Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2004-2005 - Rider University

Undergraduate Academic Catalog2004-2005

Table of Contents

General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Core Curriculum and Study Opportunities . .8

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Business Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Education and Human Services . . . . . . . . . . .42

Liberal Arts and Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Continuing Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Westminster Choir College . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Course Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Procedures and Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266

Campus and Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

Guide to the Catalog and Campus Map . . .322

Travel Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324

For further information, contact:Rider University2083 Lawrenceville RoadLawrenceville, New Jersey 08648-3099

Telephone: 609-896-5000

or visit our Web site: www.rider.edu

ii

table of contents

1

General Information

general information

Mission Statement

Rider University enables its students toacquire knowledge, think critically, com-municate clearly, and lead effectively sothey may enjoy fulfilling lives and success-ful careers. A challenging and caring insti-tutional environment encourages and sup-ports students as they recognize and devel-op their unique potentials. Through its cur-ricula, support services and activities, theUniversity meets the distinctive needs of itsundergraduate and graduate students.

The Rider University community fulfillsthis mission by:

• providing educational opportunitiesthrough rich and varied curricula thatencourage students to learn deeply andbroadly in response to their particularneeds and interests;

• encouraging caring, compassion, andjustice in a stimulating learning com-munity that embraces and values thediversity of its members;

• motivating students of varying back-grounds, interests, and abilities to fulfill the special potential in each of them;

• guiding students in the practical appli-cation of knowledge in preparation forthe workplace;

• introducing students, through a varietyof educational experiences, to institu-tional resources and services that enablethem to make early and effective use ofthe many learning opportunities avail-able to them;

• offering each student curricular andextra-curricular opportunities to devel-op leadership and interpersonal skills;

• fostering an awareness and understand-ing of social issues and global concernsto encourage students to be responsiblecontributors to their communities;

• promoting inquisitiveness, openness tochange, and a commitment to life-longlearning;

• holding teaching excellence paramountwhile balancing the complementarycommitments to scholarly activity andservice;

• recruiting, retaining, and developing asuperior faculty and staff dedicated tothe intellectual and personal growth ofstudents; and

• adhering to sound fiscal and managerialpolicies and practices as an essentialprecondition to the realization of eachof the foregoing.

The mission statement was adopted by theRider Board of Trustees on December 2,1993, and amended on April 7, 1994.

Historical Sketch

Rider University is a private, nonprofit,nonsectarian, coeducational, general pur-pose institution operating under the con-trol of a Board of Trustees. It was foundedin 1865 as Trenton Business College. Soonafter the turn of the century, teacher educa-tion was added to a curriculum that hadfocused on training young men and womenfor business careers. The first baccalaureatedegree was offered in 1922. In 1957 offer-ings in liberal arts, science and secondaryeducation were added.

Four separate schools emerged as a resultof a reorganization in 1962. The well-estab-lished schools of Business Administrationand Education were joined by two newschools–Liberal Arts and Science and theEvening School. The schools of BusinessAdministration and Education have eachsince added a division of graduate studiesand the Evening School has been reorgan-ized into the College of Continuing Studies.

2

general information

In 1988, the School of Education wasrenamed the School of Education and HumanServices to reflect the scope of its curricula. InJuly 1992, Westminster Choir College inPrinceton, NJ, merged with Rider to becomeWestminster Choir College, The School ofMusic of Rider College.

On March 23, 1994, the New Jersey Board ofHigher Education designated Rider a teachinguniversity pursuant to N.J.A.C. 9:1-3.1 et seq.

On April 13, 1994, Rider’s name was officiallychanged to Rider University. Today, theUniversity’s academic units are the College ofBusiness Administration; the College of LiberalArts, Education, and Sciences (including theSchool of Education and the School of LiberalArts and Sciences); the College of ContinuingStudies; and Westminster Choir College.

Academic Majors

Rider University offers the following under-graduate majors on its Lawrenceville campus:

AccountingActuarial ScienceAdvertisingAmerican StudiesBiochemistryBiologyBiopsychologyBusiness AdministrationBusiness EconomicsBusiness EducationChemistryCommunication (Business and ProfessionalCommunication, InterpersonalCommunication, Radio and TV)

Computer Information SystemsEconomicsElementary EducationEnglish (Literature, Writing)Environmental SciencesFinanceFine Arts (Art, Dance, Music, Theater)French

GeosciencesGermanGlobal BusinessGlobal and Multinational StudiesHistoryHuman Resource ManagementJournalism (Multimedia Communication,News-Editorial Journalism, PublicRelations)

Liberal StudiesManagement and LeadershipMarine SciencesMarketingMarketing EducationMathematicsPhilosophyPhysicsPolitical SciencePsychologyRussianSecondary Education (English, Mathematics,Foreign Language, Science, Social Studies)

SociologySpanish

Accreditations

Rider University is accredited by the MiddleStates Association of Colleges and Schools (3624Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, 215-662-5606) and is also on the approved list of theAmerican Association of University Women andof the American Chemical Society.

The undergraduate and graduate programs inbusiness are accredited by AACSB International– The Association to Advance Collegiate Schoolsof Business. The public accounting curriculumcarries dual AACSB International – TheAssociation to Advance Collegiate Schools ofBusiness accreditation and is registered andapproved by the New Jersey State Board ofPublic Accountants, the New Jersey State Boardof Education, and the Department of PublicInstruction of the Commonwealth ofPennsylvania.

3

general information

The professional education graduate pro-grams are accredited by the National Councilfor Accreditation of Teacher Education(NCATE) and meet the standards of theNational Association of State Directors ofTeacher Education and Certification (NAS-DTEC) as required by the state of New Jersey.The M.A. programs in counseling services areaccredited by the Council for Accreditation ofCounseling and Related Educational Programs(CACREP). All education curricula areapproved by the department of education of theState of New Jersey.

The M.Acc. degree, the M.B.A. degree, theM.A. degree, and the M.M. and M.M.E. degreesat Westminster Choir College, have all beenauthorized by the Commission on HigherEducation.

Westminster Choir College is also accreditedby the National Association of Schools of Music(NASM). Its undergraduate program in musiceducation, which leads to certification to teachpublic school music, K-12, is approved by NAS-DTEC. Procedures have been initiated that areexpected to lead to the extension of NCATEaccreditation to the music education program atWestminster.

Memberships

Rider is a member of the Association ofAmerican Colleges, the American Council onEducation, the New Jersey Association ofColleges and Universities, the NationalCommission on Accrediting (not an accreditingagency), the American Association of Collegesfor Teacher Education, the National Associationof Business Teacher Education, the MiddleAtlantic Association of Colleges of BusinessAdministration, AACSB International – TheAssociation to Advance Collegiate Schools ofBusiness, and the National Association ofSchools of Public Affairs and Administration.

Professional Outreach and Service Programs

In Rider’s efforts to fulfill one of its stated objec-tives, that of “seeking and implementing effec-tive means for bringing the resources of theinstitution to bear on the needs of the broadersociety,” Rider engages in activities that do sowhile providing additional study and trainingopportunities for both faculty and students.

The Business Advisory Board facilitates theexchange of ideas and advice between promi-nent leaders of the business community andRider faculty, students and staff. The board pro-vides a range of current and emerging businessinsight as input to development and advance-ment of the Rider business education experi-ence. Similarly the Accounting AdvisoryCouncil works closely with the accountingdepartment on issues specific to the M.Acc. pro-gram and accounting in general. A specific serv-ice function is performed by the accountingdepartment’s participation in the VolunteerIncome Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Eachyear accounting majors reach into the commu-nity by helping (free of charge) elderly and low-income persons complete their tax returns. Thestudents, in turn, benefit from special IRS train-ing and the opportunity for field experience.

The Science Advisory Board provides aunique interface between Rider and the scientif-ic and business communities. The board wasestablished to provide advice and counsel on thecontinuing development of undergraduate sci-ence education at Rider and to effect coopera-tive efforts between the scientific and businesscommunities.

The Education Advisory Board meets twice ayear. It makes connections with alumni, govern-ment, schools, professional agencies, businessand industry, and the general public to promotethe interests of the professional programs andfacilitate support for them.

4

general information

The EOP Community Advisory Board

The Educational Opportunity ProgramCommunity Advisory Board (EOPCAB) is avolunteer group committed to Rider University.Its members represent a wide range of profes-sional backgrounds and bring to the board adiversity of experiences to ensure the best possi-ble advice to and advocacy of the EducationalOpportunity Program (EOP).

Since the EOPCAB draws its membershipfrom local citizens representative of the studentpopulation it serves and from the faculty andadministration of the University, there is astrong linkage to both the external and internalcommunities. This also allows students to iden-tify with respected members’ general communi-ty as well as the campus community and boardmembers serve as role models for students.

Members of the EOPCAB serve on a strictlyvolunteer basis and are selected solely on thebasis of professional achievements and willing-ness to contribute their time. Members mayserve a total of three consecutive, two-yearterms on the board and then must rotate off theboard for one year before being eligible for reap-pointment. It is recognized that each memberwill bring his or her unique perspective, experi-ences, and talents to greatly enhance the EOP atRider University.

The Role of the EOP Community Advisory Board at Rider University

The Educational Opportunity ProgramCommunity Advisory Board at Rider Universityserves as an advocate for internal and externalconstituencies to develop and promote the goalsfor the Educational Opportunity Program(EOP) and to support Rider University’s contin-ued commitment to cultural diversity. TheRider University EOPCAB fulfills this missionby:

• Identifying potential EOP students to RiderUniversity;

• Aiding EOP staff in developing, coordinat-ing, and enhancing retention programs;

• Reviewing EOP data including retention fig-ures, state rules and regulations affectingEOP, student profiles, trends, and budgets;

• Fostering an awareness and understandingof EOP in the broader Rider University com-munity;

• Providing meaningful extracurricular, edu-cational, and social programming opportu-nities for EOP students;

• Actively participating in fund-raising for theEOP;

• Serving as a vehicle for employment andinternship opportunities;

• Keeping abreast of higher education issues asthey affect the EOP, Rider University, and theState of New Jersey;

• Participating in University events, otherRider committees, and professional andcommunity organizations.

5

notes

6

7

Core Curriculum and Study Opportunities

core curriculum and study opportunities

8

Degrees

At its Lawrenceville campus, Rider Universityoffers programs leading to five undergraduatedegrees: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science,Bachelor of Science in Education, Bachelor ofScience in Business Administration, andAssociate in Arts. Undergraduate degrees inBachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts inMusic, offered at Westminster Choir College inPrinceton, are described in a separate catalog.

Rider may, through its academic governanceprocess, change its academic policies and itsdegree requirements at any time. Any majorchange will include an implementation schedulethat will take into account the impact uponmatriculated students and that will clearlyestablish the applicability of the change on cur-rently matriculated students.

Core Curriculum: GeneralSkills Requirements

The University community believes that essen-tial to the college experience is the developmentof skills in critical thinking, communication,and computation. These skills develop through-out students’ academic programs to providelinks among academic disciplines and to sup-port students’ intellectual progress and academ-ic and career success. Principles of critical think-ing are embedded in Rider University coursesacross the disciplines and are supported by cur-riculum development workshops for faculty.Core curriculum requirements are stated below.

All students entering the University as fresh-men as of September 1, 1996, and thereafter, arerequired to fulfill the general skills requirementsof the core by completing the following:

Reading: appropriate score on placementtest or CRC-100S: Introduction to AcademicReading (paired with a content course) (2 sup-plemental education units) or CRC-101S:Introduction to Academic Reading (self-con-tained) (2 supplemental education units) . .0*

Writing: CMP-115: Introduction toExpository Writing; CMP-120: ExpositoryWriting (or BHP-100P: Honors Seminar: GreatIdeas I) and CMP-125: Research Writing (orCMP-203: Literature and Composition or BHP-150: Honors Seminar: Great Ideas II) . . . .6-9*

Computation: as required by student’s college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-6**

*CMP-115: Introduction to ExpositoryWriting will be waived for students who attain ascore of 530 or above on the verbal SAT or aspecified qualifying score on the EnglishDepartment Placement Test.

**Preparatory courses (bearing supplementaleducation units rather than graduation credits)may be required in reading, and computation,as determined by placement testing.Supplemental education units count toward astudent’s academic load and correspondingtuition charges, but do not affect the student’sgrade point average or credits toward gradua-tion.

The University Theme Program

The University Theme Program welcomes stu-dents into a supportive and challenging aca-demic community and links students withdiverse academic and career goals. Throughstudy and participation in special events, stu-dents explore a common theme and its applica-tions to their courses, lives, careers and commu-nities.


The theme for the academic year 2004-05 isEthics and Social Responsibility. Through threecomponents – the new student theme initiative,theme courses, and co-curricular events – theUniversity Theme Program integrates thistheme into the student’s university experience.

The New Student Theme Initiative recognizesthe need of new students to become part of thecommunity and to acquire the sense of academ-ic purpose necessary for a successful transitionto university life. Programs early in the fall fos-ter friendship and community through campusorientation activities and social events, includ-ing a keynote lecture and discussion of themereadings with faculty, administrators, and fellowstudents.

Theme courses are identified in each semes-ter’s course roster. Taught by faculty across thedisciplines who choose to incorporate thetheme, these courses foster discussion of thetheme across Rider’s academic departments andprograms.

Co-curricular events extend the theme to stu-dents’ personal lives and explore the theme inthe world beyond the classroom. Special eventsare planned such as presentations by distin-guished speakers, faculty and student themepanels, International Week, theater and musicperformances, art gallery exhibitions, films, andfield trips.

Summer Session

Administered by the College of ContinuingStudies, the summer session provides studentswith an opportunity to enrich their personal orprofessional backgrounds, complement worktaken during the fall and spring semesters, andaccelerate their academic programs. Summersession includes two six-week day sessions andtwo six-and-one-half week evening sessions.Further information about the summer session,including course offerings and applicationinformation, is included in the summer sessioncatalog, available from Continuing Studies.

Study Abroad Program

Study in a foreign country provides a uniqueopportunity for students to grow intellectuallythrough exposure to the customs, habits, andlanguages of different cultures. Study abroadcomplements student educational experiencesand helps prepare students for the global com-munity in which they will live and work. Studyexperiences are available in many locationsthrough Rider affiliated programs includingsuch destinations as Austria, Australia, Belgium,Chile, Costa Rica, England, France, Ireland, NewZealand, Puerto Rico, Scotland, Spain, and TheNetherlands. Official Rider University agree-ments with partners such as IFSA-Butler, TheAmerican Institute for Foreign Study, andInterStudy facilitate study at some sites. Foreignlanguage skills are an important considerationfor study abroad (though some sites provideinstruction in English). For students majoringin business, a program taught primarily inEnglish has been established in Paris, France.

A minimum 2.5 cumulative grade point aver-age at Rider University is required to apply tostudy abroad. In some cases, host institutionsmay require a higher cumulative grade pointaverage. Most students elect to participate dur-ing their junior year and may elect to be abroadfor one or two semesters. Applications must becompleted and returned to the Study AbroadOffice by March 1 for the fall term, and byOctober 1 for the spring term. As part of theprocess, applicants are required to submit anessay stating their reasons for wishing to studyabroad. Two faculty recommendations are alsorequired. Student participants will be providedwith orientation information sessions and cur-rent foreign study site requirements.

In order to continue financial aid whileabroad, students must have courses to be takenat the foreign site approved by Rider. Suchcourses must be directly related to progresstoward graduation. As part of the applicationprocess, all students must complete a formalfinancial aid agreement. In rare cases instruc-

9


10

tional costs may exceed the costs at RiderUniversity. In such cases students will be billedfor the differential in cost.

Transportation and housing costs vary fromsite to site and are the responsibility of the stu-dent in most cases. At a few sites RiderUniversity will collect housing funds from stu-dents and pay host sites. Housing at foreigninstitutions may vary from residence halls atsome sites, to pre-arranged apartments at oth-ers, to living with local families at still othersites. Housing arrangements are made throughon-site advisors that work with Rider Universityto assist students with housing, adapting to lifein another culture, and even assisting withcourse enrollment or travel plans.

Credit for study abroad is available for foreignlanguage study, culturally oriented courses, corerequirements, and for requirements of majorand/or minor programs. The appropriate dean’soffice should approve courses before studentsenroll at study abroad sites. Credits awardedtypically range from 12 to 17 per term.According to Rider academic policy, transcriptcredit for study abroad is awarded as PASS/FAILbased on the number of contact hours forcourses taken as they correspond to those atRider and the earning of a C grade or better foreach course. For Rider affiliated programs, thesite of foreign study, courses satisfactorily com-pleted at that site, and the Rider equivalentcourses will appear on the official Rider tran-script for each student. Credit for courses previ-ously completed at Rider will not be transferred.

Additional information is available on theRider University Study Abroad Web Site.Information is also available in the StudyAbroad Office located in the office of the deanof the College of Liberal Arts, Education, andSciences. Further information on the businessprogram in Paris is available through the officeof the dean of the College of BusinessAdministration.

B.A.,B.S./M.B.A. Program

The five-year integrated B.A.,B.S./M.B.A. pro-gram is designed for students who wish to com-bine undergraduate study in liberal arts and sci-ences leading to a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelorof Science degree with graduate study leading tothe degree of Master of BusinessAdministration. This intensive five-year pro-gram enables highly motivated students toengage in a broadly based preparation for acareer in business or not-for-profit organiza-tions.

A two-step admission process for this pro-gram carefully tracks students through thecourse requirements and ensures that onlycapable students are enrolled. Students apply foradmission to the program during their firstsemester. Freshman students are stronglyencouraged, when they start classes, to seekadvice about the program from the deans’offices in business administration and liberalarts and sciences. Certain courses must be com-pleted in the freshman and sophomore years ifthe student intends to complete the programwithin 10 semesters.

Step one of the admission process occursprior to the beginning of the student’s junioryear (defined as 54 earned credit hours) andassumes completion of the first seven requiredbusiness courses. The criteria considered in thestep one admission decision are as follows:

• GPA (a minimum 3.0 is required);• An interview with the director, graduatebusiness administration programs;

• A statement of objectives prepared by thestudent that presents the student’s reasonsfor wanting to enter the program;

• Completion of the required freshman andsophomore classes.

Step two of the admission process occurs inthe first semester of the senior year. The studentwill apply through the Graduate AdmissionsOffice. The process involves the following:


11

• A completed application for admission tothe M.B.A. program, accompanied by a $40nonrefundable application fee;

• Receipt of official transcripts from every col-lege or university attended (including RiderUniversity);

• A score on the Graduate ManagementAdmissions Test (GMAT) that, combinedwith the GPA, shows evidence to theGraduate Admissions Committee of abilityto do graduate work at the high level estab-lished for the M.B.A. Program. Students areadvised to take the GMAT exam in the sum-mer between the junior and senior years.Students falling below a threshold index of1050 may not be admitted to the M.B.A. pro-gram. The index is calculated as: 200 (GPA)+ GMAT = 1050.

Students completing the B.A.,B.S./M.B.A.program must take at least 90 credits in liberalarts and sciences courses at the undergraduatelevel.

Students will be awarded the B.S. or B.A.degree when they complete the requirements forthat degree in liberal arts and sciences. TheM.B.A. will be awarded upon completion of theM.B.A. requirements.

Students in the program will complete all thecourses required in the liberal arts core as well asthose courses necessary to satisfy the require-ments for a major in liberal arts and sciences.These courses will be completed in the firsteight semesters along with the following cours-es offered by business administration compris-ing the undergraduate business core:ACC-210 Introduction to Accounting . . . . . .3ECO-200 Principles of Macroeconomics . .3*ECO-201 Principles of Microeconomics . . .3*FIN-300 Introduction to Finance . . . . . . . . .3MGT-201 Fundamentals of Management and

Organizational Behavior . . . . . . . .3MKT-200 MarketingPrinciples . . . . . . . . . . . .3MSD-105, Quantitative Methods for

106 Business I, II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6*MSD-200, Statistical Methods I, II . . . . . . . .6*

201CIS-185 Introduction to Computing . . . . .3

CIS-485 Management InformationSystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3*Total credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

In the last semester of the senior year, after thesecond stage of admission, students must take:MBAD-502 Operations Management . . . . .3**May be considered either business or liberal artscourse.

In the ninth and 10th semesters the followinggraduate courses must be completed:MBAD-760 Advanced Organizational

Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MBAD-770 Marketing Analysis and Decision

Making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3(Note: MBAD-760 must be completed before thestudent may take MBAD-770.)

MBAD-730 Economic Analysis and Decision Making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

(Note: MSD-106 Quantitative Methods II or anequivalent calculus course must be completedbefore the student may take MBAD-730)MBAD-740 Financial Analysis and Decision

Making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6(required)

MBAD-780 Strategic Planning and Policy . .3Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

(Note: One elective must be an internationalcourse.)

Total Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Note: There is not a specific five-year program forbusiness majors. All business majors may applydirectly to the M.B.A. program and, if accepted, willbe able to complete the 30 credit M.B.A. in a singleyear. Calculus is a precondition for the M.B.A.Students should take MSD-106 (QuantitativeMethods for Business II) as a free elective in theundergraduate program.

Further information concerning the M.B.A.and M.Acc. programs, including coursesequence forms, is available from the businessadministration or liberal arts and sciencesdeans’ offices.


12

Baccalaureate Honors Program(15-18 semester hours)The Baccalaureate Honors Program (BHP)is designed to enrich the educationalopportunities available to Rider students ofproven intellectual capability who chooseto become Baccalaureate Scholars.Interdisciplinary in orientation, the pro-gram enables the Baccalaureate Scholars toexplore diverse forms of thought, expres-sion, and institutions past and present–anexploration that will enable them to meetfuture challenges with confidence. Througha series of team-taught seminars, personalcontact with faculty, colloquia and sym-posia, as well as the honors thesis, the schol-ars extend their ability to think critically,coherently, and systematically about thegreat themes, ideals, and movements oftheir human heritage.

Students are invited to the BaccalaureateHonors Program as entering freshmen, andmay apply as currently enrolled freshmenor sophomores, or as transfer freshmen orsophomores. For incoming freshmen, bothclass rank and SAT scores are importantcriteria for invitation to participate in theBHP. BHP students generally rank in theupper 10-15 percent of their high schoolgraduating class and score 1200 or higheron their SATs, with a minimum verbal scoreat or about 600. Students currently enrolledat Rider must have at least a 3.25 GPA at thetime of application to the program.

Other students with a 3.25 grade pointaverage, including juniors and seniors, mayenroll in particular honors seminar courseswith the approval of the director. Duringthe semester in which they are enrolled theyare expected to participate in all programevents.

Baccalaureate Honors seminars are inter-disciplinary and team taught. Seminars canbe found in this catalog underBaccalaureate Honors in the chapter enti-tled Course Descriptions. Baccalaureate

Scholars may be exempted from certainschool core requirements.

In order to remain in the BaccalaureateHonors Program, the student must main-tain a GPA of 3.25. In order to graduatewith Baccalaureate Honors, the studentmust complete five honors seminars and asenior baccalaureate honors thesis or adepartmental honors thesis with at least a3.4 average. Baccalaureate Scholars and allother students enrolled in honors seminarsare required to attend BHP co-curricularevents during the semesters in which theyare enrolled in the seminars. All depart-mental honors students and faculty mem-bers are also invited to attend. Honors col-loquia are sponsored jointly by faculty andstudents, and serve as forums for discus-sions of significant books, special lectures,presentations of honors program projectsand departmental honors projects, and fac-ulty research.

Honors seminars are designated on stu-dent transcripts, whether or not the studentcompletes the Baccalaureate HonorsProgram. Upon the successful completionof the program, the student receives anappropriate certificate. Successful comple-tion will also be noted on the transcript andin the commencement program.

Education Enhancement ProgramThe Education Enhancement Program(EEP), located in the Joseph P. VonaAcademic Annex, offers a variety of aca-demic support services. These servicesinclude credit and non-credit courses inreading; professional tutoring and work-shops in reading, writing and study strate-gies; supplemental instruction and peertutoring in many subject areas taught atRider; academic support programs for spe-cial admit students (Rider AchievementProgram) and for students on academicprobation (Turning Point); and services forstudents who have disabilities (see student


13

disability policy). In addition, EEP collabo-rates with the mathematics department inadministering the Math Skills Lab courseand with the associate provost in adminis-tering support for international students.

Policy for Assisting Students with DisabilitiesAny Rider student who supplies theUniversity with appropriate documenta-tion of a disability is eligible on a case bycase basis for reasonable accommodations,such as auxiliary aids, adjustments in aca-demic examination time limits and loca-tions, and various kinds of support servic-es. Responsibility for administration of thisDisability Policy falls under the office of theuniversity provost.

Students with disabilities should contactthe appropriate university official at theEducation Enhancement Program (JosephP. Vona Academic Annex, Room 20, 609-896-5000, ext. 7365 or ext. 7452) for initialscreening and referral.

Students with physical, visual, hearing,health or psychological disabilities atWestminster Choir College should contactthe Westminster Dean of Students Office(Student Center, 609-921-7100, ext. 8263)for initial screening and referral.

In order to review and ultimately accom-modate known and suspected disabilities,the University should be provided withdocumentation of the disability by anappropriate professional. Such documenta-tion should include:

• A diagnostic statement identifying thedisability;

• A description of the diagnostic criteriaand/or diagnostic tests used;

• A description of the functional impactof the disability;

• Information regarding relevant treat-ments, medications, assistive devicesand/or services currently prescribed;

• Recommendation for adjustments,

adaptive devices, assistive devices, andsupport services;

• The credentials of the diagnosing pro-fessional.

(Students without documentation whosuspect a disability should see the appropri-ate university official for informal assess-ment.)

Only students with documented disabili-ties that interfere with their ability to meetthe requirements of an academic course orprogram are entitled to reasonable accom-modations, such as course adjustments andauxiliary aids. A reasonable accommoda-tion is one that enables the disabled studentto fulfill the essential requirements of theacademic course or program; a reasonableaccommodation does not waive or elimi-nate essential academic requirements.

The appropriate university officials iden-tified above and their staffs evaluate the dis-ability documentation provided by the stu-dent, collect additional information fromthe student, and gather information fromrelevant educational support personnel,medical and psychological professionals,and other pertinent sources. When the stu-dent’s disability has been documented fullyand potential reasonable accommodationshave been identified, the student is encour-aged to present the Notice of AcademicAdjustments Form to individual facultyand discuss the adjustments with each pro-fessor. Faculty members may contact theappropriate university official at any timefor clarifying the accommodation. A jointmeeting of the appropriate university offi-cial and the faculty member with the stu-dent will be held to resolve questions con-cerning the reasonableness of the proposedaccommodations. The student, likewise, isentitled to initiate this procedure.

In the event that such a meeting amongthe appropriate university official, the fac-ulty member, and the student does notresolve any open issue(s), a qualified uni-


14

versity official designated by the provostwill meet with them and assist in resolvingthe open issue(s). Where a curricular mod-ification is requested, that official normallywill be the relevant dean, who will decidethe reasonableness of the request in closeconsultation with the affected faculty mem-ber(s) and appropriate Universityofficial(s).

The policy is designed to ensure theUniversity’s compliance with Section 504 ofthe Rehabilitation Act of 1973, theAmericans with Disabilities Act and theNew Jersey Law Against Discrimination,and to enable every Rider student with adisability to enjoy an equal opportunity toachieve her/his full potential while attend-ing this University. Because no policy cananticipate every possible student request,Rider reserves the right to vary this policyunder appropriate circumstances on a case-by-case basis.

Services for Students with Disabilities,located in Joseph P. Vona Academic Annex,Rooms 8, offers a range of support servicesto assist students with disabilities. Theseservices include:

• Screening and referral for new or updat-ed disability documentation;

• Assistance with requests for academicadjustments;

• Supplementary informal assessment;• Advice to and consultation with facultyand staff;

• Individualized assistance;• Assistance with environmental adapta-tion needs.

Call 609-896-5000, ext. 7365 or ext. 7452for further information.

Rider Learning Center (RLC) andTutoring ServicesThe Rider Learning Center, (RLC), locatedin the Joseph P. Vona Academic Annex,Rooms 1, 2 and 3 provides tutoring in read-ing comprehension, study strategies andwriting. Students are encouraged to bringcollege textbooks and reading/writingassignments to the RLC for individual andsmall group tutorials. Professional staff alsoprovide reading/writing and study strategyworkshops, both in the center and on anoutreach basis, and work cooperativelywith professors to provide study strategyinstruction oriented towards specificcourse demands. The RLC is staffed by pro-fessional tutors with advanced degrees,graduate students, and by student writingassociates who have been selected for andhave completed a three-credit course in thewriting process. The RLC’s computer laballows students to draft, revise, and printpapers. Additionally, supplemental instruc-tion is provided by specially trained tutorsfor select courses. Call 609-895-5640 or609-896-5244 for further information or toschedule an appointment.

Tutoring ServicesTutoring Services, located in the Joseph P.Vona Academic Annex, Room 21, providespeer tutors for students who request extrahelp with their courses. Students mayschedule individual appointments or par-ticipate in tutor led study groups in mostcontent courses at Rider. Tutoring assis-tance is free to all Rider students and maybe obtained by filling out a tutor requestform. The center is open Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m.; and Friday,8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Call 609-896-5008 forfurther information.


15

Rider Achievement ProgramFreshmen admitted to the Rider AchievementProgram (RAP) are required to be part of a spe-cially designed EEP academic program offeredduring the summer and first year. Call 609-896-5238 for further information.

Students on Academic Probation (Turning Point)Students on Academic Probation may voluntar-ily enroll in an EEP academic support programtailored to their particular needs. Call 609-895-5641 for further information.

International Student ServicesIn collaboration with the associate provost,international students will receive advising fortheir international visas and other needs.Conversation Workshops and social activitieswill also be provided to encourage communica-tion and connection to the Rider communityand surroundings. Call 609-895-5641 for fur-ther information.

The Mathematics Skills Lab (MSL)The Mathematics Skills Lab, (MSL), located inthe Joseph P. Vona Academic Annex, Room 23,provides tutorial services, structured work-shops, and computer-assisted instruction indevelopmental and college level mathematics.The MSL, directed by the department of math-ematics, in collaboration with the EducationEnhancement Program, administers the mathe-matics placement test to all incoming students.It also offers the course MTH-100S Math SkillsLab (1 supplemental education unit) for stu-dents majoring in liberal arts and sciences andeducation. This course was developed to helpstudents master elementary algebra skills neces-sary for college level mathematics.

In addition to basic skills development, peerand professional tutorial support is provided forstudents taking finite mathematics, algebra andtrigonometry, and other liberal arts and sciencemathematics courses. Professional staff providesweekly structured workshops for students tak-

ing the math skills lab course and tutorials forstudents preparing for the algebra andtrigonometry qualifying exam. Call 609-896-5305 for further information or to schedule anappointment.

Introduction to Academic Reading CourseIntroduction to Academic Reading (CRC-100S), paired with a content course, or CRC-101S (self-contained), is a required core coursefor first-year students who do not meet theplacement criteria for college-level reading.Both classes are 2 supplemental education units.Their purpose is to increase students’ abilities tocomprehend college-level texts by practicing avariety of efficient reading and learning strate-gies. Students taking 100S must also be enrolledin the targeted content course and section, andwill apply reading and study techniques tolearning in the paired course. Students in 101Swill practice learning strategies with representa-tive college-level materials.

College Reading CourseCollege Reading (CRC-100) is a three-creditelective course for students who have met theplacement criteria for College Reading or whohave successfully completed Introduction toAcademic Reading (CRC-100S or CRC-101S).Students will develop or improve reading com-prehension skills and study strategies that willenable them to enhance academic performanceacross the curriculum. Call 609-896-5244 foradditional information about this course.

Study Strategies WorkshopStudy strategies workshop (NCT-099) intro-duces specific reading and study strategies relat-ed to the demands of a content course. In orderto enroll for this workshop, students must co-register for the content course with which it ispaired.


16

Educational Opportunity ProgramThe Educational Opportunity Program (EOP)is a state-sponsored program that helps low-income New Jersey residents attend college. Thepurpose of this program is to provide educa-tional opportunity for students who may nor-mally be denied an education due to academicpreparation, financial resources, environmentalcircumstances, or the lack of sufficient guidanceto aspire to educational goals.

The EOP is an academic support programwith financial aid assistance. Students areadmitted to the program when they havedemonstrated academic readiness, academicpotential, determination, a genuine desire tolearn and a need for financial assistance.Students may be required to be interviewed bythe EOP staff before they are admitted into theprogram. Students receiving an EOP grant maybe eligible for other state and federal grants.

The program provides a comprehensive andquality academic experience designed toenhance students’ persistence, which leads tograduation. The program provides orientationsessions; personal, academic, and career coun-seling; tutoring assistance; study skills enhance-ment; and peer mentoring. First-time, full-timestudents who qualify for the EOP will berequired to attend a five-week residential pre-freshman summer program. The summer pro-gram acclimates students to the rigors of aca-demic life and the college environment.

Throughout the year, the EOP offers a varietyof activities for its students. These include, butare not limited to, multicultural seminars,roundtable discussions, student leadershipdevelopment programs, articulation activities,and an annual awards banquet. In addition, theEOP Community Advisory Board sponsors anumber of activities including recruitment,emergency loans and annual scholarships.

The diverse group of people that the EOPbrings to campus is vital to an academic com-munity attempting to find solutions to econom-ic and social problems. The goal of the EOP istwofold: to have a positive effect on its students

and encourage the students to make a positiveimpact on Rider University and the greatercommunity.

For more than 30 years, the EOP has beenproviding access through excellence, enablingdeserving students to obtain a college educa-tion. The EOP office is in the Joseph P. VonaAcademic Annex and the telephone number is609-896-5381.

Student Support Services Program (TRIO Program)The Student Support Services (SSS) Program isa comprehensive support services program thatprovides ongoing academic assistance primarilyto first generation college students. The pro-gram offers a range of services and activities thatare designed to assist students with their aca-demic performance, skills development andretention through graduation. Overall, the pro-gram promotes an atmosphere that fosters stu-dents’ growth and independence and provides asupportive environment that enables partici-pants to fulfill their educational, career, and per-sonal aspirations.

An array of services is offered to students,including assessments of students’ educationalneeds and goals; professional and peer tutoring;individual/group counseling; peer mentoring;financial guidance; career exploration; andgraduate school preparation. In addition, theSSS program provides workshops and seminarsthat directly respond to issues of importance toparticipants. All activities and support servicesare tailored to meet the particular needs andinterests of the individual student.

The program is open to Rider students whoare first generation college students (i.e., neitherparent has completed a four-year collegedegree), who have a need for academic support,and/or have incomes that fall within federalguidelines. Students who have a documentedphysical or learning disability are also eligiblefor program services.

Students interested in enrolling in the pro-gram are invited to visit or call the SSS program


17

office for an application and brochure located inthe Joseph P. Vona Academic Annex, Room 17;the phone number is 609-895-5614 and the faxnumber is 609-895-5507.

This program is sponsored in partnershipwith Rider University and the United StatesDepartment of Education.

Army ROTC

The Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps(ROTC) provides college-trained officers for theU.S. Army, the Army National Guard, and theU.S. Army Reserve.

The ROTC course of study is a four-year pro-gram, divided into two phases: the basic course,and the advanced course. Students enteringRider after September 1995 do not receive aca-demic credit for Army ROTC courses and mustpursue the courses of study at an off-campuslocation.

The Basic CourseThe basic course is designed for freshman andsophomore full-time college students, and con-sists of military science introductory courses.Course work during the four semesters of thefreshman and sophomore years includes man-agement principles, national defense, benefits ofmilitary service, military history, leadershipdevelopment, tactics, map reading, and militarycustoms, courtesy and discipline. The basiccourse does not require uniforms or specialhaircuts. Books are provided. Unless the studentis an ROTC scholarship recipient, there is nomilitary obligation associated with the basiccourse, and students can withdraw from theprogram as they would from any other collegecourse of instruction.

The Advanced CourseThe advanced course is designed for junior andsenior full-time college students. Once enrolledin the advanced course, students are obligated tocomplete the program and to accept a commis-sion in the Army as a second lieutenant and anassignment in the active Army, the U.S. ArmyNational Guard, or the U.S. Army Reserve.Course work includes leadership development,orienteering, tactics, communications, ethicsand professionalism, advanced military man-agement practices, practical leadership labs,contemporary military issues, and physical fit-ness training. Enrolled students are paid astipend of $100 per month and attend a sum-mer leadership training camp between theirjunior and senior years for which they are paidabout $700. Additionally, enrolled students whoare already members of the U.S. Army Reserveor Army National Guard, or those seeking tojoin, have the opportunity to earn an additional$135 or more per month by joining theSimultaneous Membership Program (SMP).These students attend one drill weekend permonth with their units as officer trainees.

A two-year program is available for qualifiedfull-time students who have already completedtheir sophomore year but have not taken thebasic course or who have had prior militaryservice and/or training.

ActivitiesArmy ROTC students participate in manyextracurricular activities such as weekend train-ing exercises, orientation trips, Color Guard cer-emonies, drill team competitions, rifle marks-manship competitions, intramural sports,national military societies, and Ranger Clubactivities (skiing, rock climbing, white waterrafting, etc.).

Further details about the ROTC program areavailable from a professor of military science bycalling 609-258-4225 or 4226.

notes

18

19

Calendar

calendar

20

2004-2005 CALENDAR

Fall Semester 2004

September6 Monday

Residences open for new students6-7 Monday-Tuesday

Final new student testing and schedulingNew student orientation

7 TuesdayResidences open for continuing students

8 WednesdayRegistrationEvening classes begin

9 ThursdayDay classes begin

9-15 Thursday-WednesdaySchedule changes

16-22 Thursday-WednesdayCourses may be dropped

October1 Friday

December 2004 degree applications due

October 25-November 24Course request period for spring semester

November24 Wednesday

Thanksgiving recess begins at 5:30 p.m.

29 MondayClasses resume

December10 Friday

Day classes end11-12 Saturday-Sunday

Reading days13-14 Monday-Tuesday

Final exams15 Wednesday

Reading day13-16 Monday-Thursday

Evening final exams16-17 Thursday-Friday

Final exams17 Friday

Spring and summer 2005 degree applications due

18-19 Saturday-SundayReading days

20-21 Monday-TuesdayFinal exams

January 20052 Sunday

Balance of spring charges due28 Friday

Deadline for makeup offall semester incomplete grades

Fall 2004 Withdrawal Dates

September 23-October 27Withdrawal, student discretion

October 28-November 24Withdrawal, consent of instructor

November 25-December 10Withdrawal, psychological or physiological incapacity

calendar

21

Spring Semester 2005

January21 Friday

New student testing and scheduling22 Saturday

Residences open22-23 Saturday-Sunday

New student orientation23 Sunday

Registration24 Monday

Classes begin (day and evening)24-28 Monday-Friday

Schedule changes

FebruaryJan. 31- Feb. 4

Monday-FridayClasses may be dropped

March1 Tuesday

Incoming freshman, transfer andcontinuing undergraduate students priority deadline for filingfederal financial aid forms

12 SaturdayLast day of classes before spring recess

13-20 Sunday-SundaySpring recess


March 28-April 22Course request period for fall and summer semesters

April28 Thursday

Evening classes end29 Friday

Day classes end30 Saturday

Saturday classes end

MayApril 30-May 1

Saturday-SundayReading days


2-5 Monday-ThursdayEvening final exams

4 WednesdayReading day

5-6 Thursday-FridayFinal exams

7-8 Saturday-SundayReading days


13 FridayCommencement

June10 Friday

Deadline for makeup of spring semester incomplete grades

Spring 2005 Withdrawal Dates

February 7-March 11Withdrawal, student discretion

March 14-April 15Withdrawal, consent of instructor

April 18-April 29Withdrawal, psychological or physiological incapacity

Students enrolled in evening classes should referto the calendar in the Continuing Studies sec-tion of this catalog.

Summer Session 2005Students interested in calendar and courseofferings for the summer sessions should con-sult the summer session catalog, available fromthe College of Continuing Studies

notes

22

23

College of BusinessAdministration

business administration

24

Business administration is for anyone whowants to develop the skills needed to turn ideasand dreams into reality. Whether it’s creatingyour own company or rising to the top of amajor corporation, the key is having the skills tomake it happen.

In each of its 11 majors, the College ofBusiness Administration (CBA) seeks to devel-op in students the skills needed to performeffectively in a variety of organizational set-tings–small business, multinational corpora-tion, service industry, not-for-profit, familycompany, Wall Street–depending upon the stu-dent’s interests and goals. Each program isdesigned to provide an educational experiencefor the whole person by combining theory andpractice. Business students participate in alearning environment that offers both the prac-tical skills needed to launch a career and thelearning skills needed for continued growth.

To support students in preparing themselvesto perform effectively in the workplace and tocontinue to grow as individuals, the CBA seeksto realize the following key objectives for itsundergraduate program:

•To provide an outstanding faculty ofteacher/scholars in the business fields whobring to the classroom a wide range ofdiverse expertise, and who emphasize teach-ing excellence as well as research and schol-arship;

•To develop an understanding of the func-tions of business, an ability to apply the toolsand skills that will solve business and organi-zational problems, and an appreciation forthe global environment of organizations insociety;

•To offer sufficient breadth and depth in thecurriculum to enable the student to achievea level of competence in a major, while pro-viding opportunities for independent study,skill-building, and learning through experi-ence;

•To ensure a useful balance between profes-sional course work in the functional areas ofbusiness administration and study in the lib-eral arts and sciences;

•To foster the development of leadershipqualities and to encourage an attitude thatvalues continuing education.

To remain strongly competitive, the CBAmaintains high visibility and involvement in thecorporate community outside of Rider. It seeksto be regarded by that community as a usefuland valuable resource of educational knowl-edge, business and management talent, eco-nomic expertise and applied research, in addi-tion to a well-established reputation as an excel-lent source of college graduates in business.Students and faculty are involved regularly inreal business situations through internships,CREWw, meetings and programs of the BusinessAdvisory Board, the Accounting AdvisoryCouncil of the College of BusinessAdministration, special programs for the com-munity such as the Volunteer Income TaxAssistance (VITA) program coordinated by thedepartment of accounting, Minding OurBusiness (a mentoring program of entrepre-neurship for inner city students), and many stu-dent clubs and organizations.

With the emergence of e-business as a potentforce, our faculty members are currently utiliz-ing e-business concepts in 33 different under-graduate courses. This includes five of our 10core courses in business that all students musttake. Such courses range from the introductoryMarketing Principles to senior core courses suchas Management Information Systems.Regardless of the functional area of businessthat a student selects for their career, they will beimpacted by what occurs in the world of e-busi-ness. Rider’s courses will adapt and change asthis fast paced environment continually rein-vents itself.


25

Professional Accreditation

Rider University College of BusinessAdministration programs were accred-ited by AACSB International – TheAssociation to Advance Collegiate Schools ofBusiness in 1993 and reaffirmed in 2000. Inaddition, the accounting program was furtherrecognized for excellence with accreditation inaccounting by AACSB International in 2000.

Mission Statement

Our mission is to provide a quality businesseducation based on dynamic and innovativecurricula to build professional competenciesthat enable our graduates to be productive,socially responsible participants in the rapidlychanging global marketplace.

We create a supportive academic environ-ment and provide our students opportunitiesfor experiential learning. Our programs developcommunication, interpersonal, teamwork, lead-ership, critical thinking and problem solvingskills.

We are committed to continuous improve-ment as we strive for excellence. We ensure aninfusion of current theory and practice in ourcurricula through scholarly research, profes-sional activity and extensive business partner-ing.

Freshman Seminar

Freshman seminar is a structured advising expe-rience for new students enrolled in the CBA. Itspurpose is to support students in making asmooth transition from high school to collegeby providing information and guidance in suchareas as time management, study skills, andeffective use of Rider’s resources. It is non-cred-it and offered without any additional tuitioncharge. Participation in freshman seminar isrequired for all freshmen entering Rider. Forfurther information, contact Ira Mayo, 609-896-5195.

CREWw

CREWw (Cultivating Resources for Excellence inthe World of Work) is an innovative ventureinto experiential learning. CREWw is designed tobuild and refine students' interpersonal skills.A CREWw is a group of students who supporteach other in learning specific career and lifeskills. CREWws meet regularly during the semes-ter to learn about and practice specific skills,such as how to work in teams, handle conflict,see the behavior of others, and interviewingskills. Students who participate in CREWw havespecial opportunities to interact with corporateleaders and business practitioners. For informa-tion about participating in CREWw, contact theCBA dean’s office.

DAARSTOC

The DAARSTOC is an extracurricular programdesigned to help students propel their careers bydeveloping people management skills. Studentslearn to interact with subordinates through roleplays and group designs. Some of the skillslearned are: being “up-front” in appropriateways, becoming aware of non-verbal behaviorand maintaining a problem solving focus. Theprogram is very selective but is open to all full-time undergraduate students. Applications areavailable in the CBA Dean’s office.

Business Honors Program

Approximately 50 students who have appliedfor, and been accepted to Rider University, willbe invited to participate. These students will bechosen based on their SAT scores and highschool GPA. An additional 10 students will bechosen after the end of the fall semester basedon grades.

The selected students will take the followingsequence of honors courses beginning in the fallof their freshman year:


26

In order to successfully complete the honorsprogram, a student will have to do the follow-ing:

1. Complete 8 of the 11courses, one of which must be BUS 400.

2. Have a minimum GPA of 3.4 in all honorscourses.

3. Have a minimum GPA of 3.4 overall.4. Successfully complete CREWw.Upon successful completion of the honors

program, a student will receive a special honorsdesignation on his/her transcript, an honorsaward, and special recognition at graduation.

B.S.B.A./M.B.A. Option

It is possible to apply to the graduate businessprogram after completing 90 credits in a Riderundergraduate business degree program. Thosestudents admitted may enter the program uponthe completion of the B.S.B.A. degree. Courseswaived should permit them to graduate in oneyear (by taking an additional 10 courses of grad-uate work). Accounting students should see thedescription under the requirements for theaccounting major for entering the M.Acc. pro-gram. Also see the Graduate Academic Catalog.

Undergraduate Departments

The following are the eight undergraduatedepartments of the CBA: accounting, businesspolicy and environment, computer informationsystems, economics, finance, management andhuman resources, management sciences, andmarketing.

Degrees

The CBA offers curricula at the undergraduatelevel leading to the degree of Bachelor ofScience in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.).(For master’s level work, see Graduate Catalog.)

Major Fields of Study

The CBA offers major fields of professionalstudy in accounting, actuarial science, advertis-ing, business administration, business econom-ics, computer information systems, finance,global business, human resource management,management and leadership, and marketing.

Selection of a MajorStudents who are undecided regarding an areaof business specialization are enrolled as unde-clared majors until they choose a major.However, students should elect a major andreceive approval of such major by the CBADean’s office before the end of their fifth semes-ter.

A student may elect to double major, butthere is no guarantee that the student will beable to complete the second major within the120 credit hours required for graduation.

Minor Fields of Study

Business students are permitted to take a minorin one of several fields in liberal arts and science.Students interested in such a program shouldsee the dean of liberal arts, education, and sci-ences, the chairperson of the appropriatedepartment, or the program director.

The CBA offers the following minors to non-business students: for communication majorsonly, a minor in advertising; a minor in salesmanagement and a minor in general businessfor all non-business majors.

In addition, the CBA offers a minor in healthadministration (open to all majors – businessand non-business).

Class Semester Honors CoursesStanding

Freshman Fall Freshmen Seminar and CBA 110Freshman Spring ECO 200 and CREWw

Sophomore Fall ACC 210 Laptop, ECO 201,and CREWw

Sophomore Spring MGT 201, MKT 200, and CREWw

Junior Fall BUS 300, FIN 300, and CREWw

Junior Spring MSD 340 and CREWw

Senior Fall CIS 485 and CREWw

Senior Spring BUS 400


27

Concentrations

In addition to minors and majors, CBA offersconcentrations to business majors only in theareas of entrepreneurial studies or in globalbusiness. Note: Global business is offered as amajor but can also be taken as a concentrationin an abbreviated form. Entrepreneurial studiesis also offered as a track in the business admin-istration major.

Basic Core of Knowledge

Students in the CBA are required to take a coreof business courses designed to provide themwith a solid foundation in business. These basicrequirements are:

• A background of the concepts, processes,and institutions in the production and mar-keting of goods and/or services, and thefinancing of the business enterprises or otherforms of organization. This portion is cov-ered in such courses as Principles ofMarketing, Introduction to Finance, andProduction and Operations;

• A background of the economic and legalenvironment as it pertains to profit or non-profit organizations, along with ethical con-siderations and social and political influ-ences as they affect such organizations.Courses that satisfy this requirement arePrinciples of Macroeconomics, Principles ofMicroeconomics, the Social and LegalEnvironment of Business, as well as severalelective courses;

• A basic understanding of the concepts andapplications of accounting, quantitativemethods, and management information sys-tems including computer applications. Thisarea is covered through such courses asPrinciples of Financial Accounting,Principles of Managerial Accounting,Statistical Methods I and II, Introduction toComputing, and Management InformationSystems;

• A study of organization theory, behavior,and interpersonal communications. Coursework in Fundamentals of Management andOrganizational Behavior covers this area, aswell as courses in composition and speech;

• A study of administrative processes underconditions of uncertainty including integrat-ing analysis and policy determination at theoverall management level. The courseStrategic Management and Policy that servesas the capstone course provides the neces-sary coverage in this area.

In addition to these courses, all students inthe CBA are required to complete a program ofstudy prescribed by the department in whichthey are enrolled. This phase of study is the stu-dent's major that begins in the junior year. Thecourses in the major are designed to provide thestudent with a general competence in one of theprincipal areas of business.

At least nine semester hours of credit in thearea of a student’s major must be taken at Rider,except in the accounting area that requires 12semester hours.

Students are required to enroll in additionalbusiness courses of their own choosing. All stu-dents, except accounting majors, must acquire18 semester hours in their major and six busi-ness elective credits (the international businesselective can come from the major or businesselective area).

Students are required to have 54 semesterhours completed before enrolling in 300- or400-level business courses.

Fifty percent of all business credits must betaken through Rider. Transfer students canbring in 30 credits in business plus QuantitativeMethods, Stat I & II, Macroeconomics andMicroeconomics. All business students musthave a 2.0 GPA in their major and overall tograduate.


28

The General Education CoreIn addition to the business subjects, the studentmust acquire at least 60 semester hours in liber-al arts and sciences and statistics courses. Thesecourses must be distributed within three areas,and include at least six hours in each area as fol-lows:Natural Sciences

BiochemistryBiologyChemistryGeosciencesMarine SciencesPhysics

Social StudiesAmerican StudiesCommunicationsGender StudiesHistoryLaw and JusticeMulticultural StudiesPolitical SciencePsychologySocial WorkSociology

HumanitiesLiteratureFine Arts (Art, Dance, Music, Theater)Foreign Languages and Literatures (French,

German, Italian, Russian, Spanish)Philosophy

Business Subjects(54 semester hours)Business CoreCIS-185 Introduction to Computing . . . . .3ACC-210 Introduction to Accounting . . . . . .3ACC-220 Managerial Uses of Accounting . . .3FIN-300 Introduction to Finance . . . . . . . . .3MGT-201 Fundamentals of Management

and Organizational Behavior . . . .3MKT-200 Marketing Principles . . . . . . . . . . .3MSD-340 Production and Operations . . . . . .3BUS-300 Social and Legal Environment

of Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

CIS-485 Management Information Systems . . .3BUS-400 Strategic Management and Policy . . .3

+Major Requirements . . . . . . . .18*+Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

*Accounting majors take seven major coursesand one business elective.

+Must include one international businesselective, if not part of major.

Nonbusiness Subjects(60 semester hours)Nonbusiness CoreMSD-105 Quantitative Methods

for Business I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Natural Science electives . . . . . . . .6Humanities electives . . . . . . . . . . . .6Social Science electives . . . . . . . . . .6

CMP-115 Introduction to Expository Writing .3*CMP-120 Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . .3CMP-125 Research Writingor 203 Literature and Composition . . . . .3ECO-200 Principles of Macroeconomics . . .3ECO-201 Principles of Microeconomics . . . .3COM-290 Professional and Strategic Speech .3MSD-200, Statistical Methods I, II . . . . . . . . .6201

+Electives in liberal arts subjects 18-21**

*CMP-115 will be waived for students whoattain a 530 or above on the verbal SAT or a specified qualifying score on the EnglishDepartment Placement Test.

**Upper-level economics courses (300 and 400 levels) may be used as business or freeelectives only; they may not be used as liber-al arts electives. A student may useIntermediate Macroeconomics (ECO-210)or Intermediate Microeconomics (ECO-211) as liberal arts electives, the other course(or both) can be business or free elective.

+ Advertising majors must satisfy thisrequirement with specified courses (seeRequirements for the Major, page 30).

Global Business RequirementStudents are required to choose an electivecourse that emphasizes global business dynam-ics. Courses can be used as either a major, busi-ness, or free elective. Students may choose fromthe following list of courses:BUS-375 International Business LawCBA-315 Global Business Study TourCBA-490 Independent Study:

Global BusinessECO-305 International Trade

and InvestmentECO-315 Comparative Economic SystemsECO-365 The Post-Soviet Economy

and U.S. BusinessFIN-308 International FinanceMGT-375 International ManagementMKT-330 International Marketing

Free Electives (6 semester hours)The minimum requirements in business andnonbusiness subjects normally leave a studentwith an additional 6 semester hours that mustbe completed to satisfy the 120 required forgraduation.

Free elective hours may be taken in anydepartment at Rider, provided the studentmeets the requirements imposed by the depart-ment offering the course.

Residence Requirement

For all students, of the 120 semester hours ofcredit required for graduation, at least 45 credithours, including the last 30, must be taken atRider.

Once a student has matriculated for a degree,credit for off-campus courses will be grantedonly with prior approval of the academic dean.

Independent Study andResearch

Students are offered opportunities for inde-pendent study in business-related areas forwhich formal courses are not available. Eachdepartment in the CBA provides these opportu-nities during the regular semester via offeringslabeled 490, Independent Research and Study.Projects may be taken by an individual or agroup of students working together. Each per-son must submit an independent study propos-al including definitive statements on the follow-ing: an elaborate, clear statement of the study’ssignificance; the personal significance of thestudy; the study’s design and objective; the uti-lization and expectation of on- and off-campusresources related to the study; and method to beused to demonstrate the results of the study.

Independent study proposal requests can beobtained from the chairperson of the sponsor-ing department. Such proposals must be sub-mitted prior to the semester of the independentstudy.

Degree Programs

ACCOUNTINGThe primary objective of the accounting cur-riculum is to offer courses that will give studentsa practical and conceptual understanding ofaccounting methods and techniques, with theultimate aim of preparing them for continuingeducation and employment and advancementin the fields of private, public, or governmentalaccounting. Class discussions, selected prob-lems, and assigned and suggested readings aredirected toward teaching the student to read,analyze, and think critically, to exercise inde-pendent judgment, to apply appropriate tech-nology, and to develop an awareness of ethics,social and legal responsibility.


29


30

Requirements for the Major(21 semester hours)ACC-302 Cost Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3ACC-310, Accounting Theory and Concepts I, II

311 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6ACC-320 Accounting Information Systems .3ACC-405, Accounting Problems and Practice I, II*

406* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6ACC-410 Fundamentals of Federal Taxation . . .3

*ACC-406 is required for all accounting majors who wish to complete their studies atthe baccalaureate level (120 credit hours).Students who are accepted into the M.Acc.program after 90 credit hours may substitutea required graduate accounting course for ACC-406.Students desiring to become certified public

accountants (CPAs) will be required to have 150credit hours of education to take the CPA examin most states. Rider accounting majors maygraduate after four years (120 credit hours) orseek to achieve the additional credit hoursdirectly through admission to the master ofaccountancy (M.Acc.) program at theUniversity. It is possible to apply to the M.Acc.program at Rider after completion of 90 credithours. (Please consult the Rider UniversityGraduate Academic Catalog for details on theM.Acc. program). Undergraduate accountingmajors are encouraged to work closely withtheir advisor to select courses which will bestaddress their career and certification plans.Students should consult the specific certifica-tion requirements of the state jurisdiction inwhich they plan to become certified and planaccordingly.

Students majoring in accounting must receivea grade of at least C- in a prerequisite course forany advanced course in accounting, and musthave a cumulative average of at least 2.0 in themajor.

ACTUARIAL SCIENCERequirements for the Major(18 semester hours)FIN-340 Principles of Risk Management . .3MSD-320 Quantitative Methods in

Business Forecasting . . . . . . . . . . . .3MSD-325 Applied Regression and

Analysis of Variance . . . . . . . . . . . .3MSD-350 Compound Interest Theory . . . . .3MSD-440 Life Contingencies I . . . . . . . . . . . .3MSD-441 Life Contingencies II . . . . . . . . . . .3

Mathematics Requirements:MSD-110 Mathematics for Actuarial

Science I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MSD-111 Mathematics for Actuarial

Science II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MSD-112 Mathematics for Actuarial

Science III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MTH-340, Probability and Statistical 341 Analysis I, II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Students majoring in actuarial science may nottake MSD-105 – Quantitative Methods forBusiness I, nor the sequence MSD-200 & 201-Statistical Methods I & II.

For graduation, the student must achieve anoverall GPA of 2.0 or better in the major, withno course grade less than C-.

ADVERTISINGThe advertising major prepares students forcareers in advertising agencies, large or small, orin the advertising or promotion departments ofprofit or nonprofit organizations. Possible entrylevel positions include media buyer, copy writer,and assistant account executive. This programcombines a solid background in the businessdisciplines with the study of communications. Itemphasizes the role of advertising/promotionwithin the marketing communications strategy.Requirements for the Major(18 semester hours)MKT-320 Consumer Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . .3MKT-335 Advertising Principles . . . . . . . . . .3MKT-366 Marketing Research . . . . . . . . . . . .3MKT-410 Advertising Copy and Layout . . . .3MKT-420 Media Planning and Strategy . . . .3MKT-435 Advertising Campaigns . . . . . . . . .3


31

Required Nonbusiness Subjects15 Semester Hours(in lieu of liberal arts electives)COM-212 Publication Design . . . . . . . . . . . . .3PSY-100 Introduction to Psychology . . . . . .3COM-100 Mass Media Communication . . . .3COM-302 Communication Ethics . . . . . . . . .3COM-240 Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

For graduation, students must achieve anoverall GPA of 2.0 or higher in the major, withno course grade less than C-. Majors are encour-aged to take additional courses offered by thedepartment of marketing to satisfy businesselective and free elective requirements.

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONRequirements for the Major(18 semester hours)The business administration major requirescompletion of 18 semester hours. Students willchoose either Track I: General Business or TrackII: Entrepreneurial Studies, but not both. Forgraduation, students must achieve an overallGPA of 2.0 in the major. Business administra-tion majors may not count more than six semes-ter hours or two courses from either tracktoward a different major.

Track IGeneral Business: This track provides a stronggrounding in all areas of managing large andmedium businesses and is appropriate for thosewho do not wish to specialize in a particularfunctional area. It is useful for:

• those who may want to enter a managementtraining program with a future employer;

• those who may want to attend graduateschool in fields such as business or law.

For this track, courses are to be selected asspecified below:

One upper level economics elective . . . . .3One upper level finance elective . . . . . . . .3One upper level management or human

resources elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3One upper level marketing elective . . . . .3

Two upper level business electives which mayinclude:

BUS-491Business Administration InternshiporBUS-490 Independent Research Study . . .6TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Courses listed in the business core may not beused for filling the requirements of the generalbusiness track.

Track IIEntrepreneurial Studies: This track is intended

for those who anticipate • managing their own business;• joining a family business;• working for a small company.Students in this track take the courses below:

Required CoursesMGT-348 Small Business Management . . . . .3ACC-335 Small Business Taxation . . . . . . . . .3

Three of the following:FIN-350 Entrepreneurial FinanceMKT-350 Retailing ManagementCBA-350 Family Business ManagementBUS-214 Advanced Business LawCIS-272 End-User ComputingorCIS-340 E-CommerceCBA-220 Minding Our BusinessMGT-310 Introduction to Human Resource

ManagementorMGT-363 Management Skills . . . . . . . . . . .9

One of these integrative experiential courses:MGT-448 Seminar in Small Business

ConsultingBUS-410 New Venture Planning

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18


32

ECONOMICSEconomics deals with how societies use scarceresources, organize production, and distributegoods and services. Studying economics helpsstudents develop analytical tools that can beapplied to a wide range of problems. Studentslearn how markets work, how businesses makedecisions, and how monetary and fiscal policyaffect financial markets and the production ofgoods and services. A bachelor’s degree in eco-nomics prepares students for management posi-tions in both business and government. Thedegree is also excellent preparation for lawschool, graduate business programs, andadvanced education in economics.Requirements for the Major(18 semester hours)ECO-210 Intermediate Macroeconomics . . .3ECO-211 Intermediate Microeconomics . . .3Four upper-level (300-400) economics electives

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

For graduation students must achieve anoverall GPA of 2.0 or better in the major, withno course grade less than C-.

COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMSComputer Information Systems (CIS) majors atRider prepare for careers as informationresource managers. They develop expertise withvarious application development and network-ing tools, and discover how the effective use ofinformation systems can create new businessopportunities in addition to solving existingbusiness problems. CIS majors begin with anintroductory computer course that is alsorequired of all business majors. This courseintroduces them to basic office automation soft-ware such as Microsoft Office. After satisfactori-ly completing the introductory course, studentsmay pursue the CIS major.

The required CIS core courses includeIntroduction to Programming, DatabaseManagement Systems, and Systems Analysis andDesign. In addition, each CIS major will select

three courses in one of two concentrationtracks. The Applications Development trackenables students to concentrate on the develop-ment and maintenance of intra-organizationaland inter-organizational applications programs.The Networks and Telecommunications trackprovides students with hands-on experiencewith networking tools as well as a strong foun-dation in the areas of local and wide area net-works and organizational connectivity.

In the last year, CIS majors take theManagement Information Systems course,which focuses on the use and management ofinformation technology for the strategic andcompetitive advantage of an organization. Thisis also a capstone course for all business majorsat Rider University. This course emphasizes theimportance of integrating enterprise-wideresources for maximum organizational effec-tiveness.Requirements for the Major(18 semester hours)CIS-200 Introduction to Programming . . .3CIS-391 Data Base Management Systems . .3CIS-386 Systems Analysis and Design . . . . .3Electives (CIS majors must take three coursesfrom one of the following two tracks)

Applications Development:CIS-272 End-User ComputingCIS-300 Object-Oriented ProgrammingCIS-350 Internet Applications DevelopmentCIS-387 Systems Development ProjectCIS-395 Decision Support Systems

Networks and Telecommunications:CIS-265 TelecommunicationsCIS-340 Electronic CommerceCIS-350 Internet Applications DevelopmentCIS-400 Networks

For graduation, the student must achieve anoverall GPA of 2.0 in the major, with no coursegrade less than C-.


33

FINANCEThe finance program is designed to meet theneeds of students who have a variety of careergoals. In many types of jobs, it is essential thatone understand the process of financial decisionmaking and the environment in which thosedecisions take place. To provide this under-standing, the major combines a solid analyticalfoundation with broad coverage on how thefinancial system operates.

Programs of study are structured to benefitstudents who will enter both finance and non-finance careers. In addition, many individualswho have decided to pursue advanced profes-sional degrees have found the finance programto be quite valuable. In short, even if you are notcertain whether your career will be in a tradi-tional finance specialization, it is quite possiblethat finance courses will be very useful in yourpersonal and professional life.

There is considerable flexibility in arrangingindividual programs of study within the major.Students may choose a well-rounded exposureto the many facets of financial decision making.They may select courses in such areas as invest-ment analysis, computerized financial analysis,business finance, banking and financial mar-kets, real estate, and insurance.

*Requirements for the Major(18 semester hours)Group A: Three or four courses from the follow-ing list of four:FIN-307 Financial Markets and Institutions .3FIN-310 Capital Budgeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3FIN-311 Corporate Financing Decisions . . .3FIN-312 Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Group B: Two or three finance electives (300-400 level), excluding Finance Internship.

*The sum of credits from Group A and Group Bmust total 18.

Students must achieve a grade of at least C- ineach of the major courses with a minimum GPAof 2.0 in the major. The following are recom-mended to those interested in the career areasspecified below:

Corporate Financial Management: FIN-310Capital Budgeting and FIN-311-CorporateFinancing Decisions, and FIN-330-CorporateCash Management.

Banking and Financial Markets: FIN-307Financial Markets and Institutions and FIN-308-International Finance.

Investment Analysis: FIN-312-Investmentsand FIN-412-Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management.

Computer Applications: FIN-315Computerized Financial Casework.

Insurance: FIN-340 – Principles of RiskManagement.

Because the fields are related so closely tofinance, majors are encouraged to take advancedcourses in accounting, economics, and personalcomputer applications in business. Among themost useful accounting courses are ACC-310and ACC-311, Accounting Theory andConcepts I and II.

Special Double Major OpportunitiesThe finance department believes that recogni-tion and credit should be given to the significantamount of finance-related material that isincluded in the programs for accounting and foractuarial science majors. As a result studentswho are finance and accounting double majorsor finance and actuarial science double majorscan reduce the number of required financecourses from six to five. Details are availablefrom the dean’s office or from the chairpersonof the finance department.

GLOBAL BUSINESS MAJORThe global business major is a co-major or dou-ble major. This major complements any busi-ness major. Students interested in acquiringincreased competence in global business andtrade, take at least five global business electives,one of which is an experiential course. In addi-tion, students select liberal arts, humanities andsocial studies electives that either exploreimportant cross cultural issues or develop a pro-ficiency in a foreign language.


34

Major RequirementsList A - at least four from this list are required,but no more than two from any one departmentBUS-375 International Business Law . . . . . . 3CBA-490 Independent Study: Global Business . 3ECO-305 International Trade and Investment . 3ECO-315 Comparative Economic Systems . 3ECO-365 The Post Soviet Economy

& U.S. Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FIN-308 International Finance . . . . . . . . . . 3MGT-375 International Management . . . . . . 3MKT-330 International Marketing . . . . . . . . 3

List B - at least one from this list is requiredBUS-492 Global Business Internship . . . . . . 3CBA-315 Global Business Study Tour . . . . . 3Study Abroad Program (CBA-310, CBA-311,

CBA-312, CBA-313)POL-295 Special Topics: Model UN

Track A - Foreign Language MinorIf you choose Track A (I, II, or III) - select sixcoursesI. French Minor(18 hours)FRE-200 French III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRE-201 French IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRE-305 An Introduction to

French Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3And three (3) or more advanced courses, including at least two (2) literature courses not yet taken . . .9

II. German Minor(18 hours)GER-200 German III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GER-201 German IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GER-305 Introduction to German LiteratureorGER-307 German Literature and Film . . . . 3

Three (3) or more advanced courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

III. Spanish Minor(18 hours)SPA-200 Spanish III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3SPA-201 Spanish IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPA-300 Advanced Grammar

and CompositionorSPA-302 Writing and Translating

for the Professions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPA-320 Introduction to Spanish LiteratureorSPA-325 Introduction to Latin

American Literature . . . . . . . . . . . 3Two (2) additional courses at 300 level (one must be literature, one culture or phonetics) . . . . . . . . . . .6

Track B - Global PerspectiveIf you choose Track B - select four coursesCOM-252 Intercultural Communication . . . 3COM-393 International Communication . . . 3

GMS-180 International Dimensions of an Integrated World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

GMS-200 The Social Construction of a Global Society . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

GMS-201 The Politics of the Global Economy . .3

HIS-266 Modern Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIS-274 History of Russia since 1855 . . . . 3HIS-281 The Modern Middle East . . . . . . . 3HIS-283 Modern Latin America . . . . . . . . . 3HIS-286 Modern East Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIS-287 China in Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIS-288 African History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIS-289 History of Modern Japan . . . . . . . 3HIS-311 American Foreign Relations

since 1900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIS-312 History Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIS-350 20th Century Europe . . . . . . . . . . 3

IND-210 Global Encounters:A Cultural Experience By Travel . 3

LIT-312 20th Century Russian Literature . .3


35

LIT-313 Contemporary Russian Literature. 3MUS-312 The Arts Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

POL-215 Global Politics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3POL-216 Comparative Political Systems . . . 3POL-218 The Pacific Rim in the 21st Century . 3POL-219 Terrorism Revolution

and Political Violence . . . . . . . . . . 3POL-225 Nationalism in World Politics . . . 3POL-255 European Politics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3POL-315 Global Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3POL-320 Politics of the Middle East . . . . . . 3POL-350 U.S. Foreign and Security Policy . 3POL-365 Third World Politics . . . . . . . . . . . 3

SOC-270 Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC-271 Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC-311 Social and Cultural Change . . . . . 3SOC-341 Developing Societies . . . . . . . . . . . 3

THE-312 The Arts Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Any Foreign Language Elective . . 3

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENTHuman Resource Management (HRM) profes-sionals perform many vital business activities inorganizations. As both private and public sectororganizations have become more concernedabout such issues as legal compliance andensuring employee work behaviors are alignedwith strategic objectives, the demand for well-trained HRM professionals has increased great-ly. Practitioners in HRM are involved in a vari-ety of important, interesting, and challengingactivities. They establish and implement policiesthat affect such organizational functions asrecruitment, selection, training and develop-ment, performance management, compensa-tion and benefits. Additionally, HRM profes-sionals may be involved with human resourceplanning, job design and developing and imple-menting strategy. HRM professionals also takeon responsibility for making sure that all aspectsof organizational operations are in full compli-

ance with equal employment opportunity legis-lation and other relevant employment laws. OurHRM major provides a strong foundation forsuccessful careers in all of the above activities.

Requirements for the Major(18 semester hours)MGT-310 Introduction to Human Resource

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MGT-312 Introduction to Labor Relations . 3

PLUS four of the following courses, including atleast two of the first four listed: . . . . . . . . . 12

MGT-313 Legal Aspects of Human ResourceManagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MGT-316 Compensation Administration . . 3MGT-320 Managing Workforce Diversity . . 3MGT-336 Career Management . . . . . . . . . . . 3MGT-346 Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MGT-355 Team Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MGT-363 Management Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MGT-375 International Management . . . . . . 3MGT-441 Selected Topics in Human Resource

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MGT-490 Independent Research Study . . . . 3

An average of C or better is required in the 18semester credit hours required of the humanresource management major. Majors areencouraged to take MGT-492 Internship inHuman Resource Management as a business orfree elective.

MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIPThe manager’s job is an exciting and fast-pacedone that requires the ability to make decisionsquickly and facilitate the work of others. Themanagement and leadership major gives stu-dents the knowledge and skills they need tocompete in a rapidly changing global market-place. Firms of all sizes and in all fields needgood managers who know how to motivate sub-ordinates, manage teams, resolve conflicts, and


36

lead by example. Businesses want new employ-ees who can handle themselves as subordinates,supervisors, and team members. Whether stu-dents are looking for a position with a mediumto large organization or thinking of startingcompanies of their own, the management andleadership major provides the knowledge andskills they will need to be successful.

Requirements for the Major(18 semester hours)MGT-355 Team Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MGT-363 Management Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Plus four of the following courses . . . . . . . . 12MGT-310 Introduction to Human Resource

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MGT-320 Managing Workforce Diversity . . 3MGT-336 Career Management . . . . . . . . . . . 3MGT-346 Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MGT-348 Small Business Management . . . . 3MGT-375 International Management . . . . . . 3MGT-421 Selected Topics in Management

and Organizational Behavior . . . . 3MGT-448 Seminar in Small

Business Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . 3MGT-490 Independent Research and Study . 3

An average grade of C or better is required inthe 18 semester credit hours that are requiredfor the management and leadership major.Majors are encouraged to take MGT-491Internship in Management and Leadership as abusiness or free elective.

MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP ANDHUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DOU-BLE MAJORRequirements for the Double Major(30 semester hours)MGT-310 Introduction to Human Resource

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MGT-312 Introduction to Labor Relations . .3MGT-355 Team Management . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MGT-363 Management Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Plus six of the following courses, including atleast two of the first four listed . . . . . . . . . .18

MGT-313 Legal Aspects of Human ResourceManagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

MGT-316 Compensation Administration . . .3MGT-320 Managing Workforce Diversity . . .3MGT-336 Career Management . . . . . . . . . . . .3MGT-346 Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MGT-348 Small Business Management . . . . 3MGT-375 International Management . . . . . . 3MGT-421 Selected Topics in Management

and Organizational Behavior . . . . 3or 441 Selected Topics in Human Resource

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3(either 421 or 441 can be taken, notboth)

MGT-448 Seminar in Small Business Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MGT-490 Independent Research Study . . . . 3

An average grade of C or better is required inthe 30 semester credit hours that are requiredfor the management and leadership and humanresource management double major. Majors areencouraged to take either MGT-491 Internshipin Management and Leadership OR MGT-492Internship in Human Resource Management asa business or free elective.

MARKETINGThe marketing major prepares students for abroad array of careers in such fields as sales,retailing, promotion, distribution, customerservice, marketing research, and others. Possibleemployment opportunities can be found withprofit or nonprofit and public or private organ-izations marketing goods or services to con-sumers, businesses or other organizations.Requirements for the Major(18 semester hours)MKT-366 Marketing Research . . . . . . . . . . . .3MKT-460 Marketing Management Seminar .3

Four additional courses from the following listare required for the major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12


37

MKT-305 Social Issues in Marketing . . . . . . .3MKT-310 Business to Business Marketing . .3MKT-320 Consumer Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . .3MKT-330 International Marketing . . . . . . . . .3MKT-335 Advertising Principles . . . . . . . . . .3MKT-340 Personal Selling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MKT-350 Retailing Management . . . . . . . . . .3MKT-406 Marketing Research Project . . . . . 3MKT-410 Advertising Copy and Layout . . . . 3MKT-420 Media Planning and Strategy . . . . 3MKT-440 Sales Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MKT-469 Selected Topics in Marketing . . . . 3

Students interested in retailing usuallychoose: MKT-320–Consumer Behavior,350–Retailing Management, and 440–SalesManagement.

Students interested in business to businessmarketing usually choose: MKT-310–Businessto Business Marketing, 340–Personal Selling,and 440–Sales Management.

Students interested in marketing researchusually choose: MKT-320–Consumer Behavior,366–Marketing Research, and 406–MarketingResearch Project.

For graduation, students must achieve anoverall GPA of 2.0 or higher in the major, withno course grade less than C-. Majors are encour-aged to take additional courses offered by thedepartment of marketing to satisfy business andfree elective requirements.

Global Business Concentration (12 credit hours)The global business concentration is available toany CBA student interested in acquiringincreased competence about global businessand trade.

Students need to take at least four global busi-ness electives from the following set of courses:

List A: (no more than two courses from any onedepartment may be counted toward the require-ments for a concentration in global business)BUS-375 International Business LawBUS-490 Independent Research and Study

ECO-305 International Trade and InvestmentECO-315 Comparative Economic SystemsECO-365 The Post-Soviet Economy

and U.S. BusinessFIN-308 International FinanceMGT-375 International ManagementMKT-330 International MarketingList B: (only one of the three courses below maybe counted among the four required courses:)BUS-492 Global Business Internship

(3 credit hours)CBA-315 Global Business Study TourCBA-490 Independent Study: Global Business

Study Abroad program (CBA-310,CBA-311, CBA-312, CBA-313)

For further details concerning the global busi-ness concentration or global business major,please see the director of global business pro-grams.

Entrepreneurial Studies (ES) ConcentrationThe ES concentration is an option for any busi-ness student desiring to focus on starting a newventure, or working in a small or family firmenvironment.

The ES concentration requires four businessadministration courses as outlined below(courses to be counted as either major, businessor free electives):

1. MGT-348 Small Business Management

2. Three of the following courses:MGT-448 Seminar in Small

Business ConsultingBUS-410 New Venture PlanningCBA-220 Minding Our BusinessBUS-214 Advanced Business LawCIS-272 End User ComputingorCIS-340 E-CommerceACC-335 Small Business TaxationMKT-350 Retailing ManagementFIN-350 Entrepreneurial FinanceCBA-350 Family Business Management


38

Minor Programs

ADVERTISING(Available to communication majors only)Requirements for the Minor(30 semester hours)COM-100 Mass Media Communications . . .3COM-212 Publication Design . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-240 Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-302 Communication Ethics . . . . . . . . .3MKT-200 Marketing Principles . . . . . . . . . . .3MKT-320 Consumer Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . .3MKT-335 Advertising Principles . . . . . . . . . .3MKT-410 Advertising Copy and Layout . . . .3MKT-420 Media Planning and Strategy . . . .3MKT-435 Advertising Campaigns . . . . . . . . .3

GENERAL BUSINESS(Available to non-business majors only)Requirements for the Minor(24 semester hours)MSD-105 Quantitative Methods for Business .3orMTH-210 Calculus IMSD-200 Statistical Methods I . . . . . . . . . . . .3

(One of the following may be substituted:PSY-205 Statistics and ComputersGEO-200 Statistical and ComputerApplications in the Natural Sciences,MTH-120 Introduction to Applied Statistics)

ECO-200 Macroeconomics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3or 201 MicroeconomicsACC-210 Principles of Financial Accounting3MGT-201 Fundamentals of Management and

Organizational Behavior . . . . . . . .3MKT-200 Marketing Principles . . . . . . . . . . .3BUS-300 Social and Legal Environment

of Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3FIN-300 Introduction to Finance . . . . . . . . .3

A minimum of six courses must be taken inbusiness administration and students mustachieve a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the minor.

SALES MANAGEMENT FOR NON-BUSINESSMAJORS(Available to all non-business majors)(21 semester hours)MSD-105 Quantitative Methods I . . . . . . . . .3orMTH-105 Algebra & TrigonometryENV-200 Statistical & Computer

Applications in the NaturalSciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

orMSD-200 Statistical Methods IorMTH-120 Introduction to Applied

StatisticsPSY-205 Statistics & ExperimentationMKT-200 Marketing Principles . . . . . . . . . . .3MKT-340 Personal Selling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MKT-440 Sales Management . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Two of the following elective classes:HTH-205 Introduction to the

Healthcare SectorMKT-310 Business to Business MarketingMKT-335 Advertising PrinciplesMKT-350 Retailing Management . . . . . . . . . .6

HEALTH ADMINISTRATION MINOR(21-24 semester hours)Required courses for business majorsHTH 205 Introduction to the Health

Care Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3ECO-336 Economics of the Health

Care Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3BUS- 315 Health Care Law, Ethics & Policy .3orBIO-206 The Pharmaceutical Industry . . . .3

HTH-450 Seminar in Health Research . . . . . .3 orHTH-491 Health Administration Internship 3


39

Required courses for non-business majorsHTH-205 Introduction to the Health

Care Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3ECO-336 Economics of the Health

Care Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MGT-201 Fund of Management &

Organizational Behavior . . . . . . . .3MKT-200 Marketing Principles . . . . . . . . . . .3

BUS-315 Health Care Law, Ethics and Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

orBIO-206 The Pharmaceutical Industry . . . .3

HTH-450 Seminar in Health Research . . . . . .3 orHTH-491 Health Administration Internship 3

All health administration minors will selectone course from the following menu:

Science/PsychologyBIO-100 Life Science: Human EmphasisBIO-101 Life Science: Cell Biology and

GeneticsBIO-106 Life Science: Human Disease BIO-108 Life Science: Biology of Human

AgingBIO-110 Life Science: Inquiry ApproachBIO-115 Principles of Biology: Evolution,

Diversity, Biology of AnimalsBIO- 221 Human Anatomy & Physiology IBPY-107 Life Science: BiopsychologyBPY-275 Behavioral NeuroscienceCHE-115 Chemistry and Contemporary

SocietyPSY-220 Abnormal PsychologyPSY-365 Drugs and Human BehaviorPSY-374 Psychology of the FamilyPSY-382 Aging, the Brain and Cognition

Business majors select two, and non-businessmajors select one from the following menu:

Social Science/BusinessAMS-304 Technology and Science in AmericaBIO-206* The Pharmaceutical IndustryPHL-202 Social PhilosophyPHL-304 Medical EthicsSOC-346 Health Care and SocietySOC-347 Aging and the ElderlySOC-350 Social PolicySOW-200 Social Services and Social Work

BUS-315* Health. Care Law, Ethics and PolicyECO-335 Economics of the Public SectorMGT-310 Intro to Human Resource

Management* These courses may not be used to fulfill two

different categories. If both courses are taken, one will count toward required category and second will count toward the business and social science category.

notes

40

Education andHuman Services

41

education and human services

42

Since 1913, the School of Education at RiderUniversity has made a difference, respondingwith imagination to the education profession bypreparing graduates for the opportunities andchallenges of teaching.

Committed to excellence, the School ofEducation keeps all its programs relevant to thechanging needs of students, the professionalcommunities it serves, and society by anticipat-ing those needs and taking measures to meetthem. This commitment to excellence is basedon the belief that today’s teacher must be able todemonstrate sensitivity to students, familiaritywith curriculum, and a thorough knowledge ofsubject matter and the learning process.

Rider University teacher preparation pro-grams are grounded in current research onlearning, curriculum, teaching, and exemplarypractice of reflective teachers.

Rider University prepares teachers whounderstand:

• that learning involves the active constructionof knowledge through posing questions,exploring materials, and testing ideas;

• that this learning may take place in coopera-tive learning groups as well as individuallearning activities;

• that teaching is not just the performance ofvarious learned strategies and methods but areflective process of observation, delibera-tion and assessment throughout one’s career;

• that all curriculum content is interrelatedand often is learned best in integrated or the-matic units of study;

• that assessment and teaching are dynamicprocesses that go hand in hand;

• and that curriculum and teaching must beresponsive to the culture, class, gender andstrengths, needs, past experiences, and inter-ests of individual students.

When students enroll in the School ofEducation, they have the opportunity to workwith a professor during their time at Rider whowill personally advise them and assist them indeveloping their specific programs. In their

classes they will work directly with members ofthe faculty who have been successful practition-ers in their respective fields. Students enrolled inthe Rider teacher preparation programs receivestructured experiences working with children,teachers, school administrators, and communi-ty agencies.

Each undergraduate education course istaught in conjunction with a semester-long fieldexperience in a public school in which studentswork with an experienced classroom teacherand a Rider professor two half-days a week.Over the course of his or her professional prepa-ration, each student is placed in a variety ofgrade levels in both urban and suburbanschools.

In the sophomore year, students work asteacher assistants. They observe and help con-duct learning activities that the teacher hasplanned. In the junior year, students continue toobserve and assist but also plan for and teachindividuals, small groups, and full classes. In thesenior year, students complete an entire semes-ter of full-time student teaching.

The future offers unique challenges andopportunities for teacher education students.Education welcomes those students who wantto make a difference in their own lives and thelives of others. The program prepares studentsto learn how to affect change in an ever-chang-ing world.

Mission

The School of Education prepares undergradu-ate and graduate students for professionalcareers in education, organizations, and agen-cies in the diverse American society. The Schoolof Education fosters the intellectual, personal,and social development of each student for achanging world by creating and providing pro-grams that embody the highest academic andprofessional standards.


43

The School of Education develops studentswho are committed, knowledgeable, and reflec-tive and who value service, ethical behavior, andthe improvement of one’s self and profession.The School of Education promotes a climate ofscholarly inquiry, high expectations for achieve-ment, and best professional practices whileestablishing beneficial relationships with thepublic and exchanging relevant ideas and serv-ices that speak to emerging needs.

This Mission Statement is based on theConceptual Framework of the School ofEducation. The Framework can be accessed onthe School of Education Website.

Accreditation

All teacher preparation programs offered by theSchool of Education are approved by the NewJersey State Department of Education usingstandards of the National Association of StateDirectors of Teacher Education andCertification (NASDTEC). In addition, teacherpreparation programs are accredited by theNational Council for the Accreditation ofTeacher Education (NCATE), the highestaccreditation possible in teacher education. Thishelps our graduates as they seek employmentnationwide.

In the United States nearly 1,500 colleges anduniversities offer teacher education but onlyabout 550 are NCATE accredited. In New Jerseyonly seven of about 25 colleges and universitieshave NCATE accreditation; Rider is the onlyprivate institution to do so.

Degrees

At the undergraduate level, the School ofEducation offers three degree programs. Thedegrees are: (1) B.S. in Education, with a majorin comprehensive business education; (2) B.A.in Elementary Education, with a major in ele-mentary education (including minors in early

childhood education and special education); (3)B.A. in Secondary Education, with majors inEnglish, mathematics, science, social studies,and world language (French, German, Spanish).

Admission

Admission to the School of Education placesgreat responsibility upon students. In enrolling,students enter into a relationship with instruc-tors and fellow students in which there areshared responsibilities. Students are expected todisplay a commitment to study and to initiateintellectual pursuits. Further, students areexpected to recognize that learning involvesbringing interests, enthusiasm, curiosity, andreflection to their work. The experiences thatunfold during class meetings should be consid-ered opportunities for personal growth andlearning. These opportunities are by no meanslimited to the classroom but include work in thefield and on campus as well.

Teacher Education Program Design

Self-DevelopmentIn the freshman year, emphasis is placed ondeveloping those basic skills that enable aprospective teacher to become a scholar and toengage successfully in college-level studies. Inaddition a specially designed freshman seminarhelps the student adjust to college life.

Studies Undergirding Teaching andLearningEarly experience through courses in the socialsciences and behavioral studies emphasizingpsychology provide an important scholarlyfoundation for educational practice. In addi-tion, college-level study of subjects related to thestudent’s teaching field is an important elementin this phase of the teacher education program.


44

Selective Retention in Teacher EducationEducation students must demonstrate compe-tence in their academic work to continue in theteacher preparation program. Competence isassessed in a variety of ways and at different lev-els. Sophomore education students must main-tain a 2.5 cumulative average in all courses takenat Rider. Students must also receive a grade ofC+ or higher in all education courses. It is theindividual student’s responsibility to re-take anyeducation course in which a grade lower thanC+ has been earned. The GPA requirement foradmission to junior level education courses is2.75. Students will be permitted to undertakestudent teaching only if they have received C+or higher in all education courses and have acumulative GPA of at least 2.8.

The undergraduate education departmentalso reviews the professional development of allstudents to ensure that they meet departmentalstandards for professional conduct and that theyshow promise of success in teaching. Thisreview is in addition to the grade requirementslisted above; in addition, the elementary educa-tion program requires passing the Praxis IWriting, Praxis I Math, and Praxis ContestKnowledge tests prior to registration in junior-level courses. As appropriate, students who failto meet the department’s standards will becounseled on ways to improve their perform-ance or asked to leave the program.

Teacher Certification and PlacementTeacher candidates are recommended for certi-fication only when they have: (1) successfullycompleted all course requirements of a particu-lar program; and (2) successfully demonstratedcontinued competence, aptitude, motivation,and potential for outstanding success in teach-ing. Students must have attained at least a C+ instudent teaching along with a cumulative GPAof 2.75. It should be noted that for New Jerseycertification (and many other states as well) it isnecessary to pass the appropriate Praxis Seriesexam, formerly called the National TeacherExamination or NTE. Consult the certification

office in Memorial Hall 116 for further details.Graduates who have completed all the

requirements of an approved program inteacher education are eligible to receive, uponpassing a Praxis Series test of academic knowl-edge related to the field of certification, a NewJersey Certificate of Eligibility with AdvancedStanding. The Certificate of Eligibility withAdvanced Standing is valid for the lifetime of itsholder. It authorizes the holder to seek andaccept offers of employment in New Jerseyschools. New Jersey has directed other states toaccept the Certificate of Eligibility withAdvanced Standing as evidence of completionof an approved college teacher education pro-gram. In New Jersey, a Provisional Certificatewill be issued to those who receive offers ofemployment from school districts. TheProvisional Certificate is a temporary license,valid for one year. It authorizes the holder toserve as a salaried teacher, and to perform allteaching duties within the endorsement fieldunder the supervision of a district supportteam. Later the New Jersey Standard Certificatewill be issued to those who serve for one yearunder the Provisional Certificate and who arerecommended as approved by their school prin-cipal based on evaluations of the provisionallycertified teacher’s classroom performance, con-ducted by the principal and other certified eval-uators.

Students seeking out-of-state certificationwill find that completing a NCATE approvedprogram will enable them to become certifiedimmediately in many states. Since each state hasits own requirements for teacher certification, itis wise for students to contact the certificationoffice (Memorial Hall 116) for assistance indetermining out-of-state certification require-ments and state reciprocity agreements.


45

Transfer Requests

Students transferring from other institutionsare encouraged to become familiar with theeducation programs. Transcripts are reviewed interms of Rider’s program requirements, and thisreview is made available to prospective students.

Students enrolled in other colleges at Riderwho wish to transfer into education programsmust file a written request with the chair of thedepartment of teacher education. Before formaladmission is effected, personal interviews maybe scheduled with faculty.

Degree Programs

Rider’s education programs in teacher prepara-tion combine classroom study with laboratoryand field experiences to help students develop ahigh degree of professional expertise andbecome generally well educated. All undergrad-uate baccalaureate degree programs requirebroad liberal studies and concentrated study insubjects related to the program specialization.

Elementary Education (B.A.)To develop into learned and professionallyskilled early childhood and elementary schoolteachers, students engage in studies that providean academic background for those subjects theywill be teaching. Elementary education majorsselect a liberal arts discipline in which they ful-fill the requirements for the major. The fulfill-ment of these requirements, together with gen-eral studies courses, provides a substantial liber-al studies background as well as a foundationfor professional development.

Listed below are the general studies require-ments and the professional education require-ments.

Please see the School of Liberal Arts andSciences chapter for requirements for the sec-ond major or the College of Continuing Studieschapter, bachelor of arts in liberal studies,marine ecology emphasis.

General Studies and AcademicMajor Requirements(96-99 semester hours minimum)PSY-100 Introduction to Psychology . . . . . .3PSY-230 Developmental Psychology: Child 3COM-104 Speech Communication . . . . . . . . .3

English writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Fine Arts appreciation elective . . .3Fine Arts studio elective . . . . . . . . .3History elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Literature elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Mathematics elective . . . . . . . . . . .3Science electives (one lab) . . . . . . .7Social science elective . . . . . . . . . . .3Technology elective . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

EDU-010 Cohort seminar(1 Supplemental Education Unit)General studies electives (variesaccording to second major) . . .6-16Requirements of a selected academicmajor, (varies according to major) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34-56

Professional Education(30 semester hours)Sophomore-level introductory professionalcourses with associated field experiences:EDU-106 Contexts of Schooling . . . . . . . . . .3EDU-206 Developmental Educational

Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Junior-level curriculum and instructioncourses, including Reading, with associat-ed field experiences:ELD-307 Emergent Literacy P-3 . . . . . . . . . .3ELD-308 Fostering Language and Literacy

Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3ELD-375 Teaching Math, N-8 . . . . . . . . . . . .3ELD-376 Teaching Science, Social Studies and

the Arts, N-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3


46

Senior-level professional semester includ-ing full-time student teaching:EDU-465 Student Teaching and Seminar . .12

Interdisciplinary Minor in SpecialEducationThe Interdisciplinary Minor in SpecialEducation is designed for Rider Universityundergraduate students who are enrolled as ele-mentary education majors with a second majorin psychology. In addition to the coursesrequired for the elementary education major,students enrolled in the minor program arerequired to take a specific sequence of courseswithin the psychology major. The followingcourses, designed to teach concepts and applica-tions in special education, are also required:SPE-201 Inclusion and Students with

DisabilitiesSPE-202 Community Resources for

Students with DisabilitiesSPE-301 Assessment for Instruction in

Special EducationSPE-302 Instructional Practices for

Children with DisabilitiesStudents enrolled in the interdisciplinary

minor in special education are required tomaintain a GPA of 2.75. The prescribedsequence of courses fulfill the requirements fora New Jersey Endorsement for Teacher of theHandicapped. Graduates of this dual licensureprogram also receive certification in elementaryeducation.

Early Childhood/Elementary DualLicensure ProgramThe Early Childhood/Elementary DualLicensure Program leads to two teaching certifi-cates: Preschool through third grade (P-3) andElementary (Kindergarten through eighthgrade). In addition to the professional educa-tion courses required of elementary educationstudents, students in this dual licensure pro-gram are required to take:

ECE-322 Observation and Assessment inEarly Childhood Education

ECE-440 Early Childhood Curriculum andTeaching Internship

SOC-348 Human Service OrganizationsPSY-374 Psychology of the Family orSOC-205 The Family

This 132-semester hour program is availableto any student who maintains a 2.75 GPA andmeets all other requirements for admission andretention in the elementary education program.

Certificate in TechnologyStudents enrolled in education who successfullycomplete nine (9) credits in technology-basedcourses are eligible for the Certificate inTechnology indicating proficiency in instruc-tional technology. The certificate is obtainedfrom the chair of the department.

Bilingual EducationCertification in bilingual education is availableto elementary education majors and secondaryeducation majors who upon completion of theprogram have demonstrated competence inboth English and another language. Candidatesfor this certification will complete:

Multicultural studies electives . . . .3EDU-262 Teaching in the Bilingual/Immersion

Classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3EDU-320 Inst. Linguistics and Second

Language Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . .3EDU-460 Educating and Evaluating the

Bilingual Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Bilingual field experiences are required.Language proficiency evaluations are required.

Secondary Education (B.A.)Preparation to teach a particular academic sub-ject is accomplished through a program requir-ing completion of the major requirements ofthe appropriate liberal arts or science major,general studies, and professional educationmajor requirements.


47

ENGLISH EDUCATIONGeneral Studies and AcademicMajor Requirements(96-99 semester hours)PSY-100 Introduction to Psychology . . . . . .3COM-104 Speech Communication . . . . . . . . .3IND-350 Masterworks of World Literature .3

Developmental Psychology elective .3English writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-9Science elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Theatre elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Philosophy elective . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Journalism or media elective . . . . .3Mathematics elective . . . . . . . . . . .3History elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Social science elective . . . . . . . . . . .3Creative writing elective . . . . . . . . .3Technology elective(s) . . . . . . . . . .3Fine arts elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3General studies electives . . . . . . . .12

EDU-010 Cohort seminar . . .(1 SupplementalEducation Unit)

Requirements for the English Major(36 semester hours)See the requirements for English literature orEnglish writing major listed in the School ofLiberal Arts and Sciences chapter, page 73-74.


Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Junior- and senior-level curriculum andinstruction courses with associated fieldexperiences:SED-370 Teaching in the High School . . . . .3ELD-308 Fostering Language and Literacy

Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3SED-400 Teaching English Language Arts in

Secondary Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . .3SED-431 Content Area Reading and Writing .3

Senior-level professional semester includ-ing full-time student teaching:EDU-465 Student Teaching and Seminar . .12

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGECertification in English as a second language(ESL) is available to elementary and secondaryeducation majors. It may be achieved by anadditional 3-6 semester hours by majors inEnglish or foreign language (French, German orSpanish). All candidates for this certificationwill complete:

Multicultural studies electives . . . .3EDU-320 Instructional Linguistics and Second

Language Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . .3SED-420 Teaching a Second Language . . . .3EDU-460 Educating and Evaluating the

Bilingual Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3English as a Second Language field experi-

ences are required.English proficiency evaluations are required.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION (French)General Studies and Academic Major(96-99 semester hours minimum)PSY-100 Introduction to Psychology . . . . . .3COM-104 Speech Communication . . . . . . . . .3SOC-110 Anthropology: The Cross-Cultural

Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Developmental Psychology elective .3English writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-9Linguistic elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3English elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3History (related to major) . . . . . . .3Mathematics elective . . . . . . . . . . .3Philosophy elective . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Technology elective . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Science elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3General studies electives . . . . . .0-12Basic foreign language courses*0-12



48

Requirements for the French Major(24 semester hours beyond French IV and 12semester hours in collateral liberal arts courses.)

See the requirements for the French majorlisted in the School of Liberal Arts and Scienceschapter, page 77.

Professional Education Courses(30 semester hours)Sophomore-level introductory professionalcourses with associated field experiences:EDU-106 Contexts of Schooling . . . . . . . . . .3EDU-206 Developmental Educational

Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Junior- and senior-level curriculum andinstruction courses with associated fieldexperiences:EDU-320 Instructional Linguistics and Second

Language Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . .3SED-370 Teaching in the High School . . . . .3SED-420 Teaching a Second Language . . . . .3SED-431 Content Area Reading and Writing .3

Senior-level courses including full-timestudent teaching:EDU-465 Student Teaching and Seminar . .12

*Students with advanced standing in French take liberal arts electives.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION (German)General Studies and Academic Major(96-99 semester hours minimum)PSY-100 Introduction to Psychology . . . . . .3COM-104 Speech Communication . . . . . . . . .3SOC-110 Anthropology: The Cross-Cultural

Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Developmental Psychology elective .3English writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-9Linguistic elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3English elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3History (related to major) . . . . . . .3Mathematics elective . . . . . . . . . . .3Philosophy elective . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Technology elective . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Science elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3General studies electives . . . . . . .0-9Basic foreign language courses*0-12


Requirements for the German Major(24 semester hours beyond German IV and 12semester hours in collateral liberal arts courses.)See the requirements for the German major list-ed in the School of Liberal Arts and Scienceschapter, page 78.


Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3




*Students with advanced standing in German take liberal arts electives.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION (Spanish)General Studies and Academic Major(96-99 semester hours minimum)+PSY-100 Introduction to Psychology . . . . . .3COM-104 Speech Communication . . . . . . . . .3

Developmental Psychology elective .3English writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-9Linguistics elective . . . . . . . . . . . . .3History elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3


49

Mathematics elective . . . . . . . . . . .3Philosophy elective . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Technology elective . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Science elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3General studies electives . . . . . . .0-9Basic foreign language courses*0-12

EDU-010 Cohort seminar . . .(1 Supplemental Education Unit)

Requirements for the Spanish Major(30 semester hours beyond the Spanish 200 levelcourses and 12 semester hours in collateral lib-eral arts courses.)

See the requirements for the Spanish majorlisted in the School of Liberal Arts and Scienceschapter, page 79.


Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3




*Students with advanced standing in Spanish take liberal arts elective.

+Study abroad may substitute for some ofthese courses.

MATHEMATICS EDUCATIONGeneral Studies and Academic Major(96-99 semester hours)PSY-100 Introduction to Psychology . . . . . .3COM-104 Speech Communication . . . . . . . . .3

Developmental Psychology elective .3English writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-9Social science elective . . . . . . . . . . .3History elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Fine Arts elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Literature elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Philosophy elective . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Technology elective . . . . . . . . . . . . .3General studies electives . . . . . . . .13


Requirements for the Major(50 semester hours)See the requirements for the mathematics majorlisted in the School of Liberal Arts and Scienceschapter, page 91.

Professional Education Requirements(30 semester hours)Sophomore-level introductory professionalcourses with associated field experiences:EDU-106 Contexts of Schooling . . . . . . . . . .3EDU-206 Developmental Educational

Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Junior- and senior-level curriculum andinstruction courses with associated expe-riences:SED-370 Teaching in the High School . . . . .3ELD-375 Teaching Math N-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . .3SED-415 Teaching Mathematics in Secondary

Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3SED-431 Content Area Reading

and Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3



50

SCIENCE EDUCATION (BIOLOGY)General Studies(33-36 semester hours)PSY-100 Introduction to Psychology* . . . . .3COM-104 Speech Communication . . . . . . . . .3

Developmental Psychology elective .3English writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-9Social science elective . . . . . . . . . . .3Fine Arts elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3History elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Literature elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Philosophy elective . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Technology elective . . . . . . . . . . . . .3


Requirements for the Major(64-66 semester hours minimum)See the requirements for the biology major list-ed in the School of Liberal Arts and Scienceschapter, page 66.


Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Junior-and senior-level curriculum andinstruction courses with associated fieldexperiences:SED-370 Teaching in the High School . . . . .3ELD-376 Teaching Science, Social Studies, and

the Arts, N-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3SED-410 Teaching Science in Secondary

Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3SED-431 Content Area Reading and Writing .3


SCIENCE EDUCATION (CHEMISTRY)General Studies(33-36 semester hours)PSY-100 Introduction to Psychology . . . . . .3COM-104 Speech Communication . . . . . . . . .3



Requirements for the Major(66 semester hours)See the requirements for the chemistry majorlisted in School of Liberal Arts and Scienceschapter, page 69.


Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Junior- and senior-level curriculum andinstruction courses with associated fieldexperiences:SED-370 Teaching in the High School . . . . .3ELD-376 Teaching Science, Social Studies,

and the Arts, N-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3SED-410 Teaching Science in Secondary




51

SCIENCE EDUCATION (GEOSCIENCES)General Studies(33-36 semester hours)PSY-100 Introduction to Psychology . . . . . .3COM-104 Speech Communication . . . . . . . . .3



Requirements for the Major(65-69 semester hours minimum)See the requirements for the geosciences majorlisted in the School of Liberal Arts and Scienceschapter, page 83.

Professional Education Requirements(30 semester hours)Sophomore-level introductory professionalcourses with associated field experiences:EDU-106 Contexts of Schooling . . . . . . . . . .3EDU-206 Developmental Educational

Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Junior- and senior-level curriculum andinstruction courses with associated fieldexperiences:SED-370 Teaching in the High School . . . . .3ELD-376 Teaching Science, Social Studies, and

the Arts, N-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3SED-410 Teaching Science in Secondary



SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATIONGeneral Studies(60-63 semester hours)COM-104 Speech Communication . . . . . . . . .3POL-100 Introduction to American Politics 3PSY-100 Introduction to Psychology . . . . . .3SOC-101 Sociological Imagination . . . . . . . .3GEO-100 Physical Geology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3ECO-200 Principles of Macroeconomics . . .3

Developmental psychology elective .3English writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-9Science elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Mathematics elective . . . . . . . . . . .3World History elective . . . . . . . . . .3U.S. History I and II . . . . . . . . . . . .6Philosophy elective . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Technology elective . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Art perspective elective . . . . . . . . . .3General studies electives . . . . . . . . .6

EDU-010 Cohort seminar . .(1 Supplemental Education Unit)

Option one:Requirements for the MajorSee the requirements for the history major list-ed in the School of Liberal Arts and Scienceschapter, page 88.

Option two:Complete a social studies major that includesthe following:(36 semester hours)Five courses in one social science discipline

(philosophy, political science, psychology,or sociology), including a research course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Regional history (Latin America, Near East, FarEast, or Africa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Social science electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15


52

Professional Education Requirements(30 semester hours)Sophomore-level introductory professionalcourses with associated field experiencesEDU-106 Contexts of Schooling . . . . . . . . . .3EDU-206 Developmental Educational

Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Junior- and senior-level curriculum andinstruction courses with associated fieldexperiencesSED-370 Teaching in the High School . . . . .3ELD-376 Teaching Science, Social Studies, and

the Arts, N-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3SED-405 Teaching Social Studies in Secondary



Psychology Teacher PreparationThis program specialization prepares studentsto become certified teachers of psychology. It isavailable to students enrolled in the elementaryor social studies education programs. Studentsmust elect psychology or social studies as thesecond major accompanying the educationmajor and take the appropriate psychologyinternship (PSY-480: Field Work Internships inPsychology).

Business Education (B.S. in Education)

COMPREHENSIVE BUSINESS EDUCATION,MARKETING EDUCATION, AND COOPERA-TIVE EDUCATION COORDINATORGeneral Studies(48-51 semester hours)COM-104 Speech Communication . . . . . . . . .3ECO-200 Principles of Macroeconomics . . .3ECO-201 Principles of Microeconomics . . . .3

Developmental psychology elective .3English writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-9Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3General studies electives . . . . . . . . .9


Requirements for the Major(48 semester hours)BED-110 Alphabetic Shorthand . . . . . . . . . .3BUS-210 Introduction to Law: Contracts . . .3MKT-200 Marketing Principles . . . . . . . . . . .3MGT-348 Small Business Management . . . . .3BED-445 Cooperative Work Experience . . . .3MGT-201 Fundamentals of Management and

Organizational Behavior . . . . . . . .3ENG-317 Electronic Writers Workshop . . . . .3orENG-316 Theories of Writing and Tutoring .3orENG-321 Workplace Writing: Business and

Professional Contexts . . . . . . . . . . .3MGT-336 Career Management . . . . . . . . . . . .3orMGT-355 Team Management . . . . . . . . . . . . .3orMGT-363 Management Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . .3


53

MKT-320 Consumer Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . .3orMKT-340 Personal Selling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Technology electives . . . . . . . . . . .12

Professional Education(30 semester hours)EDU-106 Contexts of Schooling . . . . . . . . . .3EDU-206 Developmental Educational

Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3SED-370 Teaching in the High School . . . . .3BED-410 Principles and Strategies of

Vocational and CooperativeEducation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

BED-415 Teaching Business Subjects . . . . . .3SED-431 Content Area Reading and Writing .3EDU-465 Student Teaching and Seminar . .12

notes

54

Liberal Arts andSciences

55

liberal arts and sciences

56

ChoicesThat’s what Liberal Arts and Sciences is allabout. Whatever future occupation a studentmay envision, there is a program to fit the need.The School of Liberal Arts and Sciences allowsstudents an opportunity to explore differentarenas before settling on a major. And the grad-uates prove just how diverse the liberal arts pro-gram is. Bankers, journalists, lawyers andauthors have all received degrees in liberal artsand sciences.

Liberal arts majors benefit from a flexibleprogram that allows students to concentratewithin their field of study. Communication stu-dents, for example, can opt for a news-editorial,public relations, multimedia communication,business and professional communication,interpersonal communication, or radio and tel-evision track.

And learning from a faculty as diverse as theprogram also broadens the students’ education.The faculty, 99 percent of whom hold doctoraldegrees, offer a wide range of experience andacademic backgrounds. Some are publishedwriters and professional actors, while others arepoliticians and journalists.

If, however, a student is certain science is theproper path to take, Liberal Arts and Sciences isstill the place to be. State-of-the-art facilitiesand a faculty that brings national research intothe classroom take science out of the textbookand into the students’ hands.

The Science and Technology Center houseslaboratories that are used by students in all sci-ence majors for research with faculty. Themarine sciences program takes Rider students toMaine, Florida, Bermuda, and Roatan,Honduras.

The faculty are involved in some of the mostexciting research in the country and receivemajor grants funded from nationally recognizedorganizations. Working in conjunction withthese professors, undergraduate students willconduct their own research in such ground-breaking fields as cancer and AIDS research,plant breeding and genetics and work in super-

conductivity and materials research. Often, thiswork leads to publication in worldwide scientif-ic journals.

Whether a student is looking for a broad-based liberal arts education, or ready to devotefour years to the sciences, liberal arts and sci-ences has what students want.

Choices

Mission

The School of Liberal Arts and Sciences seeks toencourage students to develop a broad under-standing and appreciation of the main areas ofhuman knowledge and values. It seeks toaccomplish this goal by means of a well-definedcore curriculum and clearly defined and freelychosen specialized majors. Its central objectivesare to provide preprofessional competence inthe liberal arts and sciences and to prepare thestudent for a lifetime of learning that is respon-sive to change. The student is introduced to dis-ciplines that provide the basis for a criticalassessment of the value of change, and to thechanges in knowledge and values that affecthuman life and institutional structures.

Students must choose a major field and regis-ter for it in the office of the dean before thecompletion of 60 credits. When the major isdeclared, each student is assigned a permanentfaculty advisor in the chosen field, who providescourse selection advice. Before a major isdeclared, a student is assigned a specially desig-nated, university studies advisor, who guides thestudent in the eventual selection of an appropri-ate major.

All students in the School of Liberal Arts andSciences must meet with their advisors, at leastonce a semester, during the course selectionperiod. Students must obtain their advisor’s sig-nature on their course request forms.

Students in good academic standing mayreceive permission from the office of the dean toenroll as double majors, or as minors, providedthey first seek and receive the approval of thedepartments concerned. Such students will be


57

expected to meet all the requirements of eachmajor, or of the minor, and will be assigned anadvisor in each department.

Undergraduate DepartmentsThe following are the departments of the Schoolof Liberal Arts and Sciences: biology, chemistry,biochemistry and physics, communication,English, fine arts, foreign languages and litera-tures, geological and marine sciences, history,mathematics, philosophy, political science, psy-chology, and sociology.

DegreesThe Bachelor of Arts degree is awarded to stu-dents satisfactorily completing requirements inthe following disciplines: American studies,communication, economics, English, fine arts,French, German, global and multinational stud-ies, history, journalism, mathematics, philoso-phy, physics, political science, psychology,Russian, sociology, and Spanish.

The Bachelor of Science degree is awarded tostudents satisfactorily completing requirementsin the following disciplines: biochemistry, biol-ogy, biopsychology, chemistry, environmentalscience, geosciences, and marine sciences.

Graduation RequirementsAll students majoring in disciplines in theSchool of Liberal Arts and Sciences (SLAS) mustcomplete satisfactorily 120 credits, at least 99 ofwhich must be within SLAS. The remainingcredits may be taken in courses approved by anyother school or college of Rider. The last 30credits must be taken at Rider.

For graduation, all students must have a 2.0cumulative average. They must have at least a2.0 cumulative average in the major, in all liber-al arts and sciences courses, and, if applicable, inthe second major or minor. All students mustfulfill the core curriculum requirements.

The Core CurriculumThe core curriculum is designed to provide anintegrated approach to the study of the liberalarts. The curriculum examines a single themefrom a variety of perspectives, emphasizing therelationships of knowledge and values andrespect for different points of view.

The core applies to all students matriculatedin SLAS. It is expected that the core curriculumrequirements will be completed by the end ofthe sophomore year. Courses taken as part ofthe core cannot be used to fulfill requirementsof a major or a minor unless a department per-mits it.

Core Curriculum Requirements(42-43 semester hours)English writing* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-9CMP-115 Introduction to Expository

WritingCMP-120 Expository WritingCMP-125 Research Writingor 203 Literature and Composition

Reading** . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(0-2 Supplemental Education Units)

CRC-101S Introduction to AcademicReading

Foreign language*** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6100, 101 French, German, Italian, Russian, orSpanish I, II

* CMP-115 will be waived for students whoattain a 530 or above on the verbal SAT or aspecified qualifying score on the EnglishDepartment placement test.

** Required only of those students who do notpass the reading placement test.

***Part or all of this requirement may be waived upon demonstration of proficiency. To initi-ate a request for a waiver, students shouldsee the chairperson of the foreign languagedepartment.


58

Mathematics+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4One course from the following:MTH-102 Elements of Finite MathematicsMTH-105 Algebra and TrigonometryMTH-210 Calculus I

Science+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Two courses, from the following:BIO-100 Life Science: Human

EmphasisBIO-101 Life Science: Cell Biology and

Genetics EmphasisBIO-103 Life Science: Ecobotanical

EmphasisBIO-106 Life Science: Human Disease

EmphasisBIO-108 Life Science: The Biology of

Human AgingBPY-107 Life Science: Biopsychology

EmphasisCHE-100 Introduction to College

ChemistryCHE-115 Chemistry and Contemporary

SocietyGEO-100 Physical GeologyGEO-113 Environmental GeologyMAR-120 OceanographyMAR-225 Introduction to Field Marine

Science: Temperate Environments

PHY-103 Science of Light and ColorPHY-104 Energy, the Environment, and

ManPHY-180 AstronomyPSY-100 Introduction to Psychology

+Appropriate mathematics and sciencecourses may be substituted if required by themajor.

Social Sciences and Communication . . . . .6Two courses from the following:POL-100 Introduction to American Politicsor 102 Understanding PoliticsSOC-101 The Sociological ImaginationSOC-110 Cultural AnthropologyCOM-100 Mass Media CommunicationECO-200 Principles of Macroeconomicsor 201 Principles of Microeconomics

History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6HIS-150 World History to 1500HIS-151 World History since 1500

Humanities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9One course in fine arts, one course in literature,and one course in philosophy from the follow-ing:

Fine ArtsART-104 Survey of Art History IART-106 Survey of Art History IIART-120 Art and SocietyMUS-105 Survey of Music History IMUS-106 Survey of Music History IIMUS-120 Music and SocietyTHE-105 Theatre History to 1700THE-106 Theatre History since 1700THE-120 Theatre AppreciationART-,MUS-, The Arts in ContemporaryTHE-199 Civilization

LiteratureENG-205 Understanding LiteratureENG-210 Major American AuthorsENG-211 Major British AuthorsENG-213 Literature and MythologyENG-215 Satire and ComedyENG-217 Introduction to ShakespeareENG-220 Literature and SocietyENG-221 Literature and PsychologyENG-228 Black American LiteratureENG-229 Multi-Ethnic Literature in

AmericaENG-230 Women in Literature


59

ENG-270 Major PoetsENG-290 The Short StoryLAW-204 Law, Literature and FilmLIT-250, Masterworks of World251 Literature I, IILIT-310 Russian Literature from 988-1850LIT-311 Russian Literature from 1850-

1917LIT-312 Soviet LiteratureLIT-313 Contemporary Russian

LiteratureLIT-315 TolstoyLIT-317 Dostoevsky

Any literature course in French, German, orSpanish in the foreign language.

PhilosophyAny course in the philosophy department or

AMS-227 The Philosophy of Martin LutherKing, Jr.

Minors Program

The School of Liberal Arts and Sciences offersminors in the following areas: American studies,biology, chemistry, communication, dance, eco-nomics, English: literature or writing, environ-mental geology, ethics, fine arts, French, genderstudies, German, global and multinational stud-ies, history, journalism, law and justice, marinesciences, mathematics, multicultural studies,oceanography, philosophy, physics, politicalcommunication, political science, psychology,Russian, Russian area studies, science for busi-ness, social work, sociology, and Spanish. Inaddition, the College of BusinessAdministration offers a minor in advertisingavailable to communication majors only, aminor in sales management available to sciencemajors only, a general business minor availableto non-business majors only, and a healthadministration minor available to all Rider stu-dents.

Students interested in pursuing a minor needthe approval of the chairperson of the minorprogram and the dean.

Gender Studies MinorThe Gender Studies Program offers an interdis-ciplinary minor, exploring gender, masculinity,and femininity; recognizing diversity in sexuali-ty, race, class, and culture; and acknowledgingthe multiplicity of human relationships. Withinthe university, gender studies may be bestunderstood as an evolution from the Women’sStudies Program, which offered its first coursesat Rider in 1979. In 2001, the Women’s Studiesfaculty decided to change the name to GenderStudies, highlighting the program’s more com-prehensive attention to men, women, and vari-ous aspects of gender.

Students who minor in Gender Studies takesix courses for 18 credits. In Gender Studiescourses, students discuss ideas about gender, aswell as images of femininity and masculinity,which both reflect and affect the way we thinkand act. Students analyze the cultural construc-tion of sexuality, they examine the relationshipbetween biological differences and socialinequality, and they compare gender systemsfrom global and historical perspectives.Through internships, students may engage inpractical strategies for transforming coerciveand unequal gender systems and for enhancingour common humanity.

Law and Justice MinorLaw and justice is an interdisciplinary minorthat includes courses from a wide spectrum ofacademic departments, including communica-tion, sociology, English, history, business policy,political science, psychology, and philosophy, aswell as legal studies courses developed specifi-cally for this program. It provides students withknowledge and understanding of laws, legalinstitutions and processes and their relation-ships to social, moral, political, and economicissues. Students will benefit from learning tounderstand law and law enforcement fromdiverse perspectives. The law and justice minorwill provide students, regardless of specificcareer goals, with tools for understanding howthe law works and its social consequences; it will


60

make students better citizens by demystifyinglaw, legal ideas and concepts and by enablingthem critically to evaluate laws, legal institutionsand policies. The minor enables students tofocus their course of study around their specificcareer goals and can be combined with anymajor program.

Pre-Law and Legal CareersStudents interested in legal careers will benefitfrom the knowledge and skills they can obtainby an in-depth study of law from various disci-plinary perspectives available with the legalstudies concentration within the law and justiceprogram. Unlike traditional undergraduate pre-law programs that are typically singular in per-spective or orientation, the minor offers diverseapproaches. As recommended for pre-law studyby the Association of American Law Schools, thelaw and justice minor provides a broad-basedcurriculum that is designed to develop students’abilities to formulate ideas and effectively com-municate them and to understand and criticallyassess social institutions, behaviors, and values.The law and justice minor has the additionaladvantage of providing an interdisciplinarylegal studies approach that will enhance stu-dents’ understanding of law and legal issues,institutions and practices. The law and justiceminor provides students with opportunities toexplore and test their interest and capacities forlaw-related careers under the direction andsupervision of faculty, by working directly withlegal professionals in a law-related institution,by doing field work research in a legal setting, byengaging in simulated courtroom trials, bypracticing alternative forms of dispute resolu-tion, by examining worksettings of legal practi-tioners, or by conducting research on some spe-cific legal issue or aspect of legal work.

Pre-Law AdvisingExperienced faculty members of the law andjustice program committee advise studentsexpressing an interest in pursuing a career in lawor law-related fields. Faculty advisors assist stu-dents in all phases of pre-law preparation fromcourse selection to law school applications. Thelaw and justice program also sponsors work-shops on various aspects of the applicationprocess.

Law and Justice CenterTo assist students in locating information onlaw schools, Rider maintains a Law and JusticeCenter that houses law school catalogs, applica-tion forms, data about law schools, and financialaid material for professional school studies.

Law SocietyThe Law Society is a student-run organization;faculty provide advice and assistance. The soci-ety sponsors lectures on law and the legal pro-fession, arranges field trips to courts, govern-ment agencies, and law schools and has partici-pated in state-wide mock trial competitions.

Criminal Justice and Law EnforcementA criminal justice concentration is availablewithin the minor. It is specifically designed forstudents interested in criminal law and thecriminal justice system. Students will beexposed to varied disciplinary perspectives oncrime, criminal law, and the criminal justice sys-tem. Those interested in such fields as lawenforcement, probation, parole, court adminis-tration, and jury consultation/evaluation willbenefit from working with faculty in variousfields and from the combined theoretical andpractical dimensions of the program. The con-centration will help future criminal justice prac-titioners understand the nature of crime anddelinquency, the relationships of crime, crimi-nal law and criminal sanction to social, politicaland economic issues, and the legal as well asmoral issues involved in crime control in a dem-ocratic society. An interdisciplinary approach


61

will help to broaden and deepen students’understanding of the criminal justice process.

Students enrolled in the concentration will begiven valuable opportunities to see how thecriminal justice system operates through theirfield work experiences in criminal justice agen-cies and other special programs and projectsinvolving criminal justice practitioners. Facultymembers of the law and justice program com-mittee experienced in the field of criminal jus-tice teach and advise students in course andcareer planning.

Multicultural Studies MinorThe multicultural studies minor is a flexibleinterdisciplinary program that focuses on theUnited States. It provides students with knowl-edge about the many ways different culturesinteract to shape individual identity and tostructure U.S. society. Because organizationstoday need employees who can perform effec-tively in a diverse workplace, the minor alsoenhances Rider graduates’ employment oppor-tunities.

Each student chooses a theme or thread with-in multicultural studies that suits his or her spe-cial interests. One might explore a particularcultural tradition – for example, AfricanAmerican, Latino/a, or Jewish. Another couldfocus on a specific realm of multicultural inter-action – for example, education, media, or liter-ature.

The minor also provides students with career-relevant knowledge and experience. For exam-ple, the human resource management major canlearn more about diversity in the workplace.The education student will be better prepared toteach today’s multicultural population of chil-dren. The psychology major will acquire a deep-er understanding of potential clients.

In these various ways, the multicultural stud-ies minor plays an important role in preparingRider students, whatever their ethnic heritage,for an increasingly multicultural world.

Students who minor in multicultural studiestake seven courses for 21 credits. These coursesdraw on a wide range of academic programs,including American studies, communication,English, foreign languages, history, manage-ment, philosophy, political science, and sociolo-gy; courses are also developed specifically forthe program. In consultation with the director,each student designs a sequence of courses toaddress his or her chosen theme.

Political Communication MinorPolitical communication is an interdisciplinaryminor that is designed to understand the man-ner in which new technologies and strategies ofcommunication change the emerging politicalorder, and the manner in which the emergingpolitical order structures the dissemination ofinformation among citizens of the United Statesand other nations.

The minor in political communication pro-vides preparation for those students planningfurther study in graduate or law school, careersin governments, international affairs, politicalcampaigns, political journalism, or private busi-ness concerned with government activity.Moreover, students should further their abilitiesto construct arguments based upon ethical andrelevant data, think clearly and critically, anddevelop the facility to express themselves per-suasively.

Russian Area Studies MinorThe Russian area studies minor is an interdisci-plinary program designed to give students acomprehensive understanding of Russia, in his-torical perspectives and in contemporary set-tings. It draws upon the humanities, the socialsciences, and, when possible, suitable offeringsin the School of Education and the College ofBusiness Administration. By combining thisminor with a traditional major, the student hasthe advantage of both the knowledge of a singlediscipline and a unified view of Russia.


62

Students with a cumulative average of 2.0who have already declared a major within theCollege of Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences,or the College of Business Administration maybe admitted to the program. Students interestedin pursuing a Russian area studies minor needthe approval of the director of the program andthe dean.

Social Work MinorThe social work minor provides skills andknowledge for helping people and bringingabout change to improve social welfare. In thecore courses of the minor, students learn aboutcommunity agencies and programs, and engagein field work supervised by a social worker.Additional courses in the minor from sociology,psychology, and related fields offer a base ofknowledge about human development, socialinstitutions, and social change.

Departmental HonorsPrograms

Rider takes special interest in its most talentedand serious students. It encourages them to seekextra opportunities and challenges throughhonors programs in 19 academic areas, includ-ing American studies, biochemistry, biology,biopsychology, chemistry, communication,English, environmental science, fine arts, for-eign languages and literatures, geosciences, his-tory, marine sciences, mathematics, philosophy,physics, political science, psychology, and soci-ology. Each program has its own requirements,but all aim at offering eligible students anintense course of study, culminating in a super-vised senior research project or speciallydesigned honors courses. For more details, seethe listing under the relevant program.

Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor ofScience/Master of BusinessAdministration(B.A.,B.S./M.B.A.) Program

The five-year integrated B.A.,B.S./M.B.A. pro-gram is designed for students who wish to com-bine undergraduate study leading to a Bachelorof Arts or Bachelor of Science degree with grad-uate study leading to the degree of Master ofBusiness Administration. For details, see theCore Curriculum and Study Opportunitieschapter, page 8.

Independent Research andStudy

Students who wish to pursue special topics thatthey have become interested in as a result ofcourse work may take up to 12 semester hoursof independent research and study toward grad-uation. To be eligible for independent researchand study, however, a student must be a junioror a senior in good academic standing. Only oneproject can be scheduled in a semester, and forno more than four semester hours. Each inde-pendent research and study proposal must beapproved by a faculty sponsor, the departmentchairperson, and the dean of liberal arts and sci-ences by no later than the third week of thesemester in which the project is to be conduct-ed.


63

Preparation for the Study ofMedicine and Dentistry

The School of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers apremedical studies program that focuses onpreparation for admission to medical, dental, orother health-related professional schools. Abackground in the liberal arts also is provided,since many professional schools stress a broadgeneral education. Courses that will improvethe candidate’s performance on the MCAT andDAT are taken early in this program.

A premedical committee and pre-profession-al advisors meet on a regular basis with studentsto assist in the selection of science and non-science courses, to provide information on theMCAT and DAT, and to advise students regard-ing procedures for admission to professionalschools. Since admission requirements varyslightly from school to school, students areurged to consult catalogs of the institutionswhere they desire to continue their educationsto make certain that they are completing themost appropriate undergraduate courses.

Students may major in any field of study andneed not formally major in one of the sciencesas long as they take the minimum number ofrequired science courses. As a matter of practice,however, most predental and premedical stu-dents major in biology, biochemistry, or chem-istry. Students who major in nonscience fieldsand elect the minimum number of required sci-ence courses must excel to ensure adequacy ofpreparation and favorable consideration of theirapplications.

Pre-Allied Health Program

The School of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers apre-allied health program that is affiliated withThomas Jefferson College of Health Professions.This program is designed for students pursuingcareers in physical therapy, occupational thera-py, nursing and laboratory sciences. The pro-

gram has two options: (1) obtain prerequisitesfor transfer to Thomas Jefferson in the first twoor three years, or (2) complete a Bachelor ofScience degree with a major in biology thatincludes applicable prerequisites for ThomasJefferson.

Pre-Law Studies

See Law and Justice minor, page 88.

Programs of Studies

AMERICAN STUDIESRequirements for the Major(36 semester hours)

American StudiesAMS-200 Introduction to American Studies 3AMS-400, Seminar in American Studies I, II .6401

One American studies elective . . . .3

Humanities DistributionTwo American literature electives . . . . . . . . . .6

Two American studies courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6AMS-210 Growing Up AmericanAMS-213 The American Myth in

Literature, Landscape, and MusicAMS-214 Special Topics in American

StudiesAMS-215 Alfred Hitchcock in AmericaAMS-225 American FolkloreAMS-226 The New South in Literature,

Music, and FilmAMS-228 Studies in American Jewish

CultureAMS-229 American Popular CultureAMS-305 Religion in America


64

AMS-310 The American Identity in the ArtsAMS-312 American Photography

or an appropriate special topics in American studies courseOther humanities courses with a preponderance of Americanmaterial

Social Science DistributionHIS-208, U.S. I: American History from

European Settlement throughReconstruction

209 U.S. II: American History from Reconstruction to the Present .6

Two American studies courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6AMS-210 Growing Up AmericanAMS-211 Sports in American LifeAMS-212 American Ethnic Groups: Irish,

Jewish, and Italian AmericansAMS-225 American FolkloreAMS-227 The Philosophy of Martin Luther

King, Jr.AMS-228 Studies in American Jewish

CultureAMS-229 American Popular CultureAMS-304 Technology and Science in

AmericaAMS-311 Radicalism in 20th-Century

AmericaAMS-338 The Social Impact of Rock and

Rollor an appropriate special topics in American studies courseOther social science courses with a preponderance of American material

Requirements for the Minor(24 semester hours)AMS-200 Introduction to American Studies . .3AMS-400, Seminar in American Studies I, II . .6401Five approved courses from one of the followingthree areas: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

American StudiesAMS-210-Growing Up American, 211-Sports inAmerican Life, 212-American Ethnic Groups,213-The American Myth in Literature,Landscape, and Music, 214-Special Topics inAmerican Studies, 225-American Folklore, 226-The New South in Literature, Film and Music,227-The Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.,228-Studies in American Jewish Culture, 229-American Popular Culture, 250-America andthe Future, 304-Technology and Science inAmerica, 305-Religion in America, 310-TheAmerican Identity in the Arts, 311-Radicalismin 20th-Century America, 312-AmericanPhotography, 338-The Social Impact of Rockand Roll.

HumanitiesART-214–American Art, AMS-215–AlfredHitchcock in America; PHL-120–AmericanPhilosophy, THE-306–American TheatreHistory, COM-392–Media History: Personalityand Trends. Others with a preponderance ofAmerican material.

Social SciencesHIS-300–Economic History of the UnitedStates, or other American history courses,American political science courses, Americansociology courses, American economics courses.Others with a preponderance of Americanmaterial.


65

Honors Program In American StudiesA limited number of superior students enrolledin the American studies major or minor pro-grams may participate in a program leading tograduation with honors in American studies orwith high honors in American studies.Interested students should apply to the programcommittee on honors before March 1 of thejunior year; admission is based on academicaverage and submission of an acceptable pro-posal for an individual study project. During thetwo regular semesters of the senior year, the stu-dent enrolls in Independent Research and Study.Honors in American studies are awarded on thebasis of completing the senior thesis and adefense of it with distinction.

BIOCHEMISTRYRequirements for the Major(76 semester hours)

BiochemistryBCH-325 Biochemistry I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3BCH-326 Methods in Biochemistry and

Enzymology I Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1BCH-330 Advanced Cellular and Molecular

Biology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3BCH-331 Advanced Cellular and Molecular

Biology Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1BCH-490 Independent Research and Study .3

BiologyBIO-115 Principles of Biology: Evolution,

Diversity, and Biology of Animals .4BIO-116 Principles of Biology: Evolution,

Diversity, and Biology of Plants . .4BIO-117 Principles of Biology: Evolution,

Diversity, and Biology of Cells . . . .4BIO-265 Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

One course from the following . . . . . . . . . . . . .4BIO-300 Developmental BiologyBIO-305 Vertebrate PhysiologyBPY-310 NeurobiologyBIO-315 Medical MicrobiologyBIO-335 Modern Plant BiologyBIO-370 ImmunologyBCH-425 Medicinal Chemistry

ChemistryCHE-120 Principles of Chemistry . . . . . . . . .3CHE-121 Principles of Chemistry Lab . . . . .1CHE-122 Introduction to Chemical Systems . .3CHE-123 Quantitative Methods Lab . . . . . . .1CHE-205 Experimental Chemistry I . . . . . . .2CHE-211 Organic Chemistry I . . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-213 Organic Chemistry I Lab . . . . . . . .1CHE-214 Organic Chemistry II . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-216 Organic Chemistry II Lab . . . . . . .1CHE-311 Analytical Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-312 Analytical Chemistry Lab . . . . . . . .1

One course from the following: . . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-305 Chemical ThermodynamicsCHE-306 Quantum Chemistry

MathematicsMTH-105 Algebra and Trigonometry . . . . . . .4MTH-210, Calculus I, II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8211

PhysicsPHY-200 General Physics I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3PHY-200L General Physics I Lab . . . . . . . . . . .1PHY-201 General Physics II . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3PHY-201L General Physics II Lab . . . . . . . . . .1

In the senior year students must take theBiology or Chemistry Advanced Test of theGraduate Record Examination, or the Dental orMedical Aptitude Test with scores submitted tothe respective department chairperson.

Students may elect to take up to eight addi-tional credit hours of Independent Research andStudy.


66

Honors Program In BiochemistryStudents who seek departmental honors shouldindicate their intention in writing to the chair-person of the department of chemistry, bio-chemistry and physics before the end of theirfirst semester in their senior year. For consider-ation of departmental honors, the student musthave a 3.25 cumulative average and a 3.25 aver-age in courses taken within the science division,including mathematics. The student must alsocomplete an acceptable honors thesis basedupon independent research work done for cred-it within either the department of biology or thedepartment of chemistry, biochemistry andphysics. Before the end of classes in the student’sfinal semester, the thesis must be turned in tothe chairperson of the department of chemistry,biochemistry and physics in final form forexamination by the biochemistry committee.Departmental honors are conferred by thechairperson of the department of chemistry,biochemistry and physics upon recommenda-tion of the biochemistry committee.

BIOLOGY

Requirements for the Major(62-63 semester hours)Note: If a biology major receives a grade lowerthan C in any 100-level biology course, theymust repeat it before enrolling in any course forwhich it is a prerequisite.




Diversity, and Biology of Cells . . . .4

Four courses, one of which must be from eachgroup listed below: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Group IBIO-215 Environmental MicrobiologyBIO-272 Introduction to Marine Biologyand 272L Introduction to Marine Biology

LabBIO-320 Marine BotanyBIO-325 Marine Vertebrates: Fish to

MammalsBIO-335 Modern Plant BiologyBIO-350 General EcologyBIO-372 Behavior of Marine Organisms:

An Evolutionary Approach

Group IIBIO-265 GeneticsBIO-300 Developmental BiologyBIO-305 Vertebrate PhysiologyBPY-310 NeurobiologyBIO-315 Medical MicrobiologyBIO-370 Immunology

One course from the following: . . . . . . . . . . .3*BIO-400 Seminar in Cellular and

Molecular BiologyBPY-415 Seminar in BiopsychologyBIO-416 BioinformaticsBIO-420 Seminar in Organismal BiologyBIO-450 Seminar in Ecology and

Evolution*Prerequisites for the seminars: BIO-115, BIO-116 and BIO-117 with a grade of C or better,junior or senior standing and permission ofinstructor.

ChemistryCHE-120 Principles of Chemistry . . . . . . . . .3CHE-121 Principles of Chemistry Lab . . . . .1CHE-122 Introduction to Chemical Systems .3CHE-123 Quantitative Methods Lab . . . . . . .1CHE-211 Organic Chemistry I . . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-213 Organic Chemistry I Lab . . . . . . . .1CHE-214 Organic Chemistry II . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-216 Organic Chemistry II Lab . . . . . . .1BCH-325, 326, 330, 331 strongly recommended.


67

MathematicsTwo courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . .7-8MTH-120 Introduction to Applied

Statistics*MTH-105 Algebra and TrigonometryMTH-210, Calculus I, II211

*ENV-200 Statistical and ComputerApplications in the Natural Sciences may besubstituted for MTH-120.

PhysicsPHY-100 Principles of Physics I . . . . . . . . . . .3PHY-100L Principles of Physics I Lab . . . . . . .1PHY-101 Principles of Physics II . . . . . . . . . .3PHY-101L Principles of Physics II Lab . . . . . .1A year of calculus is strongly recommended.

Requirements for the Minor*(20 semester hours)BIO-115 Principles of Biology: Evolution,



Diversity, and Biology of Cells . . . .4

One course from each group listed below: . . .8

Group IBIO-215 Environmental MicrobiologyBIO-272 Introduction to Marine Biologyand 272L Introduction to Marine Biology

LabBIO-320 Marine BotanyBIO-325 Marine Vertebrates: Fish to

MammalsBIO-335 Modern Plant BiologyBIO-350 General EcologyBIO-372 Behavior of Marine Organisms:

An Evolutionary Approach

Group IIBIO-265 GeneticsBIO-300 Developmental BiologyBIO-305 Vertebrate PhysiologyBPY-310 NeurobiologyBIO-315 Medical MicrobiologyBIO-370 Immunology

*Not available to biochemistry or science edu-cation majors.

Honors Program In BiologyThe objective of the honors program in biologyis to introduce gifted undergraduate majors tothe methods of basic research in the biologicalsciences. For consideration a student must havea 3.25 average. At graduation a student who hasa 3.25 cumulative average, a 3.5 average in biol-ogy courses, and who has completed an accept-able honors thesis will be eligible for honors inbiology. In the senior year, participating stu-dents must complete an independent researchproject and present a written honors thesis.Following completion of these requirements,the biology department will recommend thatthe candidate be graduated with honors in biol-ogy.

SCIENCE FOR BUSINESSRequirements for the Minor(20 semester hours)Note: A grade of C or better in each course isrequired for successful completion of the minor.

Introductory Biology Course (integratedcourse with business faculty participating)One course from the following: . . . . . . . . . . . .3BIO-100 Life Science: Human EmphasisBIO-101 Life Science: Cell Biology and

Genetics EmphasisBIO-106 Life Science: Human Disease

EmphasisBIO-108 Life Science: The Biology of

Human AgingBPY-107 Life Science: Biopsychology

Emphasis


68

Introductory Chemistry CourseCHE-115 Chemistry and Contemporary

Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Science as Business CourseBIO-206 The Pharmaceutical Industry . . . .3

Biology ElectivesAny two courses (excluding BIO-250) with thefollowing recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8BIO-115 Principles of Biology: Evolution,

Diversity, and Biology of AnimalsBIO-117 Principles of Biology: Evolution,

Diversity, and Biology of CellsBIO-221 Human Anatomy and

Physiology IBIO-222 Human Anatomy and

Physiology IIBIO-265 GeneticsBPY-275 Behavioral Neuroscience

Health Care Business CourseHTH-205 Introduction to the Health Care

SectororECO-336 Economics of the Health Care

Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

BIOPSYCHOLOGYRequirements for the Major(51-52 semester hours)Note: In order to advance in the program,biopsychology majors must have a C average orbetter in BIO-115, BIO-117, and BPY-275.



Diversity, and Biology of Cells . . . .4BIO-265, Genetics305 Vertebrate Physiologyor 370 Immunology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

BiopsychologyBPY-275 Behavioral Neuroscience . . . . . . . .4BPY-310 Neurobiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4BPY-415 Seminar in Biopsychology . . . . . . .3

PsychologyPSY-100 Introduction to Psychology . . . . . .3orBPY-107 Life Science: Biopsychology

Emphasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3PSY-201 Statistics and Research Design . . . .3orENV-200 Statistical and Computer

Applications in the Natural Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

PSY-238 Sensation and Perception . . . . . . . .3PSY-255 Biopsychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Any 300-level psychology research course with lab or BPY-360 Neurochemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

MathematicsMTH-105 Algebra and Trigonometry . . . . . . .4

ChemistryCHE-120 Principles of Chemistry . . . . . . . . .3CHE-121 Principles of Chemistry Lab . . . . .1CHE-122 Introduction to Chemical Systems 3CHE-123 Quantitative Methods Lab . . . . . . .1

Honors Program in BiopsychologyThe objective of the honors program in biopsy-chology is to introduce gifted undergraduatemajors to the methods of basic research inbiopsychology. For consideration, a studentmust have a 3.25 average. At graduation, a stu-dent who has a 3.25 cumulative average, a 3.5average in biology and biopsychology courses,and who has completed an acceptable honorsthesis will be eligible for honors in biopsycholo-gy. In the senior year, participating studentsmust complete an independent research projectand present a written honors thesis. Followingcompletion of these requirements, the biopsy-chology committee will recommend that thecandidate be graduated with honors in biopsy-chology.


69

CHEMISTRYRequirements for the Major(66 semester hours)

ChemistryCHE-120 Principles of Chemistry . . . . . . . . .3CHE-121 Principles of Chemistry Lab . . . . .1CHE-122 Introduction to Chemical Systems .3CHE-123 Quantitative Methods Lab . . . . . . .1CHE-205 Experimental Chemistry I . . . . . . .2CHE-211 Organic Chemistry I . . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-213 Organic Chemistry I Lab . . . . . . . .1CHE-214 Organic Chemistry II . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-216 Organic Chemistry II Lab . . . . . . .1CHE-301, Experimental Chemistry II, III, IV .6302, 304CHE-305 Chemical Thermodynamics . . . . . .3CHE-306 Quantum Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-311 Analytical Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-312 Analytical Chemistry Lab . . . . . . . .1CHE-315 Inorganic Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-400 Chemical Bonding . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

BiochemistryBCH-325 Biochemistry I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

MathematicsMTH-210, Calculus I, II, III . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12211, 212


Advanced electiveOne course from the following: . . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-300 Introduction to Physical

Organic ChemistryCHE-320 Polymer ChemistryCHE-415 Special Topics in Chemistry

At least two years of German or Russian arestrongly recommended.

Chemistry majors may elect up to 12 credithours of Independent Research and Study.

In the senior year, chemistry majors arerequired to take the Chemistry Advanced Test ofthe Graduate Record Examination. Scores mustbe submitted to the department chairperson.

Requirements for the Minor(24 semester hours)CHE-120 Principles of Chemistry . . . . . . . . .3CHE-121 Principles of Chemistry Lab . . . . .1CHE-122 Introduction to Chemical Systems 3CHE-123 Quantitative Methods Lab . . . . . . .1CHE-211 Organic Chemistry I . . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-213 Organic Chemistry I Lab . . . . . . . .1

Twelve credits in electives (including two labs) from the following:Chemistry courses at the 200 level or above, six credits of which must be at the 300 level or above;Biochemistry I, II . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Honors Program In ChemistryStudents who seek departmental honors shouldindicate their intention in writing to the chair-person of the department of chemistry, bio-chemistry and physics before the end of theirfirst semester in their senior year. For consider-ation of departmental honors, the student musthave a 3.25 cumulative average and a 3.25 aver-age in courses taken with the department ofchemistry, biochemistry and physics. The stu-dents must also complete an acceptable honorthesis based upon independent research workdone for credit. Before the end of classes in thestudent’s final semester, the thesis must beturned in to the department chairperson in finalform for examination by the entire department.Before the end of final exams, the student mustorally defend the thesis before the members ofthe department of chemistry, biochemistry andphysics. Departmental honors are conferred bythe chairperson of the department upon recom-mendation of the entire department.


70

COMMUNICATIONRequirements for the Communication Core(30 semester hours)All students in the department of communica-tion will be utilizing Power Macintosh comput-ers in their writing, editing, reporting, radio andtelevision, and multi-media courses.

In addition to the communication core,which is required of all department majors, eachstudent selects one of six tracks. A student wish-ing a degree in journalism chooses either thenews-editorial journalism track, the public rela-tions, or multimedia communication track. Astudent wishing a degree in communicationchooses either the business and professionalcommunication track, the interpersonal com-munication track or the radio and televisiontrack. Majors may not take a second major, asecond track, or a minor within the department.

COM-100 Mass Media Communication . . . .3COM-102 Writing for the Media I . . . . . . . . .3COM-104 Speech Communication . . . . . . . . .3COM-201 Communication Theory . . . . . . . .3COM-202 Writing for the Media II . . . . . . . . .3COM-204 Advanced Speech Communication3COM-205 Theories of Persuasion . . . . . . . . . .3COM-301 Communication Law . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-302 Communication Ethics . . . . . . . . .3COM-400 Senior Seminar in Communication .3

Note: If a student receives a grade lower thanC in a course required in a major or minor inthe department of communication, the studentmust repeat the course. The student must alsorepeat the course before enrolling in any coursefor which it is a prerequisite.

Requirements for the Journalism Major

News-Editorial Journalism Track(15 semester hours)COM-210 News Reporting and Writing . . . . .3COM-211 Copy Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-212 Publication Design . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-316 Feature Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-410 Computer Assisted Reporting . . . .3

Public Relations Track(15 semester hours)COM-212 Publication Design . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-240 Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-316 Feature Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-341 Publicity Methods in Organizations 3COM-440 Cases and Campaigns in Public

Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Multimedia Communication Track(15 semester hours)COM-212 Publication Design . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-261 Multimedia Communication . . . . .3COM-360 Advanced Publication and Graphic

Designor 361 Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-364 Digital Media for the Internet . . . .3COM-460 Advanced Multimedia

Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Requirements for the CommunicationMajor

Business and Professional CommunicationTrack(15 semester hours)COM-220 Voice and Articulation . . . . . . . . . .3COM-222 Group Communication . . . . . . . . .3COM-240 Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-322 Argumentation and Debate . . . . . .3COM-323 Oral Interpretation of Literature . .3


71

Interpersonal Communication Track(15 semester hours)COM-222 Group Communication . . . . . . . . .3COM-251 Interpersonal Communication . . .3COM-252 Intercultural Communication . . . .3COM-353 Nonverbal Communication . . . . . .3COM-452 Contemporary Issues in

Interpersonal Communication . . .3

Radio and Television Track(15 semester hours)COM-230 Radio and Television

Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-331 Television Production . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-333 Broadcast Programming . . . . . . . .3COM-334 Audio Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-431 Advanced Television Research and

Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Requirements for the Journalism Minor

News-Editorial Journalism Track(21 semester hours)COM-102 Writing for the Media I . . . . . . . . .3COM-202 Writing for the Media II . . . . . . . . .3COM-210 News Reporting and Writing . . . . .3COM-211 Copy Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-212 Publication Design . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-316 Feature Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-410 Computer Assisted Reporting . . . .3

Public Relations Track(21 semester hours)COM-102 Writing for the Media I . . . . . . . . .3COM-104 Speech Communication . . . . . . . . .3COM-202 Writing for the Media II . . . . . . . . .3COM-212 Publication Design . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-240 Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-316 Feature Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-341 Publicity Methods in Organizations 3

Multimedia Track(21 semester hours)COM-102 Writing for the Media I . . . . . . . . .3COM-202 Writing for the Media II . . . . . . . . .3COM-212 Publication Design . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-261 Multimedia Communication . . . . .3COM-360 Advanced Publication and Graphic

Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-364 Digital Media for the Internet . . . .3COM-460 Advanced Multimedia

Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Requirements for the CommunicationMinor

Business and Professional CommunicationTrack(21 semester hours)COM-104 Speech Communication . . . . . . . . .3COM-204 Advanced Speech Communication .3COM-220 Voice and Articulation . . . . . . . . . .3COM-222 Group Communicationor 322 Argumentation and Debate . . . . . .3COM-240 Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-323 Oral Interpretation of Literature . .3COM-353 Nonverbal Communication . . . . . .3

Interpersonal Communication Track(21 semester hours)COM-104 Speech Communication . . . . . . . . .3COM-201 Communication Theory . . . . . . . .3COM-222 Group Communication . . . . . . . . .3COM-251 Interpersonal Communication . . .3COM-252 Intercultural Communication . . . .3COM-353 Nonverbal Communication . . . . . .3COM-452 Contemporary Issues in

Interpersonal Communication . . .3


72

Radio and Television Track(21 semester hours)COM-102 Writing for the Media I . . . . . . . . .3COM-104 Speech Communication . . . . . . . . .3COM-230 Radio and Television

Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-331 Television Production . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-333 Broadcast Programming . . . . . . . .3COM-334 Audio Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-431 Advanced Television Research and

Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Requirements for the Advertising Minor(30 semester hours)The College of Business Administration offers aminor in advertising available to communica-tion majors only.COM-100 Mass Media CommunicationCOM-212 Publication DesignCOM-240 Public RelationsCOM-302 Communication EthicsMKT-200 Marketing PrinciplesMKT-320 Consumer BehaviorMKT-335 Advertising PrinciplesMKT-410 Advertising Copy and LayoutMKT-420 Media Planning and StrategyMKT-435 Advertising Campaigns

Honors Program in CommunicationThe department faculty will identify superiorsecond semester sophomores and/or firstsemester juniors to participate in an individual-ized course of study leading to graduation withhonors. Such students must have attained acumulative average of 3.5 or higher and be rec-ommended by a faculty member. In consulta-tion with a faculty member, the student willform a thesis/project committee of two addi-tional communication faculty members. Thehonors thesis/project can extend over a maxi-mum of three semesters (3 credits per semes-ter): one semester of supervised readings, one ofproposal development and writing, one semes-ter of carrying out the project. (This may be col-lapsed into two semesters of 3 credits each.)

Honors students enroll in COM-490Independent Research and Study, during eachsemester of the project. Honors students may bewaived from COM-400 Senior Seminar. Allhonors theses/projects must be presented in apublic forum to be arranged by the faculty.Honors students must maintain a cumulativeaverage of 3.3 and a 3.5 average in the major.

ECONOMICSRequirements for the Major(42 semester hours)

EconomicsECO-200 Principles of Macroeconomics . . .3ECO-201 Principles of Microeconomics . . . .3ECO-210 Intermediate Macroeconomics . . .3ECO-211 Intermediate Microeconomics . . .3

Six economics electives . . . . . . . . .18

Mathematics, Computer InformationSystems, or Management SciencesCIS-185 Introduction to Computing . . . . . .3MTH-120 Introduction to Applied StatisticsorMSD-200 Statistical Methods I . . . . . . . . . . . .3MSD-201 Statistical Methods II . . . . . . . . . . .3For graduation, the student must achieve a 2.0cumulative average in all courses in the major,with no grade less than a C-.

Requirements for the Minor(18 semester hours)ECO-200 Principles of Macroeconomics . . .3ECO-201 Principles of Microeconomics . . . .3Four economics courses, three of which must beat the 300 level or above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12


73

ENGLISHRequirements for the LiteratureConcentration(36 semester hours)Note: All declared English majors and minorsmust take the three departmental gatewaycourses – ENG-240, 250, and 251 and minorsmust take ENG-250 and 251 – as prerequisitesto upper-level major courses. The gatewaycourses should be taken in the sophomore year.All transfers into the major must take the threegateway courses in the first two semesters aftertheir transfer. (Transfer students may take thegateway courses concurrently with upper-levelmajor courses.)

Majors and minors must receive a C- or abovein each of the three gateway courses to continuein the major. Those who receive a C or C- in anygateway course must meet with the Englishmajor advising committee to discuss their aca-demic progress. Majors and minors who receivea D or below in any gateway course must repeatthe course and meet with the English majoradvising committee. Gateway courses may berepeated only once in order to achieve a grade ofC- or above. (The repeated course may be takenconcurrently with other major courses.)

ENG-240 Methods of Literary Analysis . . . . .3ENG-250 Literary History I . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3ENG-251 Literary History II* . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Three courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . .9ENG-331 Medieval LiteratureENG-333 16th-Century LiteratureENG-335 17th-Century LiteratureENG-411 History of the English Language**ENG-425 Seminar in ShakespeareENG-435 Seminar in MiltonENG-455 Seminar in Chaucer

Five courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . .15ENG-340 Restoration and 18th-Century

LiteratureENG-345 Romantic Literature, 1780-1830

ENG-346 Victorian Literature, 1830–1900ENG-347 20th-Century British LiteratureENG-348 Contemporary British LiteratureENG-351 19th-Century American LiteratureENG-352 20th-Century American LiteratureENG-353 Contemporary American Literature

One course from the following: . . . . . . . . . . . .3ENG-441 Seminar in American LiteratureENG-443 Seminar in Literary ModernismENG-445 Seminar in Black and Multi-Ethnic

LiteratureENG-447 Seminar in Post-Colonial Literature

* Prerequisite: ENG-250**Secondary education and English doublemajors are advised to select ENG-411.

Requirements for the Minor with aConcentration in Literature(18 semester hours)Two courses taken in sequence: . . . . . . . . . . . .6ENG-250 Literary History Iand 251 Literary History II

One course from the following: . . . . . . . . . . . .3ENG-362 The NovelENG-363 The DramaENG-364 The PoemENG-365 Short Fiction

Three courses from the following (no more thantwo in one century): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9ENG-331 Medieval LiteratureENG-333 16th-Century LiteratureENG-335 17th-Century LiteratureENG-340 Restoration and 18th-Century

LiteratureENG-345 Romantic Literature, 1780–1830ENG-346 Victorian Literature, 1830–1900ENG-347 20th-Century British LiteratureENG-348 Contemporary British LiteratureENG-351 19th-Century American LiteratureENG-352 20th-Century American LiteratureENG-353 Contemporary American Literature


74

ENG-411 History of the English LanguageENG-425 Seminar in ShakespeareENG-435 Seminar in MiltonENG-443 Seminar in Literary ModernismENG-445 Seminar in Black and Multi-Ethnic

LiteratureENG-447 Seminar in Post-Colonial LiteratureENG-455 Seminar in Chaucer

Requirements for the WritingConcentration(36 semester hours)ENG-240 Methods of Literary Analysis . . . . .3ENG-250 Literary History I . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3ENG-251 Literary History II* . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

One course from each group: . . . . . . . . . . . . .12ENG-331 Medieval LiteratureENG-333 16th-Century LiteratureENG-335 17th-Century LiteratureENG-340 Restoration and 18th-Century

LiteratureENG-425 Seminar in ShakespeareENG-435 Seminar in MiltonENG-455 Seminar in Chaucer

ENG-345 Romantic Literature, 1780-1830ENG-346 Victorian Literature, 1830-1900ENG-351 19th-Century American Literature

ENG-347 20th-Century British LiteratureENG-348 Contemporary British LiteratureENG-352 20th-Century American LiteratureENG-353 Contemporary American LiteratureENG-443 Seminar in Literary ModernismENG-447 Seminar in Post-Colonial Literature

ENG-362 The NovelENG-363 The DramaENG-364 The PoemENG-365 Short FictionENG-411 History of the English Language

Five courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . .15ENG-304 Creative Writing: Fiction

ENG-305 Creative Writing: NonfictionENG-306 Creative Writing: Drama and

ScreenplayENG-315 Topics in Specialized WritingENG-316 Theories of Writing and TutoringENG-321 Workplace Writing: Business and

Professional ContextsENG-322 Workplace Writing: Grant

Proposals, Fundraising and Development

ENG-323 Workplace Writing: Reviewing and Publishing

ENG-400 Advanced Creative WritingENG-405 Advanced Prose StyleENG-407 Advanced Technical WritingENG-490 Independent Research and StudyENG-491 Internship in Expository Writing

*Prerequisite: ENG-250**Secondary education and English doublemajors are advised to select ENG-411.

Requirements for the Minor with aConcentration in Writing(18 semester hours)Two courses taken in sequence: . . . . . . . . . . . .6ENG-250 Literary History Iand 251 Literary History II

One course from the following: . . . . . . . . . . . .3ENG-362 The NovelENG-363 The DramaENG-364 The PoemENG-365 Short Fiction

Three courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . .9ENG-303 Creative Writing: PoetryENG-304 Creative Writing: FictionENG-305 Creative Writing: NonfictionENG-306 Creative Writing: Drama and

ScreenwritingENG-315 Topics in Specialized WritingENG-316 Theories of Writing and TutoringENG-321 Workplace Writing: Business and

Professional Contexts


75

ENG-322 Workplace Writing: Grant Proposals, Fundraising, and Development

ENG-323 Workplace Writing: Reviewing and Publishing

ENG-400 Advanced Creative WritingENG-405 Advanced Prose StyleENG-407 Advanced Technical WritingENG-490 Independent Research and Study

Honors Program in EnglishQualified majors may apply for honors in theirsenior year. A student must have a 3.25 cumula-tive average and a 3.5 average in English. Uponapproval from the department of English, a can-didate for honors enrolls in ENG-497 AdvancedStudy, writes a thesis, and submits it for depart-mental approval. The student must achieve acourse grade of B+ or better to be graduatedwith honors in English.

FINE ARTSRequirements for the Major(32 semester hours)

Students must satisfy the requirements of one ofthe following tracks–art, dance, music, or the-atre arts.

Requirements for the Tracks

Art(36 semester hours)ART-103 Fundamentals of Drawing . . . . . . .3ART-104 Survey of Art History I . . . . . . . . . .3ART-105 Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3ART-106 Survey of Art History II . . . . . . . . .3ART-204 Fundamentals of Paintingor 230 Three-Dimensional Design . . . . . .3

One history course each in dance,music, and theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Two courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . . .6ART-304 Drawing IIART-305 Intermediate Painting A-B-CART-492 Advanced Studio Workshop

Two electives in art history or studio art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Dance*(32 semester hours)MUS-110 Elementary Music Theoryor 111 Intermediate Music Theory . . . . . .3DAN-100 Dance Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . .2DAN-105 Survey of Dance History . . . . . . . .3DAN-300 Studio and Lecture in Dance . . . .12DAN-350 History of Ballet, Modern and Jazz

Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3One history course each in art,music, and theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

*All dance courses are taken at the PrincetonBallet School, Princeton, New Jersey.

Music(40-42 semester hours)MUS-105 Survey of Music History I . . . . . . .3MUS-106 Survey of Music History II . . . . . . .3MUS-110 Elementary Music Theory . . . . . . .3MUS-111 Intermediate Music Theory . . . . . .3

Four music history courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

MUS-208 Music of the TheatreMUS-209 Great ComposersMUS-300 Beethoven and the Romantic AgeMUS-303 Music Literature: Baroque EraMUS-306 Contemporary Musical ExperienceMUS-309 Film Music

Two courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . . .6MUS-131, Beginning Piano I, II132MUS-233 Intermediate Piano A, B, C, D

One course from the following: . . . . . . . . . .1-3MUS-127 Instrumental Ensemble-BandMUS-128 Choir


76

MUS-130 Music in Children's LivesMUS-493 Selected Topics in Musical

PerformanceOne history course each in art,dance, and theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Theatre Arts*(42 semester hours)THE-105 Theatre History to 1700 . . . . . . . . .3THE-106 Theatre History Since 1700 . . . . . .3THE-107, Acting I, II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6207THE-115 Stagecraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3THE-400 Directing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Two theatre history courses at the 300 or 400 level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Three additional theatre courses from theatre history, acting, or technical at the 200, 300 or 400 level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

One history course each in art,dance, and music . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

*The theatre student is expected to work 24hours a semester, or 48 hours a year, for thedepartment in theatre-related activities (i.e.,stage crew, acting, carpentry).

Requirements for the Minor(21 semester hours)

Art HistoryOne course from the following: . . . . . . . . . . . .3ART-104, Survey of Art History I, II106ART-201 Art of the Ancient WorldART-207 Medieval and Renaissance ArtART-209 Art of the BaroqueART-214 American ArtART-303 19th-Century ArtART-306 Art of the 20th CenturyART-495 Selected Topics in Art History

Music HistoryOne course from the following: . . . . . . . . . . . .3MUS-105, Survey of Music History I, II106MUS-207 Masterworks in MusicMUS-208 Music of the TheatreMUS-300 Beethoven and the Romantic AgeMUS-303 Music Literature: Baroque EraMUS-306 Contemporary Musical ExperienceMUS-309 Film Music

Theatre HistoryOne course from the following: . . . . . . . . . . . .3THE-105 Theatre History to 1700THE-106 Theatre History since 1700THE-306 American Theatre HistoryTHE-307 Contemporary American TheatreTHE-308 Modern DramaTHE-495 Selected Topics in Theatre History

In addition, all minors must take a minimum of12 semester hours in one area of concentration(art, music, or theatre). Of the 21 semesterhours for the minor, at least nine must be at the300 or 400 level, and no more than three may beindependent study or internship.

Requirements for the Dance Minor(20 semester hours)MUS-110 Elementary Music Theoryor 111 Intermediate Music Theory . . . . . .3

Art HistoryOne course from the following: . . . . . . . . . . . .3ART-104, Survey of Art History I, II106ART-201 Art of the Ancient WorldART-207 Medieval and Renaissance ArtART-209 Art of the BaroqueART-214 American ArtART-303 19th-Century ArtART-306 Art of the 20th CenturyART-495 Selected Topics in Art HistoryTHE-105 Theatre History to 1700THE-106 Theatre History since 1700


77

THE-306 American Theatre HistoryTHE-307 Contemporary American TheatreTHE-308 Modern DramaTHE-495 Selected Topics in Theatre History

Music HistoryOne course from the following: . . . . . . . . . . . .3MUS-105, Survey of Music History I, II106MUS-207 Masterworks in MusicMUS-208 Music of the TheatreMUS-300 Beethoven and the Romantic AgeMUS-303 Music Literature: Baroque EraMUS-306 Contemporary Musical ExperienceMUS-309 Film MusicDAN-350 History of Ballet, Modern and Jazz

Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Eight semester hours of dance from the Princeton Ballet School . . . . . .8

Honors Program in Fine ArtsA senior honors program may be submitted inpartial fulfillment of requirements for gradua-tion with honors in fine arts. Honors work islimited to those departmental majors with acumulative average of 3.5 in fine arts coursesand cognates. The program, to be plannedunder the direction of a faculty advisor, repre-sents a culmination of demonstrated excellencein a specific area of fine arts. Candidates forhonors in fine arts must be approved by thedepartment chairperson and the faculty.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURESRequirements for the French Major(24 semester hours beyond French IV and12 semester hours in collateral liberal arts cours-es)

FrenchFRE-305 An Introduction to French

Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Seven courses from the following: . . . . . . . . .21FRE-300 French Composition and

TranslationFRE-301 French for Business and the

ProfessionsFRE-311 French CultureFRE-422 Cultural Expression in French Film

and TelevisionFRE-425 The Portrait of the Hero in French

FictionFRE-430 Mask and Reality in French TheaterFRE-435 The Self in French Prose and PoetryFRE-490 Independent Research and StudyFRE-496 Special Studies

Liberal ArtsChoose one option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Option ITwo courses from the following:LIT-250 Masterworks of World

Literature ILIT-251 Masterworks of World

Literature IILIT-390 The Bible as Literature

Two additional courses in another foreign language.

Option IILIT-250 Masterworks of World

Literature Ior 251 Masterworks of World

Literature IIThree additional courses in another foreign language.

Some of the requirements may be met by studyabroad. Students are strongly encouraged tospend at least one semester abroad.

All majors are expected to take at least oneFrench course per semester in the senior year.


78

Requirements for the French Minor(18 semester hours)FRE-200, French III, IV* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6201FRE-305 An Introduction to French

Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Three French courses at the 300 level or above, including at least two literature courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

*Two advanced (300- or 400-level) courseswill be substituted upon demonstrated pro-ficiency.Some of the requirements for the minor maybe met by study abroad.

Requirements for the German Major(24 semester hours beyond German IV and12 semester hours in collateral liberal arts cours-es)

GermanGER-305 Introduction to German Literature .3Seven courses from the following: . . . . . . . . .21GER-300 Composition and ConversationGER-301 German for BusinessGER-302 Business Translation and

CommunicationGER-307 German Literature and FilmGER-310 German CultureLIT-322 German Literature in TranslationGER-425 Self and Society in German Short

FictionGER-430 Modern German DramaGER-490 Independent Research and StudyGER-496 Special Studies








Some of the requirements for the major may bemet by study abroad. Credit toward the majormay be granted for German III and IV if the stu-dent has begun study with German I and II.

All majors are expected to take at least oneGerman course per semester in the senior year.

Requirements for the German Minor(18 semester hours)GER-200, German III, IV* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6201GER-305 Introduction to German Literatureor 307 German Literature and Film . . . . .3

Three German courses at the 300 level or above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

*Two advanced language or literature courseswill be substituted upon demonstrated pro-ficiency.Some of the requirements for the minor maybe met by study abroad.


79

Requirements for the Russian Major(24 semester hours beyond Russian IV and 12 semester hours in collateral liberal artscourses)

Russian LiteratureLIT-310, Russian Literature from

988-1850 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3LIT-311 Russian Literature from

1850-1917 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3LIT-312 20th-Century Russian Literature . .3

Five courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . .15LIT-313 Contemporary Russian LiteratureLIT-315 TolstoyLIT-317 DostoevskyLIT-330 Russian CultureRUS-490 Independent Research and StudyRUS-496 Special Studies








Requirements for the Russian Minor(18 semester hours)RUS-200, Russian III, IV* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6201

Two courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . . .6LIT-310 Russian Literature from 988-1850LIT-311 Russian Literature from 1850-1917LIT-312 20th-Century Russian Literature

Two additional Russian literature or culture courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

*Two advanced language or literature courseswill be substituted upon demonstrated pro-ficiency.

A Russian area studies minor is also offered.

Requirements for the Spanish Major(27 semester hours beyond the Spanish 200-level courses and 12 semester hours in collateralliberal arts courses)

SpanishLanguage, Culture and Introductory LiteratureSPA-300 Advanced Grammar and

Compositionor 302 Writing and Translating for the

Professions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3SPA-301 Spanish for Businessor 395 Phonetics for Communication . . .3SPA-310 Spanish Culture and Civilizationor 311 Latin American/Latino Culture . . .3SPA-320 Introduction to Spanish Literature 3SPA-325 Introduction to Latin-

American/Latino Literature . . . . . .3

Advanced LiteratureMedieval and Classical PeninsularTwo courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . . .6SPA-305 CervantesSPA-403 Medieval LiteratureSPA-415 The Spanish RenaissanceSPA-416 The Spanish Golden Age


80

Modern HispanicOne course from the following: . . . . . . . . . . . .3SPA-410 Modern Hispanic PoetrySPA-411 The Modern Spanish NovelSPA-412 Hispanic Theater and FilmSPA-426 Latin-American/Latino Film and

Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3








Some of the requirements for the major may bemet by study abroad. Students are stronglyencouraged to spend at least one semesterabroad.

All majors are expected to take at least oneSpanish course per semester in the senior year.

Requirements for the Spanish Minor

Language and Literature Track(18 semester hours)SPA-200, Spanish III, IV* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6201SPA-300 Advanced Grammar and


Professions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3SPA-320 Introduction to Spanish Literatureor 325 Introduction to Latin-

American/Latino Literature . . . . . .3Two additional courses, including at least one literature course, at the 300 level or above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

*Two advanced courses will be substituted forthe 200 level courses upon demonstratedproficiency.

Some of the requirements for the minor maybe met by study abroad.

Spanish for Business and the ProfessionsTrack(18 semester hours)SPA-200, Spanish III, IV* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6201SPA-300 Advanced Grammar and


Professions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3SPA-301 Spanish for Business. . . . . . . . . . . .3Two additional courses at the 300 level or above,one of which must be a literature course, andone in either culture or phonetics . . . . . . . . . .6

Some of the requirements for the minor maybe met by study abroad.*Two advanced courses will be substituted forthe 200 level courses upon demonstratedproficiency.


81

Honors Program in Foreign LanguagesThe department faculty will attempt to identifyprospective honors students at the earliest pos-sible moment and offer them challenges andencouragement. A student who has a 3.25cumulative average and a 3.5 average in themajor may be invited by the department, uponrecommendation of a faculty member, tobecome a candidate for the honors program inforeign languages. Details of the program willbe arranged to accommodate the interests andneeds of the individual student. Work maybegin in the junior year. In the fall semester ofthe senior year, the candidate registers forIndependent Research and Study, for three cred-it hours, to prepare a substantial draft of thehonors thesis. On the basis of this work, the fac-ulty determines whether or not the candidatewill be permitted to continue in the honors pro-gram; in any event, the student will have earnedthree credits. In the spring semester of the sen-ior year, the qualified candidate will again regis-ter for Independent Research and Study, forthree credit hours, to complete the honors the-sis. It will be presented to the faculty on orbefore April 15 and will be defended before theappropriate faculty members. Honors will beawarded to the student by the department uponrecommendation of the faculty of the particularlanguage.

GENDER STUDIESRequirements for the Minor(18 semester hours)

GND-200 Introduction to Women’s Studies .3GND-400 Senior Seminar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Four courses, at least two of which must haveGND prefixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12BHP-320 Gender and MusicENG-230 Women in LiteratureGND-100 Introduction to Gender StudiesGND-300 Feminist Literary CriticismGND-310 Special TopicsGND-311 Gender and Communication

GND-312 Gender, War and PeaceGND-313 Gender and EthicsGND-315 Seminar in Gender StudiesGND-350 Leadership and CommunityGND-490 Independent Research and StudyGND-491 InternshipHIS-309 Women in American HistoryHIS-339 Women in East AsiaLAW-304 Women and LawMCS-110 Race, Class and Gender in AmericaMGT-320 Managing Workforce DiversityPHL-230 Philosophy of the SexesPOL-280 Sex and PoliticsPSY-218 Psychology of WomenPSY-374 Psychology of the FamilyPSY-381 The Psychology of GenderSOC-205 FamiliesSOC-312 Women in SocietySOC-316 Feminist Social Thought

GEOLOGICAL AND MARINE SCIENCESRequirements for the EnvironmentalScience Major(72-73 semester hours)

Requirements for the Environmental Core(65 semester hours)

Environmental ScienceENV-100 Introduction to Environmental

Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4ENV-200 Statistical and Computer

Applications in the Natural Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

ENV-350 Principles of Environmental Toxicology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

ENV-400 Senior Seminar in Environmental Science

or 480 Senior Thesis* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

*Requirement for eligibility for graduation withhonors in environmental science. Highly rec-ommended for students aspiring to enter grad-uate school.


82



Diversity, and Biology of Plants . .4BIO-350 General Ecology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

ChemistryCHE-120 Principles of Chemistry . . . . . . . . .3CHE-121 Principles of Chemistry Lab . . . . .1CHE-122 Introduction to Chemical System .3CHE-123 Quantitative Methods Lab . . . . . . .1CHE-211 Organic Chemistry I . . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-213 Organic Chemistry I Lab . . . . . . . .1CHE-311 Analytical Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-312 Analytical Chemistry Lab . . . . . . . .1

Geological SciencesGEO-100 Earth Systems Science . . . . . . . . . .3GEO-102 Earth Materials andProcesses Lab .1GEO-350 Soils and Surficial Processes . . . . .3GEO-407 Hydrology and Water Resources . .4

MathematicsOne course from the following: . . . . . . . . . . . .4MTH-105 Algebra and TrigonometryMTH-210 Calculus IMTH-211 Calculus IIMTH-212 Calculus III

PhysicsPHY-100 Principles of Physics I. . . . . . . . . . .3PHY-100L Principles of Physics I Lab . . . . . . .1PHY-101 Principles of Physics II . . . . . . . . . .3PHY-101L Principles of Physics II Lab . . . . . .1

ConcentrationsTwo courses from one of the following concentrations: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-8

Biology*BIO-117 Principles of Biology: Evolution,

Diversity, and Biology of CellsBIO-215 Environmental MicrobiologyBIO-272 Introduction to Marine Biologyand 272L Marine Biology LabBIO-335 Modern Plant BiologyBIO-372 Behavior of Marine Organisms:

An Evolutionary ApproachBIO-450 Topics in EcologyMAR-401 Marine Ecology

*Completion of this concentration qualifies stu-dent for a minor in biology.

Chemistry*CHE-214 Organic Chemistry IIand 216 Organic Chemistry II LabCHE-315 Inorganic ChemistryBCH-325 Biochemistry Iand 326 Methods in Biochemistry and

Enzymology I Lab

*Completion of this concentration qualifies stu-dent for a minor in chemistry.

Geological SciencesGEO-201 Elements of MineralogyGEO-306 SedimentologyENV-375 Environmental Biogeochemistry

Marine SciencesMAR-120 OceanographyMAR-121L Introductory Oceanography LabMAR-330 Chemical OceanographyMAR-340 Marine Processes and

Environments: SeminarMAR-225, Introduction to Field Marine 227, 228 Scienceor 229


83

Requirements for the Geosciences Major(65-66 semester hours)

Geological SciencesGEO-100 Earth Systems Science . . . . . . . . . .3GEO-102 Earth Materials and Processes Lab 1ENV-200 Statistical and Computer

Applications in the Natural Sciences* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

GEO-201 Elements of Mineralogy . . . . . . . . .4GEO-210 Marine Life Through Time . . . . . .4GEO-305 Petrology and Petrography . . . . . .4GEO-306 Sedimentology………………… ..4GEO-307 Stratigraphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4GEO-310 Structural Geology . . . . . . . . . . . . .4GEO-350 Soils and Surficial Processes . . . . .3GEO-407 Hydrology and Water Resources . .4

Attendance at an approved summer geology field camp . . . . . .3 or more

*Students may substitute a 200-level or abovecourse from the department of mathematicscurriculum.

ChemistryCHE-120 Principles of Chemistry . . . . . . . . .3CHE-121 Principles of Chemistry Lab . . . . .1CHE-122 Introduction to Chemical Systems . .3CHE-123 Quantitative Methods Lab . . . . . .1


PhysicsOne sequence of courses from the following: .8PHY-100 Principles of Physics IPHY-100L Principles of Physics I LabPHY-101 Principles of Physics II

PHY-101L Principles of Physics II LaborPHY-200 General Physics IPHY-200L General Physics I LabPHY-201 General Physics IIPHY-201L General Physics II Lab

Geology electivesOne course from the following . . . . . . . . . . .3-4ENV-375 Environmental BiogeochemistryGEO-306 Sedimentology

(if not already taken)GEO-480 Senior Thesis*MAR-340 Marine Processes and

Environments: Seminar*Requirement for eligibility for graduation withhonors in geosciences.

Highly recommended for students aspiring toenter graduate school.

A minor in chemistry, physics, oceanography,or marine sciences is strongly recommend-ed.

Requirements for the EnvironmentalGeology Minor(21-22 semester hours)GEO-100 Earth Systems Science . . . . . . . . . .3GEO-102 Earth Materials and Processes LabGEO-113 Environmental Geology . . . . . . . . .3GEO-201 Elements of Mineralogy . . . . . . . . .4GEO-350 Soils and Surficial Processes . . . . .3GEO-407 Hydrology and Water Resources . .4

One course from the following: . . . . . . . . . .3-4ENV-375 Environmental BiogeochemistryGEO-307 StratigraphyGEO-310 Structural GeologyMAR-330 Chemical OceanographyMAR-340 Marine Processes and

Environments: Seminar


84

Requirements for the Marine SciencesMajor(63-66 semester hours)


Diversity, and Biology of Animals .4BIO-272 Introduction to Marine Biology . .3BIO-272L Marine Biology Lab . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Geological and Marine SciencesENV-200 Statistical and Computer

Applications in the Natural Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

GEO-306 Sedimentology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..4MAR-120 Oceanography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MAR-121L Introductory Oceanography Lab ..1MAR-330 Chemical Oceanography . . . . . . . .4MAR-340 Marine Processes and

Environments: Seminar . . . . . . . . ..3MAR-401 Marine Ecology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4MAR-410 Physical Oceanography . . . . . . . . .3

Field ExperienceOne course from the following: . . . . . . . . . .3-4MAR-225 Introduction to Field Marine

Science:Temperate Environments*

MAR-227 Introduction to Field Marine Science:Subtropical Environments*

MAR-228 Introduction to Field Marine Science:Boreal Environments*

MAR-229 Introduction to Field Marine Science:Tropical Environments*

*Taught in May-June on a rotating basis.

ChemistryCHE-120 Principles of Chemistry . . . . . . . . .3CHE-121 Principles of Chemistry Lab . . . . .1CHE-122 Introduction to Chemical Systems 3CHE-123 Quantitative Methods Lab . . . . . . .1

PhysicsOne sequence of courses from the following: .8PHY-100 Principles of Physics IPHY-100L Principles of Physics I LabPHY-101 Principles of Physics IIPHY-101L Principles of Physics II LaborPHY-200 General Physics IPHY-200L General Physics I LabPHY-201 General Physics IIPHY-201L General Physics II Lab


ElectivesTwo courses from the following: . . . . . . . . .6--8BIO-205 GeneticsBIO-320 Marine BotanyBIO-325 Marine Vertebrates: Fish to

MammalsBIO-350 General EcologyBIO-372 Behavior of Marine Organisms: An

Evolutionary ApproachCHE-211 Organic Chemistry IENV-375 Environmental BiogeochemistryGEO-210 Marine Life Through TimeGEO-480 Senior Thesis*MAR-340 Marine Processes and

Environments: SeminarSecond Field Experience from above

orMAR-429 Advanced Field Marine StudiesMAR-225 field work is conducted along the

southern New Jersey coast.MAR-227 is taught at the Bermuda Biological

Station, Bermuda.MAR-228 is taught at the Shoals Marine

Laboratory, Gulf of Maine.MAR-229 is taught at the Institute of Marine

Sciences, Roatan, Honduras.


85

*Requirement for eligibility for graduation withhonors in marine sciences. Highly recom-mended for students aspiring to enter graduateschool.

A minor in biology, chemistry or environmentalgeology is strongly recommended.

Requirements for the Marine SciencesMinor(19-20 semester hours)BIO-115 Principles of Biology: Evolution,

Diversity, and Biology of Animals .4BIO-272 Introduction to Marine Biology . .3BIO-272L Marine Biology Lab . . . . . . . . . . . .1GEO-100 Earth Systems Science* . . . . . . . . . .3GEO-102 Earth Materials and Processes Lab* .1MAR-120 Oceanography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MAR-121L Introductory Oceanography Lab ..1

One course from the following: . . . . . . . . . .3-4MAR-225 Introduction to Marine Science:

Temperate Environments**MAR-227 Introduction to Field Marine

Science:Subtropical Environments**

MAR-228 Introduction to Field Marine Science:Boreal Environments**

MAR-229 Introduction to Field Marine Science:Tropical Environments**

MAR-380 Independent Marine Science Field Study

*Biology majors may substitute BIO-116.

**Taught in May-June on a rotating basis.

Requirements for the OceanographyMinor*(21-22 semester hours)GEO-306 Sedimentology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4MAR-120 Oceanography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MAR-121L Introductory Oceanography Lab ..1MAR-330 Chemical Oceanography . . . . . . . .4MAR-340 Marine Processes and

Environments: Seminar . . . . . . . . .3MAR-410 Physical Oceanography . . . . . . . . .3

One course from the following: . . . . . . . . . .3-4ENV-375 Environmental BiogeochemistryGEO-306 Sedimentology

(if not taken previously)MAR-225 Introduction to Field Marine

Science:Temperate Environments**

MAR-227 Introduction to Field Marine Science:Subtropical Environments**

MAR-228 Introduction to Field Marine Science:Boreal Environments**

MAR-229 Introduction to Field Marine Science:Tropical Environments**

*This minor not available to marine sciencesmajors.

**Taught in May-June on a rotating basis.

Honors Program in Environmental Science,Geosciences, or Marine SciencesThe honors program in environmental science,geosciences, or marine sciences is awarded inrecognition of majors who have demonstratedoutstanding academic ability. Enrollment in theprogram is by invitation of the department fac-ulty. Eligibility requirements include mainte-nance of at least a minimum GPA of 3.5 incourses required for the major and satisfactorycompletion of a senior thesis. In addition, anhonors candidate must maintain an overall GPAof 3.0.


86

GLOBAL AND MULTINATIONAL STUDIESRequirements for the Major(39 semester hours)

Foundation CoursesThree courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . .9GMS-180 International Dimensions of an

Integrated WorldGMS-200 The Social Construction of Global

SocietyGMS-201 The Politics of the Global EconomyPOL-215 Global Politics

TracksAt least one POL course from tracks I, II and IIIbelow plus five elective courses (a minimum offive courses must be at the 300 level or above)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

I. Global Communications and InstitutionsCOM-252 Intercultural CommunicationCOM-393 International CommunicationECO-355 Multinational CorporationsPOL-210 Public OpinionPOL-219 Terrorism, Revolution and

Political ViolencePOL-295 Special Projects in Political

Science: Model United NationsPOL-306 Political FilmPOL-307 Political Communication

II. Regional StudiesECO-315 Comparative Economic SystemsECO-365 The Post-Soviet Economy and

U.S. BusinessHIS-274 History of Russia since 1855HIS-281 The Modern Middle EastHIS-283 Modern Latin AmericaHIS-284 Caribbean HistoryHIS-286 Modern East AsiaHIS-287 China in RevolutionHIS-288 African HistoryHIS-339 Women in East AsiaPOL-216 Comparative Political SystemsPOL-218 The Pacific Rim in the 21st

Century

POL-255 European PoliticsPOL-320 Politics of the Middle EastPOL-328 Environmental PolicyPOL-340 Modern Democracy and Its

CriticsPOL-365 Third World PoliticsSOC-270 AfricaSOC-271 EuropeSOC-309 Peasant SocietySOC-341 Developing SocietiesSOC-350 Social Policy

III. International RelationsFIN-308 International FinanceHIS-311 American Foreign Relations

since 1900HIS-355 History of the 20th-Century

DiplomacyPOL-215 Global Politics*POL-219 Terrorism, Revolution and


Science: Model United NationsPOL-315 Global IssuesPOL-350 U.S. Foreign and Security Policy

*If taken as a foundation course, another polit-ical science course from this area must betaken.

IV. Language and CultureTwo courses in the foreign language departmentat the 200 level or above. One course must be inforeign language, the other may be in culture orforeign language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Beyond the one course required, students mayspecialize in this track. However, any coursestaken must be in the same language and culturetrack. Therefore, if a student takes a Frenchcourse, all subsequent language or culturecourses must also be in French (FRE-311, 312,313, GER-310, 312, 313, LIT-330, SPA-310, 311,312, 313, 314, 315)*.


87

*Study Abroad courses fulfill the language andculture requirement and in addition count astwo courses toward the major.Note: For qualified students, BHP courses

may be substituted in consultationwith the department chairperson.

Requirements for the Minor(21 semester hours)

Foundation CoursesThree courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . .9GMS-180 International Dimensions of an

Integrated WorldGMS-200 The Social Construction of Global

SocietyGMS-201 The Politics of the Global EconomyPOL-215 Global Politics

TracksOne course each from tracks I, II and III. Ofthese, at least one must be a POL courses . . . .9

I. Global Communications and InstitutionsCOM-252 Intercultural CommunicationCOM-393 International CommunicationECO-355 Multinational CorporationsPOL-210 Public OpinionPOL-219 Terrorism, Revolution and


Science: Model United NationsPOL-306 Political FilmPOL-307 Political Communication

II. Regional StudiesECO-315 Comparative Economic SystemsECO-365 The Post-Soviet Economy and

U.S. BusinessHIS-274 History of Russia since 1855HIS-281 The Modern Middle EastHIS-283 Modern Latin AmericaHIS-284 Caribbean HistoryHIS-286 Modern East AsiaHIS-287 China in Revolution

HIS-288 African HistoryHIS-339 Women in East AsiaPOL-216 Comparative Political SystemsPOL-218 The Pacific Rim in the 21st

CenturyPOL-255 European PoliticsPOL-320 Politics of the Middle EastPOL-328 Environmental PolicyPOL-340 Modern Democracy and Its

CriticsPOL-365 Third World PoliticsSOC-270 AfricaSOC-271 EuropeSOC-309 Peasant SocietySOC-341 Developing SocietiesSOC-350 Social Policy

III. International RelationsFIN-308 International FinanceHIS-311 American Foreign Relations

since 1900HIS-355 History of the 20th-Century

DiplomacyPOL-215 Global Politics*POL-219 Terrorism, Revolution and


Science: Model United NationsPOL-315 Global IssuesPOL-350 U.S. Foreign and Security Policy

*If taken as a foundation course, another polit-ical science course from this area must betaken.

IV. Language and CultureOne course in the foreign language departmentat the 200 level or above. The course may be ina foreign language or culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3


88

HISTORYRequirements for the Major(36-39 semester hours)

HistoryHIS-110 Seminar in History* . . . . . . . . . . . .3HIS-208 U.S. I: American History from

European Settlement through Reconstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

HIS-209 U.S. II: American History fromReconstruction to the Present . . . .3

HIS-214 Europe to 1715or 215 Europe since 1715 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3HIS-360 Seminar in Historiography . . . . . .3HIS-460 History and Historical Method . . .3

Two courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . . .6HIS-201 African American HistoryHIS-281 The Modern Middle EastHIS-282 Colonial Latin AmericaHIS-283 Modern Latin AmericaHIS-284 Caribbean HistoryHIS-285 Traditional China and JapanHIS-286 Modern East AsiaHIS-287 China in RevolutionHIS-288 African HistoryHIS-289 History of Modern JapanHIS-295 Native American HistoryHIS-309 Women in American HistoryHIS-339 Women in East Asia

ElectivesFive history courses above the HIS-250 level

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15*Required for freshmen only.

History majors are urged to take minors perti-nent to their career aspirations as well as to theirinterests. Thus, philosophy (emphasis on logicand language) and English (expository writingand close reading) are fine minors for pre-lawstudents; sociology, political science, psycholo-gy, economics, and law and justice also are suit-able for pre-law, and appropriate for those con-sidering management, politics, or public service.

Requirements for the Minor(21 semester hours)For students in SLAS: HIS-150–World Historyto 1500 and 151–World History since 1500; plusfive history electives, including four upper-levelcourses (HIS-250 to 490). For students in theCollege of Business Administration and theSchool of Education: seven courses in history,including three lower-level (HIS-150 to 249)and four upper-level courses (HIS-250 to 490).

Honors Program in HistoryA limited number of superior students may par-ticipate in a program leading to graduation withhonors or high honors in history. Interested stu-dents may apply to the departmental committeeon honors in September of their sophomoreyear, but must apply by the time they have com-pleted 75 credits. Admission is based on aca-demic average and submission of an acceptableproposal for an individual honors program.Individual programs are designed with, and for,each student, and may include honors seminarsand independent study projects. In addition,honors students may be exempted from certainlower-level courses normally required by themajor. Honors in history are awarded on thebasis of the successful completion of individualprograms and the completion and defense of asenior thesis or its equivalent.

LAW AND JUSTICERequirements for the Minor(Students may choose a concentration in eitherlegal studies or criminal justice.)

Requirements for the Legal StudiesConcentration(21 semester hours)*

Multi-disciplinary Approaches to Law

Category I**At least three courses from the following:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-15


89

Baccalaureate HonorsBHP-322 Honors Seminar: The Guilty and the

Innocent: Assessing Blame and Determining Punishment in Literature and Law

Business PolicyBUS-210 Introduction to Law: ContractsBUS-211 Commercial LawBUS-214 Advanced Business LawBUS-300 Social and Legal Environment of

BusinessBUS-315 Health Care Law, Ethics, and PolicyBUS-444 Selected Topics in Business Policy

and Environment

CommunicationCOM-301 Communication Law

HistoryHIS-301 Constitutional History of the

United States

Law and Justice Interdisciplinary CoursesLAW-140 Introductory Seminar in Law and

JusticeLAW-150 Introduction to ForensicsLAW-204 Law, Literature, and Film in

AmericaLAW-304 Women and LawLAW-305 Trial AdvocacyLAW-306 Law and Justice ExperienceLAW-307 Criminal Justice PracticeLAW-308 Conflict and Conflict ResolutionLAW-310 Cyberspace Law and PolicyLAW-355 Sports and the LawLAW-365 Rights of the AccusedLAW-395 Selected Topics in Law and JusticeLAW-405 Crime and Justice in the MediaLAW-490 Independent Research and StudyLAW-491 Internship in Law and JusticeLAW-496 Honors Thesis in Law and Justice

Management and Human ResourcesMGT-313 Legal Aspects of Human

Resource Management

PhilosophyPHL-303 Philosophy of Law

Political SciencePOL-300 U.S. Constitutional LawPOL-301 Civil Liberties in the United

StatesPOL-360 Politics of the Criminal Justice

System

PsychologyPSY-279 Psychology and Law

SociologySOC-317 Law and the Legal ProfessionSOC-319 Criminal Justice and Corrections

Category IILaw-Related CoursesA maximum of two courses from the following:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-6

CommunicationCOM-251 Interpersonal CommunicationCOM-252 Intercultural CommunicationCOM-302 Communication EthicsCOM-322 Argumentation and Debate

Management and Human ResourcesMGT-312 Introduction to Labor Relations

PhilosophyPHL-115 EthicsPHL-202 Social PhilosophyPHL-203 Business EthicsPHL-255 American EthicsPHL-360 Contemporary Ethics

Political SciencePOL-326 Power in American PoliticsPOL-327 Contemporary Issues in

American Public PolicyPOL-328 Environmental PolicyPOL-361 The Judicial Process


90

SociologySOC-206 Deviance and CrimeSOC-216 Youth and CrimeSOC-340 Power and PoliticsSOC-350 Social Policy

Category IIITheory/ApplicationOne course from the following: . . . . . . . . . . . .3LAW-305 Trial AdvocacyLAW-306 Law and Justice ExperienceLAW-307 Criminal Justice PracticeLAW-308 Conflict and Conflict Resolution

Electives+LAW-490 Independent Research and StudyLAW-491 Internship in Law and JusticeLAW-496 Honors Thesis in Law and Justice

Category IVSenior SeminarLAW-450 Law and Justice Senior Seminar . .3

(Required for all seniors in the minor)

*No more than three courses from the samedepartment may be counted toward the minor.

**Students may take six additional credits fromcategory I instead of category II.

+These courses may count toward the minoronly with the permission of the director of theprogram.

++No LAW course may be used more than onceto fulfill minor requirements.

Requirements for the Criminal JusticeConcentration(21 semester hours)*

Category I**

Multi-disciplinary Approaches to Crimeand JusticeAt least one course from three of the followingfive areas: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-15

Baccalaureate HonorsBHP-322 Honors Seminar: The Guilty and the

Innocent: Assessing Blame and Determining Punishment in Literature and Law

Law and Justice Interdisciplinary CoursesLAW-140 Introductory Seminar in Law and

JusticeLAW-150 Introduction to ForensicsLAW-204 Law, Literature and Film in

AmericaLAW-304 Women and LawLAW-305 Trial AdvocacyLAW-306 Law and Justice ExperienceLAW-307 Criminal Justice PracticeLAW-308 Conflict and Conflict ResolutionLAW-310 Cyberspace Law and PolicyLAW-355 Sports and the LawLAW-365 Rights of the AccusedLAW-395 Selected Topics in Law and JusticeLAW-405 Crime and Justice in the MediaLAW-490 Independent Research and StudyLAW-491 Internship in Law and JusticeLAW-496 Honors Thesis in Law and Justice

Political SciencePOL-360 Politics of the Criminal Justice

SystemPOL-361 The Judicial Process



91

SociologySOC-206 Deviance and CrimeSOC-216 Youth and CrimeSOC-319 Criminal Justice and Corrections

Category II

Crime and Justice Related CoursesA maximum of two courses from the following:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-6CommunicationCOM-251 Interpersonal CommunicationCOM-252 Intercultural CommunicationCOM-322 Argumentation and Debate


Political SciencePOL-235 Race and Ethnicity in American

PoliticsPOL-300 U.S. Constitutional LawPOL-301 Civil Liberties in the U.S.POL-325 Public AdministrationPOL-335 Urban Politics

PsychologyPSY-220 Abnormal PsychologyPSY-365 Drugs and Human Behavior

SociologySOC-205 FamiliesSOC-207 Racial and Ethnic RelationsSOC-308 Cities and SuburbsSOC-317 Law and the Legal ProfessionSOC-340 Power and PoliticsSOC-350 Social Policy

Category III

Theory/ApplicationOne course from the following: . . . . . . . . . . . .3LAW-305 Trial AdvocacyLAW-306 Law and Justice Experience

LAW-307 Criminal Justice PracticeLAW-308 Conflict and Conflict Resolution

ElectivesLAW-490 Independent Research and StudyLAW-491 Internship in Law and JusticeLAW-496 Honors Thesis in Law and Justice

Category IV

Senior SeminarLAW-450 Law and Justice Senior Seminar . .3

(Required for all seniors in the minor)

*No more than three courses from the samedepartment may be counted toward the minor.

