Undergraduate Programs |
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Degree ProgramsBachelor of Business AdministrationBachelor of Accountancy |
Minors + ConcentrationsFor business majorsFor non-business majors |
Dean: William Locander, Ph.D.
Associate Dean: Angela Brocato Hoffer
The deans are assisted by the leadership team:
For more information on the college, visit its website at:
http://www.business.loyno.edu/about-college
The Joseph A. Butt, S.J., College of Business, founded in 1947, holds membership in the American Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Association of American Colleges, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, National Catholic Educational Association, the Southern Business Administration Association, and the Southwestern Business Administration Association.
The College of Business' baccalaureate program was accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in 1950. The graduate division of the college was established in 1961, accredited by the AACSB in 1974, and reaccredited in 1983, 1999, and most recently in 2010. The College of Business is also accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
The College of Business acts in accordance with the following mission:
Today, more than ever, businesses need ethical, empowered leaders who invite trust, build community, and value their professional responsibility more than self-interest. In the College of Business, our vision is to create a learning place that awakens, enlightens, and transforms students to become those kind of leaders and not to leave their values, ethics, and character behind when they graduate.
In the Ignatian tradition, the mission of the College of Business is to provide a superior values-laden education that motivates and enables our students to become effective and socially responsible business leaders. We strive to contribute quality research, serve local and intellectual communities, and graduate students who possess critical thinking skills and courage to act justly in a global business environment.
Each year in May, the College of Business hosts an annual awards ceremony to honor outstanding students and faculty. Awards are given to students of all class ranks. There are four types of student awards: college-wide awards, awards in each major, awards given by student organizations, and awards from outside agencies. There are also four types of faculty awards: for outstanding advising, research, service, and teaching.
The College of Business is proud to honor these awardees for their outstanding academic and professional achievements and to display their names on plaques located in the Miller Hall 3rd floor lobby.
The College of Business offers the following undergraduate degree programs:
Other programs offered include:
The College of Business offers required and elective courses in the following areas:
Because students often have multiple interests, the College of Business offers the flexibility of adding a double major or minor to any of its degree programs.
Students earning the B.B.A. or the B.Acc. may elect to have a double major. The total number of hours required varies, depending on the majors chosen. For example, management + marketing may require as few as 12 additional credit hours.
Double majors can be earned in the College of Business, with any combination of 2 business degree programs, or with any of Loyola's other undergraduate colleges or degree programs. Students should consult their advisor for further information.
The College of Business offers business minors for both non-business majors and minors for business majors. In general, these require 18-21 additional credit hours of study outside of the requirements of a student's chosen major.
In order to graduate, a student must meet the graduation requirements of the university and college and must possess a Loyola grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.0, as well as a GPA of at least 2.0 in all business courses taken at Loyola. Students must also complete all of the required courses for their major(s) and have a GPA of at least 2.0 in those major courses taken at Loyola.
At least half of the business adjunct courses taught in the College of Business, half of the business core courses, at least 15 credit hours of required major courses, and the capstone BA B445 "Business Policy" course must be taken at Loyola. Course substitutions and exceptions to these guidelines or requirements are allowed only with permission of the associate dean.
Because each student's academic needs and life circumstances differ, the College of Business offers the flexibility of earning some course credit through independent study or transfer credit from other accredited institutions.
A student may apply for an independent study in the following cases:
An overall GPA of 2.0 is required in order to be eligible to enroll in independent study.
In general, students applying for independent study should possess at least junior standing. Exceptions must be discussed with the associate dean.
Students must also complete a formal application prior to registration and obtain approval from the desired tenured instructor and the associate dean.
Application forms and additional information are available from the associate dean.
Credit may be granted for work successfully completed at other accredited institutions of higher learning. Transfer credits acceptable for admission purposes shall be valid for degree credit in the college only to the extent to which they represent courses acceptable in the curriculum of their degree. All questions regarding the application of transfer work to degree requirements must be resolved within the first semester of enrollment.
The college will not accept transfer credit for any course in which a grade lower than C has been received. Credit will not be allowed for business courses completed at the freshman or sophomore level at another college or university that are only offered at the junior or senior level in this college. Transfer students who have already enrolled in the College of Business should not expect courses taken at a community college or an institution not accredited by AACSB to be applied toward their degree.
After matriculating at Loyola, students wishing to take courses at another college or university must receive written permission from the associate dean. Permission will be granted only to students in good standing and, for business courses, only for schools accredited by AACSB. Permission is not granted to take courses at a community college. Students are cautioned that permission to take summer courses elsewhere will be granted only for compelling reasons. Courses taken elsewhere prior to and after matriculation at Loyola transfer as earned hours; the grades do not enter into the student's Loyola GPA calculation.
Most courses have specific prerequisites. Students may not register for a course until they have met the prerequisites listed in the course descriptions in this bulletin. It is the student’s responsibility to become familiar with course prerequisites.
Prerequisites are also listed in the semester schedule of course offerings in LORA. Students with fewer than 56 credit hours are not permitted to enroll in 300-level or 400-level business courses, which require Junior and Senior standing, respectively.
Because many experiences in business are impossible to gain in the traditional classroom setting, College of Business students are required to participate in the college’s internship program. The College of Business internship program provides students with an opportunity to:
Students will participate in the internship program during their junior or senior year upon completion of the following core business courses: ACCT B202, BA B101, DECS B205, ECON B200, MGT B245, and MKT B280. Internships may take place in the summer, fall, or spring semester.
Internships require a minimum of 120 hours over a minimum of 5 weeks at the job site and regular interaction between the student and academic supervisor. Students must also complete an academic component as defined and approved by the academic internship supervisor.
