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Source: 2002-2003 Catalog

| History and Mission | Graduation Requirements | Declaring a Major | Optional Minor |
| Filing for Graduation | Degrees Offered| Majors Offered | Course Number Descriptions | American Citizenship |

HISTORY AND MISSION

From its inception, the College of Arts & Sciences has been entrusted with the responsibility for providing the liberal education central to the mission of Washburn University. Maintaining a standard of excellence in all of its programs, the College strives to motivate and challenge students to develop creative thinking, aesthetic awareness, and discriminating judgment, as well as a sense of purpose and a zeal for continued independent and formal learning.

Through its faculty, the College remains the advocate for liberal education as a force for adaption to an ever-changing world. Faculty commitment to the triad of teaching, scholarship and service helps guide students in specialized ways while exposing them to broad areas of knowledge encompassed by liberal education. This combination of generalized and specialized learning leads to the integrated understanding characteristic of an educated person.

Why a College of Arts & Sciences Education? The College of Arts & Sciences promotes "learning for a lifetime" across a variety of disciplines. Although the content and focus of course work may vary across disciplines, several themes characterize all departments and programs within Arts & Sciences. Faculty pay attention to students as individuals. Course offerings are designed to meet the needs of a diverse student population. Students work with Ph.D.'s from the beginning of their academic careers. Majors are well-known as individuals and valued as members of a departmental family. As Dr. William Langdon, Director of International Programs commented,"All of our majors are hand-made. There is no mass production here

Alumni have gone on to do extraordinary things. Among the 11,000 graduates of the college are Nobel Prize winners, Governors, CEO's, Members of Congress, Presidential candidates, nationally recognized coaches, world-renowned scientists, entrepreneurs, academics, and writers.

Arts & Sciences students win honors. The debate team has qualified for elimination rounds at the national level for ten consecutive years. Math, science, and social science majors regularly publish their scholar-ship. Humanities and performing arts students frequently receive prestigious awards. Year after year, Arts & Sciences graduates are accepted into prestigious graduate and professional schools. Year after year, Arts & Sciences graduates go immediately into interesting jobs and begin making important contributions to their communities.

Arts & Sciences students inherit the values of the liberal arts. Students who take courses in Arts & Sciences are drawn immediately into the "conversation of humankind": What is the meaning of experience? What is the nature of the universe? What is our place in the world?

Students learn information, but they also learn how to think, how to ask questions, and how to pursue and evaluate answers. Success in every profession depends on the ability to think critically, recognize new trends, find the key questions in new contexts, and recognize the consequences of new answers. Since many students will enter professions unrelated to their major, the College provides students with the skills necessary to meet future challenges.

Arts & Sciences departments reach out to the community through a wide range of activities that include: service activities, consulting, public events, internships, special activities for high school students.

The College of Arts & Sciences offers a broadly based liberal education for all students, regardless of their specific objectives. In addition, it also provides for career-oriented endeavors, including a number of terminal programs and practical experiences in the field, and prepares qualified students for graduate and professional schools.

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GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

Each candidate for a degree must meet the general requirements for graduation and the specific requirements for the degree desired.

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DECLARING A MAJOR

In order to insure the early and proper selection of a field of concentration, students seeking a baccalaureate degree are required to file a Declaration of Major/Degree/Catalog Year form by the time they have completed 54 credit hours. Candidates for the associate degree must file the declaration of major at the completion of 24 credit hours. A student is free at any time to change majors, or to add a second or third major, by following the prescribed procedures.

Declaration of a major is made on a Declaration of Major/Degree/Catalog Year form which the student secures from the department chairperson, academic advising in the Center for Learning And Student Success (CLASS), or the University Registrar's Office. The student fills out the form in consultation with the chairperson and advisor of the department in which he or she plans to major. If the student meets the requirements for acceptance into the department, the chairperson signs the form and assigns the student an advisor who consults with the student about which year of catalog will be used to determine degree requirements. The advisor signs the form as well as the student. The student is given a copy, and the remaining copies are returned to Academic Advising.