**Students may take six additional credits fromcategory I instead of category II.

+These courses may count toward the minoronly with the permission of the director of theprogram.

++No LAW course may be used more than onceto fulfill minor requirements.

MATHEMATICSRequirements for the Major(50 semester hours)

MathematicsMTH-210, Calculus I, II, III . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12211, 212MTH-240 Linear Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MTH-250 Differential Equations . . . . . . . . . .3MTH-308 Advanced Calculus . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MTH-315 Modern Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MTH-340 Probability and Statistical Analysis I 3MTH-401 Modern Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MTH-410 Complex Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Three 400-level mathematics electives or one 300-level and two 400-level mathematics electives . . .9

91


Mathematics majors must attain a B average inCalculus I and II in order to take advancedmathematics courses.

Requirements for the Minor(24 semester hours)MTH-210, Calculus I, II, III . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12211, 212

Four mathematics courses above the MTH-212 level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Honors Program in MathematicsSuperior students majoring in mathematicsmay participate in a program leading to gradu-ation with honors in mathematics. A candidatemust submit written application by March 1 ofthe junior year to the departmental honorscommittee. Admission to the program will bebased on a 3.25 cumulative average in mathe-matics courses taken in the first five semestersand sponsorship by a member of the depart-mental faculty. During the senior year, the stu-dent will be enrolled in Mathematics 490-Independent Research and Study. Honors inmathematics is based on earning a 3.4 average inseven mathematics courses at the 300 and 400levels (excluding Mathematics 490) and anacceptable senior thesis. Further information onthe program can be obtained from the depart-ment.

Multicultural StudiesRequirements for the Minor(21 semester hours)

Multicultural StudiesMCS-110 Race, Class, and Gender inContemporary American Society . . . . . . . . . . .3MCS-220 Issues in Multicultural Studies . . .3

ElectivesFive courses from the following three groups,chosen in consultation with the director . . . .15

Multicultural StudiesMCS-280 Directed Readings in

Multicultural StudiesMCS-491 Internship in Multicultural

Studies

Electives Emphasizing Multiculturalismwithin the United StatesAMS-210 Growing Up AmericanAMS-212 American Ethnic Groups:

Irish, Jewish, and Italian Americans

AMS-227 The Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

AMS-228 Studies in American Jewish Culture

COM-252 Intercultural CommunicationENG-228 Black American LiteratureENG-229 Multi-Ethnic Literature in

AmericaHIS-201 African American HistoryHIS-307 The Immigrant in American LifeMGT-320 Managing Workforce DiversityPOL-235 Race and Ethnicity in American

PoliticsSOC-207 Racial and Ethnic RelationsSOC-272 Indians of North America

Electives Providing Background andContextHIS-281 The Modern Middle EastHIS-283 Modern Latin AmericaHIS-284 Caribbean HistoryHIS-286 Modern East AsiaHIS-287 China RevolutionHIS-288 African HistoryHIS-339 Women in East AsiaPHL-207 Oriental PhilosophyPOL-320 Politics of the Middle EastPSY-373 Psychology and the HolocaustSOC-270 Africa


92


93

SPA-311 Latin American/Latino CultureSPA-325 Introduction to Latin

American/Latino LiteratureSPA-426 Latin American/Latino Film and

Fiction

PHILOSOPHYRequirements for the Major(37 semester hours)

PhilosophyPHL-100 Plato and Aristotle . . . . . . . . . . . . .3PHL-115 Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3PHL-210 Symbolic Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3PHL-225 Modern Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . .3PHL-494 Preparation and Research for Senior

Philosophy Thesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1PHL-495 Senior Philosophy Thesis . . . . . . . .3

One 400-level philosophy seminar . .3Four philosophy electives at the 300 level or above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Two philosophy electives at any level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Requirements for the Minor(18 semester hours)PHL-100 Plato and Aristotle . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

One 400-level philosophy seminar . .3Four philosophy electives, including one at the 300 level or above . . . .12

Requirements for the Ethics Minor(18 semester hours)PHL-115 Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3PHL-360 Contemporary Ethics . . . . . . . . . . .3

One 400-level philosophy seminar . .3Three philosophy electives including one at the 300 level or above . . . . .9

Honors Program in PhilosophyHonors in philosophy may be achieved, uponthe recommendation of the department, byearning a 3.5 cumulative average in the disci-pline and completing the senior thesis with dis-tinction.

PHYSICSRequirements for the Major(58-59 semester hours)

PhysicsPHY-200 General Physics I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3PHY-200L General Physics I Lab . . . . . . . . . . .1PHY-201 General Physics II . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3PHY-201L General Physics II Lab . . . . . . . . . .1PHY-203 Introduction to Modern Physics . .3PHY-300 Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3PHY-305 Electricity and Magnetism . . . . . . .3PHY-315 Thermodynamics and Statistical

Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3PHY-320 Quantum Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . .3

Four physics electives at the 300 level or above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-12

MathematicsMTH-210, Calculus I, II, III . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12211, 212MTH-240 Linear Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MTH-250 Differential Equations . . . . . . . . . .3MTH-308 Advanced Calculus . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MTH-410 Complex Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Requirements for the Minor(20 semester hours)PHY-200 General Physics I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3PHY-200L General Physics I Lab . . . . . . . . . . .1PHY-201 General Physics II . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3PHY-201L General Physics II Lab . . . . . . . . . .1PHY-203 Introduction to Modern Physics . .3PHY-300 Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3PHY-305 Electricity and Magnetism . . . . . . .3

One other 300- or 400-level physics course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3


94

Honors Program in PhysicsThe honors program in physics is a special pro-gram that includes intensive experience in aforefront area of research in physics or astrono-my. This program is available to students whohave demonstrated outstanding academic abili-ty and admission is gained only by invitation ofthe physics faculty. Eligibility requirementsinclude maintaining a minimum 3.5 average inphysics as well as a cumulative 3.0 average. Awritten senior thesis is required as well as anoral presentation to the physics faculty.

POLITICAL SCIENCERequirements for the Political ScienceMajor(39 semester hours)

Political SciencePOL-100 Introduction to American Politics*

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3POL-102 Understanding Politics* . . . . . . . . .3One course from each of the following four subfields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Political TheoryPOL-239 Political Thinkers and Political

ThoughtPOL-340 Modern Democracy and Its CriticsPOL-342 Freedom and AuthorityPOL-343 American Political Thought I

American PoliticsPOL-235 Race and Ethnicity in American

PoliticsPOL-305 Political Parties and Electoral

BehaviorPOL-312 Congressional PoliticsPOL-313 The American Presidency

Law and Public PolicyPOL-300 U.S. Constitutional LawPOL-301 Civil Liberties in the United StatesPOL-325 Public AdministrationPOL-326 Power in American Politics

Comparative Politics/InternationalRelationsPOL-215 Global PoliticsPOL-216 Comparative Political SystemsPOL-225 Nationalism in World PoliticsPOL-365 Third World Politics

Six political science electives, four ofwhich must be at the300 or 400 level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

One course from the following 400-level courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3POL-450 Seminar in Political SciencePOL-490 Independent Research and StudyPOL-491 Internship in Political Science

*Must be taken in the freshman year.

Requirements for the Minor(21 semester hours)POL-100 Introduction to American Politics 3POL-102 Understanding Politics . . . . . . . . . .3

Five political science electives, threeof which must be at the 300 level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Pre-Law Concentration in Political ScienceCourses offered under the pre-law concentra-tion consider such subjects as the nature of lawand legal reasoning, constitutional and statuto-ry interpretation, the operation of the federaland state judicial systems, the operation of thecriminal justice system, the development andapplication of the law of civil rights and civil lib-erties, and the interaction of legal and politicalconsiderations in the development and admin-istration of public policy. Students majoring inpolitical science with a pre-law concentrationare assigned to work with the department's pre-law advisor.


95

Honors Program in Political ScienceMajors who have completed eight courses inpolitical science with a cumulative average of3.5 may request candidacy for graduation withhonors in political science. Students should sub-mit to the chairperson of the department, earlyin their sixth semester (March 15 or October15), an Independent Research and Study (490)project signed by a faculty sponsor andapproved by the department. Applicants enrollin Political Science 490 in their seventh semesterto develop a thesis proposal. Upon approval, thehonors candidate will enroll in Political Science499-Senior Honors Thesis, for six credits, in thelast semester. A substantive research workshould be presented no later than April 1 orNovember 1 before a committee made up of thethesis advisor and two faculty membersapproved by the department. Honors in politi-cal science are awarded upon the successfulcompletion and defense of the thesis.

POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONRequirements for the Minor(21 semester hours)POL-307 Political Communication . . . . . . . .3

CommunicationThree courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . .9COM-100 Mass Media Communication*COM-205 Theories of Persuasion*COM-322 Argumentation and DebateCOM-390 Communication and Society:

The American First Lady or The Making of the President

COM-391 Communication CriticismCOM-393 International Communication

Political ScienceThree courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . .9GMS-180 International Dimensions of an

Integrated WorldPOL-210 Public OpinionPOL-230 Methods of Political AnalysisPOL-247 Political CampaigningPOL-295 Special Project:

National Model United Nations**

POL-295 Special Project:Presidential Election Poll**(only offered in presidential election years)

POL-295 Special Project:Mock Presidential Nominating Conventions**(only offered in semester prior topresidential election)

POL-301 Civil Liberties in the United States

POL-305 Political Parties and Electoral Behavior

POL-306 Political FilmPOL-313 The American PresidencyPOL-315 Global Issues

Recommended courseOne course from the following: . . . . . . . . . .0-4COM-490 Independent Research and StudyCOM-491 Internship in CommunicationPOL-490 Independent Research and StudyPOL-491 Internship in Political Science

*May not be counted toward the minor by com-munication majors

**Only one special project may be countedtoward the minor.


96

PSYCHOLOGYRequirements for the Major(37 semester hours)

PsychologyPSY-100 Introduction to Psychology . . . . . .3PSY-201 Statistics and Research Design . . . .3

Upper Division Methods CoursesOne course from the following: . . . . . . . . . . . .4PSY-302 Research in CognitionPSY-303 Research in Social PsychologyPSY-335 Research in Human Cognitive

NeurosciencePSY-336 Experimental Methods: Animal

Learning and BehaviorPSY-340 Group DynamicsPSY-350 Advanced Developmental

Psychology

Lower LevelFour courses from at least three difference areas:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

AppliedPSY-237 Cognitive DisabilitiesPSY-279 Psychology and Law

Adjustment and PsychopathologyPSY-220 Abnormal Psychology

Personality and SocialPSY-215 PersonalityPSY-218 Psychology of WomenPSY-240 Social Psychology

Human DevelopmentPSY-230 Developmental Psychology I:

ChildPSY-231 Developmental Psychology II:

Youth-Adolescent

CognitionPSY-225 Learning and MemoryPSY-235 Cognitive Development

Biological FoundationsPSY-238 Sensation and PerceptionPSY-255 Biopsychology

Upper LevelFour courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . .12PSY-305 Theories of PsychotherapyPSY-312 Behavior ModificationPSY-315 Psychological TestsPSY-330 Developmental DisabilitiesPSY-365 Drugs and Human BehaviorPSY-370 SociobiologyPSY-372 States of ConsciousnessPSY-373 Psychology and The HolocaustPSY-374 Psychology of the FamilyPSY-375 Psychology and FilmPSY-380 Multimedia Technology for

Behavioral SciencePSY-381 The Psychology of GenderPSY-382 Aging, Brain and Cognition

Capstone ExperienceChoose one capstone experience from the fol-lowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-12

Applied ExperienceEDU-465 Student Teaching and SeminarPSY-491 Internship in Psychology

Foundations of PsychologyPSY-400 Senior Seminar in PsychologyPSY-420 History of PsychologyPSY-490 Independent Research and Study

ElectivesPSY-295 Directed Study in Psychology*

*Does not satisfy requirements for the major.

Requirements for the Minor(18 semester hours)PSY-100 Introduction to Psychology . . . . . .3Five psychology electives, including three at the300 level or above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15


97

Honors Program in PsychologyA student may receive honors in psychology byfulfilling the following conditions beyond thebasic requirements for the psychology major:complete one Independent Research and Studyproject (490); earn a cumulative average of 3.25and an average of 3.5 in psychology at the timeof graduation.

RUSSIAN AREA STUDIESRequirements for the Minor(21 semester hours)*RUS-200, Russian III, IV+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6201IND-401 Seminar in Russian and Soviet Area

Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

At least one course from the following: . . . .3-9HIS-273 History of Russia to 1855HIS-274 History of Russia since 1855HIS-314 History of Socialism

At least one course from the following: . . . .3-9LIT-310 Russian Literature from 988–1850LIT-311 Russian Literature from 1850–1917LIT-312 20th-Century Russian LiteratureLIT-313 Contemporary Russian LiteratureLIT-315 TolstoyLIT-317 DostoevskyLIT-330 Russian Culture

Optional CourseECO-365 The Post-Soviet Economy and U.S.

Business

*Of the 21 credit hours required, at least onecourse must be taken in two different disci-plines--Russian literature and Russian history,unless they are requirements for the student'smajor. No more than one course in the stu-dent's major may count toward the require-ments of the minor.

+Language courses may be waived upondemonstrated proficiency. One or two othercourses must be substituted from any of theabove.

SOCIOLOGYRequirements for the Major(45 semester hours)

SociologySOC-101 The Sociological Imagination . . . .3SOC-201 Introductory Seminar in Sociology .3SOC-301 Methods of Sociological Research .3SOC-314 Social Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3SOC-400 Senior Seminar in Sociology . . . . .3

Three courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . .9SOC-311 Social and Cultural ChangeSOC-315 Issues in Modern Social TheorySOC-317 Law and the Legal ProfessionSOC-330 Social InequalitySOC-340 Power and PoliticsSOC-355 Interpersonal Relations

Six sociology electives . . . . . . . . . .18

StatisticsMTH-120 Introduction to Applied StatisticsorPOL-230 Methods of Political Analysis . . . . .3

Seniors planning to attend graduate schoolshould take the Graduate Record Examination,including the Advanced Test in Sociology.

Requirements for the Minor(21 semester hours)SOC-101 The Sociological Imagination . . . .3

Two courses from the following: . . . . . . . . . . .6SOC-201 Introductory Seminar in SociologySOC-300 Work and OccupationsSOC-311 Social and Cultural ChangeSOC-315 Issues in Modern Social TheorySOC-317 Law and the Legal ProfessionSOC-330 Social InequalitySOC-340 Power and PoliticsSOC-355 Interpersonal Relations

Four sociology electives . . . . . . . .12

Honors Program in SociologyHonors in sociology may be achieved by earninga 3.5 cumulative average in the discipline andcompleting, through honors in sociology (496),a senior honors thesis with distinction.

Social WorkRequirements for the Minor(18-21 semester hours)SOW-200 Social Services and Social Work: An

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3SOW-300 Methods of Social Work Practice .3SOW-301 Field Work Experience . . . . . . . .3-6

One course from each of the following twogroups: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6SOC-205, Families248 Social Service Organizationsor 350 Social Policy

PSY-230 Developmental Psychology I–Childor 231 Developmental Psychology II–

Youth-AdolescentOne additional course in an area ofconcentration relevant to social work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3


98

99

Continuing Studies

continuing studies

100

2004-2005 CALENDAR

Fall Semester 2004

September8 Wednesday

5-7 p.m.Audit and late registrationEvening classes begin except eight-week evening classes

9 ThursdayDay classes begin

8-14 Wednesday-TuesdaySchedule changes (add/drop)

13-16 Monday-ThursdayEight-week evening classes begin

10-12 Friday-SundayWeekend College- first class weekend

15-22 Wednesday-WednesdaySchedule changes (drop only)

October1 Friday

December 2004 degree applications due

18 MondayRegistration for spring 2005 semester begins

November24-26 Wednesday-Sunday

No evening or Weekend College classesThanksgiving recess


December9 Thursday


Day classes end12 Sunday

Weekend College classes end

13-19 Monday-SundayEvening/Weekend College exams

17 FridaySpring and summer 2005 degree applications due

January 200528 Friday

Deadline for make-up of fallsemester incomplete grades

Fall 2004 Withdrawal Dates

September 23-October 27Withdrawal, student discretion

October 28-November 24Withdrawal, consent of instructor

November 25-December 10Withdrawal, psychological or physiological incapacity

Spring Semester 2005

January24 Monday

All evening and day classes begin24 Monday

5-7 p.m.Audit and late registration

24-30 Monday-SundaySchedule changes (add/drop)

28-30 Friday-SundayWeekend College - first class weekend

31-Feb. 4 Monday - FridaySchedule changes (drop only)

March13-20 Monday-Sunday

Spring recess begins21 Monday

Classes resumeRegistration for summer and fall semester begins

continuing studies

101

April28 Thursday


Day classes end

May1 Sunday

Weekend College classes end2-8 Monday-Sunday

Evening/Weekend College classes exams

13 FridayCommencement

June10 Friday

Deadline for make-up of springsemester incomplete grades

Spring 2005 Withdrawal Dates

February 7-March 11Withdrawal, consent of instructor

March 14-April 15Withdrawal, consent of instructor

April 18-April 29Withdrawal, psychological or physiological incapacity

For the complete policy on Course Withdrawals,see page 279.

SUMMER SESSION 2005Students interested in calendar and courseofferings for the summer sessions should con-sult the summer session catalog, availableSpring 2005 from the College of ContinuingStudies.

Academic Opportunities

Rider’s commitment to the part-time student isas old as Rider itself. Established as a businessschool in 1865 to meet the needs of returningCivil War veterans, it included an evening pro-gram for people unable to attend during theday. Rider expanded over the years, and by 1962the School of Business Administration, theSchool of Education and Human Services, theSchool of Liberal Arts and Science, and theEvening School had been established. In 1992,Westminster Choir College of Princeton mergedwith Rider to become Westminster ChoirCollege, The School of Music of Rider College.In 1994, Rider was designated a teaching univer-sity by the NJ Board of Higher Education.

Recognizing that learning is a lifelong processand that part-time students needs a variety oflearning opportunities, Rider established theSchool for Continuing Studies in 1978, incorpo-rating the Evening School. Students enroll inContinuing Studies for a variety of reasons: toearn degrees; to learn more about our complexsociety; to use expanding leisure time to updateor upgrade professional skills; or to prepare forgraduate school, certification, or career changes.Continuing Studies programs are responsive toall of these needs.

Students participating in the programsoffered by Continuing Studies have various edu-cational backgrounds and educational goals.Many enroll with high school backgrounds,while others bring college credits, undergradu-ate degrees, or even graduate degrees. Studentsenroll to earn associate or bachelor’s degrees; todevelop their professional capabilities; to pre-pare for graduate study; and to enrich their per-sonal lives.

continuing studies

102

Weekend College andAlternate Formats

Through study in the Weekend College, adultstudents may enroll in classes scheduled onFriday evening, Saturday morning, Saturdayafternoon, or Sunday morning. Most classesmeet every other weekend.

Admission to the Weekend College requiresenrollment in CCS, admission to a degree pro-gram (or prior completion of a baccalaureatedegree), completion of at least 15 college credits,a 2.5 GPA, and the approval of the CCS assistantdean or academic coordinator.

Weekend College study encourages independ-ent and self-directed learning. The format andinstructional methodology of weekend coursesdiffer from those employed in weekday andevening classes.

In addition, CCS offers courses which meeton alternate weeks a maximum of eightevenings during the semester. The same admis-sions procedures as Weekend College arerequired for students interested in this format.

Summer Session

Administered by CCS, the summer session pro-vides students with an opportunity to enrichtheir personal or professional backgrounds; tocomplement work taken during the fall andspring semesters; and to accelerate their collegeprograms.

Further information about the summer ses-sion, including course offerings and applicationinformation, is available in the summer sessioncatalog. Inquiries about the summer sessionshould be directed to CCS, 609-896-5033.

Degrees Offered

All College of Continuing Studies (CCS)degrees may be earned by attending classesoffered during the evening, day or weekends.See section titled Weekend College andAlternate Formats on page 102.

The bachelor’s and associate degree programsoffer students a unified body of course work,culminating in a recognized credential.Through CCS, the part-time student can earnthe Bachelor of Arts degree in liberal studies, theBachelor of Science degree in chemistry and theBachelor of Science in Business Administrationin eight areas. Students completing any of thesebachelor degree programs may seek additionalstudy at the graduate level. See the section titledOffice of Graduate Admissions for more infor-mation.

The Bachelor of Science in BusinessAdministration is conferred by the College ofBusiness Administration. Within this degreeprogram, students can choose from majors inaccounting, advertising, business administra-tion, computer information systems, finance,human resource management, managementand organizational behavior, and marketing.

Students may also seek an associate degree,either as a goal in itself or as an intermediatestep toward a bachelor’s degree. Associatedegrees may be earned in business administra-tion and general studies.

See the section titled Undergraduate DegreePrograms for degree requirements.

continuing studies

103

Undergraduate DegreePrograms

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESSADMINISTRATION (B.S.B.A.)

Common Curriculum RequirementsAll students in business administration arerequired to take courses in business and non-business subjects. The purpose of these coursesis to provide exposure in areas significant in theconduct of business, social, and political affairs.Thus, every candidate is required to completespecified courses in English, accounting, man-agement sciences, economics, finance, manage-ment and leadership, human resource manage-ment, marketing, and two courses each in thenatural sciences, social sciences, and thehumanities.

Of the 120 semester hours of credit requiredfor graduation, at least 45 semester hours,including the last 30, must be taken at Rider.

BUSINESS SUBJECTS(54 semester hours)Business coreCIS-185 Introduction to Computing . . . . . .3ACC-210 Introduction to Accounting . . . . . .3ACC-220 Managerial Uses of Accounting . . .3MGT-201 Fundamentals of Management and

Organizational Behavior . . . . . . . .3MKT-200 Marketing Principles . . . . . . . . . . .3BUS-300 Social and Legal Environment of

Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3FIN-300 Introduction to Finance . . . . . . . . .3MSD-340 Production and Operations . . . . . .3CIS-485 Management Information Systems3BUS-400 Strategic Management and Policy .3*Major Requirements (pgs. 105-110) . . . .18-21+Business Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-6

*Accounting majors take seven major coursesand one business elective.

+Must include one international business elec-tive, if not part of major.

All students in business administration com-plete a program of study prescribed by thedepartment in which they are enrolled. Thisprogram of specialized study normally begins inthe equivalent of the junior year. Departmentalconcentration involves the grouping of appro-priate courses to fulfill prescribed requirements.These courses are designed to provide the stu-dent with a general competence in one of theprincipal areas of business.

Major fields of study include accounting,advertising, business administration, computerinformation systems, finance, human resourcemanagement, management and leadership, andmarketing. A student may choose to have a dou-ble major, but there is no guarantee that the stu-dent will complete the second major within the120 credit hours required as a minimum forgraduation.

At least nine semester hours of credit in thearea of a student's major must be taken at Rider,except in the accounting area, which requires 12semester hours.

Students are required to enroll in additionalbusiness courses of their own choosing. All stu-dents, except accounting majors, must acquire18 semester hours in their major and six busi-ness elective credits (the international businesselective may come from the major, businesselective or free elective area). Accounting majorsselect 21 semester hours in the major and threebusiness elective credits. (The internationalbusiness course may come from the businesselective or free elective area).

Students are required to have 54 semesterhours completed before enrolling in 300- and400-level business courses.

Students are required to choose an electivecourse that emphasizes the international busi-ness dimension. This course can be used as

continuing studies

104

either a major, business, or free elective.Students may choose the elective from the fol-lowing list of courses:

CBA-315 Global Business Study TourECO-305 International Trade and

InvestmentECO-310 Economic Growth and

DevelopmentECO-315 Comparative Economic SystemsECO-355 Multinational CorporationsECO-365 The Post-Soviet Economy and

U.S. BusinessFIN-308 International FinanceMGT-375 International ManagementMKT-330 International Marketing

In addition, a three-credit independent studywith an international business emphasis can beused.

NONBUSINESS SUBJECTS(66-69 semester hours)

Nonbusiness CoreMSD-105 Quantitative Methods for Business I

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MSD-200, Statistical Methods I, II . . . . . . . . .6201

Natural Science electives . . . . . . . .6Humanities electives . . . . . . . . . . . .6Social Science electives . . . . . . . . . .6

CMP-115 Introduction to Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3*

CMP-120 Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . .3CMP-125 Research Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3ECO-200 Principles of Macroeconomics . . .3ECO-201 Principles of Microeconomics . . . .3COM-290 Professional and Strategic Speech .3

**Liberal Arts electives . . . . . . . . .18Free Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Total credits for graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

*CMP-115 will be waived for students whoattain a 530 or above on the verbal SAT or aspecified qualifying score on the EnglishDepartment Placement Test.

**Upper-level economics courses (300 and 400levels) may be used as business or free electivesonly; they may not be used as liberal arts elec-tives. A student may use IntermediateMacroeconomics (ECO-210) andIntermediate Microeconomics (ECO-211) asliberal arts electives.

In addition to the business subjects, studentsmust acquire at least 66 semester hours in liber-al arts and sciences and statistics courses. Theliberal arts and sciences courses must be distrib-uted within three areas, and include at least sixhours in each area, as follows:

LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCE ELECTIVESNatural Sciences

BiochemistryBiologyChemistryGeological and Marine SciencesPhysics

Social SciencesAmerican Studies (some courses)Communication

HistoryLaw and Justice (some courses)

Multicultural StudiesPolitical SciencePsychologySocial WorkSociologyGender Studies

HumanitiesAmerican Studies (some courses)English Literature and WritingLaw and Justice (some courses)Fine ArtsForeign Languages and LiteraturesPhilosophy

continuing studies

105

Students also are required to take the followingcourses in the nonbusiness core: CMP-115–Introduction to Expository Writing*,CMP-120–Expository Writing, CMP-125–Research Writing, COM-290–Professionaland Strategic Speech; ECO-200–Principles ofMacroeconomics, ECO-201–Principles ofMicroeconomics; MSD-105–QuantitativeMethods for Business I; MSD-200-201–Statistical Methods I and II.

*CMP-115–Introduction to ExpositoryWriting will be waived for students whoattain a score of 530 or above on the verbalSAT or a specified qualifying score on theEnglish Department Placement Test.

FREE ELECTIVESThe minimum requirements in business andnonbusiness subjects normally leave a studentwith an additional six semester hours that mustbe completed to satisfy the 120 semester hoursrequired for graduation.

Free elective hours may be taken in anydepartment, provided the student meets therequirements of the department offering thecourse.

Major Fields of Study

ACCOUNTING(21 Semester Hours)The primary objective of the accounting cur-riculum is to offer courses that will give studentsa practical and conceptual understanding ofaccounting methods and techniques, with theultimate aim of preparing them for continuingeducation and employment and advancementin the fields of private, public, or governmentalaccounting. Class discussions, selected prob-lems, and assigned and suggested readings aredirected toward teaching the student to read,analyze, and think critically, to exercise inde-pendent judgment, to apply appropriate tech-nology, and to develop an awareness of ethics,social, and legal responsibility.

ACC-302 Cost Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3ACC-310, Accounting Theory 311 and Concepts I, II . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6ACC-320 Accounting Information Systems .3ACC-405, Accounting Problems406 and Practice I, II* . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6ACC-410 Fundamentals of Taxation . . . . . . .3

*ACC-406 is required for all accountingmajors who wish to complete their studies atthe baccalaureate level (120 credit hours).Students who are accepted into the Master ofAccountancy (M.Acc.) program after 90credit hours may substitute a required grad-uate accounting course for ACC-406.

Students desiring to become certified publicaccountants (CPAs) are required to have 150credit hours of education to take the CPA examin most states. Rider accounting majors maygraduate after four years (120 credit hours) orseek to achieve the additional credit hoursdirectly through admission to the master ofaccountancy (M.Acc.) program at theUniversity. It is possible to apply to the M.Acc.program at Rider after completion of 90 credithours. (Please consult the Rider Universitygraduate academic catalog for details on theM.Acc. program). Undergraduate accountingmajors are encouraged to work closely withtheir advisor to select courses which will bestaddress their career and certification plans.Students should consult the specific certifica-tion requirements of the state jurisdiction inwhich they plan to become certified and planaccordingly.

Students majoring in accounting must receivea grade of at least C- in a prerequisite course forany advanced course in accounting and musthave a cumulative average of at least 2.0 in themajor.

continuing studies

106

ADVERTISING(18 Semester Hours)The advertising major prepares students forcareers in advertising agencies, large or small, orin the advertising or promotion departments ofprofit or nonprofit organizations. Possible entrylevel positions include media buyer, copy writer,and assistant account executive. This programcombines a solid background in the businessdisciplines with the study of communications. Itemphasizes the role of advertising/promotionwithin the marketing communications strategy.

MKT-320 Consumer Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . .3MKT-335 Advertising Principles . . . . . . . . . . .3MKT-366 Marketing Research . . . . . . . . . . . .3MKT-410 Advertising Copy and Layout . . . .3MKT-420 Media Planning and Strategy . . . .3MKT-435 Advertising Campaigns . . . . . . . . .3

The advertising major is also required to take 15credits of designated liberal arts and sciencecourses. The specific courses are:PSY-100 Introduction to PsychologyCOM-100 Mass Media CommunicationCOM-212 Publication DesignCOM-240 Public RelationsCOM-302 Communication Ethics

For graduation, students must achieve anoverall GPA of 2.0 in the major, with no coursegrade less than C-. Majors are encouraged totake additional courses offered by the marketingdepartment to satisfy business elective and freeelective requirements.

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION(18 Semester Hours)The business administration major requirescompletion of 18 semester hours. Students willchoose either Track 1: General Business orTrack 2: Entrepreneurial Studies, but not both.For graduation, students must achieve an over-all GPA of 2.0 in the major. Business adminis-

tration majors may not count more than sixsemester hours or two courses from either tracktowards a different major.

Track 1. General BusinessThis track provides a strong grounding in allareas of managing large and medium businessesand is appropriate for those who do not wish tospecialize in a particular functional area. It isuseful for

• those who may want to enter a managementtraining or marketing program with a futureemployer

• those who may want to attend graduateschool in fields such as business or law.

For this track, courses are to be selected as spec-ified below:One upper-level economics elective . . . . . . . . .3One upper-level finance elective . . . . . . . . . . .3One upper-level management or humanresource management elective . . . . . . . . . . . . .3One upper-level marketing elective . . . . . . . . .3Two upper-level business electives that may

include BUS-491 Summer Internship or BUS-490 Independent Research Study.

Courses listed in the business core may not beused for fulfilling the requirements of the gener-al business track.

Track 2. Entrepreneurial StudiesThis track is intended for those who anticipate

• managing their own business in the future• joining a family business, or• working for a smaller company.

Students in this track take the courses specifiedbelow:

continuing studies

107

Required courses:MGT-348 Small Business Management . . . . .3ACC-355 Small Business Taxation . . . . . . . . .3

Three of the following . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9FIN-350 Entrepreneurial FinanceMKT-350 Retailing ManagementCBA-350 Family Business ManagementBUS-214 Advanced Business LawCIS-272 End User ComputingorCIS-340 Electronic CommerceCBA-220 Minding Our BusinessMGT-310 Introduction to Human Resource

ManagementorMGT-363 Management Skills

One of these integrative experiential courses .3MGT-448 Seminar in Small Business

ConsultingBUS-410 New Venture Planning

COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS(18 Semester Hours)Computer Information Systems (CIS) majors atRider prepare for careers as informationresource managers. They develop expertise withvarious application development and network-ing tools, and discover how the effective use ofinformation systems can create new businessopportunities in addition to solving existingbusiness problems. CIS majors begin with anintroductory computer course that is alsorequired of all business majors. This courseintroduces them to basic software such asMicrosoft Office. After satisfactorily completingthe introductory course, students may pursuethe CIS major.

The required CIS core courses includeIntroduction to Programming, DatabaseManagement Systems, and Systems Analysis andDesign. In addition, each CIS major will selectthree courses in one of two concentrationtracks. The Applications Development trackenables students to concentrate on the develop-

ment and maintenance of intra-organizationaland inter-organizational applications programs.The Networks and Telecommunications trackprovides students with hands-on experiencewith networking tools as well as a strong foun-dation in the areas of local and wide area net-works and organizational connectivity.

In their last year, CIS majors take theManagement Information Systems course,which focuses on the use and management ofinformation technology for the strategic andcompetitive advantage of an organization. Thisis also a capstone course for all business majorsat Rider University. This course emphasizes theimportance of integrating enterprise-wideresources for maximum organizational effec-tiveness.

CIS-200 Introduction to Programming . . .3CIS-386 Systems Analysis and Design . . . . .3CIS-391 Database Management Systems . . .3

Electives (CIS majors must take three courses from one of thefollowing two tracks) . . . . . . . . . . .9

Track 1. Applications DevelopmentCIS-272 End-User ComputingCIS-300 Object-Oriented ProgrammingCIS-350 Internet Applications

DevelopmentCIS-387 Systems Development ProjectCIS-395 Decision Support Systems

Track 2. Networks and TelecommunicationsCIS-265 TelecommunicationsCIS-340 Electronic CommerceCIS-350 Internet Applications

DevelopmentCIS-400 Networks

For graduation, the student must achieve anoverall GPA of 2.0 in the major, with no coursegrade less than C-.

continuing studies

108

FINANCE(18 Semester Hours)The finance program is designed to meet theneeds of students who have a variety of careergoals. In many types of jobs, it is essential thatone understand the process of financial decisionmaking and the environment in which thosedecisions take place. To provide this under-standing, the major combines a solid analyticalfoundation with broad coverage on how thefinancial system operates.

Programs of study are structured to benefitstudents who will enter both finance and non-finance careers. In addition, many individualswho have decided to pursue advanced profes-sional degrees have found the finance programto be quite valuable. In short, even if you are notcertain whether your career will be in a tradi-tional finance specialization, it is quite possiblethat finance courses will be very useful in yourpersonal and professional life.

There is considerable flexibility in arrangingindividual programs of study within the major.Students may choose a well-rounded exposureto the many facets of financial decision making.They may select courses in such areas as invest-ment analysis, corporate financial management,international finance, banking and financialmarkets, computerized financial analysis, realestate, and insurance.

Group AThree or four courses from the following list:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-12FIN 307 Financial Markets and

InstitutionsFIN-310 Capital BudgetingFIN-311 Corporate Financing DecisionsFIN-312 Investments

Group BTwo or three 300-400 level finance electives . .6-9The sum of credits from Groups A and B musttotal 18.Students must achieve an overall GPA of 2.0 orbetter in the major, with no course grade lessthan C-. In addition to the required courses, thefollowing are recommended for those interestedin the career areas specified below:

Investment Analysis: FIN-312 Investments andFIN-412 Investment Analysis and PortfolioManagement.Corporate Financial Management: FIN-310Capital Budgeting, FIN-311 CorporateFinancing Decisions, and FIN-330 CorporateCash Management.Banking and Financial Markets: FIN-307Financial Markets and Institutions and FIN-308International Finance.Computer Applications: FIN-315 ComputerizedFinancial CaseworkInsurance: FIN-340 Principles of RiskManagement

Because the fields are related so closely tofinance, majors are encouraged to take advancedcourses in accounting, personal computer appli-cations in business, and economics.

SPECIAL DOUBLE MAJOR OPPORTUNITIESThe finance department believes that recogni-tion and credit should be given to the significantamount of finance-related material that isincluded in the programs for accounting and foractuarial science majors. As a result, studentswho are finance and accounting double majorsor finance and actuarial science double majorscan reduce the number of required financecourses from six to five. Details are availablefrom the dean’s office or from the chairpersonof the finance department.

continuing studies

109

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT(18 Semester Hours)Human resource management (HRM) profes-sionals perform many vital business activities inorganizations. As both private and public sectororganizations have become more concernedabout such issues as legal compliance andensuring employee work behaviors are alignedwith strategic objectives, the demand for well-trained HRM professionals has increased great-ly. Practitioners in HRM are involved in a vari-ety of important, interesting, and challengingactivities. They establish and implement policiesthat affect such organizational functions asrecruitment, selection, training and develop-ment, performance management, compensa-tion and benefits. Additionally, HRM profes-sionals may be involved with human resourceplanning, job design and developing and imple-menting strategy. HRM professionals also takeon responsibility for making sure that all aspectsof organizational operations are in full compli-ance with equal employment opportunity legis-lation and other relevant employment laws. OurHRM major provides a strong foundation forsuccessful careers in all of the above activities.

MGT-310 Introduction to Human Resource Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

MGT-312 Introduction to Labor Relations . .3

Four of the following courses, including at leasttwo of the first four listed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12MGT-313 Legal Aspects of Human Resource

ManagementMGT-316 Compensation AdministrationMGT-320 Managing Workforce DiversityMGT-336 Career ManagementMGT-346 NegotiationMGT-355 Team ManagementMGT-363 Management SkillsMGT-375 International ManagementMGT-441 Selected Topics in Human Resource

ManagementMGT-490 Independent Study and Research

An average of C or better is required in the 18semester credit hours required of the humanresource management major. Majors areencouraged to take MGT-492 Internship inHuman Resource Management as a business orfree elective.

MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP(18 Semester Hours)The manager’s job is an exciting and fast-pacedone that requires the ability to make decisionsquickly and facilitate the work of others. Themanagement and leadership major gives stu-dents the knowledge and skills they need tocompete in a rapidly changing global market-place. Firms of all sizes and in all fields needgood managers who know how to motivate sub-ordinates, manage teams, resolve conflicts, andlead by example. Businesses want new employ-ees who can handle themselves as subordinates,supervisors, and team members. Whether stu-dents are looking for a position with a mediumto large organizations or thinking of startingcompanies of their own, the management andleadership major provides the knowledge andskills they will need to be successful.

MGT-355 Team Management . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MGT-363 Management Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Four additional courses from the following listare required for the major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12MGT-310 Introduction to Human Resource

ManagementMGT-320 Managing Workforce DiversityMGT-336 Career ManagementMGT-346 NegotiationMGT-348 Small Business ManagementMGT-375 International ManagementMGT-421 Selected Topics in Management and

Organizational BehaviorMGT-448 Seminar in Small Business

ConsultingMGT-490 Independent Study and Research

continuing studies

110

An average grade of C or better is required inthe 18 semester credit hours that are requiredfor the management and leadership major.Majors are encouraged to take MGT-491Internship in Management and Leadership as abusiness or free elective.

MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP ANDHUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DOU-BLE MAJOR(30 semester hours)Students may choose to double major in thedepartment thereby gaining the leadership skillsand the human resource background for theircareer pursuits.MGT-310 Introduction to Human Resource

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MGT-312 Introduction to Labor Relations . .3MGT-355 Team Management . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MGT-363 Management Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

PLUS six of the following courses, including atleast two of the first four listed . . . . . . . . . . . .18MGT-313 Legal Aspects of Human Resource

ManagementMGT-316 Compensation AdministrationMGT-320 Managing Workforce DiversityMGT-336 Career ManagementMGT-346 NegotiationMGT-348 Small Business ManagementMGT-375 International ManagementMGT-421 Selected Topics in Management and

LeadershiporMGT-441 Selected Topics in Human Resource

ManagementMGT-448 Seminar in Small Business

ConsultingMGT-490 Independent Study and Research

An average grade of C or better is required inthe 30 semester credit hours that are requiredfor the management and leadership and humanresource management double major. Majors areencouraged to take either MGT-491 Internshipin Management and Leadership OR MGT-492

Internship in Human Resource Management asa business or free elective.

MARKETING(18 Semester Hours)The marketing major prepares students for abroad array of careers in such fields as sales,retailing, promotion, distribution, customerservice, marketing research, and others. Possibleemployment opportunities can be found withprofit or nonprofit and public or private organ-izations marketing goods or services to con-sumers, businesses, or other organizations.

MKT-366 Marketing Research . . . . . . . . . . . .3MKT-460 Marketing Management Seminar . .3

Four additional courses from the following listare required for the major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

MKT-305 Social Issues in MarketingMKT-310 Business to Business MarketingMKT-320 Consumer BehaviorMKT-330 International MarketingMKT-335 Advertising PrinciplesMKT-340 Personal SellingMKT-350 Retailing ManagementMKT-406 Marketing Research ProjectMKT-410 Advertising Copy and LayoutMKT-420 Media Planning and StrategyMKT-440 Sales ManagementMKT-469 Selected Topics in Marketing

Students interested in retailing usually choose:MKT-320 Consumer Behavior, MKT-350Retailing Management, and MKT-440 SalesManagement.

Students interested in business-to-businessmarketing usually choose: MKT-310 Business-to-Business Marketing, MKT-340 PersonalSelling, and MKT-440 Sales Management.

Students interested in marketing researchusually choose: MKT-320 Consumer Behavior,MKT-366 Marketing Research, and MKT-406Marketing Research Project.

continuing studies

111

Students must achieve an overall GPA of 2.0 inthe major, with no course grade less than C-.Majors are encouraged to take additional cours-es offered by the marketing department to satis-fy business and free elective requirements.

MINOR FIELDS OF STUDYThe College of Business Administration offersno minors for business students. However, busi-ness students are permitted to take a minor inone of several fields in liberal arts and science.Students interested in such a program shouldsee the chairperson of the appropriate depart-ment.

GLOBAL BUSINESS CONCENTRATIONThe global business concentration is available toany business administration student interestedin acquiring increased competence in globalbusiness and trade.

This concentration requires at least four glob-al business electives selected from the followingtwo lists (to be counted toward the student’smajor, business, or free electives):Any four courses from List A; or three from ListA plus one course from List B

List A: No more than two courses from any onedepartment may be counted toward the require-ments for a concentration in global business.ECO-305 International Trade and

InvestmentECO-310 Economic Growth and

DevelopmentECO-315 Comparative Economic SystemsECO-355 Multinational CorporationsECO-365 The Post-Soviet Economy and

U.S. BusinessFIN-308 International FinanceMGT-375 International ManagementMKT-330 International Marketing

List B: ONLY one of the four courses shownbelow may be counted among the four requiredcourses:IND-100 International Seminar on

Japanese Business Management (six credit hours for this course,but three hours only permitted for International Businessconcentration), at Sanno Institute for Management in Tokyo, Japan

BUS-485P Global Business InternshipIND-490 Independent Study in Global

BusinessCBA-315 International Business Study

ToursFor further details concerning the global busi-

ness concentration, contact the director of glob-al business programs.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.S.) IN CHEMISTRYThe program in chemistry, which is fullyaccredited by the American Chemical Society,prepares the student to cope with the rapidlyincreasing amount of chemical knowledge bybeing concept rather than fact oriented. It doesso by laying a firm basis for the theoreticalstructure of chemistry, which includes atomicand molecular structure, the energetics ofchemical processes, the dynamics of chemicalreactions, and the strategy of inorganic, organic,and biochemical synthesis.

Through its unique laboratory sequence, theprogram allows a student to encounter anexperimental problem in its entirety, developingsynthetic and analytical techniques, as progressis made toward its solution. In the laboratory,chemistry is approached as a unified disciplinerather than stressing the differences of inorgan-ic, organic, analytical, and physical chemistry.

The chemistry major is designed for studentswho wish to pursue advanced study in chem-istry, medicine, or dentistry, as well as for thosewho intend to assume a position of professionalresponsibility after graduation.

continuing studies

112

Core Curriculum(42-45 semester hours)COM-104 Speech Communication . . . . . . . . .3CMP-115 Introduction to Expository Writing

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3*CMP-120 Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . .3CMP-125 Research Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Foreign language (select one from French, German, or Spanish): . . . .6

Areas of Knowledge(A list of courses is available from a CCS advi-sor.)Historical Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Artistic and Intellectual Perspective . . . . . . . . .9Contemporary Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

*CMP-115 will be waived for students whoattain a 530 or above on the verbal SAT or aspecified qualifying score on the EnglishDepartment Placement Test.

Requirements for the Major(66 semester hours)ChemistryCHE-120 Principles of Chemistry . . . . . . . . .3CHE-121 Principles of Chemistry Lab . . . . .1CHE-122 Introduction to Chemical Systems . .3CHE-123 Quantitative Methods Lab . . . . . . .1CHE-205 Experimental Chemistry I . . . . . . .2CHE-211 Organic Chemistry I . . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-213 Organic Chemistry I Lab . . . . . . . .1CHE-214 Organic Chemistry II . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-216 Organic Chemistry II Lab . . . . . . .1CHE-301, Experimental Chemistry II, III, IV . .6302, 304CHE-305 Chemical Thermodynamics . . . . . .3CHE-306 Quantum Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-311 Analytical Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-312 Analytical Chemistry Lab . . . . . . . .1CHE-315 Inorganic Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-400 Chemical Bonding . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

BiochemistryBCH-325 Biochemistry I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

MathematicsMTH-210, Calculus I, II, III . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12211, 212


Advanced electivesOne course from the following list is requiredfor the major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3CHE-300 Introduction to Physical Organic

ChemistryCHE-320 Polymer ChemistryCHE-415 Special Topics in Chemistry

At least two years of German or Russian arestrongly recommended.

Chemistry majors may elect up to 12 credithours of Independent Research and Study.

In the senior year, chemistry majors arerequired to take the Chemistry Advanced Test ofthe Graduate Record Examination. Scores mustbe submitted to the department chairperson.

Additional electives are also required to makea total of 120 credits.

BACHELOR OF ARTS (B.A.) IN LIBERALSTUDIESThis degree program enables students, througha variety of learning experiences, to consider lifein the contemporary world. The curriculumprovides for development of writing, speaking,quantitative, and critical thinking skills andexposes students to bodies of knowledge sharedby educated persons. Offered for adult studentsenrolled in CCS, the program provides anopportunity for students to share commonlearning experiences and to develop personalplans of study for career advancement, personalgrowth, and graduate study.

continuing studies

113

The program consists of five major learningareas:Liberal studies core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Basic core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-16Areas of knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33-35Concentration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36Free electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28-30

A candidate for graduation must complete aminimum of 120 credits. Of the required 120credits, 36 must be in upper-level courses, asdetermined by the respective departments,including three credits from the liberal studiescore and 18 from the concentration. A maxi-mum of 30 credits from outside the arts and sci-ences may be presented for graduation.

The liberal studies core consists of two cours-es. The first permits students to examine the lib-eral arts in the historical perspective. Thiscourse considers the structure of knowledge andliberal education as it evolved historically andsurveys the different ways of knowing. The sec-ond, taken during the final two semesters priorto graduation, encourages students to examine avariable set of permanent problems in human-istic debate and learning related to theUniversity Theme, emphasizing the nature ofcritical thinking. Through a seminar approach,the course provides an opportunity for studentsto relate the humanistic values of the liberal tra-dition to the ever-changing society in whichthey live.The basic core is designed to assist students inthe development of writing, speaking, comput-ing, and quantitative skills. The quantitativeskills requirement can be met by successfullycompleting one course in college-level mathe-matics, or statistics.The areas of knowledge provide exposure tofour broad areas of knowledge, and studentsselect two or three courses from each of the fourareas. At least two disciplines must be represent-ed in each area. No more than three coursesfrom any one discipline may be used to meet theareas of knowledge requirement. Students areurged to consult with their advisors before

selecting courses for the areas of knowledge toensure that courses chosen meet the require-ments. The areas include:The Historical Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9To comprehend the contemporary world, onemust appreciate that it is the result of historicalevolution and that this process of change con-tinues today. Our society should not be under-stood as rigid or absolute but as part of a histor-ical continuum.The Artistic and Intellectual Perspective . . . . .9This area recognizes that intellectual creativity isan ability that is unique to humans. People,alone, have produced works of art and devel-oped systematic bodies of thought. Thus, tounderstand people is to know them in this spe-cial role.The Contemporary Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . .9To understand daily lives in the modern world,one must understand the dynamics of modernsociety and the forces that influence the courseof living and working in the world.The Natural World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-8This area represents a recognition of the impactof the natural world on life and on humanbehavior and examines the impact of a techno-logical society on the natural world.

The six concentrations are multidisciplinaryand acknowledge the personal interests and pro-fessional objectives of adult students. In addi-tion, to accommodate needs and interests notserved by one of the concentration areas, stu-dents may propose concentrations of individualdesign. These proposals must be approved bythe dean of CCS and a faculty committee onindividual study. In meeting the concentrationrequirements, three disciplines must be repre-sented in the concentration selected and stu-dents must complete 21 liberal arts and sciencecredits. Further, a minimum of 18 credits mustbe upper-level courses and upper-level coursesmust be included in two of the concentrationdisciplines. Any concentration plan must beapproved by a CCS advisor.

continuing studies

114

Areas of Concentration

HumanitiesAmerican studies (213, 225, 226, 227, 228, 310,312, 400, 401), English literature and writing,fine arts, foreign languages and literatures, gen-der studies (300, 310, [see CCS advisor], 313,315 [see CCS advisor], law and justice (204, 395,[see CCS advisor]), philosophy.

Social ScienceAmerican studies (210, 211, 212, 250, 304, 305,311), communication (100, 201, 205, 301, 302,390, 391, 392, 393), economics, gender studies(200, 310 [see CCS advisor], 311, 312, 315 [seeCCS advisor], 350, 400), history, law and justice(304, 308, 365, 395 [see CCS advisor]), multi-cultural studies (100), political science, psychol-ogy (except 335, 336), sociology.

Applied Social ScienceCommunication, law and justice (150, 305, 308,310, 355, 395 [see CCS advisor]), political sci-ence (100 or 102, 200, 325, 326, 327, 328, 335,360, 415), psychology (except 335, 336), sociol-ogy, social work, business studies. Studentsinterested in business studies must take ECO-200, ECO-201, ACC-210, MGT-201, MKT-200,and FIN-300. Additional business electives maybe taken in the following disciplines: account-ing, business policy and environment, comput-er information systems, economics (ECO-325,335, 345, 350, 355), finance, health administra-tion, management and leadership, or marketing.Credits outside the liberal arts and sciences maynot exceed 30.

Global Studies

GeneralINT-210 International Dimensions of anIntegrated World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Foreign language and cultureForeign Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-6(if foreign language is included, must take sixcredits)

Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-12(must take at least six credits)FRE-311 French CultureGER-310 German CultureLIT-330 Russian CulturePHL-207 Asian PhilosophySPA-310 Spanish Culture and CivilizationSPA-311 Latin American/Latino Culture

Electives selected from the following courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

HistoryHIS-275 Italy from the Middle Ages to

the PresentHIS-281 The Modern Middle EastHIS-282 Colonial Latin AmericaHIS-283 Modern Latin AmericaHIS-284 Caribbean HistoryHIS-285 Traditional China and JapanHIS-286 Modern East AsiaHIS-287 China in RevolutionHIS-288 African HistoryHIS-313 Modern European

Intellectual HistoryHIS-339 Women of East AsiaHIS-350 20th Century Europe

LiteratureENG-211 Major British AuthorsENG-347 20th Century British LiteratureLIT-250 Masterworks of World


Literature II

continuing studies

115

LIT-310 Russian Literature from 988-1850LIT-311 Russian Literature from

1850-1917LIT-312 20th Century Russian LiteratureLIT-313 Contemporary Russian

LiteratureLIT-315 TolstoyLIT-317 DostoevskyLIT-322 German Literature in English

TranslationLIT-340 Hispanic Literature in English

TranslationLIT-370 European Short Novel

Socio-politicalCOM-393 International CommunicationPOL-215 Global PoliticsPOL-218 The Pacific Rim in the 21st

CenturyPOL-255 European PoliticsPOL-315 Global IssuesPOL-320 Politics of the Middle EastPOL-365 Third World PoliticsSOC-341 Developing Societies

International Business(no more than 12 credits from InternationalBusiness)

ECO-305 International Trade and Investment

ECO-310 Economic Growth and Development

ECO-315 Comparative Economic SystemsECO-355 Economics of the Public SectorECO-365 The Post-Soviet Economy

and U.S. BusinessFIN-308 International FinanceMGT-375 International ManagementMKT-330 International Marketing

International Travel OpportunitiesHIS-275 Italy from the Middle Ages to the

PresentIND-210 Global Encounters: A Cultural

Experience by Travel

MUS/THE The Arts Abroad312 POL-245 Cities, Symbols and Political

Culture Other travel courses as approved

Additional foreign language and culture coursesfrom above.

Law And JusticeIncludes courses in each of the following cate-gories:A. Multidisciplinary Approaches to Law, LegalIssues and Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18At least six courses must be taken from amongthe following disciplines. A minimum of threedisciplines must be represented.

Business PolicyBUS-210 Introduction to Law: ContractsBUS-211 Commercial LawBUS-214 Advanced Business LawBUS-300 Social and Legal Environment of

BusinessBUS-444 Selected Topics in Business Policy

and Environment

CommunicationCOM-301 Communication Law

HistoryHIS-301 Constitutional History

Law and JusticeLAW-140 Introductory Seminar in Law and

Justice LAW-150 Introduction to ForensicsLAW-204 Law, Literature and Film in

AmericaLAW-304 Women and LawLAW-305 Trial AdvocacyLAW-306 Law and Justice ExperienceLAW-307 Criminal Justice PracticeLAW-308 Conflict and Conflict ResolutionLAW-310 Cyberspace Law and PolicyLAW-355 Sports and the LawLAW-365 Rights of the Accused

continuing studies

116

LAW-395 Special Topics in Law and JusticeLAW-405 Crime and Justice in the MediaLAW-450 Law and Justice Senior SeminarLAW-490 Independent Research and StudyLAW-491 Law and Justice InternshipLAW-496 Honors Thesis in Law and Justice

Management and Human ResourcesMGT-313 Legal Aspects of Human

Resource Management


Political SciencePOL-300 U.S. Constitutional LawPOL-301 Civil Liberties in the United

StatesPOL-360 Politics of the Criminal Justice

SystemPOL-361 The Judicial Process


SociologySOC-216 Youth and CrimeSOC-317 Law and the Legal ProfessionSOC-319 Criminal Justice and Corrections

B. Law Related Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Four courses to be selected from among the fol-lowing disciplines. At least two disciplines mustbe represented. Students may choose two addi-tional courses from category A instead of cate-gory B, if they wish.

CommunicationCOM-251 Interpersonal CommunicationCOM-252 Intercultural CommunicationCOM-302 Communication EthicsCOM-322 Argumentation and Debate

LawLAW-308 Conflict and Conflict Resolution

Management and Human ResourcesMGT-305 Introduction to Labor Relations

PhilosophyPHL-115 EthicsPHL-202 Social PhilosophyPHL-203 Business EthicsPHL-255 American EthicsPHL-360 Contemporary Ethics

Political SciencePOL-235 Race and Ethnicity in American

PoliticsPOL-325 Public AdministrationPOL-326 Power in American PoliticsPOL-328 Environmental PolicyPOL-335 Urban Politics

PsychologyPSY-220 Abnormal Psychology

SociologySOC-205 FamiliesSOC-206 Deviance and CrimeSOC-207 Racial and Ethnic RelationsSOC-308 Cities and SuburbsSOC-340 Power and PoliticsSOC-350 Social Policy

C. Theory/Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3One of the following:LAW-305 Trial Advocacy (recommended)LAW-306 Law and Justice ExperienceLAW-307 Criminal Justice PracticeLAW-308 Conflict and Conflict ResolutionLAW-491 Law and Justice Internship (rec

ommended)One additional course from category A.

continuing studies

117

D. Law and Justice Senior Courses . . . . . . . . . .3One of the following:LAW-450 Law and Justice Senior SeminarLAW-496 Honors Thesis in Law and Justice

At least 18 credits overall must be upper level.Each course may only be used to fulfill onerequirement.

Additional courses may be needed as prereq-uisites for courses in the concentration. Theymay be used to fulfill other requirements in thedegree program.

NATURAL SCIENCEIncludes courses in the following disciplines:biochemistry, biology, chemistry, geological andmarine sciences, physics, psychology (335, 336,365).

Marine Ecological Emphasis Within TheNatural Science ConcentrationIncludes the following courses (* upper level)GEO-100 Physical Geology and 102L . . . . . . .

and Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4ENV-200 Statistics in the Natural Sciences . .4MAR-225, Introduction to Field Marine

Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4*227, 228, or 229MAR-380 Independent Marine Science

Field Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3*BIO-270 Introduction to Marine Biology .4*MAR-401 Marine Ecology . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4*CHE-120 Principles of Chemistry and Lab . .4and 121LPHY-100 Principles of Physics and Lab . . . .4and 100L

Elective courses (7-8 credits including mini-mum of 4 upper-level credits) . . . . . . . . . . .7-8

MAR-225, Introduction to Field Marine Science

227, 228, or 229 (other than above)GEO-293 or 294 . .Sedimentary EnvironmentsMAR-330 Chemical Oceanography

MAR-340 Coastal Processes and Environments

BIO-350 General EcologyENV-375 Environmental BiogeochemistryMAR-410 Physical OceanographyCHE-122 Introduction to Chemical

Systems and Laband 123LPHY-101 Principles of Physics II and Laband 101LBIO-320 Marine BotanyBIO-325 Marine VertebratesBIO-372 Behavior of Marine Invertebrates

In addition to the above requirements, studentschoosing this concentration are required to takethe following courses to complete the naturalworld requirement or as a free elective.

BIO-115 Principles of Biology I . . . . . . . . . .4MAR-120 Oceanography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3GEO-113 Environmental Geology . . . . . . . . .3

Students in the School of Education arerequired to complete the concentrationdescribed above plus:

BIO-115 Principles of Biology I . . . . . . . . . .4MAR-120 Oceanography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Math elective required by the School of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Please note: Most of the courses offered inmarine ecology are offered during the day only.

In meeting the concentration requirements,three disciplines must be represented, and stu-dents must complete a minimum of 21 liberalarts and science credits. Further, a minimum ofsix upper-level courses (18 credits) are required,selected from two disciplines in the concentra-tion. Any concentration plan must be approvedby a CCS advisor.

continuing studies

118

Free ElectivesFree electives may be taken in any department,subject to the program limit of 30 credits fromoutside the arts and sciences.

ASSOCIATE IN ARTS (A.A.) IN BUSINESSADMINISTRATIONThis 60-credit program was developed to meetthe needs of students for an abbreviated profes-sional curriculum. This curriculum is fullytransferable to the Bachelor of Science inBusiness Administration degree program.

Business coreCIS-185 Introduction to Computing . . . . . .3ACC-210 Introduction to Accounting . . . . . .3ACC-220 Managerial Uses of Accounting . . .3MSD-105 Quantitative Methods for Business I

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MSD-200, Statistical Methods I, II . . . . . . . . .6201ECO-200 Principles of Macroeconomics . . .3ECO-201 Principles of Microeconomics . . . .3

Nonbusiness coreCMP-115 Introduction to Expository Writing

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3**CMP-120 Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . .3CMP-125 Research Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-290 Professional and Strategic Speech .3

Humanities electives . . . . . . . . . . . .6Science electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Social science electives . . . . . . . . . .6Liberal arts electives . . . . . . . . . . . .6Free electives*** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

**CMP-115 will be waived for students who attain 530 or above on the verbal SAT or aspecified qualifying score on the English Department Placement Test.

***Students planning to take business administration courses to satisfy these electives are limited to 100- and 200-level courses. See free electives at the end of this chapter.

ASSOCIATE IN ARTS (A.A.) IN GENERALSTUDIESMany people seek further education in generalstudies. Some are seeking a broad backgroundprior to specialization; others desire two years ofliberal education to serve as a capstone to theirformal education. This 60-credit program hasbeen designed to provide both breadth and suf-ficient depth in the liberal arts at the associatedegree level.

Students whose long-range goal is a bache-lor’s degree should consult an advisor inContinuing Studies to determine the transfer-ability of this program to one of the baccalaure-ate degrees offered by Rider.

Basic core(same as B.A. in Liberal Studies)CMP-115 Introduction to Expository Writing

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3*CMP-120 Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . .3CMP-125 Research Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3COM-104 Speech Communication . . . . . . . . .3

Math skills…….. . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4Information technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Areas of knowledge(A list of possible courses is available from aContinuing Studies advisor)

Historical Perspective . . . . . . . . . . .6Artistic and Intellectual Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Contemporary Perspective . . . . . . .6Natural World… . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-8

Liberal studies coreLIB-200 Liberal Arts: Introduction to Liberal

Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Emphasis……… . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15Free electives**… . . . . . . . . . . . .3-6

continuing studies

119

*CMP-115 will be waived for students whoattain 530 or above on the verbal SAT or aspecified qualifying score on the EnglishDepartment Placement Test.

**Students planning to take business admin-istration courses to satisfy these electives arelimited to 100- and 200-level courses. Seefree electives at the end of this chapter.

Electives

Business ElectivesAccountingBusiness Policy and EnvironmentComputer Information SystemsEconomicsFinance

Management and Human ResourcesManagement SciencesMarketing

Liberal Arts and Science ElectivesHumanities

American Studies (213, 225, 226, 310, 312,400, 401)Fine ArtsEnglish Literature and WritingForeign Languages and LiteraturesLaw and Justice (selected courses)Philosophy

Natural SciencesBiochemistryBiologyChemistryGeological and Marine SciencesPhysics

Mathematics

Social SciencesAmerican Studies (210, 211, 212, 250, 304,305, 311)Communication

HistoryLaw and Justice (selected courses)Multicultural StudiesPolitical SciencePsychologySociologySocial WorkGender Studies

Free ElectivesFree elective hours may be taken in any depart-ment, provided the student meets the require-ments imposed by the department offering thecourse.

Post BaccalaureatePremedical, Predental,Preveterinary Studies

Since admission requirements vary amonginstitutions, students interested in medical, den-tal or veterinary school need to determinewhich prerequisites they need. Rider Universityoffers post baccalaureate studies for these pro-grams through the College of ContinuingStudies.Eligibility for status as a post baccalaureate stu-dent requires the following criteria:

• A baccalaureate degree from an accreditedcollege or university.

• A 3.0 GPA in all completed undergraduatework.

Prior to enrolling, students are required tocomplete a post baccalaureate premedical, pre-dental, preveterinary studies application formand submit official transcripts from all highereducation institutions attended.

Applications will be reviewed and approvedby the College of Continuing Studies and theChair of the Post Baccalaureate StudiesCommittee.

An application is available on the College ofContinuing Studies Web site www.rider.edu/ccs.

continuing studies

120

Public Relations Certificate Program

The Public Relations Certificate is designed forstudents who have or are pursuing a baccalaure-ate degree and wish to specialize in the area ofpublic relations. The 24-credit programincludes courses in writing for the media, publi-cation design, speech communication, as well asother areas of public relations. Upon comple-tion of the program, students with a baccalaure-ate degree receive an official Public RelationsCertificate.

Eight required courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24COM-102 Writing for the Media ICOM-104 Speech Communicationor 290 Professional and Strategic

SpeechCOM-202 Writing for the Media IICOM-212 Publication DesignCOM-240 Public RelationsCOM-316 Feature WritingCOM-341 Publicity Methods in

OrganizationsCOM-440 Cases and Campaigns in Public

Relations

A grade of C+ or better in each course isrequired for the certificate. A minimum of six ofthe required courses must be taken at Rider.

ADMISSIONCandidates for admission to the PublicRelations Certificate Program must complete aspecial CCS application form and send it to CCSwith supporting transcripts from all collegesattended. The application will be reviewed andapproved by CCS and the communicationdepartment. Minimum admissions require-ments are: (1) a baccalaureate degree or be acandidate for a baccalaureate degree (usually atRider); (2) junior standing or beyond (may takesome courses before admission to the program);

(3) a 2.5 GPA in all undergraduate work or evi-dence of acceptable public relations experience.This program is available only to studentsenrolled in CCS.

PROGRAM COMPLETION AND CERTIFICATIONStudents with a baccalaureate degree will receivetheir certificates after successfully completingthe eight required courses. Students without abaccalaureate degree will receive their certifi-cates after completing the eight required cours-es and the baccalaureate degree. The notationPublic Relations Certificate will appear on thestudent’s Rider transcript when the certificate isawarded. Students leaving CCS for any otherRider undergraduate program before earningthe certificate will not be eligible for the certifi-cate.

Admission to Degree Programs

Students seeking admission to degree programsand students enrolling on a nondegree basismeet different requirements and follow differ-ent procedures.

Admission Requirements

Applicants for admission to a degree programwho have attended another college must submitan official transcript from each college theyattended.

All students applying for a degree programare required to submit a high school transcriptunless they have already completed 30 credits atthe college level.

A student applying for admission within oneyear of high school graduation must submitofficial results of either the Scholastic AptitudeTest (SAT) or American College Test (ACT). Theresults may be sent directly to Rider by theCollege Entrance Examination Board or ACT oron an official high school transcript.

continuing studies

121

Ordinarily, a candidate for admission to adegree program must present 16 acceptableunits of academic work at the secondary schoollevel (or equivalent), including four units inEnglish. The remaining 12 units should beselected from academic areas that include for-eign languages, science, mathematics, social sci-ence, and humanities. A minimum of threeunits of mathematics (algebra, geometry, oralgebra II) on the secondary school level orequivalent is required for students wishing toenter a degree program in business administra-tion, math or science.

A student who does not meet the aboverequirements may enroll with permission inCCS as a non-matriculated student to make updeficiencies before applying for admission as adegree candidate.

Students who have earned an equivalencydiploma without completing high schoolshould meet with an advisor in CCS.

No admission test is required. However, aca-demic advisors may recommend placementtests in specific subject areas.

Application Procedures

Applications for admission to degree programs,including supporting documents, must be sub-mitted to the office of undergraduate admis-sions, accompanied by a $40 nonrefundableapplication fee.

Applications should be submitted at least onemonth before the beginning of the semester inwhich the applicant wishes to enter as a degreecandidate. If an application has not beenprocessed by the beginning of that semester, theapplicant may register in CCS as a non-matric-ulated student without affecting his or herapplication for admission as a degree candidate.

Students may enter at the beginning of anysemester.

International Students

To apply for admission, international studentsmust complete the international undergraduateapplication form and submit it along with a $40(US) application fee to the office of undergrad-uate admissions. Transcripts from all secondaryand post-secondary schools attended must besubmitted including an English translation andevaluation of courses completed and gradesreceived.

The TOEFL examination is required of allinternational applicants whose native languageis not English.

Students for whom English is their native lan-guage must submit scores received from the SATor ACT examination.

A notarized financial resource statement ornotarized bank statement is required to demon-strate the student’s ability to pay the total cost ofattendance.

Transfer Students

Qualified applicants will be accepted on transferfrom other accredited colleges. Credit toward adegree will be granted for previous work that isapplicable to the curriculum to be pursued atRider, provided it is of at least C quality.However, grades from another college will notbe counted as part of a student's grade pointaverage at Rider. Credits that are more than 10years old are subject to reevaluation.

Some courses in the business administrationcurriculum are required at the junior or seniorlevel. If such courses were taken at a lower level,they must be validated before transfer credit canbe granted. Methods of validation differ fromdepartment to department and from course tocourse. Typical methods of validation includeexamination and successful completion of aspecified advanced level course. Specific valida-tion procedures should be discussed with a CCSadvisor.

continuing studies

122

A student transferring from an accreditedtwo-year institution may receive up to 60 cred-its, provided these credits are compatible withRider degree requirements.

Students transferring from a four-year insti-tution may transfer up to 90 credits (maximum75 in business).

All transfer students seeking either an associ-ate or a bachelor’s degree must complete theirlast 30 semester hours at Rider. In addition, can-didates for the Bachelor of Science in BusinessAdministration must complete a total of 45semester hours at Rider, including the last 30semester hours.

Students who have been dismissed fromanother institution may not apply for admissionto degree programs until one year after the dateof dismissal. Falsification or concealment of astudent's previous record will be deemed suffi-cient basis for summary dismissal.

Readmission to DegreeCandidacy

Degree candidates who have been absent for onesemester or more must apply for readmissionthrough CCS. Those who have not attendedwithin the past two years also must pay a $30nonrefundable fee.

Degree candidates who attend other collegesduring their absence from Rider are required tohave transcripts from each college attended sentto CCS.

Students absent for more than one year,except for a military leave of absence, must fol-low degree requirements in effect at the time ofreadmission.

Students returning as degree candidates aftermore than 10 years should consult an academicadvisor about re-evaluation of their credits.

Students dismissed from another collegewithin the past year are not normally allowed toenroll at Rider. Students who have been dis-missed and who wish to attend Rider mustsecure the approval of a CCS advisor.

Nondegree Opportunity

The College of Continuing Studies provideslearning opportunities for students who maynot be seeking a degree but who wish to contin-ue their formal educational experiences for per-sonal enrichment or professional advancement.Academic advisors are available in CCS to assiststudents in planning programs of study appro-priate to their educational goals.

ENROLLMENT OF NONDEGREE STUDENTSTo enroll in CCS as a nondegree student, anindividual must have a high school diploma orequivalent.

Nondegree students may enroll for credit incourses for which they meet course prerequi-sites and applicable academic standards. Thesecredits will be recorded on a certified transcriptbut will be applicable to a degree only if the stu-dent becomes a degree candidate and the cours-es are applicable to the degree.

Nondegree students also may choose to auditcredit courses. They may attend classes, andwith the permission of the instructor, partici-pate in class activities and complete the assign-ments. Auditors do not receive grades or creditand may only register to audit if seats are avail-able. Further information is on page 123.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR NONDEGREE STUDENTSNondegree students who want to enroll in regu-larly scheduled courses must submit an applica-tion form to the office of undergraduate admis-sion. A $40 nonrefundable fee must accompanythis application if the student is enrolling inCCS for the first time.

Nondegree students enrolling for credit arestrongly encouraged to submit transcripts ofhigh school and/or college work to facilitateadvising and course planning. Students whoalready have a bachelor's degree are urged tosubmit proof of the degree to establish eligibili-ty for upper-level courses.

continuing studies

123

Students who are degree candidates at othercolleges and who want to take upper-level busi-ness courses at Rider must submit proof of jun-ior standing. Students planning to transferRider credits to a degree program elsewhereshould check the acceptability of these creditswith their home institutions.

Changing to Degree Candidacy(Matriculation)

Non-matriculated students interested in degreecandidacy should consult an academic advisorin CCS before applying for admission to adegree program. An applicant for matriculationmust have at least a 2.0 average at Rider andmeet the admissions requirements as describedfor degree candidates. (Specific majors mayrequire a higher grade point average.)

When students qualify for matriculation, theywill receive credit toward their degrees for allapplicable courses previously completed satis-factorily at Rider and at other accredited col-leges. Students are bound by the degree require-ments in effect at the time of matriculation.

Students who have earned more than 21 cred-its at Rider as nondegree candidates may beasked to explain their educational goals and, ifappropriate, to matriculate.

Academic Skills Courses

Students who want to update or improve theirmathematical skills may enroll in one of themathematics review courses. These courses aredesigned for students who want to refresh theirbasic skills before enrolling in credit courses orwho need to make up deficiencies before apply-ing for admission as degree candidates. Thereare no prerequisites for these courses and nocredit is awarded. Descriptions of these coursescan be found in the Noncredit Studies section atthe end of the Undergraduate CourseDescriptions.

Audit

Students who want to attend classes withouttaking examinations or receiving grades mayaudit courses when class space allows.Transcripts will record an audit with the nota-tion of X.

The extent to which an auditor may take partin a course’s activities is determined by the stu-dent and the instructor. In addition to the auditfee, students auditing a course carrying separatefees must pay all such required fees.

Students who want to enroll as auditorsshould apply and register in the CCS office dur-ing the scheduled evenings of the first week ofclass. Students who register on an audit basismay not change from audit to credit during asemester. However, a student who has audited acourse may take that same course for credit in alater semester at full tuition. Students originallyregistered for credit may change to audit statusduring the first two weeks of the fall or springsemesters.

Changing from credit to audit during specialsessions will be permitted within time limitsproportional to the time limits of a regularsemester.

Rider alumni who want to audit coursesshould contact the director of alumni relations,609-896-5340.

Credit by NontraditionalMeans

Credit earned for college-level knowledgeobtained through means other than traditionalclassroom work at an accredited college may beconsidered for transfer. Students should consultwith a CCS advisor to discuss the transferabilityof nontraditional credit.

continuing studies

124

NON-TRADITIONAL TRANSFER CREDITS INCLUDE:

• College Level Examination (CLEP) credits• Advanced Placement credits (up to 9 credits)• Formal military credits which meet Riderstandards and procedures

• DANTES Subject Standardized Test whichmeet credit recommendations established bythe American Council on Education

• Validation or assessment of specific coursesapproved by a Rider faculty member

Old Credits Policy

The academic record of a student returning toRider after an absence of 10 years or more willbe re-evaluated to determine the applicability ofold courses to present requirements. Gradesearned in courses taken 10 years or more beforereturning will not be counted in the student'spresent grade point average. Old courses thatare judged applicable to current degree pro-grams will be used to meet degree requirements.

Independent Research andStudy

Independent Research and Study are designedfor CCS students who wish to conduct projectson either a business or liberal arts topic outsidethe traditional curriculum, such as interdiscipli-nary projects, extension of previous work, andtopics not covered in regular course offerings.To be eligible for an Independent Research andStudy, a student must be a junior or a senior ingood academic standing. Students should con-sult with a CCS advisor for approval. Refer topage 29 for more information IndependentResearch and Study in business or page 62 forIndependent Research and Study in liberal arts.

Tuition and Fees

Part-time StudentsCCS students pay a per credit fee of $350 for onethrough 11 credits and then the comprehensivefee if taking more than 11 credit hours.

Full-time StudentsThe comprehensive tuition fee covers a normalacademic load between 12 and 17 credit hoursper semester. Students are charged $350 percredit hour in excess of the 17 credit hours. Thecomprehensive tuition fee does not includeaudit and non-credit courses. Any questionsshould be directed to the bursar’s office, 609-896-5020.

EXPENSESTypical CCS expenses for the 2004-2005 aca-demic year are estimated as follows:

Tuition for Part-Time StudentsTuition per credit (up to 11 credits) . . . . .$350Technology Fee for course . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$35

Tuition for Full-time Matriculated StudentsFull-time comprehensive tuitionfall and spring semesters . . . . . . . . . . . .$21,820

Other FeesApplication fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$40Audit fee (credit courses only) . . . . . . . . . .$170Readmission fee for students not attending forthe past two calendar years (nonrefundable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$30I.D. card replacement fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$30Student insurance (per academic year) .$190**Deferred payment fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$25Late registration fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$50Late Payment Fee Deferred Plan . . . . . . . . .$25Enrollment Re-instatement fee . . . . . . . . . .$100Dishonored check fee, first time* . . . . . . . . .$30Dishonored check fee, after first time . . . . .$50

continuing studies

125

*Returned checks that have not beenredeemed or made good by the due date willbe assessed the late registration fee in addi-tion to the dishonored check fee.

**Subject to change based on market quotes.

The fees and charges set forth herein are sub-ject to adjustment at any time. Questionsregarding rates and fees should be directed tothe bursar's office, 609-896-5020.

Terms of Payment

Tuition, fees, and charges for room and boardare due and payable in two installments: August12, 2004 for fall 2004 and January 4, 2005 forspring 2005. Students should mail their pay-ments to be received by these due dates.

Payments may be made by check, cash, VISAor MasterCard, in person or by mail to:Cashier’s Office, Rider University, 2083Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-3099.

Checks should be made payable to RIDERUNIVERSITY. International students shouldmake payments in U.S. dollars. The student’sname and social security number should beincluded on the check.

Students are asked to carefully consider thepublished payment deadlines. Prompt paymentof student account balances ensures studentskeep the classes they selected in advance regis-tration, and their advance housing assignments.Balances unpaid after the deadlines or paid withchecks returned by the student’s bank will resultin courses and housing reservations being can-celled, so please be aware of the deadlines.

Deferred Payment Plan

Students may subscribe to the deferred paymentplan that provides for three equal payments forthe fall and spring semesters on the followingbasis:

At registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1/3October 15 (Fall) and March 15 (Spring) . .1/3November 15 (Fall) and April 15 (Spring) .1/3

A $25 deferred payment fee will be added to thestudent's account payable at registration. Anystudent who fails to make payment on or beforethe due dates will be charged a late fee of $25and will be considered ineligible for further par-ticipation in the deferred payment plan. There isno deferred payment plan for summer session.

Financial Obligations

Students can meet their financial obligations tothe University by paying their account balancesin full or enrolling in an approved deferred pay-ment plan. Inquiries about account balancesand payment options should be directed to thebursar’s office in the Bart Luedeke Center, 609-896-5020.

Students must also be in good financial stand-ing with all organizations with which Rider hasdeclared an official relationship, such as theNew Jersey Higher Education AssistanceAuthority in order to be officially registered.

Students with unmet obligations are not con-sidered to have valid registrations. They may beprevented from attending classes, receivingtranscripts, participating in advance registrationfor upcoming semesters, and under certain con-ditions, from graduating.

Liability for tuition costs will not be waivedunless the student officially drops or withdrawsfrom the course(s) for which he or she regis-tered (see Refunds, below).

Refunds

The refund policy applies to tuition and auditfees for regularly scheduled semester-longcourses. All other fees are nonrefundable.

Students who wish to withdraw from a courseor courses must file the official withdrawal formin the CCS office. A student who fails to with-draw officially waives the right of considerationfor any refund. All refunds based upon the offi-cial withdrawal date and not the last classattended will be made in accordance with thefollowing schedule for the fall and spring semes-ters:

Prior to the official opening of classes . . .100%During the first week of any semester . . . .80%During the second week of any semester . .60%During the third week of any semester . . .40%During the fourth week of any semester . .25%

No refunds are made for withdrawals after thefourth week of any semester.

Full-time CCS students who withdraw fromcourses during the two-week add/drop period,revising their course load to less than 12 creditswill be billed at the per credit hour CCS tuitionrate. No adjustments will be made for coursesdropped after the add/drop period.

Budgetary commitments require strict adher-ence to the policy regarding refunds. Appealsdue to extenuating circumstances should bedirected to the dean of CCS.

Refund policies for summer sessions may befound in the summer session catalog.

Financial Aid

Students in CCS who are degree candidates,may be eligible for financial assistance from fed-eral and other sources. They are encouraged toconsult a CCS advisor for general informationor to contact the office of student financial serv-ices for specific information, 609-896-5360.

CCS has information available about finan-cial aid resources for adult students. CCS stu-dents are welcome to examine this material inthe CCS office.

Full-time students should also consult theoffice of student financial services for informa-tion regarding possible sources of financial aid.

Pell GrantsStudents who are degree candidates may be eli-gible for a Pell Grant. To apply, students mustcomplete the Free Application for FederalStudent Aid (FAFSA). Application forms areavailable in the office of student financial serv-ices and from CCS.

Stafford LoansAll states provide student loans, through localbanks, to degree candidates who are enrolled forat least six semester hours of credit. Informationabout such loans may be obtained from theoffice of student financial services.

Charlotte W. Newcombe ScholarshipsThe Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation andRider University have established a fund to pro-vide scholarships for mature second-careerwomen. Women, age 25 or older, who havecompleted at least half of a baccalaureate degreeprogram, are eligible to apply for partial tuitionassistance. Applicants may be enrolled part-timeor full-time. Application forms are availablefrom CCS. Scholarships are awarded on thebasis of clarity of career goals, financial needand academic record.

continuing studies

126

continuing studies

127

Maida ScholarshipTwo scholarships are awarded annually to newlyadmitted CCS degree candidates. Students musthave previously completed a minimum of 12credits either at Rider or in transfer, with a min-imum cumulative 2.5 GPA to be eligible toapply. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or per-manent residents. Scholarships, which arerenewable for a maximum of three years in eachclass standing, are awarded on the basis ofdemonstrated financial need and academicrecord. First consideration given to MercerCounty residents.

Phyllis K. Snyder Memorial ScholarshipThis scholarship is for CCS part-time maturefemale students pursuing a degree in businessadministration. Women, age 30 or older, raisinga family while attending college and maintain-ing a 2.5 overall GPA are eligible to apply. Thescholarship is based on financial need as well asmerit. Applications are available at the CCSoffice.

Transfer ScholarshipsRider offers Transfer Scholarships of up to$5,000 each for matriculated students transfer-ring to Rider with an A.A. degree and a 3.5 gradepoint average or better. The scholarship isrenewed each year provided the student main-tains full-time status with a grade point averageof at least 2.5. Contact the office of studentfinancial services for further information.

Opportunities for High SchoolStudents

Academically talented 11th- and 12th-gradehigh school students who are interested in tak-ing college courses and enriching their academ-ic backgrounds may take appropriate courses atRider University.

To apply, students should submit a specialapplication form (available from the office ofadmissions), a high school transcript, and a let-ter of recommendation from their high schoolguidance counselor to the office of admissions.After approval for enrollment, students shouldcontact CCS to determine appropriate coursesand enrollment procedures.

Registration

RegistrationRegistration allows students to select courses forfall, spring, and summer sessions. The roster ofundergraduate day and evening courses to beoffered is available in the CCS office prior toregistration and should be used for scheduleplanning. Advisors are available to answer ques-tions concerning courses and scheduling.

Dates for registration can be found in the cal-endar at the beginning of this chapter.

Late RegistrationStudents who have not completed registration(including clearance with the bursar's and regis-trar's offices) during the registration period willbe charged a late fee. Registration periods arepublished in this chapter. Students may registeron a late fee basis during the first week of theschedule change period.

Audit RegistrationStudents who want to audit a course shouldconsult the calendar at the beginning of thischapter.

For University AcademicPolicies and Procedures, seepage 266.

Honors and Awards

Dean's ListThe Dean’s List is prepared at the end of the falland spring semesters to recognize matriculatedstudents who have earned academic honors. Tobe eligible for the Dean’s List, a matriculatedstudent must have no grade lower than C andmust achieve the grade point average indicatedbelow for the number of credits earned in agiven semester.

6-8 credits 3.59-11 credits 3.3312 or more credits 3.25

Andrew J. Rider ScholarsFifty outstanding students are commended forscholastic excellence at Rider’s annual Founder’sDay Convocation honoring Andrew JacksonRider. These scholars–four seniors, three jun-iors, and three sophomores from each of theeducational units: Business Administration,Continuing Studies, Liberal Arts and Sciences,Education, and Westminster Choir College–areselected on the basis of their academic achieve-ment.

College of Continuing Studies Citation forAchievementThe College of Continuing Studies presentsannual Citations for Achievement in recogni-tion of the special strengths and accomplish-ments of adult students. Given each spring atthe awards day ceremony, the citations are basedon such factors as outstanding community serv-ice, professional achievement, pursuit of educa-tion in the face of unusual difficulties or handi-caps, and general overall ability.

GraduationUpon recommendation of the faculty, degreecandidates who complete the required programand have at least a 2.0 grade point average maybe granted the degree appropriate to their pro-gram. In addition, specified grade point require-ments for certain majors must be met.

Graduation with distinction depends uponmeeting all requirements and attaining a highscholastic average. Baccalaureate degrees withdistinction include cum laude (3.25-3.49),magna cum laude (3.5-3.74), and summa cumlaude (3.75-4.0).

All graduates are invited to participate in thecommencement exercises. Students who areunable to attend are asked to notify the dean ofCCS.

At the beginning of each semester, prospec-tive graduates must file with the dean their for-mal intention to complete the requirements forgraduation during that semester. Students areresponsible for fulfilling the requirements forgraduation and certification.

Student Services Information

ACADEMIC ADVISINGThe College of Continuing Studies has a staff ofadvisors available to assist students with theiracademic planning. Upon entering CCS, eachstudent is assigned an advisor who will discussselection of courses, academic programs, degreerequirements and concerns related to academicwork. Advisors are available Monday throughThursday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Friday,8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., during the fall and springsemesters. When Weekend College is in session,an advisor is available on Friday, 5 to 6:30 p.m.,and on Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to noon. Advisorsalso are available in the summer months.

Prospective students with questions aboutRider University and desiring a transcript eval-uation are welcome to make an appointment

continuing studies

128

westminster choir college

129

with an academic advisor. An evaluation oftransfer credits can be obtained at no obligationto the prospective student. Advisors are avail-able during regular office hours.

DISABLED STUDENTSRider attempts to meet the needs of studentswith disabilities by providing special servicessuch as locating volunteers or paidassistants/attendants; providing elevator keys;assisting in locating readers for blind students;approving parking permits for the disabled, ifneeded; providing information counseling;authorizing special scheduling; recommendingcampus architectural adjustments; and servingas liaison between faculty, staff, students, andcounselors.

VETERANS INFORMATION The degree programs of the College ofContinuing Studies are approved under theVeterans Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966, asamended. An Application for Program ofEducation is available in the CCS office.

Students filing for benefits at Rider will beresponsible for filing a copy of their DD 214(separation papers) with the coordinator.Contact the coordinator at CCS, 609-896-5033if there are any questions.

Students who are applying for, or who arereceiving, VA benefits must matriculate beforethe completion of 24 credits at Rider. Studentswho have transferred from another college andhave received 30 or more transfer credits shouldmatriculate before they complete, or during thesemester that they complete, 15 credits at Rider,in order to be eligible for certification for VAbenefits. See the Undergraduate Procedures andPolicies chapter of this catalog for specific bene-fits.

Westminster Choir College

Westminster Choir College of Rider Universityis a professional college of music located on a23-acre campus in Princeton, NJ, seven milesnorth of Rider’s Lawrenceville campus. Here, aBachelor of Music degree is offered with majorsin sacred music, music education, theory/com-position, and in voice, organ, or piano perform-ance. A Bachelor of Arts in Music degree is alsooffered for those who prefer a broader liberalarts component within a professional schoolcontext.

Choral music performance lies at the heart ofthe Westminster program, which involves dailychoir rehearsals and required voice study for allits students. Preparation and performance ofthe choral/orchestral works at times takes prece-dence over all other facets of campus life. Allundergraduates sing in one of the three largechoirs: Chapel Choir, Schola Cantorum, orSymphonic Choir. Auditioned ensemblesinclude the Westminster Choir, WestminsterSingers, Jubilee Singers, and Concert HandbellChoir.

The Symphonic Choir has performed hun-dreds of times and made many recordings withthe principal orchestras of New York,Philadelphia, and Washington. It has also per-formed in New York with many touring orches-tras such as the Atlanta Symphony, Los AngelesPhilharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, and ViennaPhilharmonic. Virtually every major conductorof the 20th century, from Toscanini and Walterthrough Bernstein, Muti, and Masur, has con-ducted the Symphonic Choir during the 77years of the college’s history.

Full-time students from Rider’s Lawrencevillecampus may elect to enroll for one credit of pri-vate study in voice or piano on the Westminstercampus during the fall and/or spring terms, forwhich there is no charge. Weekly half-hour pri-vate lessons are arranged on the Princeton cam-pus at the mutual convenience of the studentand instructor. Qualified Lawrenceville students

office of graduate admissions

may audition for organ study, for any of thechoirs, or for advanced course in music forwhich they meet the prerequisites atWestminster.

More complete information about theWestminster program may be found in its sepa-rate catalog or online athttp://westminster.rider.edu.

Office of Graduate Admissions

Rider University offers several graduate degreeand graduate-level certificate programs. Forgraduate admissions information, call the officeof graduate admissions, 609-896-5036.

A Master of Business Administration and aMaster of Accountancy can be pursued throughthe College of Business Administration.Students pursuing the Master of BusinessAdministration may choose to concentrate theirstudies in the areas of entrepreneurial business,finance, global business, healthcare administra-tion, management, or marketing. For College ofBusiness Administration academic assistanceand guidance, 609-896-5127.

The School of Education and department ofeducation and human services offers a Master ofArts in the fields of counseling services; curricu-lum, instruction, and supervision; educationaladministration; human services administration;reading/language arts, and special education, aswell as educational specialist degrees in counsel-ing services and school psychology.

The School of Education also offers numer-ous graduate-level teaching certifications, earlychildhood education certification, teacher of thehandicapped certification, programs leading tocertification as a school supervisor, assistantsuperintendent for business, director of studentpersonnel services, reading specialist, schoolpsychologist and several more. For School ofEducation and department of education andhuman services academic assistance and guid-ance, 609-896-5353.

130

131

Course Descriptions

course descriptions

132

Students interested in calendar and courseofferings for the summer sessions should con-sult the summer session catalog, availableMarch 2003 from the College of ContinuingStudies.

Unless otherwise noted courses are offered inthe fall and spring semesters. Semester designa-tions following course descriptions apply onlyto daytime scheduling.

The University reserves the right to cancel anycourse for which fewer than ten students areregistered.

Course Description Index:Name Code PageAccounting ACC 133American Studies` AMS 135Baccalaureate Honors BHP 137Biochemistry BCH 141Biology BIO 142Biopsychology BPY 146Business Policy and

Environment BUS 147Chemistry CHE 151Communication COM 154Communication:

Journalism COM 156Communication:

Communication COM 158Communication:Electives COM 160Computer Information Systems CIS 161Economics ECO 163Education EDU 166Education: Business

Education BED 168Education: Elementary

Education ELD 171Education: Secondary

Education SED 172Education:Early Childhood ECE 174

Education:Special Education SPE 174English Composition CMP 175English Literature

and Writing ENG 176Finance FIN 182Fine Arts:Art History ART 184Fine Arts: Studio Art ART 185Fine Arts:Dance History DAN 186Fine Arts:Applied Dance DAN 186Fine Arts:Music History MUS 188Fine Arts: Applied

Music MUS 190Fine Arts: Theatre

History THE 191Fine Arts: Applied

Theatre THE 192Foreign Languages and

Literatures: French FRE 194Foreign Languages and

Literatures: German GER 196Foreign Languages and

Literatures: Italian ITA 198Foreign Languages and

Literatures: Russian RUS 198Foreign Languages and

Literatures: Spanish SPA 199Foreign Languages and

Literatures: Foreign Literaturein Translation LIT 202

Gender Studies GND 204Geological and Marine

Sciences:Environmental Science ENV 205Geological and Marine

Sciences:Geosciences GEO 207Geological and Marine

Sciences:Marine Sciences MAR 209

course descriptions

133

Global and Multinational Studies GMS 212Health Administration HTH 212History HIS 213Interdisciplinary

Studies IND 220International Studies INT 221Law and Justice LAW 221Liberal Studies LIB 224Management and

Human Resources MGT 225Management Sciences MSD 228Marketing MKT 231Mathematics MTH 233Multicultural Studies MCS 236Philosophy PHL 236Physics PHY 242Political Science POL 244Psychology PSY 251College Reading Course CRC 257Social Work SOW 258Sociology SOC 258

Accounting (ACC)

ACC-210 Introduction to Accounting 3 creditsA conceptual introduction to basic accountingprinciples and financial statements.Consideration is given to accounting for mer-chandising concerns, current assets, long-termassets, liabilities, and equity accounts. A briefoverview of internal control and selected com-plex accounting topics is also presented.

ACC-220 Managerial Uses of Accounting 3 creditsAn exploration of how accounting informationcan be used as a management tool. Examinescost behavior patterns, cost classifications, andthe problem-solving functions of accounting asthey pertain to planning, control, evaluation ofperformance, special decisions, and long-range

planning. The interpretation and uses of pub-lished financial statements, cash flow, and theeffects of inflation are also considered.Prerequisite: ACC-210.

ACC-302 Cost Management 3 creditsAn introduction to procedures and systemsused to monitor, report and control cost infor-mation. Addresses cost determination in varioussettings to include the new manufacturing envi-ronment and the service sector. Topics includecost systems, activity based costing, cost control,variable costing, standard costs, and cost alloca-tion. Prerequisite: ACC-220 and CIS-185.

ACC-310 Accounting Theory and Concepts I 3 creditsThe first upper-level course in a comprehensivesequence in financial accounting. The concep-tual framework, content, and structure of finan-cial statements, present value concepts, currentassets, current liabilities, property, plant, andequipment, intangible assets and non-currentliabilities are studied. These topics are discussedin the context of professional standards andfundamental accounting concepts. Prerequisite:ACC-210.

ACC-311 Accounting Theory and Concepts II 3 creditsA continuation of 310; professional standardsand fundamental accounting concepts arestressed. Long-term investments, stockholders’equity, earnings per share, interperiod incometax allocation, accounting changes, revenuerecognition methods, pension leases and cashflows analysis are also covered. Prerequisite:ACC-310.

course descriptions

134

ACC-320 Accounting Information Systems 3 creditsExplores the needs of the organization to gath-er, process and report accounting informationto interested users. Examines qualities of datafor decision usefulness, the importance of inter-nal control and applications of appropriatetechnology. Prerequisite: ACC-310.

ACC-335 Small Business Taxation 3 creditsThis course provides an understanding of thekey tax issues faced by small businesses andtheir business implications. It also familiarizesprospective business owners with various tax fil-ing requirements so that they can use theexpertise of tax professionals more effectively.Prerequisite: ACC-210.

ACC-400 Principles of Auditing 3 creditsThe role of the independent certified publicaccountant in the audit of financial statementsis examined. Topics include the audit environ-ment, professional standards, audit methodolo-gy, and report preparation. A practice case isused to demonstrate and emphasize specificaudit techniques. Prerequisites: ACC-302 andACC-310.

ACC-405 Accounting Problems and Practice I 3 creditsTopics include business combinations andfinancial reporting requirements for a variety ofentities. Disclosure and SEC reporting issues areconsidered. Prerequisite: ACC-302, 311.

ACC-406 Accounting Problems and Practice II 3 creditsExplores special issues in financial reporting,including the linkage between accounting meth-ods and company policy, equity valuation, bondratings and other decision areas. Serves as an

integrative capstone, applying financial state-ment and data analysis tools to a variety ofaccounting settings. Prerequisite: ACC-405 orpermission of department chair.

ACC-407 Accounting for NonprofitInstitutions 3 creditsA conceptual presentation of fund accountingas used by municipalities, states, and the federalgovernment, as well as procedures as they applyto schools, hospitals, and other nonprofitorganizations. Prerequisite: ACC-311.