The internship grade (pass/fail) is based on the following criteria:
The required internship course (BA B497) is 3 credit hours and counts as a business elective credit. Students must have an overall GPA of 2.0 to enroll in an internship. Credit earned through an internship may not be applied to the university or college's residence requirement.
The Business Portfolio Program—"Portfolio" for short—initiated by the College of Business in Fall of 2009, serves to address issues related to transitioning from college student to real-life opportunities. This required series of eight, sequential, non-credit courses and experiences is designed to expand on the traditional academic and classroom experience, focusing on student personal and career development.
Courses include both academic and non-academic learning experiences. The focus of the freshman year courses is self exploration as it relates to career knowledge and development. Subsequent classes include career development skills, job search skills and assistance with job placement. Students will be assessed on each course competency and will include those assessment outcomes in their CoB portfolio.
The Portfolio program provides both students and faculty with the ability to track each student's progress over their four-year college career.
Portfolio grades are assigned on a Pass/Fail basis. Students who fail a portfolio course will need to repeat the course in order to graduate.
For more information on the Business Portfolio Program, including specific grading and coursework policies, see the program's bulletin listing.
Learning takes place both in and outside of the classroom. In addition to internships, Portfolio, study abroad programs, and service learning opportunities, College of Business students are encouraged to join any of the following professional fraternities, honor societies, and student-led clubs available in the College.
The objects of Alpha Kappa Psi are to further the individual welfare of its members; to foster scientific research in the fields of commerce, accounts, and finance; to educate the public to appreciate and demand higher ideals therein; and to promote and advance in institutions of college rank, courses leading to degrees in business administration.
Delta Sigma Pi is an international professional commerce society. Its purposes are to foster the study of business; encourage scholarship, social activities, and the association of students for the mutual advancement by research and practice; promote closer ties between the commercial world and students of commerce; and further a high standard of commercial ethics and culture for the civic and commercial welfare of the community.
The purposes of this national scholastic and professional fraternity are to recognize outstanding academic achievements in the fields of accounting, finance, and information systems; promote the study and practice of these professional fields; provide opportunities for self-development and association among members and practicing financial professionals; and encourage a sense of ethical, social, and public responsibilities. Functions include professional meetings as well as social and service activities. Membership is open to degree-seeking undergraduate students who, at a minimum, are majoring in accounting, finance, or information systems; are at least first-semester sophomores; and have attained a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 (or above) overall and within their major.
The purposes of this national honor society are to encourage and reward scholarship and accomplishment among students of business administration, to promote the advancement of education in the art and science of business and management, and to foster integrity in the conduct of business operations. Juniors, seniors, and graduate students who have achieved a high level of academic performance are considered for membership in this organization. Invitations go to the upper seven percent of the second semester junior class, the upper 10 percent of the graduating senior class, and to the upper 20 percent of the graduating master’s degree class.
The purposes of this international honor society in economics are the encouragement of excellence in economics and the recognition of scholastic attainment in economics. Membership is open to those undergraduates who have completed at least 12 semester hours of coursework in economics with a grade point average of 3.5 or better, and who have an overall average of at least 3.0.
As a professional organization, the AMA helps develop, encourage, and strengthen working relations between students studying marketing and marketing professionals in the business community. The resulting exchange of ideas, knowledge, and experience is mutually beneficial. Meetings regularly feature business leaders from both the local and national arena.
The Economics Club is designed to stimulate interest in economics among university students. Economics is a social science that analyzes the relationship between human behavior and the production and exchange of goods and services. Club activities are designed to promote an understanding of current economic issues, current economic controversies, and the role that economics plays in personal and professional decision making. The Economics Club is open to all majors.
The purposes of the Financial Management Association and the FMA Honor Society are to assist in the professional, educational, and social development of university students interested in finance, banking, and investments, and to encourage interaction among business executives, faculty, and students of business and finance. To join the FMA, a student must have a sincere interest in finance. To be considered for membership in the FMA Honor Society, a student must have an overall GPA of 3.25 and at least six hours of finance coursework with a GPA of 3.25.
Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) is a student organization that is active on more than 1,700 college and university campuses and in 42 countries and territories around the world. Students work together as a team and through the mentoring of faculty advisers develop and implement educational outreach programs that teach individuals in their communities the principles of market economics, entrepreneurship, personal financial success skills, and business ethics. The Loyola SIFE team works with local elementary, middle and high schools to teach free enterprise principles. Loyola SIFE also works with senior citizens in the area as well as homeless shelters. SIFE is open to all students on campus regardless of major.
All students majoring in business are encouraged to study abroad. Students considering study abroad must inform the staff in the Center for International Education of their intentions. The staff will assist in locating a suitable program and in pre-departure planning. Students will also be required to participate in the de-briefing session upon their return. Students should plan ahead to take advantage of these opportunities
The College of Business offers short summer programs in Europe and Asia. The programs are taught in English by Loyola faculty and by local guest lecturers. Site visits to local companies, meetings with public officials and multinational corporation executives, and field trips are included.
The college also participates in several exchange programs. Students can study in the native language in France and Spain. The host institution assists with housing, registration, and integration into the local society. Tuition is based on Loyola’s full-time tuition, and is paid to Loyola; no tuition is paid at the other school. The student will be assisted by the associate dean’s office or their academic advisor with selection of courses.
Students may also wish to engage in an internship while or after studying abroad. Interning, working, or studying abroad obviously requires planning well in advance, so any student considering such activities should make those interests known as early as possible.
The purpose of the Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) program is to provide students with a well-rounded education that includes a foundation in the liberal arts and sciences and a study of the art and science of management and administration. The curriculum is designed to prepare graduates for responsible citizenship and leadership roles in business and society.