A separate form should be submitted for any change of major, change of degree, or additional major or degree.

OPTIONAL MINOR

An Optional Minor for the Bachelor of Arts degree in the College of Arts and Sciences shall consist of no less than 15 hours in one discipline as specified by the department. Of these, 6 hours must be at the upper division level. Students must have a grade of C or better in each course in the Optional Minor. The Optional Minor is not to be confused with any department's required minor or required correlated courses.

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FILING FOR GRADUATION

Candidates for the baccalaureate and associate degree must file an Application for Degree form in the Office of the University Registrar in order to initiate a graduation check. (See the academic calendar for the exact date.)

The University confers degrees at the end of each semester and at the end of the Summer Term. The University has two commencements a year—at the end of the fall and the spring semester. Students who are scheduled to complete final requirements for the degree during the following summer term may be permitted to participate in the spring Commencement. Such candidates need to have a Declaration of Major/Degree/Catalog Year form and an Application for Degree form on file in the University Registrar's Office. (See the appropriate class schedule for date deadlines.)

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DEGREES AND MAJORS OFFERED

DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Arts Degree
Each candidate for the degree is required to complete the following:

One hundred twenty-four hours, 84 of which must be graded and 40 of which must be at the 300 or 400 level.

A major consisting of no less than 24 hours of which 12 must be at the upper division level.

Eighty-four hours outside the major discipline.

Mathematics 110 (MA 110) or Mathematics 116 (MA 116) or a course with MA 116 as a prerequisite with a grade of C or better.

Six hours of English composition, three of which must be at the upper division level (EN 300), and PE 198, Lifetime Wellness are required.

The 102 level course in one of the languages offered by the Department of International Studies, or the equivalent. Course work taken to fulfill this requirement may not be applied toward general education requirements for completing the B.A. degree. Equivalents of the required course work are defined as follows:
*successful completion of a similar course of study in a foreign language taken at an accredited post-secondary institution.
*successfully challenging the departmentally administered 102 level examinations or a score of "4" or higher on the AP or CLEP foreign language examinations.

Note: Native speakers of any of the languages taught by the department may not receive credit for any 100 level courses.
*acceptance into a regular credit-bearing academic program of study by students whose native language is not English.

Distribution hours in Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Students must complete 15 hours in Arts and Humanities with at least 3 hours selected from the area of Art, Music, or Theater; the remaining credit hours must be selected from at least two other disciplines. No more than 6 hours may be counted from any one discipline in Art and Humanities. To meet the distribution requirement in the Social Sciences, students must complete 15 hours, from this group, with no more than 6 hours counted from any one discipline in Social Sciences. To meet the distribution requirement in Natural Sciences and Mathematics, students must complete 12 hours of Natural Sciences and Mathematics courses; the credit hours must include courses from at least two disciplines other than Mathematics. Courses are selected in consultation with an advisor from the approved courses in each of the distribution groupings.

Candidates must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 and a grade of C or better in each course in the major, required correlate courses and the two required English composition courses. A double major may be completed within the 124 hour total by meeting all the requirements of the two majors. Students may also elect a minor in the College of Arts and Sciences. The minor shall consist of no less than 15 hours specified by the department of which 6 must be at upper division level. Candidates for a minor must have a grade of C or better in each course in the minor. This optional minor is not to be confused with any department's required minor or required correlated courses. See the General Information section of the catalog concerning hours transferred to Washburn University.

Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
Each candidate for the degree is required to complete the following:

One hundred twenty-four hours, 84 of which must be graded and 40 of which must be at the 300-400 level.

A major consisting of no less than 86 hours, 12 of which must be at the 300-400 level (See Art Department in index for specific requirements).

Six hours of English composition, three of which must be at the upper division level (EN 300), and PE 198, Lifetime Wellness and 3 hours of MA 110 or 116.

Nine hours in each of the three distribution groups (Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences and Mathematics) with courses selected from at least two disciplines in each group, to include 3 hours in, Music, or Theatre within the 9 hours of Arts and Humanities. Courses are selected in consultation with an advisor from the approved courses in each of the distribution groupings.