ACC-410 Fundamentals of Federal Taxation 3 creditsFundamental tax concepts applicable to individ-uals, partnerships, corporations, estates, trusts,and gifts are considered from a tax complianceand planning perspective. Preparation of indi-vidual and corporate tax returns is included.Prerequisite: ACC-310.

ACC-411 Advanced Federal Taxation 3 creditsAn expanded study of the topics discussed inAccounting 410. Includes tax research.Prerequisite: ACC-410.

ACC-420 Computer-Based Accounting andAuditing 3 creditsStudy of the principles, development, use, con-trol, and audit of accounting information sys-tems. Emphasizes applied and conceptual ratherthan theoretical issues. Includes personal com-puter use of software for accounting applica-tions. Prerequisites: ACC-220 and CIS-185.

ACC-490 Independent Research and Study 3-4 creditsTopic to be approved by professor and depart-ment chairman. Available for juniors and sen-iors. No more than 12 credits allowed towardgraduation.

course descriptions

135

ACC-491 Summer Accounting Internship 3 creditsThis honors course provides the student withapproximately two months of supervisedemployment with participating companies.Students are evaluated periodically by seniorstaff members of the participating firms and arerequired to complete a term paper that will bereviewed by the department’s internship direc-tor. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. sum-mer

ACC-492 Winter Accounting Internship 1 creditThis honors course provides the student withone month of supervised employment with par-ticipating employers. Students are evaluated bythe employers and are required to complete aterm paper, which will be reviewed by theDepartment’s internship director. Pass/fail.Prerequisite: permission of instructor. spring

American Studies (AMS)

AMS-200 Introduction to American Studies 3 creditsAn introduction to various historical definitionsof the American experience or national identity,to selected topics which have been used toexplain that identity, and to methods of study inthe field.

AMS-210 Growing Up American 3 creditsStudies the maturation and socializationprocess in modern America through compara-tive analysis of autobiographical texts and stu-dents’ personal experiences. Texts represent theexperiences of young Americans of both sexesand of different class, racial, ethnic, religious,and regional backgrounds. spring

AMS-211 Sports in American Life 3 creditsLiterary, sociological, and psychological views ofsports in 20th-century American life are exam-ined, focusing on sports as a symbol and reflec-tion of our ideals and tensions.

AMS-212 American Ethnic Groups: Irish,Jewish, and Italian Americans 3 creditsFocusing chiefly on the 19th and 20th centuries,the historical experiences of three major ethnicgroups--Irish, Jewish, and Italian Americans--are examined, tracing them from theirEuropean origins to the present in the UnitedStates. fall

AMS-213 The American Myth in Literature,Landscape, and Music 3 creditsA study of the New World and related mythsfrom an interdisciplinary perspective. Studentswill read essays, fiction, and poetry by Poe,Melville, Emerson, Whitman, James, and others.Paintings and musical works embodying NewWorld concepts will be examined in connectionwith the above authors.

AMS-214 Special Topics in AmericanStudies 3 creditsStudies in specialized areas of American culture,including travel courses to New Orleans andSpoleto USA. Topics change each semester andare listed in the course roster.

AMS-215 Alfred Hitchcock in America 3 creditsExplores the influence of American culture onthe films of Alfred Hitchcock following hisimmigration to the United States. Students willstudy one of the cinema’s greatest auteursthrough the lens of American culture and itsimpact on Hitchcock’s European sensibility.Also explores the reverse dynamic: howHitchcock transformed American cinema.

course descriptions

136

AMS-225 American Folklore 3 creditsAn introduction to folk language, custom, andmaterial culture in the United States. Proverbs;myths, legends, and tales; superstitions; music;arts and crafts are treated from both aestheticand social perspectives. Students will collect andexamine folklore within their own cultural con-texts.

AMS-226 The New South in Literature,Music, and Film 3 creditsAn exploration of Southern culture since WorldWar II and how it has influenced American soci-ety as a whole. In literature, music, and film, theSun Belt has been a significant, innovativeregion. From the spread of New Orleans jazzthrough the plays of Tennessee Williams to thefiction of Flannery O’Connor, Southern art hashelped shape the larger American culture; thiscourse examines that influence from an inter-disciplinary perspective.

AMS-227 The Philosophy of Martin LutherKing, Jr. 3 creditsA study of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s philosophi-cal writings and his impact on the civil rightsmovement. King’s legacy will be studied in thecontext of pacifism and nonviolence inAmerica. Readings will include selections fromKing’s books, articles, speeches, and sermonsand critical assessments of the significance ofhis thought.

AMS-228 Studies in American JewishCulture 3 creditsFocuses on important fiction, criticism,social/philosophical commentary, history, andfilms by 20th-century Jewish American intellec-tuals, including Michael Gold, Anzia Yezierska,Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, Philip Roth,Cynthia Ozick, Grace Paley, Rebecca Goldstein,

Art Spiegelman, Arthur Hertzberg, LeslieFiedler, Chaim Potok, Woody Allen, and DavidMamet.

AMS-229 American Popular Culture 3 creditsAn exploration of American popular cultureand its profound impact on both the UnitedStates and the rest of the world. Pop-culture the-orists regard American culture as a dominantforce; this course examines the development ofthis trend from historical, political, and artisticperspectives.

AMS-250 America and the Future 3 creditsExamines the projections of the Americanfuture in terms of the past and present.Emphasizes American studies methodologies,drawing upon philosophical, literary, environ-mental, and other varieties of futuristic specula-tions. fall

AMS-304 Technology and Science inAmerica 3 creditsAn overview of the development and impact oftechnology and science on American institu-tions. Topics include innovation, economicgrowth, science and its relation to technology,social theory, and the politics of science. spring

AMS-305 Religion in America 3 creditsIntroduces the changing patterns of Americandevelopment from the sectarianism of colonialAmerica to the pluralism and growing secular-ism of the 20th-century American religiousscene.

course descriptions

137

AMS-310 The American Identity in the Arts 3 creditsStudies the place of the arts and the position ofthe creative artist in contemporary Americansociety, with particular emphasis on the prob-lems of the artist’s search for an American iden-tity in the complex cultural milieu. Mainemphasis is on the analogous positions of poetsbetween 1910 and the present.

AMS-311 Radicalism in 20th-CenturyAmerica 3 creditsDiscusses a number of radical intellectual, liter-ary, and political movements, organizations,and parties from the points of view of theirmembers and leaders, and their historical gene-sis and development within the context of 20th-century American political life. spring

AMS-312 American Photography 3 creditsAn intensive analysis of the documentary, aes-thetic, and expressive significance of photogra-phy in American culture from 1850 to the pres-ent. Particular emphasis on the interrelation-ships between photography and developmentsin American history, painting, literature, and thesocial sciences. This course does not deal withthe technical aspects of still photography.

AMS-338 The Social Impact of Rock andRoll 3 creditsExplores rock and roll music as a communica-tion medium of American popular culture. Thefocus is on both how rock and roll music hasinfluenced, and is influenced by, society. Itaddresses the origins, development and impactof rock music in relation to some of the criticalcultural dynamics that provided not only itscontext, but also much of its content.

AMS-400 Seminar in American Studies I 3 creditsA study of arts and letters in America from thePuritan period through the Civil War. Should betaken junior year if possible. Prerequisite: AMS-200.

AMS-401 Seminar in American Studies II 3 creditsA study of arts and letters in America fromReconstruction to the present. Should be takenjunior year if possible. Prerequisite: AMS-200.spring

AMS-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 credits

AMS-491 Internship in American Studies 1-4 creditsA supervised work experience in an approvedorganization to gain knowledge of various man-ifestations of American society in workplace set-tings. Placements can be made in business, gov-ernment and non-profit organizations and localgrassroots movements that draw on the knowl-edge acquired in the American studies curricu-lum.

Baccalaureate Honors (BHP)

BHP-100 Honors Seminar: Great Ideas I:Freshman Baccalaureate Honors Seminar 3 creditsGreat ideas of Western civilization are studied intheir cultural and historical context and from aninterdisciplinary perspective. Traces the impactof these ideas on society, politics, economics,science, and the arts. This writing-intensivecourse substitutes for CMP-120 ExpositoryWriting. Freshmen only. fall

course descriptions

138

BHP-150 Honors Seminar: Great Ideas II:Freshman Baccalaureate Honors Seminar 3 creditsThis course is a continuation of Great Ideas I,the introductory Freshman BaccalaureateHonors Seminar. Great ideas are studied in theircultural and historical contexts and from aninterdisciplinary perspective, tracing the impactof these ideas on society, politics, economics,science, and the arts. This writing-intensivecourse substitutes for CMP-125 ResearchWriting. Student is guided in writing an effec-tive research paper. Freshmen only. spring

BHP-206 Honors Seminar: Politics andLiterary Form 3 creditsThis course investigates the relationshipsbetween political life and literary form. Studentswill analyze literary texts in the context ofselected political periods and ideologies, goingbeyond literary content to understand how lan-guage, genre, and structure mirror, otherwiserepresent, or criticize the political order withinwhich the author writes.

BHP 213 Honors Seminar: Text and Context 3 creditsA study in the major themes of a period of cul-tural change as they are expressed in importantsocial scientific, literary, and artistic works.Students will immerse themselves in a singlemajor literary work and will interpret it in lightof a number of coordinate texts and works fromthe social sciences, from contemporary com-ment, and from the arts which illuminate themajor themes.

BHP-223 Honors Seminar: Literature of theFantastic in England and the Americas 3 creditsExplores the literature of the fantastic inEngland and the Americas, with an emphasis onghost stories, horror fiction, and dark fantasyfrom the Gothic period to the present.Specifically, the course will address the distinc-

tive atmosphere, cultural influences, and narra-tive strategies of spectral fiction as practiced byEnglish, American, and Latin American authors.

BHP-224 Honors Seminar: The Making ofthe Third World: The Development ofUnderdevelopment 3 creditsA major source of tension in the world today isthe disparity between the developed and under-developed countries. This BHP seminar exam-ines the causes, consequences, and patterns ofdevelopment and underdevelopment in theThird World. Students will learn about the the-ories advanced to explain underdevelopment,social indicators used to measure underdevelop-ment, and the various solutions and responsesto underdevelopment found in the Third World.Links between the developed and underdevel-oped societies will be stressed and consequencesfor strategic international relations examined.

BHP-226 Honors Seminar: Moments ofVision: The Painter or the Poet 3 creditsThis course will concern itself with the intellec-tual and aesthetic processes of painting andpoetry. It will also deal with Horace’s famoussimile “Ut Pictura Poesis” – as is painting, so ispoetry – and Artistotle’s contention (in ThePoetics) that human nature in action, the move-ments of the body that express the affection andpassion of the soul are the spirit and life ofpainting and poetry.

BHP-227 Honors Seminar: The Age ofImperialism from Heart of Darkness to HoChi Minh City 3 creditsA survey of the history of the imperial era fromca. 1890 to the 1970s, examining how it has beendepicted in literature. American, British, andFrench imperialism will be analyzed, with par-ticular focus on political and cultural conse-quences both for the imperialists and the colo-nized peoples.

course descriptions

139

BHP-230 Honors Seminar: Political Cultureof the High-Tech Society: From theAuthentic to the Synthetic 3 creditsExplores social, political, and cultural transfor-mations associated with the radical extension ofcybernetic and reproductive technologies inmodern society. In particular the course willfocus on the impact of new so-called high tech-nologies such as computer-based communica-tions, robotics and biotechnology on such areasas the structure of the world economy, theorganization of work, patterns of consumption,styles of popular culture, the design of privateand public space, and the liberal-democraticpolitical process.

BHP-231 Honors Seminar: NaturalAdventures: Journeys in American Ecologyand History 3 creditsExamines the linkages between environmentalhistory, biology and ecology. Human attitudestoward the natural environment are complexand have changed over time, ranging from ter-ror to exultation and exploitation to preserva-tion. Focus will be on the impact of changes inhuman land use and technology on naturalecosystems, exploring feedbacks between thetwo. Hands-on experiences will supplementreadings from the primary literature both in sci-ence and history as well as literary explorationsof nature. This course is designed for studentsfascinated by the landscape of the U.S. and theenvironmental impact of human actions.

BHP-303 Honors Seminar: The Politics andPhilosophy of the Sixties 3 creditsExamines three major American political move-ments of the 1960s – the black movement, thestudent movement, and the feminist movement– with an emphasis on the interactions amongphilosophy, politics, and culture. These themesare studied using original sources including the-oretical writings by the movements’ main pro-

ponents and texts describing particular eventsand developments in political and social history.Source materials may also include documentaryfilms and recordings which represent the cultur-al assumptions of the period.

BHP-304 Honors Seminar: Europe'sArmageddon: The First World War inHistory and Literature 3 creditsAn investigation into the history and literatureof World War I in order to understand how itshaped the civilization of the 20th century andhow it affected the lives of those who experi-enced it.

BHP-309 Honors Seminar: GeneticEngineering and the Philosophy of Science 3 creditsThis interdisciplinary course in molecular biol-ogy and philosophy will integrate the basics ofmolecular biology with the philosophy of sci-ence. It will explore the nature of the relation-ships between atoms, molecules, DNA, proteins,cells and genetic engineering. Molecular biologywill be used as the content to explore suchphilosophic questions as What is the nature ofscientific methodology? What is the nature ofscientific observation and explanation? What isthe nature of scientific laws and theories? It willalso discuss the scientific and ethical implica-tions of genetic engineering.

BHP-310 Honors Seminar: EuropeanHistorical Fiction in the 19th Century 3 creditsThis course involves reading major Europeanhistorical novels of the 19th century. Studentswill discuss why the vogue for historical fictionbegan and why the novel of Sir Walter Scott hadsuch a tremendous impact on the genre.Examined will be such questions as the defini-tion of historical fiction, the importance of his-torical accuracy, the relationship of literatureand history, and the influence of historical dif-ferences in the development of historical fictionin different countries.

course descriptions

140

BHP-312 Honors Seminar: MusicalExpression and Political Culture 3 creditsThis interdisciplinary course examines the rela-tionships between political culture (e.g.,enlightened reform, revolution or reaction) andmusical discourse in periods selected fromViennese classicism, Biedermeier/romanticism,post-romanticism and expressionism. Majoremphasis will be placed upon how composerssuch as Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mahlerand Schoenberg exploited and developed musi-cal forms, and chose and set texts to respond,affirmatively or not, to the imperatives of theirpolitical and cultural environments. Studentswill investigate how musical expression wasaffected by, among others, the decline of aristo-cratic patronage, the changing concert audienceas a consequence of the rise of the middle class,and changes in vocal and instrumentalresources. They will also come to understandhow these composers were instrumental inshaping and organizing the sensibilities andtastes of their own and future generations,including our own.

BHP-314 Honors Seminar: Symbolism andImpressionism 3 creditsThis interdisciplinary course examinesSymbolist literature and Impressionist music.Two generations of writers and composers, andtheir influences on one another, will be studied.Discussion in each class will compare literatureand music. This seminar will question and seekto understand the Symbolist aesthetic, whichassumes that correspondences exist amongsounds, colors, and words. Students will come tounderstand some interrelationships between lit-erary musical creativity in the late 19th and 20thcenturies, by studying the Symbolist literaturemovement in music history–two movementsthat had significant impact on Modernism andthat continue to influence contemporary cre-ative work.

BHP-318 Honors Seminar: The Bible asLiterature and Philosophy 3 creditsIn this course students will read and discussselections from the three major divisions of theBible: the Old Testament, the New Testament,and the Apocrypha. Stories such as Joseph andhis brothers, Exodus, Samson and Delilah,Jonah and the Whale, Susannah and the Elders,the raising of Lazarus and the trial and execu-tion of Jesus will be read. Students will studymany genres, including the short story (TheBook of Ruth), poetry (Psalms), history (I and IISamuel), apocalypse (Revelations), letters (I andII Corinthians) and philosophical tales (TheBook of Job).

BHP-319 Honors Seminar: The Arts ofMemory 3 creditsCollective memory, cultural memory, computermemory, crises of memory: this course willexplore different ideas about memory through avariety of disciplinary lenses within the human-ities: film, music, rhetoric, literature, history,and fine art. Topics will include the nature ofgroup and cultural memory, mnemotechnica(the structures and techniques of memory), therepresentation of memory, memory anomaliesand problems, and historical and nationalmemory.

BHP-320 Honors Seminar: Gender andMusic 3 creditsThrough listening and reading assignments, thisinterdisciplinary course introduces students tothe role of gender in shaping the creation, per-formance, and reception of Western music.Topics include canon formation and the recep-tion history of works by male and female com-posers; the historical conditions in whichwomen became composers, performers, listen-ers, and patrons; the musical representations ofgender difference and sexuality; definitions of

course descriptions

141

feminine and masculine musical style; ideolo-gies of genius; and gender issues in music aes-thetics, music historiography, and in the biogra-phies of composers.

BHP-499 Baccalaureate Honors Thesis 3 credits

Biochemistry (BCH)

BCH-325 Biochemistry I 3 creditsOutlines the chemistry and biological functionof carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids,vitamins, and enzymes, and introduces enzymekinetics and biological energetics. Degradativemetabolic pathways of carbohydrates and lipids,and their controlled interrelationships are dis-cussed in detail. Prerequisites: CHE-122, CHE-214.

BCH-326 Methods in Biochemistry andEnzymology I Laboratory 1 creditThe laboratory work illustrates techniques andmethods essential to the biochemist. Methodsfor quantification of proteins, purification ofenzymes and determination of their kineticparameters, polarimetry, and structure proof ofcarbohydrates. The lab must be taken concur-rently with Biochemistry 325 by biochemistryand biology majors, but is optional for others.Prerequisites: CHE-214, CHE-216. fall

BCH-330 Advanced Cellular and MolecularBiology 3 credits(Formerly Biochemistry II) Continuation ofBiochemistry I. Includes anabolic processesinvolved in amino acid, nucleotide, and steroidbiosynthesis. Other topics include a molecular-level analysis of DNA replication, transcription,translation, hormone action, pro-karyotic, andeukaryotic gene regulation. Prerequisite: BCH-325 or permission of instructor. spring.

BCH-331 Advanced Cellular and MolecularBiology Lab 1 credit(Formerly Recombinant DNA Technology) Ahands-on laboratory investigation designed toexpose the student to cutting-edge techniques inmolecular biology. Students will investigategene expression in various organisms using thepolymerase chain reaction (PCR), gene cloningand sequencing, Northern and Southern blotanalysis and in situ hybridization techniques.Prerequisites: BCH-326, BIO-117, BIO-265 orconcurrent enrollment, CHE-214, CHE-216.spring.

BCH-425 Medicinal Chemistry 3 creditsA comprehensive description of the importantprinciples of medicinal chemistry includingprinciples of rationale drug design with synthet-ic strategies, mechanisms of drug actions, struc-ture-activity relationships, the absorption, dis-tribution, metabolism and elimination of drugs.Specific classes of drugs to be discussed include:anticancer agents, analgesics, anti-inflammatorydrugs, steroids, drugs acting on the nervous sys-tem and antibiotics. Prerequisites: CHE-214,BCH-325.

course descriptions

142

BCH-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 creditsImmerses the student in laboratory research.The student learns to organize material, use theliterature, make precise measurement, andobtain reproducible data. If possible, the stu-dent will publish the results or present them at ascientific meeting.

Biology (BIO)

BIO-100 Life Science: Human Emphasis 3 creditsAn examination of mammalian physiology anddevelopment at the cellular and organ systemlevel, with emphasis on physiological homeosta-sis in man. Three lectures per week.

BIO-101 Life Science: Cell Biology andGenetics Emphasis 3 creditsAn examination of cell biology and genetics,with emphasis on the impact of these fields onhuman affairs. Three lectures per week.

BIO-103 Life Science: EcobotanicalEmphasis 3 creditsPlant biology with emphasis on ecological inter-actions and economic uses. Three lectures perweek.

BIO-106 Life Science: Human DiseaseEmphasis 3 creditsAn introduction to molecular, cellular, andhuman biology with emphasis upon diseasesand disorders caused by mutation, bacteria,viruses, or parasites. The biology of humanaging is also discussed. Three lectures per week.

BIO-108 Life Science: The Biology ofHuman Aging 3 creditsAn introduction to the biology of aging mani-fest in the cells, tissues, and organs of animalsand humans. Three lectures per week.

BIO-110 Life Science: Inquiry Approach 4 creditsAn introductory course for non-science majorsin which students develop an understanding ofbiological evolution, the molecular basis ofheredity, the cell, matter, energy and organiza-tion in living systems, and the interdependenceof organisms. In addition, students will developan understanding of science as a human endeav-or, the nature of scientific knowledge, and his-torical perspectives. Through investigative activ-ities, students will develop an understandingabout scientific inquiry and develop abilitiesnecessary to do scientific inquiry. Three lecturesand one three-hour laboratory per week.

BIO-115 Principles of Biology: Evolution,Diversity, and Biology of Animals 4 creditsAn introductory biology course focusing onanimal form and function. Evolution, genetics,physiology and ecology are emphasized. Threelectures and one three-hour laboratory perweek.

BIO-116 Principles of Biology: Evolution,Diversity, and Biology of Plants 4 creditsAn introductory biology course focusing onplant form and function. Evolution, genetics,physiology and ecology are emphasized. Threelectures and one three-hour laboratory perweek.

course descriptions

143

BIO-117 Principles of Biology: Evolution,Diversity, and Biology of Cells 4 creditsAn introductory biology course focusing onbasic cell biology. Cell diversity and function,genetics and biotechnology are emphasized.Three lectures and one three-hour laboratoryper week.

BIO-206 The Pharmaceutical Industry 3 creditsAn introduction to drug discovery and develop-ment. Topics include how drugs are used todiagnosis, cure, treat, and prevent disease andhow drugs affect body function. The origins ofdiseases and the early attempts at treatment arealso covered. Designed for business majors; doesnot satisfy requirements for the biology major.Prerequisite: BIO-100 or BIO-101 or BIO-106or BIO-108 or BPY-107 or CHE-115.

BIO-210 Hospital Intern Program 2 creditsAn internship that provides students with theexperience in the practical aspects of medicine.Major departments in the hospital such as theemergency room, operating room, clinic, radiol-ogy, and the laboratory will be open for studentrotations. Field trips to various medical schoolsin the area will provide information on profes-sional school educational opportunities avail-able in the health professions. Prerequisites:sophomore standing or above and permissionof instructor.

BIO-215 Environmental Microbiology 4 creditsAn introduction to the discipline of microbiol-ogy, with an emphasis on the biology ofprokaryotes found in all the natural realms ofour environment, including the oceans, soil,atmosphere, and extreme habitats. Emphasiswill be placed on microbial diversity, fundamen-tal microbial processes, and the continual inter-action between microbes and the natural envi-ronment. Classical and modern methods of

identification are introduced in the laboratory.Three lectures and one three-hour laboratoryper week. Some field trips are required.Prerequisites: two semesters of BIO-115, BIO-116 or BIO-117 and CHE-120 strongly recom-mended.

BIO-221 Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 creditsA comprehensive survey of the structure andfunction of musculo-skeletal systems, neuroen-docrine systems and related tissues and cellularinteractions. Physiological applications includehomeostasis, muscle dynamics and cell activi-ties. Laboratory exercises complement lecturematerial through the use of animal dissections,wet labs, computer-assisted investigations,microscopy and models. Exams, case histories,personal investigations and lab practicumsassess learning. Course emphasis supports alliedhealth and pre-professional training. The coursematerial is sequential: BIO-221 must be success-fully completed before admission to BIO-222.Designed for allied health students; does notsatisfy requirements for the biology major.Prerequisite: BIO-115.

BIO-222 Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 creditsA comprehensive survey of the organ systems ofthe body including special senses, cardiovascu-lar, respiratory, digestive, excretory, reproduc-tion and development. Physiological compo-nents include electrolytes, metabolism, nutri-tion and the mechanisms of homeostasis andcell reception. Lab studies support lecture mate-rial through dissections, wet labs, computer-assisted learning, microscopy and models.Assessment includes lab practicums, exams andreports. Course emphasis supports allied healthand pre-professional training. Designed forallied health students; does not satisfy require-ments for the biology major. Prerequisites: BIO-221 and CHE-120, CHE-121, CHE-122, CHE-123 recommended.

course descriptions

144

BIO-250 Field Natural History 4 creditsIdentification, life history, and interrelation-ships of plants and animals in natural land-scapes of New Jersey. Field, lab, discussion andlecture exercises will prepare students to leadinformative and safe nature walks. Nature writ-ing and natural resources management also cov-ered. Three lectures and one three-hour labora-tory per week; most labs take place outdoors.Two Saturday field trips (laboratory time will beadjusted accordingly). Designed for educationmajors; does not satisfy requirements for thebiology major. fall

BIO-265 Genetics 4 creditsAn examination of transmission, cyto-, bacteri-al, molecular, developmental, quantitative, andpopulation genetics. Emphasis will be placed ongenetic analysis. Laboratory investigations willinclude Mendelian, cytogenetic, and molecularanalyses of a variety of model systems(Drosophila, ascomycetes, E. coli, plants,humans). Three lectures and one three-hourlaboratory per week. Prerequisites: BIO-115,BIO-116 or BPY-275, BIO-117. spring

BIO-272 Introduction to Marine Biology 3 creditsIntroduces students to the study of marine envi-ronments, emphasizing the diversity, ecology,and physiology of marine animals, algae, andplants. Aspects of the human impact on marineenvironments are also discussed. Prerequisites:BIO-115, BIO-116 recommended.

BIO-272L Marine Biology Laboratory 1 creditExercises reinforce principles of marine biologythrough examination of organisms, dissections,field trips, aquarium maintenance, and the col-lection and analysis of data from coastal marineenvironments. Some full-day field trips (usuallyon a weekend) are required. Prerequisite: cur-rent or prior enrollment in BIO-272.

BIO-300 Developmental Biology 4 creditsLectures and laboratories explore molecular,cellular and genetic mechanisms of animaldevelopment. Aspects of gametogenesis, fertil-ization, induction, cytoplasmic determinants,morphogenetic movements, differentiation anddevelopmental evolution are discussed. Threelectures and one three-hour laboratory perweek. Prerequisites: BIO-115, BIO-116 or BPY-275, BIO-117.

BIO-305 Vertebrate Physiology 4 creditsStudy of the principles and mechanisms ofmammalian physiology. Topics include thenervous system, muscle physiology, cardiovas-cular physiology, respiration, gastrointestinalactivity, renal function and endocrine physiolo-gy. Lectures and laboratory exercises emphasizehomeostatic mechanisms and organ-systeminteractions. Three lectures and one three-hourlaboratory per week. Prerequisites: BIO-115,BIO-116 or BPY-275, BIO-117.

BIO-315 Medical Microbiology 4 creditsBiology of prokaryotes of medical interest withemphasis placed on diversity and host-pathogeninteraction. Current research literature will becovered and presented by students. Methods ofmicrobial identification are introduced in thelaboratory and applied in the identification ofmock clinical isolates. Three lectures and onethree-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites:BIO-115, BIO-116 or BPY-275, BIO-117. springof alternate years

BIO-320 Marine Botany 4 creditsMajor algal groups and other plants, includingsalt marsh species, sea grasses, fungi, andlichens, associated with marine habitats will bediscussed. Topics will include life cycles andother aspects of their life histories, characteris-tics of the marine environment and physiologi-

course descriptions

145

cal and ecological adaptations, biogeography,and economic value of marine plants. Three lec-tures and one three-hour laboratory per week.Two Saturday or Sunday field trips.Prerequisites: BIO-115, BIO-116.

BIO-325 Marine Vertebrates: Fish toMammals 4 creditsA survey of the biology of marine vertebrateanimals, including fish (jawless fish, sharks,rays, and bony fish), reptiles (sea turtles and seasnakes), sea birds, and mammals (manatees,seals, and whales). The evolution, physiology,natural history, ecological relationships, andhuman interactions of these groups are empha-sized. Three lectures and one three-hour labora-tory per week. Three all-day field trips (fieldtrips will substitute for laboratories).Prerequisite: BIO-115 or BIO-272.

BIO-335 Modern Plant Biology 4 creditsBiology of seed plants, including growth, devel-opment, and reproduction of flowering plants.Emphasis is placed on acclimation and adapta-tions demonstrating environmental influenceson plant structure and function. Current litera-ture involving molecular mechanisms of controlwill be discussed. Three lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week. One Saturday fieldtrip. Prerequisites: BIO-115, BIO-116, CHE-122.

BIO-350 General Ecology 4 creditsAn investigation of the processes that regulatethe distribution of plants and animals through-out the biosphere. Relationships among speciesand their interactions with the environment arestressed. Quantitative analyses of experimentalresults and current research in basic and appliedecology are discussed. Laboratory activitiesexplore conceptual models using both fieldactivities and computer simulations. Three lec-tures and one three-hour laboratory per week.

One Saturday field trip (laboratory time will beadjusted accordingly). Prerequisites: BIO-115and BIO-116 or equivalent.

BIO-370 Immunology 4 creditsAn introduction to the cells and molecules ofthe immune system with emphasis on recentadvances. Topics include AIDS, autoimmunity,transplantation, and cancer. Readings from cur-rent journals will be discussed and presented bystudents. The laboratory will introduce currentresearch techniques and then apply these to aresearch problem with critical analyses of thedata generated. Three lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: BIO-115, BIO-116 or BPY-275, BIO-117. spring ofalternate years

BIO-372 Behavior of Marine Organisms: AnEvolutionary Approach 4 creditsAn examination of the underlying mechanismsand evolutionary causes of behavior, includinghabitat use, feeding, and mate choice, particu-larly in marine organisms. The laboratory willinvolve collecting, analyzing and interpretingfield data and performing experiments in thelab using a variety of marine organisms includ-ing fish and crabs. Three lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week. Some full-day fieldtrips (usually on a weekend) are required.Prerequisites: BIO-115, BIO-116 or BPY-275.

BIO-400 Seminar in Cellular andMolecular Biology 3 creditsCritical analysis of the scientific literature per-taining to current topics in cell and molecularbiology. Topics may include: genomics, regula-tion of gene expression, development, molecu-lar processes of disease. Three lectures per week.Prerequisites: BIO-115, BIO-116 or BPY-275,BIO-117, junior standing, and permission ofinstructor.

course descriptions

146

BIO-416 Bioinformatics 3 creditsA comprehensive overview of relevant comput-er-based technologies used in genome research,DNA sequence analysis, and evolutionary biolo-gy. Will focus extensively on Internet resourcesand predictive algorithm usage for determiningevolutionary relationships of organisms basedon molecular evidence. Lectures will focus onterms and concepts frequently used in genomicand bioinformatic research, while computerlabs will allow students to perform hands-onprojects with actual DNA sequence data.Prerequisites: BIO-117, BIO-265 recommended.

BIO-420 Seminar in Organismal Biology 3 creditsCritical analysis of the scientific literature per-taining to current topics in physiology andorganismal biology. Topics may include hor-monal control of behavior, immune pathogeninteractions, and other aspects of whole animaland/or plant biology. Three lectures per week.Prerequisites: BIO-115, BIO-116 or BPY-275,BIO-117, junior standing, and permission ofinstructor.

BIO-450 Seminar in Ecology and Evolution 3 creditsCritical analysis of the scientific literature per-taining to current topics in ecology and evolu-tionary biology. Ecology and evolution of ter-restrial and aquatic systems may include scalesof adaptation, mechanisms or human impacts.Three lectures per week. Prerequisites: BIO-115,BIO-116 or BPY-275, BIO-117, junior standing,and permission of instructor.

BIO-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 credits per semester

BIO-491 Internship in Biology 1-4 creditsA supervised work experience in an approvedorganization where qualified students gain real-world knowledge and utilize their academictraining in a professional environment.Placement may be in private, public, non-profit,or governmental organizations. These caninclude educational or research institutions.The method of evaluation will be formalizedprior to the approval of the internship by thesponsoring faculty and should include keeping ajournal of activities, a term paper or projectreport and a poster presentation. Prerequisite:2.5 GPA and permission of the instructor.

Biopsychology (BPY)

BPY-107 Life Science: BiopsychologyEmphasis 3 creditsAn introduction to the biology of the humanbrain and the rest of the human nervous system.Topics in neuroscience are covered in molecular,cellular, and systematic terms. Additional mate-rial is presented on the origins and effects ofneurological and psychiatric diseases.

BPY-275 Behavioral Neuroscience 4 creditsAn introductory course including basic neu-roanatomy and neurophysiology of movement,ingestive, reproductive, emotional and learningbehaviors. Emphasis is on the structure/func-tion relationships that allow animals to makeappropriate physiological and behavioralresponses to the environment. Three lecturesand one three-hour laboratory per week.Prerequisite: BIO-115.

course descriptions

147

BPY-310 Neurobiology 4 creditsA lecture-laboratory course investigating thestructure and function of the nervous system.Lecture topics include organization of the nerv-ous system, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology,neurochemistry, physiology of sensory systems,biological aspects of nervous system diseases,and behavior. Laboratory exercises includestudy of anatomy of the nervous system, nervecell recording, modern neuroanatomical tech-niques, and the neural basis of animal behavior.Three lectures and one three-hour laboratoryper week. Prerequisites: BIO-115, BIO-117,BPY-275.

BPY-360 Neurochemistry 4 creditsExamines the fundamentals of neurochemistry,including the neuroanatomical distribution,pharmacology, and functions of neurotransmit-ters; signal transduction pathways; behavioraland physiological effects of chemicals eitherused therapeutically to treat biopsychologicaldisorders or that may be abused for their psy-chotropic effects; and mechanisms and modelsfor the study of drug action. Prerequisites: Bio-115, BIO-117, CHE-122, CHE-123.

BPY-415 Seminar in Biopsychology 3 creditsCritical analysis of the scientific literature per-taining to current topics in biopsychology.Topics include mechanisms through which thebrain influences physiology and behavior andthe integration of nervous and endocrine sys-tems. Three hours per week. Prerequisites: BIO-115, BIO-116 or BPY-275, BIO-117, juniorstanding and permission of instructor.

BPY-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 credits

BPY-491 Internship in Biopsychology 1-4 creditsA supervised work experience in an approvedorganization where qualified students gain real-world knowledge and utilize their academictraining in a professional environment.Placement may be in private, public, non-profit,or governmental organizations. These caninclude educational or research institutions.The method of evaluation will be formalizedprior to the approval of the internship by thesponsoring faculty and should include keeping ajournal of activities, a term paper or projectreport and a poster presentation. Prerequisite:2.5 GPA and permission of the instructor.

Business Policy andEnvironment (BUS)

BUS-210 Introduction to Law: Contracts 3 creditsAn introduction to the origin of current law,with emphasis on the development of businesslaw, students are exposed to legal terminologyand acquainted with the system of applicationof rules of law to actual situations. The laws ofcontracts, particularly common-law develop-ments, are considered in great detail.

BUS-211 Commercial Law 3 creditsThe law as related to the sale of goods, commer-cial paper, and secured transactions as promul-gated by the Uniform Commercial Code is con-sidered in depth. Warranties, guarantees, reme-dies, and product liability are explored. The lawsof bankruptcy and insurance are also consid-ered. Prerequisite: BUS-210.

course descriptions

148

BUS-214 Advanced Business Law 3 creditsThis course provides students with an introduc-tion to the fundamentals of individual andorganizational forms of doing business. Thelaws governing agency, partnerships, corpora-tions, and the purchase and sale of securitieswill be explored. The legal consequences of therelationships, and the rights and duties of theparties and entities will be discussed, as will therules of law governing real, personal, and intel-lectual property, including the transfer of title toreal property, the various types of bailments, thelandlord-tenant relationship, and the laws con-cerning wills, trusts, and estates. The concernsof businesses that compete in the global envi-ronment through the study of international lawwill also be discussed. Prerequisite: BUS-210.(This course replaces the property (BUS-213)and business associations (BUS-212) courses.You may not take this course if you have takeneither of these courses.)

BUS-300 Social and Legal Environment ofBusiness 3 creditsThe strategies by which organizations in the pri-vate as well as the public sectors interact with,adapt to, and attempt to influence their externalenvironments are explored. The primaryemphasis is on evaluating the effect of businessand governmental decisions on the quality oflife. The role of regulatory agencies and theimpact of local and national legislation on orga-nizational behavior are considered. Prerequisite:54 credits.

BUS-315 Health Care Law, Ethics, andPolicy 3 creditsThis course analyzes the role of the law in pro-moting the quality of health care, organizing thedelivery of health care, assuring adequate accessto health care, and protecting the rights of thosewho are provided care within the health caresystem. It will also examine the public policy,economic, and ethical issues raised by the healthcare system. Prerequisite: 54 credits.

BUS-375 International Business Law 3 creditsThis course considers the impact of internation-al organizations and treaties such as those withthe WTO, EU, NAFTA and UN on global busi-ness. It examines the various methods of inter-national dispute resolution. Important legal andethical issues related to conducting businessoverseas are discussed including the topics oflabor and employment rights, environmentallaw and intellectual property. Prerequisite: 54credits.

BUS-400 Strategic Management andPolicy 3 creditsThis capstone course for seniors in businessadministration provides a framework for prob-lem identification, analysis, and decision mak-ing within the organization. Students are giventhe opportunity to integrate and apply previ-ously acquired knowledge of accounting, deci-sion sciences, economics, finance, marketing,management, and statistics. Case studies, criticalincidents, and other appropriate techniques areutilized. Prerequisite: (84 credits), CIS-185,ACC-210, ACC-220, MKT-200, MGT-201, FIN-300

BUS-410 New Venture Planning 3 creditsThis course will require students to select a busi-ness and prepare a complete new venture planfor it. This plan would identify the product andits target market, analyze its market potential,choose the location, scale of operation, layout,staffing, type of financing, estimate the revenuesand profits, and present the income statement,balance sheet, and the cash flow projections.Prerequisites: MGT-348 or permission ofinstructor.

course descriptions

149

BUS-444 Selected Topics in BusinessPolicy and Environment 3 creditsThe study of a selected topic of contemporaryinterest related to one or more of the following:strategic management, business law, businessethics, social responsibility, legal environmentof business. Readings, research, lectures, discus-sions, and other methods will be used.Prerequisites to be determined by instructor.

BUS-490 Independent Research and Study 3 credits

BUS-491 Business AdministrationInternship 3 creditsAn internship course with a business firm orgovernment agency that provides the student anopportunity to apply classroom work in asupervised employment setting. Requirementsinclude a journal of activities, oral or writtenreports to the internship director, and a finalpaper presented to and evaluated by the intern-ship director. Evaluation will also include areport by the company/agency on the intern’sperformance. Prerequisite: permission ofinstructor and junior standing.

BUS-492 Global Business Internship 3 creditsAn internship course with a business firm, gov-ernment or international agency that providesthe student an opportunity to apply classroomwork in practical international operations ofsupervised employment. Requirements includea log of activities, oral or written reports to theinternship director, and a final paper presentedto and evaluated by the internship director.Evaluation will also include a report by the com-pany/agency on the intern’s performance.Credits may be used as business or free electivesand may be counted toward the internationalbusiness concentration. Prerequisite: permis-sion of instructor.

CBA-101, 200, 201, 300, 301, 400. CREWW

(1 credit/semester)CREWW (Cultivating Resources for Excellencein the World of Work) is a six semester ventureinto experiential learning. Students are exposedto specific management skills (career and lifeskills) that are readily applicable in the workenvironment. The skills covered include: team-work, handling conflict, interviewing skills, see-ing behavior, giving and receiving feedback.Students in CREWW engage in highly participa-tory activities, principally role playing, to learnand internalize these skills. These credits countas either business or free electives. Prerequisite:permission of director of CREWW programonly.

CBA-110 Introduction to Business(Elective) 3 creditsAn introductory course emphasizing the globaleconomy and the integration of functional areasof business that link strategy and business suc-cess. Critical issues such as ethics and technolo-gy will be covered along with an emphasis onleadership and communicative skills. A varietyof supplemental teaching tools/approachesincluding videos, guest speakers, team projects,and The Wall Street Journal will be usedthroughout the course. Restricted to freshmen.

CBA-220 Minding Our Business 3 creditsA community service mentoring projectdesigned to promote leadership, teamwork andentrepreneurship among Trenton youththrough a school-based team mentoring model.Students will undergo intensive training in lead-ership skills, communication skills, team build-ing skills, cultural diversity, small businessentrepreneurship, and problems of early adoles-cent development prior to their fieldwork expe-rience. Students will form teams to mentorgroups of students at a Trenton middle-schoolin the creation and management of their own

course descriptions

150

microbusinesses. Student journals, quizzes, fieldtrips and class meetings will serve to organizeand structure experiential learning.Prerequisites: 24 credits and permission ofinstructor.

CBA 310, CBA-311 Study Abroad: GlobalBusiness Studies in Paris up to 17 creditsA regular course load in an approved programat the Institut de Gestion SocialeUniversite/American Business School in Paris,France. Courses will be selected from a list pre-approved by the global business program atRider. All business courses are taught in English.One of the regular courses for all students in theprogram will be a French course. Prerequisites:2.5 GPA; junior standing; permission of globalbusiness program director and CBA dean.

CBA-312, CBA-313 Study Abroad: GlobalBusiness Studies up to 17 creditsA regular course load in an approved program.See director of global business major for detailsof any programs being offered abroad.Prerequisites: 2.5 GPA; junior standing; permis-sion of global business program director andCBA dean.

CBA-315 Global Business Study TourProvides students with the opportunity toobserve various international business environ-ments outside of the United States. Studentsshould gain a better appreciation of how cul-ture, history, and politics influence organiza-tional dynamics, business functions and busi-ness customs. Prerequisites: Junior or seniorstanding and permission of instructor.

CBA-350 Family Business Management 3 creditsThis course is directed at understanding thefamily-owned and managed firm. Topicsincluded are the strengths and weaknesses of afamily firm, the dynamics of the family andbusiness interactions, conflict resolution, suc-cession planning and ownership transfer. Thecourse will help individuals involved with afamily firm, regardless if they are a family mem-ber. Prerequisites: MGT-201 and junior stand-ing.

CBA-366, 367, 368 and 369 Selected Topicsin Business 3 creditsThe study of a topic (or combination of topics)that represent some dimension of business orhas important implications for business. Thisstudy may be theoretical and/or applied innature. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

CBA-490 Independent Study 1-4 credits

CBA-491 College of Business Internship1-4 creditsProvides students an opportunity to supple-ment and apply classroom work in supervisedemployment with participating businesses, gov-ernment offices or not-for-profit organizations.Requirements are to be determined by the facul-ty sponsor prior to the period of the internshipand must include an academic component,preferably a written paper of project. Theremust also be a final evaluation from the organi-zation on the intern’s performance. fall, springor summer. Permission of instructor.

course descriptions

151

Chemistry (CHE)

CHE-100 Introduction to College Chemistry 3 creditsOpen to all students, but designed primarily forthose who wish to major in a science whichrequires chemistry but whose chemistry back-ground is not sufficient to allow entrance intoChemistry 120. It focuses on the nomenclatureused in chemistry including the symbols used todesignate the chemical elements, the construc-tion of chemical formulas and the writing andbalancing of chemical equations. Other topicswill include interpreting the Periodic Table, thevalences of the elements, the mole concept andsimple stoichiometry. In addition, chemical cal-culations involving units, scientific notation,significant figures and the algebraic manipula-tions of simple equations will be included.Three lectures per week. This course does notsatisfy the requirements for the biochemistry orchemistry degree, but does satisfy the corerequirements for liberal arts, education andbusiness majors. spring

CHE-115 Chemistry and ContemporarySociety 3 creditsDesigned to give the nonscientist an apprecia-tion of the role of chemistry in today’s world.The approach is conceptual rather than mathe-matical. Topics include basic principles ofchemical theory, energy sources, elementaryorganic chemistry, drugs, food additives, poly-mers, chemistry of living systems, inorganicsolids in modern technology, and problemsinvolving pollution of the environment. Threelectures per week. This course satisfies the corerequirements for liberal arts, education andbusiness majors.

CHE-118 Exploration of Chemical Principles 4 creditsA one-semester introduction to the principles ofchemical sciences. Students will utilize inquiry-based learning methods to examine contextualproblems as a means to explore introductorymodels and concepts of chemistry. Students willalso gain an understanding of how scientificmodels are used to explain experimental obser-vations. The laboratory component of thiscourse is designed to provide students with anexperimental context within which to developsome of the models described in the classroom.Three lectures and one three-hour laboratoryper week.

CHE-120 Principles of Chemistry 3 creditsFor students who have successfully completedone year of high school chemistry. This system-atic study of the fundamental principles andconcepts of chemistry covers atomic structure,bonding, stoichiometric relationships, includ-ing solution and oxidation-reduction reactionsand molecular structure. Three lectures perweek. Prerequisite: high school chemistry, CHE-100 or permission of the instructor. fall

CHE-121 Principles of ChemistryLaboratory 1 creditFor students concurrently taking Chemistry120. Experiments involve gravimetric, volumet-ric, and spectrophotometric quantitative analy-sis. One three-hour lab per week. fall

CHE-122 Introduction to Chemical Systems 3 creditsA continuation of Chemistry 120. For studentsmajoring in the sciences but may be taken byothers. Chemical systems in which the study ofkinetics, thermodynamics, equilibrium, andradiochemistry are emphasized. Three lecturesper week. Prerequisites: CHE-120, MTH-105.spring

course descriptions

152

CHE-123 Quantitative Methods Laboratory 1 creditUsually taken concurrently with Chemistry 122.Primarily for students majoring in the sciences.A number of quantitative classical and instru-mental methods of analysis are used to deter-mine thermodynamic properties and reactionmechanisms. One three-hour lab per week.Prerequisite: CHE-121. spring

CHE-205 Experimental Chemistry I 2 creditsThe first of four experimental chemistry labsdesigned for chemistry majors. It presents theuse of modern techniques, and instrumentationin organic chemistry, including distillation,chromatography, infrared, ultraviolet, nuclearmagnetic spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry.Two three-hour labs per week. Prerequisites:CHE-214, CHE-216. spring

CHE-211 Organic Chemistry I 3 creditsThe structure, chemical properties, and meth-ods of preparation of the more important class-es of carbon compounds are studied, with anemphasis on the relationship of structure, stere-ochemistry, and conformation to chemical reac-tivity. Prerequisite: CHE-122. fall

CHE-213 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory 1 creditFor students concurrently taking Chemistry211. An introduction to the methods of experi-mental organic chemistry, emphasizing modernprocedures for the preparation, isolation, purifi-cation, analysis, and characterization of organiccompounds. One three-hour lab per week.Prerequisite: CHE-123. fall

CHE-214 Organic Chemistry II 3 creditsA continuation of Chemistry 211, emphasizingthe mechanism of organic reactions, structuralinterpretations of properties, preparations, andidentification of organic compounds. The use ofinfrared, ultraviolet, and nuclear magnetic reso-nance spectroscopy for elucidating structures oforganic molecules is discussed. Three lecturesper week. Prerequisite: CHE-211. spring

CHE-216 Organic Chemistry II Laboratory 1 creditFor students concurrently taking Chemistry214. Lab experience in separation, purification,and identification of organic mixtures similar tothat encountered in organic syntheses or naturalproduct isolation is provided. Students useultraviolet, infrared, and nuclear magnetic reso-nance spectrometric methods to elucidate thestructure of unknown organic compoundsassigned to them. One three-hour lab per week.Prerequisite: CHE-213. spring

CHE-300 Introduction to Physical OrganicChemistry 3 creditsIn-depth studies of the methods for elucidatingthe mechanisms of organic reactions for stu-dents who have completed one year of organicchemistry. Topics include conformationalanalysis, Huckel molecular orbital theory,Woodward-Hoffmann rules, transition statetheory, linear free energy relationships, acidityfunctions, and kinetic isotope effects. Three lec-tures per week. Prerequisites: CHE-214, CHE-216, CHE-305 or permission of instructor.spring

CHE-301 Experimental Chemistry II 2 creditsMeasurement of a variety of equilibrium con-stants using modern instrumental methods.Included are the measurements of acid-base dis-sociation constants, enzyme micro-constants,

course descriptions

153

and enzyme-substrate binding constants.Instrumental methods utilized include NMRspectrometry, ultraviolet-visible spectropho-tometry, fluorescence spectrophotometry,polarography, and potentiometry. Two three-hour labs per week. Prerequisites: CHE-205 orCHE-214, CHE-305 or permission of instruc-tor. fall

CHE-302 Experimental Chemistry III 2 creditsMeasurements are made of physical propertiesof molecules and dynamics of chemical process-es. Thermodynamic values are determinedusing bomb calorimetry, viscosity measure-ment, and boiling point measurement. Infraredspectroscopy is used to determine interatomicbond lengths. NMR spectroscopy is used todetermine the energetics of hydrogen bondedsystems. Computer simulations are used toexamine bimolecular reaction kinetics. Twothree-hour labs per week. Prerequisites: CHE-301, CHE-305, CHE-306. spring

CHE-304 Experimental Chemistry IV 2 creditsAn advanced laboratory emphasizing the syn-thesis and characterization of inorganic solidsand organo-metallic compounds. Two three-hour labs per week. Prerequisites: CHE-214,CHE-315. fall

CHE-305 Chemical Thermodynamics 3 creditsThe mathematical and conceptual foundationsof classical thermodynamics are formulated andapplication is made to a variety of chemical sys-tems. Topics include thermochemistry, phaseequilibria of pure compounds, equilibria ofhomogeneous and heterogeneous solutions,equilibria in systems of varying composition,electrochemistry, and chemical kinetics.Oriented to the solution of problems that arisefrom all fields of chemistry, including biochem-istry. Prerequisites: CHE-214, MTH-211, PHY-201. spring

CHE-306 Quantum Chemistry II 3 creditsStatistical thermodynamics based on quantumtheory. Quantum mechanical description ofsome simple systems including the free particle,a particle in a box, the harmonic oscillator, therigid rotor and the hydrogen atom are appliedstatistically to explain the thermodynamic prop-erties of molecular systems. The electronicstructure of atoms and molecules and theirspectral properties are also investigated.Prerequisites: CHE-214, MTH-211, PHY-201.fall

CHE-311 Analytical Chemistry 3 creditsClassical gravimetric and volumetric methodsof chemical analysis and the application of theprinciples of chemical equilibrium to them. Thetheory and application of instrumental meth-ods to qualitative and quantitative chemicalproblems. Methods include ultraviolet and visi-ble spectroscopy, atomic spectroscopy, electro-analytical chemistry and chromatography.Prerequisites: CHE-211, PHY-201 or PHY-101.spring

CHE-312 Analytical Chemistry Laboratory 1 creditThe focus of this laboratory course is on thequalitative and quantitative methods for analyz-ing chemical substances and mixtures of thesematerials. The laboratory experience will bedivided into two parts: a) experiments involvingclassical methods of gravimetric and volumetricanalysis and b) experiments involving modernchemical instrumentation including ultravioletand visible spectroscopy, inductive coupledplasma spectroscopy, gas chromatography, highpressure liquid chromatography, and fluores-cence spectroscopy. Prerequisites: CHE-211,PHY-201 or PHY-101. spring

course descriptions

154

CHE-315 Inorganic Chemistry 3 creditsThe periodic table as a tool for predicting thephysical and chemical properties of chemicalsystems is developed and examined in conjunc-tion with various theories of bonding, includingvalence bond, molecular orbital, valence shellelectron repulsion, and ligand field theory.Emphasizes structure of crystalline solids, coor-dination compounds, reaction mechanisms,and structure-property relationships. Three lec-tures per week. Prerequisite: CHE-214. fall

CHE-320 Polymer Chemistry 3 creditsDesigned to acquaint students with the struc-ture and properties of polymers, the contrastbetween small molecules and polymers, meth-ods of measuring molecular weight, the mecha-nism of polymerization, and the methods offabricating polymers. Prerequisites: CHE-214,CHE-216, CHE-305, CHE-306, or permissionof instructor.

CHE-400 Chemical Bonding 3 creditsThe effects of the chemical bond on the struc-ture and properties of molecules are investigat-ed. Molecular orbital theories of bonding areintroduced. Emphasis is placed on group theo-retical methods utilizing molecular symmetryto simplify the description of the electronicstructure of molecules and to predict their geo-metric structures and reactivity. Three lecturesper week. Prerequisites: CHE-306, MTH-212.spring

CHE-415 Special Topics in Chemistry 3 creditsAn advanced level of one or more areas of mod-ern chemistry. Emphasis on research and the lit-erature of an area of current importance. Topicschange each semester and are listed in the roster.May be taken more than once. Three lecturesper week. Prerequisite: CHE-305 or permissionof instructor. spring

CHE-490 Independent Research and Study credit to be arranged

Communication (COM)

Below are core courses required of all studentsin the department of communication. See alsocourses in journalism (tracks in news-editorialjournalism, public relations, and multimediacommunication) and communication (tracks inbusiness and professional communication,radio and television, and interpersonal commu-nication) on the following pages.

COM-100 Mass Media Communication 3 creditsProvides a detailed investigation and analysisinto the nature, history, scope, adequacy, andlimitations of mass communication and exam-ines the reciprocal influence of the media onculture and society.COM-102 Writing for the Media I 3 creditsProvides a cross-media approach to factualjournalistic print, audio, and graphic formats.Emphasizes the basics of gathering, organizingand communicating information for print andelectronic media. Utilizes a multimedia com-puter lab to introduce students to word-pro-cessing, desktop publishing, audio digitizing,graphical information display, and Internetsoftware.

COM-104 Speech Communication 3 creditsExamines basic communication theories andconcepts. Various genres of oral communicationand extemporaneous and impromptu forms ofdelivery are studied. Students research, prepare,and deliver speeches that are then used as thefocal point for the discussion of effective speak-ing and listening. A number of speeches arevideotaped.

course descriptions

155

COM-201 Communication Theory 3 creditsStudies selected theories, models and researchmethods in human communication, thedynamics of the communication process in var-ious settings, and the role of communication inhuman interaction.

COM-202 Writing for the Media II 3 creditsEnhances and builds on skills learned inCommunication 102. Introduces students tointerviewing and persuasive writing techniquesfor print and electronic public relations andadvertising formats. Teaches techniques for cre-ating effective digital audio-visual aids andworking with digital audio and video.Prerequisite: COM-102.

COM-204 Advanced Speech Communication 3 creditsProvides students with the opportunity to fur-ther their study and practice of various types ofspeech communication. Moving beyond anintroductory perspective, this course focuses onthe development of critical, analytical, andpragmatic aspects of speech. The focus is divid-ed between the discussion of theoretical modelsand a demonstrated competence of that materi-al. Prerequisite: COM-104.

COM-205 Theories of Persuasion 3 creditsAnalyzes the motivations that lead individualsand audiences to beliefs and actions and thetechniques of achieving objectives through per-suasion. Attention, interest, empathy, ethos, fear,and techniques of speakers, and those who usepersuasion professionally are studied.

COM-301 Communication Law 3 creditsCritically examines the legal limits and privi-leges affecting freedom of expression, especiallyin publishing, advertising, film, telecasting, andcyberspace. Places particular emphasis on thehistorical and philosophical foundations of thefreedoms and limitations of communication inthe United States.

COM-302 Communication Ethics 3 creditsAnalyzes internal and external pressures on thecommunication professional including eco-nomic, cultural, social, and political pressures,assesses the philosophical and practical basis forresponding to such pressures, evaluates contem-porary media responses to these pressures, iden-tifies those that are of laudable quality and why,and provides guidance as to how individualsand organizations can think and react ethically.Issues addressed include censorship, confiden-tiality, conflicts of interests, minority and ethnicgroups, privacy, sensationalism, and self-criti-cism. Prerequisites: PHL-100 or 115; COM-301or permission of instructor.

COM-400 Senior Seminar inCommunication 3 creditsUtilizes quantitative and qualitative research toinvestigate current topics in communication.Students conceptualize problems, develophypotheses, review literature, design appropri-ate techniques of inquiry, conduct theirresearch, and present their findings orally to theseminar and in writing to the instructor. Seniorjournalism and communication majors only.

course descriptions

156

Communication: Journalismmajor

Required courses for the journalism major(tracks in news-editorial journalism, publicrelations, and multimedia communication; seealso communication courses on the precedingand following pages.)

COM-210 News Reporting and Writing 3 creditsDevelops skills in hard-news reporting in labo-ratory and field exercises. Employs off-campusreporting assignments to refine information-gathering techniques such as interviewing,observation, and use of government documentsand other contextual materials. Requires stu-dents to produce reports using advanced jour-nalistic writing techniques. Includes reportingand writing about police news, state and localgovernment, the criminal justice system, sci-ence, and sports. Prerequisite: COM-202. fall

COM-211 Copy Editing 3 creditsTeaches all phases of copy editing for news andpublic relations: marking of copy, building andshaping news stories, following mechanicalstyle, and safeguarding against problems of libeland inaccuracy. Provides comprehensive reviewof grammar, spelling and punctuation, andintensive practice in writing headlines and cap-tions, editing wire copy, and using computers.Prerequisite: COM-202 or English writing con-centration.

COM-212 Publication Design 3 creditsExplains theories and techniques of graphic artsin print media layout and design. Provides anunderstanding of the use of typography and artas design elements in newspapers, advertise-ments, newsletters, and brochures. Directs stu-dents to apply these concepts to the creation ofpublished materials using Macintosh desktoppublishing techniques.

COM-240 Public Relations 3 creditsIntroduces current theories and practices ofpublic relations, with emphasis on facilitatingtwo-way communication with various publics.Explores approaches to public relations prob-lems by critically analyzing case studies andapplying theories and techniques to realistic sit-uations.

COM-261 Multimedia Communication 3 creditsUses digital graphics, text and audio to intro-duce students to the use of multimedia as aneducational, presentational, sales and entertain-ment tool. Using the Macintosh computer andbuilding an understanding of basic design prin-ciples, students will learn the theories underly-ing effective presentation of digital messages, asexemplified in the creation of a CD-ROM.

COM-316 Feature Writing 3 creditsFocuses on problems and requirements ofnewspaper, magazine, public relations, and free-lance nonfiction writing. Students write featuresdesigned for acceptance in selected media andlearn marketing techniques. Prerequisite: COM-202, English writing concentration, or permis-sion of instructor.

COM-341 Publicity Methods inOrganizations 3 creditsApplies communication theory to writing andeditorial processes and production techniquesto create public relations materials; includespress releases, industrial publications, houseorgans, trade publications, brochures, newslet-ters, stockholder reports, and audio-visualmedia. Prerequisites: COM-202, COM-240, orpermission of instructor.

course descriptions

157

COM-360 Advanced Publication andGraphic Design 3 creditsBuilds on elementary knowledge of graphicdesign to teach the principles of advanced lay-out, typography, and computer graphics.Introduces students to industry standard draw-ing and digital photo editing software. Providesan understanding of the use of logos, infograph-ics and magazine layout, and of the theoreticalbases of color for print production. Prerequisite:COM-212 or permission of instructor.

COM-361 Photography 3 creditsIntroduces students to professional methods ofshooting, processing, and digitizing photo-graphs for publication in print and on theInternet. Relates hands-on work to theory, his-tory, aesthetics, and ethics. Provides practice incomputer manipulation, using Photoshop. Eachstudent must have a manually adjustable 35mmcamera. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

COM-364 Digital Media for the Internet 3 creditsEquips students with the theories and practicaltechniques required to produce effective digitaltext, graphics, audio and video for the Internet.Discusses theories behind the use of these mediain terms of effective communication and inter-action. Introduces students to different comput-er platforms and requirements for cross-plat-form media. Prerequisite: COM-261 or permis-sion of instructor.

COM-410 Computer Assisted Reporting 3 creditsDevelops advanced reporting techniques forresearching and writing in-depth news storiesand investigative articles. Uses state-of-the-artcomputer-assisted reporting methods includingfinding and mining data bases on the Internet,creating spreadsheets to analyze data, andemploying data base manager software to sort

and summarize information in governmentdocuments and other specialized resources.Focuses on conceptualizing of story ideas, plan-ning major projects, gathering information bymeans of data bases, participant-observation,interviews, and analysis of public documents.Emphasizes organizing large quantities of mate-rial and presenting it in a meaningful context.Prerequisite: COM-210 or permission ofinstructor. spring

COM-440 Cases and Campaigns in PublicRelations 3 creditsCritically analyzes public relations case prob-lems in industry, labor, education, government,social welfare, and trade associations.Emphasizes problem solving through the use ofcommunication theories, public relations tech-niques, creative thinking, and the developmentof professional goals and standards. Employsrealistic simulation exercises and actual casestudies to develop and critique students’ abilityto demonstrate this knowledge in professionalsituations. Prerequisite: COM-341 or permis-sion of instructor.

COM-460 Advanced MultimediaCommunication 3 creditsBuilds on previous courses to refine students’understanding of theories of digital mediaacross platforms. Introduces Web site creationand management, as well as management ofother forms of digital media. Prerequisite:COM-364.

course descriptions

158

Communication:Communication major

Required courses for the communication major(tracks in business and professional communi-cation, radio and television, and interpersonalcommunication; see also communication coreand journalism courses on the preceding andfollowing pages).

COM-220 Voice and Articulation 3 creditsIncreases the student’s knowledge of the vocalelements of oral communication and improvesuse of voice and articulation. Introduces anato-my and physiology for enhanced vocal produc-tion. Analyzes volume, rate, pitch, quality,phrasing, stress, and inflection. Presents theInternational Phonetic Alphabet as a means ofdeveloping correct articulation and pronuncia-tion. Uses classroom exercises and tape record-ing for feedback and learning.

COM-222 Group Communication 3 creditsExamines the communication process as itrelates to the small group. Theoretical con-structs including motivation, group climate,attraction, leadership, decision making, prob-lem solving and roles are analyzed. Utilizesgroup experience to study and evaluate thedynamics and effectiveness of interpersonal sys-tems.COM-230 Radio and TelevisionCommunication 3 creditsExamines the field of electronic communicationand its role in society. Scrutinizes the history,technology, structure, and regulation of broad-casting including issues, trends, and the impactof new communication technologies.Introduces basic principles of effective commu-nication in broadcast writing and producing.

COM-251 Interpersonal Communication 3 creditsIntroduces the student to the field of interper-sonal communication. The focus of this courseis balanced between the study of various com-munication concepts and theories and thedevelopment of interpersonal skills and sensi-tivities. More specifically, students will partici-pate in lectures, exercises and projects whileexploring the role and function of relationshipsin their professional, social, and personal lives.

COM-252 Intercultural Communication 3 creditsDevelops intercultural communication compe-tence through an awareness and understandingof diverse cultures and their impact on commu-nication. This course will be different from theinternational communication course, whichfocuses on communication between nations.This course will focus on the more personalaspects of communication — what happenswhen people from different cultures interactface-to-face. It will introduce students to thosegeneral factors that influence communicationwith people from diverse cultures both interna-tionally and within the United States, and offera blend of skill development, communicationtheory, and hands-on application.

COM-322 Argumentation and Debate 3 creditsInvestigates the theory and practice of speechcommunication that seeks to persuade by infer-ential argumentation. Concentrates on theories,practices, and research in argumentation anddebate, blended with speaking experience inanalyzing and advocating controversial topics.Prerequisite: COM-104 or COM-290.

COM-323 Oral Interpretation of Literature 3 creditsProvides an orientation to the field of oral per-formance. Students select literary texts, adaptthe material to the audience and prepare it forpresentation. Emphasizes the development of

course descriptions

159

voice, articulation and kinesic behavior.Presentations to the class are critiqued.Prerequisites: COM-104 or COM-290; or per-mission of instructor.

COM-331 Television Production 3 creditsExplores the technological capabilities and lim-itations of the television medium in team pro-ductions using a range of styles and formats.Students learn principles of studio production,electronic field production, and electronic newsgathering. Exercises include use of computergraphics, audio production, and electronicvideo editing. Stresses electronic communica-tion skills and aesthetic values in a professionalproduction setting. Prerequisite: COM-230. fall

COM-333 Broadcast Programming 3 creditsAnalyzes the theory, practice, structure, andfunction of broadcast programming. Examinesthe structure of the industry as it relates toentertainment, information, and the audience.Studies program categories, formats, genres,trends, consistency, accountability, and ratingsas well as cable, satellites, and home video.Critical standards are developed by introducinghumanistic and scientific modes of programanalysis. Prerequisite: COM-230.COM-334 Audio Production 3 creditsProvides a laboratory study of audio productiontechniques, writing, and performance.Introduces the fundamental properties of soundas applied in modern audio production at radioand television stations, sound studios, and pro-duction houses. Students conduct lab exercisesin editing, mixing, and digital recording.Students write, produce, and perform a varietyof programs including news, interviews, com-mercials, dramas, and documentaries.Prerequisite: COM-230.

COM-335 Television Field Production 3 creditsProvides an in-depth study of advanced tech-niques in Television Field Production for televi-sion. Individual and group field productionassignments will involve planning and executingsingle camera production in a non-studio set-ting. Previously developed video productionskills will be refined, and students will gainincreased competency and sophistication in allareas of field production including: productionplanning, camera operations, lighting, soundand digital non-linear editing. Designed to pre-pare students to effectively function in theindustry as a member of a professional fieldproduction team. In field situations, studentscreate, produce, shoot and edit video documen-taries, public service announcements andinstructional projects for use on the campus tel-evision network. Prerequisite: COM-331.

COM-353 Nonverbal Communication 3 creditsInvestigates studies in and theories of nonverbalcommunication. Lectures and experientialactivities explore the effect of status, culture,and gender upon kinesics, physical characteris-tics, proxemics, tactile communication, paralan-guages, artifacts, and environmental factors.Prerequisite: COM-104 or permission ofinstructor.COM-431 Advanced Television Researchand Production 3 creditsUtilizes the studio as a tool of scholarly research.Students design and conduct social and behav-ioral research on the influence and the effects oftelevision, using their own production as a basisfor experimental or descriptive studies.Prerequisite: COM-331 or permission ofinstructor.

course descriptions

160

COM-434 Advanced Radio Production 3 creditsProvides in-depth study of advanced techniquesin audio recording and radio programming andproduction. Individual and group production ofshort and long-form radio projects including:promotional spots, features, music program-ming, and news. Students will be involved in allphases of programming and production forradio including: project conception, develop-ment, management, and implementation.Selected student projects will air on studentradio station, WRRC. Prerequisite: COM-334.

COM-452 Contemporary Issues inInterpersonal Communication 3 creditsIntroduces the student to the study and natureof human interaction. Students are encouragedto explore the social and psychological implica-tions of various communicative relationshipsranging from cross-gender communication todysfunctional family systems to interculturalinteractions. Prerequisite: COM-222 or COM-251 or permission of instructor.

Communication: Elective courses

See also communication core, journalismmajor, and communication major courses onthe preceding pages.

COM-104S Introduction to SpeechCommunication 0-3 creditsPresents basic information and education con-cerning speech communication, stressing theconcept that speech and language habits canand should be improved. Through directedpractice the student has an opportunity todevelop poise and confidence in speaking, aswell as competence in analyzing and synthesiz-ing ideas and attitudes. Emphasizes importanceof the speaker’s personality, voice, diction, body

action, reasoning, and organization. To receivecredit, grade must be A, B, or C. Prerequisite:permission of department chairperson.

COM-290 Professional and StrategicSpeech 3 creditsImproves communication skills of businessmajors to compete successfully in the corporateworld. Provides students with practical infor-mation necessary for effective communicationin various business and professional settings.Covers communication processes, principlesand models in the modern organization. Classassignments are given with emphasis on devel-oping a knowledge and practical understandingof informative, persuasive, and impromptu pre-sentations. Limited to students enrolled in busi-ness administration.

COM-291 Documentary Film and Video 3 creditsExplores philosophical questions about the rela-tionship between non-fiction films and televi-sion programs and the reality they purport torecord. Analyzes ethical problems of filmmak-ing and television. Through screenings, lectures,and readings, students survey the main tradi-tions in documentaries—reportorial, explorato-ry, persuasive, symphonic, compilation, and fic-tional.

COM-390 Communication and Society:Issues and Movements 3 creditsExamines in a topical manner the influence ofcommunication upon significant issues andmovements affecting people and society.Investigates interpersonal and mass media fac-tors as they relate to a major issue such aschanging sex roles, radicalism, racism, evangel-ism, election campaigns, and technology. Maybe taken more than once with a differentemphasis. Prerequisite: permission of instruc-tor.

course descriptions

161

COM-391 Communication Criticism 3 creditsInvestigates and analyzes various methods ofcommunication criticism and their applicationsto the understanding and evaluation of inter-personal and mass communication. Introducestheories and perspectives to assist in the analysisof contemporary communication. Emphasizesthe application of critical methods to actualspeeches, films, texts, and mass media coverage.

COM-392 Media History: Personalities andTrends 3 creditsPresents in a topical manner the history of themedia from various perspectives, seeking toplace the material into a meaningful economic,cultural, political, and/or social context.Different issues and related individuals areexamined, such as the golden age of radio,motion picture economics, and media empirebuilders, with a view toward understandingtheir significant impact on the development andfunctioning of the media today. This course maybe taken more than once with a differentemphasis.

COM-393 International Communication 3 creditsExamines mass media systems and their influ-ence on international communication.Emphasizes media systems of major politicalpowers such as Russia, China, the Europeancommunity, the United States, and geo-politicalcenters such as Africa, Asia, the Middle East, andLatin America. Using a seminar format, thecourse explores how a nation’s mass mediareflect its socio-political environment andnational values. Focuses on the internationalimages constructed by the mass media.

COM-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 credits

COM-491 Internship in Communication 1-4 creditsPlaces qualified students in a professional arearelated directly to their communication train-ing. For example, students may intern in a com-munication position on a newspaper, at a radioor television station, in a public relationsagency, or with a political party or private busi-ness appropriate to their interest. A minimumof 50 hours of internship per credit is required.Written reports and supervisor evaluations areused to analyze and evaluate the experience. Forjournalism and communication majors only,primarily juniors and seniors. No more thantwo internships are permitted for each student;exceptions may be made. Prerequisite: 2.5 GPAor permission of instructor.

Computer InformationSystems (CIS)

CIS-185 Introduction to Computing 3 creditsThis course provides an introduction to thebasic concepts of computer hardware, software,and communication systems. Students willlearn the basic components of a networkedWintel compatible microcomputer system,using the Windows XP operating environment.Students will receive hands-on experience uti-lizing Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, andPowerPoint) software. In addition, students willbe introduced to the use of the campus networkfor communications and research via theInternet and World Wide Web.

CIS-200 Introduction to Programming 3 creditsThis course provides the student with an under-standing of the development of business appli-cations utilizing the object-oriented/event-driv-en programming language Visual Basic.Prerequisite: CIS-185 or permission of instruc-tor.

course descriptions

162

CIS-265 Telecommunications 3 creditsThis course provides an introduction to busi-ness data communications and networking. TheInternet and OSI models are discussed. Networktechnologies include local area networks, back-bone, wide area networks, and the Internet.Introductions to network design, security, andnetwork management are also provided.

CIS-272 End-User Computing 3 creditsStudents will learn to develop database applica-tions in a Windows environment. MicrosoftAccess will be used as a standalone environmentand as a client to shared database servers.Emphasis will be on the use of end-user toolsrather than on programming. The course isappropriate for all business majors. Prerequisite:CIS-185.

CIS-300 Object-Oriented Programming 3 creditsStudents will learn the basic concepts of object-oriented programming as contrasted with tradi-tional structured programming and will devel-op applications using the Java programminglanguage. Prerequisite: CIS-200.

CIS-340 Electronic Commerce 3 creditsThe purpose of this course is to understand thebroad range of Internet business technologies;to develop skills necessary to create and admin-ister electronic commerce projects; and tounderstand electronic commerce business mod-els, benefits, and risks. Prerequisite: CIS-200.

CIS-350 Internet ApplicationsDevelopment 3 creditsA study of application development in an n-tier,component-based architecture. Major topicsinclude client and server-side scripting, XML,and Web services. Emphasis is placed on data-base applications for e-commerce. Prerequisite:CIS-200.

CIS-386 Systems Analysis and Design 3 creditsTopics include modeling techniques such asUML and methodologies to address the plan-ning, analysis, design, and implementation ofhigh-quality systems, delivered on time andwithin budget. Issues and tools related to themanagement of project teams are also dis-cussed. Prerequisite: CIS-391. springCIS-387 Systems Development Project 3 creditsUsing rapid application development tools, stu-dents construct a complete operational systemwithin the span of a single semester. The projectcovers the five steps of the systems developmentlife cycle: planning, analysis, design, program-ming, and implementation. Prerequisite: CIS-386. fall

CIS-391 Database Management Systems 3 creditsThe study of relational and object-relationaldatabase management systems in the Oracleenvironment. Major topics include SQL pro-gramming and database administration. Coursecontent is based upon the Oracle professionalcertification exams. Prerequisite: CIS-200.

CIS-395 Decision Support Systems 3 creditsThis course studies the rapidly changing tech-nologies that use computers to support decisionmaking for unstructured and semi-structuredproblems. Topics vary greatly from semester tosemester. This fall, the use of futures markets tosupport decisions and the computer science,mathematics, statistics, and financial underpin-nings of the Black-Scholes theory of pricingfinancial derivatives will be covered.Prerequisites: CIS-391 or permission of theinstructor.

course descriptions

163

CIS-400 Networks 3 creditsTopics include local area networks, their use in abusiness environment, and network operatingsystems. Concepts of client/server architectureand network administration are presented, fol-lowed by hands-on practice installing, configur-ing, and running a Windows 2000 Server net-work. Prerequisite: CIS-386.

CIS-410 Selected Topics in InformationTechnology 3 creditsInformation and communication technologiesare evolving rapidly and continually. TheSpecial Topics course will facilitate the explo-ration of a selected topic (or combination oftopics) that represents a recent technologicaladvance with important and direct implicationsin the field of computer information systems.Current research, readings, lectures, discussionsand/or hands-on computer experience or otherappropriate measures will be employed to stim-ulate student learning. Prerequisites to be deter-mined by instructor.

CIS-485 Management InformationSystems 3 creditsThe course focuses on the use and managementof information systems technology for thestrategic and operational advantage of the firm.As a result of the course, students will know thebusiness value of the information resources ofthe firm, e-commerce theory and practice, andhow to be an effective user of these resources.Prerequisite: CIS-185, senior standing.

CIS-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 creditsTopic to be approved by professor and depart-ment chairperson. Available for juniors and sen-iors. No more than 12 credits allowed towardgraduation.

CIS-491 Summer Computer InformationSystems Internship 3 creditsAn honors course that provides the student withapproximately two months of supervisedemployment with participating companies.Students are given a variety of informationtechnology experiences. They are required tocomplete a term paper and to make an oralpresentation to the faculty. Pass/fail.Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

Economics (ECO)

ECO-200 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 creditsA collective view of income receiving andspending sectors of the national economy,including households, businesses, and govern-ments. Problems: What determines the level ofoutput, income, and employment achieved bythe economy? What determines the growth ofnational output and employment? Nationalincome accounting, income and employmenttheory, monetary system, general price level,business cycle, government policies designed toprovide for full employment, price stability, andeconomic growth are covered. Prerequisite:MSD-104 or MTH-100S or passing grade onmath placement exam.

ECO-201 Principles of Microeconomics 3 creditsMarket price systems are analyzed. The natureand characteristics of consumer and producerbehavior, the theory of pricing in competitiveand noncompetitive markets, and determina-tion of the distribution of output are evaluated.Welfare, social control, monopoly, and incomeinequality are explored in the light of price the-ory. The role of the United States in the worldeconomy is explored. Prerequisite: MSD-104 orMTH-100S or passing grade on math placementexam.

course descriptions

164

ECO-210 Intermediate Macroeconomics 3 creditsAn analytical study of modern aggregate eco-nomic theory. Emphasizes the measurementand determination of income, employment, andprice levels, as well as economic policy in theoryand practice. Prerequisite: ECO-200. spring

ECO-211 Intermediate Microeconomics 3 creditsThis course is designed to give the student athorough understanding of microeconomictheory. As such, the course will analyze thebehavior of both consumers and producers, andhow this behavior determines the price andquantity observed in the market. The courseobjective is to provide students with the neces-sary theoretical background that will enablethem to solve meaningful and practical prob-lems. Thus, the course is both theoretical andapplied in its orientation. The course willemphasize that economic theory can be usednot only to solve market oriented problems, butsocial and public policy problems as well.Prerequisite: ECO-201. fall

ECO-300 Business Conditions Analysis andForecasting 3 creditsBusiness conditions change daily. Studentsstudy them as they change, learning to under-stand them in the light of economic theory,learning how each part of the economy is affect-ed, and learning the advantages and limitationsof the most reliable forecasting methods.Prerequisite: ECO-200, MSD-201, or permis-sion of instructor. fall

ECO-301 Managerial Economics 3 creditsIntensively examines the theory of the firm withapplications to the solution of such managerialproblems as demand forecasting, the nature andbehavior of costs, and product pricing.Introduces the use of simple mathematical and

statistical tools that are employed with econom-ic analysis for solving managerial problems.Prerequisites: ECO-201, MSD-105 and MSD-201 or permission of instructor. fall

ECO-305 International Trade andInvestment 3 creditsStudies the theory, institutions, and structuresunderlying the international flow of trade andinvestment. Topics are: the theory of interna-tional trade; balance of payment analysis; theinternational monetary system; adjustment tobalance of payment disequilibrium; regionaleconomic integration; the economic effects oftrade restrictions; and trade and foreign invest-ment problems of developing nations.Prerequisite: ECO-201 or permission of instruc-tor. spring

ECO-315 Comparative Economic Systems 3 creditsProvides a conceptual framework for classifyingand comparing economic systems. Presents the-ory of the capitalist market economy and casestudies of the United States, Japanese, French,and Swedish economies. Examines theory of thecentrally planned economy, and case studies ofthe Soviet, Chinese, and Hungarian economies.Presents theory of market socialism and a casestudy of the Yugoslav economy. Case studies arenecessarily limited, concentrating on selectedtopics, such as a comparison of firm manage-ment, industrial policy, etc. Prerequisite: ECO-201 or permission of instructor. fall

ECO-325 Industrial Organization 3 creditsExplores the relationship between market struc-ture and performance. Topics include concen-tration in individual industries, product differ-entiation and entry barriers, pricing and mar-keting policies, and antitrust policies and theirconsequences. Prerequisite: ECO-201 or per-mission of instructor. spring

course descriptions

165

ECO-330 Labor Market Analysis 3 creditsIntensive study of the economics of the labormarket, which examines the determinants oflabor supply and demand, and market equilibri-um in the labor market. This enables the studentto understand what determines wages, laborforce participation, occupational choice, theextent of education and training, unemploy-ment, poverty, union membership, and discrim-ination in the labor market. Prerequisite: ECO-201 or permission of instructor. fall

ECO-335 Economics of the Public Sector 3 creditsAnalyzes the economic roles of government:allocation; distribution; and stabilization. Thecourse examines the tools used by governments,especially the federal government, such as taxa-tion, expenditures, regulations and laws in orderto achieve economic goals. The course will givespecial attention to social regulation.Prerequisite: ECO-201 or permission of instruc-tor. spring

ECO-336 Economics of the Health CareSector 3 creditsThis course presents ways in which economicanalysis can be used to explain issues in thehealth care industry. Microeconomic tools willbe used to describe the behavior of consumers,producers, and third parties of the health caresector. The course also investigates the role ofgovernment in regulating the health care sector,and in providing services to the poor and elder-ly. Finally, we will use this foundation to exam-ine some recent changes in this industry, and toanalyze the most recent proposals for furtherchanges.

ECO-340 Mathematical Economics 3 creditsIntroduces mathematical economic models.Emphasizes equilibrium analysis, e.g., marketand national income models; optimizationproblems, e.g., profit and utility maximization;and mathematical programming. Introducesdifferential and difference equations as theyrelate to dynamic economic models, whichintroduce time as a variable. Prerequisites:ECO-200 or ECO-201, MSD-105 and MSD-106, or permission of instructor.

ECO-345 Transportation for Business andSociety 3 creditsStudies the theoretical and policy-relatedaspects of the allocation of resources engaged intransportation. Special attention to the pricingand provision of individual and mass transportservices in national, regional, and urban set-tings. Prerequisite: ECO-201 or permission ofinstructor. spring

ECO-350 Business Location andEnvironmental Scanning 3 creditsStudies the economic forces that influence theobserved locational patterns of agricultural,manufacturing, trade, and residential activitiesin urban and rural areas. Prerequisite: ECO-201or permission of instructor. fall

ECO-360 Contemporary Economic Issues 3 creditsSelected current issues are examined within theframework of economic theory. Specific topicsundertaken will be announced at preregistra-tion. Prerequisites: ECO-200 and 201 or permis-sion of instructor.

course descriptions

166

ECO-365 The Post-Soviet Economy and U.S.Business 3 creditsStudies the contemporary post-Soviet econom-ic system, with emphasis on institutions, poli-cies and issues related to business opportunitiesin this area. Topics covered include the historic,geographic, political, and cultural setting, plan-ning and plan implementation in the tradition-al system, current reforms and prospects for thefuture, with special reference to the foreigntrade institutions and experience of foreignfirms doing business in the post-Soviet Unionand East European countries. Prerequisites:ECO-200, ECO-201. spring

ECO-370 Development of Modern EconomicThought 3 creditsAn introduction to the development of eco-nomic thought beginning with theMercantalists and including such schools as theclassical, socialist, neoclassical, institutionalist,Keynesian, Chicago, and Galbraithian.Prerequisites: ECO-200, ECO-201, or permis-sion of instructor. spring

ECO-380 Introduction to Econometrics 3 creditsIntroduces the basic concepts and methods ofeconometric analysis. The fundamental tech-niques of constructing and testing econometricmodels are examined and analyzed with partic-ular emphasis on their applicability in businessand government decision-making. Studentshave the opportunity to construct and simulatetheir own simplified versions of an econometricmodel. Prerequisites: ECO-200 and MSD-201or permission of instructor.

ECO-450 Seminar in Economic Research 3 creditsStudents in the course learn to conduct eco-nomic research by engaging in an actual com-munity-based research project. At the beginning

of the semester, students are assigned to a com-munity-based organization. As a team, studentsmeet with the client, devise a plan of action, col-lect and analyze data and other information,and write a report to the client. At the end of thesemester, students present their findings to theclient. Prerequisite: ECO-200, ECO-201 or per-mission of the instructor.

ECO-490 Independent Research and Study 3 creditsTopic to be approved by professor and depart-ment chairperson. Available for juniors and sen-iors. No more than 12 credits allowed towardgraduation.

ECO-491 Internship/Independent Study 3 creditsThis course is available to qualified economicsmajors and minors. Evaluation is based on aperformance appraisal provided by the partici-pating firm and a project/paper judged by thedepartment’s internship director. This coursecan be used as a business or free elective.Permission of instructor.

Education (EDU)

*An asterisk indicates a course that may betaken only by students who have been formallyadmitted to the teacher education program, seepage 43.

EDU-010 Cohort Seminar 1 supplemental education unitDesigned for students new to education, thisseminar is a small-group experience that servesas an orientation to the program. Concernsabout preparing to be a professional as well asacademic and personal development are consid-ered in one-hour weekly sessions. The one sup-plemental education unit does not count towardgraduation; grading is on a pass/fail (Y/Z) basis.

course descriptions

167

EDU-106 Contexts of Schooling 3 creditsStudents in this field-based course will begin toexamine aims, practices, and contemporaryissues of schooling in their historical, sociologi-cal, philosophical and futuristic contexts andfrom the perspectives of various multiculturalconstituencies—students, parents, local com-munity, wider economic community, govern-ment, and the profession. In doing so, they willbegin to develop professional skills of observa-tion, reflection, analysis, and argument. Thiscourse must be taken concurrently withDevelopmental Educational Psychology. Acumulative GPA of 2.5 is required.

EDU-206 Developmental EducationalPsychology 3 creditsThis field-based course focuses on (a) the cogni-tive, personality, social, creative, and moraldevelopment of children; (b) influential theo-ries, concepts, and research findings of educa-tional psychology; and (c) the translation ofpsychological theory into classroom practices.This course must be taken concurrently withContexts of Schooling. A cumulative GPA of 2.5is required.

EDU-*262 Teaching in the Bilingual orImmersion Classroom 3 creditsStudents observe, prepare, and present a varietyof lessons in reading, language arts, and variousschool subjects, in English and another lan-guage. Focus is on the appropriateness andadaptation of methods and materials for first orsecond language learners. Evaluation of studentprogress as well as curriculum design and class-room management for students of diverse lan-guage levels also are covered. This course fulfillsthe pre-practicum field experience for studentsin the bilingual education and foreign languageprogram.

EDU-320 Instructional Linguistics andSecond Language Learning 3 creditsA general linguistics course that provides a con-trastive study of English, French, German, andSpanish sounds, forms and syntax. Studentsvisit schools where they interview languagelearners and sample their speech for analysis.Applications of these studies are made to creat-ing instructional materials and to teaching.Theories of language acquisition as well as fac-tors affecting second language learning, includ-ing learning styles and personality, are studied.A rationale for communicative language teach-ing and learning is constructed.

EDU-324 Issues in Day Care 3 creditsIssues facing parents and early childhood edu-cators are explored, including program funding,government regulations, mainstreaming, childabuse, liability insurance, community supportsystems, nanny care, family day care, center care,and intergenerational care.

EDU-*451 Special Topics: Education 3 creditsStudent teachers, graduate interns, Rider facul-ty, cooperating teachers, and building-leveladministrators will engage in collaborativestudy of a topic through reading, writing, dis-cussion, observation, and reflection on theirwork in classrooms. Work in these seminars willhelp student teachers synthesize knowledgefrom their professional courses and all partici-pants extend their understanding of a particulartopic pertaining to teaching. Teacher researchmethods will be employed as participants ana-lyze their own teaching through perspectives ofthe seminar topic. Topics will vary each semes-ter. This course is dual-listed for undergraduateand graduate credit. Enrollment is limited tostudents concurrently enrolled in student teach-ing and to cooperating teachers and principalsworking with them.

course descriptions

168

EDU-460 Educating and Evaluating theBilingual Child 3 creditsAn examination of the historical, legal and ped-agogical aspects of the education of languageminority students. Considers the design ofschool programs for minority students includ-ing legal mandates, testing, staffing and funding.Emphasis is placed on the evaluation of bilin-gual students as they enter, develop and exitfrom special programs of study.

EDU-*465 Student Teaching and Seminar 12 creditsA full-time program for seniors providing prac-tical teaching experience in an accredited ele-mentary or secondary school. Under the directsupervision of the cooperating teacher, studentteachers are responsible for the planning of les-sons and for teaching in their areas of specializa-tion and for developing a high level of teachingcompetency. Supervisors from Rider observethe student teachers at work, confer with thecooperating teachers and student teachers, andevaluate the growth of the student teachersthroughout the internship period. Special topicsare considered in seminars held in conjunctionwith student teaching. These topics includeschool health and substance abuse, school law,teacher certification and placement, classroommanagement, mainstreaming, professionalism,and other topics deemed appropriate by the fac-ulty and student teachers. Prerequisites: 1.Satisfactory completion of junior-level profes-sional courses; 2. Cumulative GPA of at least 2.8prior to commencing the semester in which stu-dent teaching is to be completed; 3. All profes-sional education courses, with the exception ofthose taken concurrently with student teaching,must be completed with a grade of C+ or better;4. A candidate for student teaching must beapproved by the education division and thecoordinator of student teaching. Student teach-ing fee: $245.

Education: Business Education(BED)

*An asterisk indicates a course that may betaken only by students who have been formallyadmitted to the teacher education program, seepage 43.

BED-110 Alphabetic Shorthand 3 creditsAn introduction to shorthand, stressing theory,principles, and reading and writing techniques.Students are required to do extensive readingand writing practice to develop this skill.Procedures for notetaking, as well as verbatimdictation, are applied. Pretranscription skills aretaught to provide a foundation for producingmailable transcripts.

BED-201 Word Processing: Beginning 1 creditStudents will be introduced to touch keyboard-ing on a computer keyboard. They will key-board personal business letters, tables and shortreports using the create, edit and print functionsof a major word processing package. Discussionwill be held regarding how keyboarding andword processing can be taught in secondary andelementary classrooms. Students will prepare apaper summarizing a keyboarding/word pro-cessing software package of their choice.pass/fail

BED-202 Word Processing: Advanced 1 creditAdvanced word processing functions will becovered including search, pagination,headers/footers, macros, line draw, footnotesand endnotes, block and move, merge and sort.A major word processing package will be used.Discussion will be held on how to use advancedword processing functions in elementary andsecondary classes. A paper summarizing anadvanced word processing software programwill be completed. Prerequisite: BED-201 orequivalent. pass/fail

course descriptions

169

BED-203 Desktop Publishing and Graphics 1 creditLow-level desktop publishing is examined usinga major word processing package and a majorgraphics package. This course enables studentsto prepare newsletters, simple newspapers, fly-ers, brochures, letterheads, and banners as wellas line, bar, and circle graphs. This course isappropriate to education majors who expect tobe involved in designing and overseeing studentpublications and for those who will use graphicsin their teaching and personal lives. Discussionswill be held on how to integrate desktop pub-lishing and graphics into elementary and sec-ondary curriculums. A paper summarizing adesktop publishing/graphics software packagewill be completed. Prerequisite: BED-202 orequivalent. pass/fail

BED-204 Spreadsheets 1 creditBasic electronic spreadsheet concepts and appli-cations are taught using a major spreadsheetprogram. Topics include writing basic formulas,copying formulas, playing “What If,” customiz-ing a worksheet, and printing a spreadsheet.Discussions will be held on how to integratespreadsheets into elementary and secondaryclasses and activities. A paper summarizing aspreadsheet software package will be completed.pass/fail

BED-205 DOS/Windows 1 creditThis course will give students a basic under-standing of Disk Operating Systems (DOS) andWindows. Students will learn to set up and usea variety of applications. pass/fail

BED-206 BASIC Programming 1 creditAn introductory course to provide an under-standing of and the ability to use the BASICcomputer language. Emphasis is placed on thefundamental elements of the BASIC language.Students will design and write programs.pass/fail

BED-207 HyperCard 1 creditThis course will give students a basic knowledgeof HyperCard, a multimedia program. Studentswill learn to set up and use stacks in a variety ofapplications that are appropriate for their majorfields of study. This course is especially usefulfor elementary education majors who expect tobe involved in creating multimedia applicationsfor their classrooms. The use of color, soundand animation will be included. Students willcomplete a final project incorporating severalmultimedia features. pass/fail

BED-208 Internet 1 creditThis course will give students a basic knowledgeof the Internet. Students will learn to use elec-tronic mail and the World Wide Web. The use ofthe Internet in educational research will bestressed. Topics will include the history and cur-rent status of the Internet, browsers, searchengines, bookmarks, evaluation of web pagesand home pages. Students will complete aresearch project appropriate to their major fieldof study. pass/fail

BED-209 Presentation Software 1 creditThis course will give students skills in the use ofpresentation software designed for microcom-puter applications. Students will explore the fea-tures of MicroSoft’s Power Point program anddesign projects for presentation. Prerequisite:BED-202 or equivalent. pass/fail

course descriptions

170

BED-211 Web Page Development 1 creditThis course will provide students with theknowledge and skill to develop web pages incor-porating text, graphics, sound and videoenhancements. Students will be able to create apersonal web page usable for uploading to anInternet server. pass/fail

BED-212 Word Processing: Applications 1 creditWord Processing: Applications introduces stu-dents to high-level word processing conceptsand critical thinking skills using a major inte-grated office applications program. Advancedword processing topics covered include merg-ing, multiple page documents, headers andfooters, footnotes and endnotes, outlines andgraphics. There will be emphasis on the integra-tion of word processing with the Internet.Integrated self-paced challenge activities andcritical thinking activities will provide opportu-nities for students to apply their accumulatedword processing expertise in a variety of set-tings. Pass/fail. Prerequisite: BED-202.

BED-213 Data Base Software 1 creditThis course will provide students with theknowledge and skill to build, maintain andmanipulate data base files. Students will be ableto demonstrate the relationship between datawithin a data base management program.Pass/fail. Prerequisite: BED-204.

BED-307 Concepts of Instructional Mediaand Technology 3 creditsDesigned to provide the student with familiari-ty and appreciation of the role of educationaltechnology in the workplace as it applies to stu-dents, teachers, administrators, and trainers.The student will explore the Internet, variouseducational multimedia, distance learning, vir-tual reality environments, learning theories, and

integration models. Appropriate developmen-tal/reflective strategies will be incorporated withinstruction. Although multimedia microcom-puters will be utilized throughout the course,prior microcomputer knowledge and experi-ence is not a critical element. Multimediaexpertise will be developed as the course pro-gresses. Prerequisites: BED-202, BED-209 orequivalents. Open to all students.

BED-308 Directed Study in InstructionalMedia and Technology 3 creditsDesigned to enable the student to developinstructional presentations utilizing the advan-tages of multimedia technology. Each studentwill be required to create a multimedia portfoliothat contains information presentations, cumu-lative records, presenter notes, work samples,photo library, video animation and audio narra-tion. Cooperative learning strategies will be uti-lized throughout the course.Developmental/reflective strategies will includeself-reflection, peer feedback and interactionwith the instructor in class and via e-mail.Expertise will be developed as the course pro-gresses. Prerequisites: BED-204, BED-209 orequivalents. Open to all students.

BED-309 Instructional Media andTechnology Management 3 creditsDesigned to develop technology managementskills that can be used for individual classrooms,training centers, subject area specializations,grade levels, school laboratories, curriculumintegration, administrative functions, systemnetworks, community services, communicationsystems and connecting linkages between edu-cational/work environments and home. Variousmanagement strategies will be explored andeach student will have an opportunity to design,via a multimedia microcomputer, an instruc-tional technology system of their choice alongwith a management plan. Cooperative learning

course descriptions

171

strategies will be utilized throughout the course.Developmental/reflective strategies will includeself-reflection, peer feedback and interactionwith the instructor in class and via e-mail.Prerequisite: At least six semester hours of tech-nology courses or modules.

