Programs and Majors Your education at Lehigh University will help prepare Strong programs in business, the humanities, education, you to excel by discovering and building upon your per- arts and sciences, and human services compliment our well- sonal strengths in a campus community where active known strength in engineering. Lehigh students can choose learning connects with real-world applications. Learning from an array of courses and enjoy the resources and facili- at Lehigh incorporates active academic research and ties of a major research university and the atmosphere and hands-on experiences, both in and outside the classroom. personal attention of a small college. While most of the As a comprehensive university, Lehigh offers students an undergraduate programs listed are offered as majors, many education that integrates course work across four colleges are also available as minors. Graduate programs are offered and different fields of study in a dynamic learning expe- in many of the subjects listed as well. These are described in rience that can be customized to individual interests. Section IV, Graduate Study and Research. Arts, Humanities, and Civil and Environmental Sciences2 Education and Human Social Sciences Computer Science Services Africana Studies Design Counseling Psychology1 American Studies Ecology Counseling and Human Services1 Anthropology Electrical Engineering Educational Leadership Architecture Electrical Engineering and 1 2 Educational Technology Art Engineering Physics Elementary Counseling1 Arts and Engineering2 Engineering Mechanics Elementary and Secondary Asian Studies Engineering Physics Education (5 year program) Classical Civilization Environmental Engineering School Psychology1 Classics Environmental Science Secondary Counseling1 Cognitive Science Geological Sciences Special Education1 Ecology Industrial Engineering Economics Information and Systems Engineering Cross-Disciplinary Environmental Studies Materials Science and Engineering Programs English Mathematics Africana Studies French Mechanical Engineering American Studies German Molecular Biology Arts and Engineering2 History Optoelectronics Science and Engineering Asian Studies International Relations Physics Classical Civilization Journalism Statistics Bioengineering Music Structural Engineering (IBE only) Civil Engineering/Environmental Music Composition Biosciences and Sciences Philosophy Bioengineering Cognitive Science Political Science Computer Science and Business Psychology Applied Life Science Electrical Engineering/Engineering Religion Studies Behavioral Neuroscience Physics Russian Studies Biochemistry Health and Biopharmaceutical Science Writing Bioengineering Economics1 Science, Technology, and Society Biology Integrated Business and Engineering Sociology and Anthropology Molecular Biology Pre-dental Science3 Sociology/Social Psychology Information Science and Pre-medical Science3 Spanish Technology Pre-optometry Science3 Theatre Science, Technology, and Society Urban Studies Computer Engineering Computer Science Special Cross-Disciplinary Engineering, Science and Computer Technology (IBE only) Programs of Study Mathematics Information and Systems Engineering Arts and Engineering Astronomy Optoelectronics Science and Engineering Computer Science and Business Astrophysics Business and Economics Enterprise Systems Leadership Applied Mathematics Integrated Business and Engineering Applied Science Accounting Music and Engineering/Science4 Business Economics Behavioral Neuroscience 1 Economics Graduate level only Biochemistry 2 Bioengineering Finance Dual-degree (5-year) program Biology Management 3Combined-degree programs only Chemical Engineering Marketing 4Music and Engineering/Science is not a Chemistry Information Systems major in itself. However, Lehigh attracts Civil Engineering Supply Chain Management many engineering and science students who wish to continue their active involvement in music and the music department, as dual majors, minors or elective participants. 