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BLOOMSBURG
UNIVERSITY
UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG
1988-1989

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF
PENNSYLVANIA

UNDERGRADUATE
CATALOG

1988-1989
Prepared May

Bloomsburg University

is

committed

to

9,

1988

providing equal educational and employment opportunities for

all

persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry,

lifestyle, affectional or

preference, handicap, Vietnam era veteran, or union membership.

is

The

university

affirmative action and will take positive steps to provide such educational and
Inquiries

may be

additionally

employment

opportunities.

directed to the director of affirmative action. Waller Administration Building,

University, Bloomsburg,

PA

17815 (717) 389-4528.

sexual

committed

Bloomsburg

to

Council of Trustees seated from left : Leo Kubitsky, Ramona H. Alley,
(chairperson), Gail A. Zurick; standing: Robert W. Buehner Jr.,

John Dorin
E.H. Alkire

Jr.,

Harry Ausprich, LaRoy Davis, Gerald E. Malinowski, and

Stanley G. Rakowski.

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY
Council of Trustees
(as of Feb. 10, 1988)

John Dorin, chairperson

Montoursville

Stanley G. Rakowsky, vice chairperson

Ramona

Elbern H. Alkire

Robert

Clearfield

Berwick

H. Alley, secretary

Emmaus

Jr.

W. Buehner Jr.

Danville

Karen A. Cameron

Bloomsburg

LaRoy G. Davis

Feasterville

Mount Carmel

Gerald E. Malinowski

Kevin M. O'Connor
Richard

F.

Plains

Wesner

Danville

Sunbury

Gail A. Zurick

Harry Ausprich, president and ex-officio

member

Advisers to the Council of Trustees
Association of Pennsylvania State

Brian A. Johnson

College and University Faculties

Mary Anne Klemkosky

Bloomsburg University

Alumni Association
American Federation of State.
County, and Municipal Employees

Veto Talanca

Edward

F.

Gobora

III

Community Government
Association

Board of Governors
State System of Higher
Education
(as of July 1988)

F.

Eugene Dixon

Jr.,

chairperson, Lafayette Hill

Arthur E. Barndt, Telford

Richard A. Benefield, Bloomsburg
Muriel M. Berman, Allentown

Thomas K.
Rebecca

Gilhool, Harrisburg

Lock Haven

F. Gross,

James A. Hughes, Philadelphia
Robert P. Casey

Anne O.

Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Jackson, Sewickley

William Keisling, Harrisburg
Kelly A. Konick, California

James L. Larson, Devon
Floyd M. Mains, Shippensburg

Eve Y. Murphy, Edinboro
Kenton R. O'Neil, Clarion
Charles
J.

J.

Potter,

Edwards Smith

Indiana
III,

Lancaster

James H. McCormick
Chancellor of the State System of Higher Education

Bloomsburg University
Academic Calendar
Approved

Semester

I

Classes begin

for 1988-1989

1988

Semester

Monday, Aug. 29

Classes begin

1989

II

Monday,

(6 p.m.)

Labor Day

-

No

classes

Thanksgiving recess begins

Monday, Sept. 5
Wednesday, Nov. 23

Semester break begins
Classes

resume

Monday, Nov. 28

Spring

Weekend

begins

semester classes end

exam period begins
Winter Commencement
Final

Friday,

March 24

(10 p.m.)

(8 a.m.)

First

March 1 1
Monday, March 20
Saturday,

(8 a.m.)

(2:50 p.m.)

Classes resume

Jan. 16

(6 p.m.)

Monday, March 27

Saturday, Dec. 10

Classes resume

Monday, Dec. 12

Second semester classes end

Saturday,

Sunday, Dec. 18

Final

exam period begins
Spring Commencement

Monday, May

1989

Summer

Sessions:

Saturday,

May 30

May

May

6
8

13

through Aug. 18

Welcome

to

Bloomsburg University

Bloomsburg University! We are delighted you have chosen to pursue your baccalaureWe believe the academic and co-curricular programs will offer you many
occasions to grow intellectually and socially.
The emphasis on a strong liberal arts preparation at Bloomsburg University helps students develop
characteristics of mental resourcefulness and responsible self-expression and abilities to think critically,

Welcome

to

ate degree at Bloomsburg.

clarify values,

and demonstrate problem-solving

skills.

and involvement in decision making
and administration. In this atmosphere students and employees can expect
mutual respect, personal and professional enrichment and accomplishment of common goals. We want
you to succeed and invite you to take full advantage of the varied resources of the university that complement your academic study. Best wishes as you pursue your educational goals.
This university

by students faculty
,

,

is

characterized by openness in communication

staff,

,

,

Harry Ausprich
President

IV

CONTENTS

Some

Facts about Bloomsburg University

Enrollment Management
Admission and Readmission

Academic

Policies, Practices,

2



2



and Services • 5

Academic Advicement

13



Developmental Instruction
Tutorial/504 Services



14

14



Student Support Services



15

Upward Bound • 75
Expenses, Fees, and Refunds

15



Student Life and Services



18

Undergraduate Curricula



27

General Education Requirements

29

General Education Courses



Buildings and Facilities



University Services

35



33

College of Arts and Sciences
College of Business



28



37



120

College of Professional Studies



School of Extended Programs
School of Graduate Studies

Administration
Faculty





168



169

Adjunct Faculty
Faculty Emeriti





183
185

Administrative Staff* 186

Campus Map
Index





190

189

132


166



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Some

The emphasis

Facts about

at the

Normal School changed during

the

early 1920s from secondary and college-preparatory courses

May

for special teachers to full-time teacher education. In

Bloomsburg University

1927, the institutional

name was changed

to

Bloomsburg

State Teachers College and the school was authorized to
grant the Bachelor of Science in education for teachers in

elementary and secondary schools.

Under

Introduction

education program, and a

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
14 state-owned universities

in the

System of Higher Education.
ate degree programs and one
in

64 undergradu-

Bloomsburg

associate's degree,

academic disciplines,

elementary education

is

offered in

cooperation with Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

in the teacher

new degree program

business

in

Upon

Haas

the appointment of Dr.

as state superinten-

dent of public instruction. Dr. Harvey A. Andruss, then dean

of instruction and a former director of the Business Education

Department, was appointed president, a position he held

During World

until his retirement in 1969.

Navy V-12

renamed Navy
tion

was

War

II,

the U.S.

Office Training Program was conducted on

Bloomsburg campus. As a

Organization

made

education was initiated.

Pennsylvania State

In addition to

offers 23 master's degrees in select

and a doctoral program

one of the

is

Haas

the administration of President Francis B.

(1927-1939), great progress was

the

campus building was

In 1957, a division of special educa-

Hall.

instituted,

result, a

and today. Navy Hall

still

houses the

program.

Major expansion

Bloomsburg University has more than 6,900 students
and

is

organized as three colleges: Arts and Sciences, Pro-

fessional Studies, Business, and

Studies and Extended Programs.
structure of each college

is

two schools Graduate

The scope and

internal

described in the succeeding

in facilities, faculty,

and student body

followed. Full-time enrollment rose from 1,743 in 1960 to

6,400 undergraduates

in 1988.

name was changed to
Bloomsburg State College. Authorization soon followed
In 1960, the school's

to grant baccalaureate degrees for liberal arts

chapters of this catalog.

programs

in

humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences/mathemat-

Location

ics.

Graduate study, leading

also

was inaugurated.

the Master of Arts, in

The home of Bloomsburg University
the

Town

is its

namesake,

of Bloomsburg, the county seat of Columbia

County, Pa. The
Harrisburg and

is

and residential commu-

industrial, trading,

nity of nearly 12,000

is

Interstate 80.

Bloomsburg
tal

Trailways bus

is

served by the Greyhound and Continen-

lines.

Commercial

Barre/Scranton on Interstate 81 and

airports at Wilkes-

at

Williamsport are

about an hour's drive from Bloomsburg.

Master of Education,

was received

1970 for the Master of Science,

1976 for the Master of Business Administration, and
1982 for the Master of Science

in

Nursing.

Commonwealth

legislation established the State

System of Higher Education on July

1,

1983, and

Bloomsburg State College became Bloomsburg University.
Bloomsburg's president. Dr. James H. McCormick, became
the system's interim chancellor and later the first

chancellor. Dr. Larry

W.

"to teach youth the elements of a classical

academy continued with varied fortunes until 1856 when a
charter was prepared and stock issued to reorganize it as the
Bloomsburg Literary Institute. A building, now known as
Carver Hall in memory of Henry Carver, principal at the
time, was erected in 1867. Today, it is considered the
university's landmark.

Largely through the efforts of J. P. Wickersham,

Bloomsburg Literary
became Bloomsburg Literary Institute and
State Normal School in 1869; it continued under this name
and organization until 1916 when it was purchased by the
Commonwealth and named the Bloomsburg State Normal
superintendent of public instruction,

School.

when

Dr.

Harry Ausprich assumed the chief executive position.

education" was established in Bloomsburg in 1839. The

Institute

permanent

Jones, Bloomsburg's former

provost and vice president for academic affairs, served as

Bloomsburg

An academy

in

A cooperative

the university's interim president until July 1985

History

for
in

doctoral program in elementary education began in 1982.

located 80 miles northeast of

within two miles of two interchanges of

to the

In 1968, approval

is

a strong, multi-mission institution

offering curricula in the liberal arts, business, nursing, allied

health sciences, and teacher education. Degree programs
are offered at the associate, baccalaureate, and master's level
in addition to the

cooperative doctoral program.

Accreditation
Bloomsburg University is accredited by the Commison Higher Education of the Middle States Association
of Colleges and Schools; The National Council for the Acsion

creditation of Teacher Education; National

League of

Nursing; and the Pennsylvania State Board of Education.

The B.S. degree program in chemistry
American Chemical Society.

is

approved by the

SOME FACTS ABOUT BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY/1

An

ENROLLMENT
MANAGEMENT

applicant must have on

file

Aptitude Test of the College Board.

scores of the Scholastic
It is

the responsibility of

the applicant to arrange for the test and to request the forward-

ing of the scores directly from the Educational Testing Service

Bloomsburg University. Bloomsburg University's college
number is 2646. A photostatic copy of the high school test report on an official high

to

entrance examination board code

The area of Enrollment Management

is

responsible for

to prospective students, as well as

marketing the university

and scheduling students and maintaining

selecting, advising,

student records and providing various academic support
services.

The goal of this

ment and

selection with student retention. This approach

area

is

to integrate student recruit-

school transcript also

No

other standardized test

Freshman Students

increases the students' likelihood of experiencing academic
success.

acceptable.

is

will serve as a substitute for the Scholastic Aptitude Test.

Freshman applicants

are admitted to the university in

only one of eight academic categories: allied health sciences,
arts

Admission and Readmission

and sciences, business administration, business education,

computer science, interpreting
education. Students

change

Instructions for Correspondence

is

Correspondence concerning admission and documents

which pertain

admission should be addressed

to

may

for the deaf, nursing, or teacher

petition for an internal curriculum

after enrollment. Transfer into

high-demand programs

possible but not guaranteed.

Transfer Students

to the Director

of Admissions, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA.

17815 (717)389-4316.

An

applicant

of application

is

who was

previously enrolled, or

at the

enrolled in another college or university,

time
is

a

transfer applicant.

Application Procedures

The information supplied

in Application

Procedures and

Criteria for Evaluation applies to transfer applicants.

may

may be

Ameri-

submitted by a transfer

Application materials and instructions for application

can College Test results

be secured by writing the director of admissions.

applicant instead of the Scholastic Aptitude Test results. Test

To be
submit an

a candidate for admission, one

must complete and

official application to the Office of

The applicant

is

Admissions.

responsible for requesting the proper official

results are not required

from applicants who have successfully

completed 30 or more semester hours of college

credit.

Transfer applicants must request each college attended to send

transcript of his or her secondary school to submit a transcript

an official transcript to the director of admissions regardless of

and personal evaluation

whether credit was earned

to the director of admissions.

The non-refundable

application fee of $15 must be paid

A
or she

prior to consideration of the application.

transfer student

at the

may be

certified as holding

is

otherwise

in the college last

other institution(s).

considered for admission

he

attended and having an overall

quality point average of 2.0 or better on a 4.0 system of

Criteria for Evaluation

if

good standing academically and
all

courses in which passing and/or failing grades were recorded.

To be
Admission

to

Bloomsburg University

is

determined by

the applicant's academic and personal qualifications. Deci-

competitive for admission to most programs,

however, a transfer student should have a cumulative

GPA of

2.50 or higher.

sions are reached without regard to race, color, creed, national

ACT

origin, sex, or physical handicap.

Applicants other than those eligible under early admission must be graduates of or seniors in accredited secondary

101 and Educational Opportunity

Programs

schools or must have secondary school equivalency as

determined by the Credentials Evaluation Division of the
Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Acceptance

is

determined by the director of admissions

upon evaluation of secondary school preparation, achievement, scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test, personal
characteristics,

and

transcripts
after

which show work

if

to equalize educational op-

Any

individual with a high school diploma or certificate

of equivalency

is

eligible to apply for

admission to these

criteria are applied in estimating

when it appears that the environmay have adversely affected grades and/or
scores. The director of admissions may

potential of an applicant

based on evaluation of

in progress; final action is

is

or status.

programs. Non-traditional

institutional capacity.

Acceptances are tentative

The goal of these programs

portunity for students regardless of their economic background

taken

complete transcripts have been received and evaluated.

mental background
standardized test

require an applicant for these programs to

file

supplementary

information as needed for proper consideration.

2/ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

Opportunities for financial aid are described in a brochure

which may be secured from

the Office of Financial Aid.

Second Baccalaureate Degree

(See

section on Student Financial Aid.)

Most

An

students admitted are expected to participate in a

summer program

prior to the

where special assistance

first

semester of their attendance,

in tutoring

and counseling

given to

is

individual

who

applies for a second baccalaureate

degree must have completed the

first

degree

at

Bloomsburg

The

University or another accredited college or university.

address specific academic, financial, and social problems.

student also must add at least 30 semester hours of under-

Permission to be exempted from

graduate courses in residence during regular academic years

this

requirement can only be

granted by the director of these programs.

and/or

Inquiries should be sent to thedirector of

ACT

101/EOP

or the director of admissions. (See section on Developmental

degree

Courses for course offerings.)

credit

It is

recommended

that

any student interested

in

admis-

summer

sessions at

Bloomsburg University.

All requirements for the curriculum in which the second
is

earned must have been satisfied, and free elective

must have been taken

if

necessary to complete the

additional 30 semester hours. If a particular course

is

required

sion arrange an interview with the admissions counselor

in

responsible for these programs.

semester hour requirement for completion of the second

both degree programs,

it

cannot be credited as part of the 30

degree.

Readmission of Former Students
Early Admission
Students,

who having been

formally admitted to degree

study and attended Bloomsburg University

fail to

Outstanding high school students

enroll or

may

be considered for

withdraw for any academic semester regardless of the reason,

admission prior to high school graduation. In addition

must apply for readmission

strong achievement and high aptitude, applicants for early

university.

It is

they wish to re-enter the

if

admission must have the endorsement of the high school to

suggested that students apply early for

receive consideration. College credit earned

readmission.

Readmitted students are responsible for the graduation
requirements and academic policies which exist

at the

time of

may

apply

toward the requirements for the high school diploma.

recommended

that

any student interested

in early

It is

admission

arrange an interview with the director of admissions.

re-entrance.

The

to

director of admissions

readmission to

file

information as

is

may

require an applicant for

International Students

a letter containing such supplementary

needed for proper consideration.

Students under academic dismissal are ineligible for

Residents of foreign countries should

readmission for one calendar year. They should present

evidence of successful achievement

at

Non-USA

university as part of any application for readmission.

Readmitted students

who

academic deficiency have two
to regain

minimum academic

final

grading periods in which

dismissed the second time, these students

may

citizens

who

are not resident aliens need to submit a

special application for international students. This application

are formally dismissed for

progress or good standing.

initiate their

application well in advance of the semester they plan to enroll.

another college or

If

not attend the

university for additional degree or non-degree credit study.

may

be obtained by writing to the director of admissions. Stu-

dents
to

whose native language

other than English are required

is

submit the results of the Test of English as a Foreign

Language (TOEFL) Examination administered by the EducaThe minimum

tional Testing Service, Princeton, N.J. 08540.

acceptable

TOEFL

score

is

500. Those students

who

earn a score of 500 are urged to investigate one of the

Language Centers which
States.

Upon completion

GPA acceptable

to

fail to

ESL

are located throughout the United

of the

ESL

supplement a

program, the

TOEFL

minimum

score of under 500

is

a 2.5.
Certificates of educational training should be

nied by certified translations

if

accompa-

they are presented in a lan-

guage other than English. Brief course descriptions of
subjects successfully completed should be included with
credentials.

Non-Degree
Admissions procedures for undergraduate, non-degree
on the School of Extended

credit are outlined in the section

Programs.

ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT/3

Campus

Advanced Standing

Visits

for Military Service

Educational Experience
Personal interviews are welcomed but not required.

Arrangements can be made
calling the Office of

for an interview

by writing or

should bring an unofficial high school transcript
tion

is

not on

file.

if

an applica-

Personal interviews are available

Monday

Several Saturday campus visitation days are held during

staff

Experience

in the

Armed

The

Services are:

applicability of
is

determined by recommendation of the dean of the college and
confirmation by the provost and vice president for academic

academic year. Visitation days consist of a general

meeting with admissions

Education as stated in

such credit to the requirements of the student's curriculum

through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

the

The recommendations of the American Council on
its Guide to Evaluation of Educational

Admissions (717-389-4316). Applicants

and administrative personnel, a

United States Air Force-I courses validated through

affairs.

question-and-answer session, a tour of the campus, lunch, and

college-level examinations are subject to the provisions for

academic department meetings. Participation

acceptance of correspondence courses. Qualified veterans

may be more meaningful

days

visitation

in

one of these

enrolling in military science are eligible for placement into the

than a personal

interview because applicants have the opportunity to meet
directly with
interest.

academic faculty

in the

department(s) of their

advanced course based on

their prior service

and desire

to seek

a commission through the Reserve Training Corps program.

Specific information and dates are available upon

Health Record

request from the director of admissions.

Off-Campus

Visitations
An

applicant

who

offered admission must submit a

is

medical examination report form prior to enrollment. The

Each

year, the staff in the Office of

Admissions

visits

high schools and community colleges throughout Pennsylvania and neighboring states.

They

appropriate examination report form
applicant

receipt of

advanced

Final permission to enroll

also participate in approxi-

mately 100 college night/career day programs as well as the

upon

is

is

forwarded to the

fees.

contingent upon a favorable

review of the medical history by the university physician.

Philadelphia and Pittsburgh College Fair programs. Prospective applicants are

or

encouraged

to

community college counselors

check with
to

their high school

determine

if

Orientation

an admis-

sions representative will be visiting their institution or

Once

attending a nearby college night program.

Advanced Placement and

a

newly admitted student has paid

deposits, the next step

is

orientation.

the

advance

For more information

about this program, see the Orientation section.

CLEP

A student may receive a maximum total of 64 semester

Temporary Withdrawal

hours of credit by examination or experiential learning. Credit
be awarded for successful completion of institutional

A student may request a temporary

may

withdrawal for a

examinations and/or approved external examinations. The

specified period by securing the appropriate forms at the

two external examination programs: the
College Level Examination Program (CLEP) and the Ad-

eligible for a

vanced Placement Program of the College Board.
The minimum score of awarding credit for general

student must be in academic

university recognizes

examinations

is

norms. Credit

achievement

for

students in

"C"

the 50th percentile of the

awarded

is

for the subject

sophomore national

CLEP examinations

above the mean score achieved by
the national norm sample who earned the grade of
course

in the subject.

scores for awarded credit and the

Minimum

amount of credit granted can

be secured by writing the director of admissions.

A score of 5

or 4 on an advanced placement examination

exempts a student from the introductory course in the tested
area and gives credit. Credit and advanced placement are

awarded
all

in calculus for a

grade of three.

A

score of three in

other areas exempts a student without credit from the

introductory course.

Advanced placement

is

Human Development. To

be

temporary withdrawal, completed forms must be

submitted to the Office of Admissions for processing.

CLEP

at or

in a regular college

Center for Counseling and

not granted for

A

good standing or making minimal
progress toward good standing and must request the temporary
withdrawal prior to the registration date of the intended period
of absence.

A

student on a temporary withdrawal

is

assured a place in

the semester designated for return provided the instructions
that are part of the
fulfilled,

temporary withdrawal agreement are

and advance deposits are submitted

at the

time

designated by the director of admissions.

A student who returns

from a temporary withdrawal of a

calendar year or less in duration

is

responsible for the gradu-

ation requirements and academic policies that applied at the

time the temporary withdrawal was requested.
returns

A

student

who

from a temporary withdrawal of more than one

grades of two or one.

calendar year duration must satisfy the graduation require-

Advanced placement may be granted in English Composition after consideration of verbal SAT, the Test of Standard

ments and academic policies which exist

Written English results, and high school achievement.

4/ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

and

is

at the

then classified as a readmitted student.

time of return

5

Academic

Seniors will schedule

Policies,

followed by juniors,
their

schedules prepared in advance with opportunity for counseling

and Services

Practices,

first

sophomores, and freshmen. Fall freshmen will have

and schedule changes during the orientation period.
All students must complete English Composition

Academic

policies and practices are subject to

change; the policies of
Feb.

1988.

1,

If

nounced

in

II

(or their equivalent)

there are subsequent changes that are effec-

changes made

announced

by the end of

sophomore

I

year.

ricular activities until after 3:30 p.m. Scheduling activities has

precedence over unscheduled meets, practices,
Students off campus

after publication of the Pilot are an-

student teaching, internships,

The Voice.

their

Students shall not be required to take part in cocur-

chapter are those authorized as of

this

tive for 1988-89, insofar as possible, these will be
in the Pilot;

and

at the

etc.

time of scheduling due to

etc., will

prepare their proposed

schedule, which will be processed at the appointed time with

those of their peers. These students will need the supervisor's

Registration Policies and Practices

signature and must mail their class scheduling form to the
registrar.

Student Responsibility

Students will be billed according to the number of
credits scheduled. (See section

know and

the responsibility of the student to

It is

Students must register in person on the

observe the academic policies and regulations of the university, to

sites

confine registration to courses for which the prerequi-

have been

and to meet the requirements for

satisfied,

In case of changes

by the university

curriculum requirements, degree students
interruption

may choose

they existed

at the

time of their entrance or the

responsible for them
to the university

in

who

graduation

attend without

to satisfy either the requirements as

they elect to satisfy the

if

first

day of

each semester or summer session according to the instructions
for registration issued

by the

Special provisions for

registrar.

registration are available for non-degree students and part-time

graduation.

ments;

on Expenses, Fees, and Re-

funds.)

new

new

who

are readmitted

and part-time students must apply

class schedules dropped

end of the

first

day of

registra-

will be denied sched-

uling and registration privileges.

Students with disabilities should contact the Office of

to the

make

the Registrar to

classes and registration.

to

not register will have their

and other obligations due the university

to be graduated under the requirements existing at the time of

admission

at the

Students with unpaid fees, overdue library materials,

provost and vice president for academic affairs for permission

their original

who do

tion.

require-

requirements, they are

in total. All students

degree students. Students

special arrangements for scheduling of

Bloomsburg.

Schedule Changes
Definition of Full-time Student

A
An
ter

hours

is

semester.

hours

is

who

individual

is

enrolled for 12 or

classified as a full-time student throughout the

One who

is

enrolled for fewer than 12 semester

a part-time student.

Where

the

word

full-time degree student

is

in this catalog,

implied. Students should be aware

that failure to maintain a certain

number of credits per year

affect eligiblity for financial aid, athletics, etc.

Scheduling Classes and Registration

six

days of classes), but none

session.

first

day of each semester or summer

The scheduling of classes

is

usually completed

may

be dropped except by

first

may

first

be added except for extenu-

ating circumstances.

All courses agreed to with the adviser prior to
registration shall constitute a full class schedule.

Should the

student drop a course during the schedule change period (the
first six

days of the semester), the student will not be permit-

ted to add a course except under extenuating circumstances.

Late Registration

Students enroll by scheduling classes, paying fees,

and registering on the

course or courses

semester freshmen during the schedule change period (the

"student" appears

without clarification either by word or context

may

more semes-

A student may

register late until the close of business

on the sixth day of the semester or the
ing a

summer

first

session registration. There

is

Wednesday followa special fee for

during the prior semester. Classes in progress for the current

late registration unless the student presents a

semester always constitute an obligation to the student. All

the time of registration.

medical excuse

at

scheduling procedures for the next semester shall not conflict
with
are

this obligation.

announced by the

The

class schedule booklet,

To

meet with

a class scheduling form,
registrar.

dates for scheduling and advisement

registrar.

which

is

Semester Hour

schedule, students obtain a

their advisers,

and complete

then presented to the

A semester hour is ordinarily defined as the credit
one weekly period of 50 minutes
recitation for

for

in lecture, discussion, or

one semester. In some cases, as

in laboratory,

ENROLLMMENT MANAGEMENT/

studio, or internship, there

may

Courses taken pass-fail must be free electives; no

not be a one-to-one correspon-

dence between experimental time and

may

required courses

credit.

be taken pass-fail. Required courses are

those used to satisfy requirements for majors (including

Residence Requirements

required cognate courses), minors, or general education.

The
At

least

32 of the

last

64 semester hours credited

toward a baccalaureate degree must be taken

in

residence at

Bloomsburg University. Former Bloomsburg students who
are certified for teaching by completing two or three years of
college

Science

work and who
in

the remaining
credit

is

work

at least

for the degree in residence.

is

not informed that the course

E

translated into grades of
for a grade of

P

being

is

are

P recorded
F recorded for E.

or F, with the grade of

D or higher and

the grade of

The grades of P and F do not

enter the computation of

a quality point average.

are candidates for the Bachelor of

Education degree must complete

instructor

taken on a pass-fail basis. Grades of A, B, C, D, or

If

one half of

Residence

which the

given for courses by Bloomsburg University for

subsequent to completion of a course on a pass-fail

basis the student should

change

instructor's original

his or her

grade

major

one

to

in

required, he or she

is

may

request that the chairperson of the academic department be

college credit.
notified of the actual letter grade earned.

A student who has received a grade of E in

Class Standing

may

not take

on a pass-fail

later

it

A student may
A

student has academic standing as a freshman until

he or she has 32 semester hours of credit, as a sophomore from

32

63 semester hours, a junior from 64

to

hours, and a senior after 96 or

Transfer credit,

if

any,

to

95 semester

revoke a decision to take a course on a

The revocation must be completed by the close
business day one week after the middle of the semester.

pass-fail basis.

of the

This will allow the pass/fail option to be used again.

more semester hours of credit.

included in these figures.

is

a course

basis.

Auditing of Courses

For purposes of social and housing privileges and
regulations, the definition of class standing are as follows:

A full-time

freshman, to and including 29 semester hours; sophomore, 30

59 semester hours; junior, 60 to 89 semester hours; senior,
90 or more semester hours or 6 semesters as a full-time

student

who

is

enrolled for less than 17

hours of course work may, with consent of the appropriate

to

dean and subject

Basic Fees

to attendance fees as stated in the

one course as an auditor.

section, register for

If the registrant

student.

attends at least three-fourths of the regular class meetings a

"V"

Normal Load and Overload

will

be reported by the instructor, and the course will be

entered on the academic record without credit.

ments are made

The normal load of a student
semester hours.

A

in

any semester

student in good standing

is

is

16

limited to 18

semester hours, unless he or she receives permission for an
overload by his or her academic adviser.

average of 3.00 or higher

is

A

grade point

to an auditor,

by the instructor for grading or record either

are accepted

auditor

may

work

part of the course audited.

is

A

required of the student before

not participate in laboratory or studio

part-time student

may

Basic Fees.)

student, the course audited will be counted the

is

were taken for
students

may

when computing

credit.

An

work

if

such

register as an auditor subject

to the provision that

good academic standing may schedule no more than 16
semester hours (refer to section on Academic Good Standing),
and a student reinstated upon appeal of an academic dismissal

assign-

during the period of enrollment or subsequent thereto.

permission can be granted for an overload (See section on

A student who is making minimum progress toward

No

and no papers or examinations

Individuals

the fee paid

who

by the

same

as

if it

are not enrolled as

apply for audit privileges through the dean of

extended programs. Acceptance depends upon such factors as
space

in class

and educational background.

limited to scheduling 13 semester hours (see section on

Satisfactory Progress).

Credit by Examination

Pass-Fail Policy

A

student

may

petition for the privilege of establish-

ing credit in a course or courses listed in the catalogue through

After attaining sophomore standing, a degree student

may

on a

elect credit courses

pass-fail basis in accordance

with the following rules:

mum

total)

may

(not

more than 7

be included as part of the mini-

graduation requirement of 128 semester hours.

than one pass-fail course

may be

No more

taken in any one semester.

A student may request to take a course on a pass-fail
basis until the close of the business day on the second Friday

of the semester or the

and class attendance. The following regulations govern

this

provision:

A maximum of two courses
semester hours in

a comprehensive examination instead of through registration

first

Wednesday of each summer

session.

6/ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

The student must present evidence of adequate
experience with the course content either through experience
other than college attendance or through independent study of
the course content.

A student may

not petition for an examination in a

course audited nor in a course from which a failing grade has

been recorded.

The student must present evidence of equivalent

experience

if

The

the course involves laboratory or studio work.

must be approved

student's petition

by the department chairperson and
which the course

An

in

dean of the college

the

unauthorized absences.

in

Unless the course

is

an advanced course which

must include

at least

Course Requirements and Progress Reporting

the course syllabus in a

The examination must be written or, if oral, subWhere a skill, as in typewriting or short-

used.

ject to transcription.
is

a course requirement, the written and oral aspects

be supplemented by demonstration of
be

Within the

skill.

All papers

If the

must

must

student passes the examination, the grade of



Requirements for achieving each




Any
Any



Weighted averages of requirements

student

If the

made. The course does not count

fails,

no record

P

in the student's

$30

is

normal quota

charged for courses chal-

lenged by institutional examination taken for credit regardless
of the number of credits awarded for that course.
receipt of approval, this fee

is

payable

at the

Evidence of payment must be presented

Upon

Business Office.

to the

No

colleges.
credit.

fee

is

in

upon

section on

make

charged for examination to validate such

or, in

for grade

tests or other

work

case the student

Grade Posting Policy



In the event grades will

be

her grade not be posted.

the request, the instructor

If

may assume

a student does

permis-

that

sion for posting has been granted.

At any time during the semester, teaching faculty
be prepared to inform students of their academic progress

should the student request

this.

At the end of a semester or summer term, the

non-accredited

wishes to established equivalency with courses
sity,

may be

Examinations may be based upon the syllabi of the

courses taken in the previous institution

Procedures for making up

in writing that his or

not

shall

before the examination can be administered.

used to validate transfer courses taken

other course requirements

posted, each student shall be given theopportunity to request

department

Suitable adaptations of the above procedures

grade

missed thorugh excused absence.


special fee of

letter

relationship of class attendance to the course

is

of pass-fail courses.

A

teach-

computation


assigned for the course.

week of classes each semester,

information:

department office for three years following

filed in the

first

ing faculty shall distribute in writing at least the following

graduation.

is

during the

two faculty members.

The examination must cover

hand

may

Grading and Records

comprehensive manner. Suitable standardized examinations

may be

approval

members are
first week of classes.

class

taught

is

by only one member of the faculty, the examination committee

in writing

if

examination committee must be appointed by the

department chairperson and approved by the dean of the college.

adopt a reasonable, alternative policy

provided that policy

offered.

is

A faculty member with departmental

sequence

grade for each course
record; a

home

is

final

recorded on the student's permanent

copy of the semester grades

is

sent to the student's

address or another address designated by the student.

in this univer-

the syllabi of courses offered in this institution. (See

Mid-Semester Grades

Advanced Placement and CLEP.)
Mid-semester grades of

Graduate Courses

in

Senior Year

D

and E are reported to

degree students with 32 and fewer credits earned. These
grades are not permanently recorded.

Seniors needing fewer than 18 semester hours of

course work to satisfy requirements for a baccalaureate degree

may, with approval of a department chairperson, apply to the
dean of graduate studies for permission to supplement undergraduate courses with graduate courses. Graduate credit for

Grades, Quality Points,

and Quality Point Averages
Definition of

Grades

Grades given

Bloomsburg

graduate courses will be awarded upon verification of completion of the undergraduate degree.
at

are defined as follows:

A— Excellent

Class Attendance Policy

B-Above Average
C-Average

Regular classroom attendance

is

expected of

all stu-

However, a student will be afforded reasonable assistance by a faculty member when class work is missed for such
dents.

reasons as


D— Minimum Passing Grade
E-Failure

W-Withdrawn
I— Incomplete

:

immediate family



Death or



Participation in a university-sponsored cocurricular

critical illness in the

activity (mutually satisfactory

— This

is

a temporary grade to be

given only when the instructor believes that the student has

Personal illness

arrangements for assistance

must be made by the student when the
The instructor is not required

activity
to give

is

announced).

make-up

examinations or review other class work missed as a result of

been unable

to

complete the course requirements due

to

circumstances beyond his or her control. Failure of a student
to take the final

examination or complete other course

requirements without prior arrangement with the instructor of
a legitimate excuse

When

is

not justification for a grade of

the instructor submits the grade of

I

I.

to the

ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT/7

registrar,

must be accompanied with a formal, written plan

it

Quality Points

for the student to complete the course requirements and the

appropriate letter grade that would be assigned

if

the plan

were not completed by the student in the time specified. The
plan for the student to complete the course requirements shall

Grades of A, B,C, D, and

Grade

be drawn up by the instructor with the acceptance of the

end of

assumed

it is

that

work

will

be completed prior to the

When

the next regular semester.

completed by the student, the instructor

the plan has been
shall recalculate the

grade to be assigned for the course and submit

this

A request for an extension of time
complete course requirements must be
prior to the deadline of the plan on

The student must present

registrar.

his or her control persist or

have developed.
instructor

It



A

documentation

suitable

to

above and beyond

new circumstances

takes a course

on a

lead to a grade of
a course

is

pass-fail basis

D or higher.

is

of that nature

when

recorded

a student

also

is

recorded

passed by proficiency examination and when

curricular activity such as varsity sports, musical ensembles,



Failed This grade

recorded

is

takes a course on a pass-fail basis and does

lead to a grade of E.

Average (QPA)

is

is

Bloomsburg

The computation

as follows:


Multiply the number of semester hours for each

course and add the products.


Divide the

sum obtained

in the first step

by the

total

number of semester hours represented by the courses.
A "Semester QPA" is computed by including only the
courses of a single semester. The "Cumulative QPA" is computed by including all courses taken to date at Bloomsburg
University. If a course has been successfully repeated at an-

and forensics.

F

called the Quality Point

the record of courses taken at

University with grades of A, B, C, D, and E.

and does work which would

The grade of P

number

course by the number of quality points for the grade in the

a student receives a passing grade in a non-credit course or co-

theater,

1

computed from

be granted only upon approval of the

Passed This grade

D

by the student

and the dean of the appropriate college.

P

when

will

2

Quality Point Average

the Office of the

the instructor indicating that circumstances

3

C

in the plan to

initiated

file in

4

B

E

new grade

to the registrar according to established procedures.

quality point values

Quality Points

A

student. Unless specifically stated in the written plan to the

contrary,

E have

as follows:

The grade of F

also

is

when

a student

work which would
recorded

when

other accredited institution of higher education, the credits for
the failure at

Bloomsburg

are deleted

from the computation.

a

student receives a failing grade in a noncredit course for co-

Change of Grade

curricular activity.

V
R
tor

— Audit (See
on Auditing of Courses.)
— Research This grade assigned by
section

the instruc-

is

only when a student has been unable to complete a

end of semester and when a formal

plan for completion of the research

filed with the instructor

is

and the chairperson. Provisions for removal of the grade are
the

same

as those for the grade of

mit the grade of

R

to the registrar

for completion of the research

the student

if

the research

is

I.

The

instructor

must sub-

along with the formal plan

and the grade

to

it

to

grievance process or to correct a computational or clerical

research component of a course because the length of time for
the research exceeds the

E has been reported
may be changed only through the

After a grade of A, B, C, D, or
the Registrar's Office,

error.

A recommendation for change of grade due to a

computational or clerical error must be
instructor

made

in writing

by the

and approved by the department chairperson and the

dean of the appropriate college.

When

the grades of

I

and

R

are changed, only the approval of the department chairperson
is

required.

be assigned to

not completed satisfactorily in the

Course Repeat Policy

time period stipulated. The plan for the student to complete
the research shall be

drawn up by the

instructor with the ac-

A maximum of four courses (not more
in which grades of D or E have

ceptance of the student. Unless specifically stated in the

work

will be

end of the next regular semester.

When

written plan to the contrary,

completed prior
the plan has

to the

semester hours)

it

is

assumed

that the

been completed by the student, the instructor

and

new grade

be repeated. The
is

grade remains on the transcript
permanent record. Quality points

initial

part of the student's

shall

recalculate the grade to be assigned for the course and submit
this

may

than 13

been recorded

are

awarded

for the grade of the repeated course only.

grade of the repeated course

is

part of the

The

permanent record

to the registrar according to established

and

procedures.

is

used to calculate the student's quality point average.

Multiple repeats of the same course are considered as one

X — No Grade Reported When

the grade of

X is

recorded, the provisions for determining academic honors,

good standing, minimal progress, and
not applied until the grade of

X

is

A course taken at Bloomsburg University in which a
D or E has been earned and repeated at another

grade of

accredited institution of higher education
satisfactory progress are

removed.

8/ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

repeat.

permitted

maximum number

of repeats.

is

included in the

may

students

Withdrawal from a Course

be absent for extended periods of time. The

categories are as listed below:

Any

student except a

first

drop a course during the schedule change period (the

When

days of the semester).

moved from
student may

a course

is

dropped,

the student's schedule entirely.

first six

listed
re-

it is

"W"

if

However, a

until

will be recorded.

As

a

means of notification of
is

withdrawals will be permitted after the close of

day one week

the business

after the

Registrar

middle day of the

in

A
program

in

which

the course

is

may

limit of four withdrawals during the

when

is

by the

registrar

category

fees in accordance with

when

is

authorized

the student receives permission for his

or her adviser and dean to complete course requirements

an

the student

at

is

recorded by the registrar

at the

Human Development, Room

17,

Ben Franklin

C

Courses

transfer only

presents the preliminary withdrawal
6,

Ben Franklin

registrar will process the official with-

drawal.

make

a writ-

if

in

which

the grades of

Dwere earned

the overall Quality Point

college where completed

is

Average

at the

2.0 or better on a 4.0 system. In

either case, these courses transfer; grades, quality points,

and

Quality Point Averages do not transfer. Transfer credit will

be deleted
Students withdrawing in absentia must

which grades of

in

or higher were earned are usually transferred for a degree

student.

Room

suspended.

two-year or four-year college or university

Hall at which time the student will receive information and

to the Office of the Registrar,

is

College-level courses completed in an accredited

Center for

exit counseling regarding the withdrawal.

The student then

when

required to leave the university due to medical

is

Evaluation of Transfer Credits

withdraw from the university by

securing the preliminary withdrawal form

which time the

in this

participating in a university

The student may be charged

Mandatory Leave
is

Withdrawal from the University

Hall, at

the student

and/or psychological reasons or

Counseling and

authorized by the

agreement with the cooperating university.

degree

(Withdrawal from the university

A student may

is

participating in the clinical year

another approved institution.

exception.)

form

is

Completing Degree Elsewhere absence

restrictions.

shall apply.

the student

sanctioned exchange program with a cooperating university

exceptional

being taught

when

Study Abroad absences are authorized by the
registrar

abroad.

circumstances and for compelling and justified reasons, the

dean of the college

Temporary

clinical experience in a cooperating hospital.

the

week of classes,

to

are not charged fees by the university during the time of their

semester.
Prior to the last

temporary with-

files a

of the medical technology program. Students

required to

obtain his or her instructor's signature on the withdrawal form.

waive these

above and when the student

Clinical Experience absence

from a course a

the instructor of the intent to withdraw, a student

granted by the Admissions

Withdrawal section.

one week past the

a student withdraws

is

drawal form with the Admissions Office. Refer

and scheduling section. After the

schedule change period and continuing

middle of the semester,

No

Temporary Withdrawal

Office after the student completes the withdrawal procedures

not add a course except under circumstances

noted in the registration

grade of

may

semester freshman

if

the student subsequently registers for courses

which sub-stantially duplicate the content of courses accepted

ten request to the registrar.

When
of

"W"

recorded for each of the courses on the student's

is

schedule
final

in transfer.

students withdraw during a semester, the grade

if

the withdrawal occurs prior to the beginning of the

examination period. Students

may

When
course

effective date of the official withdrawal

is

the

date on which the student signs the official withdrawal form in
the Registrar's Office or the date on
is

Graduation Requirements.

not withdraw during

the final examination period.

The

A student applying to transfer courses must fulfill the
provisions of the sections Residence Requirement and

which the written request

received by the registrar for a student withdrawing in

is

unaccredited institution or because the description or stan-

degree students

may

Non-

continue to register without readmission

provided their next registration

is

Correspondence courses are subject

An
transcript

individual

who

they

to acceptance to

a total that does not exceed 15 semester hours

if

taken from an

accredited college or university and acceptable by that
institution

all

When

on Credit by Examination.)

within four semesters of

their last enrollment.

clearing

entitled to an op-

are available, standardized examinations are used. (See section

for readmission.

is

portunity to validate the course by examination.

Students failing to register for the next semester are

withdrawn and must apply

substitution of transfer credit for a required

question because the course was taken in an

dards of the course are unclear, a student

absentia.

classified as

in

toward graduation

in a

baccalaureate degree

curriculum.
discontinues attendance without

obligations to the university waives the right to a

and future readmission

until all obligations are

cleared.

Courses taken
basis are acceptable

grades

at

if

in

another institution on a pass-fail

they conform to the conditions for such

Bloomsburg.
Credits from other accredited institutions earned by a

Policies

which cover reimbursements are

stated in the

section on Miscellaneous Fees.
In addition to

Bloomsburg degree student will transfer provided approval is
obtained first from the adviser, department chairperson, and

withdrawing from the university.

ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT/9

the dean.

A form

purpose.

Upon completion

ity

is

Dean's List

available from the registrar for this

of the courses,

it is

the responsibil-

of the student to provide the registrar with an official

The evaluation of the courses

transcript.

will be

A

made by

the

department chairperson with the approval of the dean before
the registrar records the courses and credits on the student's

whose semester QPA is
more semester hours of course work for

full-time degree student

3.5 or higher in 12 or

which a grade or grades are received

be named to the

will

Dean's List for that semester.

academic record.
Evaluation of credit earned

by

at other institutions

Academic Probation

incoming transfer students and by readmitted students who
earned credit subsequent to their prior enrollment

at

Bloomsburg is made in the Admissions Office with guidelines
provided by the department chairperson, cooperatively established by the college dean.

A

transfer student

is

An
categories

one additional

An



light of

to

be met. This

subsequent changes

in the

subject to revision in the

is

one of the following

final

grading period (semester or summer) and

limited to 16 semester hours:

evaluation sheet which stipulates the requirements for gradua-

which remain

in

permitted to attend on academic probation for

issued an
is

tion

undergraduate student

is

(QPA)

entering freshman

at the

end of

whose Quality Point Average

his or her first final grade period is at least

evaluation of the transcript.
1.00 but less than 1.25;

A transfer student

Academic Standing and Retention

grading period

QPA
Academic Good Standing

is

whose

QPA

her or his

at

first final

of the cumulative

less than, but within 0.25

required for minimal progress;

A student who



has been meeting the requirement for

two consecutive grading periods immediately prior
grading period in which his or her cumulative QPA drops
at least

A

student

whose record

at

any

final

grading period

shows a Cumulative Quality Point Average of 2.00 or better is
in academic good standing. (There are three final

considered

grading periods, the
total

summer

fall

semester, spring semester, and the

below, but within 0.1 of the cumulative

to a

QPA required for

minimal progress;

A full-time freshman or transfer student who was



making minimal progress toward good standing at the end of
the second grading period is below but within 0.1 of that

session.)

required for minimal progress toward good standing;

Satisfactory Progress

A



readmitted student

academic deficiency who
Satisfactory progress

is

evaluated on the basis of two

grading period

who

who was

at the

formerly dismissed for

end of the

first

has not regained minimal academic prog-

criteria:



minimum of credit hours
maintain a minimum quality

ress or

good standing.

a student's ability to earn a

a student's ability to

A



point average at the conclusion of each grading period

A



Full-time, continuously enrolled undergraduate

minimum

in

developmental studies courses).

Part-time undergraduate degree in order to maintain
satisfactory progress within

half of

all

any 12-month period, must earn

credit hours attempted for

up

to 8 credit hours;

thirds of all credit hours attempted for 9 or

more

two-

credit hours.

(Note: Hours earned for a repeated undergraduate course are

meet

maintain satisfactory progress, the student must

the following

Total

minimal requirements:

number of semester

Cumulative Quality

hours earned including

Point Average required

grades of "P" and transfer

for

credit:

1.25-1.99

1-16 semester hours

minimal progress:

1.65-1.99

17-32 semester hours

1.85-1.99

33-48 semester hours

1.95-1.99

49-64 semester hours

2.00

65 or more semester hours

A student, while making minimal progress toward
academic good standing, may schedule no more than 16
semester hours.
10 /ENROLLMENT

MANAGEMENT

failed to earn

24 semester

who

failed to earn the

minimum

as prescribed above within the

given semester.

Academic Dismissal

A

student v^no at any final grading period

good standing'nor qualified
academic probation
her record

A

not counted twice.)

To

who

of 24 credit

hours in any given 12 month period (including credit hours

earned

part-time student

number of semester hours

degree students, to maintain satisfactory progress toward the

completion of a degree, must earn a

full-time student

hours within one 12-month period;

is

is

to attend for a

is

excluded from registration, and

marked "academic

his or

dismissal."

student under academic dismissal

is

ineligible to attend

one calendar

any courses offered for a period of

at least

Readmission regulations are stated

in the section

sion of

neither in

semester on

year.

on Readmis-

Former Students.

Students failing to meet the minimal requirements of

earned credit hours and/or quality point average will be
notified

by the

Registrar's Office.

1

Honors

Appeals

A student under academic dismissal
Academic Review Board

may

petition the
is

granted, the conditions of reinstatement are indicated includ-

cum

reinstated. If the student does not attain

is

marked committee

good standing or

is

is

or her record

again marked "Academic Dismissal."

is

"summa cum

laude."

QPAs

between 3.75 and 3.94 are designated as "magna cum laude."
All those graduating seniors having cumulative



"cum

Academic Review Board must be in
Academic
Review Board within 48 hours of receipt of official notifica-

as

tion of dismissal.

the

laude."

Honors

for graduation will be as of the last previous

semester, while honors for transcript and diploma will be as of

end of the

the deans of the



final semester.

48 credits must be taken

in residence at

Bloomsburg

University in order to be considered for academic honors

Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, and Professional

management,

seniors having cumulative Quality

quality point averages between 3.50 and 3.74 are designated

Petitions to the

Studies; the dean of enrollment

magna

All those graduating seniors having cumulative



writing and received by the chairperson of the

The Academic Review Board comprises

laude,

laude are used to identify honor gradu-

The graduating



excluded from further registration, and his

ment, he or she

cum

Point Averages (QPAs) between 3.95 and 4.00 are designated

not making minimal progress toward academic good standing

by the end of the period granted by the conditions of reinstate-

laude, and

ates.

ing an enrollment limit of 13 semester hours for a specified

period of time. The student's record also

The Latin designations summa cum



for reinstatement. If reinstatement

at

commencement.

the dean of

extended programs; the coordinator of academic advisement;



At the spring commencement cermeony, the graduate

each college

who

has earned the highest academic average

the registrar; the director of the Center for Counseling and

in

Human Development;

of current spring graduates within the college shall receive a

and a representative of the vice

presi-

dent for student

diploma on behalf of

the

life. At the initiative of either the applicant or
Academic Review Board, the student's adviser will be

honored graduate must have earned (prior

invited to participate as a voting

member

in the

consideration

of the case.
In

its

ester) at least

versity.

graduates from that college. This

all

64 semester hours of

In the case of ties,

to the final

credit at

sem-

Bloomsburg Uni-

top graduates will participate.

all

evaluation of a petition for reinstatement, the

Academic Review Board is charged to consider the degree to
which external factors beyond the student's control temporarily prevented optimum academic achievement; the likelihood
that these or similar factors would not recur if reinstatement
were granted; the likelihood

that the student, if reinstated,

Multiple Degrees

A

student can be awarded only one baccalaureate degree

at a time.

The degree

the last semester.

could complete his or her curriculum successfully within a

A

to

be awarded must be selected prior to

student completing an additional major in

another degree program will have the fact noted on the

reasonable extension of the normal four-year period; and an

transcript.

evaluation of the plan for attaining good standing proposed by

The decision of the Academic Review Board

the student.
final

and

is

is

not subject to further review.

Associate Degree
Except as provided otherwise

Graduation

in this section, all

of the

preceding academic policies and practices apply to the
associate degree.

Requirements

fail,

With respect

requirement, the policy

Graduation requires the successful completion of

at least

to

advanced placement, pass-

repeating courses, course withdrawal, and residence
is

limited to 50 percent of the

number

of courses or credits indicated.

128 semester hours to include completion of the curriculum of
an approved major program, completion of general education
requirements, and an average of 2.0 in

all

Academic Examination Policy

courses required by

the major program.


The
must be

last

in

64 semester hours of

credit

toward graduation

courses taken in an accredited four-year, degree-

granting institution. At least 32 of the last 64 semester hours
credited toward a baccalaureate degree must be taken as

Bloomsburg University courses. Exceptions to this policy will
be made only by the college dean with the recommendation of
the appropriate department chairperson. All financial obligations to the university

Faculty shall give examinations during the regularly

scheduled classes of the semester. The faculty are responsible
for determining the length, frequency, form,

examinations within the guidelines

listed

and content of all

below. Final exami-

nations shall be given where applicable only during the desig-

nated final examination

week

scheduled classes and only

after the

at the

end of regularly

designated time and place

according to the final examination schedule.

must have been cleared.


Faculty shall distribute in writing the requirements for

each course within the

first

week of each academic

term. In

these requirements, final examinations shall be worth no less

than 20 percent nor more than 40 percent of the course

ENROLLMENT MAN AGEMENT/

1

grade.

No

single

exam, paper,

project, or

have greater emphasis than the

final

Procedures

assignment shall

examination. As a result

of this condition, every course must use

at least three

evalua-

tions for grading purposes.

Faculty

who wish

Faculty shall give final examinations, which arecom-

opportunity

over the entire term.

must be scheduled

Faculty shall return and/or permit students to review

all

and other types of evaluations by the

unit tests, quizzes,

last

may do

class periods during the term

prehensive in design, emphasizing subject matter presented



schedule quizzes,

to

is

made

so only

at

may

other scheduled classes.

A

member

testing during that

The

faculty are advised to refrain

week.

members of his

granted by the end of the

the Office of the Registrar with consultation of the faculty, if

this alternative

necessary, and approved by the provost and vice president for

college dean.

academic

affairs.

Regularly scheduled final examination

ination

week

the last full

shall include at least a

day of classes and the

one-day interval between

day of scheduled exam-

first

inations. This time shall be designated as the reading period.

The following

imposed on the sched-

restrictions are

uling of activities during the final examination week.



A



periods shall be 120 minutes in length. Part of the final exam-

tion

must obtain approval

the

end of the

for the

class, the majority

first

affairs.

extracurricular activities or faculty-

change by the faculty member(s)

in

charge of the

of the members of his or her academic de-

partment, and the appropriate college dean. Except for ab-

normal circumstances, the approval and notification
students shall be

involved.

If

must be available

final

examinations

remain open, and other

will

made

approved, the

member

available during the final

all

graded

final

for student review for at least the

for the duration of this policy or until the course

resubmitted as a Category


exam-

final

to

made by the end of the first week of classes.
change may remain in effect for the faculty

In order to

change the time and place scheduled for a

examination, there must be agreement for the change by

the faculty

members(s)

in

charge of the class,

1

00 percent of

the students in the class, and the appropriate college dean.

No

This change must be

student shall be required to take

more than two

one day. (See procedure below for

Student opinion

rescheduling of final examinations.)

Any

made by

in this

ballot with the faculty

exceptions to any of the above matters must be

the basis of the procedures outlined below.
In case of

some reason

this

member


last class

member in charge of the vote. If for
made in the time and date of a final

is

period of each

in a student conflict, the faculty

shall arrange to provide a

make-up opportunity

during the final examination period (see below).

dures as established by theuniversity.

During summer sessions, the

a change

the middle of the semester.

matter shall be determined by secret

examination that results

non-compliance with the provisions of

policy, a student has the recourse of proper grievance proce-

If

the student has a scheduling conflict during the

an excessive number of

final

examination period resulting

course shall be designated as the final examination period with

final

examinations scheduled for one day, the following

the time period for the examination not to exceed 80 minutes

procedure for rescheduling the

unless the arrangements have been

they can be announced at the
in

first

unusual circumstances, classes

have the

final

examination on the

made

be held during the

last

in

advance so

meeting of the
in

class.

that

and be completed by

Except

reguarly scheduled classes.

six-week sessions shall

last

examinations for courses scheduled
shall

in

day of the course. Final

examinations on the




examination shall apply

The student should

the

end of

select

two of

Courses offered by the major department
Additional required courses in the major

program

scheduled class day with the

period extended to 80 minutes for that class.

final

two weeks before

time according to the following priority of choice:

three-week sessions

of the two class periods scheduled

last

at least

in

the scheduled examinations to be taken during the designated

for the last day. Classes in the nine-week sessions shall hold
final

is

Course Content Change.

I -

semester following the final examination.

in




The

Other courses.
additional final examination(s) should be

rescheduled with consultation of the relevant faculty on a
12 /ENROLLMENT

be

the requirement specifying that final ex-

except with the consent of the individuals

full

shall

week of classes.

administrative activities shall be scheduled

The Andruss Library

from

or her academic depart-

than 40 percent of the course grade, there must be agreement

and vice president for academic

next



for an alternative arrangement

members of his

To change

examinations shall be scheduled during the

Unless returned to the student,

made on

believes that the content of

aminations shall be worth no less than 20 percent nor more

examination period with expanded hours when possible.



Notification of

be given to the appropriate

ment and college dean. Notification of the approved arrangement shall be given to the Office of the Registrar. Except for

reading period unless approved by the provost

designated study areas will be

inations

shall

member who

the majority of the

students for conference during the final

— No

approval should be

her or his courses does not lend itself to a scheduled examina-

made by

examination week.



faculty

this

week of classes.

first

arrangement

from the majority

or her academic department.

abnormal circumstances, the approval and notification

Faculty are not required to be available to

— No

make-up

a time other than during a regularly scheduled

Except for abnormal circumstances,

examination schedule shall be prepared by

final

of the faculty

a

shall not give an

class period unless approval is first obtained

week of classes,

at

if

not conflict with the student's

faculty

excessive build-up in the number of unit tests for each student

from

exam-

a time mutually acceptable to both

student and faculty and

examination

last

or

available to students. This opportunity

regularly scheduled class in the term. In order to prevent an

during the

tests,

inations at times other than during their regularly scheduled

MANAGEMENT

mutually convenient time. Assistance

may come from

examinations

in the

rescheduling of

such individuals as the student's

adviser, department chairperson, or academic dean.

work;

this

Room

16,

Change of Area of Study (major)

in all their

academic

they will not engage in any of the following

means

Academic Advisement,

Benjamin Franklin Hall (389-4271).

Academic Dishonesty Policy
Students are expected to be honest

Students with questions or problems should seek assistance in the Office of

A student who
another must

file

wishes to change from one area of study to

a request to do so in the Office of Academic

Advisement.

acts:

Cheating on examinations including the non-author-



ized use of books or notes, the use of crib sheets, copying

from other

exchanging information with

student's papers,

another student orally or by signals, obtaining a copy of the

examination

illegally,

and other similar

examinations,

etc.

(To plagarize

is

after they

must be very clearly pointed out

It

in the area

advisement area) must be

tion,

student and while school

is in

It

recorded in the

must be done by the

also

session.

which

required to graduate, a student also

etc.

any declaration or

that

officially

In addition to the first major,

have been graded, the insertion of answers
marking,

it is

such factors

of study (major, minor, career concentra-

Office of Academic Advisement.

Falsifications including forging signatures, altering

after the fact, the erasure of a grader's

require the

which

and recom-

as overall grade point average, available space,

change

without acknowledgement the ideas, words, formulas, com-

answers

may

may depend upon

offered. In this case, approval

take-

to steal or use

puter programs, etc. of another person.)


area of study

mendations from departmental committees.

activities.

Plagiarism in term papers, themes, essays, reports,

home

new

Permission to enter the

written approval of the department chairperson in

is

may

the

minimum

declare a second

major, a minor, a career concentration, or an advisement area.

A faculty member who believes

that a student has

been

academically dishonest in his or her classes should use the

final verification

procedures set forth below to resolve the matter.

A student found guilty of academic
subjected to a

full

may be

of the completion of any of the avove

is

provided by the department(s) or area(s) involved.

range of penalties ranging from reprimand

from the

to expulsion

dishonesty

Any combination is allowed as long as the student understands
The
it may require additional time and/or credits to complete.

Diagnostic Testing

university.

Procedures

Program

This policy applies to testing that

is

Policy

not a part of the

admissions procedure or course requirements. The coordinator of

academic advisement uses diagnostic

demic dishonesty on the part of his or her student may:

Reprimand the student orally or in writing. Copies of

assist

with appropriate course placement.

any written reprimand will not go beyond the student and the

upon

A faculty member who has discovered an

faculty

member.

A

faculty

assign the grade of "E" to

dishonesty.


member also

all

A student may

work

file

is

tainted

act of aca-

authorized to

by the academic

a grievance against this action.

File a written complaint against the student with the

Student-Faculty Judicial Board. The complaint must describe

academic dishonesty

must request

that is alleged to

that the matter

have taken place and

be shared by the board.

All subsequent procedures shall follow those of the

Students will be selected for diagnostic testing based
their predicted

performance

in

freshman year grade point average or

courses

man

at the

Bloomsburg University.
is

calculated for each

time of application to the university.

with a predicted
test(s).

at

QPA

dicted freshman year

QPA

less than 2.5 will

Students whose college

prefresh-

New

students

be given diagnostic

QPA falls

below 2.0

will

be

considered for diagnostic testing based upon their circumstances.

The

specific area(s) of diagnostic testing will be

determined by the pattern of

SAT scores

one of the admission testing areas

Academic Advisement

450,

SAT verbal

and either high

tively

Incoming students, who indicate and are offered admission to their preferred curriculum, are assigned to faculty
specialize in advisement in these areas. Assign-

(e.g.,

below

SAT Math of

of 430, or Test of Standard Written English

of 43) will have diagnostic testing

who

A

new

school or college achievement. Students selectively low in

Judicial System.

advisers

test results to

in areas

which are

selec-

weak.

Results of these tests will be released to faculty and staff

on a need-to-know basis only for diagnostic evaluation and
remediation of the individual tested and/or evaluation of the

ments to advisers are made by the coordinator of academic

testing program. This information will be released with

advisement with advice of department chairperson and deans.

appropriate interpretation to students and to other agencies as

Applicants for admission

curriculum

state

who

are undecided about their

undeclared on the application instead of

specifying a curriculum. These applicants are considered
general studies students and will declare a specific major at
the appropriate time. These students are advised or assigned
to advisers

by the coordinator for academic advisement.

the student permits.

These data may be released without

student permission for research purposes with student ano-

nymity assured.

Depending on

the results of the review of the record

the diagnostic evaluation, an individual

and

program may be pro-

vided and strongly recommended by the university

ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT/13

before additional courses for credit toward the degree can be

taken in the corresponding areas. Each student will be

provided with a report indicating a recommended develop-

mental plan based on the diagnostic testing and the student's
record.

Such individualized development programs

provided for a

maximum

The product and process

learning.

and com-

will be discussed

pared to various approaches to learning. Grade will apply

will

in

Quality Point Average and credit earned will count toward
graduation.

be

of students within the budgetary

COLLEGE READING AND STUDY SKILLS

01.120

3 semester hours

limits of the university.

This course will develop the complex reading and study
In addition to content

skills essential for learning in college.

Developmental Instruction

area reading and study strategies, the course will focus on

reading flexibility and critical reading
will focus

Faculty

skills.

Outside readings

on the nature of learning and the individual's

responsibility to learning. In addition to classroom time,

Associate Professor Jesse A. Bryan (chairman); Assistant
Professors Harold C. Ackerman, Barbara

Bonham,

Wright; Instructors Virgie Bryan, Vincent
F.

Mullen, Carol

J.

Irvin

Venuto

student

college.

making

the transition

to

Skills.

Three credits will be assigned

full-load consideration

and

regardless of their current academic program or prior acaenroll in a developmental course(s)

offered by the department.

The Office of Tutorial/504 Services
university students. Peer tutoring
variety of courses. This tutoring

Any

those students

DEVELOPMENTAL READING

who

in

a

who

will be to

and readers are

improve the

The
issues of

accommodation beyond

able to enroll in Developmental Reading

larly contacts the state offices

Instruction will

II.

be on both a group and an individual basis. Weekly contracts

and grades are counted

summer semester

Two credits

few examples of

towards

and Visual Services

campus

the classroom and acts as

The

offices.

office regu-

of Vocational Rehabilitation

to ensure that

any student

is

receiving

adequate support from both the university and other agencies.

Quality Point

Candidates for admission to the university are encouraged to

toward graduation.

contact the office in conjunction with a visit to the Office of

in the

will not apply

just a

office also serves as an advocate for the student in

liaison with various other

will provide individualized prescriptions.

com-

bring special needs to the university.

reading ability of the students to a level where they will be

only.)

Admissions. The Office of Tutorial/504 Services
in

DEVELOPMENTAL READING

II

This course will present major components of the reading

emphasize basic reading

skills

needed

QPA. A

interested

what

will

be available

to

them should they

decide to enroll at the
university.

in

college courses. Three credits will be offered for full-load
consideration, and grades are counted in the

is

providing prospective students with a clear and comprehen-

sive discussion of

3 semester hours

will

upon reuest

the services available for the physically challenged.

I

2 semester hours

The major objective of this course

It

available

provided by students

student wanting tutorial service need only to

Interpreters, notetakers,

process.

is

is

Services available through the 504 function seek to assist

(Code 01)

01.025

wide range of

plete a brief application in order to obtain this free service.

DEVELOPMENTAL INSTRUCTION

(Offered

offers a

services designed to support and enhance the performance of

ance.

Average (QPA). Credits

to-

toward graduation.

have distinguished themselves by superior academic perform-

Course Descriptions

full-load status

will apply

to

improve

basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics. All students,

01.011

A

not take both College Study Skills and College

Tutorial/504 Services

that

from high school

These courses and services help students

demic performance, may

may

Instruction provides

developmental courses and other supportive services
assist students in

required to use the reading lab for computer-

Reading and Study

ward

The Department of Developmental

may be

ized vocabulary lessons and speed reading exercises.

DeMelfi, James

J.

students

prereq-

Student Support Services

College Reading and Study Skills for students scoring
below the established cutoffs on the Nelson Denny Reading
uisite to

Student Support Services, a federally funded academic
support program, serves university students interested in

test.

improving
01.041

BASIC WRITING
2 semester hours

Endeavors

to

improve spoken and written language and

enhance development of

their

academic performance. The program offers

free professional tutorial instruction in the core areas of

skills

necessary for formal writing,

reading, writing, science, and mathematics, as well as aca-

demic support

referral in

any course

in

which a student may be

encountering difficulty. The program also provides informa-

and

referral services in the areas of financial aid, career

particularly punctuation, sentence structure, and paragraph

tion

writing. Includes studies and

information, and counseling services. Enrollment

measurements of the effective-

ness of informal writing, advertising copy, and traditional
14 /ENROLLMENT

MANAGEMENT

application and

is

limited to 150 students

is

who meet

by
federally

EXPENSES, FEES,

mandated eligibility criteria. The project, which works closely
with the Department of Developmental Instruction, provides

AND REFUNDS

services primarily during the evening hours to assure maxi-

mum

availability to the students.

The Student Support Services Office

is

located in

Room

(Fees are subject to change without notice)

311 of Bakeless Center for the Humanities. For more information, call 389-4278.

Community

Activities

The Community

Upward Bound

charged

to

The

university presents the opportunity for ninth and

in the

from participating high schools

to enroll

Upward Bound Program. Participation may continue
summer following high school graduation. The

through the

program, open

to students

is

making them more

formed, and better prepared for

work on campus

are required to pay the

Activities fee at the rate of $4.15 per credit hour.
Activities fees finance student activities in athlet-

recreation, music, lectures, student publications, general

entertainment, student organizations, and other student-

supported programs.

designed to assist these

Basic Fees

self confident, well in-

beyond high school. The

life

ultimate goal for program students

is

enrollment

in

Full-Time Undergraduate, Pennsylvania

and

successful completion of a program of higher education.

program consists of two segments.

In the first

enrolled students spend two hours a

week

The

Residents

segment,

in their local

high

The

schools participating in academic experiences designed to

supplement

is

meeting certain academic and

financial eligibility requirements,

individuals by

Community
Community
ics,

$50 per semester

each full-time undergraduate student. Part-time

students taking course

tenth grade students

Fee

Activities fee of

their regular scholastic

program and

to

improve

academic performance. The program's counseling service
provides close individual contact for discussing career,
vocational, and personal interests within the high school
setting.

The other component of Upward Bound

summer

residential experience

is

a six-week

on the university campus. This

who

basic semester fee for full-time students

residents of Pennsylvania

semester hour

is

semester hours

is

An

$915.

extra fee of

charged for course loads

in

in

are

$76 per

excess of 18

any one semester.

Part-Time Undergraduate, Pennsylvania
Residents

experience provides concentrated academic work plus planned
recreational, social,

campus.

Undergraduate students

and cultural experiences both on and off
ter

hours

in

who

take fewer than

1

2 semes-

a semester pay fees of $76 per semester hour.

Full-Time Undergraduates, Out-of-State
Out-of-state undergraduate students pay fees per semester

of $1 ,633 for 12 to 18 semester hours. The definition of

out-of-state student

may

be obtained from the Admissions

Office.

Part-Time Undergraduates, Out-of-State
Undergraduate out-of-state students

who

take fewer

than 12 semester hours in a semester pay fees of $136 per

semester hour.

Graduate (In-State or Out-of-State)
Graduate

(in-state) students

15 semester hours and

pay a fee of $915 for 9

$102 per semester hour

to

for less than 9

or in excess of 15 semester hours.

Graduate (out-of-state) students pay a fee of $1,020 for

9

to 15

semester hours and $113 per semester hour for less

than 9 or in excess of 15 semester hours.

EXPENSES, FEES,

AND REFUNDS/15

Summer

Keys

Session Fees

Undergraduate students pay fees

at the rate

These summer fees apply

week

for

all

to

Activities fee

$2 per
work on

is

students taking undergraduate course

An advance
in Fees

or Costs

All fees or costs are subject to change without notice.
If billing is prior to

change, student accounts will be charged

or refunded after the fact. Fees and other costs listed in this
publication are those in effect or applicable on July

Charges for dining
after the

charged for replacing a

lost

room key

Advance Payment of Fees

campus.

Changes

is

and $5 for a mailbox key.

Pennsylvania residents and out-

The Community

of-state students.

A fee of $15

of $76 per

semester hour. Graduate students pay $102 per semester hour.

end of the academic

1,

1988.

meals are adjusted annually

hall

year.

food service contract, currently

The adjustment under

in force, is

the

based on the

wholesale price index.

registration fee of

is

student or

when

This fee

credited to the

is

$100

is

payable

when an

approved for admission as an undergraduate

individual

a former student
first

is

approved for readmission.

basic fee payment.

The non-refundable Community Activities fee for one
is payable when a student is approved for
admission or when a former student is approved for readmission after being out of school for one or more semesters.
A non-refundable Advance Housing Deposit of $50 is
required and payable to reserve a room accommodation and
semester ($50)

negotiate a housing contract for the academic year. This

deposit must be paid prior to
to the

room assignment and

credited

is

housing charge for the current semester.

Housing Fees
Rules Governing Payment of Fees
Residence Halls
Bank
Accommodations during

the

academic year

in a

campus

for double

occupancy and $562 for

occupancy. The summer session housing fee
All students

who

live in

is

triple

campus residence

either of

two food service plans during

the

Activities fees are payable to

Fees are due

halls are

academic year;

orders, or checks

must

fee.

Bloomsburg University.

$39 per week.

required to take their meals in the campus dining hall under

money

Fees other than the activities fee are payable to

residence hall cost $909 per semester for single occupancy,

$614 per semester

drafts, post office

be made out for the exact amount of the

or

Community
The

at

Community

Activities.

times determined by the Business Office

Activities Office.

university reserves the right to withhold informa-

who

week or $366 per semester
for 15 meals per week. The summer session food service
charge is $30 per week for 19 meals and $28 per week for 15

tion concerning the record of a student

meals. Fees for food service are payable with the housing fee

Billing statements of student accounts are mailed prior to

$418 per semester

as a

for 19 meals per

combined charge.
Housing and food

The

university does not offer a time

registration each semester. Failure to

service fees are the

same

Pennsylvania residents and out-of-state students.

for both

is in

arrears in

fees or other charges including student loans.

directive concerning

payment

comply with

payment excludes

the student

plan.

the

from

registration.

Inquiries concerning fees

may

be addressed

to:

Director

of Accounting, Business Office, Waller Administration
Building, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg,

PA

17815.

Meals for Off-Campus Residents
who

campus may take their meals in
The rate for 5 meals per
week is $366 per semester, 19 meals per week is $418 per
semester, 10 meals per week is $327, and 5 meals per week,
per semester, is $212. (See section on Basic Fees.)
Students

the dining hall

if

live off

space

is

available.

1

Daily Rate for Transients
The

daily rate for transient meals

and lodging

Breakfast

$2.25

Dinner

$4.10

Lunch

$3.00

Room

$5.00

is:

Arrangements for room guests must be approved by the
resident director of the hall

16 /EXPENSES,

FEES,

AND REFUNDS

where the guest

will

be housed.

Student Community Building Fee

Orientation Fees
There

$10 payable

is

time of

at the

didate students. This

is

A Participatory

the initial billing for all

is

degree can-

Orientation Fee

— $1

summer
summer session.

for a one- to three-week

session and $2

charged for the

is

for

sions

for a four- to six-week

paid to the Business Office.

orientation program held on campus
fee

A fee of $10 per semester is charged for regular ses-

a one-time administrative orientation fee of

new

Summer

students. This

Session Health Fee

included with the registration for the orientation pro-

gram and paid to the Orientation Office, Benjamin Franklin
Hall, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

All students will be assessed $1 per

summer

Participatory orientation fee:

$40

for fall

$15 for

fall

$3,

session(s) in

week during

the

which they are enrolled (3-week session

6-week session $6,

etc.)

freshmen
transfer students

Refund

Policies

$13 for summer freshmen
$13. for developmental instruction students

Application Fee

(See the section on Services for more information on
orientation.)

The

application fee ($15)

is

not refundable.

Miscellaneous Fees
Advance Registration Fee
Diploma Fee
The advance

A diploma fee
bachelor's degree

is

charged

at

$10, master's degree

-

registration fee ($55)

not refundable.

is

graduation as follows:
-

$10.

Basic Fee

Transcript Fee

Fees for tuition are eligible for refunds when the
student withdraws from school. All refund requests must be

A fee of $2

is

charged for each

and $ 1

official transcript

for an unofficial transcript of a student's record.

submitted

in writing to the

Administration Building.

student

in the

Waller

eligible for considera-

is

any reason approved by the president or

tion for a refund for

Late Registration Fee

Business Office

A

the president's designated official or illness certified

physician.

A late registration fee of $9
completes registration after the

is

charged a student

who

The refund schedule

students. Except for forfeit of

also will apply to

advanced deposits

all

by a
part-time

listed

above,

refunds for basic fees will be based on the following schedule

official registration date.

applicable after the

first full

class day:

Application Fee
1st

An

application fee of $15 must be paid by each appli-

cant, undergraduate,

and graduate

at the

through

3rd

week

4th

week

time of request for

Health Service Fee

after 5th

week

Refund schedule
the

Summer

for the

No Refund

summer

session

is

published in

Sessions Catalog.

Community
more

week

50%

60%

70%

80%

registration.

All students carrying nine or

5th

2nd week

Fee

Activities

credits will be asses-

sed a $20 Health Service Fee per semester. Students scheduling nine credit hours or less will not be assessed a Health

The community

activities fee ($50), paid as part of the

advance registration deposit,

is

not refundable.

Service Fee.

Faculty and staff

who

schedule academic courses will

Other Fee Refunds

not be assessed a Health Service Fee. Student teachers and/or

Bloomsburg area
They may request an exemption by sendrequest to the Registrar's Office. Those students

students on internships not residing in the

Refund

will not be assessed.

ing a written

No refunds

registered in extension courses will not be assessed a health

dismissed, or

fee.

Services are available to only those students
health fee.

who pay

policies for fees not specifically covered in the

preceding statements are as follows:

a

No

who

refunds are

are

made

to students

who

are suspended,

voluntarily withdraw from the university.

made

for the

$50 housing deposit when

housing contracts are broken on voluntary withdrawals from
school.

Room

fees are refunded

on the same basis as the basic

fees.

EXPENSES, FEES,

AND REFUNDS/17

In case of personal illness certified to

physician or in case of other reasons which

by an attending

may

be approved

STUDENT LIFE AND

by the Council of Trustees, refunds of housing and contingent
fees are prorated

and the unused portion subject

SERVICES

to refund.

Notice of Withdrawal
desirable for each student to

It is

In case of withdrawal, any refunds

computed from

the date

when

which

are

due are

notice of official withdrawal

become involved

in

extracurricular organizations and residence hall programs as
is

these provide opportunities to learn and

grow

as a

human

being within an atmosphere of a living-learning center.

received at the Business Office.

Residence

hall

programming

is

intended as a framework for

emotional, social, academic, and personal development; the

Books and Supplies

programs involve dining service, social gatherings, cultural
events, discussion groups, athletics, judicial proceedings, and

Books and supplies
ester.

Students

sity store.

The

may

are estimated at

$170 for each sem-

a variety of student organizations.

secure books and supplies at the univer-

store operates

on a cash

basis.

Commuting

students are urged to

work out

travel

schedules which permit them to participate in activities and to

spend as much time as possible on campus.

The educational value of these
the effort

services depends

upon

and involvement of each student, whether resident or

commuter.

University Policy
"Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

exists for

the transmission of knowledge, the pursuit of truth, the devel-

opment of students, and

the general well-being of society.

Free inquiry and free expression are indispensable to the
attainment of these goals.

As members of the academic com-

munity, students should be encouraged to develop the capacity
for critical

judgement and

to

engage

in a

sustained and inde-

pendent search for truth."
This statement, quoted from the student handbook,
Pilot, "Joint
ties

Statement on Rights, Freedoms, and Responsibili-

of Students," has been acknowledged as a guiding

principle in the normal operation of the institution. Students
are responsible for understanding and abiding

by the

university's rules, policies, and regulations as stated in the

Undergraduate Catalog,

The extent

to

her ability to

municated

Human

PA

Pilot,

and Residence Hall Manual.

which a student's physical handicap

limits his or

comply with these requirements should be com-

to the Office of Health Services,

McCormick

Services Center, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg,

17815 (717) 389-4451/4452.

Financial Aid
The

financial aid

programs available

at

Bloomsburg

include grants, loans, part-time employment, and scholarships.

Programs sponsored by the Federal Government include the
Pell Grant,

Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant

(SEOG), Perkins Loan (National Direct Student Loan), College
Work-Study ,(CWS), Guaranteed Student Loan, and "PLUS"
loan programs as well as Supplemental Loans for Students
(SLS). The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania-sponsored programs include PHEAA Grants, Higher Education Loan Plan
(HELP), and Institutional (State) Student Employment. Other
state

agencies sponsor state grants and Guaranteed Student

Loan and "PLUS" loan programs. Students who
18

/STUDENT LIFE AND SERVICES

are residents

of states other than Pennsylvania should contact their state

year of study. Students not eligible to go through the lottery

higher education department for further information.

(more than 65 credits or residing off campus) may request

Limited financial assistance

is

available to continuing

Bloomsburg University students through
larhips.

their

names be placed on

changes

Interested students should directly contact the

in student

All students wishing to apply for financial assistance

Aid Application. This application is available from the
Financial Aid Office, high school guidance counselors, or
PHEAA. Towne House, Harrisburg, PA 17102. The Univer-

for

on-campus housing.

on-campus accommodations.

for

at this time,

housing

is

not

Details about residence hall rules and regulations are

printed in the Pilot, Residence Hall Manuals, The Residence

Hall Contract, and other housing

literature available

from the

Residence Life Office.

brochure. Bucks for Huskies, further out-

lines the various financial aid

programs available and the ap-

plication procedure for each.

Bucks for Huskies

Bloomsburg students and

the Financial

list

available for graduate students or families of students.

State Grant/Federal Student

must complete the Pennsylvania

to all

demand

Because of limited space,

Financial Aid Office.

sity's financial aid

a waiting

Eligibility requirements are subject to revision in response to

university scho-

is

available

is

Off-Campus Residency

distributed

upon request from

Aid Office.

Further information concerning housing (on- or off-

campus) may be obtained by contacting

All financial aid programs are regulated by the

Office

at

Department of Education, the Pennsylvania Higher Education

(PHEAA), and/or Bloomsburg

Assistance Agency
policy.

Accordingly,

student

may

it is

University

important to understand that a

tory progress towards completion of his or her degree require-

ments as prescribed

in the

Bucks for Huskies brochure.

Further information concerning financial aid

obtained by contacting the Financial Aid Office in

Benjamin Franklin Hall or by

Room

be

19,

recommend

university does not approve or

residences.

Student off-campus residences are subject to periodic
inspection by officials of the

dwellings with four or

may

owned and

All off -campus residences are privately

operated and are considered "independent" student housing.

The

lose financial aid by failing to maintain satisfac-

the Residence Life

(717) 389-4089.

Town

of Bloomsburg, and

more tenants

also

must meet the

standards of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and
Industry.

calling (717) 389-4297.

Although students must rely on

their

own

initiative to

find suitable accommodations, the Residence Life Office

Student Housing

ollects data

on off-campus housing opportunities, prepares

housing and landlord directories, and provides other useful
information of interest to student and faculty tenants and their

On-Campus Housing

landlords. Before any rental property in the

burg

The university residence hall community comprises
seven modern residence halls that provide accommodations for
approximately 2,500 undergraduate students. The residence
halls are described in the Buildings

and

Facilities section.

is

directory, the

assign rooms and roommates.

statement pledging to provide equal opportunity

are provided

on a com-

bined basis only for students living in the residence

Housing and food contracts are binding

until the

halls.

Because the university does not assign students

Freshmen under 2 1 years of age are required to
on campus or commute from the homes of their parents.

Office will gladly advise students on methods of solving such

If

Luzerne Resi-

dence Hall, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg,

PA

17815.

Transfer students, upon acceptance to the university

a waiting

admissions
list

for

fee,

may

request to have their

on-campus housing by

them housing.

personnel

tenants.

Copies of model leases, apartment inventory check-

departure notices, and town street

interested students.

Upon

maps

request, residence

are available to
life

personnel

will help student renters conduct pre- and post-occupancy

inventories of their apartments. Off-campus students are

advised to obtain insurance coverage for their belongings

most landlords do not assume

damage

to,

liability for the loss of,

or

the personal property of their tenants.

Students residing off campus bear a dual responsibil-

A resident

student

who

or less at the completion of any

room

has earnd 65 semester hours
fall

semester

is

eligible to

on campus up

to,

ity as citizens

the university

selection lottery for the following

academic year. This policy allows most resident students
live

life

clear understanding of their rights and responsibilities as

since

contacting the Residence Life Office. This does not guarantee

participate in the

appropriate, residence

Students planning to live off campus should have a

lists,

life,

deemed

mal, nonlegal basis.

a written request for waiver of this residency requirement must

be submitted to the director of residence

if

will mediate student-landlord disputes, but only on an infor-

reside

extenuating circumstances justify other housing arrangements,

name placed on

to

off-campus residences, negotiations are the sole responsibility

problems, and,

end of the

not be transferred or reassigned.

their

a

in the rental

of the students and the landlord. However, the Residence Life

Housing and food services

and payment of

owner must submit his or her premises to an
town Code Enforcement Office and sign

of the property.

ered whenever possible, the university reserves the right to

may

of Blooms-

inspection by the

Although students' housing preferences are consid-

academic year and

Town

accepted for publication in the university housing

Town of Bloomsburg and as members of
community. The university cannot provide

of the

sanctuary from the law nor can
to

tion in the

community

it

it

be indifferent to

its

reputa-

serves.

but not including, their senior year.

Students must seek off -campus accommodations for their final

STUDENT LIFE AND SERVICES/19

Community Government

E

Association

Earth Science Club

Economics Club
Elwell Hall

All full-time and part-time undergraduate students

who have

members of

paid the community activities fee are

Community Government Association. Graduate students,
faculty, and staff members who have paid their community

English Club

F

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

the

activities fee also are

held every other

Finance Club
Forensic Society

members. Student Senate meetings are

Monday evening

in the

Multi-Purpose

Free Spirit

Room

French Club

of the Kehr Union Building. The executive council, which
consists of the officers and

nate

Monday evening

two

senators, meets

on the

Freshman Class
alter-

of the month.

H

Hillel

History Club

Student Organizations and Activities
I

Organizations
Students are encouraged to take part in
extracurricular activity per semester.

at least

one

Approved student organi-

zations are:

A

Accounting Club
Air Force

B

Club
Fellowship

Junior Class

K

Kehr Union Governing Board
Kehr Union Program Board
Life is for Everyone (LIFE)

L

Luzerne Hall

Lycoming Hall

M

Madrigal Singers

Arnolds Air Society

Maroon and Gold Band

Association for Childhood Education International

Mathematics Club

Association of Hispanic Students

Medical Technology Club

Association of Public Relations Students

Men's Lacrosse Club

Bacchus

Montour Hall
Music Educators National Conference

Bicycle Club

N

Biology Club

O

Bloom Magazine
Bloomsburg
Bloomsburg
Bloomsburg
Bloomsburg

P

(Columbia Association for Retarded Children)

Catholic

Campus

Ministry

Lambda

Planning Club

Players

Pre-Law Club

Bloomsburg Student Concert Committee
Bloomsburg University Rugby Club
Bloomsburg University Women's Soccer Club
BUP Volleyball Club

CARC

Phi Beta

Pizazz

Fencing Club

Campus Child Care Association
Campus Crusade for Christ
Campus Scouts

Obiter

Off-Campus Housing Association

Association of the Hearing Impaired
Christian Fellowship

National Residence Hall Honorary

Northumberland Hall

Black Cultural Society

C

International Relations
Inter- Varsity Christian

J

ROTC

American Chemical Society
American Marketing Association
American Society for Personnel Administration
Anthropology Club

Husky Ambassadors
Husky Singers
Ice Hockey Club
Image
Intercollegiate Bowling Club

Project

Awareness Committee

Protestant

Campus

Ministry

Psychology Association

Q

QUEST Student Leadership Group

R

Residence Hall Association

S

Schuylkill Hall

Senior Class
Ski Club

Cheerleaders

Society for Collegiate Journalism

Chess Club

Society of Physics Students

Circle

K

Sophisticated Gents

Columbia Hall

Sophomore Class

College Republicans

Spanish Club

Community Arts Council
Community Government Association
Commuters Association
Commonwealth Association of Students

Student Speech and Hearing Association

Concert Choir

Student Nurses Association

Council for Exceptional Children

Student Organization for Adult Resources

20 /STUDENT LIFE

AND SERVICES

Student

PSEA

Student Trainer's Association

Student Art Association

(SOAR)

S

Students Against Multiple Sclerosis

Honor and

Professional Societies

Students of Sociology/Social Welfare

Studio Band

T

National honor and professional societies foster

Table Tennis Club

educational ideas through scholarship, social activities, and

The Voice
University-Community Orchestra
Upward Bound Alumni Association

U
V

moral development. Campus chapters

Alpha
Delta

Volleyball Club

W

Mu Delta

WBSC

Delta Phi Alpha

WBUQ

Kappa
Kappa

Weightlifting Club

Publications
who

are interested in journalism have an

this activity, a student

campus

life

and

experience for future work

at the

Delta

Omega

Pi

Chi

can contribute signi-

same time gain valuable

in either

Kappa

Pi

Sigma Tau Delta
Tau Beta Sigma

take courses which lead to a Certificate in Journalism.

