2003-04 CATALOG 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 sonal strengths in a campus community where active well-known strength in engineering. Lehigh students can learning connects with real-world applications. Learning choose from an array of courses and enjoy the resources at Lehigh incorporates active academic research and and facilities of a major research university and the hands-on experiences, both in and outside the classroom. atmosphere and personal attention of a small college. As a comprehensive university, Lehigh offers students an While most of the undergraduate programs listed are education that integrates course work across four colleges offered as majors, many are also available as minors. and different fields of study in a dynamic learning expe- Graduate programs are offered in many of the subjects rience that can be customized to individual interests. listed as well. These are described in Section IV, Graduate Study and Research. Arts, Humanities, and Civil Engineering Education and Human Social Sciences Civil and Environmental Sciences2 Services Computer Science Africana Studies Counseling Psychology1 Design 1 American Studies Ecology Counseling and Human Services Anthropology Electrical Engineering Educational Leadership Architecture Educational Technology1 Electrical Engineering and 1 Art Engineering Physics2 Elementary Counseling 2 Arts and Engineering Engineering Mechanics Elementary and Secondary Asian Studies Education (5 year program) Engineering Physics 1 Classical Civilization Environmental Engineering School Psychology Classics Secondary Counseling1 Environmental Science 1 Cognitive Science Geological Sciences Special Education Ecology Industrial Engineering Economics Cross-Disciplinary Information and Systems Engineering Programs English Materials Science and Engineering French Mathematics Africana Studies German American Studies Mechanical Engineering 2 History Molecular Biology Arts and Engineering International Relations Optoelectronics Science and Engi- Asian Studies Journalism neering Classical Civilization Music Physics Bioengineering Philosophy Statistics Civil Engineering/Environmental Political Science Structural Engineering (IBE only) Sciences Psychology Cognitive Science Religion Studies Biosciences and Computer Science and Business Russian Studies Bioengineering Electrical Engineering/Engineering Science Writing Applied Life Science Physics Science, Technology, and Society Integrated Business and Engineering Behavioral Neuroscience 3 Sociology and Anthropology Biochemistry Pre-dental Science Sociology/Social Psychology Pre-medical Science3 Bioengineering 3 Spanish Biology Pre-optometry Science Theatre Molecular Biology Science, Technology, and Society Urban Studies Information Science and Special Cross- Engineering, Science and Technology Disciplinary Programs of Mathematics Study Computer Engineering Astronomy Computer Science Arts and Engineering Astrophysics Computer Technology (IBE only) Computer Science and Business Applied Mathematics Information and Systems Engineering Enterprise Systems Leadership Applied Science Optoelectronics Science and Integrated Business and Engineering Behavioral Neuroscience Engineering Music and Engineering/Science4 Biochemistry Bioengineering Business and Economics 1Graduate level only Biology Accounting 2 Chemical Engineering Dual-degree (5-year) program Business Economics 3 Chemistry Economics Combined-degree programs only Finance 4Music and Engineering/Science is not Management a major in itself. However, Lehigh Marketing attracts many engineering and science Information Systems students who wish to continue their Supply Chain Management active involvement in music and the music department, as dual majors, minors or elective participants. 3 Contents Academic Calendar 4 I. Information of General Interest 5 II. University Resources 19 III. Undergraduate Studies 27 IV. Graduate Study and Research 49 V. Courses, Programs and Curricula 83 VI. An Overview from Past and Present 357 VII. Administration, Faculty and Staff 366 Index 389 4 Lehigh University Course Catalog 2003-2004 2003-2004 Academic Calendar Fall 2003 Spring 2004 August 21-22 (Thursday-Friday) - Graduate Registration January 15-16 (Thursday-Friday) - Graduate Registration August 25 (Monday) - Classes begin; registration January 18 (Sunday) – Commencement August 29 (Friday) - Last day web registration; January 19 (Monday) - Registration; First day of class Last day to add courses without January 23 (Friday) - Last day web registration; Last instructor’s signature day to add courses without instructor’s September 1 (Monday) - Labor day classes held permission September 5 (Friday) - Last day of registration; Last January 30 (Friday) - Last day for spring registration; day to drop a course without a “W” Last day to drop a course without a “W” September 12 (Friday) - Last day to select or February 6 (Friday) - Last day to select or cancel cancel pass/fail grading pass/fail September 27 (Saturday) - Rosh Hashanna February 18 (Wednesday) - Four o’clock quizzes September 25 (Thursday) - Four o’clock quizzes February 19 (Thursday) - Four o’clock quizzes September 30 (Tuesday) - Four o’clock quizzes February 24 (Tuesday) - Four o’clock quizzes October 1 (Wednesday) - Four o’clock quizzes February 25 (Wednesday) - Four o’clock quizzes October 2 (Thursday) – Four o’clock quizzes March 1 (Monday) - Last day for filing applica- October 6 (Monday) - Yom Kippur tions for June graduation October 9-12 (Thursday-Sunday) - Pacing Break - no March 5 (Friday) - Mid-term grades due classes March 6-14 (Saturday-Sunday) - Spring break October 13 (Monday) - Classes resume; Friday March 15 (Monday) - Classes resume classes meet March 30 (Tuesday) – Four o’clock quizzes October 14 (Tuesday) - Thursday classes meet March 31 (Wednesday) – Four o’clock quizzes October 15 (Wednesday) - Mid-term grades due April 1 (Thursday) – Four o’clock quizzes October 30 (Thursday) - Four o’clock quizzes April 5 (Monday) – Four o’clock quizzes November 3 (Monday) - Applications for January April 6 (Thursday) - Passover - classes held degree due April 9 (Friday) - Last day to withdraw from a November 4 (Tuesday) – Four o’clock quizzes course with a “W” November 5 (Wednesday) – Four o’clock quizzes April 9 (Friday) - Good Friday - classes held; November 6 (Thursday) – Four o’clock quizzes Last day for hourly exams; Last day for November 10-21 (Monday-Friday) - Registration for May/June doctoral candidates to deliver Spring 2004 approved dissertation drafts to dean November 11 (Tuesday) - Last day for January doc- April 12-23 (Monday-Friday) Registration for Fall toralcandidates to deliver approved and Summer dissertation drafts to dean; Last day April 23 (Friday) – Last day for hourly exams to withdraw from a course with a “W” April 30 (Friday) - Last day for May/June master’s November 25 (Tuesday) - Last day for hourly exams candidates to submit unbound thesis November 26-30 (Wednesday-Sunday) - Thanksgiving copies to the Registrar’s Office; Last Vacation day for May/June doctoral candidates December 5 (Friday) - Last day of classes; Last day to complete all degree requirements; to drop a course with a WP/WF Last day to drop a class or withdraw grades; Last day for January master’s with WP/WF grades; Last Class Day degree candidates to submit unbound May 1 (Saturday) - Review-consultation-study thesis copies to the Registrar’s Office period for Tuesday classes December 6 (Saturday) - Review-consultation-study May 3 (Monday) - Review-consultation-study period for Tuesday classes period for Monday classes December 8 (Monday) - Review-consultation-study May 4 (Tuesday) - Final exams begin period for Monday classes May 12 (Wednesday) - Final exams end December 9 (Tuesday) - Last day for January doc- May 15 (Saturday) - Grades due toral degree candidates to complete May 24 (Monday) - University Commencement all degree requirements Day December 9 (Tuesday) - Final exams begin December 17 (Wednesday) - Final exams end December 22 (Monday) - Grades due 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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Similar information for graduate students Minimum subject matter requirements (16 units) may be found in Section IV. The