BED-410 Principles and Strategies ofVocational and Cooperative Education 3 creditsDesigned as one of the specialized courses in thepreparation of business and marketing educa-tion teachers and teacher-coordinators of coop-erative work experience programs. The philoso-phy and history of education for and aboutwork, including technology, are studied alongwith the principles and strategies for organizingand administering vocational cooperative edu-cation programs. Developmental/reflective eval-uative techniques will be applied for the assess-ment of self, students, instruction and selectedcase studies. Current instructional concepts,organizational and administrative strategies,legislative enactments, and regulations pertain-ing to the employment of youth are included.Special attention is given to the role of vocation-al student organizations and advisory commit-tees. Open to all students.

BED-*415 Teaching Business Subjects 3 creditsInstructional strategies in the teaching of busi-ness and marketing subjects are analyzed anddemonstrated. Students are required to preparelesson plans, teach demonstration lessons,develop a unit plan, and compile a resource fileof teaching materials. Videotaping of demon-stration lessons is integrated with the coursework to encourage developing teaching compe-tency through a series of instructional modulesappropriate to the student’s certification inter-ests.

BED-445 Cooperative Work Experience forEducation Majors 3 creditsA minimum of 300 hours of a supervised occu-pational experience or a supervised internshipprogram in an approved work station or institu-tion. The experience is coordinated and super-vised by a qualified coordinator of occupationaleducation. A series of activities are designed torelate job and intern experiences to the students’future role as an employee or a professionalteacher. The student will be evaluated by thesupervising employer and the University super-visor.

BED-490 Independent Research and StudyProvides the student with an opportunity tostudy an area of personal interest. The outlinefor the study must be accepted by a sponsoringprofessor and approved by the student’s depart-ment and academic dean. The number ofsemester hours credit to be assigned is deter-mined by the department.

Education: ElementaryEducation (ELD)

Enrollment in elementary education courses islimited to students in the teacher education pro-gram.

ELD-307 Emergent Literacy: P-3 3 creditsThis course is needed to meet the requirementsfor the specialized endorsement in EarlyChildhood. The course establishes a solid foun-dation of knowledge about literacy in the earlyyears and dispels myths regarding readiness toread and write. In addition, the course containsthe foundational aspects of literacy, includingthe relationship between oral language and lit-eracy, the linguistic foundation of literacy, andthe social contexts of literacy learning.

course descriptions

172

ELD-308 Fostering Language and LiteracyDevelopment 3 creditsExplores current understanding of the fields ofreading/language arts from the perspectives oftheory and practice. Students write lesson plans,critique methods of instruction and assessmentand develop a portfolio of an individual studentfrom their field site. Prerequisites: EDU-106 andEDU-206.

ELD-375 Teaching Math N-8 3 creditsThis course focuses on the teaching of mathe-matics that is developmentally appropriate forstudents from nursery to grade eight. In keepingwith ACET, NAEYC, and NCTM Standards,emphasis is placed on planning for and imple-menting an integrated curriculum approach,discovery learning, hands-on experience, themecycles, use of technology, and traditional andnon-traditional assessment strategies. Fieldexperiences will consist of classroom observa-tions and teaching individuals and/or smallgroups of students. Prerequisites: EDU-106 andEDU-206.

ELD-376 Teaching Science, Social Studiesand the Arts 3 creditsThis course focuses on methods and materialsof instruction in science, social studies, and thearts that are developmentally appropriate forstudents in preschool through grade eight. Thiscourse will incorporate the knowledge and pro-fessional attitudes put forth by the NationalCouncil for the Social Studies, the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science,National Art Association, and the MusicEducators National Conference. Emphasis isplaced on integrated curriculum, hands-on-experiences, theme cycles, unit planning, andtraditional and non-traditional assessmentstrategies. Field experience will consist of obser-vation and analysis of a unit of study over time

in at least one field site as well as continuedteaching of lessons to individual and/or smallgroups of children. Prerequisites: EDU-106 andEDU-206.

ELD-490 Independent Research and StudyProvides the student with an opportunity tostudy an area of personal interest. The outlinefor the study must be accepted by a sponsoringprofessor and approved by the student’s depart-ment and academic dean. The number ofsemester hours credit to be assigned is deter-mined by the department.

Education: SecondaryEducation (SED)

Enrollment in secondary education courses islimited to students in the teacher education pro-gram.

SED-370 Teaching in the High School 3 creditsThis field-based course focuses on general ped-agogy in grades nine through 12. Emphasis willbe on generic teaching approaches, planninglessons and developing units of study, learningstyles, issues and techniques of evaluation, andmulticulturalism. Working in local high schools,students continue observing and begin teachinglessons in their subject area specialization.Prerequisites: EDU-106 and EDU-206.

SED-400 Teaching English Language Artsin Secondary Schools 3 creditsStudents preparing to teach English in middleschools and senior high schools explore strate-gies for the imaginative teaching of literature,poetry, drama, grammar, composing processes,vocabulary, and oral language use. Studentsresearch, develop, and critique thematic units,analyze curriculum, and study the selection,

course descriptions

173

development, and use of a wide variety of teach-ing materials. Traditional and alternative meth-ods of assessment are explored. Prerequisites:EDU-106 and EDU-206. fall

SED-405 Teaching Social Studies inSecondary Schools 3 creditsThe theoretical foundations of teaching socialstudies in junior and senior high schools. Basicgoals and aims of social studies instruction arestudied, and specific methodological techniquesare described and practiced. Demonstration les-sons are prepared and presented. Considers typ-ical problems with which teachers are confront-ed. Prerequisites: EDU-106 and EDU-206. fall

SED-410 Teaching Science in SecondarySchools 3 creditsClassroom interaction analysis systems are uti-lized in the study of the teaching-learningprocess. Students develop their own repertoireof teaching strategies. Emphasis on the investi-gation and interpretation of recent curriculumdevelopments, and the use of the laboratory inscience instruction. Prerequisites: EDU-106 andEDU-206. fall

SED-415 Teaching Mathematics inSecondary Schools 3 creditsThe critical analysis of the aims of teachingmathematics in the secondary school; review ofrecent research in the content and teaching ofmathematics by individuals and groups;demonstration lessons (reflective teaching) toillustrate techniques of teaching; the planning oflessons; selection and organization of materialsand subject matter; and evaluation of lessonpresentation. Prerequisites: EDU-106 and EDU-206. fall

SED-420 Teaching a Second Language 3 creditsThis course focuses on interactive methods ofteaching a new language as well as cross-cultur-al understanding. Students learn to plan usingnational and state standards for languageinstruction, organize activities, design anddirect language learning tasks, and assess learn-ing. Includes theoretical positions on commu-nicative language learning and teaching, the useand evaluation of currently used materials, thedesign of new materials, and field experiences inthe language to be taught. Students keep a jour-nal and develop their professional portfolio,participate in an e-seminar, prepare a unit ofstudy, and present lesson segments. Open toprospective world language teachers, ESL andbilingual teachers, as well as practicing teachersseeking certification.

SED-431 Content Area Reading and Writing 3 creditsExplores theoretical and methodological issuesconcerned with teaching reading and writingwithin content area classes. Students analyzejunior high and high school textbooks and otherreading materials, study methods of adjustinginstruction to varying reading and writingneeds of students, prepare directed readingactivities in their specific content areas, and useinformal diagnostic reading tools. Included isthe preparation of content area writing assign-ments and the evaluation of student writing aswell as the teaching of study skills. Emphasisthroughout is on the integration of reading andwriting into secondary school subject classes.Prerequisites: EDU-106 and EDU-206. fall

SED-490 Independent Research and StudyThe outline for study must be accepted by theprofessor and approved by the department. Thesemester hours credit to be assigned is deter-mined by the department.

course descriptions

174

Education: Early Childhood(ECE)

ECE-322 Observation and Assessment inEarly Childhood Education 3 creditsIn this course, students will learn to collect,record, and interpret information about chil-dren’s growth, interests, and needs, and theappropriateness and effectiveness of the educa-tional experiences provided for them. Emphasiswill be placed on selecting assessment strategiesthat are developmentally appropriate, culturallysensitive, responsive to a child’s individual needsand strengths and matched to stated purposesand audiences. Prerequisites: EDU-106, EDU-206. fall

ECE-440 Early Childhood Curriculum andTeaching Internship 3 creditsIn this course, student will learn to make andassess developmentally appropriate and cultur-ally responsive curriculum and teaching deci-sions in preschool through third grade settingsby drawing on: (1) knowledge of child develop-ment and learning, (2) content area knowledge,(3) curriculum content standards, and (4) thestrengths, interests, needs, home and communi-ty cultures, and developmental characteristics ofindividual children in preschool through thirdgrade classrooms. Students will be placed inclassrooms where they will be responsible forplanning, facilitating, and evaluating learning ofyoung children ages 3 through 5. Over thecourse of the semester, students will graduallytake on lead teacher responsibilities while work-ing approximately six hours a week in theirclassrooms. At the end of the semester, they willreturn to their classrooms full time for threeweeks at which time they will assume all respon-sibilities of a lead teacher. Supervisors from

Rider will make six visits to each students overthe course of the internship to provide coachingand evaluation. Internship fee: $270.Prerequisites: EDU-106, EDU-206, ECE-322.fall

Education: Special Education(SPE)

SPE-201 Inclusion and Students withDisabilities 3 creditsThis course is designed to introduce students tothe inclusive classroom. Students will developthe ability to design and manage the instruc-tional environment in an inclusive classroomsetting. Through the use of case studies andclassroom interactions, students will developeffective communication and collaborationskills for professional interactions. Attitudes andbehaviors that influence children with specialneeds will be addressed. [NOTE: Prerequisite:None.]

SPE-202 Community Resources forStudents with Disabilities 3 creditsThis course will focus on the transition, com-munity, and daily living concerns of individualswith disabilities. Students will become aware ofthe various resources and agencies that provideservices to meet the needs of individuals withdisabilities. Through case studies, interviewsand observations, students will become aware ofthe various family, educational and work con-texts that influence the social, emotional, andacademic development of individuals with dis-abilities. [NOTE: Prerequisite: None.]

course descriptions

175

SPE-301 Assessment for Instruction inSpecial Education 3 creditsThis course will give students the opportunityto evaluate, select, develop and adapt assessmentmaterials for children with special needs. Thelegal, cultural, and ethical implications ofassessment will be discussed. Administrationand interpretation of formal and informalassessments will be addressed. Emphasis will beplaced on using assessment information tomake decisions about appropriate placementand learning environments, as well as makingdecisions for effective instruction in the class-room. Prerequisites: SPE-201.

SPE-302 Instructional Practices forChildren with Disabilities 3 creditsThis course will give students the opportunityto evaluate, select, develop and adapt instruc-tional and assessment materials for childrenwith disabilities. Using various case studies, stu-dents will have the opportunity to develop anindividualized educational program and syn-thesize assessment information to make appro-priate instructional decisions. Students willexperience the collaborative process and devel-op their ability to function as part of an educa-tional team. A field experience with childrenwith disabilities will enable students to applyknowledge in a realistic classroom setting.Prerequisite: SPE-201, SPE-301.

English Composition (CMP)

CMP-100S Introduction to College Writing 0-3 creditsStudents will develop college-level skills in crit-ical reading of challenging texts and in writingexpository essays responding to those texts.Students can receive credit if they attain a levelof proficiency equal to satisfactory completionof CMP-120 (a final grade of C or better).

CMP-115 Introduction to ExpositoryWriting 3 creditsStudents will develop college-level skills in crit-ical reading of challenging texts and in writingexpository essays responding to those texts.

CMP-116 English as a Second Language 3 creditsThis course is designed for students whose pri-mary spoken and written language is notEnglish, but who have previously studiedEnglish as a foreign language. Students will usecritical thinking strategies to analyze andrespond to college-level readings through classdiscussions of ideas and by writing essays incoherent, academic prose. The course will alsoinclude attention to grammatical, stylistic, andidiomatic competence.

CMP-120 Expository Writing 3 creditsStudents will increase their competence in thecritical reading of challenging college-level textsthat engage significant ideas and in writingeffective essays that advance a clear and mean-ingful thesis while demonstrating understand-ing of those texts. The second of the depart-ment’s three-course composition sequence,CMP-120 must be taken by students who havesuccessfully completed CMP-115 or CMP-116or who have attained a 530 or above on the ver-bal SAT or attained a specified qualifying scoreon the English department placement test.

CMP-125 Research Writing 3 creditsIntroduces students to the process of libraryresearch and documented writing. Emphasiswill be on the refinement of critical reading,thinking, and writing strategies applied to mul-tiple sources and documented papers.Prerequisite: CMP-120.

course descriptions

176

CMP-203 Literature and Composition 3 creditsStudents will write research papers and dolibrary research through the use of literarymaterials. The course emphasizes increasing thecomprehension of ideas and experiences bymeans of selected readings and is open to stu-dents who receive a grade of A or B in CMP-120;it may be used as a substitute for CMP-125.spring

English Literature and Writing(ENG)

ENG-205 Understanding Literature 3 creditsThe novel, the short story, drama, and poetryare studied, with a view to the insights to begained from literature.

ENG-210 Major American Authors 3 creditsAn introductory course focusing on majorAmerican poets, novelists, essayists, and play-wrights.

ENG-211 Major British Authors 3 creditsAn introductory course focusing on majorBritish poets, novelists, essayists, and play-wrights. Students will learn to understand,interpret, and evaluate literary works.

ENG-213 Literature and Mythology 3 creditsThe interrelationships that exist between liter-ary works and folklore, ritual, and religiousscriptures and beliefs are explored. The primaryemphasis is on analyzing the presence of myth-ic patterns in specific literary works; the second-ary emphasis is on theories of mythology.

ENG-215 Satire and Comedy 3 creditsExplores these two related modes of literaturewith the primary emphasis on satire. Possiblereadings include works by Euripedes, Jonson,Shakespeare, Moliere, Voltaire, Pope, Swift,Dickens, Twain, Wilde, Waugh, Orwell, andHeller.

ENG-217 Introduction to Shakespeare 3 creditsStudents in this course study Shakespeareandrama on an introductory level through closereading, analysis, and discussion of selectedplays. They learn the relevance and importanceof Shakespeare’s themes, characterizations, andimagery.

ENG-220 Literature and Society 3 creditsLiterature is examined, emphasizing humanbehavior as it relates to such social phenomenaas war, alienation, social disorganization, injus-tice, and poverty.

ENG-221 Literature and Psychology 3 creditsStudents will study Freudian and other psycho-analytical concepts as they appear in literature,plus psychological patterns of behavior such asaggression, frustration, and submission, thathave been utilized by creative literary artists toexpand the reader’s understanding of thehuman experience.

ENG-224 Science Fiction: The Human Link 3 creditsStudies representative examples of science fic-tion, including novels and short stories.Established classics of the genre, contemporaryworks, and representative themes and types ofscience fiction are considered.

course descriptions

177

ENG-226 Introduction to Film 3 creditsFocuses on various cinematic techniques usedto develop underlying thematic and symbolicconcepts and to manipulate the audience.Analyzes classical shorts and features for theirmasterful use of visual language. A fee ischarged for this course.

ENG-228 Black American Literature 3 creditsA survey of writings by black Americans, pre-sented historically from early slave narrativesthrough emancipation, reconstruction, theHarlem Renaissance, and literature from the1930s to the present.

ENG-229 Multi-Ethnic Literature inAmerica 3 creditsSurveys the literature of various ethnic groups.Includes five groups of writers (other than blackAmericans): native American (IndianAmericans); Asian American; HispanicAmerican; Jewish American; and, white ethnicwriters.

ENG-230 Women in Literature 3 creditsA range of literary presentations of the femaleexperience and of the conditions of women’slives is explored. These works are placed in his-torical and social contexts in order to see behindand beyond traditional literary conventions.

ENG-240 Methods of Literary Analysis 3 creditsThe study and application of various modes ofliterary criticism practiced in this century,including formal structural, psychological, andsociocultural methods of analysis.

ENG-250 Literary History I 3 creditsSurveys British literature beginning with the oldEnglish epic of Beowulf and ending with theBritish Romantic writers of the early 1800s.There will be an emphasis on the cultural andhistorical contexts of the works discussed as wellas an appreciation for the aesthetic qualities ofthe individual texts and the characteristics of lit-erary movements. This course is a prerequisiteto ENG-251 and is required of all Englishmajors and minors.

ENG-251 Literary History II 3 creditsSurveys American and British literature sincethe 1820s. There will be an emphasis on the cul-tural and historical contexts of the works dis-cussed as well as an appreciation for the aesthet-ic qualities of the individual texts and the char-acteristics of literary movements. Required of allEnglish majors and minors. Prerequisite: ENG-250 or permission of the instructor or chairper-son.

ENG-270 Major Poets 3 creditsStudies major American and British poets.

ENG-280 Special Topics in Literature 3 creditsUses literary works to achieve insights into dif-ferent areas of human experience. Topics changeannually as announced by the English depart-ment.

ENG-290 The Short Story 3 creditsPresents the development of the short storyfrom the 19th century to the present with anemphasis on the techniques of plot, setting,characterization, theme, and point of view.

course descriptions

178

ENG-303 Creative Writing: Poetry 3 creditsA workshop analyzing the techniques of poeticexpression, with a focus on the student’s origi-nal experiments in traditional and contempo-rary verse forms. Prerequisite: completion ofcomposition requirements or permission ofinstructor.

ENG-304 Creative Writing: Fiction 3 creditsStudents write original fiction and analyze thetechniques of writing fiction in discussion ofboth their own drafts and published examplesof the form. Prerequisite: completion of compo-sition requirements or permission of instructor.

ENG-305 Creative Writing: Nonfiction 3 creditsStudents will study the forms of creative nonfic-tion – the personal essay, memoir, travelogue,reflective essay, nature writing, and other typesof literary essay – and write essays of their own,informed by models they have read and dis-cussed in class. Students will receive feedback ontheir drafts and revise them for a portfolio thatwill be turned in at the end of the semester.Prerequisite: completion of compositionrequirements or permission of instructor.

ENG-306 Creative Writing: Drama andScreenplay 3 creditsTeaches students how to write for the stage andscreen, paying particular attention to thedemands of each genre. Through reading andwriting assignments, students will discuss andanalyze the development of drama for theatricalperformance as well as the very different formatand demands of screen writing for film and tel-evision. A portfolio of revisions will serve as afinal for the course. Prerequisite: completion ofcomposition requirements or permission ofinstructor.

ENG-315 Topics in Specialized Writing 3 creditsA workshop in which students will write on spe-cialized topics chosen by the instructor.Prerequisite: completion of compositionrequirements or permission of instructor.

ENG-316 Theories of Writing and Tutoring 3 creditsA workshop on writing and tutoring theory forstudents interested in becoming writing tutorsor teachers. Prerequisites: minimum GPA 3.0,sophomore standing, and permission of theinstructor.

ENG-317 Electronic Writers Workshop 1-3 creditsStudents meet weekly to workshop the writingof participating off-site students. Prose and/orpoetry, electronically exchanged via the Internetand/or electronic mail, will be workshopped indistance sessions. Students gain experienceresponding to works in progress through thetechnology of electronic communication.Course may be repeated with permission of theinstructor and the department. Prerequisite:completion of composition requirements orpermission of instructor.

ENG-321 Workplace Writing: Business andProfessional Contexts 3 creditsA workshop in writing effectively to achievespecific practical purposes in various profes-sional and workplace environments.Prerequisite: completion of compositionrequirements or permission of instructor.

ENG-322 Workplace Writing: GrantProposals, Fund Raising and Development 3 creditsReadings address career opportunities in devel-opment and practical guidelines on writinggrants. Short writing exercises early in thesemester, along with research assignments on

course descriptions

179

the Internet, in books, and in periodicals willlead to preparation of a full-length grant pro-posal in the student’s chosen field. Prerequisite:completion of composition requirements orpermission of instructor.

ENG-323 Workplace Writing: Reviewingand Publishing 3 creditsStudents learn to compose their own analyticalcritiques of the arts through reading and criticalanalysis of significant literary fiction, drama,film, and other arts, as well as through the read-ing of essay reviews in a variety of sourcesincluding literary quarterlies and supplements.Attention will also be given to editing skills andpublishing processes. Prerequisite: completionof composition requirements or permission ofinstructor.

ENG-331 Medieval Literature 3 creditsA seminar in Old and Middle English authors,such as Bede, Chaucer, and Kempe, and texts,such as Beowulf, moralities, and mystery cycles.Students may be introduced to linguistic issues,historical and political concerns and criticaltopics such as literacy, canon formation, andgender.

ENG-333 16th-Century Literature 3 creditsA seminar on Renaissance literature includingsuch writers as More, Wyatt, Surrey, Spenser,Sidney, Shakespeare, and Marlowe.

ENG-335 17th-Century Literature 3 creditsA seminar on literature in England from 1600 to1660, including such writers as Donne, Jonson,Browne, Herbert, and Marvell.

ENG-340 Restoration and 18th-CenturyLiterature 3 creditsA seminar on literature in England from 1600 to1800, including such writers as Astell, Pope,Finch, Swift, Defoe, Fielding, andWollstonecraft.

ENG-345 Romantic Literature, 1780-1830 3 creditsA seminar on literature in England from 1780-1830, emphasizing a close study of the poetry ofBlake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron,and Keats.

ENG-346 Victorian Literature, 1830 to 1900 3 creditsA seminar on literature in England from 1830 to1900, emphasizing close study of the literaryculture, including such writers as Dickens,Browning, Mill, and Ruskin.

ENG-347 20th-Century British Literature 3 creditsA seminar on literature in the United Kingdomfrom 1900 to the present, emphasizing formalexperiments as well as historical contexts, andincluding writers of diverse cultures, such asJoyce, Woolf, Beckett, Rhys, Nichols, Emecheta,and Soyinka.

ENG-348 Contemporary British Literature 3 creditsA study of contemporary literature written inEnglish after 1945, in the U.K. and elsewhere, bywriters of British, Irish, Scots, Welsh, and othercultural traditions. Poetry, fiction, literaryessays, and drama will be included.

ENG-351 19th-Century American Literature 3 creditsA seminar on literature in the United Statesfrom 1800 to 1900, emphasizing literary genresand the definition of an American literature asdistinct from English literature.

course descriptions

180

ENG-352 20th-Century American Literature 3 creditsA seminar on American literature from 1900 to1967, including such writers as O’Neill,Hemingway, Faulkner, Porter, Richard Wright,Stevens, Moore, and Williams.

ENG-353 Contemporary AmericanLiterature 3 creditsA seminar on American literature from 1945 tothe present.

ENG-362 The Novel 3 creditsA close reading of novels from various historicalperiods and cultures.

ENG-363 The Drama 3 creditsA close reading of drama, with attention to cul-tural contexts and the genres of tragedy andcomedy.

ENG-364 The Poem 3 creditsA close reading of poetry, with attention to his-torical periods and poetic genres.

ENG-365 Short Fiction 3 creditsA close reading of short fiction from a variety ofcultures, with attention to the various genres ofshort fiction: short-short, short story, long story,and novella.

ENG-371 Classics of Children’s Literature 3 creditsAn analytic study of enduring literature for chil-dren and adolescents. Emphasis on classics bythe Grimm brothers, H. C. Andersen, LewisCarroll, L. Frank Baum, Kenneth Grahame;multi-ethnic American folklore; distinguishedhistorical and contemporary author/illustrators;

and modern novelists. Students will be intro-duced to a variety of critical approaches, includ-ing psychoanalytic, social/historical and femi-nist. The course may be of particular interest to,but is not restricted to, students majoring ineducation or psychology.

ENG-372 Children’s Literature: TheAdolescent Experience 3 creditsA study of enduring literature that is of specialinterest to children in the middle grades (sixththrough ninth), including canonical authorssuch as Twain, Faulkner, Baldwin, and Paley aswell as books by the most highly regarded recentand contemporary authors of books for adoles-cents such as Katherine Paterson, NatalieBabbitt, Lois Lowry, and Roald Dahl. Genresinclude historical novels, coming-of-age stories,science fiction and fantasy. Diverse culturalexperiences are represented.

ENG-400 Advanced Creative Writing 3 creditsAn advanced workshop in creative writing.Prerequisite: completion of compositionrequirements or permission of instructor.

ENG-405 Advanced Prose Style 3 creditsAnalyzes prose styles in English from theRenaissance to the present, focusing on thedevelopment of syntax, diction, and content.Students will be encouraged to imitate stylisticmodels and to develop their own prose for pub-lication in various markets. Prerequisite: com-pletion of composition requirements or permis-sion of instructor.

ENG-407 Advanced Technical Writing 3 creditsA study of the major problems that confront thetechnical writing professional: gathering infor-mation in unfamiliar fields of specialization;

course descriptions

181

integrating textual and visual material; and edit-ing the work of other writers, especially expertsin the field. Prerequisite: completion of compo-sition requirements or permission of instructor.

ENG-411 History of the English Language 3 creditsA seminar on the historical development of theEnglish language, including phonetics, diversity,and present-day usage.

ENG-425 Seminar in Shakespeare 3 creditsA seminar on Shakespearean drama and poetry.

ENG-435 Seminar in Milton 3 creditsA seminar on Milton’s lyric poetry, SamsonAgonistes, Paradise Lost, and prose.

ENG-441 Seminar in American Literature 3 creditsA seminar focusing on literature by one writeror by a small group of writers.

ENG-443 Seminar in Literary Modernism 3 creditsA seminar on literature from 1900 to 1940, byBritish, Irish, and American writers such asHardy, Yeats, Woolf, Joyce, Eliot, Williams,Hurston, and Faulkner.

ENG-445 Seminar in Black and Multi-Ethnic Literature 3 creditsA seminar focusing on literature by black,Native American, Hispanic, Asian American andfirst-generation immigrant writers.

ENG-447 Seminar in Post-ColonialLiterature 3 creditsAn in-depth study of the recent literature inEnglish of one or more writers whose culturalidentification is with one of the former colonies

of the British Empire, as it was defined at thebeginning of the 20th century. Literature in theEnglish language, written by authors of African,Caribbean, Pacific Island, East Asian, or SouthAsian cultures may be included.

ENG-455 Seminar in Chaucer 3 creditsAn examination of Geoffrey Chaucer’s writingsfrom a number of critical perspectives, includ-ing close reading of the texts in Middle English,context and history, gender and sexuality, lin-guistics, and paleography and codicology.

ENG-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 creditsAn original literary or writing project.

ENG-491 Internship in Expository Writing 1-6 creditsStudents work under the supervision of profes-sionals and the English department at real-world assignments in informative writing. Theirperformance is assessed by professional stan-dards. Students are required to analyze and eval-uate their experience by applying what theylearn in other English courses. A minimum of48 hours of field work per credit is required.Students must make weekly reports and a finalcritique of the project. Restricted to sopho-mores, juniors and seniors.

ENG-497 Advanced Study 3 creditsQualified majors may apply for honors in theirsenior year. Upon approval from the depart-ment of English, a candidate for honors enrollsin Advanced Study, writes a thesis, and submitsit for departmental approval. The student mustachieve a course grade of B+ or better to begraduated with honors in English. Prerequisites:senior standing; 3.5 GPA in English; 3.25 cumu-lative GPA.

course descriptions

182

Finance (FIN)

FIN-200 Personal Financial Planning 3 creditsAn introduction to the analysis of a wide rangeof financial decisions which individualsencounter over their careers and lifetime. Topicsinclude financial goals, tax planning, homeownership versus renting, consumer credit,money management and investments, andmanaging risk with insurance. This course isopen to all Rider students, and it counts as a freeelective or a business elective. It cannot be usedas a finance elective.

FIN-300 Introduction to Finance 3 creditsAn introduction to the environment, concepts,and techniques of financial management. Topicsinclude forms of business organization, taxes,analysis of financial performance, financialplanning, financial markets and interest rates,time value of money, bond and stock valuation,risk and return, capital budgeting, cost of capi-tal, and international financial management.Prerequisites: ACC-210 and junior standing.

FIN-307 Financial Markets and Institutions 3 creditsAn introduction to the organization and behav-ior of financial markets and institutions in theeconomy. The factors determining securityprices and interest rates in the money and capi-tal markets are analyzed. In addition, marketreturns, institutional portfolio choices, the reg-ulatory environment and monetary policy areexamined. Prerequisite: ECO-200 and juniorstanding.

FIN-308 International Finance 3 creditsFinancial management in the internationalenvironment. Topics include balance of pay-ments accounting and adjustments, foreign

exchange and country risk management, andthe evaluation of foreign investment opportuni-ties. Prerequisite: FIN-300.

FIN-310 Capital Budgeting 3 creditsUsing a case and problem-solving orientation,selected topics in financial management areexamined in depth. The emphasis is on the eval-uation of corporate investment projects. Topicsinclude analysis of risk and return, cash flows ofcapital budgeting projects, capital budgetingtechniques, leasing, and cost of capital.Prerequisite: FIN-300.

FIN-311 Corporate Financing Decisions 3 creditsThis course examines long-term corporatefinancing decisions and the interaction ofinvesting and financing decisions. Topicsinclude capital structure, dividend policy, theinvestment banking process, long-term financ-ing instruments, mergers and corporate restruc-turings, and strategic financial planning. Casework and problem solving are emphasized.Prerequisite: FIN-300.

FIN-312 Investments 3 creditsThe fundamentals of investing in stocks, bonds,and other negotiable instruments are covered.Major topics include trading on securities mar-kets, mutual funds, international investing,margin accounts, short sales, determinants ofsecurities prices, and investment risks. Stockoptions, financial futures, convertible securities,and implications of taxes on investment deci-sions are also discussed. Prerequisite: FIN-300.

FIN-315 Computerized Financial Casework 3 creditsThis course provides instruction in computeruse beyond that available in other finance cours-es. Topics include more sophisticated applica-tions of computers in finance. Students work on

course descriptions

183

cases and projects which require more advancedusage of spreadsheets and other personal com-puter software. Some work on the mainframealso might be included. Prerequisite: CIS-185and FIN-300.

FIN-330 Corporate Cash Management 3 creditsThis course is designed for business studentsseeking an understanding of modern principlesand techniques for corporate treasury manage-ment. The course material is useful for finance,accounting and banking professionals or smallbusiness owners. Topics include analysis of liq-uidity and solvency, credit and accounts receiv-able management, cash collection and disburse-ment systems, short-term investment and bor-rowing, management of treasury informationand technology, multinational cash manage-ment, and other related topics. Prerequisite:FIN-300.

FIN-340 Principles of Risk Management 3 creditsThis course examines the risk managementprocess as applied to the firm as a whole. It inte-grates the management of all risks facing thefirm: strategic, financial, hazard and opera-tional. Techniques for identifying risk, measur-ing and analyzing it and selecting an appropri-ate treatment will be explored including the roleof insurance and capital markets. Prerequisite:FIN-300. spring

FIN-350 Entrepreneurial Finance 3 creditsThis course covers the techniques for acquiringfinancial resources as a firm advances throughsuccessive business stages: seed, start-up, strug-gling, growing, and stable. In addition, it exam-ines recent trends in credit markets and the lat-est financial innovations as these impact theprocess of financing the venture’s growth.Prerequisite: FIN-300.

FIN-380 Real Estate 3 creditsAn examination of real estate finance and relat-ed subjects in real estate. Topics include measur-ing cash flows and taxes, valuation methods forreal estate investment decisions, location andvalue in real estate, home ownership, legal mat-ters and financing methods and techniques.Prerequisite: FIN-300.

FIN-412 Investment Analysis and PortfolioManagement 3 creditsReal-world application of the concepts andtechniques of investment analysis and portfoliotheory introduced in FIN-312. Students interactwith and make recommendations to profession-al portfolio managers. Topics include analysisand forecasts of business conditions, marketinterest rates, international opportunities andcorporate profits. Emphasis is placed on the val-uation of securities, stock selection, investmenttiming, technical analysis, and management ofportfolio risk with options, futures, and othertools. Prerequisite: FIN-312 or permission ofinstructor.

FIN-469 Special Topics in Finance 3 creditsThis course is occasionally offered, with the top-ics and prerequisites set by the finance depart-ment.

FIN-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 creditsTopic to be approved in advance by supervisinginstructor, department chairperson, and aca-demic dean. Available for juniors and seniors.No more than 12 credits allowed toward gradu-ation. Normally this course is used as a businessor free elective, but with prior approval it can beused as a finance elective.

course descriptions

184

FIN-491 Finance Internship 1-3 creditsThe internship offers qualified senior financemajors supervised employment with participat-ing companies. The internship may be takenduring the fall or spring semester or during thesummer session. Students are evaluated period-ically by senior staff members of the participat-ing firms and are required to complete a termpaper that will be reviewed by the department’sinternship director. Internship credits can beapplied toward business or free elective require-ments but not toward finance elective require-ments for majors. Grading is on a pass/fail basis.Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

Fine Arts: Art History (ART)

ART-104 Survey of Art History I 3 creditsThe history of Western art—architecture, sculp-ture, painting—from prehistoric times throughthe Middle Ages, emphasizing the relationbetween the arts and ideas of each period. fall

ART-106 Survey of Art History II 3 creditsThe history of Western art—architecture, sculp-ture, painting—from the Renaissance to thepresent, emphasizing the relation between thearts and ideas of each period. spring

ART-120 Art and Society: The VisualExperience in Human History 3 creditsMasterpieces of architecture, painting, andsculpture are related to their historical periods,providing an appreciation for and understand-ing of the vital interaction of art and society.

ART-199 The Arts in ContemporaryCivilization 3 creditsAn integral study of the arts and their place incontemporary American life. Includes atten-dance at several events in art, music, and drama.spring

ART-201 Art of the Ancient World 3 creditsThe arts of ancient man from prehistoric timesto the fall of the Roman Empire.

ART-207 Medieval and Renaissance Art 3 creditsA study of the major monuments of architec-ture, painting, and sculpture created in westernEurope between 300 and 1600. Particularemphasis on the history of Christian art, fromits beginnings in the Roman catacombs, to thegreat monasteries and cathedrals of the HighMiddle Ages, to the revival of ancient Romangrandeur and forms in the Renaissance.

ART-209 Art of the Baroque 3 creditsThe art of the 17th century in southern andnorthern Europe.

ART-214 American Art 3 creditsThe development of the arts from colonialAmerica to World War I. Discusses major eco-nomic, social, and political factors that influ-enced the course of American art history.

ART-303 19th-Century Art 3 creditsAn in-depth study of the major art movementsin 19th-century Europe, from Neoclassicism toPostimpressionism.

course descriptions

185

ART-306 Art of the 20th Century 3 creditsThe major artists and movements in the historyof 20th-century painting and sculpture fromPostimpressionism. Slide lectures, class discus-sion, field trips.

ART-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 credits

ART-491 Internship in Art 1-4 credits(Formerly Internship in Fine Arts) Providesjunior or senior fine arts majors with concentra-tions in art the practical experience of workingwith a museum or professional art gallery.Students must be sponsored by an art professor.For each academic credit, interns must work 48hours for the semester or approximately 3.7hours each week. Prerequisite: permission ofinstructor.

ART-495 Selected Topics in Art History 3 creditsAn intensive study of a particular art historytopic, e.g., a single artist, artistic center, or artis-tic medium. Slide lectures, class discussion, fieldtrips, class reports. Topics to be announced.

ART-499 Senior Honors Program 3 creditsA senior honors program may be submitted inpartial fulfillment of requirements for gradua-tion with honors in fine arts. Honors work islimited to those departmental majors with aGPA of 3.5 in fine arts courses and cognates.The program, planned under the direction of afaculty advisor, represents a culmination ofdemonstrated excellence in a specific area offine arts. Candidates for honors in fine arts mustbe approved by the department chairperson andthe faculty.

Fine Arts: Studio Art (ART)

ART-103 Fundamentals of Drawing 3 creditsAn intensive study of drawing techniques incharcoal, pencil, and pen and ink.

ART-105 Design 3 creditsBasic concepts of composition, form, texture,value, and color in two-dimensional design areexplored.

ART-204 Fundamentals of Painting 3 creditsIntroduces students to the materials and tech-niques of oil or acrylic painting. Emphasis onexperimentation and the development of indi-vidual expression in a variety of subject matters.

ART-227 Gallery Management 3 creditsDesigned to provide students with the experi-ence of working in all aspects of art gallery man-agement. It is intended for students regardless oftheir major who wish to add the dimension ofart to their college experience through directhands-on curatorship of the Rider Art Gallery.spring

ART-230 Three-Dimensional Design 3 creditsBeginning problems in traditional sculpturalmaterials (clay, wood, stone) and design-con-struction in mixed media. spring

ART-304 Drawing II 3 creditsStudies the art of drawing beyond the introduc-tory level with an emphasis on greater self-expression, advanced technical skills, and a vari-ety of drawing media. Prerequisite: ART-103.

course descriptions

186

ART-305 Intermediate Painting A-B-C 3 creditsStudio courses designed to expand the student’screative experience in painting with emphasis ofgreater self-expression. Students will be present-ed with specific painting projects that originatefrom conceptual or perceptual responses to real-ity (still life, landscape, figure) and to imagina-tion (dreams, fantasy, invention). Class trips togalleries and museums are included. May betaken three times.

ART-335 Printmaking 3 creditsA studio introduction to various traditional andcontemporary relief printmaking techniques.

ART-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 credits

ART-492 Advanced Studio Workshop 3 creditsIntensive course in various media for studentsworking at an advanced level in studio disci-plines. A high level of achievement is expected.May be taken more than once for credit.Prerequisites: two upper-level studio courses.

Fine Arts: Dance History (DAN)

DAN-105 Survey of Dance History 3 creditsAn introductory course to familiarize studentswith the breadth and depth of dance in humansociety. It will chronologically examine dancethrough four lenses: Dance and Community,Dance and Religion, Dance and Politics, andDance as Art. Students will be exposed to vari-ous dance forms from around the world withvarying purposes, functions, and motivationsfrom the beginning of recorded history to pres-ent.

DAN-350 History of Ballet, Modern andJazz Dance 3 creditsStudies the major periods in the development ofWestern Theatrical Dance from the Renaissanceto the present focusing on ballet, modern, jazz,tap and musical theatre dance. The course willexamine the ideas and individuals that causedthe development of theatrical dancing with par-ticular attention paid to significant dancers,choreographers, producers, designers and pro-ductions.

DAN-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 credits

DAN-491 Internship in Dance 1-4 creditsProvides junior or senior fine arts majors withconcentrations in dance the practical experienceof working within an educational or profession-al dance environment. Students must be spon-sored by a dance professor. For each academiccredit, interns must work 48 hours for thesemester, or approximately 3.7 hours each week.Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

Fine Arts: Applied Dance (DAN)

All dance studio courses are taught at thePrinceton Ballet Society, Princeton, New Jersey.Students are responsible for their own trans-portation.

DAN-100 Dance Fundamentals 1 creditDance 100 is designed to offer students concur-rent participation and theoretical inquiry inspecific dance forms. Students must register fortwo classes per week at the Princeton BalletSchool. One additional hour per week is com-prised of video observation, lecture, or readings,and is taught at Rider’s Lawrenceville campus.Prerequisite: permission of dance advisor.

course descriptions

187

DAN-300 Dance Studio and Lecture 2 creditsDance 300 series is also designed to offer stu-dents concurrent participation and theoreticalinquiry in specific dance forms. Students mustregister for four classes per week at thePrinceton Ballet School. One additional hour iscomprised of video observation, lecture, orreadings and is held at Rider’s Lawrencevillecampus. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

Students choose studio classes Dance 100and Dance 300 from the following:

Ballet I-VIThe syllabus of the Princeton Ballet School isdesigned to allow dancers to find how their par-ticular bodies can approach the technique. Theclasses go slowly through six levels emphasizingthe hows and whys of technique so that safework habits, personal responsibility and con-centration become second nature through thelearning of the extensive ballet vocabulary.Lower levels begin the formal study of ballet andprogress through pointe work, epaulement, andpresentation. Placement is by evaluation only.

Jazz I-IIIJazz classes range from current cultural trendsto advanced theatrical dance for the stage. Jazz Iis a basic class for the new student and includesa warm-up, stretching, turns, and a combina-tion. Jazz II and III assume progressively moretraining in ballet, modern dance, or jazz dancestyles.

Modern Dance I-IIIThe study of modern dance begins with anintroduction to the basic concepts of center,space, time, and energy in relation to dance.Correct alignment, proper breathing, energypaths and musicality are explored in creativeways. Movement is generated to meet thedemands of what is being expressed. Someimprovisational work is common.

Spanish Dance I-IIIThese classes progress through three levels asthey explore the techniques that make upSpanish dance. Emphasis is on classical and fla-menco, with additional work in regional dance,and includes the study of castanets.

Pilates Mat ClassPilates Mat Class is an intensive exercise classbased on the Pilates method. The class isdesigned to increase awareness of, and develop,critical muscle groups needed for good dancetechnique such as abdominals and rotators; andincrease overall muscular strength andendurance, and flexibility.

Accelerated Adult Ballet (OpenEnrollment) I-IV

Ballet IFor the adult beginner, or for those returning tothe study of ballet. The basic barre work andplacement are introduced. Study of many petitallegro steps and turns are begun. The lecturecomponent concentrates on vocabulary and ter-minology.

Ballet IIThis class assumes knowledge of the basics ofthe ballet barre and some center work, includingpirouettes. Students should have one or moreyears of ballet training. Lectures include somehistory.

Ballet IIIFor students with a strong background this classwill assume knowledge of en dehors and endedans pirouttes and most petit allegro steps.Students will begin to study particular dancers,choreographers, and ballets.

Ballet IVA challenging class for adults which assumesextensive knowledge of ballet vocabulary andgood ability to learn combinations. Student willdesign individual research projects.

course descriptions

188

Movement FundamentalsThis class approaches the techniques of ballet,modern dance, and jazz dance through guided,experiential, anatomically sound movementprinciples. Designed specifically for andrequired by all Rider dance minors and majorsupon entering the dance program. fall

ChoreographyThis class will explore dynamics, rhythm, ges-ture and motivation as they relate to each otherand the other elements in the art of dance com-position. Students will create studies both inand out of class. Designed for Rider Universitydance majors, this course will also accept com-munity members.

TapTap is a form of dance dedicated primarily tomaking rhythm audible through the feet andbody. Classes in tap dance include a warm-up,skill development, and choreography. Stylesrange from those of the 1950s through musicaltheater and current trends.

World Dance FormsThis is an inter-generational dance class, whichexplores dances from cultures in the UnitedStates and around the world. Guest artists, withexpertise in a particular dance form are oftenbrought in to teach master classes. Each dance iscontexted by an understanding of the form:where, how, when, and by whom it is performedand its function in society.

DAN-499 Senior Honors Program 3 creditsA senior honors program may be submitted inpartial fulfillment of requirements for gradua-tion with honors in fine arts. Honors work islimited to those departmental majors with aGPA of 3.5 in fine arts courses and cognates.The program, to be planned under the directionof a faculty advisor, will represent a culminationof demonstrated excellence in a specific area offine arts. Candidates for honors in fine arts mustbe approved by the department chairperson andthe faculty.

Fine Arts: Music History (MUS)

MUS-105 Survey of Music History I 3 creditsA chronological survey of Western music fromthe Medieval through the Baroque periodsstressing the origin and evolution of musicalforms, musical styles, and the important com-posers before 1750. The relation between themusic and the aesthetic movements of eachperiod is studied. fall

MUS-106 Survey of Music History II 3 creditsA chronological survey of Western music fromthe classical through the contemporary periodsstressing the origin and evolution of musicalforms, musical styles, and the important com-posers since 1750. The relation between themusic and the aesthetic movements of eachperiod is studied. spring

MUS-120 Music and Society 3 creditsIntroduction to the basic elements of music(rhythm, melody, harmony, etc.) and the appre-ciation of representative types of music from allhistorical periods.

MUS-130 Music in Children’s Lives 3 creditsStudents in this course will study how musicinteracts in the lives of children as they sing, lis-ten, play instruments and move. Song repertoireand selections for listening and moving fromthe American, European and non-Western cul-tures will be introduced. Playing recorder as wellas pitched and non-pitched percussion instru-ments will be demonstrated.

MUS-199 The Arts in ContemporaryCivilization 3 creditsAn integrated study of the arts and their place incontemporary American life. Includes atten-dance at several events in art, music, and drama.

course descriptions

189

MUS-207 Masterworks in Music 3 creditsMajor works by great composers from differenthistorical periods—Mozart, Beethoven,Brahms, and Wagner, among others—are stud-ied. Up to 10 compositions by six composers arecovered, with an emphasis on listening torecorded and live performances of representa-tive works.

MUS-208 Music of the Theatre 3 creditsA study of music drama both historical andcontemporary covering European opera of theBaroque, classical and romantic periods, and theAmerican musical theatre, especially the con-temporary Broadway musical.

MUS-209 Great Composers 3 creditsA study of selected major composers—life,works, and historical significance—with anemphasis on the listening experience. Bach,Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, orothers.

MUS-300 Beethoven and the Romantic Age 3 creditsA study of the Romantic period with particularemphasis on Beethoven. The classical heritage,the transformation of that heritage into roman-tic terms, the prominent influence of Beethovenon 19th-century musical style.

MUS-303 Music Literature: Baroque Era 3 creditsA survey of European musical styles from c.1600 to 1750, approached by listening to themusic of the period, including Bach, Handel,and many lesser-known masters. Topics includethe development of modern musical sound,instrumental forms, Lutheran and Catholicchurch music, and the beginnings of dramaticmusic.

MUS-306 Contemporary MusicalExperience 3 creditsA survey of European and American musicalstyles of the late 19th and 20th centuries. Topicsinclude postromantic music, neoclassicism,serialism, electronic music, and the currentavant garde.

MUS-308 World Music 3 creditsThe student is introduced to selected world cul-tures by listening to and analyzing specificmusic that is indigenous to each culture. Theposition and importance of the music withineach society will be the main focus of the inves-tigation. Comparing this music to the music ofour American culture will provide a basis forjudging and interacting with unfamiliar worldcultures.

MUS-309 Film Music 3 creditsA study of music in feature film, documentaryfilm, and television. A chronological survey offilm music from silent to contemporary film,animated shorts, and television, with emphasison listening to recorded performance of repre-sentative works.

MUS-312 The Arts Abroad 3 creditsA two-week trip abroad that includes a criticalstudy of music and theatre. Students arerequired to attend all performances, guidedtours, and classes before and after the trip. Atravel journal and final paper is required. A trav-el fee is required. Travel sites and artistic disci-plines may vary from year to year. May be takenmore than once for credit. offered January only

MUS-490 Independent Research andStudy 1-4 credits

course descriptions

190

MUS-491 Internship in Music 1-4 creditsProvides junior or senior fine arts majors withconcentrations in music the practical experi-ence of working within a professional musicenvironment. Students must be sponsored by amusic professor. For each academic credit,interns must work 48 hours for the semester, orapproximately 3.7 hours each week.Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

MUS-495 Selected Topics in Music 3 creditsStudies specialized aspects of the literature, his-tory, or theory of music, to supplement theestablished curriculum. Emphasis on creativeinvestigative work and individual experiences inmusic.

MUS-499 Senior Honors Program 3 creditsA senior honors program may be submitted inpartial fulfillment of requirements for gradua-tion with honors in fine arts. Honors work islimited to those departmental majors with aGPA of 3.5 in fine arts courses and cognates.The program, planned under the direction of afaculty advisor, represents a culmination ofdemonstrated excellence in a specific area offine arts. Candidates for honors in fine arts mustbe approved by the department chairperson andthe faculty.

Fine Arts: Applied Music(MUS)

MUS-110 Elementary Music Theory 3 creditsA practical introduction to the basic elements ofmusic, beginning with the reading of musicnotation. Practice in scales and chords; ear-training in rhythm and pitch. Techniques maybe applied to the student’s own instrument (e.g.,guitar, piano, winds) if she or he plays one. fall

MUS-111 Intermediate Music Theory 3 creditsContinuation of Music 110, leading to someoriginal composition. Prerequisite: MUS-110.

MUS-127 Instrumental Ensemble—Band 1 creditEnsemble rehearsal and performance of tradi-tional and current concert band music.Maximum of eight credits are accepted in band,choir, and/or theatre production.

MUS-128 Choir 1 creditA performing group that presents a concert eachsemester. Opportunity given for solos and smallensembles. Even though no audition is required,those who have had some previous choral orsinging experience are encouraged to join.Maximum of eight credits are accepted in choir,band, and/or theatre production.

MUS-131 Beginning Piano I 3 creditsClass approach to learning to play the piano.How to read music, basic piano technique, andappropriate piano pieces and songs are studied.fall and spring

course descriptions

191

MUS-132 Beginning Piano II 3 creditsContinuation of Music 131. Emphasis on fur-ther development of technique and the ability tointerpret piano music from a variety of styles.Prerequisite: MUS-131 or equivalent. spring

MUS-233 Intermediate Piano A, B, C, D 3 creditsContinuation of Music 132 with further devel-opment of reading skills, piano techniques andinterpretation. Piano literature from Baroque,classical romantic and contemporary eras arestudied in semester A, B, C, and D. Each studentstudies a set of pieces selected together with theinstructor tailored specifically to the students’needs and interests. A maximum of 12 credits ofpiano courses may be taken.

MUS-450 Applied Music—WestminsterChoir College 1 creditPrivate half-hour lesson per week in voice,piano, and organ.

MUS-493 Selected Topics in MusicalPerformance 3 creditsIntensive study of a particular topic in appliedmusic for the intermediate to advanced student.Students are led to understand the historic andaesthetic elements in music through critical lis-tening, performance, research, and class proj-ects.

Fine Arts: Theatre History(THE)

THE-105 Theatre History to 1700 3 creditsThe history of theatre from the primitive timethrough the Baroque era. Examines major playsand playwrights, emphasizing the Greek,Roman, Medieval, and Elizabethan eras. fall

THE-106 Theatre History since 1700 3 creditsThe history of theatre from the Restoration tothe present. Examines major plays and play-wrights, emphasizing the Restoration,Romantic, and Realistic movements. spring

THE-120 Theatre Appreciation 3 creditsBy exploration of dramatic literature, conclu-sions are drawn as to man’s relationship to hisparticular period, style, political, social, and psy-chological environment. Appreciation of thetheatrical event is included.

THE-199 The Arts in ContemporaryCivilization 3 creditsAn integrated study of the arts and their place incontemporary American life. Includes atten-dance at several events in art, music, and drama.spring

THE-306 American Theatre History 3 creditsThe history of the American theatre from thecolonial period to the present, emphasizing dra-matic scripts and theatrical conventions.Examines important playwrights, theorists, andpractitioners representative of each period ofAmerican history, emphasizing the 19th and20th centuries.

course descriptions

192

THE-307 Contemporary American Theatre 3 creditsToday’s most influential theatre artists are dis-cussed. Focusing on playwrights, the form andcontent of dramatic literature considered mostsignificant today are examined along withrecent innovations in design and staging prac-tices.

THE-308 Modern Drama 3 creditsSurveys American and European drama from1920 to 1970. All plays are read in English trans-lation. In these plays, theatrical artists addressthe great themes of this century. While doing so,they also expand the limits of theatrical expres-sion.

THE-312 The Arts Abroad 3 creditsA two-week trip abroad that includes a criticalstudy of the music and theatre. Students arerequired to attend all performances, guidedtours, and classes before and after the trip. Atravel journal and final paper is required. A trav-el fee is required. Travel sites and artistic disci-plines may vary year to year. May be taken morethan once for credit. offered January only

THE-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 credits

THE-495 Selected Topics in Theatre History 3 creditsIntensive study of a particular topic, such as thework of one dramatic movement, one period indramatic history, or one nation’s history.Students become deeply involved in an areathrough research, class discussions, and individ-ual consultation with the instructor.

THE-499 Senior Honors Program 3 creditsA senior honors program may be submitted inpartial fulfillment of requirements for gradua-tion with honors in fine arts. Honors work is

limited to those departmental majors with aGPA of 3.5 in fine arts courses and cognates.The program, to be planned under the directionof a faculty advisor, will represent a culminationof demonstrated excellence in a specific area offine arts. Candidates for honors in fine arts mustbe approved by the department chairperson andthe faculty.

Fine Arts: Applied Theatre(THE)

THE-107 Acting I 3 creditsExercises and improvisations developing thefundamental prerequisites for the actor are pro-vided. The emphasis is on vocal and physicalmobility and the ability to communicate emo-tional states from the stage.

THE-115 Stagecraft 3 creditsThe theory and practice of construction andrigging of stage scenery is offered. Emphasis ison actual productions and road show set-ups.One lecture and two labs per week.

THE-127 Theatre Production 1 creditStudents rehearse and perform roles in a playproduced by the department and directed by amember of its faculty. Students may also pre-pare a major element of design or technologyfor the production. Maximum of eight creditsare accepted in theatre production, band and/orchoir.

THE-200 Acting for the Camera 3 creditsFocuses on the craft and artistry of acting in tel-evision and film. Examination of TV produc-tion and the styles needed for work in variousmedia will be discussed. Physicalization, sim-plicity, listening, marking and other technical

course descriptions

193

requirements will be explored. Staging involvingdifferent camera angles will be rehearsed. Theemphasis of this class is on adapting the per-formance to the special needs of the camera.Prerequisite: THE-107.

THE-207 Acting II 3 creditsBasic acting techniques. Emphasis on the ingre-dients of any action: what am I doing, where,why, who am I, what is my attitude toward part-ner? Prerequisite: THE-107. spring

THE-217 Principles of Stage Design 3 creditsThe study and application of design principlesas related to the stage. Incorporates the designprocess, decor research, styles, materials, andconstruction technology. fall

THE-218 Stage Lighting 3 creditsThe theory and practice of stage lighting as uti-lized in concept, dance, and theatre. Considersthe nature of light, controlling light, color theo-ry, electricity, electrical safety, and lightingdesign. Prerequisite: THE-115. spring

THE-400 Directing 3 creditsThe technique of play directing and productionmanagement. Lectures present aesthetic andtheoretical concepts that are explored in work-shops. Each student is required to direct andanalyze a one-act play. Prerequisites: THE-107,THE-115, THE-207. alternate years

THE-410 Advanced Performance WorkshopA-B-C 3 creditsAn opportunity to work an entire semester on aspecific style or period of theatre, e.g.Shakespeare, farce, Readers’ Theatre.Prerequisites: THE-107, THE-207.

THE-491 Internship in Theatre 1-4 creditsProvides junior or senior fine arts majors withconcentrations in theatre the practical experi-ence of working within a professional theatreenvironment. Students must be sponsored by atheatre professor. For each academic credit,interns must work 48 hours for the semester, orapproximately 3.7 hours each week.Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

Foreign Languages andLiteratures

The School of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers anumber of foreign literature and culture cours-es in English. See the listings under ForeignLanguages and Literatures: Foreign Literature intranslation for LIT-250, 251, 310, 311, 312, 313,315, 317, 322, 325, 330, 340, and 370. See alsoFrench 311, German 310, Spanish 310 and 311.

All students who have had previous foreignlanguage experience (in class or at home) arerequired to take a placement test to determinethe appropriate level at which they should con-tinue their study. Students who have had someprevious foreign language experience will not beadmitted to language classes unless they havetaken the placement test. The placement test willbe administered during the summer orientationprogram or at the beginning of each semester.During the semester, contact the Department ofForeign Languages and Literatures.

course descriptions

194

Foreign Languages andLiteratures: French (FRE)

FRE-100 French I 3 creditsConversational French is taught using theCapretz French in Action Method, a totalimmersion course. Students learn basic vocabu-lary and grammar through an interactive videoseries designed to demonstrate the French lan-guage in action: the cultural component of lan-guage is made apparent through the re-enact-ment of scenes from daily life on location inFrance by native speakers who will becomefamiliar to the student as the story line progress-es. Students are required to work extensivelywith audio tapes coordinated with the videoseries. Prerequisite: placement test if French hasbeen studied elsewhere.

FRE-101 French II 3 creditsPart 2 of the Capretz French in Action Method.Students will begin to put together phrases andideas of greater complexity, and compositionskills receive greater emphasis. Students arerequired to work extensively with audio tapescoordinated with the video series. Prerequisite:FRE-100 or placement test.

FRE-200 French III 3 creditsThis course builds on linguistic skills previouslyacquired through an emphasis on conversationand oral comprehension, and through vocabu-lary building. Grammar study is continued at amore advanced level, and students begin to readshort passages focusing mainly on francophoneculture and civilization. Film clips, Internetresources, and other computer-aided learningtools are used to create a dynamic immersion-style learning experience. Prerequisite: FRE-101or placement test.

FRE-201 French IV 3 creditsWhile continuing the emphasis on aural/oralproduction and grammar and vocabularybuilding, short passages of greater complexitytaken from literary texts, newspapers, and mag-azines will become the focus ofconversation/composition activities.Technological resources will continue toenhance the immersion-style learning experi-ence consistent with a course in advancedFrench. Successful completion of this course, orits equivalent, serves as a prerequisite for Frenchcourses at the 300 and 400 level. Prerequisite:FRE-200 or placement test.

FRE-300 French Composition andTranslation 3 creditsAn in-depth study of style, shades of meaning,and correctness of expression. Translation ofbusiness/professional/scientific/political textswill receive emphasis, and students will contin-ue to perfect their writing skills, and review andimprove advanced grammatical structures.Prerequisite: FRE-201 or permission of instruc-tor.

FRE-301 French for Business and theProfessions 3 creditsThe fundamentals needed to survive in theFrench professional and business world aretaught. Students will continue to perfectoral/written/aural skills while learning aboutthe cultural climate within which these skillswill be used. Students will learn how to prepareeffective business/professional correspondenceand, through role-playing activities, will usetheir knowledge in such real-life situations asinterviewing, telephone conversations, andbusiness meetings. Prerequisite: FRE-201 orpermission of instructor.

course descriptions

195

FRE-305 An Introduction to FrenchLiterature 3 creditsA chronological overview of the evolution ofFrench literature from the chansons de gesteinto the 20th century. Study and interpretationof selected works, authors or literary move-ments through the Renaissance, the classicalperiod, Enlightenment, romanticism, realism,naturalism to representative works by authors ofour century from Proust to existentialism, thenouveau Roman, theatre absurde and beyond.Required for majors. Prerequisite: FRE-201 orpermission of instructor.

FRE-311 French Culture 3 creditsA study of modern France and French value ori-entations as they are rooted in tradition and his-tory and continue to shape everyday life as wellas institutions, social organizations, artisticexpression, education, attitudes and humaninteraction. A comparative approach will exam-ine the underlying differences between Franceand the United States. Classes are in English.

FRE-422 Cultural Expression in French Filmand Television 3 creditsA systematic analysis of selected French filmsand television broadcasts will reveal culturalvalue orientations as they relate to love, family,community, leisure, work, social and politicalorganization. A comparative approach willstress the underlying cultural differencesbetween France and the United States.Prerequisite: FRE-305 or permission of instruc-tor.

FRE-425 The Portrait of the Hero in FrenchFiction 3 creditsThis course deals with modern French fictionand its depiction of the role of the hero as a fig-ure who gradually loses control over his fate

(Stendhal, Balzac) and is changed into someonewho struggles against ever increasing odds, onlyto be finally vanquished (Flaubert). The maincharacter may find fulfillment in recollectionsof the past (Proust), explore the moral parame-ters of existence (Gide, Camus) or become theincapacitated anti-hero of Beckett’s novels.Prerequisite: FRE-305 or permission of instruc-tor.

FRE-430 Mask and Reality in FrenchTheater 3 creditsA study of theater through the optic of a unify-ing theme: the mask and reality. The goal is togain a greater appreciation of the art of dramat-ic illusion whereby actors, while wearing themasks of the characters they play, allow us toexamine ourselves and reality in true, unmaskedform. Playwrights to be studied will range fromthe classical theater of Racine and Corneille,through the modern avant-garde, existentialistand Theater of the Absurd works of such play-wrights as Ionesco and Beckett. Prerequisite:FRE-305 or permission of instructor.

FRE-435 The Self in French Prose andPoetry 3 creditsAre we determining or pre-determined crea-tures? What is our essential nature? Is the questfor salvation justified? A study of the historical,political and social realities in which the textswere composed will shed light on the concept ofthe self. Representative authors from theRenaissance to modern times will include:Montaigne, Descartes, Pascal, Montesquieu,Rousseau, Hugo, Baudelaire, Apollinaire, Sartre,Camus, Duras, Sarraute, Colette, de Beauvoir.Prerequisite: FRE-305 or permission of instruc-tor.

course descriptions

196

FRE-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 credits

FRE-491 Internship in Foreign Languages 1-4 creditsA supervised work experience in an approvedorganization to gain knowledge of the impor-tance and interrelationship of foreign languagesand cultures in the workplace. Placements canbe made in international governmental agen-cies, international trade associations, multina-tional corporations, social service agencies andother appropriate workplace environmentsboth in the United States and abroad. With per-mission of the supervisor and faculty advisor, athree-credit internship may be substituted for acollateral requirement as credit toward themajor. Prerequisite: students should have com-pleted at least one 300-level course in the for-eign language.

FRE-496 Special Studies 3 creditsOffered as needed to complement the programin French. A seminar open to a variety of topicstreating a particular author, period, genre orcritical approach. Prerequisites: FRE-305 andpermission of instructor.

Foreign Languages andLiteratures: German (GER)

GER-100 German I 3 creditsAn introduction to German stressing the spo-ken language and the fundamentals of gram-mar. Students are required to work extensivelywith audio tapes. Prerequisite: placement test ifGerman has been studied elsewhere.

GER-101 German II 3 creditsA continuation of German 100.Communication skills are broadened, funda-mental grammar is studied, and a useful basicvocabulary is acquired. Students are required towork extensively with audio tapes. Prerequisite:GER-100 or placement test.

GER-200 German III 3 creditsIntensive review of German grammar and syn-tax with a systematic approach to oral expres-sion and composition. Readings on contempo-rary German life and selections from modernliterature. Prerequisite: GER-101 or placementtest.

GER-201 German IV 3 creditsContinuation of grammar review and readings.Special emphasis on oral expression and com-position of increasing sophistication, proceed-ing from concrete observations to theoreticaland abstract discussion. Prerequisite: GER-200or placement test.

GER-300 Composition and Conversation 3 creditsPractice in German communication skillsthrough developing oral and written expression,comprehension and vocabulary. Required formajors. Strongly recommended for minors.Prerequisite: GER-201 or permission of instruc-tor.

GER-301 German for Business 3 creditsBasic fundamentals for applying the Germanlanguage to business operations and correspon-dence. Emphasizes German business terminolo-gy as contained in business-related journal arti-cles, letters, and documents. Prerequisite: GER-201 or permission of instructor.

course descriptions

197

GER-302 Business Translation andCommunication 3 creditsPractice in writing, translating and discussingbusiness-related documents. Reading, transla-tion and discussion of journal and newspaperarticles on German business culture and basicbusiness and cultural concepts. Prerequisite:GER-201 or permission of instructor.

GER-305 Introduction to German Literature 3 creditsAn introduction to works selected from themost important periods of German literaturefrom the Hildebrandslied to the pre-classicalperiod. Primary focus on close reading of com-plete works by Lessing and Goethe. Required formajors. Prerequisite: GER-201 or permission ofinstructor.

GER-307 German Literature and Film 3 creditsFocus on major works of 19th and 20th-centuryGerman literature and their film adaptations.Readings include works by Büchner, Kafka,Mann, Brecht, Böll and Dürrenmatt. Films byHerzog, Welles, Visconti, Schlöndorff, and oth-ers. Required for majors. Prerequisite: GER-201or permission of instructor.

GER-310 German Culture 3 creditsIntroduction to the contemporary cultures ofGermany, Austria and Switzerland. Selectedreadings from contemporary German fiction,German newspapers and monthly magazines(all in English), films, and music. No knowledgeof German required. Required for majors.

GER-425 Self and Society in German ShortFiction 3 creditsReading and discussion of short prose works ofHauptmann, Schnitzler, Kafka, Grass, Frischand others. Prerequisite: GER-201 or permis-sion of instructor.

GER-430 Modern German Drama 3 creditsSelected plays by major German, Austrian andSwiss playwrights of the 20th century are stud-ied within a cultural and historical context.Prerequisite: GER-201 or permission of instruc-tor.

GER-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 credits

GER-491 Internship in Foreign Languages 1-4 creditsA supervised work experience in an approvedorganization to gain knowledge of the impor-tance and interrelationship of foreign languagesand cultures in the workplace. Placements canbe made in international governmental agen-cies, international trade associations, multina-tional corporations, social service agencies andother appropriate workplace environmentsboth in the United States and abroad. With per-mission of the supervisor and faculty advisor, athree-credit internship may be substituted for acollateral requirement as credit toward themajor. Prerequisite: students should have com-pleted at least one 300-level course in the for-eign language.

GER-496 Special Studies 3 creditsA seminar emphasizing a particular literarygenre or the work of one author. Possible topicsmight be: Goethe’s Faust, lyric poetry, the novel-la, romanticism, women writers, or otherauthors, periods, or genres in German literature.Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

course descriptions

198

Foreign Languages andLiteratures: Italian (ITA)

ITA-100 Italian I 3 creditsAn introduction to spoken and written Italian.The main emphasis is on basic grammar princi-ples, vocabulary and conversation. Practice inlanguage laboratory supplements class work.Prerequisite: placement test if Italian has beenstudied elsewhere.

ITA-101 Italian II 3 creditsA continuation of Italian-100. The remainder ofthe basic grammar is covered. Increasingemphasis on reading and writing. Much atten-tion will be given to oral Italian. Prerequisite:ITA-100 or placement test.

ITA-200 Italian III 3 creditsAn intensive grammar review with a systematicapproach to oral expression and composition.Supplemental readings on Italian culture andselections from modern literature. Prerequisite:ITA-101 or placement test.

ITA-201 Italian IV 3 creditsContinuation of Italian 200 with a growingemphasis on reading and discussion of selectedItalian texts. Special attention to oral expressionand composition of increasing sophistication.Prerequisite: ITA-200 or placement test.

Foreign Languages andLiteratures: Russian (RUS)

Russian Literature courses at the 300 and 400level are listed with a LIT designation underForeign Languages and Literatures: ForeignLiterature in Translation

RUS-100 Russian I 3 creditsAn introduction to the Russian language. Thiscourse emphasizes learning the Cyrillic alpha-bet, basic Russian grammar, and developingsome skill in conversational Russian. Studentsare required to work extensively with audiotapes. Prerequiste: placement test if Russian hasbeen studied elsewhere.

RUS-101 Russian II 3 creditsContinuation of Russian 100. In this course stu-dents learn to write the Cyrillic alphabet, notjust print it. Readings to provide a useful basicvocabulary. Students are required to workextensively with audio tapes. Prerequisite: RUS-100 or placement test.

RUS-200 Russian III 3 creditsIntensive review of grammar with a continua-tion of developing skills in conversationalRussian. Reading matter of greater difficulty isintroduced for the development of a moreextensive vocabulary. Students are required towork extensively with audio tapes. Prerequisite:RUS-101 or placement test.

RUS-201 Russian IV 3 creditsGrammar review continued. Emphasis on thecomprehension of difficult literary texts.Prerequisite: RUS-200 or placement test.

course descriptions

199

RUS-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 credits

RUS-491 Internship in Foreign Languages 1-4 creditsA supervised work experience in an approvedorganization to gain knowledge of the impor-tance and interrelationship of foreign languagesand cultures in the workplace. Placements canbe made in international governmental agen-cies, international trade associations, multina-tional corporations, social service agencies andother appropriate workplace environmentsboth in the United States and abroad. With per-mission of the supervisor and faculty advisor, athree-credit internship may be substituted for acollateral requirement as credit toward themajor. Prerequisite: students should have com-pleted at least one 300-level course in the for-eign language.

RUS-496 Special Studies 3 creditsAn in-depth study for students interested inspecial areas, with emphasis on specific literarygenre. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

Foreign Languages andLiteratures: Spanish (SPA)

SPA-100 Spanish I 3 creditsIntroduction to the fundamentals of Spanishgrammar, with emphasis on communicativeskills, in culturally authentic contexts. Studentsare required to work extensively with audioand/or video tapes, and/or computer languageprograms. Prerequisite: placement test ifSpanish has been studied elsewhere.

SPA-101 Spanish II 3 creditsContinuation of Spanish 100. Emphasizes theuse of language for communicative and culturalcompetency while developing a solid grammarfoundation in Spanish. Students are required towork extensively with audio and/or video tapes,and/or computer language programs.Prerequisite: SPA-100 or placement test.

SPA-200 Spanish III 3 creditsAn intensive review of Spanish grammar withemphasis on aural-oral (listening and speakingskills) and composition writing. Literary andcultural readings will be used to develop theseskills. A special section may be offered toaddress the needs of native speakers. Studentsmay be required to work with audio and/orvideo tapes, and/or computer language pro-grams. Prerequisite: SPA-101 or placement test.

SPA-201 Spanish IV 3 creditsA continuation of Spanish grammar reviewwith emphasis on aural-oral skills and writingof increasing sophistication. Progressively morechallenging literary and cultural readings will beused to develop these skills. Students may berequired to work with audio and/or video tapes,and/or computer language programs.Prerequisite: SPA-200 or permission of depart-ment.

SPA-300 Advanced Grammar andComposition 3 creditsA systematic review of grammatical structure.The development of writing skills, in prepara-tion for upper level courses in literature, cultureand professional language. Prerequisite: SPA-201 or permission of instructor, or placementtest.

course descriptions

200

SPA-301 Spanish for Business 3 creditsA solid foundation in business vocabulary andcultural concepts; situational practice in geo-graphic and cultural contexts necessary to besuccessful in today’s Spanish-speaking world.Practice in writing business letters, memos, andother documents. Oral and written assignmentsto help students improve their critical thinkingand become better communicators.Prerequisite: SPA-201, or placement test, or per-mission of instructor.

SPA-302 Writing and Translating for theProfessions 3 creditsPractice in writing and an introduction to trans-lation for students who will use Spanish in theirprofessional lives. Using literary, cultural andjournalistic sources, students learn various writ-ing discourses including narration, description,essay composition, argumentation, journalisticand letter writing. Translation involves prelimi-nary study of translation theory and techniques,and practice with texts from students’ chosencareers. Additional study of Spanish grammar asnecessary. Prerequisite: SPA-201, or placementtest, or permission of instructor.

SPA-305 Cervantes 3 creditsA detailed study of Cervantes’ masterpiece Elingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha.Lectures, discussions, and supplementary read-ings. Prerequisite: SPA-201, or placement test, orpermission of instructor.

SPA-310 Spanish Culture and Civilization 3 creditsSpain’s cultural achievements are studied inlight of the country’s unique historical andsocial reality through the use of historical, artis-tic, architectural, cinematic and literary sources.Cross-cultural awareness is enhanced throughexercises that compare Spanish and American

society. Classes are in English. No knowledge ofSpanish required. This course may contain anoptional travel component offered before orafter the semester or during spring break.

SPA-311 Latin-American/Latino Culture 3 credits(Formerly Latin American Culture andCivilization) A panoramic survey of LatinAmerican cultural achievements in light of theunique social and political history from the pre-Columbian period to the present. The cross-cul-tural perspective includes a study of Latino cul-ture in the United States. Classes are in English.No knowledge of Spanish is required.

SPA-320 Introduction to SpanishLiterature 3 creditsExamines through lectures, readings and classdiscussions selected texts and their relationshipto the main currents of European literary histo-ry. Introduction to the practice of literary analy-sis through written composition. Required formajors. Prerequisite: SPA-201 or permission ofinstructor.

SPA-325 Introduction to Latin-American/Latino Literature 3 credits(Formerly Introduction to Latin-AmericanLiterature) A study of the development of Latin-American literature from its origins to the pres-ent through the reading, analysis and discussionof representative works by major authors. Thiscourse increases the understanding of howsocial, historical and political events, togetherwith native as well as foreign literary move-ments, create a unique literature, conveying theHispanic-American reality. Required for majors.Prerequisite: SPA-201 or permission of instruc-tor.

course descriptions

201

SPA-395 Phonetics for Communication 3 creditsA systematic study of the production of Spanishsounds with practice in phonetic transcriptionand a preliminary investigation of dialects.Prerequisites: SPA-201, SPA-300, or permissionof instructor.

SPA-403 Medieval Literature 3 creditsSurveys the literature of Spain during theMiddle Ages, with special emphasis on majorwriters such as Gonzalo de Berceo and DonJuan Manuel, and attention to the epic and themedieval ballad. Modern versions of medievalSpanish are used. Prerequisites: SPA-300, SPA-320, SPA-325, or permission of instructor.

SPA-410 Modern Hispanic Poetry 3 creditsSurveys the poetic genre, emphasizing how toread, analyze, and appreciate poetry. Majorpoets from Spain and Spanish America of the19th and 20th centuries representing the maincurrents of modern lyricism are studied.Focuses on such major writers as Rosalia deCastro, Darío, Jiménez, Machado, Vallejo,Neruda, Lorca, and Paz. Prerequisites: SPA-320,SPA-325, or permission of instructor.

SPA-411 The Modern Spanish Novel 3 creditsTraces the development of the Spanish novel,paying particular attention to the masters of19th-century Realism (Galdos and Clarin), theinnovations and experimentation of theGeneration of ’98 (Unamuno, Baroja, Valle-Inclan, and Perez de Ayala), and the novelists ofthe post-Civil War and contemporary periods(Cela, Delibes, Goytisolo, Martin Gaite, andMatute). Emphasis on the aesthetics of the novelas a literary form. Prerequisites: SPA-320, SPA-325, or permission of instructor.

SPA-412 Hispanic Theater and Film3 credits

(Formerly Hispanic Theater: Text, Spectacle andPerformance). Hispanic theater is experiencedas written text, theater spectacle and studentperformance. Theoretical tools for the study ofdrama are applied to selected plays. Lectures,readings and discussions on the dramatists andtheir historical milieu clarify the meaning of theplays. Through videos and required attendanceat New York stage productions of several playsstudied, the relationship between text and spec-tacle is explored. Students then read and per-form a play in class. Representative playwrightsinclude Lope de Vega, Zorrilla, Garcia Lorca,Sastre, Pedrero, Solorzano and Carballido.Prerequisites: SPA-320, SPA-325, or permissionof instructor.

SPA-415 The Spanish Renaissance 3 creditsThe origins and evolution of the Renaissance inSpain and of the literary expression ofRenaissance culture as reflected in the develop-ment and perfection of prose and lyrical stylesthrough the 16th century. Topics include themedieval heritage, Spanish Humanism, theCelestina, the Renaissance ideal in amatoryprose and poetry, mysticism, the ballad, and thepicaresque novel. Prerequisites: SPA-320, SPA-325, or permission of instructor.

SPA-416 The Spanish Golden Age 3 creditsThe literature of Spain during a period of polit-ical decline and outstanding aesthetic achieve-ment: Lope de Vega and the rise of a nationaltheatre; Calderon’s drama of ideas; the develop-ment of the novella and the picaresque novel;the poetry and prose of Gongora, Quevedo, andGracian. Also includes an introduction to liter-ary theory. Prerequisites: SPA-320, SPA-325, orpermission of instructor.

course descriptions

202

SPA-426 Latin-American/Latino Film andFiction 3 credits(Formerly Contemporary Latin-AmericanNarrative) A study of the main trends in con-temporary fiction written in Latin America andthe United States. Analysis and discussion ofselected novels and short stories, and their cine-matic representation on film. Required formajors. Prerequisites: SPA-320, SPA-325, or per-mission of instructor.

SPA-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 credits

SPA-491 Internship in Foreign Languages 1-4 creditsA supervised work experience in an approvedorganization to gain knowledge of the impor-tance and interrelationship of foreign languagesand cultures in the workplace. Placements canbe made in international governmental agen-cies, international trade associations, multina-tional corporations, social service agencies andother appropriate workplace environmentsboth in the United States and abroad. With per-mission of the supervisor and faculty advisor, athree-credit internship may be substituted for acollateral requirement as credit toward themajor. Prerequisite: students should have com-pleted at least one 300-level course in the for-eign language.

SPA-496 Special Studies 3 creditsA seminar open to a variety of topics treating aparticular author, period, genre, or theme.Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

Foreign Languages andLiteratures: Foreign Literaturein Translation (LIT)

The courses listed below do not have prerequi-sites.

LIT-250 Masterworks of World Literature I 3 creditsIntroduces the classical heritage and the devel-opment of a connected Western literary tradi-tion as reflected in the classics of Western litera-ture from the Greeks to the Renaissance. Thiscourse focuses particularly on the qualities,which make each work great. Works by Homer,Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripedes, Virgil, St.Augustine, Dante, and Shakespeare are read anddiscussed in English. Required for all foreignlanguage majors.

LIT-251 Masterworks of World Literature II 3 creditsIntroduces modern world literature and the fur-ther development of the Western literary tradi-tion from the Enlightenment, throughRomanticism, to the contemporary period.Major writers such as Moliere, Racine, Voltaire,Rousseau, Goethe, Tolstoy, Baudelaire, Yeats,Rilke, Ibsen, Mann, Kafka, and Borges are readand discussed in English. Required for all for-eign language majors.

LIT-310 Russian Literature from 988-1850 3 creditsA reading and discussion of some of the greatRussian writers of the first half of the 19th cen-tury. Writers include Pushkin, Lermontov,Gogol, Turgenev, and Tolstoy. Classes are inEnglish. No knowledge of Russian required.Required for majors.

course descriptions

203

LIT-311 Russian Literature from 1850-1917 3 creditsA reading and discussion of some of the greatRussian writers of the second half of the 19thcentury and early 20th century. Writers includeDostoevsky, Leskov, Chekhov, Bunin, Gorky,Blok, Bely, and Sologub. Classes are in English.No knowledge of Russian required. Required formajors.

LIT-312 20th-Century Russian Literature 3 creditsA reading and discussion of some majorRussian writers from 1917 to 1970. Writersinclude Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Babel, Bulgakov,Pasternak, Mayakovsky, and Evtushenko.Classes are in English. No knowledge of Russianrequired. Required for majors.

LIT-313 Contemporary Russian Literature 3 creditsA survey of Russian literature from 1970 to thepresent. The course is concerned with authors,literary trends, and changes in life in the formerSoviet Union and Russia. Some major non-Russian authors who write in Russian and someRussian authors living abroad such as the Nobelprize winning poet, Joseph Brodsky, will also beconsidered. Classes are in English. No knowl-edge of Russian required.

LIT-315 Tolstoy 3 creditsReading and discussion of selected works ofTolstoy including his fables; novellas, such asMaster and Man and The Kreutzer Sonata; andeither Anna Karenina or War and Peace. Classesare in English. No knowledge of Russianrequired.

LIT-317 Dostoevsky 3 creditsReading and discussion of selected works ofDostoevsky, with special emphasis on Crime andPunishment and The Brothers Karamazov.Classes are in English. No knowledge of Russianrequired.

LIT-322 German Literature in EnglishTranslation 3 creditsReading and discussion in English of Germanliterary masterpieces. The material varies fromyear to year, e.g., German-Jewish writers,German Romanticism, German literature to1700, modern fiction, or 20th-century women’sliterature and film. No knowledge of Germanrequired.

LIT-325 The Folk Tale 3 creditsIntroduction to the study of folk tales from a lit-erary point of view, to the place of folk tales inEuropean culture, and to the contrast betweenfolk tales and written fairy tales such as Beautyand the Beast and Cupid and Psyche.

LIT-330 Russian Culture 3 creditsReadings highlighting both the uniqueness ofRussian culture and the ways Russian culturehas had the greatest impact on Western culturein general. The course is divided into topics suchas folklore, religion, painting, music, ballet andfilm. Readings from Russian literature will beused to illustrate significant aspects of Russianculture. Classes are in English. No knowledge ofRussian required.

course descriptions

204

LIT-340 Hispanic Literature in EnglishTranslation 3 creditsAnalysis of literary masterpieces in translation,and their relationship to the intellectual, artistic,and historical background of Spain and/or LatinAmerica. Material varies from year to year. Noknowledge of Spanish required. Open tomajors, but no credit given toward the specificrequirements for the Spanish major.

LIT-370 European Short Novel 3 creditsIntroduces students to the study of the novellaas a distinct literary genre in Europe. Discussesvarious theories of the novella and the history ofthe novella in Europe. Will read and discusssuch masterpieces of the novella as TheMarquise of O, The Queen of Spades, A SimpleHeart, and Death in Venice.

LIT-390 The Bible as Literature 3 creditsThis course takes a literary approach to theBible: only one, of course, of the many possibleapproaches to this rich and fascinating text.Nevertheless this approach to the Bible is justi-fied both because the Bible is a literary master-piece and because such an approach provides aclear focus for students. Students will read anddiscuss selections from the three major divisionsof the Bible: the Old Testament, the NewTestament, and the Apocrypha. Students willalso read famous stories such as Joseph and hisbrothers, Moses and Exodus, Samson andDelilah, Jonah and the Whale, Susanne and theElders, the raising of Lazarus, and the trial andexecution of Jesus.

Gender Studies (GND)

GND-100 Introduction to Gender Studies 3 creditsAn introduction to the role of gender in humanexperience, examining the biological, historical,literary, artistic, and institutional manifestationsof gender, and exploring the intersections ofgender, sex and sexuality.

GND-200 Introduction to Women’s Studies 3 creditsAn interdisciplinary investigation of traditionaland contemporary gender roles, and of women’sstatus, identity, and potential. Required forminor.

GND-300 Feminist Literary Criticism 3 creditsThis seminar explores the diversity within femi-nist literary analysis. Various national, ethnicand cultural standpoints are represented andthe different as well as the common assump-tions within feminist thought will be discussed.

GND-310 Special Topics 3 creditsStudies in specialized areas of feminist scholar-ship. Topics change according to instructor andare listed in the course roster. Prerequisite: oneprevious course in women’s studies or permis-sion of instructor.

GND-311 Gender and Communication 3 creditsThis course focuses on interactive relationshipsbetween gender and communication in con-temporary American society. It connects theoryand research with practice to explore multipleways communication in families, schools,media, and society in general creates and per-petuates gender roles. It is designed to heightenstudents’ awareness of how we enact sociallycreated gender differences in public and privatesettings and how this affects success, satisfac-tion, and self-esteem.

course descriptions

205

GND-312 Gender, War and Peace 3 creditsThrough readings in literature, history, politicalscience, philosophy, and psychology, the coursewill explore critically the myths linking femi-nine gender with pacifism and masculine gen-der with aggression. Various perspectives onpeace and war, the history of peace movements,and women’s as well as men’s participation inwar will be considered.

GND-313 Gender and Ethics 3 creditsAn interdisciplinary seminar involving a con-centrated study of recent works in feminist the-ory, with special attention to issues such as: Domen and women have different ethical perspec-tives and different styles of moral reasoning?How does the “ethics of care” differ from thetraditional “ethics of justice”? Can the models ofjustice and care be integrated into a more com-prehensive theory?

GND-315 Seminar in Gender Studies 3 creditsThis course offers students an open inquiry intothe diverse constructions of gender and of sexu-ality, including masculinities and feminities.Questions about biological and cultural con-struction of identity will be explored.Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.

GND-350 Leadership and Community 3 creditsDesigned for all students whose future plansinclude community service, organizing, andleadership, this course will study organizing inresponse to domestic violence, discriminationon the basis of gender, sexual harassment, andother issues related to women’s needs. Buildingcoalitions, skills for leadership, and strategies foreffective organization will be covered in read-ings and in class discussions, and students willpractice what they have learned by working in alocal non-profit community-based organiza-tion.

GND-400 Senior Seminar 3 creditsAn opportunity for upper-level students toapply the multidisciplinary knowledge andtraining of the gender studies minor to specificprojects. Topics change according to instructorand are listed in the course roster. Required forminor. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.

GND-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 credits

GND-491 Internship in Gender Studies 1-4 creditsStudents work in an approved organization,under supervision of someone in that organiza-tion and of a gender studies faculty member.Placements can be made in business, govern-mental and non-profit organizations and inlocal, grass-roots movements that draw on theknowledge acquired in gender studies courses. Aminimum of 48 hours of field work per credit isrequired. Students must make bi-weeklyreports, and they are required to analyze andevaluate their work at the end of the semester.

Geological and MarineSciences: EnvironmentalScience (ENV)

ENV-100 Introduction to EnvironmentalScience 4 creditsExamines how ecosystems function, withemphasis on the interactions between biologicalorganisms and their physical environment, andthe chemical processes that govern these inter-actions. The impact of human populations onnatural ecosystems, is investigated in detail,using case studies from history and currentevents. The laboratory provides for hands-onexperiences and/or short field trips to local sitesfor a better understanding of many of the con-cepts discussed. Weekday and weekend fieldtrips may be required. Three lectures and onethree-hour laboratory per week. spring

course descriptions

206

ENV-200 Statistical and ComputerApplications in the Natural Sciences 4 creditsApplication of statistical applications and com-puter technology relevant to geological and bio-logical problems will allow students to learngraphical and statistical techniques and executethem using computer technology. This coursewill emphasize graphics and statistics as an inte-grated method of data evaluation and represen-tation. Exercises are designed to emphasize solu-tions of geologic and biologic problems usingcomputer-based methodology. Three lecturesand one three-hour laboratory per week. fall

ENV-350 Principles of EnvironmentalToxicology 3 creditsA comprehensive description of the importantprinciples of toxicology, including the absorp-tion, distribution, metabolism, and excretion oftoxic substances. Target organs systems will bediscussed as well as mechanisms of carcinogen-sis and teratogenesis. Specific groups of toxinsto be discussed include: pesticides, metals, radi-ation, solvents and vapors, and plant and animaltoxins. Three lectures per week. Prerequisites:ENV-100, CHE-120, CHE-121, CHE-122, CHE-123, CHE-211; BIO-115, BIO-116 or permis-sion of instructor. spring

ENV-375 Environmental Biogeochemistry 3 creditsThe study of the chemistry of environmentalsystems is commonly controlled by interactionof water and weathering processes. Kinetics,acid-base, absorption-desorption reactions andoxidation reduction reactions dominate interac-tions in natural water chemistry. Biologic activ-ity produces or destroys organic compoundsaltering the natural chemical system. Cyclesincluding nitrogen, phosphate, iron, sulfur, oxy-gen and carbon will be considered.Understanding of isotopes allows insight to bedeveloped to determine change in natural sys-

tems. Effects of pollution and use of naturalproducts from the ocean reflect the impact ofman on natural systems. Three lectures perweek. Prerequisites: GEO-100, CHE-120, CHE-121, CHE-122, CHE-123. spring

ENV-400 Seminar in EnvironmentalScience 3 creditsA detailed analysis of current environmentalproblems, their historical background, andfuture impacts. Students will participate in andlead discussions of current research in several ofthe subdisciplines of environmental science.Three one-hour discussion periods per week.Field trips may be required. Prerequisite: seniorstanding in environmental science, biology, geo-sciences, marine sciences, chemistry, or bio-chemistry, or permission of instructor.

ENV-480 Senior Thesis 3 creditsA senior thesis is optional for environmentalscience majors. However, a senior thesis isrequired for eligibility to graduate with honorsin environmental science. The topic for investi-gation will be chosen by the student in consul-tation with the faculty of the department ofgeological and marine sciences. The studentmust initiate consideration of a proposal to thedepartment. The proposal must contain a dis-cussion of the proposed project and a timetableto be followed in the study. A departmentalcommittee consisting of a major and minoradvisor will evaluate the written paper submit-ted at the conclusion of the study. An oral pres-entation before the department at the conclu-sion of the semester in which the study is com-pleted is required. Proposals must be submittedin final form no later than the end of the ninthweek of the semester prior to the semester inwhich the study is undertaken.

course descriptions

207

ENV-491 Internship in EnvironmentalScience 1-4 creditsA supervised work experience in an approvedorganization where qualified students gain real-world knowledge and utilize their academictraining in a professional environment.Placements may be in private, public, non-prof-it, or governmental organizations. These caninclude consulting firms, regulatory agencies,advocacy groups, and educational or researchinstitutions. Normally, 50 hours of internshipper credit is required. A mutually agreed uponmethod of evaluation will be formalized priorto the approval of the internship by the spon-soring faculty and could include a term paper orproject report and a poster presentation.Prerequisite: 2.5 GPA or permission of instruc-tor.

Geological and MarineSciences: Geosciences (GEO)

GEO-100 Earth Systems Science 3 credits(Formerly Physical Geology) Investigates thematerials and natural processes that produceand alter the landforms found on the continentsand in the ocean basins. Plate tectonics isemphasized throughout the course to show howglobal processes relate to geologic phenomena.The origin and evolution of minerals, rocks,volcanoes, streams, glaciers, deserts, and shore-lines are examples of the geologic topics cov-ered. Three lectures per week. Corequisite:GEO-102. fall

GEO-102 Earth Materials and ProcessesLaboratory 1 creditA laboratory experience involving the origin,significance, identification, and classification ofearth materials and processes. Mineral and rockspecimens, analytical equipment, and topo-

graphic and geologic maps are utilized. Shortfield trips to local sites help students visualizesome of the concepts discussed. One three-hourlab per week. Concurrent enrollment in or pre-vious completion of GEO-100 is required. fall

GEO-113 Environmental Geology 3 creditsA study of the interaction between humans andtheir environment. Topics discussed includeearthquakes, floods, landslides, vulcanism,water supply, and mineral and energy resources.Considers the application of geology to com-munity planning to demonstrate the applicationof geologic information toward a better futurefor society. Intended for non-science majors.Three lectures per week. fall and spring

GEO-201 Elements of Mineralogy 4 creditsThe crystallography, structure, physical andoptical properties, and crystal chemistry of thecommon rock-forming minerals are presented.Classroom lectures and discussions emphasizemodern mineralogic concepts such as point andspace groups, x-ray diffraction, twinning andcrystal defects, and atomic bond theory. Thelaboratory emphasizes crystal symmetry recog-nition, mineral chemistry, optical propertiesand techniques, and the identification of miner-als from hand specimens, thin sections, and x-ray diffraction analysis. Three lectures and onethree-hour lab per week. At least one weekendfield trip required. Prerequisites: GEO-100 orGEO-113, CHE-120 and CHE-121 taken con-currently, or permission of instructor. fall

GEO-210 Marine Life Through Time 4 credits(Formerly Earth and Life Through Time)Survey of the important developments in theatmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere, andthe contemporaneous, evolutionary events inthe marine and terrestrial biosphere for eachinterval of the geologic time scale. The laborato-

course descriptions

208

ry emphasizes the study of fossils, rocks andgeologic maps to interpret past events. Threelectures and one three-hour lab per week.Prerequisites: GEO-100, GEO-102 or permis-sion of instructor. spring

GEO-305 Petrology and Petrography 4 creditsThe origin, evolution, and terrestrial distribu-tion of igneous and metamorphic rocks are pre-sented and detailed. Classroom lectures and dis-cussions emphasize rock geochemistry, miner-alogic variability, the constraints placed on pet-rogenetic models by physio-chemical studies ofnatural and synthetic systems, and the relationof the various rock types to current plate tecton-ic theory and other whole-earth processes. Thelaboratory emphasizes the identification of rocktexture and mineralogy in thin section and handspecimen, the optical determination of mineralcomposition, and the recognition of possiblepetrogenetic processes as recorded in the rocksthemselves. Three lectures and one three-hourlab per week. Two weekend field trips required.Prerequisites: GEO-201, CHE-122 and CHE-123 taken concurrently, or permission ofinstructor. spring

GEO-306 Sedimentology 4 creditsThe origin, transport and deposition of clasticand non-clastic sedimentary materials. Includedwill be a consideration of diagenesis and litho-genesis. Laboratory will stress grain size, shapeand roundness analyses and sedimentary petrol-ogy. Prerequisite: GEO-201.

GEO-307 Stratigraphy 4 creditsThe origin and distribution of stratified rocks,especially sedimentary deposits; their time andspatial relationships. Study of stratigraphic sec-tions, consideration of facies and correlation.Three lectures and one three-hour lab per week.Field trips required. Prerequisite: GEO-306 orpermission of instructor. spring

GEO-310 Structural Geology 4 creditsThe origin, distinguishing characteristics, andgeographic distribution of deformational struc-tures of the Earth’s crust. In the laboratory, geo-logic maps and three-dimensional problems areused in the study of typical surface and subsur-face geologic problems. Three lectures and onethree-hour lab per week. Field trips required.Prerequisites: GEO-100, GEO-102. fall or spring

GEO-350 Soils and Surficial Processes 3 creditsExamines the geological, chemical and biologi-cal processes acting on the surface of the Earthand the resulting morphology of these actions.Emphasis will be on the formation and charac-teristics and classification of soils. Study willalso explore the subsequent geomorphologythat results from the surface processes. Threelectures per week. Prerequisites: GEO-100,GEO-102. spring

GEO-407 Hydrology and Water Resources 4 creditsA study of the origin, occurrence, development,management, chemistry, and pollution ofground water resources. Introduction to theprinciples of ground water flow. Three lecturesand one three-hour lab per week. Prerequisites:GEO-100, GEO-102, MTH-105.

GEO-480 Senior Thesis 3 creditsA senior thesis is optional for geosciencesmajors. However, a senior thesis is required foreligibility to graduate with honors in geo-sciences. The topic for investigation will be cho-sen by the student in consultation with the fac-ulty of the department of geological and marinesciences. The student must initiate considera-tion of a proposal to the department. The pro-posal must contain a discussion of the proposedproject and a timetable to be followed in thestudy. A departmental committee consisting of amajor and minor advisor will evaluate the writ-

course descriptions

209

ten paper submitted at the conclusion of thestudy. An oral presentation before the depart-ment at the conclusion of the semester in whichthe study is completed is required. Proposalsmust be submitted in final form no later thanthe end of the ninth week of the semester priorto the semester in which the study is undertak-en. Prerequisites: senior standing in the geo-sciences major and permission of instructor. falland spring

GEO-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 credits

GEO-491 Internship in Geosciences 1-4 creditsA supervised work experience in an approvedorganization where qualified students gain real-world knowledge and utilize their academictraining in a professional environment.Placements may be in private, public, non-prof-it, or governmental organizations. These caninclude consulting firms, regulatory agencies,advocacy groups, and educational or researchinstitutions. Normally, 50 hours of internshipper credit is required. A mutually agreed uponmethod of evaluation will be formalized priorto the approval of the internship by the spon-soring faculty and could include a term paper orproject report and a poster presentation.Prerequisite: 2.5 GPA or permission of instruc-tor.

