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Vol. XLVIII/No. 3 4159 Furman 1-59 1 8/21/01, 8:48 AM 4159 Furman 1-59 2 8/21/01, 8:48 AM Contents Introducing Furman / 4 History / 5 Mission and Scope / 5 Purpose and Aspirations / 6 Approach / 7 Expected Educational Outcomes / 7 Accreditation / 7 Assets / 8 Campus and Buildings / 8 Academic Program / 9 Student Life / 17 Admissions / 26 Financial Information / 30 Expenses 2001-2002 / 31 Student Aid / 35 Academic Regulations / 40 Degree Requirements / 41 General Academic Regulations / 45 Special Academic Regulations / 50 Courses of Instruction / 52 Graduate Studies / 136 General Information / 142 Medals and Awards / 143 Enrollment Information / 148 Degrees Conferred 2000 / 149 Directory / 156 Board of Trustees / 157 Advisory Council / 157 Alumni Board of Directors / 158 Officers of Administration / 159 Faculty / 159 Administrative and Staff Personnel / 173 Correspondence Directory / 178 Calendar / 179 Index / 180 4159 Furman 1-59 3 8/21/01, 8:48 AM Introducing Furman 4159 Furman 1-59 4 8/21/01, 8:48 AM INTRODUCING FURMAN 5 urman University is an indepen- 1854 the Greenville Baptist Female dent, coeducational, liberal arts College opened on the campus of the F college located on a 750-acre Greenville Academy. It was governed by suburban campus on the outskirts of Furman’s board of trustees until 1908, Greenville, South Carolina. Founded by when it acquired its own board. In 1916 it South Carolina Baptists in 1826, the became the Greenville Womans College. university is an old institution; yet its Furman was accredited in 1924 by the facilities are modern, all the buildings on Southern Association of Colleges and the present campus having been con- Schools, and that same year the university structed since the late 1950s. Most of became a beneficiary of The Duke Endow- Furman’s 2,500 undergraduates are from ment established by James Buchanan the South Atlantic region, but more than Duke. In 1933 Furman and the Greenville 40 states and 15 foreign countries are Woman’s College were coordinated under represented in the student population. a single president and board. Working with the Furman students are a Furman broke ground for a new campus faculty and staff whose primary concern is five miles north of Greenville in 1953, to enhance student learning. Over 90 and five years later held its first classes on percent of the faculty hold doctoral the present site. Furman received a degrees in their academic disciplines. chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in 1973. In 1992 formal ties with the South Carolina History Baptist Convention ended, and the college became independent. Today Furman University is named for Richard Furman ranks among the leading liberal Furman (1755-1825), a prominent pastor arts colleges in the nation. in Charleston, South Carolina, who was president of the nation’s first Baptist Mission and Scope Convention and a leader in Baptist higher education. The primary mission of Furman as a liberal The university traces its roots to two arts college is to provide a distinctive academies established in the early nine- undergraduate education encompassing teenth century: the Greenville Female humanities, fine arts, social sciences, Academy, a part of the Greenville Acad- mathematics and the natural sciences, emy, was chartered in 1820; the Furman and selected professional disciplines. Academy and Theological Institution for In addition to its primary emphasis on men was founded in 1826 by the South undergraduate education, Furman offers Carolina Baptist Convention in Edgefield, graduate programs in education, health South Carolina. and exercise science, and chemistry. During its early decades, the Furman The university also provides a continuing Academy moved first to Stateburg, then education program for the larger to Winnsboro, South Carolina. In 1850 Greenville community. the school was chartered as the Furman At the heart of the undergraduate University and moved to Greenville. course of study is the general education Eight years later its theological depart- program. Its purpose is to ensure that all ment became the Southern Baptist undergraduates will be introduced to the Theological Seminary, which eventually major methods of inquiry that characterize moved to Louisville, Kentucky. Between liberal study. Twenty-four academic 1920 and 1932 the university included a departments at Furman offer 36 majors. In law school, but for most of its history addition, there are opportunities for Furman has been a liberal arts college. In interdisciplinary study and for developing 4159 Furman 1-59 5 8/21/01, 8:48 AM 6 INTRODUCING FURMAN individualized majors. In accordance with respect for the ethical and spiritual the traditional assumptions of liberal dimensions of human experience in many education, both out-of-class and in-class ways. Within the curriculum, these programs are designed to develop the dimensions are often integral to academic whole person — intellectually, physically, disciplines and form the basis for class- socially, emotionally, and spiritually. room discussions. Outside the classroom, Furman seeks highly motivated students the ethical and spiritual dimensions are with inquisitive minds, varied perspec- expressed in the chapel that stands across tives, a sense of personal integrity and from the library, an active chaplaincy and moral responsibility, and the potential to a program in church-related vocations, an be leaders and to make future contribu- array of vital student religious organiza- tions to society. The preponderance of tions, and a nationally recognized commu- Furman students plan to enter professions nity service program. such as education, law, and medicine; Furman aspires to be a diverse commu- about 40 percent of the graduating class go nity of women and men of different races, directly into graduate or professional religions, geographic origins, socioeco- schools. nomic backgrounds, personal characteris- tics, and interests. This diversity reflects Purpose and Aspirations values the university hopes to embody: openness, honesty, tolerance and mutual Founded by Baptists and grounded in respect, civic responsibility, global aware- Judeo-Christian values, Furman challenges ness, and bold intellectual inquiry. These students, faculty, and staff to grow both in values foster a critical examination of knowledge and in faith. The university inherited assumptions, even as they values excellent teaching and close protect freedom of expression and the student-faculty relationships. Small open exchange of ideas. classes, individual instruction, empathetic In sum, Furman University aspires to be advising, and personal attention promote a diverse community of learning, harmoni- active learning and cultivate intellectual ous in its differences, just and compassion- curiosity. ate in its transactions, and steadfast in its The university encourages its students commitment to an educational program of to engage ethical issues and to explore the highest quality. spiritual concerns. Furman manifests its 4159 Furman 1-59 6 8/21/01, 8:48 AM INTRODUCING FURMAN 7 An Engaged Approach graduates grounded in the traditional to Liberal Learning sources of knowledge yet capable of devising new solutions to problems in In recent years Furman University has their chosen fields. Every Furman graduate been evolving into a new type of liberal should have: arts college that offers students more • the ability to read and listen with opportunities to learn by doing. While comprehension and to write and speak grounding its curriculum in the humani- with clarity and precision ties, fine arts, and sciences, Furman offers • a sense of the context — physical, biolog- courses in fields that are more profession- ical, historical, social, ethical, and ally oriented: business administration, spiritual — within which life proceeds accounting, education, health and exer- • an understanding of the central