Candidates must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 and a grade of C or better in each course in the major, and in English Composition, and in the course taken to satisfy the University Mathematics requirement. See the General information Section of the catalog concerning hours transferred to Washburn University.

Bachelor of Education Degree
The Bachelor of Education degree is designed to meet the needs of those who want to teach at the early childhood, elementary school or middle school levels and those who plan to teach physical education and business.

The Bachelor of Education Degree requires at least 48 semester hours of credit in general education with specific course requirements in Social Science, Natural Science, and Humanities and Creative and Performing Arts. The Department of Education requires regular academic advising to facilitate the student's successful completion of degree requirements.

To obtain a Kansas Teaching Certificate, the student must satisfy Kansas State Department of Education Certificate requirements in addition to degree requirements.

Majors in physical education programs must meet the specific requirements of the selected specialization as described in the Physical Education section of this catalog.

Bachelor of Integrated Studies

The Bachelor of Integrated Studies requirements are based on the assumption that the depth of experience component of a baccalaureate degree may be adequately provided by utilizing a multi-disciplinary approach. In particular, those students who do not plan to seek post baccalaureate education in a specific field still might benefit greatly from a relatively brief exposure to fundamental aspects of selected disciplines relevant to their personal interests, goals, aspirations, or career path, despite never completing the full set of major requirements in a discipline. To meet the depth of experience component of the degree requirements, the student designs and submits for approval an Individualized Study Program (ISP). This ISP is formulated by selecting courses from two (or more) Emphasis Areas, or by selecting courses which are consistent with a specific focus, theme, or unifying conceptual principle, the Thematic Focus.

A five-member Integrated Studies Advisory Committee (ISAC) chaired by the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) Dean or the Dean's designee is charged with the responsibility of reviewing and approving each BIS Individualized Study Program (ISP). Working with a member of the ISAC, students will develop and present an ISP proposal to the ISAC. The committee will review ISPs submitted before a widely published deadline early in each Fall and Spring semester, and approve or modify ISPs before the pre-enrollment advising period each semester. Generally, an ISP will have to be approved (by majority vote) at least one year (24 credit hours) before expected graduation. In exceptional situations, the ISAC at its discretion may consider appeals to approve an ISP one semester (12 credit hours) before graduation. Students interested in obtaining more information should contact the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's office.
Each candidate for the degree is required to complete the following: ISAC approval of ISP one year before intended graduation (exceptions by appeal only);
Grade of "C" or better required for designated courses in ISP; ISP consists of at least graded 36 graded hours, including 12 hours 300-400 level courses and a capstone experience (Interdisciplinary Studies 390 or substitute approved by ISAC);

The first 36 hours of the ISP may not be applied to the 84 hour "non-major" requirement; and
Courses applied to the General Education distribution requirements may not also be utilized to meet ISP requirements.

Bachelor of Music Degree
Candidates for the degree, Bachelor of Music, may choose a major in music performance or a major in music education. All students graduating with the Bachelor of Music degree will be expected to appear in recital. Participation in two large ensembles or accompanying is required during each semester of full-time enrollment. In addition, all full-time students are required to attend recitals and programs.

All requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree with the following exceptions:
No major requirements
No foreign language requirement.

Bachelor of Music Degree. Candidates for the degree, Bachelor of Music, may choose a major in music performance or a major in music education. All students graduating with the Bachelor of Music degree will be expected to appear in recital. Participation in two large ensembles or accompanying is required during each semester of full-time enrollment. In addition, all full-time students are required to attend recitals and programs.

Music Performance Major. The major in music performance consists of a total of 124 hours, including 24 hours in private lessons. Those electing the performance major must complete six hours of English Composition, three of which must be at the upper division level (EN 300) and PE 198 Lifetime Wellness. In consultation with the advisor, the student must elect nine hours in each of the three distribution groups (Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences and Mathematics) with courses selected from at least two disciplines in each group, to include 3 hours in Art, Music, or Theatre within the 9 hours of Arts and Humanities. Courses are selected in consultation with an advisor from the approved courses in each of the distribution groupings. Music courses may not be used in fulfilling the Humanities requirements. Candidates must have a cumulative grade average of at least 2.0 and a grade of C or better in each course in music, in English Composition, and in course taken to satisfy University Mathematics requirement.

