CORRESPONDENCE DIRECTORY For information on the topics listed below write The legal to the person indicated: Southwe1 Academic Program Gerald Duff, Vice President and Dean of the College I gix, Academic Records, Transcripts, Registration the and Matriculation as fc Glenn W. Munson, Registrar Admissions and Transfers David J. Wottle, Dean of Admissions Alumni Association In additior Jennifer Prascher, Director of Alumni Programs gifts. Sorn coming to Athletics of years, George Lapides, Director of Athletics children c Dormitories and Student Housing C. V. Scarborough, Dean of Students Business Matters Thomas R. Kepple, Jr., Dean of Administrative Services Financial Aid Ray M. Allen, Dean of Financial Aid and Government Relations General Information Loyd C. Templeton, Jr., Assistant to the President for College Relations Gifts or Bequests Donald J. Lineback, Dean of College Resources Summer Session Robert R. Llewellyn, Associate Dean of the College and Director of the Summer Session THE BULLETIN OF SOUTHWESTERN AT MEMPHIS (Pub. No. 554-280) Is Published Quarterly By Southwestern At Memphis, 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis, Tennessee 38112. Second-class postage paid at Memphis, Tennessee Volume 71 • No. 2 — April 1984 f, The Bulletin of Southwestern At Memphis/1984-85 THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES FOUNDED IN 1848 TABLE OF CONTENTS (For more detailed references see the Index) General Information Purpose, 8 Admissions, 10 Expenses, 14 Scholarships and Student Aid, 16 Student Life, 22 Student Services, 27 Campus Regulations, 29 The Educational Program Planning a Degree, 34 Special Study Opportunities, 42 Foreign Study, 44 Academic Regulations, 46 Courses of Instruction, 50 Center for Continuing Education, 156 The Burrow Library, 157 The Computer Center, 159 Matters of Record Board of Trustees, 162 Emeriti, 164 Administration, 167 Sponsored Programs, 170 Prizes, Endowments and Memorials, 171 The Physical Plant, 179 Annual Commencement, 1983, 181 Southwestern At Memphis is a fully accred- COLLEGE CALENDAR ited four-year college of liberal arts and sciences. It is a member of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the official accrediting SUMMER SESSION 1984 agency for the Southern States. Southwestern is a member of the American SIX WEEK TERM Council on Education, American Association of June 5 — July 20 Colleges, College Entrance Examination Board, Southern University Conference, and Tennes- FOUR WEEK TERMS see College Association. 1st Four Weeks, June 5 — July 6 The Music Department of Southwestern is 2nd Four Weeks, July 9 — August 4 accredited by the Department of Education of the State of Tennessee and has full membership in the National Association of Schools of Music. SESSION OF 1984-85 Attendance at Southwestern At Memphis, a privately endowed college, is a privilege which TERM I may be forfeited at any time by any student who refuses or fails to conform to the regulations Orientation for New Students and standards of the college, or who is unwill- September 4 - 6, Tuesday - Thursday ing to adjust himself or herself to the college Registration for All Students traditions and environment. Among these tra- September 7, Friday ditions is the Honor System, administered by students, which is described elsewhere in the Classes Begin catalogue. September 10, Monday, 8:00 A.M. Southwestern At Memphis welcomes appli- *Opening Convocation cations for admissions from all persons and does September 11, Tuesday, 10:00 A.M. not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, Drop/Add Ends handicap, national and ethnic origin in its ad- September 14, Friday, 5:00 P.M. missions policies, scholarship and loan pro- Withdraw Period Begins grams, or other college educational programs, September 17, Monday policies and activities. Re - examinations Policies stated in this catalogue are expected September 17, Monday to be in effect through the academic year 1984- 85 but are subject to revision. Normally, policy Pass/Fail Option Ends revisions are implemented in the next aca- September 21, Friday, 5:00 P.M. demic year, following notice thereof and are ef- Fall Recess Begins fective for all students who graduate in or after October 12, Friday, 5:00 P.M. that academic year.- However, occasionally a Fall Recess Ends policy must be changed and implemented in the October 17, Wednesday, 8:00 A.M. same academic year. In such cases, written no- Mid - Term Grades Due tification of the revision will be mailed to all stu- October 24, Wednesday, 12:00 Noon dents currently enrolled. Withdraw Period Ends The Faculty of Southwestern At Memphis has November 2, Friday, 5:00 P.M. the authority and the responsibility for estab- lishing and maintaining those policies and pro- Registration Advising cedures governing the academic standing of November 5 - 16, Mondays - Fridays students at the College. Any deviation from the Pre - Registration for Term II policies and procedures stated in this catalogue November 19, Monday, relating to academic standing require the prior 3:15 P.M.