All B.B.A. programs have the following learning goals:
Majors available to students in the B.B.A. program include:
The B.B.A. curriculum consists of 120 credit hours and has four parts:
Common Curriculum |
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Course |
Title |
Credits |
| ENGL T122 | Critical Reading + Writing | 3 |
| ENGL T125 | Writing About Literature | 3 |
| HIST T122 | World Civilization to 1650 | 3 |
| HIST T124 | World Civilization from 1650 | 3 |
| PHIL T122 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL V252 | Making Moral Decisions | 3 |
| RELS T122 | Introduction to World Religions | 3 |
| RELS U### or V### | Religious Studies Electives (2) | 6 |
| BIOL / CHEM / PHYS | Natural Science Elective (1) | 3 |
| MUGN / VISA / DRAM | Fine Arts Elective (1) | 3 |
| Non-Business Electives (2, except for INTB major) | 6 | |
Business Adjunct Courses |
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Course |
Title |
Credits |
| BA B415 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| DECS B205 | Business Statistics | 3 |
| ECON B100 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON B101 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| LGST B205 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| MATH A115 | Finite Mathematics | 3 |
| MATH A116 | Survey of Calculus | 3 |
| PHIL A201 | Practical Logic | 3 |
Business Core Courses |
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Course |
Title |
Credits |
| PFOL 100-401 | Business Portfolio Program (8 semesters) | 0 |
| ACCT B202 | Financial Accounting for Decision Making | 3 |
| ACCT B203 | Managerial Accounting for Decision Making | 3 |
| BA B100 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| BA B101 | Business Communications | 3 |
| BA B445 | Business Policy | 3 |
| FIN B300 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MGT B245 | Management + Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGT B250 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| MGT B325 | Production + Operations Management | 3 |
| MKT B280 | Basic Marketing | 3 |
Major Requirements |
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Major |
Courses |
Credits |
| Economics | ECON B205, B206, B305 + 3 ECON Electives | 18 |
| Finance | FIN B305, B310, B315, B325, B400 + 1 FIN Electives | 18 |
| International Business | INTB B200, B325, B330, B435 + 2 INTB Electives + 2 POLI / HIST / SOCI Electives + 2 Foreign Language | 30 |
| Management | MGT B310, B315, B375, B430 + 2 MGT Electives | 18 |
| Marketing | MKT B330, B340, B390, B450 + 2 MKT Electives | 18 |
| All majors | Business Internship (BA B497) | 3 |
| All but INTB | Business Electives (2; FIN requires ACCT B205) | 6 |
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Total Credits |
120 | |
BA B100 Introduction to Business 3 crs.
The course introduces the nature of business and its complexities in the context of the environment in which it operates. Subjects covered include ownership forms, organization, management, marketing, accounting, financial institutions, labor relations, basic word processing, e-mail, spreadsheets, data base, library resources, and small businesses.
BA B101 Business Communications 3 crs.
This course will improve the student's ability to create successful communication products–both written and oral. Topics include word processing applications, the process for successful communication, business writing, report writing using style guidelines, résumé writing, Internet, and presentation skills. The course will also focus on multicultural sensitivity, ethical considerations, collaborative writing, and career issues.
Prerequisites: BA B100, ENGL T122
BA B200 Introduction to International Business 3 crs.
This course prepares students to be effective decision makers in an international setting. It seeks to provide them with a working knowledge of issues relating to making decision in today’s global environment. It also aims at equipping students with the theoretical and analytical tools needed to make sound business decisions in international setting. It covers the international business environment, dealing with topics such as national differences in political economy and culture, international trade, exchange rates, intellectual property rights and other topics which affect the international business operations. It also focuses on the individual firm strategies, covering foreign direct investment, firm market entry strategies, financial and other business decisions that the successful multinationals need to make.
Cross-listing: INTB B200
BA B400 Global Startups 3 crs.
This course is designed to enhance the student’s analytical, research, communication, and entrepreneurial skills via two methods–first, in-depth discussions of concepts and cases focusing on the opportunities, challenges, and strategies pursued by small and/or new international ventures; and second, an applied research project whereby students design and defend global strategic plans (specifying the financial, marketing, human, technological, and operational resources) with which to take advantage of an attractive business opportunity identified in the first part of the course.
Prerequisites: FIN B300, MGT B245, MGT B325, MKT B280; senior standing
BA B405 New Venture Funding 3 crs.
This course will help students to develop skills that enable them to manage the specific funding issues that cause greatest concern for new and growing ventures. Primary topics are securing funding for a developing venture, developing a financial plan to present when seeking funding, establishing successful banking relationships, use of accounting software packages, cash flow management, and credit and collections. The course will be applied in nature and will build on prior work in accounting and finance in the CBA core curriculum. Students will develop entrepreneurial skills by combining analytical skills with intuition and creative problem solving techniques.
Prerequisites: MGT B245, MKT B280; junior standing
BA B410 Business Plan Development 3 crs.
This course will help students to develop skills that enable them to develop and present superior business plans to use when seeking funding for new ventures. Students will work with business owners, bankers, venture capitalists, and other professionals in developing these business plans. Primary topics are (1) expanding on the basic business plan developed in prior coursework, (2) using the business plan to secure funding, and (3) competing with other proposed ventures for funding. Student teams will compete among themselves for the right to represent the CBA in business plan competitions with students from other universities. The course will be applied in nature and will build on prior work in the basic business core of the CoB and the Small and New Venture class, MGT B430. Students will develop skills needed to develop actual new venture business plans by combining analytical skills with intuition and creative problem solving techniques.