Music Education Major..The major in music education is designed for those who wish to teach in public or private schools. This degree program amounts to 142 hours and may necessitate work beyond the eight semesters shown in the curriculum. Those majoring in music education will take the courses outlined in the catalog and choose their electives to cover the general education requirements and the professional education requirements for the Kansas Degree Secondary Certificate as specified in the catalog. Candidates must have a cumulative grade average of at least 2.5 and a grade of C or better in each course in the major and in English Composition. A grade point average of 2.75 is required in music, general education, and professional education categories.

Bachelor of Public Administration Degree
The Bachelor of Public Administration (BPA) degree is designed to meet the needs of students seeking careers in the public or quasi-public sector or seeking to continue their education in professional programs.

Each candidate for the degree is required to complete the following:

One hundred twenty-four hours, 84 of which must be graded and 40 of which must be at the 300-400 level.

A major consisting of at least 30 hours, but not in excess of 40 hours, in Political Science Courses. At least 15 or these hours will be in upper division courses. See Political Science in the index.

Eighty-four hours outside the major.

Six hours of English composition, three of which must be at the upper division level (EN 300), and PE 198 Lifetime Wellness.

Distribution hours in Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Students must complete 15 hours in Arts and Humanities with at least 3 hours selected from the area of Art, Music, or Theatre; the remaining credit hours must be selected from at least two other disciplines. No more than 6 hours may be counted from any one discipline in Art and Humanities. To meet the distribution requirement in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics, students must complete 12 hours of Natural Sciences and Mathematics courses; the credit hours must include courses from at least two disciplines other than Mathematics. Students must complete 15 hours in Social Sciences. No more than 6 hours may be counted from any one discipline in Social Sciences. Courses are selected in consultation with an advisor from the approved courses in each of the distribution groupings.

Candidates must have a cumulative grade average of at least 2.0 and a grade of C or better in each course in the major, required correlate courses, English composition, and course taken to satisfy University Mathematics requirement.

Bachelor of Science Degree
Each candidate is required to complete the following:

One hundred twenty four hours, 84 of which must be graded and 40 of which must be at the 300-400 level.

A major consisting of at least 30 hours, and no more than 48 in one department, of which 12 must be at the upper division level. Majors for the Bachelor of Science degree are limited to the following disciplines: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Information Sciences, Mathematics, Medical Technology, Physical Education, and Physics.

A thirty hours concentration (minor) chosen from the Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division in depart-ments other than the major, and with at least 20 of these hours in one department. The thirty hours must be approved by the student's major department chairperson.

Seventy-Six hours outside the major discipline, 30 of which must be allocated to the required minor.

Nine hours in each of the three distribution groups (Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences and Mathematics) with courses selected from at least two disciplines in each group, to include 3 hours in Art, Music, or Theatre within the 9 hours of Arts and Humanities. Courses are selected in consultation with an advisor from the approved courses in each of the distribution groupings.

Mathematics 110 (MA 110), Mathematics 116 (MA 116) or a course with MA 116 as a prerequisite with a grade of C or better.

Six hours of English Composition and PE 198 Lifetime Wellness.

Candidates must have a cumulative grade average of at least 2.0 and a grade of C or better in each course in the major and minor and in English Composition. See the General Information section of this catalog concerning hours transferred to Washburn University.

In addition to offering the traditional Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics or Mathematics, Washburn University offers a 3-2 engineering program in cooperation with Kansas State University and the University of Kansas. Under this program a typical student will take three years of prescribed curriculum at Washburn and then transfer to Kansas State University or the University of Kansas. Upon completion of one year of prescribed work at either of the institutions named, the student will be awarded the Bachelor of Science degree from Washburn, and upon completion of the requirements of the selected school, the appropriate engineering degree will be awarded by that school. Bachelor of Science candidates should meet with the chairperson of their major department no later than their third semester to complete a declaration of major card.

