Haverford College does not discriminate in education or employment on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, race, color, age, religion, national origin, physical disability, or handicap. This policy is con­ sistent with relevant governmental statutes and regulations, including those pursuant to Tide IX of the Federal Education Amendments of 1972 and Section 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973. In­ quiries concerning Tide IX and other policies of non-discrimination may be referred to the Affirmative Action Officer, or to the Director of the Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C. 2 THE COLLEGE Academic Calendar Statement of Purpose History Resources THE PROGRAM Admission Expenses Financial Aid Scholarship Funds Curriculum Requirements and Related Matters COURSES OF Numbering and Grading System INSTRUCTION Departments STUDENT SERVICES Health Program AND ACTIVITIES Counseling Services, Career Planning Women's Center, Eighth Dimension Student Government Extracurricular Organizations and Publications FELLOWSHIPS AND Phi Beta Kappa PRIZES Endowed Fellowships for Haverford Graduates Prizes and Awards FACULTY AND Faculty ADMINISTRATION Academic Council Administration College Visitors on Special Funds Corporation and Board of Managers ALUMNI Alumni Association Alumni Clubs SUPPLEMENTAL Index INFORMATION Directory for Correspondence Campus Map 3 THE COLLEGE Academic Calendar .......................................... 6 Statement of Purpose ...................................... 8 History ............................................................ 8 Resources .: ...................................................... 9 HAVERFORD COLLEGE ACADEMIC CALENDAR 1982-83 FIRST SEMESTER August 1982 First-year students arrive (Customs week) ...................................................................... Fri. 27 Transfer students arrive .................................................................................................. Sat. 28 September 1982 Returning students arrive ............................................................ Tues. Aug. 31 and Wed. Students in upperclasses register for Physical Education courses (Fall & Winter I) ...... Wed. Opening Collection ...................................................................................... 8:00 p.m. Wed. First semester classes begin at Haverford (Bryn Mawr at 8:00 a.m.) ............ 8:30 a.m. Thu. 2 First faculty meeting ................................................................................... .4: 15 p.m. Thu. 2 New and readmitted students' academic course registration to be completed 5:00 p.m ........................................................................................... Fri. 3 First semester classes begin at Swarthmore .................................................................. Mon. 6 First semester classes begin at University of Pennsylvania .......................................... Wed. 8 Final academic registration/verification ................................ Tue. 14, Wed. 15, and Thu. 16 *Rosh Hashanah-Jewish New Year, begins sundown .............................. Thu. 16 and Fri. 17 *Yom Kippur, begins sundown ............................................................ Sun. 26 and Mon. 27 Last day to request no-numerical-grade option ........................................ 5:00 p.m. Mon. 27 October 1982 Last day for dropping a 5th credit without penalty ...................................... 5:00 p.m. Fri. 1 End of one-half-semester courses .................................................................................... Fri. 15 Fall vacation ........................................ begins 4:00p.m. Fri. 15 and ends 8:30 a.m. Wed. 20 Fall Quarter Physical Education courses end Fri. Oct. 23 .... Winter Quarter I begins Mon. 25 November 1982 Registration for Spring Semester academic courses .............................. Wed. 10 and Thu. 11 Registration for Winter II and Spring Quarters Physical Education ...... Wed. 10 and Thu. 11 Thanksgiving Vacation .................. begins 4:00p.m. Wed. 24 and ends 8:30 a.m. Mon. 29 December 1982 Last day of classes and Physical Education courses ........................................................ Fri. 10 Reading period (self-scheduled examinations may be taken) ............ Sat. 11 through Tue. 14 All papers (except those taken in lieu of examinations) due by ............... .4:00 p.m. Tue. 14 Laboratory notebooks and papers in lieu of examinations due as scheduled by instructor, but not later than ............................................................... .4:00 p.m. Thu. 16 MIDYEAR EXAMINATIONS .............................................. Wed. 15 to 5:00p.m. Tue. 21 Midyear Vacation .................. begins 8:00a.m. Wed. 22 and ends 8:30a.m. Jan. 17, 1983 Parents' Day, October 2, 1982 *Date recorded to assist in scheduling visiting speakers. 6 SECOND SEMESTER January 1983 First semester grades due in Recorder's office .............................................................. Mon. 3 Second semester classes at Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore, and University of Pennsylvania and Physical Education courses begin .................................................... 8:30 a.m. Mon. 17 Final academic registration/verification .................................... Thu. 27, Fri. 28 and Mon. 31 February 1983 Last day to request no-numerical-grade option .......................................... 5:00 p.m. Wed. 9 Last day to drop a 5th credit without penalty .......................................... 5:00 p.m. Mon. 14 Winter Quarter II Physical Education courses end Fri. 25 and Spring Quarter begins Mon. 28 March 1983 End of one-half-semester courses ...................................................................................... Fri. 4 Spring Vacation .................................... begins 4:00p.m. Fri. 11 and ends 8:30 a.m. Mon. 21 *Passover begins .......................................................................................................... Tue. 29 April 1983 Applications for Cope and Murray Graduate Fellowships due in Career Planning Office for attention of Committee on College Honors and Fellowships ................................ Fri. *Good Friday .................................................................................................................... Fri. Sophomore major cards due in the office of the Dean of the College ............................ Fri. 8 Registration for first semester, 1982, academic courses ...................... Wed. 13 and Thu. 14 Application for financial aid due in Admissions Office .............................................. Wed. 20 Prize competition manuscripts due in Career Planning Office for attention of Committee on College Honors and Fellowships .......................................................................... Fri. 22 Spring Quarter Physical Education courses end ............................................................ Fri. 29 Last day of classes .......................................................................................................... Fri. 29 May 1983 Reading period (self-scheduled examinations may be taken) ...... Sat. Apr. 30 through Tue. 3 All papers (except those in lieu of examinations) due by ............................ 4:00 p.m. Tue. 3 Senior comprehensive examinations .......................................... Mon. 2, Tue. 3, and Wed. 4 FINAL EXAMINATIONS FOR SENIORS .................... Wed. 4 through 12:00 noon Mon. 9 Laboratory notebooks and papers in lieu of examinations due as scheduled by instructor, but not later than .................................................................................. 4:00 p.m. Tue. 10 FINAL EXAMINATIONS FOR ALL OTHER STUDENTS .... Wed. 4 through 5:00 p.m. Fri. 13 Oral examinations for College Honors ............................................ Mon. 9 through Wed. 11 Final faculty meeting .................................................................................. 9:00 a.m. Thu. 12 COMMENCEMENT .................................................................................................... Mon. 16 *Date recorded to assist in scheduling visiting speakers. 7 Statement of Purpose Haverford College is dedicated to academic excellence created in an environment of concern for the growth of individuals within the College community. The College places strong emphasis upon a rigorous academic program. That program is flexible in form and content to meet the needs of individual students, but this flexibility assumes that the students of ability who come here will use their ability to the highest degree. Our faculty is noted above all for its strength in teaching. These men and women are scholars who love their work and expect to transmit to students their enthusiasm and high standards in their respective fields. They are teaching at an undergraduate college of arts and sciences as an opportunity for creative interchange with individual students. They expect much from themselves and their students; they expect to learn as well as to teach in this close relationship with undergraduates. We aim to utilize the full resources of the College, in and out of the classroom, to promote the personal and intellectual growth of our students. Through an ambitious program of visiting lecturers, through arts and cultural activities, through self­ government and service programs, through a student-centered athletic program and through day-to-day living on campus, we stress each person's