Prerequisites: MGT B430, MKT B280; junior standing
BA B415 Business Ethics 3 crs.
This course examines the sources of societal pressure, business reaction, and the community’s expectation. The entire spectrum of corporate and government activities are discussed against the framework of the demands made on the firm and government by forces outside of the marketplace.
Prerequisites: ECON B101, MGT B245, PHIL V252; junior standing
BA B435 Multinational Business Strategy 3 crs.
This course is designed to enhance the student’s analytical, research, communication, and strategic skills via two methods–first, in-depth class discussions of concepts and cases focusing on the opportunities, challenges, and strategies pursued by large multinationals; second, an applied research project whereby students formulate and defend a global strategic plan for a company, after performing a strategic audit and assessing the forces and trends shaping the future of the industry in which it operates.
Prerequisites: FIN B300, MGT B245, MGT B325, MKT B280; senior standing
Cross-listing: INTB B435
BA B445 Business Policy 3 crs.
This course will (1) provide students with the opportunity to integrate the skills acquired in prior coursework in analyzing the internal and external environments of organizations and (2) have students learn how to formulate and implement strategies that will allow a firm to compete successfully within its environment.
Prerequisites: FIN B300, MGT B245, MGT B325, MKT B280, (ACCT B410 for accounting majors); senior standing
Prerequisite: Junior standing
See description in College of Business overview
BA B499 Independent Study arr.
Prerequisite: Junior standing
See description in College of Business overview
DECS B205 Business Statistics 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to the statistics used in business. Topics covered are sources and collection of business data, describing data, probability concepts, the use of confidence limits to estimate the mean or the proportion, the use of hypothesis tests, analysis of variance, chi-square test for independence, simple correlation and regression analysis to discover how two variables are related to each other. The use of a business spreadsheet program is an integral part of this hands-on course.
Prerequisite: MATH A115
DECS B499 Independent Study in Decision Science arr.
Prerequisites: DECS B205; junior standing
See description in College of Business overview
The purpose of the economics major is to provide students with a fundamental understanding of economic processes and the ability to analyze critically economic issues, so they can function as intelligent, informed business leaders and productive members of society. Emphasis is placed on understanding how interactions among people in their roles as consumers and producers, and as individuals or members of social, cultural, political, and economic organizations, are coordinated.
All economics majors must take the following sequence of courses:
Course |
Title |
Credits |
| ECON B205 |
Intermediate Microeconomics
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3
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| ECON B206 |
Intermediate Macroeconomics
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3
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| ECON B305 |
International Economics
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3
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| ECON B### |
Economics Electives* (3)
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9
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| Business Electives (2) | 6 | |
| Total Credits in Major | 24 | |
| Total Credits in Degree | 120 | |
* May also choose FIN B310, Financial Institutions. May not include ECON B100 or ECON B101.
ECON Course + Elective Descriptions
Common Curriculum Requirements
Business Adjunct Requirements
Business Core Requirements
ECON B100 Principles of Microeconomics 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to economic analysis: efficiency and equity; production and exchange; costs, supply, and demand; markets, organizations, and government; competition, cooperation, and coercion; and international trade.
Corequisite: College math
ECON B101 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to alternative theories of inflation and unemployment; economic growth; money, banking, and financial intermediation; interest rates; business cycles; exchange rates, trade balances, and the balance of payments; deficits and the national debt; monetary, fiscal, exchange rate, incomes, and regulatory policies; national income and product; and international payments accounting.
Prerequisites: College math; ECON B100*
ECON B205 Intermediate Microeconomics 3 crs.
This course is an analysis of market and firm coordination; the theory of consumer behavior and demand; the theory of supply; competition; the pricing of goods and resources; and government policies.
Prerequisites: MATH A116 or MATH A257, ECON B100*
ECON B206 Intermediate Macroeconomics 3 crs.
This course considers various theories concerning the functioning of the macroeconomy: Classical, Keynesian, and the Neoclassical Synthesis; Monetarism, Rational Expectations, and Real Business Cycles; Supply-Side, Neo- (or New) Keynesian, Post Keynesian, and Austrian.
Prerequisites: MATH A116 or MATH A257, ECON B101*
ECON B305 International Economics 3 crs.
This course considers exchange rate systems; adjustments in international disequilibrium situations; relationships among rates of exchange, inflation, interest, and unemployment; and domestic and international economic policies. It also considers various theories of competitive advantage in international trade, the nature and effects of commercial policies, and international economic integration.
Prerequisites: ECON B101*; junior standing
Cross-listing: INTB B305
ECON B325 The Market Process 3 crs.
This course serves as an introduction to subjectivist economics. Primary emphasis is on the Austrian School. Topics covered include history and methodology; the market process and intervention; capital and interest; money, credit, and the financial system; and business cycles.
Prerequisites: ECON B101**, ECON B205*, ECON B206*; junior standing
ECON B330 Law + Economics 3 crs.
This course is an economic analysis used to consider the effects of legal rules upon people’s actions. Alternative rules are considered, with particular attention paid to the differing effects each is likely to have on the structure of incentives, and thus on human actions.
Prerequisites: ECON B100*, ECON B205*; junior standing
ECON B335 Economic Development 3 crs.
This course will consider the disparity of material well-being among the masses of people in different countries. Topics include causes of poverty and wealth; nature of economic growth; the roles of the state, markets, and social and cultural institutions in economic development.
Prerequisites:ECON B100*, ECON B101*; junior standing
Cross-listing: INTB B335
ECON B340 History of Economic Thought 3 crs.