Through

Mu Epsilon

Pi

Psi

opportunity to join the staffs of student publications and to

ficantly to

Delta Pi

Omicron Delta Epsilon
Phi Sigma Pi
Phi Alpha Theta

Women's Choral Ensemble

Students

are:

Omega

Psi

Social Fraternities

and

Sororities

commercial or school

journalism.

Requirements for the Certificate
given

in the

in

The

Journalism are

Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC) serves as the

governing body of the nine social

College of Arts and Sciences section.

fraternities

rushing, pledging, and programming.

The

dates of organization are:

THE VOICE

Alpha Phi Omega
Beta Sigma Delta

1978

funded by the Community Government Association budget and distributed free to the university community.

Delta Pi

1967

OBITER

Kappa Alpha

The

university student newspaper, published

times weekly,

campus.

is

two

regarded as the official student voice on

This

suspended

is

Gamma Epsilon

the annual yearbook and pictorial of activities

at BU. It is funded by the CGA and is distribmembers of the senior class upon graduation.
Other members of the university community may purchase
at the university store.

Bloom Magazine

reports

on major events of the

semester and also provides students with an outlet for their
creative works.

It is

distributed at the

end of every semester.

The

official student

handbook

is

edited by students

under the supervision of the dean of student
director of university relations.

It

life

and the

contains essential informa-

tion about the requirements, procedures,

and policies estab-

lished by the university.

WEEK AT BU
This weekly publication from the Student Develop-

ment Office

in the

Kehr Union announces

activities

and

meetings and carries news of organizations and departments.

Probationary *

1967 National 1970

1966

Iota

Omega

1964

Tau Kappa Epsilon

1976 National 1978

Zeta Psi

1966 National 1969
is composed of repreThe council coordinates

Inter-Sorority Council (ISC)

sentatives of the 10 social sororities.
the rushing and pledging activities

and endeavors

to

enhance

friendship and social relations between sororities and individual

PILOT

1981

Phi Sigma Xi

The

BLOOM MAGAZINE

Omicron 1986

Psi

Lambda Chi Alpha
Sigma

uted free to

THIS

1966 Indefinitely

It is

and highlights

copies

and coordinates

fraternities with

women. The sororities are:
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Sigma Tau
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Chi Sigma Rho
Chi Theta Pi

1980

1967 National 1979
1979 National 1979
1967
1986

Delta Epsilon Beta

1966

Phi Delta

1964

Phi Iota Chi

1974

Sigma Sigma Sigma
Theta Tau

Omega

Phi Sigma Sigma

Probationary *

1967 National 1971

1968
1988

* Probation means the organization has less than 15 members.

STUDENT LIFE AND SERVICES/21

Kehr Union
The Kehr Union contains
Ground Floor - Program Board

the following facilities:

Office,

games room, campus

Presidents" Lounge, The Voice Office, Obiter

post office.

Office, automatic banking machines, and television rooms;
First

Floor

-

snack bar, multi-purpose rooms, travel service,

information desk, duplicating and typing room, and administrative offices, intramurals

Second Floor

-

and recreation, student sign shop;

offices for student organizations, coffeehouse,

conference rooms, listening/meditation room, and

Community

Activities Office.

the

The Program Board plans the activities held in the union;
Kehr Union Governing Board authorizes policies and pro-

cedures for the use of the building and the University Store.

For more details on Kehr Union

desk

at

activities, call the

information

389-3900.

Student Services
Dining

Room and Snack Bar

The William W. Scranton Commons contains two main
dining rooms that can be partitioned to provide a total of four
dining areas seating 250 each. Cafeteria-style food services
are furnished

medically necessary. Services received

by a professional food service contractor.

All students living in the

campus residence

halls are

required to purchase meal tickets. Off-campus students

may

apply to purchase meal tickets

Waller

at the

Business Office

in

Scranton

university

community may

at the

and covered by the health services

Health Center

Those
Bloomsburg Hospital and elsewhere
(except the Bloomsburg Hospital Emergency
fees.

services received at the
will not be free

Room

Administration Building.

Members of the

are free

fee).

eat in the

Commons at published transient rates. The Faculty
Room is open to university employees for

Absence Due

to Illness

and Staff Dining
lunch,

Monday

through Friday.

Group meals
these

may

are available to

If

campus

organizations;

be arranged through the food service vendor subject

to approval of the

for outside groups
in

may

be reserved by the same procedure 30

advance.

There

is

ill

and choose

a snack bar in the Kehr Union Building which

community, and

visitors to the

members of the

miss class,

to

we

advise you

involved faculty as soon as ppossible, so an

Faculty

may

Health Center to verify a student's

call the

treatment in the center

if

the student agrees to this release of

information. In the case of severe illness for which the
professional staff advises

serves snacks and light meals to students,
university

you are
all

understanding can be reached between professor and student.

Residence Life Office and the Business

Office 48 hours in advance of the event. Banquets and parties

days

contact

strict

the Health Center will contact

bedrest and/or hospitalization,

all

concerned faculty by written

memo.

campus.

Health Care Fee

Health Services
All students with nine credits or

The University Health Center
floor of

McCormick Human

is

located on the third

Services Center. All students

a

$20 health care

fee

more

are required to

and have a health history record on

pay

file.

Students taking 8 credits or less have the option to pay the

seeking health care or counseling about a health problem

health service fee and file a health history form

should report to the Health Center between the hours of 7 a.m.

to use the services.

and 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday, and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, or call 389-4451/4452.

not be assessed a health service fee. Student teachers and/or

In an

go

emergency,

directly to the

if

the Health Center

is

closed, students

may

Bloomsburg Hospital Emergency Room.

The University Health Center

is

a walk-in clinic staffed

by registered nurses. The physicians who are employed
time, treat students

part

by appointment made by the nurse when

22 /STUDENT LIFE

AND SERVICES

Faculty and staff

who

be assessed. They

they choose

schedule academic courses will

students on internships not residing in the
will not

if

may

Bloomsburg area

request an exemption by

sending a written request to the Business Office. Those
students registered in extension courses will not be assessed a
health fee.

Services are available to only those students

who pay

a

health fee.

Students must provide the University Health Center with

On

accurate, current insurance information.

week during the
enrolled. (3 week session

All students will be assessed $1 per

summer session(s)
$3, 6 week session
The monies

in

which they

are

$6, etc.)

is

requesting information on your current plan.

you are not

presently covered by health insurance, you

collected from this fee will pay for the

the reverse side

of the student health insurance enrollment card
If

may

a form

enroll in the

student plan or buy another one with comparable coverage that

heatlh service that has been designated by the Pennsylvania

remain

will

academic year.

in force for the current

Legislature as an auxiliary function of the institution. These

funds are expended for the salaries of

individuals related to

all

Insurance Coverage for Athletics

health services such as doctors, nurses, plus the cost of the
hospital

emergency room

fee waiver contract, and other

service contracts such as the

ambulance

All students participating in intercollegiate sports must

service, family

have

planning, and Susquehanna Physical Therapy Department,

medical supplies,

utilities,

and the self-care

unit.

their

own primary insurance coverage. As a supplement
own plan, the Community Government

to the student's

Association provides a policy that acts as a supplement.

The

Ambulance Service and Medical Emergencies

basic benefits, under the athletic insurance program,

are provided

on an excess

means

basis. This

the expenses will

be submitted to the parent's medical insurance plan prior to

Ambulance

service,

Health Services Center,
Students

may

campus,

in

is

which

is

paid for by the Student

any payment or consideration by the university's company.

available to university students.

off-campus housing, or

if

they are involved in an

emergency,

call the

Law Enforcement

ambulance

for the

When

to the

at

389-4168,

emergency

provide escort

to

area.

calling, be prepared to give the following informa-

is

not covered.

In addition to the basic benefit plan,

$25,000

in related

expenses,

which covers up

total dollar

to

student athletes are covered

all

under a Lifetime Catastrophic Insurance Plan. Under

would be payable

for life with

no

limit

this

on the

amount, on expenses incurred, for hospital care,

surgical services, extended care facilities, and rehabilitation

The nature of the problem
Your location on campus
3. Your name
4. Your call-back number
The Health Services Program
1.

as

you have observed

it

services.

2.

serice

on behalf of

all

students

Note: Insurance coverage offered
negotiated contracts and, therefore,
contracts for ambulance

who pay

the health service fee.

There
the

is

teeth (bridge, partial, etc.)

plan, benefits

tion:

to

The maximum benefit for injury to
$200 per tooth. Damage to temporary

the parent's medical plan.

sound natural teeth

Bloomsburg

Ambulance Association using the Columbia County emergency number (784-791 1). After the ambulance has been
called, call

will be

covered by the university's plan and need not be submitted

accident within a reasonable distance of the university.
In case of a medical

$100 of medical expenses

Injuries requiring less than

benefit from this service while living on

is no billing for ambulance service unless the nature of
emergency is an attempted suicide or a drug or alcohol

crisis.

Some

typical reasons for calling an

victim, seizure, suspected heart attack.

When

in

fall

doubt about

The ambuBloomsburg Hospital Emer-

the seriousness of a situation, call for assistance.

lance transports directly to the

gency Room.

to students is

based on

subject to change.

Center for Counseling

Human Development

and

The Counseling Center

ambulance include

severe bleeding, breathing difficulties, allergic reaction,

is

their

human growth

assists students in

potentials

and

services through individual, group, and
variety of subject areas.
skills,

Some

developing

campus
workshop formats

in adjusting to

in a

of the areas include study

time management, assertiveness, effective communica-

tion, recognition

of issues related to racism and sexism,

human

sexuality, drug and alcohol abuse, eating disorders (anorexia

Health Insurance

and bulimia),

which
All students

who

register for 9 or

covered by a health insurance plan.

more

credits

You may

must be

opt to purchase

the current student health insurance plan or a plan of your

own

The student

health insurance plan

needs of the insured individuals

is

at the least

possible cost,

pay.
to

When

considering our policy, review the plan carefully

determine

if it

adequately meets your health care needs.

Filing of claims will be the responsibility of the student.

Claim forms

are available at the University Health Center.

in

is

pro-

Act 101 and Educational

Opportunity Programs. In addition to individual counseling,
the counselors present outreach

and group seminar-workshops

residence halls, and other

The center coordinates and

designed to meet the

balancing necessary coverage with the ability of the student to

and many other topic areas

Specialized counseling

vided for students participating

in classes,

choice.

stress, relaxation,

relate to daily living.

campus

settings.

directs three other

major

programs: University Student Health Services, Orientation,

and

Institutional Testing

PTCTP). Other center
tion for faculty

and

(GRE, NTE,

MAT, CLEP.

and

services include professional consulta-

staff, initial

counseling for permanent or

temporary withdrawal from the university, and advisement for

academic or non-academic grievances.

Application for the insurance plan will be mailed with
registration materials or can be obtained at the health center.

STUDENT LIFE AND SERVICES/23

All Counseling Center services and records are confidential.
is

Release of any information to other persons and agencies

tion helps to

meet these concerns by providing for the initial
in the crucial academic advisement

contacts with faculty

process; familiarizing students with the university;

provided only with verbal and written consent of the

student.

nel services, facilities,

The center is located in Benjamin Franklin Hall, Room
17, and is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Special
appointments can be made for evenings and weekends.

relations

(After-hours contact with a counselor can be

made through

the

additional information about center services, call

person-

among people from

varied racial, economic, and

social backgrounds; and providing for completion of certain

pre-enrollment matters involving scheduling, identification
card,

meal

tickets,

and program evaluation.

Orientation helps students

office answering machine, 389-4255.) For appointments or

389-4255.

its

and students; promoting good human

However, students have

make

a

good beginning.

the responsibility of familiarizing

themselves with appropriate segments of the Undergraduate

Institutional Testing

Catalog and the Pilot and with programs and policies pertinent
to them. Assistance is available

Specific state and national tests for special purposes
are administered
a service to the

by the coordinator of testing upon request as

Bloomsburg University community. Special
made to the coordinator at the Benjamin

requests should be

Franklin Hall,

Room

PTCTP (Pennsylvania Teachers CertiGRE, MAT, NTE, NLN Mobility

Tests such as the

and

CLEP are

administered on campus on a regular basis.

Applications for these

and Optometry
and

(389-4659)

in

Room

Benjamin Franklin

14,

Hall.

Career Development Center

tests

GMAT, LSAT,

and the

tests are available at the

Human Development, Room

17,

Pharmacy,

Center for Counseling

Benjamin Franklin

Hall.

The Career Development Center
and planning services

Human Development.

to

offers career counseling

undergraduate and graduate students,

continuing education students, and Bloomsburg University
alumni. In addition to individual counseling, an up-to-date
career library containing printed materials and audiovisual

equipment

For additional information contact the Center for Counseling

and

or questions

17 or by calling 389-4255.

fication Testing Program),
II,

when problems

arise. For additional information, call the Orientation Office

is

available.

Career information and job-hunting seminars, workshops, and programs sponsored by the center are held throughout the year.

Orientation

system,

is

DISCOVER,

a computer based, career guidance

available for students interested in

making career

decisions. Other services offered by the center include

Bloomsburg University
positive beginning

is critical

committed

is

to the belief that a

benefit from a college education. Consistent with that belief,
the university requires a comprehensive orientation
for all

newly admitted students. These programs

stered through the Center for Counseling and

Freshmen entering

Devel-

and

session. Parents

Sunday when several

An

office for veterans' affairs

of the Registrar,

Room

6,

is

maintained in the Office

Benjamin Franklin

Hall.

It is

staffed

returning students, and

enrollment

is in

summer freshmen. For
January, orientation

prior to their first

day of

orientation and the university

is

is

is

widows of veter-

given in education-related matters such as

educational benefits from the V.A., tutoring, and financial aid.

students

whose

classes. Information about

sent to

admission fees. Fall freshmen receive

all

new

students

effort

is

made

to assign

traveling

The University

when

clothing, and
to

this

information in

7:30 p.m.,

Store sells books, supplies, imprinted

many other items. Normal hours are from 8 a.m.
Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

Friday; and 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Saturday.

prior to their fall enrollment.

accommodate those

University Store

held on the

they have been accepted by the university and have paid their

Every

ans. Assistance

an orientation session for transfer students, adult/

tion, there is

May

certifying to the Veterans Administration enrollment of

veteran students as well as dependents and

activities

are scheduled for them. In addition to the freshman orienta-

will

and credential services.

Veterans' Affairs

are admini-

Human

semester are required to

in the fall

summer orientation

families are urged to attend on

early

lists,

by several work-study veterans whose duties consist of

participate in a

Sunday

interviews, vacancy

program

opment.

initial

campus

to attaining the greatest possible

an orientation date that

from great distances or who

Campus

Postal Service

have military obligations.

Due

to the important nature

of the testing and academic

advisement/scheduling process, those local students

who have

Mail

Monday

is

delivered to

through Friday.

campus residence

A

halls

central post office in

once daily,

Kehr Union

visited the university prior to orientation will be expected to

provides combination boxes for off-campus and commuter

participate fully.

students.

At the university, enrollment involves much more than
an educational endeavor. There are career, personal, and
social concerns that students address, all of

which are impor-

tant to achieving a well-balanced college experience.

24 /STUDENT LIFE

AND SERVICES

Orienta-

and Recreation

Community Arts Council

Athletics, Intramurals,

The Community Arts Council is supported by the
Community Government Association, the Bloomsburg
University Foundation, Community Patron Program, and

Athletic Association, the Eastern College Athletic Conference,

The events

Celebrity Artist Series.

The
the

and

staff

A cultural

Patrons of the

who purchase
affairs

Community

announcing events and

published each

is

The

intercollegiate

National Collegiate

track,

program includes baseball, basket-

country, football, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis,

ball, cross

patron cards receive reserved

schedule

member of the

the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, and the Eastern

who

purchase a Community Activities card. Area residents,

seats.

a

is

Wrestling League.

are without charge

(general admission seats) to faculty, staff, and students

faculty,

university

and wrestling for men; and basketball,

cross country, lacrosse, Softball,

fall.

Arts Council receive newsletters

for

swimming,

field

hockey,

and track

tennis,

women.

men

Intramural sports for

activities.

include baseball, tennis, track,

cross country, horseshoes, soccer, water polo, weight training,

Art on Campus

softball, basketball, table tennis, volleyball, wrestling,

gymnastics, golf, handball, racquetball, and straight pool.

Works of art can be found on
year in the university's

Under

women

Intramural sports for
exhibition throughout the

Haas Center

art gallery in

include volleyball, basket-

ball,

badminton, table tennis,

ball,

bowling, tennis, racquetball, floor hockey, and aerobic

softball, horseshoes, flag foot-

for the Arts.

the direction of the Art Department, exhibitions are

exercise.

held monthly, and a special exhibition of student work

is

held
Intramural co-educational sports include teniquoit,

each spring.

The department also maintains a permanent art collection with more than 300 works of art displayed in buildings
across the university. Numerous pieces of sculpture adorn the
walkways and gardens of Bloomsburg's sprawling 173-acre

volleyball, softball, tennis, horseshoes, golf,

When

athletics, or intramurals athletic facilities are

for recreational use

sauna, racquetball courts, two

QUEST

available

swimming

room and

pools, and a physical

fitness center.

QUEST is an outdoor adventure
BU, as
QUEST-sponsored programs

Automobile Registration
program

that serves the

students, faculty, and staff of

well as the general

public.

are conducted mostly

Operation of a motor vehicle on the college campus

on

weekends, holidays, and during vacations, and consist of any

is

a

Motor Vehicle Regulations Manual
Office of Law Enforcement located in the

privilege explained in the

available in the

of the following:

all

made

by the students. These include an indoor

track and tennis court, nautilus equipment, a weight

campus.

or

and racquetball.

not occupied for instruction, intercollegiate

basement of the University Store building.
backpacking

In order for a resident student to have the privilege of

Whitewater rafting

having an automobile, they must be either 21 years-of-age or

rockclimbing

winter camping

caving

snowshoeing

initiatives/

cross country skiing

new games

have 64 credits earned.
Requests for special permission

on campus for students not normally

kayaking

bicycling

mountaineering

canoeing

ropes course

to

have a motor vehicle

eligible are

covered

in

Section 605 of the Motor Vehicle Regulations Manual.

commuting

All staff, faculty, and

students must register

any motor vehicle they drive on the campus. Parking decals

QUEST programs are designed to provide

the partici-

pants with recreational, educational, and personal growth

experiences through the excitement, challenge, and achieve-

ment experienced during these activities.
wide variety of activities depending upon
year, yet all
tors:

QUEST offers a
the season of the

QUEST courses have three common

denomina-

a program of student

life,

QUEST also offers an

outdoor leadership, an outdoor equipment rental and center,

and UpReach, a nine-day orientation program
conducted prior

to the

beginning of the

For more detailed information on
grams, contact the

QUEST Office

QUEST and
in

for
fall
its

new

students

semester.
varied pro-

Simon Hall (389-4323).

Office within 24

Failure to adhere to this provision will result in a $5 penalty.

Students

may

emergency

obtain only one valid decal at a time; however,

situations

may

warrant issuance of a temporary

permit.

Faculty, staff, or students

outdoor leadership development program, an academic minor

that is

Law Enforcement

hours after employment, registration, or arrival on campus.

learning, safety, and fun.

As
in

are to be obtained at the

vehicle to

campus

for

who

bring an unregistered

more than one day

parking permit, which

may

be obtained

ment Office. Faculty,

staff,

or students

registered vehicle to
to

campus

for only

require a temporary

Law Enforcewho may bring an unat the

one day

will be required

place a note on the dash with the following information:

name of operator,
Residence

destination of operator, and date.

hall juniors

and seniors are

eligible for per-

mits to park in the lower end of the Bloomsburg Hospital

parking

lot

across from the

campus and Route 487. Green

decals have been designated for this parking area.

STUDENT LIFE AND SERVICES/25

Visitors'

Parking

large

Visitors should obtain a visitors' parking permit

from one

group

curriculum

activities, snack, rest,
is

and sleep are included. The

numerous opportunishow interest and

"child centered," providing

when

they

of several offices on campus. Locations include Carver Hall,

ties for the

children to learn

Waller Administration Building, Nelson Fieldhouse, Office of

readiness.

It is

Law Enforcement

an emphasis on creative learning, discovery, and exploration.

adjacent to the University Bookstore,

Andruss Library, and Benjamin Franklin

Hall,

On

weekdays, overnight

visitors

Hall.

must park

in the

hospital area and obtain a visitor's permit from the

On

forcement Office.
visitors

may

park

weekends, there

in either red, black,

is

Navy

Law En-

open parking, and

"teacher directed" through guidance and places

The program provides opportunities

to strengthen individually

and cognitive processing

order to prepare the

children for the academic learning that will take place in

elementary school.

The operating

or green areas.

abilities in

fees for the center are as follows:

A visitor cited for a parking violation
appeal the violation should report to the

ment Office with

who wishes to
campus Law Enforce-

Students

$.75/hour

1st child

(Community

Activities

fee paid)

the ticket before leaving campus.

$.50/hour each additional child

$25/week

Student Grievances

more hours
(Community

full-time (5 or

$1.25/hour

1st child

a day)

Activities fee not paid)

Academic Grievances

$.75/hour each additional child

$40/week
Procedures have been established and are outlined

full-time (5 or

more hours a day)

in the

Pilot to provide students with a system to register complaints

Staff

$l/hour

1st child

of alleged academic injustices relating to grades or other

$.50/hour each additional child

unprofessional conduct in the traditional teacher/pupil

$35/week

full-time (5 or

more hours

a day)

relationship.

Faculty

$ 1 .25/hour

Non-Academic Grievances

$40/week
Procedures also are available and outlined

in the Pilot to

provide students with a system to register complaints of
alleged injustices relating to violation, misinterpretation, or

discriminatory application of non-academic policies and procedures, and/or the conduct of professional, non-professional,

The

Child Center

BU Campus Child Center is

of Elwell Hall.

ren (ages 2 to 6) of

Monday

to 5 p.m.

located in the basement

services provide care for preschool child-

Its

BU

students and employees from 7:45 a.m.

through Friday

(fall

and spring semesters).

School-age children (ages 6 to 10) are accepted for care when
the public schools have a holiday and the university
sion.

There also

is

a

summer program designed

ages 2 to 10. Parents can

in

is

in ses-

for children

on a drop-in or
However, all children

utilize the center

full-time basis throughout the year.

must be registered

advance and

toilet trained.

Registration

materials can be obtained at the center.

The Campus Child Center

is

licensed by the Pennsylva-

nia State Department of Public Welfare.

It is

governed by the

Pennsylvania State Day Care Service for Children Regulations.

The Community Government Association provides

funding to help support the center.

The

center provides a nursery school program designed

especially for the growth and development of the preschool
child.

Varied

activities are

planned

to

meet the

social,

emotional, cognitive, and physical needs of the child. The
holistic,

developmental approach provides the

flexibility to

meet individual differences. Quiet and active play, small and
26 /STUDENT LIFE

st

child

AND SERVICES

full-time (5 or

more hours a day)

All faculty and staff members are required to pay the
Community Activities fee. Operating fees are subject to
change. The center's operating days follow the same calendar
as the university students. For more information, contact Judy

Coleman-Brinich, director,

and student employees.

Campus

1

$.75/hour each additional child

at

389-4547.

UNDERGRADUATE
CURRICULA
The undergraduate

curricula are administered by the three

colleges: College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business,

and College of Professional Studies. The requirements for the
curricula are stated in the chapters

which deal with these

colleges.

Upon admission,

students are admitted to eight broad

academic categories. (See section on Application Procedures.)

A student must commit himself or herself to a specific major
and receive admission
the

sophomore

year.

to that

program of study by

(Students

who

transfer to

the end of
Bloomsburg

University with junior standing have a one-semester grace

period on this requirement.)

When
or he

is

in that

a student

makes

a tentative choice of a major she

assigned preliminary or prerequisite courses required

major. In curricula where admission

is

selective or

restrictive at the junior year entry-level, as in the case in

several programs in the College of Professional Studies, the

university

is

not

bound

to

admit the student

if

he or she

is

not

admissable according to the competition for available spaces
or other selective criteria.

Students electing to major in two departments must have
a major adviser in each department and

requirements of each department and

meet

all

all

of the major

of the General

Education Requirements. (See section on General Education
Requirements.) Double majors
require

more than

Double majors

in

the

in

minimum

some departments may

128 credits for graduation.

to declare a

double

these ends

by offering a variety of courses and course designs

bonding." The curriculum accomplishes

including symposia, forums, independent study, and experiential

study that require extensive reading, writing, and indepth

study and research. The scholars courses are taught by
university faculty

who

are designated scholars faculty due to

distinguished scholarship, outstanding performance as
teachers, and ability to relate to students.

The Scholars Program

requires the completion of

semester hours of general education credit
scholars courses within the

major.

and develop

skills,

"common

departments in two different schools must

have the permission of both college deans

and communication

interpretative abilities

a sense of

remainder of courses

first

in

24

designated

two academic

years.

in these years are selected

The

from regular

course offerings to satisfy major, minor, and other general

Credit

education requirements. Scholars courses, while they satisfy
general education requirements, are specially redesigned to

Each curriculum, which leads

to a baccalaureate degree,

requires the successful completion of
credit.

A semester hour is

28 semester hours of

lecture, discussion, or

one semester. In some cases as

studio, or internship, there

emphasize the integration of interdisciplinary knowledge,
concepts, and

ordinarily defined as the credit for

one weekly period of 50 minutes of
recitation for

1

may

in laboratory,

not be a one-to-one correspon-

dence between experimental time and

credit.

skills.

Although university scholars have many special programs
and services
into the

may

at their disposal,

enjoy the same dimensions of university

that they

life that

other

students experience including residence hall living, a wide
array of cultural activities,

University Scholars

they also will be fully integrated

mainstream of the campus community so

Program

campus leadership

opportunities,

sporting events, and other cocurricular programs.

(William Baillie, director)

Eligibility for

The University Scholars Program provides

academic experience for a preselected group of freshman and

sophomore

students.

The program

appropriate challenge for students

is

designed to provide an

who have

Admission

a special

distinguished

themselves educationally, have superior intellectual

ability, set

Scholars Program eligibility

achievement, a ranking
class,

and

SAT scores

in the

of

on both verbal and math

1

is

based upon high school

top 20 percent of the graduation

100 or more with a

subtests.

Once

minimum

eligible,

of 500

high school

high standards for themselves, and are serious about pursuing

seniors or graduates are selected on the basis of their applica-

a quality college education.

tion, essay,

The

scholars curriculum

is

designed to foster the growth

of intellectual independence, creativity, and

initiative,

analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities,

enhance

augment

and interviews and/or references. Although high

academic achievement provides
istics

eligibility,

personal character-

and extracurricular involvement are important

in the

selection process.

UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULA/27

thereby completing

Retention

this

requirement with 3 rather than 6

semester hours.

3 or 6 semester hours

Students admitted to the University Scholars Program



QPA of at least 3.0 to remain in
who do not attain this QPA in the first

must maintain a cumulative
the program. Students

semester will be retained provisionally
stipulation that the 3.0

from the approved

list

of communication

courses

3 semester hours

program with the

must be attained overall before the

sophomore year.
At the completion of the program,
maintained a

in the

3 credits

minimum QPA

Quantitative-Analytical Reasoning

who

a student

3 semester hours

has
-3 credits

of 3.50 or higher will be desig-

from the approved

list

of quantitative-

analytical reasoning courses.

nated a University Scholar on his or her permanent record as
well as on the diploma upon graduation.

At the end of the sophomore year, students may wish
apply to the upper-level Honors Program in their major
discipline to continue in
final

two

enhanced academic programs

Values, Ethics, and Responsible Decision



to

Making

3 semester hours
-3 credits

in their

from the approved

list

of values, ethics,

and responsible decision-making courses. (The develop

years.

ment of

interdisciplinary courses such as science, tech

nology, and

General Education
Requirements

human

values

Survival, Fitness,



is

encouraged.)

and Recreation

Skills

3 semester hours
-3 credits

The goals of the general education program
Bloomsburg University are to develop:

an ability to communicate effectively;

at

fitness,

TOTAL =



an ability to think analytically and quantitatively;



a facility to

make independent and

from the approved

and life-long recreation

skill

list

of survival,

courses.

15 or 18 semester hours

Distribution Requirements

responsible

value judgements and decisions according to high
ethical values

and

life

goals;

Distribution requirement courses must be from disci-

an appreciation of the need for fitness, lifelong
skills,


and survival

plines other than the individual's major. Students with double
skills;

majors must adhere

a capacity for assessing the validity of ideas and

plines. Courses,

an understanding of the approaches used to gain

knowledge through development of

to this ruling for

only one of the disci-

which a student uses

to satisfy the specific

communication, quantitative-analytical reasoning, valuescritical

ethics,

and survival- fitness-recreation requirements,

may

not

thinking abilities;
a greater appreciation of literature,

art,

be used to satisfy distribution requirements.

music,

and theater through stimulation of one's creative

Humanities
(12 credits)
2 credits from courses approved as developing an
understanding of approaches to gain knowledge in the hu•

interests;

1



an understanding of our society and the relative
position of an individual in this society;



manities, creative interests in and appreciation of

an understanding of the relationship between

ture,

an individual and his or her physical and

At

a familiarity with the major contributions

of

human knowledge

in the

in

the humanities, and global awareness.

biological environments;


art, litera-

music, and theater, knowledge of major contributions

humanities, social

clude

sciences, natural sciences, and mathematics;

humanities departments must

art,

in-

English, history, languages and cultures, music,

philosophy, communication studies, mass communication, and

an awareness and global understanding of the
relative position of the individual in the

least three different

be represented in these 12 credits. Humanities departments

theater arts.

world

community.
Social Sciences

Specific

- 1

Requirements

(12 credits)

2 credits from courses approved as developing an

understanding of approaches to gain knowledge
sciences, an understanding of our

Communication

9 semester hours

(6 hours for students

who complete

English 104

in the social

society and the place of

an individual in that society, knowledge of the major contribu)

tions in the social sciences,

At

-

own

English 101 and English 200 or 201 (6 credits)

and global awareness.

least three different

departments must be repre-

sented in these 12 credits. Social sciences departments in-

or English 104 (3 credits)

clude anthropology, economics, geography, political science,

Students qualifying for English 104 are exempt from

psychology, and sociology and social welfare.

20.200 or 20.201 upon successful completion of 20.104,

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Natural Sciences and Mathematics



Values, Ethics, and Responsible Decision

Making

(12 semester hours)
-12 credits from courses approved as developing an

(3 credits)

Human

09-213

-

Science Technology

28-207

-

Ethics Politics and Public Policy

28-220

-

Ethics

28-290

-

Medical Ethics

28-292

-

Cont Moral Problems

and mathe-

41-105

-

Environmental Issues/Choices

12 credits.

42-210

-

Values Conflict 20th Century

Natural sciences and mathematics departments include bio-

42-215

-

Global Issues

44-207

-

Ethics, Politics, and Public Policy

46-102

-

Anthropology and World Problems

48-131

-

Psychology of Adjustment

48-254

-

Psychological Aspects Social Issues

50-230

-

Human

50-254

-

Social Implications Biology

understanding of approaches to gain knowledge

in the natural

sciences, an understanding of the relationship of the individual
to his or her

environment, and knowledge of the major contri-

butions in the natural sciences and mathematics.

At

least three different natural sciences

matics departments must be represented

logical

and

in these

allied health sciences, chemistry, earth science,

mathematics, and physics.

TOTAL = 51

or 54 semester hours

General Education Courses

Survival, Fitness,

Course Requirements

Specific

Communication
09-231

-

Technical Writing

10-109

-

-

French

and Recreational

05-101

-

Varsity Baseball

05-102

-

Varsity Basketball

through French 4

1

Phonetics: Sounds French Language

05-103

-

05-105

-

Varsity Soccer

05-106

-

Varsity

05-107

-

Varsity Tennis

-

German

1

through

German 4

05-108

-

Varsity Track and Field

-

Spanish

1

through Spanish 4

05-109

-

Varsity Wrestling

Phonetics: Spanish

05-110- Varsity Golf

13-101 through 104

-

Russian

1

14-101 through 104

-

Italian

through Italian 4

18-101 and 102

-

Latin

1

1

through Russian 4

and Latin 2

05-1

Women

1 1

-

Varsity Lacrosse

05-1 12

-

Varsity Gymnastics

05-113- Varsity Softball
05-149 - Aquatics-Beginning Non-Swimmers

* 20-101

-

Composition

* 20-200

-

Writing Proficiency Examination or

05-150

-

Beginning Aquatics

* 20-201

-

Composition 2

05-151

-

Intermediate Aquatics

* 20-104

-

Honors Composition

substituted for regular

05-155

-

Swimnastics

English composition requirements by students

05-200

-

CPR

whose names

05-201

-

Archery-Badminton

20-301

-

and either

I

is

are included on a

list

prepared by

and Safety

the English Department.

05-214 -Fencing

Creative Writing

05-217 -Bicycling
05-219 -Tennis

25-103 -Public Speaking

25-104

-

Interpersonal

Communication

05-222

-

74-153

-

Introduction to Sign Language

05-223

-

05-224

-

Dance
Modern Dance
Fitness Dance

05-227

-

Archery- Volleyball

05-228

-

Gymnastics

05-230

-

Weight Training-Fitness

Quantitative- Analytical Reasoning (3 credits)

&
&

Skills (3 credits)

Swimming and Diving

12-101 through 104
-

Conflict of Values

Sexuality

11-101 through 104

12-109

A

Varsity Field Hockey
05-104- Varsity Football

(6 or 9 credits)

10-101 through 104

in History-

Values

Economics Math
Economics Statistics

Creative

40-246

-

Business

40-346

-

Business

45-260

-

Basic Social Statistics

05-231 -Archery

48-160

-

Basic Statistics

05-232

-

53-101

-

Mathematical Thinking

05-233

-

Badminton

53-1

-

Finite

05-234

-

Golf

53-1 14 -College Algebra

05-235

-

Riflery

53-1 18

-

Applied Matrix Algebra

05-236

-

Volleyball

53-123

-

Essentials of Calculus

05-237

-

Modified Physical Education

05-238

-

Racquetball/Handball

05-239

-

Square Dance

05-240

-

Fitness-Slimnastics

05-241

-

Judo-Self Defense

05-243

-

Backpacking

05-244

-

Orienteering

05-245

-

Canoeing

1 1

1

1

Mathematics

53-125- Analysis

I

53-141

-

Introduction to Statistics

53-175

-

Introducltion to

53-241

-

Probability and Statistics

Computer Science

Bowling

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05-246

-

Beginning Skin and

05-247

-

Basic

SCUBA Diving

Rock Climbing

History
42-100 - The Trans- Atlantic World

05-248

-

Basic Sailing

42-1 12

-

05-249

-

Synchronized Swimming

42-1 13

-

Origins of the Modern World
The Modern World

05-250

-

Advanced Lifesaving

05-270

-

Exercise and

05-271

-

05-272
05-273

42-121

-

U.S. History to 1877

42-122

-

U.S. History 1877

Intermediate Archery

42-133

-

-

Intermediate Bowling

42-141

-

-

Intermediate Golf

42-142

-

05-274

-

Intermediate Tennis

05-275

-

Intermediate Volleyball

42-143 -Black Africa

05-276

-

Intermediate Judo

42-144

-

Islamic and Hindu Worlds: Middle East

05-290

-

Special Topics (1 credit only)

05-298

-

Fitness and Wellness (1 credit only)

42-208

-

Contemporary Issues

in U.S. History

50-205

-

Introduction to Nutrition

42-210

-

Values

20th Century History

42-222

-

42-223

-

42-224

-

42-227

-

42-229

You

( 1

credit only)

GROUP A HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS

and

Art
-

Introduction to Art

31-215

-

History of American Art

31-225

-

History of Architecture

31-235

-

European Art History

I

31-236

-

European Art History

II

31-345

-

3 1 -346

-

31-355

-

History of Near Eastern Art
History of Far Eastern Art

Modern Art

History of

32-111 -Drawing
32-151 -Design

Ceramics

32-221

-

Fabric Design

32-231 -Painting

-

History of Science

42-277

-

History of Christian Religion

48-281

-

Military History

I

32-395

-

Art

I

10-102 -French

II

10-103

III

-

French

10-104 -French IV
Structure of the French

Language

10-201

-

10-202

-

Oral Expression

10-203

-

French Written Expression

10-204

-

French Studies Abroad

10-211

-

Foundations of French Culture and

10-212

-

France Today

10-295

-

The Art and Culture of France

11-101

-German I
-German II
-German III
-German IV
- Grammar and Composition (German)

I

(French)

I

Civilization
I

Graphics
Crafts

10-101 -French

I

32-261

-

I

Languages and Cultures

I

Sculpture

32-275

States

I

32-251 -Weaving
-

in Conflict in

I

32-201

-

Malaysia

42-250

I

-

32-241

India:

Growth of American Business
Economic History of the United
The Immigrant Experience
The American Woman
Modern World Leaders

-

30-101

Present

to the Present

Course Requirements

Specific

-

The Ancient & Medieval Worlds
Modern China and Japan
Latin America from European Colonization

& Culture of France

11-102
11-103

11-104

Communications Studies
25-103

-

Public Speaking

25-104

-

Interpersonal

11-201

Communication

25-206

-

25-220

-

Intercultural

25-241

-

Voice and Diction

Oral Interpretation of Literature

Communication

-202

-

Conversation (German)

1 -204

-

German

1 1
1

Studies Abroad

12-101 -Spanish

I

12-102 -Spanish

II

12-103 -Spanish

III

12-104 -Spanish IV

English

12-121

-

Spanish Literature

12-122

-

Latin American Literature in English Translation

12-201

-

Structure of the Spanish

20-151 - Introduction to Literature
20-153 -Folklore
20-220 - British Writers I

12-202

-

Oral Expression (Spanish)

12-203

-

Written Expression (Spanish)

12-204

-

Spanish Studies Abroad

20-221

-

British Writers

12-21

-

Spanish Culture and Civilization

20-222

-

20-223
20-23 1

-

American
American

-

20-25 1

20-280

20-120
20-121

-

20-131

-

-

World Literature I
World Literature II
The Bible as Literature

II

1

Literature

I

13-101 -Russian

I

Literature

II

13-102 -Russian

II

Literature and Society

13-103 -Russian

III

-

Literary Genres

13-104 -Russian IV

-

Poetry

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in

English Translation

Language

14-101 -Italian

I

28-312

-

14-102 -Italian

II

28-314

-

14-103 -Italian

III

28-351

-

Modern Philosophy
Phenomenology
Theory of Knowledge
History of

Existentialism and

14-104 -Italian IV
18-101 -Latin

I

18-102 -Latin

II

Theater Arts
26-102 - Introduction

18-111

-

Roman

18-1 12

-

Introduction to

Civilization

Roman

Literature

Mass Communications
27-1 15 - Cinema Appreciation
27-225

-

Mass Communications and Popular Arts

27-230

-

History of Film

-

Music Listening

35-1

-

Maroon

1 1

& Gold

-

Fundamentals of Acting

26-209

-

Theater Appreciation

26-215

-

History of the Theater

GROUP B SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
-

Anthropology

Music
35-101

to Theater Arts

26-1 12

Band

35-1 12 -Concert Choir

35-1 13

-

Women's Choral Ensemble

35-1 14

-

University-Community Orchestra

46-101

-

Introduction to Anthropology

46-102

-

Anthropology and World Problems

46-200

-

Principles of Cultural Anthropology

46-210

-

Prehistoric Archaeology

46-220

-

Principles of Physical Anthropology

46-260

-

Men

and

Women: An

35-1 15

-

Husky Singers

Communication Disorders

35-130

-

Fundamental Musicianship

4-152

35-131

-

Music Theory

Communication Disorders

Introduction to

I

35-132 -Music Theory
35-133 -Sight Singing
35-134 -Sight Singing

-

Anthropological Perspective

II

Economics

I

40-21

II

40-212

1

-

Principles of

-

Principles of

Economics
Economics

I

II

35-141 -Violin

35-143- Violoncello
35-144 -Double Bass

Geography
1-101 - World Physical Geography
41-102 - World Cultural Geography

35-151 -Organ

41-125

-

Weather

41-150

-

Elements of Planning

41-200

-

Geography of

41-201

-

41-202

-

Geography of Europe
Geography of Latin America

Economic Geography

35-142- Viola

35-161

-

Trumpet

35-162 -Horn
35-163

-

Trombone

35-164 -Baritone
35-165

Tuba

& Climate
the U.S. and

Canada

41-221

-

35-171 -Voice

41-242

-Map

35-181 -Piano

41-258

-

Environmental Conservation

35-191 -Flute

41-281

-

Pennsylvania Folk Cultures

-

Skills

35-192 -Oboe
35-193 -Clarinet

Political Science

35-194 -Bassoon

44-101

-

Elements of

Political Science

35-195

-

Saxophone

44-108

-

Contemporary

35-196

-

Percussion

44-120

-

United States Government

35-221

-

Music History

I

44-171

-

Nations, Sues, and Governments

35-222

-

Music History

II

44-181

-

Contemporary Issues

35-223

-

Music History

III

44-366

-

The

35-224

-

Class Piano

I

35-225

-

Class Piano

II

35-226

-

Class Voice

48-101

-

General Psychology

35-229

-

Class Instruction in Brass

48-1 10

-

Life

48-131

-

Psychology of Adjustment

Philosophy

48-211

-

Child Psychology

28-21

-

Adolescence Psychology

Political

Political Ideologies

in

World

Politics

Systems of Western Europe

Psychology

Span Psychology

-

Introduction to Philosophy

48-212

28-212

-

Logic

48-251

-

Social Psychology

28-220

-

Ethics

48-254

-

Psychological Aspects of Social Issues

28-230

-

Religions of the East

28-271

-

Western Religious Tradition

28-303

-

Philosophy of Science

28-310

-

History of Ancient Philosophy

1

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Sociology

45-133
45-21

1

-

45-213

-

45-215

-

45-216

-

&

Earth Science

Social Welfare

51-101

-

Physical Geology

Principles of Sociology

51-102

-

Historical

Contemporary Social Problems
Ethnic & National Minority Groups

51-105

-

Environmental Geology

51-111

-

Physical Geology Laboratory

Urban Sociology

51-112

-

Historical

51-253

-

Geology Lab
Astronomy

Introduction to Social

&

Work

Geology

45-219

-

Religion

45-231

-

Marriage and Family

51-255

-

Meteorology

45-242

-

Juvenile Delinquency

51-259

-

Oceanography

45-276

-

Sociology of Science

Society

Mathematics
53-101

-

Special Education

53-1

1 1

-

Finite

70-101

53-1 12

-

Trigonometry

-

Introduction to Exceptional Individuals

Mathematical Thinking

Mathematics

53-113-Pre-Calculus
53-1 14 -College Algebra

GROUP C NATURAL SCIENCES AND
MATHEMATICS
-

Biological

and

Allied Health Sciences

53-1 18

-

Applied Matrix Algebra

53-123

-

Essentials of Calculus

53-125 -Analysis

I

53-126- Analysis

II

I

53-141

-

Introductory Statistics

II

53-201

-

Theory of Arithmetic

53-202

-

53-231

-

Geometry and LOGO
College Geometry

50-120 -Biology of Plants

53-241

-

Probability and Statistics

50-231

-

Biology of Aging

53-271

-

Algorithmic Processes

50-240

-

Introductory Microbiology

50-101

-

General Biology

50-102

-

General Biology

50-1 10

-

Biology of Animals

50- 1

-

General Biology Laboratory

1 1

for

Elementary Teachers

Physics

Chemistry

54-101

-

Basic Physical Science

52-101

-

Introductory Chemistry

54-103

-

Principles of Physical Science

52-108

-

Physiological Chemistry

54-104

-

Elementary Electronics

52-1

-

General Chemistry

I

54-105

-

Energy: Sources and Environmental Efforts

52-1 12

-

General Chemistry

II

54-106

-

The Science of Sound

52-1 13

-

Chemistry Laboratory

54-107

-

Applied Physics for Health Sciences

52-1 18

-

University Chemistry

54-1

1 1

-

Introductory Physics

I

54-1 12

-

Introductory Physics

II

54-21

1

-

General Physics

I

54-212

-

General Physics

II

1 1

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Buildings and Facilities

and social welfare.

It

also houses the University Health

Center and the Learning Resources Center, an autotutorial
laboratory and educational media laboratory, as well as radio

Bloomsburg's campus

comprised of two

is

campus and upper campus with

the lower

tracts called

a total areas of 173

and televison studios, a photography darkroom, and laboratories to

support the rapidly expanding instructional technology

Also included

services.

in the building are the

acres.

The lower campus comprises

the original

adjacent areas subsequently acquired.

It

campus and

Curriculum Materials Center, laboratories for programs

contains several

sociology.

residence halls, a dining

hall, the university store,

tion buildings, auditorium, library,

administra-

academic buildings recrea-

and the upper campus contains the E.H. Nelson

tion areas,

Fieldhouse,

Redman

Stadium, Litwhiler Baseball Field, and

practice areas. Long-range plans presume further develop-

ment of the upper campus

for residential, academic,

in

elementary and secondary education, nursing, psychology, and

and

recreational purposes.

Instructional Buildings

first

A

major new computer laboratory

located on the

is

floor of the building. In addition, the building contains a

number of general-purpose classrooms and a multi-image
projection room known as the University Forum.

Benjamin Franklin Hall, completed in 1930 for use
campus laboratory school, is now used for administrative
offices and the Computer Services Center.

as a

Navy Hall was

constructed in 1939 as a campus laborawas converted during World War II for the use
of candidates enlisted in the Navy V-12 Office Training
Program. It now houses the Department of Communication
tory school but

Bakeless Center for the Humanities, completed
1970,

is

lecture halls, faculty offices, and an exhibit area.

primarily by the departments of English,
cultures,

named

in

an air-conditioned building containing classrooms,

economics, and

art,

It is

used

languages and

The building was

political science.

for the Bakeless family including Professor

Disorders and Special Education, the Reading Clinic, the

Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic, and a number of other

classrooms and offices.

Oscar H.
Science Hall,

call

"Old Science"

Bakeless, a graduate of the school and former distinguished

member

Hartline Science Center,

John E. Bakeless, a

Alumni Distinguished

Service Award; their daughter, Mrs. Alex Bakeless Nason, a

it

from

houses the

facilities for the

Center for Academic Development, and has several class-

rooms and some studios used by

graduate and benefactor of the school; and their daughter-inlaw, Mrs. Katherine L. Bakeless, graduate of the school and a
nationally

known

author.

swimming

that seats 1,200,

1968,

is

an

seminar rooms, laboratories, faculty offices, and an exhibit
the departments of chemistry, physics,

biology, and geography and earth sciences.

The name of the building honors Daniel

1968 Nobel laureate and recipient of an Alumni Distinguished
Service Award.

and

athletics.

arena which seats 2,600 spectators. There

swimming

faculty offices, handball courts, classrooms,

a nautilus room, and

equipment rooms,

special facilities for physical training

The building

therapy.

an indoor track, a

is

pool with seating for 500 spectators,

is

and

and physical educa-

used for health

tion classes, varsity athletic contests, recreational activities,

Sutliff Hall, completed in 1960, contains classrooms and

faculty offices of the College of Business. William

whom

gymnasiums,

E.H. Nelson Fieldhouse on the upper campus was
completed in 1972. It provides the university's main sports
six-lane

S. Hartline, a

former teacher of biology, and his son Dr. H. Keffer Hartline,

Sutliff, for

1939, contains a

in

auxiliary

air-

conditioned facility with modern classrooms, lecture halls,

accommodates

two

pool, an adaptive lab, and offices and classrooms

for physical education
in

the Art Department.

Centennial Gymnasium, completed

main gymnasium
a

Hartline Science Center, completed

Boyd

was named, was a teacher of
dean of instruction of Bloomsburg

and other events requiring seating of large audiences. Free
bus transportation is provided regularly between this building
and the lower campus.

the building

mathematics and the

first

Dr. E.H. Nelson, for
for

State

It

departmental offices of history, instructional
their son, Dr.

graduate, author, and a recipient of the

it

to distinguish

built in 1906.

of the faculty; his wife, Sara H. Bakeless, a graduate

and former faculty member;

area;

was

Normal School. Capital budget

many

whom

the building

is

named, was

years director of athletics at the university.

legislation enacted in

1980 provided funding for a complete renovation of

Sutliff

Hall completed in July 1987.

Residence Halls, Dining Rooms,

and Student Union
The

university's

newest instructional building, the James

H. McCormick Human Services Center, was completed
during the 1984-1985 academic year. It provides classrooms,
laboratories, seminar rooms,

and faculty offices for the

College of Professional Studies' departments of nursing and

Columbia

Hall, completed in 1970,

residence hall housing 400 students.

It

is

a seven-story

contains lounges, study

rooms, recreation areas, a special projects room, guest rooms,

and an apartment for the residence

director.

curriculum and foundations and for Arts and Sciences' depart-

ments of communication
science,

studies,

mathematics and computer

mass communications, psychology, and sociology

Elwell Hall, completed
hall that

in

1968.

is

a nine-story residence

can accommodate 678 students.

It

has recreation

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES/33

rooms and lounges, guest rooms, study rooms, and apartments
for staff.

Its

trustee;

George

trustee;

and G. Edward

former French

E. Elwell, his son, a graduate

equipment. The building

named

is

for D.J. Waller

who

Jr.,

served for 27 years as principal of the Normal School.

name honors Judge William Elwell, a former
and former

Francis B. Haas Center for the Arts, completed

Elwell. his grandson, a graduate and

1967, has a 2,000-seat auditorium with

instructor.

its

in

stage planned for

dramatic productions as well as general auditorium purposes.

Luzerne Hall, a four-story residence hall completed in
1967, accommodates 300 students. It has lounge and recreaand apartments for

tion areas, study rooms,

There also are classrooms,

areas. Dr. Francis B. Haas, for

staff.

whom

named, was president from 1927

Lycoming
during the

fall

Hall, the newest residence hall,

was opened

subsequent to

of 1976. In addition to housing 250 students,

and other

offices,

facilities for

music, debating and drama groups, and lounges and exhibit

this

the auditorium

was

Prior to and

to 1939.

period he served as the Pennsylvania State

Superintendent of Public Instruction.

the building offers lounges, study rooms, recreation areas,
special project facilities,

Carver

and an apartment for the residence

Hall, built in 1867,

campus. In addition

director.

is

Office of the President, the Alumni

Montour and
facilities

completed

Schuylkill Halls are four-story residential
1964. Each houses 250 students and

in

is

Advancement, and

Institutional

for

Academic

on the

the oldest building

to its 900-seat auditorium,

it

houses the

Room, Development,

the Provost

and Vice President

Affairs offices.

divided into two wings complete with recreation and lounge
facilities,

Buckalew

study rooms, and apartments for resident staff

Place, originally the

home

of Charles R.

Buckalew, United States senator from 1863

members.

Northumberland

Hall, completed in 1960,

accommo-

to

Normal School, was acquired by

trustee of the

wealth for use as the president's

home

in

1869 and

Common-

the

1926.

dates 200 residents. There are lounge and recreation areas,

study rooms, and apartments for staff members.

alignment of halls according
is

subject to revision based

to

Boyd

The

coed and single-sex residence

upon male/female enrollment

completed

F.

Buckingham Campus Maintenance Center,

in 1970,

houses offices, storage areas, and workstaff. The building is
Buckingham, vice president for

shops used by the plant maintenance

named

figures and current student needs.

in

honor of Boyd

F.

administration from 1974 to 1981.

William

W. Scranton Commons,

an air-conditioned dining

facility

with

1

completed

1970,

in

is

partitions permit flexibility of arrangements.

dining

room and two lounges

named

in

Parking Garage, a multi-level concrete

,000 seats and a

serving capacity of 2,900 students at each meal. Folding

A

pleted in 1972

It is

University Store, completed in 1956, was used until
1970 as the college commons and from 1970 until 1973 as a
temporary student union. The building has been remodeled
is

now used

cars.

faculty/staff

also are in the building.

Harvey A. Andruss Library

honor of William W. Scranton, governor of Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1967.

and

com-

structure

accommodates approximately 200

as the University Store for the sale of text-

books and supplies and houses the Department of Law

Andruss Library, completed
sity's

in

1966, houses the univer-

extensive collection of bound volumes, microtexts,

periodicals,

and other source and reference material for study

and research. The library was named for Dr. Harvey A.
Andruss who served as president of Bloomsburg from 1939
1969 and,

who

to

during nine years prior to becoming president,

established the division of business education and served as

Enforcement.

dean of instruction.

Marguerite

W. Kehr Union

a snack bar and dining area,

two multi-purpose rooms,

mailroom, and mailboxes for commuting students, game
room, televison room, an information center, automatic teller,
a travel service, offices for student organizations, and
nity activities offices. Its

W. Kehr who was dean

name honors

of

women

The Andruss

houses two formal lounges,

commu-

the late Dr. Marguerite

during 1928 to 1953.

Library, a unit under the instructional

more than 1,575,000
more than 300,000
reference collection and more than

services area, has a total collection of
items. This involves a

book

volumes including a large
million microforms.
local

The

collection of

library also has federal, state,

government documents. There

is

a collection of

than 5,600 phonograph records, a pamphlet

file

a

and

more

of approxi-

mately 7,600 items, and a juvenile/young adult book collec-

Administration and Service Buildings

tion.

A

contains

Waller Administration Building, completed in 1972,
contains administrative and budget offices, the University
Relations Office, the Personnel and Labor Relations Office,
the Office of Institutional Planning, Research,

Management, conference rooms,
for receiving, storing,

34 /BUILDINGS

and distributing university supplies and

AND FACILITIES

books located on the ground floor

autographed copies, and illustrated

library hours.

Books and

periodical articles

may

be borrowed from

other cooperating libraries. Depending on the lending library,
there

Business Office, the Affirmative Action Office, and an area

first editions,

books of value. The collection can be used during normal

and Information

a centralized area for the

special collection of

may

or

may

not be a charge for borrowing materials or

for photocopies of articles. Inter-library loan requests
initiated at the Readers' Services

Desk on the main

may

floor.

be

UNIVERSITY
SERVICES

University Archives
The University Archives,

presently housed on the

ground floor of Bakeless Center for the Humanities, serves as
the depository for archival and other materials relating to the

history of

Library Services

Bloomsburg University. The

collection serves

student, faculty, administrators, staff, alumni, and other

interested parties.

Andruss Library houses the university's extensive

Athletics

bound volumes, microtexts, and periodicals for

collection of

and Recreation Areas

study and research.

The

library has a total collection of

volumes including a

more than 300,000
more than

large reference collection and

Redman Stadium,
hockey, and track events

used for football, soccer,

field

campus and

located on the upper

is

1,400,000 microforms. The library also has federal and state

was completed

documents. Other collections include more than 6,000

west side provides seating for 4,000 spectators, and bleachers

phonograph records, a pamphlet
items, and a juvenile and

file

of approximately 8,000

young adult book

5,000. There

special collection contains first editions, autographed books,

and

illustrated

is

a press

was

assistant

ies

periodical articles

may

be borrowed from

articles.

whom

was named,

the stadium

to 1952.

Teams he coached gained

Litwhiler Field, a baseball field completed

may

or

not be a charge for borrowing materials or for photocop-

of

media personnel.

state

and

national recognition.

other libraries. Depending on the lending library, there

may

capacity to nearly

total seating

for

dean of men and head football and baseball

coach from 1947

Loan

Books and

box

Robert B. Redman, for

books of value.

Interlibrary

permanent concrete stand on the

on the east side increase the

A

collection.

A

in 1974.

Interlibrary loan requests

may

be initiated

at

the Readers' Service Desk.

in

1974,

is

Redman Stadium. It was named in honor of
Danny Litwhiler who recently retired as head baseball coach
at Michigan State University. Litwhiler, who was coached by
located east of

Dr. E.H. Nelson, studied at

Bloomsburg

in the late

1930s and

played for several major league baseball teams prior to

Database Searching

beginning his career as a baseball coach

at Florida State

University.

Andruss Library provides online access

250 computerized

files

through

DIALOG

to

Practice Fields and Recreational Facilities

more than

practice fields are included in the total athletic

and VU/TEXT.

These databases encompass a wide variety of subjects.
Coverage of business and the sciences is particularly thorough.

upper campus.

Individual databases contain different types of information:

Centennial



—Nine

complex on

the

Both Nelson Fieldhouse on the upper campus and

Gymnasium on

the lower

campus

are used

numerical information such a business and

extensively for recreational activities as well as for classes and

economic data and physical

varsity athletic events.

properties;

of newspaper and journal

Lower campus

athletic

and recreational

facilities



full text



directory listings of people, firms, or foundations;

include 18 Grasstex tennis courts, nine of which are lighted;



bibliographic citations to periodical articles and

softball

proceedings. Approximately half of the available

ball

articles;

and

field hockey/lacrosse fields,

and outdoor basket-

and volleyball courts.

files are bibliographic.

Many

databases have print counterparts (ASI, Chemical

As new databases

Abstracts, Foundations Directory).

The University Foundation

are

developed, an increasing percentage are available online only.

The Bloomsburg University Foundation,

Inc.,

was

established in 1970 as a non-profit educational corporation to

Photocopy

Facilities

assist the institution.

The foundation, which was

by President Ausprich

The

library has coin-operated photocopiers that

used by library patrons

at a

minimal

The Duplicating Center located
tion Building provides duplicating

faculty and staff.

may

be

cost.
in

and printing services for

reactivated

January 1986, has the responsibility

of securing private funds to maintain and enhance quality and

excellence in

Waller Administra-

in

all

areas of the university.

The

BU

Foundation

conducts an active program of information, cultivation, and
solicitation

among

private individuals.

alumni, corporations, foundations, and

The foundation membership includes

outstanding business, professional, and civic leaders from

throughout the Commonwealth.

UNIVERSITY SER VICES/35

Learning Resources Center
The Learning Resources Center

is

an umbrella group of

services to faculty and students providing access to a 3,000-

piece film collection, graphic production facilities, darkroom
areas,

sound recording

facilities,

and preview rooms. Instruc-

tional transparencies, filmstrips, audio recordings,

picture film, and videotapes are

The Autotutorial Laboratory

center.

study in
is

made

made

Room

1231,

motion

available through the

is

used for independent

McCormick Human

Services Center and

available through the Learning Resources Center.

Institute for Interactive Technologies
The

Institute for Interactive

Technologies (IIT) provides

research, education, training, and entrepreneurial assistance to

solve training and operational problems that occur in education

and industry through the application of various interactive

technologies.

The

IIT designs, develops and produces inter-

active technology based applications that include computer-

based interactive videodisc,

and expert

artificial intelligence,

systems and computer-aided design systems. The IIT also
provides workshops for interactive video training and provides
graduate assistant opportunities for students

in the

master of

science instructional technology program.

Television

and Radio Services

The Television and Radio Services Department operates
the university television

Human

and radio

McCormick

facilities in the

Services Center and provides a range of services

including preparation and production of videotape courseware
for instructional support.

It is

a resource center for video

teleconferencing programs and information, and

it

provides

on-location or in-studio taping of lectures, presentations, and
other academic activities as well as off-air recording of

broadcast or

satellite

are used

programs for classroom

Academic Computing

Students are permitted to connect their personal micros

from

their

linked

who

are available to help students with problems in using the

equipment and software
as

Academic computing facilities are located throughout
campus. The main clusters of general access computer labs
and work areas are in Ben Franklin Hall and the McCormick
Human Services Center. Computers also are in classrooms
and labs in Sutliff Hall and Bakeless Center for the Humanities.

3B15 or the Sperry 1 100 to do work
dorm rooms, home, or residence. Such units are
by means of a modem and a phone line.
The work areas are supported by student consultants

or terminals to either the

use.

Facilities

Navy

demic and administrative computer
During the

Monday
noon

1

100 computer located nearby.

Room

2 has a cluster of Macintosh computers that are networked to a
laser printer.

Room

3 has a cluster of Zenith

and

IBM

computers. These microcomputers are attached to printers and

36/UNIVERSITY SERVICES

fall

Students also work

is

to the

normally 7:30 a.m. to midnight,

through Friday; Saturday noon to 5 p.m.; Sunday,

to midnight.

The

AT&T 3B15

is

a multi-user system.

modems

uages on the system include C,
Lisp.

to support aca-

at the university.

and spring semesters, access

work areas

general access

terminal connections and 15

Hall.

The student lab in Room 1 148 of McCormick has an
AT&T 3B15 minicomputer with 35 AT&T 6300 PCs directly
connected to it. An AT&T 3B2 also is located in the room
and is connected to the 3B15. Room 1 146 houses PCs and a
cluster of Apple He computers.
The Ben Franklin student lab areas are in Rooms 1, 2,
and 3. Room 1 is configured with PCs that can operate as
terminals to the Sperry

in the lab areas.

programmers, operators, and aides helping

Specialized labs and small clusters are located in Hartline

Science Center and

by students for programming, word processing, and

other related course work.

The

It

has 35

for dial-in access.

FORTRAN, COBOL,

Lang-

and

Ingres database and Q-Office systems also are used

for instructional purposes.

The Sperry system
computer but

is

is

and research. The system
tions

The
on

and 16 modens for

statistical

this

programs,

system.

the university's administrative

used by students and faculty for instruction
is

accessed by 30 terminal connec-

dial-in access

SPSS and

by students and

faculty.

BMD/BMDP are available

John

S. Baird,

College of Arts

Dean,

and Sciences

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND
SCIENCES

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES/37

COLLEGE OF ARTS
AND SCIENCES

English

B.A.

English

Geography and

B.S.

Earth Science

B.A.

Geography
• Urban and

Earth Science

Geography and
Earth Science

Regional Planning

The College of Arts and Sciences

includes curriculums in

Environmental

18 departments with the expressed intention of providing a

Planning

These curriculums encourage

Geography and

broad exposure to knowledge, ideas and intellectual process.

Earth Science

quality, liberal arts education.

The

liberal arts

philosophy places higher emphasis on general

skills like reading,

Health, Physical

writing and critical analysis than on

specific preparation for a particular career.

B.S.

Geology

B.S.

Adult Health

Education, and

Degree programs

and Fitness

Athletics

lead to the bachelor of science or the bachelor of arts, or both.

History

B.A.

History

Bloomsburg was first authorized to offer the bachelor of
arts in 1960 and the bachelor of science in 1963. Today, the
college comprises 36 percent of the students and 64 percent of
the faculty at Bloomsburg University. Virtually all general

Languages and

B.A.

French

B.A.

Spanish

education courses

—courses required of students seeking
—are offered through Arts and Sciences.
all

Cultures

Languages and
Cultures

Mass Communications B.A.
B.S.

Mass Communications
Computer Science

Mathematics and

B.A., B.S.

Mathematics

Computer Science
Music

B.A.

Music
• Music History
• Applied Music

nity for liberal education together with a specialization in a

Philosophy

B.A.

Philosophy

number of fields. Liberal

Physics

B.A., B.S.

Physics

Physics

B.A., B.S. * Liberal Arts and

baccalaureate degree

The bachelor of arts
liberal education

Mathematics and

offers the student opportunity for a

through study in the humanities, the social

and the natural sciences and mathematics. There are
two patterns for the bachelor of arts, a pattern of emphasis
sciences,

within a broad field and the

more common major

in

Computer Science

one of the

academic disciplines. The bachelor of science offers opportuarts

graduates are prepared for a

wide range of future goals. Students who are undeclared or
undecided about an academic major are encouraged to enroll
in Arts and Sciences curriculums.

Degree Programs

Engineering

B.A.

Political Science

Psychology

B.A.

Psychology

Sociology and

B.A.

Sociology

B.A.

Social Welfare

Political

Science

Social Welfare
All students complete the general education require-

ments described

ments. Each student selects

tions for each of the 18 disciplines. Several

* Cooperative

program with The Pennsylvania State

University and Wilkes College.

programs have

more than one option for fulfilling the major requirements.
The options within each degree pro-gram are indicated in the
following list by bullets.

Criminal Justice

Social Welfare

on General Education Requirea major and fulfills the major

in the section

requirements as stated at the beginning of the course descrip-



Sociology and



An

option or area of specialization within a degree

program

Honors Program
DEGREE

PROGRAM

Anthropology

B.A.

Anthropology

Art

B.A.

Art Studio

students an opportunity to participate in an honors program

Art

B.A.

Art History

during their junior and senior years.

Biological and

B.A.,B.S.

Biology

this

DEPARTMENT

Allied Health



Sciences

Communication

B.A.

Marine Biology
Speech

Communication

Studies

Communication

Microbiology



The College of Arts and Sciences provides

program participates

in

superior

A student selected for

an honors seminar in either the

humanities, natural sciences and mathematics or the social
sciences and completes an honors thesis under the direction of
a faculty

member

in the

department sponsoring the honors

student. Students interested in this

program should speak with

B.A.

Theater Arts

Chemistry

B.A..B.S.

Chemistry

years.

Chemistry

B.S.

Clinical Chemistry

committee within the College of Arts and Sciences.

Economics
Economics

B.A.,B.S.

Economics

B.A.

Economics,

Studies

their faculty advisers
is

Political

38/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

during their sophomore year. Eligibility

limited to those with at least a 3.25

The Honors Program

is

QPA for their first two

administered by a faculty

Academic Minors

any specific body of knowledge. Students interested in a law
career or pre-law advisement should contact Professor Martin

In addition to achieving an in-depth understanding of an

academic discipline by completing the requirements of a
major, students may gain knowledge in a second area by
completing the minor requirements of that discipline. Each
academic minor consists of a minimum of 18 credit hours of
courses.

The following programs

offer academic minors:

Gildea of the Political Science Department or Professor Bruce

Rockwood

in the

Department of Finance and Business Law.

Career Concentrations
The College of Arts and Sciences provides

multi-

anthropology, art studio, art history, biology, computer

disciplinary opportunities for students to obtain a specializa-

science, economics, English, French, geography, history,

tion in

mathematics, music, philosophy, physics, political science,

series of courses, usually in process

psychology, sociology, and Spanish. Students should contact

student gains a foundation knowledge for later placement in

the department for the requirements for academic minors.

vocational settings.

one of several career-oriented programs. By taking a
and content areas, the

The

career concentration

is

intended as a

specialty area in addition to the liberal arts major. Career

Pre-Professional and Career

concentrations are not regarded as substitutes for an academic

major, though course overlap exists for

Advisement

Career concentrations exist

in

many programs.

nine specific areas. Stu-

dents interested in these programs should contact the faculty
Pre-Professional and Career Advisement Committees
offer special supplementary advisement to students.

Members

of these committees help students learn about admission

member listed below

or review additional literature in the

dean's office, College of Arts and Sciences.

Contact Person

Career Concentrations

requirements of professional schools or careers and select
college courses in

harmony with

these requirements.

should indicate

this interest

to the university in

on

their application for

order that appropriate advisers

Steve Wallace

Audiology Recording

Students interested in pre-professional or career advising

admission

Techniques

(Music)

Community Recreation Leader

William Sproule

Community

Charles Laudermilch

may be

notified of these interests.

(HPEA)
Services

(Sociology and
Social Welfare)

Pre-Medicine, Pre-Dentistry,

Brian Johnson

Environmental Planning

Pre-Veterinary Medicine,

(Geography and

Pre-Optometry, Pre-Pharmacy,
Pre-Podiatry

Earth Science)
Family, Children, and Youth

Dale Sultzbaugh
(Sociology and
Social Welfare)

As a rule,

professional schools in these areas do not

Gerontology

Chang Shub Roh
(Sociology and

Organizational Relations

Jim Huber

do specify minimum
the sciences and mathematics.

specify an undergraduate major, but they
essential courses, especially in

These minimum requirements usually include courses

in

Social Welfare)

general chemistry, organic chemistry, mathematics, biology,

(Sociology and

and physics. High standards of undergraduate scholarship are

Social Welfare)

demanded for consideration. More than 85 percent of
Bloomsburg University students who apply to medical and

Outdoor Leadership

and Management

(Psychology)

dental school are accepted. Students preparing for one or

Public Administration

Charles Jackson

more of these careers should contact the Biological and Allied
Health Sciences Department which provides faculty coordinators for pre-professional

Jim Dalton

(Political Science)

Independent Study

advisement.

Independent study provides an opportunity for the

Pre-Law

student to pursue in-depth individualized instruction in a topic

of special value or interest to the student.
Students

who wish

to prepare to study

law should learn

about the entrance requirements of law schools they are
considering.

A Pre-Law Advisory Committee makes a

continuing study of such schools;
students in the choice of courses.

members will advise
Most law schools will con-

its

from students with widely varying majors,
placing emphasis on a thoroughly cultivated mind rather than
sider applications

A limited number of

independent study offerings are available each semester.
Students interested in applying for independent study should

develop a written proposal with their faculty sponsor. The

number of semester hours

credit should

be specified

in the

proposal. Independent study proposals, along with the

name

of the faculty sponsor, should be submitted to departments for

recommendation, then

to the

dean of arts and sciences

for final

approval.

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES/39

ANTHROPOLOGY

PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY

46.210

3 semester hours
Provides a world-wide examination of human prehistory

Faculty

to the development of early
on regional differences and similarities in

from the origins of agriculture
writing. Focuses

Professor David Minderhout; Associate Professor Robert

Reeder

key evolutionary transitions including sedentary lifeways,
urban origins, and the rise of

B.A. in Anthropology

states.

PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL

46.220

ANTHROPOLOGY
Required Courses: 46.200, 210, 220, 470;

either

3 semester hours

45.260; 48.160; or 53.141

Studies the emergence and development of man, the

Elective Courses: Choose two courses from each of the
three subfields: Archaeology, 46.300, 301, 310, 340, 380,

biological basis of

human

culture and society,

and

the origin

of the social units of fossil humans.

480; Cultural Anthropology 46.320, 390, 440, 450, 480;
Physical Anthropology 46.260, 350, 405, or other courses as

recommended by

MEN AND WOMEN: AN

46.260

the adviser; students contemplating graduate

ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

school should consider taking Mathematics 53.171.

3 semester hours

A cross-cultural and evolutionary perspective on sex role
Minor

in

Anthropology

A minor constitutes

three

in past

examined
18 credits in this subject area.

Required Courses: 46.200, 210, 220
Elective Courses: Choose three courses from one of the
subdisciplines: Archaeology 46.300, 301, 310, 340, 380;

Cultural Anthropology 46.300, 350, 390, 440, 480; Physical

roles in

among 46.350,

in

non-human primates as well

peasant, and other preindustrial societies will be described as

well as sex roles in modern industrial societies. Both genetic

and environmental theories of sex role behavior will be
discussed and evaluated.

Anthropology 46.300 and 405 are required; one course may be
chosen from

and contemporary cultures. Sex roles will be
as in humans. Sex
hunting and gathering, horticultural, pastoralist,

behavior

Prerequisite: 3 credit hours of anthropology

50.102, 233, 454, and 51.102.

FIELD

46.301

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Anthropology
(Code 46)

3-6 semester hours

Provides field investigation of various aboriginal
cultures that have occupied the valley of the north branch of
the

INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY

46.101

ARCHAEOLOGY

3 semester hours

Susquehanna River since the

glacial age.

Emphasizes

excavation of sites in this area, preceded by orientation to
stratigraphic

and recording techniques.

A beginning course for students with no background in
anthropology. Provides an overview of peoples and cultures

of the world today and of the past as well as the

AZTECS AND MAYANS

46.310

3 semester hours

fossil evi-

Surveys the prehistoric cultures of Mexico and Central

dence for human evolution. Special topics may include living
primates, magic and religion, and kinship, marriage, and sex

America. Special emphasis on the development of Aztec and

roles.

Mayan

ANTHROPOLOGY AND WORLD
PROBLEMS

46.102

civilizations.

ARCHAEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERN
NORTH AMERICA

46.311

3 semester hours

3 semester hours
Students will explore the origins of global problems and

Surveys the prehistoric cultures of the area from arrival

Cultural values and solutions of tribal peoples will be investi-

of the first inhabitants through early historic times. Course
provides a laboratory for study of broader issues of socio-

gated holistically and compared to those of industrialized

cultural processes.

evaluate the variety of cultural solutions to those problems.

nations in terms of their consequences and implications.

CONTEMPORARY WORLD

46.320

CULTURES

PRINCIPLES OF CULTURAL

46.200

ANTHROPOLOGY

3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Examines a
in

cross-cultural study of all

human behaviors

contemporary cultures. Topics surveyed include socializalanguage; sex, age, and kinship roles; marriage and the

tion;

family; religion and magic; political and
the arts;

and

cultural

economic behavior;
change. Anthropological methodology

and the concept of culture also are

40/COLLEGE OF ARTS

stressed.

AND SCIENCES

Presents comparative analysis of selected to non-

European

societies in contrasting cultural

and natural

areas.

Indicates stresses on the natural and social environment;
national character; religion and world view; and literary,
artistic,

and musical expression.

(Offered

summers

only.)

NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS

46.340

an area not covered

3 semester hours

Surveys of the native cultures of North America
prehistoric

and early

in

historic periods. Includes Indians

and

in the current

The problem

course offerings

in anthro-

be chosen by the faculty member
and the student working together. (See section on Pre-Professional and Career Advisement.)

pology.

will

archaeology of Pennsylvania.

46.470

HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL

THOUGHT AND THEORY

MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

46.350

3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Studies of cross-cultural concepts of health, illness, and

curing as well as health care delivery in industrialized culIncludes the topics of divination and diagnosis, sorcery,

tures.

and witchcraft

in healing, public health

and preventive

Surveys intensively the leading methods and theories of
anthropological and ethnological interpretation with special

emphasis on the concept of culture and
to

its

practical application

modern problems.

medicine, alcoholism and drug use, and the medical knowl-

edge of

tribal

and peasant

46.475

societies.

FIELD METHODS IN CULTURAL

ANTHROPOLOGY
46.380

CULTURE CHANGE AND CULTURE
CONTACT

3 semester hours

Provides class discussion and field experience in

3 semester hours
Examines the modern world with emphasis on emerging
new patterns of Western and international culture. Studies the
impact of mass society and technology on the environment
and humans, and prospects for the future.
Prerequisite: 46.200 or

46.210

participatory observation. Students will be given experience
in

informant interviewing, census taking, kinship charting,

mapping, studying complex organizations, and writing
ethnographic field reports.

46.480

RELIGION AND MAGIC
3 semester hours

46.390

SOCIALIZATION OF THE CHILD

A comparative analysis of the origins, elements, forms,

3 semester hours

and symbolism of religious

Life experience and adjustment of the individual through
infancy, middle childhood,

and youth. Reviews contrasting

methods of introducing children

to adult

economic,

social,

and

beliefs

and behavior; the role of

religion in society with particular reference to nonliterate
societies.

Anthropological theories and methods of religion,

both historical and contemporary.

religious activities.
Prerequisite:

46.200

46.495

SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY
3 semester hours

46.405

SOCIALIZATION OF THE CHILD

Provides for instruction and student research within

3 semester hours
Studies the various

phenomena

behavior; ecology, social

life,

human

Prerequisite:

and socio-cultural adaption,

with emphasis on the development of socio-biological
relating to

selected areas of interest not available in other courses.

affecting primate

traits

46.497

origins.

Prerequisite: either 46.220, 50.210, or

INTERNSHIP IN ANTHROPOLOGY

102

An on-site
46.440

18 credit hours of anthropology or consent

of the instructor

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
3 semester hours

Studies the place of oral and non-oral language in

human

evolution and contemporary cultures. Discusses dialectal

training

3-15 semester hours
and learning experience in anthropol-

ogy designed to give the student opportunities to apply
theoretical and descriptive knowledge of archaeology, cultural
anthropology, and physical anthropology in private and
government institutional settings.

variation, discourse analysis, multi-lingualism,

language and cognition, and the role of language

46.450

in education.

PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF

SOUTH AMERICA
3 semester hours
Presents a survey introduction to the aboriginal, nonliterature cultures

of South America including the ecological

background, archaeology, and cultural patterns.

46.466

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN

ANTHROPOLOGY
3 semester hours
Independent study by a student with faculty guidance of
a particular research problem in anthropology.

The research

problem will either extend current course content or deal with
Anthropology Department/4 1

ART

CRAFTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

30 .303

3 semester hours
Presents a workshop course designed to involve students

Faculty

in

a variety of craft experiences for

many

different types of

special learners.

Professor Stewart L. Nagel; Associate Professors Robert B.

Koslosky, Kenneth T. Wilson (chairperson), Barbara

J.

VISUAL ARTS FOR THE
EXCEPTIONAL CHILD

30 .306

Strohman, Karl A. Beamer; Assistant Professors Carol Burns,

John

F.

Cook Jr., Gary

F.Clark, Christine

T. Walers; adjunct faculty

Rome Hanks,

M.

Sperling, Charles

Chester P. Snyder

3 semester hours
Stresses the importance of art activity, theory, and
practice as a

B.A. in Art

means of enriching and stimulating special
and their work. Empha-

children's awareness of themselves

Art History

— A minimum of 39

sizes those positive aspects for creative activity that the

credits

is

required for

a major in art history.

handicapped child possesses.

Recommended

for special education

Required Courses: 24 credits must be in the area of art
history with an additional 6 credits in art studio courses or
32.490, 495, 480; and an additional 3 credits from either art
education (Code 30), art history (Code 31), or art studio (Code
32). There is a foreign language requirement of 6 credits in
French, German, Italian, or other languages approved by the

majors with junior standing.

chairperson.

the elementary school.

Art Studio
major

— A minimum of 39

credits is required for a

ART EDUCATION IN THE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

30 .350

3 semester hours

Reviews

Required Courses: Design, 6

credits;

(Code 3 1), 6

credits.

drawing, 6

Plus 9 credits in one of the following:

ceramics, fabric design, graphics, painting, photography,

6

sculpture, weaving, or

theories and techniques basic to the use of art in

PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY
OF ART

30 .385

in art studio.

credits; painting, 3 credits; sculpture, 3 credits; art history

credits in drawing. Plus art elective,

and psychology

3 semester hours
Studies major philosophical points of view governing an

understanding and criticism of the

arts,

past and present,

together with 20th century readings in the psy-chology of art

and content and biology of artistic form.

6-9 credits.

Art History

Minor

in

Art History

The minor

(Code 31)

in art history requires 15 credit

hours in art

AMERICAN ART HISTORY

31.215

history courses plus Introduction to Art for a total of 18

An

credits.

Minor

in

art studio

course

is

3 semester hours

recommended.

also

Studies the history of visual arts in America.

Art Studio

HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

31.225

3 semester hours

The minor

in art studio requires

15 credit hours in art

studio courses, including three levels of a studio specialization

and Introduction to Art for a
course

is

also

total

of 18 credits.

An

art history

Presents a study-survey of great architectural works of
the past

and present including examples of both East and

West.

recommended.

ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL ART

31.235

3 semester hours

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
General

Studies the history of the visual arts on the European
continent from the prehistoric era up to and including the Late

Art Education
(Code 30)

30.101

-

Gothic.

INTRODUCTION TO ART

ART FROM THE RENAISSANCE

31.236

THROUGH IMPRESSIONISM

3 semester hours

Reviews great works of art, past and

emphasis of the structure of art as determined by
communication, and expression.
30.205

civili-zation,

CHILDREN'S ART
3 semester hours

Provides encounters with the

promote

attitudes of discovery

on growth of expression.
42 /COLLEGE OF ARTS

3 semester hours

present, with an

of children and ways to
and invention, with emphasis
art

AND SCIENCES

Studies the history of the visual arts beginning with the
Italian

Renaissance up to and including French painting of the

19th century.

HISTORY OF MODERN
ARCHITECTURE

31.226

Art Studio
(Code 32)

3 semester hours
Experimental Course An examination of the ideals of
modern architecture from the end of the 19th century to the

Level I courses are open to

present. Stresses the practice of architectural theory as

32.111

emerged

in

it

response to pragmatic concerns of the modern age.

ART HISTORY OF THE NEAR EAST

31.345

3 semester hours
Studies the history of the visual arts of the Islamic and

all students.

DRAWING I

3 semester hours
Examines various approaches toward drawing and
explores the use of a variety of drawing materials. Studio
practice and class critiques will address each person's power
of observation, craftsmanship, self-expression, and growth.

Mesopotamian world.

THREE-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN

32.151

ART HISTORY OF THE FAR EAST

31 346

3 semester hours

An

3 semester hours
Studies the history of the visual arts of India, China,

design such as the organization of visual elements and color,
with an emphasis on three-dimensional design.

Japan, and Southeast Asia.

HISTORY OF MODERN ART

31.355

introduction to the basic elements and principles of

TWO-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN

32.152

3 semester hours

Examines movements
France

to the

in art

3 semester hours

An

from mid- 19th century

contemporary United

introduction to the basic elements and principles of

design such as the organization of visual elements and color,

States.

with an emphasis on two-dimensional design.

31.375

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN
ART HISTORY

ART MEDIA

32.195

3 semester hours

resulting in a publishable paper.

3 semester hours
Allows students to create art images in a variety of
media other than those explored in other studio disciplines.
New media based on current technologies will be stressed,

(See section on Pre-Professional and Career Advisement.)

e.g.,

Entails research and scholarship

on a

selected,

topic in art history under the supervision of a faculty

approved

member,

VISUAL AESTHETICS

31.395

computers and video equipment.

CERAMICS I

32.201

3 semester hours

A seminar emphasizing artistic concern

3 semester hours
Introduces the processes of making and firing ceramic

with environ-

mental relationships and theories of aesthetics and

art criti-

objects.

cism.

CERAMICS n

32.202

PRIMITIVE ARTS

31.415

3 semester hours
Affords students the opportunity to become more

3 semester hours

Surveys graphic

arts, literature,

music, and the dance of

volved by selecting their

ancient and non-European cultures with slides, films, speci-

mens, and recordings. This course also

ogy 46.410. Offered

in

is listed

cooperation with the Department of

I

32.201

DRAWING II

32.212

RESEARCH METHODS IN ART

3 semester hours
Continued exploration of attitudes and materials stressing composition and form. Work from the human skeleton

HISTORY

and
3 semester hours

Pending Approval
art history

Ceramics

as Anthropol-

Anthropology.

31.TBA

Prerequisite:

in-

own methods of work.

A

Prerequisite:

be included.

