphasis on integrity, in the interaction of the individual and the community, and in the College's concern for the uses to which its students put their expanding knowledge. 7 HISTORY Haverford was founded in 1833 as Haverford School by a group of New York and Phila- delphia Quakers. It is the oldest institution of higher education with Quaker origins in North America. Initially the school was more of an academy than a college and provided a "guarded education [as well as] an enlarged and liberal system of instruction." A seven-member faculty educated 21 Quaker boys in Greek, Latin, natural and moral philosophy, mathematics, and literature in that first year.