This course will discuss the origins and evolution of the history of economic ideas and theories. Topics include ancient and medieval thought, Roman and early Christian thought, the mercantilists, the physiocrats, Adam Smith and the Classical economists, Karl Marx, the Marginal Revolution, the Keynesian Revolution, and Contemporary Economics.
Prerequisites: ECON B101*; junior standing
ECON B345 Labor Economics 3 crs.
This course is an overview of diverse topics in economics which deal specifically with labor market issues. Topics include the supply and demand of labor; human capital theory; migration and mobility; the job search process; employment and unemployment; unions; compensation issues; discrimination; and earnings and income distribution.
Prerequisites: ECON B101*; junior standing
ECON B350 Industrial Organization + Public Policy 3 crs.
This class will investigate the nature of firms and industries: why firms exist and why firms have diverse organizational structures; why industry structures differ; competition and monopoly; firm behavior; transaction cost theory; and the effects of antitrust policy.
Prerequisites: ECON B101*; junior standing
An intermediate level statistics course. After a brief overview of statistics, the course covers least squares estimation, inference, diagnostic methods, forecasting and forecast evaluation, and simultaneous equations estimation. The course focuses more on applied work than on its theoretical underpinnings. You will be actively involved with computer exercises in this course, using the STATA software program.
Prerequisites: DECS B205, ECON B100*, ECON B101*; junior standing
ECON B493 Special Topics in Economics 3 crs.
Prerequisites: ECON B205*, ECON B206*; junior standing
ECON B499 Independent Study in Economics arr.
Prerequisites: ECON B205*, ECON B206*; junior standing
See description in College of Business overview
ECON X130 Economics + Society 3 crs.
This course is designed to introduce the student to the tools available for understanding and making decisions about current economic problems such as crime, education, pollution, unemployment, and inflation. Focus is on the proposition that basic economic concepts are essential for making better decisions.
Not open to business students or to students who have completed ECON B100 or B101
Common Curriculum course category: Behavioral / Social Science
* Economics majors and minors must earn a grade of C (2.0) or above in the relevant prerequisite courses to fulfill these prerequisite requirements.
The purpose of the finance major is to provide students with a fundamental understanding of the methods and techniques employed to manage the financial instruments and resources of an enterprise so that they can function as business leaders and effective decision makers. Emphasis is placed on understanding and managing working capital, long-term capital, capital structure, and dividend policy, and on evaluating a firm’s financial condition and prospects. The Finance program focuses on three major Finance areas: Financial Management, Investments, and Financial Markets and Institutions as well as a global perspective incorporated in all Finance courses.
All finance majors must take the following sequence of courses:
Course
|
Title |
Credits |
| ACCT B205 | Corporate Accounting + Reporting I |
3
|
| FIN B305 |
Analysis of Financial Statements
|
3
|
| FIN B310 |
Financial Institutions
|
3
|
| FIN B315 |
Investments
|
3
|
| FIN B325 | International Finance | 3 |
| FIN B400 | Advanced Financial Management | 3 |
| FIN B### |
Finance Elective* (1)
|
3
|
| Business Electives (1) | 3 | |
| Total Credits in Major | 24 | |
| Total Credits in Degree | 120 | |
* May also choose ACCT B206, Corporate Accounting + Reporting II, or ACCT B300, Tax Accounting I; may NOT include FIN B200, Personal Finance.
FIN Course + Elective Descriptions
Common Curriculum Requirements
Business Adjunct Requirements
Business Core Requirements
FIN B200 Personal Finance 3 crs.
This course explores those areas of finance which have direct impact on an individual’s financial decisions. Emphasis is on financial planning, budgeting and savings oriented cash management, credit usage and credit legislation, investments, tax planning, basic risk management and insurance concepts, retirement planning, estate planning, and Louisiana inheritance and community property law rules. May not be used as a major elective.
FIN B300 Financial Management 3 crs.
This course introduces the analytic techniques commonly used for the financial management of business firms. Topics include analysis of financial statements, financial forecasting, asset valuation, capital budgeting, working capital management, and financial structure.
Prerequisites: ACCT B202, DECS B205, ECON B101; junior standing.
FIN B305 Analysis of Financial Statements 3 crs.
This course examines common techniques for the analysis of financial statements. In addition to covering traditional analytic approaches, this course explores the relationship between the selection of accounting procedures and the quality of the resulting statements.
Prerequisites: ACCT B205, FIN B300*; junior standing
FIN B310 Financial Institutions 3 crs.
This course examines the purpose and functions of financial markets and financial institutions, domestic and global. Emphasis is on asset/liability management. Cases may be used to foster an understanding of the problems and opportunities of different financial institutions. It is highly recommended that the student take FIN B300, Financial Management, first.
Prerequisites: ECON B101; junior standing
This course analyzes different investment alternatives in a risk-return framework. Techniques for selection, timing, and diversification of investment choices are emphasized. Portfolio theory is also explained as the capstone element at the end of this course.
Prerequisites: FIN B300*; junior standing
FIN B325 International Financial Management 3 crs.
This course explores the problems and complexities associated with trade and investments that take place across national boundaries. Topics include financing international trade, exchange rate risk, risk exposure and management, and direct and indirect international investment considerations.
Prerequisites: FIN B300*; junior standing
Cross-listing: INTB B325
FIN B400 Advanced Financial Management 3 crs.
This course examines the theory and practice of financial management through case analysis and readings. Topics considered include working capital management, capital budgeting, financial structure, and dividend policy.
Prerequisites: ACCT B205, FIN B300*, FIN B305*; junior standing
FIN B405 Personal Financial Planning 3 crs.