Drawing

32.1

1 1

survey of the various methods of

(iconography, connoisseurship, cultural, and

lectual history).

linear perspective will

intel-

FABRIC DESIGN I

32.221

3 semester hours

Focus on historiography and extensive

research project on a selected topic.

Introduction to a variety of methods, approaches, tools,
materials,

and visual concepts

(Offered

fall

in

designing with

fibers.

semester only.)

Art Department/43

32.222

FABRIC DESIGN H

DESIGN III

32.273

3 semester hours

3 semester hours
Presents a continuation of Fabric Design
areas of concentration selected

by each

I

with limited

student. Professional

methods, approaches and attitudes discussed.

fall

individualized productions, involvement, and individual

Prerequisite:

32.272

semester only.)

CRAFTS I

32.275
32.231

will be undertaken stressing

expression through design.

Prerequisite: 32.221

(Offered

Advanced design problems

PAINTING

3 semester hours

I

3 semester hours
Introduction to the methods, materials, and concepts of
painting. Provides exploration of

and increased

Introduction to a varied array of crafts, methods, tools,
materials, techniques,

and

artistic

concepts.

sensitivity to

one's environment through color.

CRAFTS II

32.276

3 semester hours
32.232

PAINTING H

Devotes attention
skill

to the

Provides a continued exploration of selected in-depth

3 semester hours
development of the technical

crafts processes

and concepts on a more professional

basis.

Prerequisite: 32.275

inherent in the formation of images. Includes the study

of the landscape as a concept in painting.

PHOTOGRAPHY I

32.281

Prerequisite: 32.231

3 semester hours
Introduction to photography as a

32.241

SCULPTURE I
3 semester hours

Explores three-dimensional

medium of visual

expression. Emphasis will be placed on technical darkroom
artistic

expression with an

emphasis on introducing the student to basic sculptural mate-

procedures for making photographs, learning effective visual
composition, and the creation of a portfolio of fine art photographs.

Camera

required.

rials.

PHOTOGRAPHY H

32.282
32.242

SCULPTURE II
3 semester hours

Promotes continued development

in the

use of mate-rials

and processes with the goal of expression unique individual
expression.

3 semester hours
Continued exploration of photographic techniques
include zone system metering,

to

medium format photography

(camera provided), pinhole and Diana cameras.
Prerequisite: 32.281

Prerequisite: 32.241

CERAMICS IH

32.303
32.251

WEAVING I

3 semester hours

3 semester hours
Provides an introduction to weaving including footpowered looms and off-loom techniques. Weaves, fibers,
spinning, and looms will be part of the studio experience.
Prerequisite: 32.152 or consent of the instructor

Provides the student an opportunity to specialize through
the pursuit of

making an

art object.

Prerequisite: Art 32.202

CERAMICS IV

32.304

(Offered spring semester only.)

32.252

WEAVING H

and showing
3 semester hours

The loom-controlled sampler
tinued experience in

3 semester hours
Requires students to be responsible for making,

be required plus conweaving techniques and artistic decision

their

own

Prerequisite: 32.303

will

DRAWING IH

32.313

dealing with fibers.

3 semester hours

Prerequisite: 32.251

32.261

firing,

wares.

Entails studio practice, outside assignments, and cri-

GRAPHICS I: PRINTMAKING
3 semester hours

Introduction to the methods, materials, and concepts of

graphic art through exploration of basic printmaking techniques.

tiques in pursuit of self-discovery

Each student

will

Prerequisite:

and personal expression.

complete an individual project
32.212

DRAWING IV

32.314

3 semester hours
32.262

GRAPHICS II: PRINTMAKING

3 semester hours
Emphasis on color printmaking and color registration
procedures. Provides a concentration in serigraphy and
intaglio techniques.

Prerequisite: 32.261

44 /COLLEGE

OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Continued studio practice, outside assignments, critiques
will stress individuality

pression.

An

and deep involvement of personal exby each

individual project will be pur-sued

student.

Prerequisite: 32.313

32 323

FABRIC DESIGN IH

GRAPHICS IH: PRINTMAKING

32.363

3 semester hours
Provides a continuation of Fabric Design

II

3 semester hours

with

concentration in one area selected by the student. Focus

Exploration of mixed media printmaking methods and
is

on

refining one's craft, visual perception, and professional
attitude.

concepts. Photographic and lithographic techniques are

emphasized.
Prerequisite:

32.262

Prerequisite: 32.222

(Offered

fall

semester only.)

GRAPHICS IV: PRINTMAKING

32364

3 semester hours
32.324

FABRIC DESIGN IV

Exploration of experimental printmaking. Emphasis on

3 semester hours
Presents a continuation of Fabric Design

III

with each

personal expression.
Prerequisite: 32.363

student functioning in one area in a highly independent and
professional manner.

JEWELRY MAKING

32380

Self-criticism, self-identity in the fabric design field,

career opportunities, graduate school opportunities, and professional practice in fabric design.

standpoint of both utility and design. Problems in

Prerequisite: 32.323

(Offered

32.333

fall

3 semester hours
Studies jewelry forms, past and present, from the

wood and

metals, ceramics, glass, and plashes, exploring contemporary

semester only.)

jewelry forms and processes.

PAINTING ID

PHOTOGRAPHY m

32383
3 semester hours

statement. Includes study of the figure as a concept in

3 semester hours
Development of a personal photographic project.
Emphasis will be placed on the production of a high quality

painting

portfolio of photographs.

Provides development toward maturity of study and

Prerequisite: 32.232

32.334

Prerequisite:

PAINTING IV

32.282

PHOTOGRAPHY IV

32.384
3 semester hours

Provides advanced work planned for individual needs.
Paintings are structured from experiences based upon previous

development

3 semester hours
Production of a major professional quality, personal

photographic project of exhibition quality.
Prerequisite:

32.383

Prerequisite: 32.333

ART AND CULTURE OF FRANCE

32395
32 .343

SCULPTURE III

3 semester hours
3 semester hours

Focuses on the expansion of expression and

its

relation-

ship to sculptural processes.

Provides a study-tour of France with specific attention

French

art seen in relation to its social

offered. Visits will
In the past,

SCULPTURE IV

be planned

it is

to areas relating to this theme.

themes have been "The Age of Francis

Art of Provence," and "The

to

cultural environ-

ment. The course will feature different themes each time

Prerequisite: 32.242

32.344

and

Normandy

I,"

"The

Influence."

3 semester hours
Enables advanced, independent work toward a maturing,

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN
STUDIO ARTS I

32.475

personal expression in sculpture.
Prerequisite: 32.343

32.353

1-3 semester hours
Allows individualized independent study in a selected
studio area. Amount of course credit awarded is determined

WEAVING IH
3 semester hours

Provides continued experience

in

weaving techniques

with emphasis on in-depth production, two-dimensional or
three-dimensional.
Prerequisite: 32.252

by the

instructor

on the basis of the substance and depth of the

project to be undertaken.
Prerequisite:

studio area or

its

Satisfactory completion of four levels of a

equivalent.

(See section on Pre-Professional and Career Advisement.)

(Offered spring semester only.)

32.476

32.354

WEAVING IV

3 semester hours
Develops an individualistic approach to weaving with
emphasis on in-depth production.

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN
STUDIO ARTS n
1-3 semester hours

Extension of independent study

in

Studio Arts

I.

Prerequisite: 32.353

(Offered spring semester only.)

Art Department/45

32.480

BIOLOGICAL AND
ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES

INTERNSHIP IN ART
3-6 semester hours

Provides upper-level art majors with an opportunity to
acquire meaningful experiences in practical
outside the regular courses prescribed
(e.g.,

museum

by

work

situa-tions

the art curriculum

Faculty

curator, designers, merchandising operations,

Professors James E. Cole, Judith P. Downing, Phillip A.

artists).

Mingrone
George J. Gellos, Mark S.
Melnychuk (assistant chairperson), Lynne C. Miller, James E.
Parsons, Robert G. Sagar, and Cynthia A. Surmacz, Assistant
Professors Joseph Ardizi, George Chamuris, Thomas S.
Farber, Michael Herbert, Frederick C. Hill, Louis V.

32.490

ART GALLERY

(chairperson); Associate Professors

3 semester hours
Provides involvement with the collection, preservation,

and exhibition of art work. This experience will conclude
with planning and hanging an exhibition in Haas Gallery of
Art. Visits to

museums and

Klinger, John R. Fletcher, Margaret L. Till.

art galleries will familiarize the

student with the varied nature and philosophy of exhibition

B.S. in Biology

today.

32.495

Required Courses: Biology 50.110, 120, 332, 351, 380,
331, or 361 or 364 or 462; 50.371 or 372 or 472 and additional

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN
ART MEDIA

biology courses for a

3 semester hours
Stresses individualized projects in the plastic arts not

covered by other studio course offerings and in-depth explorations, innovative uses,

and applications of selected

art

minimum

of 30 credits; Chemistry

52.111 and 112, or 118, 113, 231, 232, and two additional
chemistry courses (7 or 8 semester hours) to be selected from

52.221,341, 361, 362,251,452,433; Physics 54.111, 112, or
54.211, 212, or Mathematics (6 or more credit hours) 53.141
or 48.160 and 123; or 53.141 or 48.160 and 53.125, or 53.125,

media.
(See section on Pre-Professional and Career Advisement.)

126;

Languages and Cultures



at least

one semester of any

foreign language at the 102 level or above.

Options within

this

degree program include microbiol-

ogy and marine biology.
B.A. in Biology

Required Courses: Biology 50.110, 120, 332, 351, 380,
371, or 372, or 472; and additional biology courses for a

minimum

of 30 credits; Chemistry 52. 1

1 1

and

1 1

2 or

1 1

8 and

113, 230, and 341, or 52.231 and 232; Mathematics 9 semester

hours to be selected from 53.123, 141, or 48.160 and 53.175;
Languages and Cultures at least one semester of a foreign



language

at the

102 level or above.

Options within

this

degree program include microbiol-

ogy and marine biology.

Minor

in

Biology

A minor in biology constitutes 20 credits.
Required Courses: Biology 50.242, 243, 342, 343, and
9 credits selected from courses related to microbiology (See
microbiology option).

Microbiology Option

The option provides a biology major

the opportunity to

specialize in microbiology while obtaining a general back-

ground in biology. The option is also open to medical technology majors (See section on College of Professional Studies).
The requirements for this option are the same for the B.S.
program as for the B.A.
Biology Core: 50.110, 120, 332, 351, and 380, plus
either 50.37 lor 472
Microbiology Core: 50.242, 243, 342, and 343
Electives: Choose three courses (9 hours) 50.455, 471,
482, or 483

46/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

Marine Biology Option

plant kingdom. Three hours lecture/3 hours laboratory per

week.
This option provides the biology major with the opportunity to specialize in

background
is

marine biology while obtaining a general

made possible by

the

Marine Science Consortium, which maintains the Marine
Science Center near Wallops Island, Va. (See Marine Science
for a listing of courses offered through the Marine Science
Center.)

INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY

50.211

The marine biology option
depart-ment's membership in the

in biological sciences.

The requirements

for this option vary with the degree

3 semester hours
Studies the principal phyla of invertebrate animals in
relation to their

anatomy, classification, and behaviors

ecosystems in which they participate. The
nent of this course

(at

field trip

in the

compo-

Marine Science Consortium, Wallops

Island, Va.) will include additional student costs.

program.

B.S./Option Requirements: Biology 50.110, 120, 332,
380, 371, or 371; 55.241, 260, or 351; 55.221 or 50.21

1

VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY

50.212

and

3 semester hours

18 additional credits in biology; at least 12 credits in biology

must be marine science courses; chem-istry, mathematics, and
languages and cultures requirements remain the same.
B.AVOption Requirements: Biology 50.1 10, 120, 332,
380; 50.371 or 372; 55.241; 55.260 or 50.351; 55.221 or

Studies the biology of vertebrate animals, emphasizing

morphology, physiology, natural history, and behavior.
Reviews evolutionary and ecological aspects of each class.
Includes laboratory

work with

and 18 additional credits in biology; at least 12 credits
in biology must be marine science courses; chemistry,
mathematics, and languages and cultures requirements remain

major classes of

the same.

laboratory per week.

50.21

living

and preserved specimens

to familiarize students with representative individuals

1

(at the

this

group. The course's field

Marine Science Consortium, Wallops

trip

of the

component

Island, Va.) will

include additional student costs. Three hours lecture/3 hours

Prerequisite: 50.110

Allied health curricula for medical technology, radio-

(Offered

fall

semester only.)

logic technology, dental hygiene, pre-physical therapy, pre-

occupational therapy, pre-cytotechnology, and heatlh services

HUMAN GENETICS

50.233

3 semester hours

associate are listed under the College of Professional Studies.

Explores principles of

Cooperative Education

tion to

The department participates
Students

may

in cooperative education.

this

medicine, psychology, special

per week.

receive up to 15 credits in this pro-gram.

on

in biology,

Prerequisite: 50.101 or

1

10 or consent of the instructor.

program.

GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY

50.242

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Biological

genetics and their applica-

education, anthropology, and sociology. Three hours lecture

Contact the departmental cooperative education coordinator
for information

problems

human

3 semester hours
Introduces fundamental principles of nomenclature,

and Allied Health Sciences
(Code 50)

classification,

microscopy, cytology and anatomy, cultivation,

growth, metabolism, and genetics of the microbial world.

Courses for biology majors

Microbial interrelationships and control will be integrated into
a systematic approach to classical bacteriology as

50.107

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
1

humans and

semester hour

it

relates to

the environment. Three hours lecture/discussion

per week.

Studies roots, prefixes, and suffixes of medical terms via

programmed

instruction.

biology majors.

Required of all health science

Recommended

for other biology majors

50.243

and

GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
LABORATORY

other students in the health sciences. Should be taken during

2 semester hours

the freshman year.

Provides a laboratory experience to fortify the student's
didactic learning in general bacteriology (50.242).

50.110

BIOLOGY OF ANIMALS

will

4 semester hours

Emphasis

be on microscopy, the cytology and anatomy of bacteria,

culture methodology, growth, reproduction, enumeration,

Introduces fundamental principles of zoology as applied

physiology, control by both physical and chemical agents,

groups of animals. Laboratory work empha-

genetics, microbial interrelationships, quality control, and

to representative

sizes the comparative development,

anatomy, physiology, and

behavior of representative animals. Three hours lecture/3

laboratory safety. Four hours per week.
Prerequisite:

May

be taken with 50.242 or following.

hours laboratory per week.

50.252
50.120

FIELD

BIOLOGY OF PLANTS

3 semester hours

4 semester hours

Studies

Introduces fundamental principles of taxonomy, anat-

omy, morphology, physiology, and genetics as applied

ZOOLOGY

common

vertebrates (excluding birds) of North

America with emphasis on the observation,

collection,

and

to the

Biological and Allied Health SciencesfM

Two hours lecture/3

recognition of local fauna.

hours labora-

MEDICAL BACTERIOLOGY

50.342

3 semester hours

tory per week.

Provides a study of bacteria capable of causing disease

Prerequisite: 50. 1 10 or consent of the instructor

(Offered odd years,

summers

in

only.)

humans. The emphasis will be on the laboratory aspects of

bacterial disease but includes pathogenicity, identification,

FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

50.253

diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Three hours lecture/2

3 semester hours

hours laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: 50.242

Emphasizes the chemical, physical, and biological

Two hours

aspects of freshwater environments.

(Offered

IMMUNOLOGY

50.343

hours laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: 50.1 10

and 243

lecture/3

3 semester hours

and 120 or consent of the instructor

summer only.)

Presented as a lecture course: responses to infectious
agents, immunochemistry,

FIELD BOTANY

50.263

3 semester hours

Two hours lecture/3

hours labora-

clinical laboratory

Three hours

lecture/

discussion per week.

Addresses identification and classification of seed plants
represented in local flora.

immunobiology,

applications, tissue transplantation.

Prerequisite: 50.342;

background

in

organic chemistry

is

recommended

tory per week.

Prerequisite: 50.120 or consent of the instructor

(Offered even years,

summers

PLANT PATHOLOGY

50350

3 semester hours

only.)

This course examines the nature of vascular plant

COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY OF
NON- VASCULAR PLANTS

50.321

diseases, the biology of plant pathogens,

diseases on

3 semester hours
Provides a phylogenetic study of major non-vascular
plants with emphasis

on development,

and selected ecological aspects.

structure, reproduction,

Two hours lecture/3

hours

human

affairs.

pathology, including: disease and pathogen classification,

modes of pathogenesis, host response

to disease,

and disease

control. Laboratory stresses identification of plant pathogens

and disease symptoms, histology of diseased

tissues,

and

research techniques. Three hours lecture/ two hours labora-

laboratory per week.

tory per week.

Prerequisite: 50.120

Prerequisites: 50.120; 50.242

COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY OF
VASCULAR PLANTS

50.322

and the impact of

Lecture stresses principles of plant

3 semester hours

GENERAL ECOLOGY

50.351

3 semester hours

Provides a phylogenetic study of major vascular plants
with emphasis on their development, structure, reproduction,

Two

and selected paleobotanical aspects.
hours laboratory per week.

hours lecture/3

recommended; or consent

of the instructor

Introduces principles and concepts pertaining to energy
flow, limiting factors, habitat studies, succession patterns, and

population studies at the species, interspecies, and community

Prerequisite: 50.120

The

level.

field trip

component of this course may include
$35 for food and

additional student costs of approximately

EMBRYOLOGY

50.331

lodging.

3 semester hours

Reviews

and principles of animal
development. Laboratory studies emphasize descriptive
embryology of a number of representative vertebrates with

hours lecture/3 hours laboratory per week.

120 or consent of the instructor

patterns, processes,

emphasis on amphibian, bird, and

Two hours

Two

Prerequisite: 50.1 10 or

mammal

lecture/3 hours laboratory per

COMPARATIVE VERTEBRATE

50.361

ANATOMY
3 semester hours

development.

week.

Presents a comparative study of the chordates emphasiz-

Prerequisite: 50. 1 10 or consent of the instructor

ing the vertebrate classes. Particular attention

(Offered spring semester only.)

structure,

tionary trends. Laboratory emphasis

50.332

GENETICS

shark, and cat.

3 semester hours
Addresses mechanisms of heredity in animals and plants;
Mendelian inheritance probability, linkage, crossing over,

week.

chromosomal modifications, nucleic acids, and gene action.
Three hours lecture/2 hours laboratory per week. Laboratory

50364

hours

may

Two hours lecture/3

is

placed on the lamprey,

hours laboratory per

Prerequisite: 50.1 10 or consent of the instructor

VERTEBRATE HISTOLOGY
3 semester hours

120

systems. Laboratory studies include the use of prepared slides

and color photomicrographs.
laboratory per week.

48 /COLLEGE

given to

Studies vertebrate cells and tissues from various body

vary.

Prerequisite: 50.1 10 or

is

morphogenesis, functional adaptations, and evolu-

OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Two hours

lecture/3 hours

50.365

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN
BIOLOGY H

50.391

HISTOLOGICAL AND
HISTOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES

1-3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Acquaints students with the techniques of

Provides theory and practice in the use of histological

and histochemical techniques in a laboratory format. Fixation,
preparation embedding, sectioning, and staining of various
animal tissues. One hour lecture/4 hours laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: Recommended 50.364 or 52.21 1 or 231 or

program of
member.

scientific research

Prerequisite: 50.390

scientific

by engaging

in

a

with the aid of a faculty

and junior standing

(See section on Pre-Professional and Career Advisement.)

consent of the instructor

50.371

research, data collection, and analysis

PRINCIPLES OF

MAMMALIAN

RADIATION BIOLOGY

50.411

3 semester hours

PHYSIOLOGY
4 semester hours
Those principles of cell physiology that are basic to the
function of the following mammalian tissue and sys-tems are
studied; blood, metabolis, neuromuscular, cardiovascular, and
endocrine. Neural and chemical pro-cesses of the aforemen-

Studies the effects of radiation on living organisms;

nuclear structure; fundamental properties of radiation;

and genetic effect on plants and animals
whole organisms; application of radiochemicals

physical, chemical,

from

cells to

in biological studies.

Prerequisite: 52.232 or 233; 53.141 or 48.160 or consent

tioned are emphasized. Three hours lecture/3 hours laboratory

of the instructor

per week.
Prerequisite:

50.110 and 52.101 or 111 and 113, or

consent of the instructor. Background
algebra, and at least

in

sophomore standing

organic chemistry,
is

50.431

EVOLUTION
3 semester hours

recommended.

Studies the major concerns of the theory of evolution

50.372

and contributions toward

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Presents an introduction to plant function including

genetics,

Prerequisite:

50 110 or 120; 50.332 recommended

growth

hormones, and growth and development Three hours lecture

50.441

CYTOGENETICS
3 semester hours

per week.
Prerequisite: 50.120;

Chemistry 52.21

1

Studies the structure and function of cytoplasmic and

or 231 or

nuclear organelles of cells. Laboratory studies in-clude

consent of the instructor

techniques for

(Offered spring semester only.)

Two
50.380

made by

per week.

discussions of water relations, carbohydrate metabolism and
translocation, photosynthesis, mineral nutrition, plant

their solutions

paleontology, systematics, and ecology. Three hours lecture

3 semester hours

BIOLOGY SEMINAR

In order to

1 semester hour
communicate ideas of biology, students must

cell,

chromosome, and

Prerequisite:

50.450

50.233 or 332 or consent of the instructor

MYCOLOGY
3 semester hours

learn to use the current scientific literature as a data base. This

course emphasizes the preparation and presentation of
biological topics in both oral and written formats.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or

minimum of 64

semester hours completed

tissue prepa-ration.

hours lecture and 2 hours laboratory per week.

A critical survey of the kingdom Fungi, with empha-sis
on the Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Deuteromycota.
Lectures cover the topics of morphology, physiology, biochemistry, cytology, genetics, systematics, ecol-ogy, and
evolution. Laboratory stresses comparative mor-phology of

50.390

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN
BIOLOGY I
1-3 semester hours

Acquaints students with the techniques of scientific

higher fungi, laboratory techniques, and field mycology.

Two

hours lecture and three hours laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: 50.120,

one microbiology course, one

genetics course, or consent of the instructor

research, data collection, and analysis

by engaging in a
program of research with the aid of a faculty member. The

50.454

ETHOLOGY
3 semester hours

research will culminate in a scholarly paper written by the
student which presents the findings of the laboratory or field
investigation in a form suitable for publication.
Prerequisite: Junior standing

Presents a description and classification of animal
its evolution, and biological function. Emphasizes
mechanisms underlying behavior, especially species
typical behavior. Three hours lecture and 2 hours laboratory

behavior,

per week.
Prerequisite: 50.110

and 371 or consent of the

Biological

instructor

and Allied Health Sciences/49

1

ENVIRONMENTAL
MICROBIOLOGY

50.455

3 semester hours

3 semester hours
Provides a practical application of knowledge of
microorganisms, their effects on our environment, methods of

and testing procedures. Field
Four hours per week. Additional

control, sanitation regulations,

when

trips

taken

time

may be required.

practical.

Prerequisite:

MEDIAL PARASITOLOGY

50.471

A course in microbiology or consent of the

Presents the

life history,

physiology, taxonomy, and

morphology of parasites of medical importance

to

man.

Special attention given to clinical aspects such as pathology,

symptomology, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. Laboratory work stresses identification of parasitic disease through
living and preserved material, the proper handling of specimens, and methods of professional patient interviewing. Five
hours per week.

instructor

Prerequisite: 50.1 10

ENTOMOLOGY

50.457

instructor.

3 semester hours

and 52.1 12 or 231 or consent of the

Completion of additional coursework

in biology

and junior standing also suggested.

Studies the physiology, morphology, behavior, classification,

and general biology of the

insects.

A collecting period

will provide an opportunity for students to collect,

Taxonomic emphasis

properly display insects for study.

limited to order and family. Equivalent to a

hours per

week including

minimum of five

processes, biochemistry or cellular constituents, physiochemi-

Three hours lecture and discussion per week.
Prerequisite: 12 hours of biology and chemistry 52.21

Prerequisite: 50.110

summers

3 semester hours
Applies physical and chemical principles to cellular
cal environment, bioenergetics, intermediate metabolism.

laboratory.

(Offered even years,

CELL PHYSIOLOGY

50.472

mount, and

only.)

or 231 or consent of the instructor

ORNITHOLOGY

50.459

3 semester hours

SYSTEMATIC PHYSIOLOGY

50.473

3 semester hours

Studies the biology of birds including bird identification
in the field by song and sight. Studies birds of this region in

relation to migration, time of arrival,

lecture/3 hours laboratory per

may be required. The

and nesting.

Two

hours

Some study off campus
component of this course may

week.

field trip

Examines how normal body function is maintained by
the precise control and integration of the specialized activities
consent of the instructor. Background in algebra recommended.

include additional costs for food and lodging.
Prerequisite: 50. 1 10 or consent of the instructor

ADVANCED SPECIAL TOPICS,
BIOLOGY/ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES

50.481

PLANT ANATOMY

50.462

3 semester hours

3 semester hours
Outlines recent concepts of plant anatomy and historical
consideration of classical researchers. Reviews structure,
function, growth,

and morphogenesis of the vascular

plants.

Presents an area of biology or allied health which
requires the student to have

Three hours of credit
Prerequisite:

some background

may be applied

to

in biology.

a biology major.

Determined by the instructor

Addresses composition and growth of meristems and the

phenomena of subsequent tissue differentiation. Describes
anatomical organization by developmental and comparative
methods

in

order to explain important

relationships.

Two hours

lecture

cell, tissue,

INTERNSHIP IN BIOLOGY AND

50.490

BIOLOGY RESEARCH
3-15 semester hours

and organ

and3 hours laboratory per

week.

A work-study program open only
majoring

Prerequisite: 50.120

in

of 6 credits

to juniors

biology and allied health sciences.

may

and seniors

A maximum

apply toward requirements of biology and

allied health sciences majors.

50.463

BIOLOGICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
TECHNIQUES
3 semester hours

50.493

HONORS INDEPENDENT STUDYBIOLOGY RESEARCH

Presents theory and practice of photography as applied to

biology including negative and printmaking, gross speciman

photography, copying, transparencies, film

strips, autoradi-

ography, nature work in close-ups, photomicrography, thesis
illustration,

and other special techniques.

Two hours lecture

and 3 hours laboratory per week. Additional laboratory hours

may be required.

50/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

Open only

3 semester hours
Honors Program.

to students admitted to the

Consists of a field or laboratory investigation under the
supervision of a biology faculty
Prerequisite: 50.390

member.

Courses not applicable

to the biology

major

50.230

HUMAN SEXUALITY
3 semester hours
Presents an overview of the role of sexuality in the

GENERAL BIOLOGY I

50.101

3 semester hours
Presents major concepts and principles of biology
relating to

of humans. Considers anthropological, biological, psy-

and sociological aspects of sexuality. Addresses
and responsible decision making. Field trips
and student projects will include additional costs. Three hours
per week.
values, ethics

humans. Lecture and discussion.

GENERAL BIOLOGY II

50.102

life

chological,

3 semester hours
Studies biology from the ecological, evolutionary,
neural,

50.231

BIOLOGY OF AGING

and behavioral perspective with emphasis on man.

The

Prerequisite: 50.101

discussed with special

Discussions include studies of aging at the molecular, cellular,

QUEST BIOLOGY

50.103

3 semester hours
Studies the biological and environmental relationships

with

man

3 semester hours
mechanisms of the aging process are
emphasis on these processes in humans.

biological

systems, and organism levels of organizations. Three hours
lecture per week.

as a participant for survival in a natural setting.

(Offered

50.240

summer only.)

INTRODUCTORY MICROBIOLOGY
3 semester hours
Presents elementary aspects of morphology, metabo-

GENERAL BIOLOGY LABORATORY

50.111

1 semester

hour

Offers "hands-on" experience emphasizing biological
concepts.

Two hours

laboratory per week.

knowledge of biology

is

No

previous

and cultivation of bacteria, viruses, and other microortheir relationship to public

health and various industrial processes.

50.254

SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF BIOLOGY
3 semester hours

4 semester hours

Relates biology to contemporary problems related to

Provides an introductory course integrating the structure

of the function of the

human body. This

portion covers

fundamental principles of anatomy and physiology, the
chemical basis of

life, cell

structure

Two hours lecture and

2 hours laboratory per week.

necessary.

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I

50.173

lism,

ganisms with consideration of

and function,

tissues,

integumentary system, skeletal system, muscular system,

populations, medicine, food, environments, etc.

A course

designed to encourage students to consider values, ethics, and
responsible decision making. Three hours lecture and

discussion per week.

nervous system, and special senses. Three hours lecture and 3

50.281-289

hours laboratory per week.

SPECIAL TOPICS, ALLIED HEALTH
1-3 semester hours

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY n

50.174

4 semester hours

Presents an area of biology or allied health of interest
to a general audience.

Prerequisite:

Provides an introductory course integrating the structure

and function of the human body. This portion covers endocrine system, blood and defense mechanisms, cardiovascular
system, lymphatic system, respiratory system, digestive

50366

Determined by the instructor

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY:
HEAD, NECK, AND THORAX
3 semester hours

system, metabolism, nutrition, urinary system, fluid and
electrolyte balance, reproductive system,

ment, and

human

genetics.

growth and develop-

Three hours lecture and 3 hours

and thorax. Emphasizes the organ systems
and speech mechanisms. Three hours
lecture/2 hours laboratory per week. (Preference given to
communication disorders students.)
the head, neck,

that

relate to the hearing

laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: 50.173 or consent of the instructor

50.205

Studies the anatomy, physiology, and development of

INTRODUCTION TO NUTRITION

(Offered spring semester only.)

3 semester hours
Provides students with a foundation of nutritional
concepts so that sound nutritional practices can be applied to
their personal lives incorporated into their careers.

Concepts

presented include nutritional requirements for optimal health

and performance throughout the

lifespan,

making food choices

in the marketplace, analyzing nutritional information in the

media, and controversial issues

in nutrition

and

health.

Biological

and Allied Health Sciences/51

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

55 .300

Marine Science
(Code 55)

the

3 semester hours
Concepts of ethology; discussion and observation of
the influence of external and internal factors on the regulation

Marine science courses are offered in the summer at
Marine Science Center near Wallops Island, Va. Courses

in biology are offered
satisfy

BEHAVIOR OF MARINE ORGANISMS

by the Marine Science Consortium

and control of behavior of organisms living

in the

marine

coastal environment.
Prerequisite: General biology

to

requirements for the marine biology option and are

acceptable as elective credit for biology majors. For further

55.320

MARINE MICROBIOLOGY
3 semester hours

information, contact the adviser to the marine biology option.

For related marine science courses, see
Geography and Earth Science.

listing

A survey of methods and concepts of marine micro-

under

biology. Attention will be given to technical aspects of

sample collection, microbial ecology of the marine envi55.221

MARINE INVERTEBRATES

ronment, enrichment culturing, methods of enumeration and

emphasis on marine bacteria.

identification with

3 semester hours

A study of the life, history, habits, origin, develop-

Prerequisite:

One

year of biology

ment, physiology, anatomy and taxonomy of the main phyla of
invertebrates.

A phylogenetic sequence is followed to show

interrelationships
to the Atlantic

work deal with

among

the phyla. Special emphasis

marine invertebrates. Laboratory and
collection, preservation,

and

is

55.330

TROPICAL INVERTEBRATES
3 semester hours

given

An

field

identification of

introduction to tropical invertebrates.

A variety

of collection and observation methods will be used to sample
nearshore and reef areas. Emphasis will be on systematics and

local species.

Prerequisite:

One

year of biology or consent of the

ecology using the communities approach.

Wallops

instructor

Island, Va., will

One week at

be intensive review of general

systematics and ecology of marine invertebrates.

55.241

The last two
weeks in Florida will involve sampling and identifying species
and describing ecological communities. This course is design-

MARINE BIOLOGY
3 semester hours

A study of plant and animal life in the marine

ed as a sequel

environment. Emphasis will be placed upon physical and

chemical environmental factors affecting the biota in the
intertidal,

open water, and benthic

habitats.

Common biota

characteristics of each habitat will
their natural history,

be investigated in terms of
morphology, and ecological relationships.

Prerequisite:

Botany or zoology, or consent of the

to

marine invertebrates or a landlocked inverte-

brate zoology course or a thorough landlocked zoology course.
Prerequisite:

Marine invertebrates, invertebrate

zoology, or a thorough zoology course with consent of the
instructor

55334

MARINE EMBRYOLOGY

instructor

3 semester hours
Principles of development and differentiation in

55.250

WETLAND ECOLOGY

marine organsims

at the

molecular and supramolecular levels

of organization. The laboratory will include both descriptive

3 semester hours
Structure and function of wetland ecosystems with
emphasis on coastal wetlands. Course considers the
impact of humans on wedands and ecological approach
toward their management. Laboratory consists of field

and experimental embryology.

special

Prerequisite:

55.342

An

introductory biology course

MARINE BOTANY

exercises in the study of wetlands.
Prerequisite:

3 semester hours

A course in ecology and upperclass

standing

55.260

MARINE ECOLOGY

Laboratory techniques will include collecting, pre-serving,

3 semester hours

among

Interrelationships

to the

on adaptations for survival

that are

priate instrumentation will
the-field

unique

marine environment.

55.298

and analyzing plants and plant mater-ials, approbe used. Emphasis will be on instudies and laboratory analyses.

identifying

animals, plants, and

physical and chemical aspects of the environment will be
studied, with stress

The taxonomy, physiology, ecology, and economic
importance of marine and coastal plants as exemplified by
those found on the Delmarva Peninsula will be considered.

Prerequisite:

One

year of biology or one semester of

botany

PHYSIOLOGY OF MARINE INVERTEBRATES

5 .343

MARINE ICHTHYOLOGY

3 semester hours

Mechanisms and

regulation of organ function in

3 semester hours

A study of the internal and external structure of

marine invertebrates with emphasis on homeostasis. Inverte-

fishes, their systematic

brate examples of fundamental principles and unique

distribution in time

nisms.

mecha-

Prerequisite:
Prerequisite: Introductory biology

52/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

and ecological relationships and

and space.

One

year of general biology

their

55.344

CHEMISTRY

ANATOMY OF MARINE CHORDATES
3 semester hours
Familiarization with qualitative aspects of speciation.

Establishment of understanding of basic and specialized structure

Faculty

and development of marine chordates. Tracing of impor-

Wayne P. Anderson

(chairperson), Barrett

W.

tant trends (and their functional significance) in the evolution

Professors

of this structure in various vertebrate lines in which there was
radiation to or from a marine environment. Laboratory work

Benson, Lawrence L. Mack, Roy D. Pointer; Assistant Pro-

will involve dissection of freshly collected (and preserved)

Pugh, Emeric Schultz,Kizhanipuram Vinod-gopal, Bruce E.

representative marine vertebrates.

Wilcox.

fessors

Mariana Blackburn, Christopher

Michael E.

P. Hallen,

Prerequisite: Introductory course in biology or

B.S. in Chemistry

zoology
55.345

ORNITHOLOGY

Required Courses: Chemistry 52.1
3 semester hours

118,

Introduces students to avian fauna of the sea coast

same time enables comparison with inland species.
In addition to the field work providing visual and vocal
identification, lecture material will include information on the
distribution, behavior, physiology, and anatomy of birds.
and

at the

Prerequisite:

55.431

1

year of biology or consent of the instructor

212; and reading knowledge of scientific
(Note: Students

German

who want ACS

or Russian.

certification

upon

graduation must complete the above degree requirements)

B.A. in Chemistry
1

12 or

1

18,

126, 225, 271; Physics 54.211, 212

B.S. in Clinical Chemistry

and

secondary productivity.

Required Courses: Chemistry 52.1 1
year biology

12 or

tita-

comparisons will be made between the planktonic popula-

1

1

481, 492; Mathematics 53.125, 126, 225, 271; Physics 54.211,

Required Courses: Chemistry 52. 1 1 1 and

Study of the phytoplankton and zooplankton in

Prerequisite:

and

113, 221, 231, 232, 361, 362, 322, 481; Mathematics 53.125,

marine and brackish environments. Qualitative and quan
tions of various types of habitats in relation to primary

1 1

13, 221, 231, 232, 251, 322, 341, 361, 362, 452, 471,

ECOLOGY OF MARINE PLANKTON
3 semester hours

tive

1

1

and

1

12 or

1

18,

113, 221, 231, 232, 341, 361, 362, 322, 481; Biology 50.110,

343, 371; Mathematics 53.125, 126, 225, 271; Physics 54.211,

212; clinical year (30 semester hours) at Geisinger Medical

Center
(Note: Requirements for the chemistry major for the

B.S. in Education are found

in the section

on Secondary Edu-

cation, College of Professional Studies.)

Accreditation

The Department of Chemistry is recognized by the
Committee on Professional Training of the American Chemical Society (ACS) as one which meets their nation-ally
recognized standards for undergraduate education
try.

This recognition

is

employment

professional

in

chemis-

significant for students con-sidering
in the

chemical indus-try and/or

those seeking admission to postgraduate educa-tion programs
in the sciences

and medicine. Students meeting the requirein chemistry are certified by the department

ments for the B.S.

to the national office of the

membership

in the society

ACS

and become

eligible for

without the usual two-year waiting

period.

Cooperative Program in Engineering
Students interested

in

chemical engineering can earn

a bachelor's degree in chemistry and a bachelor of science in

chemical engineering through a cooperative program with The
at Bloomsburg
Penn State are required for this program.
listed under Liberal Arts and Engineering.)

Pennsylvania State University. Three years

and two years
(See details

at

Chemistry Department/53

3

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

QUANTITATIVE ANALYTICAL
CHEMISTRY

52.221

Chemistry
(Code 52)

4 semester hours
Introduces fundamental principles of quantitative

INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY

52.101

chemical analysis utilizing classical and modern techniques.

3 semester hours

analysis.

no previous chemical background. Surveys the
on the fundamentals of
chemical and physical measurements and calculations. Three
hours class per week. (This course is not intended to be a
with

little

and calculations of quantitative
Seven hours per week/3 class, 4 laboratory.

Stresses laboratory skills

Presents an introduction to chemistry for students

Prerequisite: 52.1 12 or

or

1

18, 52.1 13

principles of chemistry with emphasis

INTRODUCTORY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

52.230

4 semester hours
Survey of functional group organic chemistry.

beginning course for science majors.)

52.108

PHYSIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
4 semester hours
Surveys the essentials of organic and biochemistry.

Emphasis on fundamentals of structure, stereochemistry, and
reaction mechanisms necessary for an understanding of the
chemistry of biomolecules. Not open to chemistry majors.
Six hours per week/3 class, 3 laboratory.
Prerequisite: 52.112 or 118, 52.113

Includes bonding, structure, nomenclature, organic functional

group reactions and metabolism of biomolecules. Four hours
class per

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I

52.231

week.
Prerequisite: 52.101 or

4 semester hours

112 or 118
This

(Offered spring semester only.)
sis is

52.111

GENERAL CHEMISTRY I

on the chemistry of hydrocarbons and

mended by

the

be the

covered. Seven hours per week/3 class, 4 laboratory.

college-level chemistry course for students

American Chemical Society.

It is

Prerequisite: 52. 1 12 or

18, 52. 1

1

who

are

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II

52.232

4 semester hours

one of the natural sciences or mathematics. Three hours class per week.

A continuation of 52.23
common

GENERAL CHEMISTRY H

1

.

Emphasizes reactions of

functional groups. Spectroscopy and

its

use in

structure determination is introduced. Molecular structure,

3 semester hours

stereochemistry, reaction mechanisms, syntheses and analyses

Continuation of the two semester sequence started in

Chemistry 52.111; a survey of chemistry with major emphasis

on the application of chemical principles

1

designed to

interested in majoring in

52.112

their derivatives.

syntheses and analyses of these classes of compounds are

of a two-semester sequence course offering

a systematic survey of the major topics in chemistry as recom-

first

Empha-

the first half of a two-term sequence.

Molecular structure, stereochemistry, reaction mechanisms,

3 semester hours
First half

is

of representative compounds are covered. Seven hours per

week/3

class,

to the solution of

4 laboratory.

Prerequisite: 52.231

chemical and physical problems. Three hours class per week.
Prerequisite: 52.111

52.251

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
3 semester hours

52.113

CHEMISTRY LABORATORY

Applications of the principles of inorganic chemistry

2 semester hours

to the systematic study of the descriptive chemistry of the

Introduces the theory and practice of fundamental

elements. Three hours class per week.

chemistry laboratory techniques including qualitative analysis.

Prerequisite:

Four hours per week/1

(Offered spring semester only.)

class, 3 laboratory.

52.112 or 118

Prerequisite: Either 52.101 or 111 or 112 or 118,

concurrent or completed

52.118

52.322

INSTRUMENTAL ANALYTICAL
CHEMISTRY

UNIVERSITY CHEMISTRY

4 semester hours

4 semester hours

Presents the theory and laboratory applications of

An advanced placement general chemistry course
designed for better-prepared science majors and students
the Scholars Program.

in

Course surveys the principles of

some of

the instrumental

methods of analysis. Topics include

chromatography, spectrophotometry, polarography, electroanalysis, nuclear magnetic resonance,

and

others.

A

chemistry in a four-day-per-week format giving sufficient

laboratory-centered course. Seven hours per week/3 class, 4

coverage of subject matter to serve as a prerequisite for

laboratory.

200-level or higher chemistry courses.
Prerequisite:

Placement by the Department of

Chemistry
(Offered

54 /COLLEGE

fall

semester only.)

OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

all

Prerequisite:

52.221,361

(Offered spring semester only.)

52.341

BIOCHEMISTRY
Emphasizes the

52.471

structure,

reactions of the naturally occuring biomolecules. Selected
topics

from the various metabolic pathways (both anabolic and

catabolic) are discussed. Introduces the biochemical tech-

ADVANCED LABORATORY
4 semester hours

4 semester hours
reactivity, and metabolic

Integrates laboratory techniques

nation. Eight hours per

week/2

niques encountered by the modern biochemist. Seven hours

Prerequisite: 52.232,

per week/3 class, 4 laboratory.

(Offered

Prerequisite: 52.221

and

either

semester only.)

CHEMISTRY SEMINAR
1

4 semester hours
Studies thermodynamics; Gibbs free energy and
equilibrium; kinetic theory of gases and solutions; chemical
kinetics. Seven hours per week/3 class, 4 laboratory.
Prerequisite: 52.112 or 118, 52.113; 53.225; 54.212

52.362

fall

fall

6 labo-ratory.

class,

322

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I

(Offered

to organic

52.230 or 232
52.481

52.361

common

and inorganic research. Topics include separation, syn-thesis,
isolation, purification, characterization, and struc-ture determi-

semester hour

Stresses preparation and presentation of scientific

papers on important topics in chemistry. Involves the use of
the technical literature as a data base in organizing topics for
oral presentations to faculty

and peers. One hour class per

week.

semester only.)

(Offered spring semester only.)

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY H

52.491

4 semester hours
Continuation of 52.361; solid

state,

INDEPENDENT STUDY I
SPECIAL TOPICS IN CHEMISTRY
1-3 semester hours

Schroedinger

quantum mechanics, molecular orbital theory; spectroscopy.
Seven hours per week/3 class, 4 laboratory.
Prerequisite: 52.361

Takes the form of a directed laboratory or libraryoriented investigation of one or more topics of mutual interest
to student

and

instructor. (See section

on Independent Study.)

(Offered spring semester only.)

52.492
52.433

ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

INDEPENDENT STUDY H
CHEMICAL RESEARCH

3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Presents advanced theory, stereochemistry, and utility

of organic reactions. Emphasizes reactive intermediates.

Laboratory investigations of selected problems for

advanced students. (See section on Independent Study.)

Three hours class per week.
(Offered spring semester only.)

HONORS INDEPENDENT STUDY ni
CHEMICAL RESEARCH

ADVANCED TOPICS IN BIOCHEMISTRY

The

Prerequisite: 52.232,

362 or concurrent

52.493

3 semester hours
52.442

3 semester hours

Emphasizes quantitative treatment of biochemical
concepts. Presents further topics in biochemistry. Possible
topics of study are

nant

DNA;

enzyme

structure

and mechanism; recombi-

third semester of a laboratory investigation

of

selected problems under the supervision of a chemistry faculty

member. For students

in the

Honor's Program only. Approxi-

mately 120 hours per semester. (See sections on Independent

Study and the Honors Program.)

active transport; biophysical chemistry. Three

hours class per week.
Prerequisite: 52.232, 341; 54.212

(Offered spring semester only.)

52.452

ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
3 semester hours

Study of advanced principles of inorganic chemistry

and areas of current research
Three hours class per week.
Prerequisite:

(Offered

52.463

fall

interest in inorganic chemistry.

52.251,362
semester only.)

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY in
3 semester hours

An advanced course dealing
in

with specialized topics

physical chemistry. Subject matter varies with interests of

the instructor

and students, such as polymer chemistry, spec-

troscopy or kinetics. Three hours class per week.
Prerequisite: 52.362 or consent of the instructor

(Offered spring semester only.)

Chemistry Department/ 55

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

COMMUNICATION

Speech Communication
(Code 25)

STUDIES

Cocurricular activity-Forensic Society

Faculty

25.103
Professor Richard D. Alderfer,

Associate Professors

PUBLIC SPEAKING

Mary Kenny Badami;

Howard N.

3 semester hours

Schreier, Harry C. Strine

A basic course in speech with emphasis on formal

III,

James E. Tomlinson (chairperson); Assistant Professors Karen
Anselm, Dale Bertelsen, Jack Wade, Janice M. Youse

speaking and audience reaction.

25.104
B.A. in Speech Communication

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
3 semester hours
Analyzes one-to-one communication for developing

A major in this degree program constitutes 30 credits.
Core Courses (9 credits): 25.103 Public Speaking or
25.104 Interpersonal Communication ( Select the course not
used to satisfy the university communication requirement);

and changing behaviors during interpersonal speech communication.

25.108

FORENSIC PRACTICUM

25.215 Communication Theory; 25.315 Persuasion
Specialization: Students
interpersonal and organizational
in public

communication

may chose an

communication or an option

—both options require 21

semester hour

1

option in

credits.

Participation in forensics: debate or individual

speaking events. Grade awarded each semester.
repeated for

maximum

May be

of 3 semester hours of credit. First

semester register for 25.108.01. Second semester, register for

Interpersonal and Organizational Communication Option

Required course (3 credits), 25.445 Organizational
Communication; basic theory and performance courses (9

minimum of 3

courses from 25.206 Oral

credits), select

a

Interpretation

25.218 Discussion, Business and Professional

,

25.108.02. Participation for two semesters for one semester

hour of

25.205

RHETORICAL THEORY
3 semester hours

Speech, 25.321 Argumentation, 25.241 Voice and Diction;

advanced theory courses (9 credits), select a minimum of 3
courses from 25.492/ 493/ 494/ 495 Special Topics in Com-

credit.

Highlights major trends in rhetoric from the sophists
to

contemporary rhetorical
(Offered

fall

theorists.

semester only.)

munication, 27.332 Public Relations

25.206
Public Communication Option

Required course (3
Theory; vocal

credits),

skills (3 credits), select

LITERATURE
25.205 Rhetorical

a minimum of

1

3 semester hours

course

from 25.206 Oral Interpretation or 25.241 Voice and Diction;
basic theory and performance courses (6 credits), select a

minimum

ORAL INTERPRETATION OF
Provides practice in skills necessary for conveying

intellectual
to

and emotional meanings

in poetry

and prose read

an audience.

of 2 courses from 25.218 Discussion, 25.321

Argumentation, 25.220 Intercultural Communication, 25.307

25.215

Business and Professional Speech; advanced theory courses (9
credits), select a minimum of 3 courses from 25.492/ 493/

494/495 Special Topics

in

Communication

COMMUNICATION THEORY
3 semester hours
Introduces definitions and models of communication

as a social science; surveys

methods for the

scientific study of

communication; described recent developments
B.A. in Theater Arts

interpersonal, small group, public,

in theories

of

and mass communication.

(Offered spring semester only.)
Please contact the chairperson of the Department of

Communication Sudies or

the director of theater for a listing

25.218

of current requirements in theater.

DISCUSSION

3 semester hours

Presents a survey of and practice in types and
patterns of public discussion.

B.S. in Education,

Communication

Certification

Requirements for the major for the B.S.

Prerequisite: 25.103 or 104 or consent of instructor

in education

25.220

FVTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

degree are found in the section on Secondary Education,
College of Professional Studies. This degree offers a

commu-

nication certification with a speech, theater, or nonprint
option. Student has adviser in both departments.

media

3 semester hours

Provides an overview of speech communication as
relates to socio-cultural differences that reflect ethnic
racial experiences,

and

knowledge, and values.

Prerequisite: 25.103 or 104 or consent of the
instructor

(Offered spring semester only.)

56/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

it

25.241

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

VOICE AND DICTION
3 semester hours

Theater Arts
(Code 26)

Studies the international phonetic alphabet and the

cases of vocal problems.

Cocurricular activity-Bloomsburg Players

25.307

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL SPEECH
3 semester hours

See Secondary Education for B.S. in Education,
Communication Certification (Theater option)

Studies business and professional communication,

salesmanship, conference, and interviewing.

26.103 (208)

INTRODUCTION TO THEATER ARTS

Prerequisite: 25.103 or 104

3 semester hours
Presents a survey: criticism, direction, play produc-

25.315 (421)

PERSUASION

tion, theater history, stage design,

3 semester hours

Examines

the

way people

(Offered

fall

use symbols to influence

other people. Provides practice in presenting and evaluating

THEATER PRACTICUM

26.108

persuasive messages.

1

Prerequisite: 25.103 or 104

25.321

semester hour

Participation in plays: acting or technical work.

Grade awarded each semester. Participation for two semesters
for one semester hour of credit. May be repeated for maxi-

ARGUMENTATION

mum of three semester hours.

3 semester hours

Examines basic

principles of argument

and evidence.

Provides practice through presentation and refutation of

FUNDAMENTALS OF ACTING

26.112

arguments in debates on controversial issues.

3 semester hours

Prerequisite: 25.103 or 104

Introduces the theories and techniques of acting.

(Offered spring semester only.)

Provides for individual and group exercises.
(Offered

25.445

and acting.

semester only.)

fall

semester only.)

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
3 semester hours

THEATER PRODUCTION/ STAGECRAFT

26.211

Explores theoretical and practical aspects of how

communication patterns develop in organizations. Open
both graduate and undergraduate students.

3 semester hours

to

Studies basic stagecraft: scene construction, painting, drafting,

and crewing of a show. Laboratory work

required.

25.470

INDEPENDENT STUDY

(Offered

fall

semester only.)

1-3 semester hours

Provides for individual work and study in one of the

26.215 (415)

HISTORY OF THE THEATER

areas of rhetoric and communication. Student finds faculty

3 semester hours

sponsor, prepares written proposal that requires departmental

recommendation and the dean's approval arranged through the

Surveys structures, producltion practices, and plays

from the beginning

chairperson.

to Ibsen.

(Offered spring semester only.)

(See section on Pre-Professional and Career Advisement.)

26.219 (319)

25.492/493/494/495

CHILDREN'S THEATER

SPECIAL TOPICS
IN

3 semester hours

COMMUNICATION
3 semester hours

communication. Topics, which vary by semester, include Communication and Sexes, Conflict and Communication, Communication

A survey of history, theory, and production of theater
for

young audiences.

Investigates significant aspects for speech

(Offered

26.251 (314)

Training in Organizations, Intercultural Communication,

fall

semester only.)

THEORY OF STAGE LIGHTING
AND DESIGN

Theories and Techniques of Interviewing. Consult the sched-

3 semester hours

ule booklet or the listed instructor for further information.
Prerequisite:
tion courses

9 semester hours

in

speech communica-

Provides for intensive study of theory; design of
lighting of a production

supplemented by applied work on

productions. Laboratory hours required.

(Offered spring semester only.)

26.311

SCENE DESIGN
3 semester hours

Study of scene designs, working drawings of perspective, oblique,

and isometric projections, drafting of

floor

Communication Studies Department/ 57

plans, rear,

and front elevations. Basic

COMPUTER AND

pictorial expressions

necessary to communicate in scene design.

INFORMATION SCIENCE

Requires laboratory hours.
(Offered spring semester only.)

Degree

PLAY DIRECTING

26.3 16 (41 1)

The bachelor of

3 semester hours
Studies the principles and technqiues of play direction exercises,

and production.

Prerequisite:

One

theater course

science

and Computer Science in the College of Arts and Sciences and
by the Department of Computer and Information Systems in

(Offered spring semester only.)

the College of Business.

CREATIVE DRAMATICS

design, production, and analysis of software. Practical and

The Arts and
26.318

3 semester hours

games and improvisation
develop imagination and creativity. The use of drama as a
Teaches a

to

science in computer and information

offered jointly by the Department of Mathematics

is

series of theater

theoretical issues are addressed

mathematics as an essential

(Offered spring semester only.)

is

centered on the

by the curriculum

that uses

tool. In addition, aspects

of com-

puter hardware that are needed for the study of software are

The program

explored.

teaching tool.

Sciences' curriculum

either further study in

is

designed to prepare the student for

computer science or for employment

in

the software industry. Specific course requirements for the

26.321

THEATER AND STAGE MANAGEMENT
3 semester hours

degree are listed under the Department of Mathematics and

Computer Science.

Prepares students for professionalism in production

of plays, films,

TV, and

(Offered

26.340

fall

ECONOMICS

radio shows.

semester only.)

Faculty

SCRIPTWRITING
3 semester hours
Studies dramatic structure, types, and styles of

drama. Student required to write scripts for stage, film, radio,
or television.
Prerequisite:

One

writing course or consent of the

Bawa, Peter H. Bohling, Saleem M. Kahn,
TejBhan S. Saini; Associate Professors George B. N. Ayittey, Robert MacMurray, Rajesh K.
Mohindru, Robert Ross; Assistant Professors Mehdi Haririan,

Professors Ujagar

W.B. Lee

(chairperson),

Robert Obutelewicz

instructor

B.A. and B.S. in Economics
26.414

COSTUMING FOR THE STAGE
Reviews

historical

3 semester hours
developments and elements of

costume design.
(Offered

26.470

Required Courses: Economics 40.211, 212, 311,312,
346, and one of the following options or concentration. Electives in

fall

semester only.)

INDEPENDENT STUDY
1-3 semester hours

Provides for individual work and study in one of the
areas of theater. Student finds faculty sponsor, prepares

which requires departmental recommendaand the dean's approval, arranged through the

in

any of



B.A./ Option I
Intended for general study of economics. One course from Economics 40.246 or Mathematics
53.125; 27 semester hours electives in economics that include

Economics 40.400 or 40.446.
B.A. /Option

written proposal,
tion

economics, business, and political science

the options require the adviser's approval.

political

n —Intended for the student interested in

economy and who hopes

to enter a career in

some

chairperson.

aspect of international relations or trade: Political Science

(See section on Pre-Professional and Career Advisement.)

44.161, 336; Economics 40.315, 422, 460, 6 semester hours
elective in economics; 9 semester hours elective in political

26.490

SEMINAR: THEATER

science. (The following pairs of courses in

3 semester hours
Provides for a concentrated study of an individual
artist,

a period or a

movement

in theater.

Prerequisite: 9 semester hours in theater or consent

political science are

the

purpose of Option

II:

economics and

as especially pertinent to

40.423 paired with 44.405; 40.422

with 44.366; 40.433 with 44.383; 40.316 with 44.452; 40.410
with 44.336; 40.315 with 44.326.) Study of a foreign lan-

guage

of the instructor.

recommended

is

recommended.

B.S. /Concentration

(Offered on demand.) For theater internship, see

—Intended

for the student inter-

ested in analytical study of economics related to business.

27.497.

Courses: Business 91.221 and 222 or 91.220 and 223, Business 93.345, 96.313, 97.310; Computer Science 53.175; 15

semester hours elective in economics, which include Economics

58/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

40.446.

Minor

in

Economics

40.312

INTERMEDIATE MACRO-ECONOMIC

THEORY
The economics minor provides a basic competence
economics for non-economics majors and constitutes 12

in

semester hours.

Core Requirements: Economics 40.211, 212, 311, and
312; 6 semester hours elective in economics chosen from General

Economics Theory (Economics 40.313, 315, 316, 410,

413, and 433), Statistical Analysis (Economics 40.346, 400,
and 446), and Economic History and Systems (Economics

3 semester hours
income analysis; theory of income
determination, employment, and price levels; monetary and
fiscal institutions; theory and policy; investment, interest, and
demand for money; business cycles; inflation and unemployStresses the national

ment; national debt; macroeconomic equilibrium; prices,
wages, and aggregate supply, economic growth, foreign trade

and balance of payments; economic policy.

40.422, 423, 424, 434, and 460).

Prerequisite:

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

40.313

Economics
(Code 40)
40.211

PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

40.211,212,246

LABOR ECONOMICS
3 semester hours

Presents the economics of the labor market; supply of

and demand for labor; nature and theory of wages; productivity and inflation; unionism; historical development; theories of

I

labor movements; trade union governance; collective bargain-

3 semester hours
Studies macroeconomics: nature of the economic

problem; economic concepts; institutional framework; supply,

demand, and the price system; national income accounting;

ing;

government interventions and public
Prerequisite: 40.212
(Offered

fall

policy.

semester only.)

determination of output and employment levels; consumption,
saving, and investment behavior; business cycles; inflation

and unemployment; monetary and
theory; economic growth.

fiscal institutions

and

40 .315

BUSINESS AND

GOVERNMENT

3 semester hours
Surveys government policies for maintaining competition, for substitution regulation in place

40.212

PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

of competition and for

substituting public for private enterprise; tests of various

II

government policies

3 semester hours
Studies microeconomics: supply, demand, the price

system; theory of consumer behavior and the firm; cost and

in the light

of economic theory and

historical experience.

Prerequisite: 40.212

productions analysis, output and price determination, resource
allocation, and determination of factor incomes under perfect
and imperfect markets; current economic problems; and

40.316

URBAN ECONOMICS
3 semester hours

Applies economic theory and recent empirical findings

international economics.

to urban resource use.

Prerequisite: 40.211

Analyzes problems of unemployment,

housing, education, transportation, pollution, and equal

40.246

BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC
MATHEMATICS

opportunity.
Prerequisite: 40.212

(Offered

3 semester hours

fall

semester only.)

Presents an introduction to basic mathematical tools

most frequently employed

in

economics and business,

e.g.,

systems of linear equations, inequalities, elements of linear
programming, matrix algebra, logarithms, mathematics of
finance,

and

40.311

INTERMEDIATE MICRO-THEORY
AND MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS

differential

and

integral calculus.

3 semester hours
Reviews the theory of consumer behavior and the firm;
output and price determination under different market systems; pure competition, pure monopoly, oligopoly and

40 .317

POPULATION AND RESOURCE
PROBLEMS

3 semester hours
Reviews classical theories of population growth; recent
economic models of population correlating natural resources;
capital accumulation and technological change; and population problems in North America, European and developing
countries. Analyzes recent trends in birth and death rates as
factors in population growth. Studies

and labor force,

their distribution

measures of population

by age, sex, occupation,

re-

gions; techniques for projecting population levels.

40.212

monopolistic competition; production and cost analysis; allo-

Prerequisite:

cation of resource and distribution of income; comparison of

(Not offered on a regular basis.)

behaviors of competitive, monopolistic, and oligopolistic

product and resource markets; constrained and non-constrained optimization techniques

and

their applications to

business decisions and business practices; welfare economics.
Prerequisite:

40.211,212,246

40.346

BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
STATISTICS I
3 semester hours

Presents descriptive statistics, averages, dispersion,

elements of probability, index numbers, time series, introduc-

Economics Department/59

and correlation analysis, theory of estimaand testing of hypothesis as applied to business and
economic problems.
Prerequisite: 40.212
tion to regression,

HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT

40.423

3 semester hours

tion,

40.400

INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS

3 semester hours
methods to economic problems; time series and cross-sectional analysis of measurements
of demand and costs; macroeconomics models; income
Applies modern

distribution

statistical

and growth model.
40.212

Analyzes revenues and expenditures of local, state, and
national government in light of micro and macrotheory;
services; subsidies, etc.,

principles of taxation, public borrowing,

and public debt

management; impact of fiscal and budgetary policy on
resource and income allocation, internal price and employ-

ment

stability; the rate

and

rent control.

Prerequisite:

40.212

(Offered spring semester only.)

ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE
WESTERN WORLD
3 semester hours

3 semester hours

criteria

employment and

PUBLIC FINANCE

and models of government

in the past

on present-day thinking about economic, business,
and political systems. The surplus value theory; economic
planning as part of government responsibility; relation of
family budgets to Engel's Law; government responsibility for
their effect

40.424

Prerequisite:

40.410

Surveys economic theories propounded

Presents a comparative analysis of the economic theory

of Europe and the United States with particular attention to the
interplay of changes in business, financial

and labor

institu-

tions, products and production, adaptations to resource differ-

ences, and conflicting economic doctrines.
Prerequisite: 40.212

(Offered

fall

semester only.)

of growth and world economy.

Prerequisite: 40.212

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

40.433

3 semester hours
40.413

MONEY AND BANKING

3 semester hours
Reviews the historical background and development of
monetary practices and principles of banking with special
attention given to commercial banking and credit regulations
and current monetary and banking development.
Prerequisite: 40.212

40.415

Addresses the pure theory of international trade. Outlines gains

from

trade; free trade

and protection; balance of
movements; the dollar

payments; foreign exchange and capital

and the international monetary system and international
liquidity shortage.

Prerequisite: 40.212

(Offered spring semester only.)

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS

ECONOMIC GROWTH OF
UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS

40.434

3 semester hours

A study of the economics of environmental quality.
Environmental facts and social circumstances are examined
with particular emphasis on market and non-market solutions
to the

environmental problems. Topics include the private

market and

its

efficiency, externalities, envirionmental quality

as a public good, income distribution effects of government

3 semester hours
Presents studies of stagnating economies; theories of

underdevelopment; operative resistances to economic growth;
role of capital, labor, population growth,

settings.

environmental quality as a public good, income distribution

Prerequisite: 40.212

government environmental programs; water resources and water quality, problem of air quality, and quality
of life and other environmental problems; prohibitions on, and
regulation of, polluting activities, taxes, subsidies, and effluent

(Offered

effects of

charges; population, economic growth, and environmental
quality.

and technological

advance; development planning and trade in development

fall

semester only.)

BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC STATISTICS n

40.446

3 semester hours
Presents sampling and sampling distributions; probability; tests

of hypothesis; decision making; regression and

correlation analysis contingency tables, analysis of variance;

40.422

CONTRASTING ECONOMICS
3 semester hours

designs of experiments; computer applications.
Prerequisite:

40.212,346

Outlines theories of capitalism and socialism with special

emphasis on Marxian theory. Compares the theoretical

40.460

ADVANCED POLITICAL ECONOMY

and actual performance of capitalism, socialism, and commu-

3 semester hours
Applies economic and political models of social decision

nism.
Prerequisite: 40.212

(Offered spring semester only.)

problems from local through international
levels. Presents an evaluation of market; political and mixed
techniques in particular areas from the 18th through the 20th

making

to historical

centuries.

Prerequisite:

40.212

(Not offered on a regular basis.)

60/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

40.466

RESEARCH METHODS IN THE
SOCIAL SCIENCES
3 semester hours

This course

is

offered in the Department of Sociology

and Social Welfare and described with the sociology courses.
Prerequisites: For students of economics, 40.346 and
permission of Economics Department.

40.470

SENIOR SEMINAR
3 semester hours

Discusses current literature on economic theory and

economic policy. Students read one journal article a week on
which they write a report and make a seminar presentation.
Prerequisite: Senior standing or consent of the instructor

(Offered spring semester only.)

40.490

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN

ECONOMICS
1-3 semester hours

Provides students with an opportunity to receive individualized instruction as they pursue indepth inquiries into

previously specified subject matter of special interest within
the field of economics. Topic

and outline must be developed

with a faculty sponsor and approved by the department during
the preceding semester of residence.

(See section on Pre-Professional and Career Advisement.)

Economics Departmental

ENGLISH

WRITING FOR QUEST

20.106

2 semester hours

(Summer QUEST

students only)

Faculty

LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL

20.111

Rusinko
F.

M.

Lawrence B.

Fuller,

Susan

(assistant chairperson), Gerald H. Strauss,

Louis

Professors William

Thompson

Baillie,

(chairperson); Associate Professors

3 semester hours

A study of varieties of language, verbal and non-

M. Dale

Anderson, William D. Eisenberg, Ronald A. Ferdock,

Nancy

INTERACTION

their

communicative and

social functions.

Not applicable toward a major

E. Gill, Ervene F. Gulley, Glenn E. Sadler, Riley

B. Smith; Assistant Professors Mary G. Bernath, M. A.
Rafey Habib, S. Michael McCully, Robert G. Meeker,
Marion B. Petrillo, Danny L. Robinson.

and

verbal,

in English.

PRACTICAL GRAMMAR AND
USAGE

20.112

3 semester hours

A study of grammatical forms, rules, and accepted

B.A. in English

usage of current written standard English, with practical
application to develop skills toward the

20.120, 220, 221, 222, 223, 363, 493

diction, sentence structure,

20.301 or 302

One course from

course from 20.341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 360, 370,

in English.

WORLD LITERATURE I

20.120

3 semester hours

381,482
Three 300-level or 400-level English Department

A survey of important literary works of the

litera-

Western world from the Old Testament and
Greece through the Renaissance.

ture courses

Minor

improvement of

style.

Not applicable toward a major

20.311, 312, 411,413

20.488, 489, or 490

One

and

in English:

WORLD LITERATURE H

20.121

20.120 World Literature
20.221 British Writers

I

3 semester hours

(3 semester hours)

II (3

20.223 American Literature

A survey of important literary works of the

semester hours)
II (3

classical

Western world from the 17th century

semester hours)

20.363 Shakespeare (3 semester hours) and
two English Department courses (6 semester hours) at the
300-400 level, excluding courses not applicable to the

THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE

20.131

3 semester hours

Arts and Sciences major in English

New
Journalism: See Mass Communications Department

Examination of literary types found in the Old and
Testaments and their profound influence on Western

culture.

Not applicable toward a major

programs and courses.

in English.

INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE

20.151

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

to the present.

3 semester hours
English

A basic course exploring literature as experience

(Code 20)

The student must take English 20.101 and
20.200 or 201 (6 semester hours) or, if selected on basis
of admission criteria, the student takes English 20.104

and the techniques by which it communicates in short
story, novel, drama, and poem.
Not applicable toward a major in English.

FOLKLORE

20.153

3 semester hours

A survey of such traditional forms of oral literature

only (three semester hours).

as epic, ballad, folksong, folktale, and superstitions exam-

COMPOSITION I

20.101
to

3 semester hours

Study and practice of the principles of composition
improve proficiency in writing skills.

20.104

HONORS COMPOSITION

ined in terms of origin, transmission, and influence on
literature.

Not applicable toward a major
20.200

3 semester hours

WRITING PROFICIENCY
EXAMINATION

Similar to 20.101 but offered only to freshmen

exempted from 20.101 on the basis of admission
Students

who

successfully complete 20.104 are

from 20.200 and 201.

criteria.

exempt

3 semester hours

A series of compositions written

Prerequisite: 20.101

AND SCIENCES

under examina-

on topics provided by the staff. Faculty
consultations and a writing laboratory are available for
tion conditions

students in the course.

62/COLLEGE OF ARTS

in English.

COMPOSITION H

20.201

writing non-fiction, fiction, and poetry for children.
Prerequisite: 20.351 or

3 semester hours

An

alternative to English 200, Writing Proficiency

352 or permission of

instructor

Examination. Includes a series of themes, a long paper,

and practice
skills

in library research to reinforce

acquired in Composition

and expand

CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION

20.301

3 semester hours

I.

Original creative

Prerequisite: 20.101

by the

BRITISH WRITERS

20.220

instructor

work

and the class

in fiction; critical analysis
in

group discussion.

I

ADVANCED COMPOSITION

20.302

3 semester hours

A survey of selections from Chaucer through

3 semester hours

Designed

Boswell and Johnson.

develop in the student a greater

to

mastery over the elements of writing. Attention

BRITISH WRITERS

20.221

H

to the

is

given

problem of evaluating writing.

3 semester hours

Prerequisite:

60 semester hours completed

A survey of selections from Wordsworth through
CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY

20.303

Eliot.

3 semester hours

AMERICAN LITERATURE I

20.222

Lecture and discussion concerning the fundamental
theory and techniques of poetry writing together with

3 semester hours

A survey of American literature from its colonial
beginnings through the Civil
writers of the

War

writing and evaluation of

in

a workshop situation.

American Renaissance.

THEORY AND PRACTICE

20.306

AMERICAN LITERATURE II

20.223

poems

Prerequisite: 20.280

with emphasis on the

OF WRITING
3 semester hours

3 semester hours

A survey of American literature from

the Civil

An

War

through the modern era.

introduction to

new

theories of writing and the

teaching of writing including both study of and practice in

methods the theories require. Recommended for
in English but open to all
students interested in advanced work in writing.
the

LITERATURE AND SOCIETY

20.231

secondary education students

3 semester hours
Readings to consider purposes, characteristics,

Prequisite:



45 semester hours completed



and values of specific areas such as business,
psychology, and science from a humanistic perspective.
Not applicable toward a major in English.
issues,

STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH

20.311

3 semester hours

A study of the sound patterns, morphology, word

POPULAR LITERATURE

20.232, 233

formation processes, semantics, and syntax of modern
English, and of children's acquisition of their

3 semester hours

Study of one type of popular
examination of

its

literature,

forms, conventions, and ideas. Course

content, determined

by

first

language.

with

Prerequisite:

45 semester hours completed

instructor, will vary. Possible

topics include detective fiction, science fiction, literature

20.312

HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH

LANGUAGE

of terror, and popular drama.

Not applicable toward a major

in

3 semester hours

English.

A survey of the major developments in the English
20.251

LITERARY GENRES

language from

3 semester hours
Literary form as a vehicle for expression of ideas.

20.280

POETRY

present

IDEAS IN LITERATURE
3 semester hours

An examination

WRITING CHILDREN'S
LITERATURE

to the

60 semester hours completed, or

its

aims, forms, and substance.

20.300

Anglo-Saxon origins

permission of the instructor

20.331

3 semester hours

Exploration of the nature of poetry in terms of

its

Prerequisite:

of such recurrent concepts in

literature as freedom and fate, good and
and psychological influences.

evil,

and social

3 semester hours

Approaches and practice

in writing children's

books for publication. Consideration of various literary
types and techniques with discussion of field research in
English Department/63

RUSSIAN LITERATURE IN
TRANSLATION

20 332

Literature of the

3 semester hours

An

introduction to Russian literature from Pushkin

to Pasternak.

Readings

in

English of novels, poems,

18TH CENTURY LITERATURE

20 .344

Addison and

3 semester hours
Augustan Age in England:

Steele, Swift, Pope, Boswell,

and Johnson;

forerunners of the Romantic Revival; beginnings of the
British novel; the plays of Addison, Steele, Sheridan,

plays, and short stories.

and

Goldsmith.

LATER AMERICAN PROSE

20333

3 semester hours

20.345

19TH CENTURY LITERATURE

A study of prose work of American literature, both
and

fiction

non-fiction,

from the

late 19th

and

present, emphasizing literary merit

3 semester hours

The major poets such

century to the

social signifi-

as Wordsworth, Keats,

Tennyson, Arnold, as well as major prose writers

cance. Includes such writers as Riis, Steffens, Sinclair,

Lamb, DeQuincey, Peacock, Newman, Huxley,

Allen, E.B. White, Thurber, Baldwin, Ellison, Steinbeck,

and

Barrio,

Hazlitt,

Carlyle,

others.

and Momaday.

LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN

20 351

MAJOR AMERICAN WRITERS

20.334

3 semester hours

A study of the development of the various types of

3 semester hours

A study of major American writers instrumental in

Consideration of criteria for

literature for children.

shaping and interpreting the American experience.

selecting literature for the classroom

Writers included will vary with each presentation of the

suggestions for presenting literary works in the elemen-

course.

tary classroom.

Prerequisite:

MAJOR BRITISH

20.336, 337, 338

and the

library,

60 semester hours completed. Not

applicable toward an Arts and Sciences major in English.

WRITERS
3 semester hours

20.352

LITERATURE FOR YOUNG ADULTS

A study of major British writers instrumental in

3 semester hours

shaping and interpreting British literature and the British

mind and experience. Writers included

will vary with

each presentation of the course.

Critical discussion of literature

adult readers or popular with them.

aimed

at

Works by

young
writers

such as S.E. Hinton, Robert Cormier, Judy Blume, and
Paul Zindel. Consideration of literary works for the

EARLY AND MIDDLE ENGLISH
LITERATURE

20.341

secondary classroom with attention to the topic of
censorship.

3 semester hours

A study of Beowulf and other English works in
translation

and medieval chronicles and romances
Gawain and the Green Knight and Le Morte

including Sir

Prerequisite:

60 semester hours completed. Not

applicable toward an Arts and Sciences major in English.

30360

EARLY ENGLISH DRAMA

a" Arthur.

3 semester hours
Early native drama including miracle and mystery

20.342

16TH CENTURY LITERATURE
3 semester hours

The non-dramatic prose and verse of the period
emphasizing the

last quarter

plays, morality plays,

dramatists:

and

interludes. Elizabethan

Heywood, Marlowe, Kyd, Jonson, Webster,

Middleton, and Ford.

of the century. Includes the

MODERN DRAMA

humanists: Erasmus, More, Castiglione, Elyot, Ascham;

20.362

Renaissance forms and ideas

3 semester hours
Major Continental, English, and American plays
from Ibsen to Beckett with emphasis on contemporary
attitudes, themes, and structure as contrasted with those of

in

Lyly, Sidney, Spenser,

Daniel, Drayton, Shakespeare, Marlowe,

Chapman,

Greene, and others.

20.343

17TH CENTURY LITERATURE

the traditional dramatists.

3 semester hours
Poetry and prose beginning with Jonson. The rival
traditions of

Donne and Jonson

20363

SHAKESPEARE

in such poets as Herbert,

Vaughan, Quarles, Cowley, Herrick, and Marvell.
Principal prose writers: Burton, Browne, Taylor, Fuller,
Baxter, Bunyan, and Dryden.

3 semester hours
Study of Shakespeare's plays with emphasis on
Shakespeare as poet and playwright and with attention
conditions of the Elizabethan theater and the history of
the Shakespearean text.

64/COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

to

THE ENGLISH NOVEL

20.370

grammar, applications of theory

History and development of the novel in England

from

its

as

grammar

inception to the end of the 19th century.

developments in fictional

art,

SOCIETY
3 semester hours

Emphasizes

A review of social, political, and philosophical

particularly realism,

naturalism, impressionism, and expressionism. Begins

with early realists and

moves through

60 semester hours completed

LANGUAGE IN AMERICAN

20.413
3 semester hours

A study of major modern novelists.

of language

in schools.

Prerequisite:

MODERN NOVEL

20.372

to patterns

acquisition; current adaptations of theory for presentation

3 semester hours

perspectives on the historical development and current
status of English

the writings of

Mann, Proust, Lawrence, Kafka, Woolf, Joyce, and/or one
or two others of the instructor's choice.

and other languages

in

American

society.

Prerequisite:

60 semester hours completed

(See section on Pre-Professional and Academic

AMERICAN NOVEL

20.373

Advisement.)

3 semester hours

The development of

the novel in

America from

its

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN
ENGLISH

20.440

beginning to the present with an emphasis on form,
theme, and literary and social movements and some
attention to parallel

developments

in the

European novel.

SHORT STORY
3 semester hours
A study of the history, characteristics, and tech-

20.374

Prerequisite:

3-6 semester hours
60 semester hours completed

MILTON

20.482

3 semester hours

The poetry and prose of John Milton.

niques of the modern short story through reading and

analyzing representative samples of the genre.

SEMINAR

20.488, 489, 490

3 semester hours

MODERN POETRY

20.380

Independent study with an opportunity to explore a
3 semester hours

An introduction

to contemporary poetic move-

ments through study of Emily Dickinson, T.S. Eliot, E.E.
Cummings, Robert Lowell, Allen Ginsberg, Thomas
Hardy, Gerard Manley Hopkins, W.B. Yeats, W.H.

literary subject

the course is offered.
Prerequisite:

CHAUCER

3 semester hours

(Offered spring semester only.)

HONORS SEMINAR

20.491

Chaucer's major poetry with practice in speaking
and reading Middle English and an emphasis on
Chaucer's literary achievement and his humanism.

3 semester hours

Independent study of a
student's

3 semester hours

literary topic

approved

prior consultation with the instructor, derived

BLAKE AND YEATS

20.383

60 semester hours completed. Open

to non-English majors.

Auden, Dylan Thomas, and other poets.
20.381

not offered in regularly scheduled courses.

Content, determined by the instructor, varies each time

work

in other

Prerequisite:

in

from the

English courses.

60 semester hours completed and

approval of instructor

A study of two great poets united by their search
for a vision

the

most

and by having created in this search perhaps
and complete mythological systems in

20.492

LITERARY CRITICISM
3 semester hours

original

English literature.

Examination of major

critics

from Artistotle to the

present, emphasizing the application of critical principles

LITERARY STUDY ABROAD

20.400

to

primary genres of drama, poetry, and novel.

3 semester hours

Prerequisite:

60 semester hours completed

A travel-study course for English majors and nonmajors concentrating on a writer or literary problem in the
perspective of their disciplines. Includes meetings with
writers

and scholars and use of native sources and

resources. Area of emphasis

is

determined by the

instructor.

20.493

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LITERARY
RESEARCH
3 semester hours
Methods of literary scholarship and study of book

production with practice in preparing specialized bibliographies and in planning scholarly projects.

20.411

MODERN LINGUISTIC THEORY
3 semester hours

Prerequisite:

(Offered

fall

60 semester hours completed
semester only.)

A survey of modern developments in linguistics
with special attention to transformational-generative

English Department/65

RHETORIC OF LITERATURE

20.494

Minor

in

Geography (18 semester hours):

3 semester hours

A systematic study of the major rhetorical devices
used by writers in the various

Hours including 41.105, 258, 301, 302

the nature

literary genres:

and range of rhetorical designs from the shortest commu-

whole composition; definitions of
concepts; identification and location of these language
devices in representative works of drama, prose, and
poetry; description of functions and analysis of communi-

Geography and Earth Science:

B.S. in

nications to the

cation effects on the reading audience.
Prerequisite:

60 semester hours completed

141, 271; Chemistry 52.111, 112, 113; Physics 54.111,

Not applicable toward

requirements of English major and minor programs.

60 semester hours completed. Open
English majors and others by departmental permission.
Prerequisite:

to

Science Consortium; Mathematics 53.175 plus two
courses selected from 53.112, 113, 123, 124, 125, 126,

1-6 semester hours

A work-study program.

355, 261, 262, 360, 365, 369, 370, 453, 461, 462, 468,

470, 475, and approved courses offered by the Marine

ENGLISH INTERNSHIP

20.497

Earth Science 51.101, 102, 111, 112,253,255,
259; plus three additional courses elected from 51.105,

112

A maximum of 9 semester hours from the Marine
Science Consortium

may be

applied. See Marine Science

for additional electives in earth science.

GEOGRAPHY AND EARTH
B.S. in Geology:

SCIENCE

Earth Science 51.101, 102,111, 112,261,262,
360, 365, 369, 370, or 470, 468, 493; Mathematics

Faculty

53.175, 141, 123, 124, or 125, 126, 175; Chemistry

52.111,112, 113; Physics 54.111, 112, or 211, 212

Duane D. Braun, Wendelin R. Frantz (chairperson), Lee C. Hopple, James T. Lorelli, Brian A. Johnson;
Associate Professors Norman M. Gillmeister, James R.

Professors

Lauffer, Lavere

W. McClure, Mark

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

A. Hornberger,

Joseph R. Pifer; Assistant Professors John

J.

Serff, Jr.,

Geography
(Code 41)

Dale Ann Springer, George E. Stetson

WORLD PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

41.101

B.A

Geography and Earth Science:

in

3 semester hours
Studies earth-sun relationships, land masses,

Option

I -

41.101, 102; 24 semester hours in

courses with code

number 41.

oceans, landforms, weather and climate, and natural
resources as elements and controls related to the adjust-

(Emphasis on Urban and Regional Planning); 21 semester hours required in planning including

ments man makes to

41.105, 150, 350, 497, and 498.

41.102

Option

II -

his environment.

WORLD CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY

15 semester hours from 41.101, 221, 258, 302, 310, 315,

363,51.105;

3 semester hours
Demonstrates the relationship of man, land,

19 semester hours from 09.231, 25.103, 41.242, 41.264,

culture,

and economic

activities.

53.141,53.175;
3 semester hours from 40.211, 212, 316, 410;

6 semester hours from 44.101, 452;
3 semester hours from 45.211, 213, 316, 457, 468
Option III - (Emphasis on Environmental Plan-

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND

41.105

CHOICES
3 semester hours
Examines contemporary environmental resource

ning); 33 semester hours required in planning including

issues within a values, ethics, and decision-making

41.150, 258, 301, 302, 497, 498, 44.452;

framework.

6 semester hours from 41.101, 105, 125, 310, 315,
51.105 Note: Only one 100-level course may be

41.125



WEATHER AND CLIMATE

selected.

3 semester hours

15 semester hours from 09.231, 25.103, 53.141, 175,

Studies the interrelationships between the elements

41.242,264;

of weather and climate; the functional application of these

6 semester hours from 40.415, 44.456, 50.351, 51.370,

elements

54.105

realms.

66/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

is

elaborated upon through a study of climatic

ELEMENTS OF PLANNING

41.150

41.281-289

SPECIAL TOPICS IN GEOGRAPHY

3 semester hours

3 semester hours
Present areas of geographic interest to a general

Acquaints students with the philosophy of planning, the roles of the planner, and planning objectives.

audience.

GEOGRAPHY OF UNITED STATES
AND CANADA

41.200

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

41.301

3 semester hours

An examination of contemporary

3 semester hours
Presents a spatial analysis of the United States and

Canada emphasizing such concepts as environmental perception and sequent occupancy; considers salient problems within geographic regions in terms of genesis and

manage-

ment.

LAND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

41.302

3 semester hours

potential for solution.

GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE

41.201

water resource

issues related to environmental planning and

An

3 semester hours

examination of selected land-related issues and

problems with the objective of identifying appropriate

Studies Europe's physical characteristics, topogra-

management techniques.

phy, transportation systems, resources, populations, and

POPULATION GEOGRAPHY

41.310

trade.

3 semester hours

GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA

41.202

Analyzes physical, human, and economic factors

which influence the changing pattern of the

3 semester hours
Examines Latin America as a major geographic
region in terms of those economic, racial, and cultural
forms that have provided regional unity and diversity.

political

map

of the world.

ADVANCED PLANNING

41350

3 semester hours

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

41.221

Presents the development of the skills and tech-

3 semester hours

Reviews major economic

activities;

nificant characteristics, location theory,

niques used in analysis, goal setting, plan preparation, and

focuses on sig-

and

implementation of urban and regional planning processes

and

spatial

activities.

patterns.

URBAN GEOGRAPHY

41 363

MAP SKILLS

41.242

3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Uses a variety of published maps for interpreting
and interrelating past and present physical and cultural
phenomena with a view toward the future.

Provides a conceptual and methodological frame-

work

in

41.370

LANDFORMS

41.253

3 semester hours

Studies dynamic, tectonic, and gradational forces,
which in conjunction with climate and biologic forces,
have shaped the earth into its present form and continu-

ously refashion and modify

it.