Geological and MarineSciences: Marine Sciences(MAR)

MAR-120 Oceanography 3 creditsThe study of the origin and evolution of oceanbasins and the physical characteristics of mod-ern oceans and marine sediments. Investigatesthe interrelationships between the physical and

the biological environments and how this influ-ences the diversity and distribution of marineplants and animals. Examines coastal processes,beach morphology, and shoreline erosion.Three lectures per week. Weekend field tripsmay be required. fall and spring

MAR-121 Introductory Oceanography Lab 1 creditIntroduction to the fundamental aspects of geo-logical, chemical, physical, and biologicaloceanography. Students will learn through prac-tical experiences using real data, demonstra-tions, and field exercises. The majority of thelaboratory exercises will be inquiry-based. Localfield trips and independent projects may berequired. Corequisite: MAR-120 or permissionof instructor. fall

MAR-225 Introduction to Field MarineScience: Temperate Environments 3 creditsQuantitative comparison of (1) properties ofsediments; (2) associated diversity, abundance,size, and zonation of algae/plants and animals;and (3) physical-chemical properties of seawa-ter. Habitats include quartz sand beaches, saltmarshes, intertidal mud flats, channel sandbars,and offshore shelfal environments. Emphasis onexercises involving field and laboratory instru-mental analyses, group mapping project, andindividual experimental research project. Fieldtrips required. summer session I

MAR-227 Introduction to Field MarineScience: Subtropical Environments 4 creditsQuantitative comparison of (1) properties ofsediments and hard bottoms; (2) associateddiversity, abundance, size, and zonation ofalgae/plants and animals; and (3) physical-chemical properties of sea water. Habitats stud-ied include rocky intertidal and subtidal pools,turtle grass beds, foraminiferal sandy beaches,hypersaline mangrove lagoons, quiet water foul-

course descriptions

210

ing communities, soft coral shoals, red algalboiler reefs, and coral reefs. Emphasis on exer-cises involving field and laboratory instrumen-tal analyses, group mapping project, and indi-vidual experimental research projects. Taught atthe Bermuda Biological Station, Bermuda. sum-mer session I

MAR-228 Introduction to Field MarineScience: Boreal Environments 4 creditsQuantitative comparison of (1) properties ofsediments and hard bottoms; (2) associateddiversity, abundance, size, and zonation of algaeand animals; and (3) physical-chemical proper-ties of sea water. Habitats studied include wave-exposed and wave-protected rocky intertidalpools and algal communities, shingled cobblebeaches, subtidal surge channels and urchinbarrens, kelp beds, and shelfal and bottom habi-tats. Emphasis on exercises involving field andlaboratory instrumental analyses, group map-ping project, and individual experimentalresearch projects. Taught at the Shoals MarineLaboratory, Gulf of Maine. summer session I

MAR-229 Introduction to Field MarineScience: Tropical Environments 4 creditsQuantitative comparison of bottom environ-ments, including (1) composition and texture ofsediments and hard bottoms; (2) associateddiversity, abundance, size, and zonation ofmarine algae, grasses, mangroves, and animals(interstitial meiofauna to macroinvertebrates)and (3) physio-chemical properties of sea water.Habitats studied include turtle grass beds, man-grove swamps, sandy beaches, rocky intertidalpools, and reefs (backreef to reef crest to for-ereef to reef channel). Emphasis on exerciseswhich develop skills involving field and labora-tory instrumental analyses, group mappingproject, and individual experimental researchprojects. Taught at the Institute of MarineSciences, Roatan, Honduras. summer session I

MAR-330 Chemical Oceanography 4 creditsThe study of the properties and interactions ofthe substances present in the marine environ-ment. Physical and chemical properties of sea-water as well as interactions of the sea with itsboundaries (i.e., air-sea and sea-bottom sur-faces). Three lectures and one three-hour labper week. Prerequisites: CHE-121, CHE-122;,MAR-120, MAR-121 or permission ofinstructor. fall

MAR-340 Marine Processes andEnvironments: Seminar 3 credits(Formerly Coastal Processes and Environments)Focuses on how waves, currents, sea level changeand tides affect shoreline morphodynamics.Emphasis is on process and morphologicalresponse. Studies include the long term coastaldevelopment and relative changes in sea level.Coastal management practices in such areas asbeach protection, wetland mitigation and stormprotection are examined. Two weekend fieldtrips are required: one to a barrier island coastand another to glaciated coastal areas.Prerequisites: MAR-120, MAR-121, GEO-306.spring

MAR-380 Independent Marine ScienceField Study 3-4 creditsCourses approved by the New Jersey MarineScience Consortium and offered by affiliateinstitutions can be enrolled in under this num-ber. Students also may pursue independentstudies on instructor-approved marine researchprojects under this number. fall and spring

MAR-401 Marine Ecology 4 creditsSurvey of environmental influences from themicrostructure of skeletons to large-scaleecosystems. Correlation of invertebrate skeletalmineralogy and shape with environmental

course descriptions

211

parameters. Reconstruction of populationdynamics from organismal size-frequency data.Acclimation to abiotic limiting factors, and theirinfluence on species distribution, growth, andreproduction. Evaluation of mutualistic, com-petitive and predatory interactions betweenspecies. Community structure and succession inrocky intertidal-subtidal, salt marsh, beach,mudflat, estuarine, shelfal and reefal habitats.Three lectures and one three-hour laboratoryper week. Prerequisites: BIO-272, BIO-272L orBIO-273 or permission of instructor. spring

MAR-410 Physical Oceanography 3 creditsThe study of the physical properties of oceanicsystems including transfer of heat across theocean surface, chemical balances, diffusion,motion of ocean waters, surface currents, deepcurrents, waves, tides, and sound and opticalproperties of sea water. The complex move-ments of sea water and the influences of tem-perature, salinity, density, and circulation on themarine ecosystem are explored. Three lecturesper in week. Prerequisites: MAR-120, MAR-121or permission of instructor. spring

MAR-429 Advanced Field Marine Studies 3 creditsDiurnal (day-night) and tidal cycles involvingphysiochemical variables are established forshallow marine habitats from spring to neaptides. Corresponding behavioral and physiolog-ical rhythms in algae and invertebrates are cor-related with abiotic cycles. Microgradients insubstrate texture, composition, porosity andpermeability, illumination, desiccation, and/orwave-exposure along vertical and horizontalsurfaces are established. Biotic gradients,including distribution, size, abundance, andmorphology of associated species, are correlatedwith abiotic variations. Additional course costsdefray field work at the marine station forseven-14 days in January prior to the springsemester, with periodic required meetings in the

following spring semester. Prerequisites: BIO-272, BIO-272L, MAR-227 or MAR-228 orMAR-229, MAR-330. spring

MAR-480 Senior Thesis 3 creditsA senior thesis is optional for marine sciencesmajors. However, a senior thesis is required foreligibility to graduate with honors in marinesciences. The topic for investigation will be cho-sen by the student in consultation with the fac-ulty of the department of geological and marinesciences. The student must initiate considera-tion of a proposal to the department. The pro-posal must contain a discussion of the proposedproject and a timetable to be followed in thestudy. A departmental committee consisting of amajor and minor advisor will evaluate the writ-ten paper submitted at the conclusion of thestudy. An oral presentation before the depart-ment at the conclusion of the semester in whichthe study is completed is required. Proposalsmust be submitted in final form no later thanthe end of the ninth week of the semester priorto the semester in which the study is undertak-en. Prerequisites: senior standing in the marinesciences major and permission of departmentchair. fall and spring

MAR-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 credits

MAR-491 Internship in Marine Sciences 1-4 creditsA supervised work experience in an approvedorganization where qualified students gain real-world knowledge and utilize their academictraining in a professional environment.Placements may be in private, public, non-prof-it, or governmental organizations. These caninclude consulting firms, regulatory agencies,advocacy groups, and educational or researchinstitutions. Normally, 50 hours of internshipper credit is required. A mutually agreed uponmethod of evaluation will be formalized prior

course descriptions

212

to the approval of the internship by the spon-soring faculty and could include a term paper orproject report and a poster presentation.Prerequisite: 2.5 GPA or permission of instruc-tor.

Health Administration (HTH)

HTH-205 Introduction to the Health CareSector 3 creditsThis course is an introduction to the compo-nents of the health care industry in the UnitedStates and to the interactions of these compo-nents in producing and supplying health care.We examine the nature of health, and the vari-ous institutions and personnel which seek toprovide health services; we explore the means bywhich we pay for these services; we assess therelationship of technology to provision ofhealth care services; we study the various waysthat our government interacts with theproviders of health care services; we investigatethe ethical implications of issues in health care;and we explore health care sectors from aninternational perspective.

HTH-450 Seminar in Health Research 3 creditsStudents in the course learn to conduct healthadministration-related research by engaging inan actual community-based research project. Atthe beginning of the semester, students areassigned to a health-related community-basedorganization. As a team, students meet with theclient, devise a plan of action, collect and ana-lyze data and other information, and write areport to the client. At the end of the semester,students present their findings to the client.Prerequisite: HTH-205 or ECO-336 or permis-sion of the instructor.

HTH-491 Health Services Internship 3 creditsThis course provides students minoring inhealth administration an opportunity to sup-plement and apply their classroom work in asupervised employment setting with participat-ing firms in the health care sector. Requirementsinclude: a log of daily activities, oral and writtenreports to the faculty supervisor and a termpaper. In addition, the employer will also sub-mit an evaluation of the student’s performance.Prerequisites: HTH-205, junior or senior stand-ing, and permission of faculty supervisor.

Global and MultinationalStudies (GMS)

GMS-180 International Dimensions of anIntegrated World 3 creditsOffers an introduction to Global andMultinational Studies by exposing the studentto basic concepts necessary to understand thedynamics underlying the emerging world-widesociety of diverse nations. The student willbecome acquainted with the mechanisms bywhich contacts are built across nations, and thefactors that shape the conception of and rela-tions with “the other.”

GMS-200 The Social Construction ofGlobal Society 3 creditsThis course discusses the emergence of an“imagined global community” in the final yearsof the 20th century, and the beginning of the21st. The course will examine the forces thatcontribute to these changes, including the glob-al dissemination of values, the changes in com-munication technologies, the globalization ofthe economy, and the spread of internationalnon-governmental institutions and lobbyingforces.

course descriptions

213

GMS-201 The Politics of the GlobalEconomy 3 creditsAn examination of global political-economicinstitutions and governmental policies in a peri-od of global structural change and economiccrisis. Emphasis will be placed upon theattempts by advanced and newly industrializinggovernments to attract and to regulate transna-tional industrial and financial enterprise.

GMS-306 Ethnographic Film and GlobalPolitics 3 creditsExplores the manner in which different civiliza-tions are depicted through the medium of doc-umentary film. Discusses the manner in whichfilm may contribute to ethnographic under-standing of a given people, and the limitationsof the genre that may misrepresent the subjectmatter. Special attention is given to the role ofthe filmmaker and his/her position as partici-pant, observer, and recorder of the events shownon the film. The films will be analyzed in termsof how they reflect, and potentially affect, a civ-ilization’s international image and global stand-ing. These factors will then be considered interms of their effects upon the place and actionsof the civilization in global politics. Prerequisite:POL-215 or GMS-200 or GMS-201.

GMS-325 Global Perspectives on Healthand Illness 3 creditsExplores the different international perspectiveson health and illness. Themes include how men,women, and children in respective civilizationsare treated and viewed within their communi-ties or nations, as they become ill. Particularattention is given to the contract between vari-ous types of traditional healing and Westernmedical practices, and their interactions.

Discussions will also compare the usefulness ofnational versus international health agencies indealing with global health problems.Prerequisite: POL-215 or GMS-200 or GMS-201.

GMS-491 Internship in Global andMultinational Studies 1-4 creditsStudents work under supervision, either in theUnited States or abroad, in an environmentwhich provides experiential learning in institu-tions that operate in a global environment,including those in government, business, andinternational non-governmental organizations(INGOs). Domestic internships might alsoinclude work in agencies that deal with globalproblems such as an international environmen-tal group or a refugee resettlement center. Aminimum of 52 hours of field work per credit isrequired, with regular reports and a concludingcritique analyzing the experience. Primarily forseniors and qualified juniors. No more than sixcredits allowed toward graduation.

History (HIS)

Students considering history courses above the250 level should be certain that they have ade-quate background. If this is doubtful, the appro-priate lower-level courses are strongly recom-mended. If in doubt, consult the instructor ofthe course you are thinking of taking.

HIS-110 Seminar in History 3 creditsAn introduction to the college-level study ofhistory and historical method for freshman his-tory and education/history majors and interest-ed freshman liberal arts university studies stu-dents. fall

course descriptions

214

HIS-150 World History to 1500 3 creditsA survey of people and their cultures, focusingon the two major historical traditions (Westernand East Asian) from pre-history to the momentwhen they merged into a single strand, duringthe century 1550 to 1650. The varying politicalevents, institutions, technologies, and culturesof the East and West are highlighted.

HIS-151 World History since 1500 3 creditsMajor developments in world history from the16th century on are considered, with an empha-sis on the impact of ideas and influences fromAsia and the New World upon European cultureand society and the European impact upon Asia,Africa, and the Americas. Prerequisite: HIS-150.

HIS-201 African-American History 3 creditsExamines the actions and thought of peoples ofAfrican ancestry in the United States. Brieflyconsiders Africa before the Atlantic slave trade,then concentrates on major themes in African-American history—the slave trade, slavery andthe genesis of African American society, eman-cipation and its consequences, urbanization andindustrialization, Black Nationalism, the CivilRights Movement, and African Americanstoday. Emphasizes African Americans’ dynamicand creative role both in shaping their societyand establishing their place in United Statessociety. The on-going struggle for freedom andequality provides thematic continuity for ana-lyzing nearly 400 years of African-American his-tory.

HIS-205 A History of American Business 3 creditsExamines the history of business in the UnitedStates from the Colonial Era to the present.Emphasizes such themes as the changing capi-talist system, the function of business institu-tions, the roles of the entrepreneur, the relation-ship between government and business, and theemergence of the corporation.

HIS-208 U.S. I: American History fromEuropean Settlement throughReconstruction 3 creditsA survey of American history from the early17th century through 1877. Among the topicscovered will be settlement and regional differ-ences, the American Revolution and the forma-tion of a national government by 1787. Thebeginning stages of industrialization, the rise ofdemocratic and reform politics, westwardexpansion, the debate over slavery and growingsectional tensions through the Civil War andReconstruction will be major themes in the 19thcentury. Included will be discussions of AfricanAmericans, native Americans and women.

HIS-209 U.S. II: American History fromReconstruction to the Present 3 creditsA survey of United States history from the endof the Civil War through the present. Includedwill be discussions of the maturing of an indus-trial economy, and expansion in the west andoverseas. The role of the United States as a worldpower and the growth of presidential power willbe shaped and sometimes challenged by move-ments designed to expand democratic institu-tions and human rights. Included will be discus-sions of African Americans, native Americansand women.

HIS-214 Europe to 1715 3 creditsExamines the development of European civi-lization from late Roman times until 1715,stressing the Classical heritage, the main cur-rents of European thought and letters, theRenaissance and Reformation, the Age ofDiscoveries, and the development of the OldRegime.

course descriptions

215

HIS-215 Europe since 1715 3 creditsExamines major political, economic, social, andcultural developments in Europe and the Westfrom 1715 to the present.

HIS-251 Oral History 3 creditsA study of the theory and practice of oral histo-ry. Involves an examination of the methodologyand functions of oral history, the nature andcharacter of oral evidence, and the place of oraltestimony within the historical discipline.

HIS-265 Britain to 1688 3 creditsBritish history from pre-Roman times to theGlorious Revolution is examined, emphasizingthe growth of royal government, parliament,and the origins of the British colonial empire.

HIS-266 Modern Britain 3 creditsExamines British history from the GloriousRevolution to the present, stressing the reformmovements of the 18th and 19th centuries, thePax Britannica, the Industrial Revolution, impe-rialism, and the impact of the two world wars.

HIS-268 History of Ireland 3 creditsBeginning with an overview of the Irish past,focuses upon the past century of the island’s his-tory—the problems, challenges, and accommo-dations that led to the present situation as oneof the most protracted unresolved partitions inthe modern nation-state system.

HIS-273 History of Russia to 1855 3 creditsSurveys the origins and development of Russiafrom the ninth century to 1855: Kievan Russia,the Mongol domination, the rise of Moscow,Ivan the Terrible, the Time of Troubles, the firstRomanovs and the Empire from Peter the Greatto 1855.

HIS-274 History of Russia since 1855 3 creditsCovers Russian history from 1855 to the pres-ent. Topics include the decline and fall of theEmpire, the Revolutions of 1917, the newregime, Stalin and Stalinism, Khrushchev,Brezhnev, Gorbachev and the Commonwealth.

HIS-275 Italy from the Middle Ages to thePresent 3-4 creditsTraces the history of Italy from the Middle Agesto the present, stressing the connection betweenculture, religion, politics and wealth in succes-sive historical periods. Students participating inthe two week travel component at the end of thecourse may receive four credits.

HIS-281 The Modern Middle East 3 creditsExamines political, economic, social, and cul-tural developments in the Near East, from therise of the Ottoman Empire to the present,stressing the impact of contacts with the West inthe 19th and 20th centuries, and the emergenceof the contemporary Arab World, Israel, Turkey,and Iran.

HIS-282 Colonial Latin America 3 creditsExamines the pre-Columbian and colonial peri-ods of Latin-American history. Discusses theIndian, African, and European peoples and paysparticular attention to the colonial Spanish andPortuguese societies from their establishmentup to the revolutions that brought about politi-cal independence.

course descriptions

216

HIS-283 Modern Latin America 3 creditsConsiders the post-independence history ofLatin America, emphasizing the rise of exporteconomies and external economic domination,modernization, and pan-Americanism.Examines the changes undergone by Latin-American nations in the 20th century throughan analysis of Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Brazil,Peru, Cuba, and Central America.

HIS-284 Caribbean History 3 creditsAnalyzes the history of the West Indian islandsand the lands bordering the Caribbean Sea frompre-Columbian times to the present.

HIS-285 Traditional China and Japan 3 creditsSketches the ancient foundations of Asian insti-tutions and culture from 1100 B.C. to A.D. 1800,the beginning of the modern period in theOrient. Focuses chiefly on China and Japan,considering their political, economic, social,philosophical, religious, and aesthetic develop-ment.

HIS-286 Modern East Asia 3 creditsExamines the disintegration of the Ch’ingdynasty in China and the Tokugawa shogunatein Japan under internal stresses and foreignincursions, and the varied experience of thosestates in coming to terms with the challenges ofmodernization and westernization. Coverspolitical, economic, social, and cultural factorsin China, Japan, and East Asia.

HIS-287 China in Revolution 3 creditsTreats the Chinese Revolution in terms of polit-ical, economic, and social transformation.

HIS-288 African History 3 creditsTraces the history of Africa, analyzing theunique problems of African historical evidenceand the complexity of the continent’s past.Examines the genesis of African culture, earlyAfrican societies, and the character of Africancivilizations and empires, then considers exter-nal influences such as religion (especially Islamand Christianity), contacts with Europe, theslave trade, the colonial scramble for Africa,colonial rule, modernization and dependency,and concludes by assessing the rise of independ-ent Africa after World War II, its present statusand future prospects.

HIS-289 History of Modern Japan 3 creditsExamines the history of modern Japan from theage of the samurai in the Tokugawa Shogunateto today’s high-tech mass consumer society. Ittraces the interaction of elements of Japan’s tra-ditional culture with impacts from the outsideto create a uniquely-Japanese modernity. Itstresses social, economic and cultural trends, aswell as political history, and includes an exami-nation of modern Japanese culture through fic-tion and film.

HIS-295 Native American History 3 creditsTraces Native American cultures and historyfrom the pre-Columbian period to 1900.Focuses on the ways cultural interactions affect-ed and transformed native peoples-their beliefs,practices, and social structures-and the waysthat Native Americans, in turn, redefined them-selves.

HIS-299 American Environmental Historyand Culture 3 creditsExamines the American environment and theways different cultural groups have viewed andused it from colonial times to the present.

course descriptions

217

Cultures include American Indians andEuropean and African Americans. Past andpresent conservation movements are alsoexplored in addition to changes in attitudes andbehaviors toward nature. Class lectures andreadings reveal the key role that the environ-ment played in shaping American culture.

HIS-300 Economic History of the UnitedStates 3 creditsStudies the main currents in the economicgrowth of America from colonial times to thepresent. Stresses the process of economic devel-opment from an agrarian to an industrial socie-ty, and examines the challenges and dislocationsresulting from economic change.

HIS-301 Constitutional History of theUnited States 3 creditsSurveys the English, Colonial, andConfederation backgrounds of American lawand constitutionalism; the framing, adoption,and implementation of the Federal Constitutionand its later development; the role of law in thenation’s history; the changing interpretations offederalism; the growth of judicial review; andthe increasing role of the Supreme Court.

HIS-302 The American Worker: A SocialHistory 3 creditsInvestigates the American workers’ varied social,cultural, religious, and ethnic environmentfrom post-Civil War to the present. Emphasizesworker response to industrialization, urbaniza-tion, the technical revolution, and automation.

HIS-303 American Urban History 3 creditsTraces the growth of urbanism in America fromcolonial times to the present. Focuses on theinteraction between the city dweller and theurban environment and explores the problemsconfronting urban America today.

HIS-304 Civil War and Reconstruction 3 creditsConsiders the Civil War as a watershed in thedevelopment of the American republic.Analyzes antebellum sectional conflict, the waryears, and the era of Reconstruction.

HIS-305 Social and Intellectual History ofthe United States I 3 creditsTraces the social background of the developingnation, and the main currents of thought in let-ters, law, religion, politics, science, and educa-tion, from the colonial period through the CivilWar.

HIS-306 Social and Intellectual History ofthe United States II 3 creditsExamines socio-intellectual movements in theUnited States from the late 19th century to thepresent. Social Darwinism, the ProgressiveMovement, alienation, consensus, the radical’60s, and the apathetic ’70s are among the areasexamined.

HIS-307 The Immigrant in American Life 3 creditsExamines the experiences of immigrants in theUnited States, their assimilation, the reactions tothem, and their contributions.

HIS-308 The History of New Jersey 3 creditsExplores the history of New Jersey from thecolonial period to the present including the roleof New Jersey in the American Revolution, theestablishment of the Constitution, and thecourse of industrialization. Examines theimpact of national and international develop-ments on New Jersey and emphasizes the dis-tinctive characteristics of the Garden State.

course descriptions

218

HIS-309 Women in American History 3 creditsExamines the roles, status, and influence ofwomen from the colonial era to the present.Studies the origins and development of femi-nism, including legal, political, educational, eco-nomic, and sexual rights; and studies social fem-inism, including reform movements in suchfields as abolition, prohibition, pacifism, childlabor, and social welfare.

HIS-310 American Foreign Relations to 1900 3 creditsInvestigates the processes and techniques ofAmerican foreign policy. Covers Americandiplomatic history from its colonial backgroundand the Revolution to the new imperialism.

HIS-311 American Foreign Relations since 1900 3 creditsExamines the diplomatic history of the UnitedStates from the new imperialism of the 1890s tothe present, focusing especially upon theSpanish-American War, World Wars I and II, theCold War and its aftermath.

HIS-312 History Abroad 3 creditsTwo-week travel course to a destination chosenby the professor. Exposes students to historicand cultural sites and works of art that havebeen studied in class. Students must attend ori-entation sessions, read assigned writings, com-plete a travel journal, write a final paper on atopic relevant to the course, and attend allscheduled course activities abroad. Travel willtake place in January or at the end of the springsemester.

HIS-313 Modern European Intellectual History 3 creditsExamines the 17th-century revolution in scien-tific, philosophical, and political thought; theEnlightenment; Romanticism; the ideologies ofConservatism, Liberalism, and Socialism;Positivism; Darwinism; the crisis of Europeanthought (1880-1914); and the major intellectualtrends of the 20th century.

HIS-314 History of Socialism 3 creditsConsiders the historical development of social-ist ideas and their adaptations from ancienttimes to the present, including ancient andJudaeo-Christian antecedents, UtopianSocialism, Marxism, Anarchism, Communism,and Democratic Socialism, emphasizing the his-torical comparisons among these schools.

HIS-315 History of Ancient Greece 3 creditsSurveys the intellectual and cultural life ofancient Greek civilization against the back-ground of its political, economic, and social his-tory.

HIS-316 History of Ancient Rome 3 creditsStudies the history and culture of Rome,emphasizing such topics as Roman law, govern-ment, literature, religion, art, and philosophy.

HIS-317 The Era of World War II 3 creditsInvestigates selected topics relating to the ori-gins, events, and outcome of World War II,emphasizing the war’s impact on 20th-centurycivilization. Traces the roots of the conflict backto the World War I peace settlements, and exam-ines the rise of totalitarianism, pre-war aggres-sion and appeasement, the immediate causes of

course descriptions

219

the war’s outbreak, the course of militaryactions, the diplomacy of the belligerents, thewar’s impact on civilian life, and factors thatshaped the post-war world.

HIS-318 Revolutionary America 3 creditsExamines one of the most dynamic and trulyformative periods in American history: the Warfor Independence and the creation of a newrepublican nation. Focusing on the yearsbetween 1750 and 1800, students will explorethe intellectual, cultural, and social origins ofAmerican independence and discover the role ofNative Americans, enslaved Africans, andwomen in shaping both the military conflictand the era’s politics.

HIS-320 The History of Christianity 3 creditsExamines Christianity’s role in world historyfrom the life and times of Jesus to the present.Emphasizes the quest for the historical Jesus, theemergence of Christianity after his death andtriumph during the later Roman Empire, andChristian relations with pagans, Jews, heretics,witches and Muslims. Traces the variousbranches of Christianity, its spread throughoutthe world, church-state relations and responsesto secularism, capitalism and communism.

HIS-325 Church and Society in Medieval Europe 3 creditsStudies the role of the church in the shaping ofearly medieval society. Emphasizes the emer-gence of Christianity as a world force, its chal-lenge from Islam, and the church’s impact onthe politics, thought, and economy of earlymedieval Europe.

HIS-331 Renaissance and Reformation 3 creditsStudies the Renaissance, including the develop-ment of humanism and art as well as the politi-cal and economic changes of the period.Discusses the Renaissance church and move-ments for religious reform, leading to a consid-eration of the origins, development, and conse-quences of the Reformation. Examines theinfluence of the Renaissance and Reformationon the development of capitalism and thedynamic, secular nation-state.

HIS-339 Women in East Asia 3 creditsTreats the history of the relationship betweenwomen and society in traditional East Asia andthe modern transformation of their relation-ship.

HIS-340 A History of Medicine and Health 3 creditsExamines the development of medicine andhealth in the West, with emphasis on theAmerican experience. The course will examinethe folk and magical medical practices, the riseof scientific, rational explanations for disease inthe ancient Greek, Islamic, and RenaissanceEuropean traditions, and the business of healthprovision. The impact of disease, especially epi-demic disease, on human health will be exam-ined. Women’s health issues will be discussed.Life expectancy, fertility, migration and livingstandards will provide the context for the dis-cussion of health and longevity.

HIS-350 20th-Century Europe 3 creditsStudies the background and course of the twoworld wars, the related peace settlements, andtheir results, and the domestic and internation-al politics as a way of understanding the con-temporary scene. Emphasizes nationalism,power politics, collective security, imperialism,fascism, and communism in their economic,social, and intellectual context.

course descriptions

220

HIS-355 History of 20th-CenturyDiplomacy 3 creditsExplores significant developments in interna-tional relations from the events leading up tothe First World War through the post-Cold Warera. It examines examples of the successes andfailures of modern states in efforts to enhancetheir security through their foreign policies, andit focuses on the political, economic, geograph-ical, ideological, and cultural factors that haveshaped nations’ roles in the international arenasince 1900.

HIS-360 Seminar in Historiography 3 creditsBriefly describes the evolution of Western his-torical thought from the Greeks to the present,focusing on the new directions history has takenin the 19th and 20th century. Also introducessuch theoretical issues as the connectionbetween structures and events, historical causa-tion, objectivity, and the uses of history.Encourages the application of growing historio-graphical sophistication through the analysis ofdistinguished works of current scholarship.

HIS-375 American Military History 3 creditsPrefaced by a brief consideration of the princi-ples of war and the immediate European back-ground of military technology and doctrine.Considers the growth and change of the UnitedStates armed forces, their experience in thenation’s wars, and their position in facing worldchallenges today.

HIS-376 Warfare in History 3 creditsStudies the evolution of international and inter-group conflict through the ages; principles, the-ories, and kinds of war; the great military prac-titioners and thinkers of world history. Brieflytouches upon the American experience as arecent segment in world military and culturalhistory.

HIS-460 History and Historical Method 3 creditsSeminar in the principles and practice of histor-ical research. Required of history majors at thesenior level. Prerequisite: HIS-360.

HIS-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 credits

HIS-491 Internship in History 1-4 creditsInternships to be offered each semester withsuch institutions as the New Jersey StateArchives and the David Library of the AmericanRevolution.

Interdisciplinary Studies (IND)

IND-210 Global Encounters: A CulturalExperience by Travel in (Site[s]) 3 creditsThis course provides students with an exposureto foreign cultures consisting of both travel andstudy components. Destinations may includecountries in Europe, Latin America or Asia.While traveling, students will be required toattend lecture/discussion sessions, site tours,and other planned activities. This experiencewill be preceded and/or followed by additionalacademic work to be conducted on campus.Study topics may include aspects of the histori-cal, social, economic, political and aesthetic cul-tural components appropriate to the location(s)visited. The travel component of the course willbe scheduled to avoid conflict with normalsemester offerings. A travel fee is required. Noforeign language skills are required unless oth-erwise indicated.

course descriptions

221

IND-300 Supervised Study 1-4 creditsJuniors and seniors in good academic standingwho, for reasons beyond their control, find thata required course has not been scheduled beforethey expect to graduate, may receive permissionfrom a faculty sponsor, the chairperson, and thedean to register for a supervised study.Appropriate forms (available in the dean’soffice) must be completed and approved nolater than the last day to add courses for thesemester in which the supervised study is to beundertaken.

IND-401 Seminar in Russian Area Studies 3 creditsThis senior-level course explores carefullyselected topics concerning Russia or the formerSoviet Union in greater depth than is possible inthe regular curriculum. The topics change inaccordance with the interests of the studentsand the instructors. Possible topics include thecity in Russian literature, the silver age ofRussian culture 1870-1917, Russian intellectualhistory in the 19th or 20th century, the develop-ment of the Russian Revolutionary movement,and Marxism in Soviet thought.

International Studies (INT)

INT-314, INT-315 Study Abroad 12-17 credits per semesterStudy Abroad options available to studentsinclude a wide variety of academic locations andcourses. Programs may include opportunitiesfor intensive language study as well as courses inother academic disciplines that may include thelocal culture, literature, art, music, history orpolitics of the site selected for study. Some sitesprovide courses taught in English. Students maybe approved to enroll in Study Abroad for asemester or for the full year. Additional infor-mation is available from the office of the dean ofthe College of Liberal Arts, Education, andSciences. Prerequisites: 2.5 PGA; sophomorestanding or above.

Law and Justice (LAW)

LAW-140 Introductory Seminar in Law andJustice 3 creditsIntroduces students to the interdisciplinarystudy of law and justice. The seminar isdesigned to enable students to think criticallyabout legal issues, address legal problems fromvarious viewpoints, and apply different types oftheories of justice to analyze laws and legal insti-tutions. Students will learn to address law andlegal issues from a variety of perspectives andapproaches: anthropological, historical, literary,philosophical, political, psychological, and soci-ological. Open to freshmen and sophomoresonly.

LAW-150 Introduction to Forensics 3 creditsIntroduces students to principles of forensic sci-ence. Whether the issue is establishing paternityor cause of death, determining arson or liability,or deciding criminal guilt or innocence, collect-ing and evaluating forensic material is typicallyinvolved. Students will learn the meaning andsignificance of scientific evidence and its role incriminal investigations and civil and criminaltrials. Students will learn how forensic scientistswork, define a problem, collect data and analyzeresults. Case studies, crime simulations andexamination of criminal evidence will highlightthe application of scientific principles.

course descriptions

222

LAW-204 Law, Literature, and Film inAmerica 3 creditsFocuses in an interdisciplinary manner on lawand justice as represented in American literatureand films. It analyzes novels, short stories, andselected non-fiction texts from the perspectivesof literary criticism, social history, and culturaland American studies.

LAW-304 Women and Law 3 creditsExplores the social, economic, political and cul-tural context of laws relating to women and gen-der, such as workplace discrimination, divorceand child custody and reproductive rights. Itexamines how such laws have changed histori-cally and the impact such laws have had onwomen as well as on men and on Americansociety. The course also examines women in thelegal profession and their impact on the practiceof law and legal reasoning.

LAW-305 Trial Advocacy 3 creditsIntegrates knowledge and understanding ofsubstantive laws pertaining to a specific case,with examination of the court process. Studentsdevelop their communications skills and theirability to evaluate facts and the relevance of var-ious forms of evidence. By participating in thelegal process from the inception of a case to itslegal outcome students gain an understandingof the complexity of the legal process and thesocial roles of the various actors (plaintiffs,defendants, jurors, lawyers, judges, witnesses)involved.

LAW-306 Law and Justice Experience 3 creditsProvides supervised work experience in an insti-tution, office or agency related to law or lawenforcement, such as courts, prosecutor/defenseattorney offices, private law offices, state agen-cies, and local police departments. Students areexpected to apply and broaden the knowledge

obtained from law and justice courses to theirfield work experience. Students meet as a classwith a faculty instructor to discuss and analyzetheir field work experiences. Available to juniorsand seniors in law and justice minor or byapproval of the director of law and justice pro-gram. Prerequisites: minimum 2.75 GPA andpermission of instructor.

LAW-307 Criminal Justice Practice 3 creditsExamines how recent social, economic, techno-logical and legal changes have affected criminaljustice agencies and practitioners. It will explorehow the work organizations of criminal justicepractitioners have changed and assess currentnew directions in the field. Students will exam-ine the work and work settings of criminal jus-tice practitioners and the culture and structureof different criminal justice agencies. Through avariety of case studies and projects (includinginterviews and visits to criminal justice agen-cies) students will examine types of work in thefield of criminal justice, assess the effects of cur-rent social policies on criminal justice careers,and explore ethical issues raised by changes incriminal justice practice. Prerequisites: juniorstanding and at least two courses from CategoryI of law and justice minor.

LAW-308 Conflict and Conflict Resolution 3 creditsFocuses on understanding the meaning of con-flict and strategies for its resolution. The courseexamines the ways conflict functions in varioussocial contexts including professional, commu-nity, family, education and international rela-tions. Traditional models of adjudication will becompared to alternative forms of dispute reso-lution. Students will be introduced to researchon the practice and effectiveness of variousforms of conflict and conflict resolution.Students will participate in various class exercis-es, including role-plays, simulations and casestudies.

course descriptions

223

LAW-310 Cyberspace Law and Policy 3 creditsExplores the legal and policy concerns raised bythe Internet from both national and interna-tional perspectives. The course also will exploreregulation issues in the online world focusingon the extent to which cyberspace is currentlyunder control and the extent to which it can orshould be regulated. Particular attention will begiven to the applicability of various principles oflaw and models of regulation. Topics addressedwill include jurisdiction, freedom of expression,intellectual property, privacy protection, safetyconcerns, equal access, electronic commerce,and computer crime.

LAW-355 Sports and the Law 3 creditsExamines the legal, ethical, economic, social andmanagerial issues related to sports. Topicsinclude liability issues, contracts, employmentdiscrimination, antitrust law, and constitutionallaw.

LAW-365 Rights of the Accused 3 creditsAnalyzes the major substantive and proceduralrights accorded to the criminally accused by theUnited States Constitution. Particular attentionwill be given to the right to counsel, confessionsand self-incrimination, arrest, search andseizure. Students will learn to argue and writehypothetical case opinions.

LAW-395 Selected Topics in Law andJustice 3 creditsStudies specialized areas of scholarship relatedto laws, legal institutions, legal or law-relatedoccupations, and/or legal decision making. Thecourse will provide an interdisciplinary exami-nation of a selected topic. Topics vary and arelisted in the course roster.

LAW-405 Crime and Justice in the Media 3 creditsFocuses on the related themes of crime and jus-tice in many different cultures and historicaleras as they have been represented in a variety ofEuropean, American, African, Asian, andAustralian texts in the following media: prima-rily in films and fiction but also in dramas andserious, non-fiction prose. Prerequisite: at leastone course from the law and justice minor orpermission of instructor.

LAW-450 Law and Justice Senior Seminar 3 creditsDraws on and develops students’ knowledge andunderstanding of law and legal institutions andapplies it to a specific legal topic, method, insti-tution or controversy. Topics will vary. Studentsexplore the social, political, ethical, and eco-nomic issues relevant to the topic. Students willbe expected to contribute to seminar discus-sions and to complete projects related to theseminar theme. Required for seniors in law andjustice minor and open to others by permissionof the instructor or director of the law and jus-tice program.

LAW-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 creditsAllows students to design and carry out originalresearch on a topic of their choice. Available tojuniors and seniors in the law and justice minor.Proposals must be reviewed and approved by afaculty sponsor. Proposals must be submitted atleast four weeks prior to course registration.

LAW-491 Internship in Law and Justice 1-4 creditsProvides supervised work experience in an insti-tution, office or agency related to law or lawenforcement, such as courts, prosecutor/defenseattorney offices, private law offices, state agen-cies, and local police departments. Students areexpected to apply and broaden the knowledgeobtained from law and justice minor courses to

course descriptions

224

their field work experience. Prerequisites: 2.75GPA and permission of the director of the lawand justice program. fall, spring, summer

LAW-496 Honors Thesis in Law and Justice 3-6 creditsEntails substantial research and writing on atopic selected by the student. Available to sen-iors in the minor who have a minimum cumu-lative GPA of 3.25 and a 3.25 GPA in law andjustice minor courses. Proposals must bereviewed and approved by the law and justiceprogram committee. Proposals must be submit-ted at least four weeks prior to course registra-tion.

Liberal Studies (LIB)

LIB-200 Introduction to Liberal Studies 3 creditsIntroduces students to the various perspectivesand methods of the disciplines in liberal studies:natural and social sciences, humanities, and thearts. Students learn the multifaceted nature ofreality by contrasting the types of questions andanswers offered by each discipline. They studythe historical development of the university andthe rise and transformation of liberal studiesdisciplines.

LIB-300 40-Hour HAZWOPER Certification 3 creditsThis course prepares senior level, undergraduateenvironmental science students to satisfy regu-latory compliance mandates to work in theenvironmental field. Certification is only validfor one year. To retain certification, a studentmust annually attend an 8-hour re-certificationprogram or she/he will have to retake the 40-hour certification course.

LIB-301 Environmental, Safety and HealthProgram Management 3 creditsA course for undergraduate environmental sci-ence students, as well as health and safety pro-fessionals. Course considers various manage-ment techniques, roles, history, program ele-ments, and current trends in environmental,safety and health in industrial and governmentsettings.

LIB-302 Sampling and Testing Methods forIndustrial Hygiene I 3 creditsCourse is designed to introduce and familiarizethe student with methods to test and samplevarious items in the workplace. Hands on use ofIH (industrial hygiene) equipment will be used.Prerequisites: General CHEM I and II, BIO orphysics and math including statistics.

LIB-303 Sampling and Testing Methods forIndustrial Hygiene II 3 creditsCourse is designed to introduce and familiarizethe student with methods to test and samplevarious items in the workplace. Hands on use ofIH (industrial hygiene) equipment will be used.Prerequisites: General CHEM I and II, BIO orphysics and math including statistics.

LIB-304 Legal Aspects of Health andSafety 3 creditsThis course will familiarize students with thevarious laws and regulations the safety profes-sional must achieve compliance with and know.Occupational Safety and Health Administration(OSHA), Environmental Protection Agency(EPA), Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NCR), NJDepartment of Health (DOH), and worker’scompensation and risk will be discussed.

course descriptions

225

LIB-305 Worker’s Compensation and RiskManagement 3 creditsA course for undergraduate environmental sci-ence students, as well as health and safety pro-fessionals. Course considers worker’s compen-sation and risk management in industrial gov-ernment settings.

LIB-310 Legal Research and Writing 3 creditsThis course provides the student with an intro-duction to the methods and tools of legalresearch and to the analytical and stylistic basicsof legal writing. The end product of the coursewill be a memorandum of law, such as an attor-ney, law clerk, or paralegal might prepare in alaw firm, corporate legal department, judge’schambers, or government regulatory agency.

LIB-311 Paralegal Studies I 3 creditsThis course provides the student with an intro-duction to the litigation process, legal terminol-ogy, documents, ethics, and evidentiary predi-cate. The student will be able to act as a parale-gal for a practicing attorney and/or law firmwhom functions in a representative capacity onbehalf of clients. Such representation includescivil and criminal court systems.

LIB-400 Seminar in Liberal Studies 3 creditsA critical examination of the tradition ofWestern humanism and the way it has beentransmitted through liberal arts education.Deals with a variable set of permanent problemsin humanistic debate and learning-e.g., special-ization, the need for unifying theories of knowl-edge, the purpose of history, the place of intel-lectual life in mass society, the meaning of free-dom, the modern problem of alienation, theresponsibilities of the university, etc. Emphasison why and how such problems have beenaddressed rather than any presumptive solu-tions.

LIB-490 Independent and SupervisedStudyIndependent and Supervised Study is availableto CCS students for special study projects.Students must have completed a minimum of45 credits applicable to a Rider degree and aminimum of 12 credit hours at Rider with aGPA of 2.5 or better. Each project may be takenfor one-four credits and a maximum of six cred-its may be applied to the associate degree, 12credits to the bachelor degree.

Management and HumanResources (MGT)

MGT-201 Fundamentals of Managementand Organizational Behavior 3 creditsThis course deals with the fundamentals oforganizational behavior as they relate to man-agement such as motivation, communications,and leadership. Behavior is examined at theindividual, group, and organizational level. Themanagement functions of planning, organizing,leading and controlling are addressed. Theeffects of global operations and the require-ments of ethical behavior on managers are alsoexplored.

MGT-310 Introduction to Human ResourceManagement 3 creditsThis course deals with the nature of humanresource management, its functions, proce-dures, and practices currently found in profit,non-profit and public sector organizations.Topics covered include recruiting and selection,training, human resource development, equalemployment opportunity, performanceappraisal, diversity, job analysis, compensation,and employee rights and discipline.Prerequisite: MGT-201 or permission ofinstructor.

course descriptions

226

MGT-312 Introduction to Labor Relations 3 creditsThis course deals with the relationship of laborunions and management, the fundamentals ofcollective bargaining, and labor legislation. Thestructure and growth of unions as well as therelationships and problems that exist amongprivate and public sector organizations, thelabor force, and government are surveyed.Prerequisite: MGT-310 or permission ofinstructor.

MGT-313 Legal Aspects of Human ResourceManagement 3 creditsThis course deals with the various laws thataffect human resource management, includingsocial insurance, legislation, minimum wagelaws, OSHA, ERISA, as well as equal employ-ment opportunity legislation. This course isconcerned not only with the provisions of theselaws, but also with their constitutionality, theireffects, and how they are administered.Prerequisite: MGT-310 or permission ofinstructor.

MGT-316 Compensation Administration 3 creditsA detailed study of the techniques of job analy-sis as well as the various methods of job evalua-tion to establish base rates in industry, govern-ment, and nonprofit institutions. The wage andsalary structure as well as the wage and salarylevel are analyzed. Also studied are currenttrends in the compensation of hourly andsalaried employees, including benefits, in boththe public and private sectors. Prerequisite:MGT-310.

MGT-320 Managing Workforce Diversity 3 creditsDemographic shifts, changing patterns of laborforce participation, global competition, and agrowing cultural emphasis on the celebration ofdifference have all contributed to the creation of

diversity as a hot topic in management. Thiscourse explores the opportunities and chal-lenges of the increasingly diverse workforceemerging in the United States today. We willaddress the knowledge and skills managers mustdevelop in working with others who are differ-ent from themselves. Some of these differencesare obvious - gender, race, age, and physicalcharacteristics. Other differences are not as eas-ily observed - family structure, educationallevel, social class, and sexual orientation. Thisclass incorporates experiential learning tech-niques for personal growth. Prerequisite: MGT-201 or permission of instructor.

MGT-336 Career Management 3 creditsHow careers are shaped by individual needs andexperience and assisted by organization systemsand practices is the focus of this course. Themeaning of work and the development ofcareers are discussed, and students undertakeself-assessment for the purpose of career plan-ning. Careers are examined in the context ofimportant changes occuring today in the worldof work. The impact of the executive, organiza-tional counselors and trainers, and the educa-tional system upon the development of humanpotential is examined, along with the techniquesfor human resource planning and development.Prerequisite: MGT-201 or permission ofinstructor.

MGT-346 Negotiation 3 creditsThe purpose of this course is first, to explore themajor concepts and theories behind effectivenegotiating practices and second, to developnegotiating skills applicable to a wide range ofcontexts. A knowledge of negotiation is a crucialrequirement for anyone interested in a businesscareer since it is a common mechanism forimplementing change and for resolving conflictin the workplace. This course will provide bothconceptual knowledge and practical skills in the

course descriptions

227

art of negotiation. Topics will include two-partynegotiations, power and politics, mediation,arbitration, and collective bargaining. A varietyof teaching techniques will be used includingreadings, discussion, and role-playing.Prerequisite: MGT-201 or permission of theinstructor.

MGT-348 Small Business Management 3 creditsThe role of small business in the Americaneconomy is examined. Favorable practices, poli-cies, functions, principles and procedures of andfor the small business entrepreneur and owner-manager are studied. Includes learning amethod to evaluate a new venture idea.Prerequisite: MGT-201 or permission ofinstructor and junior standing.

MGT-355 Team Management 3 creditsThis course prepares students to work in organ-izations that use teams as an integral part oftheir functioning—an increasingly commonpractice. The class involves intensive groupinteraction, focusing on individual growth ingroup settings. Working with other students inrole-plays, exercises, and team assignmentsallows the student to develop better communi-cation and leadership skills. Prerequisite: MGT-201 or permission of instructor.

MGT-363 Management Skills 3 creditsThe focus of this course is on specific skills nec-essary for success in a management role. Theseskills include leading, communicating effective-ly, delegating, conflict and time managementand motivating others. Students will haveopportunities to practice skills and to applytheir knowledge to business cases. Prerequisite:MGT-201 or permission of instructor.

MGT-375 International Management 3 creditsThis course explores the ways in which cultureimpacts management practices and organiza-tional behavior and dynamics. Topics includecross cultural communication, expatriate selec-tion and training, leading and motivating crosscultural teams, developing organizationalstrategies to compete in a global market place,international business ethics, and so forth.Prerequisite: MGT-201.

MGT-421 Selected Topics in Managementand Organizational Behavior 3 creditsThe seminar focuses on an area of studyannounced at the time of registration (studentsshould check the registration material).Examples of possible topics are: TQM, diversity,leadership, motivation, etc. Prerequisites varyaccording to the topic and are listed in the reg-istration material. Prerequisite: MGT-201 orpermission of instructor.

MGT-441 Selected Topics in HumanResource Management 3 creditsDeals with one area of study in the field ofhuman resource management such as protectivelabor legislation, mediation and arbitration, theadministration of labor unions, or case prob-lems in human resource management. The topicvaries each semester and is announced at thetime of registration. Prerequisite: MGT-310 orpermission of instructor.

MGT-448 Seminar in Small BusinessConsulting 3 creditsThis course utilizes student teams to assist exist-ing small businesses in solving problems orresearching opportunities. Students will spendthe majority of time in the field utilizing anexperiential learning approach. Weekly activitylogs, proposal development, and project com-

course descriptions

228

pletion are required. Restricted to seniors.Prerequisite: MGT-348, and permission ofinstructor. spring

MGT-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 creditsResearch proposals are initiated by the student,although the final topic must be approved bythe professor and by the department chairper-son. Available only for seniors. No more thanfour credits allowed toward graduation.Prerequisite: MGT-201 and permission ofinstructor.

MGT-491 Internship in Management and Leadership 3 creditsSupplements classroom principles and theoriesby offering students the opportunity to workunder the supervision of managers of Route 1corridor companies and organizations. Theinternship program is designed to providedepartmental majors with a first-hand look atthe managerial role in medium to large organi-zations. Work-study programs are worked outbetween the organization and the instructor foreach intern. It is expected that students willspend a minimum of eight hours per weekworking in selected organizations. Prerequisites:major in management and organizationalbehavior or human resource management andMGT-363, or senior status, and permission ofthe instructor.

MGT-492 Internship in Human Resource Management 3 creditsSupplements classroom principles and theoriesby offering the student an opportunity to studyunder directors of industrial relations or humanresource management of Delaware Valley com-panies. Work-study programs are worked outbetween company and instructor. A minimumof eight hours of internship per week during the

semester and meetings with the instructor arerequired. Prerequisite: major in human resourcemanagement or management and organization-al behavior, and MGT-310; senior status, andpermission of instructor.

Management Sciences (MSD)

MSD-104 Introduction to QuantitativeMethods 3 supplemental education unitsA comprehensive review of basic algebra. Sets,the real number system, inequalities, absolutevalue, exponentiation and root extraction, alge-braic manipulation, functions, linear and quad-ratic equations, and applications.

MSD-105 Quantitative Methods forBusiness I 3 creditsSystems of linear equations, matrix algebra, lin-ear programming, basic probability theory, andselected applications of mathematics to financeare covered. Students who take this course maynot take MTH-105 for credit. Prerequisite:MSD-104 or a passing grade on the MathPlacement Exam.

MSD-106 Quantitative Methods forBusiness II 3 creditsAn introduction to calculus. The limit, deriva-tive, optima and integral of a function of onevariable, as well as optimization of a function oftwo variables, are covered. Applications to prob-lems in business and economics are discussed.Prerequisite: MSD-105 or equivalent.

course descriptions

229

MSD-110 Mathematics for ActuarialScience I 3 creditsThe first course in a three-course sequencedesigned to give the actuarial science student asolid foundation in calculus and linear algebra.This course focuses on the theory of differentialcalculus of a function of one variable. Topicsinclude a review of algebraic and geometric pre-liminaries, the limit of a function, differentia-tion, applications of the derivative and an intro-duction to the integral. Important classes offunctions studied in this first course include thepolynomial, rational and trigonometric func-tions. fall

MSD-111 Mathematics for ActuarialScience II 3 creditsThis course focuses on single-variable integralcalculus. Topics include techniques of integra-tion, application of the integral, the logarithmicand exponential functions, infinite series andpolar coordinates. Prerequisite: MSD-110 orequivalent. spring

MSD-112 Mathematics for ActuarialScience III 3 creditsThis course focuses on multivariate calculus andlinear algebra. Topics include differentiationand integration in higher dimensions and theirapplications, three dimensional geometry,matricies, vector spaces and the eigenvalueproblem. Prerequisite: MSD-111. fall

MSD-200 Statistical Methods I 3 creditsMethods and applications of descriptive andinferential statistics are examined. Topicsinclude graphical techniques, descriptive meas-ures, random variables, sampling distributions,and estimation and hypothesis testing for themean of one population. Prerequisite: MSD-105or equivalent.

MSD-201 Statistical Methods II 3 creditsA continuation of MSD 200. Topics includeinference for proportions, comparison of twomeans, proportions and variances, simple linearregression, chi square tests, and the analysis ofvariance. Prerequisite: MSD-200.

MSD-320 Quantitative Methods inBusiness Forecasting 3 creditsA study of the various quantitative techniquesapplicable to the problems of forecasting thatoccur in business and industry. Topics mayinclude the regression techniques of causalmodeling, as well as the moving average, expo-nential smoothing and Box-Jenkins approachesof time series analysis. All methods are illustrat-ed with the use of realistic forecasts.Prerequisite: MSD-201 or MTH-341. fall

MSD-325 Applied Regression and Analysisof Variance 3 creditsThis course examines the use of applied linearstatistical models to adequately describe practi-cal relationships in business and economics.The implementation of a popular statisticalcomputing package to analyze realistic data setsis an important component of the course.Topics include simple and multiple linearregression, model diagnostics and remedialmeasures, and the analysis of variance.Prerequisite: MSD-201 or MTH-341. spring

course descriptions

230

MSD-340 Production and Operations 3 creditsThis course introduces the concepts and tech-niques of designing and managing manufactur-ing and service systems and their operationseffectively and efficiently. Major topics includeproduct and process design, facility location,forecasting, aggregate planning, inventory man-agement, material requirements planning, proj-ect management, just-in-time systems, qualityassurance, linear programming, the transporta-tion problem and queuing models. Currentissues such as productivity, global competitive-ness, and quality are also discussed.Prerequisites: MSD-105 or MSD-110, MSD-200or MTH-340, MSD-201 or MTH-341.

MSD-350 Compound Interest Theory 3 creditsA thorough treatment of the theory and appli-cations of compound interest. Topics includethe measurement of interest, elementary andgeneral annuities, amortization schedules andsinking funds, and bonds and other securities.Prerequisite: MSD-112 or equivalent. spring

MSD-440 Life Contingencies I 3 creditsThe first of a two-semester survey of the princi-ples of life contingencies with application to lifeinsurance practice. Topics include survival dis-tributions, life insurance, life annuities, benefitpremiums and benefit reserves. Prerequisite:MSD-112, MTH-340 and MSD-350. fall

MSD-441 Life Contingencies II 3 creditsThe second of a two-semester survey of theprinciples of life contingencies with applicationto life insurance practice. Topics include analy-sis of benefit reserves, multiple life functions,multiple decrement functions, and insurancemodels with expenses. Prerequisite: MSD-440.spring

MSD-490 Independent Research and Study 3 creditsTopic to be approved by professor and depart-ment chairperson. Available for juniors and sen-iors. No more than 12 credits allowed towardgraduation.

MSD-491 Summer Management SciencesInternship 3 creditsAn honors course that provides the student withapproximately two months of supervisedemployment with participating companies.Students are given a variety of work experiences.They are required to complete a term paper andto make an oral presentation to the faculty.Pass/fail. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.summer

course descriptions

231

Marketing (MKT)

MKT-200 Marketing Principles 3 creditsMarket characteristics, consumer buying habitsand motives, functions of marketing, and thefields of retailing and wholesaling—includingthe role of intermediates—are examined.Concepts and current practices in productdevelopment, pricing, promotion, distribution,and international marketing are studied.

MKT-305 Social Issues in Marketing 3 creditsInvestigation, through discussion and readings,of the relevance and role of marketing in influ-encing social change. Emphasizes the socialresponsibility of the marketing system. For stu-dents with majors in marketing and businessand others who wish to broaden their educa-tional exposure. No prior marketing coursesrequired.

MKT-310 Business to Business Marketing 3 creditsThe practices and policies used in the marketingof goods and services to business and industrialbuyers are analyzed, focusing on the market andthe demand for products, marketing research,product planning, channels of distribution,pricing policies and practices, and the develop-ment of sales programs and service policies.Prerequisite: MKT-200.

MKT-320 Consumer Behavior 3 creditsThe nature and determinants of consumerbehavior are studied, with attention given to theinfluence of socio-psychological factors such aspersonality, small groups, demographic vari-ables, social class, and culture on the formationof consumer attitudes, consumption patterns,and purchasing behavior. Required for advertis-ing majors.

MKT-330 International Marketing 3 creditsThe role of enterprise, comparative marketingand transport institutions and systems, andcomparative marketing organizations and sys-tems of administration in selected foreign coun-tries and the United States is assessed. The man-agerial and operational problems of worldenterprise, with emphasis on the role of ethnicand cultural differences in influencing market-ing strategy, are discussed. Prerequisite: MKT-200.

MKT-335 Advertising Principles 3 creditsBasic theory, functions, principles, and applica-tions of advertising are the focus of this course.The relation of advertising to our economy, theadvertising department and the ad agency,selection of media, advertising practices, andthe use of research to improve advertising tech-niques are covered. Prerequisite: MKT-200.Required for advertising majors.

MKT-340 Personal Selling 3 creditsExamines persuasive techniques utilized in salespresentations conducted on a person-to-personbasis. Major course emphasis is on developingeffective selling techniques; understanding thecompany, its products and the role of the sales-person in implementing product/market strate-gies; understanding the customers and the sell-ing environment; application of effective salespresentation techniques; recognizing sellingopportunities and careers.

MKT-350 Retailing Management 3 creditsThe principles underlying successful retailingare analyzed: store location, equipment, and lay-out; organization of market contracts; selecting,buying, and receiving merchandise; merchan-dise planning and retailing mathematics; andthe development of a retail sales program andcontrol over retail operations.

course descriptions

232

MKT-366 Marketing Research 3 creditsTopics include specific research procedures ingathering, processing, analyzing, and presentinginformation relevant to marketing problems:advertising planning and effectiveness; productdevelopment; distribution channels; sales tech-niques; consumer behavior; and forecasting.Student learning about research planning,implementation, and interpretation is facilitatedby the use of projects or cases. Prerequisites:MKT-200; MSD-200, MSD-201; junior stand-ing. Required for marketing and advertisingmajors.

MKT-406 Marketing Research Project 3 creditsAn opportunity for continued learning aboutmarketing research, primarily through imple-mentation of an actual research project. Thecourse focuses on the application of materiallearned in MKT-366, but extends learningthrough lectures, discussions, or experientialexercises in all areas of research methodology,including research design, instrument creation,data collection and analysis, and report prepara-tion. Prerequisite: MKT-366 and senior stand-ing.

MKT-410 Advertising Copy and Layout 3 creditsDevelopment and planning of creative andstrategic advertisements for a variety of prod-ucts. The course includes creating concepts forads, designing ads, and writing copy for allmedia. The student will become familiar withthe activities and responsibilities of copywritersand art directors. The relationship between cre-ative advertising and other functions of adver-tising will be emphasized. Prerequisites: MKT-335, COM-212, senior standing or permissionof instructor. Required for advertising majors.

MKT-420 Media Planning and Strategy 3 creditsProcedures and problems encountered in deter-mining appropriate media in which to placespecific kinds of advertising messages designedto reach closely defined target audiences. Theadvantages and disadvantages of all media willbe discussed from an advertising perspective.Specific audience and cost calculations andanalyses will be used to develop comprehensivemedia plans. Prerequisites: MKT-335; seniorstanding or permission of instructor. Requiredfor advertising majors.

MKT-435 Advertising Campaigns 3 creditsThis capstone course for advertising majorsprovides an opportunity for students to plancomprehensive advertising campaigns.Coverage includes segmentation research, cre-ative development of the campaign, media plan-ning, and determining advertising effectiveness.Integration of advertising into the marketingprogram will be emphasized. Prerequisites:MKT-410, MKT-420; advertising major orminor, senior standing or permission of instruc-tor. Required for advertising majors.

MKT-440 Sales Management 3 creditsBy means of lectures, discussions, and case stud-ies, the field of marketing management is ana-lyzed from the viewpoint of sales executives.The responsibilities for planning and adminis-tering personal selling operations are empha-sized. Considerable attention is given to otheractivities for which sales executives may bewholly or jointly responsible, such as decisionmaking on promotion and brand management.Prerequisites: MKT-200, senior standing.

course descriptions

233

MKT-460 Marketing Management Seminar 3 creditsThis capstone course for marketing majorsemploys a top management approach to theoverall marketing task, including planning,organizing, controlling, and integrating all theactivities of the marketing department.Integration of marketing with other operationsof the business unit is emphasized. Major prob-lems and current trends are identified and ana-lyzed through case discussion. Prerequisite:marketing major and 15 semester hours of mar-keting. Required for marketing majors.

MKT-469 Selected Topics in Marketing 3 creditsThe study of a topic (or combination of topics)that represents some dimension of marketing orhas important and direct implications for mar-keting management. Theoretical foundations aswell as special applications of marketing deci-sion making may be explored. Readings,research, lectures, discussions, or other appro-priate methods are employed to stimulate stu-dent learning. Prerequisite: senior standing orpermission of instructor.

MKT-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 creditsTopic to be approved by the professor anddepartment chairperson. Available for juniorsand seniors. No more than 12 credits allowedtoward graduation, which may be counted as abusiness or free elective.

MKT-491 Internship-Based IndependentStudy 3 creditsProvides the student an opportunity to supple-ment and apply classroom work in supervisedemployment with participating marketing andadvertising firms. Requirements include a jour-nal with a log of daily activities, and a project orterm paper presented to and evaluated by theinternship sponsor. Evaluation will also include

a report by the company on the intern’s per-formance. Credits may be used to satisfy busi-ness or free elective requirements. Prerequisite:permission of instructor.

Mathematics (MTH)

A passing grade on the Mathematics PlacementTest, or a minimum score of 550 on theMathematics section of the SAT, or completionof MTH-100S Math Skills Lab, is required foradmission to MTH-102 Elements of FiniteMath. A passing score on the MathematicsPlacement Test and on the algebra section of theMathematics and Science Major Placement Test,or a minimum score of 550 on the SAT, togeth-er with a passing score on the algebra section ofthe above test, or completion of MTH-100SMath Skills Lab together with a passing score onthe algebra section is required for admission toMTH-105 algebra and Trigonometry. Passingscores on the Mathematics Placement Test andon the algebra and pre-calculus sections of theMathematics and Science Major Placement Test,or a minimum score of 550 on the SAT, togeth-er with passing scores on the algebra and pre-calculus sections, or completion of MTH-100SMath Skills Lab, together with passing scores onthe algebra and pre-calculus sections, or com-pletion of MTH-105 Algebra and Trigonometry,is required for admission to MTH-210 CalculusI.

MTH-100S Math Skills Lab 1 supplemental education unitThe Math Skills Lab helps students master arith-metic and elementary algebra necessary for col-lege level mathematics courses. Students in theCollege of Liberal Arts, Education, and Scienceswho do not pass the Mathematics PlacementTest are required to complete the Math SkillsLab successfully before enrolling in liberal artsmathematics courses. Students are required to

course descriptions

234

attend regular class sessions. Students haveaccess to tutors, computer-assisted instruction,and structured workshops. The one supplemen-tal education unit does not count toward grad-uation; grading is done on a Y/Z (pass/not pass)basis.

MTH-102 Elements of Finite Mathematics 3 creditsThe course begins with consolidation of somebasic topics including sets, number theory, realnumbers, functions and graphs. Statistics andprobability theory are introduced with applica-tions to the social and natural sciences.Throughout the course there will be an empha-sis on formulating and solving familiar sorts ofproblems in mathematical terms. Prerequisite:see note under mathematics heading.

MTH-105 Algebra and Trigonometry 4 creditsAlgebraic functions, trigonometric functions,identities and conditional equations, inequali-ties, exponential and logarithmic functions.Students who take MTH-105 may not takeMSD-105 for credit. Prerequisite: see noteunder mathematics heading.

MTH-120 Introduction to Applied Statistics 3 creditsCollection and presentation of data. Measuresof location and variation, sampling theory,hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, t-tests,chi-square tests, regression, and correlation.Emphasizes practical applications. Prerequisite:MTH-102 or MTH-105. Not open to businessadministration, chemistry, geosciences, marinesciences, math or physics majors. spring

MTH-210 Calculus I 4 creditsIntroduces analytic geometry, functions, limits,and derivatives; differentiation of algebraic andtrigonometric functions, curve sketching, maxi-ma and minima, and higher derivatives.Prerequisite: MTH-105 or placement by exami-nation.

MTH-211 Calculus II 4 creditsThe definite integral, differentiation of tran-scendental functions, methods of integrationand approximate integration, determination ofarea, volume and surface area. Prerequisite:MTH-210.

MTH-212 Calculus III 4 creditsInfinite series; functions of two and three vari-ables, vectors and tangent planes, partial deriva-tives, multiple integrals, determination of vol-ume and density. Prerequisite: MTH-211.

MTH-240 Linear Algebra 3 creditsSystems of linear equations; vector spaces; linearindependence; determinants; orthogonality;linear maps; eigenvectors. Prerequisites: MTH-210; sophomore standing; or permission ofinstructor. Corequisite: MTH-211. fall

MTH-250 Differential Equations 3 creditsFirst order differential equations, separable andexact; integrating factors; second order lineardifferential equations; series solutions of secondorder linear differential equations; higher orderequations; existence and uniqueness theorems;systems of linear differential equations.Prerequisites: MTH-240, MTH-211. Pre- orCorequisite: MTH-212. spring

course descriptions

235

MTH-308 Advanced Calculus 3 creditsVectors, gradients, and directional derivatives,Lagrange multipliers, Taylor’s theorem, multipleintegrals, change of variables, line and surfaceintegrals, Stokes’ theorem. Prerequisites: B aver-age in MTH-210 and MTH-211; MTH-212,MTH-240. fall

MTH-315 Modern Geometry 3 creditsCovers geometry from a modern point of view,with emphasis on non-Euclidean geometry, par-ticularly projective geometry. Prerequisites:MTH-211, MTH-240. spring

MTH-340 Probability and StatisticalAnalysis I 3 creditsTheory of sets and probability; discrete andcontinuous random variables and probabilitydistributions. Emphasizes foundations and uti-lizes the techniques of the calculus. Prerequisite:MTH-212. fall

MTH-341 Probability and StatisticalAnalysis II 3 creditsContinuation of MTH-340. Foundations ofmathematical statistics: normal distributions,estimation, confidence intervals and hypothesistesting; topics chosen from student’s t-test, chi-square tests, analysis of variance and regressionanalysis. Emphasizes foundations and utilizesthe techniques of the calculus. Prerequisite:MTH-340. spring

MTH-401 Modern Algebra 3 creditsProvides an introduction to modern abstractalgebra. It emphasizes the axiomatic method toanalyze the major algebraic systems. Theinstructor will choose the topics to be studiedfrom among the following algebraic structures:

integral domains, fields, complete orderedfields, groups, polynomials, rings, ideals andmodules. Prerequisite: MTH-240. fall

MTH-402 Topics in Advanced Mathematics 3 creditsChosen from advanced pure or applied mathe-matics. Topics vary, depending on instructor.Prerequisite: varies depending on topic.

MTH-410 Complex Analysis 3 creditsAnalytic functions, conformal mapping, powerseries, Cauchy’s theorem, calculus of residues.Prerequisite: MTH-308. spring

MTH-420 Number Theory 3 creditsCovers topics including divisibility theory, theprime numbers, the theories of congruencesand of quadratic reciprocity, and Fermat’s LastTheorem. Other topics may also include appli-cations to cryptography, Pell’s equations, con-tinued fractions, and the theory of partitions.Prerequisite: MTH-240 or permission ofinstructor.

MTH-430 Introduction to Topology 3 creditsA comprehensive introduction to elementarytopology. The concepts of topological spacesand metric spaces will be introduced.Connectedness, compactness and properties ofsubsets of the real numbers rooted in topologywill also be considered. The quotient topologywill be used to construct surfaces as identifica-tion spaces, and tools will be developed to dis-tinguish one surface from another. Prerequisite:MTH-212.

course descriptions

236

MTH-440 Real Analysis 3 creditsCovers the theory of sets, the real number sys-tem and its properties, convergence ofsequences and series of numbers and functions,and the theory of integration, including: meas-ure theory, the Riemann integral, and introduc-tion to the Lebesque theory of integration. Pre-or Corequisite: MTH-308.

MTH-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 credits

Multicultural Studies (MCS)

MCS-110 Race, Class and Gender inContemporary American Society 3 creditsThis interdisciplinary course analyzes the waysin which race, class, gender and ethnic relation-ships shape the experience of all persons in thissociety. It examines the categories of race, classand gender as social constructs that have beenhistorically developed and sustained by eco-nomic, social, political and cultural factors.

MCS-220 Issues in Multicultural Studies 3 creditsAn examination of issues and questions posedby the existence of diversity in social life.Students build on what they have learned inMCS-110 by focusing in greater depth on select-ed aspects of multicultural interaction. Topicschange each semester and are listed in thecourse roster. Recent topics include“Understanding Privilege,” “The Meaning ofDifference,” and “Narratives of HumanDifference: Science, Politics, Literature.”Prerequisite: MCS-110 or permission ofinstructor.

MCS-280 Directed Study in MulticulturalStudies 1-4 creditsAn intensive study experience in multiculturalstudies. The student designs and carries out acourse of focused study under the supervisionof a multicultural studies faculty member. Thestudent’s proposed plan of work must bereviewed and approved by the faculty sponsorand by the multicultural studies advisory com-mittee. May be repeated once for credit.

MCS-491 Internship in MulticulturalStudies 1-4 creditsA supervised community service of work expe-rience at an approved site. Placements are madein accordance with each student’s particulartheme within multicultural studies. A minimumof three hours per week on site per credit (39hours per semester); in addition, students com-plete readings and reports and meet weekly withthe instructor. Primarily for multicultural stud-ies minors in their junior or senior year.

Philosophy (PHL)

All philosophy courses have small weekly dis-cussion classes to help the student question,interpret, and critically analyze the course mate-rial.

PHL-100 Plato and Aristotle 3 creditsThe beginnings of Western scientific andhumanistic thought among the early Greeks andtheir progress into the two great systems ofPlato and Aristotle. Selections from Plato andAristotle are read and discussed to determinethe meaning and significance of philosophicalideas that have subsequently influenced thewhole history of Western civilization.

course descriptions

237

PHL-100 Freshman Seminar in Plato andAristotle 3 creditsLimited to 16 freshmen who are introduced tophilosophy through careful and intensive read-ings of selected texts of Plato and Aristotle, writ-ing a series of analyses and critiques of thesetexts, and presenting papers and critiques ofother students’ papers orally in tutorial situa-tions.

PHL-101 Logic and Language 3 creditsA study of the logical structure of argumenta-tion in ordinary language, with the emphasis onthe relation of logic to the uses of language inpractical affairs. Traditional informal fallaciesare studied as well. Discussions explore thenature of validity, truth, meaning, and evidencein relation to the evaluation of arguments.

PHL-101 Freshman Seminar in Logic andLanguage 3 creditsLimited to 16 freshmen who are introduced tothe study of the logical structure of argumenta-tion in ordinary language. Emphasis on the rela-tion of logic to the uses of language in practicalaffairs, as well as a study of traditional informalfallacies. Students write a series of analyses andcritiques of arguments, as well as present papersand critiques in tutorial situations.

PHL-115 Ethics 3 creditsA combined historical and systematic analysis ofthe problems of ethics. The nature and meaningof moral values and judgments, moral responsi-bility and freedom, the relativity of value, con-science and happiness are discussed. Principalethical positions are examined to determine thenature of ethical problems and the criteria fortheir adequate solution. The writings of suchphilosophers as Epicurus, Spinoza, Hume, Kant,Mill, and Nietzsche are read.

PHL-115 Freshman Seminar in Ethics 3 creditsLimited to 16 freshmen who are introduced tophilosophy through a combined historical andsystematic analysis of the problems of ethics.Such problems as the nature and meaning ofmoral values and judgments, moral responsibil-ity and freedom, conscience and happiness, thegood life, and the relativity of value are exploredthrough the writings of such philosophers asPlato, Aristotle, Spinoza, Kant, Mill, andNietzsche. Students write a series of analysesand critiques of selected works, as well as pres-ent papers and critiques in tutorial situations.

PHL-120 American Philosophy 3 creditsThe development of philosophical thought inthe United States from the colonial era to the20th century. Studies such thinkers as Edwards,Jefferson, Emerson, Thoreau, Peirce, James,Dewey, and King, and their ideas on humannature, free will, religion, morality, and politics.

PHL-202 Social Philosophy 3 creditsEmphasizes social ethics through critical studiesof such contemporary problems as abortion,euthanasia, the death penalty, pornography andcensorship, animal rights, drug use, sexualmorality, environmental ethics, and worldhunger.

PHL-203 Business Ethics 3 creditsSurveys and examines ethical problems con-cerning the institutions and practices of con-temporary business. Problems consideredinclude: the conflicts of economic freedom andsocial responsibility; the relation of profits towork and alienation; the responsibilities of busi-ness to employees, minorities, consumers andthe environment; the role of truthfulness inbusiness practices; and the ethics of self-fulfill-ment and career ambitions. Readings selectedfrom works of contemporary and historicalphilosophers, social theorists, and business peo-ple.

course descriptions

238

PHL-205 Hellenistic and MedievalPhilosophy 3 creditsThe development of European philosophy fromthe Epicurean and Stoic philosophies of theGraeco-Roman world to the nominalism ofWilliam of Occam. Emphasizes the problem ofphilosophical knowledge, selected metaphysicalquestions, and the development ofScholasticism. The works of Plotinus, St.Augustine, Anselm of Canterbury, Abelard,Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, and William ofOccam are read and discussed.

PHL-207 Asian Philosophy 3 creditsThe principal philosophical perspectives of theOrient, from ancient times to the present.Special attention to Indian philosophic develop-ments related to the Upanishads, Bhagavad-gita,Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism, and toChinese Confucianism and Taoism.

PHL-210 Symbolic Logic 3 creditsAn introduction to logic from the standpoint ofmodern symbolic methods, including tech-niques of formal deductive proof, quantifica-tion, the logic of relations, and properties of for-mal deductive systems. Discussions focus onphilosophical issues in recent and contempo-rary logical theory.

PHL-225 Modern Philosophy 3 creditsExamines one of the most exciting periods inthe history of philosophy during which philoso-phers from Descartes to Kant tried to come toterms with the following questions: What isknowledge? Can we know the physical worldexists? Can we have scientific knowledge? Canwe know God exists? Can we even knowwhether we exist? The works of Descartes,Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, Hume andKant are read and discussed.

PHL-226 19th-Century ContinentalPhilosophy 3 creditsStudies the nature and meaning of freedom,individuality, and society in the writing ofHegel, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Marx, andNietzsche. Examination of the central conceptsof alienation, dialectic, and history in Hegel andMarx, as well as of the foundations of existen-tialism in Kierkegaard and Nietzsche.Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

PHL-230 Philosophy of the Sexes 3 creditsStudies philosophical views of the differencesbetween the sexes, sexual equality, love, mar-riage, and the family from ancient Greece to the20th century. Texts from the contemporarywomen’s and men’s movements will also beexamined.

PHL-245 Philosophies of Education 3 creditsStudies classical and contemporary theories ofthe nature, structure, and aims of education,including major works of such philosophers asPlato, Rousseau, and Dewey. The course willalso introduce students to methods of criticalphilosophical analysis.

PHL-250 Political Philosophy 3 creditsAn introduction to the problems of politicalphilosophy with an emphasis on recent andcontemporary issues, such as the conflictbetween communist and democratic ideologies,the problems of fascism and totalitarian states,violence, revolution, civil disobedience, as wellas anarchy and the concept of legitimate politi-cal authority.

course descriptions

239

PHL-252 The Nature of Art 3 creditsAn inquiry into the nature of art, creativity, aes-thetic experience, and value. Special attention tothe importance of art in relation to the nature ofman and society. Readings from classical theo-ries of art (Plato, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Croce,Santayana), as well as from contemporaryanalyses of 20th-century art.

PHL-255 American Ethics 3 creditsThe study of selected frameworks and problemsin American ethics from the Puritans to thepresent. Such topics as: predestination, naturalrights, civil disobedience, ethical relativity, ethi-cal disagreement, abortion, and other problemswill be discussed in class. Such thinkers asEdwards, James, Emerson, Dewey, Royce, Rawls,and others will be read and discussed in class.

PHL-300 Meaning in History 3 creditsAn investigation of the nature of the historicalprocess and the nature of historical inquiry. Astudy of philosophical questions such as doeshistory have a meaning? Is history cyclical?Linear? Progressive? Directed toward a finalgoal? What is the role of the individual in histo-ry? Of economic, political, sociological, and psy-chological causes? Can and should history be ascience? What is the value of historical inquiry?Prerequisite: junior standing or permission ofinstructor.

PHL-303 Philosophy of Law 3 creditsAn examination and analysis of selected topicsincluding classical and contemporary theoriesin the philosophy of law and moral philosophy.Such topics as the nature of the law and legalreasoning, the legal enforcement of morality,protection of personal liberty, and the moraljustification of punishment are considered.Such philosophers as Aquinas, Austin, Holmes,

Bentham, Hart, and Dworkin are read and dis-cussed. Prerequisite: any previous philosophycourse or permission of instructor.

PHL-304 Medical Ethics 3 creditsIntroduces the student to ethical problems asso-ciated with the practice of medicine, the pursuitof biomedical research, and health care socialpolicy. The course will explore such issues as: Isa physician morally obligated to tell a terminal-ly ill patient that he or she is dying? Is societyever justified in enacting laws that would com-mit an individual, against his or her will, to amental institution? Does society have a moralobligation to ensure that all its members haveaccess to health care? To what extent, if at all, isit ethically acceptable to clone a human being?Under what conditions is human experimenta-tion ethically acceptable? Prerequisite: any pre-vious philosophy course or permission ofinstructor.

PHL-305 Philosophy of Religion 3 creditsAn inquiry into the meaning, significance, andfundamental problems of religion as theyappear in their philosophical perspective. Therelation between religion and science, betweenfaith and reason; religious experience, religioustruth, and symbolism, etc. Selections from theworks of Anselm, Aquinas, Augustine, Paley,Hume, Kant, James and Wittgenstein.Prerequisite: any previous philosophy course orpermission of instructor.

PHL-306 Philosophy of Language 3 creditsTheories of language that raise philosophicalproblems such as the nature of meaning, theadequacy of language, the origin of language,and the relation between language and reality,action, thought, and feeling are considered.Prerequisite: any previous philosophy course orpermission of instructor.

course descriptions

240

PHL-310 Problems in 20th-CenturyPhilosophy 3 creditsConsideration of major philosophical move-ments in the 20th century such as phenomenol-ogy, existentialism, pragmatism, and analyticphilosophy. Within these movements such top-ics as the function of analysis, language andmeaning, the nature of values, the nature of per-sons, the synthetic-analytic distinction, themind-body problem, and the possibility ofmetaphysics are considered. The work of suchfigures as Wittgenstein, Russell, Heidegger,Husserl, Sartre, Whitehead, and Dewey are readand discussed. Prerequisite: any previous phi-losophy course or permission of instructor.

PHL-315 Existentialism 3 creditsHistorical development and contemporaryproblems of existentialism with emphasis on thenature of man, his ability to know his situation,the relation between existence and essence, andthe meaning of human life and activity. Theworks of such figures as Kierkegaard, Sartre,Heidegger, Camus, Kafka, Beckett, Buber, Laing,and Frankl. Prerequisite: any previous philoso-phy course or permission of instructor.

PHL-320 Philosophy of Science 3 creditsThe logic of fundamental concepts of scienceand scientific methods are studied. Patterns ofexplanation are examined to understand thefunctions of laws, theories, and predictions inscience. Inquiry is made into the relationbetween mathematics and empirical science;similarities and distinctions between the naturaland social sciences. The role of science inhuman affairs and the value of scientific knowl-edge. Prerequisite: any previous philosophycourse or permission of instructor.

PHL-334 Theories of Knowledge 3 creditsAn investigation of selected, representative the-ories of knowledge from classical and contem-porary sources. Considers the analytic-syntheticdistinctions, necessary truth, and the founda-tions of empirical knowledge. Such philoso-phers as Leibniz, Hume, Kant, Russell, andQuine are read and discussed. Prerequisite: anyprevious philosophy course or permission ofinstructor.

PHL-336 Philosophy of Mind 3 creditsThe nature, existence, and capacities of themind and self in the light of recent philosophi-cal and psychological theories, including psy-choanalysis and behaviorism. Considers suchtopics as the interaction of mind and body, theunconscious, minds and machines, freedom ofthought and action. Prerequisite: any previousphilosophy course or permission of instructor.

PHL-343 Theories of Reality 3 credits(Formerly Metaphysics) An inquiry into thenature of reality. An examination of such meta-physical problems as: the relation between mindand matter, freedom and determinism, theessence and existence of God, substance andprocess, the nature and limits of metaphysicalknowledge. The writings of such classical andrecent figures as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes,Kant, Hegel, Bergson, Whitehead, Ayer, andCollingwood are read and discussed.Prerequisite: any previous philosophy course orpermission of instructor.

PHL-360 Contemporary Ethics 3 creditsExplores recent and contemporary approachesto ethics, value-theory, and normative dis-course. Such problems as the meaning and cog-nitive status of value-judgments, the relation

course descriptions

241

between fact and value, the relativity of values,and how value-beliefs can be justified are con-sidered. Such philosophers as Dewey, G. E.Moore, C. L. Stevenson, C. I. Lewis, and R. M.Hare are read and discussed. Prerequisite: anyprevious philosophy course or permission ofinstructor.

PHL-365 Logical Theory 3 creditsStudy of selected topics and problems in thefoundations of logic. The nature of logicaltruth, structure of logical proof, solutions tological paradoxes, the relation of logic and lan-guage, and axiomatics and logical systems.Readings from such recent and contemporaryphilosophers as Russell, Quine, Carnap,Strawson, Wittgenstein, and others.Prerequisite: PHL-101 or PHL-210.

PHL-402 Nietzsche and Nihilism 3 creditsA seminar dealing with Nietzsche’s provocativeideas on Nihilism and the possibility of creatingmeaning, value, and truth for human existence.Many of his important works are read, analyzed,and critically discussed. Recent scholarly inter-pretations of Nietzsche’s philosophy are consid-ered. Prerequisite: any previous philosophycourse or permission of instructor.

PHL-404 The Philosophy of Wittgenstein 3 creditsSeminar involving a concentrated study ofWittgenstein’s contributions to philosophy withspecial attention to his analysis of language,meaning, and mental concepts. Prerequisite: anyprevious philosophy course or permission ofinstructor.

PHL-406 The Philosophy of David Hume 3 creditsSeminar involving a concentrated study ofHume’s contributions to philosophy, includinghis work on epistemology, metaphysics, ethics,

philosophy of science, and philosophy of reli-gion. Prerequisite: any previous philosophycourse or permission of instructor.

PHL-407 The Philosophy of Hannah Arendt 3 creditsSeminar involving a concentrated study of thephilosophy of Hannah Arendt with specialattention to her analysis of action, thought, andfreedom. Prerequisite: any previous philosophycourse or permission of instructor.

PHL-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 credits

PHL-491 Internship in Philosophy 1-4 creditsStudents will work under supervision within anarea hospital, corporation, or legal agency. Thespecific duties and tasks will be developed joint-ly by the intern, intern agency, and facultysupervisor. Within the hospital setting, studentswill work with the Hospital Medical EthicsCommittee. Within the corporate setting, therewill be two types of internships: students willwork in the corporate office responsible foraddressing the ethical issues that arise in thebusiness environment; or students will work ina department that allows them to explore thepotential business applications of their philo-sophic intellectual training. Within the legal set-ting, students will work with the federal magis-trate, prosecutor, or public defender, exploringissues in the philosophy of law that arise in thepractice of law. The internship will be restrictedto juniors and seniors with a minimum of 2.7cumulative GPA and 3.0 GPA in philosophy, orpermission of the department of philosophy.Students must have completed four philosophycourses, one at the 300 level, before applying forthe internship. No more than six credits will beallowed toward graduation. A member of thedepartment of philosophy will supervise theinternship.

course descriptions

242

PHL-494 Preparation and Research forSenior Philosophy Thesis 1 credit

PHL-495 Senior Philosophy Thesis 3 credits

Physics (PHY)

PHY-100 Principles of Physics I 3 creditsIntroductory noncalculus physics with applica-tions for pre-professional, biology, and geologi-cal and marine sciences majors. Classicalmechanics, energy, mechanical waves, fluid stat-ics and dynamics, thermodynamics. Elements ofmodern physics are interwoven with those ofclassical physics from the beginning. Not opento chemistry, physics, or mathematics majors.Three lectures per week. Prerequisite: MTH-105; corequisite: PHY-100L. fall

PHY-100L Principles of Physics ILaboratory 1 creditFor students concurrently taking PHY-100. Onethree-hour lab per week. Corequisite: PHY-100.

PHY-101 Principles of Physics II 3 creditsContinuation of Physics 100. Electrostatics,electricity, and magnetism; DC and AC circuits,physical and geometrical optics, introduction toelementary particle and quantum physics.Prerequisite: PHY-100; corequisite: PHY-101L.spring

PHY-101L Principles of Physics IILaboratory 1 creditFor students concurrently taking Physics 101.One three-hour lab per week. Corequisite: PHY-101.

PHY-103 Science of Light and Color 3 creditsAn introduction to the science of light, color,and optics. Covers history of theories of lightand vision, applications in art, photography,natural phenomena (rainbows, mirages, etc.),and modern technology, e.g., lasers andtelecommunications. Many topics are illustratedby in-class demonstration experiments withlasers and other optical devices.

PHY-104 Energy, the Environment, andMan 3 creditsThe many vital roles played by energy in theuniverse at large, on the earth, and in the activi-ties of man are examined, including the basicsources of energy, the impact upon the environ-ment due to these processes and possible futuresources. A high school course in physics orchemistry is desirable but not necessary.

PHY-105 Matter, Forces and Energy: AnExploration of Physics Concepts 4 creditsAn introduction to the basic principles ofphysics focusing on the concepts of matter,force, and energy. The course will study, indepth, simple physical systems chosen toemphasize the interconnection of these threebasic concepts. It will explore the behavior ofthese simple physical systems using directedgroup exercises coordinated with hands-on lab-oratory activities. One three-hour lecture andone three-hour laboratory per week.

PHY-180 Astronomy 3 creditsExamines mankind’s quest to understand theorigin and form of the universe. Emphasis onthe ideas of modern cosmology and theirimpact on our changing perception of our placein the universe, making use of informationgleaned by simply looking at the night sky aswell as post Apollo-era views of the solar systemand the evolving universe as a whole.

course descriptions

243

PHY-200 General Physics I 3 creditsIntroductory classical physics; Newtonianmechanics, including the conservation laws,wave motion, gravity, thermodynamics. Threelectures per week. Prerequisite: MTH-210 orconcurrent enrollment. Corequisite: PHY-200L.fall

PHY-200L General Physics I Laboratory 1 creditFor students concurrently taking PHY-200.Experiments in classical physics. One three-hour lab per week. Corequisite: PHY-200.

PHY-201 General Physics II 3 creditsA continuation of the concepts developed inPhysics 200. Electricity, electrical circuits, mag-netism, Maxwell’s equations. Light and optics,including lenses, interference, and diffraction.Prerequisites: PHY-200, MTH-211 or concur-rent enrollment. Corequisite: PHY-201L. spring

PHY-201L General Physics II Laboratory 1 creditFor students concurrently taking PHY-201.Experiments in classical and modern physics.One three-hour lab per week. Corequisite: PHY-201.

PHY-203 Introduction to Modern Physics 3 creditsCovers space-time relativity, elementary parti-cles, and basic quantum mechanics, includingsolutions of the Schrodinger wave equation.Applications of quantum theory in atomic,nuclear, and solid-state physics. Prerequisite:PHY-201 or permission of instructor.

PHY-300 Mechanics 3 creditsKinematics and dynamics of particles and sys-tems, analysis of harmonic oscillator systems,normal modes, Lagrangian and Hamiltoniandynamics and classical waves are studied.Prerequisites: PHY-201, MTH-250.

PHY-305 Electricity and Magnetism 3 creditsElectro- and magnetostatics, fields and poten-tials, and boundary value problems are covered.Prerequisites: PHY-201, MTH-250.

PHY-310 Advanced Electricity andMagnetism 3 creditsMaxwell’s equations; electromagnetic waves invacuum and in material media; radiation, prop-agation, reflection, and refraction. Prerequisites:PHY-305, MTH-308.

PHY-315 Thermodynamics and StatisticalMechanics 3 creditsThermodynamic systems; the first and secondlaws of thermodynamics; entropy and thermo-dynamic potentials; distribution of molecularspeeds; Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein, andFermi-Dirac distributions. Prerequisite: PHY-201.

PHY-320 Quantum Mechanics 3 creditsHistorical background; the Bohr Theory; theSchrodinger equation, its interpretation andapplications; the uncertainty and exclusionprinciples; development of the formalism.Prerequisite: PHY-300. spring

course descriptions

244

PHY-330 Basic Electronics 3 creditsAn experimental study of devices and circuits inanalog and digital electronics. No previousexperience with electronic circuits is assumed,although introductory topics such as DC andAC circuits are covered rather quickly.Emphasizes applications in laboratory research,including signal acquisition, computer inter-faces, and analog/digital signal processing. Onehour of lecture plus two three-hour labs perweek. Prerequisite: PHY-201 or permission ofinstructor.

PHY-350 Advanced Laboratory 2 creditsExperiments in atomic and nuclear physics,electricity and magnetism, and physical optics.Students have the opportunity to work inten-sively on a particular experiment. Minimum offive to six hours per week.

PHY-400 Atomic Physics 3 creditsQuantum mechanics and the one-electronatom; atomic structure and optical spectra ofmulti-electron atoms. Quantum statistics, bandtheory of solids. Prerequisite: PHY-320. spring

PHY-405 Fundamentals of Nuclear Physics 3 creditsNuclear mass and size; nuclear forces and somemodels of the nucleus; radioactivity and detec-tion; subnuclear particles and resonances.Prerequisite: PHY-320.

PHY-415 Physical Optics 3 creditsWaves and the superposition principle; interfer-ence, Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction; elec-tromagnetic nature of light; absorption andscattering; dispersion; polarization.Prerequisites: PHY-201, MTH-250.

PHY-416 Modern Experimental OpticsLaboratory 1 creditA laboratory course in geometrical and physical(wave) optics, designed to supplement thematerial presented in PHY-415. Serves as anintroduction to the optical equipment and tech-niques that are employed in laboratory research.A series of experiments cover the topics ofpolarization, interference, image formation,Fourier optics and lasers, and optical spec-troscopy. Prerequisite: PHY-201.

PHY-450 Topics in Modern Physics 3 creditsA selected topic of contemporary interest inphysics, e.g., general relativity and gravity waves,is studied. Emphasis on current journal litera-ture and research. May be taken more than oncewith departmental approval. An excellent intro-duction to independent research in one area ofphysics. Prerequisite: PHY-201.

PHY-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 credits

Political Science (POL)

Political science courses at the 100 level aredesigned for freshmen and those at the 200 levelfor sophomores. Courses at the 300 and 400 lev-els cover advanced subject matter. Students con-sidering electing advanced political sciencecourses should be certain to have sufficientpreparatory work. If this is lacking, the appro-priate courses at the 100 and 200 levels arestrongly recommended for the 300 and 400 lev-els. When in doubt, the student should consultthe instructor of the advanced course or thedepartment chairperson.

course descriptions

245

POL-100 Introduction to American Politics 3 creditsAn examination of basic principles of the U.S.constitutional system; the operation of the dem-ocratic process; the organization, powers andprocedures of Congress, the presidency and thefederal judiciary; and the functions, services,and financing of the national government.Emphasis is on public issues, national priorities,and civil liberties. Required of all political sci-ence majors and minors.

POL-102 Understanding Politics 3 creditsMajor themes of 20th-century political life,their origin and their relation to political prac-tice, are discussed. Typical themes are Marxism,fascism, and Western parliamentary democracy.Required of all political science majors andminors.

POL-102 Freshman Seminar inUnderstanding Politics 3 creditsLimited to entering freshmen majoring in polit-ical science. fall

POL-200 New Jersey Government andPolitics 3 creditsPolitical institutions, processes, and problems ofstate and local governments of New Jersey.Analysis of legislative, executive, judicial, regula-tory bodies, special districts, and autonomousagencies. Aspects of personnel, finance, andservices.

POL-201 Policy Issues, Advocacy andBudgeting 3 credits(Formerly Government and Economic Policy)Surveys various domestic economic and socialpolicy issues, the government budgetingprocess, and how citizens and groups advocatetheir interest through organizing, coalition-

building and lobbying. Emphasis on developingpractical skills in issue analysis, lobbying, leg-islative tracking and public budgeting.

POL-210 Public Opinion 3 creditsPublic opinion as a social force and as expres-sion of public sentiment on political and socialissues. Topics include: development and dissem-ination of opinions, the measurement of publicopinion, public opinion and governmentalprocesses, and the reciprocal relationshipbetween mass media and public opinion.

POL-215 Global Politics 3 creditsThe struggle for power, wealth, and order at theglobal level involving nation-states, intergov-ernmental organizations (such as the UnitedNations, the European Union, etc.), non-gov-ernmental organizations, transnational enter-prises and other non-state entities, using mili-tary, economic, diplomatic, legal, and commu-nication instruments. Overview of global prob-lems such as the proliferation of weapons ofdestruction, ethnic and religious conflicts,human rights, and the global environment atthe threshold of the 21st century. Real-time useof the Internet is an integral aspect of thiscourse in terms of readings and assignments.(This course is a prerequisite for POL-295Special Projects in Political Science: ModelUnited Nations.)

POL-216 Comparative Political Systems 3 creditsA general introduction to types of governmentand political regimes of the world as they try tocope with the dual challenge of ethnic microp-olitics and transnational globalization. Majorprototypes of democracy: the British parlia-mentary system, the American separation ofpowers system, and various combinations ofthese two. Traditional autocracy, totalitariandictatorships, and late 20th-century authoritar-

course descriptions

246

ian regimes. Variations of economic systemswithin democracies: the market economy, socialdemocracy, and state-managed capitalism.Third World countries and post-communiststates in search of workable political and eco-nomic systems.

POL-218 The Pacific Rim in the 21st-Century 3 creditsThe internal politics and the external policies ofan area where the interests of four of the world’smajor powers (the United States, China, Japan,and Russia) intersect. The emphasis is on thedynamics of change in China (and Taiwan),Japan, the Koreas, and the countries ofSoutheast Asia, and their political, military, andeconomic interactions within the global con-text.

