LOYOLA COLLEGE IN MARYLAND 2002–2003 UNDERGRADUATE CATALOGUE STR ED O IV NG L T LL RUTHS WE College of Arts and Sciences The Joseph A. Sellinger, S.J. School of Business and Management 4501 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21210-2699 410-617-2000 http://www.loyola.edu Important The provisions of this publication are not to be Approved by: regarded as a contract between the student and Loyola College. The College reserves the right to State Department of Education of Maryland change courses, schedules, calendars, and any other Regents of the University of the State of New York provisions or requirements when such action will Approved for Veteran’s Education serve the interest of the College or its students. Member of: Students are responsible for acquainting themselves with the regulations pertinent to their status. The AACSB International – The Association to College reserves the right to modify its regulations in Advance Collegiate Schools of Business accordance with accepted academic standards and Adult Education Association of U.S.A. to require observance of the modifications. American Association for Higher Education Association of American Colleges Loyola College does not discriminate on the basis Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities of race, sex, color, national and ethnic origin, age, Council for Advancement and Support of Education religion, and disability in the administration of Independent College Fund of Maryland any of its educational programs and activities or Maryland Association for Higher Education with respect to admission and employment. The Maryland Independent College and University Designated Compliance Officer to ensure compli- Association ance with Title IX of the Education Amendment Middle States Association of Colleges and of 1972 is Toi Y. Carter, Assistant Vice-President Schools for Human Resources, Jenkins Hall, Room 220, National Academic Advising Association 410-617-2699. The Coordinator to ensure compli- National Association of Universities and ance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of Independent Colleges 1973 (P.L. 93–112) as amended (P.L. 93–516) is National Catholic Education Association Toi Y. Carter, Assistant Vice-President for Human National Collegiate Athletic Association Resources, Jenkins Hall, Room 220, 410-617-2699. Documents granting accreditation or approval to Loyola College is authorized under U.S. Federal Loyola College are available for review during regu- Law to enroll non-immigrant, alien students. lar business hours in the Records Office. Accredited by: AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (B.S.E.S. Program only) American Chemical Society Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104; 215-662-5606 Computer Science Accreditation Commission Educational Standards Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Maryland State Department of Education (Elementary Education) Table of Contents The College . 5 History . 173 Admissions . 11 Honors Program . 189 Fees . 16 Interdisciplinary Studies . 191 Financial Aid . 20 Mathematical Sciences . 197 Academic Programs and Military Science. 203 Career Opportunities. 34 Modern Languages and Literatures . 205 Curriculum and Policies . 47 Philosophy . 221 International Programs . 60 Physics . 230 Student Life and Services . 66 Political Science . 237 Honors and Awards . 79 Psychology . 244 Gifts to Loyola College . 81 Service Leadership Program. 250 Sociology . 252 College of Arts and Sciences . 83 Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology . 259 Biology . 84 Theology . 264 Chemistry . 96 Classics . 100 The Joseph A. Sellinger, S.J., School Communication . 107 of Business and Management . 274 Computer Science . 119 Economics . 125 Academic Calendar . 295 Education . 130 Board of Trustees . 297 Engineering Science . 138 Directory . 298 English . 146 Maps . 317 Fine Arts . 154 Index . 319 Enrollment For further information write to: The undergraduate full-time enrollment for Dean of Admissions Fall 2001 was: Loyola College in Maryland 4501 N. Charles Street Resident Men: 1,091 Baltimore, Maryland 21210-2699 Resident Women: 1,506 Commuter Men: 366 Or phone: 410-617-5012 or 800-221-9107 Commuter Women: 445 Note: Graduate programs are described in a Total Enrollment: 3,408 separate catalogue. For further information con- tact the Director of Graduate Admissions at the Photographs provided by: above address. Peter Howard . 4 Larry French . 