CLIMATOLOGY

41.256

which

to

view the process of urbanization.

RURAL SETTLEMENT AND
LAND USE
3 semester hours
Investigates the major pattern of rural setdement

and land use and the processes involved
changing American rural landscape.
41.475

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN

GEOGRAPHY

3 semester hours

Analyzes climate (temperature, moisture, pressure,
wind,

air

1-3 semester hours

masses, and storms) and the worldwide distribu-

tion of climates.

Provides independent, investigative research
oriented to studies of specific geographical problems.
Prerequisite:

41.258

in explaining the

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

in

Open

to juniors

and seniors majoring

geography.

3 semester hours
Identifies resource

management and environmental

41.497

problems and offers possible alternative solutions for

12 semester hours

these problems.

Involves the placement of a student
in the

41.264

INTERNSHIP IN PLANNING

APPLIED CARTOGRAPHY

geography and

enrolled

semester, during which time the student will be actively

Fundamental principles, use of graphic media,
methods of construction, use and interpretation of maps,
in

is

environmental planning into a planning office for one

4 semester hours

models, charts, and diagrams, utilized

who

course of study in urban/regional planning or

involved in the functions and activities of that planning
office.
in

urban and regional planning.

Geography and Earth Science Department/67

41.498

PLANNING SEMINAR

INTRODUCTORY ENGINEERING

51.173

GRAPHICS

3 semester hours
Provides an opportunity for reporting and analyz-

1

An introduction to

ing experiences in internship. Integrates and utilizes
practice in the

development of land use from an urban or

environmental perspective. Taken in coordination with

graphic practices including the theory of multi-view and
isometric projection, auxiliaries, sections, and standard

dimensioning procedures.

the internship in urban/regional planning (41.497).

semester hour

the fundamentals of standard

Two hours

lecture/laboratory

per week.

Earth Science and Geology
(Code 51)

(Offered

semester only.)

ENGINEERING DESIGN GRAPHICS

51.174

FIELD APPLICATIONS OF EARTH

51.100

1

SCIENCE
to

QUEST summer program

Introduction to Engineering Graphics to the solution and

students only.

analysis of engineering problems

design. Required for

not applicable toward a degree in earth science.

all

engineering program.

PHYSICAL GEOLOGY

51.101

semester hour

Applies concepts and techniques acquired in

3 semester hours

Open
Is

fall

and

in engineering

students enrolled in the pre-

Two hours lecture/laboratory per

week.

3 semester hours

(Offered spring semester only.)

Studies the landscape in relation to the structure of
the earth's crust; agents at
classification

and

work

to

change landforms;

optional lab; afternoon field trip

is

3 semester hours

Studies the atmosphere via the use of gas laws and

underlying principles of atmospheric change. The field

required.)

trip

HISTORICAL GEOLOGY

51.102

METEOROLOGY

51.255

interpretation of rocks. (1 credit

component of this course may include

additional

student costs of approximately $20 for air fare.

3 semester hours

Examines the evolution of earth and

life

on earth as

OCEANOGRAPHY

51.259

3 semester hours

interpreted from rock and fossil evidence; particular

emphasis placed on the geologic history of North Amer-

Provides an introduction to the geologic, chemical,

(1 credit optional lab; afternoon field trip required.)

and physical aspects of the ocean basins. Emphasizes
ocean basin structure, topographic features, wave motion,

ica.

51.105

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY

current circulation, and methods of investigation.

weekend

3 semester hours

field trip is

One

encouraged.

Application of geologic knowledge to environ-

mental concerns. Emphasizes mineral, energy,

soil,

and

hazardous to mankind.

An

Reviews

is

51.111

PHYSICAL GEOLOGY

4 semester hours

the origin, occurrence,

characteristics of

afternoon field trip with a

nominal fee

MINERALOGY

51.261

water resources along with earth processes that are

common

and identifying

minerals. Stresses both

megascopic and microscopic techniques. Three hours
class and 2 hours laboratory per week.

required.

(Offered

fall

semester only.)

LABORATORY
semester hour

1

51.262

PETROLOGY

4 semester hours

Presents megascopic and petrographic analysis and

Presents an introduction to the practice of funda-

mental geology laboratory techniques including qualita-

identification of rocks with

and quantitative analysis. Two hours laboratory per
week. (It is recommended that it be taken concurrently

and associations. Three hours class and 2 hours laboratory per week.

tive

with 51.101.)

emphasis on

field occurrences

Prerequisite: 51.261

(Offered spring semester only.)

51.112

HISTORICAL GEOLOGY

LABORATORY

51.355
1 semester

hour

3 semester hours

Provides an interpretation of earth history through
the identification

and evolution of the rock and

it

hours per week.

(It is

recommended

be taken concurrently with 51.102.)

68/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

Presents observation and analysis of data for under-

standing and predicting the complexities of the atmos-

fossil

record and through the interpretation of geologic maps.

Two laboratory

SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY

that

phere.
Prerequisite: 5 1 .255 or consent of instructor

INTRODUCTION TO

51.360

problems encountered.

PALEONTOLOGY

Prerequisite: Mineralogy, 51.261 or consent of

4 semester hours
Introduces students to

methods

in

modem

concepts and

paleobiology using examples from various

groups of organisms important in the

instructor

FUNDAMENTALS OF
PETROLEUM GEOLOGY

51.462

fossil record. Field

3 semester hours

an integral component of course.

trips are

Presents an introduction to petroleum,

Prerequisite: 51.102 or 50.211 or consent of

ties, origin,

instructor

GEOMORPHOLOGY

51.365

its

proper-

accumulation, exploration, and exploitation.

STRATIGRAPHY AND

51.468

4 semester hours

SEDIMENTATION

Study of the origin of landforms with emphasis on
the geologic processes

and structures

landforms and applications of landform analysis.

A two-

day weekend field trip is required. Three hours class and
2 hours laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: 51.101 or consent of instructor

(Offered

fall

Studies processes and agents which erode, trans-

and deposit sediments and the geologic interpretaThree hours class and 2 hours
laboratory per week.

port,

tion of the resulting rocks.

(Offered

semester only.)

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY

51.369

4 semester hours

that generate the

3 semester hours
Covers groundwater flow theory, well hydraulics

Analyzes rock deformation based upon the

from

field investigations.

and the

utilization of data

Three hours class and 2 hours

laboratory per week.

semester only.)

GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY

51.470

4 semester hours
principles of rock mechanics

fall

exploration techniques, development of groundwater

and prevention or correction of groundwater
One-or two- day field trip required. Two hours

supplies,

pollution.

(Offered spring semester only.)

class

and 2 hours laboratory per week.
(Offered every other spring only.)

HYDROLOGY

51.370

3 semester hours
Study of water movement upon and within the
earth with emphasis on calculations used in flood forecasting, surface water supply,

Two hours class and 2

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN EARTH
SCIENCE

51.475

and groundwater supply.

1-3 semester hours

Provides an opportunity for student research in

hours laboratory per week.

(Offered every other spring only.)

various areas of earth science. Research

is

conducted

under supervision of a faculty member.

FIELD TECHNIQUES IN EARTH

51.451

Prerequisite: 21 semester hours in earth science.

SCIENCE

(See section on Pre-Professional and Career
6 semester hours

Advisement)

Provides intensive field and laboratory training in
the use of

equipment and techniques

in the areas of

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH

51.493

geology, hydrology, and cartography. Field trips are
integral

and

vital

3 semester hours

segments of the course.

Prerequisite:

15 credit hours in earth science

Provides for library and/or field research in
geology.

courses or consent of instructor.

(Offered

summers

Prerequisite: 51.261, 262, 468, or consent of

only.)

instructor

PROGRAMMING AND OPERATION

51.453

INTERNSHIP IN EARTH SCIENCE

51.496

OF THE PLANETARIUM

3-15 semester hours
Provides for a work-study program available only

3 semester hours

Provides an intensive study in the methods of
effective educational use of the planetarium as a teaching

to juniors

and seniors majoring

in earth science.

minor

in earth science.

plicable toward major or

Not ap-

and motivational device as well as supervised training and

MARINE SCIENCE CONSORTIUM

practice in the operation, use, and maintenance of the

planetarium equipment.

Courses

MINERAL RESOURCES

51.461

3 semester hours
Studies both metallic and nonmetallic mineral

Emphasizes the origin of deposits, exploration,
and exploitation methods used, and environmental

deposits.

summer by

the

in

marine science are offered during the

Marine Science Consortium. This

program sponsored by several Pennsylvania
sities.

majors

The courses
in

is

a joint

state univer-

are acceptable for elective credit in

biology and earth science.

Geography and Earth Science Department/69

HEALTH, PHYSICAL
EDUCATION, AND
ATHLETICS

COURSES CURRENTLY APPROVED
(Code 55)
Note: For course descriptions and credit, see announcements of Marine Science Consortium.

Faculty

55.110

INTRODUCTION TO

55.211

FIELD

Professors Jerry

55.212

NAVIGATION
MARINE INVERTEBRATES
MARINE BIOLOGY
MANAGEMENT OF WETLAND
WILDLIFE

William

55.221
55.241
55.250

55.260
55.270
55.280
55.331

55.342
55.343

55 .344
55.345

55.364
55.398
55.420
55.431

55.458
55.459
55.498/

OCEANOGRAPHY
METHODS

MARINE ECOLOGY
SCUBA DIVING
FIELD BIOLOGY
CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
MARINE BOTANY
ICHTHYOLOGY
ANATOMY OF MARINE
CHORDATES
ORNITHOLOGY
MARINE GEOLOGY
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OF
MARINE ORGANISMS
MARINE MICROPALEONTOLOGY
ECOLOGY OF MARINE PLANKTON
EXPLORATION METHODS IN
MARINE GEOLOGY
COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY
TOPICS IN MARINE SCIENCE

J.

Medlock

(chairperson),

Roger Sanders,

Sproule; Associate Professors Joan

M. Auten,

Charles Chronister, Ronald E. Puhl, Burton T. Reese,

Henry C. Turberville, Jr.; Assistant Professors Mary
M. Hinkle, Linda LeMura;
Instructors Steve Goodwin, Sheila Martucci, Tom
Martucci, Sharon O'Keefe, Carl Poff, David R. Rider

Gardner, Susan Hibbs, Carl

The Department of Health, Physical Education, and
community by providing

Athletics serves the student

academic credit

to fulfill the university's general educa-

tion requirement. Credit is granted for participation in

physical activities courses designed to be of life-long
benefit to the individual in the areas of fitness, recreation,

and survival.

A new interdisciplinary bachelor's degree program
is

available in adult health; an area of concentration

provided

in

elementary education. The

is

HPEA Depart-

ment cooperates in several career concentrations including community recreation leader and outdoor leadership
and program administration.
Students over 29 years of age must have medical
clearance before taking vigorous physical activity
courses.

598
55.500

55.510

PROBLEMS IN MARINE SCIENCE
OCEANOGRAPHY I (In-Service

B.S. in Adult Health:

Teachers)
55.511

OCEANOGRAPHY n (In-Service

Requirements: 35-41 hours of interdisciplinary

Teachers)
55.520
55.530
55.540

55.570

MARINE MICROBIOLOGY
COASTAL SEDIMENTATION
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
EDUCATION
RESEARCH CRUISE BIOLOGY,
GEOLOGY, POLLUTION

courses including 48.101; 45.211; 50.231, 173, 174,230,

205; 05.298, 250, or 350; 28.292; 05.321, 411, 377, 477;

and 93.344 or 50.282
Selectoneof48.251,311,380,or476
Select one of 05.430; 28.290; or 50.254

-

Internship: 45.496-Practicum in an adult or elderly
setting.

A humanities minor in art, English, history, music,
philosphy, theater, or a broad area cluster (24 credits) of
selected courses at the 300-400 level also

is

required.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Health Physical Education and Athletics

(Code 05)
05.149

AQUATICS
1

For non-swimmer

-

semester hour

provides opportunity to

make

and mental adjustment to water. Introduces basic skills as provided by the American Red
the proper physical

70/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

Cross with specific emphasis on becoming safe

in,

on, or

BOWLING

05.232

about a body of water.

1

semester hour

1

semester hour

1

semester hour

Fee required.

AQUATICS

05.150

1

Same content as

semester hour

05.233

BADMINTON

05.234

GOLF

05. 149 but adapted for beginning

skills.

INTERMEDIATE AQUATICS

05.151

1

Reviews basic

skills;

semester hour

introduces advanced skills

and swimming strokes wtih emphasis on form and
efficiency, elementary rescue, and aquatic games.

SWIMNASTICS

05.155

1

semester hour

An

introductory course designed to develop basic

Rules, techniques, etiquette, and an emphasis on

skills.

skill practice are stressed.

Fee may be required.

05.235

RIFLERY

1

semester hour

05.236

VOLLEYBALL

1

semester hour

05.237

MODIFIED PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Assists students to attain and maintain physical
fitness through

water

activities.

1

HEALTH AND THE NATURE
OF MANKIND

05.160

3 semester hours

RACQUETBALL-HANDBALL

05.238

A survey of a variety of health topics inclduing
human

semester hour

(For approved students only.)

1

semester hour

1

semester hour

sexuality, mental health, substance abuse, fitness,

nutrition, cancer, death,

and dying.

CPR AND SAFETY

05.200

1

may be

SQUARE DANCE

05.240

SLIMNASTICS AND FITNESS

semester hour

Designed for completion of Red Cross CPR
certification and to develop a safety awareness expertise
for accident prevention. (Fee

05.239

required.)

1

semester hour

Helps students develop an awareness and understanding of their physical
teaches them

how

to

self,

improve

and

their capabilities,

and

their physical condition.

Exercise and body mechanics are included.

05.214

FENCING

1

semester hour

05.217

BICYCLING

1

semester hour

JUDO SELF-DEFENSE

05.241

1

semester hour

A standard introductory course for novice bicycle
aspirants

who have

access to a variable speed bicycle.

PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL
ASPECTS OF ATHLETIC COACHING

05.242

Local touring will be undertaken as part of the course.

3 semester hours

Local bicycle rentals are available.

Presents basic anatomical and physiological factors

TENNIS

05.219

1

semester hour

A beginning course that teaches basic stroke
execution, strategy, and court etiquette.

affecting

movement, endurance,

strength,

and condition-

ing in sports; studies equipment, training, treatment of
injuries, safety

problems, and medical research relating

to

athletics.

CREATIVE DANCE

05.222

FITNESS DANCE

05.224

Attempts
endurance

in

to

1

semester hour

05.243

BACKPACKING

1

semester hour

1

semester hour

05.244

ORIENTEERING

1

semester hour

05.245

CANOEING

1

semester hour

05.246

BEGINNING SKIN AND SCUBA
DIVING

provide a method of cardiovascular

a particular interest area.

05.228

GYMNASTICS

05.230

WEIGHT TRAINING AND FITNESS

1

1

Develops knowledge and

semester hour

1

semester hour

1

semester hour

semester hour

skill in

and appreciation

of weight training and conditioning programs.

05.247

ROCK CLIMBING

Provides actual rock climbing experiences for the

beginning rock climbing enthusiast. Introduces basic

05.231

ARCHERY

1

semester hour

Health, Physical Education, and Athletics/71

This course

knowledge,

skills,

and

practical application of climbing.

Serves as a foundation for further experiences in

this area

encountered;

BASIC SAILING

1 semester

hour

it

may be

prepares the individual to teach as well as

TECHNIQUES OF COACHING AND

05.260

OFFICIATING SWIMMING

A beginning course that includes terminology,

3 semester hours

maneuvering under normal and severe weather conditions, seamanship, boating, and safety. Swimming ability

Presents techniques of coaching, swimming,

and rule interpretations and duties of officials.

diving,

required.

SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING

05.249

intended to give prospective coaches

coach wrestling.

of recreation.

05.248

is

an insight into the problems and situations that

1

EXERCISE AND YOU

05.270

semester hour

(3 contact hours)

Provides students with a basic background in the

fundamentals

skills, strokes,

2 semester hours

and movement progressions

Studies appropriate physiological functions,
exercise physiology, mechanical implications, and fitness

involved in developing a basic routine.

measurement. Reviews procedures and practical applica-

ADVANCED LIFESAVING

05.250

tion through

programmed

exercise.

2 semester hours
Provides an opportunity to attain an American

Red

INTERMEDIATE ARCHERY

05.271

Cross Advanced Lifesaving Certificate.

1

semester hour

Provides the opportunity for the student to develop

TECHNIQUES OF COACHING AND
OFFICIATING BASEBALL

05.251

3 semester hours

shooting

skills.

INTERMEDIATE BOWLING

05.272

Classroom-laboratory courses dealing with an overall

view of baseball administration, organization, fundamental skills, drills, and techniques of umpiring.

TECHNIQUES OF COACHING AND
OFFICIATING BASKETBALL

05.252

3 semester hours

1

Attempts

develop advanced

relationship,

and

Provides instruction in the techniques and strategy

involved in improving the individual

1

Attempts

to

semester hour

improve the student's tennis

skills.

INTERMEDIATE VOLLEYBALL

05.275

OFFICIATING FIELD HOCKEY
3 semester hours
Instruction in techniques of coaching

and

semester hour

Studies the development and history of volleyball.

Attempts to improve fundamental

skills,

team play, and

strategy through participation.

officiat-

the phases of field hockey.

INTERMEDIATE JUDO

05.276

1

TECHNIQUES OF COACHING AND
OFFICIATING CROSS COUNTRY,

05.256

of the student.

INTERMEDIATE TENNIS

05.274

TECHNIQUES OF COACHING AND

all

skills

be required.

1

ing

and knowledge

program organization and administration,

officiating.

05.254

skill

INTERMEDIATE GOLF

05.273

3 semester hours
Instruction in techniques of coaching, player-coach

semester hour

of bowling. Fee required.

Fee may

TECHNIQUES OF COACHING AND
OFFICIATING FOOTBALL

05.253

to

semester hour

Provides student's an opportunity to develop higher
levels of skill

compentencies

in judo.

TRACK AND FIELD
3 semester hours

05.290

SPECIAL TOPICS
1-3 semester hours

Analysis of technique and the development of
personal

skills.

Knowledge provided

for

development of

a sound track program. Rules, starting, officiating,
scoring,

and

facility

Topics

course will be announced

in the

scheduling bulletin prior to each semester.

use will be discussed.

05.298
05.257

in this

TECHNIQUES OF COACHING AND
OFFICIATING WRESTLING
3 semester hours

FITNESS AND WELLNESS
3 semester hour

Provides learners with the tools for lifelong
healthful living. Personal health profiles, mental health,

personal fitness programs, stress management, nutritional,

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AND SCIENCES

functions under stress and the adjustment and regulatory

of the body during exercise; development of a

and environmental health topics are explored. Successful
completion of the course will fulfill one credit of the

activities

physical education requirement.

and physical performance.

METHODS AND MATERIALS IN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PHYSICAL

05.311

working knowledge of assessments, motor

ADAPTED PHYSICAL EDUCATION

05.411

3 semester hours

EDUCATION

Reviews
3 semester hours

Provides principles and procedures to meet the

characteristics,

by teachers

to

and practice in techniques used
recognize and meet problems of the handithe study

capped.

needs and interests of elementary-age children in the area

TECHNIQUES IN HEALTH AND
PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR
SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS

05.420

of physical education.

HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

05.320

3 semester hours

3 semester hours
Provides students with health knowledge and
training in the areas of elementary school environment

Presents sound principles and procedures for

meeting physical, emotional, and social needs of the
mentally retarded.

and health appraisal techniques for teaching elementary
school health, the elementary school health program, and

CURRENT ISSUES IN HEALTH
EDUCATION

05.430

safety education in the elementary school.

3 semester hours

FIRST AID SAFETY

05.321

Assesses major problems which concern communi-

3 semester hours

Designed for the person

who needs

training in first

and safety. Red Cross standard, advanced, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation certifications may be obtained.

ties

today: drugs, sexually transmitted diseases, pollution,

alcohol, and suicide.

aid

METHODS AND MATERIALS IN
ADULT PHYSICAL EDUCATION

05.477

RECREATION EDUCATION

05.331

3 semester hours

3 semester hours
Presents discussion of, and practice
activities

used

in

in,

recreation

school and playground situations.

Emphasizes recreation planning, techniques of leadership,
legal liability, and trends in recreation programming.

This course emphasizes the academic and technical

knowledge necessary to conduct health and fitness
programs in public and private agencies. Students are
prepared to assume leadership and management positions
within the health and fitness industries.

SCHOOL CAMPING AND OUTDOOR
EDUCATION

05.333

HISTORY

3 semester hours
Acquaints students with the scope of organized

Faculty

camping and the acquisition of and practices in the basic
skills required of individuals involved in camping and
outdoor education training. Requires field experiences.

05.350

WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTOR

2 semester hours
Reviews the nine basic swimming strokes and
advanced lifesaving skills with an opportunity to analyze
stroke mechanics, teaching methods, and provisions. An
American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Certificate is
awarded after satisfactory completion.
Prerequisite: A valid American Red Cross
Advanced Lifesaving Certificate, 17 years of age prior to
starting date of course, sound physical condition, and a
Red Cross Swimmer's Certificate, or the ability to
perform the swimmer course

skills.

Professors Craig A. Newton, H. Benjamin Powell,

Theodore Shanoski, Ralph Smiley, James R. Sperry
(chairperson), George A. Turner; Associate Professors
Richard G. Anderson, Arthur Lysiak, Anthony J.
Sylvester; Assistant Professor

John Spurlock; Instructor

Kenneth Millen-Penn

B.A. in History:

Requirements: Thirty semester hours of history
courses with at least 15 semester credits in 300 or 400
level courses.

the

The following five history courses: 1 12 - Origins of
Modern World, 1 13 - The Modem World, 121 -

United States History: Colonial Period
05.377

ADULT EXERCISE PROGRAMMING
3 semester hours

A concentrated study of adult physiological

to

1877, 122

-

United States History: 1877 to the Present

*398

-

Research and Writing

One

Skills.

course, 3 semester credits, from any one of the

following regional history courses: 141

-

The Modem Far

History Department/73

East, 142

-

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Latin America, from European Colonization to

the Present, 144

-

Islamic and Hindu Worlds: Middle

East, India, and Malaysia, 148

History

Black Africa
One course, 3 semester credits, from any one of the
following upper division courses in American history:
-

372

-

Colonial America and the

War of Independence,

379

-

The New Nation: United

States,

1800-1845, 383

(Code 42)
Prerequisites are subject to modification by the
instructor.

-

The Shaping of Contemporary America, 1896-1941, 385
Recent American History: 1941 to the Present.

One

-

42.100

-

course, 3 semester credits, from any one of the

French Revolution and Napoleon, 319

England: The First Industrial Empire, 327

and the Dictators, 328

-

World War

II

and

-

3 semester hours

Modern
World War

ing the experiences of Americans and Western Europeans
I

since 1918. Focuses

Aftermath

the

452 - Soviet Russia.

Two courses,

dilemma of

society,

6 semester

credits, as elective

THE

Represents an analysis comparing and contrast-

-

its

IN

20TH CENTURY

following upper division courses in European history:

320

TRANSATLANTIC WORLD

from

and the

upon the decay of western

the individual in an increasingly
rise

traditions,

complex

of "technocratic" civilization.

Provides insight into roots of current events, promotes

any of the 300- or 400-level history courses.

sense of historic awareness beyond the national level, and

enhances appreciation of basic similarities and differences

recommended

*It is strongly

that students take this

among Americans and Western Europeans.

course during their junior year.

42.101

Minor

OUTLINE OF WORLD HISTORY

in History:

3 semester hours
This

Eighteen semester hours of history courses with
least

6 semester

at

history of

credits in 300- or 400-level courses.

Two courses,

modem

6 semester hours, from any of the 100-

level history courses.

Two courses, 6

mankind through

ancient, medieval,

The focus

in their political, social,

and technological dimensions.

minor provides the

for the history

42.112

ORIGINS OF MODERN WORLD
3 semester hours
Describes the political, economic, social,

a minimal background in those courses at the 100-level

lectual military forces,

basic to and required of history majors; flexibility in

mankind from

framing a minor pertinent to the student's academic

century.

one course

at least

in addition to History

42.113

an innovative approach to provide

THE MODERN WORLD

ties to enroll in history courses.

Under

the proposal, a

designated 3-semester credit history course can be offered

reduced credit value or for an increased

credit value equivalent to class time

1

-semester

and course content.

segment course" and

derivation course," are available.

course" permits a student to enroll

The
in

"satellite

"satellite

segment

a reduced portion of

a designated course for either one or two

credits.

The

"satellite derivation

course" allows a student to enroll

specially designed

-semester credit course for an

1

in

a

enrichment or concentrated study of a significant topic or

theme from the content of the 3-semester

Check

credit course.

the undergraduate schedule of courses for specific

satellite offerings

each semester.

74/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

the political, economic, social, intellec-

and technological elements of 19th and 20th century
showing the progress of the Western tradition and
the growing importance of the non- Western world.
tual,

history,

students variable choices and better scheduling opportuni-

Two approaches, "satellite

intel-

shaped the story of

3 semester hours

greater flexibility in the history curriculum and offers

at a

that

398

level.

Reviews
is

and events

the early Renaissance to the early 19th

History Satellite Program
This program

designed for

(Not offered every semester.)

exercise in independent historical research (History 398);

and

It is

of Professional Studies.

student with the following features: at least one directed

an advanced requirement

histori-

economic,

those students needing a general historical overview.

History 398, Research and Writing Skills

at

and

on great

restricted to elementary education majors in the College

or 400-level history courses

interest;

is

Course enrollment and credit toward graduation are

course, 3 semester hours, from any of the 300-

The program

an introductory global study of the

eras to the present.

movements

cultural,

semester hours, from any of the 200-

or 300-level history courses

One

cal

is

42.121

UNITED STATES HISTORY
SURVEY: COLONIAL PERIOD

TO

ISLAMIC AND HINDU WORLDS:

42.144

THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, AND
MALAYSIA

1877

3 semester hours

3 semester hours

This introductory course surveys the religious,

Presents a chronoiogicai history to 1877 with

emphasis on foreign
economic,

social,

affairs

and the evolution of political,

cultural,

economic, and

political history

of the Middle

East, North Africa, the Indian subcontinent, the

and cultural aspects.

Malay

Archipelago, and their bearing on contemporary Third

42.122

UNITED STATES HISTORY
SURVEY: 1877 TO THE
PRESENT

World problems.
(Not offered every semester.)

3 semester hours

42.208

economic, and foreign
States

affairs

from reconstruction

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN
UNITED STATES HISTORY

Presents political, social, cultural, intellectual,

developments of the United

3 semester hours

Examines selected

to the present.

issue(s) of social, political, or

foreign affairs within a historical context, describing the

42.133

THE ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL

origin, evolution, current significance,

WORLDS

American

society.

The

issue(s)

may

and importance

in

vary each semester.

3 semester hours
Presents a survey course from the Ancient Near

East to the

fall

sizing Greece,

of the

Roman Empire

Rome, and

in the

42.210

West, empha-

3 semester hours

the rise of Christianity; a study

of the people and countries of the West, which emerged
fall of the Roman Empire with an emphasis
on feudalism, manoralism, and the medieval church.

Select 20th century conflicts involving values of

and

(Not offered every semester.)

and resoand evaluated. The
selection of conflicts varies each semester.

THE MODERN FAR EAST

42.215

following the

42.141

VALUES IN CONFLICT IN 20TH
CENTURY HISTORY

the individual

his civilization are presented

lutions achieved are reviewed

GLOBAL ISSUES IN HISTORY:
A CONFLICT OF VALUES

3 semester hours
This course will focus on modern China and

3 semester hours

The course

Japan and will closely study the value system of these
peoples as reflected in their politics,

arts,

and communica-

and 20th century. Particular attention
between the old models
provided by Confucianism and Buddhism with the models
tions in the 19th
will

be paid

to the interaction

provided by the West during modernization.

is

designed to introduce students

to

and global nature of many of today's critical
issues that have far reaching consequences. Population
explosion and famine in the underdeveloped world,
the historical

energy

crisis, terrorism,

ons are

illustrative

of

and the spread of nuclear weap-

some of the

issues that will be
examined. Attention will be given to defining values as

(Not offered every semester.)

related to these issues.

42.142

LATIN AMERICA: FROM

(Not offered every semester.)

EUROPEAN COLONIZATION
TO THE PRESENT

42.222

This course

is

3 semester hours

an introductory, concise survey of

Latin American history from 1492 to the present, stressing the significant

economic and

social factors in

its

Focuses on the evolution of business from 1776
to the present,

major changes

ment from 1850

evolution.

42.143

GROWTH OF BUSINESS IN
AMERICA

3 semester hours

(Not offered every semester.)

world

BLACK AFRICA

42.223

in the post-

corporate managelife in

the managerial

1945 period.

ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE
3 semester hours

Presents a survey of the transformation of the

To understand

Sub-Saharan Africa from colonialism to

national independence.

and

UNITED STATES

3 semester hours
societies of

in the

to the present,

American economy,

the changing nature of the

this

course covers three time periods:

the commercial-agricultural age, the industrial age,
the

modern managerial

and

age. Agriculture, banking,

business administration, commerce, labor, manufacturing,

mining and transportation, social and

political factors that

contributed to changing economic relationships in the

United States are required.
History Department/75

THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE

42.224

HISTORY OF SCffiNCE

42.250

3 semester hours

The

Surveys immigration to the United States from
the colonial to present time, tracing the experience from

conditions in native lands, through the transit to America,
to settlement

years in the

and attending problems during the

new

country. Occasional case studies

illustrate the experience.

of assimilation

earlier

is

The

socio-historical

historical

the nature of scientific
to provide insight

3 semester hours
development of the sciences and
thought and method will be studied

and understanding of the

characteristics

of the sciences as well as their significance to human
progress from antiquity to the present.

(Not offered every semester.)

framework

used to describe separate eras of

HEALTH ISSUES AND HEALTH

42.255

immigration.

(Not offered every semester.)

PROFESSIONALS IN HISTORY

POPULAR CULTURE IN
AMERICA

Delineates major issues and personalities in the

3 semester hours
42.226

rise of

3 semester hours

A review of major forms of popular culture in
America from colonial beginnings
scoped to permit the
since 1920.

to the present, tele-

of the period

fullest presentation

The course blends

the continuity of values

modem

Compares and

contrasts American, Canadian, and
Western European health services. Explains the relevance
of cultural values for the theory and organization of health
care.

(Not offered every semester.)

and ideas in American culture with the dynamics of
change to which the culture constantly adjucts.
42.260

(Not offered every semester.)

THE AMERICAN WOMAN:
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND

42.227

3 semester hours

Identifies the status, roles,

and achievements of

from the colonial period

to the present.

which elevated or
American society. Discusses

historical events or trends

diminished women's roles in
the attitude of

which proceeds from the premise

the U.S.,

3 semester hours

women

SPORT AND SOCIETY IN
AMERICA
Presents a cultural approach to organized sport in

ASPIRATIONS

American
Examines

men towards women and

health care as well as ideas and attitudes

prevalent in the histories of the health professions.

tions of society.

sport and

its

Emphasizes the

rise

of the institution of

impact on business, commercialism,

leisure,

affluence, urbanism, nationalism, and the problems of

governance and law.
(Not offered every semester.)

their role so that

advancement of the latter will be perceived to result
from the interaction of sexes which produced the major
turning points of women in American History.

that sport

mirrors the values, states of technology, and the condi-

the

42.277

HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN
RELIGION

(Not offered every semester.)

3 semester hours
This surveys the ancient, medieval, and modern

MODERN WORLD LEADERS

42.229

3 semester hours

roots of contemporary Christian denominations and

movements and focuses upon key

Studies the significant world leaders in religion,

and

politics,

war, and culture and their impact upon world

religion.

history.

Focuses on different leaders each time offered

and covers a selected period from the Renaissance to the
present. Analyzes the conditions which helped produce
these leaders and will end by discussing reasons for their
success or failure. Includes only leaders

ries.

issues, personalities,

development of Christian

(Not offered every semester.)
42.281

MILITARY HISTORY I
3 semester hours

who have made

a significant contribution outside their national bounda-

42.246

historical conditions in the

Studies organized warfare from

its

origins to the

campaign of Napoleon I, concentrating on strategy
and tactics. Examines moral and social problems raised
by warefare.
last

MODERN EUROPEAN THOUGHT

(Not offered every semester.)

AND SOCIETY
3 semester hours

42.282

MILITARY HISTORY H

Relates changes in currents of thought during the

3 semester hours

period to political, economic, and social developments.

Studies organized warfare and the theory of war

Special attention given to interpretations of major intel-

from the Napoleonic age to the present, concentrating on
strategy and tactics. Examines the socio-political back-

lectual

movements.
(Not offered every semester.)

ground, especially of the two world wars and the age of
guerrilla warfare.

(Not offered every semester.)

76/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

42.318

EARLY ENGLAND: THE MAKING
OF AN ISLAND STATE

42.328

WORLD WAR n AND ITS
AFTERMATH
3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Reviews
life in

England

political,

economic,

social,

and

Surveys the European powers

cultural

diplomatic developments of

(Not offered every semester.)

of the East- West

42.319

in the late

1930s

with emphasis on the forces leading to war; military and

to the Glorious Revolution.

MODERN ENGLAND: THE FIRST
INDUSTRIAL EMPIRE

rift;

World War

II

and the causes

the reconstruction of democratic

Europe and formation of the Soviet block; European
integration and political trends in both power systems.

3 semester hours
Examines political, social, economic, and
cultural development in England from the Glorious
Revolution to the present with emphasis upon the

development of democracy, the Industrial Revolution, and
the growth and decline of the British Empire.

(Not offered every semester.)

42.347

HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST
3 semester hours
Focuses upon the major theme

Jewry from 1933

(Not offered every semester.)

-

the genesis and

implementation of the planned destruction of European
to 1945, after briefly tracing the history

of antisemitism and evaluating scope of prejudice, dis-

42.320

FRENCH REVOLUTION AND
NAPOLEON

crimination and genocide in contemporary civilization.

Includes an analysis of the literature of the Holocaust and
evaluation of the impact of the Holocaust upon

3 semester hours

Analyzes 1789-1815 era
its

in

France and assesses

day

modern

and the world Jewish community.
(Not offered every semester.)

Israel

significance for the history of France and the world.

42.112 or with the permission of

Prerequisite:

42.356

the instructor.

RUSSIA TO THE BOLSHEVIK

(Not offered every semester.)

REVOLUTION

REVOLUTIONARY EUROPE AND
THE RISE OF MODERN

Provides a survey of Russia from the beginnings

of the Russian State

TRADITIONS,

Kievan, Muscovite, and Imperial periods to the Bolshevik

3 semester hours
42.324

1600-1789
3 semester hours

Discusses the rise of the modern
political, intellectual, social,

in the 9th

century through the

Revolution of 1917.

(Not offered every semester.)

state; the

economic, and cultural

aspects of the eras of the Scientific Revolution and

42.372

COLONIAL AMERICA AND THE

Enlightenment; the establishment of European world

WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

hegemony and a world economy;

3 semester hours
Reviews European colonization in North

military interaction of the

the diplomatic

European

and

states.

(Not offered every semester.)
42.326

EUROPE

1789-1914
3 semester hours

Studies political and military events within their

economic,
settings

social, intellectual, religious,

and

(Not offered every semester.)

artistic

from the French Revolution through the Industrial

Revolution. Examines the unification of Italy and

Germany

42.379

3 semester hours
changed dramatically as the nation
began its experiment with democracy. This course
reviews the impact of the democratic experiment on
government, the economy, our culture, and society.

American

(Not offered every semester.)

WORLD WAR I AND THE
DICTATORS

Among

3 semester hours

The

origins of

systems that fought

and

tactics

The

rise

it,

World War

I

the diplomacy

and the alliance

life

subjects studied are political parties, railroads,

popular music, and anti-slavery.

and military strategy

(Offered every spring semester.)

of the war and the peace treaties of 1918-1920.

of Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler, and the lesser

dictators along with the international crises that finally

culminated

THE NEW NATION: UNITED
STATES, 1800-1845

to the diplomatic crises that led to the first

world war.

42.327

America with major attention to the establishment and
development of England's colonies, an emerging American society, and the problems which created the conflict
between the Americans and the British-resulting in the
American War of Independence.

in the

outbreak of World

stresses idealogical

War

II.

The course

and global patterns of which Euro-

pean events formed a

part.

42.383

SHAPING OF CONTEMPORARY
AMERICA, 1896-1941
3 semester hours

During these years, the United States underwent

major changes: imperialistic adventures, reluctant but

(Not offered every semester.)
History Department/!!

expectant involvement in World
twenties,"

and

War

I,

these emerges the

SOVIET RUSSIA

42.452

the "flaming

the nation's greatest depression.

3 semester hours

Out of

modern mass-centered welfare

Presents a critical analysis of the political, social,

state.

economic, and cultural evolution of the Soviet Union and

(Not offered every semester.)

a study of Soviet foreign policy.

RECENT AMERICAN HISTORY:
1941 TO THE PRESENT

42.385

Prerequisite: 42.113

(Not offered every semester.)

3 semester hours
This course
cal,

is

an examination of the major

economic, social-cultural and

politi-

PROBLEMS OF CONTEMPORARY

45.453

LATIN AMERICA

intellectual develop-

ments in the United States from 1941 to the present. Cold
War, Korea, and Vietnam, turmoil of the 1960s, nuclear
concerns, and the role of the individual in an increasingly
complex, technological society are some of the major

opments of

themes examined.

of Latin America.

3 semester hours
Analyzes recent events or movements that may
indicate recurrence of historical problems or major develinternational significance in selected countries

Prerequisite: 3 semester hours in history

(Not offered every semester.)

(Not offered every semester.)

PENNSYLVANIA

42.388

3 semester hours
Examines major contributions of Pennsylvania to
national life, relations between state and national move-

HISTORY OF LABOR IN
THE UNITED STATES

42.472

3 semester hours
Surveys the emergence and development of

ment.

organized labor from the post-Civil

(Not offered every semester.)

present.

DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF THE
UNITED STATES TO 1898

42.391

War

period to the

A third of the course is devoted to an analysis of

contemporary labor-mangement problems and labor's
changing role in our increasingly technological society.

3 semester hours

Prerequisite: 3 semester hours in history

(Not offered every semester.)

Presents a critical analysis of United States
foreign relations from the colonial period to the 1898

war

with Spain.

INTERNSHIP IN HISTORY

42.497

3-12 semester hours

(Not offered every semester.)

Provides a work-study experience jointly admini-

DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF
THE UNITED STATES SINCE

42392

stered

3 semester hours
Presents a critical analysis of United States
foreign relations from the

war with Spain

in

1898

by an academic

member and

to the

work generating each semester credit

a sponsoring

world.
Prerequisite:

(Not offered every semester.)

1-4 semester hours

The topic selected must be approved by a
committee appointed by the chairperson. Independent

For history majors, 15 semester

hours of history including 42.398. Other majors
enroll

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN
HISTORY

hour. Considered a

"bridge" between the classroom and the professional

present

42.397

faculty

employer, with approximately 40 hours of supervised

1898

Note:

if

may

they receive the consent of their faculty advisers.

A student may not apply more than 3

semester

hours of internship toward the fulfillment of the history
major, although he or she

may

enroll for

more than

3

credits of 42.497.

some aspect of history
member of the depart-

reading and/or research related to
is

supervised by an appropriate

A student may register for this course no more than

ment.

and

credits

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

may

not exceed 4 semester hours.
60 semester hours college credit
(See section on Pre-Professional and Career Advisement.)
twice,

Prerequisite:

42.398

Associate Dean, College of Arts

RESEARCH AND WRITING SKILLS
3 semester hours

Focuses on the mechanics and processes of
research and on the development of creativity and writing
style through

composition of a brief formal paper.

(Not offered every semester.)

78/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

and Sciences

Interdisciplinary courses listed in this section are

planned and often staffed by members of more than one
department. These courses cover content that spans two
or

more academic

disciplines.

Broad Area Programs for the Bachelor of
Arts and Science Degrees

Psychology 101 General
6 semester hours
Psychology and one psychology
elective

These programs offer opportunities

for the

student to follow a less conventional curriculum according to his or her preference.

The

student fulfills the 54

semester hours of general education requirements and
then chooses to complete the prescribed core courses in

Total Core

33 semester hours

Social Science electives

15 semester hours

Total Broad Area Social

48 semester hours

Science Requirements

the humanities, the social sciences, or the nature sciences

and mathematics.

He or she

completes a

total

Requirements for the Broad Area Program

of 48

semester hours in the area of his or her core curriculum,

in

Natural

Sciences/Mathematics are:

with free electives sufficient to meet the 128 semester

hour requirement for graduation. Students interested

*
in a

Broad Area Program should meet the associate dean of
and sciences.

arts

Mathematics 125-126
(Analysis

in the

6 semester hours

11)

Mathematics 175 Introduction
to

Requirements for the Broad Area Program
Humanities are:

I-

3 semester hours

Computer Science

** Physics 21 1-212 Gen. Physics

Biology

1

8 semester hours

10 General Zoology

4 semester hours
4 semester hours
6 semester hours

Biology 120 General Botany
English 363 Shakespeare

3 semester hours

English 302 Advanced

3 semester hours

Composition
Speech 208 Introduction to

3 semester hours

Speech 321 Argumentation
Philosophy 211 Introduction to
Philosophy

3 semester hours

Philosophy 212 Logic

3 semester hours

Art history elective

3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Music history elective

3 semester hours

any two 3-hour courses
Languages and Cultures Option:
Choose from

6 semester hours

History:

3 semester hours

• 1

semester of intermediate foreign languages

• 1

semester of foreign literature course

4 semester hours

112 Historical Geology
Total Core

38-41 semester hours
Approved electives to complete 9-11 semester hours
Broad Area Requirements****
Total Broad Area Natural
50 semester hours
Science/Mathematics
Requirements
* Subject to the discretion of the mathematics

(in original or translation)

Total Core

4 semester hours

Earth Science 102 and

33 semester hours

Humanities electives

1

Total Broad Area Humanities

48 semester hours

5 semester hours

take

Math

1

13 and Pre-Calculus before

** Or Physics

1 1 1

and

1

in the

Social Sciences are:

12 Introductory Physics

Principles of

I

and

II,

1 and 212 have preand II, respectively,
certain advanced courses in

I

physics and chemistry.

*** Or Chemistry 108 University Chemistry

Economics 21 1-212 Principles of 6 semester hours
Geography 101 and 102 World 6 semester hours
Physical and World Cultural
Geography
Political Science 101 Elements
6 semester hours
of Political Science and Political
Science 161 U.S. Government

125.

adviser, considering that Physics 21

and are requirements for

Requirements for the Broad Area Program

Math

subject to the discretion of the course instructor and the

requisite (or concurrent) Analysis

Requirements

1

and com-

puter science department and the adviser, the student will

semester of foreign culture and civilization

Sociology 21

2 semester hours

Earth Science 101 and
111 Physical Geology

Theater Arts

•1

*** Chemistry 111 and 112
General Chemistry I and II
Chemistry 113 Chemistry Lab.

(3

semester

hours)

**** Electives within the broad area requirements are
be chosen from a

list

to

compiled by the mathematics and

natural science departments

and

in

possession of the

adviser for the students in this program.

6 semester hours

Sociology and one sociology
elective

Anthropology 101 Introduction

to

3 semester hours

Anthropology or 200 Principles
of Cultural Anthropology
Interdisciplinary Studies/79

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
09.251

Interdisciplinary Studies

(Code 09)
09.111

3 semester hours
Discusses the transformation of France from the

INTRODUCTION TO THE PEOPLES
OF THE THIRD WORLD

old regime into a
social, cultural,

3 semester hours

its

Examines the peoples of the Far and Middle
East, Africa, and Latin America; their art, literature,
philosophy, cultural geography and history, sketching
their

FRENCH HISTORY AND
CULTURE H
modern

nation; the interaction

economic, and

09.311

SEMINAR IN AMERICAN STUDIES,
PARTI
3 semester hours

Designed

AN INTERDISCIPLINARY
APPROACH TO AQUATIC
ENVIRONMENT

to give the student

a thorough appre-

and research materials and
depending the knowledge of this

ciation of our varied heritage

resources available for

growing area of inquiry. To be required of all majors in
proposed baccalaureate program in American studies, but

3 semester hours

The

between

France and

importance in Western civilization.

importance in the world.

09.200

political life in

disciplines of chemistry, biology, earth

and mathematics will be integrated to study
aquatics environments. Special emphasis will be given
field and laboratory work in aquatic entomology and

open

to all juniors in the Arts

and Sciences College.

science,

to

09.312

SEMINAR IN AMERICAN STUDIES,

PARTn

environmental chemistry.

09.211

3 semester hours

Continues the endeavor to convey a thorough

HISTORY OF NATURAL
SCIENTIFIC

appreciation of the varied American heritage and the

THOUGHT

research materials and resources available for deepending

3 semester hours

the

Reviews the historical development of the
natural sciences and mathematics, the nature of scientific
and mathematical thought and methods, the characteristics of these disciplines and their significance to human

knowledge of

required for

all

this

growing area of inquiry. To be

junior-level majors in the baccalaureate

American

program

in

09.401

HISTORY AND POLITICS OF USSR

studies.

progress.

09.213

3 semester hours

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND

HUMAN VALUES

USSR

with the approaches of political science. Primarily

areas of the

USSR.

the interaction of science and technol-

ogy with human values. Studies representative past,
and future technological developments and their
impact on personal and social values.

09.431

present,

09.231

the study of the history of the

offered in the summer. Involves students in a tour of

3 semester hours

Compares

Combines

SOCIALISM:

THEORY AND

HISTORY
3 semester hours
Provides a historical and theoretical study of the

TECHNICAL WRITING

socialist idea

3 semester hours

and

its

various attempted realizations from

biblical times to the present.

Presents the principles of technical writing in the
physical, natural,

and social sciences and

in

technology

and industry. Promotes effectiveness in communicating

09.491

HONORS INDEPENDENT STUDY
THE HUMANITIES I

IN

technical information to both specialized and general

audiences. Utilizes seminar approach involving class
participation

09.250

and individualized

instruction.

political contributions

civilization

from

its

her proposed honors work.

economic, and

of France to the shaping of Western

gallo-Roman beginnings

present

80/COLLEGE OF ARTS

independent study course in which, under the

the initial project(s) appropriate to the first stage of his or

3 semester hours
social, cultural,

An

guidance of his or her faculty mentor, the student will do

FRENCH HISTORY AND
CULTURE I
Emphasizes the

1-3 semester hours

AND SCIENCES

to the

HONORS SEMINAR IN THE

09.492

HONORS INDEPENDENT STUDY
THE SCIENCES

09.498

HUMANITIES

IN
3 semester hours

in the

3 semester hours

The honors seminar is the second of three steps
Arts and Sciences Honors Program. This course

Provides for an on-site work experience and training

program designed

to give selected interns an opportunity

will allow for continued in-depth study of a particular

to apply the theoretical

research project of the student's choice while also

quired in multiple humanities disciplines to the operations

providing honor students the opportunity to discuss with

of the work setting. Must have approval of the university

their peers

which

ties

and interested faculty concepts
relate to the research project

major

student's

field.

in the

and

humani-

and descriptive knowledge ac-

internship coordinator and dean of arts and sciences.

to the

Seminars will be organized around

SOCIAL SCIENCES INTERNSHIP

47.498

general themes selected by the humanities honors

committee and will be announced

in

1-9 semester hours

advance.

Provides for an on-site work experience and training

program designed

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN THE
HUMANITIES H

09.493

to

quired in multiple social sciences disciplines to operations

1-3 semester hours

The

final

to give selected interns an opportunity

apply the theoretical and descriptive knowledge ac-

course in the Arts and Sciences Honors

Program, humanities sequence. Independent study

in

of the work setting. Must have approval of the university
internship coordinator and dean of arts and sciences.

an

area previously approved as part of the student's overall

honors program.

HONORS SEMINAR IN THE
NATURAL SCIENCES &
MATHEMATICS

09.495

1

1-9 semester hours

Provides for on-site work experience and training

program designed

semester hour

Offers a cross-disciplinary perspective to students in
the honors
tion

program with an emphasis on student presenta-

and discussion of important topics

in the student's

area of expertise.

to give selected intern

an opportunity to

apply the theoretical and descriptive knowledge acquired
in multiple natural sciences

to operations of the

work

and mathematics disciplines

setting.

Requires approval of

the university internship coordiantor

and dean of

arts

and

sciences.

LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

HONORS INDEPENDENT STUDY
THE SOCIAL SCIENCES I

09.496

NATURAL SCIENCES AND
MATHEMATICS INTERNSHIP

59.498

IN

1-3 semester hours

This independent study course
steps in the Arts

is

the

first

of three

and Sciences Honors Program.

Faculty

It

involves the student's selection of an honors adviser and

Professors Ariane Foureman, Allen F. Murphy; Associate

and proposal for a
major Honors Independent Study Project. This Honors
Independent Study is similar to current independent study
programs but is reserved specially for those who qualify
for and wish to pursue an honors course of study in their

Professors Blaise C. Delnis, George

project, the initial exploratory reading,

last

two

years. This course is normally taken in the first

Bernal, Gilbert Darbouze, Patricia Dorame, Jorge A.

Placement
Students

HONORS SEMINAR IN THE
SOCIAL SCIENCES

in-depth study of a particular research project while

allowing honor students the opportunity to discuss with

and interested faculty concepts

in the social

sciences which relate to the research project and the
student's

major

ciplinary.

field.

The focus of

studied a language elsewhere

placement. Generally, the student should schedule
courses as follows:

The honors seminar is the second of three steps in
Honors Program. This course will allow for continued

their peers

who have

should consult the department chairperson for appropriate

3 semester hours
the

Neel, Brigitte L.

Topete

or second semester of the junior year.

09.497

W.

Callay (chairperson); Assistant Professors Alejandro

the seminar is interdis-

With no previous study, schedule

FL

special sections of

101 for beginners;

With one year of high school or equivalent, schedule

FL101;
With two years of high school, or equivalent,
schedule

FL

102;

With three years of high school, or equivalent,
schedule

FL

103;

With four years of high school, or equivalent,
schedule

FL

104.

Languages and Cultures Department/^ 1

.

Language Awards

Individual Oral Practice
Drill tapes for most elementary and intermediate

language courses are available for individual practice
sessions. Individual learning stations are available in

McCormick

1

146.

The use of

the drill tapes

Outstanding Academic Achievement-awarded

1

and

may be

obligatory or voluntary at the discretion of the instructor.

any graduating senior who:
a) has a minim un of 3.7 average

me

in

All language students are urged to seek opportunities

An exchange program

is

c)

is

in

A

available. Trips of 1-3

may be made

weeks

to various Spanish-speaking

coun-

is

in

In addition, students have access to many
programs sponsored by other colleges and universities. Students are encouraged to make plans to study

accred-

tries.

ited

in their

be consulted regarding such plans.

work

recommended unanimously by

Certificate of

at the

the

Language proficiency-awarded

less than a

B

in

who

in a

language;

each course taken

has taken courses with

more

who

in the

to

has received

language;

who

than one instructor of the

hours in one language from

minimum of twelve credit
among the following courses:

(10, 11, 12) .201, 202, 203,

204

language;

has completed a

(if

taken after 104);

(10,12) .205, 230, 231, 301, 302, and above.

Chairperson's Award: awarded to one French

3.

academic career. The chairperson of

the department should

may

each language.

less than 3.2;

any student not majoring

no

study-tour of France in conjunction with the

abroad early

in

of the of the major language.

2.

available to French/business majors or to

Department of Art also
length

no

faculty

business majors with a strong concentration in French.

summer

university of

with the "Institut

Commercial de Nancy" of the University of Nancy
France,

an award

for

b) has a cumulative average in all

Programs Abroad
to study abroad.

in all courses

major; a student majoring in FrenchSpanish

be considered

to

and/or Spanish major

who has completed at least 21
who excells in the language and

credits in the language;

who

French and Spanish Majors and/or Minors

has rendered In language major related service to the

university and the department.

Majors are offered
for the

in

French and Spanish.

B.A. degree requires a

minimum of 30

A major

B.A. in French

semester

hours in the language in courses beyond 101 and 102.

Required Courses: French 10.103, 104, 201, 202,

Studenst exempt from required courses, take additional

advanced electives as substitutes.
Requirements are listed under the section on Languages and Cultures.

A minor is available in French and

203, 21 lor 212, 322
Electives: 9 semester hours to be selected from
culture

recommended

that students

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
who major and/or

minor

in

fields

such as a second foreign language, English, fine

French or Spanish also elect courses

arts, history,

civilization, language, or literature

Spanish. Stu-

dents should consult the chairperson.
It is

and

French
(Code 10)

in related

philosophy, sociology, speech, and theater.

10.101

Secondary Education

FRENCH I
Seeks

3 semester hours
develop the four language skills and

to

acquaint students with elements of French culture. For

Requirements

for a

major leading

students with no

to the B.S. in

education are found in the section on Secondary Education,

or

College of Professional Studies.

more than two years of study

in French.

Students without any language background or with a year

more of study

in

French are assigned to special

sections.

Elementary and Early Childhood Education Areas of
Concentration

10.102

FRENCH II

3 semester hours

Continuation of 10.101.
Prerequisite:

Students in elementary and early childhood education

may

elect

an area of concentration

in French,

German, or Spanish. Students should consult their
advisers in the Department of Languages and Cultures
concerning particular courses to take. It is recommended
that courses in culture and civilization, oral expression,
literature, and phonetics be taken included to complete
the area of concentration. Courses 101 and 102 also

may

10.103

1 0. 1

1

or equivalent

FRENCH IH

3 semester hours

Continuation of development of the four lan-

guage

skills.

Review of structure

Prerequisite:

10.104

10.

patterns.

102 or equivalent

FRENCH IV
3 semester hours

be counted within the required 18 semester hours.

Continuation of French 10.103
Prerequisite:

82/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

10.103 or equivalent

10.109

PHONETICS: SOUNDS OF THE

COMMERCIAL FRENCH

10.205

FRENCH LANGUAGE

3 semester hours
Acquisition of French business language and

3 semester hours

Analyzes French sound system through

drills

on

pronunciation and intonation. Selections of prose, poetry,

terminology in reading, writing, and speaking. Introduction to business correspondence.

and songs for imitation.
Prerequisite:

Prerequisite:

10.104 or equivalent

(Not offered every semester.)

10.102 or equivalent

(Not offered every semester.)

FOUNDATIONS OF FRENCH
CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION

10.211
10.121

FRENCH LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
TRANSLATION I
3 semester hours

Provides reading, analysis, and discussion of

major French works

in translation,

beginning with the

Song of Roland and continuing with authors such as
Rabelais, Pascal, Moliere, Voltaire, Rousseau, and

3 semester hours
Reviews major developments of French culture
from the historical point of view. Course taught in
English. Special projects for French majors. No knowl-

edge of French necessary.
(Offered

fall

semester only.)

Diderot.

Not applicable toward a major

in French.

FRANCE TODAY

10.212

3 semester hours

(Not offered every semester.)
Presents major aspects of

10.122

FRENCH LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
TRANSLATION H

Course taught

life in

France today.

in English. Special projects for

French

Knowledge of French unnecessary.

majors.

3 semester hours

(Not offered every semester.)

Provides readings in the novel and the theater of
19th and 20th centuries with authors such as Balzac,

Stendhal, Flaubert, Gide, Proust,

SELECTED READINGS

10.231

Camus, Genet, and

3 semester hours
Students study French for reading knowledge;

Ionesco.

Not applicable toward a major

in French.

selected

(Not offered every semester.)

modern works.
Prerequisite:

(Offered

10.201

fall

10.104 or equivalent

semester only.)

STRUCTURE OF THE FRENCH

LANGUAGE

SPECIAL TOPICS

10.281-289

1-3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Gives students knowledge and training

Presents a thorough study of grammar, syntax,

and use of idioms through applied exercises.
Prerequisite:

(Offered

fall

10.104 or equivalent
semester only.)

usually not covered in regular courses. Content

in fields
is

determined by instructor and varies each time the course
is

offered.

Some

possible topics are French for travelers,

French gastronomy, Quebec culture, and others.
10.202

ORAL EXPRESSION I

(Not offered every semester.)
3 semester hours

Presents prepared and free speaking activities

about everyday

10.295

ART AND CULTURE OF FRANCE
3 semester hours

life.

Prerequisite:

10. 104 or equivalent, or concur-

rently with 104 with consent of the chairperson

(Not offered every semester.)

Provides a study-tour of France with attention to

French

art as

interest in

10.203

seen in relation to

its

social

and cultural

environment. Visits to places of artistic and cultural

FRENCH WRITTEN EXPRESSION

and around Paris and the provinces.

Prerequisite:

Consent of the instructor

3 semester hours
Applies grammatical principles
composition, essays, and
Prerequisite:

in written

10.301

STRUCTURE AND TRANSLATION
3 semester hours

critical analyses.

10.201 or equivalent

(Not offered every semester.)

Studies structural patterns of French in compari-

son with English. Discusses problems of translation.

Recommended
10.204

FRENCH STUDIES ABROAD
1-6 semester hours
Prerequisite:

Minimum

2 semesters of French

for students planning a career in interna-

tional affairs.

Prerequisite:

10.201

(Not offered every semester.)

Languages and Cultures Department/83

10.302

ORAL EXPRESSION II

German
(Code 11)

3 semester hours
Presents further development of language

fluency through discussion of current topics and issues

11.101

10 .305

3 semester hours

develop the four language

skills

and

with elements of German culture.

(Not offered every semester.)

For students with no more than two years of study in
German. Students without any language background or

COMMERCIAL FRENCH H

with a year or more of study are assigned to special

3 semester hours
Studies French business

life,

aiming

or in a branch of a French

company

in the

11.102

USA.

GERMAN n
Continuation of

1 1

.

1

1

.

3 semester hours
Reading and writing

given additional emphasis.

Business correspondence also reviewed.
Prerequisite:

sections.

at preparing

students for internships in a business firm in France and

Quebec

to

to acquaint students

10.202 or equivalent

Prerequisite:

GERMAN I
Designed

selected from French newspapers and magazines.

10.205

Prerequisite:

1 1

.

10 1 or equivalent

(Not offered every semester.)
11.103
10.310

FOLKLORE

3 semester hours

Studies selected forms and writings such as

Basic

3 semester hours

grammar reviewed and new grammatical

concepts presented.

proverbs, farces, fairy tales, songs, and French traditions.
Prerequisite:

GERMAN ni
Prerequisite:

1 1

102 or equivalent

.

(Not offered every semester.)

10.201

(Not offered every semester.)
11.104
10.322

FRENCH WRITERS AND
PLAYWRIGHTS

GERMAN IV

3 semster hours

Continuation of

1

Prerequisite:

.

1 1

1.103

103 or equivalent

(Not offered every semester.)

3 semester hours
Studies the most significant writers and play-

11.121

wrights of France.
Prerequisite:

GERMAN AUTHORS OF THE
20TH CENTURY

10.201

I

3 semester hours

(Not offered every semester.)
10.401

ADVANCED FRENCH LANGUAGE
3 semester hours

Examines works of major German authors such
as Hesse, Brecht, Mann, Kafka, Durenmatt, and Boll.
Taught in English. No knowledge of German necessary.
(Not offered every semester.)

Presents a thorough review of phonology,

morphology, syntax, and semantics.
Prerequisite:

10.301 or approval of the chairper-

11.122

GERMAN AUTHORS OF THE
20TH CENTURY

son

II

(Not offered every semester.)

3 semester hours
Continuation of 11.121. Taught in English.

10.421

SEMINAR IN MODERN FRENCH
LITERATURE

No

knowledge of German necessary.
(Offered spring semester only.)

3 semester hours
Studies a particular genre, movement, period,

work, or major author. The topic

is

selected

instructor during the semester preceding
fulfill

the needs of prospective students.

its

11.201

3 semester hours
In-depth study of

offering to

May be repeated

once.

German grammar.

Stresses

application of grammatical principles in controlled and
free written composition.

Prerequisite:

any 300-level course.

Prerequisite:

(Not offered every semester.)
10.490

GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION

by the

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN FRENCH
1-9 semester hours

Provides for individual study of a particular
aspect of French civilization, language, or literature under
the supervision of a faculty
Prerequisite:

member.

Consent of the instructor and

approval of the chairperson.
(See section on Pre-Professional and Career Advisement.)

84/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

1 1

.

1

04 or equivalent

(Not offered every semester.)
11.202

CONVERSATION

3 semester hours
Emphasizes student participation in prepared and
free-speaking activities. Outside readings and oral reports
assigned. Grammar reviewed when necessary.
Prerequisite:

1 1

.

104 or equivalent or concur-

rently with 104 with consent of the chairperson.

(Not offered every semester.)

GERMAN STUDIES ABROAD

11.204

12.102

Minimum two

Prerequisite:

SPANISH

H

3 semester hours

Continuation of 12.101. Reading and writing

1-6 semester hours

given additional emphasis.

semesters of

German

Prerequisite:

GERMAN CULTURE AND

11.211

CIVILIZATION

12.103

arts,

Prerequisite:

12.104

1.

grammar

is

102 or equivalent

3 semester hours

Prerequisite:

12.

103 or equivalent

PHONETICS

3 semester hours
improve the student's ability to communicate effectively in spoken Spanish. Provides a detailed
study of Spanish sound and intonation patterns through
group and individual practice. Attends to individual

3 semester hours
Course taught in

Knowledge of German not

12.

SPANISH IV

Seeks

CIVILIZATION II

English.

3 semester hours

Continuation of 12.103

12.109

GERMAN CULTURE AND
1.21

SPANISH DT

and history of the

German-speaking countries, as well as a vivid sense of the
current scenes in these countries. Course taught in
English. Know-ledge of German not required.
(Not offered every semester.)

1

10 1 or equivalent

reviewed as necessary.

Provides an understanding of the geography,

government, customs, education,

Continuation of

2.

Places emphasis on use of language;

I

3 semester hours

11.212

1

to

pronunciation problems.

required.

(Not offered every semester.)

12.102 or equivalent

Prerequisite:

(Not offered every semester.)

WORKSHOP

11.403

3 semester hours
12.121

Presents selected materials for practical use.

Recommended

for majors in secondary education

SPANISH LITERATURE IN
ENGLISH TRANSLATION

program.

3 semester hours
Prerequisite:

1

(Offered upon

Designed

1.201 or 202.

demand

to acquaint students with the literature

of Spain as an expression of the culture of the people and

only.)

to sensitize students to cultural values of the Spanish.

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN GERMAN

11.490

in English. Knowledge of Spanish not
Not applicable toward a major in Spanish.

Taught

1-9 semester hours

(Not offered every semester.)

Provides for individual study of a particular
aspect of

German

required.

civilization, language, or literature

under the supervision of a faculty member.
Prerequisite:

12.122

LATIN-AMERICAN LITERATURE
TRANSLATION

IN ENGLISH

Consent of the instructor and

approval of the chairperson

3 semester hours

(See section on Pre-Professional and Career Advisement)

Designed

to

acquaint students with the literature

of Latin America as an expression of the people and to

B.A. in Spanish

sensitize students to cultural values of Latin Americans.
in English. Knowledge of Spanish not required.
Not applicable toward a major in Spanish.

Taught

Required Courses: Spanish 12.103, 104, 201,
202, 203, 211 or 212, 230 (109 for tteaching certificate

(Not offered every semester.)

majors)
Electives: 9 semester hours to be selected

among

12.201

STRUCTURE OF THE SPANISH

LANGUAGE

the 300- and/or 400-level courses.

3 semester hours

grammar and syntax and use of idioms

Spanish

Studies

(Code 12)

through applied exercises.
Prerequisite:

12.101

SPANISH I
Seeks

to

12.

104 or equivalent

3 semester hours

develop the four language

skills

and

to

12.202

acquaint students with elements of Hispanic culture. For

no more than two years of study in Spanish.
Students without any language background or with a year
or more of Hispanic study are assigned to special sections.
students with

free

ORAL EXPRESSION

3 semester hours
Emphasizes student participation in prepared and
speaking activities. Requires outside readings and

oral reports.

Prerequisite:

12.201 or equivalent or concur-

rently with 104 with consent of the chairperson.

Languages and Cultures Department/85

12.203

WRITTEN EXPRESSION

INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF
SPANISH LITERATURE

12.230

3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Stresses application of grammatical principles in

Analyzes selected poems, plays, novels and

controlled and free written compositions. Seeks to

improve the student's

ability to

communicate

effectively

essays, basic concepts of genres, literary currents, and

schools.

in written Spanish.

Prerequisite:

12.201

Prerequisite:

12.204

12.103 or equivalent

(Not offered every semester.)

(Not offered every semester.)

SPANISH STUDIES ABROAD

SELECTED READINGS

12.231

1-6 semester hours
Prerequisite:

Minimum two

3 semester hours
Provides reading and discussion of selected

semesters of

modem

Spanish

works.
Prerequisite:

12.205

3 semester hours
Acquaints students with basic

skills in

04 or equivalent

and commercial reading. Emphasizes vocabulary and commercial idioms. Stresses
elementary knowledge of commercial life and methods.
For business students and others who desire to enhance

knowledge of Spanish.
Prerequisite:

SPECIAL TOPICS

12.281-289

1-3 semester hours

Spanish

Attempts to give students knowledge and

trade correspondence

their

1 2. 1

COMMERCIAL SPANISH

training in fields usually not covered in regular courses.

Content

is

the course

determined by instructor and varies each time
is

for travelers

Some possible topics are
women in Spanish literature.

Spanish

offered.

and

(Not offered every semester.)

12.102 or equivalent

(Not offered every semester.)

STRUCTURE AND TRANSLATION

12.301
12.206

BASIC CONVERSATION IN SPANISH

3 semester hours

FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Studies structural patterns of Spanish in compari-

3 semester hours
Seeks

to acquaint students with

son with English. Problems of translation.

Spanish so that

Prerequisite:

they will be able to communicate with Spanish-speaking
patients in health care settings.

For students enrolled

in

12.302

health services.
Prerequisite:

1

2.

12.201

(Not offered every semester.)

ORAL EXPRESSION II

104 or equivalent

3 semester hours

(Not offered every semester.)

Provides for further development of language
fluency through discussion of a variety of topics and

12.211

SPANISH CULTURE AND
CIVILIZATION

through activities requiring the use of the spoken language. Student participation emphasized.

3 semester hours

Prerequisite:

Provides an understanding of Spain through

geography, education, customs, fine

Course taught

in English.

arts,

and

history.

Knowledge of Spanish not

INTERMEDIATE COMMERCIAL

12.305

SPANISH

required. Special projects for Spanish majors.

(Offered

fall

semester only.)

3 semester hours

Designed
12.212

SPANISH AMERICAN CULTURE
AND CIVILIZATION
3 semester hours

lics.

and past

Studies Aztec,

and outside readings
English.

life

others

Uses films
Course taught in

extend students' practical

who desire

to

enhance

their practical

knowledge of

Prerequisite:

12.205

(Not offered every semester.)

cultures.

to present material.

Knowledge of Spanish language not

Special projects for Spanish majors.

(Offered spring semester only.)

12321

SURVEY OF SPANISH LITERATURE
3 semester hours

required.

Studies outstanding authors from the beginning

of Spanish literature to present day.
Prerequisite:

12.230

(Not offered every semester.)

86/COLLEGE OF ARTS

skills in

Spanish.

of the Spanish-American Repub-

Maya, and Inca

to

Hispanic business situations. For business students and

Provides an understanding and appreciation of
the present

12.202 or equivalent

(Not offered every semester.)

AND SCIENCES

12.322

SURVEY OF SPANISH AMERICAN
LITERATURE

13.102

RUSSIAN n

3 semester hours

Continuation of 13.101

3 semester hours

13 1

Prerequisite:

Studies outstanding authors from Pre-Columbian

.

1

or equivalent

(Offered spring semester only.)

times to present day.
Prerequisite:

13.290

12.230

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN

(Not offered every semester.)

RUSSIAN

SHORT STORY

Provides for individual study of a particular

1-9 semester hours

12.330

3 semester hours

Seeks to acquaint students with the short story as

aspect of Russian civilization, language, or literature

under the supervision of a faculty member.

an expression of culture by Spanish, Spanish American,

Prerequisite:

Consent of the instructor and

Chicano, and Puerto Rican authors and to sensitize

approval of the chairperson.

students to cultural values in the Hispanic world.

(See section on Pre-Professional and Career Advisement)

Prerequisite:

12.230 or consent of the instructor

(Not offered every semester.)

Italian

(Code 14)
12.421

SEMINAR IN SPANISH LITERATURE
3 semester hours

14.101

Studies a particular genre, movement, period,

work, or major author. The topic of the seminar

may be

Seeks
Stresses basic

decided by the instructor and prospective students during
the semester preceding the offering of a seminar.

3 semester hours

I

develop the four language

to

skills.

grammar.

(Not offered every semester.)

May be
14.102

repeated once.
Prerequisite:

ITALIAN

ITALIAN H

3 semester hours

Continuation of 14.101. Emphasizes reading and

12.321

(Not offered every semester.)

writing.

(Not offered every semester.)
12.422

SEMINAR IN SPANISH AMERICAN
LITERATURE

14.103

3 semester hours
Studies a particular genre, movement, period,

work, or major author. The topic of the seminar

1 4 1 02 or equivalent
(Weekly laboratory sessions recommended.)

Prerequisite:

.

May be
14.104

repeated once.
Prerequisite:

3 semester hours
Reviews basic grammar and presents new

grammatical concepts.

may be

decided by the instructor and prospective students during
the semester preceding the offering of a seminar.

ITALIAN D3

12.322

ITALIAN IV

3 semester hours

Continuation of 14.103.

(Not offered every semester.)

Prerequisite:

14.103 or equivalent

(Weekly laboratory sessions recommended.)
12.490

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN
SPANISH

General
(Code 16)

1-9 semester hours

Provides for individual study of a particular
aspect of Hispanic civilization, language, or literature

16.109

LANGUAGE FOR SINGING

under the supervision of a faculty member.
Prerequisite:

1

semester hour

Provides for practice and acquisition of correct

Consent of instructor and of

chairperson

pronunciation in French, German, and Italian for voice

(See section on Pre-Professional and Career Advisement.)

majors and students singing
demand.

Russian
(Code 13)

in choirs.

Spanish upon

(Not offered every semester.)

Latin
13.101

RUSSIAN I
Seeks

to

develop the four language

skills.

Audio-lingual and structure of approach to acceptable
pronunciation.

(Offered

(Code 18)

3 semester hours
18.101

LATIN I
Seeks

fall

semester only.)

to

3 semester hours

develop reading and writing

skills

with

emphasis placed on correct classical pronunciation.
(Not offered every semester.)

Languages and Cultures Departmental

1

18.102

LATIN II

in reading

and

Chemistry (8

3 semester hours

Continuation of 18.101. Seeks to develop
translation

and

skill

to teach students classical

I,

II,

General Chemistry

1 1

52.113 Chemistry

Laboratory;

Mathematics (18 credits), 53.125 Analysis I,
II, 53.225 Analysis III, 53.226 Analysis

references through selected readings.
Prerequisite:

credits), 52.1

52.112 General Chemistry

53.126 Analysis

18.101 or equivalent

IV, 53.322 Differential Equations, 53.314 Linear Algebra;

(Not offered every semester.)

Computer Science

LIBERAL ARTS
AND ENGINEERING

(3 credits) 53.271

Algo-

rithmic Processes;

Pre-Engineering (8 credits) only offered alternate
years, 54.301 Mechanics: Statistics, 54.302 Mechanics:

Dynamics, 51.173 Introductory Engineering Graphics,
51.174 Engineering Design Graphics.
(P.

James Moser, program coordinator)

Course Requirements
Bloomsburg University)
Specific

This cooperative program of study leads to two
baccalaureate degrees, one in liberal arts and sciences



(to

be taken at

Candidates planning to pursue an eningeering

from Bloomsburg University and one in an area of
engineering from either The Pennsylvania State Univer-

degree at Wilkes College must take the folowing courses:

Wilkes College. Candidates for these degrees
at Bloomsburg University, where they
study science, mathematics, pre-engineering, and a broad
variety of liberal arts subjects, followed by about two

Advanced Physics Laboratory

sity or

spend three years

years at the University Park

campus of The Pennsylvania

Physics, 54.315 Electronics (4 credits) or 54.400

Economics, 40.21

disciplines.

ogy,

The student may pursue an engineering education in

any of the following

areas:

Civil Engineering
Electrical Engineering

Wilkes College

Ceramic Science and Engineering
Chemical Engineering

State

I

40.212 Principles of Economics

One of the

following: 09.213 Science, Technol-

Human

Values

II

(3

(3 credits),

41.105 Environmental

Issues and Choices (3 credits), or 44.207 Ethics, Politics

and Public Policy

Penn
Penn
Penn
Penn
Penn

Agricultural Engineering

Economics

(3 credits),



Aerospace Engineering

(2 credits)

Principles of

credits)

State University or at Wilkes College in Wilkes-Barre,

where they study specific engineering

1

(3 credits)

Candidates planning to pursue an engineering

degree at Penn State must take the following course:

State
State

Communication

State

Studies, 25.103 Public Speaking

(3 credits)

State



Candidates

in certain

engineering programs

must also meet additional course requirements.

or Penn State

Engineering Management in

Aerospace, Electrical, or Nuclear Engineering



Electrical engineering



Environmental engineering

Wilkes College
Wilkes College



Materials engineering

Wilkes College

Engineering Science

Penn

Environmental Engineering

Wilkes College

53.491 or 492 in Partial Differential Equations
(3 credits)

State

or Penn State
Penn State
Wilkes College
Penn State
Penn State
Penn State
Penn State

Industrial Engineering

Materials Engineering

Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgy

Mining Engineering
Nuclear Engineering

Chemical or Materials Engineering
52.231 Organic Chemistry

I

(4 credits),

52.232 Organic Chemistry

I

(4 credits)

Note: Chemical Engineering students are excused from
taking 54.302 Mechanics:

Dynamics

Environmental Engineering
52.23

Organic Chemistry

52.232 Organic Chemistry

Petroleum and Natural Gas

I

(4 credits),

II

(4 credits) or

50.173 Anatomy and Physiology

I

50.174 Anatomy and Physiology

II

(4 credits),
(4 credits)

Engineering Management

Penn

Engineering

State

53.141 Introduction to Statistics (3 credits) or
53.241 Probability and Statistics (3 credits),

Core Courses
All students in this program must complete the

following 45 credits at Bloomsburg University plus

I

52.232 Organic Chemistry

II

51.101 Physical Geology

engineering:

51.261 Mineralogy

Physics (11 credits), 54.21

54.212 General Physics

II,

1

General Physics

54.310 Modern

Atomic Physics;

(4 credits)
(4 credits)

Mining Engineering

additional courses specific to their field of interest in

88/COLLEGE OF ARTS

52.231 Organic Chemistry

I,

(3 credits),

(4 credits)

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
51.101 Physical Geology (3 credits),

51.102 Historical Geology (3 credits)

AND SCIENCES

deadline. Successful applicants will be offered provi-

Additional Course Requirements

sional admission to

In addition to the above requirements, all

Penn State

candidates must satisfy the General Education Require-

semester.

ments of Bloomsburg University and the specific requirements for a major (usually in the sciences or mathematics). Students should consult the program coordinator

the following credentials:

Completed applications should be supported by

each semester as they plan their schedules to insure that
all

requirements are met. With

careful planning,

it is

pos-

sible to satisfy the General Education Requirements of the

university

and of an engineering college simultaneously.



Final high school transcript of grades



Two official copies of Bloomsburg University

transcripts including all grades earned during the first

Schedule of courses for

Recommendation from
Advisory Committee


Students wishing to complete their studies at

The

two

years


Required Academic Performance

for the following fall

all

of the third year

the Pre-Engineering

Pennsylvania State University must maintain a quality
point average

(QPA) of

3.0 overall

and a 2.75

be sufficient for

transfer,

and these are subject

to

may

change

For transfer to Wilkes College, students must

QPA of 2.5

overall. Transfer candidates to the

environmental engineering, materials engineering, and
engineering
2.65

of the final
should

the

end of the third year of study, two copies
Bloomsburg University transcripts

official

be forwarded to the Admissions Office of The

Pennsylvania State University. Students

from year to year.
maintain a

At

in required

core courses. In a few majors, a 2.5 overall average

management programs

are required to have a

who have

maintained the requir-ed quality point average and have
all required courses and who are recommended
by the Pre-Engineering Advisory Committee, will be
offered permanent admission to Penn State.

completed

QPA in science, mathematics, and pre-engineering

courses, while candidates to the electrical engineering

program must maintain a 2.75 average

Transfering to Wilkes College

At the beginning of the

in these technical

third year

of study,

students should apply to transfer to Wilkes College

courses.

through the coordinator of the program at Bloomsburg

Admission Procedures

To

University. Applications are available in the

enter the program, individuals

must apply and

coordinator's office.

be accepted for admission to Bloomsburg University.
Applicants for admission

who

as degree candidates at

The Pennsylvania

must meet additional enrollment
to

The Pennsylvania

program

criteria for

including

readmission



time of admission to Bloomsburg

of the required courses. Notification should be

made

academic advisement who, in turn, will
notify the coordinator of the Liberal Arts and Engineering
Program. The coordinator will assign each student an

who

is

a

Schedule of courses for

all

of the third year

to the

dean of admissions of Wilkes College. Successful

applicants will be offered provisional admission to Wilkes

College for the following summer.

member of the

Pre-Engineering

Advisory Committee. Students should consult both

their

official

At the end of the third year, a copy of the final
Bloomsburg University transcript should be

completed

mended by

planning.

will

end of the second year of study, students
become canddiates for transfer if they have maintained a

who have
who have
and who are recom-

submit-ted to the coordinator. Students

maintained the required quality point average,

advisers and the coordinator for assistance in schedule

At

Bloomsburg University transcript
first two years

reviews these credentials and submits a recommendation

to the director of

acdemic adviser

official

grades earned during the

all

The Pre-Engineering Advisory Committee

University in order to insure sufficient time to complete
all

One



State University.

at the

Final high school transcript of grades



at

Students should indicate a desire to follow this

program of study

the following credentials:

State University

Bloomsburg
be considered readmission candidates and

prior to entering this cooperative

University will

Completed applications should be supported by

previously were registered

as degree candidates and established an academic record

all

the required courses,

the Pre-Engineering Advisory Committee,

be offered permanent admission to Wilkes College.

the

sufficiently high quality point average.

Receiving

A Bloomsburg

University Degree

In January of the final year in engineering

college, a student should send the registrar at

Transfering to Penn State
In

September of the

University an official transcript of
third year

of study, students

should apply to transfer to The Pennsylvania State University.

All correspondence and the application should

clearly indicate that the transfer is requested under a

cooper-ative 3-2 program. Nov. 30

is

the application

A letter indicating

all

Bloomsburg

courses taken.

intent to graduate should

be

sent to the coordinator of the Liberal Arts and Engineer-

ing Program so that course evaluations can be made.

The

registrar,

will arrange for a

university's

May

upon evaluation of the

diploma

to

be awarded

transcript,

at the

graduation.

Liberal Arts and Engineering

Department^

MASS
COMMUNICATIONS

The following sequence courses are required
the 15-21 hours required in addition to the 18

core sections. Students should note that a

make up

to

from the

number of

sequence courses have prerequisite courses and should
therefore plan their course studies to allow for these to be

Faculty

taken prior to enrollment in sequence courses.

The

departmental listings of courses indicate each prerequisite
Professors Walter

M.

Brasch,

Dana R.

Ulloth; Associate

required.

Professor William A. Acierno, Maria G. Mendoza;
Assistant Professor John Maittlen-Harris (chairperson);

adjunct faculty Carol Burns,

M.

L. Jones, A. William

Kelly, Richard Savage (faculty emeriti)

Journalism: 27.251 PR: Theory and Practice,
27.334 Editing, 27.345 Feature Writing, 27.435
Journalism

Seminar: Special Topics, 27.497 Mass CommuB.A. in

Mass Communications

nications Internship

Admission to the mass communications proby application to the chair and is limited to the
maximum enrollment each semester that can be reasonably accommodated by departmental resources. Each
intake is limited to approximately 25 students who should

27.251 PR: Theory and Practice, 27.261 Principles of

have achieved a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or

27.364 Advertising Copy Writing, 27.366 Design

gram

is

Acceptance into the program depends, however,

higher.

not only on the

QPA,

but also on past mass media

and creative

and a record of

qualities

Advertising, 23.315 Persuasion, 27.334 Editing*, 27.345

Feature Writing*, 27.352 Publicity and Public Relations*,

Advertising*, 97.430

interest

variations also occur to help balance the

fore,

mass communications. Students

encouraged to make a case for

light of previous experience

even

if

their

number of

are, there-

admission

they feel their

in the

QPAs

are unlikely alone to justify admission. Students will be
notified of their acceptance as

their

majors no

later than the

mass communications consists of a
number of core courses, which are compulsory for all
students and a series of sequence or major track courses,
depending on the specialty students wish to study. The
major consists of 18 hours in core subjects and a mini-

Management*, 27.388

TV

Acting and Directing*, 27.390

Film and Video Production, 27.482 Telecom Seminar:
Special Topics*, 97.310 Marketing*, 26.211 Theater

Management*

Production, 93.345 Personnel

Prerequisites are needed for these courses.

Practicums and Internships

in

mum of 15-21

hours

Requirements

may

in specialty

sequence subjects.

vary in each track, and students should

ensure they are certain of the

needed

Filmmaking, 27.375 Broadcast Programming and

time they

have accumulated approximately 72 credit hours.

The major

Telecommunications/Film: 27.231 Broadcast
Advanced

Jour-nalism, 27.360 Filmmaking*, 27.361

mass communications

majors as quickly as possible. Students are expected to

have declared

Public

Media and Campaigns*

students seeking entrance to each of the three major tracks
available in

in

Consumer Behavior*, 27.455

and

participation in media-related extra curricular activities.

Some

I,

Relations Cases and Problems*, 27.466 Advertising

experience. Students should exhibit strong writing,
visual,

Public Relations/Advertising: 32.250 Design

minimum

requirements

to graduate.

Students also are required to participate in

practicums and internships during which they are
expected to practice the technical requirements of their
specialties. Credit hours received for this participation

will

be

in addition to the core

and specialty areas already

described. Internships both on and off
available;

some

are paid,

some

campus

are

are not. Students are

urged to complete both an off-campus and an on-campus
practicum so as to be as well prepared technically as

Core courses: 27.110 Mass Communications
and the Popular Arts or 42.226 Popular Arts in America,
27.1 15

Cinema Appreciation

or 27.190 History of Film,

27.230 Newswriting, 25.215 Communication Theory or

possible on graduation.
internships are available

Some

of these practicums and
on student-produced productions

such as The Voice, Bloom Television News, and a range
of other communications activities on campus.

25.205 Rhetorical Theory, 25.445 Organizational

Communication or 25.307 Business and Professional
Speech, 27.270 Contemporary Radio and Television.
Specialization: Students also must select a major
sequence track from one of the following three: journal-

Journalism Certificate

The Department of Mass Communications

ism, public relations/advertising, or telecommunications.

preparation for writing and publication activity in

Second sequence courses also may be taken for free
elective credit, and all mass communications majors are

teaching or in business.

advised to study several courses in an area other than their

major sequence.

who are
cate

is

It is

not availabe to students

majoring in mass communications. The

granted

when a

certifi-

student has completed three

courses chosen from designated journalism courses and at
least

90/COLLEGE OF ARTS

also

offers a Journalism Certificate that implies introductory

AND SCIENCES

two

full

years (four semesters) of satisfactory service

as a staff

member of The

Bloom Magazine, The
campus publications.