This course is primarily for business majors and concentrates on preparation of professional financial planners. This course concentrates on understanding the financial planning process in areas such as risk management and insurance, investments, retirement planning, estate planning, and the Louisiana community property and inheritance laws.
Prerequisites: FIN B300*; junior standing
FIN B410 Management of Financial Institutions 3 crs.
This course analyzes the asset and liability management problems of financial institutions. Emphasis is on the particular problems of managing a commercial bank. Cases are used to illustrate the alternative solutions to problems common to financial institution management.
Prerequisites: FIN B310*; junior standing
FIN B450 Real Estate Investments + Finance 3 crs.
This course analyzes real estate financing and investment, vis-a-vis other investment alternatives in a risk-return framework. Primary focus is on evaluating the risk-return potential of income producing real property.
Prerequisites: FIN B300*; junior standing
FIN B493 Special Topics in Finance 3 crs.
Previous topics include speculative markets (Derivatives); real estate appraisal; portfolio analysis; global financial markets; entrepreneurship, expectations, and equilibrium; and investment banking.
Prerequisites: FIN B300*; junior standing
FIN B499 Independent Study in Finance 3 crs.
Prerequisites: FIN B300*; junior standing
See description in College of Business overview
* Finance majors must earn a grade of C (2.0) or above in the relevant prerequisite courses to fulfill these prerequisite requirements.
The purpose of the international business major is to prepare students to manage and lead in a variety of societies and organizations that exist in today’s increasingly interdependent global economy. To achieve the following objectives, international business majors take a comprehensive curriculum that includes business, language, and social science courses related to the country/region of interest (as indicated by the language chosen). Also, international business majors must participate in either the international summer or semester-long study abroad or exchange programs offered by the college.
All international business majors must take the following courses:
Course
|
Title |
Credits |
| INTB B200 | Introduction to International Business |
3
|
| INTB B325 | International Finance |
3
|
| INTB B330 | International Marketing | 3 |
| INTB B435 | Multinational Business Strategy |
3
|
| HIST / POLS / SOCI #### | History, Political Science, or Sociology Electives* (2) | 6 |
| FREN / GERM / ITAL / JPNS / SPAN | Modern Foreign Language Electives** (2) | 6 |
| INTB B### |
International Business Electives (2)
|
6
|
| International Experience Req.*** (Study or Intern Abroad) | - | |
| Total Credits in Major | 30 | |
| Total Credits in Degree | 120 | |
* Must have an international focus; these courses fulfill the business elective requirements.
** Choose one modern foreign language, consistent with the world region of specialization and other electives chosen; these courses fulfill the non-business elective requirements.
*** All International Business majors must complete at least one substantial experience, either an internship or foreign study, to meet the requirements of the degree program.
INTB Course + Elective Descriptions
Common Curriculum Requirements
Business Adjunct Requirements
Business Core Requirements
INTB B200 Introduction to International Business 3 crs.
This course prepares students to be effective decision makers in an international setting. It seeks to provide them with a working knowledge of issues relating to making decision in today’s global environment. It also aims at equipping students with the theoretical and analytical tools needed to make sound business decisions in international setting. It covers the international business environment, dealing with topics such as national differences in political economy and culture, international trade, exchange rates, intellectual property rights and other topics which affect the international business operations. It also focuses on the individual firm strategies, covering foreign direct investment, firm market entry strategies, financial and other business decisions that the successful multinationals need to make.
Cross-listing: BA B200
INTB B210 Law for International Business 3 crs.
This course discusses basic legal principles of engaging in business transactions subject to the law of foreign jurisdictions, and processes available and rules that apply to the solutions of international business problems.
Prerequisites: LGST B200 or LGST B205
Cross-listing: LGST B210
INTB B305 International Economics 3 crs.
This course considers exchange rate systems; adjustments in international disequilibrium situations; relationships among rates of exchange, inflation, interest, and unemployment; and domestic and international economic policies. It also considers various theories of competitive advantage in international trade, the nature and effects of commercial policies, and international economic integration.
Prerequisites: ECON B101; junior standing
Cross-listing: ECON B305
INTB B315 International Management 3 crs.
This course explores the complexities arising from managing an international business with a framework for analyzing and successfully operating across nations. Students develop interpersonal and cross-cultural understanding and negotiation skills through in-class participatory exercises, case discussions, supplementary readings, and a group research project.
Prerequisites: MGT B245; junior standing
Cross-listing: MGT B315
INTB B325 International Financial Management 3 crs.
This course explores the problems and complexities that arise when trade and investment take place across national boundaries. Topics include financing international trade, exchange rate risk, risk exposure and management, and international investments.
Prerequisites: FIN B300; junior standing
Cross-listing: FIN B325
INTB B330 International Marketing 3 crs.
This course explores similarities and differences of domestic and international marketing programs; sources of information available to firms considering foreign marketing efforts; costs and problems of gathering this information; formulation and implementation of marketing strategies in other environments.
Prerequisites: MKT B280; junior standing
Cross-listing: MKT B330
INTB B335 Economic Development 3 crs.
This course will consider the disparity of material well-being among the masses of people in different countries. Topics include causes of poverty and wealth; nature of economic growth; the roles of the state, markets, and social and cultural institutions in economic development.
Prerequisites: ECON B100, ECON B101; junior standing
Cross-listing: ECON B335
INTB B340 Business Environment and Practices in Latin America 3 crs.
This course aims at developing skills essential for being an effective manager either in Latin America or with a business that does business in that region; and understanding how U.S.-based companies may profit from the prospects emerging from the current social, political, and economic landscape in Latin America. Discussion will be centered on identifying, analyzing, and comparing the factors surrounding such markets, and on understanding the implications of such elements for organizations and managers, highlighting business practices and cross-cultural differences. Students will also develop "country profiles" of Latin American nations or markets. The course method includes lectures and case discussions, as well as numerous local and foreign guest speakers.
