Lafayette College Catalog 2013 - 2014 INTRODUCTION Contents Engineering.................................................... 111 Contents ............................................................ 1 A.B. in International Studies/B.S. Engineering ............................................... 112 Introduction ...................................................... 2 Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering ...... 113 Mission Statement............................................. 2 Civil and Environmental Engineering............ 116 Profile ............................................................... 2 Electrical and Computer Engineering ............ 121 Vision ............................................................... 3 Engineering Studies ....................................... 126 History .............................................................. 3 Mechanical Engineering ................................ 128 Lafayette Today ................................................ 4 English/Theater .............................................. 134 Diversity and Inclusiveness Statement .............. 4 Environmental Science and Studies ............... 144 Accreditation..................................................... 5 Film and Media Studies ................................. 148 Foreign Languages and Literatures ................ 150 Geology and Environmental Geosciences ..... 165 Academic Programs .......................................... 6 Government & Law and Foreign Language... 170 Degrees ............................................................. 6 Government and Law .................................... 170 Graduation Requirements ................................. 6 History ........................................................... 178 The Major ....................................................... 11 International Affairs....................................... 188 The Minor/Certificate ..................................... 11 International Economics and Commerce ....... 190 Five-Year, Two-Degree Programs .................. 12 Mathematics .................................................. 190 Attendance and Standing ................................ 12 Mathematics and Economics ......................... 196 Course Registration......................................... 14 Military Science ............................................. 196 Advising.......................................................... 17 Music ............................................................. 199 Academic Services .......................................... 18 Neuroscience ................................................. 205 Part-Time Studies ........................................... 19 Philosophy ..................................................... 207 Honors ............................................................ 20 Physics ........................................................... 210 Special Academic Opportunities ..................... 27 Policy Studies ................................................ 215 Library Resources ........................................... 31 Psychology .................................................... 216 Information Technology Services ................... 32 Religion and Politics ...................................... 221 Religious Studies ........................................... 222 Admissions and Costs ..................................... 33 Russian and East European Studies ............... 227 Admissions ..................................................... 33 Women's and Gender Studies ........................ 228 Preparation ...................................................... 33 Interdisciplinary Studies ................................ 231 Advanced Placement ....................................... 33 Interim Session/On Campus .......................... 234 Transfer Students ............................................ 34 Interim Session/Study Abroad ....................... 235 International Students ..................................... 34 Fees ................................................................. 35 The Board of Trustees 2013-2014 ................. 242 Trustees Emeriti 2013-2014........................... 243 Courses and Majors ........................................ 38 First-Year Seminar .......................................... 38 Faculty ........................................................... 245 Values and Science/Technology Seminar ....... 57 Faculty Emeriti .............................................. 255 Africana Studies .............................................. 70 American Studies ............................................ 73 Anthropology and Sociology .......................... 76 Officers of Administration ............................. 258 Art ................................................................... 83 Asian Studies .................................................. 90 Index .............................................................. 271 Biochemistry ................................................... 91 Biology ........................................................... 91 Non-Discrimination Policy ............................ 273 Chemistry........................................................ 97 Disclaimer...................................................... 273 Computer Science ......................................... 101 Equity in Athletics Disclosure ....................... 273 Economics .................................................... 103 Education ...................................................... 110 1 INTRODUCTION Introduction The College's curriculum is distinguished by MISSION STATEMENT the rare combination, on an undergraduate campus, of degree programs in the liberal In an environment that fosters the free arts and in engineering. Students who come exchange of ideas, Lafayette College seeks to Lafayette may choose among a range of to nurture the inquiring mind and to integrate disciplinary and interdisciplinary courses intellectual, social, and personal growth. The and pursue the Bachelor of Arts degree in 31 College strives to develop students' skills of fields or the Bachelor of Science degree in critical thinking, verbal communication, and nine fields of science and four fields of quantitative reasoning and their capacity for engineering. Those who pursue professional creative endeavor; it encourages students to career preparation do so within programs examine the traditions of their own culture rooted in and enriched by the liberal arts. and those of others, to develop systems of Lafayette alumni/ae remain unusually active values that include an understanding of and supportive of the College and its goals. personal, social, and professional responsibility, and to regard education as an Effective and challenging teaching is the indispensable, life-long process. first priority of the faculty both in the classroom and in a variety of independent and collaborative learning experiences. PROFILE Easton's proximity to New York City and Philadelphia helps students extend their Lafayette College was founded in 1826 by learning experiences, as do Lafayette's full citizens of Easton, Pennsylvania, as an co-curricular intellectual, cultural, athletic, all-male liberal arts institution. Throughout and social programs. Faculty research and its history, the College has continually scholarship are encouraged and supported in shaped itself in ways that best serve its the belief that such professional involvement educational purpose, remaining supportive extends the individual faculty member's of the tradition of liberal art education while intellectual resources, strengthens and being responsive to changes and challenges complements teaching effectiveness, of society and the times. For example, in facilitates student/faculty research, and 1838, it became one of the first colleges to contributes to the scholarly and professional implement a teacher-training program, thus communities outside the College. recognizing the connections within education at all levels. In 1854, the College In addition to a campus of great beauty, formed a mutually supportive association Lafayette offers a well-equipped physical with the Presbyterian Church. In 1866, as plant. Its programs are supported by a library industrialism was changing the Western with more than 500,000 volumes and an world, it established courses in engineering, extensive array of electronic resources; chemistry, and mining. At a local level, it modern computer facilities and laboratories acknowledged the educational needs of the accessible to students; a thriving Center for Easton area by introducing a part-time the Arts; a large College Center for dining evening degree program in 1953. More and other communal activities; an athletic recently, as the role of women in society complex compatible with its intercollegiate underwent redefinition, in 1970 the College, Patriot League commitment and its began coeducation to prepare both men and extensive intramural and recreational women to lead the nation into a new century. program; two chapels serving a variety of Today, Lafayette is an independent, religious commitments; and a diversity of coeducational, residential, undergraduate living situations. Lafayette's endowment per institution with a faculty of distinction and student is in the top 2 percent of all 2,400 full-time men and women students of institutions in the country. high intellectual promise and diverse backgrounds. The student body is 50 percent