294 The College HISTORY faculty was organized into departments. Evening classes were begun in 1942, and seven years later—to Since its founding, Loyola College has challenged fill the expressed needs of teachers in the Balti- itself to remain grounded in a centuries-old tradi- more metropolitan area—a graduate division in tion of Jesuit, liberal arts education, while continu- Education was established. That graduate pro- ally seeking to adapt to changing circumstance. gram signaled the start of tremendous change for In this balance between values and the desire to the College, and in the ensuing years graduate serve the greater community, the College has man- programs in Business Administration, Psychol- aged to create itself anew, time and again. ogy, Speech Pathology, Modern Studies, Finance, Pastoral Counseling, and Engineering Science Loyola College in Maryland rose from humble were established. beginnings in 1852. The first college in the United States to bear the name of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Loyola College has always found energy in its the College was founded by Father John Early and adherence to Jesuit tenets and in its desire to eight other Jesuits to enable the young Catholics— remain relevant to a changing world. At no time and non-Catholics as well—of Baltimore to obtain has that been more apparent than in recent a liberal education without the commitment of decades, when three significant changes at the joining the priesthood. Less than a year after its institution ushered in an era of recognition and founding, Loyola was granted a charter from the attainment. The first was the advent of coeduca- Maryland Legislature, thus allowing the College tion in 1971, when nearby Mount Saint Agnes to grant university-level degrees. College joined Loyola. The second was the estab- lishment of a separate school of business—The The original site of Loyola College—in a house Joseph A. Sellinger, S.J., School of Business and on Holliday Street in downtown Baltimore—is Management—which helped Loyola establish marked by a commemorative plaque in what is partnerships with the regional business commu- now Baltimore’s War Memorial Plaza. Within a nity. The third change involved the presence of few years, the growing student body sought more laity on the board of Trustees, which brought ample space, and construction of a new facility at greater openness to the governance of the institu- Calvert and Madison Streets was completed in tion and eventually led to the decision to become 1855. That building now houses Center Stage, a regional and residential College. Baltimore’s intimate theater for professional drama groups, and St. Ignatius Loyola Academy, The 1994 approval for a chapter of Phi Beta a Catholic high school. Kappa—an honor for the Arts and Sciences fac- ulty held by only 254 other institutions—comple- The early curriculum at the College was similar to mented the 1988 accreditation of the Sellinger that offered at most other colleges in America at School of Business and Management by AACSB the time. Courses included Latin, Greek and Eng- International – The Association to Advance Colle- lish, Humanities and Rhetoric, Mathematics, the giate Schools of Business. A loyal alumni popula- natural sciences, Philosophy and Religion. By the tion, strong corporate and civic support, and the 1920s, Loyola’s alumni were immersed in the dedication and commitment of the laity who assist civic and professional life of Baltimore. The most the Jesuit priests and the sisters of Mercy in their common career paths for the young graduates work have all helped make Loyola the institution were law and medicine. it is today. A tremendous dedication to emerging technology—with the entire College community Eventually, the Loyola student body once again completely linked by computer—also helps assure outgrew its facilities, and the College moved to its that today’s students will have all of the ancillary present campus in north Baltimore in 1921. The skills necessary for the ever-changing workplace. Great Depression and World War II brought a temporary halt to physical expansion, but during With 223 full-time faculty, the College today has that time course offerings were increased and the approximately 6,200 undergraduate and gradu- 6 The College ate students representing 41 states and 48 foreign opment of particular qualities of mind and char- countries. Approximately 75 percent of under- acter. The mission of the College is fulfilled only graduate students live on campus, and nearly one- to the degree that it liberates students from self- half study at least one semester abroad their jun- absorption, parochial ideas, and unexamined ior year—in Loyola’s Alcalá, Auckland, Bangkok, beliefs, replacing these with concern and compas- Beijing, Leuven, Melbourne, or Newcastle pro- sion for others, an appreciation of things past or grams or with an approved program at other col- unfamiliar, and a capacity for critical thought.