Prerequisite: Junior standing
INTB B345 Business Environment and Practices in Asia 3 crs.
This course aims at developing skills essential for being an effective manager either in Asia or with a business that does business in that region; and understanding how U.S.-based companies may profit from the prospects emerging from the current social, political, and economic landscape in Asia. Discussion will be centered on identifying, analyzing, and comparing the factors surrounding such markets, and on understanding the implications of such elements for organizations and managers, highlighting business practices and cross-cultural differences. Students will also develop "country profiles" of Asian nations or markets. The course method includes lectures and case discussions, as well as numerous local and foreign guest speakers.
Prerequisite: Junior standing
INTB B350 Business Environment and Practices in Europe 3 crs.
This course aims at developing skills essential for being an effective manager either in Europe or with a business that does business in that region; and understanding how U.S.-based companies may profit from the prospects emerging from the current social, political, and economic landscape in Europe. Discussion will be centered on identifying, analyzing, and comparing the factors surrounding such markets, and on understanding the implications of such elements for organizations and managers, highlighting business practices and cross-cultural differences. Students will also develop "country profiles" of European nations or markets. The course method includes lectures and case discussions, as well as numerous local and foreign guest speakers.
Prerequisite: Junior standing
INTB B370 Import / Export Operations 3 crs.
This course covers the basics of international trade, transaction sequencing, transportation and logistics, export pricing, freight forwarding, shipping and collection documents, payment terms and bank collections, tariffs and duties, packing and marking, marine cargo insurance, and import procedures.
Prerequisites: LGST B200 or LGST B205, MGT B245, MKT B280; junior standing
Cross-listings: MGT B370, MKT B370
INTB B435 Multinational Business Strategy 3 crs.
This course is designed to enhance the student’s analytical, research, communication, and strategic skills via two methods–first, in-depth class discussions of concepts and cases focusing on the opportunities, challenges, and strategies pursued by large multinationals; second, an applied research project whereby students formulate and defend a global strategic plan for a company, after performing a strategic audit and assessing the forces and trends shaping the future of the industry in which it operates.
Prerequisites: FIN B300, MGT B245, MGT B325, MKT B280; senior standing
Cross-listing: BA B435
INTB B499 Independent Study in International Business arr.
Prerequisite: Junior standing
See description in College of Business overview
The purpose of the management major is to provide students with an understanding of the challenges, concerns, and responsibilities that they will experience in the business world and with a working knowledge of how to compete in a global economy by applying the four general management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
All management majors must take the following sequence of courses:
Course
|
Title |
Credits |
| MGT B310 | Human Resources Management | 3 |
| MGT B315 | International Management | 3 |
| MGT B375 | Contemporary Managerial Decision-Making | 3 |
| MGT B430 | Small + New Venture Development | 3 |
| MGT B### | Management Electives (2)* | 6 |
| Business Electives (2) | 6 | |
| Total Credits in Major | 24 | |
| Total Credits in Degree | 120 | |
* May not include MGT B245, MGT B250, or MGT B325.
MGT Course + Elective Descriptions
Common Curriculum Requirements
Business Adjunct Requirements
Business Core Requirements
MGT B245 Management + Organizational Behavior 3 crs.
The course explores organizations as social units and the phenomena of individual and group behavior in organizations. Topics include evolution of research in organizational principles and practices; personality, perception, and attitude formation; motivation; behavior; performance; structure; groups; planning and decision making; communication; power and conflict; leadership; stress; and international issues.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122
MGT B250 Management Information Systems 3 crs.
This course introduces the significant uses of information technology in the business world. The student will study steps necessary to design, implement, and operate a computer-based information system. More significantly, the student will study the complex issues involved in managing information technology, including the rapidly changing issues involving the telecommunications industry.
MGT B305 Labor Relations 3 crs.
This course is a study of the history and development of organized labor; the background and techniques of collective bargaining; union security and management rights; job rights and due process.
Prerequisites: ECON B101, MGT B245; junior standing
MGT B310 Human Resource Management 3 crs.
This course focuses on current issues in human resource management in both the private and public sectors. Topics include civil service systems, manpower, planning, job analysis, recruitment, selection, training, appraisal, compensation, benefits, job evaluation, and personnel systems evaluation.
Prerequisites: MGT B245; junior standing
MGT B315 International Management 3 crs.
This course explores the complexities arising from managing an international business with a framework for analyzing and successfully operating across nations. Students develop interpersonal and cross-cultural understanding and negotiation skills through in-class participatory exercises, case discussions, supplementary readings, and a group research project.
Prerequisites: MGT B245; junior standing
Cross-listing: INTB B315
MGT B320 Psychology in Management 3 crs.
This course presents the theories, experiments, and problem-solving efforts of the psychologist and the behavioral scientist in the area of administrative action. Topics include cognitive dissonance, reinforcement theory, need achievement, leadership, and attitude change.
Prerequisites: MGT B245; junior standing
MGT B322 Retail + Value Chain Management 3 crs.
This course studies the merchandising and management activities of the retailer, as well as retailers’ interactions with distribution intermediaries and manufacturers. Distribution strategies are studied both from the point of view of the manufacturer and retailer.
Prerequisites: MGT B245, MKT B280; junior standing
Cross-listing: MKT B322
MGT B325 Production + Operation Management 3 crs.
This course deals with the decision making involved in selecting, designing, operating, and controlling activities of the operations system for continuous improvement. Topics include total quality management, forecasting, product design and process selection, capacity planning and location, facility layout, project planning and control, production planning, and just-in-time production and inventory management.
