Gettysburg College Catalogue 1999-2000
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania }le of Contents GETTYSBURG COLLEGE—THE COMMUNITY ADMISSION Admission Evaluation, Campus Visit, Admission with Advanced Credit and Placement, International Student Admission, Statistical Summary EXPENSES/SERVICES Comprehensive Fee Plan, VA Benefits, Payment Plans, Insurance FINANCIAL AID Student Financial Aid, Presidential Scholars Program, Grants, Loans STUDENT SERVICES Residence Life, Intercultural Advancement, Dining, Health Center, Counseling, Career Planning COLLEGE LIFE Student Conduct, Honor Code, College Union, Student Government, Programs and Activities, Campus Media, Greek Organizations, Chapel Programs, Center for Public Service, Athletics, Campus Recreation FACILITIES ACADEMIC POLICIES AND PROGRAMS Academic Purposes, Degree Requirements, Special Major, Academic Advising, Senior Scholars' Seminar, Academic Internships, The Gettysburg Review, OffCampus Study, Dual-Degree Programs, Preprofessional Studies ACADEMIC REGULATIONS Registration, Grading, Residence Requirements, Transcripts, Withdrawal The provisions of this catalogue are not ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT to be regarded as an irrevocable contract Graduation Honors, Dean's List, Phi Beta between the College and the student. The Kappa, Alpha Lambda Delta College reserves the right to change any provision or requirement at any time. COURSES OF STUDY This right to change provisions and requirements includes, but is not limited PRIZES AND AWARDS ANNUAL to, the right to reduce or eliminate course offerings in academicfields and to add ENDOWMENT FUNDS requirements for graduation. REGISTER Trustees, Faculty, Administration GETTYSBURG Gettysburg College Catalogue 1999-2000 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Gettysburg College—The Community A HERITAGE OF EXCELLENCE loe approach the twenty-first century, higher education faces a new world of change and Aschallenge. Reoolutionary advances in technology, unprecedented access to information, a rich diversity ofperspectives, and frequent calls to social action will demand morefrom a liberal arts education than ever before. Leading colleges must respond with innovative programs, appropriate resources, and exceptional teaching. At Gettysburg College, we are committed to preparing our students for the opportunities of this changing loorld. Ourfounding principles embrace a rigorous liberal arts education that fosters a global perspective, a spirit of collaboration, a dedication to public service, and an enriching campus life. We believe that this approach to education instills in Ciettysburg Colkge students a life-long desirefor learning, a drivefm- discovery and contribution, and a compassionate respect for otheis and our world. Dedicated to Success in the sciences, the social sciences, and the The history of Gettysburg College has humanities with a highly personal atmosphere intersected with events of political, social, and of challenge and support. The curricular and global significance. Chartered in 1832, Gettysburg co-curricular opportunides are carefully designed College was born in an era of dramatic change. to stimulate logical thinking, encourage public Our young nation faced political and economic ser%dce, and instill a global perspective in our challenges, pioneers pushed into new frontiers, students. and academic institutions were established that At Gettysburg College, nearly 2,200 young would become today's finest colleges and women and men learn, explore, discover, and universities. create with the challenge and support of 150 In 1863, Union and Confederate soldiers full-time faculty members. Over ninety-five clashed on the fields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. percent of the teaching faculty hold the Pennsylvania Hall, the first building on campus, doctorate or the highest earned degree in their served as a temporary hospital for the wounded field. from both sides. Today, its name appears on the As devoted as they are to their chosen fields of National Register of Historic Places. On study, Gettysburg College faculty are equally November 19, 1863, Gettysburg College students dedicated to the success of their students. witnessed the legendary address of Abraham Small classes averaging twenty students and a Lincoln, which to this day links our country's student/ faculty ratio of 12:1 foster an open and sixteenth president with Gettysburg in the informal exchange of ideas, a sense of minds of Americans. communit)' and collaboration, and endless Years later. President Dwight D. Eisenhower opportunities for accomplishment. arrived at Gettysburg, sharing his experience As part of Gettysburg College's balanced and insights as a national leader. Following his undergraduate program in the liberal arts and term, Eisenhower returned