-8:00 P.M. formal approval of the Faculty. Thanksgiving Recess Begins Reading Day November 21, Wednesday, 12:30 P.M. March 30, Saturday Thanksgiving Recess Ends Final Examinations November 26, Monday, 8:00 A.M. April 1-5, Comprehensive Examinations Monday-Friday December 3, 5, 7,Monday, End of Term II Wednesday, Friday April 5, Friday, 5:00 P.M. Reading Day Final Grades Due December 8, Saturday April 8, Monday, 12:00 Noon Final Examinations • December 10 - 14, Monday - Friday End of Term I TERM III December 14, Friday, 5:00 P.M. Final Grades Due Registration-Validation Day December 17, Monday, 12:00 Noon April 15, Monday, 8:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Classes Begin April 15, Monday, 8:00 A.M. TERM II Drop/Add Ends April 17, Wednesday, 5:00 P.M. Registration-Validation Day Withdraw Period Begins January 3, Thursday, 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. April 18, Thursday Classes Begin Pass/Fail Option Ends January 3, Thursday, 8:30 A.M. April 19, Friday, 5:00 P.M. Re - examinations Re - examinations January 7, Monday April 22, Monday Drop/Add Ends Registration Advising for September January 10, Thursday, 5:00 P.M. April 29 - May 10, Mondays - Fridays Withdraw Period Begins Pre - Registration for September 1985 January 11, Friday May 10, Friday, 3:00 P.M. - 7:00 PM. Pass/Fail Option Ends Withdraw Period Ends January 17, Thursday, 5:00 P.M. May 10, Friday Mid - Term Grades Due Comprehensive Examinations February 13, Wednesday, 5:00 PM. May 20, 22, 24, Winter Recess Begins Monday, Wednesday, Friday February 13, Wednesday, 5:00 P.M. Reading Day Winter Recess Ends May 25, Saturday February 18, Monday, 8:00 A.M. Final Examinations Withdraw Period Ends May 27-29, Monday, Tuesday, March 1, Friday Wednesday Registration Advising Final Grades Due February 25 - March 8, Mondays - Fridays May 29, Wednesday, 5:00 P.M. Pre - Registration for Term III *Baccalaureate Service March 8, Friday, 3:15 P.M. - 6:30 PM. May 31, Friday, 3:30 P.M. Comprehensive Examinations *Graduating Exercises March 25, 27, 29, June 1, Saturday, 10:00 A.M. Monday, Wednesday, Friday *Formal Academic Occasion GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSE, 8 ADMISSIONS,•10 EXPENSES, 14 SCHOLARSHIPS AND STUDENT AID, 16 STUDENT LIFE, 22 STUDENT SERVICES, 27 CAMPUS REGULATIONS, 29 8 Purpose of the College PURPOSE OF THE COLLEGE education is a never-ending process of growth and development. It is a matter for the active The purpose of Southwestern At Memphis was person, the active questioner who lays claim to expressed clearly by President Charles E. Diehl, reason, conscience, and the power of choice at an early president of the college: He wrote: every moment in life. The Center for Continu- What is the use of liberal arts education, with ing Education, in the very midst of the campus its philosophy, history, languages, literature, and supported by the Southwestern faculty, science and the arts? symbolizes this commitment. The answer is that it is... the only sort of ed- Worthy living is exemplified in careers and ucation that will give that broad understanding vocations. Southwestern maintains its identity which fits men and women for worthy living. as a college of liberal arts and sciences in the Worthy living is nourished by and has respect belief that in the liberal arts and sciences one for truth. By providing for genuine scholarship finds the best preparation for a career or for a and sound learning, Southwestern is a model vocation. The basic skills for effective commu- for and an environment in which the pursuit of nication are developed. The foundation prin- truth is primary. Faculty members are ap- ciples which inform any discipline are studied. pointed and their continuing scholarship is en- The essential relationships among the disci- couraged so that students may become plines are articulated. The importance of moral accustomed to the discipline and power of responsibility for all actions in whatever disci- thorough research, detailed information, care- pline is made clear. ful analysis, and the creative synthesis of what President Diehl's statement about the pur- has been mastered. pose of Southwestern is made more significant Worthy living is made possible through an in light of the two characteristics which he de- education which encompasses as broad a range manded of every activity at the college: genu- of intellectual experience as may be achieved ineness and excellence. Therefore Southwestern without sacrifice of depth in a major field of At Memphis is dedicated to the ideals of gen- study. A historical perspective, a sense of the uineness and excellence in educating and help- human dimensions of literature, the meaning ing each student to grow as a whole person. found in religious experiences, a knowledge of other people, their cultures and their lan- Historical Summary guages, are fundamental in the structure of Before its move to Memphis, the college was Southwestern's degree program.