POL-219 Terrorism, Revolution andPolitical Violence 3 credits“Revolutions are the mad inspiration of histo-ry.” Trotsky’s characterization calls attention tothree important dimensions of violent politicalparticipation: the historical settings, ideology,and emotional fervor of the practitioners. Thiscourse will focus on these dimensions by ana-lyzing revolutionary and terrorist movements inthe 20th century. Special attention will be givento the use of violence in the post-Cold War newworld disorder.

POL-225 Nationalism in World Politics 3 creditsNations and nationalism. An overview ofnationalistic manifestations in the world today.Nations, states, nation-states. Multinationalstates, stateless nations. Imperialism, anti-impe-rialism; nativism vs. internationalism and glob-alism. Topics include nationalisms in the HolyLand; in the former Yugoslavia; in the formerSoviet Union and its successor states; and eco-nomic Nationalism vs. Globalization.

POL-230 Methods of Political Analysis 3 creditsAn overview of the various qualitative andquantitative methods that political scientists useto study their discipline. Themes include analy-ses of political participation and support, meth-ods of studying elections, measures of politicaltolerance and liberalism.

POL-235 Race and Ethnicity in AmericanPolitics 3 creditsExamines the changing political, economic, andsocial situation of racial and ethnic groups inAmerican politics since the 1950s. Topicsinclude the relationship between race/ethnicityand voting behavior, political parties, and elec-tion results. Includes an analysis of specific areasof contemporary racial and ethnic conflict, suchas voting rights, immigration, and affirmativeaction.

POL-239 Political Thinkers and PoliticalThought 3 creditsA survey of the most significant politicalthought from ancient times into the modernera. Subject matter includes discussion of suchquestions as the nature of freedom, natural lawand right, constitutionalism, political obliga-tion, justice, form of regime.

POL-245 Cities, Symbols and PoliticalCulture 3 creditsAn on-site study of how political cultures andideologies are shaped and expressed withinarchitecture, town layout and other symbols.Students will travel to two or three Europeancities and will be required to attend classes andother planned activities. They will immersethemselves directly into the city’s political-eco-nomic and cultural centers, and thus come tounderstand how physical structure shapesnotions of power, legitimacy and authority.

course descriptions

247

POL-247 Political Campaigning 3 creditsThis course entails the study of campaigning forpolitical office at the federal, state and local lev-els in the United States. While attention will begiven to how the broader political environmentand specific factors, e.g., the decline in partisan-ship, hot button issues, local interests, andmoney, affect the nature of campaigns, thecourse’s primary focus will be on how to organ-ize and conduct a successful and ethical cam-paign, including how to collect and analyze per-tinent data, manage a staff, develop a communi-cations plan, and get out the vote.

POL-255 European Politics 3 creditsA comparative analysis of the social and politi-cal systems of Britain, France, Germany andother Western countries within the Europeanframework. Emphasis will be on the identifica-tion of ways in which countries similar in socialcharacteristics are also similar in their politicalsystems and on the extent and circumstancesunder which they differ. Similarities and con-trasts will also be drawn with political structuresand processes in the United States. This course,on occasion, may contain an optional travelcomponent during January.

POL-280 Sex and Politics 3 creditsThe bearing of gender upon politics: whetherpolitical activity is more characteristic of one orthe other sex; the comparative fates of male andfemale in political society; the political implica-tions of change in the content and mutual statusof masculinity and femininity. Inquiry into clas-sical, traditional, and contemporary views.

POL-295 Special Projects in PoliticalScience 3 creditsFor non-seniors who engage in serious researchin political science. Topic to be approved byinstructor and department chairperson.Prerequisite: POL-215. Offered on request.

POL-300 U.S. Constitutional Law 3 creditsThe role of the Supreme Court in the Americanpolitical system is assessed. Topics include thestaffing and functioning of the Supreme Courtand the federal judicial bureaucracy, the originsand development of judicial review, and the roleof the Supreme Court in national policy-mak-ing.

POL-301 Civil Liberties in the UnitedStates 3 creditsThe American doctrine of civil liberties in theo-ry and practice. Emphasis on analyzing the free-doms of speech, press, assembly, and religion,the right of privacy, and the problem of discrim-ination in the context of contemporary issuesand problems. Particular attention to the role ofthe Supreme Court in this area.

POL-305 Political Parties and ElectoralBehavior 3 creditsThe structure, character, and functions of U.S.political parties and pressure groups, and theirimpact on public policy. Parties are analyzedwithin the broader scope of organizational the-ory and comparative party systems. Majoremphases on their historical origins, their rolein contemporary political life, and particularaspects of party politics—local organization,membership, campaigning and elections, poli-cy-making roles, and leadership.

course descriptions

248

POL-306 Political Film 3 creditsThis course analyzes the structure, history, andimpact of the genre of political film. It beginswith a discussion of how one distinguishes apolitical film from other forms of cinema. Itthen proposes insights into the manner in whichthese films evoke a particular time and place inpolitics, affect the viewer’s interpretation of apolitical event or figure, and have an effect upona viewer’s political perceptions or behavior. Thestudent will also learn to review films critically,both as political statements and as effective (orineffective) conveyors of political messages.

POL-307 Political Communication 3 creditsThe meaning and uses of political communica-tion are examined, the manner and forms suchcommunication takes, and the history of politi-cal discourse. Major topics include the role ofcommunication in elections and the develop-ment of public policy, how political communi-cation strategies have changed with the rise ofmass media, and the development of nationaland international publics for discourse.

POL-312 Congressional Politics 3 creditsAn intensive analysis of the legislative process inthe United States, considering both the internalorganization and operation of Congress, andCongress’ role in the broader American politicalsystem. Fundamental issues include the theoryand practice of representation; the committeesystem, seniority and expertise; interest grouppolitics; and the politics of congressionalreform.

POL-313 The American Presidency 3 creditsA description and analysis of the Americanpresidency: its historical development, the inter-nal organization, and ecological context. Basicissues include the intent of the framers of theConstitution, the historical accumulation ofpresidential powers, and institutional limits onpresidential power (e.g., Congress and thebureaucracy).

POL-315 Global Issues 3 creditsMilitary, economic, demographic, and environ-mental threats to global security in the post-Cold War era. Forces of transnational integra-tion vs. forces of intrastate fragmentation.Inadequacy of international law and organiza-tion to deal with these problems within the con-fines of the sovereign nation-state system.

POL-320 Politics of the Middle East 3 creditsThe political systems of Egypt, Syria, Israel andSaudi Arabia are examined in terms of politicalculture, structure, and political processes. Thecourse emphasizes the relationships betweensocial and political structures, the role of reli-gion, and the problems of modernization.Similarities and contrasts will be drawn betweenthe Arab and non-Arab countries of the MiddleEast.

POL-325 Public Administration 3 creditsPublic administration in modern society,emphasizing the administrative formulation ofpublic policy and its implementation. Attentionon who gets what, when, and how from thedecisions of administrative units; the roleadministrators have in policy-making com-pared to elected legislators, chief executives andjudges; the effect administrators have on thebenefits citizens receive from government; andthe effect administrators have on citizens’behavior.

course descriptions

249

POL-326 Power in American Politics 3 creditsExamines various explanations of who haspower in American politics. Explores the rolesof appointed and elected officials, business andinterest groups, the media, and the general pub-lic in shaping public policy. Special attention topolitical change, including the impact of broadsocial movements on the responsiveness of thepolitical system.

POL-327 Contemporary Issues in AmericanPublic Policy 3 creditsIn-depth examination of current issues inAmerican politics. Drunk driving, political cor-ruption, drug policy, education, the environ-ment, and poverty are among the issues to beconsidered. Emphasis on analyzing policy prob-lems and on developing and evaluating pro-posed solutions.

POL-328 Environmental Policy 3 creditsA multidisciplinary exploration of the formula-tion and effectiveness of U.S. environmental andenergy policies, including global warming, toxicwaste, air and water pollution, and naturalresources. Examines the relationships of humanrights and environmental justice, consumerismand sustainable development, and the impact ofenvironmental quality on public health andsafety.

POL-335 Urban Politics 3 creditsPolitical structure and administration ofmunicipalities in the United States. Emphasis onproblems posed by suburbanization, global andregional shifts in business, economic disloca-tion, housing and race relations.

POL-340 Modern Democracy and its Critics 3 creditsThe course examines the fundamental assump-tions underlying modern democratic theoriesand the main theoretical attacks launchedagainst them. Among the contending theories tobe discussed are right and left-wing anarchism,the old and the new left, fascism, intellectualelitism, and techno-conservatism.

POL-342 Freedom and Authority 3 creditsConcepts of freedom and authority in 19th and20th-century political theory. Emphasis on suchimportant thinkers as Nietzsche, Freud, Sartre,Camus, and Marcuse.

POL-343 American Political Thought I 3 creditsThe philosophical background and moral prin-ciples of American political society: liberty,equality, natural law and natural right; constitu-tionalism and nation-building.

POL-344 Contemporary American PoliticalThought 3 creditsSurveys American political thought from theCivil War to the present, focusing upon thedevelopment of modern notions of liberalismand conservatism, and various cultural/intellec-tual movements, such as Social Darwinism, gov-ernment’s roles in regulating the economy, pro-tection of civil rights.

POL-345 Justice in Ancient PoliticalThought 3 creditsWestern philosophy of law rests on foundationsset by the Greek sophists and their Roman suc-cessors. The course analyzes in depth the con-cept of justice as developed by Protagoras, Plato,Aristotle, and the Law of Nature jurists. It endswith the early Christian adoption of these con-cepts as evidenced in the writings of St.Augustine.

course descriptions

250

POL-350 U.S. Foreign and Security Policy 3 creditsPrinciples, institutions and processes involvedin the formulation and implementation of poli-cies regarding the nation’s military, economic,and environmental security within the globalframework. Strands, trends, and problem areasin U.S. foreign policy, with focus on the chang-ing global environment of the post-Cold Warworld.

POL-360 Politics of the Criminal JusticeSystem 3 creditsThe constitutional, legal, political, and adminis-trative aspects of the criminal justice system inthe United States are studied, including thecourt system at all levels of government, lawenforcement agencies, correctional programsand institutions, probation, parole, and the rela-tionship of our legal institutions to the broaderpolitical system.

POL-361 The Judicial Process 3 creditsIn-depth examination of the nature of judicialdecision-making and the impact that judicialdecisions have on society. Considers the sourcesof judicial authority, judicial fact-finding, statu-tory and constitutional interpretation, individ-ual and collective processes of judicial decision-making, relations between judges and othergovernment officials, and the political conse-quences of judicial decisions with particularemphasis on federal courts and judges.

POL-365 Third World Politics 3 creditsStudies the major political issues of the ThirdWorld. Particular reference to political systemsof Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the MiddleEast according to the relevance of the examplesto large conceptual issues, and according to themajor interests of the instructor. Typical issues

include neocolonial dependency, the role of thestate in newly developed countries, military ruleand democratization.

POL-450 Seminar in Political Science 3 creditsA multidimensional framework within which tointegrate the variety of perspectives andmethodologies extant in the field of politicalscience. Topics for discussion and analysis mayrange from broad concepts of political discoursesuch as power and interdependence to specificpolitical issues such as executive-legislative rela-tions and judicial policymaking.

POL-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 creditsIndividual program of study under close super-vision by the instructor, with weekly meetingsand reports. Topics to be approved by thedepartment. Available to seniors who have aminimum of a 3.0 GPA in political sciencecourses. No more than six credits allowedtoward graduation.

POL-491 Internship in Political Science 1-4 creditsStudents work under supervision in a publicagency, political party, or public interest group.A minimum of 52 hours of field work per cred-it required, with regular reports and a conclud-ing critique analyzing and evaluating the experi-ence. Primarily for seniors and qualified juniors.POL-325—Public Administration or POL-326—Power in American Politics must be com-pleted previously or concurrently. No more thansix credits allowed toward graduation.

POL-499 Senior Honors Thesis 3-6 creditsMajors having completed the department’s corerequirements and having a minimum GPA of3.5 in political science courses may apply forhonors in their sixth semester. Applicants enroll

course descriptions

251

in POL-490—Independent Research and Studyin their seventh semester to develop and submita thesis proposal to the department. Withdepartmental approval, applicants prepare anhonors thesis in their last semester. Uponacceptance of the thesis by the department, thestudent will be graduated with honors in politi-cal science.

Psychology (PSY)

Psychology 100 is a prerequisite for all psychol-ogy courses. Prerequisites other than 100 maybe waived by the instructor.

PSY-100 Introduction to Psychology 3 creditsAn orientation to psychology, covering majorfacts, principles and concepts about human andanimal behavior and experience, research find-ings, major problems, basic vocabulary,methodologies, and contributions in the field.Topics include psychology as a science; humandevelopment; individual differences; intelli-gence and its measurement; special aptitudesand interests; personality and social behavior;motivation and emotion; frustration and per-sonality deviations; and learning, thinking,remembering and forgetting.

PSY-201 Statistics and Research Design 3 creditsIntroduces students to statistics and researchmethods in the behavioral sciences. Covers thefundamentals of descriptive and inferential sta-tistics, a variety of issues in research design,selected research designs including the casestudy, correlational and experimental designs.In addition, students will explore the literaturein psychology in order to examine the use of sta-tistics and research design in real research prob-lems.

PSY-215 Personality 3 creditsA synthesis of the most recent research in thefield of personality development. Topics includeinterplay of biological, cultural, and subjectivepersonal processes; analysis of the broad trendsin personality theories; and introduction to per-sonality measurement.

PSY-218 Psychology of Women 3 creditsExamines the psychological development ofwomen in our culture from birth to maturity,with an emphasis on the interaction of biologi-cal and social influences on personality, socialbehavior, and achievement of women.Investigates psychological sex differences interms of current measurement approaches.Readings and text are drawn from psychologicaltheory and research.

PSY-220 Abnormal Psychology 3 creditsThe development of abnormal personalities arediscussed, with a survey of the various types ofmental abnormalities, including their symp-toms, diagnoses, and treatments. Neuroses andpsychoses are emphasized.

PSY-225 Learning and Memory 3 creditsA broad coverage of the expanding fields oflearning, memory, and cognition is provided,while addressing their relevance and impact onhuman behavior. Continuity between earlyassociationistic and contemporary cognitivetheories is established. Topics range from basicconditioning to the more complex processes ofmemory, concept learning, thinking, and prob-lem solving.

course descriptions

252

PSY-230 Developmental Psychology I:Child 3 creditsPresents theory and research on the social, emo-tional and cognitive development of childrenbirth to age 12.

PSY-231 Developmental Psychology II:Youth-Adolescent 3 creditsPresents theories, research and problems con-cerning development in youth and adolescence.

PSY-235 Cognitive Development 3 creditsCompares and analyzes the major theories ofcognitive development: Piaget, InformationProcessing, Vygotsky, Gardner and Sternberg.The course describes cognitive growth frominfancy to adulthood. Particular topics willinclude: concept formation, language acquisi-tion, memory reading and writing, mathemati-cal skills and sociocultural skills. Also of interestwill be the use of cognitive theory in education,and understanding variations from the typicalpattern of cognitive development as in mentalretardation and prodigies.

PSY-237 Cognitive Disabilities 3 creditsInvestigates various types of retardation, focus-ing on etiology, methods of diagnosis, programsand services available to individuals and fami-lies. Considers problems relating to adjustmentin academic, social, and vocational areas.

PSY-238 Sensation and Perception 3 creditsThe facts and theories of sensation and percep-tion, their role in the total psychology of theindividual, and current application are exam-ined.

PSY-240 Social Psychology 3 creditsDeals with the scientific study of human beingsin social situations, focusing on reciprocal influ-ence of the individual and the group, especiallyaspects of behavior that are socially determined.The nature of attitudes: their development andchange; the nature of social influence; interper-sonal perception and attraction; dynamics ofsocial behavior; and social phenomena, such asprejudice and social movements, are covered.

PSY-255 Biopsychology 3 creditsBasic biological structures and processes under-lying behavior, including general neuroanatomyand neurophysiology; sensory physiology;structure and function of the motor systems;physiology of emotions, motivation, learning,memory; brain dysfunction; psychoactivedrugs.

PSY-279 Psychology and Law 3 creditsIntroduces students to a study of selected topicsin psychology and law. Topics include eyewit-ness testimony, jury selection and decision mak-ing.

PSY-295 Directed Study in Psychology 1-4 creditsProvides an opportunity for students to obtainresearch experiences in psychology. Consists ofa combination of project meetings, assignedreadings and supervised research. Each studentwill work with a selected faculty member on atopic of mutual interest. Projects may includelearning some components of research methodsand applying these techniques to the collectionand analysis of data. Provides focused readingand discussion as it relates to each student’sresearch topic.

course descriptions

253

PSY-302 Research in Cognition 4 creditsProvides students with an in-depth coverage ofthe expanding field of cognition and memory.Addresses issues and research within the field.Emphasis is on current views of human memo-ry. Students learn how to design and conducttheir own experiments from the topic areas ofinformation processing, psycholinguistics,problem solving, learning and memory, socialcognition, and cognitive neuroscience.Laboratory skills include programming com-puters, developing multimedia stimuli, record-ing psycho-physiological data, and composingan APA-format research report in a network-based writing lab. Prerequisites: a grade of C inPSY-201 and PSY-225 or permission of instruc-tor.

PSY-303 Research in Social Psychology 4 creditsCovers research methodology within the con-text of social psychology (i.e., topics includealtruism, aggression, attraction and social per-ception). Both experimental and descriptivemethodologies will be covered. Students learnabout various aspects of the research process(e.g., design and execution of a social psycho-logical study, analyzing and interpreting theresults). Students also learn to integrate theirresearch findings to produce an APA-stylepaper. Students use computer-based word pro-cessing and statistical analysis packages toachieve these goals. Prerequisites: a grade of C inPSY-201; PSY-240 or PSY-279 or permission ofinstructor.

PSY-305 Theories of Psychotherapy 3 creditsAn exploration of the history and theory of thepsychoanalytic, behavioral, and humanisticapproaches to psychotherapy. Comparisons andcontrasts between these therapeutic modalitiesare discussed, as well as the theory underlyingspecific therapeutic techniques such as dynamic

interpretations, dream analysis, the analysis ofresistance and transference, counter-condition-ing, modeling, and cognitive restructuring.Class exercises in addition to transcripts andtape-recordings from therapy sessions are usedto illustrate the various therapeutic approaches.Prerequisite: PSY-215 or PSY-220 or permissionof instructor.

PSY-306 Research in Sensation andPerception 4 creditsProvides instruction in research design, researchmethods, and integration of data analysis andmethodology within the content framework ofsensation and perception. All the general psy-chology research methods are taught. Specialemphasis is given to the study of human visionand audition. Students design, conduct, andreport laboratory research in the areas of sensa-tion and perception. The computer-based com-ponents of the laboratory include lessons oninteractive software instrumentation forresearch, and network-based technical writingusing APA format. Projects are conducted dur-ing the term. Each student uses a dedicated net-worked Macintosh computer to (a) develop andgenerate research stimuli and procedures, (b)analyze and report research data, and (c) writeformal research reports. Prerequisite: a grade ofC in PSY-201 or permission of instructor.

PSY-312 Behavior Modification 3 creditsPresents a review of classical and operant condi-tioning, data collection and research design,data analysis and interpretation. In addition,assessment and treatment strategies in a varietyof settings, contingency management in institu-tion, classroom and home, systematic self-desensitization, and ethical consideration arediscussed.

course descriptions

254

PSY-315 Psychological Tests 3 creditsExamines the history of psychological testing.Issues concerning the construction of psycho-logical tests are discussed, including conceptsconcerning reliability, validity, and item analy-sis. The rationale and structure of the majortests of intelligence, aptitude, and personalityare reviewed, including the Rorschach, WAIS,TAT, MMPI, and Bender-Gestalt. In the last sec-tion of the course, students are given hands-onexperience in the administration, scoring, andinterpretation of a standard test battery.Prerequisite: any statistics course.

PSY-330 Developmental Disabilities 3 creditsIntroduces students to the genetic, biological,sensory-motor, cognitive, and social-emotionalfoundations of developmental disabilities.Selected syndromes will be reviewed in depth, aswill treatments and intervention at the individ-ual and family levels. Prerequisite: PSY-230.

PSY-335 Research in Human CognitiveNeuroscience 4 credits(Formerly Physiological Psychology) Covers theinterdisciplinary study of the nervous systemintegrating neurobiology, physiology, pharma-cology, and psychology as explanations for bothnormal and pathological human behavior.Topics integrate molecular levels of analysis,such as neuron structure and function, neuro-transmitters, action potentials, and receptors,with molar levels, such as sensory and hormon-al processes, learning and memory, emotions,drug use, and biological rhythms. Introducesresearch techniques used to study the functionof the nervous system and the neural bases ofbehavior in humans. Neuroanatomical, electro-physiological, pharmacological, and neuropsy-chological assessment techniques may be

explored as part of laboratory or field researchprojects designed in collaboration with theinstructor. Prerequisites: grade of C or better inPSY-201 and PSY-255 or permission of instruc-tor.

PSY-336 Experimental Methods: AnimalLearning and Behavior 4 creditsProvides a comprehensive overview of theacquisition and modification of the behavior ofanimals, especially on laboratory strains ofrodents and pigeons. Core topics includerespondent and operant conditioning, animalcognition, observational learning, animal safetyand welfare, single-subject and between-groupsapproaches to methodology, and the statisticalanalysis of the results of studies of behavior. Thelaboratory component of the course provides acomprehensive overview of animal handlingand maintenance, animal welfare, and therecording of experimental results. Two substan-tial projects are undertaken; demonstration of aconditioned taste aversion and its effect uponthe acquisition and extinction of an operant(bar press) response and subsequent discrimi-nation and reversal learning. Results of bothprojects are written into APA-formatted reports.Prerequisites: a grade of C in PSY-201 and PSY-255 or permission of instructor.

PSY-340 Group Dynamics 4 creditsFocuses on selected issues pertaining to groupdynamics. Emphasizes an understanding of thepersonality and social factors that influence thefunctioning of unstructured and task-orientedgroups. Students participate in a task group forthe purpose of conducting a comprehensiveresearch project on selected issues in groupdynamics and the psychology of groups. Thetask group prepares an APA-style paper describ-ing their research as well as an in-class presenta-

course descriptions

255

tion. Each student also submits a midterm andfinal written analysis of the interactionalprocesses and development of the task group.Prerequisite: a grade of C in PSY-201 or permis-sion of instructor.

PSY-350 Advanced DevelopmentalPsychology 4 creditsFocuses on one or more research areas in cogni-tive, personality, or social development.Research is discussed from the perspective oflife-span development. Includes an overview ofmajor theoretical approaches to age-relatedchange. Students review original research onselected aspects of behavioral change. The labo-ratory component of the course presents anoverview of developmental research designs andmethods focusing on the measurement of age-related change in psychological functioningover the life span. Students conduct laboratoryor field research projects designed in collabora-tion with the instructor and prepare an APA-style research report. Prerequisite: a grade of Cin PSY-201 or permission of instructor.

PSY-365 Drugs and Human Behavior 3 creditsPresents the student with an in-depth analysis ofthe effects of alcohol and selected chemical sub-stances on the behavior and body of the user.Commonly abused substances will be discussedin terms of their history, sources of production,routes of administration, distribution, metabo-lism and excretion, neurophysiology, tolerance,properties of addiction, withdrawal course andsymptoms, and potential beneficial and harmfuleffects.

PSY-370 Sociobiology 3 creditsSociobiology defines such concepts as society,individual, population, communication, andregulation. It attempts to explain, biologically,why groups of animals behave the way they do

when finding food or shelter, confronting ene-mies, or getting along with one another. Thecourse will explain how group selection, altru-ism, hierarchies, and sexual selection work inpopulations of animals, and to identify evolu-tionary trends and sociobiological characteris-tics of all animal groups, up to and includinghumans. Prerequisite: PSY-100 or any life sci-ence course.

PSY-372 States of Consciousness 3 creditsThis course explores the variety of states thatcomprise normal and altered consciousness. Ithighlights how these states are determined bycomplex interactions between conscious andunconscious mental functions. Key psychologi-cal concepts are applied in an investigation ofvarious states of consciousness, especially medi-tative states and dreams. The course examinesboth the psychopathological aspects of alteredstates, as well as their potential beneficial effectson creativity and the development of the self.

PSY-373 Psychology and The Holocaust 3 creditsThe study of genocide, the planned and system-atic attempt to destroy a particular group ofpeople because of their race, religion, nationali-ty or ethnicity is the general aim of the course.Focus will be placed on The Holocaust, as a casestudy of genocide, in which European Jews weretargeted for murder. Psychological theories anddata will be used in an attempt to understandthe behavior of the perpetrators (their motivesand attitudes, within their social environment),those who tried to rescue the victims, and thepsychological effect on the lives on the survivorsand their families. Data from diverse sources,such as historical records, oral histories, inter-views (etc.) compiled by researchers from dif-ferent disciplines will be used.

course descriptions

256

PSY-374 Psychology of the Family 3 creditsThis course examines the significance of familyin human development. Using prominentthemes of developmental psychology, such as:the role of attachment in forming human rela-tionships, the significance of context in under-standing human development, and theresilience of development; this course willexplore the existing research on the family.Students are asked to consider their own experi-ences as members of a family, as well as tounderstand the varieties of ways family impactsdevelopment across the lifespan. Prerequisites:PSY-100, PSY-230 or permission of instructor.

PSY-375 Psychology and Film 3 creditsAttitudes, perceptions and memories are shapedby motion pictures. Filmmakers create enduringimages by using cinematic techniques to portraysocial and interpersonal themes. This coursewill examine various cinematic techniques aswell as how film portrays interpersonal rela-tions, gender roles, race relations, mental illness,The Holocaust and other genocides.

PSY-380 Multimedia Technology forBehavioral Science 3 creditsThis course covers advanced multimedia tech-nology in the application of computers tobehavioral research. It is geared to the advancedpsychology student who plans to attend gradu-ate school or seek employment in a research-oriented firm. Psychology majors create com-puter-based digital audio and imagery as stimu-lus materials for the study of behavior. They aretaught the programming methods needed touse digital video, audio, and still images in theresearch methods of cognitive, developmental,and applied social psychology. Special attentionwill be given to Internet tools for social psychol-ogy, survey, and evaluation research. There willbe a series of in-class programming and mediadesign projects that will incorporate eachresearch application. Prerequisite: PSY-100 orpermission of instructor.

PSY-381 The Psychology of Gender 3 creditsThis course examines the meaning of sex andgender in modern society. The course readingsand discussion will review and analyze the influ-ence of gender on human behavior and emo-tions. The course will examine the significanceof gender in shaping experience. Topics willinclude: gender differences in behavior, genderrole development, gender and sexual identity,gender and social roles, cross-cultural perspec-tives on gender and transcending gender.Prerequisites: PSY-100, PSY-218 or permissionof instructor.

PSY-382 Aging, Brain, and Cognition 3 creditsThis course covers the biological structures andprocesses underlying cognition in humans andexplores modulating factors such as age, sex,disease, stress, and environment. The theoreticaland methodological issues of developmentalcognitive neuroscience research are addressed.Focus of the course is on brain structure andfunction in the largest growing segment of ourpopulation, persons over the age of 65, and thelink between structure and cognitive abilities,both intact and declining. Special attention ispaid to those factors related to successful agingand treatments with putative cognitiveenhancers. Prerequisite: PSY-100.

PSY-400 Senior Seminar in Psychology 3 creditsThis capstone course will provide a synthesisand evaluation of important critical issues inpsychology, such as the role of modern psychol-ogy in solving social problems, the scientific vs.human services perspectives on behavior, emo-tion and cognition; and the nature of mental ill-ness and well-being. Students will be expectedto draw broadly from their education in psy-chology; to grapple with conflicting points ofview; and produce professional quality writing,oral or multimedia presentations.

course descriptions

257

PSY-420 History of Psychology 3 credits(Formerly PSY-320) Provides a coverage of sys-tems and schools of psychology; great psycholo-gists, their contributions, and later influence inpsychology. Current psychological problems arealso discussed.

PSY-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 creditsProvides students with an opportunity to designand carry out original research in an area oftheir choice. Students designate a faculty super-visor and work closely with him/her during thesemester. All students must have approval fromthe department and the dean to register for PSY-490. Prerequisite: PSY-201 .

PSY-491 Internship in Psychology 1-4 creditsProvides supervised work experience in anapproved institution or agency in order for stu-dents to gain knowledge in applications of psy-chology. Placement is made in various commu-nity institutions and agencies that offer servicesto both exceptional and normal individuals.Prerequisite: senior psychology majors orminors.

College Reading Course (CRC)

CRC-101S Introduction to Academic Reading 2 supplemental education unitsA required CORE course for first year studentswho do not meet the placement criteria for col-lege-level reading. This introductory readingcourse focuses on improving comprehension ofcollege level materials used in first year coursesat Rider University. Students are introduced toreading techniques such as text previewing, textmarking, and annotating. In addition, a varietyof informal writing activities will help studentsidentify and communicate important informa-tion from these texts. Efficient learning and test-taking strategies will also be emphasized.

CRC-100 College Reading 3 creditsThis elective course helps students developgreater skill and efficiency in meeting thedemands of college reading. Primary emphasisis placed upon introducing, demonstrating, andpracticing appropriate study strategies that willenhance overall academic performance.Instruction focuses on reading college textbooksmore efficiently and effectively, improving com-prehension and retention, and reading critically.Time management, note-taking skills, and otherstudy strategies are introduced, demonstrated,and practiced. Reading and writing assignmentscomplement and reinforce class instruction.(This course is open to freshmen and CCS stu-dents only; sophomores and juniors must havepermission of the Education EnhancementProgram Director to enroll.)

course descriptions

258

Social Work (SOW)

SOW-200 Social Services and Social Work:An Introduction 3 creditsAn overview of the historical development ofsocial work. Emphasis on current issues in socialwelfare and social service programs in theUnited States. Among the programs exploredare those in public welfare, mental health, med-ical services, child abuse/neglect, school socialwork, and care for the elderly.

SOW-300 Methods of Social Work Practice 3 creditsInterviewing techniques are taught and prac-ticed. Skills in forming and running smallgroups, working with community organiza-tions, and administering social programs areemphasized. Students study how to gather per-tinent psycho-social facts about clients, make anassessment, plan an intervention, and success-fully complete service to the client. Studentswho next will take SOW-301-Field WorkExperience will be placed in a social serviceagency by the end of the semester. Prerequisite:SOW-200.

SOW-301 Field Work Experience 3 creditsStudents observe and work in a social serviceagency. They study the structure of the agencyand the people and roles within it, and develophelping skills with clients. Approximately six toeight hours of field work a week for each threecredits are required, plus class sessions duringthe semester. Prerequisites: SOW-200, SOW-300. May be taken twice in two separate semes-ters for a maximum of six credits toward thetotal credits required for graduation.

Sociology (SOC)

Sociology 101 is a prerequisite for all othercourses in sociology. Sociology 110 is a prereq-uisite for all other anthropology courses (269,270, 271, 272, 309, 310, 320). Prerequisites maybe waived in special circumstances at the discre-tion of the instructor.

SOC-101 The Sociological Imagination 3 creditsIntroduction to principles and concepts for thesociological analysis of human societies. Socialrelations, social structure, and institutions char-acteristic of societies past and present are exam-ined, and causes and directions of social changeare considered.

SOC-110 Cultural Anthropology 3 creditsThe anthropological perspective is introduced,placing human behavior and institutions withintheir evolutionary, ecological, structural, andideological contexts. Examples are drawn fromthe full range of human societies, with anemphasis on nonindustrial forms.

SOC-201 Introductory Seminar inSociology 3 creditsDesigned for students considering a major orminor in sociology. The seminar locates sociol-ogy in relation to other disciplines; reviews thebasic perspectives used by sociologists to studyhuman behavior; and considers the methodsand applications of sociological inquiry.

SOC-205 Families 3 creditsExamines families in the United States, past andpresent, emphasizing the variety of family expe-riences in different social contexts and the rela-tionship between family life and social change.Includes comparative material on families inother countries and considers possible alterna-tives to current family forms.

course descriptions

259

SOC-206 Deviance and Crime 3 creditsConsiders deviant behavior as violation ofsocial norms. Examines the concepts ofdeviance and crime in socio-historical context.Evaluates major theories advanced to explaindeviance. Surveys different types of deviance,including conventional crime, non-criminaldeviant behavior, and white-collar corporate,and government crime.

SOC-207 Racial and Ethnic Relations 3 creditsExamines the social origins of prejudice anddiscrimination, and analyzes intergroup trendsin conflict, competition, and cooperation.Considers issues of immigration, economic andpolitical power, and ethnic, racial, and religiouspluralism.

SOC-216 Youth and Crime 3 creditsIn-depth examination of the nature and extentof youth criminality in the U.S. Exploreschanges in youth culture and theories of delin-quency. Social policies are related to youth crim-inality and the youth justice system is consid-ered.

SOC-225 Population Study 3 creditsDemography; its definition, historical emer-gence, and growth; population as a social prob-lem in developing and developed nations; pop-ulation theories, sources and methods of demo-graphic data, population composition, and dis-tribution; demographic processes including fer-tility, mortality, and migration.

SOC-245 Social Problems 3 creditsAmerican social, economic, and political insti-tutions and their interrelationships are ana-lyzed, with an emphasis on the causes, direc-tions, and consequences of social change inAmerican society.

SOC-247 Aging 3 creditsThe emergence of social gerontology, demo-graphic foundation of aging, the aging process,comparative study of aging and aged, effect ofaging on the individual, social institutions andaging, and problems of aging and some solu-tions.

SOC-248 Social Service Organizations 3 creditsExamines the growth and variety of social serv-ice organizations. The training of providers,such as teachers and physicians, and relation-ships between professionals and clients in set-tings such as schools and hospitals are studied aswell as organizational decision-making,finances, and community relations.

SOC-252 Media, Culture and Society 3 creditsExamines mass-produced commercial culture,how it has developed, and the role it plays inmodern society. Analyzes the content of thesecultural forms, how its production is organized,and how audiences perceive it.

SOC-261 Schools and Schooling 3 creditsSchools and the process of schooling are ana-lyzed within a broad historical perspective aswell as within the structural and cultural con-text of American society. Education within aglobal perspective is also considered. Issues dis-cussed include school funding, integration,tracking, technology, bureaucratization, and the“cultural wars” fought within the schools.

course descriptions

260

SOC-269 Physical Anthropology 3 creditsAn analysis of the biological development of thehuman capacity for culture. Topics include:modern theories of evolution and their applica-tion to human evolution; the relationship ofhuman beings to other primates, the humanfossil record, and variation among modernhuman populations. A background in biologicalstudies is not necessary.

Area Studies in Anthropology 3 creditsA survey of peoples and cultures of a particulararea with attention to the anthropological con-tributions to their study:

SOC-270 AfricaAn intensive investigation of problems arisingfrom historical and contemporary studies oftribal, peasant, and transitional societies inAfrica south of the Sahara.

SOC-271 EuropeStudies problems arising from historical andcontemporary studies of peasant populations ofEurope.

SOC-272 Indians of North AmericaSocieties and cultures of the Indians of NorthAmerica from the Arctic to Mesoamerica.Emphasis on evidence of these tribal groupsprior to extensive acculturation and their con-temporary situation.

SOC-300 Work and Occupations 3 creditsAnalyzes the nature and organization of work inmodern society. Focuses on such issues as divi-sion of labor, specialization, alienation, profes-sionalization, and the role of technologicalchange. Includes an examination of the histori-cal development of work in the 20th century,and a consideration of contemporary and futurepatterns of work organization.

SOC-301 Methods of Sociological Research 3 creditsThe second in a series of required courses formajors. Builds upon the Introductory Seminarin Sociology. Social research methods usingdocuments, observations, and questionnairesare taught, and used in completing researchprojects. Prerequisite: SOC-201.

SOC-308 Cities and Suburbs 3 creditsExamines the growth of an urban way of lifeunder the influence of industrialism. Study ofcommunity, political, and economic institutionsin cities. Comparisons between urban and sub-urban areas.

SOC-309 Peasant Society 3 creditsA comparative view of peasants and their signif-icance in agrarian, colonial, and industrial soci-eties. Peasant economic, political, and socialinstitutions are analyzed with an eye to boththeir internal operation and the way they relateto nonpeasant groups who hold power in thesesocieties. The changes that have occurred in thepeasant world are viewed both as a consequenceand a cause of wide reaching political and eco-nomic upheaval.

SOC-310 Pre-Industrial Economies 3 creditsThe anthropological study of technology, pro-duction, and exchange in nonmarket cultures,as related to the social, ideological, and ecologi-cal systems in which they are embedded. Thequestion of whether the concepts that derivefrom market economies can be applied to alleconomic systems is considered in detail.

SOC-311 Social and Cultural Change 3 creditsInvestigates the process of change in both indus-trial and nonindustrial settings. Particularattention paid to the role of the individual in

course descriptions

261

change as well as the roles played by the mode ofproduction, social organization, and ideologicalconstructs. Case studies are drawn from non-Western as well as Western sources.

SOC-312 Women in Society 3 creditsExamines changes in women’s roles and inmale-female relationships. Focuses on impact oflaw, economy and social movements in shapingwomen’s positions as wives and as workers.Explores theories and evidence concerning thenature and extent of sex differences. Attentionto women’s socialization through language,schools and media.

SOC-314 Social Theory 3 creditsIntroduces the major thinkers and conceptualproblems characterizing the development ofsociological thought. Required of sociologymajors. Prerequisite: SOC-201.

SOC-315 Issues in Modern Social Theory 3 creditsExamines current trends and issues in sociolog-ical thought. Prerequisite: SOC-314 or permis-sion of instructor.

SOC-316 Feminist Social Thought 3 creditsAn introduction to feminist social theory, withemphasis on its breadth and variety. Specialattention paid to the ways feminist theoristshave analyzed the relationship of gender toother kinds of group differences.

SOC-317 Law and the Legal Profession 3 creditsRelationships between law, the economy, andthe state are explored. Discussion of laws, legalsystems and legal reasoning using cross-culturalcomparisons and historical analysis of these inthe United States. Particular attention given toimpact of law on corporations, workers, womenand minorities. Changes in legal profession andlegal education are examined.

SOC-319 Criminal Justice and Corrections 3 creditsAn examination of criminal law and the prob-lematic justice or injustice which stems from theadministration of such laws. Studies the cultur-al and social foundations of U.S. criminal justicesystem and how these develop and change.Examines role of police and legal professionals.

SOC-320 Religion and Belief Systems 3 creditsThe relation of religious phenomena to socialstructures and processes; religion in cross-cul-tural perspective.

SOC-330 Social Inequality 3 creditsSocial, economic, and political aspects of thedivision of society into classes are considered.Theories of stratification and the distribution ofwealth, power, and prestige in societies past andpresent are examined.

SOC-340 Power and Politics 3 creditsExamines the nature and distribution of powerin contemporary societies; analyzes the relation-ships between political processes and economicand social issues.

SOC-341 Developing Societies 3 creditsInvestigates division of world into developed,developing and underdeveloped countries.Examines theories explaining patterns of devel-opment; indicators and measures of societalwell-being; and problems such as population,hunger and environmental crises in ThirdWorld. Responses to underdevelopment andconsequences for inter-societal relations are alsoexplored.

course descriptions

262

SOC-346 Health Care and Society 3 creditsApplication and contributions of sociology tomedicine; the strategy and methods ofsociomedical research; sociology of illness,addictive and mental disorder; medical institu-tions; health services and medical care; and cur-rent status of medical sociology.

SOC-349 Retirement and Leisure 3 creditsExamines the social phenomena of retirementas an event, process, social role, and life stage.Explores the meaning of leisure, time utiliza-tion, and creativity among the elderly. Definesrelated problems and issues, i.e., financial, phys-ical, psychosocial, and environmental. Positiveas well as negative implications are presentedand evaluated. Prerequisite: SOC-347 recom-mended.

SOC-350 Social Policy 3 creditsInvestigates the relationship between economicdevelopment and social policy in comparativeand historical context. The main features ofpreindustrial, early industrial, and advancedindustrial social welfare systems are described.Social, economic and political factors that shapesocial policy are investigated.

SOC-355 Interpersonal Relations 3 creditsExamines the interpersonal relation betweenand among people in private life, public places,and at work. Explains how such relations affectand are affected by changes in the larger socialstructure.

SOC-360-369 Selected Topics in Sociology 3 creditsExploration of a specialized topic or problem insociology. Permission of the instructor required.

SOC-396 Applied Sociology 3 creditsShows how sociology can be applied in worksettings. As participant observers in organiza-tions related to their career objectives, studentslearn to apply sociological knowledge, perspec-tives, and skills. In class meetings and individualconsultations with the instructor, studentsexamine the applied dimensions of sociology,the uses of sociology in various occupations, theethical issues involved in applied sociology, andthe culture and structure of their work organi-zation.

SOC-400 Senior Seminar in Sociology 3 creditsFor sociology majors only. This seminarinvolves in-depth examination and research of aspecific issue of current importance in the disci-pline. Learning to do sociology is emphasized.Prerequisites: SOC-201, SOC-301, SOC-314,MTH-120.

SOC-401 Sex and the Body in Society 3 creditsExamines cultural meanings and social practicesassociated with sex and the body.Contemporary cultural norms and practices inthe U.S. will be compared to other societies, his-torically and cross-culturally. Variations in sexu-al practices, ideals of sexual attractivenessaccording to age, gender, race, ethnicity, classand sexual orientation also will be discussed.Topics may include beauty industries (e.g. cos-metics, diet, fashion, surgery, drugs), sex and theworkplace, the impact of media, social policy,and technology on ideals of sexual attractive-ness, birth control, and sexual violence.

course descriptions

263

SOC-490 Independent Research and Study 1-4 creditsJuniors or seniors who have completed at least12 credit hours in sociology may propose anindependent research project with the aid andadvice of any full-time faculty member of thedepartment. Proposals must be reviewed andapproved by the sponsoring faculty memberand submitted to the department’s IndependentStudy Committee at least four weeks prior tothe last day of classes for the semester precedingIndependent Study.

SOC-491 Internship in Sociology 1-4 creditsA supervised work experience in an approvedorganization to gain knowledge of applicationsof sociology in work settings and to analyzework settings using sociological knowledge andresearch methods. Placements are made in busi-ness, government, and community offices thatutilize sociological knowledge or research skills.

SOC-496, SOC-497 Honors in Sociology 3-6 creditsTraining in the efficient collection of data thathas a bearing on the problem being investigated.Stresses the technique of proper summarizationof the collected material as well as the integra-tion of that material into a comprehensivereport. A research design is prepared andhypotheses tested in the field. The originallibrary research is then combined with the find-ings to produce a mini-thesis. Approval of stu-dent’s program by a sponsoring faculty memberand the department Independent StudyCommittee is required. Prerequisites: SOC-201,SOC-301.

notes

264

265

Procedures andPolicies

procedures and policies

266

Admission Procedures

Rider University seeks to enroll students whowill benefit from the University’s academicresources while bringing diversity, talents, andenergy to the campus environment. Rider offerstwo options for admission notification: (1) earlyaction and (2) rolling admissions. Candidatesapplying through the early action option mustsubmit all required documents by November 15and will be notified of the admission decision byDecember 15. Applications received underrolling admission will be reviewed once the fileis complete and generally receive notification ofthe admission decision within four weeks.

High School SeniorsTo make application, high school seniors shouldcomplete and forward the application foradmission, along with a $40 application fee,either directly or through the high school guid-ance department, to the Rider University officeof undergraduate admissions. An official highschool transcript is required as is an officialreport of scores received on the SAT (ScholasticAptitude Test) or ACT (American CollegeTesting program) exam. A 150-word essay andtwo letters of recommendation are also requiredto be considered for admission. Other appropri-ate information may be submitted (e.g. person-al statement) in support of an application.

Strong candidates for admission will present ahigh school record that includes (through sen-ior year) 16 acceptable academic units from acollege preparatory curriculum. Four units ofEnglish are required of all applicants, as arethree units of mathematics, up to and includingalgebra II. Remaining units will be acceptedfrom the academic disciplines of mathematics,science, foreign languages, social science andhumanities.

Transfer AdmissionThe primary determinant of transfer admissi-bility is the academic record an applicant hascompiled over all prior college coursework.Accordingly, transfer applicants must submit aRider application for admission, a $40 applica-tion fee, a 150-word essay, two letters of recom-mendation, and ensure that official academictranscripts are sent to Rider by all postsec-ondary institutions previously attended.Applicants who have completed 30 credits at thecollege level need not submit a high school tran-script for admission. However, students whoreceive federal financial aid must submit a highschool transcript to the office of undergraduateadmissions to verify graduation from highschool. There is no minimum number of creditsa student must earn before applying for transfer.Generally, courses completed with a grade of Cor better that meet comparable Rider courserequirements will be accepted for transfer.Courses are reviewed individually, however, andfinal determination of transferability rests withRider’s academic deans.

Grades from another college will not becounted as part of a student’s GPA at Rider.Credits that are more than 10 years old are sub-ject to reevaluation.

Some courses in the business administrationcurriculum are required at the junior or seniorlevel. If such courses were taken at a lower level,they must be validated before transfer credit canbe granted. Methods of validation differ fromdepartment to department and from course tocourse. However, typical methods of validationinclude examination and successful completionof a specified advanced level course. Specificvalidation procedures should be discussed withan advisor.

A student transferring from an accreditedtwo-year institution may receive up to 60 cred-its, provided these credits are compatible withRider degree requirements. Students transfer-ring from a four-year institution may transferup to 90 credits (maximum 75 in business).


267

All transfer students seeking either an associ-ate or a bachelor’s degree must complete theirlast 30 semester hours at Rider. In addition, can-didates for the Bachelor of Science in BusinessAdministration must complete a total of 45semester hours at Rider, including the last 30semester hours.

Students who have been dismissed fromanother institution may not apply for admissionto degree programs until one year after the dateof dismissal. Falsification or concealment of astudent’s previous record will be deemed suffi-cient basis for summary dismissal.

International StudentsTo apply for admission, international studentsmust complete the international undergraduateapplication form and submit it along with a $40application fee to the office of undergraduateadmissions. Transcripts from all secondary andpost-secondary schools attended must be sub-mitted including an English translation (con-ducted by World Education Services WES) ofcourses completed and grades received.

The TOEFL examination is required of allinternational applicants whose native languageis not English.

Students for whom English is their native lan-guage must submit scores received from the SATor ACT examination.

A notarized financial resource statement ornotarized bank statement is required to demon-strate the student’s ability to pay the total cost ofattendance.

Interviews and ToursInterested students are encouraged, but notrequired in most cases, to interview with amember of Rider’s admissions staff.Appointments and campus tours are availableweekdays (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Saturday morn-ings when the University is in session and maybe arranged by writing or calling the office ofadmissions at 1-800-257-9026 or 609-896-5042.

Rider's campus is virtually barrier free. Riderextends a special invitation for physically dis-abled students to visit the campus, examine thephysical facilities, and check the availability ofsupport services.

No applicant to Rider University will bedenied admission on the basis of race, color,creed, sex, national origin, or physical disability.

Acceptance of Admission

Commuter StudentsIn order to accept the Rider offer of admission,it is necessary to return the admissions accept-ance form together with a nonrefundabledeposit of $200 to the cashier’s office. Thedeposit will be credited to the student’s account.

Resident StudentsTo accept the Rider offer of admission as a resi-dent student, it is necessary to return the admis-sions acceptance form and the housing agree-ment together with a deposit of $400. Of thisdeposit, $300 ($200, tuition; $100, room) will becredited to the student’s account and is nonre-fundable. The remaining $100 will be held tocover possible damage to the residence hallfacilities and is refundable if the student doesnot enroll.

Deposits are required of all students whetheror not they are receiving financial aid.

Final Official Transcripts

All new freshmen students to the University arerequired to submit a final, official copy of theirhigh school transcript prior to enrolling.


268

Registration

Registration is required of each Rider student.Registration consists of:

• Completing the course request form at thespecified time;

• Paying tuition and fees in the cashier’s officewhen due;

• Filling out and returning data forms;• Receiving a class schedule;• Receiving an I.D. card;• Registering motor vehicles.A student who fails to make payment in full

within 10 days of the due date for tuition andfees may be cancelled from the courses and on-campus housing (if applicable). Those coursesand housing assignments will then be assignedto students on the waiting list.

Course RequestsStudents entering Rider for the first time maketheir course requests during the February orsummer orientation programs. Each succeedingsemester, the registrar conducts a two-weekcourse request period for students to indicatepreferred courses for the following semester.Course requests are not completed until the stu-dent turns in the course request form to the reg-istrar’s office.

Residence Life

The Rider housing policies and residencerequirements are based upon a desire to grant asmuch independence to individual students aspossible in choosing their residences and a sin-cere and documented belief that residence inuniversity facilities has a positive educationaleffect. Rider’s goal, therefore, is to provide suit-able accommodations for every student wishingto live on campus and to make campus resi-dence part of the educational process.All students who live in a residence hall arerequired to take meals in the dining hall.

Housing AgreementTo make a housing reservation, a student mustsubmit the housing agreement together with a$100 security and a $100 housing deposit. Thesecurity deposit is held, until the student leavesRider, to cover any damage to the residence hallsother than that caused by ordinary wear andtear. The housing deposit will be held in the stu-dent’s account and applied towards the roomrent for the spring semester. Students who askedto be released from their housing contract forthe spring semester forfeit both their housingand security deposits.

Students who withdraw from the UniversityThe housing deposit is non-refundable except toa returning student who withdraws for the fallsemester prior to July 1, withdraws for thespring semester prior to January 20, or is aca-demically dismissed.

Veterans

Rider maintains a veterans affairs office to helpveterans and eligible dependents obtain VA edu-cation benefits. The veterans affairs office, locat-ed in the registrar’s office, provides veteranswith information services and certificationprocesses.

Rider’s degree programs are approved underthe Veterans Readjustment Act of 1966, asamended. To assure prompt and accurate certi-fication, each veteran or eligible dependent isrequired to file a veteran’s request for certifica-tion form. Students in the CCS and the graduatedivisions should complete this form and returnit to the veterans affairs representative in theirrespective colleges. Students enrolled as full-time day students or receiving benefits underVocational Rehabilitation for Disabled Veteransshould return this form to the veterans affairscoordinator in the registrar’s office. No veteranor dependent will receive benefits unless this


269

form is completed and filed with the appropri-ate veterans affairs representative.

Students filing for benefits at Rider for thefirst time must contact the appropriate veteransaffairs representative.

VA Monthly Educational Benefits for Full-Time Students(Rates effective October 1, 1995)

Chapter 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$604.62Chapter 106 (National Guard) . . . . . . . . . .$190Chapter 30 (Montgomery GI Bill) . .$325-$400

depending on active duty obligationChapter 35 (dependents) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$404

Veterans can accelerate academic programs byreceiving credit for certain educational pro-grams completed in the service under USAFIagencies as well as through the College LevelExamination Program (CLEP). To transfercredits from other institutions or for informa-tion on applicable study credits, contact theoffice of admissions and student financial serv-ices.

In view of the fact that many veterans havefound it difficult to meet tuition payments bythe date established by Rider for full payment offees, all veterans enrolled in the day school whohave been certified as eligible for veterans’ ben-efits may be eligible for deferred payment oftuition. The plan of payment appropriate for aparticular individual is determined by the veter-ans coordinator after review of the student’sfinancial situation. Veterans who believe theymay be eligible for additional financial aid fromRider should apply directly to the director ofstudent financial services.

Tuition and Fees

Typical undergraduate day expenses for the2004-2005 academic year are estimated as fol-lows:

Undergraduate TuitionFull-time comprehensive tuition

(Fall and Spring semesters) . . . . . .$21,820

Per credit hour tuition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$730Audit fee per course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$170

Room and Board (Fall and Spring)Room (standard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,680Room (Lincoln Suite) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,580Room only (Greek) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,420Board (Fall and Spring) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,720

Student Mandatory FeesNew student orientation fee(Fall or Spring only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$200Student activities fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$200Student teaching fee (academic year) . . . .$245

Advance DepositsTuition deposit (new students only) . . . . .$200Housing deposit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100Security deposit (payable only once with initial

housing agreement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100

Technology FeesFull-time students . . . . . . . . . . . .$140/semesterPart-time students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$35/course

Other FeesApplication fee (nonrefundable) . . . . . . . . .$40Readmission fee (nonrefundable) . . . . . . . .$30I.D. card replacement fee (first replacement)$30

Subsequent replacements . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$50Student medical insurance plan

(academic year)** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$200International student medical plan

(academic year)** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$349


270

Late registration fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$50Late payment fee of tuition . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100Dishonored check fee, first time* . . . . . . . . .$30Dishonored check fee, after first time . . . . .$50*Returned checks that have not been redeemed ormade good by the due date will be assessed the latepayment fee in addition to the dishonored checkfee.**Subject to change based on market quotes.

The fees and charges set forth herein are sub-ject to adjustment at any time. Questionsregarding rates and fees should be directed tothe bursar’s office.

Expenses for the College of ContinuingStudies (CCS) are on page 124. Summer sessioncharges are in the summer session catalog, avail-able from the CCS office.

The comprehensive tuition fee covers a nor-mal academic load of between 12 and 17 credithours per semester. Students are charged $350per credit hour in excess of 17 credits. The com-prehensive tuition fee may not include auditand noncredit courses. Any questions regardingtuition charges should be directed to the bur-sar’s office. Students taking one through 11semester credit hours are charged $730 percredit hour.

Eligibility for scholarships, loans, and housingmay be jeopardized if a student registers for apart-time load.

Students receiving financial aid from federalgovernment programs or agencies (for examplethe Veterans Administration, the Civil ServiceCommission or State ScholarshipCommissions) must pursue a full-time courseof study of 12 credits or more to meet the eligi-bility requirements for continued assistance.Most state programs have the same require-ment.

Deposits

New StudentsNew commuting students are required to pro-vide a tuition deposit of $200. In addition, newresident students are required to provide ahousing deposit of $100 and a security depositof $100. The housing deposit is held in the stu-dent’s account until it is applied to reduce thehousing charges in the spring semester.

Continuing StudentsContinuing resident students who wish toreserve housing for the next academic year arerequired to provide a $100 room deposit. Thatdeposit is paid in the spring semester, and heldin the student’s account until it is applied toreduce the housing charge in the spring semes-ter of the next academic year. No tuition depositis required of continuing students.

Waivers and RefundsStudents demonstrating full financial need maybe eligible for full or partial waiving ofdeposit(s) by applying to the student financialservices office. Housing and tuition deposits fornew students are not refundable.

Housing deposits for continuing students arerefundable if: (1) students provide writtennotice to the dean of students office by July 1 forfall semester or January 20 for spring semester.Notice must be received by those dates for arefund to the granted; or (2) the student is dis-missed by action of the Committee onAcademic Standing or the Judicial Board.


271

Account Statements

Statements are sent to students at their localaddress (campus address if resident and tohome address if commuter). The University willmail account statements to another address ofthe student’s choice if a written request is sub-mitted to the bursar’s office.

Terms of Payment

Tuition, fees, and charges for room and boardare due and payable in two installments: August12, 2004 for Fall 2004 and January 4, 2005 forSpring 2005. Students should mail their pay-ments to be received by these due dates.Students participating in Rider’s Study Abroadprograms have the same payment deadlines.

Payments may be made by check, cash, VISA,MasterCard, in person or by mail addressed to:Cashier’s Office, Rider University, 2083Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-3099.

Checks should be made payable to RIDERUNIVERSITY. International students shouldmake payments in U.S. dollars. The student’sname and social security number should beincluded on the check.

A monthly payment plan may be used to payRider costs. For additional information, contact:

Academic Management ServicesOne AMS PlaceP.O. Box 991Swanseh, MA 02777-0991800-635-0120

Students are asked to carefully consider thepublished payment deadlines. Prompt paymentof student account balances ensures studentskeep the classes they selected in advance regis-tration and their advance housing assignments.Balances unpaid after the deadlines or paid withchecks returned by the student’s bank will resultin courses and housing reservations being can-celled, so please be aware of the deadlines.

Financial ObligationsStudents can meet their financial obligations tothe University by paying their account balancesin full or by enrolling in an approved deferredpayment plan. Inquiries about account balancesand payment options should be directed to thebursar’s office in the Bart Luedeke Center, 609-896-5020.

Students must also be in good financial statuswith all organizations with which Rider hasdeclared an official relationship, such as theNew Jersey Higher Education AssistanceAuthority in order to be officially registered.

Students with unmet obligations are not con-sidered to have valid registrations. They may beprevented from attending classes, receivingtranscripts, participating in advance registrationfor upcoming semesters, and under certain con-ditions, from graduating.

Liability for tuition costs will not be waivedunless the student officially drops or withdrawsfrom the course(s) for which he or she regis-tered (see Refunds, below).

Refunds

Refunds Due To WithdrawalsNo refunds of undergraduate day tuition orroom and board will be made to any studentwho withdraws from Rider without the writtenpermission of the dean of students, nor will anyrefund be made for absences or dismissal fromRider after the refund period. A student whofails to withdraw officially waives the right toconsideration for any refund. All refunds arebased upon the official withdrawal date and willbe calculated from the official opening date ofclasses in accordance with the following sched-ule for the fall and spring semesters.


272

Prior to the official opening of classes(less deposits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100%

During the first week of any semester . . . .80%During the second week of any semester . .60%During the third week of any semester . . .40%During the fourth week of any semester . .25%

No refunds are made for withdrawals after thefourth week of any semester. Budgetary com-mitments require strict adherence to the policyregarding refunds. Appeals due to extenuatingcircumstances should be directed to the dean ofstudents.

Refunds Due to Leave of AbsenceStudents granted leaves of absence due to med-ical reasons or to fulfill a military obligationmay be eligible for refunds or credits if theymust withdraw involuntarily during a semester.Students granted leaves of absence may be givenprorated credit for the unused portion of thesemester calculated from the date the leave isgranted.

Refunds for Course WithdrawalsFull-time students who withdraw from coursesduring the two-week add/drop period revisingtheir course load to less than 12 hours will bebilled at the per credit hour day tuition rate.

The refund policy for Continuing Studiesappears in that chapter of this catalog (page126). Refund policies for summer session, andspecial programs may be found in the respectivecatalogs and announcements.

Return of Title IV FundsIf a student withdraws from the institution, acalculation will be performed to determine theamount of financial assistance the studentearned. A student earns aid based solely on thelength of time she/he attended. If the amount ofaid the student received is greater than theamount of aid that was earned a portion of theTitle IV proceeds must be returned. No return

of Title IV money will occur if the amount ofaid earned exceeds 60 percent; at that point, a100 percent is considered earned. This policy isindependent of the Institutional Refund Policy.

Student Financial Services(Financial Aid)

Rider University believes that no student shouldbe denied a quality education for reasons ofcost. Accordingly, the student financial servicesstaff is committed to assisting families in mak-ing education affordable. All students and theirfamilies are encouraged to apply to determineeligibility for state, federal and institutional aidsources. There are no income cutoffs used todetermine eligibility. Often students who do notanticipate receiving aid find themselves eligiblefor one or more types of financial assistance.Currently, 78 percent of Rider University under-graduate students receive some form of finan-cial assistance.

How to BeginThe first step in the annual financial aid applica-tion process is the filing of the Free Applicationfor Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). To be consid-ered for Rider University funds, including meritscholarships, all students should file the FAFSAwith the federal processor by March 1. An earli-er filing date is strongly recommended. Itshould be noted this is a priority filing deadline.Applications received after this date are awardedon a funds available basis. The FAFSA must becompleted for all types of aid including the fed-eral Stafford Loan.

What the FAFSA DoesThe information supplied on the FAFSA pro-vides Rider University with a federally calculat-ed amount that the filer’s family can reasonablybe expected to contribute toward collegeexpenses. This figure is taken into considerationin relation to the total annual student expense


273

budget to determine eligibility for financialassistance. By filing the FAFSA, students areapplying for federal, state and institutionalassistance. No other financial aid applicationwill need to be filed.

AwardingThe Rider University student financial servicesstaff develops a financial aid award package thattypically includes federal, state and/or RiderUniversity grants, a loan portion, and a workstudy opportunity on campus if significantfinancial need is demonstrated. In addition, onthe basis of academic merit, scholarship assis-tance awarded by the office of admissions mayalso be included. Other sources of fundinginclude off-campus employment, and scholar-ships awarded by high schools, and civic andbusiness organizations. Additionally, a variety ofloan programs and payment plans are availablethrough independent agencies and financialinstitutions to assist in meeting college costs. Indeveloping each applicant’s financial aid awardpackage, all resources (federal, institutional,state, and private) are expended to address indi-vidual student circumstances as well as deliverequal treatment for all applicants.

Scholarship ProgramsRider University offers five major scholarshipprograms for students enrolled on theLawrenceville campus based solely on academicmerit. To be considered for one of these aca-demic scholarships: (1) you must be regularlyadmissible to the University as a full-time stu-dent and remain a full-time student whileattending Rider; (2) you have to be a U.S. citizenor permanent resident; (3) qualifying GPAsmust be based on a 4.0 scale; (4) for freshmenscholarship, completed high school courseworkshould reflect at least a college-preparatory levelof study; (5) completed application for admis-sion, including essay, recommendations, officialSAT/ACT scores, fee, and transcripts, must bereceived by March 1 for freshmen scholarship

consideration and by April 1 for transfer schol-arship consideration; (6) Students mustrespond with their admission deposit by May 3,2005. Cumulative GPA through seventh semes-ter, December ACT, and January SAT will be lat-est academic information considered forawards. Freshmen awards may be renewedannually for a maximum of four years eligibili-ty. Transfer awards are renewable for a maxi-mum of three years. NOTE: If you qualify formore than one Rider academic scholarship, youwill receive the award of greatest monetaryvalue.

For each of the below listed awards, eligibilityfor federal and state grants and scholarships aretaken into consideration:

Presidential ScholarshipPresidential Scholarships of $16,000 for residentstudents and $13,000 for commuter students areawarded automatically each year to freshmanstudents who meet the following criteria.Recipients are expected to have SAT scorestotalling at least 1250 or ACT of 28, and a cumu-lative high school GPA of 3.5 or better.Scholarships are annually renewable for stu-dents who remain enrolled on a full-time basisand maintain a cumulative grade point averageof at least 3.0. Students must make applicationby March 1 of their high school senior year.

Edward J. Bloustein DistinguishedScholarshipRecipients of the Edward J. BlousteinDistinguished Scholar Award, sponsored by theState of New Jersey, receive $16,000 as a residentstudent and $13,000 as a commuter student inthe form of grants and scholarships from Rider.All candidates who qualify for this scholarshipmust meet the regular admission criteria. Thescholarship is renewable on an annual basis pro-vided the student remains enrolled on a full-time basis and maintains a GPA of at least 3.0.


274

Provost ScholarshipProvost Scholarships in the amount of $11,000are automatic for incoming freshmen. Studentsmust have SATs of 1150 or an ACT score of 25or better and have a cumulative minimum highschool GPA of 3.25 or better. The scholarship isrenewable if the student maintains a cumulativeGPA of 2.75. Students must make applicationfor admission by March 1 of their senior yearand respond with their admission deposit byMay 1.

Dean's ScholarshipDean’s Scholarships in the amount of $9,000 areautomatic for incoming freshmen. Studentsmust have SATs of 1050 or an ACT score of 23or better and have a cumulative minimum highschool GPA of 3.0 or better. The scholarship isrenewable if the student maintains a cumulativeGPA of 2.6. Students must make application foradmission by March 1 of their senior year andrespond with their admission deposit by May 1.

Transfer ScholarshipRider automatically awards transfer scholar-ships of $7,500 or $5,000 for students transfer-ring to Rider University who have earned anassociate degree prior to matriculation and havemaintained a minimum GPA of 3.5 or 3.0respectively. The scholarship is renewable eachyear provided the student maintains full-timestatus with a GPA of at least 2.5. (Maximum eli-gibility of three years.) Students must makeapplication by April 1 and respond with theiradmission deposit by June 1. In case of atten-dance at multiple institutions, GPA will becumulative and based on all courses completedtoward the associate degree.

Actors’ ScholarshipTwo full-tuition scholarships for actors areawarded to students chosen by audition for theRider theater program. The scholarship isrenewable provided the student remainsenrolled on a full-time basis, majors or minorsin fine arts, and auditions for at least three pro-ductions each year and accepts roles offered.

Athletic ScholarshipsAthletic scholarships are available to qualifiedstudent athletes. For further information onathletic scholarships, contact the athleticsdepartment at 609-896-5054 for the appropriatecoach’s name and extension.

Rider University ProgramsRider University offers a need-based grant pro-gram and a need-based loan program. Studentsmust file the FAFSA each year by the priority fil-ing deadline and demonstrate financial need tobe considered for these resources.

Rider GrantThis is a need-based grant awarded to studentsto offset university costs. Awards vary accordingto need and academic record, and the range ofthe award may vary.

Rider LoanRider loans are available to students whodemonstrate financial need. Awards are basedupon funds availability.

State and Federal ProgramsRider University participates in the followingfederal and state financial aid programs. Theseprograms, in conjunction with Rider Universityand other assistance programs, provided $60million to Rider University students for the2003-2004 academic year.

Federal Pell GrantThese entitlement awards range in value from$400 to an expected $4,050 per year based uponhigh financial need.

Federal Supplemental EducationalOpportunity GrantThese campus-based grants are available to stu-dents who demonstrate high financial need.Awards are generally less than $1,000.


275

Federal Perkins LoanThese loans are available to full-time under-graduate students and part-time undergraduateand graduate students who demonstrate highfinancial need. Being campus based, funds arelimited. The interest rate is five percent andrepayment begins nine months after leavingschool.

Federal Work StudyEmployment on- or off-campus is provided toeligible students through this work program.Typically students average about 10 hours perweek when classes are in session.

Federal Family Education Loan ProgramsSubsidized Stafford Loan ProgramStudents enrolled at least half-time are eligibleto participate in the federal Stafford LoanProgram. Freshmen may borrow $2,625, sopho-mores $3,500, and junior and senior studentsmay borrow a maximum of $5,500 per academ-ic year provided the subsidized loan togetherwith grants, scholarships and other loans doesnot exceed the student’s financial need. The fed-eral government will pay the loan’s interest untilsix months after graduation, or withdrawal, orwhen the student ceases to be enrolled at leasthalf-time. Interest on this loan is variable and isestablished each year by the federal government.

Unsubsidized Stafford LoanStudents ineligible for the subsidized programmay participate in the unsubsidized federalStafford Loan Program. In this program the stu-dent rather than the federal government isresponsible for the interest during periods ofenrollment.

Parent Loan for Undergraduate StudentsThis loan is for parents of undergraduatedependent students. Parents may obtain a PLUSloan up to the amount of the student's cost ofeducation less financial aid assistance.

State GrantsThe State of New Jersey sponsors a range of pro-grams for New Jersey residents including:

Tuition Aid Grant (TAG)The amounts of the grant differ in value basedon the student’s need. These grants ranged from$1,298 to $7,272 in the 2003-2004 academicyear. NOTE: State grant recipients who enrollfor fewer than 12 credits during the last term ofthe final year of their program of study are con-sidered full-time for purposes of TAG eligibilitycertification.

Educational Opportunity Fund GrantUndergraduate grants for eligible students were$2,300 for the 2003-2004 academic year.

Personal Policies

Protection of Personal PrivacyAccess to student records may be accorded toRider personnel with a legitimate educationalinterest in the records. Information may bereleased to other agencies and individualsaccording to these policies in compliance withthe Family Privacy Act of 1974 (as amended):

• Rider may release the following informationwithout written permission from the stu-dent: fact of enrollment, dates of enrollment,degree candidacy, degree awarded, andmajor field.

• Rider may release the following informationunless the student has requested in writingthat the information not be released: name,home and local address, and home and localtelephone number.

No other information concerning an individualwill be released without the written permissionof that person.


276

HarassmentRider reaffirms its desire to create an academicand work environment for all students, faculty,staff, and administrators that is not only respon-sible but supportive and conducive to theachievement of educational/career goals on thebasis of such relevant facts as ability and per-formance. All students, faculty, staff, andadministrators have the right to expect an envi-ronment that allows them to enjoy the full ben-efits of their work or learning experience.Harassment is any action that threatens, coerces,or intimidates individuals or classes of individ-uals because of their racial, sexual, ethnic, orreligious identity or because of such characteris-tics as age or physical disability

Sexual HarassmentRider University is committed to sustaining anenvironment for teaching, learning, employ-ment, and participation in other University pro-grams or activities that is free of sexual harass-ment. It is the policy of the institution that nomember of the community may sexually harassanother. Sexual harassment is defined as unwel-come sexual advances, requests for sexualfavors, and/or physical, verbal or written con-duct of a sexual nature when:

1. submission to such conduct is made explic-itly or implicitly a term or condition of anindividual’s employment, education, or par-ticipation in University programs or activi-ties; or

2. submission to or rejection of such conductby an individual is used as a basis for deci-sions pertaining to an individual’s employ-ment, education, or participation inUniversity programs or activities; or

3. such speech or conduct is directed againstanother and is abusive or humiliating andpersists after the objection of the person tar-geted by the speech or conduct; or

4. such conduct would be regarded by a rea-sonable person as creating an intimidating,hostile or offensive environment that sub-

stantially interferes with an individual’swork, education, or participation in univer-sity programs or activities.

In the educational setting within theUniversity, as distinct from other work placeswithin the University, wide latitude for profes-sional judgment in determining the appropriatecontent and presentation of academic materialis required. Conduct, including pedagogicaltechniques, that serves a legitimate educationalpurpose does not constitute sexual harassment.Those participating in the educational settingbear a responsibility to balance their rights offree expression with a consideration of the rea-sonable sensitivities of other participants.

Nothing contained in this policy shall be con-strued either to (1) limit the legitimate exerciseof free speech, including but not limited to writ-ten, graphic, or verbal expression that can rea-sonably be demonstrated to serve legitimateeducational, artistic, or political purposes, or (2)infringe upon the academic freedom of anymember of the University community.

A copy of this policy will be widely distrib-uted and prominently displayed so as to assurethat all members of the Rider community areaware of their rights and responsibilities underthis policy.

Student Conduct PolicyStudents at Rider University are expected toabide by the basic principles of integrity, hon-esty, and respect. To define these principles,Rider has established regulations and policies togovern student conduct in both academic andsocial matters. These have been designed toallow each student the greatest possible free-dom, consistent with the welfare of the commu-nity. All students are expected and urged toabide by these regulations that are spelled out indetail in The Source, the student handbook. Insome instances, failure to abide by the code ofconduct may result in dismissal or suspension.


277

Compensation for PerformancesStudents may from time to time participate inevents or promotions sponsored by theUniversity including situations for which pro-ceeds are received by the University. A studentshall have no right or claim to any payment orproceeds from any entertainment, promotional,or publicity items, events or activities, includingevents or activities of an artistic or athleticnature. By registering in and attending theUniversity, each student acknowledges that heor she has no right to payment for participationin any University event or payment for partici-pation in sound or sight reproductions of anyUniversity event; and to the extent that anyrights to any payment may exist, he or sheassigns all such rights to the University.

Academic Policies

AttendanceSince absences hinder the work and standing ofa student, all students are expected to be in reg-ular attendance at all class meetings throughoutthe academic year. The question of excusingabsences will be left to the individual instructor.Faculty members are expected to take into con-sideration validated absences due to field trips,religious activities, participation in varsity ath-letics, placement interviews for graduating sen-iors, and illness sufficiently serious to be certi-fied by either Rider or a family physician.

It is the responsibility of the student toinform his or her instructors of the nature andextent of an absence or anticipated absence.

Rider expects classes and exams to meetaccording to the established academic schedule.When a faculty member must be absent, Riderwill make every reasonable effort to cover theclass or exam.

Academic ClassificationA student must carry 12 credit hours or more(or the equivalent) in a regular semester to beconsidered a full-time student. Normal progresstoward a degree and academic classificationconsists of the following credit advancement:

Freshman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-23 hoursSophomore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24-53 hoursJunior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54-89 hoursSenior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 or more hours

Students receiving financial aid from anysource need to be particularly concerned withtheir full-time status and with making normalprogress toward a degree.

Grade ReportsMembers of the faculty are officers of instruc-tion at Rider. Among their responsibilities assuch is the evaluation of students’ academicaccomplishments in courses of instruction.These evaluations ultimately are expressed ingrades that are recorded in the student’s aca-demic record. Members of the faculty, judgingthe competencies and performances of students,assign grades based on their professional experi-ence and training. Grades assigned by the facul-ty follow practices and procedures within thestandards established by Rider and within thestandards established by individual courserequirements.

Letter grades are used at Rider for recordingfaculty evaluations of final student achievementin individual courses and are entered on thepermanent academic record of a student’s aca-demic performance.

The academic grades used by faculty forrecording evaluations of student achievementare as follows:


278

A B-A- C+B+ C FairB Good C-D Poor; minimum passing gradeF Failing academic work; failing to abide by

standards of academic honesty and integrity; unauthorized withdrawal; and failing to complete course work in prescribed time period

For determining grade point averages, thegrades above have weighted values, called vari-ously honor points, quality points, or gradepoints, as follows:

A 4.0 C+ 2.3A- 3.7 C 2.0B+ 3.3 C- 1.7 B 3.0 D 1.0B- 2.7 F 0.0

Each instructor of a course will inform thestudent of the course objectives, procedures,and applicable grading standards. Upon a stu-dent’s written request, members of the facultywill provide a review of the student’s coursework at least once each semester by the mid-point of that term. Each student also may reviewmaterial submitted to the instructor for evalua-tion, such as papers, examinations, and the like.In these ways, students are able to assess theirown progress in a course before final grades areassigned. (Note: Faculty members are notrequired to maintain student course materialsmore than four months after the end of an aca-demic term.)

A student’s grade report also may show thefollowing transcript notations, which carry nograde point value:

I IncompleteL Late gradeN Registered; did not attendP PassingS Satisfactory progressU Failure in pass/fail courseW WithdrewX AuditY Satisfactory completion of

supplemental education courseZ Insufficient progress in supplemental

education courseN and W notations are included in the total

semester hours attempted as far as tuition pay-ment is concerned.

Policy for Grade of IncompleteStudents who, as a result of extenuating circum-stances, are unable to complete the requiredwork of a course within the normal time limitsfor the term may request an extension of timefrom the faculty member. Such extensions oftime should be granted only in cases in whichillness or other serious emergency has prevent-ed the student from completing the courserequirements or from taking a final examina-tion. The request for extension of time must bemade prior to the last scheduled class meetingexcept in those unusual situations in whichprior notification is not possible. The facultymember shall determine whether or not togrant the request for a time extension and thetype of verification (if any) required to supportthe request. The faculty member shall specifythe time, up to four weeks from the last date ofthe term, by which work must be completed bythe student. If the faculty member agrees to therequest, the notation “I” (incomplete) is submit-ted on the grade roll. In those situations wherethe faculty member has not received a requestfor an extension of time, the notation “I”(incomplete) may be submitted on the graderoll by the faculty member when, in his or herjudgment, such a determination appears justi-fied. Upon submission of completed required


279

work, the faculty member will submit a change-of-grade form to the registrar.

Students who, as a result of extenuating cir-cumstances, are unable to submit the requiredwork at the end of the four-week period mayrequest an extension of the incomplete grade.The request for an extension of the incompletemust be made prior to the expiration of thefour-week period. If the faculty member agreesto the request for an extension, the facultymember shall specify the time, up to a maxi-mum of two weeks from the date of expirationof the four-week period (i.e., six weeks from thelast date of the term) by which work must becompleted by the student and shall submit anextension-of-incomplete form to the registrar.Upon submission of completed required work,the faculty member shall submit a change-of-grade form to the registrar.

Failure of the registrar to receive from the fac-ulty member a change-of-grade form or anextension-of-incomplete form at the end of thefour-week period, or a change-of-grade form atthe end of the six-week period, shall result in theautomatic assignment of the grade F by the reg-istrar.

Dean’s ListThe Dean’s List is published at the end of eachsemester to announce academic honors. To beplaced on the Dean’s List, a student must beenrolled full-time and have a 3.25 GPA with nograde below C. Part-time students in the Collegeof Continuing Studies are also eligible.

Graduation with HonorsGraduation with distinction depends upon theachievement of exceptionally high scholasticaverages and completion of all requirements.This distinction is reflected by the awarding ofdegrees cum laude, magna cum laude, andsumma cum laude. Graduation with distinctionis awarded on the following basis:

Summa cum laude . . . . . . . . . .3.75-4.0 averageMagna cum laude . . . . . . . . . . .3.5-3.74 averageCum laude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.25-3.49 average

Grade point averages are computed only onwork taken at Rider.

Course WithdrawalsStudents may drop courses during the first twoweeks of a semester at their own discretion.Students may withdraw from courses andreceive a grade of W during the third throughseventh weeks of the semester. In the semester’seighth through 11th weeks, students may with-draw from courses with the written consent ofthe course instructor and receive a grade of W.After the end of the 11th week of a semester, stu-dents may withdraw from courses and receive agrade of W only for documented involuntaryreasons (such as medical incapacity). Such vali-dated reasons shall permit a student to with-draw from courses with a grade of W at any timebeyond the add/drop period. Reasons must bevalidated by the academic dean of the college inwhich the student is enrolled (in consultationwith the dean of students).

Withdrawal policies during special sessionsobserve time limits proportional to the timelimits of a regular semester. Course withdrawalforms are available in the registrar’s office and inthe CCS office for its students.

Conditional Standing, Dismissaland ReadmissionAll students permitted to enroll at Rider are ingood standing and are qualified to be bona fidestudents. Decisions regarding academic condi-tional standing and dismissal for poor scholar-ship are the responsibility of the Committee onAcademic Standing within each college.

Because a 2.0 or better cumulative GPA isrequired for graduation, a student is expected tomaintain at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA whileenrolled at Rider. A student who fails to main-tain at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA will bereviewed by an academic standing committeeand may be dismissed or placed on conditionalstanding.


280

Students who have not done satisfactory workmay be dismissed for poor scholarship at theend of any semester after an appropriate reviewof their scholastic records by the academicstanding committee. There must be substantialevidence of proper motivation and a capacityfor doing college-level work to warrant main-taining a student with a record of continuedconditional status. An academic standing com-mittee may require a student who does unsatis-factory work to pursue a specific course of studyduring a particular academic session. A studentwho fails to pursue a course of study prescribedby an academic standing committee, or whodoes unsatisfactory work in the prescribedcourse of study, may be dismissed without theright of further appeal.

Students who wish to appeal a dismissal mustsubmit a written statement of appeal to the aca-demic dean of their college within 10 days fromthe date on their letter of dismissal. All appealssubmitted by the deadline will receive consider-ation by the appropriate academic standingcommittee.

Academic dismissal at the end of the fallsemester is effective prior to the beginning ofthe spring semester.

Dismissal for academic reasons terminates astudent's relationship with Rider. Althoughsome students will apply for readmission, thereis no real or implied right to such readmission.A student dismissed for academic reasons nor-mally will not be eligible for readmission withinone calendar year of the dismissal date.Decisions concerning readmission are made bythe Committee on Academic Standing of thecollege to which the student seeks readmission.

Leave of AbsenceStudents who withdraw from the University formedical incapacity, active military service, fam-ily crisis, or to pursue a specific academic orprofessional alternative may apply for a leave ofabsence. The dean (in consultation with thedean of students) may grant the leave uponreceipt of appropriate documentation. Medicalleaves are for one year. Military leaves are renew-able up to four years. Academic status is thesame upon return provided that appropriateprograms and courses are offered or can be sub-stituted. Medical clearance is required forapproval for return.

Students granted leaves of absence may be eli-gible for refunds or credits if they must with-draw involuntarily during a semester. Studentsgranted leaves of absence for medical reasonswill be given prorated credit for the unused por-tion of the semester calculated from the date theleave is granted.

Voluntary Withdrawal and ReadmissionA student withdrawing is required to submit thewithdrawal in writing and to surrender his/heridentification card. Failure to comply with thisrequirement may preclude any further enroll-ment. An unapproved withdrawal results in fail-ure in all scheduled courses. Additional, relevantpolicies are as follows:1. Withdrawal from the University effective

during the term:Withdrawals from the University effective

during a term may be approved during the first11 weeks of classes (registrar will provide with-drawal deadlines for each term). A Universitywithdrawal form is completed and filed (orwritten/signed notification of intent to with-draw is received). Withdrawals from theUniversity are not approved after the withdraw-al deadline except when involuntary (for suchreasons as medical incapacity) as judged by thedean in consultation with the dean of students.All grades are entered on transcript as W.


281

2.Withdrawal from the University effective other than during the term:Withdrawals from the University effective

other than during an enrolled term may beapproved by the dean of the college (or by thedean of students) upon receipt of a Universitywithdrawal form (or written/signed notificationof intent to withdraw). Students who have failedto complete registration by the registrationdeadline for a regular term may be withdrawnby the dean (or by the dean of students). Thestudents are sent a notice of the action. Theeffective date is retroactive to a date prior to thebeginning of classes. If students are withdrawnfor failure to complete registration, courses willbe dropped from the transcript.3. Dropping a course in the first two weeks:

Courses may be dropped by a student prior tothe end of the second week of classes of a semes-ter (or proportionate time for shorter terms) bysubmitting the appropriate form to the dean’soffice/registrar (or by electronic means withconfirmation of the transaction). Droppedcourses are removed from class rosters and donot appear on transcripts.4. Course withdrawal from the third to the

seventh weeks:Students may withdraw from courses from

the third week through the seventh week ofsemesters (or proportionate times for shorterterms) by submitting completed course with-drawal forms to the dean’s office/registar.5. Course withdrawal from the eighth week

to the last two weeks of class:In the semester’s eighth week up to the last

two weeks of classes in a semester, students maywithdraw from courses with the written consentof the course instructor and receive a grade ofW. (Proportionate times are used for shorterterms.)

6. Course withdrawal in the last two weeks of the term:Students may withdraw from courses during

the last two weeks of classes or finals (or propor-tionate times for shorter terms) only for docu-mented involuntary reasons (such as medicalincapacity) with the approval of the dean (inconsultation with the dean of students).7. Readmission:

Each college or school grants readmission tostudents in accordance with policies and proce-dures specified by the Academic PolicyCommittee and academic standing committeeof each college or school/program.

notes

282

283

Campus and Facilities

campus and facilities

284

Rider University’s 328-acre Lawrenceville cam-pus is in Lawrence Township, New Jersey, onRoute 206, a quarter-mile south of I-95, fivemiles south of Princeton, and three miles northof Trenton. The modern facilities, designed tomeet the academic, social, and recreationalneeds of the Rider community are clustered andwithin easy walking distance of one another.Ample parking is available.

Memorial Hall, the Science and TechnologyCenter, the Fine Arts Center, the Joseph P. VonaAcademic Annex, the Stephen A. MaurerPhysical Education Building, and AnneBrossman Sweigart Hall contain the classroomsand laboratories for all curricula.

Rider is continuing its efforts through reno-vation and various other projects to make itscommunity more accessible to disabled stu-dents. This includes the addition of powerdoors, ramps and railings, elevators with photo-electric door control devices, and a speciallydesigned and equipped study room. Parkingspaces have been reserved at strategic pointssolely for disabled students.

The University Libraries

Rider’s libraries are at the center of intellectuallife of the University, stimulating pursuit of freeand critical intellectual inquiry through collab-orative intellectual partnerships. A well-quali-fied faculty and staff support the informationneeds of students, faculty, staff, alumni, andfriends by offering access to scholarly collec-tions and information sources. Fostering thedevelopment of information literacy andenhancing connections between teaching andlearning for life-long success is heavily empha-sized. The libraries seek to provide welcomingsurroundings conducive to the use and conser-vation of the diverse collections.

Lawrenceville CampusThe collection includes a wide variety of mate-rials to meet a broad range of learning styles.More than 425,000 print volumes, 616,000microform volumes, access to more than 12,000periodical titles in a mix of print and electronicformats, and a wide variety of electronicresearch tools make up the library. Housed inthe Franklin F. Moore Building, the library isavailable to students, faculty, staff, and visitingresearchers.

Electronic access to the online catalog, a vastarray of databases and other finding aids, as wellas the Internet are provided in public areas aswell as two instructional facilities in the library.A laptop loan program provides additionalcomputing resources for use in the library.

A strong service program includes cus-tomized individual and group information liter-acy instruction, a vigorous reference service,and an inter-library loan program, as well as on-site access programs to many other libraries.

A newly refurbished Reference and PeriodicalReading Room provides comfortable seating inan attractive environment conducive to readingand study. More than 1,000 current periodicalin paper formats are attractively displayed,along with a large selection of current newspa-pers.

Viewing and listening rooms are available tocomplement the collection of moving imagematerials. In addition, the Amy Silvers StudyRoom is equipped to support the needs of stu-dents with special needs.


285

Princeton CampusThe library at Westminster Choir College ishoused in the Katherine Houk Talbott LibraryLearning Center. These collections compriseover 60,000 books, music scores and periodicals,approximately 5,000 choral music titles in per-formance quantities, a choral music referencecollection of over 80,000 titles, 200 current peri-odical titles in print, as well as access to over12,000 titles electronically, and over 13,000sound and video recordings. Exceptional hold-ings are found in the library’s special collec-tions.

Talbott Library’s score and sound recordingcollections cover all musical styles, genres, andperiods at a basic level, but are concentratedmore heavily in the areas of choral, vocal, key-board, and sacred music. Of note are collectedworks of many individual composers, monu-ments of music, an extensive piano pedagogycollection, instructional material for music edu-cation in primary and intermediate schools, andholdings both broad and deep in choral music,keyboard music, and hymnals. The library col-lects multiple print editions of many musictitles for comparison of editing practices andmultiple recordings of many titles for compari-son of performance practices.

Talbott Library shares in Rider University’sonline library system. About two-thirds ofTalbott Library’s materials – approximately40,000 items – are represented in the online cat-alog and are available on the Web(http://library.rider.edu). An on-going projectincludes entering data for extensive choralmusic holdings into the international choralmusic databases, Musica(http://www.MusicaNet.org).

Bart Luedeke Center

Located on the lower level of the Bart LuedekeCenter are the cashier’s office, the Universitystore, a snack bar opening onto the BartLuedeke Center patio, the Rider Pub, the cam-pus radio station (WRRC), and the new officesof the College of Continuing Studies. Both thesnack bar and campus pub have selectedevening hours.

On the second floor are the campus informa-tion desk, a 370-seat theater, the Cavalla Room(a multipurpose room adjacent to a terrace),and a TV lounge. The remainder of the floorhouses some of the major student organizationsin newly renovated offices – the StudentGovernment Association, the Residence HallAssociation, the Association of CommuterStudents, the Student Entertainment Council,the Interfraternity Council, the PanhellenicCouncil, and the Minority Greek Council. Alsolocated on the second floor of the Bart LuedekeCenter is the Dean of Students office along withmany student affairs offices, including theOffice of Campus Activities, the MulticulturalCenter, the University scheduler, the Office ofResidence Life, the Office of StudentAdministrative Services, the photo I.D. room,and the University ticket booth. These groupsare all grouped together in a newly created stu-dent affairs suite.

The University Art Gallery is located on thethird floor of the Bart Luedeke Center. TheOffice of Student Financial Services and theBursar are also found on the third floor. Thenew Career Services Center is housed here alongwith the Fireside Lounge (Room 245).


286

Rider University Store

Located in the Bart Luedeke Center, theUniversity Store is a full-service facility for theRider community.

In addition to both new and used requiredbooks, a large selection of general reading andreference books, supplies, and Rider imprinteditems is available. The store offers a completeline of greeting cards, gifts, and magazines, awide assortment of food, snacks, health andbeauty aids, and daily and weekly newspapers.

The store is open Monday and Tuesday, 8:30a.m. to 7 p.m., and Wednesday through Friday,8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., as well as during theweekend prior to the beginning of each fall andspring semester and additional weekday eveninghours at the beginning of each semester.

Office of InformationTechnologies

The office of information technologies is locat-ed in the Fine Arts Center. A general access labcontaining terminals, microcomputers, andlaser printers is located in the Fine Arts Center.Other labs are located in Anne BrossmanSweigart Hall, Memorial Hall, the Fine Artsbuilding and at Westminster Choir College.Student assistants are available to assist in use ofthe equipment and software.

Central computer systems provide electronicmail, conferencing, and Internet access tools. Awide range of programming languages, utilities,and statistical packages are available for instruc-tional and research support. All Rider studentscan access these services without charge.

Central systems are available 24 hours a day.The Fine Arts lab is open Monday-Thursdayfrom 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. onFriday. Weekend hours are noon to 5 p.m. onSaturday and 5 to 11 p.m. on Sunday.Departmental lab hours may vary and are post-ed for each lab.

Security Office

The security office is open 24 hours a day,including holidays. Security should be contact-ed whenever there is an emergency or a seriousincident. The security department personnelcan provide emergency transportation for dis-abled students. The emergency telephone num-ber is 896-5321.

Special Study Opportunities

Rider University offers several special studyopportunities including a Study AbroadProgram, Baccalaureate Honors Program, andan Education Enhancement Program.Information on these special programs is in theCore Curriculum and Study Opportunitieschapter, beginning on page 6.

Student Life

Life at Rider University is more than just a class-room experience. Students have the option tolive on campus, which provides them with anopportunity to be exposed to a variety of lifestyles, beliefs, attitudes and values. Anotheropportunity for students is Greek life. Greek lifehas a long tradition at Rider University withmore than 15 percent of the undergraduatepopulation involved in a social fraternity orsorority. Programs and services for commutersare also provided to involve students in campuslife.

Undergraduate students are represented byelected officers who are members of the StudentGovernment Association. Participation andinvolvement in extracurricular activities isstrongly encouraged with the opportunity forstudents to participate in more than 100 clubsand organizations. Student leaders make theprogrammatic decisions for more than$300,000 collected from the mandatory studentactivities fee.


287

The Rider athletic department sponsors 20NCAA Division I varsity intercollegiate pro-grams. In addition, every student has the oppor-tunity to participate in some form of athleticsthrough the intramural athletic program.

Student Health Services

Rider University operates a student health cen-ter, which evaluates and treats students thatpresent with minor ailments. The health centerprovides any necessary laboratory testing, aller-gy injections, inhalation therapy, crutches, vac-cinations and medications. The women’s healthclinic is available one afternoon per week byappointment. The women’s health clinic pro-vides gynecological exams, STI testing, and con-traceptive supplies. Referrals to the counselingcenter, medical specialists or dentists can bearranged through the health center.

The health center is open Monday throughFriday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and is alwaysstaffed by a registered nurse. A physician isavailable during the fall and spring semesterduring posted hours.

There is no fee for services. Students will bebilled for medications, vaccinations, and certainsupplies dispensed from the health center.

Health education is provided through thehealth center.

Career Development AndPlacement Support

The office of career services, located in the BartLuedeke Center, serves students in several ways.Through individual counseling, small groupsessions and assistance in the career placementreading room, this office seeks to help studentsgather realistic information on which to basecurricular choices and to begin making careerchoices. Current information on specific occu-pations as well as general information on choos-ing a career field and job hunting is kept in the

career placement library. Early attention to real-istic career alternatives and requirements canoften prove helpful in planning satisfactory col-lege programs.

General information on planning for gradu-ate study and fellowship announcements islocated in this office. Students considering grad-uate work are urged to make initial inquiriesearly in their college career in order to becomeaware of the wide variety of programs andfinancial aid opportunities.

The career services office assists students inplanning their search for suitable employment.On-campus interviews are scheduled for seniorswith representatives from the corporate world,not for profit, education and government.Recruiting interviews are held in the fall andspring. Assistance is available in preparingresumes and cover letters. A permanent refer-ence and credential file is maintained. Studentsare urged to gather references from facultymembers at several points during their collegecareers to ensure representative files. The officeis open daily Monday through Thursday, 8:30a.m. to 8 p.m., and until 5 p.m. on Friday.

Parking And VehicleRegulations

Rider provides ample parking for students. Allvehicles operated on the campus by Rider stu-dents must be registered with the security officeand must display the proper identificationdecal. The cost for vehicle registration and aparking permit is included in tuition. Failure toregister a vehicle and properly display the decalwill result in a fine. Student parking is restrictedat all times to the student parking lots. The con-duct of official Rider business by a student willnot be considered a valid reason for parking inany other area. Students are responsible foradhering to the campus traffic regulations.These regulations and further vehicular infor-mation are available from the offices of the deanof students and the College of ContinuingStudies.


288

Hours Of Operation

All administrative offices are open Mondaythrough Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (4:30 p.m.during the summer). The Office of GraduateAdmissions is open Monday through Friday,8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and until 8 p.m. onThursday, by appointment.

Library hours during the academic year are 8a.m. to midnight, Monday through Thursday; 8a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday; and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.,Saturday. Sunday hours are 11 a.m. to mid-night. Summer sessions and other periods vary;see schedules as posted.

The office of student financial services is openMonday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.(4:30 p.m. during the summer), and Saturdayfrom 9 to 11:30 a.m. by appointment whenRider is in session.

Cancellation Of Classes

Ordinarily Rider will remain open and fullyoperational during snowstorms and otheremergency situations. However, under extremeconditions it may become necessary to closeRider and to cancel classes. If such circum-stances should arise, please call the RiderUniversity information hotline at 609-219-2000, and select option 1. The Rider Website willalso announce cancellations.

In addition, the cancellation of classes forweather-related emergencies will be broadcaston:

KYW 1060-AM PhiladelphiaWBUD 1260-AM TrentonWCHR 1040 AM YardleyWCTC 1450-AM New BrunswickWMGQ 98.3-FM New BrunswickWHWH 1350-AM PrincetonWPST 97.5-FM PrincetonWNJO 94.5-FM PrincetonWBCB 1490-AM LevittownWOR 710-AM New YorkWKXW 101.5-FM TrentonWCBS Radio 880-AM New York

Philadelphia area radio stations cooperatingwith the KYW Storm Center will identify Riderby the number 923 for day classes and 2923 forevening classes.

Directories

289

directories

290

Board of Trustees

Christopher Carothers ’91, ’94, President & CEO, Millennium Consulting

Rene de la Cruz ’65, CEO, de la Cruz GroupJames Dickerson ’69, Retired President &

COO, Caremark Rx, Inc.Bonnie Dimun ’65, ’71, Education and Public

Policy Director, Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc.