Voice,

Obiter, or other acceptable

and gathering of news. An elementary outline of defamation and libel is included. (Student should be able to type
30 to 40 words per minute before enrolling in this course.)

Admission procedures
Students

who wish

to

become mass communica-

majors must (1) file a specific application with the
department chairperson, (2) submit with this application a
tions

copy of their latest transcripts, (3) indicate which of the
major sequences they propose to study, (4) present a
portfolio of writing or production samples in

mass communications
(Note: This selection

development of reporting, its practices and
and the organizational patterns of news stories

the historical
principles,

one of the

areas.
is

not binding and

may be changed

later,

but students are advised to discuss their study tracks

fully

with their advisers so courses they undertake will

27.251

PR:

THEORY AND PRACTICE
3 semester hours

An
theories,

introduction to the development, principles,

and practice of public relations as a

organizational implement.

It

nication process, publicity,

community

social

looks briefly at the

and

commu-

relations,

and

public affairs practice.

27.261

PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING

count toward their final objectives.)

3 semester hours
Introduces students to the basic objectives and

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

procedures of advertising in a modern economy.

It

examines generally the variety of components and
methods used to achieve specific objectives in advertising

Mass Communications
(Code 27)
Cocurricular activity-Association of Public Relations

campaigns as well as the type of instruments
used for advertising.

that

may be

Students; Society of Collegiate Journalists

27.270

See secondary education program
education,

Communication

3 semester hours

Provides a survey of contemporary radio and

Certification (Non-print

and a technology.
work in classroom.

television as an industry, an art,

Media Option).
27.110

CONTEMPORARY RTV

for B.S. in

MASS COMMUNICATIONS AND
POP ARTS
3 semester hours

includes

some

27.271

MEDIA OPERATIONS

laboratory-type

(BU Curriculum Committee

A comprehensive overview of mass communica-

It

approval pending)

3 semester hours

This course concentrates on the knowledge and

and their relative impacts on society and culture.
The course covers magazines, newspapers, motion

physical use of technical requirements that operate the

pictures, radio, television, public relations, advertising,

growing range of equipment needed

tions

and media regulations.
Not applicable toward a major

to

produce contem-

porary radio, television, and video programs.

ethical codes,

in

mass communi-

cations.

17.190

HISTORY OF FILM
3 semester hours

An overview
motion picture.
technicians,

It

of the history and growth of the

studies film genres, historical figures,

and performers. Students must view approxi-

mately 15 films during the course

in laboratory

showings.

(Offered spring semester only.)

27.210

MASS COMMUNICATIONS THEORY
(BU Curriculum Committee

approval pending)

3 semester hours

An outline of the development of mass communications theory from the 19th century to

modem

times

with an outline of the major theories and the proposition

of their impact on modern society.

27.230

NEWSWRITING
3 semester hours

A practical course that outlines the "theory" and
techniques of news reporting.

It

includes

some

outline of

Mass Communications Department/91

27.285

CINEMA APPRECIATION

MEDIAGRAPfflCS

27.335

(BU Curriculum Committee

3 semester hours

This course examines film form, theory, and
criticism to bring about a better understanding

appreciation of the motion picture.

It

also

is

27.297

fall

MASS COMMUNICATIONS
PRACTICUM

in the

3 semester hours

in film, television,

any of the sequences offered

department or others on campus having similar

needs rele-vant to mass communications. Students must

two semesters of practicums to receive 1
hour. This may be repeated for a maximum of

participate in
credit

FEATURE WRITING

27.340

semester hour

Requires student participation
radio, or print productions in

as adver-tising layouts and visual presentations for video

and television material.
Prerequisite: 27.334

semester only.)

1

layout problems and applications for printed and visual
material including newspaper and magazine pages as well

this

course.

(Offered

A course in computer-generated design and

and great

designed to

enhance the visual appreciation required in modern
media. Students will view approximately 15 films in

approval pending)

3 semester hours

Outlines the basic requirements for feature-type
articles for

newspapers and magazines.

It

studies various

techniques used to gather information and to develop a

range of feature

work

articles.

The course includes

practical

as well as the study and discussion of published

articles

and includes marketing
Prerequisite: 27.334

strategies.

three semester hours.

27.345
27.310

MEDIA LAW

PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORTING
(BU Curriculum Committee

3 semester hours

(BU Curriculum Committee approval

nature and content of mass media messages and business
practices.

The course covers

historical

An advanced reporting course on

pending)

A survey of legal restraints that influence the
developments,

criminal libel, sedition, defamation, privacy, copyright,
obscenity, shield law, freedom of information, free pressfree trial, unique broadcast policies, advertising,

and

to

consistent with entry-level professional reporting require-

ments

in public affairs

coverage including courts, police

and government.
Prerequisite: 27.340

SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF MASS

27.346

COMMUNICATIONS

MAGAZINE EDITING/PRODUCTION
(BU Curriculum Committee

3 semester hours

An

the role of

news reporting in mass media. It
concentrates on a number of "beats" most susceptible
news generation. Students will leam basic abilities
public affairs in

antitrust problems.

27.315

approval pending)

3 semester hours

approval pending)

3 semester hours

A course designed to acquaint students with the

interdisciplinary study of the historical,

philosophical, social, economic, and legal foundations of

principles and techniques of

American mass medias a base for study of contemporary
mass media. The course looks at media from the perspective of journalists, owners, audiences, and government.

emphasis on manuscript selection, editing, design,
production, circulation, and marketing. A study of the
nature of magazines as part of a mass communications

system

27.334

magazine production with

EDITING

is

included.

Prerequisite: 27.230

3 semester hours

Designed

to

improve writing for newspapers,

magazines, and brochures.
styles

most used; the need

It

news
with some

for good, tight

stories; the practice of headline writing,

copy

in

elementary layout and design experience including photo
editing.

It

also suggests

defamation and

some defenses

problems for copy
Prerequisite: 27.230
libel

27.352

PUBLICITY AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
3 semester hours

indicates particular types of

A comprehensive study of various publicity
techniques used in public relations efforts of business,

government, and non-profit organizations. Students

to possible

prepare press releases, public service announcements,

editors.

speeches, slide programs, or other appropriate communication vehicles.
Prerequisite: 27.251

92/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

27.360

FILMMAKING

27.415

3 semester hours
Reviews the basic process of 16mm filmmaking
in an introductory and comprehensive manner. Concentrates on making short silent films. Requires laboratory
hours plus field work by arrangement.

To be

undertaken

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
(BU Curriculum Committee

approval pending)

3 semester hours

A review of modern communications technologies such as computers, satellites, cable television, digital,

compact disc, and
The course also covers the

elec-tronic publishing, networking,

as independent study, see 27.478. Also requires consent

videocassette machines.

of the instructor. Student's must pay for film stock and

applications, economics, business, legal,

processing costs.

problems of new technology applications.

and

social

Prerequisite: 27.270

27.364

ADVERTISING COPY WRITING
3 semester hours

27.418

to

MASS MEDIA RESEARCH
(BU Curriculum Committee

This course studies the type of writing required

produce effective advertising. The course focuses on

A review of a number of research sources and

persuasive devices used in creative development and

techniques that can be used to investigate and study

methods of campaign planning.
Prerequisite: 27.261

27.366

DESIGN IN ADVERTISING
3 semester hours
Principles of advertising layout

print

and broadcasting.

in layout,

It

approval pending)

3 semester hours

and design

in

includes hands-on experience

material in mass media. Some research courses offered
by other departments may be more suitable for particular
student interests, and these may be substituted for this
course sub-ject to approvals from student instructors,
advisers, and department chairperson. Students should be
either juniors or seniors before they enroll in this course.

typography, and paste-up in addition to theory.

27.435

Prerequisite: 27.261

JOURNALISM SEMINAR: SPECIAL
TOPICS

27.371

BROADCAST JOURNALISM

3 semester hours

A seminar course to study a variety of ethical

3 semester hours
Studies technical elements of broadcast writing,
script formats,

and non-dramatic material.

It

provides

and practical problems in journalism. Topics may vary
from semester to semester. Course may be repeated with

maximum

opportunities to study, write, and announce news,

different topics to a

commercials, and similar broadcast material.

adviser and chairperson approval.

Prerequisite: 27.270

27.375

of three seminars with

Prerequisite: 27.230

BROADCAST PROGRAMMING
AND MANAGEMENT

27.455

PUBLIC RELATIONS CASES AND

PROBLEMS

3 semester hours

3 semester hours

A study of the use of publicity as a particular

Studies television and radio management,

programming, and each medium as a business and the

element of public relations. The course will examine

elements of success or failure. Students also will study

some

some

hands-on production of written material.

this

basic economics of

media and methods of handling
material as well as codes, laws, and community

specific publicity cases

and also requires

practical

Prerequisite: 27.352

interests.

Prerequisite: 27.371

27.466

ADVERTISING MEDIA AND

CAMPAIGNS
27.388

TV ACTING AND DIRECTING

3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Provides instruction

in acting

and directing

for

television. This course also includes laboratory hours.

Study of the use of advertising media, methods
of selection, and the

media buying and

skills

traffic

and background required for

planning. Basic principles and

applications of advertising research and

Prerequisite: 27.271

campaign

planning, preparation, and presentation are taught in a

27.390

FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTION

problem-solving format.

3 semester hours

Reviews the basic processes of filmmaking in an
introductory but comprehensive manner. It concentrates
on making short silent films and requires laboratory hours
and field work by arrangement. Students in this course
are expected to provide their

and for film processing

own

costs.

Prerequisite: 27.271

Prerequisite: 27.364

27.469

and 366

PR/AD SEMINAR - SPECIAL TOPICS
(PR)/SPECIAL TOPICS (AD)
3 semester hours

A seminar program designed to study particular

film stock for shooting,
ethical

and

social

problems related

to public relations

may

vary, and students

advertising practice. Subjects

may

and

repeat seminars providing the topics change.

Mass Communications Department/93

Maximum

of three seminars

may be

undertaken with

Prerequisite: Special Topics (PR)-27.352

and department chairperson. Interns also are

adviser,

expected to have completed several of their basic

approval of instructor and department chairperson.

and

Special Topics (AD)-27.366

specialist courses prior to applying for internships.

Projects

must be submitted

before the project

27.478

INDEPENDENT STUDY

is

a month

in writing at least

expected to begin and must be

approved by the student adviser and department chairper-

1-3 semester hours

Provides for individual work and study on an

son.

The course may be repeated within catalog regulabecome a compulsory part of the

tions. Internships will

undertaken by a student. Student should find a faculty

mass communications program. Credit for the course is
based on three credits for each 10 hours of work under-

sponor/adviser, prepare a written proposal, which must

taken per

have departmental approval and approval of the dean,

hours to graduation for internships. Special arrangements

College of Arts and Sciences.

must be made

area of mass communications concentration being

week per

summer

for

is

12-15

total credit

internships.

Prerequisite: 27.415 (Note: All prerequisites

Prerequisite: 27.470

may be waived by
27.480

semester. Limit

TELECOM WORKSHOP-SPECIAL

instructor subject to concurrence of

departmental chairperson.)

TOPICS
(BU Curriculum

approval pending)

3 semester hours

A practical workshop program

in

Mathematics and Computer
Science

which telecom-

munications majors will undertake specific instruction on

may change
and students may be required

the technical aspects of their major. Topics

from semester
to

work on

to semester,

specific projects, such as telethons or televi-

workshop programs. Workshops may be repeated provided topics change also.
Instructor and depart-ment chairperson approval required.
sion news, as part of their

Professors Harold

J.

Bailey, Stephen D. Beck, Charles

M.

Brennan, Paul C. Cochrane, JoAnne S. Growney, Paul G.
Hartung,

J.

Edward Kerlin

Jr.,

James C. Pomfret

(chair-

person), June L. Trudnak; Associate Professors Leroy H.

Prerequisite: 27.415

27.482

Faculty

TELECOM SEMINAR-SPECIAL
TOPICS
3 semester hours

Brown, Edward Dennis Huthnance Jr., Joseph E. Mueller,
Ronald W. Novak, Clinton J. Oxenrider, Mehdi Razzaghi,
John H. Riley Jr., (assistant chairperson/CS coordinator);
Assistant Professors Mirza W. Ali, Thomas L. Ohl

A seminar program to study some of the ethical
and social problems thrown up by the pervasiveness of
new technologies. Topics may change from semester to
semester. Students

change

in topic

may

B.S. in

Computer and Information Science
Required CIS: 53.177, 277, 275, 377; 92.350,

repeat seminars subject to a

but also require instructor and department

356; 53.371, 375

chairperson approvals.

Required Non-CIS: 25.103; 53.125, 126, 185,

Prerequisite: 27.415

241
27.485

RTF AUTHOR THEORY AND
PRACTICE
(BU Curriculum Committee

Specialized Requirements in

approval pending)

3 semester hours

credits):

CIS

(select 15

53.271, 373, 471, 472, 378, 374, 381, 361, 491,

492; 92.352, 354, 358

A study of the construction of documentary and
dramatic material in terms of telecommunications/film

B.A. in Mathematics

semiotics with an overall survey of production and

business problems. This

is

Mathematics 53.125, 126, 185, 225, 226, 241,

a project course designed

primarily for film, television, and radio majors

310, 314; at least two 3-credit computer science courses at

into

Prerequisite: 27.271

the 200-level or above, or 53.177 and at least one 3-credit
computer science course at the 200-level or above. At
least three 3-credit mathematics courses at the 300-level

MASS COMMUNICATIONS

including at least two from the classical core consisting of

moving
mass communications production seminars.

27.497

INTERNSHIP

53.322, 331, 360, 411, 421, 422, and 451. At least six
1-3 semester hours

Open

to junior

and senior majors with a

QPA of

credit hours in a discipline to

which mathematics

traditionally applied (as

approved by the adviser).

Courses 53.311 and 372

may

not be counted in

is

fulfilling

2.75 in the major, although consideration also will be
given for other practical experience students may offer.

requirements for the major. Total semester hours required

An

for the

internship

may

include on-campus or off-campus

study of a particular project arranged by the student,

94/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

B.A. are 45.

B.S. in

53.118

Mathematics

APPLIED MATRIX ALGEBRA
3 semester hours

Mathematics 53.125, 126, 185, 225, 226, 241,
310, 314; Physics 54.211, 212; at least two 3-credit
computer science courses at the 200-level or above or
53.177 and at least one 3-credit computer science course
at the 200-level or above.

At

least three 3-credit

mathe-

Introduces vectors, matrices, linear equations,

and linear programming with applications

to the social

and biological sciences and business.

Two years

Prerequisite:

of high school algebra

or the equivalent

matics courses at the 300-level or above including two

from the classical core (see above). Nine credit concentration in a special interest area within mathematics or in a
related discipline;

sample ares of concentration available

upon request. The

total

semester hours required for the

B.S. are 56.

53.123

ESSENTIALS OF CALCULUS

3 semester hours
Course presents the basic concepts of elementary
calculus in a non-rigorous approach for students who are
not mathematics majors. Pertinent topics in the real

number system,

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

analytic geometry, functions, and limits

prepare the student for the study of the basic techniques of
differentiation

Mathematics and Computer Science
(Code 53)

and

integration.

algebra. This course

53.101

At

Prerequisite:

MATHEMATICAL THINKING

least

two years of high school

not for mathematics, chemistry, or

is

physics majors.

3 semester hours
Presents mathematical topics and applications in

a context designed to promote

quantitative reasoning

the use of mathematics in solving

53.124

and education majors

and others who seek a broad view of mathematics.
(Background in algebra not required.)

II

3 semester hours

Techniques and applications of integration with

problems and making

decisions. Suitable for humanities

ESSENTIALS OF CALCULUS

and

an introduction to infinite series and elementary differential

equations as a continuation of the material in 53.123.
Prerequisite:

53.123. This course

is

not for

mathematics, chemistry, or physics majors.
53.111

FINITE MATHEMATICS
3 semester hours

53.125

counting techniques, probability spaces, and

game

ANALYSIS I
Analysis

Presents an introductory development of
theory.

level

I is

3 semester hours

designed to meet part of the major-

mathematics requirement.

It is first in

the sequence

of four calculus courses. This course provides the basic

53.112

TRIGONOMETRY

tools for differentiation

3 semester hours

and the beginnings of integration

for functions of a single variable.
Prerequisite:

Studies basic trigonometric ratios and their

Four years of high school math

applications along with an extension to circular functions

including one year of elementary functions or the equiva-

and

lent of 53.113.

their multi-faceted relationships.

Prerequisite: 53. 1 14 or

two years of high school
53.126

algebra or the equivalent.

ANALYSIS H

3 semester hours

Studies techniques of integration, transcendental

53.113

PRE-CALCULUS

functions, infinite series, Taylor's

3 semester hours

differential equations,

Prerequisite:

Studies elementary algebraic functions and
relations, exponential,

53.125

and logarithmic functions, circular

functions and inverse functions, and their applications.
Prerequisite: 53.

1

53.141

INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS
3 semester hours

14 or two years of high school

Reading, interpreting, and constructing tables of

algebra and 53.1 12 or or high school trigonometry or their

statistical data, statistical

equivalent.

skills

53.114

Theorem, some special

and polar coordinates.

of

COLLEGE ALGEBRA

measure; application of basic

statistics.

Prerequisite:

High school algebra

3 semester hours
Studies fundamental algebraic concepts and

develops the mathematical and computation

skills

neces-

53.175

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER
SCIENCE
3 semester hours

sary to apply algebraic techniques to problems in business, economics, the social

and natural sciences, and the

processing-what they are,

liberal arts.

Prerequisite:

or the equivalent.
53.1 12 or higher.

Presents an introduction to computers and data

1

1/2 years of high school algebra

Not open

to students

with credit for

are controlled, and

how

how

they function,

how

they

they are used in problem solving.

Basic concepts include hardware, I/O systems, data

communication and storage, flow charting, and programming in BASIC on a microcomputer.
Mathematics and Computer Science Department/95

COMPUTER SCIENCE I

53.177

53.241

PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
3 semester hours

3 semester hours

An introduction

to

Studies descriptive and inferential statistics with

computer science with an

emphasis on programming. Involves the use of a highlevel language and the development of good program-

emphasis on probabilistic distribution. Practiced training
in the calculation of various statistical measures is

ming

included.

style

and fundamental techniques.

A more rigorous course than 53.141.

Prerequisite: 53. 126 (or current enrollment) and

Prerequisite: 53.175 or the equivalent

53.185

DISCRETE MATHEMATICS

53.185

3 semester hours

An introduction

to set theory, logic,

and graph theory for those interested
or computer science.

torics,

ics

in

in first

3 semester hours

statistical

tests

of randomness, and association analysis will be

covered.

3 semester hours
Presents the language of sets, the four elementary operations through the real

number system, and

in

Prerequisite: 53.123 or 125

53.271

Open only

sophomores majoring

to

and 53.141 or the

equivalent

the

elementary theory of numbers.
Prerequisite:

procedures. After a brief review of hypothesis

testing fundamentals, topics such as goodness-of-fit tests,

one- and two-sample procedures for location parameter,

semester of freshman year.

THEORY OF ARITHMETIC

53.201

NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS
This course presents standard nonparametric

mathemat-

Prerequisite: 53. 125 or consent of instructor.

Not usually taken

53.243

combina-

ALGORITHMIC PROCESSES FOR
COMPUTERS

elementary education, special education, or communi-

3 semester hours

The course emphasizes

cation disorders.

the concepts of

FOR-

TRAN 77; input and output, program documentation and

GEOMETRY AND LOG FOR
ELEMENTARY TEACHERS

53.202

control, structured

3 semester hours

and execution.

Presents the content of geometry for the elementary curriculum using inductive reasoning

programming, extended modes of
and program development

arithmetic, character strings,

and the Logo

Prerequisite:

Programming experience or consent

of the instructor

computer language.
Prerequisite: 53.201 or consent of instructor

53.274

MEASUREMENT AND THE METRIC

53.204

A

SYSTEM
1

semester hour

This five-week course conducted in a laboratory
setting

is

designed to prepare the student for everyday

metric measuring experiences.

No English

to metric or

ANALYSIS

m

3 semester hours

technical survey of

methods for solving problems in robotics,
computer vision, expert systems, natural language
understanding, symbolic algebra, problem solving, and
other selected topics.
Prerequisite: 53. 177 or 92. 177

53.275

MICROCOMPUTER CONCEPTS

Presents vector analysis in the plane and three

Advanced

dimensional space. Systems of linear equations, matrix
algebra, linear transformations, partial derivatives.

ANALYSIS IV

topics in

3 semester hours
programming with a micro-

computer, operating systems, introductory concepts of

microcomputer architecture, and machine and assembly
language for microprocessors.

Prerequisite: 53.126

53.226

3 semester hours
methods in artificial

intelligence,

metric to English conversions occur.

53.225

FUNDAMENTALS OF INTELLIGENT
COMPUTING

3 semester hours

Prerequisite: 53.177

Presents curves and parametric equations,
surfaces, Taylor's

Theorem, functions between euclidean

53.277

COMPUTER SCIENCE n

spaces, and multiple integrals.
Prerequisite:

3 semester hours

The design and execution of applications

53.225

software using the Pascal language; will utilize the

53.231

COLLEGE GEOMETRY
3 semester hours
Presents elementary geometry from an advanced

standpoint. Discusses incidence in the plane and in space,

congruence, inequality, and similarity concepts. Studies
properties of circles, polygons, and spheres.
Prerequisite:

High school geometry

96/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

principles of modularization,

top-down design, and the

fundamental algorithms of searching, sorting, stacks,
queues, linked

lists, trees,

and recursion.

Prerequisite: 53.177

53.310

INTRODUCTION TO ABSTRACT

storage, error-correcting codes. Signal processing, in-

ALGEBRA

cluding the Fourier transform and digital

3 semester hours

Provides an introduction to the language and
methods of abstract mathematics. Includes these subjects:
sets, relations, functions, groups, rings, and fields.
Prerequisite:

53.311

53.185 and 225

Prerequisite: 53.126

(Offered

fall

and 271

only.)

3 semester hours
Design of combinational and sequential circuits.
Coding, various instruction formats and representation of

3 semester hours
Presents topics of elementary algebra from an

advanced viewpoint. Considers topics of contemporary
is

Individ-

COMPUTER ORGANIZATION

53.371

ALGEBRA FOR SECONDARY
SCHOOL TEACHERS

school mathematics programs. Course

filters.

ual projects are required.

data.

Memory,

central processors, input-output devices.

Introduction to computer architecture. Characteristics and
features of

some

existing

Prerequisite: 53.185

intended for

computer systems.
and 53.177

students in secondary education program majoring in

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN
SECONDARY SCHOOL
MATHEMATICS

53.372

mathematics.
Prerequisite:

53.310

(Offered alternate years.)

3 semester hours
53.314

LINEAR ALGEBRA

Studies the theory, design, and usage of a computer

3 semester hours
Studies abstract vector spaces, linear transformation, matrices,

determinants, inner product spaces, and

will

be used

to demonstrate

applications.
Prerequisite: 53.177

related topics.
Prerequisite: 53.185

53.322

The microcomputer
and develop software

as an instructional or training tool.

and 225

(Offered alternate years.)

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

NUMERICAL METHODS IN
COMPUTING

53.373

3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Studies elementary ordinary differential equations,

and power series solution, some numerical
methods of solution, and LaPlace transforms.

An analysis

infinite series

and application of various methods of

numerically solving problems in the areas of nonlinear
equations; systems of equations, interpolation, and pol-

Prerequisite: 53.225

ynomial approximation; numerical integration; approxi53.331

MODERN GEOMETRY

mation theory; and differential equations. The student

3 semester hours
Presents non-euclidean geometries and their develop-

ment from postulate systems and a formal approach

will design

and execute algorithms on the computer

for

specific numerical procedures.

Prerequisite: 53.124, 126,

to

and 271

projective geometry.

53.374

Prerequisite: 53.231

53.341

MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS
3 semester hours

This
(53.241).

course to

INTRODUCTION TO DISCRETE
SYSTEMS SIMULATION

is

the continuation of Probability and Statistics

Emphasis

on using the concepts taught
make inferences from data.
is

in that

Studies the
for

computer

discrete

ways

3 semester hours
which systems can be moduled
Emphasizes stochastic behavior by

in

solution.

random processes and

the simulation tools for

their solution.

Prerequisite: a calculus course, a statistics course,

Prerequisite: 53.241

and a programming course.
53.360

NUMBER THEORY

(Offered spring semester only.)

3 semester hours
Presents the theory of numbers. Includes the topics

53.375

of Euclidean algorithm, congruences, continued fractions,

ORGANIZATION OF
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Gaussian integers, and Diophantine equations.
Prerequisite: 53.185

An

and 225

introduction to the issues of

3 semester hours
programming lan-

guages: syntax, semantics, parsing, language specifica-

53.361

CODING AND SIGNAL PROCESSING
3 semester hours

A mathematical approach to codes and ciphers.

tion,

and analysis.
Particular emphasis

programming language

on the run-time behavior of

constructs.

Includes security codes, coding for efficiency in computer

Mathematics and Computer Science Department/91

1

.

53.376

INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC

COMPLEX VARIABLES

53.422

PROGRAMMING

3 semester hours
Presents a rigorous treatment of the complex

3 semester hours
recursive programming, non-deterministic, and non-

numbers and theory of functions of a complex variable,
limits, continuity, analytic functions, Cauchy-Riemann

procedural programming. Program verification and

equations, contour integrals, conformal mappings, and ap-

correctness. Applications.

plications.

Use of logic

for

programming, logic

Prerequisite: 53.277 or 92.256

interpreters,

Prerequisite: 53.226

and 53.185 or

53.377

and consent of the

instructor

(Offered alternate years.)

consent of the instructor.

ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS AND

ACTUARIAL MATHEMATICS I

53.431

DATA STRUCTURES

3 semester hours

This

3 semester hours

A detailed analysis of algorithms and data structures.
Examination of theoretical and experimental performance
of algorithms and data structures. Particular attention to
algorithms for searching and sorting and techniques for
implementing and manipulating various data
stacks, queues, trees, graphs, and files.

two courses

in

The course provides a solid founmathematics used in actuarial work and

actuarial mathematics.

dation of the

prepares for an associateship examination of the society

of actuaries.
Prerequisie: 53

structures:

1

25

,

1 26,

and 34

ACTUARIAL MATHEMATICS n

53.432

Prerequisite: 53.277

the first in a sequence of

is

3 semester hours

53.378

COMPUTER GRAPHICS

This

3 semester hours
Presents the basic principles for the design, use, and

is

two courses in
The course provides a solid founmathematics used in actuarial work and

the second in a sequence of

actuarial mathematics.

dation of the

understanding of graphics systems. Hardware and

prepares for an associateship examination of the society

software components of graphics systems are examined

of actuaries.

with a major emphasis on creating and manipulating

Prerequisite: 53.125, 126, 341,

and 431

graphics displays using a software graphics package; the

package includes standard computer graphics algorithms.

Two and three dimension
hidden

line,

INTRODUCTION TO TOPOLOGY

53.451

3 semester hours

graphics, animation, color,

and hidden surface algorithms are studied

Introduces fundamentals of general topology; ele-

in

mentary

depth.
Prerequisite: 53.124 or

126 and 177

set theory, topological spaces,

mappings, con-

nectedness, compactness, completeness, product and

metric spaces; nets and convergence.

53.381

INTRODUCTION TO OPERATIONS
RESEARCH

Prerequisite: 53.226

and consent of the

instructor

(Offered alternate years.)

3 semester hours

A survey of the methods and models used in apply-

53.461

ing
to be drawn
and dynamic programming,

APPLIED REGRESSION ANALYSIS
AND ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE

mathematics to problems of business. Topics

from decision making,

linear,

networks, inventory models,

Markov

processes, and

3 semester hours
Studies fundamental regression models and infer-

ences concerning the parameters involved. Basic analysis
of variance models are presented and discussed.

queuing theory.
Prerequisite: 53.118

and 123 or 225

Prerequisite: 53.241, 314, or consent of the instructor

53.411

INTRODUCTION TO GROUP

THEORY

53.462
3 semester hours

The study of

the theorems

INTRODUCTION TO DATA ANALYSIS
AND MODELING

and applications of group

theory begun in abstract algebra will be continued.

3 semester hours

The course

will introduce various data analysis

Prerequisite: 53.310

techniques, e.g., plots, graphs, transformations, and diag-

(Offered alternate years.)

nostics, influence analysis. Regression

log-linear

53.421

ADVANCED CALCULUS
3 semester hours

Presents a rigorous treatment of the concepts of limit,
continuity, derivative,

and

integral for functions of a

single real variable.
Prerequisite: 53.226

and consent of the instructor

(Offered altnerate years.)

98/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

and

logistic

models

will

be

models including

fitted to data.

Em-

phasis will be given on computer use.
Prerequisite: 53.341 or
structor

241 and consent of the

in-

MUSIC

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS

53.471

3 semester hours
Provides a computer-oriented analysis of algorithms
of numerical analysis. Includes the topics of non-linear

Faculty

equations, interpolation and approximation, differentiation

and

and differential equations.
and 373

integration, matrices

Prerequisite: 53.322

Professor William K. Decker, Associate Professors John

H. Couch, Stephen C. Wallace (chairperson); Assistant

(Offered alternate years.)

Professors

53.472

Oxley,

MATRIX COMPUTATION

Mark

W. Ann

Jelinek,

Wendy

L. Miller, Terry A.

Stokes

3 semester hours
Presents a computer-oriented analysis of matrices.
Includes Gaussian reduction,

LDU factorization, special

reduction techniques for tridiagonal matrices, iterative

methods, and a study of the matrix eigenvalue problem.
Prerequisite: 53.1 18 or

225 and 373

The Department of Music serves the entire university
community through its music organizations, its opportunity for private lessons, concerts by the ensembles,
recitals by students and faculty, courses which may be
taken in partial fulfillment of the Group A requirement for
general education, and music courses for elementary

(Offered alternate years.)

education majors.

53.491

SPECIAL TOPICS IN

MATHEMATICS
3 semester hours
Presents an area of mathematics which

is

not

available as a regular course offering.
Prerequisite:

Credit may be earned in seven ensembles: Maroon
and Gold Band, Concert Choir, Women's Choral Ensemble, University-Community Orchestra, Husky
Singers, Studio Band, and Madrigal Singers. Enrollment
in an ensemble is based on selection, permission, or
successful audition.

Consent of the instructor

courses 35.1

53.492

mum

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN
1-3 semester hours

Emphasizes individual scholarly

activity of

the highly motivated student.

as 8 semester hours of private instruc-

tion

in

who have

who

and acceptance or continuation

in as

many

demonstrated a

by

faculty

reserved for those

numbers 35.141, 142,

143, 144, 151, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 171, 181, 191,
192, 193, 194, 195, 196, and 241, 242, 243, 244, 251,

261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 271, 281, 291, 292, 293, 294,

research problems selected under the supervision of a

member of the Department of Mathematics and

and 295

for

majors

in

music may be elected

after consul-

tation with the respective faculty instructors. (For voice,

Computer Science.
Admission to the Honors Program
natural sciences and mathematics

is

exhibit potential or demonstrate development.

Private lessons, described as course

mastered the required course work. Students investigate

Prerequisite:

one of these instruments

semesters, 16 semester hours in eight semesters for music

students accepted for private lessons is limited

high level of interest and ability in mathematics have

faculty

As many
may be earned

students.

load,

3 semester hours
for students

wood-

majors specializing in applied music. The number of

HONORS INDEPENDENT STUDY IN
MATHEMATICS
is

of six credits in ensembles toward a baccalaureate

Private lessons in voice, organ, piano, strings,

Provides for directed study of a particular area of

This course

are described as

A student may utilize a maxi-

winds, brass, and percussion are available to qualified

mathematics as mutually agreed upon by the student and

53.493

The ensembles

1-35.1 17.

degree.

MATHEMATICS

the instructor.

1

contact Drs. Decker or Miller, for organ Decker, for piano
in

Couch,

for

woodwinds and percussion Terry Oxley,

brass, Wallace,

and for

strings, Jelinek

for

and Stokes.)

MUSIC
B.A. in Music:
35.131, 132, 133, 134, 231, 232, 331, 332, 221, 222,

and 223; demonstration of piano proficiency by examination and/or election of 35. 108; 8 semesters (4 semester

hours) of ensemble; 101

is

recommended; and one of the

following two options:

Music History and Literature- 16 semester hours;
35.421, 422, and 9 semester hours through courses
35.324, 325, and 327; also 4 semester hours of choice of
the instruments or voice.

Applied Music Option— 16 semester hours: one

Music Department/99

instrument or voice for 8 semesters. Selection of voice as

35.116

HUSKY SINGERS
0-1 semester hour

the applied music option requires 20 semester hours in

Performs varied music for men's chorus. Requires

language courses: 16.109, 10.101, 102, (French) 11.101,

two hours per week for two semesters

11.102, (German) and 14.101 (Italian).

hour.

No audition

for

1

semester

required. Contact Dr. Decker.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
35.117

Music
(Code 35)

MADRIGAL SINGERS
0-1 semester hour

Performs music of many styles and periods, primarily

(Courses offered each semester unless otherwise

music of the Renaissance. Open

noted.)

only. Requires three
for

MUSIC LISTENING I

35.101

1

from other

semester hour. Contact Dr. Miller.

3 semester hours

Provides an approach to music listening through

35.130

FUNDAMENTAL MUSICIANSHIP
3 semester hours

study of basic vocal and instrumental styles. Analysis of

Explores personal music understanding and develop-

various masterpieces, composers, and musical forms.

Recommended

Requires no previous musical experience.

for students with

PIANO PROFICIENCY

35.108

1

Provides opportunity for majors
proficiency at the keyboard.

in

semester hour

music to gain

May be repeated.

0-1 semester

fall,

hour

concert band each spring. Requires

and four hours per week
each spring. Requires two semesters for one semester
five hours per

week each

for applied study

ommended

35.131

Performs music of varied styles and periods. Marching band each

fall

little musical background as preparation
and courses 35.311, 131, and 133. Rec-

first-course in applied music.

THEORY I

monization. Requires three hours per week.
Prerequisite: 35.130 or consent of the instructor.

(Offered

fall

semester only.)

THEORY H

Continues Theory

CONCERT CHOIR
0-1 semester

Performs music of varied styles and periods,

hour

stress-

ing oratorio and a cappella literature. Requires four hours

3 semester hours

Studies harmony, voice leading, and keyboard har-

35.132

hour. Selective admission. Contact Dr. Oxley.

35.112

theory,

(Offered in spring semester only.)

MAROON AND GOLD BAND

35.111

ment through elementary terminology, symbols,

music reading, singing, playing, and chording of simple
instruments and bodily movement to music. Suggested

first-course in non-applied music.

per

to singers

Membership by audition
hours per week for two semesters

university vocal ensembles.

I

3 semester hours
with the study of seventh chords

and common-chord and chromatic modulations. Includes
melodic and rhythmic dictation and keyboard realization.
Requires three hours per week.
Prerequisite: 35.131

(Offered spring semester only.)

week for two semesters for one semester hour.

Selective admission. Contract Dr. Decker.

35.133

WOMEN'S CHORAL ENSEMBLE

35.113

0-1 semester

hour

Performs varied styles from popular to masterworks.
Requires three hours per week for two semesters for

1

semester hour. For admission, contact Dr. Miller.

1 semester hour
Development of the musical ear through progressive
training. Elected by majors in music or as a single course
by non-music majors. Requires two hours.

(Offered

35.134

UNIVERSITY-COMMUNITY

35.114

SIGHT SINGING I

fall

semester only.)

SIGHT SINGING H
1

ORCHESTRA
0-1 semester hour

Performs music appropriate to the symphony
orchestra. Requires three hours per
ters for 1

week

for

two semes-

semester hour. Election requires consent of the

instructor.

Contact Dr. Jelinek.

35.115

STUDIO BAND
band

style.

semesters for

(Offered spring semester only.)

0-1 semester hour

1

Requires three hours per week for two

semester hour. Election requires consent

of the instructor. Audition

may be

necessary. Contact

Dr Wallace

100/COLLEGE OF ARTS

in

music or as a single course by non-music majors. Requires two hours.
Prerequisite: 35.133

35.141

VIOLIN
1

Performs jazz, swing, and other forms representing
the big

semester hour

Continues musical ear training. Elected by majors

AND SCIENCES

semester hour each election

Provides private instruction for students with
strated ability or potential.

(May be repeated.)

demon-

One half hour per week.

35.142

VIOLA

35.191
1

1

or potential. One-half hour per week.

(May be repeated.)

VIOLONCELLO
1

1

DOUBLE BASS
1

35.193

35.151

ORGAN

1

previously studied organ or

who have

grounds. One-half hour per week.

1

who have

strong piano back-

(May be

Provides private instructions for students with ability

(May be

or potential. One-half per week.

Provides private instruction for students with ability

35.163

PERCUSSION
1

semester hour each election

or potential. One-half hour per week.

(May be

repeated.)

TROMBONE
1

semester hour each election

Provides private instruction with snare, timpani, and
mallets for students with ability or potential. One-half

hour per week. (May be repeated.)
35.208

SPECIAL TOPICS IN MUSIC

PERFORMANCE

semester hour each election

Provides private instruction for students with ability
or potential. One-half hour per week.

(May be

(May be repeated.)

repeated.)

HORN
1

semester hour each election

Provides private instruction for students with ability

35.196
35.162

repeated.)

SAXOPHONE
1

semester hour each election

or potential. One-half hour per week.

(May be

or potential. One-half hour per week.

repeated.)

TRUMPET
1

semester hour each election

Provides private instruction for students with ability

35.195
35.161

(May be repeated.)

BASSOON

semester hour each election

Provides private instruction for those

semester hour each election

or potential. One-half hour per week.

35.194
1

CLARINET

Provides private instruction for students with ability

Provides private instruction for students with ability

(May be repeated.)

(May be repeated.)

or potential. One-half hour per week.

semester hour each election

or potential. One-half hour per week.

semester hour each election

Provides private instruction for students with ability

Provides private instruction for students with ability

35.144

repeated.)

OBOE

semester hour each election

(May be repeated.)

(May be

or potential. One-half hour per week.

35.192

or potential. One-half hour per week.

semester hour each election

Provides private instruction for students with ability

Provides private instruction for students with ability

35.143

FLUTE

semester hour each election

3 semester hours
Provides a unique experience in performance or the

repeated.)

study of performance practice. Instructor develops a one-

35.164

BARITONE

time-only study. Information
1

semester hour each election

the

is available by contacting
Department of Music. Offered as needed.

Provides private instruction for students with ability
or potential. One-half hour per week.

35.165

(May be

repeated.)

35.209

SPECIAL TOPICS IN MUSIC
APPRECIATION

TUBA

3 semester hours
1

semester hour each election

Provides private instruction for students with ability
or potential. One-half hour per week.

(May be

repeated.)

Provides a unique study of music beyond currently
available course topics. Instructor develops a one-time-

only study. Information

is

available by contacting the De-

partment of Music. Offered as needed.
35.171

VOICE
1

semester hour each election

Provides private instruction for students with demonstrated vocal abilities.

One-half hour per week. (May be

repeated.)
Prerequisite: 35.226

35.221

MUSIC HISTORY I

3 semester hours
Emphasizes understanding and appreciation of music
from medieval times to 1750 through listening and development of a technical vocabulary.
(Offered

35.181

fall

semester of even-numbered years.)

PIANO
1

semester hour each election

Provides private instruction for students with
previous piano study. One-half hour per week.

(May be

repeated.)

Music Department/101

MUSIC HISTORY H

35.222

35.231

THEORY HI
3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Emphasizes understanding and appreciation of
classical and romantic era art music through aural study
of selected compositions and the relationship of the music
(Offered spring semester of odd-numbered years.)

MUSIC HISTORY HI

Studies compositional style of composers from
to the present

through listening and analysis of

fall

semester of odd-numbered years.)

CLASS PIANO I

35.224

fall

semester of odd-numbered years.)

THEORY IV

3 semester hours

Continuation of theory. Reviews 20th century compositional styles. Includes analysis

and composition.

Requires three hours per week.
(Offered spring semester of even-numbered years.)

35.233

2 semester hours
Provides group piano instruction for the beginner.

Emphasizes solo playing, creative accompaniments, and
sight reading. Requires three hours per week. Limited

CHORAL TECHNIQUES

3 semester hours
Examines the development of techniques and
abilities for participating in and supervising choral
ensembles. Stresses tone production, proper breathing,
choral conducting, and reading of appropriate literature.

seating.

Prerequisite:

sor

Requires three hours per week.

Prerequisite: 352.132 or consent of the instructor

representative works.

(Offered

skills.

(Offered

35.232
3 semester hours

Debussy

design, original composition, harmonic dictation, and

perception

Prerequisite: 35.132

to the culture of the times.

35.223

Continuation of theory. Includes formal analysis,

Consent of the faculty

pianist, Profes-

(Offered spring semester of even-numbered years.)

Couch
35.241

VIOLIN FOR MUSIC MAJORS

CLASS PIANO H

35.225

2 semester hours each election

2 semester hours

Develops independence

in solo playing

and accom-

Provides two weekly half-hour lessons for students
electing the applied specialization within the Bachelor of

panying. Continuation of 35.224 for students with dem-

Arts in music program.

onstrated abilities. Requires three hours per week.

of 16 credits.)

Prerequisite:

(May be repeated

for a

maximum

Consent of the faculty pianist Professor

Couch

35.242

VIOLA FOR MUSIC MAJORS
2 semester hours each election

CLASS VOICE

35.226

Provides two weekly half-hour lessons for students
2 semester hours

Provides group voice instruction for the beginner.

Emphasizes fundamental singing techniques and solo
performance.

Arts in music program.

35.243

maximum

2 semester hours each election

ACCOMPANYING

Provides two weekly half-hour lessons for students
2 semester hours

Provides instruction, coaching, systematic score

and

for a

VIOLONCELLO FOR MUSIC
MAJORS

SEMINAR IN PIANO

35.228

(May be repeated

of 16 credits.)

Requires three hours/week.

Prerequisite to 35.171 and 35.271

study,

electing the applied specialization within the Bachelor of

critical

performing experience for pianists.

electing the applied specialization within the Bachelor of

Arts in music program.

(May be repeated

for a

maximum

of 16 credits.)

Requires three hours per week and includes performing.
(Offered

35.229

fall

semester of odd-numbered years.)

DOUBLE BASS FOR MUSIC
MAJORS

CLASS INSTRUCTION IN BRASS
2 semester hours

Provides group brass instruction for the beginner or
the brass player

who

wishes to double. Emphasizes fun-

damental technique and elementary performance. Requries

35.244

2 semester hours each election
Provides two weekly half-hour lessons for students
electing the applied specialization within the Bachelor of

Arts in music program.

(May be repeated

for a

maximum

of 16 credits.)

two hours per week.

Prerequisite: 35.130 or consent of the instructor

(Offered

fall

35.251

ORGAN FOR MUSIC MAJORS

semester of even-numbered years.)

2 semester hours each election
Provides two weekly half-hour lessons for students
electing the applied specialization within the Bachelor of

Arts in music program.

of 16 credits.)

102/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

(May be repeated

for a

maximum

TRUMPET FOR MUSIC MAJORS

35.261

35.292

OBOE FOR MUSIC MAJORS

2 semester hours each election

2 semester hours each election

Provides two weekly half-hour lessons for students

Provides two weekly half-hour lessons for students

electing the applied specialization within the Bachelor of

Arts in

music program. (May be repeated for a

maximum

Arts in music program.

(May be repeated

for a

maximum

of 16 credits.)

of 16 credits.)

35.262

electing the applied specialization within the Bachelor of

HORN FOR MUSIC MAJORS

35.293

CLARINET FOR MUSIC MAJORS

2 semester hours each election

2 semester hours each election

Provides two weekly half-hour lessons for students

Provides two weekly half-hour lessons for students

electing the applied specialization within the Bachelor of

Arts in music program.

(May be

repeated for a

maximum

Arts in music program.

of 16

of 16 credits.)

35.263

electing the applied specialization within the Bachelor of

TROMBONE FOR MUSIC MAJORS

(May be

repeated for a

maximum

credits.)

35.294

BASSOON FOR MUSIC MAJORS

2 semester hours each election

2 semester hours each election

Provides two weekly half-hour lessons for students

Provides two weekly half-hour lessons for students

electing the applied specialization within the Bachelor of

Arts in music program.

(May be

repeated for a

maximum

Arts in music program.

BARITONE FOR MUSIC MAJORS

35.295

2 semester hours each election

repeated for a

maximum

SAXOPHONE FOR MUSIC
MAJORS
2 semester hours each election

Provides two weekly half-hour lessons for students
electing the applied specialization within the Bachelor of

Arts in music program.

(May be

of 16 credits.)

of 16 credits.)

35.264

electing the applied specialization within the Bachelor of

(May be repeated

for a

maximum

Provides two weekly half-hour lessons for students
electing the applied specialization within the Bachelor of

Arts in music program.

of 16 credits.)

(May be

repeated for a

maximum

of 16 credits.)

35.265

TUBA FOR MUSIC MAJORS
2 semester hours each election

35.311

MUSIC

IN

THE ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL

Provides two weekly half-hour lessons for students

3 semester hours

electing the applied specialization within the Bachelor of

Arts in music program.

(May be

repeated for a

maximum

Provides students with

skills,

background, and

attitudes to help understand musical creativity

of 16 credits.)

and the

value of music in the lives of today's youth. Designed

35.271

VOICE FOR MUSIC MAJORS

primarily for elementary education majors. Limited

2 semester hours each election

seating.

Provides two weekly half-hour lessons for students
electing the applied specialization within the Bachelor of

Arts in music program.

(May be repeated

for a

maximum

of 16 credits.)

35.324

AMERICAN MUSIC

3 semester hours
Analyzes works of selected American composers
with reference to characteristics indigenous to American

35.281

PIANO FOR MUSIC MAJORS

music.

2 semester hour each election
Provides two weekly half-hour lessons for students

Prerequisite: 35.101

(Offered

fall

semester of even-numbered years.)

electing the applied specialization within the Bachelor of

Arts in music program.

(May be

repeated for a

maximum

35.325

OPERA AND MUSIC THEATER
3 semester hours

of 16 credits.)

Studies great works of the lyric stage. Emphasizes

35.291

FLUTE FOR MUSIC MAJORS

listening

2 semester hours each election
Provides two weekly half-hour lessons for students
electing applied specialization within the Bachelor of Arts
in

music program. (May be repeated for a

maximum

and reading works of opera, operetta, and the

popular theater.
Prerequisite: 35.101

(Offered spring semester of odd-numbered years.)

of

16 credits.)

Music Department/103

35327

SURVEY OF POPULAR MUSIC

INTERNSHIPS IN MUSIC

35.497

3 semester hours

1-9 semester hours

Analyzes factors and elements of American popular

music with emphasis on developments

in the

20th

century. Includes a chronological study of jazz, balladry,
spiritual,

country-western, theater, film, and rock in

Provides for extended off-campus field experience to

be arranged by the major in music, a faculty adviser, and
an off-campus agency. Requires the consent of the

Department of Music prior

to registration.

comparative listening situations.

Minor

Prerequisite: 35.101

(Offered

fall

in

Music

semester of odd-numbered years.)

The minor
35.331

THEORY V, COUNTERPOINT
2 semester hours

Continuation of theory. Studies melodic writing in

two and three voices through the 18th century

style.

Prerequisite: 35.132
fall

music

is

a 25-semester hour program

may be

who major

a program other than the Bachelor of Arts

in

selected by undergraduate students

music. The minor, which

fewer semesters,

is built

may be completed

in

in eight or

from code 35 courses

that

include music theory, ear training, music history and

Requires two hours per week.
(Offered

in

emphasis that

style, applied study,

semester of even-numbered years.)

and performing ensembles: 35.101,

111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 131, 132, 133, 134,

141, 142, 143, 144, 151, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 171,

35.332

THEORY VI, ORCHESTRATION
2 semester hours

Continuation of theory. Examines instrumental
transposition, idioms, score writing,

181, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 208, 209, 221, 222,

223, 225, 226, 228, 229, 231, 232, 233, 311, 324, 325,
327, 331, 332, 350, and 497.

Seven

and analysis.

Requires two hours per week.
Prerequisite: 35.331

(Offered spring semester of odd-numbered years.)

35.350

SEMINAR IN MUSIC THEATER
Broadway musical wtih

on works currently

Applied Instrumental

3.

Applied Keyboard (piano/organ)

5.

special emphasis

7.

some productions

Theory

6. Flexible

in production.

(Offered in conjunction with

2.

4. History-Literature

3 semester hours
Studies the

different specialty tracks (options) within the

minor are available:
1. Applied Voice

Audio Recording Technique

(also available in

career concentration format with 32 semester hours.)

during the spring semester, and in the summer.)

Advisement and program
35.421

SEMINAR IN MUSIC HISTORY I
2 semester hours

Emphasizes development of

skill in

details are available

thorough the department chairperson. Early election

is

recommended.

independent

research in areas of music history for majors in music

Career Concentration

electing the music history specialization.
Prerequistie:

The "audio recording techniques" career concentra-

35.221,222,223

(Offered as needed.)

tion,

a cross-discipline vocation preparation,

in cooperation

35.422

SEMINAR IN MUSIC HISTORY II
1

semester hour

Continuation of 35.421 with emphasis on academic
research and musicology for majors in music electing the

music history specialization.
Prerequisite: 35.421

(Offered as needed.)

35.491

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN MUSIC
1-3 semester hours

Provides for a student project of a creative nature in

music

history, education, or performance.

(See section on Pre-Professional and Career Advisement.)

104/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

with the Departments of Mass

cations and Physics. Internship

is

required.

is

available

Communi-

PHILOSOPHY

the design of logic circuits, validity

and proof. Turing Ma-

chines and Logic Programing. Stress on algorithimic

methods

for translation

and proof.

Faculty

ETHICS

28.220
Professors Richard
person), Oliver

J.

J.

3 semester hours

Brook, William L. Carlough (chair-

Larmi; Associate Professor Marjorie

Clay;Assistant Professors Scott Lowe, Richard

Montgom-

Studies ethical theory focusing on such issues as ethics
as a branch of knowledge,

egoism

vs. altruism,

and the role

of intentions and consequences in moral judgements.

ery

Reviews theories such as Relativism,

Utilitarianism,

and

Kantianism. Investigates concepts of "rights" and "justice."

B.A. in Philosophy:

PLATO AND ARISTOTLE

28.221

3 semester hours

Required 28.212, 221, 224, 228, or 229
One course chosen from 28.303, 304, 305, 306, or 351
Five additional, elective courses
Total requirement for the

Major

pre-Socratic speculation on the one hand and in terms of

and developments on the

other.

(Offered spring semester of odd-numbered years.)

in Philosophy:

DESCARTES TO KANT

28.224

3 semester hours
Examines the writings of the 17th and 18th century
philosophers whose works reflect the "scientific revolution"
(Galileo to Newton). Considers works of Descartes, Locke,
Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. Topics include the nature of
reality, the sources and limits of knowledge, the relation
between mind and body, and the possibility of a rational

Required: 28.111,212,470
in one of three areas
28.221,224,228,229,470
Systematic: 28.303, 304, 305, 306, 351, 470
Moral: 28.290, 292, 294, 295, 350, 470

Elective:

Greece. Examines Plato's philosophical writings in light of
Aristotle's criticisms

30 semester hours

Minor

Studies the origins of Western Philosophy in Ancient

Three courses

Historical:

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

basis for religious belief.

Philosophy

(Offered

fall

semester of odd-numbered years.)

(Code 28)

EXISTENTIALISM

28.228

3 semester hours
28.111

INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY

men

Studies the writings of such

3 semester hours
Presents reflective inquiry into selected problems of
general philosophic interest. Considers types of knowl-

edge, nature of reality, individual and social values, and

as Kierkegaard,

Nietzsche, Husserl, Sartre, and Tillich. Major themes
include

human

subjectivity,

human freedom,

alienation,

and

meaning.
(Offered spring semester of even-numbered years.)

existence of God.

28.229

28.212

LOGIC

3 semester hours

Reviews methods and principles of reasoning with
applications to contemporary debates. Examines informal
fallacies, the syllogism, predicate calculus, sentential

calculus, quantification,

CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY

3 semester hours
Examines 20th century philosophical movement
concerned with logical analysis. Emphasizes the anlaysts'
reconstruction of the relation between language and
philosophy, particularly theories of knowledge, ethics, and

and induction.

religion.

28.220

ETHICS

3 semester hours

Studies ethical theory focusing on such issues as ethics

28.270

RELIGIONS OF THE EAST

as a branch of knowledge,

3 semester hours
from primitive stages to the

egoism vs. altruism, and the role
of intentions and consequences in moral judgements.
Reviews theories such as Relativism, Utilitarianism, and

developed systems of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism,

Kantianism. Investigates concepts of "rights" and "justice."

Taoism, and Shinto. Emphasizes

Examines

religious beliefs

beliefs, traditions,

and

practices rather than historical data.

28.213

LOGIC AND COMPUTING
3 semester hours

Introduces fundamental areas where logic and computation intersect, including the Propositional Calculus

and

Philosophy Department/105

THE WESTERN RELIGIOUS

28.271

THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE

28.351

TRADITION
3 semester hours
Examines the four great monotheisms, Zoroastrianism,
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Inquires into the original
literature as well as the

modem

skepticism.

ETHICS, POLITICS,

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN
PHILOSOPHY

28.470

AND PUBLIC

3 or 6 semester hours

Provides for individual study of a particular philosophi3 semester hours

An

Reviews the theory of perception; discusses

concepts of meaning and truth.

POLICY
examination of normative, descriptive,

taethical

3 semester hours
problem of knowledge, certainty, and

evolving theologies. Discusses

issues within these religious traditions.

28.294

Inquiries into the

and ma-

approaches employed by politicians and policy

cal

The course focuses on

member. The course may be taken twice.
6 semester hours of philosophy
(See section on Pre-Professional and Career Advise-

ment.)

SEMINAR

28.471

3 semester hours

BUSINESS ETHICS

28.295

Emphasizes

Prerequisite:

ethical

problems and responses in civic life and emphasizes the
ways alternatives impact on society.

staff.

the faculty

makers in confronting issues of responsibility and choice in
public programs and policies.

problem under the guidance of the

independent research on topics selected by the student and

Studies selected problems in philosophy.

3 semester hours

Review of moral canons in relation to business
Moral concepts are applied in analyzing situations.
Utilitarianism, Kantianism, and contemporary Egalitarian-

PHYSICS

practice.

ism are introduced as aids in decision making. General

Faculty

principles and concrete cases considered.

PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

28.303

Professors David

3 semester hours

Analyzes the logic of inquiry

in the natural

and

social

sciences; the nature of scientific explanation, problems of
causality,

28 304

measurement, prediction, and

Harper (chairperson), M. Gene Taylor,

J.

Associate Professors P. Joseph Garcia, Levi

B.A. in Physics:

SCIENCES
3 semester hours
in the social science

disciplines including objectivity, classification, explanation,

nature of laws, and reductionism.

28.305

legal systems.

theoretical

3 semester hours
background of the law and

Encourages students

to

develop their

own

views about the proper use of the law. Topics discussed
include the concepts of "law" and "legal system," limits of
the law

Physics 54.21

1,

212, 302, 310, 314, 400, 12 semester

hours chosen from other physics courses

numbered above

300; Mathematics 53.125, 126, 225, 271, 322; Chemistry
52.111, 112, 113 (or 52,113, 118, if criteria met).

B.S. in Physics:

PHILOSOPHY OF LAW

Examines the

Gray,

vertification.

PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL

Examines conceptual problems

J.

James Moser, Stephen G. Wukovitz; Assistant Professor
Gunther L. Lange

P.

and justification of punishment.

Physics 54.211, 212, 302, 310, 314, 400, 450, 15
semester hours chosen from other physics courses numbered

above 300; Mathematics 53.125, 126, 225, 271, 322,
3 semester hours chosen from Mathematics 53.226, 314,
373; Chemistry 52.111, 112, 113 (or 52.113, 118, if criteria
met).

28306

PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
3 semester hours

Presents a critical analysis of the origins and nature of

Emphasizes types of religion, evidence supporting
religious belief, and problems in and challenges to religion.

Note: Requirements for the major for the B.S. in
education are found in the section on Secondary Education,

College of Professional Studies.

faith.

28350

ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
3 semester hours

Surveys attitudes towards nature, man's relationship to
it,

the role of technology, and discussion of the ethical

dimensions of the environmental

106/COLLEGE OF ARTS

crisis.

AND SCIENCES

Minor

in Physics:

Physics 54.211, 212, 315, 316, 317
Note: These courses must be taken in sequence.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY

54.110

3 semester hours

Surveys the physical state of the universe and the

PHYSICS

variety of objects

(Code 54)
54.101

state

BASIC PHYSICAL SCIENCE
3 semester hours

Provides an introductory integration of concepts and
principles from chemistry, physics,

and astronomy, with

consideration for the nature of the scientific thought and of
the interaction of science with

of

such knowledge

is

obtained. Intended for non-

INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS I

54.111

4 semester hours
Presents an intuitive approach to selected topics such
as mechanics, heat, kinetic theory, molecular theory of

wave motion, and sound. Not intended

for students

specializing in physics or chemistry. Six hours per week: 3

SCIENCE
3 semester hours

class, 3 laboratory.

(Offered

Presents an integrated physical science course empha-

Encourages the development

semester only.)

4 semester hours

atoms, molecules, materials, and chemical change; energy,
light, and electricity. For elementary education majors.
Four hours class/laboratory per week.

fall

INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS H

54.112

of mental models to correspond with experience. Studies

54.104

stars,

science majors. Three class hours per week.

gases,

PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL

sizing laboratory experience.

comprises: the solar system,

of our knowledge of the cosmos and an understanding

how

human and community

concerns. For non-scientists. Three hours class per week.

54.103

it

galaxies. Provides both a description account of the present

Studies electricity, magnetism, light, relativity,

quantum and atomic theory,

structure of matter, nuclear

physics and particle physics.

A continuation of 54. 1 1 1

.

Six

hours per week: 3 class, 3 laboratory.

ELEMENTARY ELECTRONICS

Prerequisite: Physics 54.1

1 1

3 semester hours

or consent of the instruc-

tor

Presents an introduction to basic electronics. Designed
to give students in non-physical science areas

cal

and practical knowledge of electronic

ments, and devices.

No previous

some

(Offered spring semester only.)

theoreti-

circuits, instru-

GENERAL PHYSICS I

54.211
experience of physics or

4 semester hours

electronics required. Three hours class per week.

Presents an introduction to physics using calculus.

54.105

ENERGY: SOURCES AND
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
3 semester hours

Explains energy in elementary scientific terms and

Studies mechanics, the physics of fluids, kinetic theory,
heat,

for physical science

laboratory.
Prerequisite:

examines the present national and international energy

and environand nuclear, solar,

and thermodynamics. Appropriate

or mathematics majors. Six hours per week: 3 class, 3

Mathematics 53.125 or concurrent

regis-

tration

situations in regard to sources, utilization,

mental effects. Surveys the

fossil fuels

geothermal, and other energies with respect to availability

and promise for the
54.106

future.

THE SCIENCE OF SOUND
3 semester hours

reproduction. Designed for students in non-physical

A knowledge of basic algebra is
no previous experience in physics or electron-

fall

semester only.)

GENERAL PHYSICS n

54.212

Three hours class per week.

Provides an introduction to the principles of sound and
its

(Offered

4 semester hours
Studies

wave motion, sound, geometrical and

physical

and magnetism. A continuation of
54.21 1. Six hours per week: 3 class, 3 laboratory.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 53.126 or concurrent

optics, electricity,

tration;

regis-

Physics 54.211, or 54.111 with consent of the

science disciplines.
required, but

ics is necessary.

54.107

instructor

(Offered spring semester only.)

Three class hours per week.

APPLIED PHYSICS FOR HEALTH
SCIENCES

3 semester hours
Introduces the fundamentals of statics with an empha-

4 semester hours
sis

Studies selected principles of physics with applications
to the processes and instrumentation of medical technology.
Examines mechanics, fluids, kinetic energy and heat, optics,
electricity and magnetism, electronics, atomic structure,
radiation, and data acquisition and readout. Six hours per

week: 3

MECHANICS: STATICS

54.301

on vector methods

at

a level appropriate for physical

science majors and for students considering a career in an

engineering

field.

Prerequisite:
tration;

Three hours class per week.

Mathematics 53.126 or concurrent

Physics 54.21

1

or 54.1

1 1

regis-

with consent of the

instructor
class, 3 laboratory.

(Offered spring semester only.)

(Offered alternate years,

fall

semester.)

Physics Department/101

MECHANICS: DYNAMICS

54.302

DIGITAL ELECTRONICS

54.316

3 semester hours

3 semester hours

An

Introduces the fundamentals of dynamics with an

emphasis on vector methods at a level appropriate for
physical science majors and for students considering a
career in an engineering field. Three hours class per week.

Mathematics 53.225 or concurrent

Prerequisite:
tration;

regis-

and devices of digital

electronics. Includes practical experience of the building

and

testing of digital circuits. Supplies the

background

necessary for the understanding of microprocessors and

computer

circuits.

Three hours class per week.

Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instruc-

Physics 54.212, or 54. 1 12 with consent of the
tor

instructor

(Offered alternate years.)

(Offered alternate years, spring semester.)

54.304

introduction to the techniques

NUCLEAR RADIATIONS

COMPUTER ELECTRONICS

54.317

3 semester hours

2 semester hours

An

Presents a laboratory-oriented course dealing primarily

introduction to the electronics and operation of

computers, intended for students with a background

with basic techniques for detecting, measuring, and analyz-

digital

ing nuclear radiations. Studies applications of nuclear

in digital circuitry. Includes practical

and technology. Aspects of radiation
safety and radiation pollution of the environment. Four

operation and interfacing of microprocessors and other

radiations in science

hours per week:

1

experience of the

devices. Three hours class per week.
Prerequisite: Physics 54.3 16 or consent of the instruc-

class, 3 laboratory.

Prerequisite: Physics 54.212, or 54. 1 12 with consent

tor

(Offered alternate years.)

of the instructor
(Offered alternate years.)

OPTICS

54.318

54.310

MODERN ATOMIC PHYSICS

3 semester hours

3 semester hours
Introduces the concepts of quantum theory,

wave

Presents a combination of geometrical optics including
lens theory with physical (wave) optics including diffrac-

mechanics, and relativity in atomic and nuclear physics.

tion, interference, polarization, lazers,

Three hours class per week.

Three hours class per week.

Prerequisite: Physics 54.212 or 54.1 12 with consent of

54.314

Prerequisite: Physics 54.212, or 54.1 12 with consent

fall

(Offered alternate years.)

semester only.)

ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

ADVANCED PHYSICS
LABORATORY

54.400

3 semester hours

2 semester hours

Studies electric and magnetic fields, potential, dielectric

light.

of the instructor

the instructor

(Offered

and coherent

properties, electric circuits, electromagnetic induction,

Presents the basic tenets of lab

work

in physics

involving considerations of experimental error, proper

and magnetic properties of matter with a brief introduction
to electromagnetic waves. Three hours class per week.
Prerequisite: Physics 54.212 or 54.1 12 with consent of

research,

the instructor; Mathematics 53.225

electricity,

and preparation of an experiment. Includes

experiments primarily from the areas of atomic physics,

magnetism and

optics.

Four hours per week:

1

class, 3 laboratory.

(Offered alternate years.)

Prerequisite: Physics 54.310, 54.314

54.315

ELECTRONICS

(Offered alternate years.)

4 semester hours
Presents the theory and application of semiconductors

54.421

SOLID STATE PHYSICS

display of scientific data in any discipline. Six hours per

3 semester hours
Examines physical properties of matter in the solid
state. Reviews basic quantum concepts, crystal structure,

week: 3

electrons in metals, electrical conductivity, semi-conductors,

with special emphasis on circuitry. Studies basic electronic
instrumentation as related to the gathering, processing, and

class, 3 laboratory.

Prerequisite: Physics 54.1 12 or 54.212

(Offered alternate years.)

band theory, and the p-n junction. Studies dielectric and
magnetic properties of matter. Three hours class per week.
Prerequisite: Physics 54.310, 314;

(Offered alternate years.)

108/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

Mathematics 53.225

THERMODYNAMICS

54.422

HONOR INDEPENDENT STUDY IN

54.494

PHYSICS

3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Presents concepts and principles of classical thermody-

Provides the qualified student with an opportunity to

namics, thermodynamics of simple systems, introduction to
kinetic theory, and statistical thermodynamics. Three hours

participate in an

class per week.

investigation of a current problem in physics under the

advanced experimental or theoretical

supervision of a physics faculty

Prerequisite: Physics 54.212, or 54.112 with consent

member having

expertise in

the student's proposed research area.

of the instructor; Mathematics 53.225
(Offered alternate years.)

POLITICAL SCIENCE
INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM
MECHANICS

54.450

Faculty

3 semester hours
Introduces the fundamentals of quantum and

wave

mechanics beginning with a review of quantum radiation
theory and processing through the Schrodinger presentation.
Includes discussion of one dimensional potential functions,
the harmonic oscillator
class per

and the hydrogen atom. Three hours

Professors Charles G. Jackson, Robert L. Rosholt (chairperson); Associate Professors Martin

M.

Gildea, James

W.

Percey; Assistant Professor Richard L. Micheri

week.

Prerequisite: Physics 54.310

(Offered alternate years.)

54.480

B.A. in Political Science:

HISTORY OF PHYSICAL
SCIENCE

Total hours:

30 semester hours

Required Courses: 12 semester hours, United States

3 semester hours

Government (44.120), Nations,

Presents an account of the development of physical

science from the time of Copernicus to the present with
attention to the nature of scientific investigation,

States,

and Governments

(44.160), Introduction to Political Theory (44.210), Intro-

duction to International Relations (44.280)

assump-

Elective Courses:

and models, and the interaction of science
with other thinking. Three hours class per week.
Prerequisite: Physics 54.1 12, Chemistry 52.1 12, or the
tions, constructs

must be upper division
above

Minor

18 semester hours, 12 of which
credits,

i.e.,

at the 300-level or

in Political Science:

equivalent

(Offered alternate years.)

Total hours: 18 semester hours.

Required Courses: depends on option
54.490

SEMINAR IN PHYSICS
1

A selected topic

in

physics

is

selected.

Contact the Department of Political Science for

details.

semester hour

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

studied and prepared in a

form suitable for presentation. The student attends and
participates in physics seminars

the

same semester

54.491

and makes a presentation

in

Political Science

as that of enrollment in the course.

(Code 44)

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PHYSICS
1-3 semester hours

44.101

SCIENCE

Investigates an area of special interest and value to the

student under the direction of a faculty

member, following a

plan approved in advance by the department chairperson.

May be partly

interdisciplinary

and may involve limited

3 semester hours
Introduces the nature, scope, approaches, and method-

ology of political science by means of an overview of
political

experimental work.

54.493

and governmental

institutions, processes, theories,

and problems.
(For non-majors)

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH
1-3 semester hours

44.108
Provides for an application of theoretical and/or
experimental research methods to a special problem.

May

be interdisciplinary. Requires the preparation of a report.
Requires a plan, approved in advance by the department
chairperson, which

ELEMENTS OF POLITICAL

is

acceptable to the student and the

supervising faculty member.

CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL
IDEOLOGIES
3 semester hours

Presents an introduction to political ideas shaping the

contemporary world: nationalism, liberalism, conservatism,
capitalism, socialism,

communism, and

totalitarianism.

Political Science

Department/109

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

44.120

POLITICS AND THE ARTS

44.303

3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Surveys painting, music, films, poetry, and novels to

Introduces government and politics in the United
States emphasizing constitutional development, political

show

development,

concepts, philosophies, and problems.

civil rights, parties, elections, pressure

the relationship

between these media and

political

groups, Congress, the president, courts and contemporary

problems such as foreign

POLITICAL VIOLENCE

44.322

affairs, defense, inflation,

3 semester hours

unemployment, energy, and poverty.

Surveys individual, group, and mass
44.160

concentrating on causes and manifestations. Studies

GOVERNMENTS

positive

Compares contemporary

political

systems by opera-

tionalizing the concepts of "nation," "state,"

ment" and demonstrates

how

and negative effectiveness of political violence with
phenomena in meaningful histori-

the object of placing the

3 semester hours

cal

and contemporary contexts.

and "govern-

POLITICS AND

44.323

these operationalized con-

Seeks

PSYCHOLOGY

3 semester hours
and analyze topics in
psychology that seem relevant in

cepts interface each other.

44.181

political violence,

NATIONS, STATES, AND

to describe, explain,

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN

personality and social

WORLD POLITICS

understanding political behavior.
3 semester hours

to

and peace, East-West
nation-building,

relations,

It

also stresses the

problems as war
nuclear disarmament,
critical

44.324

POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION
3 semester hours

and revolution.

Studies the process of socialization and

ETHICS, POLITICS, AND PUBLIC

44.207

3 semester hours

and choice
The course focuses on

in confronting issues of responsibility

public programs and policies.

sociological concepts.

in

44.326

PARTIES, GROUPS,

AND

PUBLIC OPINION

ethical

problems and responses in civic

ways

relation to

Presents this in light of political, psychological, and

examination of normative, descriptive, and

metaethical approaches employed by politicians and policy-

makers

its

and behaviors through socializing
agents such as the family, elementary and secondary
schools, peer groups, work groups, and mass media.
political attitudes, values,

POLICY
An

method

gathering evidence concerning politics and

in

psychology.

Presents an introduction to international politics

through an examination of such

be used

alternatives impact

44.210

on

life

and emphasize the

Examines

society.

the

3 semester hours
development of political parties in the

United States; elections, voter behavior, and

political

and

political

INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL

participation; the role of interest groups,

THEORY

propaganda.
3 semester hours

An

introduction to fundamental political concepts such

44.331

as liberty, justice, equality, power, and authority, as well as
the

main ideas of some representative

LEGAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS
OF BUSINESS
3 semester hours

political philosophers

from Socrates to the present.

Describes and analayzes the legal environment

surrounding business, concentrating on the role of govern-

44.244

INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL

ment, especially the courts,

JUSTICE

ships.

3 semester hours

Seeks

to

provide students with a comprehensive

in affecting

business relation-

The impact of administrative regulatory agencies and

government

policies,

such as affirmative action, are ana-

lyzed.

survey and basic understanding of the role and function of
the criminal justice field. Attention

is

given to crime and

44.336

tions,

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

THEORY

criminal law, law enforcement, the police, court, correc-

and juvenile justice.

3 semester hours

Leadership and motivation propositions on personnel

44.280

INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS

3 semester hours
Examines sources of international conflict and cooperation, power politics in the international arena, problems
of collective security, the settlement of disputes, diplo-

macy, revolution, and international law.
1

10/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

management;
sitions

conflict, competition,

and cooperation propo-

of budgeting; and communication-information

propositions in relation to planning are considered.

1

POLITICAL SYSTEMS OF

44.366

44.437

WESTERN EUROPE

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
APPLICATIONS
3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Democracy

as practiced in

This course operationalizes the theory of public

Western Europe; the

politics

and government of Great Britain, France, and West
Germany; comparisons with the United States; principles of

administration by using simulations and cases.

comparative analysis.

44.438

PUBLIC PERSONNEL

ADMINISTRATION
POLITICAL SYSTEMS-AFRICA

44.371

3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Examines problems of newly independent

states, the

struggle for independence and the attempts to create
national unity
political

and create

political stability,

development, role of military

politics in the

Public service as a career, the personnel needs of
national

and

local governments, civil service law, personnel

systems, and current problems.

economic and
and

in politics,

44.440

THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS

Republic of South Africa.

Reviews

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

44.373

IN

policy-making roles,

CHINA AND INDIA

constitutional issues.

3 semester hours

3 semester hours
and congressional politics, public
executive-legislative relationships, and
Examines problem areas and propos-

presidential

als for reform.

Studies politics and government in selected states with

an emphasis on the forces which shape domestic and

44.445

PUBLIC CHOICE

foreign politics and processes.

3 semester hours

Examines

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF
THE MIDDLE EAST

44.376

theories of committees and elections (D.

Black), voting and candidates (A. Downs), constitutions

3 semester hours

(J.

Buchanan and G. Tullock), public goods (M. Olson), and
bureaucracy (W. Niskanan).

Introduces the political history and governments of
particular states in the region
tions regionally

and

in particular, the

and considers

internationally.

their interac-

The course considers

importance of Islam

in politics

44.446

I

3 semester hours

Arab-Israeli Conflict.

Analyzes the evolution, structure, and function of the

Supreme Court, concentrating on a case-study approach to
the court's interpretations of the powers of the president,
Congress, and federal-state relationships.

DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL
THOUGHT

44.405

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

and the

3 semester hours

A chronological survey
present

is

from the ancient Greeks

to the

44.447

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW H

undertaken to present the ideas of seminal

political thinkers as they grapple

3 semester hours

with perennial problems.

Studies the decisions of the Supreme Court as they
relate to the individual

44.409

AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
3 semester hours

Analyzes the relationship of American

and the government, concentrating

on nationalization of the

Bill

of Rights, rights of persons

accused of crime, equal protection, and voting

rights.

political

thought to contemporary political science by using traditional materials in a historical, chronological

reworking them

to

show

their relation

way but

44.448

main idea of the
America from the colonial

3 semester hours

actions and institutions. Includes the

leading political thinkers in

THE JUDICIAL PROCESS

and relevance to

period to the present.

Studies policy-making by
the

the federal courts, primarily

Supreme Court. The nature of the policy-making

function as well as the impact of policy-making on Ameri-

can society also are analyzed.
44.412

SCOPE, APPROACHES, AND

METHODS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

44.452

3 semester hours

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

AND POLITICS

Analyzes the various approaches and methods currently in use in political science.

3 semester hours
Presents a description and analysis of state and local
legislatures, executives,
realities

and judiciaries, the myths and

of state and local politics, intergovernmental

relations, current policies,

and problems.

Political Science Department/l

1

PUBLIC POLICY

44.456

251,311
3 semester hours

Agenda

and framing
selecting recommendations,

setting of initiating issues

problems, estimating forecasts,

Junior/senior years: content courses (12 semester

II.

hours)

These are applied to

redistribution, subsidy, regulation,

and

management policies.
III.

44.458

U.S.

FOREIGN POLICY

3 semester hours
Analyzes the substance, methods, and purposes of U.S.
foreign policy including the determinants of policy, policy-

making machinery, and implementation

course from 356, 375, 380

one
one
one
one

monitoring implementation, and evaluation are considered.

Minor

course from 335, 436
course from 321, 451, 453, 463, 476
course from any Group

specified below:

THE U.S.S.R. POLITICAL SYSTEM

44.463

semester hours in psychology as

101, 160 (or 40.346, 45.260, 53.141), 281,

and 9 semester hours, 6 of which must be

3 semester hours

content course

in psychology:

A minimum of 18

matters.

II:

Senior year: capstone courses (6 semester hours)
two courses from 341, 401, 406, 464, 466, 497

at the

300 or 400

level.

Studies the history, development, ideology, structure,

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

process, institutions, and policies of the Soviet political

system.

Psychology

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

44.464

(Code 48)

OF IRELAND
3 semester hours

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

48.101

Presents a survey of historical, social, cultural, and
religious developments in Ireland with concentration

study of the government and politics of Northern Ireland

and the Irish Republic. Examines contemporary
drama, music, and art.

literature,

Studies psychology as a system of scientific inquiry
into the nature

human

PSYCHOLOGY
3 semester hours

Presents the theoretical and practical implications of

INTERNSHIP IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

Examines
in

and

but within a life-span developmental perspective.

PSYCHOLOGY OF ADJUSTMENT

48.131

apply the theoretical and descriptive knowledge acquired in
administrative operations of contemporary institutions.

human development from

developmental psychology such as cognition and person-

1-15 semester hours
Provides for an on-site work experience and training
program designed to give selected interns an opportunity to

the psychology of

conception to death. Discusses traditional topics and issues

ality,

the classroom to the political, legal, organizational,

LIFE-SPAN

48.110

3 semester hours

44.497

and behavior of humans. Presents major

concepts, principles, and processes concerned with

functioning in individuals and social settings.

INTERNATIONAL LAW AND
ORGANIZATION

44.487

3 semester hours

on a

Examines

the personal

3 semester hours
and social meaning of adjust-

ment. Presents an operational approach to mental health
including such concepts as anxiety, frustration, conflict,
aggression, and defense.

PSYCHOLOGY

BASIC STATISTICS

48.160

3 semester hours

Faculty

Introduces fundamental statistical concepts and
Professors Donald A. Camplese, Steven L. Cohen, James

Dalton, Michael
Schick,

J.

W. Gaynor, Alex Poplawsky, Constance J.

Calvin Walker (chairperson); Associate Profes-

sors Eileen Astor-Stetson, L. Richard

Larcom; Assistant

principles providing a foundation for research methodology
for students

who need

not be mathematically inclined.

Discusses computation, interpretation, and application of

commonly used
statistical

descriptive, correlation,

and

inferential

procedures for analyzing data.

Professor Ellen B. Barker

48.211

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY

B.A. in Psychology:

3 semester hours

A minimum of 36 semester hours in psychology as
specified below:
I.

among
and

Freshman/sophomore

years: core courses (18

semester hours) 101, 160, 281, 282 (Note: 281 and 282
must be taken concurrently), two courses from 21 1 or 212,

112/COLLEGE OF ARTS

Studies normal development and the interrelationships

AND SCIENCES

various aspects of biological, cognitive, personality,

social factors.

Emphasizes prenatal

development.
Prerequisite: 48.101

to adolescent

48.212

ADOLESCENCE

training in

Studies developmental, personal, and social issues

relations

and communication

Must be a

Prerequisite:

first-year student resident

assistant

strive for adulthood.

Not applicable toward a major

Prerequisite: 48.101

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

affiliation, interpersonal perception

group behavior and conformity,

3 semester hours
Includes topics on the effects of social environment on

and

attitude change,

aging, special problems of aging, sex differences during

adulthood, vocational, marital, and familial developments,

and compliance.

and psychology of death and dying. Emphasizes human
behavior between young adulthood and senescence with

Prerequisite: 48.101

48.254

psychology.

Studies the development of adults in our culture.

Presents the study of interpersonal behavior with

attraction,

in

ADULTHOOD AND AGING

48.311

3 semester hours

emphasis on

skills.

of student services are considered.

confronting adolescents as they emerge from childhood and

48.251

human

Significant issues and controversies regarding the provision

3 semester hours

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF

emphasis on the aging process.

SOCIAL ISSUES

Prerequisite: 48.101

3 semester hours

Examines the application of psychological

theories

and

PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS AND
MEASUREMENTS

48.321

techniques to existing social issues and their relationship to

3 semester hours

alternative ethical viewpoints regarding social issues

Introduces the logic of psychological measurement

selected by the instructor for study.

including the applied and practical aspects of psychological

Prerequisite: 48.101

testing with

48.271

EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY:

emphasis on

reliability, validity,

and

test

norms.

Provides student with background for test evaluation.

METHODOLOGY

Prerequisite: 48.101

3 semester hours

Examines principles of psychology as applied to the
classroom. Emphasizes learning processes as affected by
environmental, experiential, and developmental factors.

(Offered

semester only.)

fall

ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

48.335

3 semester hours

Surveys the description, causation, prevention, and

Prerequisite: 48.101

treatment of maladaptive behavior, as well as the ethical

48.281

EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY:

aspects of these issues. Considers biological, psychological,

METHODOLOGY

and social
3 semester hours

factors.

Prerequisite: 48.101

and junior standing

Introduces experimental design, statistical analysis, and
issues of control

and confounding. Surveys

classical

and

48.341

learning experimentations as well as issues in social,

developmental, educational, and clinical psychology from

an experimental perspective.
Prerequisite: 48.101

and 160

THEORY AND PRACTICE OF
ACADEMIC PSYCHOLOGY

3 semester hours
Sharpens and expands knowledge of the basic principles of psychology. Provides an intensive review of the

content taught in General Psychology and requires students

48.282

EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY:

to lead discussion groups.

APPLICATIONS

Prerequisite: 48.101, 160,281, 282, junior standing,
and consent of the instructor

3 semester hours
Surveys the application of designs and

problems encountered

in

statistics to

psychology. Addresses ethical

issues in experimentation, the value of experimentation, and

the limitations of research designs.

Emphasizes discussion
and application of various research strategies to contemporary and traditional problems in psychology.
Prerequisites: 48.101, 160,

and 281 or concurrently

taking 48.281

48.356

PSYCHOLOGY OF MOTIVATION

3 semester hours
Surveys the fundamental determinants of human and

animal

activites.

Studies theories, research methodologies,

and experimental evidence related

to the activation

and

direction of behavior.
Prerequisite: 48.101, junior standing,

and 6

credits in

psychology
48.297

STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
LEADERSHIP SKILLS

(Offered

fall

semester only.)

3 semester hours
Integrates supervised experience in peer counseling

and student leadership

in residence halls with structured

Psychology Department /l 13

PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING

48.375

48.451

Examines

the theoretical

3 semester hours

and experimental bases of

animal and human behaviors. Studies

learning in

LABORATORY TRAINING IN GROUP
PROCESSES

3 semester hours
situational

and drive factors affecting learning, stimulus generalization,
and discrimination, retention, and forgetting.
Prerequistie: 48.101, 160, 281, 282, or consent of the

Offers on-going experience on topics including normsetting, leadership,

problem solving, role playing, coopera-

tion/competition, and decision making. Class size limited to

20 students.
Prerequisite: 48.101

instructor

(Offered

fall

PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

48.380

and consent of the instructor

(Offered spring semester only.)

semester only.)

48.453

ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

3 semester hours
Studies the relationship between psychological
processes and physiological activity. Reviews neurological
and biochemical bases of behavior with emphasis upon the
synergistic functions of the nervous system, sense organs,

and glandular system.
Prerequisite: 48.101, 160, 281, 282, or consent of
instructor

(Offered spring semester only.)

3 semester hours
Describes the application of psychological theory and
research to the study of industrial, business, profit and nonprofit service, military,

and governmental organizations.

Emphasizes the interaction of individual perceptions, group
dynamics and organizational climates, and strategies to

maximize the satisfaction and effectiveness of each component within and between complex organizations.
Prerequisite: 48.101, 251, and junior standing
(Offered spring semester only.)

HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY

48.401

3 semester hours
Studies the historical development of

48.458

modem psychol-

NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS

ogy and compares present-day models of behavior within a
Prerequisite: 48.101

48.406

3 semester hours
Presents experimental investigation of interpersonal

framework.

historical

and intrapersonal communication (within the framework of
interpersonal relations) based on various communication
modes (i.e., verbal, nonverbal, vocal). Promotes under-

and junior standing

PSYCHOLOGY SEMINAR
3 semester hours

Provides for an advanced consideration of significant

and discussions of
current research and may be repeated with change in topic.
Prerequisite: 48.101 and consent of the instructor
topics in psychology. Requires reports

standing of research and theory in relation to selected

problems

in

communication. Stresses the importance of ex-

perimental research in communication.
Prerequisite: 48.101, 251, or consent of the instructor

(48.160 recommended)
(Offered

48.436

3 semester hours

Provides a

critical

semester only.)

from psychoanalytic,
and learning points of view.
ers personality

social, individual, self,

fall

PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY
3 semester hours

Surveys behavioral principles, techniques of investiga-

and practice in the applicaknowledge relevant to a wide range of
personnel management problems. Considers the impact of
the EEO guidelines for personnel management in the areas
of recruitment, selection, promotion, training, and performtion, recent research literature,

tion of psychological

Prerequisite: 48.101

(Offered

48.463

study of theories explaining devel-

opment, structure, and organization of personality. Consid-

48.439

fall

THEORIES OF PERSONALITY

semester only.)

INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL

ance appraisal.

PSYCHOLOGY

Prerequisite: 48.101, 160, or 40.346

3 semester hours
Surveys clinical psychology and the role of the

clinical

and junior

standing (48.321 recommended)

(Offered

fall

semester only.)

psychologist in community and hospital mental health

programs, clinical assessment, and diagnosis. Examines

48.464

ADVANCED EXPERIMENTAL
DESIGN

concepts in and models of psychotherapy.
Prerequisite: 48.101, 335, or 436, or consent of the
instructor

3 semester hours
Presents an advanced consideration of the planning,

(Offered spring semester only.)

conduct, and evaluation of research in the behavioral and
biological sciences, employing parametric and non-parametric statistics.

Emphasizes inferential statistics, design,
and computer utilization.

analysis, interpretation,

Prerequisite: 48.101, 160,281, 282, or consent of the
instructor

114/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN

48.466

PSYCHOLOGY
3 semester hours

Sociology and Social Welfare

Provides for the study of a topic via review and

(Code 45)

research of technical psychological literature or empirial

manipulation of variables in the field or laboratory under

PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY

45.211

supervision of a psychology faculty member. Results in a

3 semester hours

written report.

This course introducest to basic concepts, theories, and

Consent of the instructor and departmen-

Prerequisite:
tal

approval.

is

the scientific study

of the influence of groups, institutions, and cultures upon
individuals.

PRINCIPLES OF BEHAVIOR

48.476

perspectives in sociology. Sociology

For example, the extent

class, religion,

MODIFICATION

to

which

race, gender,

and education affect the behavior and

opportunities of individuals

is

probed.

3 semester hours
Studies the application of learning principles to change

45.213

behavior in both individual and group settings.

6

Prerequisite:

credits in

psychology

3 semester hours
Examines social issues such as plant closings and unemployment, the impact of multinational corporations on

PRACTICUM IN PSYCHOLOGY

48.497

3-15 semester hours
through study, observation, and practice in a community,

May

be repeated for a

of

total

economy and the environment, mobility, aging, family
problems-sex roles, abuse, incest, divorce, alcohol and drug
abuse, social change and disorganization, racism, sexism,
the

Provides application of psychological knowledge

college, or business setting.

CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL
PROBLEMS

employment discrimination, crime,

alienation,

and poverty.

15 semester hours.

Consent of the instructor

Prerequisite:

45.215

RACIAL AND NATIONAL
MINORITY GROUPS
3 semester hours

SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL

Presents a sociological examination of

WELFARE

major

racial, ethnic,

some of the

and religious minorities and

their

divergent heritages in the contemporary American scene.
Prerequisite: 45.211

Faculty
45.216

Chang Shub Roh; Associate
Armstrong, Leo G. Barrile, David

URBAN SOCIOLOGY
3 semester hours

Professors James H. Huber,
Professors Christopher F.
E. Greenwald,

I.

Sue Jackson (chairperson), Charles W.

Laudermilch, Anne K. Wilson; Assistant Professors Thomas
A.

Bonomo, Dale

Presents a sociological analysis of origin and growth of
cities

Cities

L. Sultzbaugh

with an emphasis on the dynamic patterns of social

changing contemporary urban scene.
viewed mainly from a multinational perspective with

interaction in the

a special focus on urban regions.

The department offers a B.A. in sociology, a B.A.
social welfare, and an option in criminal justice within
either degree program.

in

A description of the B.A. in social

Prerequisite: 45.21

45.219

1

;

consent of the instructor

RELIGION AND SOCIETY
3 semester hours

welfare appears on page 118.

means by which people, as
members of communities, order their lives and endow them
Examines

B.A. in sociology:

religion as a

with meaning. Topics include ritual and belief systems, the

The required courses

for a

major

in sociology are

45.21 1,45.260, 45.462, and 45.466. Students select six
courses from those courses listed below in consultation with

social organization of religion,

religion

and the relationship between

and other parts of the social

structure.

Prerequisite: 45.211

their advisers.

45.231

MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
3 semester hours

Provides a sociological examination of the traditional

and changing

institutions

of marriage and the family

in

contemporary society. Focuses on family and marital
interaction, roles,

and interpersonal

familial relations.

Sociology and Social Welfare Department/115

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

*45.242

juvenile courts, clinics and correctional institutions, evaluation of theories, concepts,

PENOLOGY
3 semester hours
Penology studies the social rationales, methods, and
consequences of punishing and rehabilitating law breakers.
*45 .342

3 semester hours
Examines social pressures operative upon children in
American society, which leads to formation of delinquent
personality. Consideration of treatment and prevention,
and relevant empirical research.

Includes a social history of prisons,
the interpersonal

jails,

dynamics within the

and punishment,

institution, the

alternative

models and

inmate

and

social order, causes of riots, treatment programs,
policies.

Prerequisite: 45.211

INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL

*45.244

(Offered spring semester only.)

JUSTICE
3 semester hours

VICTIMOLOGY

*45J43

Offers a comprehensive survey and basic understand-

3 semester hours

ing of the role and function of the criminal justice field.

given to crime and criminal law, law enforce-

Attention

is

ment and

the police, courts, corrections, and juvenile justice.

Victimology examines the short-term and long-term
effects of victimization

on individuals and groups from such

crimes as family violence, rape, street crime, business fraud,
corporate negligence, and political wrongdoings.

BASIC SOCIAL STATISTICS

45.260

Prerequisite: 45.244

3 semester hours

(Offered spring semester only.)

Presents principles and techniques of statistical

by sociologists and others in the social
and graphs, measures of
dispersion, significance tests, correlation and regression.
Students collect and analyze data using computers. The
analysis used

MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

45.345

sciences: descriptive tables

emphasis
statistical

on understanding the concepts underlying
analysis in order to permit intelligent use and

is

3 semester hours
This course facilitates the student's ability to understand, analyze,
to illness,

and evaluate sociological

factors in relation

medical behavior, and health care systems.

Prerequisite: 45.21

or consent of the instuctor

1

interpretation of statistics.

SOCIOLOGY OF MASS
COMMUNICATION

45.400

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

45.276

3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Explores science as the organized activities of an
occupational community. Examines the development of
science as an institution,
society,

and

its

internal

its

social organization in

and external

modern

politics.

Prerequisite: 45.211

This course

and behavioral

is

an in-depth discussion of the cognitive

affects of

mass media, especially

television

on audiences, the social structure of the communications
industry, particularly
political

its

influence on media content, and the

use of mass media. Students will critique the

latest

research articles in the field.

45.318

SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

Prerequisite: 45.211

and junior

status

3 semester hours

Examines the role of social class in terms of structure,
and persistence in any society. Examines classical
theoretical statements and evaluates current American class
relations in terms of status, power, authority, and social
mobility. Covers notable studies of the American class
system and provides a close look at power relations and
styles of life among the various American classes.

45.441

SOCIAL INDICATORS

function,

Prerequisite: 45.211

3 semester hours
Attempts to reinforce and extend earlier learning

in

research techniques and methods by focusing upon systematic,

step-by-step understanding, analysis, and preparation of

social indicators at the federal, state,
social policy planning.

indicators

and

local levels of

Promotes understanding of social

and the use of these indicators within

all levels

of

society.

*45.341

CRIMINOLOGY
3 semester hours

Discusses the major sociological theories of crime and
justice. Presents the

major type of crime, namely,

homicide, rape, white-collar crime, political crime, organized crime, property crimes, drug crimes, prostitution,

pornography. Also, describes and analyzes the law enforce-

ment system.
Prerequisite: 45.211

1

fall

SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANT
BEHAVIOR

scope of crime in the U.S. and other

countries. Probes each

(Offered

45.443

society. Includes mental illness and various types of crime
and stigmatized behavior. Examines how it is handled
therapeutically and legally through institutionalization and
treatment. Attempts to provide a broad theoretical perspective as well as concrete

semester only.)

16/COLLEGE OF ARTS

3 semester hours
Evaluates the presence and function of deviance in

AND SCIENCES

examples of deviance

in

any

society.

Examines current methods of rehabilitation and punishment.
(Offered

fall

critical analysis

services

Prerequisite: 45.211

of the effects of social policy, planning, and

on people

in

a service-oriented, post-industrial

society will be examined.

semester only.)

Prerequisite: 45.21

SOCIOLOGY OF COMMUNITY

45.457

(Offered

3 semester hours
Reviews and examines theories and research of
communities. The system approach to understanding the
American community will be given special emphasis.

and consent of the instructor

1

summer only.)

SENIOR SEMINAR

45.470

3 semester hours
Provides for individual research projects and reports
within selected areas of interest such as the family, crimi-

Prerequisite: 45.211

nology, social services, and ethnic minorities.

SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY

45.462

18 hours of sociology and social work

Prerequisite:

and consent of the

3 semester hours

instructor.

Open

to seniors only.

(Offered spring semester only.)

This course examines the classical forms of social
theory from the 19th century and their impact on the

development of theory in the 20th century. Max Weber,
Emile Durkheim, and Karl Marx are studied regarding their

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN
SOCIOLOGY

45.471

3 semester hours

views on the social structure, social organization, the

economy, and the human
on contemporary perspectives, namely, the

condition as well as their influence
conflict

and

Allows

the student to pursue individualized instruction

in-depth with the faculty

functional approaches, the sociology of knowledge, phe-

field not

nomenological sociology, and symbolic interactionism.

covered

member

instructor,

of the

1 260, 462, 466, and consent of the
department chairperson, and the members of the

Prerequisite: 45.2 1

Prerequisite: 45.211

in a specific area

in current courses.
,

department

45.465

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN
THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

(See section on Pre-Professional and Career Advisement.)

3 semester hours
Presents an introduction to computer use for the social

45.474

sciences (through use of SPSS). Emphasizes translating

CONTEMPORARY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
3 semester hours

questions into data analysis and interpretation of statistical

Examines some major human problems

results.

Prerequisite:

45.260 or similar

statistics

course

that lead to

environmental deterioration, particularly water,

air,

and

noise pollution, energy and other resource depletion, and

(Offered spring semester only.)

increasing population density.

45.466

SOCIAL RESEARCH

Prerequisite: 45.211

3 semester hours
This course will stress the design and construction of

45.477

COMMUNITY LAND USE
PLANNING

major research methods and the procedures used in social
research. Special emphasis will be placed on survey

3 semester hours
Introduces the student to the community planning

research.
Prerequisite: 45.21 1, 260, or consent of the instructor

process and the theoretical perspectives relevant to
nity land use planning.

45.467

POPULATION PROBLEMS

tions,

human

population,

its

commu-

selected substantive

planning problem areas in the local community. Students

3 semester hours
Studies

Examines

formulate, develop, and present a

major theories, distribu-

composition, characteristics, changes, and future

community land use

plan.

Prerequisite: 45.211

(Offered

fall

semester and

summer only.)

developments of population and impacts of population

problems on society as influenced by

vital processes.

45.478

SOCIOLOGY OF WORK
3 semester hours

Prerequisite: 45.211

Presents a sociological examination of

45.468

SOCIAL SERVICE PLANNING

3 semester hours
of the social
advanced
consideration
Provides an
and planning.
policy
development
of
social
context and the
It

will stress the implementation of social and/or

work and

the

milieu of the worker. Studies formal and informal work

human

services at federal, state, and local levels of organization.

A

organizations, job satisfaction and dissatisfaction, the

and organization of industrial and post-industrial
societies, and the relationship between work organizations
within communities and society.
structure

Prerequisite: 45.211

(Offered spring semester only.)

Sociology and Social Welfare Department/117

SOCIOLOGY OF AGING

45.490

INTRODUCTORY PRACTICE
EXPERIENCE IN SOCIAL WELFARE

45.297

3 semester hours

3-6 semester hours

major theoretical themes, patterns of
and cultural consequences.
Examines the contemporary issues, problems, and programs
Studies aging,

its

An

living, socio-psychological,

of the aging.

is

exploratory practice experience for the student

who

considering a social welfare major. Provides an overview

of the agency system under the direction of a practice

Prerequisite: 45.211

supervisor.

SOCIOLOGY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

*45.496

Prerequisite: 45.133

1-15 semester hours

Designed primarily for the junior or senior working in
a specific institutional field and/or college-approved, off-

campus

activities related to the student's

chosen professional

field.

Prerequisite:

Consent of the instructor and department

chairperson

45.334

SOCIAL WORK PROCESSES I

3 semester hours
Examines several orientations to problem solving with
individuals and families. Emphasis is on the essential
knowledge, values, and interviewing skills for beginning
social work practice.
Prerequisites: 45.133, 215, 297, and 48.110

B.A. in social welfare

(Offered

The Department of Sociology and
offers a

major

in social welfare

and

is

Social Welfare

45.450

by the Council on Social Work Education. The
primary program objective is to prepare students for the
individuals, families, groups, organizations,

edge with a

SOCIAL WORK PROCESSES H
3 semester hours

Utilizes problem-solving interventions in small groups

integrating social

beginning level of professional social work practice with

The curriculum

semester only.)

currently seeking ac-

creditation

ties..

fall

integrates basic social

and communi-

work knowledge,

skills,

and values.

Prerequisites: 45.133, 297; taken concurrently with

45.334 or

work knowl-

after

(Offered

fall

semester only.)

liberal arts perspective.

**45.451

FAMILY COUNSELING

Required courses:

3 semester hours
This course surveys the major theoretical models for

social welfare 45.133, 297, 334, 450, 452, 453, 497,

498; sociology 45.21

1,

215, 260, 462, 466

family assessment and intervention with primary emphasis

on ecological systems.
tary

General Biology 50.101, Principles of Economics
40.2 1

1

,

A working knowledge of rudimen-

assessment and intervention

with families

is

skills for

problem solving

acquired.

U.S. Government 44. 161 General Psychology
,

48.101, Life Span Psychology 48.1 10, and three other

45.452

SOCIAL WORK PROCESSES

credits in psychology.

m

3 semester hours

Examines problem -solving interventions with
For additional information about admissions

criteria

and course sequence, please see the director of the Social
Welfare Program, Dale L. Sultzbaugh.

tual

framework of social work knowledge,

in the social

welfare degree

skills,

and

values.
Prerequisites:

**Courses which are not

large

groups, communities, and organizations using the concep-

45.133,297,334, 450, and 48.1 10

(Offered spring semester only.)

program.
45.453
45.133

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK
AND SOCIAL WELFARE
3 semester hours

Provides an orientation to the profession of social work

and

to the field

of social welfare. This includes an examina-

and current social work processes, values,
and practices in various settings and with special population
tion of historical

SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY
3 semester hours

Frameworks for analyzing social and economic
policies will be presented with special focus on legislative,
judicial, and administrative policies.
Prerequisites: 45.133, 297, 334, 450, and 452 (or
concurrently) and 45.215, and 48.1 10
(Offered spring semester only.)

groups.

45.497

**45.236

SOCIAL WELFARE INTERNSHIP

CHILD WELFARE

10-15 semester hours
3 semester hours

Examines child welfare services, issues, and the
which affect the social functioning of children.

institutions

Provides the social welfare major with the opportunity
to integrate

and apply knowledge, theory, and understanding

extracted from the foundation courses.

The

internship

development and evaluates the
demonstration of beginning competencies in working with
experience fosters

1

18/COLLEGE OF ARTS

AND SCIENCES

skill

individuals, families, groups, organizations,

and communi-

Required Courses: 45.21 1-Principles of Sociology,
45.260-Basic Social

ties.

Prerequisite: 45.133, 297, 334, 450, 452, 453, 215,

Statistics,

45.462-Sociological Theory,

45.466-Social Research

466, and 48.1 10

Required Courses: 45.244-Introduction

INTEGRATIVE METHODS SEMINAR
IN SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL

45.498

WELFARE

Justice, 45.242-Juvenile

to

Criminal

Delinquency, 45.341-Criminology,

45.342-Penology, 45.343-Victimology, 45.496-Sociology
Internship

Program

3 semester hours

An

examination of social work practice from a system

theory perspective and

its

functional relevance to contempo-

rary social problems. Internship

ences will be
course

is

critical

elements

and other practice experi-

in this

review course. This

taken concurrendy with or after the social welfare

Three of the following courses:
45.133-Introduction to Social

Work and

Social

Welfare
45.334-Social

Work

Processes

I

45.215-Racial and National Minority Groups

45.213-Contemporary Social Problems

internship.

Prerequisites: 45.133, 297, 334, 450, 452, 453, 215,

45.443-Sociology of Deviant Behavior

45.216-Urban Sociology

466, and 48. 110
(Offered spring semester only.)

Criminal Justice Option:

The option
in

is

designed for the student

who

is

interested

a career of criminal justice. Students will be exposed to

the adult corrections, juvenile justice,

law enforcement, and

penal systems.

Sociology and Social Welfare Department/119

Robert Yori, Acting Dean,
College of Business

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

120/COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

COLLEGE OF

Specialization:

Accounting
Secretarial

BUSINESS

Marketing
Office Technologies (required of

all

majors)

OFFICE ADMINISTRATION

B.S. in Off.

Adm.

General Information
Specialization:

Marketing

The College of Business consists of the Departments of
Accounting, Computer and Information Systems, Finance
and Business Law, Marketing and Management, and
Business Education/Office Administration. The college

Management
Accounting

Computer Information Systems
Finance

offers curricula in business administration with five concentrations as well as

Office Skills

Law

Business

computer and information science,

business education with five options for certification, and

Business Administration

office administration.

The curriculum

in business administration is

designed

to prepare the student for a beginning position in business;

computer and information science provides for

Faculty:

skills in

applications systems and programming; the business

education program leads to certification as a teacher of

Accounting Department:

business subjects; and the curriculum in office administra-

Professor Robert P. Yori (Chairperson); Associate Profes-

tion prepares the student for the administration

ment of a business

and manage-

office.

Students enrolled in other colleges within the univer-

who wish to transfer to a business curriculum must have
completed a minimum of 15 semester hours of credit at

Gum,

sors Charles

M.

Young Kim;

Assistant Professors John E. Dennen, Terry

Bayler, Lester

J.

Dietterick, E. Burel

Jones, Richard McClellan

sity

Bloomsburg and have earned a cumulative quality point
average of 2.75 or higher to be eligible to apply. Admission
to the

College of Business, however,

is

Computer and Information Systems Department:
Professor Frank S. Davis,

Jr.;

Assistant Professors Patricia

selective.

Programs with Major Specialization

in

Associate Professors Harold

K. Frey (Chairperson), Charles

Finance and Business

Law

J.

Hoppel, Robert Liddell;

M. Boyne, John

E. Hartzel

Department:

Professors Barbara E. Behr, Bernard C. Dill; Associate

the College of Business

Professor David G. Heskel (Chairperson), Bruce Rockwood,
Assistant Professor Karen Elwell,

Program

Degree

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

B.S. in Bus.

Marketing and Management Department:
Professors Alan D. Carey,

Adm.
Specialization:

Accounting

Emory

Rarig, Peter B. Venuto,

Melvyn L. Woodward; Associate Professor Stephen S.
Batory, Charles M. Chapman (Chairperson), Francis J.
Gallagher, Antonio Grimaldi, Howard J. Kinslinger, Robert
N. Watts,

Jr.;

Assistant Professor Salim Qureshi.

Economics
Finance

Degree

Management
Marketing

Computer and Information Systems

(B.S.

The

degree, Bachelor of Science in Business Admini-

stration (B.S. in Business Administration), is conferred

in C.I.S.)

upon

successful completion of the Business Administration

BUSINESS EDUCATION

B.S. in

curriculum.

Education

Certification:

B.S. in

Education

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS/121

BUSINESS ECONOMICS

Objectives of the Business Administration

Program
The curriculum in Business Administration develops
knowledge and skills applicable to entry into the

specialized

Economics: 40.311, 312, 313; 422, or 423, plus three
credits of 40 prefix electives and credits of Business
Administration electives.

business world and provides the opportunity to prepare for

advanced studies
curriculum

is

in business.

To achieve

FINANCE

these aims, the

dedicated to those educational ideals that

increase the student's understanding of business practices,
develops specialized occupational skills, and enhance

96.323, 343, 454, and six credits from 96.333, 413, 423,

463, and 473

and scholarly development The businessperson's
and the place and purpose of the business firm in
society are matters for constant study and evaluation. A
analytical

INFORMATION PROCESSING

role

concern for personal development in the attributes of
intellectual discipline

and

the general education

and business courses.

ethical vlaues is integrated into

92.177, 252, 256, 351, 352, and six credits from 254, 350,

354, 356, 358, or 450 or 456

MARKETING

Curriculum Requirements
The curriculum

in business administration requires the

97.360, 370, 430, 440, 460, 490, and three credits of

marketing elective.

successful completion of five sets of courses:

A. General Education (See section on General
B.

minimum of 63

Elective courses to complete a

Education Requirements.)

D.

Core Courses: Economics 40.211, 212, 346;
Economics 40.246 or Mathematics 53.123;

semester hours in business and economics: elective courses

Mathematics 53.1

18;

Accounting 91.220 or

are designated with a 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98 prefix for

business courses and a 40 prefix for economics courses.

Accounting 91.221 for Accounting and CIS

Some

majors; Accounting 91.223; Information Process

include the following: Speech, 25.307; History, 42.223 (to

ing 92.150;

additional courses are permitted as electives. These

be a substitute for 42.224 and 40.423); History, 42.472;

Management 93.344, 445, and

should be

446; Finance 96.313; Marketing 97.310; Business

Business, 40.101, 241, 431, 432, 98.332, 450.

Law

noted that 90.101 will not be allowed for credit as a business

1

98.331

C. Specialization

in

one of the following

areas:

elective

once a student has completed 6

It

credits in business

administration courses. In selecting an elective, the student

ACCOUNTING

is

reminded

to

have the proper prerequisites and

elected courses

below

that level for

to

avoid

which the student has

already been prepared in that subject field.

Accounting: 91.222, 91.321, 322, 324, 342, 348

Business

Law

98.332

II:

Free Electives: As required

E.

to

meet the

total

128

semester hours graduation requirement.

Beginning

in fall

1987, accounting majors entering as

freshmen will encounter extensive work with microcomputer applications in their accounting courses.
therefore, highly

recommends

ready access to an
regular use.

MS-DOS

that students

The

own

faculty,

COMPUTER AND INFORMATION

or have

SYSTEMS

based microcomputer for

The College of Business does not

Degree

specify any

one brand of microcomputer but can provide information on
microcomputer requirements and a special computer
purchase program through the College of Business

Com-

puter Purchase Program Coordiantor, Bloomsburg University.

The degree, Bachelor of Science

in

Computer and

Information Science (CIS), will be conferred upon successful

completion of the Computer and Information Systems

curriculum.

MANAGEMENT

Bloomsburg and earned a cumulative quality point average

Information Processing: 92.254

Management: 93.345, 449,93.457 and
business elective

Students enrolled in other colleges within the univer-

who wish to transfer to the CIS curriculum must have
completed a minimum of 15 semester hours of credit at
sity

three credits of a

of 2.75 or higher to be eligible to apply. Consideration for

admission

to the

Computer and Information Systems

Department, however,

is selective,

and applicants are

reviewed with the Office of Academic Advisement during
mid-semester only.

122/COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Program Objectives

Objectives
The

first

objective of the program

educational base for intelligent citizenship.

The business education curriculum provides specialknowledge and skills to prepare graduates for
certification for secondary and postsecondary

provide a broad

is to

ized

The core

courses required will provide a breadth of knowledge in the

teaching;

computer and information processing field. More specifically, each student majoring in the program will be able to
select courses with the guidance of an adviser, which will

positions as training managers for business and

government;

advanced study

accomplish one or more of the following purposes:


Prepare the graduate for positions



computer industry.
Provide specific marketable skills
business and scientific computing

in the

Admission
in

Students

applications.


business education and related

in

fields

who

are admitted as business education

majors must apply for accceptance into teacher education

Prepares graduates for advanced degree study
in computer-related fields.

upon the completion of 32 or more
point average.

The curriculum

credits

and a 2.5 grade

offers four options for

business teacher certification.

Curriculum Requirements
Certification

A. General Education: (See section on General
Education Requirements.)

Upon completion

of the curriculum, recommendation

of the university, and the passing of the Pennsylvania State
B.

Core Courses: Mathematics two from

the

Certification Test, the Pennsylvania

following: 53.118, 123, 125, 126 (the combination of

tion issues

53.123 and 53.125 does not satisfy this requirement), and
either 53.141 or 53.241;

Economics 40.21 1; Accounting

91.221 and 222; Information Processing 92.150, 177, 252,

an Instructional Level

I

Department of EducaEvery

certificate.

certificates includes office technologies in addition to at
least

one other area of certification; no

certificate is issued

bearing only one certification area.

256, 350, 351, 352, and 354

Curriculum Requirements
C. Specialization: 15 semester hours in restricted
electives in

computer and information science courses

The curriculum

chosen through consultation with an adviser

in

business education requires the

completion of four sets of courses.

A. General Education: (See section on General Edu-

D. Elective Courses: 12 semester hours from

cation Requirements.) Composition 20.101 and 201,

business and selective mathematics courses chosen through
consultation with an adviser

Speech 25.103; Quantitative 53.1 14 or 1 18; Economics
1, 212; Psychology 48.101; Introduction to Excep-

40.21

tional Individuals 70.101; Introduction to Statistics 53.141;

E. Free Electives: As required to meet the

total

128

semester hours graduation requirement

additional requirements include 3 semester hours in values;

3 semester hours in survival; 12 semester hours in humanities;

Business Education and

and 9 semester hours

in natural sciences

and mathemat-

ics.

Office Administration
B. Business Core Courses: General Business 90.101,
241, and 333; Accounting 91.221; Information Processing
92.150; Office Systems 94.221, 302, 401, and 403; Business

Faculty

Law

98.331. Restricted Business Electives-students must

choose
Associate Professors Ellen

Roger W.

Ellis,

M. Clemens, Nancy A. Dittman,

Jack L. Meiss, John

son); Assistant Professors

J.

Olivo,

Jr.

at least 3

semester hours from the following courses:

General Business 90.234 and Office Systems 94.330, 405

(chairper-

Donna J. Cochrane, Dennis O.

Gehris, Janice C. Keil

C. Business Education Certification Areas: The
student chooses one of the following areas of certification in

Business Education:

Degree

ACCOUNTING (Accounting 91.222, 223, 321),
The bachelor of science

in

education

is

conferred upon

completion of the business education curriculum.

OFFICE TECHNOLOGIES

(Office Systems 94.221,

302),

Required for

all

majors.

Business Education and Office Administration/123

INFORMATION PROCESSING

D. Business Electives: Students must choose 9

(Information Processing

92.177, 251, and one additional course from information

to

12

hours from the prefixes 90-98
E. Free Electives: Students must choose 8 hours in

processing (92 prefix).),

free electives

MARKETING
following:

Business

(Marketing 97.310; choose two of the

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Management 93.344, Marketing 97.430,

Law 98.332).
General Business
(Code 90)

D. Professional Education Requirements: The
student must have completed the following courses to be

considered for certification as a teacher of business subjects:

90.101

INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS
3 semester hours

Provides a study of business and

10 semester hours

Educational Foundations 60.201,

its

environment,

organization, operation, and the interrelationships with

251,291,393
Secondary Education 65.374

3 semester hours

General Business 90.402

3 semester hours

General Business 90.404

12 semester hours

General Business 90.406

3 semester hours

Business Education Field Experience

1

semester hours

government and society. A student majoring in business
will develop a broad basis for further study in a specific area
in business,

the

while other majors will become familiar with

American enterprise system and the functions and
Prerequisite:

90.403

90.234

B.S. Degree in Office Administration

issues

facing business today.

Freshman or sophomore standing

BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
3 semester hours

The bachelor of science

in office administration is

conferred upon completion of the office systems curricu-

Covers concepts and principles of basic business
operations and mathematics as

it

relates to accounting,

and finance.
Prerequisite: Freshman or sophomore standing

retailing,

lum.

(Offered spring semester only)

Program Objectives
The

office systems curriculum prepares students for

careers requiring a broad business background

systems knowledge and

skills

and

PRINCIPLES OF SELLING
3 semester hours

office

manage human
The curriculum

necessary to

resources, technology, and procedures.

90.241

focuses on the impact of technology on the end user.

Includes a study of selling as a profession, the preparation for successful selling, the steps

ated with the sales process, and

and procedures associ-

special selling topics.

Students are required to apply sales principles and tech-

niques while conducting in-class sales presentations.

Curriculum Requirements

Prerequisite:

The curriculum

in office systems requires the

comple90.333

tion of the following five sets of courses

A. General Education: (See section on General

Freshman or sophomore standing

BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS AND
REPORT WRITING
3 semester hours

Education Requirements.) Composition 20.101, 201;

Speech 25.103; Quantitative 40.346 or 53.141; Economics
40.21

1,

212; 53.1 18. Additional requirements include 3

semester hours in values; 3 semester hours in survival; 12
semester hours in humanities; 9 semester hours in natural
sciences and mathematics; and 6 semester hours
and behavioral sciences.

in social

B. Office Administration Requires Courses:

Applies theories and principles of effective communication to the solving of

the writing of business reports and other documents. Use of
microcomputer software will be encouraged.

Prerequisite: 94.221

90.402

Business

Law 98.331, 332.

METHODS OF TEACHING BUSINESS
EDUCATION

General Business 90.101, 333; Accounting 91.220 or 221

and 222, 223; Information Processing 92.150; Management
93.344, 446, 449; Finance 96.313; Marketing 97.310;

common business problems.

Psychological and organizational strategies will be used in

3 semester hours
Emphasizes a variety of methods and materials for
teaching

all

areas of business education certification.

Schedule concurrently with 90.403. Must be scheduled the

C. Office Systems Core Requirements:
Office Systems 94.221, 302, 330, 401, 403.

124/COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

semester prior to student teaching.

BUSINESS EDUCATION FIELD

90.403

Office Systems

EXPERIENCE

(Code 94)
1

The course

is

designed to

initiate

semester hour

an awareness of the

teaching and learning atmosphere of the professional teacher
in the classroom.

undertake the

room

Students will be provided opportunities to

many responsibilites assigned

teacher as well as assuming

to the class-

some of the teaching

role

3 semester hours
of office systems-technology, people,
and procedures-within organizational and environmental

An overview

contexts.

Major technologies, both hardware and software,

that support information creation, storage, retrieval,

competencies.

lation,

PROFESSIONAL SEMESTER IN
BUSINESS EDUCATION

90.404

OFFICE SYSTEMS CONCEPTS

94.221

and

distribution are covered. Applications

manipuand

systems software will be introduced using computer
laboratory projects.

12 semester hours
Includes orientation experiences to observe the

94.302

BUSINESS

DOCUMENT GENERATION

operation of a school and specific classes as well as 16

weeks of participatory teaching experiences correlated with
classroom studies under full-time supervision.

Must be scheduled concurrently with

clinical studies in

computer software

for producing business documents.

Prerequisite: 94.221

and keyboarding proficiency

recommended

business education 90.406.

CLINICAL STUDIES IN BUSINESS

90.406

3 semester hours

Provides instruction and practice in writing, using

94.330

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

MANAGEMENT

EDUCATION

3 semester hours

3 semester hours
Presents seminars on principles of education for

business teachers, methods of teaching business subjects,
strategies,

and problems of classroom teaching. Classroom

discussions are closely correlated with the experiences of
the professional semester in business education 90.404.

90.410

An

introduction to telecommunications in the business

environment. Topics include telephone, data codes,
protocols, network architectures, local area networks,

communications media, hardware, and software. Management issues and practical applications are an integral part of
this course.

Emphasis

munications

to facilitate

will

be on the application of telecom-

SPECIAL TOPICS IN BUSINESS
EDUCATION AND OFFICE

ever form the information takes: voice, data,

SYSTEMS

image.
1-3 semester hours

information interchange in whattext,

and

Prerequisite: 90.333

A study of aspects of business education or office
systems.

Not

available as a regular course offering.

94.401

INFORMATION RESOURCE

MANAGEMENT
90.431

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN BUSINESS
1-3 semester hours

Topic and ouUine of project must be approved by the
department chairperson and the dean.
Prerequisite:

Open

to seniors

3 semester hours
Provides a study of records creation, inventory and
analysis, active/inactive records maintenance, storage
retrieval, micrographics,

and
and computer information manage-

ment systems.

only

Prerequisite: 90.333

90.432

INTERNSHIP IN BUSINESS
3 semester hours

94.403

OFFICE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

Provides the student with opportunities to acquire
practical experiences in

Prerequisite:

work

situations in office systems.

Approval by department chairperson;

2.75 grade point average and 80 credits

90.460

BUSINESS AND OFFICE WORKSHOP
1-3 semester hours

Seminar on educational ideas and experiences that encourage support and guide participants to acquire an

3 semester hours

A study of the most acceptable methods and practices
of office systems. Topics include organization and planning
of office systems,

human

relations, controlling operations,

and processing information. Competencies needed for
organizing and administering automated office systems

will

be emphasized.
Prerequisite: 90.333

increased awareness and understanding of the accumulated
knowledge pertaining to the development and improvement
of business skills, the enhancement of business and office
education as a professional responsibility, and role in the

business world.

Business Education and Office Administration Department/125

FEDERAL TAX ACCOUNTING

91.324

Accounting
(Code 91)

3 semster hours
Presents standards of good accounting practice with

91.220

emphasis on non-current items; provides solutions and
discussion of various contemporary accounting problems;

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
3 semester hours

Seeks to familiarize students with a basic understanding of the generally accepted accounting principles as they
affect

management

ships,

and corporate accounting. For non-accounting majors

detailed analysis of major financial statements of business

organizations.
Prerequisite: 91.321

Includes sole proprietorships, partner-

AUDITING THEORY AND

91.342

only.

PROCEDURE
Prequisite:

91.221

92.150

3 semester hours

PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I
3 semester hours

Presents the accounting cycle covering both service

and merchandising

activities

of a sole proprietorship; special

journals and special ledgers, accrued and deferred items,
and development of an understanding of the voucher

Outlines principles, standards, procedures, and tech-

niques applicable to internal and public auditing; consideration of the audit report

and development of working papers

for preparation of the report.

Prerequisite: 91.322, 92.150,

COST ACCOUNTING

91.348

system.

3 semester hours

Prerequisite: 92.150

91.222

and 40.346

Provides an in-depth study of the three major produc-

PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING II
3 semester hours

raw material,

tion costs,-

labor,

and factory overhead-

for a

job order cost system.
Prerequisite: 91.321

Develops further the accounting cycle; recording,
summarizing, and interpreting financial data for partnerships
and corporations; development of an understanding of the
voucher system.
Prerequisite: 91.221 and 150
91.223

MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
3 semester hours

STATE AND FEDERAL TAX

91.424

PROBLEMS
3 semester hours

Assigns group and individual projects selected from the
following areas of advanced tax accounting; partnerships

and corporations, Pennsylvania corporate taxes, estates and
governmental agencies. Includes

trusts, reporting to

Presents profit planning, cost behavior, budgeting,
decision making, responsibility accounting, division

performance measurement, control and evaluation of cost
centers, quantitative methods, statement of changes in
financial position,

3 semster hours
statements with an emphasis on accounting standards

regarding present value concepts, cash, temporary invest-

ments, receivables, inventories, property, plant, equipment,

ADVANCED ACCOUNTING I

Applies accounting principles to special problems
the consolidation

in

enterprises.

Includes consideration of the basis for such combinations,
at

subsequent dates, and foreign branches and subsidiaries.
Prerequisite: 91.322

ADVANCED ACCOUNTING U

91.431

3 semester hours

INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING H
3 semster hours

Presents standards of

and merger of business

consolidated statements as date of acquisition as well as

liabilities.

Prerequisite: 91.222

91322

of

3 semester hours

Outlines the preparation of financial accounting

and current

in the solution

Prerequisite: 91.324

91.430

INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING I

intangibles,

and practice

problems.

and analysis of financial statements.

Prerequisite: 9 1 .220 or 222.

91321

lectures, discussion of issues,

good accounting

Applies accounting principles of special problems

found

in fiduciary relationships,

tional units

practice with

emphasis on non-current items, provides solutions and
discussion of various contemporary accounting problems,
detailed analysis of major financial statements of business

estates

institu-

Emphasizes bankruptcy,
government funds, and nonprofit service

trusts,

Prerequisite: 91.322

91.432

INTERNSHIP IN ACCOUNTING
3 semester hours

Work experience

126/COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

governmental and

actuarial science.

organizations.

organizations.
Prerequisite: 91.321

and

and

in the

accounting profession.

9

ADVANCED COST ACCOUNTING

91.448

BUSINESS ORIENTED

92.252

PROGRAMMING

3 semster hours

A continuation of 91.348 concentrating on process
and budgets. Emphasis is placed on
analyze and interpret cost data.

cost, standard cost,

methods use

to

Prerequisite: 91.348

3 semester hours

COBOL language and
seeks to develop the student's ability to use COBOL as an
Familiarizes the student with the

effective problem-solving language.
writes, tests, debugs,

CPA PROBLEMS

91.449

3 semester hours

Addresses the application of procedures for the solving

The student

and documents several

defines,

COBOL

problems.
Prerequisite: 92.177 or 53.177

of a cross-section of complex accounting problems and the
discussion of theory and practice.
Prerequisite: 91.324, 342,

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION

92.254

SYSTEMS

and 348, senior standing,

and consent of the instructor

3 semester hours

A study of how computer-based information

systems

provide information for effective decision making. The

Computer and Information Systems

database concept data entry, operator-machine interaction,

(Code 92)

data retrieval concepts also are presented from the manage-

ment view.

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER
AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

92.150

Prerequisite: 92. 1 50,

3 semester hours
Introduces the use of the computer for problem solving

and processing of commercial information. Includes a study
of hardware and software concepts, systems, commercial
applications,

and data communications. "Hands on"

experience with word processing, spreadsheet, and

management software

is

MS-DOS

required using

1

.220 or 221

DATA AND INFORMATION
STRUCTURES

92.256

3 semester hours
Studies logical and physical operations in applications

with character strings, linked

lists,

graphs, and trees

file

micro-

computers.

emphasizing techniques and mechanics of programming
using PL/1 as a high-level language. Includes a study of

file

and data base concepts.
Prerequisite: 92.252 or 53.271

structure

92.177

STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING
METHODOLOGY
3 semester hours

This course is designed to develop the skill and
knowledge necessary to solve commercial problems using a
computer and will investigate the software tools used within
the CIS curriculum at Bloomsburg University. A basic
understanding of data representation, data structures, control
structures, structured

programming, algorithm development,

and computer concepts will be studied. Programming
experiences will be required using PL/1 as a high-level

language and the

UNIX

ANALYTICAL COMPUTING
CONCEPTS

92.350

3 semester hours

A detailed development of the C programming
language and programming techniques appropriate to the

UNIX environment will

Prerequisite: 92.256 or 53.277

operating system.

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

92.351

3 semester hours

MINI/MICRO PROGRAMMING
SYSTEMS

Delineates basic systems and analysis and design,

3 semester hours
Presents a survey of the minicomputer and microcom-

forms design, data collection, data

It

focuses

on business applications and system design considerations
applicable to Mini/Micro Programming Systems. Programming experiences appropriate to the Mini/Micro environwill

be required with an emphasis on the

language and

MS-DOS.

Prerequisite: 92. 1 50 or equivalent

BASIC

files, file

maintenance,

systems flow-charting, integration of systems, feasibility
studies,

puter capability available to the small business.

ment

to

developed through actual programming experiences.

Prerequisite: 92. 1 50 or equivalent

92.251

be presented. Data representation,

code generation, and programming considerations related
file maintenance with UNIX and C will be explored and

systems implementation, and documentation.

Prerequisite: 92.256

92.352

ADVANCED PROGRAMMING
3 semester hours

Presents advanced concepts of programming in

COBOL with

major emphasis on table handling, Index

Sequential Files, subroutine linkage, and interactive

programming. Students are required

debug

to write, test,

and

COBOL programs.

Prerequisite: 92.256

Computer and Information Systems Department/121

DATA BASE PROCESSING SYSTEMS

92.354

Management

3 semester hours

(Code 93)

Details and examines database terminology, organiza-

and models. The analysis, design, and administration

tion,

93.344

PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

of a relational, compatible database are explored through

some

actual applicable

3 semester hours

programming experiences.

Outlines fundamentals of organization and administra-

Prerequisite: 92.256

tion. Classical, behavioral,

schools; principles

OPERATING SYSTEMS

92.356

and controlling business
3 semester hours

Presents an overview look at operating systems to

include real and virtual operating systems and
tions software

UNIX

will

and system commands.

and operating functions

a business firm are presented.
Prerequisite: 40.212

facilities,

93.345

A detailed look at

be provided.

PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
3 semester hours

Presents policies and current practices in the recruit-

Prerequisite: 92.350

92.358

in planning, organizing,

activities;

communica-

and techniques. Includes diagnostic

utility routines,

in

and management science

and practices

ment, selection, training development, evaluation, and

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
3 semester hours

Data communications terminology, technology, and the

compensation of employees

in

an organizational

These are examined within the context of

setting.

internal

and

external environmental constraints with special attention

devoted to government regulations.

functional characteristics of communications hardware and

software shall be detailed and explored. Systems and
programming considerations as related to the commercial

93.346

LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS

environment shall be emphasized.

3 semester hours

Prerequisite: 92.350

Describes the administration of the relationship

between management and the labor force, both where the
92.432

INTERNSHIP IN

C.I.S.

is governed by a collective bargaining agreement and where it is not. Includes the development of the
social and legal status of trade unions, organizing, negotiations, strikes, the grievance procedure, and union security.

relationship

3-6 semester hours

An educational arrangement between

the student and

an approved industrial, business, or government agency that
provides a supervised work experience in a professional
area of computer and information science.
will relate to the

which the

The experience

93.348

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

academic principles and theories upon

C.I.S. curriculum is based.

Prerequisite: 2.75

3 semester hours
Introduces operation problems encountered in manu-

Grade Point Average and 80

credits

facturing

and service

industries.

Prerequisite: 93.344, 40.246, or 53.123

92.450

EXPERT SYSTEMS AND
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
3 semester hours

A survey of basic concepts and techniques of expert
systems and artificial intelligence applied to commercial
programming systems. Knowledge representation, constraints, and capabilities of different notational systems,
search strategies, problem representation, and problemsolving methods used in expert systems will be developed.
Applications and illustrations from the commercial environment will be stressed.
Prerequisite:

92.256 or 53.277

93.432

INTERNSHIP IN MANAGEMENT

Prerequisite: 93.344, 2.75

Grade Point Average, and

junior or senior standing

93.440

SMALL BUSINESS INSTITUTE SEMINAR
1-3 semester hours

Teams of students

will

work with

local businesses in a

consultancy capacity to aid in the resolution of actual
business problems.

Work

will include analysis of the

problem, determination of alternative solutions, recommendation of the

optimum course of action by means of an

oral

presentation to the business owners, and a written report to

92.456

MANAGERIAL COMPUTER
APPLICATIONS
3 semester hours

Provides practical experience in the analysis of
business problems through advanced techniques and

concepts of programming and system analysis with major

emphasis on record keeping control and management
information systems. Students are required to present a

systems proposal.
Prerequisite: 92.352

and 351

128/COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

the Small Business Administration's regional office.

MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATIONS

93.445

96.333

COMMERCIAL BANK OPERATIONS
(MANAGEMENT)

3 semester hours
Studies the process and structure of communication in

3 semester hours
Covers fundamental principles of bank operations.

and factors affecting the flow of
information. Emphasizes verbal, non-verbal, and written

Includes a survey of various bank functions such as account-

communication as they

ing, trust department, lending operations, international

the business organization

Group discussion

relate to managerial responsibility.

exercises,

and individual research and

financial services, public service,

and

liability

management.

Prerequisite: 96.313

writing projects relate these principles to the attainment of

proficiency in managerial communication.

96.343

Prerequisite: Junior standing

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
3 semester hours

BUSINESS POLICIES AND

93.446

Outlines principles of security investments: descrip-

STRATEGIES

tions of investments instruments, investment planning,

3 semester hours
Studies the process by which
objectives, policies,

management

security valuation, portfolio theory

and

strategy,

and

security markets.

sets goals,

Prerequisite: 96.313

and procedures.

Prerequisite: 93.344, 96.313, 97.310,

and senior
96.413

standing

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
3 semester hours

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

93.449

Studies the principles and practices relevant to under-

3 semester hours

standing the nature of international finance,

Focuses on small group, interpersonal, and intergroup
processes in organizations. Integrates experiential case and

and

its institutions.

its

problems,

Discussion will center on sources and

instruments of international export and import financing,
exchange-rates, balance-of-payments and governmental

traditional

methods of

regulations and policies, financial

instruction.

management, as well as

accounting for international transactions.

Prerequisite: 93.344

Prerequisite: 96.313

BUSINESS AND SOCIETY

93.457

96.423

3 semester hours
Relates the American business system and individual

business firms to the cultural and economic environment

same

society.

,

The course

addresses both social responsiveness and ethics.
Prerequisite: 93.344, 96.313, 97.310,

3 semester hours

It

examines the powers and responsibilities of the business
system as a major institution within society as well as
individual business firms in the

SECURITY ANALYSIS AND
PORTFOLIO THEORY

Analysis in detail of the major elements related to

determining the earnings and risk potential of securities and
the study of the underlying principles inherent to portfolio

construction.

and senior

Prerequisite: 96.343

standing

96.432

Finance
(Code 96)

Prerequisite: 96.313, 2.75

1-6 semester hours
Grade Point Average, and

junior or senior standing

96.454

BUSINESS FINANCE

96.313

INTERNSHIP IN FINANCE

3 semester hours

FINANCIAL
DECISIONS

MANAGEMENT
3 semester hours

management in the areas of asset
working capital management, capital

Studies financial
valuation, risk,

Studies business financial problems and the develop-

budgeting, cost of capital, financial structure, financing

ment of financial decision-making

sources and dividend policy.

used in the decision-making role of the financial manager.

Prerequisite:

96.463

3 semester hours

money market and long-term

market instruments, major financial
tionship

between

role of the

interest rates

consumer and

the

capital

institutions, the rela-

and security

government

prices,

SEMINAR IN FINANCE

Explores a wide range of topics in the finance, primar-

3 semester hours
Studies short-term

and practices as

Prerequisite: 96.313

21.220,40.211,212

MONEY, CAPITAL MARKETS,
AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

96 .323

tools

and the

ily

focused

in the

area of financial

management Designed

primarily for the senior finance major.
Prerequisite:

96.313,343

in the financial

markets.
Prerequisite: 96.313

Finance Department/129

SEMINAR IN INVESTMENTS

96.473

97.370

SALES

MANAGEMENT

3 semester hours

3 semester hours
Studies the personal selling element of the marketing/

Examines a wide variety of topics in the field of
investment management and portfolio theory. Designed

promotional program from a management perspective.

primarily for the senior finance major.

Recruiting, selecting, training, organizing, motivating,

Prerequisite:

compensating, evaluating, and controlling the sales force are

96.313,343

teated, as well as

Marketing
(Code 97)

responsibilities

and establishing sales territories. Special consideration is
given to sales management's inputs and integration with

MARKETING: PRINCIPLES AND
PRACTICES

97.310

management's planning

which include designing intelligence systems, forecasting

marketing management.
Prerequisite: 97.310

3 semester hours

Surveys the fundamental features of contemporary

97.410

marketing systems and the planning required to make
available satisfying goods
profit.

and services

to

customers

at

3 semester hours

a

Applies the managerial process to the development of

Explains the role of marketing in society and the

institutions

INTERNATIONAL MARKETING

MANAGEMENT

which compose the market system. Describes

components of the marketing mix-product planning,
distribution, pricing, and promotion.
Prerequisite: Economics 40.212

international marketing programs. Emphasizes the development and determination of objectives and methods of

organization including the execution of research, advertising,

and distribution

activities.

Considers special problems

of adopting marketing principles to

97.320

MARKETING FOR NONPROFIT

fit

conditions in differ-

ent countries. Selected cases and readings.

ORGANIZATIONS

Prerequisite: 97.310

3 semester hours
Hospitals, social service agencies, universities, clubs,

and sororities, political candidates, governments,
churches, and libraries are some of the nonprofit organizations which are challenged to effectively solve their marketing problems. Students will, through understanding and

97.430

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
3 semester hours

fraternities

applying established marketing theory, techniques, and

methods, realize

how

they can aid these important organiza-

tions in developing better product, price, distribution,

and

promotion decisions for the publics they seek to serve.
Prerequisite:

Analyzes the role of the consumer as the ultimate buyer
of the product and the strategy and forces directed at the

consumer by

advertising on product,

models of con-

consumer as decision maker

in the

market place. Reviews selected cases.
Prerequisite: 97.310

Marketing 97.310
97.432

97.350

the seller. Topics include

sumer-buying behavior, consumer motivation, impact of

RETAIL MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS

INTERNSHIP IN MARKETING

Prerequisite: 97.3 10, 2.75

QPA, and junior or sendior

standing

3 semester hours
Presents retailing as a dynamic aspect of the marketing
distribution system. Ultimate

store location, store layout, merchandising, pricing,
tional issues,

97.440

consumer/marketing analysis,

promo-

and problems are considered using retail cases.
Economics 40.212; Marketing 97.310

MARKETING RESEARCH
3 semester hours

Develops the

skills

of the scientific marketing research

procedure (problem definition, research design, data

Prerequisite:

collection, analysis,

97.360

ADVERTISING MANAGEMENT:
ORGANIZATION AND PLANNING
3 semester hours

developments

in

and

interpretation). Applies recent

marketing information systems to product

planning, advertising research, consumer, and competitive
analysis.

Prerequisite: 97.310

Studies the personal selling element of the marketing/

promotional program from a management perspective.

97.460

Recruiting, selecting, training, organizing, motivating,

compensating, evaluating, and controlling the sales force are

mangement's planning responsibilities,
which include designing intelligence systems, forecasting
and establishing sales territories. Special consideration is
treated, as well as

given to sales management's inputs and integration with

marketing management.
Prerequisite: 97.310

MARKETING MANAGEMENT
3 semester hours

Presents an advanced study of the marketing programs

from the systems and managerial viewpoint. Applies
analytic,

communicative, and problem-solving

skills to

evaluation and creative planning in the marketing environ-

ment. Uses business marketing cases as a vehicle for

developing the marketing executive's
Prerequisite: 97.310

130/COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

and 40.346

abilities.

CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS/
MARKETING

97.490

98.332

BUSINESS

LAW II

ISSUES IN

3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Explores major issues, trends, and problems character-

Encourages students

izing the current marketing scene.

do extensive reading
literature.

in current

to

agency, and such topics as debtor/creditor relations,
business organizations, and ethics.

marketing and other related

Prerequisite: 98.331

Theoretical, environmental research, and trade-

off issues in marketing are assessed. Case study, group
projects,

Presents basic principles of commercial law (UCC),

and group dynamics are

LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF

98.450

BUSINESS

utilized.

Prerequisite: Six credits in marketing

3 semester hours

and senior

Advanced coverage of topics

standing

in

government

regulation of business through administrative law, legisla-

Business

Law

tion,

(Code 98)

and judicial intervention.

law of corporate
tions,

98.331

BUSINESS

May

securities, antitrust,

include issues in the

environmental regula-

and other aspects of legal regulation of the competi-

tive process.

LAW I
3 semester hours

Prerequisite:

98.331,40.212

Introduces the nature and sources of law, the judicial

system, principles of law applicable to business transactions
including contracts,

torts, sales, properlty,

and criminal law.

Business

Law Department/\3\

Howard K. Macauley, Dean,
College of Professional Studies

COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL
STUDIES

132/COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

COLLEGE OF

Institutional

PROFESSIONAL

Memberships

American Association of Colleges

for

Teacher Education

(AACTE)

STUDIES

American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA)
Conference of Educational Administrators Serving the Deaf,
Inc.

(CEASD)

Council on Education of the Deaf (CED)

Organization and Functions

Reading Association (IRA)

International

Medical Technology Matching Program of
Pennsylvania

The College of Professional Studies administers

(MTMP of PA)

National Association of Secondary School

curricula in teacher education, nursing, and allied health

sciences and offers courses in elementary education, early

childhood education, educational foundations, secondary
education, special education, communication disorders, preprofessional studies, reading, and nursing.

Principals

(NASSP)

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher

Education

(NCATE)

National League for Nursing

(NLN)

Northeast Region of Pennsylvania Association
for Supervision

Degree Programs

and Curriculum Development

(NEPASCD)
Nursing Education Consortium of Northeastern
Pennsylvania

School of Education

Educators

Program

Degree

Communication Disorders

B.S. in

Early Childhood Education

B.S. in

Elementary Education

B.S. in

Interpreter Training

B.S.

Secondary Education

B.S. in

Biology

General Science

Chemistry

Mathematics

of

NEPA)

Ed
Ed
Ed
Ed

English

(PACTE)

Pennsylvania Association for Supervision and Curriculum

Development (PASCD)
Pennsylvania Higher Education Nursing Schools, Incorpo
rated

(PHENS)

Teacher Education Council of State Colleges
and Universities

(TECSCU)

School of Education

Communications
Physics
Earth and Space Science Comprehensive Social
French

(NEC

Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Teacher

(Raymond

E. Babineau, director)

Studies

Spanish

Special Education

B.S. in Ed.

(Mentally and/or Physically Handicapped)

School of Health Sciences

SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF TEACHER
EDUCATION
Programs are offered for preparation of teachers

for

early childhood centers and elementary schools, academic

subjects in secondary schools, special education,

communi-

Program

Degree

Dental Hygiene

B.S. in

Health Services Associate

A.S.

Business; the other teacher education programs are admini-

Medical Technology

B.S.

stered in departments of the College of Professional Studies.

Nursing

B.S.N.

Preparatory Curricula:

Ed

cation disorders, and business education.

education program

is

The

business

administered by the College of

The teacher education program

at

Bloomsburg Univer-

Physical Therapy

committed to improving the field of education
through a comprehensive program which recognizes its

Occupational Therapy

unique contribution to society, both as a reflection of

Cytotechnology

society and as an agent for the

Radiologic Technology

sity is

B.S.

that

improvement of society. To
the programs draw upon the knowledge

meet this obligation,
and understanding of general as well as professional
education.

It

strives for a blend in preparing a person to

fulfdl a role in society as an informed, inquiring,

and

skilled

professional.

COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES/133

More

specifically, the teacher education

programs

provide:
the basic

academic preparation for persons

ACCREDITATION OF TEACHER
EDUCATION

to acquire a

depth and breadth of knowledge in both general and

Bloomsburg

specialized studies;

basic training to insure mastery of the specific skills

necessary for competent functioning as a professional;

an opportunity for further enrichment within the
individual's area of professional

competence through a

regular program of speakers, seminars, and related

activi-

is

accredited

by

the National Council for

the Accreditation of Teacher Education

(NC ATE) and

the

Council on Education of the Deaf. The teacher education

programs outlined

have been approved for

in this bulletin

teacher certification by the Pennsylvania Department of

The Speech, Hearing, and Language Clinic is
by the Professional Services Board of the American Speech, Hearing, and Language Association.
Education.
certified

ties;

human and physical

resources necessary to assist in the

educational development and growth of the

community

served by the university; and
the

means

for the

TEACHER CERTIFICATION

advancement of knowledge through

The completion of one of the approved programs in
is prerequisite to institutional recommen-

research in specific areas of education.

Bloomsburg University

is

committed

to the preparation

of beginning teachers of the highest quality. In pursuit of

School of Education subscribes

that goal, the

to

and

teacher education

dation for a teacher's certificate.
initial certificate is

The appeal procedure

endorses the philosophic statement as developed by the

sylvania.

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education as
a guide to the development and operation of all of its teacher

problems of

As of June

1987,

all

fication in Pennsylvania

mandated

tests at levels

Education.

The teacher education

faculty believe that for success-

ful teaching to occur, the teacher, as

maker, must perform effectively
roles.

in

a professional decision
functional knowl-

edge in appropriate content area(s) as well as

in

cognate

disciplines with direct or related significance for the act of

teaching.

Six generic role competencies and 15 related cognate
strands have been identified as central to the preparation of

candidates in teacher education programs at Bloomsburg

be found under

The

individuals seeking teacher certi-

were required

to pass state

determined by the Secretary of

tests assess basic skills, general

knowl-

edge, knowledge of subjects in which certification

is

sought, and professional knowledge.

The

a number of different

The teacher also must command

for considering the

certification candidates can

Academic Grievances.

education programs.

GENERIC ROLE COMPETENCIES

Upon recommendation, an
Commonwealth of Penn-

granted by the

Level

I.

initial certificate is
It is

designated as Instructional

valid for six years.

A Level

I

certificate

is

not

beyond a total of six years after the individual begins teaching. A permanent Level U certificate is
issued upon completion of three years of successful
teaching and experience under a Level I certificate and the
completion of a minimum of 24 semester hours of postsubject to renewal

baccalaureate course work.

The programs offered

University.

for

Level

I

certification are:

Early Childhood Education (Pre-school through grade

ROLE COMPETENCIES
-Assessing and Diagnosing -Communicating and
Interacting

-Managing
-Documenting and Evaluating

-Planning
-Instructing

COGNATE STRANDS

3)

Elementary Education (Kindergarten through grade 6)
Business Education-Accounting, Secretarial, Comprehensive (accounting and shorthand), Information Processing,
and Marketing
Secondary Education-Biology, Chemistry, Communication,

Earth and Space Science, English, French, General

Science, Mathematics, Physics, Comprehensive Social
Studies, Spanish

Special Education-Mentally and/or Physically Handi-

capped
-Curriculum Theory

-Educational Psychology

Communication Disorders-Speech Correction

-Educational Anthropology -Educational Research

Impaired

-Educational History

Dental Hygienist

-Educational

Law

-Educational Sociology
-Educational Technology

-Educational Measurement -Group Dynamics

and Evaluation
-Educational Organization

and Administration
-Educational Philosophy
-Instructional

or Hearing

-Human Development and

INTERSTATE CERTD7ICATE

AGREEMENTS

Exceptionality

-Knowledge

in

one or more

content areas

Theory

Pennsylvania cooperates in interstate agreements,

which provides

that holders of Pennsylvania Instructional

certificates are eligible (subject to special provisions) for

instructional certificates in the following states:

134/COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

.

.

Alabama

Indiana

Rhode

California

Maryland

South Dakota

b.

Special skills

Delaware

Massachusetts

Utah

c.

Experiences with children, youth, or adults that

District of

Nebraska

Vermont

Columbia
Hawaii

New Jersey

Virginia

Ohio

Washington

Island

a.

9.

Personal interests

would be relevant for a preservice teacher; and
Complete a personal interview with a team of School
of Education faculty where

Idaho

and recommendation
Other states also

may be

the

all

(Students will be apprised of the

willing to grant reciprocity,

above are reviewed
is made.

for or against admission

demands of Pennsyl

vania Acts 33 and 34.)

but graduates of Pennsylvania-approved programs seeking
certification in another state should write to the teacher certification office

of the state in which certification

is

desired

forms and instructions. Names and addresses of the appropriate officials should be available

RETENTION IN TEACHER EDUCATION

for application

most college placement office

in

Admission

libraries.

This candidacy can be revoked

ADMISSION TO TEACHER EDUCATION
who wish

Students
initially

to

pursue teacher education are

in

harmony with

if

in education.

the following require-

ments, as stated in university policy no. 3810, are not met.

1.

C

or better) in profes-

specialization;

the

requirements of the program they wish to follow. In due

Successful completion (grade

sional education courses and/or in the area of

admitted to the College of Professional Studies with

an intended major and schedule courses

to teacher education is equivalent to

candidacy for the degree, bachelor of science

2.

Maintenance of cumulative grade point average of 2.5

course, they apply for admission to teacher education

or better or be placed on probation one semester. If

through the department in which their intended major

grade point average

resides.

Admission

to teacher education is

university policy no.
the candidate

1

2.

3810 which

states that for admission,

Continuation of field and clinical experiences in

4.

Close supervision of above by advisers and chairperson

must

specific courses;

higher;

Successfully complete prior to admission to teacher

once a year

education programs (cutoff scores to be established

for dissemination of information

a.

Basic skills

b.

General knowledge

5.

(2)

a class meeting held by departments)

Demonstration of competency

and general

in student teaching

b.

Recommendations from and competency evalu
ations by cooperating teacher (s)
Recommendations from and competency evaluations

c.

A letter grade of C or better.

a.

of:

by university supervisor(s)

Successfully complete a field experience;

Submit two

at

to suggest

advisement; and

the faculty in teacher education locally and the

and/or a nationally normed tests

recommendations from teacher

education faculty including the field experience
supervisor;

6.

and

to ensure student teaching eligibility

counseling and/or remediation; Attendance at least

secretary of education for certification purposes)

5.

that time,

3.

of the Pennsylvania Teacher Certification Tests

4.

below 2.5 beyond

Possess a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or

by

3.

falls

then dismissal from the program occurs;

governed by

a.

C or better);
Two English composition courses

b.

Public speaking and/or interpersonal

GRADUATION FROM TEACHER
EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Successfully complete (grade of

In order to graduate from a teacher education program,

a candidate must have

communication course
Complete tests of (with remediation begun as

met

the requirements as stated in the

monitoring (retention policy) and have met the requirements
listed

below.

required)
a.

b.

7.

Speech
Hearing

c.

Vision

d.

Tuberculosis (yearly)

Present evidence of membership

A cumulative grade point average of 2.5

Successful completion (cutoff scores to be

or better.

established by the faculty in teacher education
locally
in

a professional

education organization providing professional

8.

1

2.

liability

insurance or possession of a professional

liability

insurance policy;

Submit a handwritten personal biography

and the secretary of educaltion

certification purposes)

for

of Pennsylvania Teacher

Certification Tests of:
a.

Basic

b.

Generic

c.

Subject matter knowledge (prior to student

that

skills
skills

includes
teaching)

COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES/135

d. Professional

Note: Candidates

of the international centers with which Bloomsburg cooper-

knowledge

may

take Pennsylvania Teacher

Certification Tests

on demand (before or

may choose

graduation) and

ates:

may

be obtained from department chairpersons.

with

to share scores

Liverpool and London, England; or other locations by

arrangement. Further information about this program

after

others.

COOPERATING TEACHERS
AND CLINICIANS

Field Experiences

Students in teacher education are required to engage in
the field experiences during

which they work

the educational process in the schools.

It is

in

and observe

intended that

to

many

a.

exposed

in teaching. Participants are

Have

by

criteria set forth

the

at least three years of teaching experience,

one of which

aspects of teaching and to the operation of the

candidate

schools, thus providing experience that should increase the

b.

relevancy of course work in professional education.

Have a

is

is in

the district to which the teacher

assigned;

teaching assignment appropriate to the

subject competency of the teacher candidate;

Field experiences, in addition to student teaching, are a

c.

part of courses in professional education. These include
field trips, observations, micro-teaching,

on

Pennsylvania Department of Education which are:

these experiences will help the students decide whether they

wish to follow careers

Cooperating teachers and clinicians are selected by
faculty in teacher education based

Have completed a program of preparation on
observation and evaluation skills developed by the

and assisting

college or university for the cooperating teacher.

teachers in school settings.

Training

is

accomplished

at

Bloomsburg Uni-

versity through the following means:

Student Teaching
Teacher education culminates

in student teaching for

a

1.

Individualized training;

2.

Use of student teaching and

3.

Providing research and reading materials to

who have

basis;

satisfied the prerequisites for
4.

student teaching courses are assigned to student teaching

during the

They

first

manual;

cooperating teachers and clinicians on a regular

semester in public or private schools.

Undergraduates

clinical

Consortiums (cooperating teachers/clinicians
are invited to a yearly meeting); and

or second semester of their senior year.
5.

are placed based on the availability of qualified

Graduate course offerings.

cooperating teachers in their subject area and the willing-

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

ness of schools with programs approved by the university.

Students should be prepared to accept assignments in any of

COURSE DESCRIPTION

the student teaching centers.

The student teaching semester

is

divided into two equal

(Code 79)

periods in order to provide an opportunity for students to

Interdisciplinary Course

teach at two grade levels of education and frequendy in two

socio-economic environments.

Because of constandy changing educational and socioeconomic circumstances, flexibility of format is maintained
in the student teaching

INTERNSHIP IN EDUCATION

79.312

1-15 semester hours

A work study program in an education-related

program.

setting applicable to fulfilling free electives in teacher

education degree programs.

Student Teaching Centers
Bloomsburg

selects

its

student teaching centers and

cooperating teachers in urban, suburban, and rural areas.
Students in elementary and secondary education

Department of Communication
Disorders and Special Education

may be

assigned to Central Pennsylvania, to suburban Philadelphia,

Communication Disorders

or to inner-city locations. Business Education student

teaching centers are located in the Bloomsburg, Allentown,

and Williamsport

areas. Students in

disorders and special education are assigned to the

Haven Center, Selinsgrove Center, and
and other agencies located

in

Faculty

communication

White

to public schools

Pennsylvania and nearby

Powers

states.
It

Professors Robert

J.

Richard M. Angelo

may be possible

programs

to

for students in teacher education

be assigned

to

do

their student teaching in

one

Kruse, G. Donald Miller, Gerald

(clinical director),

Ronald R. Cham-

poux, Samuel B. Slike; Assistant Professors Dianne H.

Angelo, Judith M. Hirshfeld, Robert
Weitz; Instructor Joanne Jackowski

136/COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

W.

(assistant chairperson); Associate Professors

J.

Lowe,

Julia

M.

CURRICULUM IN COMMUNICATION

C. Elective Courses: Additional courses needed
meet the minimum credits required for graduation.

DISORDERS

to

D. Graduate Program: (See GraduateCatalog.)

(Ronald R. Champoux, curriculum coordinator)

Area of concentration
The
disorders

is

to prepare personnel to

hospitals, clinics,

and

work

in public schools,

rehabilitation centers with clients

who

(Samuel B.

Slike,

are handicapped in speech, hearing, and language.

Upon successful completion of the curriculum and
recommendation by the university, certification in speech
correction is granted by the Pennsylvania Department of
Education. The curriculum provides academic and clinical
work which

The curriculum
to

Competence in Speech Pathology or
Audiology issued by the American Speech, Hearing, and
Language Association; additional prerequisites include a
master's degree and certain prescribed experience.
Students in the curriculum in communication disorders
are required to complete the five-year program before they
are eligible for recommendation by the university for
certification. Admission to the undergraduate curriculum in
communication disorders is selective. Students must take a
minimum of nine semester hours in courses in communication disorders before they may apply for admission. The
time for application by students is in the middle of the
sophomore year. Transfer students, readmitted students,
graduate students in communication disorders who have
undergraduate deficiencies, and students who are reapplying
for admission compete on equal terms with students at each
Selection within the quota for each admission period

determined by the quality point average

in the

in educational settings

is

communication disorders and the

determine the selection

in

case there

case the decisions are

clinical facilities.

is

to prepare individuals for

communication facilitators between deaf and
hearing impaired and hearing consumers within the context
their role as

of a variety of settings;

e.g.,

educational, social, or business.

Individuals seeking certification to teach in educational

programs for the hearing impaired are
in early

required to major

first

childhood, elementary, secondary, or special

education. In addition to the requirements for those majors,

an area of concentration of 18 credits

is

required at the

undergraduate level. Students electing this sequence should
seek advisement from the program coordinator. Certification to teach hearing
is

impaired students in school programs

granted by Pennsylvania Department of Education after

the completion of a graduate program.

program

is

Admission

to that

competitive. Students successfully completing

the graduate

program receive a master's degree as well as

is

made by

a

tie in

Curriculum Course Requirements

the measure

74.152 (fall-freshmen), 74.201 (fall-freshmen), 74.276

-

junior), 74.251 (spring-junior).

the faculty of the

each admission period
in the light

Students

is

predetermined

are not admitted

74.153,469,490

Curriculum

of the projected capacity of

who

(fall-

sophomore), 74.376 (spring-sophomore), 74.205 (springElectives:

for

with hearing impaired

objective for the sign language

interpreter training curriculum

department.

The quota

The

courses that

cumulative quality point average. Other professional factors

by the department

education of the hearing impaired

certification to teach.

admission period.

in this

work

children and adults.

constitute part of the prerequisite for the

in

in

curriculum coordinator)

prepares classroom teachers and itinerant hearing therapists

Certificate of Clinical

have been taken

in education

of hearing impaired

objective of the curriculum in communication

in sign

language and

interpreter training

may

reapply at a subsequent admission period.

(Joanne Jackowski, curriculum coordinator

Curriculum Requirements
This program provides specialized training for indi-

A. General Education: (See section on General

Education Requirements.)

viduals seeking to

become

interpreters for the deaf in a

wide

variety of settings such as schools, hospitals, courts,

business settings, and other situations in which an inter-

B. Professional core courses: Communication Disorders 74.152, 240, 251, 252, 253, 276, 350, 351, 352, 376*,

402, 460*, 461, 467; eighteen (18) semester hours required

preter is required. Individuals interested in the area of

communication with the deaf have two options: a program
leading to a bachelor of science or a minor in sign language.

from other departments; Biology 50.366, Education 60.251,
393; Mathematics 48.160; Special Education 70.101, 202,

Individuals seeking entrance to the program must complete

and 8 other credits upon approval of the adviser.

program: Introduction to Sign Language, American Sign

may be taken with special
who have not been admitted to

the following courses prior to formal admission to the

*74.376, 460

permission by

Language

students

the major, but such

completing the program are eligible to complete the

I,

and American Sign Language

II.

Individuals

permission doesn't imply any advantage relative to admis-

requirements to be included in the Registry of Interpreters of

sion

the Deaf.

Communication Disorders/131

Curriculum Requirements

74.201

HISTORY, EDUCATION, AND

GUIDANCE OF THE HEARING
A. General Education: (See section on General Education

IMPAIRED

Requirements.)

3 semester hours
Explores the handicap of hearing impairment with

B. Professional core courses:

18 sign language training

emphasis on the history of educational procedures and

requirements--74.153, 154, 155, 254, 255, and 256. 36

guidance in communicative, psychological, and vocational

interpreter training requirements: 74.152, 201, 276, 301,

habilitation.

302,303,304,401,415;
Communication Studies 25.103, 215, 220. Selection of
minor or completion of electives with approval of adviser.

74.205

C. Elective Courses:

As requried

to

INTRODUCTION TO INSTRUCTIONAL
METHODS FOR THE HEARING
IMPAIRED

meet graduation

3 semester hours

requirement of 128 semester hours.

Introduces students to the design of instructional

procedures and methods of implementing curricula for

Minor

in Sign

Language

education of the hearing impaired. Discusses and demonstrates traditional

and innovative approaches

to teaching.

Students from other disciplines in any of the colleges

of the university

may declare a minor

minor consists of 18

credits: 20.1

1 1,

language.

in sign

The

74.240

NORMAL LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

41 1; 26.1 12, 208;

3 semester hours

28.107, 220, 290; 45.211, 213, 219, 231; 46.101, 200, 440;

48.101, 160, 21 1,271, 321; 70.101; 74.460.

Focuses upon current information and theory regarding

normal language development.
Prerequisite: 74.252

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
(Code 74)

and admission

to the

degree

program
74.251

PHONETICS
3 semester hours

INTRODUCTION TO
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

74.152

3 semester hours

human commu-

Studies of the physiological, acoustical, perceptual, and
descriptive aspects of speech

Primary emphasis

is

and sound production.

placed on the description, classifica-

nication and

tion, and transcription of speech sounds. Provides a base of
knowledge for the diagnosis and treatment of phonemic and

sionals in

phonological disorders of communication.

Presents an introduction to the study of

communication disorders, the role of professpeech and language pathology and education of

Communication disorders prerequisites: 74.252, 253
Hearing Impaired prerequisites: 74.152, 201, 276 and

the hearing impaired, basic processes and functions of

human communication, and typical problems of children
and

junior or senior status

adults.

74.153

INTRODUCTION OF SIGN

74.252

SPEECH PATHOLOGY I

LANGUAGE

3 semester hours
3 semester hours

Involves a study of sign language vocabulary and

communication with
members of the deaf community. Emphasis is placed on
developing expressive and receptive skills.
fingerspelling techniques used in

Studies the neurophysiological bases of language and

speech as fundamental to the understanding of pathologies
of language and speech.

74.253

SPEECH PATHOLOGY H
3 semester hours

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I

74.154

3 semester hours

Studies in great depth speech and language pathologies.

Research findings are explored.

Involves a study of American Sign Language (ASL)
including the history of

language.

ASL and

The major focus of

its

this

recognition as a

74.254

THE DEAF CULTURE

course will be the

3 semester hours

development of expressive and receptive conversational

ASL skills.
Prerequisite: 74.153 or equivalent skills

Involves the study and analysis of the deaf community.

Emphasis on research and discussion of social, psychologiand personal aspects of the members of the deaf

cal,

community.
74.155

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE H
3 semester hours

A continuation of ASL I with emphasis placed on
conversational fluency.
Prerequisite: 74.154

138/COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE HI

74.255

ORAL INTERPRETING/

74 .304

TRANSLITERATING

3 semester hours

A continuation

of 74.154 and 155. The major focus of

ASL

and the
linguistic structure of the language reinforced by drills and
vocabulary sessions to continue building expressive and
the course will be the study of

receptive

sign principles

ASL skills.

3 semester hours
Involves the identification of information and tech-

niques and the utilization of skills required for effective oral

and

interpreting

Included

transliterating.

is

the use of

personal characteristics to facilitate speech reading and the

Prerequisiste: 74.154

and 155 or equivalent

skills

identification of the needs of the hearing impaired individ-

ual during interpretation.

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IV

74.256

Prerequisite: 74.152,276,

and 301

3 semester hours

A continuation of 74.255. The major thrust focuses on
more advanced and complex grammatical and linguistic
aspects of ASL, reinforced by drills and vocabulary development sessions.

ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION OF
SPEECH DISORDERS

74350

3 semester hours

This course considers the major theoretical approaches
to assessment

INTRODUCTION TO AUDIOLOGY

74.276

are engaged

3 semester hours
Introduces students to the causes, evaluation techniques, and

rehabilitative procedures for various types of

hearing problems; related auditory, speech, psychological,

and educational

factors; the roles of parent, educator,

specialist in the rehabilitation

tion procedures in schools

and

program. Hearing conserva-

and

dardized

tests,

and procedures used

examination of stanin the differential

diagnosis of disorders inthe areas of articulation, phonology,
fluency, and voice. Training in the administration of

therapy programs

is

provided.

Prerequisite: 74.251, 252, 253,

467

industry.

ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION
OF LANGUAGE DISORDERS

74.351

3 semester hours

An

introductory course in interpreting. Involves topics

such as the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf,

its

purpose,

code of ethics, physical factors, levels of certification, and
the communication process. The mental processes of
interpreting

and

be discussed. Lab
develop interpreting and

transliteration will

assignments will be designed to

tion of

language analysis procedures drawn from

linguistics,

psycholinguistics, and socialinguistics, and to apply knowl-

edge from these areas to the management of language
disorders. Various intervention models are studied.
Prerequisite: 74.240, 251, 252, 253,

467

(or

Completion of sign language training

74352

requirements

74.302

3 semester hours

This course prepares students for the clinical applica-

concurrent)

transliteration skills.

Prerequisite:

(or concurrent

enrollment) and admission to degree program

INTRODUCTION TO INTERPRETING

74.301

and treatment of speech disorders. Students

in clinical observation,

CLINICAL PRACTICUM:
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

INTERPRETING ENGLISH TO

6 semester hours

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

Allows students

3 semester hours

A continuation of the building of expressive interpreting skills. Experience will be gained through lab

classroom discussions

when

work and

interpreting situations for

in the

to

engage

in supervised clinical

work

Speech, Hearing, and Language Clinic or related

facilities

and gives them increasing responsibility and

experience with cases of greater complexity.
Prerequisite:

74.351,467

observation and practice are presented. Emphasis will be

placed on professionalism, principles, and ethics.
Prerequisite: 74.301

74.303

TRANSLITERATING ENGLISH TO
SIGN

LANGUAGE
3 semester hours

A continuation of the building of expressive transliteration skills.

Experience will be gained through lab work and

classroom discussions when transliteration situations for

74376

AUDITORY TRAINING AND
SPEECH READING

3 semester hours
and
underlying
principles of
The fundamental theory
The
speech
reading
are
presented.
auditory training and
and
severe
children
and
adults
with
moderate
education of
hearing losses are discussed in light of auditory training and

speech reading techniques. The principles of speech
acoustics and perception are applied. Information and

observation and practice are presented. Emphasis will be

redundancy theory are discussed.

placed on professionalism, principles, and ethics.

auditory training equipment

is

An

introduction to

provided.

Prerequisite: 74.301

Communication Disorders/139

74.390

DIRECTED PROJECT IN
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

CLINICAL PROBLEMS IN
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

74.461

3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Gives students the opportunity to carry out special inresidence or field projects in professional service programs

encountered by die speech clinician in public school,

under the direction of the faculty or designated practitioners.

and

A detailed project plan must be submitted for faculty

special service programs.

Practical consideration of day-to-day

hospitals; Pennsylvania

School

problems
clinics,

Law and state-mandated

approval prior to registration.

PROBLEMS IN EDUCATION OF THE
HEARING IMPAIRED

74.462
74.401

SIGN TO VOICE INTERPRETING
3 semester hours

Introduces the student to the theory and practice of

comprehending a variety of sign language usages and
voicing the messages into spoken English. The course, with
its lab, will emphasize the broad skills of comprehending
sign language, forming syntactically correct English

3 semester hours
Addresses the educational problem of hearing impair-

ment and

the function of teachers in public and private

educational settings.

74.467

APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS IN

SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY

sentences and the proper use of the voice.
Prerequisite: 74.301

3 semester hours
Applies the psychology of learning to communicative
behavior and clinical problems. Presents current educa-

74.402

CLINICAL FIELD EXPERIENCE
12 semester hours

tional

and therapeutic trends and

practices.

Prerequisites: 74.351 or concurrent registration

Provides a full-semester program of 30 hours per week
of supervised practicum in a field experience. Prospective

74.469

speech and hearing clinicians gain experience by working
with professional people in the

field.

EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION OF
THE HEARING IMPAIRED

Assignments empha-

size providing speech and hearing services in the public

school, clinics, and hospitals.

1-3 semester hours

Provides experience working under supervision with
deaf and hearing impaired children in the demonstration

classroom or field

74.415

PRACTICUM IN INTERPRETING

Prerequisite:

facility.

Consent of the instructor

3 semester hours
Involves the placement of the student in interpreting
situations

on and off campus

six hours a

week

74.471

SEMINAR IN SPEECH PATHOLOGY

to gain "on-

the-job" experience.

3 semester hours
This graduate level course offers a variety of supervised advanced experiences related to clinical

74.425

AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION
FOR NONSPEAKING PERSONS
3 semester hours

This graduate course in augmentative communication

management

of a variety of communication impaired individuals in the

Speech, Hearing, and Language Clinic. Students plan and
participate

weekly

in

team diagnostic evaluations. Students
and provide

are also assigned challenging clinical cases

for nonspeaking persons is intended primarily for students

treatment while accumulating

and language pathology and special education as
well as practicing clinicians and teachers who are currently
working with severely handicapped individuals. A variety

Experiences include assessment, goal setting, program

in speech

ASHA clinical hours.

planning, therapy, conferencing, reporting, and clinical

problem solving.

of materials and hands-on experiences will be provided.

74.472
74.460

MEASUREMENT OF HEARING LOSS

PSYCHOLINGUISTICS

3 semester hours
3 semester hours

Presents the study of language as a psychological

phenomenon. Areas of study include language

acquisition,

Presents the anatomy and physiology of the hearing

mechanisms. Also investigates the etiology of hearing
losses, interpretation of audiometric evaluations

and

meaning, biology of language, sociolinguistics, non-verbal
communication, animal communication, and the application

experience in the administration of clinical audiometric

of psycholinguistics to communication disorders.

evaluations. Emphasizes special tests and advanced

Prerequisite: 74.251

available rehabilitative procedures. Provides laboratory

audiometric procedures.
Prerequisites: 74.256,

140/COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

376

INDEPENDENT STUDY AND
RESEARCH

74.480

Applicants

particuiar needs cannot

be met by

guidance when

registration in regularly

scheduled courses. Learning experiences

may

however, eligible

include

CURRICULUM FOR TEACHING
MENTALLY AND/OR PHYSICALLY
HANDICAPPED

taken.

COUNSELING NEEDS OF
COMMUNICATIVELY
DISORDERED INDIVIDUALS
AND THEIR FAMILIES

(Andrew
A.

3 semester hours
This course

is

be introduced to various counseling
and group settings as appropriate

strategies in individual

schools and speech and hearing clinics.

graduates

program

who do

in

J.

Karpinski, curriculum coordinator)

General Education:

(See section on General

Education Requirements.)

designed to help students to identify

counseling needs of communicatively disabled individuals
and their families and to provide basic, short-term counseling. Students will

to reapply for special education during the

next selection period.

library research or creative academic projects. Credit is
determined by the nature and scope of the project under-

74.490

not selected for special education

concerning transfer to another curriculum. They are,

1-3 semester hours

Permits students to work under faculty

who are

should consult the coordinator of academic advisement

Open

to

to under-

not intend to enroll in the graduate

education of the hearing impaired at

Core courses: English 20.101, 104, 200 or 201;
B.
Communication Studies 25.103 or 104; Psychology 48.101,
110; Biology 50.1101; Mathematics: 53.141.
(Core courses designated by the departments as applicable
to the general education requirements

may be

elected in

partial fulfillment of that requirement.) Student is respon-

sible for

checking catalog for

all prerequisites.

Bloomsburg University.
Prerequisite: student teaching, practicum, or internship

C.

Professional Education related courses:

05.321; 60.251, 393, 62.302 or 432, 62.371, 62.398, 62.373

SPECIAL EDUCATION

or 62.375 or 65.374

D.

Faculty

Specialization: 70.101,200, 202, 231 -not

required for hearing impaired program, 250, 251, 253, 353,

357,401,432,450,451,461
Professors

Mary B.

Hill,

Kenneth

P.

Hunt, William L. Jones,

Andrew J. Karpinski (chairperson), Colleen J. Marks, John
M. McLaughlin Jr., Carroll J. Redfern; Associate Professor
James T. Reifer, Joseph M. Youshock; Assistant Professor

SPECIAL EDUCATION - AREA OF

Ann Lee

CONCENTRATION

in special

Electives Courses: 70.255, 256, 375; 74.152, 153

Hearing impaired (minimum 18 credits) 74.152, 201,

Program Description
The program

E.

205, 251, 276, 376; Electives: 74.153*, 469*, 490*
education offers certification

for teachers of the mentally retarded and/or physically

handicapped individuals; an area of concentration for
students in hearing impaired; and the courses and experi-

*Students anticipating applying for admission to graduate
education of the hearing impaired are strongly

major

in

urged

to elect these courses.

ences which support these curricula.
Special education faculty are located in

which

is

Navy

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Hall,

Special Education

equipped with therapy rooms, television equip-

ment, and other equipment and materials used

(Code 70)

in the training

of exceptional individuals.