to Gettysburg to sciences, students may choose from thirty-four write his memoirs in what is now Eisenhower majors, pursue interdisciplinary and self- House, the college admissions office. Visits by designed majors, or complete one of several Elie Wiesel, General Colin Powell, and leaders cooperative and dual-degree programs. The from the American Civil Liberties Union, the college also provides a certification in civil rights movement, and the Peace Corps elementary and secondary education, and continue to demonstrate Gettysburg College's preparation for professional schools in law, dedication to issues of global importance. medicine, and the allied health sciences. Today, Gettysburg College continues to Study abroad, internship, and student/ faculty champion independent thinking and public research opportunities are plentiful and action by providing students with the abilities to encouraged. reason and commimicate, and the incentive to We welcome your interest in Gettysburg College. make a difference in our world. A Gettysburg College education blends a rigorous foundation GETTYSBURG-AT-A-GLANCE state-of-the-art science facilities, including two electron microscopes (transmission and Type of College: Four-year, coeducational college scanning units), Fourier Tran.sform Infrared liberal arts and sciences founded in 1832. of and NMR Spectrometers, greenhouse, Enrollment: Nearly 2,200 students (approximately planetarium, observatory, and optics and one-half are men and one-half are women), plasma physics laboratories; the Child Study representing 40 states and 25 foreign coimtries. Center; extensive facilities for the fine arts, Approximately 90% of the students live on music, and drama; writing center; campus in over eighteen residence halls, comprehensive phvsical education complex; N including theme halls, the Residential College, health center and counseling serrices; career and special interest houses. planning and advising office; College Union Building, student activides center; center for Location: Beautiful 200-acre campus with over public service. 60 buildings. The College is adjacent to the Gett)'sburg Nadonal Park. Gett)'sburg, Student Activities: Student Senate; Student Pennsylvania is 36 miles from Harrisburg, Activities Council (SAC); FM radio stadon; 55 miles from Baldmore, 80 miles from yearbook; newspaper; literary magazine; full Washington, D.C., 117 miles from Philadelphia, range of musical groups, including two choirs, and 212 miles from New York City. marching, symphonic, and jazz bands, college/community orchestra, and numerous Academic Information: Thirty-four majors, ensembles; black student union; international special majors, double majors, minors, and an student club; theatre groups; special interest extensive area studies program. Student/facult)' groups; more than 60 clubs and communit)' ratio of 12:1 with an average class size of 20 ser\ice organizadons; more than 600 leadership students. More than 150 full-time facultvwith positions. over 95% of the permanent faculty holding the doctorate or highest earned degree in their Athletics: Division III level within the Centennial fields. One of only 19 chapters of Phi Beta Conference. Ten sports for men, ten sports for Kappa in Pennsylvania. Honorary or women, and two coeducational sports. A wide professional societies in 16 academic areas. array of intramural activities to satisfy various .\cademic Honor Code in effect since 1957. interests and levels of skill. Special Programs: Extensive study abroad Religious Life: Lutheran related. Programs for programs; internships; Washington Semester students of all faiths coordinated through the (government and politics, economic policy, College Chapel, including Newman Association ethical issues and public affairs, foreign policy, and Hillel. public administration, justice, urban studies, School Colors: Orange and blue. journalism, art and architecture, arts and humanities); United Nations Semester; dual- degree programs in engineering, nursing, optometry, and forestry and environmental studies; cooperative program in marine biology; certification in elementary and secondary education; premedical and prelaw cotmseling. Cooperative college consortium with Dickinson and Franklin & Marshall Colleges. Exceptional Facilities: Musselman Library; computing environment, including full net^vork capabilities in all campus buildings and each residence hall room, high speed, access to the Internet and the World Wide Web, microcomputer laboratories and workstations; Admission ADMISSION Gettysburg College students conie from a luide variety of backgrounds and secondary school programs. The College encourages applications from students of differing ethnic, religious, racial, economic, and geographic backgrounds. The admission staff encourages applications from students who have demonstrated