Georgia College & State University Undergraduate Catalog 2006-2008 Volume LXXV Georgia College & State University Bulletin Milledgeville, Georgia 31061 Phone: (478) 445-5004 Enrollment Services Toll-free in Georgia: 1-800-342-0471 GCSU Website: www.gcsu.edu 2 / Georgia College & State University PRESIDENT DOROTHY LELAND “As Georgia’s designated public liberal arts university, Georgia College & State University offers the kind of education found in exceptional private colleges but at public university prices. Georgia College helps to keep Georgia’s brightest students in the state by providing an engaging academic experience in a small- town, residential campus setting – small classes, active learning, exemplary undergraduate teaching, interactions with faculty inside and outside the class- room, significant and sustained opportunities to work with faculty on research and creative projects, residential learning, expansion of global awareness through study abroad, learning experiences in civic engagement and leader- ship development. Students learn to think creatively, communicate effectively, work well with others to solve problems, learn and adapt quickly, and apply cross-disciplinary approaches to difficult issues in order to find solutions. These are the graduates who are equipped to help create the strong knowledge economy, an economy based on innovation, that our state so desperately needs.” –Dorothy Leland, President Georgia College & State University / 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Georgia College & State University ............................................................................. 7 Special Note to Students and Parents......................................................................... 11 Admissions ............................................................................................................. 13 Fees, Tuition and Refunds ......................................................................................... 30 Financial Aid and Scholarships ................................................................................ 34 The Community and Student Services......................................................................... 45 Academic Policies, Registration, and Advisement ........................................................ 70 Campus-Wide Academic Programs.......................................................................... 106 Degree Programs................................................................................................... 124 Commuter Campuses and Centers Degree Programs ................................................. 128 College of Arts and Sciences .................................................................................. 131 School of Liberal Arts and Sciences ......................................................................... 132 The John H. Lounsbury School of Education.............................................................. 226 The J. Whitney Bunting School of Business ............................................................... 238 School of Health Sciences ...................................................................................... 266 Undergraduate Course Descriptions ....................................................................... 287 Board of Regents, GCSU Administration, Faculty and Staff........................................ 415 Georgia College & State University Alumni Association, Inc. ..................................... 436 Georgia College & State University Foundation, Inc. ................................................ 437 Directory for Information and University Action ......................................................... 439 University System of Georgia .................................................................................. 445 Institutions of the University System .......................................................................... 446 University Calendar ............................................................................................... 447 Index ................................................................................................................... 455 DISCLAIMER University policies, procedures and catalog information are subject to change. Please consult the university web site at www.gcsu.edu for recent updates and amendments UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG Milledgeville, Georgia 31061 Vol LXXV July 2006 4 / Georgia College & State University What it means to be Georgia’s PUBLIC Liberal Arts University. Life, liberty and the liberal arts We’re a liberal arts university with a larger mission. We educate every student as if one of them will someday be the leader of the free world. And it could happen. After all, 95 percent of our students are HOPE scholars with an aver- age SAT score significantly higher than the national average. They’re involved. Informed. And eager to make a difference. For them, we offer the broadest, deepest, most liberating education possible. Our methodology: small, personal classes taught by top scholars in 60 different majors. In other words, we teach as if the world depended on it. Georgia College & State University / 5 We teach as if the world depends on it. It just might. That’s why we treat all of our students as if one of them will some- day be the leader of the free world. To do that, we bring award-win- ning professors to teach on our campus. After all, we share the same mission: To educate students broadly and deeply, profoundly and personal. One day, the world may thank us. 6 / Georgia College & State University Dedicated to the proposition that all minds should be free We treat all of our students as if one of them will someday be the leader of the free world. Our students are ambitious and their inspiration is our professors. They’re what you would expect of a liberal arts college with a larger mission. Friendly. Approachable. And very, very smart. (Ph.D.s from Duke, Cornell and Vanderbilt.) In small classes (average size, 17), they take our students across disciplines, across cultures, across continents. All the way, perhaps, to the White House. Georgia College & State University / 7 What it means to be Georgia’s Georgia College & PUBLIC Liberal Arts State University University. Institutional History, Tradition and Setting Georgia College & State University is Georgia's designated Public Liberal Arts University, located in historic Milledgeville, Georgia, less than a dozen miles from the geographic center of the State. Milledgeville was the antebellum capital of Georgia and is a center of history and culture featuring beautiful antebellum homes and historic buildings. The University enhances the town's beauty with its architectural blending of majestic buildings of red brick and white Corinthian columns. Georgia's Old Governor's Mansion, one of the finest examples of Greek revival architecture in the United States, is the founding building of the University and remains central to the University's Mission. The Milledgeville campus is complemented by additional acreage in Baldwin County with facilities for athletics, recreation and outdoor and integrative education. GCSU was chartered in 1889 as Georgia Normal and Industrial College. Its emphasis at the time was largely vocational, and its major task was to prepare young women for teaching or industrial careers. In 1917, in keeping with economic and cultural changes in the state, Georgia Normal and Industrial College was authorized to grant degrees, the first of which was awarded in 1921. In 1922, the institution's name was changed to Georgia State College for Women. The University has been a unit of the University System of Georgia since it was formed in 1932. The name was changed to Women's College of Georgia in 1961, and, when the insti- tution became coeducational in 1967, it became Georgia College at Milledgeville. The name was later shortened to Georgia College. In August of 1996, the Board of Regents approved a change of name to Georgia College & State University, and a new mission as Georgia's Public Liberal Arts University. Former presidents of the university are Dr. J. Harris Chappell, Dr. Marvin M. Parks, Dr. J.L. Beeson, Dr. Guy H. Wells, Dr. Henry King Stanford, Dr. Robert E. Lee, Dr. J. Whitney Bunting, Dr. Edwin G. Speir, and Dr. Rosemary DePaolo. Dr. Dorothy Leland became the 10th president of Georgia College & State University on January 1, 2004. The Vision Statement As the state's only public liberal arts university, Georgia College & State University is com- mitted to combining the educational experiences typical of esteemed private liberal arts col- leges with the affordability of public higher education. GCSU is a residential learning com- munity that emphasizes undergraduate education and offers selected graduate programs. The faculty are dedicated to challenging students and fostering excellence in the classroom and beyond. GCSU seeks to endow its graduates with a passion for achievement, a lifelong curios- ity, and an exuberance for learning. 8 / Georgia College & State University GCSU's Principles Georgia College & State University aims to produce graduates who are well prepared for careers or advanced study and who are instilled with exceptional qualities of mind and char- acter. These include an inquisitive, analytical mind; respect for human diversity and individu- ality; a sense of civic and global responsibility; sound ethical principles; effective writing, speaking, and quantitative skills; and a healthy lifestyle. While GCSU faculty are