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 86 VI. An Overview from Past and Present 377 VII. Administration, Faculty and Staff 386 Index 407 4 Lehigh University Course Catalog 2003-2004 2004-2005 Academic Calendar Fall 2004 December 6 (Monday) - Review-consultation-study July 1 (Thursday) - Deadline to apply for period for Monday classes September degree December 7 (Tuesday) - Last day for January doctoral July 23 (Friday) - Last day for September degree candidates to complete all Doctoral candidates to deliver approved degree requirements dissertation drafts to dean December 7 (Tuesday) - Final exams begin August 13 (Friday) - Last day for September masters December 15 (Wednesday) - Final exams end candidates to submit unbound thesis December 20 (Monday) - Grades due copies to the Registrar’s Office; Spring 2005 Last day for September doctoral January 13-14 (Thursday-Friday) - Graduate candidates to complete all degree Registration requirements January 16 (Sunday) – Degree awarding date August 19-20 (Thursday-Friday) - Graduate Registration January 17 (Monday) - Registration; First day of class August 23 (Monday) - Classes begin; registration January 21 (Friday) - Last day web registration; August 27 (Friday) - Last day web registration; Last day to add courses without Last day to add courses without instructor’s permission instructor’s signature January 28 (Friday) - Last day for spring registration; September 3 (Friday) - Last day of registration; Last day to drop a course without a “W” Last day to drop a course without a “W” February 4 (Friday) - Last day to select or cancel September 5 (Sunday) - Degree awarding date pass/fail September 6 (Monday) - Labor Day - classes held February 16 (Wednesday) - Four o’clock quizzes September 10 (Friday) - Last day to select or cancel February 17 (Thursday) - Four o’clock quizzes pass/fail grading February 22 (Tuesday) - Four o’clock quizzes September 16 (Thursday) - Rosh Hashanna February 23 (Wednesday) - Four o’clock quizzes September 21 (Tuesday) - Four o’clock quizzes March 1 (Tuesday) - Last day for filing September 22 (Wednesday) - Four o’clock quizzes applications for May graduation September 25 (Saturday) - Yom Kippur March 4 (Friday) - Mid-term grades due September 29 (Wednesday) - Four o’clock quizzes March 5-13 (Saturday-Sunday) - Spring break September 30 (Thursday) – Four o’clock quizzes March 14 (Monday) - Classes resume October 7-10 (Thursday-Sunday) - Pacing Break - March 25 (Friday) - Good Friday - classes held no classes March 26 (Saturday) - Passover October 11 (Monday) - Classes resume; Friday March 30 (Wednesday) – Four o’clock quizzes classes meet March 31 (Thursday) – Four o’clock quizzes October 12 (Tuesday) - Thursday classes meet April 5 (Tuesday) – Four o’clock quizzes October 13 (Wednesday) - Mid-term grades due April 6 (Wednesday) – Four o’clock quizzes October 28 (Thursday) - Four o’clock quizzes April 8 (Friday) - Last day to withdraw from a November 1 (Monday) - Applications for January course with a “W” degree due April 11-22 (Monday-Friday) Registration for Fall November 2 (Tuesday) – Four o’clock quizzes and Summer 2005 November 3 (Wednesday) – Four o’clock quizzes April 22 (Friday) - Last day for hourly exams; November 4 (Thursday) – Four o’clock quizzes Last day for May doctoral candidates to November 8-19 (Monday-Friday) - Registration for deliver approved dissertation drafts to dean Spring 2005 April 29 (Friday) - Last day for May master’s November 9 (Tuesday) - Last day for January candidates to submit unbound thesis doctoral candidates to deliver approved copies to the Registrar’s Office; dissertation drafts to dean; Last day to Last day for May doctoral candidates to withdraw from a course with a “W” complete all degree requirements; November 23 (Tuesday) - Last day for hourly exams Last day to drop a class or withdraw November 24-28 (Wednesday-Sunday) - Thanksgiving with WP/WF grades; Last Class Day Vacation April 30 (Saturday) - Review-consultation-study December 3 (Friday) - Last day of classes; Last day period for Tuesday classes to drop a course with a WP/WF May 2 (Monday) - Review-consultation-study grades; Last day for January master’s period for Monday classes degree candidates to submit unbound May 3 (Tuesday) - Final exams begin thesis copies to the Registrar’s Office May 9 (Wednesday) - Final exams end December 4 (Saturday) - Review-consultation-study May 14 (Saturday) - Grades due period for Tuesday classes May 23 (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-consultationand 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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