Students enrolled in special education have the opportunity of participating in practica in supervised

INTRODUCTION TO EXCEPTIONAL

70.101

INDIVIDUALS

and graded

3 semester hours

special classes. Students participate in full-time student

teaching at the Selinsgrove Center and public schools in
Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, Montour,
Northampton, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan, and

is

made by

the faculty in light of the applicant's academic performance

and other

reviews

all

major areas of exceptionality (visually impaired,

mentally retarded, hearing impaired, communication
disorders, behavior disorders, learning disabilities)

Centre Counties.
Selection for admission to special education

The course introduction to exceptional individuals

and

acquaints the student with social, sociological, psychological,

medical, historical, legal, economic, and professional

criteria.

Special Education/141

aspects of these conditions. Current research

and the

latest

is

reviewed,

70.253

techniques for facilitating meaningful interac-

tions with these individuals are reviewed.

70.200

INTRODUCTION TO THE
MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY
HANDICAPPED

Presents an orientation to

METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR
TEACHERS OF THE LOW
FUNCTIONING MENTALLY
RETARDED
3 semester hours

Provides supervised student contact with low functioning mentally retarded and multi-handicapped individuals

3 semester hours
the nature of mental and

(LFMR). The student designs and implements educational
experiences for

LFMR and builds and uses materials
whom

physical handicaps; concerned with etiology and types and

suitable to the abilities of the individuals with

with the behavioral and learning characteristics involved.

work. Exposes methods and materials appropriate to

Exposes students
tion, research in

to

an

historical survey of

mental retarda-

mental retardation, community and state

and physically
handicapped, prevention and treatment, educational and
recreational avenues for the mentally and physically
handicapped, and various facets of the relationship and
responsibility in relation to the mentally

they
this

segment of the mentally retarded population. Course
conducted

at Selinsgrove Center.

Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing

70.255

and 70.200

EXPERIENCE WITH EXCEPTIONAL
INDIVIDUALS

reactions of the individual and parent

3 semester hours
Presents clinical or field experience working individu-

70.202

TECHNOLOGY FOR

ally or in small

EXCEPTIONALITIES

various settings.

3 semester hours
This course provides the special educlation major with

an introduction to technology as

it is

the needs of exceptional individuals
teachers.

being applied to meet
and special education

groups with exceptional individuals

Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing

and consent of

the instructor

70.256

THE GIFTED CHILD
3 semester hours

Computers, as well as other technological devices,

are studied in relation to use as prosthetics, instructional

in

Assists students to

become

familiar with physical,

tools, administrative tools (particularly Individualized

mental, emotional, and social characteristics of the mentally

Education Program generation and data management), and

gifted

environmental interfaces.

and with types of organization, teaching procedures,
and curricular material used in the education of the mentally
gifted. In addition, family relationships relevant to the

70.231

LANGUAGE I

education of gifted individuals are explored.

3 semester hours
Aids the teacher in developing understanding of
listening and speech processes, developmental and defective.

Includes introduction to the anatomy and physiology

of speech and hearing mechanisms, developmental stages of

language acquisition, etiological factors related to receptive

and expressive deficits, and techniques for developing
listening and speaking skills by the classroom teacher.

70.353

3 semester hours

Gives the students information and experience with
formal and informal assessment devices and procedures,
their usages and appropriateness. Covers gathering information about the learner prior

BEHAVIOR DISORDERS
3 semester hours

and youth and the techniques and strategies that may be
used to modify these behaviors. Some other areas covered
are psychological disorders, research related to aggressive

and withdrawn behavior, and techniques and materials used
in social curriculum. Examines group and individual

70.251

at all levels

of schooling.

LEARNING DISABILITIES
3 semester hours

Presents

its

content in three units, a general overview,

the central nervous system,

and specific learning

disabilities.

Includes general characteristics of learning problems, their

causes or related factors, the medical model, and specific

language disorders and remediation.

142/COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

concerning

and

social skills.

Covers ways of developing informal

assessments, gathering observational information, storing

Deals with inappropriate behaviors emitted by children

problems

to instruction

appropriate instructional tasks, sensory channels, interest
areas,

70.250

ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING

information, and planning for instruction.
Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing

70.357

PRE-VOCATIONAL AND
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR
THE HANDICAPPED

3 semester hours
Develops a philosophy of vocational education for the
mentally and/or physically handicapped, knowledge of
programs and strategies to develop their pre- vocational and
vocational skills, materials and assessment procedures
appropriate for those students and programs.
Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing

70.375

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

PROBLEMS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

70.461

3 semester hours

This project

is

3 semester hours

planned according to interests and needs

of the individual student, in any of the following suggested

Presents instruction in the development of constructive

teaching of exceptional individuals. Focuses on problems in

areas: library research, curriculum study, internship in

the education of exceptional children. Discusses

special aspects of educational programs.

relationship to teaching as each problem

Prerequisite:

Open

to juniors

and seniors only with

the future teacher

meet

practical

is

problems

its

defined. Helps
in

guiding the

exceptional individual in learning experiences at school.

staff approval

Prerequisite: Concurrent with 70.401

70.40 1

STUDENT TEACHING WITH
EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUALS

Provides opportunities for the student to
tional theory

test

SPECIAL

70.490, 491, 492

12 semester hours

WORKSHOP

3 semester hours
workshop seminars designed
focus on contemporary trends and problems in the field of
Utilizes temporary special

educa-

by putting it into practice, opportunities to
problems and issues which may lead to

to

raise questions,

special education lectures, resource speakers, team teaching,

advanced study, and opportunities for effective functioning

field experiences, practicum,

in

a pupil-teacher relationship in an actual classroom setting.
Prerequisite: concurrent with 70.461

70.432

-

related

seminar

CURRICULUM AND
FOUNDATIONS

LANGUAGE U
3 semester hours

Aids the student

news media, and

techniques.

Faculty:

in preparing to teach exceptional

individuals basic and refined written language skills.

Includes methods and materials for teaching penmanship,
spelling, syntactical structure,

and reading.

H.M. Afshar, Raymond

chairperson),

Donald C.

Miller,

Gorman

L. Miller,

Ann

METHODS FOR ELEMENTARY
SPECIAL EDUCATION

ate Professors

Maurice A. Collins, Bonita B. Franks, Chris

A. Cherrington, Martin M. Keller, Edward

Presents fundamental principles for, and a variety of

Edward Warden, Carol M. White;

teaching techniques applicable to the range of elementary

Richard

levels of special education. Organization of programs,

Lorraine A. Shanoski

curricular approaches,

and materials

J.

Donald, Donald L.

J.

Poostay, R.

Assistant Professors

Pratt,

Robert L. Remaley,

for the special educa-

EARLY CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY
EDUCATION

tion teacher.

Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing

Three curricula are offered: a curriculum leading

METHODS FOR SECONDARY

to

6 (designated Kearly childhood education which leads to

certification for kindergarten through grade

SPECIAL EDUCATION

6);

3 semester hours

a curriculum in

certification for nursery, daycare, preschool, kindergarten,

Presents a student-centered workshop approach in
analysis of methods, research, and philosophies currently in

use in the teaching of special education students. Provides
practice in the use of various teaching aids and machines

and grades 1-3 (designated N-K-3); and a dual certification
program combining the N-K-3 and the K-6 programs. See
the department chairperson for specifics on the dual
certification

related to student projects in secondary special classes.

program. The requirements of these curricula

are as follows:

Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing

70.455

Nancy C.

Marie Noakes, William S. O'Bruba (chairperson), Donald
A. Vannan, David E. Washburn, Lynn A. Watson; Associ-

3 semester hours

70.451

E. Babineau,

Gilgannon, Charlotte M. Hess, John R. Hranitz (assistant

Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing

70.450

Professors

Early Childhood Education

LEARNING DISABILITIES

N-K-3

3 semester hours

Certification

A study of the characteristics and symptoms of specific
learning disorders. Students are introduced to diagnostic

(William S. O'Bruba, Coordinator)

and educaltional procedures used with learning disorders.
Emphasis is on perceptual and conceptual factors in the

development of language skills.
For individuals who have not had a previous course

A. General Education: (See section on General

Education Requirements and early childhood program
in

sheets.)

learning disabilities.

B.

Academic Background Courses: Mathematics, 6

semester hours; biology, 3 semester hours; physical science,

Early Childhood Education/143

1

3 semester hours; 12 semester hours in social sciences

70.101

elected from three of the groupings listed in the section on

70.256- The Gifted Child

-

Introduction to Exceptional Individuals

General Education Requirements, including at least 6
semester hours in composition and 3 semester hours in

D.

literature.

E. Internship or free electives

An

area of concentration

complete the

minimum

is

optional
if

necessary to

graduation requirements.

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

C. Professional Education and Early Childhood
Education Specialization:

Kindergarten Through Grade 6 Certification

EDUCATION

(William O'Bruba, coordinator)

(Required)
Field Studies in Education

A. General Education: (See section on General

60.201

-

60.204

-

Educational Computing and Technology

60.251

-

Psychological Foundations of Educaltion

60.291

-

Principles of Teaching

60.301

-

Field Studies in Education

I

Education Requirements and elementary education program
sheets.)

60.31

1 -

60.393

-

semester hours; biology, 3 semester hours; physical science,

Education Measurement and Evaluation
Social Foundations of Education (or 60.394

Education

in

Academic Background Courses: Mathematics, 6

B.
II

3 semester hours; 3 semester hours in social scienceelected
-

an Urban Society)

from three of the groupings

listed in the section

on General

Educlation Requriements including at least 6 semester hours

62.121

-

Introduction to Early Childhood Education

62.303

-

Science Experiences for

62.310

-

Teaching Fine Arts

62.322

-

Seminar

62.370

-

Reading

62.373

-

Diagnostic and Remedial Reading or (60.375

of teaching particular subjects and to provide student

Reading

teaching experience.)

in

in the

Elementary School

Learning Experiences with

Young

Children

composition and 3 semester hours

Young

Child,

for the Socially

N-K-3

C. Professional Education and Elementary Spe-

Disadvantaged Child)

-

EDUCATION
(Required courses

following courses:

Methods and Materials

in

Health

& Safety in the Elementary School

20.351- Literature for Children
30.205- Children's Art
35.224- Class Piano I

-

Field Studies in Education

-

Educational Computing and Technology

60.251

-

Psychological Foundations of Educlation

60.3 1

60.375

-

60.393

-

Social Foundations of Education or 60.394
in

an Urban Society

62.3 10

-

Teaching of Fine Arts

62.371

-

Teaching of Reading

62.373

-

Diagnostic and Remedial Reading

62.390

-

Teaching of Social Studies

Measurement and and

Environmental Education for the Elementary

62.373

-

Diagnostic and Remedial Reading (or 60.375

-

Reading for the Socially Disadvantaged Child)
Language Experiences for Children

62.398

62.376
62.389

-

Individualizing Instruction Activities in the

62.401

School Teacher

Workshop

in

Childhood

& Elementary Education

Teaching Mathematics

in the

in the

Early

A Study of Discipline in the Elementary
School

144/COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

Elementary School

Elementary School or

Elementary School

-

in the

Teaching Language Arts

Elementary School
in the

Elementary

in the

Elementary School

(K-6)
-

Teaching of Mathematics

in the

Elementary

School
-

Student Teaching in Elementary and Early

Childhood Education
in

in

School
62.391

Elementary School

-

Reading for the Socially Disadvantaged Child

Teaching of Science

-

Systems

II

Educational Measurement and Evaluation

-

-

62.480

I

62.302

53.204

-

Field Studies in Educlation

Education

62.304

62.400

-

1 -

35.311 Music

the Metric

pass/fail)

60.204

Elementary School

Physical Education
-

non

60.201

60.301

-

-

60.291- Principles of Teaching

Twelve semester hours must be elected from the

05.320

child, the nature of the school, the

learning process, general methods of teaching, and methods

ELECTIVES

05.31

in literature.

cialization: (These courses are intended to develop knowl-

edge of the nature of the
for the

Mathematics Experiences for Young Children
62.401 - Student Teaching in Elementary and Early
Childhood Education
62.410- Workshop in Pre-school Education
62.432 - Social Studies in Experiences for Young Children
62.433 - Communicative Arts in Early Childhood
62.396

in

Young Children

ELECTIVES
(Minimum of 9
05.31

1 -

Methods

credits,

non

pass/fail)

3 semester hours
Provides learning experiences for the elementary

& Materials in Elementary School

school level in environmental education programs.

Physical Education

05.320

-

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR
THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TEACHER

62.304

Health and Safety in the Elementary School

THE FINE ARTS IN ELEMENTARY
EDUCATION

62 J 10

20.351- Literature for Children
30.205- Children's Art
60.375

-

Measurement & the Metric System
Reading for the Socially Disadvantaged Child

62.121

-

Introduction to Early Childhood Education

53.204

62.322

-

-

Seminar

in

3 semester hours

Provides competencies in the selection and implementation of materials

visual,

Learning Experiences with Young

and procedures

and performing

arts to

for teaching the literary,

elementary school children.

Emphasizes the comprehension and integration of the

fine

Children
arts into all areas

62.373

-

62.376

-

Diagnostic and Remedial Reading
Language Experiences for Children

62.389

-

Individualizing Instruction Activities in the

62.400

-

62 .322

Elementary School

Workshop

in

Teaching

in

Elementary

& Early

of the school curriculum.

SEMINAR IN LEARNING
EXPERIENCES WITH YOUNG
CHILDREN
3 semester hours

Childhood Education Mathematics

Outlines the physical, mental, emotional, and social

62.410

-

Workshop

62.480

-

A Study of Discipline in the Elementary School

in

Pre-school Education

70.256- The Gifted Child

levels of children

from birth

to

age

6,

with attention to

environmental factors that foster child growth. Examines
pre-school and kindergarten programs to meet the needs of

D. Area of Concentration

is

optional.
this

E. Internship or free electives

if

age child and to provide the background of experience

needed for

necessary to

later ventures into reading, arithmetic, science,

social studies, music, art, literature, physical education,

complete graduation requirements.

and

health.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Prerequisite:

Early Childhood Education

62.370

(Code 62)
62.121

through the third grade.

3 semester hours
historical

Prerequisite:

45 semester hours

and philosophical foundations

of early childhood education. Analyzes current trends and

62.371

practices for teaching children from the ages of birth to six.

62.302

READING EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG
CHILDREN

3 semester hours
Examines developmental reading from readiness

INTRODUCTION TO EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Examines the

48.101,211

3 semester hours
Examines developmental reading from readiness

TEACHING OF SCIENCE IN
THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

through grade

3 semester hours

Emphasizes the major methods and materials used
elementary school science.

6.

Prerequisite:

45 semester hours

in

62.373

Prerequisite: 3 semester hours in biology

TEACHING READING IN THE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

and 3

DIAGNOSTIC AND REMEDIAL
READING

semester hours in physical science

62.303

3 semester hours
Presents diagnostic and remedial procedures empha-

SCIENCE EXPERIENCES FOR

sizng both standardized and informal techniques.

YOUNG ADULTS

Prerequisite:

62.371,370

3 semester hours

Classroom
British Infant

activities

from American schools and

School programs; discovery method

is

62.376

LANGUAGE EXPERIENCES FOR
CHILDREN

stressed.

Prerequisite: 3 semester hours in biology

semester hours in physical science

3 semester hours

and 3

Explores the language development of children and
factors that influence skill in effective

communication

development from nursery school through sixth grade.
Provides a background for students in language arts and
literature for children.

Early Childhood Education/145

1

62.389

INDIVIDUALIZING INSTRUCTION
ACTIVITIES IN THE ELEMENTARY

WORKSHOP IN TEACHING

62.400

MATHEMATICS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

SCHOOL
3 semester hours

Emphasizes procedures

the informal school concept and rearranging the elementary

classroom into an efficient and effective learning area with

emphasis on a language

1-6 semester hours

for helping individuals learn

arts center,

mathematics center,

Presents a workshop format designed to provide individual or group study of problems concerned with the

teaching of mathematics at the early childhood and elementary levels.

science centers, and social studies centers.

62.390

TEACHING OF SOCIAL STUDIES
IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

62.401

3 semester hours
Emphasizes methods and materials appropriate for
teaching elementary school social studies in contemporary
society.

62 .391

TEACHING OF LANGUAGE ARTS IN
THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Emphasizes methods and materials designed to help
elementary school children develop communication skills
for today's complex society. Includes all areas of a modern

62.396

ences. Places students in classrooms with public or private

Presents an activities-centered approach to teaching

designed for the teachers of children to age

6 semester hours

major(s) of the students determine one

primary level and one experience in an intermediate level of
a public school. N-K-3: one experience in a preschool

and one in a primary level of a public school or
two experiences in a primary level of a public school.
situation

62.410

WORKSHOP IN PRESCHOOL
EDUCATION

MATHEMATICS EXPERIENCES FOR
YOUNG CHILD

Prerequisite:

The

of the following assignments: K-6 one experience in a

arts curriculum.

3 semester hours

62398

12 semester hours
Provides opportunities for direct participating experischool teachers.

3 semester hours

language

STUDENT TEACHING IN
ELEMENTARY AND EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

in

9.

1-6 semester hours

Provides teachers with a workshop experience in infant

day care centers and nursery schools. Provides methods and
materials that they can construct and utilize within their
centers and classrooms. Theories of Bruner, Piaget,

Froebel, and Montessori will be examined.

mathematics

TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS IN THE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

62.43

3 semester hours

3 semester hours

Outlines mathematical methods, materials, understandings,

and

programs

attitudes essential in the teaching of
in the

contemporary

Individual projects in education. Consent of the

department chairperson to schedule

is

required.

elementary school.

Prerequisite:

6 semester hours

in

mathematics

TEACHING OF SOCIAL STUDIES IN
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

62.432

(N-K-3)
3 semester hours
Outlines current objectives, methods, and materials
the area of social studies in the elementary school.
ines psychological

in

Exam-

and sociological needs of children as

they relate to the development of social studies program in
the

modern

62.433

school.

TEACHING OF LANGUAGE ARTS IN
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
(N-K-3)
3 semester hours

Presents an introduction to the subjects called the

language

arts.

Covers problems, methods, techniques, and

materials related to instruction in the several branches of
this

146/COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

area of the elementary school curriculum.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION IN
SECONDARY EDUCATION

STUDY OF DISCIPLINE IN THE

62.480

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3 semester hours

Emphasizes techniques designed
a positive way.

to

modify behavior

in

Secondary Education
7-12 Certification

is

a major planned to offer

academic, cultural, and professional experience significant
to the personal

Biology 50.1 10+, 220+, 332, 351, 380;
Chemistry 52.111+, 112+; 113,230+, 341+; plus 15
semester hours elective

(William O'Bruba, Coordinator)

Secondary Education

BIOLOGY

and professional competence of a beginning

teacher of a subject area in the secondary schools.

in

biology (including 3 semester

hours in a field course other than ecology).

+-Can be used to satisfy general education requirements.
Note - Students with a strong background and above
average math SAT score may skip 52.101 by satisfactory
performance on a standardized

test

administered by the

Chemistry Department.

CHEMISTRY

The curriculum requirements comprise general
education, professional education, and the subject area

concentration as follows:

Chemistry 52.11 1+,
A. General Education: (See section on General
Education Requirements and area of spekcialization

program

12+ or 118+, 113+, 221, 231, 232,

53.125+, 126+, 175,225.

+-Can be used

sheets.)

1

252, 361, 362, 481; Physics: 54.211+, 212+; Mathematics:

to satisfy general educaltion requirements.

COMMUNICATIONS/MEDIA

B. Professional Education: (See course descriptions
for prerequisites of these courses.)

English 20.302, 311, 312; Theater Arts 26.102+; Mass

60.201 -Field Studies in Education

60.204

-

60.25 1

-

I

Education Computing and

1

semester hour

3 semester hours

Technology
Psychological Foundations

3 semester hours

of Education

3 semester hours

60.29 1

-

Principles of Teaching

60.301

-

Field Studies in Education

60.31

-Educational Measurement

1

3 semester hours
II

1

semester hour

3 semester hours

Communication 27.315; one course in World Literature:
Group 1 - Mass Communication 27.210, 310, 415; Group 2
- Choose two courses from this group: Mass Communication 27.190, 230, 251, 261, 270; Group 3 - Choose three
courses from this group: Mass Communicaltion 27.271,
334, 336, 352, 364, 371, 435, 469, 482; Group 4 - Elective
courses.

+-- Can be used to satisfy general education requirements.

and Evaluation
60.393

-

Social Foundations of

COMMUNICATIONS/SPEECH

3 semester hours

Education
65.351 to 360

-

(Appropriate subject

3 semester hours

Theater Arts 26.102; English 20.302, 311, 312; one course

3 semester hours

Note: 25.103 Public Speaking

matter methods course)

65.374

-

Teaching of Reading

in

in

Academic Subject
65.402

-

Student Teaching in the

World

12 semester hours

designed to develop scholarship basic to teaching the

subject and to a degree governed by the limits of time and
the discrimination of the subject in choosing electives, basic

The requirements

for each area of

specialization follow.

this

list:

25.108

minimum

secondary

Communication Studies

may

from the 25 code course

not be taken to

fulfill this

listings.

Note:

group of courses.

Communication Studies 25.108; A minimum of one
semester's participation in the Bloomsburg University
Forensic Society
majors.

if

all

Theater Arts 26.211, 215, 316, 416; Select

fjour speech courses

is

required for

all

speech-communication

A grade of pass/fail will be issued.

+ - Can be used
D. Free electives:

Mass Communications;

required of

under General Education

required communication corse.

from

to graduate study.

is listed

in

is

25.104+, 206+, or 241+, 205+ or 215 or 315; Choose one

C. Area of Specialization: Each area of specializais

one course

education majors and

Secondary School

tion

Literature;

to satisfy general education requirements.

necessary to complete the

COMMUNICATIONS/THEATER

graduation requirements of 128 semester hours.

Theater Arts 16.102; English 20.301, 311, 312, one course
in

World

Literature,

one course

in

Mass Communicaltion.

Note: 25.103 Public Speaking

is

education majors, and

under General Education

is

listed

required communication course.

required of

all

secondary

Communication Studies
Secondary Education/141

25.206+ or 241+; Theater Arts 26.211, 215 or 416 or 316.
Select four theater courses from the 26 code course listings.
Note: 25.108 may not be taken to fulfill this group of
courses. Theater Arts 26.108;

A minimum of one semester's

Bloomsburg University Players is
Theater-Communication majors. A grade of

particiaption in the

required for

all

pass/fail will

be issued.

+ — Can be used to

satisfy general education requirements.

PHYSICS
Physics 54.21 1+, 212+, 302, 310, 314, 400; Chemistry

52.111+, 112+, 113+, 125+, 126+, 225, 322; Mathematics
53.125, 126, 225, 322. Selection of six (6) elective hours

in

physics from the following: 54.301, 304, 315, 318, 421,

422,480,490,491,493
+ - Can be used to satisfy general education requirements.

EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE

SPANISH

Earth Science 51.101+, 102+, 111+, 112+, 253, 255, 259;

Chemistry 52.111+, 112+, 113+; Physics 54.111+, 112+;

Mathematics 53.175; one course selected from the following
mathematics courses: 53.112, 1 13+, 123+, 125+, 126+;
Selection of three (3) additional courses from the following:

Earth Science 51.105+, 261, 262, from Marine Science

Consortium (55) (maximum 9 credits).
+ -- Can be used to satisfy general education requirements.

Spanish 12.103+, 104+, 109+, 201+, 202+, 203+, 211+, or

2 12+. Selection of nine

(9) elective hours

from Spanish

Culture and Civilization, Language or Literature.

+ - Can be used

to satisfy general education requirements.

Note: Students exempted from any required course(s) will
substitute

advanced electives

in Spanish.

COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL STUDIES

ENGLISH

ANTHROPOLOGY
Twelve

(12) credits required from these three (3) categories.

(Each category must be taken at least once.)
Category

I

-

English 20.120+, 121+. Category

20.220+, 221+. Category

III

-

Anthropology 46.200+; Sociology 45.211+; Economics
II --

English

English 20.222, 223 plus

English 20.302, 311, 312, 363. Fifteen (15) semester hours
elective (300 or 400 level) in English; only one from

40.211+, 212+; History 42.112+, 113+, 121 (221)+, 122
(222)+; Geography 41.101+, 102+; Political Science

44.101+, 161+, Anthropology 46.210, 220, 340, 390, 440.

+ - Can be used

to satisfy general education requirements.

20.301,303,304,305.
+ -- Can be used to satisfy general education requirements.

ECONOMICS

FRENCH
French 10.103+, 104+, 109+, 201+, 202+, 203+, 21 1+ or
2 12+; Selection of nine (9) elective hours from French

Anthropology 46.200+; Sociology 45.21 1_; Economics
40.211+; 212+; History 42.112+, 113+, 121 (221)+ or 122

Culture and Civilization, Language or Literature.

(222)+; Geography 41.101+, 102+; Political Science

+ — Can be used to

44.101+, 161+, Economics 40.422 or 423; Selection of

satisfy general educlation requirements.

Note: Students exempted from any required course(s) will
substitute

advanced electives

in French.

fifteen (15) hours in

Economics from

the following: 40.311,

312, 313, 315, 316, 346, 410, 413, 424, 433, 434.

+ — Can be used

to satisfy general education requirements.

GENERAL SCIENCE

GEOGRAPHY

Biology 50.1 10+, 220+, 351+; one additional biology course
at the

300 or 400

Anthropology 46.200+; Sociology 45.21 1+; Economics

level

Chemistry 52.111+, 112+, 113+; Physics 54.111+, 112+;
Earth Science 51.101+, 111, 253+, 255+, 259+; Mathematics 53.123, 125. Selection

one or more of the areas

of 16 semester hours from any

of:

biology, earth science, physics,

chemistry, or mathematics.

+ — Can be used

to satisfy general education requirements.

40.211+, 212+; History 42.112+, 113+, 121 (221)+ or 122
(222)+; Geography 41.101+, 102+; Political Science

44.101+, 161; Psychology 48.101+. Selection of eighteen
(18) hours from Geography. Selection of three (3) elective

hours in economics or sociology or psychology or political
science or history.

+ ~ Can be used

MATHEMATICS

to satisfy general education requirements.

HISTORY

Mathematics 53.125+, 126+, 177, 185, 225, 226, 231, 310,
314, 360; Selection of nine (9) semester hours from the
following: (Must include one computer course). Any
mathematics course numbers 271 and above.

42.121 (221)+, 122; Geography 41.101+, 102+; Political

+ - Can be used

TION: Economics 42.141,

to satisfy general education requirements.

148/COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

Anthropology 46.200+, Economics 40.21 1+, 212+; History
Science 44.101+, 161+; History 42.398;

SPECIALIZA-

142, 143, 144, 452, any one, 3

credit hourse

from the following

six (6) is required: History

COACHING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

42.372, 379, 381, 383, 385, 391; any one, 3-credit course

from the following six

(6) is required:

History 42.133, 319,

The following courses

320, 32, 327, 328.

+ - Can be used

to staisfy general education requirements.

by students who expect

to

are

recommended

coach athletics

to

be elected

in addition to

teaching in their field of concentration:

PHILOSOPHY

Physical Education 05.242, 430

One or two

courses from 05.251, 252, 253, 256, 257, 260

Completion of these courses does not lead

to certification

Anthropology 46.200+; Sociology 45.211+; Economics
40.21 1+.212+; History 42.1 12+,

Geography 41.101+, 102+;

1

13+; 121 (221)+;

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Political Science 44.101+, 161+;

Secondary Education
(Code 65)

212, 220, 310, 312 or 351; one (1)
elective chosen from philosophy offerings.

Philosophy 28.21

+Can be used

1,

to satisfy general education requirements.

5.351

POLITICAL SCIENCE

TEACHING OF COMMUNICATION
IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL
3 semester hours

(Offered

CORE: Anthropology

Science 44.101+, 161+;

SPECIALIZATION:

Theory and Methodology:

3 semester hours
(Offered spring semester only.)

65.353

American Government and

TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS
IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL

Political Science

44.108+, 405, 409, 412
B.

65.352

Selection of

three (3) semester hours from each of the following groups:
Political

semester only.)

46.200+; Sociology 45.21 1+;

Economics 40.21 1+,212+; History 42.1 12, 113+, 1212
(221)+ or 122 (222); Geography 41.101+, 102+; Political

A.

fall

Politics: Political

Science

TEACHING OF SCIENCE IN THE
SECONDARY SCHOOL

44.244, 322, 323, 324, 326, 336, 437, 438, 440, 445,

446,447,448,452,456,458

3 semester hours
(Offered

C.

International Politics: Political Science 44.181+, 383,

D.

487
Comparative

65.355
Politics:

Political Science 44.271,

366+,

fall

semester only.)

TEACHING OF SOCIAL STUDIES
IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL

371,376,463,464

3 semester hours

Political Science electives. Selection of six (6) elective

(Offered

fall

semester only.)

hours from any of the above groups.

+ ~ Can be used

tosatisfy general education

65.358

requirements.

TEACHING OF FOREIGN
LANGUAGE IN THE SECONDARY

SCHOOL

PSYCHOLOGY

3 semester hours
This course provides the student with knowledge and

Anthropology 46.200+; Sociology 45.211+; Economics
40.211+, 212+ History 42.112+, 113+, 121 (221)+, 122
(222)+; Geography 41.101+, 102+; Political Science

skills to

teach French and Spanish in a secondary school

setting.

;

44.101+, 161+; Psychology 48.160+, 281, 451, 476, 251.
Selection of six (6) elective hours in psychology.

+ — Can be used

to satisfy general education requirements.

SOCIOLOGY

Prerequisite:

psychology 48.101, education 60.251,

393; and junior standing in one of the areas of concentration in secondary education

(Offered spring semester only.)

65.374

TEACHING OF READING IN
ACADEMIC SUBJECTS
3 semester hours

Anthropology 46.200+, Sociology 45.211+; Economics
40.211+, 212+ History 42.112+, 113+, 121 (221)+, 122
;

(222)+; Geography 41.101+, 102+, Political Science

44.101+, 161+; Sociology 45.213,

231 or 318 and

six (6) credits

1

13 or 236,

216 or 462,

Understanding techniques for developing reading

skills

applicable to the secondary school. Emphasis on readiness,

comprehension,

silent reading,

and oral reading through

secondary school academic subjects.

from any of the above

sociology courses not previously taken.

+

--

Can be used

to satisfy general education requirements.

Secondary Educalion/149

STUDENT TEACHING IN THE
SECONDARY SCHOOL

65.402

3 semester hours

12 semester hours
Students are assigned to public schools where they

work with

selected classroom teachers and college supervi-

sors in teaching experiences. Students follow the

PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING

60.291

same

This course

is

designed as a competency-based course

enabling the student to develop an awareness of the teaching
process as

it

sequentially develops. Various instructional

methodologies, techniques, and approaches will be explored

schedule and assume the same responsibilities as their

and major topics will include: Specifying

cooperating teachers.

behaviroal objectives, sequencing learning activities, apply-

instructional/

ing the various taxonomies, conducting micro-teaching,

SEMINAR IN SECONDARY
EDUCATION

65.411

discipline strategies, questioning techniques,

3 semester hours
Activities center around concerns

encountered
is

in

and evaluative instrument construction.

and problems

secondary education. The range of activities

FIELD STUDIES IN EDUCATION II

60.30 1

determined by individual need and by levels of profes-

competency including diagnosis, mutual development

sional

and mastery

teaching. Class term project will include unit, lesson plan,

1

semester hour

Active involvement in a school setting two to three
hours per week for approximately 10 weeks. Remaining

of objectives, and self evaluation.

time spent in campus class seminars by arrangement with

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN
SECONDARY EDUCATION

65.431

course instructor.

1-3 semester hours

EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENTS
AND EVALUATION

60.311

Consent of the department chairperson required.

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS

3 semester hours
Reviews principles of evaluation; grading; representative standardized tests;

vocabulary of measurement,

test

construction, and interpretation; informal and formal meas-

Although

it

offers

no major degree programs, educa-

tional foundations provides
all

academic support services

urement

in the cognitive, effective,

teacher education programs.

3 semester hours

Addresses methods and materials for the instruction of

Educational Foundations

(Code 60)

the disadvantaged child (K-12). Presents techniques and
theories as they

FIELD STUDIES IN EDUCATION
1

I

semester hour

Field hips to observe various teaching-learning situations.

Students will be required to develop competence in

operating

all

audio-visual equipment.

by arrangement with

areas.

READING FOR THE SOCIALLY
DISADVANTAGED CHILD

60 375

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

60.201

and psychomotor

for

may be

applied to help the socially disad-

vantaged child function more adequately in the school
environment.

Open

to all

majors including secondary

education.
Prerequisite:

45 semester hours

On-campus seminars

the course instructor.

60393

SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF

EDUCATION
60.204

EDUCATIONAL COMPUTING AND

TECHNOLOGY
3 semester hours

An

3 semester hours

Reviews

introduction to computer technology and the school

setting that utilizes computers.

the social processes underlying education,

current social forces, the place of the school in American
culture,

impact of social

stratification, role

of the teacher in

a period of rapid social change.
Prerequisite: Junior standing

60.251

PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS
OF EDUCATION

60.394

EDUCATION IN URBAN SOCIETY

3 semester hours

Reviews psychological foundations of education,

3 semester hours
Studies the formal educational settings which serve

individual differences, learning theories applied to class-

areas in the United States with high population densities and

room

the social factors which influence education in these

situation, physical

and mental growth, personality de-

velopment, and mental hygiene.

settings. Fulfills the social foundations

certification.

150/COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

requirements for

INDEPENDENT STUDY

60.431

Divine Providence Hospital (Williamsport), Geisinger

Medical Center (Danville), Harrisburg Hospital (Harris-

1-3 semester hours

Consent of the department chairperson to schedule

is

burg), Lancaster General Hospital (Lancaster), Nazareth

Hospital (Philadelphia), Polyclinic Medical Center (Harris-

required.

burg),

60.441, 442, 443

WORKSHOP IN EDUCATION
1-6 semester hours

Studies selected areas of education including research

by

The Reading Hospital

& Medical Center (Harris-

burg), Robert Packer Hospital (Sayre), Rolling Hill Hospital

(Elkins Park), Sacred Heart Hospital (Allentown), Saint

Joseph Hospital (Reading), Scranton Medical Technology

Consortium (Scranton), University of Virginia Medical

individual students in a special teaching field.

Center (Charlottesville), Wilkes-Barre General Hospital

School of Health Sciences
Allied Health Sciences

(Wilkes-Barre), and

York Hospital (York).

Students enrolling in the curriculum leading

to the

bachelor of science degree will be admitted under the same
policy governing other applicants to Bloomsburg Univer-

(Department of Biological and Allied Health Sciences)

sity.

These requirements may be found under the section on

Admission and Readmission. (See table of contents.)
Assistance in making application for admission

(James E. Cole, coordinator)

the clinical year

The

encompass those health
areas in which individuals support, aid, and increase the
efficiency and effectiveness of other health care professionals by becoming a contributing member of the health care
allied health sciences

is

admission as well as fees for that program

by
any student

solely
that

that institution.

will

The

curricula offered at

Bloomsburg include medical

technology, radiologic technology, health services associate,
dental hygiene, pre-occupational therapy, pre-physical

therapy, and pre-cytotechnology. Completion of these

programs involves
usually

clinical education

away from

degrees for the

the campus.

The

The

university offers

degree for medical technologists and radiologic technolo-

an associate degree

in health services,

and a bachelor's

degree in education for dental hygienists. Radiologic tech-

be accepted for the

Knowledge of the

University's

transfer of students

Students

physical therapy, occupational therapy, and cytotechnology
into baccalaureate

programs

who

successfully complete

become

proximity to a

all

of the

eligible to take the certification examinations for

medical technologists.

Upon

successfully completing one

or both of these examinations, the student will be awarded a

of registry and the designation Medical Technolo-

M.T. (ASCP) or Clinical Laboratory

Scientists, C.L.S.

(NCA).

A student who fails to gain admission to a clinical
program

at the

end of the junior year (3+1 program) or

senior (4+1 program) year or wishes to complete a degree
prior to entering the clinical experience

there.

in

bachelor of science degree. All clinical year graduates will

facilitates

from the preparatory curricula of

are given priority.

and home location

requirements and the clinical year program shall receive the

curricula are advanced entry programs.

Thomas Jefferson

field

interview well, as well as

work

process.

gist,

with

clinical education

given institution often play an important part in the selection

certificate

An affiliation

who

those with a history of volunteer

nology, health services associate, and the dental hygiene

College of Allied Health Sciences in Philadelphia

determined

is

university cannot guarantee

portion of the program. In general, students with the highest

and experience--

four curricula, namely a bachelor's

first

to

offered by the university, but

academic achievement, those

team.

gists,

program

may remain

at the

university and complete the requirements for a baccalaure-

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
CURRICULUM
(James E. Parsons, program director)

The medical technology program

minimum

consists of a

of 96 semester hours of courses prescribed by the

by one calendar year of clinical
education in a medical technology program accredited
nationally by the Committee on Allied Health Education
and Accreditation (CAHEA) of the American Medical Association (AMA) through the National Accrediting Agency
for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS). Bloomsburg
University has formed affiliations with the following
programs: Abington Memorial Hospital (Abington), The
Allentown Hospital (Allentown), The Bryn Mawr Hospital
(Bryn Mawr), The Chester County Hospital (West Chester),

ate degree. Ordinarily, the student can

bachelor of arts degree

in

complete the

biology in one additional year;

may require more time.
The course requirements of the medical technology

other curricula

program

are:

A. General Education: (See section on General Education
Requirements.)

university, followed

B. Specialization: Biology 50.107, 110 or 120, 242, 243,
233, or 332, 342, 343, and 371 or 472; Chemistry 52.111,
I (230 + 341) or Option II (231 +
Mathematics
53.141
and 53.175; Physics 54.107.
232);

112, 113, 221, Option

C. Elective courses:

To complete

at least

96 semester

hours.

School of Health Sciences/151

D. Clinical Experience: From the following

32 semester hours of

list

RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY

of courses,

CURRICULUM

credit with their appropriate grades

will be awarded:

Radiologic technologists are allied health profession-

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

als

(Code 86)

educated technologists will pursue managerial or teaching

6-10 semester hours

roles within their disciplines.

A lecture and laboratory study of bacteria, fungi,
and viruses which cause disease in man, their
pathology, and related diagnostic laboratory

parasites,
clinical

procedures.

CLINICAL HEMATOLOGY/

86.402

COAGULATION
6-10 semester hours

A lecture and laboratory study of hematopoiesis and
blood coagulation. Objectives of

this

course are to enable

the student to acquire an understanding of the theory of

hematological

performance of these
and an insight into the

tests, skills in the

knowledge of blood

disorders,

equipment

in the operation of x-ray

and the preparation of patients for various diagnostic
procedures. Recent trends indicate that many clinically

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

86.401

who have expertise

tests,

significance of test results.

In order to

meet the varying needs of radiologic

program offers them a means of entering
Bloomsburg at an advanced entry level Students are
required to select a group of courses comprising either a
management emphasis or an education emphasis.
Students entering at this advanced level are awarded
technologists, the

.

60 credits for satisfactory completion of an AMA-approved
program and the passing of the ARRT examination. A
listing of required courses follows. It is assumed that most
advanced level students will be part time and will require
more than two years to complete their program. The
number of credits for graduation in this program is 137. At
least

64

must be taken at a four-year college or
must be from Bloomsburg Univer-

credits

university (32 credits
sity.)

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY FOR

86.403

The recommended

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGISTS
6-10 semester hours
Lecture and laboratory study of enzymes, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nitrogenous end products, electrolytes, acid-base balance, body fluids, toxicology, endocri-

nology, and urinalysis.

The

third year

sequence of courses

comprises an allied health core similar to that taken by other

lecture series includes anatomy,

physiology, methods of analysis, and clinical significance of

allied health majors. Assistance in

courses

is

choosing the proper

given by the departmental adviser for radiologic

technology.

A. General Education: See section on General Education Requirements.

each biochemical determination. The laboratory study
includes standardization and quality control of procedures

B. Specialization: Biological and Allied Health

using spectrophotometry, chromatography, electrophoresis,

Sciences 50.173 and 174; Chemistry 52.101 and 113;

and automated techniques.

Mathematics 53.141 and 175 or Psychology 48.160 andr

Computer and Information Systems 92.150

CLINICAL IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY

86.404

3-6 semester hours

Lecture and laboratory study of blood groups,
genetics, antigens,

and antibodies and

their interaction as

related to safe transfusion, prediction of
bilities,

immune

C. Emphasis courses (Management or Education):
Management 90.101, 91.220, 93.344, 345 or 445 or 50.282;
Education 60.204, 251, 291, 311, and 393.

incompati-

and probability of parentage. Donor collection,
component preparation, and therapy also

processing, blood

D. Professional Requirement: 89.300
60 credits awarded for satisfactory completion of an

AMA-approved program

are studied.

passing of the

86.405

in radiologic

technology and the

ARRT examination.

CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY/ SEROLOGY
2-4 semester hours

Lecture and laboratory study of immunological
concepts and theory and their relation to serologic reactions

and

clinical interpretations.

86.406

This advanced entry degree program
health workers

CLINICAL SEMINAR
1-6 semester hours

Other courses which are not included

in the

above

(such as orientation, laboratory management, education,
clincial

HEALTH SERVICES ASSOCIATE
CURRICULUM

microscopy) and/or are unique to the individual

who have

an accredited health agency and
education
initiation

in

152/COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

available to

who desire

additional

communicative and interpersonal

was encouraged by

health workers are

the fact that

now being

continue their education
hospital program.

is

obtained clinical education from

in

skills.

many

Its

certified

strongly encouraged to

a collegiate setting. Also, the

.

role of the health

workers has expanded

responsiblity in the hospital

well as a

more

health. Health

substantial

workers

to

include greater

and nursing home

commitment

who may wish

to

Leadership; Education 79.312 (Internship in Education)

setting as

community

to enter the

C. Free electives:

program

include medical laboratory technicians, licensed practical

Mathematics 53. 174 or Computer and

Information Systems 92.150; Psychology 48.311; Anthro-

pology 46.390

and laboratory assistants, i.e.,
those workers who have satisfactorily completed the
equivalent of one year's clinical education.
It is assumed that most students will be taking courses
nurses, histologic technicians,

on a part-time basis and will require more than two years
to complete the program.
Candidates for the associate degree must have satisfactorily completed 22 credits of course work (maintained a 2.0
GPA or better) and have proof of satisfactory completion of
a clinical program.

Awarding of

this associate

degree

standing. Transfer credits
are,

from other accredited

Requirements for admission to professional schools of
physical therapy, occupational therapy, and cyctotechnology
vary. Entrance into professional schools usually follows

is

contingent upon being accepted for candidacy and completion of the program while maintaining academic

PRE-OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY,
PRE-PHYSICAL THERAPY, AND
PRE-CYTOTECHNOLOGY CURRICULA

two

to four years of undergraduate preparation.

Hence, the
encouraged to design a program which may lead
a baccalaureate degree at Bloomsburg University.

student

good
institutions

of course, accepted, but at least 15 credits must be from

to

is

The opportunity

to obtain a baccalaureate degree in

occupational therapy or a master's degree in physical

Bloomsburg University.

therapy, or cytotechnology has been greatly enhanced as a

A. General Requirements: (51 credits)
English 20.101 and 200 or 201 or English 104; Mathemat-

1;

versity

Health Sciences. This affiliation facilitates transfer to

ics-any of the seven courses from 53.101 to 53.141 or
48.160; Speech 25.103 or 104; Sociology 45.21

an affiliation agreement between Bloomsburg Uniand Thomas Jefferson University's College of Allied

result of

Psychol-

ogy 48.101, 211 or 110, 251 and 311 or 45.490; Chemistry
52.101 and 113; Biological and Allied Health Sciences
50.107, 173, 174, and 240 or 242; 50.243 is highly recommended. Also, a course in nutrition (50.205), health care
leadership,50.282 or its equivalent (93.344) and an elective.

upper-division baccalaureate degree programs at
Jefferson University for students

minimum

Thomas

who have completed a

of two years preparatory education at Bloomsburg
+ 2" or "2 + 3" arrangement provides

University. This "2

the advantage of offering a quality, reasonably priced

education at a rural university combined with trainingat a

major medical center

in Philadelphia.

B. Professional requirements: (12 credits)

Proof of certification of licensure as a health worker

DENTAL HYGIENIST CURRICULUM
The degree, Bachelor of Science

in Education, will

be

conferred upon dental hygienists meeting the following
requirements:
1

Possession of a valid license to practice dental

hygiene in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania issued by

and Examining Board and the
Department of Education. The professional education
the State Dental Council

requirements for dental hygiene are the satisfactory completion of an approved two-year (not less than 30 hours each
week) dental hygienist course of instruction or its equivalent
and graduation from a dental hygiene school approved by

the State Dental Council
2.

The

and Examining Board.

satisfactory completion of at least

70 credit

hours of professional and general education courses.

A. General Education: See section on General Education
Requirements. English 20.201; Speech Communication
25.104; Mathematics 53.141 or Psychology 48.160.

B. Professional education: (18 hours)

Psychology 48.1

10, 211,

and 271 or Psychological Founda-

tions of Education 60.251; Educational Foundations 60.204

and 393; Management 93.344 or a course

in

Health Care

Denial Hygienist Curriculum/153

.

A person convicted of any felonious act may be

NURSING

prohibited from licensure

by the

State

Board of Nursing

at

any time.

Faculty
*Convicted includes a judgment, an admission of guilt,

Ancrum, Nancy A. Onuschak, Lauretta

Professors Gladys

Pierce; Associate Professors

Gavaghan, Eloise

J.

M.

Christine Alichnie,

or a plea of nolo contendere.

Mary A.

Hippensteel, Dorette E. Welk; Assistant

Admission

Professors Jean E. Berry, Robert L. Campbell, Sandra E.
Girton, Jean K. Kalat, Sharon S. Kribbs, Alexis Bulka Perri,
Joan B. Stone, Patricia B. Torsella, L. Patricia Zong; Instructors

,

Mary Ann

Mary Todd Gray, Thelma

Cegielsky,

L. Lohr, Bernadine T.

Markey, Gloria

Carolyn M. Dalton (part-time

J.

Two categories of applicants may be considered:
An

recent high school graduates and transfer students.
individual

who aspires to be

admitted to the program must

gain admission to the College of Professional Studies (See

Schechterly,

Chapter 4) and request admission to the Department of

nutritionist)

Nursing.

Applicants for admission to the nursing program must

Program Objectives

be in good health and have yearly physical examinations as

The baccalaureate program

in nursing at

University provides learning opportunities in

Bloomsburg
nursing and

which enable the student to attain attitudes, knowledge, and skills essential to the role development of a beginning practitioner. The graduate utilizes
critical thinking, responsible decision making, and inderelated disciplines

pendent judgment to provide health care to a diverse and
multicultural society in a variety of health care settings.

program provides a foundation for further education
graduate level and lifelong learning activities.

well as specific diagnostic tests and immunizations.

Degree Program
The program combines courses on
clinical
tions.

The

at the

Degree and Licensure
Successful completion of the program leads to the

baccalaureate degree, graduates

Guidance for nursing students

partment of Nursing.
agencies, they

may

who are

not registered

In accordance with the Jan.

1,

1986 Professional

69), felonious acts prohibit

licensure in Pa. in accordance with the following guidelines.

The

State

Board of Nursing

in

Pennsylvania shall not

issue a license or certificate to an applicant
1

who

in health

1972

(P. L.

A number of the prescribed

C

may be applied by

the student toward

of the General Education Requirements.

B. Specialization: Biology 50.173, 174,240;

Chemistry 52.101, 108, 113; Psychology 48.101, 110;Sociology 45.211; Nursing 82.210, 211, 212, 213, 306, 311, 312,
410, 411, 412, 413; plus

Statistics.

has been:

convicted* of a felonious act prohibited by the
act of April 14,

employed

courses in physical sciences and social sciences listed in the
specialization also

No.

students are

A. General Education: See section on General Edu-

Groups B and

administered by a State Board of Nursing.

(P.L. 317,

institu-

provided by the De-

not be employed as registered or

cation Requirements. Note:

which

Law

When

is

practical nurses unless they are currently licensed.

nurses take the registered nurse examination for licensure

Nursing

campus and

Curriculum Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.). After earning the

is

the

practicum at selected health agencies and

233, No. 64)

known

C. Free electives: As necessary to complete the

minimum

graduation requirement of 128 semester hours.

as "The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device, and

Cosmetic Act," or
2.

convicted* of a felony relating to a controlled

Retention

substance in a court of law of the United States
or of any other state, territory, or country unless

Supplementing the retention standards of the college (See
a.

b.

at least

10 years have elapsed since the date of

sections

on Honors and Good Standing), students

in the

conviction;

baccalaureate nursing program must attain a cumulative

the applicant satisfactorily demonstrated to

QPA of at least 2.50 to enroll

the board significant progress in personal

courses and a

minimum

in the

of "C" in

sophomore year nursing

all

required courses.

rehabilitation since the conviction such that

licensure should not create a substantial risk of
further violations;
c.

Departmental Probation

and

the applicant otherwise satisfies the


Students

qualifications contained in this act
listed

154/COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

who do

not meet the requirements

under the policy for departmental good

1





standing will be evaluated by the Committee
on Student Admission, Progression, and
Retention and will be immediately placed on
departmental academic probation.
Students will be notified by the chairperson

Spring semester

hours

50.174

Anatomy and Physiology

4

II

52.108

Physiological Chemistry

4

45.21

Principles of Sociology

3

48.110

Life-Span Psychology

3

of the Nursing Department.

20.201

Composition

3

Students will be required to eliminate the

20.200

Writing Proficiency Examination

identified deficiencies through a repetition of

05.000

Survival

II (or)

the course before progressing in the nursing

SOPHOMORE YEAR

program.




Nursing courses

may be repeated

50.240

Introductory Microbiology

3

University policy as to repetition of non-

82.210

Nursing

I

3

nursing courses applies to the Nursing

82.211

Nutrition

3

Department.

82.212

Pharmacology
Communication Elective

3

departmental probation for two consecutive

05.000

Survival

1

academic periods or more than a

82.213
**

Nursing

No

only once.

student will be allowed to be on

academic periods.
will automatically

total

of three

If this occurs, the student

be requested

to take

3

6

II

3

Statistics

a leave

Quantative-analytical elective or

of absence from the department.

General Education Requirement

3

General Education Requirement

6

Departmental Academic Leave of Absence

JUNIOR YEAR


A student who does not maintain departmental
good standing requirements after one academic
period on probation or a total of three academic

Nursing

82.311

82.306

82.312

probationary periods will automatically be
required to take a leave of absence from the

department.


Students will be notified of such actions by
the chairperson of the Nursing Department.



Students on a departmental academic leave of

absence are ineligible

to attend

least

one calendar year. Students seeking
in

3

V

82.410

Nursing

82.411

Nursing VI

8

9

6

6

Free Elective

3

82.412

Nursing VII

8

82.413

Nursing Trends and Issues

3

Free Elective

3

reinstatement to active departmental status must

do so

3

Methods of Inquiry
Nursing IV
General Education Requirement

SENIOR YEAR

any courses

offered by the department for a period of at

8

III

Values Electives

accord with the department's transfer

^STATISTICS

policy.

in nursing.

Because of the nature of nursing, the nursing faculty

is

a requirement within the core curriculum

The course

in statistics

either the department of

may

may be

selected from

mathematics or psychology. The

then be used to

reserves the right to counsel, suspend, or dismiss those

course

who, in their judgment, do not satisfy the requirements of scholarship, health, and personal suitability for

ment or a

nursing.

both the quantitative requirement and a third discipline

students

A suggested four-year sequence of the above requireis

fulfill

the quantitative require-

under Group C.

NOTE: One mathematics

course

may

not be used to satisfy

under Group C.
University vehicles are available for student transporta-

ments, planned for optimum systematic growth and devel-

opment of students

third discipline

tion to clinical laboratory experiences in the

as follows:

sophomore

FRESHMAN YEAR

year. In the junior

Fall semester

Uniforms, a sweep-second wrist watch, a stethoscope, and

their

hours

own

and senior year, students must provide

transportation to clinical laboratory experiences.

4

other equipment and supplies as

Introductory Chemistry

3

provided at student expense.

2

48.101

Chemistry Laboratory
General Psychology

20.101

Composition

3

20.104

Honors Composition

05.000

Survival

50.173

Anatomy and Physiology

52.101

52.113

I

(or)

I

may be required must be

3

1

Nursing Department/\55

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

GERIATRIC NURSING

82-307

3 semester hours

Nursing
Elective. Focuses

(Code 82)

the physiological, psychological,

and social aspects of aging with emphasis on the assessment
of problems and appropriate nursing intervention.

Note: Courses within the nursing curriculum are
restricted to students enrolled in the B.S.N,

Prerequisite: Junior standing

program.

NURSING IH

82 .311
82.210

on

NURSING I

8 semester hours

3 semester hours

The focus of this course
sional nurse

is

on

This course focuses on the use of the nursing process

the roles of the profes-

in

helping individuals and families reach their optimal level of

and the use of the nursing process. Content
framework of

wellness as they adapt to chronic and potentially

also includes the philosophy and conceptual

life-

The content is organized within
basic human needs. Role behaviors

threatening situations.

the

Bloomsburg University, Department of Nursing, health care
delivery systems, and the legal and ethical aspects of

continue to develop in clinical settings as the student

nursing practice.

develops a broader perspective of the client as an individual

Prerequisites: 50.173, 174; 48.101, 110; 45.211;

framework of

and a family.

concurrent 50.240

82.211

five

Prerequisite: 82.213

NUTRITION

NURSING IV

82.312
3 semester hours

8 semester hours

This course provides an introduction to the principles

This course focuses on the use of the nursing process to

of nutrition and ways in which these principles are applied
to

promote an optimal

level of wellness for all individuals.

Topics include nutritional requirements for maintaining

and

society.

multicultural client population.

Prerequisites: 50.173, 174; 52.101, 108, 113; concur-

rent 50.240

82.212

optimal level of wellness of beginning and

and family developmental tasks provide the framework for
planning and implementing nursing care with a diverse,

health and development throughout the lifespan as well as
factors affecting food choices of individuals

facilitate

developing families. Theories of growth and development

develop
clients

in their role

The

students continue to

performance as they

and other health care providers

to

interact with

improve the

quality of family health care.

PHARMACOLOGY

Prerequisite: 82.213

3 semester hours
This course provides a foundation in pharmacology for

82 .313

SPECIAL TOPICS

pharmacologic content integration throughout the curricu-

1-6 semester hours

lum.

Presents a diversity of topics focusing on contemporary
Prerequisites: 50.173, 174; 52.101, 108, 113; concur-

rent 50.240

82.213

is

on the use of the nursing process
in

to

82.405

The content is organized within the
framework of the basic human needs of self-concept,
security, mobility, nutrition/elimination, and oxygenation
and developed through application of the nursing process.
adaptive situations.

Beginning role behaviors are applied

1-6 semester hours

Requires an investigation of an area of special interest

and value

212

82.410

to (a) research

them

to

in

NURSING V
6 semester hours

methods

be consumers of

research, (b) the contribution of research to the discipline

and the consumer's role

the department chair-

This course focuses on the use of the nursing process

3 semester hours
in order to assist

under the direction of a faculty

Prerequisite: Senior standing

METHODS OF INQUIRY

The course introduces students

to the student

member following a plan approved by
person. It may be interdisciplinary.

in the clinical setting.

Prerequisites: 50.240; 82.210, 211,

(c)

and

INDEPENDENT STUDY

a

diverse and multicultural society in nonlife-threatening,

and techniques

to the principles

6 semester hours

an optimal level of wellness of individuals

83306

and problems relevant

Prerequisite: Junior standing

NURSING II

The course focus
facilitate

trends, issues,

practice of professional nursing in the health care system.

applying research findings, and

using the research process in identifying a researchable

problem and formulating a beginning level research
prospectus.

156/COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

in

community with its adaptive responses to facilan optimum level of wellness of holistic man. The pro-

assisting the
itate

cess of role development will be fostered through independ-

ent and interdependent activities with a variety of culturally
diverse population aggregates in
Prerequisite:

82.311,312

community

settings.

82.411

NURSING VI

curriculum materials collection, curriculum guides, games,
instructional materials kits, tests,

6 semester hours

This course provides the student with a holistic focus
client population at various

on a diverse, multicultural

and computer software.

A

Macintosh microcomputers and a laser printer also
are available. Paul Quick is director of the center.
cluster of

points on the mental health/mental illness continuum.

Relevant principles and theories of human behavior, adap-

Reading Clinic

and therapeutic intervention provide a framework for
the planning and implementation of nursing care. Students
employ a "therapeutic use of self as they implement the
tion,

and commu-

nursing process to assist individuals, families,
nities in attaining

and maintaining an optimal

mental wellness.

The role development of the

tests,

is

enhanced through a variety of independent and interdependent activities with clients and the interdisciplinary team

which are designed

improve the quality of mental health

to

tests,

Lovell hand-eye coordination

including parent counseling. This
for

which a fee schedule
is

is

is

if

desired

a year-round service

available upon request, but no

denied service because of financial need. In

addition, the clinic provides classes in speed reading for

82.311,312

NURSING

Hall, offers

remedial counseling and instruction are provided

university students.

82.412

Navy

and tele-binocular examinations. After evaluation,

person

care.

Prerequisite:

Clinic, located in

standardized reading

level of

student

The Reading

diagnostic evaluation of reading skills including selected

Each semester, several

speed reading are offered on a

VII

basis. Classes are limited to

8 semester hours

This course focuses on meeting the health care needs of

are held two or three days a

Poostay

a diversity of clients in complex and life-threatening

is

"first

sections of

come-first served"

10 students. Classes usually

week

for six weeks.

Edward

J.

director of the clinic.

adaptive situations. Students use developed skills in critical
thinking in assisting these clients to attain and maintain an

Speech, Hearing, and Language Clinic

optimal level of wellness. They collaborate with clients and
the interdisciplinary

team

in acute care

and community

settings in the implementation of preventive, restorative,

This clinic, located in

and

rehabilitative activities designed to maintain optimal health

of holistic man. Learning experiences are provided so that
the student can continue to develop proficiency as a

to function as a leader

and consultant

to

Hall, provides a

number of

and the community.

Services available include speech, voice, language, hearing

and hearing aid evaluation, educational-psychological
training,

and consumer of research. Emphasis is
directed toward learning activities which allow the student
clinician, teacher,

Navy

free services to students, faculty, staff,

speech reading, educational therapy for the hearing

impaired, and parent counseling. Richard

M. Angelo

is

director of the clinic.

improve the quality

of health care.

Educational Computing Laboratory

Prerequisites: 82.3 11,312

82.413

NURSING TRENDS AND ISSUES
3 semester hours

as

it

the

The Educational Computing Laboratory is located in
McCormick Human Services Center and has computers

This course explores the nature of professional nursing

available for student and faculty use including 20 GSs, and

occurs in our society with particular reference to the

one Macintosh. Donald Pratt coordinates use of the

health care system and the future.
utilized in exploring

A

seminar format

is

laboratory.

and analyzing current issues and trends

in professional nursing.

Prerequisites:

82.311,312

SERVICES, CLINICS,

LEARNING CENTERS
in the School of

Education

Curriculum Materials Center
The

basic objective of the Curriculum Materials

Center, housed in the
is to

McCormick Human Services Center,
and make accessible curricular

locate, acquire, catalog,

and instructional materials
teachers.

to preservice

The resources housed

and inservice

in the center include

elementary and secondary textbooks, a multicultural
Services, Clinics,

and Learning Centers/\57

SPECIAL

AEROSPACE STUDIES

PROGRAMS

GENERAL MILITARY COURSES

Air Force

(Code 61)

The general

ROTC

Bloomsburg University

participates with

Wilkes

College in an on-campus program which allows students
to qualify for commissions in the United States Air Force

upon graduation.
The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) provides a four-year program divided into the
general military course (GMC) in the first two years and
the professional officer course (POC) in the last two
years.

Coadjutant Instructors

Ll

Col.

Leo

Dave G.

program or just the two-year

POC program.

in

(GMC)

William D. Newton, Capt.

Zimmerman

MILITARY FORCES IN THE
CONTEMPORARY WORLD I

61.110

U.S.

For acceptance into the POC, four- year program

1

students must pass a physical examination, an officer

have attained an acceptable academic
and successfully complete a four-week field

To qualify

military forces with emphasis
tion, doctrine,

training course prior to their junior year.
for direct entrance in the two-year

POC

semester hour

Presents background, missions, and functions of U.S.

qualification test,
rating,

constitute a

Aerospace Studies:

Billings, Maj.

L. Lynn, Capt. Karl H.

A student may elect to enroll in either the total

four- year

military courses

two-year program for freshmen and sophomores and are
designed to provide general knowledge of the role, organization, mission, and historical development of U.S.
Air Power. Students enrolled in the GMC, who are not on
Air Force scholarships, incur no military obligations.

1

class,

1

and

on U.S. Air Force organiza-

strategic forces.

Two hours per week:

laboratory

program, students must have two academic years remaining at either the graduate or undergraduate level or a

They must meet

bination of the two.

com-

the physical

standards, pass an officer qualification test, have an

acceptable academic rating, and successfully complete a

six-week field training course. Transfer students
elect the two-year

program

if

may

they satisfy the above

sophomore

start the application

for

four- year or two-year

AFROTC

Involves a progression of experience designed to

Uniforms, equipment, and textbooks for the AF-

successfully complete the

POC are

commissioned as second lieutenants in the United States
Air Force Reserve. They serve on active duty in the Air
Force as

develop each student's leadership potential
training laboratory.

pilots, navigators, missileers, or in

and ceremonies, career opportunities, and
and work of an Air Force junior officer. ALL

AFROTC STUDENTS, EXCEPT THOSE ENROLLED
ONLY IN 61.230, 330, AND 340, MUST ELECT THIS
COURSE.

a specialty as

close as feasible to their academic training and consistent

61.210

GMC,

12 semester hours in

field training

The
is

may be earned in the
the POC, and up to six in the
credit

program.

field training required before entry into the

POC

held at several operational bases each summer. Cadets

have an opportunity

to observe, fly,

and

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AIR

POWER I

with Air Force needs.

Four semester hours of

1 semester hour
power development in historical perspective through the end of World War II including
mission, concine, and employment evolution with
emphasis on changes in conflict and technology.

Reviews

air

live with career

personnel. Transportation to and from the legal residence

61.220

of the cadet to the field training base, food, lodging,

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AIR
POWER n
1

medical, and dental care are provided by the Air Force.

The cadet receives approximately $400 for the four-week
field training program or $600 for the six-week program.
The Department of Aerospace studies at Wilkes
College conducts a number of field trips to Air Force
installations. The trips include tours of air force bases
and familiarization

158/SPECIAL

flights.

PROGRAMS

in a supervised

Examines Air Force customs and

courtesies, drill
life

$100 per month allowance.

who

semester hours

program

scholarships.

ROTC work are supplied by Wilkes College and the
United States Air Force. Students in the POC receive a
Students

LEADERSHIP LABORATORY

61.151

compete

are eligible to

1 semester hour
Reviews U.S. general purpose military forces, insurgency and counter-insurgency, aerospace support forces,
and organizations. Two hours per week: 1 class, 1 labo-

process early in their

year.

Members of either the

MILITARY FORCES IN THE
CONTEMPORARY WORLD n

U.S.

ratory.

requirements. Students interested in the two-year

program should

61.120

Addresses

air

semester hour

power development from

the end of

World War II to the present; changing missions and
employment of air power in support of national objectives.

Two hours

per week:

1

class,

1

laboratory

BASIC ROTC

61.230

CAMP

61.410
1-4 semester hours

Includes leadership training, survival training, and
fitness training.

Offered after successful completion of

freshman and sophomore courses and by permission of
instructor.

NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES IN
AMERICAN SOCIETY I

3 semester hours
and functions of the professional military
officer in a democratic society and civil-military interaction; basic framework of defense policy and formulation

The

role

of defense strategy; development of communicative

PROFESSIONAL OFFICER COURSES
The Professional Officer Courses (POC)
four- semester

constitute a

Four hours per week: one 3-hour
61.421

program, normally taken during the junior

and senior years, mandatorily leading to commissioning
as an Air Force officer. The POC concentrates on
national defense policy, concepts,

management and concepts and

and practices of

practices of leadership.

CONCEPTS OF MANAGEMENT

6 1.3 10

class,

skills.

laboratory

1

NATIONAL SECURITY IN
AMERICAN SOCIETY U
3 semester hours

Studies the problems of developing defense strategy
in

a rapidly changing technological environment effective

management of conflict; dynamics
and agencies of defense policy making analyzed through
deterrent posture and

case studies.
Prerequisite:

3 semester hours

6 1 .4 1

or permission of instructor

Outlines fundamentals of organization and admini-

The evolution of management including
and management science schools,

stration.

Army ROTC

classical, behavioral

study of information systems, quantitative approach to

Army ROTC

aspects. Provides practical experience in influencing

Bloomsburg became an extension
1, 1986, and now
has full-time instructors assigned on campus. This
program also allows cadets to belong to local Army Reserve and National Guard units and receive their commission as a Second Lieutenant as early as the end of the
junior year. Two- and three-year scholarships are
available, and opportunities exist for flight training, Airborne and Air Assault School, and Ranger training.
Bloomsburg University students can qualify for a
commission in the U.S. Army, Army National Guard, or
Army Reserve through the on-campus Army ROTC
program. The first two years of the program may be

people, individually and in groups, to accomplish organ-

taken without military obligation.

decision making, policy formulation, principles and
practices in planning, organizing, staffing, actuating,
directing,
ties,

and controlling business and Air Force

activi-

resource control techniques, social and ethical issues

within the

management

communicative
class,

skills.

process, and development of

Four hours per week: one 3-hour

laboratory

1

CONCEPTS OF LEADERSHIP

61.320

3 semester hours
Studies Air Force leadership at the junior officer
level including

its

theoretical, professional,

and

legal

Army ROTC provides a four-year curriculum open
men and women regardless of academic major or

izational missions effectively.
skills,

Develops communicative
Four hours per week: one 3-hour class, 1 labora-

to both

area of study.

tory
Prerequisite: 61.310 or permission of instructor

1-6 semester hours

Includes leadership training, survival training, and
fitness training.

Offered in lieu of the freshman and

sophomore courses
students

who

for transfer students

It is

divided into a basic program of four

courses given during the freshman and sophomore years

and the advanced program of four courses given during
the junior and senior years. Academic credit is given for

ADVANCED ROTC CAMP

61.330

at

center of Bucknell University on Oct.

and other

enter the program at the junior level.

all

The basic program does not require the
make any commitment with the U.S. Army and

these courses.

student to

allows the student to develop an understanding of the role
of the commissioned officer within the Army. Course

work provides

training in leadership and management
which help the individual develop the ability to
communicate effectively, think analytically, and make
skills

61.340

FLIGHT PROGRAM GROUND
TRAINING

independent and responsible decisions.

regulations, air traffic rules, accident reporting, air

compete for Army
and other
educational fees. All students enrolled in the advanced
program receive $100 a month for the 10-month period

navigation, weather, safety, principles of flight, basic

during the school year. After completing the

operations, flight computer. Limited spaces

the

1

Prepares

semester hour

AFROTC cadets and others

for

FAA

private pilot examination through study of general

AFROTC requirements are available to all

beyond
Bloomsburg

juniors and seniors without incurring military obligations.

Two hours

of class/laboratory per week for eight weeks

during the spring semester.

Bloomsburg students are able
scholarships which pay full

ROTC

to

tuition

first

year of

advanced program (normally between the junior and

senior years), the student will attend an advanced

Fort Bragg, N.C. Payment during this

camp

is

camp

at

at a rate

equivalent to one-half the basic pay for a second lieutenant together with allowances for travel, subsistence,

Army ROTC/l 59

APPLIED LEADERSHIP AND

67.210

housing, uniforms, and medical care.

MANAGEMENT I

Veterans can be considered immediately for the

advanced program by receiving constructive credit for the
first two years of the Army ROTC. Other students who
did not take ROTC during their freshman and sophomore
years can

still

qualify for the advanced program

have two years remaining

at

if

they

Bloomsburg. There are a

variety of programs available to qualify these students for
the

Army ROTC also offers a ranger detachment for
students who wish to gain more experience in outdoor
activities, e.g., orienteering

and survival

in

sibilities

within that rank structure. Practical training will

consist primarily of advanced land navigation skills

building on those skills mastered in 67.110 with further

One 75-minute

practical field training.*

pating in the program and gaining a commission as a

Army

week, 7

APPLIED LEADERSHIP AND

67.220

MANAGEMENT H
1

allows a student to earn more than $12,000 while partici-

in the

and

class per

evening laboratories per semester.

Army ROTC at

coordination with

and

a specific survey of the junior officer's duties and respon-

Bloomsburg. This simultaneous membership program

second lieutenant

structure

skills.

The Army National Guard and Army Reserve
conduct a program

Army rank

field navigation experience as well as rappelling

advanced program.

hour

1 semester

Provides an overview of the

National Guard or Reserve.

semester hour

Presents the fundamentals of small unit leadership

and mission planning techniques

to include the reverse

planning process and problem-solving techniques. The

Successful completion of the ROTC Advanced
Program leads to a commission as a second lieutenant in
the U.S. Army, Army Reseve, or Army National Guard.

course also will provide an overview of the branches of

Active duty time will vary according to the type of

ment-* Four hours per week: one 3-hour class,

program the student has

laboratory

and students can be
guaranteed Reserve/National Guard duty if they desire.
elected,

the

Army and

4 semester hours
This course

Major George J. Venesky, director of military science;
SFC James G. Kelley

is

offered in lieu of the basic course for

and other students who wish to enter the
advanced program. The camp is held each summer at
Fort Knox, Ken., and is six weeks in duration. Subjects
transfer students

presented coincide with those described above and

Army ROTC

include such survival skills as

map reading

extensive practical application),

first

hygiene in the field environment. Stresses

(Freshman and Sophomore years)
(Code 67)

1

laboratory

INTRODUCTION TO MILITARY
*Note: conducted during leadership laboratory and

SCIENCE
1 semester

Presents an overview of the

Army ROTC

hour

four-year

program and the scholarship opportunities available to
ROTC cadets. Provides an overview of military skills

consists of adventure/survival training, land navigation,
first aid,

and dismounted

conducted

in the

67310

ADVANCED MILITARY SCIENCE I
3 semester hours

INTRODUCTION TO MILITARY

Provides a detailed study of the leadership tech-

ISSUES
1

semester hour

Presents a discussion of the role of the U.S.

an in-depth look

the

Army

Army,

National Guard, as well as

at the organization

from squad through

and missions of Army

division. Practical experience

will include use of military radios, small unit tactics,

and practical field training.* One 75-minute
class per week, 7 evening laboratries per semester.
rappelling,

160/SPECIAL

which cannot be

(Junior and senior years)

evening laboratories per semester.

Army Reserve,

drill exercise,

classroom.

Advanced Program

map reading, rappelling, and
One 75-minute class per week, 7

including land navigation,
practical field training.*

units

skills appli-

cable to lifelong recreational pursuits and fitness. Four

hours per week: one 3-hour class,

the

(with

aid including the

four lifesaving steps, plant identification, and personal

Basic Program

67.120

1

Sophomore summer semester

Co-adjutant Instructors in Military Science:

67.110

field environ-

ROTC BASIC CAMP

67.230

MILITARY SCIENCE

service pay and benefits. Practical experi-

ence will apply the principles learned to a

PROGRAMS

niques and principles introduced in 67.220. The course
will rely

on case studies drawn from experience of active

duty lieutenants and will place cadets in role model
situations to provide first-hand experience in

small unit leadership.**
laboratories

1

problems of

2-hour class per week, 7

67.320

THEORY AND DYNAMICS OF THE

ADVANCED LEADERSHIP AND

67.420

MILITARY TEAM

MANAGEMENT H
3 semester hours

Applies the techniques learned

67.310

in

detailed study of the principles of war, the

Hague Conventions, and small
will include

unit tactics.

to

Acquaints the students through a series of case

Geneva and
The course

an analysis of the Soviet and Warsaw Pact

Forces and current U.S. Doctrine to counter the threat

posed by those forces.**

2-hour class per week, 7

1

3 semester hours

a

studies

and role playing simulations with the high

students will learn the basic principles and procedures of
military law

and

their application in

ment of a

military organization utilizing skills developed

in prior military science courses.**

A

ROTC ADVANCED CAMP
six-week practical application

6 semester hours
and evaluation

**Note: Cadets will gain further practical leadership
training during leadership laboratory while performing in

leadership positions and conducting training.

Marine Platoon Leaders Program

cadets in leadership positions where they must put into

situations.

2-hour class per

at Fort Bragg, N.C., places

practice the techniques learned

and non-tactical

1

week, 7 laboraotires per semster.

phase required of each cadet prior to commissioning.

Advanced camp, conducted

a military environ-

ment. Students will continue to perform roles in manage-

laboraotires per semester.

67.330

on campus

in both tactical

Advanced camp

also affords

This

is

a program which provides selected students

cadets the opportunity to develop skills in the area of

an opportunity to be commissioned as officers

and life-long recreational skills in both
formal and informal settings of the 337 hours of formal
training at advanced camp, 152 or 45%, have application

Marine Corps

survival, fitness,

after

in the

having completed summer training

courses and the baccalaureate degree from Bloomsburg
University of Pennsylvania.

Programs

to these three-key areas.

67.410

ethical

standards required of a manager and leader. Additionally,

for aviation

and law also are available.

ADVANCED LEADERSHIP AND

Contact person: B.N. Shultis, Captain, Veteran's Administration Building, North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre,

MANAGEMENT I

PA

17801(717)823-4131.

3 semester hours
Presents advanced leadership and

management

skills

required of a manager in a military environment. Students will perform roles in

management of a

military

organization utilizing course-presented skills in administration, training,

logistics.**

conduct of meetings, briefings, and

Four hours per week:

1

2-hour class per

week, 7 laboratories per semester.

Marine Platoon Leaders Program/161

fife

BL<

/^

w

]

M

John Abell, Interim Dean
School of Extended Programs

SCHOOL OF EXTENDED
PROGRAMS

162/SCHOOL OF EXTENDED PROGRAMS

Attendance Fee Program

SCHOOL OF
EXTENDED
PROGRAMS

The Attendance Fee Program allows

individuals

Admission on this basis
depends upon available space and the payment of a $25
to attend classes without credit.

fee per course. Courses attended through this process do

not generate college credit for the attendee. In most cases
the only formality

is that

of registration for the course(s)

desired with the School of Extended Programs.

Organizations and Function

Admission Procedures for
Nondegree Students

The School of Extended Programs administers and
coordinates university-wide efforts to provide lifelong

education for citizens of the Central Susquehanna Valley

Credit Students

region.

The school

also coordinates the operation of grants,

international education,

summer

Admission

sessions, television

to the

nondegree credit program

high school graduates or those holding

courses, experiential learning, internships, cooperative

all

education as well as public service mini courses, confer-

tials;

no standardized

open

to

test scores are required.

Application forms

ences, and workshops.

is

GED creden-

may be obtained from

the dean of

extended programs or the Office of Admissions and are
filed with the Office

Programs

tials



Nondegree Credit Program

by an individual

credit courses without formal

in regular

on campus or

at

program

if

may be

affirmation of attendance at another institution of

higher education.
applicant

both day and evening

at

off-campus locations.

the individual seeks and

mission to a degree program

is

home

recommended
that

will

be accepted by

institution.

student who desires to combine
work with high school study must file a

high school transcript, junior year

Courses

applicable, a letter of

taken by nondegree students also can be used for a variety

that the

coursework pursued

A high school
college

granted formal ad-

in the university.

It is

make certain

Bloomsburg University

the


applied later to a regular degree

who wishes to take courses for
home institution must complete

a non degree application form which requires

Credit earned in appropriate courses taken as a nondegree student

A student enrolled in another institution of
transfer to the

admission to the university

may be chosen from

desire to enroll as part-time students

higher educaltion

undergraduate

program as an opportunity to review skills, acquire new
knowledge, or pursue cultural and intellectual interests.
offerings, either

who

ation or certification of high school equivalency.


as a degree candidate. Individuals are invited to use this

Credit courses

Adults

must complete a nondegree application form
which requries affirmation of high school gradu-

Based on the assumption that learning should be a
life-long process, the nondegree credit program provides
for enrollment

of Admissions. Supporting creden-

are required as follows:

SAT

scores, if

recommendation from the

of designated certificate programs and to meet under-

high school counselor, and letters of

graduate deficiencies for graduate study. (The School of

recommendation from two high school instruc
tors in the academic area of intended pursuit

Graduate Studies has

its

own nondegree

regulations. See

theGraduate Studies booklet)

Acceptance for admission requires concurrence

Noncredit Minicourses

by the high school principal.
Graduate students with undergraduate deficien
cies must be recommended to the School of
Extended Programs by an appropriate graduate

Non



credit minicourses provide opportunities for

individuals to gain specialized

knowledge and/or

adviser to pursue such undergraduate courses as
skills for

recommended.

career purposes or to pursue cultural, recreational, and


special interests through short-term experiences without

An

individual

program

who

wishes to pursue a remedial

to qualify for

undergraduate degree

credit.

These courses

reflect expressed

nominal course fee

is

community needs.

charged. Individuals

who wish

A

most cases the only formality

is

registration for the course(s) desired with the

Extended Programs.

and

documentation of

official

all

previouxrilege

to

take advantage of the minicourse are not required to file
credentials; in

admission must submit a high school transcript

that of

School of

attendance,

if

any.

Students with an earned baccalaureate degree

who wish

to

complete the requirements for Level

or Level

II

teacher certification must submit a

I

SCHOOL OF EXTENDED PROGRAMS/163

transcript

from the

institution granting the

baccalaureate degree and be

recommended

to the

Through established relationships with foreign universities and membership in international education consortia,

School of Extended Programs by the dean of the

opportunities are provided to study for a semester, an

College of Professional Studies.

academic year, or a summer

Senior citizens

who are retired,

over 60 years of

age, legal citizens of the United States,

residing in the

and

France, Germany,

are eligible to apply for a waiver of basic and/or
tuition fees

As

may be

Italy, Austria,

a

member of the Pennsylvania Consortium

International Education,

admitted to classes on a seat-available basis only.

Mexico, Ecuador,

Brazil,

and Japan.

through the School of Extended
in this category

a foreign institution. In

undergraduate years in Scotland, England, Ireland,

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Programs. Students

at

recent years, Bloomsburg students have spent part of their

Bloomsburg

is

for

able to offer

students a wide variety of international programs.

its

The

PCIE, a cooperative arrangement among the state universities in the SSHE system, continues to add to the

Academic Advisement

locations for study abroad programs.

placements

Advisement of non degree students may be arranged
through the dean of the School of Extended Programs.
Students who are pursuing coursework for teacher
certification are assigned to academic advisers in the
College of Professional Studies and must secure the
signature of an adviser on the non degree course selection
form.

in

Most recently,

Hungary, Poland, Australia, and China

have become available. During the summer months,
PCIE maintians permanent study centers at Oxford
(England), Salzburg (Austria), and Florence

opportunity to complete their student teaching experience
in a foreign

country

dimension to
in

Sessions

(Italy).

Students in teacher education programs have the

if

they wish to add an international

their professional

development. Agree-

ments with Liverpool Polytechnic and Edge

Summer

the

in

Hill Colleges

England as well as the International Preparatory School
Austria permit elementary and secondary education

students to experience teaching in foreign classrooms.

Other locations are available thorugh the PCIE.

Undergraduate and graduate courses are offered
during the
locations.

For information about any of the above programs,

summer sessions on campus and at off-campus
Students may schedule as many semester hours

in a session as the

number of weeks

in that session.

in

Room 218,

Bakeless Center for the Humanities.

An

overload requires the approval of the appropriate college

dean

contact the Office of International Education,

keeping with university policy on normal load and

Cooperative Education

overload.

Undergraduate courses are open without formal
application to regularly enrolled students of

University

who wish

The Cooperative Education Program

Bloomsburg

to enrich or accelerate their pro-

who wish

Bloomsburg

experience, planned and supervised to enhance knowl-

grams of study or make up academic deficiencies. Others
must apply for non degree admission through the School
of Extended Programs to the Admissions Office.
Students from other colleges are admitted to summer
sessions upon the filing of a simplified application form.
Graduate courses are offered for students

at

University combines classroom theory and on-the-job

to

edge associated with a student's professional objectives.
Students receive competitive salary for these positions

and may receive credits toward graduation, where
applicable.

The program

is

administered by the Cooperative

Education Office in conjunction with participating

continue their education at the master's degree level and/

academic departments. Cooperative Education opportuni-

or to qualify for permanent certification. (See Graduate

ties,

Bulletin.)

industry,

Special workshops are scheduled to provide teachers

and other professional groups with specific
programs at times and locations convenient to

in service

training

their schedules

and places of employment.

and the public

Working under

sector.

the direct supervision of experienced

professionals, co-op students continue to develop their

career skills and gain a competitive edge in the job market
after graduation. Students with

A copy of the Summer Sessions Bulletin (including
both undergraduate and graduate courses)

optional for most students, are available in business,

may be

obtained from the School of Extended Programs.

receive permanent

The

Program advises internaand coordinates university-wide efforts to
provide study abroad experiences for students and faculty.
International Education

164/SCHOOL OF EXTENDED PROGRAMS

offers

from

their

co-op

Inquiries regarding specific co-op opportunities,

and approval procedures should be directed to the
Room 13, Benjamin

director of cooperative education,

Franklin Hall, (717) 389-4678.

tional students

co-op experience often

employers.

credit,

International Education

employment

Experiential Learning

Internships

Participation in the university's internship

program

can add an important dimension to a student's educational

In an effort to provide for those

course of their

life

who have

in the

experience obtained knowledge and

experience and future career plans. The internship

skills applicable to

program offers an opportunity for students to combine
academic instruction with an on- or off-campus experience. Affiliated with the School of Extended Programs,

University provides the opportunity for experiential

the

program is managed by the campus coordiantor of
and administered by the participating academic departments.
The program includes internship experiences associ-

applicability for university credit.

internships

this process, see the

ated with various departments within the Colleges of Arts

and Sciences, Business, and Professional Studies.
Financial aid

is

available for

some

internships depending

upon student need.
credit hours, financial aid,

and approval procedures

should be directed to the campus coordinator of intern-

Room

2136,

McCormick Human

Services Center,

389-4244. Detailed information about specific internships
intern

is

learning assessment

Through

this process, life experi-

ences are evaluated to determine their appropriateness and

For

available from the department chairperson or the

details regarding

dean of extended programs.

Conferences and Workshops
The

university serves the educational requirements of

professional, educational, governmental, business,

other

community groups by

offering

campus

conferences and workshops including

Questions regarding student internship opportunities,

ships,

a college experience, Bloomsburg

and

facilities for

satellite teleconfer-

ences. During the

summer, the university can offer
overnight accommodations to conference groups.
Responsibility for scheduling and hosting conference
groups rests with the School of Extended Programs.
Organizations should contact the School of Extended
Programs at 389-4420.

network contact person within the students program

of study.

