2005-06 CATALOG Programs and Majors Your education at Lehigh University will help prepare you Strong programs in business, the humanities, education, to excel by discovering and building upon your personal arts and sciences, and human services compliment our well- strengths in a campus community where active learning known strength in engineering. Lehigh students can choose connects with real-world applications. Learning at Lehigh from an array of courses and enjoy the resources and facili- incorporates active academic research and hands-on experi- ties of a major research university and the atmosphere and ences, both in and outside the classroom. As a personal attention of a small college. While most of the comprehensive university, Lehigh offers students an educa- undergraduate programs listed are offered as majors, many tion that integrates course work across four colleges and are also available as minors. Graduate programs are offered different fields of study in a dynamic learning experience in many of the subjects listed as well. These are described in that can be customized to individual interests. Section IV, Graduate Study and Research. Arts, Humanities, and Computer Engineering International Counseling1 Social Sciences Computer Science Learning Sciences & Technology1 Earth and Environmental Sciences School Psychology1 Africana Studies Electrical Engineering Secondary Counseling1 American Studies Engineering Mechanics Special Education1 Anthropology Engineering Physics Technology-Based Teacher Architectural History Environmental Engineering Education (5-year program) Architecture Environmental Science Art Geological Sciences Cross-Disciplinary Art History Industrial Engineering Programs Arts and Engineering2 Information and Systems Engineering Africana Studies Asian Studies Materials Science and Engineering Classical Civilization American Studies Mathematics Applied Life Science Classics Mechanical Engineering 2 Cognitive Science Arts and Engineering Molecular Biology Asian Studies Design Arts Physics Economics Bioengineering Statistics Civil Engineering/Environmental English Structural Engineering (IBE only) Environmental Studies Science French Biosciences and Classical Civilization German Bioengineering Cognitive Science History Computer Science and Business Applied Life Science Design Arts International Relations Behavioral Neuroscience Journalism Electrical Engineering/ Biochemistry Engineering Physics Journalism/Science Writing Bioengineering Music Environmental Studies Biology Integrated Business and Engineering Music Composition Ecology Philosophy (IBE) Molecular Biology Pre-Dental Science3 Political Science 3 Psychology Pre-Medical Science Information Science and Pre-Optometry Science3 Religion Studies Technology Russian Studies Science, Technology, and Society Computer Engineering Urban Studies Science, Technology, and Society Computer Science Sociology and Anthropology Information and Systems Engineering Special Cross-Disciplinary Sociology/Social Psychology Spanish Business and Economics Programs of Study 2 Theatre Accounting Arts and Engineering Urban Studies Business Economics Computer Science and Business Women’s Studies Business Information Systems Enterprise Systems Leadership Economics Integrated Business and Engineering Engineering, Science, and (IBE) Finance 4 Mathematics Management Music and Engineering/Science Astronomy Marketing 1Graduate level only Astrophysics Supply Chain Management 2Dual-degree (5-year) program Applied Life Science 3 Applied Mathematics1 Education and Human Combined-degree programs only Applied Science Services 4Music and Engineering/Science is not Behavioral Neuroscience Counseling and Human Services1 a major in itself. However, Lehigh Biochemistry Counseling Psychology1 attracts many engineering and science Bioengineering Educational Leadership1 students who wish to continue their Biology Elementary Counseling1 active involvement in music and the Chemical Engineering Elementary and Secondary music department, as dual majors, Chemistry Education (5 year program) minors, or elective participants. Civil Engineering Instructional Technology1 3 Contents Academic Calendar I. Information of General Interest 5 II. University Resources 19 III. Undergraduate Studies 27 IV. Graduate Study and Research 50 V. Courses, Programs and Curricula 85 VI. An Overview from Past and Present 391 VII. Administration, Faculty and Staff 400 Index 422 4 Lehigh University Course Catalog 2005-2006 2005-2006 Academic Calendar Fall 2005 