LD6501 .H3C4 1980-81 • Ia ~ 9 ...= =--- ==- =- 1 =-- I:SI I§ii Ea ~ ~f.~·'; ,.. ,,._.,/11·. ~ .... ~· . • 1.•. ,. • Harper College Off-Campus Course Locations Alexian Brothers Medical Center Northwest Community Hospital 800 West Biesterfield Road 800 West Central Road Elk Grove Village Arlington Heights Barrington High School Northwest Opportunity Center 616 West Main Street 15 E. Palatine Road Barrington Arlington Heights Clearmont School Palatine Public Library 280 Clearmont Drive 500 North Benton Street Elk Grove Village Palatine Elk Grove High School Rand Grove Village Arlington Heights Road 773 East Rand Grove Road and Elk Grove Boulevard Palatine Elk Grove Village Schaumburg Township Public Library Grove Jr. High School 32 West Library Lane 777 Elk Grove Boulevard Schaumburg Elk Grove Village St. John's United Church of Christ Hilldale Golf Course 308 North Evergreen 1 655 Ardw1ck Drive Arlington Heights Hoffman Estates St. Joseph's Home for the Elderly Hoffman Bowling Lanes 80 West Northwest Highway Higgins and Roselle Roads Palatine Hoffman Estates Wheeling High School John Hersey High School 900 South Elmhurst Road 1900 East Thomas Avenue Wheeling Arlington Heights Willow Park Center Kirk Center Palatine Road and Milwaukee Avenue 520 South Plum Grove Road Wheeling Palatine Lincoln Federal Savings and Loan Higgins at Gannon Road Hoffman Estates I Communities served by Harper I College District No. 512 1 Arlington Heights 2 Barrington 3 Barrington Hills 4 Inverness 5 Buffalo Grove 6 Carpentersville" 7 Deer Park" 8 Des Plaines• 9 Elk Grove Village 1C Fox River Grove• 11 Hanover Park · 12 Lake Barrington 13 Hollman Estates 14 Mount Prospect 15 North Barrington 16 Palatine 17 Prospect Heights 18 Rolling Meadows 19 Roselle · 20 Schaumburg 2' South Barrington 22 Tower Lake 23 Wheeling • Portions 01 these communities are included 1n the district Campus Buildings A College Center B Public Safety, Power Plant C Art and Architecture D Mathematics and Science E Lecture-Demonstration Area F Learning Resources Center G Vocational Technology Shops and LabOratones H Vocational Technology Shops and Lab0rator1es Business. Social Science. and Vocational Education J Business, Social Science. and Vocational Education M Physical Education, Athletics and Recreation P Music Building T Grounds Maintenance Shop U Athletics. Maintenance Shop V Roads and Grounds, Park Management t No rth •••..... r.•..... r.., ......... ..... r •., ..... ..... .... ..... .. ... .....r_. .....IYI .... Table of Contents Harper College Academic Calendar _____ 3 The College: General lnformation ______ S Admission Information, Tuition, and Fees_13 Academic Information -----·-··-·--19 Student Services ____~------23 Continuing Education and Community Services ___________ 31 ..... Programs of Study and Requirements __37 ..... Associate Degree Curricula. 43 Course Descriptions 95 Board of Trustees, Officers of the College, and Faculty 149 lndex __________________ 165 .....r.-. .......... .....r.-. 2 William Rainey Harper College Academic Calendar 1980-81 First Semester - Fall, 1 "v''---------~----··-----------"'---·-··--· ··-- 1-1orii"+.·"'1""' as scheduled ____ _ ______________April through August 18 ~-----------~·---~-------------''~~~~~,19 Open 1-1°r';"'+'·"'+.''" August , 23 Classes 25 Last Day for Registration August 30 Last Day for Adding Classes ____ August 30 Labor Day (Classes Not in Session) __.. September 1 Last Day for 6 '-------------·-·--------------·--------~lvl\JUVI 17 ) _________________N()ve1mber11 J_______________ .. ___ 1\lQV19mtJer 27-30 Classes ·~------·---·---------------------------........... ____ ,rJ:9c;e,""h·~· 1 Last Day for Withdrawals ____ ·-------------... -----------·-~---December 13 Final Exams __._________ _ ________________December 15-20 Semester Break 1s _____··---- ....·-···--·---------··----------UE1ce111ber 21 Summer Session, 1981 (Two Eight-Week Staggered Terms). __________ ~Ar11~tr·~t1r)~---------------··----------------''v1uy21,22 ________.. ____________1111ay Classes Begin (First Eight-Week 1 26 Last Day for Late Registration (First Term)__ May 28 Last Day for Adding Classes (First Eight-Week Term) May 28 Last Day for Refunds (First Eight-Week Term) __________ June 1 Classes Begin (Second Eight-Week Term) June 22 Last Day for Late Registration (Second Eight-Week Term)__ __ _____ June 24 Last Day for Adding Classes (Second Eight-Week Term) June 24 Last Day for Refunds (Second Eight-Week Term) June 27 2 Independence Day l--..-----------------------·---'"··"Y 3 Classes •V-------------·-----------.. -----------u~, 1 6 Last Day for Withdrawals (First Eight-Week 6 Final Exams (First Eight-Week 7 Last Day for Withdrawals (Second 3 Final Exams (Second Eight-Week Term) 4 3 ......... ... .. •.....•• r.• ... ......... .. ... ...... ......... ........ ......... ......... ..... ..... 1 The College: ..... General Information William Rainey Harper The President's Message The College Board of Trustees Compliance Actions Accreditation ...... ..... History ..... ..... Community Orientation and Involvement Philosophy General Education Objectives Degrees The Harper Year College Hours ..... Campus Facilities ..... Bookstore Parking Learning Resources Center .....r ... 5 William Rainey Harper The President's Message Father of the Community College As your college in your community, William The spint of Harper College is reflected tn tis Rainey Harper College is committed to helping name. Wiiiiam Rainey Harper was a scholar, you achieve your educational goals. Whether teacher, writer, and administrator who devoted you come here to begin a college program or to his hie to the pursuit of excellence 1n education. continue your studies, to prepare for a new He accomplished so much In hts lifetime that he career or improve skills in your present field, or 1s counted among the intellectual giants of his to pursue personal interests through enrichment day. offerings, there are opportunities for you at Harper. A man of v1s1on and an innovator, Dr. Harper was hand picked by John o. Rockefeller to If you have not developed a clearly-defined plan become the first president of the University of for your course of study or career goal, you will Chicago before the turn of the century. During find excellent counseling and career Information his 15-year presidency, that university emerged services to assist you 1n exploring options and as one of the leaders In a movement to reform clarifying your objectives. higher education. The broad range of educational, social, and Dr. Harper is recognized as the father of the service opportunities here can make your two-year college, which he Initiated at the college experience a valuable and productive University of Chicago In 1896. At that time the part of your life. We hope you wlll take lull university was divided Into two divisions-the advantage of the growth potential of your time at academic college for freshmen and sophomores Harper. and the university college for juniors and seniors. Full-fledged emergence of this concept came almost 70 years later with the community college as we know It !Oday. In Illinois alone there are 39 public two-year community college districts serving more than 315,000 citizens through a lull range of transfer, James J. McGrath career-vocational, and continuing education programs on both a daytime and an evening basis. 6 The College Services; the clinic operated by Harper's Dental Hygiene career program is accredited by the William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, American Dental Association; the Harper Music Illinois is a public community college, an integral Department 1s accredited as a Community- part of the Illinois system of higher education. Junior College Member of the National The college, established in 1965 by voter Association of Schools of Music; the Harper referendum, is governed by an elected board of Legal Technology program is accredited by the trustees. Harper serves high school districts 211 American Bar Association; the Harper Real (Palatine and Schaumburg Townships), 214 Estate program holds a Certificate of Real Estate (Elk Grove and Wheeling Townships), as well School, Department of Registration and as Barrington Unit School District 220. Education School Approval # 46; the Medical Office Assistants program at Harper is The Harper district ( 512) covers an accredited by the Council on Medical Education area of about square miles. Communities of the American Medical Association in within the college district are Arlington collaboration with the American Association of Barrington, Barrington Hills, Buffalo Grove, Medical Assistants; and the Dietetic Technician Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Inverness, Lake program is accredited by the American Dietetic Barrington, Mount Prospect, North Barrington, Association. Palatine, Prospect Heights, Rolling Meadows, Schaumburg, South Barrington, Tower Lake, and Wheeling. Also included are portions of Carpentersville, Deer Park, Des Plaines, Fox History River Grove, Hanover Park, and Roselle. The story of William Rainey Harper College parallels the history of the community college movement in Illinois, an educational Board of Trustees phenomenon in the late 1960's. The board of trustees is comprised of seven Late in 1964, while legislators in Springfield elected individuals who represent the voters of were adding the final revisions to the Illinois the district and one student representative who Community College Act enabling citizens to has an advisory vote elected by the student form their own college districts, concerned