Bachelor of Science in General Science

An alternative program to the Bachelor of Science described above is the Bachelor of Science in General Science. A student may elect this program by substituting the following requirements for the major and minor requirements listed above. The candidate must take at least eight hours of course work in each of the subject areas of Biology, Chemistry, Computer Information Sciences, Mathematics and Physics/Astronomy. These hours must be in courses that would count toward a major in each of the respective departments. Also, an additional 20 hours of course work that would be appropriate for majors in the listed departments must be completed by the student, at least 12 hours of which must be in upper division courses. Students desiring middle school teaching certification in General Science should contact the certification office in the Department of Education for specific requirements relative to that certification. Candidates for this program should meet with the chairperson of the Natural Science and Mathematics division no later than their third semester to complete a declaration of major card.

Requirements for Baccalaureate Degrees

To receive a B.A., B.Ed., B.F.A., B.I.S., B.M., B.P.A., or B.S. degree from Washburn University, a student must complete a minimum of 99 semester hours of credit in courses that either are offered in the College of Arts and Sciences or would normally be taught by a discipline in a college of arts and sciences. Exempted from this policy is the existing articulation agreement between the Department of Health, Physical Education and Exercise Science and the Physical Therapist Assistant program. For general elective credit for one of these degrees, no more than a total of ten hours of credit in physical education activities courses (beyond the two hour graduation requirement) and music ensemble courses will count. Certain other courses applied toward special certificates and associate degrees will not count for general elective credit for the baccalaureate degrees specified above. Among the courses offered in post-secondary institutions, some are of such a nature that they will not be counted toward the degrees offered in the College of Arts and Sciences. Such courses include, but are not limited to, those focusing on keyboarding, shorthand, drafting, coding, record maintenance, and manual skills. The Curriculum Committee of the College of Arts and Sciences determines which courses will be credited toward the degrees listed above.

The Associate of Arts Degree
The following Associate of Arts degrees are offered in the College of Arts and Sciences:

Computer Information Systems
Early Childhood Education
Humanities and Creative and Performing Arts
Natural Science and Mathematics

See requirements common to all Associate degrees in the index. For specific requirements of the Associate degrees in Computer Information Sciences and Early Childhood Education, contact the appropriate department; for the remaining degrees, see appropriate academic department.

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MAJORS OFFERED

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES AND PROGRAMS

Each course description carries a statement of conditions under which the course may be taken, and the amount of credit given for its satisfactory completion. The absence of stated prerequisites in the course description implies that the course number indicates the status of students eligible to take the course.

:Course numbers: Students with fewer than 54 hours completed may take courses numbered 100-299. Students with more than 54 hours completed may take courses numbered 100-499. Courses numbered 400-499 are also open to graduate students. Courses numbered 500-699 are open to graduate students only. Courses numbered 300-499 are open to students during the semester in which they achieve junior standing, provided they have enrolled in enough lower level courses during that same semester to meet the requirements of junior rank. Exceptions to this rule may be made by consent of the department head and the Dean. Forty hours of junior-senior work are required for completion of any degree.

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AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP

A Department of American Citizenship was made possible through the gift contributed, in part, by the George I. Alden Trust. The Departments of History and Political Science administer the American Citizenship Program. Specific courses are listed under History and Political Science.

The courses in the American Citizenship Program are designed to offer students a study of history that will give them a broad view of what has happened in the past as a basis for an adequate understanding of what is happening now and to give them, further, a study of political science that will contribute toward their competence as effective citizens. The courses are organized to meet the needs of four specific groups of students: first, those who want well-rounded training as part of a liberal arts program; second, those who are preparing for graduate work in history and political science; third, those who are preparing to go to a professional school; and fourth, those who plan to teach in secondary schools.

The program for majors in history and/or political science who plan to teach includes interdisciplinary cooperation in the study of the structure, key concepts, and methodology of the various areas, work with new ideas in social studies curriculum projects, the inclusion of media resources, the importance of current affairs, and the study of education that is multicultural in nature.

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