to complete all degree requirements July 1 (Friday) - Deadline to apply for December 10 (Saturday) - Review-consultation-study September degree period for Tuesday classes July 22 (Friday) - Last day for September December 12 (Monday) - Review-consultation-study doctoral candidates to deliver approved period for Monday classes dissertation drafts to dean December 13 (Tuesday) - Final exams begin August 12 (Friday) - Last day for September mas- December 21 (Wednesday) - Final exams end ters candidates to submit unbound Spring 2006 thesis copies to the Registrar’s Office; January 13 (Friday) - Graduate Registration Last day for September doctoral January 15 (Sunday) – Degree awarding date candidates to complete all degree January 16 (Monday) - Registration; requirements First day of class August 25 (Thursday) First Year Student Check-In January 20 (Friday) - Last day web registration; August 26 (Friday) - Freshman Orientation; Last day to add courses without Graduate Registration instructor’s permission August 29 (Monday) - Registration Day; Classes January 27 (Friday) - Last day for spring registra- begin; Last day for graduate registration tion; Last day to drop a course September 2 (Friday) - Last day web registration; without a “W” Last day to add courses without February 3 (Friday) - Last day to select or instructor’s signature cancel pass/fail September 4 (Sunday) - Degree awarding date February 15 (Wednesday) - Four o’clock quizzes September 5 (Monday) - Labor Day - classes held February 16 (Thursday) - Four o’clock quizzes September 9 (Friday) - Last day of registration; February 21 (Tuesday) - Four o’clock quizzes Last day drop/add without a “W” February 22 (Wednesday) - Four o’clock quizzes September 16 (Friday) - Last day to select or March 1 (Wednesday) - Last day for filing cancel pass/fail grading applications for May graduation September 28 (Wednesday) - Four o’clock quizzes March 3 (Friday) - Mid-term grades due September 29 (Thursday) - Four o’clock quizzes March 6-10 (Monday - Friday) - Spring break October 4 (Tuesday) - Rosh Hashanna March 13 (Monday) - Classes resume October 5 (Wednesday) - Four o’clock quizzes March 29 (Wednesday) – Four o’clock quizzes October 6 (Thursday) – Four o’clock quizzes March 30 (Thursday) – Four o’clock quizzes October 10-11 (Monday-Tuesday) - Pacing Break - April 3-14 (Monday-Friday) Registration for no classes Fall and Summer 2006 October 13 (Thursday) - Yom Kippur April 4 (Tuesday) – Four o’clock quizzes October 19 (Wednesday) - Mid-term grades due April 5 (Wednesday) – Four o’clock quizzes November 1 (Tuesday) - Applications for April 7 (Friday) - Last day to withdraw from a January degree due course with a “W” November 2 (Wednesday) - Four o’clock quizzes April 13 (Thursday) - Passover November 3 (Thursday) – Four o’clock quizzes April 14 (Friday) - Good Friday - classes held November 7-18 (Monday-Friday) - Registration April 17 (Monday) - Last day for May doctoral for Spring 2006 candidates to deliver approved November 8 (Tuesday) – Four o’clock quizzes dissertation drafts to dean November 9 (Wednesday) – Four o’clock quizzes April 21 (Friday) - Last day for hourly exams November 15 (Tuesday) - Last day for January doc- April 28 (Friday) - Last day for May master’s toral candidates to deliver approved candidates to submit unbound thesis dissertation drafts to dean; Last day to copies to the Registrar’s Office; Last withdraw from a course with a “W” day for May doctoral candidates to November 23-27 (Wednesday-Sunday) - complete all degree requirements; Last Thanksgiving Vacation day to drop a class or withdraw with December 2 (Friday) - Last day for hourly exams WP/WF grades; Last Class Day December 9 (Friday) - Last day of classes; Last day April 29 (Saturday) - Review-consultation-study to drop a course with a WP/WF grades; period for Tuesday classes Last day for January master’s degree May 1 (Monday) - Review-consultation-study candidates to submit unbound thesis period for Monday classes copies to the Registrar’s Office; Last day May 2 (Tuesday) - Final exams begin for January doctoral degree candidates May 10 (Wednesday) - Final exams end May 22 (Monday) - University Commencement Day Lehigh University defines a semester as 14 weeks and 70 individual days of instruction to be followed by 2 days of a reading-consultation and study period in preparation of 9 consecutive calendar days of final examinations with four periods per day of 3 hour exam blocks. 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