THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2012-2013 FIRST SEMESTER August 18-21 Orientation and Registration: New and Transfer Students August 22 Classes Begin at 8:00 A.M. August 28 Last Day to Register and Adjust Class Schedules October 8-12 Fall Break for Lakeland Day Program October 19 Mid-Term Grades Due in Registrar’s Office November 9 Final Day to Drop Courses Without an Academic Penalty November 21-23 Thanksgiving Recess for Lakeland Day Program December 7 Classes End December 10-12 Final Examinations December 15 Mid-Year Commencement December 15 Christmas Holidays Begin SECOND SEMESTER January 6 Orientation and Registration: New and Transfer Students January 7 Classes Begin at 8:00 A.M. January 11 Last Day to Register and Adjust Class Schedules January 21 Martin Luther King Day; No Classes February 22 Mid-Term Grades Due in Registrar’s Office Feb. 25 - Mar. 1 Spring Holidays for Lakeland Day Program March 22 Final Day to Drop Courses Without an Academic Penalty March 29 Good Friday Holiday April 19 Classes End April 22-24 Final Examinations April 26 Baccalaureate April 27 Commencement MAY OPTION April 29 – May 27 Dates may differ depending on the particular study abroad option SUMMER SESSIONS May 1 – June 5 Session A (5 weeks) (May 27 – Memorial Day; No Classes) June 6 – July 11 Session B (5 weeks) (July 4 – Independence Day; No Classes) May 1 – July 11 Session C (10 weeks) (May 27 and July 4 – Holidays; No Classes) Florida Southern College CATALOG 2012-2013 Message from the Provost For over 120 years, Florida Southern has been educating men and women who have gone on to serve as leaders in business, government, academia, the arts, and the church. Despite being the oldest private college in the state, Florida Southern is at the forefront of providing students with the knowledge and skills necessary to serve and succeed in the rapidly changing global context. Florida Southern has always been committed to a holistic education that seeks to create an environment where the student is encouraged to grow intellectually, socially, morally, and spiritually. It achieves this goal through an innovative curriculum and a pedagogical approach that combines a strong foundation in the liberal arts with real-world, hands-on application through engaged learning and experiential education. Our goal is to empower students to make a positive and consequential impact upon the world. Whether you are a first-year undergraduate or a student in one of our masters programs, you are on a journey of exploration. The faculty members of Florida Southern are your guides and this catalog is the “field manual” that will assist you along the way. I wish you the best for the 2012-2013 academic year. – Kyle Fedler, Ph.D. Table of Contents General Information ........................................................................................ 4 Undergraduate Programs.............................................................................. 11 Admissions ....................................................................................................... 11 Financial Information ............................................................................... 19 Student Life .............................................................................................. 24 Academics ....................................................................................................... 29 Academic Policies .................................................................................... 30 Programs of Study .................................................................................... 53 Undergraduate Degree Requirements ...................................................... 59 Undergraduate Majors .............................................................................. 77 Undergraduate Adult Programs ................................................................ 78 Undergraduate Program Requirements ...................................................... 83 Undergraduate Course Descriptions .......................................................... 157 Graduate Programs ..................................................................................... 253 Admissions ............................................................................................. 253 Financial Information ............................................................................. 255 Academic Policies .................................................................................. 256 MBA ....................................................................................................... 258 MEd and MAT ........................................................................................ 260 MSN ....................................................................................................... 262 Graduate Course Descriptions ................................................................... 267 College Personnel ......................................................................................... 275 Board of Trustees ................................................................................... 275 Administration and Staff ........................................................................ 277 Endowed Chairs and Professorships ...................................................... 280 Honorary Chancellors ............................................................................ 282 Faculty .................................................................................................... 283 Index .............................................................................................................. 294 Calendar ................................................................................ inside front cover 4 FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE GENERAL INFORMATION College Mission Florida Southern College is committed to educational excellence and is a selective, compre- hensive, private United Methodist-affiliated college with a strong liberal arts core and signature programs. The college enrolls a talented student body and includes an accomplished faculty who are dedicated to teaching excellence. Outstanding opportunities for engaged learning, student- faculty collaborative research and performance, service learning, study abroad, internships and honors study are distinctive features of the academic program at Florida Southern. The college offers exceptional student life programs, including a championship athletic program. Florida Southern History at a Glance Florida Southern College—the oldest private college in the state—traces its Florida roots to 1852, when the Methodist Conference founded Florida Seminary in Micanopy. The Conference established South Florida Seminary in Orlando in 1883. In 1885, the school moved to Leesburg, the college degree was awarded, and Florida Conference College was officially chartered and opened to both male and female students. In 1901, the growing college moved to Sutherland (now Palm Harbor) on the Gulf Coast and in 1906 was renamed Southern College. The College remained at Sutherland until fires in the early 1920s forced the school temporarily to move to Clearwater Beach. In 1922, the College moved to the shores of Lake Hollingsworth in Lakeland. In 1935, the Trustees adopted Florida Southern College as the corporate title. Florida Southern College Today The campus comprises some 70 buildings on 100 acres of land. Twelve of the College’s struc- tures were designed by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1940s and 1950s. Mr. Wright said his design was to have all the buildings “flow from the ground in harmony with the natural landscape.” In that functional, yet exquisite environment, they exhibit the traits that Mr. Wright intended: organic union among the earth, sunlight, and local flora. The Wright buildings include the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, which has become an iconic symbol of the College; the Thad Buckner Adminis- tration Building; the Emile Watson Administration Building; the Benjamin Fine Administration Building; the Seminar Building (which in its original construction comprised three separate build- ings known as the Carter, Walbridge, and Hawkins Seminar Rooms); the Lucius Pond Ordway Building; the Danforth Chapel; and the Polk County Science Building, which is capped by a white-domed planetarium. The 10 Wright buildings are complemented by two other significant Wright-designed structures: the Water Dome in front of the Roux Library and the Esplanades, 1.5 miles of covered walkways that connect most of the Wright buildings. The 12 structures make up the largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. The Wright campus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The more traditional buildings on campus include the Allan Spivey and Joseph-Reynolds resi- dence halls for first-year women and Edge Memorial Hall, which houses classrooms and faculty offices. These date to the 1920s and are built in a conventional, brick collegiate style. Other prom- inent buildings on campus include the John Branscomb Memorial Auditorium, which seats more than 2,000; the Ludd M. Spivey Humanities and Fine Arts Center, which comprises the thrust- stage Buckner Theatre, music and art studios, and the Melvin Art Gallery; the Robert A. Davis Performing Arts Center; the William F. Chatlos Communication Building, which is equipped with broadcasting facilities; the Carlisle Rogers Business and Economics Building; and the Jack M. Berry Citrus Building. FLORIDA SOUTHERN