Harry T. Gamble ’52, Retired Coordinator ofFootball Operations and Club Relations, NFL

Ernestine Lazenby Gast ’68, Training Consultant for AchieveGlobal

Allen C. Haldeman ’62, President, Lawrence Lexus

The Honorable Peter Inverso ’60, President,Roma Bank

Daniel Kaplan ’65, President, Daniel Kaplan Associates

Michael B. Kennedy ’72, ’75, National Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Paul J. Lang ’68, (Chair) Retired Vice President, The Prudential Insurance Company of America

Dennis Longstreet ’69, Company Group Chairman, Johnson & Johnson

Joan C. Mazzotti ’72, Executive Director,PHILADELPHIA FUTURES

Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan ’90, Assistant Professor of Government,University of South Florida-St. Petersburg

Nelson Mead Jr., Former Vice President,Triumph Resources Corporation

Thomas M. Mulhare ’70, Amper, Politziner & Mattia, Officer, insurance industry services

Gerald Nagy ’63, Retired Vice President,Salomon - Taxes

Judith Persichilli ’80, Executive Vice President Catholic Health East

George Pruitt, President, Thomas Edison College

Mordechai Rozanski, ex officio, President,Rider University

William M. Rue ’69, President, Rue Insurance Company

Robert Santos, Retired Senior Vice President,Computer Horizons

Gary L. Shapiro ’72, President, Tropico Management, LP

John Spitznagel ’63, Chairman & CEO, ESP Pharma, Inc.

Filbert E. Spizzirro ’53, Retired Partner, Ernst and Young

Arthur Stainman ’65, General Partner, First Manhattan Company

Christy Stephenson ’87, CEO, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton

Constance C. Tredwell, WCC ’52, Retired Attorney

Timothy Webb ’71, Principal, Mayfair Group LLC

EmeritiCharles E. Altmeyer, Retired Former

President, Tec Tran CorporationWilliam J. Baumol, Department of Economics,Princeton UniversityDonald Bixby, Retired/Former Chairman of

the Board Transamerica DeLaval, Inc.Dr. James E. Carnes, Retired President & CEO,

Sarnoff Corp.Frank N. Elliott, Retired President, Rider

UniversityJohn P. Hall, Retired Vice President,

Johnson & JohnsonPaul J. Hanna, Former CEO, GEICOElsie Hillman ’45, Republication Future FundFrank J. Hoenemeyer, Retired Vice Chairman,

The Prudential Insurance Corp.Marcia G. Kjeldsen ’66, Former Director of

Recruitment, J. Crew Inc.Julius Koppelman, Chairman, Harding

CorporationJ. Barton Luedeke, Retired President, Rider

UniversityJohn D. Wallace, Former President, NJ

National BankRobert L. Willis ’63, President, CSB

Management GroupRichard Wines, Former President, Capital

Consultants of Princeton

directories

291

Administration

Senior AdministrationMordechai Rozanski, Ph.D., PresidentPhyllis M. Frakt, Ph.D., Vice President for

Academic Affairs and ProvostKenneth R. Ashworth, M.B.A., Vice President

for Development and University Relations and Secretary

Julie A. Karns, B.A., C.P.A., Vice President for Finance and Treasurer

James P. O’Hara, B.A., Vice President for Enrollment Management

Christina Petruska, B.A., Vice President for Institutional Planning

Office of the PresidentMordechai Rozanski, Ph.D., PresidentDebora Z. Stasolla, M.B.A., Associate Vice

President for Planning and Assistant to the President

Ronald M. Walker, M.B.A., Associate Vice President for Institutional Analysis

Curtis Blake, M.S., Director of AthleticsChristine Messina-Boyer, M.A.,

Administrative CoordinatorVacant, Secretary to the President

Institutional Analysis and RegistrarRonald M. Walker, M.B.A., Associate Vice

President for Institutional AnalysisSusan Stefanick, B.A., RegistrarJoanne Ceres, B.A., Assistant Registrar

AthleticsCurtis Blake, M.S., Director of AthleticsChester W. Dalgewicz, M.A., Associate

Director of Athletics for Compliance and Academic Support.

Nancy Roberts, M.A., Associate Director ofAthletics for Internal Operations and Senior Woman Administrator

Karin Torchia, M.S., Associate Director ofAthletics for External Operations

Anthony M. Focht, B.A., Sports Information Director

Gerard K. Green, M.B.A., Director of the Fitness Center

Lucy Sech, Manager of Athletic Business Operations

Academic Affairs

Phyllis M. Frakt, Ph.D., Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

James O. Castagnera, J.D., Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Associate Provost

Carol Kondrach, B.S., Associate Vice President for Information Technologies

Michael Brogan, M.P.A., Academic Budget Officer

Patricia M. Lutz, B.A., Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

College of Business AdministrationManmohan Chaubey, Ph.D., DeanThomas C. Kelly, M.B.A., Associate Dean and

Director of Graduate StudiesIra Sprotzer, Ph.D., Assistant

Dean/Undergraduate Programs, Chair of the Department of Business Policy and Environment

Diane Bednarski, Assistant to the DeanWilliam Amadio, Ph.D., Chair of the

Department of Computer Information Systems

Jerry T. Bentley, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Economics

Larry Newman, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Marketing

Maury Randall, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Finance

Diane Romulus, M.A., Academic CoordinatorDonald Wise, Ph.D., Chair of the Departmentof Management SciencesDonald E. Wygal, Ph.D., Chair of the

Department of Accounting

directories

292

College of Continuing StudiesFrances Markunas, M.A., Associate Dean and

Director of Strategic AlliancesKaren J. Crowell, B.A., Assistant DeanAngela Gonzalez Walker, M.A., Assistant

DeanChristine DeFrehn, B.A., Academic

Coordinator

College of Liberal Arts, Education, and SciencesJoseph Nadeau, Ph.D., DeanCarol Brown, Ph.D., Associate DeanBarbara H. Fruscione, B.S., Assistant DeanTerri Marriott, B.A., Academic CoordinatorSusan M. Glazer, Ed.D., Professor of

Education, Director of the Center for Reading and Writing

David G. Oliver, M.A., Director of Field Placement

Patricia L. Leonard, Ph.D., Chairperson of the Department of Teacher Education

Richard Alexander, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Science and Chair of the Department ofGeological and Marine Sciences

Barry Truchil, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Liberal Arts and Chair of the Department ofSociology

Margaret Schleissner, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Richard W. Burgh, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Philosophy

Thomas Callahan, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of History

Patrick Chmel, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Fine Arts

Anne Law, Ph.D., Chair of the Department ofPsychology

Frank Rusciano, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Political Science

Kathleen M. Browne, Ph.D., Academic Director of the Teaching and Learning Center

Jean L. Kutcher, B.A., Administrative Director,Teaching and Learning Center

Marc N. Boots-Ebenfield, Ph.D., Lead Instructional Technologist, Teaching and Learning Center

Charles Schwartz, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Mathematics

Tharyle J. Prather, M.F.A., Director of Theatre Facilities

Robbie Clipper Sethi, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of English

Howard Schwartz, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Communication

John Sheats, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics

John R. Sullivan, Jr., Ph.D., Director ofAmerican Studies

James Riggs, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Biology

Westminster Choir CollegeRobert L. Annis, M.M., Dean and DirectorPeter D. Wright, Ph.D., Associate DeanJudy Kirschenbaum, B.A., Assistant to the

DeanMarjory Klein, M.M., Academic CoordinatorJoseph Flummerfelt, D.M.A., Artistic Director

and Principal ConductorFrank Abrahams, Ed.D., Chair of the

Department of Conductor Laureate Music Education

Barton Bartle, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Theory and Music History

Thomas Faracco, M.M., Chair of the Department of Piano and Voice

Ronald Filler, D.Ed., Chair of the Department of Arts and Sciences

Steve Pilkington, Chair of the Department ofConducting, Organ and Sacred Music

Scott R. Hoerl, B.M., Director of Westminster Conservatory and Continuing Education Programs

Library - LawrencevilleF. William Chickering, M.Ln., C.A.L., Dean of

University LibrariesJohn E. Buschman, M.L.S., Chair of the Moore

Library DepartmentMary Ann Dayton, Manager of Library

Support ServicesCarol A. Beane, M.L.S., LibrarianRobert Congleton, M.L.S., Librarian

directories

293

Edward M. Corrado, M.L.S., Library Systems Administrator

Kathryn A. Holden, M.S.L.S., LibrarianRobert J. Lackie, M.L.I.S., LibrarianMarilyn D. Quinn, M.L.S., LibrarianDorothy Anne Warner, M.S., LibrarianSamuel Weigh, M.S., LibrarianSharon Yang, D.L.S., Librarian

Education Enhancement ProgramJacqueline Simon, Ed.D, Director of

Education Enhancement ProgramBarbara Blandford, Ph.D., Associate Director

of Education Enhancement Program/Director of Disability Services

Kendall Andersen Friedman, M.Ed., Associate Director of Education Enhancement Program/Director of Rider Learning Center and Tutoring Services

Maris Cutting, M.A., Assistant Director ofRider Learning Center and Tutoring Services

Barbara Ricci, M.Ed., Director of the Math Skills Lab/Professional Tutor

Isabelle Baker, Ed.D., Professional Tutor,Rider Learning Center

Nichole Bennett, M.A., Professional Tutor,Rider Learning Center

Mare Adams Fallon, M.Ed., Professional Tutor,Rider Learning Center

Katharine Hoff, Ph.D., Professional Tutor,Rider Learning Center

Shirley Mersky, M.Ed., Professional Tutor,Services for Students with Disabilities

Jenny Scudder, M.A., Professional Tutor, Rider Learning Center

Catherine Collier, M.Ed., Professional Tutor,Rider Learning Center

Judy Wendell, M.Ed., Assistant Director ofDisability Services

Educational Opportunity ProgramRubin Joyner, M.Ed., Director, Educational

Opportunity ProgramIda Tyson, M.S., Associate Director,

Educational Opportunity ProgramAmber Henley, M.A., Academic Counselor,

Educational Opportunity Program

Information TechnologiesCarol Kondrach, B.A., Associate Vice President

for Information TechnologiesVirginia Breza, B.A., Senior

Programmer/Analyst (Benefactor)Alice Chung, AAS., B.A., Senior

Programmer/Analyst (Finance/HR)Tim Fairlie, Director, Network and

Communication ServicesLinda Gold, B.S., Senior Programmer/Analyst

(Colleague)Spud Grammar, Director of Support and

Services at WCC and Special ProjectsTheodore Durst, B.S., Instructional

TechnologistElizabeth Gangemi, Director, Application and

Web ServicesEdward J. Hetzelson, M.S.E., Assistant Vice

President for Info Tech at WCC and Special Projects

Fred Housel, Network TechnicianTheresa Hvisdock, B.A., Manager,

Applications and Web ServicesJonathan Jones, B.A., Manager, Media and

Instructional Tech Support ServicesIgor Jonjic, Manager, Support Services at WCCJohn LeMasney, B.F.A., Manager of

Instructional Technology/WWWDayne Lewis, Media Services Technical

CoordinatorThomas McStravock, Operations SpecialistSusan Pierce, B.A., Manager of Voice

CommunicationsSandro Pirone, Senior Operations SpecialistMonica Pollich, M.S., Manager of Systems,

Operations, and DatabaseKrystyna Rykowski, B.A., Director of Support

ServicesRyan Siegfried, B.A., Tech Support SpecialistDavid Shane Smith, Manager, User Support

ServicesRicardo Stella, B.S., Manager of Unix/SecurityPeter Tamuzza, Administrator: E-mail

Enterprise ServicesMatt Wade, B.A., Media Services Operations

Specialist

directories

294

Dave Weise, Senior Technical Support Specialist/Unix Administrator

Linda Welch, B.S., Lab CoordinatorErik Wolf, Technical Support SpecialistSusanne Worthington, Executive Assistant

Student Support Services Program (TRIO Program)Queen S. Jones, M.Ed., NCC, LPC, Director of

Student Support Services ProgramDana Lopes, M.A., Assistant

Director/Counselor of the Student Support Services Program

Sally Martinez, B.A., Counselor/Educational Specialist of Student Support Services Program

Marsha Freedman, M.Ed., Professional Tutor of Student Support Services Program

Jay Stevenson, Ph.D., Professional Tutor ofStudent Support Services Program

Development and UniversityRelations

Kenneth R. Ashworth. M.B.A., Vice President for Development and University Relations

Diane C. Carter, Assistant to the Vice President for Development and University Relations

Patricia A. Witkowski, B.A., Staff Assistant for Stewardship

Alumni RelationsGilbert A. Rossi, M.B.A., Director of Alumni

RelationsPatrick F. Corrigan, M.A., Associate Director

of Alumni Relations

DevelopmentNatalie M. Pollard, M.A., Director of Planned

GivingKeith H. Dewey, Ph.D., Director of Corporate

and Foundation RelationsKevin M. Ralph, B.A., Director of Major Gifts

Erin E. Hardy, B.A., Director of Donor Relations

Keith W. Richardson, B.S., Associate Director of Major Gifts

Jessica Besler, B.S., Director of Annual GivingAmy S. Turner, B.A., Assistant Director of

Annual GivingBarbara Jacobs, B.A., Director of

Development Research

Development Information ServicesMelissa Anderson, M.B.A., Director of

Information ServicesThomas P. LoPresti, B.A., Associate Director

of Information ServicesKaren Bognar, M.A., Assistant to Director of

Information ServicesAmy B. Lansky, B.A., Manager of Gift and

Record Processing

Public RelationsEarle S. Rommel, B.A., Director of Public

RelationsBrenda Payne Whiteman, M.S., Associate

Director of Public RelationsPeter G. Borg, A.A., University PhotographerLauren L. Adams, B.A., Staff Assistant

PublicationsCatherine Carter-Romero, A.A., Director of

PublicationsBrian J. Kelley, B.A., Associate Director of

Publications

Westminster External RelationsAnne Sears, B.A., Director of External AffairsChristopher Feltham, B.A., Director of Annual

GivingWendy Lee, M.A., Director of Alumni

RelationsJudith McDowell, B.S., Director of Major GiftsRosemary Therkelson, A.A., Manager of

Creative ServicesCathy Caruso O’Neill, M.B.A., Director of

Concerts and Special EventsCarren Klenke, M.M., Assistant Director of

Concerts and Special Events

directories

295

Finance

Julie A. Karns, B.A., C.P.A., Vice President for Finance and Treasurer

William Roell, B.S., C.P.A., Associate Vice President for Finance and Controller

Michele Tritt Evanchik, B.S., C.P.A., Associate Controller and Grants Manager

Elaine M. Rafferty, A.A., Assistant to the Vice President for Finance

Helen I. Carroll, Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Finance

BursarAnna Robbins, B.S., BursarMaryann J. Perkins, B.A., Assistant BursarMaricruz Lawson, WCC Assistant Bursar

DisbursementsDebbie Farris, B.S., Director of DisbursementsDeborah Berkowitz, B.A., Assistant Director of

Disbursements

General AccountingElizabeth McErlean, B.A., Director of BudgetBarry J. Sulzberg, B.B.A., Assistant ControllerAnamika Kapoor, M.B.A., AccountantSophia Song, B.S., AccountantMichael Rutkowski, M.B.A., Grants

CoordinatorClara Melas, Cashier's Office Supervisor

Human ResourcesEllen C. LaCorte, Ed.D., Director of Human

Resources and Affirmative ActionLinda Kerner, Assistant Manager of BenefitsMona Marder, B.A., Associate Director and

Benefits ManagerThomas Phillips, B.S., Manager of

EmploymentDavid Perry, M.M., Manager of Human

Resources Information Systems

Institutional Planning

Christina B. Petruska, B.A., Vice President for Institutional Planning

Ann DiFranchi, A.A., Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Institutional Planning

Facilities ManagementPhillip Voorhees, Assistant Vice President –

Facilities, Management and PlanningMichael Reca, M.A., Director of Facilities

OperationsMichael Maconi, B.A., Assistant Director of

Facilities OperationsAnne Petchel, A.A., Manager of Facilities

Business Operations and PurchasingSam Suliamon, B.A., Manager of

Academic/Public Building OperationsSteve Hitzel, Manager of Facilities Operations-

Princeton Campus

Enrollment Management

James P. O’Hara, B.A., Vice President for Enrollment Management

Susan Baechtel, M.B.A., Director ofMarketing

Susan C. Christian, B.A., Dean of EnrollmentMonica Thomas Tritto, M.M., Director of

Westminster AdmissionsJohn J. Williams, M.Ed., Director, Student

Financial ServicesVacant, Webmaster

Lawrenceville AdmissionsSusan C. Christian, B.A., Dean of EnrollmentChristine A. Zelenak, M.A., Director of

Graduate AdmissionsLaurie Kennedy, B.A., Director of

Undergraduate AdmissionsMarianne C. Kollar, M.Ed., Associate Director

of AdmissionsMaurice Palmer, B.S., Associate Director of

Admissions

directories

296

Kevin Cawley, M.S., Associate Director ofAdmissions

Holly Groeger, B.A., Senior Assistant Director of Admissions

Derek Fox, B.A., Assistant Director ofAdmissions

Monica Butera, B.S., Assistant Director ofAdmissions

Stephen Jackson, B.A., Admissions CounselorSusan Makowski, B.S., Admissions CounselorPeter Finger, M.A. Part-time Regional

RepresentativeBarbara Crecco, B.A., Part-time Regional

RepresentativeCarol Tantum, Admissions Staff Assistant

Westminster AdmissionsMonica Thomas Tritto, M.M., Director of

Admissions

Student Financial ServicesJohn J. Williams, M.Ed., DirectorDennis P. Levy, Ph.D., Associate DirectorDrew Aromando, M.B.A., Associate DirectorVeronica A. Hall, M.A., Assistant DirectorKayra Melvin, B.A., Assistant DirectorElizabeth Sandy, B.S., Assistant DirectorJudith A. Wolf, B.A., Assistant DirectorGenevieve Finley, A.A., Staff Assistant

Student Affairs

Office of the Associate Vice President forStudent Affairs and Dean of StudentsAnthony Campbell, Ph.D., Associate Vice

President for Student Affairs and Dean ofStudents

Jan Friedman-Krupnick, M.A., Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs

Wilda Bleakley, Executive Assistant to the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students

Ira Mayo, M.B.A., Associate Dean of FreshmenLawrence Johnson, J.D., Associate Dean of

Students for Student ServicesWalt Perry, Ed.D., Westminster Dean of

Students

New Student Resource CenterChristine Carter, M.Ed., New Student

Coordinator

Career ServicesGwendolyn J. Tyler, M.Ed., Director of Career

ServicesShirley K. Turner, M.A., Associate Director of

Career ServicesSylvia Hauser, M.A., Associate Director of

Career ServicesClaire Hamm, M.A., Associate Director of

Career ServicesJean Falvo, M.A., Coordinator of Experiential

LearningNancy Silvester, B.M., Staff Assistant, Career

Services

Residence LifeCindy Threatt, M.S., Director of Residence LifeStephanie Polak, M.A., Associate Director of

Residence LifeJamiyl Mosley, M.A., Area DirectorAngela Jackson-Powell, M.A., Area DirectorDennis Renno, M.A., Area DirectorGregory Hanf, A.A., Manager Campus Card

System

Campus LifeKathleen A. Iacovelli, M.A., Assistant Dean

for Campus LifeDavid Keenan, M.A., Director of Campus

Activities and Student CenterBridget Weikel, M.S., Assistant Director of

Campus ActivitiesAda Badgley, M.S., Director of Greek Life

Judicial AffairsKeith Kemo, M.A., Director of Judicial Affairs

undergraduate faculty

297

Counseling ServicesCarole Christian, Psy.D., Director of

Counseling ServicesNadine Marty, Ph.D., CoordinatorRose Soriero, M.A., Ed.S., CounselorCorinne Yananton, M.A., NCC, Counselor

Health ServicesValerie Kamin, M.P.H., B.S.N., Director of

Student Health ServicesRegina Gillespie, R.N., Registered NursePat Sheridan, R.N., Registered Nurse

Center for Multicultural Affairs and Community ServiceDonald L. Brown, M.Ed., Director of the

Center for Multicultural Affairs and Community Service

Jessica Januzzi, J.D., Coordinator ofCommunity Service

Safety and SecurityVickie Weaver, M.A., Director of Safety and

SecurityFrank Scharibone, Safety and Security

CoordinatorJohn Hanusi, Captain

Environmental Health and SafetyDarryl Blusnavage, Manager

Chaplains, Campus MinistryFather Bruno Ugliano, CatholicRev. Nancy Schluter, ProtestantRabbi Daniel Grossman, JewishImam Abdul-Malik R. Ali – Islamic Imam

Emeriti

Walter A. Brower, Ed.D., Dean Emeritus of the School of Education

John H. Carpenter, Ph.D., Dean Emeritus ofthe College of Continuing Studies

Earl L. Davis, B.A., Director Emeritus ofAdmissions and Financial Aid

Frank N. Elliott, Ph.D., President EmeritusGeorge W. Hess, M.B.A., Vice President

Emeritus for Finance and ControllerDominick A. Iorio, Ph.D., Dean Emeritus of the

College of Liberal Arts and ScienceJ. Barton Luedeke, Ph.D., President Emeritus

Undergraduate Faculty

Peter Aberger, Associate Professor of French;M.A., Staatsexamen, Dr. phil. University ofWürzburg, Germany

Mohammad Ahsanullah, Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.S.C., Presidency College; M.S.C., Calcutta University; Ph.D.,North Carolina State University

Richard R. Alexander, Professor and Chair ofGeological and Marine Sciences; B.S.,University of Cincinnati; M.A., Ph.D.,Indiana University

Stephen Arthur Allen, Assistant Professor ofMusic; D. Phil. (Oxon); Ph.D., Oxford University; LTCL, ABSM, ALCM (Performance) Cert. Ed.

William J. Amadio, Associate Professor ofComputer Information Systems; B.S.,Brooklyn College; M.S., Ph.D., Polytechnic Institute of New York

John Baer, Professor of Education; B.A., Yale University; M.A., Hood College; M.S., Ph.D.,Rutgers University

Anthony P. Bahri, Professor of Mathematics;B.Sc., University of Sydney; M.Sc., D.Phil.,University of Oxford

Ava Baron, Professor of Sociology; B.A.,Brooklyn College, C.U.N.Y.; M.A., Ph.D.,New York University

Gary E. Barricklow, Associate Professor ofEnglish; B.A., M.A., California State University, Sacramento; Ph.D., University ofNew Mexico


298

Rebecca Basham, Assistant Professor ofEnglish; B.A., M.A., Southeastern Louisiana University; M.F.A., University of New Orleans

Carol A. Beane, Assistant Professor-Librarian;B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University; M.L.S.,Rutgers University

Jerome T. Bentley, Associate Professor ofEconomics; B.A., St. Vincent College; M.A.,Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Kelly A. Bidle, Assistant Professor of Biology;B.S., Rutgers University; Ph.D., University ofMaryland

Edward H. Bonfield, Professor of Marketing;B.S., M.S., University of Alabama; Ph.D.,University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Ciprian S. Borcea, Professor of Mathematics;Ph.D., University of Bucharest

Gary M. Brosvic, Professor of Psychology;B.S., John Carroll University; M.A., Ph.D.,American University

Carol Brown, Associate Dean, College ofLiberal Arts, Education, and Sciences and Associate Professor of Education, B.A.,Muhlenberg College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Pamela A. Brown, Professor of Journalism;B.A., Rider College; M.A., Ohio State University; Ph.D., University of Iowa

Kathleen M. Browne, Associate Professor ofGeological and Marine Sciences; B.A.,Colgate University; M.A., SUNY at Binghamton; Ph.D., University of Miami

Sylvia Bulgar, Assistant Professor ofEducation; B.A., Brooklyn College; M.A.,Ed.D., Rutgers University

Richard W. Burgh, Professor of Philosophy;B.A., Rider College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Bruce Burnham, Assistant Professor ofChemistry and Biochemistry; B.S., Ph.D.,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

John E. Buschman, Professor-Librarian; B.S.,M.L.S., Ball State University; M.A., St.Joseph's University

Richard Butsch, Professor of Sociology; B.S.,M.S., University of Cincinnati; M.S., Ph.D.,Rutgers University

Thomas Callahan, Jr., Professor of History;B.A., State University of New York at Albany;M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Sally Carei-Martinez, Athletic Staff, B.A.,Florida International University

Anne M. Carroll, Associate Professor ofFinance, B.S., Miami University (Ohio);M.S., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Patricia Carroll, Athletic Staff; B.S., Universityof Maryland

Radha Chaganti, Professor of Business Policy and Environment; B.A., M.A., Osmania University; M.B.A., Indian Institute ofMangi; Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo

Feng Chen, Associate Professor of Chemistry;B.S., Hunan University; Ph.D., Northeastern University

Patrick J. Chmel, Professor of Theatre; B.S.,Bemidji State University; M.A., Ph.D.,University of Missouri at Columbia

Judy F. Cohen, Associate Professor ofMarketing; B.A., M.A., M.B.A., University ofChicago; Ph.D., Syracuse University

Robert J. Congleton, Assistant Professor II-Librarian; B.A., Rider University; M.A.,University of Connecticut; M.L.S., Rutgers University

Ronald Cook, Professor of Management ofHuman Resources; B.S., SUNY at Oswego,M.B.A., Ph.D; Syracuse University

Lewis W. Coopersmith, Associate Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.A., University ofPennsylvania; M.S., Ph.D., New York University

Hope Corman, Professor of Economics; B.A.,University of Illinois; Ph.D., City University of New York

Michael G. Curran, Jr., Associate Professor ofEducation; B.S., M.A., Rider College; Ed.D.,Temple University


299

James W. Dailey, Associate Professor ofComputer Information Systems; B.A.,Boston College; M.S., Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University

Jean C. Darian, Associate Professor ofMarketing; B.A., M.C.D., University ofLiverpool; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Marvin E. Darter, Associate Professor ofComputer Information Systems; B.A.,University of California at Los Angeles;M.B.A., University of Maine; Ph.D., Georgia State University

Susan Denbo, Associate Professor of Business Policy and Environment; B.S., Cornell University; J.D., Villanova Law School

Richard L. Deni, Professor of Psychology;B.A., American International College; M.A.,University of Hartford; Ph.D., George Peabody College, Vanderbilt University

Mercedes Diaz, Instructor ofCommunication; A.B., Mount Holyoke College; M.J., Temple University

James M. Dickinson, Professor of Sociology;B.A., University of Kent at Canterbury; M.A.,American University; Ph.D., University ofToronto

Jie Joyce Ding, Associate Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.S., M.S., Xian Jiaotong University; Ph.D., University ofTexas

Chrystina A. Dolyniuk, Assistant Professor ofPsychology; B.A., University of California,Los Angeles; M.A., California State University, Northridge; Ph.D., University ofCalgary

Julie Drawbridge, Associate Professor ofBiology; B.S., University of Maine at Orono;Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Kathleen Dunne, Associate Professor ofAccounting; B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo; Ph.D., Temple University

Bosah Ebo, Professor of Communication, B.S.,M.A., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D.,University of Iowa

Lauren Eder, Associate Professor of ComputerInformation Systems; B.S., Boston University; M.B.A., Ph.D., Drexel University

Robert Edney, Associate Professor ofAccounting, B.S., M.B.A., Temple University;C.P.A., Pennsylvania

Benjamin H. Eichhorn, Associate Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.S., Hebrew University; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

Michael L. Epstein, Professor of Psychology;B.S., B.A., Ph.D., University of Washington

Russell J. Fager, Athletic Staff; B.S., Slippery Rock State College; M.A., Rider College

Phyllis Fantauzzo, Assistant Director of the Center for Reading and Writing and Senior Reading Clinician; B.A., Trenton State College; M.A., Rider College, Certified School Psychologist, Rider University

Kenneth L. Fields, Associate Professor ofMathematics; S.B., Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

Dominick L. Finello, Professor of Spanish;B.A., Brooklyn College; M.A., Ph.D.,University of Illinois

Stephen Fletcher, Athletics Staff; B.A.,Lafayette College; M.A., Rider University

Phyllis M. Frakt, Associate Professor ofPolitical Science; B.A., Douglass College;M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University

Ralph Gallay, Associate Professor ofMarketing; B.E., McGill University; M.B.A.,M.S., Ph.D., New York University

Zhihong Gao, Assistant Professor ofMarketing; B.A., Peking University; M.A.,Wake Forest University; Ph.D., University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

Suzanne Gespass, Associate Professor ofEducation; B.A., Sarah Lawrence College;M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Arizona

Diane Giannola, Assistant Professor ofEducation; B.A., M.S., State University ofNew York at Albany; Ed.D., New York University


300

Herbert E. Gishlick, Professor of Economics;A.B., Muhlenberg College; M.A., Ph.D.,University of Pennsylvania

Sharon Gittens, Athletic Staff; B.S. Trenton State College

Nydia Rivera Gloeckner, Professor ofSpanish; B.A., Hunter College; M.A., Ph.D.,Pennsylvania State University

Ilene Goldberg, Associate Professor ofBusiness Policy and Environment, B.A.,Pennsylvania State University; J.D., Temple University

Matthew Boyd Goldie, Assistant Professor ofEnglish; B.A., Victoria University; M.F.A.,Brooklyn College; Ph.D., Graduate Center,City University of New York

Marvin W. Goldstein, Associate Professor ofPsychology; B.A., M.A., Hofstra University;Ph.D., New School for Social Research

Stephanie Golski, Assistant Professor ofPsychology; B.A., Western Maryland College;Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University

Linguo Gong, Associate Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.S., M.S., Tsinghua University; Ph.D., The University of Texas

Robert C. Good, Professor of Philosophy; A.B.,Princeton University; M.A., Ph.D., Universityof Wisconsin

Joseph M. Gowaskie, Professor of History and American Studies; B.A., St. Norbert College; M.A., Ph.D., Catholic University ofAmerica

Alexander Grushow, Associate Professor ofChemistry; B.A., Franklin and Marshall College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

James K. Guimond, Professor of English and American Studies; B.A., Kalamazoo College;M.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; Ph.D.,University of Illinois

William D. Guthrie, Professor of Education;B.S., M.A., Trenton State College; Ph.D., NewYork University

Myra G. Gutin, Professor of Speech; B.A.,M.A., Emerson College; Ph.D., University ofMichigan

Cengiz Haksever, Professor of Management Sciences; B.S., M.S., Middle East Technical University; M.B.A., Texas A&M University;Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Jeffrey R. Halpern, Associate Professor ofSociology; B.A., City College of New York;Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Donald P. Harnum, Athletic Staff; B.A.,Susquehanna University; M.S., Trenton State College

Mary Elizabeth Haywood-Sullivan,Assistant Professor of Accounting; B.S.,College of Charleston; M.P.A., The University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., The University of Georgia

Wendy P. Heath, Associate Professor ofPsychology; B.A., Boston University; M.S.,Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington

Sigfredo Hernandez, Associate Professor ofMarketing; B.A., University of Puerto Rico;M.A., Boston University; Ph.D., Temple University

Peter R. Hester, Assistant Professor ofEducation; B.S., California Polytechnic State University; M.A.T., Northern Arizona University; Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder

John W. Hillje, Associate Professor of History and American Studies; B.J., M.A., Ph.D.,University of Texas

William J. Hodge, Athletic Staff; B.S.,Brooklyn College

Kathryn A. Holden, Associate Professor-Librarian; B.A., William Smith College;M.A., Pennsylvania State University;M.S.L.S., University of Kentucky

Richard L. Homan, Professor of Theatre; B.A.,University of Notre Dame; M.A., Ph.D.,University of Minnesota

John F. Hulsman, Professor of English; B.A.,St. Vincent College; Ph.D., Ohio University

Brooke Hunter, Assistant Professor of History;B.A., University of California at Irvine; M.A.,Ph.D., University of Delaware


301

Jonathan M. Husch, Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences; B.A., Colgate University; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

Laura Hyatt, Assistant Professor of Biology;B.A., Smith College; Ph.D., University ofPennsylvania

Barry Janes, Professor of Communication;B.A., M.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D., New York University

Paul Jivoff, Assistant Professor of Biology;B.A., Hartwick College; M.S., Ohio State University; Ph.D., University of Maryland

Judith Johnston, Professor of English; B.A.,Rice University; Ph.D., Stanford University

Mildred L. Rice-Jordan, Associate Professor ofEducation; B.S., Temple University; M.A.,Beaver College; Ed.D., Temple University

Michele Wilson Kamens, Associate Professor of Education; B.S., M.Ed., Rutgers University; Ed.D., Temple University

Ludmila Kapschutschenko-Schmitt,Professor of Spanish; B.A., M.A., Temple University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Jonathan D. Karp, Associate Professor ofBiology; B.A., Colgate University; Ph.D.,Vanderbilt University

Patricia R. Kellogg-Dennis, Associate Professor of English; B.A., Marymount College; M.A., C. W. Post College; Ph.D.,New York University

Joe H. Kim, Associate Professor of Marketing;B.A., Union Christian College; M.B.A., Yon-sei University; Ph.D., Saint Louis University

Gerald D. Klein, Associate Professor ofOrganizational Behavior and Management;B.S., Drexel University; M.B.A., Harvard Graduate School of Business; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University

Steven Klein, Associate Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.S., Cornell University; M.B.A., New York University;M.S., Ph.D., Rutgers University

Harvey R. Kornberg, Associate Professor ofPolitical Science; B.B.A. (Public Administration), City College of New York;M.A., Ph.D., Brown University

Robert J. Lackie, Assistant Professor-Librarian; B.S., University of the State ofNew York; M.L.I.S., University of South Carolina; M.A., Rider University

Anne Law, Professor of Psychology; B.A.,M.A., Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

Christine Lentz, Associate Professor ofManagement and Organizational Behavior;B.A., Drexel University; M.S., Ph.D.,Northwestern University

Patricia L. Leonard, Associate Professor ofBusiness Education; B.S., Eastern Michigan University; M.A., Central Michigan University; Ed.S., Michigan State University;Ph.D., University of Tennessee

Feng-Ying Liu, Professor of Finance; B.S.,National Taiwan University; M.B.A., Ph.D.,Drexel University

Charmen Loh, Associate Professor of Finance;B.S.I.E., M.B.A., Ph.D., University ofArkansas

Steven J. Lorenzet, Assistant Professor ofManagement and Human Resources; B.S.,M.A., Towson University; Ph.D., University of Albany, State University of New York,Albany, New York

Andrew Markoe, Professor of Mathematics;B.S., City College of New York; Ph.D., BrownUniversity

Linda S. Materna, Professor of Spanish; B.A.,Beloit College; M.A., Ph.D., University ofWisconsin-Madison

Biju Mathew, Associate Professor ofComputer Information Systems, B.A., NizamCollege; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Katherine Kearney Maynard, Professor ofEnglish; B.S., State University of New York atBrockport; M.A., Ph.D., University ofRochester

Charles W. McCall, Associate Professor ofEconomics; B.A., Lycoming College; M.A.,Ph.D., Temple University


302

Roderick A. McDonald, Professor of History;M.A., University of Aberdeen; M.A., M.Phil.,Ph.D., University of Kansas

E. Graham McKinley, Associate Professor ofJournalism; M.M., Westminster Choir College; Ph.D., Rutgers University

Dorothy McMullen, Associate Professor ofAccounting; B.S., LaSalle University; M.B.A.,Ph.D., Drexel University; C.P.A.,Pennsylvania

Jonathan Mendilow, Professor of Political Science, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Ilhan Meric, Professor of Finance; B.A.,Ankara University; M.S., Ph.D., Lehigh University

Jonathan H. Millen, Professor of Speech; B.A.,University of New Hampshire; M.A.,Ph.D., University of Massachusetts

Regina H. Mladineo, Associate Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.S., Denison University; Ph.D., Rutgers University

Susanna Monseau, Assistant Professor ofBusiness Policy and Environment; L.S.F.,Guilford College of Law, UK; L.L.B., Exeter University, UK

Mary Morse, Assistant Professor of English;B.A., St. Olaf College; M.A., University ofMinnesota; Ph.D., Marquette University

John Moussourakis, Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.A., New York University; M.B.A., Iona College; Ph.D., NewYork University

Harry I Naar, Professor of Art and Gallery Director; B.F.A., Philadelphia College of Art;M.F.A., Indiana University

Joseph E. Nadeau, Professor of Geological and Marine Sciences; B.S., University ofIllinois; M.S., University of Tennessee; Ph.D.,Washington State University

Ryan Netzley, Assistant Professor of English;B.A., Ohio Northern University; M.A.,University of Illinois at Chicago; Ph.D.,Pennsylvania State University

Cynthia Newman, Assistant Professor ofMarketing; B.S.B.A., M.B.A., Rider University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Larry Newman, Associate Professor ofMarketing; B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.B.A., Drexel University; Ph.D.,Pennsylvania State University

Carol J. Nicholson, Professor of Philosophy;B.A., Earlham College; Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College

Kelly Noonan, Assistant Professor ofEconomics; B.A., State University of New York at Albany; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook

Lan Ma Nygren, Assistant Professor ofManagement Sciences; M.S., Renmin University of China; M.A., Ohio State University; Ph.D., Stern School of Business,New York University

Seiwoong Oh, Associate Professor of English;B.A. Chung-Ang University, Seoul; M.A.,West Texas A&M University; Ph.D.,University of North Texas

David G. Oliver, Director of Field Placement,School of Education; B.A., Juniata College;M.A., Newark State College (Kean University)

Margaret O’Reilly-Allen, Associate Professor of Accounting; B.B.A., Temple University;M.B.A., Ph.D., Drexel University, C.P.A., NewJersey

Anne Osborne, Professor of History, B.A.,New York University; M. Phil., Ph.D.,Columbia University

Gary Pajer, Assistant Professor ofChemistry/Physics; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University ofPennsylvania

Cynthia Ozeki, Assistant Professor ofManagement and Human Resources; B.A.,Brigham Young University; Ph.D., Michigan State University

Cynthia L. Paris, Associate Professor ofEducation; B.S., M.S., University ofDelaware; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania


303

Obeua S. Persons, Associate Professor ofAccounting; B.A., Chulalongkorn University;M.P.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin,C.P.A., Washington State

Pearlie M. Peters, Professor of English; B.S.,Grambling State University; Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo

Chau T. Phan, Professor of Political Science;B.A., Marian College; M.A., University ofDetroit; Ph.D., University of Denver

David A. Pierfy, Associate Professor ofEducation; B.A., Rider College; M.A., Ed.S.,George Peabody College at Vanderbilt University; Ed.D., University of Georgia

Mary L. Poteau-Tralie, Associate Professor ofFrench; B.A., Temple University; M.A., Ph.D.,Princeton University

Tharyle J. Prather, Lecturer in Theatre; B.S.,Manchester College; M.F.A., Mason Gross School, Rutgers University

Larry Prober, Associate Professor ofAccounting; B.S., University of Delaware,M.B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.S.,Ph.D., Temple University; C.P.A.,Pennsylvania

J. Drew Procaccino, Assistant Professor ofComputer Information Systems; B.S., Rider University; B.A., Ursinus College; M.B.A.,Rider University; Ph.D., Drexel University

Marilyn D. Quinn, Assistant Professor-Librarian; B.A., Clark University; M.A.,Brown University; M.L.S., Drexel University

Maury R. Randall, Professor of Finance; B.A.,New York University; M.A., University ofChicago; Ph.D., New York University

Mitchell Ratner, Associate Professor ofFinance; B.A., Lafayette College; Ph.D.,Drexel University

David Rebovich, Associate Professor ofPolitical Science; A.B., Johns Hopkins University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University

Jerry E. Rife, Professor of Music; B.S., M.M.,Kansas State University; Ph.D., Michigan State University

James E. Riggs, Professor of Biology; B.S.,Delaware Valley College; M.S., Ph.D.,University of Massachusetts

George Ritchie, Jr., Professor of Physics; B.S.,Hampden-Sydney College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Nancy Lee Roberts, Athletic Staff, B.S., East Stroudsburg University; M.A., Wilkes College

Deborah Rosenthal, Professor of Art; A.B.,Barnard College; M.F.A., Pratt Institute

Thomas L. Ruble, Associate Professor ofManagement; B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles

Frank L. Rusciano, Professor of Political Science; B.A., Cornell University; M.A.,Ph.D., University of Chicago

Anne Salvatore, Professor of English; B.A.,Chestnut Hill College; M.A., College of New Jersey; Ph.D., Temple University

Maria Sanchez, Assistant Professor ofAccounting; B.S., Villanova University;M.B.A., Ph.D., Drexel University

Mark E. Sandberg, Dean Emeritus and Associate Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior; B.S., M.B.A.,Drexel University; Ph.D., Cornell University

Margaret Schleissner, Professor of German;B.A., Kirkland College; M.A., Ph.D.,Princeton University

Joy Schneer, Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior; B.A., Barnard College; M.B.A., Baruch College; Ph.D., City University of New York

Charles F. Schwartz, Professor ofMathematics; B.A., University ofPennsylvania; Ph.D., Rutgers University

Howard Schwartz, Professor of Speech; B.S.,M.S., Emerson College; Ph.D., Purdue University


304

Reed Schwimmer, Assistant Professor ofGeological and Marine Sciences: B.S., Rider College; M.A., Bryn Mawr College; Ph.D.,University of Delaware

Barry B. Seldes, Professor of Political Scienceand American Studies; B.A., M.A., City College of New York; Ph.D., Rutgers University

Robbie Clipper Sethi, Professor of English;B.A., Indiana University; M.A., Ph.D.,University of California at Berkeley

Prakash C. Sharma, Professor of Sociology;B.S., M.S., Agra University; M.S., University of Guelph; Ph.D., University of Georgia

John E. Sheats, Professor of Chemistry; B.S.,Duke University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nikki Shepardson, Assistant Professor ofHistory; B.A, University of Rochester; M.A.,Ph.D., Rutgers University

Thomas S. Simonet, Professor of Journalism;B.A., Georgetown University; M.S.,Columbia University; Ph.D., Temple University

Wayne J. Smeltz, Associate Professor ofBusiness Policy and Environment; B.B.A.,College of Insurance; M.B.A., Ph.D.,University of Houston

Ira B. Sprotzer, Associate Professor ofBusiness Policy and Environment; B.A., StateUniversity of New York at Binghamton; J.D.,Boston College Law School; M.B.A., Miami University of Ohio

Guy W. Stroh, Professor of Philosophy; A.B.,A.M., Ph.D., Princeton University

David Suk, Associate Professor of Finance;B.A., Sogang University; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University

John R. Suler, Professor of Psychology; B.A.,State University of New York at Stony Brook;Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo

John R. Sullivan, Professor of English and American Studies; B.A., Furman University;M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

Alan R. Sumutka, Associate Professor ofAccounting; B.S., Rider College; M.B.A.,Seton Hall University; C.P.A., New Jersey

Hongbing Sun, Assistant Professor ofGeological and Marine Sciences; B.S.,Nanjing University; Ph.D., Florida State University

Richard O. Swain, Associate Professor of Art;B.A., Oberlin College; Ph.D., University ofMichigan

Leonore S. Taga, Associate Professor ofEconomics; A.B., University of Michigan;M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

Gary W. Taylor, Athletic Staff; B.S., East Stroudsburg State College; M.A., Rider College

Alison Thomas-Cottingham, Assistant Professor of Psychology; B.S., University ofMaryland at College Park; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton

June F. Tipton, Lecturer of Music; B.M.,Westminster Choir College; M.A., Trenton State College

Barry E. Truchil, Associate Professor ofSociology; B.A., M.A., American University;Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton

Frederick H. Turner, Jr., Professor of Speech;B.S., Millersville State College; M.A., Ph.D.,Temple University

Marc A. Wallace, Assistant Professor ofPolitical Science; B.A., Rider University;M.A., Ph.D., American University

Minmin Wang, Professor of Communication;B.A., Xian Foreign Languages University;M.A., Ph.D., Bowling Green State University

Dorothy Anne Warner, Associate Professor-Librarian; B.A., University of Arizona; M.A.,M.S., Pratt Institute

Jean R. Warner, Associate Professor ofEducation; B.S., M.A., Rider College; Ph.D.,New York University

graduate faculty

305

Carol Watson, Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior; B.A., University ofAkron; M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D.,Columbia University

E. Todd Weber, Assistant Professor of Biology;B.S., Slippery Rock University; M.S., Ph.D.,University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign

Samuel Weigh, Assistant Professor-Librarian;B.A., Hong Kong Baptist College; M.S.,Columbia University; M.A., Rider College

Arlene Wilner, Professor of English, B.A.,Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

Alan R. Wiman, Associate Professor ofMarketing; B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.B.A.,D.B.A., University of Tennessee

Robert J. Winter, Associate Professor ofRussian; B.A., University of Minnesota;M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

Donald Wise, Associate Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.A., California State College at Los Angeles; M.A., Ph.D.,Claremont Graduate School

Donald E. Wygal, Associate Professor ofAccounting; B.A., Slippery Rock State College; M.B.A., Ph.D., University ofPittsburgh

Sharon (Qianqian) Yang, Associate Professor-Librarian; B.A., Beijing Foreign Studies University; M.S., C.A.L., D.L.S., Columbia University

Jonathan Yavelow, Professor of Biology; B.S.,American University; Ph.D., University ofSouthern California

Yun Xia, Assistant Professor ofCommunication; B.A., M.A., Sichuan University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

Zaher Zantout, Associate Professor ofFinance; B.B.A., M.B.A., American Universityof Beirut; Ph.D., Drexel University

Graduate Faculty

C. Emmanuel Ahia, Associate Professor ofEducation; B.A., M.A., Wheaton College;J.D., University of Arkansas; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Graduate Faculty

Mohammad Ahsanullah, Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.S.C., Presidency College; M.S.C., Calcutta University; Ph.D.,North Carolina State University

William J. Amadio, Associate Professor ofComputer Information Systems; B.S.,Brooklyn College; M.S., Ph.D., Polytechnic Institute of New York

Don Ambrose, Professor of Education; B.A.,B.Ed., University of Saskatchewan; M.S.,Ph.D., University of Oregon

Gary E. Barricklow, Associate Professor ofEnglish; B.A., M.A., California State University, Sacramento; Ph.D., University ofNew Mexico

Jerome T. Bentley, Associate Professor ofEconomics; B.A., St. Vincent College; M.A.,Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Edward H. Bonfield, Professor of Marketing;B.S., M.S., University of Alabama; Ph.D.,University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Carol Brown, Associate Professor ofEducation; B.A., Muhlenberg College; M.S.,Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Dennis C. Buss, Associate Professor ofEducation; A.B., University of Pennsylvania;M.A.T., Brown University; Ed.D., Rutgers University

Anne M. Carroll, Associate Professor ofFinance; B.S., Miami University (Ohio);M.S., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

graduate faculty

306

Radha Chaganti, Professor of Business Policy and Environment; B.A., M.A., Osmania University; M.B.A., Indian Institute ofMangi; Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo

Judy F. Cohen, Associate Professor ofMarketing; B.A., M.A., M.B.A., University ofChicago; Ph.D., University of Syracuse

Ronald G. Cook, Professor of Management ofHuman Resources; B.S., SUNY at Oswego;M.B.A., Ph.D., Syracuse University

Lewis Coopersmith, Associate Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.A., University ofPennsylvania; M.S., Ph.D., New York University

Hope Corman, Professor of Economics; B.A.,University of Illinois; Ph.D., City University of New York

James W. Dailey, Associate Professor ofComputer Information Systems; B.A.,Boston College; M.S., Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University

Jean C. Darian, Associate Professor ofMarketing; B.A., M.C.D., University ofLiverpool; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Marvin E. Darter, Associate Professor ofComputer Information Systems; B.A.,University of California, Los Angeles;M.B.A., University of Maine; Ph.D., Georgia State University

Jesse B. DeEsch, Associate Professor ofEducation; B.S., East Stroudsburg State College; M.A., Ohio State University; Ph.D.,Indiana State University

Susan Denbo, Associate Professor of Business Policy and Environment; B.S., Cornell University; J.D., Villanova Law School

Jie Joyce Ding, Associate Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.S., M.S., Xi'an Jiaotong University; Ph.D., University ofTexas at Austin

Stefan C. Dombrowski, Assistant Professor ofGraduate Education; B.A., College ofWilliam and Mary; M.B.A., University ofConnecticut; Ph.D., University of Georgia

Kathleen Dunne, Associate Professor ofAccounting; B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo; Ph.D., Temple University

Lauren Eder, Associate Professor of ComputerInformation Systems; B.S., Boston University; M.B.A., Ph.D., Drexel University

Robert Edney, Associate Professor ofAccounting; B.S., M.B.A., Temple University;C.P.A., Pennsylvania

Benjamin H. Eichhorn, Associate Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.S., Hebrew University; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

Phyllis Fantauzzo, Assistant Director of the Center for Reading and Writing and Senior Reading Clinician, B.A., Trenton State; M.A.,Rider College; Certified School Psychologist,Rider University

Judith Fraivillig, Associate Professor ofEducation; B.A., M.S.E., University ofPennsylvania; Ph.D., Northwestern University

Ralph Gallay, Associate Professor ofMarketing; B.E., McGill University; M.B.A.,M.S., Ph.D., New York University

Herbert E. Gishlick, Professor of Economics;A.B., Muhlenberg College; M.A., Ph.D.,University of Pennsylvania

Susan M. Glazer, Professor of Education;Director of the Center for Reading and Writing; B.S., Syracuse University; M.A., NewYork University; Ed.D., University ofPennsylvania

Ilene V. Goldberg, Associate Professor ofBusiness Policy and Environment; B.A.,Pennsylvania State University; J.D., Temple University

Linguo Gong, Associate Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.S., M.S., Tsinghua University; Ph.D., The University of Texas

William D. Guthrie, Professor of Education;B.S., M.A., Trenton State College; Ph.D., NewYork University

graduate faculty

307

Cengiz Haksever, Professor of Management Sciences; B.S., M.S., Middle East Technical University, Ankara; M.B.A., Texas A&M University; Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin

James J. Hayden, Assistant Professor ofGraduate Education; B.A., Sacred Heart University; M.A.T., Fordham University;Ed.M., Ed.D., Rutgers University

Mary Elizabeth Haywood-Sullivan,Assistant Professor of Accounting; B.S.,College of Charleston; M.P.A., The University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., The University of Georgia

Sigfredo Hernandez, Associate Professor ofMarketing, B.A., University of Puerto Rico;M.A., Boston University; Ph.D., Temple University

Michele Wilson Kamens, Associate Professor of Education; B.S., M.Ed., Rutgers University; Ed.D., Temple University

Joe H. Kim, Associate Professor of Marketing;B.A., Union Christian College; M.B.A., Yon-sei University; Ph.D., Saint Louis University

Gerald D. Klein, Associate Professor ofOrganizational Behavior and Management;B.S., Drexel University; M.B.A., Harvard Graduate School of Business; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University

Steven Klein, Associate Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.S., Cornell University; M.B.A., New York University;M.S., Ph.D., Rutgers University

Christine Lentz, Associate Professor ofManagement and Organizational Behavior;B.A., Drexel University; M.S., Ph.D.,Northwestern University

Feng-Ying Liu, Professor of Finance; B.S.,National Taiwan University; M.B.A., Ph.D.,Drexel University

Charmen Loh, Associate Professor of Finance;B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Arkansas

Steven J. Lorenzet, Assistant Professor ofManagement and Human Resources; B.S.,M.A., Towson University; Ph.D., University at Albany, State University of New York,Albany, New York

Biju Mathew, Associate Professor ofComputer Information Systems, B.A., NizamCollege; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Charles W. McCall, Associate Professor ofEconomics; B.A., Lycoming College; M.A.,Ph.D., Temple University

Dorothy McMullen, Associate Professor ofAccounting; B.S., LaSalle University; M.B.A.,Ph.D., Drexel University, C.P.A.,Pennsylvania

Kathleen McQuillan, Assistant Professor ofEducation; B.S., Bloomsburg University;M.S., Long Island University, C.W. Post College; Ph.D., Lehigh University

Ilhan Meric, Professor of Finance; B.A.,Ankara University; M.S., Ph.D., Lehigh University

Regina H. Mladineo, Associate Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.S., Denison University; Ph.D., Rutgers University

Susanna Monseau, Assistant Professor ofBusiness Policy and Environment; L.S.F.,Guilford College of Law, UK; L.L.B., Exeter University, UK

John Moussourakis, Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.A., New York University; M.B.A., Iona College; Ph.D., NewYork University

James Murphy, Associate Professor ofEducation; B.A., Iona College; M.S., D.Ed.,Pennsylvania State University

Cynthia Newman, Assistant Professor ofMarketing; B.S.B.A., M.B.A., Rider University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Larry Newman, Associate Professor ofMarketing; B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.B.A., Drexel University; Ph.D.,Pennsylvania State University

Kelly Noonan, Assistant Professor ofEconomics; B.A., State University of New York at Albany; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook

Margaret O’Reilly-Allen, Associate Professor of Accounting; B.B.A., Temple University;M.B.A., Ph.D., Drexel University, C.P.A., NewJersey

graduate faculty

308

Cynthia L. Paris, Associate Professor ofEducation; B.S., M.S., University ofDelaware; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Obeua S. Persons, Associate Professor ofAccounting; B.A., Chulalongkorn University;M.P.A., Ph.D., University of Texas, C.P.A.,Washington State

David A. Pierfy, Associate Professor ofEducation; B.A., Rider College; M.A., Ed.S.,George Peabody College at Vanderbilt University; Ed.D., University of Georgia

Kathleen Pierce, Assistant Professor ofGraduate Education; B.A., Glassboro State College; M.Ed., Rutgers University; Ph.D.,University of Pennsylvania

Larry M. Prober, Associate Professor ofAccounting; B.S., University of Delaware;M.B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.S.,Ph.D., Temple University; C.P.A.,Pennsylvania

J. Drew Procaccino, Assistant Professor ofComputer Information Systems; B.A.,Ursinus College; B.S., M.B.A., Rider University; Ph.D., Drexel University

Maury R. Randall, Professor of Finance; B.A.,New York University; M.A., University ofChicago; Ph.D., New York University

Mitchell Ratner, Associate Professor ofFinance; B.A., Lafayette College; M.B.A.,Ph.D., Drexel University

Thomas L. Ruble, Associate Professor ofManagement; B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Maria Sanchez, Assistant Professor ofAccounting; B.S., Villanova University;M.B.A., Ph.D., Drexel University

Mark E. Sandberg, Dean Emeritus and Associate Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior; B.S., M.B.A.,Drexel University; Ph.D., Cornell University

Joy A. Schneer, Professor of Management andOrganizational Behavior; B.A., Barnard College, Columbia University; M.B.A., Ph.D.,Baruch College, CUNY

Barry B. Seldes, Professor of Political Scienceand American Studies; B.A., M.A., City College of New York; Ph.D., Rutgers University

Wayne J. Smeltz, Associate Professor ofBusiness Policy and Environment; B.B.A.,College of Insurance; M.B.A., Ph.D.,University of Houston

Robert Sopko, Assistant Professor ofGraduate Education; B.A., The College ofNew Jersey; M.A., Rider College; Ed.D., NovaUniversity

Ira B. Sprotzer, Associate Professor ofBusiness Policy and Environment; B.A., StateUniversity of New York, Binghamton; J.D.,Boston College Law School; M.B.A., Miami University of Ohio

Sandra L. Stein, Professor of Education; B.S.,University of Wisconsin; M.S., Ed.D.,Northern Illinois University

Marcia B. Steinhauer, Associate Professor ofHuman Services Administration; B.A., M.A.,Ph.D., University of Florida

David Suk, Associate Professor of Finance;B.A., Sogang University; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University

Alan R. Sumutka, Associate Professor ofAccounting; B.S., Rider College, M.B.A.,Seton Hall University; C.P.A., New Jersey

Leonore S. Taga, Associate Professor ofEconomics; A.B., University of Michigan;M.A., Ph.D., University of California,Berkeley

Carol D. Watson, Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior; B.A.,University of Akron; M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., Columbia University

Nancy G. Westburg, Professor of Education;B.A., Holy Family College; M.S., Chestnut Hill College; Ph.D., Indiana State University

Alan R. Wiman, Associate Professor ofMarketing; B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.B.A.,D.B.A., University of Tennessee

adjunct faculty

309

Donald Wise, Associate Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.A., California State College of Los Angeles; M.A., Ph.D.,Claremont Graduate School

Donald E. Wygal, Associate Professor ofAccounting; B.A., Slippery Rock State College; M.B.A., Ph.D., University ofPittsburgh

Zaher Z. Zantout, Associate Professor ofFinance; B.B.A., M.B.A., American Universityof Beirut; Ph.D., Drexel University

Adjunct Faculty

John Adamovics, Adjunct Professor ofBiology; B.A., Portland State University;Ph.D., Colorado State University

Edward Adams, Adjunct Assistant Professor ofFinance; B.S.C., Rider College; M.B.A., St.John’s University

Gaya Agrawal, Adjunct Instructor ofComputer Information Systems; B.Com.,M.Com., LL.B., M.B.A. University ofCalcutta; M.S. of Library and Information Science, The Catholic University of America

Roger C. Alig, Adjunct Associate Professor ofChemistry/Physics; B.A., Wabash College;M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University

Derek Arnold, Adjunct Instructor ofCommunication; B.A., LaSalle University;M.A., Purdue University

Barry D. Ashmen, Adjunct Assistant Professorof Management; B.S., M.A., Rider College;Ed.D., Temple University

Susan J. Ashworth-McManimon, Adjunct Instructor of Communication; B.A., Kean College of New Jersey; M.A., Montclair State College

Thomas Barclay, Adjunct Instructor ofGraduate Education; B.A., M.Ed., Trenton State College; M.A., Rider University

Thomas Barnes, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Graduate Education; B.A., University ofDelaware; M.A., Ph.D., Northeastern University

Richard L. Beach, Adjunct Professor ofChemistry/Physics; B.S., Muhlenberg College; M.S., Lehigh University; Ph.D.,Rutgers University

Gina Brescacin, Adjunct Instructor ofMarketing; B.S., West Virginia University;M.B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University

Thomas A. Brettell, Adjunct Professor of Lawand Justice; B.A., Drew University; M.S.,Lehigh University; Ph.D., Villanova University

Terry Brownschidle, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics; B.S., Cornell University; M.S., The Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Walter A. Brower, Adjunct Professor ofEducation, B.S., Rider College; Ed.M., Ed.D.,Temple University

Gerard Callanan, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resources; B.A.,Temple University; M.B.A., LaSalle University; Ph.D., Drexel University

Kathleen Capuano, Adjunct Instructor ofCommunication; B.A., Queens College,CUNY; M.A., West Chester University

Kim Chandler-Vaccaro, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Dance; B.A., R.D.E., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A.,University of California–Los Angeles; Ed.D.,Temple University

T. William Chien, Adjunct Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.S., National Chiao Tung University; Ph.D., Purdue University

Louis J. Colombo, Adjunct Instructor ofPhilosophy; B.A., Rider University; M.A.,New School for Social Research

William H. Copperthwaite, Jr., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business Policy and Environment; B.A., Villanova University;M.B.A., M.S. in Taxation, Drexel University;J.D., Temple University School of Law;L.L.M., Temple University School of Law

adjunct faculty

310

Patrick Corrigan, Adjunct Instructor ofCommunication; B.A., M.A., Rider University

Lisa Coryell, Adjunct Instructor ofCommunication; B.A., Rider University

Everard Cowan, Adjunct Assistant Professor ofEconomics; B.B.A., Texas Tech University;Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Diane Curry, Adjunct Instructor of Graduate Education, B.A., Wilkes College; M.A. Rider University

Michele D’Angelo-Long, Adjunct Instructor of English and Composition Coordinator;B.A., M.A.T., The College of New Jersey

Fekru Debebe, Adjunct Assistant Professor ofEconomics; B.S., M.S., New Mexico State University; Ph.D., Colorado State University

Doris DeYoung, Adjunct Instructor of English;B.S., Fordham University; M.A., Columbia University

Kathleen Dominick, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Marketing; B.S., M.B.A.,Philadelphia University; D.B.A., Nova Southeastern University

Walter Eliason, Adjunct Professor ofEducation Emeritus; B.A., LaSalle College;M.A., Villanova University; Ed.D., Temple University

Lance Esplund, Adjunct Associate Professor ofFine Arts; B.F.A., Kansas City Art Institute;M.F.A., Queens College, CUNY

Richard Fair, Adjunct Instructor of Graduate Education; B.S.C., Rider College

Roberta Fiske-Rusciano, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Multicultural Studies and Women’s Studies; B.A., Simmons College;M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Rutgers University

Carla Gentilli, Adjunct Instructor ofComputer Information Systems; B.A., Rider University; M.S., University of Phoenix

John Gerace, Adjunct Assistant Professor ofEconomics; B.S., State University of New York Maritime College; M.B.A., St John’s University, Graduate Faculty of Political and

Social Science; Ph.D., New School for Social Research – The Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science

Caroline Germond, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Graduate Education; B.A.,Livingston College; M.Ed., Ed.D., Rutgers University

Robert F. Gleason, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resources; B.B.A., University of Oklahoma;M.B.A., Pace University

Jeffrey P. Gossner, Adjunct Instructor ofManagement Sciences; B.S., Rider College;M.B.A., St. Joseph’s University

Kelly Griffin, Adjunct Instructor ofJournalism; B.A., Rider University; M.A.,Central Michigan University

W. Les Hartman, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law and Justice; B.S., Rider University;J.D., University of Baltimore School of Law

Carol G. Heines, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mathematics; A.B., Douglass College;M.S., New York University; Ph.D., The City University of New York

Gerard T. Hirsch, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communication; B.A., Rider College

Ann S. Hoffenberg, Adjunct Professor ofBiology; B.S., New York University; M.S.,Rutgers University

Thomas Holt, Adjunct Assistant Professor ofFinance; B.A., Glassboro State College;M.B.A., Monmouth College

Dorothy Horber, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Graduate Education; B.S., M.A., Ph.D.,Fordham University

Jerusalem Howard, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resources; B.S., United States Military Academy at West Point; M.S., University ofPennsylvania; Ph.D., Syracuse University

Richard J. Inzana, Adjunct Assistant Professorof Social Work; B.A., Rutgers University;M.A., Northwestern University; M.S.W.,Rutgers University

adjunct faculty

311

Carol Johnson, Adjunct Assistant Professor ofComputer Information Systems; B.A., M.A.,Rider University

Cindy Kelly, Adjunct Instructor ofCommunication; B.A., M.A., Rutgers University

Patrick Kennedy, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business Policy and Environment; B.S.,Rider University; J.D., Seton Hall University School of Law

Robert Kenny, Esq., CPA, Adjunct Associate Professor of Accounting; B.A., Manhattan College; J.D., Northeastern University Schoolof Law, CPA – New York State

Randy Kertes, Adjunct Instructor ofGeological and Marine Sciences; B.S., Rider University; M.S., University of Cincinnati

Shawn P. Kildea, Video Technologies Coordinator in Communication; Adjunct Instructor of Communication; B.A., M.A.,Rider University

Arkady K. Kitover, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mathematics; M.S., Ph.D.,Leningrad State University

Peter Labriola, Adjunct Associate Professor ofMathematics; B.S., Stevens Institute ofTechnology; M.S., Adelphia University

Mark W. Lamar, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business; B.A., Boston University; M.S.W.,M.B.A., Rutgers University

Fred Lasser, Adjunct Instructor of English;B.A., B.R.E., Yeshiva University; M.A., City University of New York; Ph.D., Rutgers University

Dennis P. Levy, Adjunct Professor of Biology;B.S., Muhlenberg College; Ph.D., Rutgers University

Nina Malone, Adjunct Instructor ofJournalism; B.A., M.A., Rider University

Stephanie Mandelbaum, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management Sciences; B.S.,Queens College; M.A.T., Montclair State University; M.F.A., Pratt Institute

Nadine Marty, Adjunct Assistant Professor ofGraduate Education; B.S., Wheaton College;M.S., Rider College; Ed.D., Rutgers University

James R. Matey, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physics; B.S., Carnegie Mellon; M.S.,Ph.D., University of Illinois

Barry Mathes, Adjunct Assistant Professor ofManagement Sciences; B.A., City College ofNew York; M.B.A., Seton Hall University

Shaikh M. Matin, Adjunct Professor ofPhysics; B.S., Karachi University; A.M.,Ph.D., Columbia University

Carol Anne Massi, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Gettysburg College; M.A., Trenton State College

Ira Mayo, Adjunct Instructor of Management Sciences; B.A., Queens College; M.B.A.,Adelphi University

George McClosky, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Graduate Education, Ph.D.,Penn State University

Douglas J. McDowell, Adjunct Lecturer ofSociology; B.A., Grove City College; M.A.,Penn State University

Daniel B. McKeown, Adjunct Associate Professor of Education; B.S., King’s College;M.Ed., Rutgers University; J.D., Seton Hall University

Carole Messersmith, Adjunct Associate Professor of Undergraduate Education; B.S.,Glassboro State College; M.A., Trenton State College

Edward Miller, Adjunct Associate Professor ofMarketing; B.A., City College of New York;M.B.A., CUNY-Baruch; D.B.A., Nova University

Miriam Mills, Adjunct Assistant Professor ofTheatre; B.A., M.F.A., Rutgers University,Mason Gross School of Arts

Laurence L. Murphy, Adjunct Associate Professor of Philosophy; B.A., University ofOregon; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University

adjunct faculty

312

Evelyn C. Myers, Adjunct Instructor ofManagement Sciences; B.A., M.A., Trenton State College

Beverly Offenberg, Adjunct Instructor ofSpanish; B.A., Queens College; M.A., Hunter College

Gerard F. O'Malley, Adjunct Associate Professor of Education; B.S., University ofScranton; Ed.M., D.Ed., Pennsylvania State University

Philip Orr, Adjunct Assistant Professor ofMusic; B.M., M.M., Westminster Choir College of Rider University

Stephen Payne, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resources; B.S,Ph.D., University of Aston in Birmingham,U.K.

Barry Pelletteri, Adjunct Instructor ofComputer Information Systems; B.S.,M.B.A., Rider University

Louis Penge, Adjunct Instructor ofManagement Sciences; B.A., LaSalle University; M.Ed., The College of New Jersey

Peter A. Peroni II, Adjunct Assistant Professorof Graduate Education; B.A., LaSalle University; MAT, M.A., Trenton State College; Ed.D., Rutgers University

Ronald D. Perry, Adjunct Instructor ofManagement and Human Resources;B.S.B.A., M.B.A., Rider University

Julie Piper, Adjunct Assistant Professor ofComputer Information Systems; B.A.,Adelphi University; M.Ed., Penn State University

Jeffrey R. Post, Adjunct Assistant Professor ofPhilosophy; B.A., Rider University; M.A.,University of Louisville; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Marie R. Power-Barnes, Adjunct Instructor of Journalism; B.A., M.A., Rider University

William Quirk, Adjunct Instructor of English;B.A., University of Colorado; M.A.,University of Washington

Howard D. Rees, Adjunct Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems and Mathematics; B.S., Ohio State University;M.S., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Allan Reichenbach, Adjunct Instructor ofManagement Sciences; B.S., Trenton State College; M.S., Bucknell University

Charles O. Richardson, Adjunct Professor ofHistory; B.A., Lafayette College; M.A.,University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D.,Georgetown University

James Rigel, Adjunct Assistant Professor ofSocial Work; A.B. Anderson College; M.S.W.,Rutgers University; M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

George Robinson, Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemistry/Physics; B.A., Centre College; Ph.D., Duke University

John V. Roche, Adjunct Instructor of English and Fine Arts; Ed.D., St. Joseph’s University;M.A., Villanova University; B.A., LaSalle University; Fine Arts, Mt. St. Mary’s College

Peggy Rolfsmeyer, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Undergraduate Education; B.S.,Clarion State College; M.Ed., University ofPittsburgh

Jane Rosenbaum, Adjunct Instructor ofEnglish; B.A., City College of New York;M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Arthur T. Russomano, Adjunct Associate Professor of Undergraduate Education; B.A.,Kean University; M.A., Seton Hall University;Ed.D., Rutgers University

Anita Sands, Adjunct Instructor of Sociology;B.A., Rider University; M.A., Temple University

Michael G. Saraceno, Adjunct Instructor ofManagement and Human Resources; B.S.,Siena College; M.B.A., State University ofNew York at Albany

Carol Satz, Clinician; B.A., Queens College;M.Ed., Trenton State College

Robert S. Schimek, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Accounting; B.S.C., Rider University; M.B.A., University ofPennsylvania

adjunct faculty

313

George O. Schneller IV, Adjunct Associate Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Mount Union College; M.S., Ph.D., Lehigh University

Harriett Schwartz, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communication; B.A.,University of Maryland; M.S., Purdue University

Geoffrey Scott, Adjunct Assistant Professor ofManagement Sciences, Computer Information Systems; Sc.B., Brown University; M.S.E, Ph.D., University ofPennsylvania

Donald Shaw, Jr., Adjunct Instructor ofAccounting; B.A., Rutgers University;M.B.A., Monmouth College; M.S., Widener University

Carl F. Shultz, CPA, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Accounting; B.S., LaSalle University; M.B.A., Drexel University

Kenneth Siegel, Adjunct Instructor ofFinance; B.S., Rider College; M.B.A.,Fairleigh Dickinson University

Diane Smallwood, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Graduate Education; A.B.,

Douglass College, M.A., Glassboro State College; Psy.D., Rutgers University

Kelly Statmore, Adjunct Instructor ofJournalism; B.A., Albright College

Raymond Stein, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Accounting; B.A., M.B.A., Long Island University

Madelon V. Stewart, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Education; B.A., George Washington University; M.S., Bank Street College; M.Ed., Ed.D., Teachers College,Columbia University

Jeffrey S. Stoolman, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resources; B.A., Temple University; M.B.A.,Rutgers University; J.D., University ofDayton Law School

Susan Strom, Adjunct Lecturer of English;B.A., University of Toronto; M.A., University of Cincinnati; M.Ed., Temple University

Patrick Summers, Adjunct Instructor ofManagement Science; B.A., M.A., CambridgeUniversity, England

Mindy Treceno, Adjunct Assistant Professor ofBusiness Policy, B.A., New York University;J.D., Rutgers University School of Law

Elaine Tryjankowski, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management Science; B.A.,D’Youville College, Buffalo; M.S., Canisius College, Buffalo; Ed.D., Rutgers University

Ellen Walsh, Adjunct Assistant Professor ofEconomics; B.A., Queens College; M.B.A., St.John’s University

Shawn Barwick Wild, Adjunct Professor ofBiology; B.S., Appalachian State University;Ph.D., East Carolina University, School ofMedicine

Rebecca Wolfe, Adjunct Associate Professor ofManagement and Human Resources; B.A.,Bates College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

Wei-ling Wu, Adjunct Instructor of Graduate Education; B.A., Shanghai Institute ofEducation; M.A., Rider College

Peter Yacyk, Adjunct Professor Emeritus ofGraduate Education; B.S., Pennsylvania Military College; Ed.M., University ofDelaware; Ed.D., Temple University

Jeffrey Ziment, Adjunct Assistant Professor ofAccounting; B.S., The Wharton School of theUniversity of Pennsylvania; M.B.A., Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration

emeriti

314

Emeriti

John D. Allison, Professor Emeritus ofMarketing; B.S.C., Temple University;M.B.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., New YorkUniversity

Sherman M. Ancier, Associate Professor Emeritus of Accounting; B.S., M.B.A.,Rutgers University; C.P.A., New Jersey

Marianne E. Battista, Associate Professor Emerita of Accounting; B.S., M.A., Rider College; Ed.D., Temple University; C.P.A.,New Jersey

Richard L. Beach, Professor Emeritus ofChemistry; B.S., Muhlenberg College; M.S.,Lehigh University; Ph.D., Rutgers University

Walter A. Brower, Professor Emeritus ofEducation; B.S., Rider College; Ed.M., Ed.D.,Temple University

Inez G. Calcerano, Professor Emerita ofSpeech; A.B., Kalamazoo College; M.A.,Miami University of Ohio

James H. Carlson, Professor Emeritus ofBiology, B.S., Fenn College; M.S., Ph.D.,Ohio State University

Richard A. Coppola, Aquatic Director Emeritus; B.A., M.A., Trenton State College

Marion C. Cosenza, Professor Emerita ofSecretarial Studies; B.Ed., B.S., Rider College;Ed.M., Rutgers University

Charles Gordon Crozier, Professor-Librarian Emeritus; B.S., Columbia University; M.S.,Drexel University; M.A., School for Social Research

Violet K. Devlin, Professor - Librarian Emerita; B.A., Hunter College; M.S., Drexel University

Laurence Eisenlohr, Professor Emeritus ofEnglish; A.B., Harvard College; A.M.,Harvard University; Ph.D., University ofPennsylvania

Mervin L. Dissinger, Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychology; B.S., Millersville State College; M.A., Ph.D., Temple University

Walter J. Eliason, Associate Professor Emeritus of Education; B.A., LaSalle College;M.A., Villanova University; Ed.D., Temple University

Henry J. Frank, Professor Emeritus of Finance;B.S., Columbia University; M.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D., Columbia University

Marguerite J. Frank, Professor Emerita ofDecision Sciences and Computers; B.A.,University of Toronto; M.A., Ph.D., Radcliffe College

Norman T. Gates, Professor Emeritus ofEnglish; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University ofPennsylvania

Walter H. Gebhart, Lecturer Emeritus ofBusiness Law; B.S., University ofPennsylvania; J.D., Temple University School of Law; C.P.A., Pennsylvania

Victor Gerdes, Professor Emeritus of Finance;B.S., Texas Technological College; M.S., J.D.,Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Eloise K. Goreau, Professor Emerita ofEnglish; B.A., M.A., University of Tennessee;Ph.D., Rutgers University

John J. Gorman, Assistant Professor Emeritus of Accounting; B.S., Rider University;M.B.A., Drexel University; C.P.A., New Jersey

Jean M. Gray, Professor Emerita of Finance;B.A., Michigan State University; M.A., Ph.D.,University of California at Berkeley

Mary Jo Hall, Associate Professor Emerita ofGeological and Marine Sciences; B.S.,Pennsylvania State University; M.Ed., West Chester State College; Ph.D., Lehigh University

Henry Halpern, Assistant Professor-Librarian Emeritus; B.A., City College of New York;M.A., New York University; M.L.S., Pratt Institute

E. Cureton Harris, Professor Emerita ofEconomics; B.S., New York University; M.A.,Columbia University; Ph.D., New York University

Belmont F. Haydel, Jr., Associate Professor Emeritus of Business Policy and Environment; B.S., Loyola University ofChicago; B.A., American Institute for ForeignTrade; M.S., Louisiana State University;Ph.D., North Texas State University

emeriti

315

Jane S. Hettrick, Professor Emerita of Music;B.A., Queens College; M.M., D.M.A.,University of Michigan

Katharine T. Hoff, Professor Emerita ofEnglish and American Studies; A.B., Oberlin College; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University

C. Howard Hopkins, Professor Emeritus ofHistory and American Studies; B.A.,University of Redlands; B.D., Ph.D., Yale University

Stanley S. C. Huang, Professor Emeritus ofFinance; B.A., St. John’s University, China;M.A., University of Illinois; M.B.A., Ph.D.,New York University

Dominick A. Iorio, Professor Emeritus ofPhilosophy; B.A., Seton Hall University;M.A., Ph.D., Fordham University

Rodney G. Jurist, Professor Emeritus ofEducation; B.S., Duquesne University; M.A.,Rider College; Ed.D., Rutgers University

Gerald J. Kent, Professor Emeritus ofChemistry; B.S., Upsala College; M.A., Ph.D.,Princeton University

Walter L. Klotz, Professor Emeritus ofSecretarial Studies; B.S., Rider College,Ed.M., Rutgers University

Michael A. Kole, Associate Professor Emeritusof Accounting; B.M.E., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., University ofMassachusetts

Willard E. Lally, Professor Emeritus ofJournalism; B.A., Midland College; A.M.,Colorado State College; A.M., University ofMissouri

Marilyn Levitt, Professor Emerita of Art; A.B.,M.A., Syracuse University

Thomas A. Leyden, Professor Emeritus ofAccounting; B.S.C., Duquesne University;M.A., University of Mississippi

A. James Lemaster, Professor Emeritus ofEducation; B.B.A., North Texas State University; M.A., Sul Ross State University;Ed.D., North Texas State University

Lynn W. Livingston, Associate Professor-Librarian Emerita; B.A., Denison University;M.A., Stanford University, M.A.L.S.,University of Missouri

Karl O. Mann, Professor Emeritus ofIndustrial Relations; B.S., American University; M.A., University of Wisconsin;Ph.D., Cornell University

Thomas C. Mayer, Professor Emeritus ofBiology; B.A., University of Tennessee; M.A.,Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University

William A. McCarroll, Professor Emeritus ofChemistry; B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University ofConnecticut

Derrill I. McGuigan, Professor Emeritus ofPsychology; B.A., St. Dustan’s University;B.Ed., M.Ed., University of New Brunswick;M.A., Ph.D., Temple University; Ph.D.,University of Ottawa

Alan L. McLeod, Professor Emeritus of Englishand Speech; B.A., M.A., Dip.Ed., University of Sydney; B.Ed., University of Melbourne;Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Bernard W. Miller, Associate Professor Emeritus of Education; B.S., Newark State College; M.A., New York University; Ed.D.,Yeshiva University

Leroy Oddis, Associate Professor Emeritus ofBiology; B.A., Syracuse University; M.S.,Ph.D., Rutgers University

Francis C. Oglesby, Associate Professor Emeritus of Decision Sciences and Computers; B.A., Dickinson College; M.S.,Ph.D., Lehigh University

Stephen P. Phillips, Associate Professor Emeritus of Education; B.S., Ithaca College;M.Ed., Ed.D., Rutgers University

Francis A. Pittaro, Jr., Athletic Staff Emeritus;B.A., Brown University; M.Ed., Temple University

Ruth Podesva, Professor-Librarian Emerita;B.S., State University of New York

James H. Poivan, Professor Emeritus ofHistory; A.B., M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University

Eldon Price, Athletic Staff Emeritus; B.S.,M.A., Pennsylvania State University

Robert Reilly, Professor Emeritus of English;B.A., St. Mary’s Seminary and University;M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington

emeriti

316

Charles O. Richardson, Professor Emeritus ofHistory; B.A., Lafayette College; M.A.,University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D.,Georgetown University

Stewart Rodnon, Professor Emeritus ofEnglish; B.S., Long Island University; M.A.,Brooklyn College; Ph.D., New York University

Robert Ross, Associate Professor Emeritus ofBusiness Law; B.S., Rider College; L.L.B.,J.D., Temple University; C.P.A., New Jersey

Elliot M. Schrero, Professor Emeritus ofEnglish; A.B., A.M., Ph.D., University ofChicago

Stanley J. Schwartz, Associate Professor Emeritus of Human Resources; B.S., M.S.,University of Pennsylvania; Ed.D., Temple University

Reginald Shagam, Professor Emeritus ofGeological and Marine Sciences; B.Sc., M.Sc.,University of Cape Town; Ph.D., Princeton University

Paul C. Sherr, Professor Emeritus of English;A.B., Muhlenberg College; M.A., Lehigh University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Ruth E. Simpkins, Associate Professor Emerita of Psychology; A.B., Roberts Wesleyan College; A.M., Ph.D., Temple University

Dorothy E. Snow, Professor Emerita ofEnglish; B.A., Keuka College; M.A., State University of New York

Robert C. Sorensen, Professor Emeritus ofMarketing; A.B., M.A., Ph.D., University ofChicago

Norman E. Stander, Associate Professor Emeritus of Management and Organizational Behavior; B.B.A., City College of New York; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., Ohio State University

Marcia K. Steinberg, Associate Professor Emerita of Sociology; B.A. Hunter College;M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., City University of New York

Albert Sternberg, Associate Professor Emeritus of Education; B.A., M.Ed., Ed.D.,Temple University

Guy W. Stroh, Professor Emeritus ofPhilosophy; A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Princeton University

Marvin B. Talmadge, Professor Emeritus ofBiology; A.B., New York University; Sc.D.,Johns Hopkins University

Sanford Temkin, Associate Professor Emeritusof Management Sciences; B.S., M.B.A.,Temple University; Ph.D., University ofPennsylvania

Donald J. Tosh, Associate Professor Emeritus of Education; B.S., Wilkes College; M.A.,Seton Hall University; Ed.D., Lehigh University

Donald B. Veix, Associate Professor Emeritus of Education; A.B., M.A., Seton Hall University; Ed.D., Lehigh University

Lise Vogel, Professor Emeritus of Sociology;A.B., Radcliffe College; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., Brandeis University

James Volpi, Associate Professor Emeritus ofAccounting; B.S., M.B.A., Drexel University;C.P.A., New Jersey, Pennsylvania

Peter Yacyk, Professor Emeritus of Education;B.S., Pennsylvania Military College; Ed.M.,University of Delaware; Ed.D., Temple University

David J. Yake, Professor Emeritus ofEconomics; A.B., Lebanon Valley College;M.B.A., Stanford University

Chester F. Zakreski, Professor Emeritus ofBusiness Education; B.S., Rider College;Ed.M., Rutgers University

Albright G. Zimmerman, Associate Professor Emeritus of History and American Studies;B.S., A.M., Temple University; Ph.D.,University of Delaware

317

Index

index

318

AA.A. Degree, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Business Administration, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118General Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Academic Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266-281Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29, 105, 133-135Accreditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 25, 43Actuarial Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291-297Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120, 266Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30, 106

Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38, 72American Studies . . . . . . . . . . . .63-65, 135-137Applied Social Science Concentration . . . .114Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75Art History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76, 184-185

BB.A. Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45, 57, 112B.A.,B.S./M.B.A. Program . . . . . . . . . .10-12, 62Baccalaureate Honors Courses . . . . . . 137-141Baccalaureate Honors Program . . . . . . . . . . .25Basic Core of Knowledge

(Business Administration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Bilingual/Bicultural

Teacher Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Biochemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 141-142Biology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66-67, 142-146Biopsychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 146-147B.S. Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 52, 57, 111B.S.B.A. Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 103Business Administration, . . . . . . . . . . . .24, 106Business Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 168-171Business Policy and Environment . . . . 147-150

CCalendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-21

Continuing Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100-101Campus Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323Cancellation of Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288Career Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287Certificate Programs, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50-51, 69, 151-154College Reading Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 257Communication . . . . .70-72, 154-155, 158-161

Computer Information Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32, 107, 161-163

Core Curriculum:General Skills Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Core Curriculum (Liberal Arts and Science) . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Course Auditing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Course Description Index . . . . . . . . . . 132-133CREWw, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25Criminal Justice Concentration . . . . . . . .60, 90

DDance Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76, 186-188DAARSTOC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25Departmental Honors Programs . . . . . . . . . .62Disabled, Facilities for . . . . . . . . . . .13, 129, 267Dismissal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279-280

EEarly Childhood Education . . . . . . . . . . 46, 174Economics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 163-166Education Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166-175Education Enhancement Program . . . . . . . . 12Educational Opportunity Program . . . . . . . . 16Elementary Education . . . . . . . . . . 45, 171-172English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73-75, 175-181

Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175-176Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47Literature and Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . .176-181

Entrepreneurial Studies Concentration . . . . .37Environmental Geology Minor . . . . . . . . . . .83Environmental Science . . . . . . . . . . . . .205-207Ethics Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

FFaculty

Adjunct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309-313Graduate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305-309Undergraduate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297-305

Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33, 108, 182-184Financial Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126-127, 272-275Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75, 184-193Foreign Language Education . . . . . . . . . . .47-49Foreign Languages

and Literatures . . . . . . . . . . . .77-81, 193-202

index

319

Foreign Languages and Literatures in Translation . . . . . . . .202-204French . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77, 194-196French Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47Freshman Seminar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

GGender Studies, . . . . . . . . . . . . .59, 81, 204-205General Biology Concentration . . . . . . . .66-67General Business Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38General Education Core (CBA) . . . . . . . . . . .28General Studies (A.A. degree) . . . . . . . . . . .118Geological

and Marine Sciences . . . . . . .81-85, 205-212Geosciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83, 207-209German . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78, 196-197German Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48Global Business Concentration . . . . . . .37, 111Global Business Major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33-34Global and Multinational Studies . 86, 212-213Graduate Admissions, Office of . . . . . . . . . .130

HHealth Administration Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Health Administration Courses . . . . . . . . . .212History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88, 213-220Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268Humanities Concentration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114Human Resource Management . . . . . . .35, 109

IIndependent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29, 62, 124Interdisciplinary Studies . . . . . . . . . . . .220-221International Concentration . . . . . . . . . . . . .115International Students . . . . . . . . . . .15, 121, 267International Studies (minor) . . . . . . . . . . .221Italian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

JJournalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70, 156-157

LLaw and Justice Minor . . . . .59, 88-89, 221-224Learning Disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Liberal Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224-225Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284-285Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73-74, 193-204

MMajors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Management

and Human Resources . . . . . . . . . . .225-228Management and Leadership . . . . . . . . .35, 109Management and Leadership

and Human Resource Management Double Major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36, 110

Management Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228-230Marine Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85, 209-212Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36, 110, 231-233Marketing Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91, 233-236

Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49Skills Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Matriculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123Minors Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 59-62Multicultural Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . .61, 92, 236Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76, 188-191

NNatural Science Concentration . . . . . . . . . . .117New Jersey Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44Nondegree programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

OOceanography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

PPhilosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93, 236-242Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93, 242-244Political Communication Minor . . . . . . .61, 95Political Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94, 244-251Pre-Allied Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63Pre-Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60, 88-91Pre-Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

index

320

Professional Outreach and Service Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96, 251-257Teacher Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Public Relations Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

RRefunds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126, 271-272Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127, 268Residence Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268Rider Learning Center (RLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . .14ROTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17Russian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79, 198-199Russian Area Studies Minor . . . . . . . . . . .61, 97

SSales Management for

the Sciences Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126-127, 273-275Science Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50Secondary Education . . . . . . . . . . . .46, 172-173Security Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286Science for Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67-68Social Science Concentration . . . . . . . . . . . .114Social Studies Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51Social Work Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62, 98, 258Sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97, 258-263Spanish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78, 199-202Spanish Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49Special Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46, 174-175Special Study Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . .286Student Financial Services . . . . . . . . . . .272-275

Student Health Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287Student Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286Student Services Information . . . . . . . .128-129Student Support Services Program . . . . . . . .16Studio Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185-186Study Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Summer Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, 101

TTeacher

Certification and Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . .44Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76, 191-193Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45, 121, 266Travel Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290Tuition and Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269-270

Continuing Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124Tutoring Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

VVeterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129, 268-269

WWeekend College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102Westminster Choir College . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129Withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

321

Guide to the Catalogand Campus Map

guide to the catalog

322

This catalog contains curricular offerings ofRider University (Lawrenceville campus) forfull-time and part-time undergraduate stu-dents. Information about graduate programs inthe College of Business Administration and theSchool of Education are available in a separatepublication, available in the College ofContinuing Studies (CCS) office, the office ofgraduate services, and the offices of the deans.

Full-time undergraduate students shouldrefer to the procedures and policies chapter foran overview of pertinent information, includingthe academic calendar for 2003-2004. All poli-cies and procedures, including the University’sjudicial system and social code, are described indetail in The Source, a student handbook pub-lished by the office of the dean of students.

For curricular matters, full-time undergradu-ates should refer to the core curriculum andstudy opportunities chapter, the chapter ontheir program of study and the course descrip-tions. Part-time undergraduates in CCS shouldalso read the chapters on procedures and poli-cies, and core curriculum and study opportuni-ties. Procedures and policies specifically gearedto CCS students, as well as the CCS calendar, areincluded in the CCS chapter. (CCS studentsshould also refer to The Source.)

All curricular offerings are described in theCCS chapter as well, but course descriptions arein the course descriptions chapter. Please notethat while the course numbers, titles and con-tents apply to all undergraduates, the semesterdesignations apply only to day students. CCSstudents should refer to the CCS course roster,available in the CCS office, for semester sched-uling information.

Summer session offerings are in a separatepublication available in the CCS office. Detailsabout offerings at Westminster Choir Collegeare in the Westminster Choir College academiccatalog.

Students are expected to be familiar with theinformation in this catalog. Failure to read thecatalog and comply with its regulations does notexcuse a student from responsibility for therules and other information in the catalog.

Rider may, through its academic governanceprocess, change its academic policies and itsdegree requirements at any time. Any majorchange will include an implementation schedulethat will take into account the impact on cur-rently matriculated students and will clearlyestablish the applicability of the change on thosestudents. The provisions of the catalog are notbe regarded as an irrevocable contract betweenthe student and Rider University. Rider reservesthe right to change any provisions or require-ments at any time.

Rider University does not discriminate on thebasis of race, color, religion, national orgin, sex,sexual orientation, handicap/disability, age, orVietnam-ear disabled veteran status in employ-ment, or in the application, admission, partici-pation, access, and treatment of persons ininstructional programs and activities. This poli-cy statement covers all aspects of the employ-ment relationship and admission to, access to,and treatment of employees and students inRider University’s programs and activities.While not federally mandated, this policy alsoprohibits discrimination on the basis of sexualorientation in the admission and treatment ofstudents and employees in Rider University’sprograms and activities and in the hiring, treat-ment, promotion, evaluation, and terminationof employees. The designated coordinator forcompliance is the director of human resourcesand affirmative action in the office of humanresources in room 108 of the Moore Library.Rider University is designated a teaching univer-sity in the state of New Jersey pursuant to NewJersey Administrative Code 9:1-3.1 et seq.

campus map

323

Academic FacilitiesAnne Brossman SweigartHall* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Fine Arts Center* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Franklin F. MooreLibrary* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Joseph P. Vona Academic Annex* . 4Maurer Center* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Memorial Hall*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Science and TechnologyCenter* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Other FacilitiesAlumni Gymnasium*. . . . . . . . . . . 2Bart Luedeke Center*. . . . . . . . . . 37Daly Dining Hall* . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Emmaus House (Catholic

Campus Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . 9General Services Building . . . . . . . . 36Gill Memorial Chapel* . . . . . . . . 27P. J. Ciambelli Hall*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Mail Services Department . . . . . . . . 36Multicultural Center . . . . . . . . . . 37President’s House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Security Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Student FinancialServices* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Student Health Center* . . . . . . . . 28Van Cleve Alumni House . . . . . . . 5Warehouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30West House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Zoerner House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Student Residence HallsCentennial House. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Conover Residence Hall*. . . . . . . 11Gee Residence Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . 14Hill Residence Hall* . . . . . . . . . . . 13Kroner Residence Hall . . . . . . . . . 18Lincoln Residence Hall . . . . . . . . 17Olson Residence Hall* . . . . . . . . . 12Poyda Residence Hall . . . . . . . . . . 28Ridge House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Switlik Residence Hall* . . . . . . . . 10University House . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Wright Residence Hall . . . . . . . . . 16Ziegler Residence Hall . . . . . . . . . 15

Fraternity ResidencesPhi Kappa Tau (House #1) . . . . . 35Zeta Beta Tau (House #5) . . . . . . 31

Sorority ResidencesAlpha Xi Delta (House #8) . . . . . 25Delta Phi Epsilon (House #10) . . 23Phi Sigma Sigma (House #3) . . . 33Zeta Tau Alpha (House #7) . . . . . 26

Administrative OfficesMost of the University’s administra-tive offices are located on the groundfloor of Moore Library.Academic Affairs/Provost . . . . . . . 1Admissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Alumni Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Annual Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Athletics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Bursar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Business and Finance . . . . . . . . . . . 1Campus Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Career Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Cashier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Continuing Studies . . . . . . . . . . . 37Dean of Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Graduate Admissions. . . . . . . . . . 38Human Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Residence Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Student Financial Services. . . . . . 37Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Testing/Counseling Center . . . . . . 6

Academic Deans’ OfficesCollege of Continuing Studies . . 37College of Business Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20College of Education andHuman Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19College of Liberal Arts andSciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

*indicates accessibility and parkingfor those with disabilities

Campus Key

O

O

O

O

X

RS

S

S

S

SR

G

X

XS

SP

SG

VC C

Student Parking(in lettered areas only)

O – Open to All Registered VehiclesR – ResidentP – Poyda Residents OnlyG – Greek Residents OnlyC – Commuters/EveningS – Administrative StaffV – VisitorsX – For Card Access Areas

Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ

29

3133

36

3532

37

38

28

22

21

20

1

27 26

2524

23

15

14

17

6

8

5

4

11

2

13

3

9

7

10

12

30

18

19

16

44

travel directions

324

From the New Jersey Turnpike: Take Exit7A (I-195 West). Follow I-195 West to the exitfor I-295 North toward Princeton, exit 60 B. I-295 North will become I-95 South. Take Exit 7A(Route 206 South/Trenton). Rider is a quartermile on the right.

From Route 1 South: Take the exit for I-95South toward Philadelphia. From I-95 South,take Exit 7A (Route 206 South/Trenton). Rideris a quarter mile on the right.

From the Garden State Parkway: Take Exit98 (I-195 West). Following I-195 West to the exitfor I-295 North toward Princeton. I-295 Northwill become I-95 South. Take Exit 7A (Route206 South/Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile onthe right.

From I-295 North: I-295 North will becomeI-95 South. Take Exit 7A (Route 206South/Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on theright.

From Philadelphia and South: Take I-95North (not the NJ Turnpike) throughPhiladelphia and into New Jersey. Once in NJ,take Exit 7A (Route 206 South/Trenton). Rideris a quarter mile on the right.

Regular bus service is available from NewYork City’s Port Authority Terminal toLawrenceville, with a stop at the Rider campus.Schedules should be checked with SuburbanTransit. Greyhound provides bus service toTrenton from Philadelphia and New York.Amtrak and New Jersey Transit trains stop atTrenton.

notes

325

Rider U

niversity2004/2005 U

ndergraduate Academ

ic Catalog

Rider U

niversity208

3 Lawrenceville R

oadLaw

renceville, NJ 08

648-3099

ww

w.rider.edu

No

n-P

rofit O

rg.

U.S

. PO

STA

GE

PA

ID

Tren

ton

NJ

Pe

rmit N

o. 15

00

Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2004-2005 - Rider University

Documents