Internships/165

Charles Carlson,
Assistant Vice President for

Academic Affairs and Acting

Dean of Graduate

Studies

SCHOOL OF GRADUATE
STUDIES

166/SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES

GRADUATE

Schedules of Classes

STUDIES

Graduate classes taught

in the regular

academic

year are usually scheduled in late afternoons, evenings,

and on Saturdays

in

order to provide opportunity for

teachers and individuals engaged in other full-time occu-

pations to further their education. Graduate courses are

Degrees

offered for full-time students in the

Graduate Study was inaugurated in 1960 with programs leading to the Master of Education degree planned
for teachers in service. In 1968, approval
offer a

program

in history to lead to the

was granted

to

A graduate catalogue with comprehensive descriptions of courses, programs, policies,

to lead to the

is

Master of Science degree. Programs were added subsequently leading to the Master of Business Administration

degree in 1976, a Master of Science degree in Nursing

terms.

Graduate Catalog/Bulletin

Master of Arts

degree and in 1971 a program in biology

summer

and regulations

published annually. Requests for copies should be sent

to the

dean of the Graduate School, Waller Administra-

tion Building,
in

Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg,

PA

17815.

1983, and a Master of Science in Instructional Technology.

The objective of the program
cation degree

is

to

for the Master of Eduimprove subject matter proficiency and

develop mature, professional teachers. The objective of
the Master of Arts

program

is to

advance the student's

scholarship in an academic discipline. Programs leading
to the

Master of Science degree are designed

to

develop

mature scholarship and competence, especially as they are
related to the application of acquired knowledge.

The

object of the Master of Business Administration degree
to

provide increased knowledge and

is

skills essential for

quality performance in the business professions.

The

university pledges itself to a continuous review

of the needs for graduate education in the geographic
region

it

serves.

For a more complete explanation of the

graduate programs, refer to the Graduate Studies booklet.

SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES/167

Harry Ausprich

ADMINISTRATION
HARRY AUSPRICH
B.S.,

President

New York State University, College at Buffalo;

M.S., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., Michigan State
University (1985)

Betty D.

BETTY D. ALLAMONG

Allamong

Provost and
Vice President for

Academic Affairs
B.S., M.A., Ph.D.,

West Virginia University (1987)

JERROLD A. GRIFFIS

Vice President for
Student Life

B.S.,

West Chester

University; D.Ed.,

State College; M.Ed.,

The Pennsylvania

Ohio

State University

A

(1971)

ROBERT J. PARRISH

Jerrold A. Griffis
Vice President for
Administration and

Treasurer

Ohio University; M.P.A., Ed.S., D.Ed.,
Florida AUantic University; C.P.A., West Virginia
B.S.C.,

University (1982)

JOHN.

L.

WALKER

Vice President for
Institutional

Advancement

B.B.A., M.S., Westminster College (1965)

Robert J. Parrish

John

168/ADMTNISTRATION

L.

Walker

FACULTY

RICHARD G. ANDERSON
Associate Professor

History

B.A., Western Kentucky State College; M.A., Ph.D., Texas

WILLIAM

A.

ACIERNO

Christian University (1968)

Mass Communications

Associate Professor

B.A., University of Pittsburgh; M.F.A., Carnegie-Mellon

WAYNE P. ANDERSON

University (1966)

Professor

Chairperson,

(On leave summers of 1988 and 1989)

Chemistry

Community

A.A.S., Jamestown

HAROLD C. ACKERMAN
Bloomsburg

College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois (1975)

Center for Academic Development

Assistant Professor
B.S.,

College; B.A., Harpur

State College; M.A., University of

Kansas

(1981)

DIANNE

H.

ANGELO
Communication Disorders

Assistant Professor

and Special Education
H. M.

AFSHAR

B.S., M.Ed., Clarion University; M.S., University of Pitts-

Curriculum and Foundations

Professor

burgh (1985)

B.A., University of Tehran; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of

RICHARD M. ANGELO

Florida (1966)

Communications Disorders
and Special Education

Associate Professor

RICHARD

D.

ALDERFER

Professor
B.A., Bluffton College; M.Ed.,

Communication Studies
Temple University; Ph.D.,

B.S., Mansfield State College; M.Ed.,

Bloomsburg

State

College; Ed.D., Lehigh University (1982)

Ohio University (1967)

KAREN ANSELM
MIRZA W. ALI

Communication Studies

Assistant Professor

Mathematics and Computer Science

Assistant Professor

B.A., M.A., University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh;

M.Sc,

B.A., University of Pittsburgh; M.F.A., Carnegie Mellon

University (1987)

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Ph.D.,
State University of

New York

JOSEPH

(1987)

P.

ARDIZZI
Biological and Allied

Assistant Professor

MARY CHRISTINE ALICHNIE
Associate Professor

Health Sciences
Assistant Chairperson,

B.S., St. Joseph's College; Ph.D., Cornell University (1986)

Nursing

ARMSTRONG

B.S., University of Pittsburgh; M.S., University of Pennsyl-

CHRISTOPHER

vania; M.S., Wilkes College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylva-

Associate Professor

nia (1981)

B.A., Washington and Lee University; M.A., Ph.D.,

F.

Sociology and Social Welfare

University of Pennsylvania (1974)

LELIA M.T. ALLEN
Associate Professor

Psychological Counselor,

Counseling Center

EILEEN

C.

ASTOR-STETSON
Psychology

Associate Professor

B.S., Fayetteville State University; M.Ed., University of

A.B., Rutgers-The State University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt Uni-

North Carolina; D.Ed. Florida State Christain University

versity (1983)

(1987)

GEORGE B.
M.

RUHUL AMIN

Associate Professor

HSC Dhaka Government

N.

AYITTEY
Economics

Associate Professor

Marketing and Management
College, Bangladesh; B.A. (H),

B.S., University of

Ghana; M.A., University of Western

Ontario; Ph.D., University of Manitoba (1984)

M.A., The University of Dhaka; M.A., D.P.A., Carleton
University; M.A., Ph.D.,

The University of Akron (1987)

RAYMOND E. BABINEAU
Professor

GLADYS ANCRUM
Professor

Nursing

R.N., King's County Hospital School of Nursing; B.S.,

Director,

School of Education
B.A., M.A., Montclair State College; Ed.D., Temple University (1969)

M.A., Columbia University; M.P.H., Dr.P.H., University of

MARY K. BADAMI

California (1984)

Communication Studies
Fordham University School of Education; M.A.,

Professor

M.

DALE ANDERSON

Associate Professor
B.S.L., Nebraska Christian College; M.A., Fort
State College (1965)

B.S.,

English

Hays Kansas

Hunter College of the C.U.N. Y.; Ph.D., Northwestern
University (1981)

(On leave

fall

of 1988)

FACULTY/ 169

HAROLD J. BAILEY

A.

Mathematics and Computer Science

Professor

Director, Institute for Interactive Technologies
B.S.. Albright College; M.Ed., Ph.D..

The Pennsylvania

ALEJANDRO BERNAL
Languages and Cultures

Assistant Professor

B.A., Catholic University of Valparaiso; M.S., University of

Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Ph.D., Indiana University (1984)

State University (1969)

DALE BERTELSEN
WILLIAM M. BAILLIE

Communication Studies

Assistant Professor

English

Professor
Director, University Scholars

Program

B.S., Rider College;

M.A., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State

University (1988)

B.A., Ball State Teachers College; M.A., Ph.D., University

MARY G. BERNATH

of Chicago (1974)

Assistant Professor (part-time)

RICHARD

BAKER

L.

Accounting

Professor
B.S.,

English

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (1982)

M.B.A., Bloomsburg

University; Ph.D.,

The Pennsyl-

vania State University (1987)

JEAN

E.

BERRY
Nursing

Assistant Professor

B.S.N., Georgetown University; M.S.N., University of

ELLEN

B.

BARKER

Pennsylvania (1980)

Psychology

Assistant Professor

B.A., Macalester College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

MARLANA B. BLACKBURN

(1980)

Assistant Professor

Chemistry

B.S., Ph.D., University of Florida (1988)

LEO

G.

BARRILE
Sociology and Social Welfare

Associate Professor

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Boston College (1980)

PETER
B.A.,

STEPHEN

S.

H.

BOHLING

Professor

BATORY

Miami

University; M.A.,

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (1978)

Associate Professor

Marketing and Management

B.S., King's College; M.B.A.,

Old Dominion University;

D.B.A., University of Maryland (1980)

RUTH ANNE BOND
Assistant Professor

B.A.,

UJAGAR S. BAWA

Director,

Wheaton College; M.A., Montclair

(1977)

B.A., M.A., Punjab University; A.M., University of Penn-

BARBARA BONHAM

sylvania; Ph.D., Cornell University (1970)

Assistant Professor (part-time)

CHARLES

M.

BAYLER

(1981)

Accounting

Associate Professor

Susquehanna University; M.S.B.A., C.P.A., Bucknell

University (1965)

THOMAS A. BONOMO
Sociology and Social Welfare

Assistant Professor

B.A.,

KARL A. BEAMER

Muskingum

College; Ph.D..

Wayne

State University

(1983)

Associate Professor

Kutztown

Developmental Instruction

Kutztown University; M.Ed., Bloomsburg University

B.S.,

B.S.,

Upward Bound

State College

Economics

Professor

B.S.,

Economics
The University of Iowa;

Art

State College; M.F.A.,

The Pennsylvania

State University (1972)

PATRICIA M. BOYNE
Assistant Professor

Computer and Information Science
The Pennsylvania State

B.A., Ladycliff College; M.S.,

STEPHEN

D.

BECK

University (1976)

Mathematics and Computer Science

Professor

B.S., Tufts University; M.S.,

Iowa

State University; Ph.D.,

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1971)

WALTER

M.

BRASCH
Mass Communications

Professor

A.B., San Diego State University; M.A., Ball State Univer-

BARBARA E. BEHR

sity;

Finance and Business

Professor

A.B., Cornell University; M.A., Hunter College; J.D., Rutgers

Law

Ph.D., Ohio University (1980)

Law

School (1977)

DUANE D. BRAUN
Professor
B.S., State University of

BARRETT W. BENSON
Professor
A.B., Middlebury College; Ph.D., University of

(1967)

170/FACULTY

Ph.D.,

Chemistry

Vermont

Geography and Earth Science

New York

at

Fredonia; M.A.,

The Johns Hopkins University (1975)

CHARLES

BRENNAN

M.

WILLIAM

Mathematics and Computer Science

Professor

L.

CARLOUGH

Professor

Chairperson,

Philosophy and Anthropology

B.S.Ed., Bloomsburg State College; M.A., Montclair State

College; Ph.D.,

The Pennsylvania

State University (1966)

B.A.,

Hope

College; B.D., Western Theological Seminar;

S.T.M.. General Theological Seminary; Ph.D.,

RICHARD J. BROOK

New York

University (1964)

Philosophy and Anthropology

Professor

(On leave spring of 1989)

B.A., Antioch College; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D.,

New School, N.Y.C.
(On leave

fall

MARY ANN CEGIELSKY

(1967)

of 1988)

Nursing

Instructor

R.N., Ashland State Hospital School of Nursing; B.S.N.,

LEROY

H.

BROWN

Associate Professor
B.S.,

Lock Haven

The Pennsylvania
Mathematics and Computer Science

State College; M.Ed.,

State University; M.S.N., Villanova

University (1986)

The Pennsylvania

RONALD R. CHAMPOUX

State University (1965)

Communication Disorders
and Special Education

Associate Professor

JESSE

A.

BRYAN
Chairperson,

Associate Professor

Developmental Instruction

B.A., Providence College; M.A.T., Assumption College;

M.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan (1977)

A.B., Johnson C. Smith University; M.Ed., Temple University;

GEORGE P. CHAMURIS

Ph.D., Toledo University (1973)

Biological and Allied

Assistant Professor

VIRGIE

BRYAN

Health Sciences

Developmental Instruction

Instructor

B.S., Fayetteville State College; M.Ed.,

Bloomsburg Uni-

versity (1979)

A.A.S., Dutchess
sity
sity;

of

Community

New York at Albany;

College; B.S., State Univer-

M.S., James Madison Univer-

Ph.D., State University of

New York at

Syracuse

(1987)

BRIGITTE

L.

CALLAY
Chairperson,

Associate Professor

Languages and Cultures

CHARLES

M.

CHAPMAN
Chairperson,

Associate Professor

Marketing and Management

B.A., M.A., University of Delaware; Ph.D., University of

Louvain, Belgium (1988)

B.A., University of Northern Colorado; M.A.,

New York

University (1977)

ROBERT L. CAMPBELL
Nursing

Assistant Professor

CHRIS

A.

CHERRINGTON

R.N., Robert Packer Hospital School of Nursing; B.S.N.,

Assistant Professor

University of Pittsburgh; M.S.N., University of Washington

B.S., University of

(1979)

Virginia (1987)

(On leaving

fall

Curriculum and Foundations
Oklahoma; M.Ed.. Ph.D., University of

of 1988)

CHARLES W. CHRONISTER

DONALD A. CAMPLESE

and Athletics

Psychology

M.A., Ed.D., West Virginia University (1972)

B.S., M.Ed., East Stroudsburg State College (1971)

KAY F. CAMPLESE

GARY F. CLARK

Associate Professor

Director,

Counseling and
A.B., M.A.,

Health, Physical Education,

Associate Professor

Professor

Human Development

Center

West Virginia University (1969)

ALAN D. CAREY
Professor

A.A., Scottsbluff Junior College; B.S., M.B.A., Denver University; Ph.D., University of

B.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art; M.A.,

Texas

at

Austin (1978)

West

Vir-

ginia University (1975)

MARJORIE
Marketing and Management

Art

Assistant Professor

A.

CLAY
Philosophy and Anthropology

Associate Professor

B.A., University of Oklahoma; M.A., Northwestern University;

Ph.D.,

SUNY

at

Buffalo (1978)

ELLEN M. CLEMENS
Business Education and

Associate Professor

Office Administration
B.S., M.S.,

Bloomsburg

State College; D.Ed.,

The Pennsyl-

vania State University (1979)

FACULTY/171

DONNA

J.

WILLIAM

COCHRANE
Business Education and

Assistant Professor

Office Administration

A.A.S., Dutchess
University

Community

DECKER
Music

B.M., M.M., Eastman School of Music of the University of
Rochester: D.M.A., Temple University (1963)

College; B.S., M.S., State

New York at Albany

K.

Professor

(1987)

BLAISE DELNIS

PAUL C. COCHRANE

Associate Professor

Mathematics and Computer Science

Professor

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., State University of

New York

A.B.,

Lukow

University; M.A.,

Languages and Cultures
Fordham University (1965)

(1975)

VINCENT J. DEMELFI

STEVEN

L.

COHEN

Developmental Instruction

Instructor

Psychology

Professor
B.A., Oakland University; Ph.D., University of

B.S., M.Ed.,

Bloomsburg

State College (1982)

Maine

JOHN

(1973)

E.

DENNEN
Accounting

Assistant Professor

JAMES

E.

COLE

B.S.,

Biological

Professor

and Allied

Bloomsburg

State College; M.S., Bucknell University

(1965)

Health Sciences
B.A., M.A., Western Michigan University; Ph.D., Illinois

LESTER

State University (1968)

Associate Professor

J.

DIETTERICK

B.S., M.Ed.,

MAURICE A. COLLINS

Accounting

Bloomsburg

State College; M.S.B.A., Bucknell

University (1966)

Curriculum and Foundations

Associate Professor

A. A., Chicago City College; B.S., Chicago State University;

RONALD V. DIGIONDOMENICO

M.M., Roosevelt University; Ph.D., Southern

Assistant Professor

Illinois

Academic Advisement

B.A., Bloomsburg State College; M.S.W.,

University (1986)

Marywood

College (1977)

JOHN

F.

COOK JR.

(On leave summers of 1988 and 1989)
Art

Assistant Professor

B.F.A., McGill University; M.A., Columbia University

BERNARD C. DILL

(1974)

Professor
B.S.,

JOHN

H.

COUCH

Finance and Business

Law

M.B.A., The Pennsylvania State University; D.B.A.,

George Washington University (1968)

Music

Associate Professor

A.R.C.T., Royal Conservatory of Music; M.M., Indiana

NANCY A. DITTMAN

University School of Music (1972)

Associate Professor

CAROLYN DALTON

B.S., Florida State University; M.Ed., University of Florida;

Business Education and
Office Administration

Nursing, Biological and

Instructor (part-time)

Ed.D., University of Colorado (1982)

Allied Health Sciences
B.S., M.S.,

The University of Connecticut (1980)

JAMES

DALTON JR.

RICHARD J. DONALD
Curriculum and Foundations

Assistant Professor

H.

B.S., East Stroudsburg State College; M.S.,

Professor

Psychology

B.A., King College; M.A., Ph.D.,

The University of

Kansas State

University (1968)

(On leave spring of 1989)

Connecticut (1979)

PATRICIA

GILBERT DARBOUZE
Languages and Cultures

Assistant Professor

B.A., M.A., City College of

DORAME
Languages and Cultures

Assistant Professor

New

Lie. in Spanish Lit., University of Veracruz,

School and University Center-CUNY (1984)

JUDITH

P.

DOWNING
Biological

Professor

FRANK S. DAVIS
Professor

Mexico (1987)

York; Ph.D., Graduate

and Allied

Health Sciences

Computer and Information Sciences

B.S., M.Ed., Shippensburg State College; Ph.D., University

B.S.,

Bowling Green

University of

State University; M.A., Ph.D., State

New York

at

Buffalo

(

1975)

of Pittsburgh (1966)

WILLIAM

D.

EISENBERG

Associate Professor

English

B.A., University of Delaware; M.A., Lehigh University

(1960)

172/FACULTY

ROGER W.

WILLIAM

ELLIS
Business Education and

Associate Professor

Office Administration

B.A., M.Ed., Bloomsburg University; Ed.D., Arizona State

J.

FROST

Assistant Professor

sity;

Library, Reference Librarian

Dominion University; M.L.S., Rutgers Univer-

B.A., Old

M.A., University of Scranton (1972)

University (1986)

LAWRENCE B. FULLER
KAREN J. EL WELL

Professor

Finance and Business

Assistant Professor

A.B., A.M., J.D., University of Illinois

at

Law

Urbana- Cham-

vania State University (1971)

paign (1985)

MAUREEN D. ENDRES

FRANCIS
Library, Reference Librarian

Assistant Professor

A.B., University of Rochester; M.L.S.,

Geneseo; M.B.A., Bowling Green

SUNY College at

J.

GALLAGHER

Associate Professor

Marketing and Management

A.B., Stonehill College; M.B.A.,

Temple University (1972)

State University (1982
P.

PHILLIP A.

English

A3., Dartmouth College; M.A., Columbia University;
Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University; M.A., The Pennsyl-

FARBER

JOSEPH GARCIA

Associate Professor
Biological

Professor

and Allied

Health Sciences
B.S., King's College; M.S., Boston College; Ph.D., Catholic

B.S.,

Physics

Kent State University; M.S.,

University; D.Ed.,

New Mexico

The Pennsylvania

Highlands

State University

(1968)

University of America (1966)

MARY
RONALD A. FERDOCK
St.

GARDNER

Assistant Professor

Health, Physical Education,

and Athletics

English

Associate Professor
A.B.,

T.

Vincent College; M.A., The Pennsylvania State

B.S., M.Ed., East Stroudsburg State College (1974)

University (1965)

(On leave summers of 1988 and 1989)

MARY A. GAVAGHAN
Associate Professor

Nursing

JOHN

B.S.N., M.S.N., University of Pennsylvania; Ed.D.,

Temple

R.

FLETCHER

Assistant Professor

Biological

and Allied

University (1987)

Health Sciences
B.S., M.Ed.,

Bloomsburg

MICHAEL W. GAYNOR

State College (1969)

Psychology

Professor

ARIANE FOUREMAN

B.A., Muhlenburg College; M.S., Lehigh University; Ph.D.,

Languages and Cultures

Professor
B.A., M.A., Ph.D..

The Ohio

Colorado State University (1970)

State University (1969)

DENNIS

BONITA

B.

FRANKS

O.

GEHRIS

Assistant Professor

Curriculum and Foundations

Associate Professor

B.S., M.S., Central Connecticut State University; Ph.D.,

The

Business Education and
Office Administration

B.S.,

M.A., Rider College; Ed.D., Temple University (1985)

Pennsylvania State University (1986)

GEORGE
WENDELIN

R.

FRANTZ

J.

GELLOS

Associate Professor

Professor

Geography and Earth Science
A.B., College of Wooster; M.S., Ph.D., University of Pitts-

Biological

and Allied

Health Sciences

Chairperson,

B.S., Muhlenberg College; M.S., Ohio University; Ph.D.,
The Pennsylvania State University (1965)

burgh (1968)

MARTIN

HAROLD K. FREY
Associate Professor

Chairperson,

Computer and Information Systems
B.S.,

Lock Haven

M. GILDEA

Associate Professor

State College;

B.A.,

St.

Political Science

Vincent College; M.A., University of Notre

Dame

(1966)

M.A., State College of

Iowa; M.S., Elmira College (1978)

NANCY G. GILGANNON
Curriculum and Foundations
Bloomsburg State College; M.S., Marywood College;
D.Ed., The Pennsylvania State University (1976)

Professor

ROGER W. FROMM
Associate Professor

B.S.,

Library, Reference Librarian

B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.Ed., University of

Vermont; M.L.S., Rutgers University; M.A., University of
Scranton(1974)

FACULTY/173

)

NANCY E. GILL

RAFEY HABIB

M. A.
English

Associate Professor
B.A., M.A., Washington State University; Ph.D..

The Penn-

B.A.. University of Essex; D.Phil., University of Oxford;
R.S.A., Prep. Cert. T.E.F.L., International

sylvania State University (1968)

NORMAN M. GILLMEISTER

CHRISTOPHER

Geography and Earth Science

Associate Professor

English

Assistant Professor

P.

House (1987)

HALLEN
Chemistry

Assistant Professor

B.A., Harvard College; M.A., Indiana University; M.A.,

B.A., Assumption College; Ph.D., University of

Ph.D., Harvard University (1973)

Hampshire (1986)

New

(On leave 1988-89 academic year)

MEHDI HARIRIAN

SANDRA G. GIRTON
Nursing

Assistant Professor

B.S.N., M.N., University of Pittsburgh (1981

(On

Economics

Assistant Professor

B.A., National University; M.A.. Iowa State University;

Ph.D.,

New

School for Social Research (1982)

leave spring of 1989)

DAVID J. HARPER
STEPHEN

C. GOODWIN

Chairperson,

Professor

Physics

Health. Physical Education,

Instructor

and Athletics
B.S., East Stroudsburg University; M.S.,

B.S., Ph.D.. University of

Ohio University

PAUL G. HARTUNG

(1984)

Mathematics and Computer Science

Professor

LEVI

J.

Nottingham (1966)

GRAY

B.A.. Montclair State College; M.A., University of Colo-

Physics

Associate Professor

rado; Ph.D..

The Pennsylvania

State University (1968)

B.S., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., Syracuse University

JOHN E. HARTZEL

(1982)

Assistant Professor

MARY TOD GRAY

B.S.,

Nursing

Instructor

B.S.N., University of Michigan; M.A..
sity

New York

Bloomsburg

Computer and Information Systems

State College; M.Ed..

(1970)

Univer-

MICHAEL HERBERT

(1986)

Biological and Allied

Professor

DAVID E. GREENWALD

Health Sciences
Sociology and Social Welfare

Associate Professor

B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Ph.D., University

of California

Lehigh University

at

Berkley

( 1

B.S., University of Maryland; Ph.D..

Lehigh University

(1963)

970)

DAVID G.HESKEL

ANTONIO GRIMALDI

Chairperson,

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

Marketing and Management

Finance and Business

Doctorate

University of Naples (1988)

M.B.A.. Ph.D.. University of Business, Vienna, Austria

in Political Sciences,

Law

(1976)

JOANNE S. GROWNEY
Mathematics and Computer Science

Professor
B.S..

Westminster College; M. A. .Temple University; Ph.D..

University of

Oklahoma 1969)

CHARLOTTE
B.S.. M.Ed.,

(

M. HESS
Curriculum and Foundations

Professor

Bloomsburg

State College; Ph.D.,

The Penn-

sylvania State University (1972)

ERVENE F. GULLEY
Associate Professor

English

A.B.. Bucknell University; M.A.. Ph.D.. Lehigh University

SUSAN J. HIBBS
Assistant Professor

B.S.,
E.

BUREL GUM

sity;

Western Kentucky University; M.Ed.. East Strouds-

burg State College (1975)

Associate Professor
B.S.,

Health, Physical Education,

and Athletics

(1970)

Accounting

Bloomsburg University: M.S.B.A., Bucknell UniverEd.D., University of Pittsburgh (1970)

FREDERICK

C.

Professor

HILL
Biological and Allied

Health Sciences

RAJKUMAR GUTTHA
Associate Professor

B.S.. M.S.. Illinois State University: Ph.D., University of

Finance and Business

B.A.. M.A., Nagarjuna University; M.A.,

(1988)

174/FACULTY

Law

Temple University

Louisville (1975)

)

MARY B.

JOANNE JACKOWSKI

HILL
Communication Disorders

Professor

and

Communication Disorders

Instructor

and Special Education

Special Education

Bloomsburg State College; M.Ed., University of Delaware; Ph.D., Temple University (1973)

B.S.,

CHARLES

CARL

M.

HINKLE
Health, Physical Education,

and Athletics

Montana

ELOISE

J.

State University; M.S., Ithaca College (1971)

HIPPENSTEEL

R.N.,

Political Science

The Pennsylvania
(On leave summer of 1988)

SUE JACKSON
Chairperson,
Sociology and Social Welfare

Jefferson University School of Nursing;

Lycoming College; M.S.S.W., Graduate School of
Work, University of Texas (1973)

A.B.,

Social

MARK R. JELINEK

JUDITH M. HIRSHFELD
Communication Disorders

Assistant Professor

and Special Education
Temple

State University (1960)

Associate Professor

B.S.N., M.S.N., University of Pennsylvania; M.S., Ed.D.,

sity

JACKSON

Carolina; Ph.D..

Temple University (1982)

B.S., M.A.,

Cortland (1986)

A.B., Westminster College; M.A., University of North

I.

Nursing

Associate Professor

Thomas

G.

at

Professor

Assistant Professor

B.S.,

New York

B.A., State University of

University; C.A.G.S., Boston Univer-

Music

Assistant Professor

B.M.

Ed., M.A., Eastern

New Mexico University;

D.M.A.,

Arizona State University (1986)

(1980)

BRIAN

CHARLES J. HOPPEL
Computer and Information Systems

Associate Professor

A.

JOHNSON
Geography and Earth Science
The

Professor

B.S., University of Scranton; M.E.E., Ph.D., Syracuse Uni-

B.S., M.Ed., Indiana University of Pennsylvania: D.Ed.,

Pennsylvania State University (1967)

versity (1980)

WILLIAM
LEE C. HOPPLE
Professor
B.S.,

Kutztown

State

Geography and Earth Science
College; M.S., Ph.D., The Pennsylva-

L.

JONES

Professor

Communication Disorders

B.S., M.Ed., Ed.D.. University of

Nebraska (1964)

and Special Education

nia State University (1961

JEAN

MARK A. HORNBERGER
Associate Professor
B.S.,

Bloomsburg

University; Ph.D.,

KALAT

K.

Nursing

Assistant Professor

Geography and Earth Science

R.N.,

New

State College; M.A., Southern Illinois

versity of

The Pennsylvania

(1981)

State University

(

1970)

England Baptist School of Nursing; B.S.N., Uni-

Vermont; M.S.N., Texas Women's University

ANDREW J. KARPINSKI

JOHN R. HRANITZ
Assistant Chairperson,

Professor

Chairperson,

Professor

Communication Disorders

Curriculum and Foundations
B.S., M.Ed., Ed.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania

B.S., M.Ed., D.Ed.,

(1972)

and Special Education
The Pennsylvania State University

(1967)

JAMES

H.

HUBER

Professor

Sociology and Social Welfare
Bloomsburg State College; M.A., University of Delaware; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (1972)
(On leave spring of 1989)

JANICE

B.S.,

Assistant Professor

KENNETH P. HUNT

MARTIN M. KELLER
Communication Disorders

Professor

B.S., M.Ed., State

and Special Education
University of New York at Buffalo;

C.

KEIL
Business Education and
Office Administration

B.S., M.Ed..

Bloomsburg

State College (1981)

Curriculum and Foundations

Associate Professor

B.S., Indiana State College; M.Ed., University of Pittsburgh

(1961)

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (1975)

MARGARET A. KELLY
E.

DENNIS HUTHNANCE JR.

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

Mathematics and Computer Science

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of

Technology (1986)

B.A., College of

New

Library, Serials Librarian

Rochelle; M.A., University of

Scranton; M.L.S., University of Pittsburgh (1972)

FACULTY/175

)

JOHN

Mathematics and Computer Science

Professor
A.S.,

AMES

KERLIN JR.

E.

Broward Community College;

B.S., Florida Atlantic

R.

LAUFFER
Geography and Earth Science

Associate Professor
B.S.,

Allegheny College; M.S., University of Hawaii; Ph.D.,

University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (1977)

University of Delaware

SALEEM M. KHAN

ANN L. LEE
Economics

Professor

(

1966)

Communication Disorders

Assistant Professor

and Special Education

B.A., S.E., College, Bahawalpur; M.A., Punjab University;
Ph.D.,

J.

B.S., M.Ed.,

Gutenberg University (1978)

State College (1981

WOO BONG LEE

YOUNG T. KIM
Accounting

Associate Professor
B.S.,

Bloomsburg

Sungkyunkwan

Chairperson,

Professor

Economics

University; M.S., University of

Wisconsin-Whitewater (1987)

B.S.,

Delaware Valley College; M.S., Ph.D., Rutgers Uni-

versity (1972)

HOWARD

J.

KINSLINGER
Marketing and Management

Associate Professor

A.B., Brandeis University; M.B.A.,

New

The City College of

LINDA M. LEMURA
Health, Physical Education,

Assistant Professor

and Athletics

York; Ph.D., Purdue University (1982)

B.S., Niagara University; M.S., Ph.D., Syracuse University

THOMAS

S.

KLINGER

(1987)

Assistant Professor

Biological

and Allied

Health Sciences

ROBERT W. LIDDELL III
Computer and Information Systems
Grove City College; M.S.. Ph.D., The Pennsylvania

A.A., Bradford College; B.A., Macalester College; M.A.,

Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of South Florida (1985)

B.S.,

State University (1986)

ROBERT B. KOSLOSKY
Art

Associate Professor

Kutztown

B.S., M.Ed.,

State College; Ph.D.,

The Pennsyl-

THELMA L. LOHR
Nursing

Instructor

Diploma, Evangelical Hospital; A.B., Heidelberg College;

vania State University (1970)

M.S., University of Colorado (1984)

SHARON

S.

KRIBBS
Nursing

Assistant Professor

JAMES

T.

LORELLI
Geography and Earth Science

R.N., Harrisburg Hospi'al School of Nursing; B.S., Blooms-

Professor

burg State College; M.N., The Pennsylvania State Univer-

A.B., State University of

sity

New York

at

Syracuse University; Ph.D., Southern

(1979)

Binghamton; M.S.,

Illinois University

(1967)

ROBERT J. KRUSE
Communication Disorders
and Special Education

Professor

B.A., M.A., Ph.D.,

ROBERT J. LOWE
and Special Education
B.A., Slippery

GUNTHER LOTHAR LANGE
The Ohio

Rock

University; M.Ed., Clarion University;

Ph.D., Ohio University (1987)

Assistant Professor
B.S., Ph.D.,

Communication Disorders

Assistant Professor

Temple University (1975)

Physics

SCOTT C. LOWE

State University (1986)

Philosophy and Anthropology

Assistant Professor
L.

RICHARD LARCOM

B.A., College of William and Mary; M.A., Ph.D., Univer-

Associate Professor
B.S..

Psychology

sity

of Virginia (1987)

M.A.. Ph.D., The Ohio State University (1972)

SHELL
OLIVER J. LARMI
Professor

E.

LUNDAHL
Psychological Counselor

Assistant Professor

Counseling and Human Development

Philosophy and Anthropology

A.B., Dartmouth College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

B.A.,

(1968)

State University (1981)

(On leave summers of 1988 and 1989)

(On leave 1988-89 academic

CHARLES W. LAUDERMILCH
Associate Professor

(1978)

176/FACULTY

State College; M.Ed.,

The Pennsylvania

year)

ARTHUR W. LYSIAK

Sociology and Social Welfare

B.A., Moravian College; M.S.W.,

West Chester

Wayne

State University

Associate Professor
B.S.,

M.A., Ph.D., Loyola University (1970)

History

LAWRENCE L. MACK

ROBERT G. MEEKER
Chemistry

Professor

Assistant Professor

English

A.B., Middlebury College; Ph.D., Northwestern University

A.B., Lafayette College; M.A., University of Scranton

(1972)

(1962)

ROBERT R. MACMURRAY

JACK
Economics

Associate Professor

L.

MEISS
Business Education and

Associate Professor

B.A., Ursinus College; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Penn-

JOHN

P.

Office Administration

The Pennsylvania State University; M.Ed., Ed.D.,
Temple University (1966)

sylvania (1971)

B.S.,

MAITTLEN-HARRIS
Mass Communications

Assistant Professor

B.Ed., University of Sydney;

Litt. B.,

University of

New

MARK S. MELNYCHUK
Associate Professor

Assistant Chairperson,

England; M.S., University of Florida (1985)

Biological
B.S.,

BERNADINE T. MARKEY

Moravian College; Ph.D., Kent State University

(1979)

Nursing

Instructor
B.S.,

and Allied Health Sciences

Bloomsburg University; M.S, The Pennsylvania

State

MARIA TERESITA G. MENDOZA
Mass Communications

Associate Professor

University (1985)

B.A., M.A., University of the Philippines System; M.A.,

COLLEEN J. MARKS

University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-

Communication Disorders

Professor

Madison (1988)

and Special Education
B.A., Edinboro State College; M.A., University of Illinois;

Ed.D., Lehigh University (1969)

RICHARD L. MICHERI
Assistant Professor

B.A.,

SHEILA MARTUCCI

Fordham

Political Science

University; M.A.,

Columbia University

(1968)
Health, Physical Education.

Instructor (part-time)

and Athletics
B.A., William Paterson College (1987)

DONALD C. MILLER
Curriculum and Foundations

Professor
B.S., Ph.D.,

THOMAS MARTUCCI

Green

The Ohio

State University; M.Ed.,

Bowling

State University (1971)

Health, Physical Education,

Instructor

and Athletics

G.

DONALD MILLER JR.
Communication Disorders

B.S., Trenton State College (1984)

Professor

RICHARD E. MCCLELLAN

B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Ph.D.,

and Special Education
Accounting

Assistant Professor
B.S., M.Ed.,

Bloomsburg

Temple University (1970)

State College; M.S., Bucknell

GORMAN L. MILLER

University, C.P. A. (1975)

Curriculum and Foundations

Professor

SIDNEY M. MCCULLY
Assistant Professor

B.A., La Verne College; M.S., Indiana University; Ed.D.,

English

Ball State University (1973)

B.A., Hendrix College; M.A., Western Illinois University;

LYNNE C. MILLER

Ph.D., University of Iowa (1984)

Associate Professor

Biological

JOHN M. MCLAUGHLIN
Communication Disorders

Professor

B.S.,

Lock Haven

State

and Allied

Health Sciences

and Special Education
College; M.Ed., D.Ed., The Penn-

B.S., College of

Pharmacy University of Rhode Island;
New Mexico State

M.S., University of Texas; Ph.D.,
University (1981)

sylvania State University (1968)

SCOTT E. MILLER
JERRY

K.

MEDLOCK

Professor

JR.

Associate Professor

Health, Physical Education, and Athletics

Chairperson, Library

Readers' Services Librarian

Chairperson,

A.B., M.A., M.L.S.. University of Pittsburgh (1966)

A.B., Samford University; M.A., Ed.D., University of Ala-

bama (1969)

WENDY L. MILLER
Assistant Professor
B.S., Bluffton College;

Music
M.M., D.Mus., Indiana University

(1982)

FACULTY/177

RONALD W. NOVAK

DAVID J. MINDERHOUT
Philosophy and Anthropology

Professor

A.A., Grand Rapids Junior College; B.A., M.A., Michigan

Georgetown University (1974)

State University; Ph.D.,

LOUIS

V.

Associate Professor

burgh; M.A., University of Illinois (1964

MINGRONE

WILLIAM
Chairperson,

Professor

Mathematics and Computer Science

B.S., California State College; M.Ed., University of Pitts-

and Allied Health Sciences
College; M.S., Ohio University;

S.

O'BRUBA

Professor

Chairperson,

Curriculum and Foundations

Biological
B.S., Slippery

Rock

State

Ph.D., Washington State University (1968)

RAJESH

THOMAS L. OHL
Economics

Associate Professor
B.A., M.A.,

DAV College;

M.A., Ph.D., University of

Bloomsburg

Mathematics and Computer Science

State College; M.Ed., Millersville State

College (1968)

JAMES MOSER

SHARON
Physics

Associate Professor
B.S., M.S., Ph.D.,

Assistant Professor
B.S.,

Pennsylvania (1975)

P.

Duquesne University;

Ed.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1973)

MOHINDRU

K.

B.S., California State College; M.Ed.,

The Pennsylvania

L.

O'KEEFE
Health, Physical Education,

Instructor

and Athletics

State University (1981)

B.S., Trenton State College; M.Ed., East Stroudsburg Uni-

JAMES

F.

MULLEN

versity of Pennsylvania (1983)

Developmental Instruction

Instructor
B.S.,

The Pennsylvania

State University;

M.Ed.,Bloomsburg

State College (1978)

JOHN

J.

OLIVO
Chairperson,

Associate Professor

Business Education Education

MAUREEN L. MULLIGAN

and
Counselor, Upward

Instructor

Bound

B.A., Wheeling College; M.S., Indiana StateUniversity

B.S., Davis

Office Administration

and Elkins College; M.Ed., Trenton State Uni-

versity; Ph.D.,

Michigan State University (1982)

(1984)

JANET R. OLSEN

ALLEN F. MURPHY
A.B.,
sity

Kenyon

Library,

Assistant Professor

Languages and Cultures

Professor

College; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State Univer-

(1972)

Assistant Acquisition Librarian
B.S.,
sity

Kutztown

State College; M.S.L.S., Syracuse Univer-

(1968)

(On leave through December 1988)

NANCY A. ONUSCHAK
STEWART L. NAGEL
B.F.A., Cooper Union; M.F.A., Pratt Institute (1972)

(On leave 1988-89 academic

Nursing

Professor

Art

Professor

B.S., M.S.Ed., Wilkes College; M.N., The Pennsylvania

State University; D.Ed.,

Temple University (1980)

year)

CLINTON J. OXENRIDER

GEORGE W. NEEL
Associate Professor
B.S., Glassboro State College;
sity

Associate Professor

Languages and Cultures

Diploma (French), Univer-

B.S.,

Bloomsburg

Mathematics and Computer Science

State College;

M.A., The Pennsylvania

State University; D.A., Idaho State University (1965)

of Aix-Marseille; Diploma (German), University of

TERRY

Heidelberg; A.M., Rutgers University (1964)

A.

OXLEY
Music

Assistant Professor

CRAIG A. NEWTON
Professor

B.M.E., University of Wisconsin; M.M.E., University of
History

Wisconsin; D.A., University of Northern Colorado (1984)

B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Southern Illinois
University; Ph.D., Western Reserve University (1966)

JAMES

E.

PARSONS

Associate Professor

ANN MARIE NOAKES

and Allied

Health Sciences

Professor

Curriculum and Foundations

The Pennsylvania
University of Delaware (1970)

State University; Ph.D.,

B.S., M.Ed.,

Biological

B.S., M.S., Ph.D.,

The Ohio

State University (1984)

JAMES W. PERCEY
Associate Professor

Political Science

A.B., University of Pennsylvania; M.S., Rutgers University

(1965)

178/FACULTY

GERALD W. POWERS

ALEXIS BULKA PERRI
Nursing

Assistant Professor

Professor

Assistant Chairperson,

Communications Disorders and Special Education

B.S.N., M.S.N., University of Pennsylvania (1983)

B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.Ed., University of

MARION B. PETRILLO

New
English

Assistant Professor (part-time)

Hampshire; Ed.D., University of Northern Colorado

(1971)

B.A., Wilkes College; M.A., Duquesne University (1982)

DONALD L. PRATT
LAURETTA PIERCE

Assistant Professor

Chairperson,

Professor

Nursing

Curriculum and Foundations

B.S., Utica College of Syracuse University; M.Ed., St.

Law-

rence University; Ph.D., University of South Florida (1985)

R.N., Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital School of Nursing;

Temple

B.S.Ed.,

cal College;

University; Ph.D.,

Thomas

Jefferson Medi-

M.S.N., University of Pennsylvania (1975)

MICHAEL E. PUGH
Chemistiy

Assistant Professor

B.S., University of California at Davis; Ph.D., Arizona State

JOSEPH

PIFER

R.

University (1983)

Geography and Earth Science

Associate Professor

B.S., Clarion State College; M.A., Arizona State University

RONALD E. PUHL

(1969)

Associate Professor

CARL A. POFF

B.S.,

Health, Physical Education,

Assistant Professor

Lock Haven

Health, Physical Education,

State College; M.A.,

and Athletics
West Chester State

College (1966)

and Athletics
B.S.,

Bloomsburg

North Carolina

at

State College; M.A.,

Chapel

The University of

PAUL QUICK SR.
Assistant Professor

Hill (1983)

Director,

Curriculum Materials Center

ROY D. POINTER

B.S.,

Chemistiy

Professor

Bloomsburg State College; M.S.,
at Potsdam (1987)

State University of

New York

B.S., University of Kansas; M.S., Ph.D., University of

SALIM QURESHI

Michigan (1969)

Assistant Professor

AARON POLONSKY

Marketing and Management

B.S., University of Karachi; M.B.A., Adelphi University;

Library, Acquisition Librarian

Assistant Professor

Ph.D.,

The Union Graduate School of Ohio (1976)

A.B., University of Pennsylvania; B.S.L.S., Drexel Institute

MEHDI RAZZAGHI

of Technology (1968)

Mathematics and Computer Science
Lewes Technical College; B.S., Sussex University;
Ph.D., University of London (1987)
Associate Professor

JAMES

C.

POMFRET

G.C.E.,

Professor

Chairperson,

Mathematics and Computer Science

New Mexico
Oklahoma (1972)

B.S., Bates College; M.S.,

Ph.D., University of

State University;

CARROLL J. REDFERN
Communication Disorders

Professor

and Special Education

EDWARD

J.

POOSTAY

Associate Professor
B.S.,

Temple

University; M.Ed.,

B.S.,

Director, Reading Clinic
The Pennsylvania State

Johnson C. Smith University; M.Ed., Bloomsburg

State College; Ed.D., Lehigh University (1969)

ROBERT R. REEDER

University; Ph.D., University of Georgia (1981)

Associate Professor

ALEX J. POPLAWSKY

B.A., M.S.,

Psychology

Professor
B.S., University of Scranton; M.S., Ph.D.,

The Pennsylvania

Philosphy and Anthropology
State University; M.A.,

University of Colorado (1968)

Ohio University

(1974)

BURTON T. REESE

(On leave 1988-89 academic year)

Associate Professor

Health, Physical Education,

and Athletics
H.

BENJAMIN POWELL

Professor
A.B.,

Drew

(1966)

B.A., M.Ed., East Stroudsburg State College (1969)

History
University; M.A., Ph.D., Lehigh University

JAMES

T.

REIFER

Associate Professor

Communication Disorders

and Special Education
The Pennsylvania

B.S., Shippensburg State College; M.Ed.,
State University (1966)

FACULTY/179

ROBERT L. REMALEY JR.

TEJBHAN
Curriculum and Foundations

Assistant Professor

B.S., Millersville State College; Ed.M.,

Temple University

Health, Physical Education,

Instructor

Economics

New

ROGER

DAVID R. RIDER

SAINI

B.A., M.S., University of Punjab; D.F.,

Ph.D.,

(1972)

S.

Professor

B.

Duke

University;

School (1968)

SANDERS
Health, Physical Education,

Professor

and Athletics
B.A.,

The University of Chicago (1986)

and Athletics
B.S.,
sity

JOHN

H.

RILEY

West Chester

State College; M.A., Ball State Univer-

(1972)

JR.

Assistant Chairperson,

Associate Professor

Mathematics and Computer Science
B.A., Lehigh University; M.S., Ph.D.,

The University of

GLORIA JEAN SCHECHTERLY
Nursing

Instructor

Diploma, Geisinger Medical Center School of Nursing;
B.S.N., Wilkes College; M.S.,

Connecticut (1984)

The Pennsylvania

State

University (1984)

DANNY L. ROBINSON
English

Assistant Professor

B.A., Northern Arizona University; M.A., Purdue University;

Ph.D.,

Duke

CONSTANCE J. SCHICK
Psychology

Professor

B.B.A., Angelo State University; Ph.D., Texas Tech Uni-

University (1985)

versity (1973)

BRUCE L. ROCKWOOD
Finance and Business

Associate Professor

B.A., Swarthmore College; J.D., University of Chicago

Law
Law

HOWARD N. SCHREIER
Communication Studies

Associate Professor

B.A., Brooklyn College; M.S., University of Georgia;

School (1985)

Ph.D.,

Temple University (1981)

CHANG SHUB ROH
Sociology and Social Welfare

Professor
B.A.,

Dong-A

University; C.S.W., M.S.W., Ph.D., Louisi-

ana State University (1971)

EMERIC SCHULTZ
Chemistry

Assistant Professor

B.A., University of California; Ph.D., University of Illinois

(1986)

ROBERT L. ROSHOLT
Professor

Chairperson,
Political Science

JOHN

SCRIMGEOUR

S.

Chairperson,

Associate Professor

Counseling Center

B.A., Luther College; M.A.P.A., Ph.D., University of

Minnesota (1969)
(On leave summer of 1988)

B.S.,

Bloomsburg

State College; M.Ed.,

The Pennsylvania

State University (1959)

ROBERT P. ROSS

JOHN
Economics

Associate Professor

J.

SERFF

JR.

Geography and Earth Science
West

Assistant Professor

The Pennsylvania

B.A., M.A., Washington University (1967)

B.S.,

(

Chester State College

(

State University; M.Ed.,

1969)

SUSAN RUSINKO
Professor

Assistant Chairperson,

English
B.A.,

Wheaton College; M.A., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania

Curriculum and Foundations

Assistant Professor

B.S., M.Ed., Northeastern University; Ed.D., Indiana

University of Pennsylvania (1986)

State University (1959)

GLENN E. SADLER

THEODORE M. SHANOSKI

Associate Professor
A.B.,

LORRAINE SHANOSKI

English

Wheaton College; M.A., University of California;

Ph.D., University of Aberdeen (1984)

History

Professor
B.S., East Stroudsburg State College;

M.A., Ohio Univer-

Ed.D., Temple University (1964)
(On leave summers of 1988 and 1989)
sity;

ROBERT G. SAGAR
Associate Professor

Biological

and Allied

Health Sciences
B.S., M.S.,

The Ohio

SAMUEL B. SLIKE
Associate Professor

State University (1963)
B.S.,
sity

The Pennsylvania

and Special Education
The Univer-

State University; M.S.,

of Scranton; D.Ed., The Pennsylvania State University

(1979)

180/FACULTY

Communication Disorders

,

DALE L. SULTZBAUGH

RALPH SMILEY
History

Professor

Sociology and Social Welfare

Assistant Professor

B.A., Brooklyn College; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University

B.A., Gettysburg College; M.Div., Lutheran Theological

(1969)

Seminary; M.S.W., West Virginia University (1981)

RILEY

B.

CYNTHIA

SMITH
English

Associate Professor
B.A., Ph.D.,

A.

SURMACZ
Biological and Allied

Associate Professor

The University of Texas (1977)

Health Sciences
B.S.,

CHRISTINE M. SPERLING

The Pennsylvania

State University; Ph.D., Milton S.

Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University
Art

Assistant Professor

B.A., M.A., University of Oregon; Ph.D.,

Brown

(1983)

University

ANTHONY J. SYLVESTER

(1984)

History

Associate Professor

JAMES

SPERRY

R.

A.B.,

Chairperson,

Professor

History

Newark College of Rutgers

University; M.A., Rutgers

University (1965)

(On leave summers of 1988 and 1989)

B.A., Bridgewater College; M.A., Ph.D., University of

M.

Arizona (1968)

GENE TAYLOR

Professor

DALE A. SPRINGER

B.S.,

Geography and Earth Science

Assistant Professor

Physics

Muskingum

College;

M.Sc,

Ph.D.,

Brown

University

(1969)

A.B., Lafayette College; M.S., University of Rochester;

THOMPSON

Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

LOUIS

(1985)

Professor

WILLIAM J. SPROULE

A.B., Columbia College; M.A., Ph.D., Lehigh University

F.

Chairperson,
English

Assistant Chairperson,

Professor

(1963)

Health, Physical Education, and Athletics

TOMLINSON

A.B., Syracuse University; M.S., Brooklyn College; D.Ed.,

JAMES

The Pennsylvania

Associate Professor

State University (1969)

GEORGE E. STETSON

B.A., M.A., California State

Geography and Earth Science

Assistant PRofessor

E.

Chairperson,

Communication Studies
University at Long Beach

(1980)

B.A., Yale University; M.A., University of Delaware;

JORGE

Ph.D., University of North Carolina (1973)

A.

TOPETE
Languages and Cultures

Assistant Professor

JOAN

B.

STONE

M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (1983)

Nursing

Assistant Professor

PATRICIA

R.N., Harrisburg Hospital School of Nursing; B.S.N.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; M.S.N.,

Pennsylvania State University

GERALD

H.

(

The

English

A.B., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Ed.D., Columbia
University (1961)

Mathematics and Computer Science
Bloomsburg State College; M.S., Bucknell University;
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (1968)
Professor
B.S.,

HENRY C. TURBERVILLE JR.

III

Associate Professor

Communication Studies
B.A., Susquehanna University; M.A., Ohio University

Associate Professor

(1970)

B.S.,

BARBARA J. STROHMAN

Health, PhysicalEducation,

and Athletics
M.A., University of Alabama (1967)

GEORGE A. TURNER

Associate Professor
B.S., University of Maryland; M.F.A..

Nursing

JUNE L. TRUDNAK

STRAUSS

STRINE,

TORSELLA

B.S.N., M.N., University of Pennsylvania (1981)

1982)

Professor

HARRY C.

B.

Assistant Professor

Art

Maryland

Institute

Professor

History

B.S.. M.S., Eastern Illinois University (1965)

College of Art (1969)

FACULTY/181

)

DANA R. ULLOTH

R.

Mass Communications

Professor

EDWARD WARDEN
Curriculum and Foundations

Associate Professor

B.A., Southern Missionary College; A.M., Ph.D., University

B.S., Millersville State College; M.A., Villanova University

of Missouri (1983)

(1967)

DAVID E. WASHBURN

DONALD A. VANNAN
Biological

Professor

and Allied

Health Sciences
B.S., Millersville State College; M.Ed., Ed.D.,

vania State University

( 1

The Pennsyl-

96 1

Curriculum and Foundations

Professor

B.A., M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Arizona; Postdoctoral
Certificate in Multicultural Education, University of

Miami

(1972)

LYNN A. WATSON

CAROL J. VENUTO
Developmental Instruction

Instructor (part-time)

B.A., Houghton College; M.S., Syracuse University (1981)

Curriculum and Foundations

Professor

B.S., Shippensburg State College; M.Ed., D.Ed.,

The Penn-

sylvania State University (1966)

PETER

B.

VENUTO
Marketing and Management

Professor

ROBERT N. WATTS

B.A., Syracuse University; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of

Professor

Santa Clara (1980)

B.S.,

Curriculum and Foundations

Susquehanna University; M.B.A., Ohio University

(1975)

KIZHANIPURAM VINODGOPAL
Chemistry

Assistant Professor

B.S., Calcutta University; M.S.C., Indian Institute of Tech-

JULIA M. WEITZ

Vermont (1985)

Communications Disorders

Assistant Professor

nology; M.S., Boston University; Ph.D., University of
B.S.,

and Special Education
Emerson College; M.S., University of Pittsburgh

(1978)

JOHN

H.

WADE
Technical Director,

Assistant Professor (part-time)

Theater Division, Communication Studies
B.A., Widener University; M.F.A.,

Wayne

State University

DORETTE E. WELK
Nursing

Associate Professor

B.S.N. D'Youville College; M.S.N., University of Pennsyl,

vania (1977)

(1987)

(On leave 1988-89 academic year)

ROLENE WAGNER
Assistant Professor
B.S.,

Lock Haven

Athletic Trainer

State College; M.Ed., East Stroudsburg

University of Pennsylvania

(

CAROL M. WHITE
Curriculum and Foundations

Associate Professor
A.B., M.S.,

1988)

West Virginia

University: Ph.D., University of

Minnesota (1986)
J.

CALVIN WALKER

Professor

Chairperson,

Psychology
B.A.,
sity

Muskingum

College; Ed.M., Ed.D.,

Temple Univer-

(1967)

STEPHEN

L.

WHITE
History

Assistant Professor

B.A.,

Bethune-Cookman College; M.A., Purdue University

(1988)

C.

WALLACE

BRUCE E. WILCOX

Associate Professor

Chairperson,

Music
B.S., Mansfield State College;

gan; D.Ed.,

VIBERT

The Pennsylvania

M.M., University of Michi-

Chemistry

Assistant Professor
B.S., M.S., State University of

New

York, Oswego; Ph.D.,

University of Cincinnati (1987)

State University (1967)

ANNE K. WILSON
CHARLES WALTERS
B.M.,
sin;

DePauw

Sociology and Social Welfare

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

Art

University; M.F.A., University of Wiscon-

B.A., Carleton College; M.S., University of Maryland;
Ph.D.,

The John Hopkins University (1980)

Ph.D., University of Michigan (1977)

KENNETH T. WILSON
PETER

B.

WALTERS

Instructor

Chairperson,

Art

Director,

Special Services for Disadvantaged Students
B.S.,

JR.

Associate Professor

Bloomsburg

Scranton(1978)

182/FACULTY

State College; M.A., University of

B.S., Edinboro State College; M.S.,

University (1963)

The Pennsylvania

State

MELVYN L. WOODWARD
Marketing and Management

Professor

A.B., Bucknell University; M.B.A., Ph.D.,

The Ohio

ADJUNCT FACULTY
Medical Technology Program

State

University (1976)

IRVIN

Abington Memorial Hospital

WRIGHT

Assistant Professor

Instructional

A.A.,

Dodge

New York

STEPHEN

at

Development

City Junior College; B.Ed., State University of
Buffalo; M.Ed., University of Toledo (1977)

G.

Abington, Pa.

Assistant Director,

Paul

Cherney, M.D., Medical Adviser

J.

Barbara

J.

Scheelje,

M.T. (ASCP), Program Director

The Allentown Hospital
Allentown, Pa.

WUKOVITZ
Physics

Associate Professor

P. L. Child,

M.D., Medical Adviser

Beth R. Cepil, S.M. (AAM), M.T. (ASCP), C.L.Sp.M.

B.A., M.A., Montclair State College (1968)

(NCA), Program Director

ROBERT P. YORI
Professor

Chairperson,

The Bryn Mawr Hospital
Bryn Mawr, Pa.

Accounting
B.S.,
sity;

Bloomsburg State College; M.B.A., Lehigh UniverPh.D., The Pennsylvania State University (1969)

Charlotte

W.

Roland, M.D., Medical Adviser

Nancy M.G. Calder, M.Ed., M.T. (ASCP), Program
Director

JANICE M. YOUSE
Communication Studies

Assistant Professor
B.S.,

The Chester County Hospital

M.A., Temple University (1965)

West

Chester, Pa.

E.A. Bentley, M.D., Medical Adviser

JOSEPH M. YOUSHOCK

Christine Yowell, M.T. (ASCP),

Communication Disorders

Associate Professor

Program Director

and Special Education
B.S., M.Ed.,

Bloomsburg

Divine Providence Hospital

State College (1971)

Williamsport, Pa.

MARILOU W. ZELLER
Assistant Professor
B.S.,

Library, Assistant Catalog Librarian

Loretta A. Moffatt, M.T. (ASCP), Program Director

West Virginia Wesleyan College; M.L.S., University

of Pittsburgh (1978)

L.

M. Ahmed, M.D., Medical Adviser

Galal

Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, Pa.

PATRICIA ZONG

John

Nursing

Assistant Professor

B.S.N., M.S.N., University of Pennsylvania

(

J.

Moran, M.D., Medical Adviser

Alvin Swartzenruber, M.T. (ASCP), Program Director

1983)

Harrisburg Hospital
Harrisburg, Pa.

Him

G. Kwee, M.D., Medical Adviser

Janice

M. Fogleman, M.Ed., M.T. (ASCP). Program

Director

Lancaster General Hospital
Lancaster, Pa.

Gerald R. Fahs, M.D., Medical Adviser

Nadine E. Gladfelter, M.T. (ASCP), Program Director

Nazareth Hospital
Philadelphia, Pa.

William

Diane

J.

Warren, M.D., Medical Adviser

P. Bejsiuk,

M.Ed., M.T. (ASCP), Program

Director

ADJUNCT FACULTY/183

Polyclinic Medical Center of Harrisburg

Clinical Chemistry

Program

Harrisburg, Pa.
Julian

Lynn

W.

Potok, D.O., Medical Adviser

L. Russell, M.A.,

M.T. (ASCP), Program

Geisinger Medical Center
Division of Laboratory Medicine

Director

JOHN

The Reading Hospital and Medical Center

J.

MORAN,

M.D., Chairman of Laboratory

Medicine

Reading, Pa.

Donald Stuard, M.D., Medical Adviser
Sharon K. Strauss, M.T. (ASCP), Program Director
I.

JAY BURTON JONES,

ARCHIMEDES

Robert Packer Hospital

Ph.D., Associate in

Laboratory Medicine

in

GARBES,

D.

M.D., Associate

Laboratory Medicine

Sayre, Pa.

Joseph T. King, M.D., Medical Adviser

MILDRED LOUISE KAISER FLEETWOOD,

James L. Bender, M.S., C.L.S. (NCA), Program

Ph.D., Associate in Laboratory Medicine

Director

CHRISTINE
Rolling Hill Hospital

E.

SMULL,

Ph.D., Associate in

Laboratory Medicine
Elkins Park, Pa.

Vivan Anagnoste, M.D.. Medical Adviser
Phyllis Gotkin, Ph.D.,

ALVIN SWARTZENTRUBER,

M.T. (ASCP), Program Director

Sacred Heart Hospital
Francis V. Kostelnik, M.D., Medical Adviser

Sandra A. Neiman, M.T. (ASCP), C.L.S. (NCA),

Program Director

Joseph Hospital
Reading, Pa.

Chen See, M.D., Medical Adviser
Jean Wade, M.T. (ASCP), Program Director
Jasper G.

Scranton Medical Technology Consortium
Scranton, Pa.

Thomas V.
Mary Gene

DiSilvo, M.D., Medical Adviser
Butler, M.S.,

M.T. (ASCP)

Program Director

University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville, Va.

M. R.

Wills, M.D., Medical Adviser

Cheryl V. Leitch, M.T. (ASCP), S.H. (ASCP),

Program Director

Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
C. Warren Koehl JR., M.D., Medical Adviser

Helen M. Ruane, M.T. (ASCP), Program Director

York Hospital
York, Pa.

John

P.

Whiteley, M.D., Medical Adviser

Brenda L. Kile, M.A., M.T. (ASCP), Program Director

184/CLINICAL

in the

ALOYSIOUS
Allentown, Pa.

St.

Coordinator

CHEMISTRY PROGRAM

J.

B.S., Educational

School of Medical Technology

SHULSKI,

B.A., Supervisor of

Clinical Chemistry Laboratory

FACULTY EMERITI
Ben C.

Alter (December

Eli

1985)

Benjamin S. Andrews (May 1985)
Joan M. Auten (July 1987)
J. Weston Baker (May 1984)
Donald R. Bashore (August 1983)
Iva Mae V. Beckley (May 1970)
R. Clark Boler (May

Boyd

Buckingham,

F.

vice president emeritus

Drake

J.

C. Stuart Edwards

John A.

Enman

Howard
Halbert

F.

Russell E.

Houk (May

Ellamae Jackson
F.

1987)

Phillip H.

Krause

1980)

1982)

Rex

Schneck (May

J.

Eric

E. Selk (May 1982)

W.

(December 1978)

Smithner (May

1984)

Margaret M. Sponseller

1973)

Richard

1977)

William B. Sterling (May

(January 1983)

(May 1985)

Stanislaw (May

J.

Thomas G. Sturgeon

(May 1977)

Joseph

P.

Vaughn

Robert D. Warren

Margaret

(February 1984)

Norman

S.

E.

Webber

(January 1984)

White (May

1985)

R Master (June 1986)
Lucy Mccammon (January

William
1958)

S.

1980)

Woznek (May

Matthew Zoppetti

1969)

(August 1982)

Richard O. Wolfe (May

John

James H. McCormick, president emeritus
Michael J. McHale (May 1983)

1982)

(May 1986)

William G. Williams

1976)

1976)

(January 1984)

Long (May 1986)
Thomas R. Manley (May 1981)

1986)

1986)

Elizabeth B. Williams (August

J.

McComb (May

1973)

Alfred E. Tonolo (December

(June 1982)

Margaret E. Mccern (May

1982)

(August 1972)

Wilbert A. Taebel (May

1976)

1982)

(August 1981)

George G. Stadtman

David A. Superdock (May

(October 1982)

1979)

1983)

Robert R. Solenberger (May

Cyril A. Lindquist (May 1975)

Joanne E.

1982)

Scott (May 1956)

Richard M. Smith (December

1980)

Margaret C. Lefevre (December

Margaret

1962)

1982)

Kroschewsky (May 1986)
Margaret R. Lauer (May 1984)

Milton Levin

1985)

Gilbert R. Selders (August 1987)

Julius R.

Ellen L. Lensing

1979)

Tobias F. Scarpino (May

Anna G.

(July 1968)

Kopp

(January 1968)

Ruth D. Smeal

Royce O. Johnson (May
Warren I. Johnson (May

Charles C.

1982)

Richard C. Savage (May

Bernard

(August 1971)

Robert L. Klinedinst

Rygiel

S.

1983)

(August 1972)

(December 1983)

John (December

Elinor R. Keefer

1971)

Russell F. Schleicher (May

dean emeritus (May 1975)

Ralph R. Ireland (May

Mary LOU

1963)

(January 1983)

Kenneth C. Hoffman

(January 1985)

1984)

Martin A. Satz (May

1984)

Clayton H. Hinkel (December

John A. Hoch,

Rost (May

J.

C. Rost (May

Walter

1981)

Robert B. Hessert(Juiy
Craig L. Himes

Betty

(June 1979)

Glenn A. Good (May

(August 1985)

Herbert H. Reichard (May

Ray

(December, 1984)

Gates (May

(January 1984)

Radice

J.

Kenneth A. Roberts

1984)

Fenstemaker (May

F.

Donald D. Rabb

Robert D. Richey (May
1982)

(December 1982)

Duck (January

(August 1974)

Emily A. Reuwsaat (May 1981)
Stanley A. Rhodes (May 1982)
Alva W. Rice (May 1980)

(August 1983)

Barbara M. Dilworth (December
Virginia A.

1979)

Hildegard Pestel

Emory W. Rarig Jr., dean emeritus
Gwendolyn Reams (August 1976)

1987)

James B. Creasy (May 1986)
Robert G. Davenport (May 1986)

Edson

1988)

Noble (May

S.

Francis

(December 1981)

Robert L. Bunge

(June 1986)

Joseph Mueller (May

Clyde

1982)

Stephen M. Bresett (May

W. McLaughlin

Nelson A. Miller (January 1983)
Robert C. Miller (December 1985)

1986)

(May 1986)

(September 1984)

(Date indicates month and year of retirement.)

FACULTY EMERITI/ 185

ADMINISTRATIVE
STAFF

Development/Athletics

Assistant Director
B.S., Hofstra University; M.S.A.,

Ohio University (1986)

CHARLES H. CARLSON

ROBERT ABBOTT

Academic Affairs

Assistant Vice President

Center for Academic Computing

Coordinator

THOMAS P. CALDER

B.A., San Jose State College; M.A., Ed.D., Columbia

University (1959)

JOHN ABELL
Assistant

Extended Programs

Dean

B.A., M.Ed..

St.

Lawrence University (1973)

JENNIE

H.

CARPENTER
Residence Life

Director

B.A., University of Oklahoma; M.A., University of Ala-

PETER

H.

ADRIAN

bama (1968)

Football
Head Coach
B.S., West Virginia University; M.S., University of
Rhode Island (1985)

JAMES

P.

CHRISTY
Admissions

Director

B.A., Wheeling College; M.Ed., Kutztown University

WILLIAM M. BAILEY JR.

(1986)

Manager

University Store

JUDY COLEMAN-BRINICH

PEGGY BAILEY

JOHN

S.

BAIRD

Campus Child Center

Director

Grants

Coordinator

JR.

Bloomsburg

State College (1979)

PAUL L. CONARD
College of Arts and Sciences

Dean

B.S., M.Ed.,

B.A., University of Virginia; M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina

Administration

Assistant Vice President
B.S., M.Ed.,

Bloomsburg

State College (1963)

State University (1971)

T. L.

CAROL A. BARNETT
Career Development

Assistant Director

B.S., M.Ed., Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1978)

LORI

A.

A.B.,

Enrollment Management

Morehead

State University; M.Ed.,

The Pennsyl-

vania State University; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

(1982)

BARSNESS
Student Life

Greek Coordinator

J.

B.S.,

COOPER

Dean

M.A., University of North Dakota (1987)

DAVID CUNNINGHAM
Personnel and Labor Relations

Director

A.B., M.A., University of South Dakota; Ph.D., Univer-

JOHN J. BIERYLA

sity

of Oregon

(

1986)

Financial Aid

Assistant Director

B.S., M.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania

(

1982)

THOMAS

A.

DA VIES JR.

Career Development
Waynesburg College; M.Ed., Duquesne Univer-

Director

JOSEPH M. BRESSI

B.A.,

Women' s Basketball

Head Coach

sity

(1964)

B.S., East Stroudsburg State College (1986)

JO A.

PENELOPE BRITT

DEMARCO
Publications

Director

Admissions

Assistant Director

B.A.,

St.

Joseph's University

(

1987)

B.A., Rider College; M.Ed., Salem State College (1983)

JOSEPH

RUBEN BRITT JR.

A.

DEMELFI
Admissions

Assistant Director

Cooperative Education,

Director

Internship,
B.S., Southern University; M.S.,

and Job Location

Bloomsburg University

(1984)

B.A., Bloomsburg University (1986)
University Relations

BRUCE C. DIETTERICK
Director
B.A.,

186/ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Adult Advisement

Programs and Services

B.A., Drake University; M.S., Iowa State University

(1986)

PATRICIA DIEBERT
Coordinator

SHERYL R. BRYSON
Director

B.S., M.S., Delta State University (1976)

The Pennsylvania

Public Information
State University (1963)

WILLIAM KOCH

DOYLE G. DODSON
Computer Services

Director

Bloomsburg

B.S., M.Ed.,

State College (1967)

Residence Life

Bloomsburg University (1986)

B.S.,

THOMAS M. KRESCH

GRETCHEN E. ERB
Residence Life

Residence Director
B.A., M.Ed.,

Residence Director

The Pennsylvania

State University (1986)

Residence Director

Residence Life

B.A., Bloomsburg State College; M.Ed., Ohio University

(1984)

KAREN L. FUTOMA
Institutional Studies

Assistant Director

B.A., Bloomsburg University (1984)

MARY LYNN KUDEY
Office of the Registrar

Assistant
B.S., King's College (1986)

JIMMY GILLILAND
Student Activities

Assistant Director

B.A., College of Stenbenville;

and the Kehr Union
M.A., Bowling Green

THOMAS LYONS
Financial Aid

Director

Susquehanna University; M.A., Indiana University

B.S.,

of Pennsylvania

University (1983)

976)

( 1

HOWARD K. MACAULEY JR.

RICHARD B. HAUPT
Residence Hall Operations

Director

Dean

College of Professional Studies

B.S., M.Ed., Shippensburg State College (1968)

A.B., Bucknell University; M.A., Stanford University;

SUSAN M. HELWIG

vania (1967)

M.Ed., Temple University; Ph.D., University of Pennsyl-

Development

Assistant Director
B.S.,

DONALD B. MCCULLOCH

Bloomsburg University (1986)

Physical Plant

Director

DAVID A. HILL

(1980)

Community Activities

Comptroller

HUGH J. MCFADDEN JR.

B.A., M.B.A., Drexel University (1982)

Institutional Planning, Research,

Director

DOUGLAS

C.

HIPPENSTIEL

and Information Management
Alumni Affairs

Director
B.S., M.S.,

Bloomsburg

State College (1980)

State College; Ed.D., Lehigh

University (1976)

DONALD E. HOCK

LYNOLD

Budget and Administrative Services

Director

West Chester

B.S., M.S.,

K.

MCGHEE
Occupational Health and Safety

Officer

B.A., Bloomsburg State College (1968)

B.A., Beaver College (1987)

JAMES

GEORGE

E.

HOLLISTER

Director
B.S.,

Sports Information

Bloomsburg

State College (1980)

B.A.,

JANET M. HUTCHINSON

MITCHELL
Affirmative Action

Lycoming College (1986)

JOHN

Head Coach

A.

Director

Field Hockey,

Dean

Softball

B.S.,

S.

MULKA
Student Development

Bloomsburg

State College; M.Ed.,

The Pennsylania

B.S., M.Ed., East Stroudsburg State College (1978)

sity;

SUSAN

ROBERT G. NORTON

R.

HICKS

Bloomsburg

State College; M.Ed.,

Ohio University

(1982)

Ohio Univer-

State University (1968)

Dean and

Executive Assistant to the President
B.S.,

D.Ed.,

Student Life

Assistant Vice President
B.S., Slippery

Rock

State College; M.Ed., University

of Pittsburgh (1962)

ANTHONY

M. IANIERO

(On leave summer of 1988)

Director

Development

B.A., M.Ed., Trenton State College (1984)

PAULA OSMAN
Accounting

Assistant Director

THOMAS

M. JOSEPH

Director
B.S.,

The Pennsylvania

B.S.,

Television

Bloomsburg University (1987)

and Radio Services

State University; M.S., Syracuse

University (1986)

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/187

SANDRA R. WALKER

THADDEUS PIOTROWSKI
Learning Resources Center

Director

B.S., California State College; M.Ed.,

The Pennsylvania

State University (1969)

JOSEPH

C.

Coordinator
B.S.,

Orientation

Westminster College; M.Ed., Bloomsburg University

(1985)

QUINN

JOAN
Purchasing

Director

C.

WALTON

Coordinator

Academic Records

(1983)

KENNETH E. WEAVER
COLIN REITMEYER

Law Enforcement

Director

Physical Plant

Planner/Scheduler

(1971)

A. A., Williamsport Area Community College; B.A.,
University of Tennesee (1984)

ROBERT WISLOCK

MICHAEL ROBATIN

B.S., M.S., Bucknell University; M.A., St. Francis College

Education and Training

Specialist

Accounting, Collections

Director

(1987)

and Office Management

DONALD W. YOUNG

(1977)

Residence Director

KENNETH

D.

SCHNURE

B.S., M.S.,

Office of the Registrar

Registrar

Bloomsburg

B.S.,

State College; M.S., Bucknell University

(1970)

VINCENT SINAGRA
Assistant

Coach

Football

B.S., M.S., University of

Rhode

Island (1985)

LINDA Z. SOWASH
Residence Life

Assistant Director
B.S., M.Ed.,

Bloomsburg

State College (1976)

MICHAEL SOWASH
Associate Director

Student Activities

and
B.S. Ed., Slippery

Rock

the

Kehr Union

State College (1975)

JOHN J.TRATHEN
Director

Student Activities

and
B.S., M.Ed.,

Bloomsburg

the

Kehr Union
The Penn-

State College; D.Ed.,

sylvania State University (1968)

EDWARD VALOVAGE
Residence Director

Residence Life

Allentown College of

B.S.,

ERIC

St.

Francis de Sales (1986)

VAN

Counselor

Admissions

Community College; B.A., Hofstra UniverM.S., Long Island University (1986)

A.A., Nassau
sity;

DANIEL J. VANN
Director

Library Services

B.A., University of North Carolina; M.A., Ph.D., Yale

University (1987)

JOSEPH VIADELLA
Assistant

Coach

B.S., University of

Football

Rhode

Island (1986)

188/ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

West Chester

Residence Life
State College (1982)

CAMPUS MAP
Key

to

Campus Map

6.

Carver Hall
Heating Plant
Tri-level Parking
Elwell Residence Hall
Scranton Commons
Schuylkill Residence Hall

7.

Old Science Hall

1.

2.
3.

4.
5.

11.

Lycoming Residence Hall
Kehr Union Building
Montour Residence Hall
Greenhouse

12.

Carpenter's

13.

Walter Simon Hall

14.

May Building

15.

University Bookstore
Campus Security
Luzerne Residence Hall

8.
9.

10.

16.
17.
18.
19.

20.
21.

Shop

&

Northumberland Residence Hall
Columbia Residence Hall
Benjamin Franklin Hall
Navy Hall
Haas Center for the Arts
(Mitrani Hall)

Science Center
Harvey A. Andruss Library
Bakeless Center for the Humanities

22. Hartline

23.
24.

25. Sutiiff Hall
26.
27.

Gymnasium
McCormick Human Services Center

Centennial

Waller Administration Building
Residence
(Buckalew Place)
30. Physical Education Facility
31. Boyd Buckingham Maintenance
Center
28.

29. President's

32.

Alumni House

33.

Nelson Fieldhouse
Redman Stadium

34.

35. Stitley

Dome Building

36. Storage Facility (not
40. Storage Facility (not

41. Training

shown on map)
shown on map)

and Information Processing

Office
42.

Ground Crew

Office

1 Visitor Parking

NEW JERSEY

WEST VIRGINIA

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, the
National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, the Council on Education of the Deaf, and the National
League of Nursing. Programs have also been approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and toe State
Board of Nursing. The bachelor of science program in chemistry is approved by the American Chemical Society.
Bloomsburg University is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, life style, affectional or sexual preference,
handicap, Vietnam era status as veterans, or union membership. The university is additionally committed to affirmative
action and will take positive steps to provide such educational opportunities. Inquiries may be directed to the Director of
Affirmative Action, Waller Administration Building. Bloomsburg University. Bloomsburg, PA 1 7815. Telephone: {71 7)
389-4526.

1

1

INDEX
marine science, 52-53

Academic,
computing

microbiology, 46

36

facilities,

secondary education, 147

dismissal, 10

dishonesty policy, 13

Bloom Magazine, 21

examination policy, 11-12

Bloomsburg University,
134

good standing, 10
grievances, 26

accreditation,

policies, 5

history,

probation, 10

location and description,

Academic Advisement,

13,

164

1

organization,

change of area of study, 13
diagnostic testing program policy, 13

ACCOUNTING,

1,

Foundation, 35

1

1

Books and Supplies, 24
Buckalew Place, 34
Buildings and Facilities, 33-34

122, 126-127

Business Administration, 121, 122

Business, College of, 120-131

Business Education, 121

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION,

Accreditation,

economics, 122

teacher education, 133

Administrative Staff,

1

finance and business law, 121-122, 129-131

86

information processing, 122, 124

Admission, 2

management, 121-122, 128-129

application, 2

campus

visits,

4

marketing, 121-122, 124, 130

BUSINESS EDUCATION

correspondence, 2
criteria,

2

certification,

international students, 3

nondegree students,

3,

163-164

Business Law, 121, 131

Campus,

procedures, 2

Child Center, 26

transfer students, 2

map, 189

readmission, 3

post office, 24

ADULT HEALTH, 70-73

visits,

Advanced Placement and CLEP, 4
158-159

4

Career Concentrations, 39
Career Development, 24

Allied Health Sciences, 151

Carver Hall, 34

Ambulance

Centennial Gymnasium, 33

Service, 23

Center for Academic Development, 14

Andruss Library, 35

ANTHROPLOGY, 40-41
Appeals for Reinstatement,

Center for Counseling and
1

Application for Admission, 2
Archives, 35

Army ROTC,
ART, 42-46

121, 123-124

and Office Administration, 121, 123-124

incoming freshman, 2

ROTC,

,

123

information processing, 122, 124

early admission, 3

Air Force

121

accounting, 121-123, 126

1

Human Development,

23

CHEMISTRY, 53-55
Clinical Chemistry, 53, 184

158-161

secondary education, 147
Child Care,

art history,
art studio,

42

42, 43

Art on Campus, 25

See Campus Child Center
Class Standing, 6
Clinics, 157

Arts and Sciences, College of, 37-1 19

Coaching, Secondary Education, 149

Associate Degree,

College of

1

Health Services Associate, 152
Athletics, 25,

70

Arts and Sciences, 37-1 19
Business, 120-131

Audiology, 137

Professional Studies, 132-157

Auditing Courses, 6

Communication

Automobile Registration, 25

COMMUNICATION DISORDERS,

Bakeless Center for the Humanities, 33

Benjamin Franklin

Hall, 33

Biological and Allied Health Sciences, 46-53

BIOLOGY, 46-51
marine biology, 47

190/INDEX

Studies, 56-58

136 141

and Special Education, 136-143

COMPUTER and INFORMATION SCIENCE, 58,122
Arts and Sciences degree program, 58

Business degree program, 122, 127-128

Computer and Information Systems,

121, 122, 127

1

1

1

summer

Computer Services, 36
Comprehensive Social Studies, 148
Conferences and Workshops, 165

11

1

session, 17, 164

transcript, 17

Finance, 122, 129-130
Final Examination Policy,

mini-courses, 163

Cooperative Education, 164

Financial Aid, 18

Counseling, 23

Fraternities, 21

Course(s),

FRENCH,

1

82-84

secondary education, 148

auditing, 6

General Education Requirements, 28

Full-time Student, definition, 5

load, 6

General Education,
requirements, 28-29

noncredit, 163

courses, 29-32

nondegree, 163

General Sciences,

overload, 6
repeating

a,

secondary education, 148

8

by examination, 6

GEOGRAPHY, 66-69
GEOLOGY, 66, 68-69

evaluation of transfer credits, 9

German, 84-85

students, 163

Good

Credit, 27

Criminal Justice,

Standing, 10

Grades,

19

1

Curriculum Materials Center, 157

change

Curriculum and Foundations, 143

definition. 7

DENTAL HYGIENE,

quality points, 7

153

Developmental Instruction, 14

of,

8

quality point average, 7

Dining Commons, 34

Graduate Studies, School

Dismissal,

Graduation,

academic, 10

requirements,

appeals,

honors, 11

1

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION,
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE,

143-145

of,

1

multiple degrees,

1

teacher education programs, 135-136

geography and earth science, 66

Haas Center for the Arts, 34

secondary education, 148

Hartline Science Center, 33

ECONOMICS,

Health. Physical Education, and Athletics, 70-73

58-61

Health Services, 17, 22

business, 58, 122
political,

HEALTH SERVICES ASSOCIATE,

58

Education, School

of,

133-155

Health Services, School

Education of the Hearing Imparled, 137

HISTORY,

Educational Foundations, 150-151

Honor(s),

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION,
62-66

73-78

societies, 21

University Scholars Program, 27

Housing, 19

secondary education, 148

fees, 16

on-campus, 19

Evaluation Criteria, 2

off-campus, 19

1

Expenses, Fees, and Refunds, 15-18

Independent Study, 39

Experiential Learning, 165

Insurance,

Extended Programs, School

of,

162-165

student, 23

Faculty, 169-183

athletic,

23

adjunct, 183-184

Interdisciplinary Studies, 78-81

emeriti, 185

International Students, 3

Fees, 15-17

Internships, 165

advance payment, 16
basic, 17

community

152-153

152-157

Honors Program, 38

See Liberal Arts and Engineering

Examination Policy,

of,

and professional

133, 143 147

Engineering,

ENGLISH,

166-167

1

Intramurals, 25
Italian,

activities, 17

housing, 16
late registration,

87

Journalism, 90
certificate,

17

meals, 16
miscellaneous, 17

90

Kehr Union, 22
Languages and Cultures, 81-88

program abroad. 82. 164

orientation, 17

Latin, 87-88

refund policies, 17

Liberal Arts and Engineering, 88-89

INDEX/191

School

Library, 34-35

of,

Education, 133-151

Marine Platoon Leaders Program, 161
Marine Science, 52
Marine Science Consortium, 52
MASS COMMUNICATIONS, 90-94

Extended Programs, 162-165
Graduate Studies, 166-167
Health Sciences, 151-157

Commons, 34
Second Baccalaureate Degree, 3
Secondary Education, 147-150

practicums and internships, 90

MATHEMATICS,

Scranton

94-99

and computer science, 94-99

areas of specialization, 147-149

secondary education, 148

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY,

151-152

Services, Clinics, Learning Centers, 157

SIGN

Microbiology, 46

MUSIC,
Navy

LANGUAGE and INTERPRETER TRAINING,

99-104

Hall,

137-141

SOCIAL WELFARE,
SOCIOLOGY, 115

33

Nelson Fieldhouse, 33

and Social Welfare, 115-119
21
SPANISH, 85-87

Non-Credit Courses, 163

Non-Degree Courses, 163

NURSING,

115, 118-119

Sororities,

154-157

degree and licensure, 154

secondary education, 148

probationAeave of absence, 154-155

SPECIAL EDUCATION,

141-143

Special Services for Disadvantaged Students, 14

Obiter, 21

OFFICE ADMINISTRATION,

121, 123

Special Programs, 158-161

Organizations, 20

SPEECH COMMUNICATION, 56-57

Orientation, 24

Speech, Hearing, and Language Clinic, 157

Pass-Fail,

6

PHILOSOPHY,

Student,

105-106

insurance, 23

PHYSICS, 106-109

organizations,

secondary education, 148
Pilot,

20

publications, 21

union, 34

21

POLITICAL SCIENCE,

109-112

grievance policy, 26

Pre-Professional and Career Advisement, 39

Student Life and Services, 18

PRE-CYTOTECHNOLOGY,

Student Support Services, 14

153

Pre-Law, 39

Student Responsibility, 5

PRE-OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY,
PRE-PHYSICAL THERAPY, 153

153

Teacher Education, 133-136
admission, 135

Professional Studies, College of, 132-157

certification,

Programs Abroad, 82
PSYCHOLOGY, 112-115

field experience,

134

136

student teaching, 136

Public Relations/ Advertising, 90

retention, 135

Publications, 21

Telecommunications/Film, 90

Quality Point Average, definition, 17

Testing,

Quality Points, 17

examination policy, 11-12

QUEST, 25

institutional,

RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY,

152

Reading Clinic, 157

THEATER, 56,

Readmission, 3

Transfer Student,

Recreation, 25

Refund

24

diagnostic program policy, 13

57-58

admission, 2

Policies, 17

Tutorial/504 Services, 14

Registration Policies, 5

Undergraduate Curricula, 27

Residence Requirement, 19

University Policy, 5

Residence Halls, 33

Undergraduate Curricula, 27

Retention, 28

University Store, 24

ROTC,

Upward Bound, 15
Air Force, 158

Army, 159

Veterans, 24
Voice, The, 21

Russian, 87

Waller Administration Building, 34

Schedule Change, 5
Scholars Program, 27-28

Withdrawal,

eligibility,

retention,

192/TNDEX

27

28

from university, 9
from course, 9

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