Prerequisites: DECS B205, ECON B100; junior standing
MGT B335 Advanced Business Communication 3 crs.
This course explores a core of advanced communication topics including meeting management, negotiation, conflict resolution, and cultural communication skills. Case studies are discussed and analyzed. A team project allows students to gain experience in conducting, analyzing, and writing a communication audit.
Prerequisites: BA B101, ENGL T122; junior standing
MGT B360 Essentials of Total Quality Management 3 crs.
This course introduces the fundamentals of Total Quality Management (TQM) through lectures and hands-on teamwork.
Prerequisites: DECS B205, MGT B245, MKT B280; junior standing
Cross-listing: MKT B360
MGT B370 Import / Export Operations 3 crs.
This course covers the basics of international trade, transaction sequencing, transportation and logistics, export pricing, freight forwarding, shipping and collection documents, payment terms and bank collections, tariffs and duties, packing and marking, marine cargo insurance, and import procedures.
Prerequisites: LGST B200 or LGST B205, MGT B245, MKT B280; junior standing
Cross-listings: INTB B370, MKT B370
MGT B375 Contemporary Managerial Decision Making 3 crs.
This course prepares students to be effective decision makers by providing them with the basic analytical, quantitative, and qualitative tools/skills to make effective decisions. A course project requires students to use (1) diagnostic skills to formulate problems, (2) data collection skills to obtain appropriate information, (3) data analysis skills to draw conclusions, and (4) presentation skills to explain why and how the problem can be solved. Decision implementation issues are also analyzed.
Prerequisites: DECS B205, ECON B101, MGT B245; junior standing
MGT B415 Global Supply Chain Management 3 crs.
The objective of the course is to introduce students to the strategic importance of good supply chain management practices. Students will be taught to understand how good supply chain management can be a competitive advantage, whereas weaknesses in the supply chain can hurt the performance of a firm. Within the strategic framework, students will be taught to identify facilities, inventory, transportation, information, sourcing, and pricing as the key drivers of supply chain performance. This course also aims at showing students how these drivers may be used on a conceptual and practical level during supply chain design, planning, and operation to improve organizational performance. For each driver of supply chain performance, the goal is to provide students with practical managerial levers and concepts that may be used to improve supply chain performance. Utilizing these managerial levers requires knowledge of analytic methodologies for supply chain analysis.
Prerequisites: MGT B245, MKT B280; junior standing
MGT B420 Leadership + Team Building 3 crs.
This course examines leadership as a process of influencing others toward the achievement of goals. The process functions through complex interactions among the leader, relevant followers, and shared situations. This course introduces students to current research and methodology relating to each of the three components of leadership, in the role of developing effective teamwork.
Prerequisites: MGT B245; junior standing
MGT B430 Small + New Venture Development 3 crs.
This course gives students an opportunity to go through the steps required to start a business and to experience some of the frustrations and achievements associated with the process. Experience gained in other business courses will be used extensively.
Prerequisites: MGT B245; junior standing
MGT B465 Sports Marketing + Management 3 crs.
This course covers the essentials of sports marketing and management–planning, promotions, operations, recruiting, contracts, and market analysis. The course will make use of traditional lecture and exams plus papers, cases, speakers, and field trips.
Prerequisites: MGT B245, MKT B280; junior standing
Cross-listing: MKT B465
MGT B493 Special Topics in Management 3 crs.
Prerequisites: MGT B245; junior standing
MGT B499 Independent Study in Management arr.
Prerequisites: MGT B245; junior standing
See description in College of Business overview
The purpose of the marketing major is to provide students with a fundamental understanding of the marketing process and how this process integrates with the other functional areas of business. Emphasis is placed on application of key strategic marketing concepts within various environments under various conditions. Students should appreciate the implications that marketing decisions have on a firm’s internal and external constituencies.
All marketing majors must take the following sequence of courses:
Course
|
Title
|
Credits |
| MKT B330 | International Marketing |
3
|
| MKT B340 | Promotions Management |
3
|
| MKT B390 | Consumer Analysis + Research |
3
|
| MKT B450 | Advanced Marketing Strategy |
3
|
| MKT B### | Marketing Electives (2)* | 6 |
| Business Electives (2) | 6 | |
| Total Credits in Major | 24 | |
| Total Credits in Degree | 120 | |
* May not included MKT B280.
MKT Course + Elective Descriptions
Common Curriculum Requirements
Business Adjunct Requirements
Business Core Requirements
MKT B280 Basic Marketing 3 crs.
This course assists students in understanding the role of marketing from a managerial perspective. It examines how product, pricing, promotion, and distribution decisions are made to satisfy the needs of specific target markets. The impacts of political-legal, competitive, socio-cultural, technological, and economic environments on marketing are also studied.
Prerequisite: ECON B100
MKT B322 Retail + Value Chain Management 3 crs.
This course studies the merchandising and management activities of the retailer, as well as retailers’ interactions with distribution intermediaries and manufacturers. Distribution strategies are studied both from the point of view of the manufacturer and retailer.
Prerequisites: MGT B245, MKT B280; junior standing
Cross-listing: MGT B322
MKT B330 International Marketing 3 crs.
This course explores similarities and differences of domestic and international marketing programs; sources of information available to firms considering foreign marketing efforts; costs and problems of gathering this information; formulation and implementation of marketing strategies in other environments.
Prerequisites: MKT B280; junior standing
Cross-listing: INTB B330
MKT B340 Promotions Management 3 crs.
This course emphasizes development of integrated promotional programs. Advertising, public relations, personal selling, promotional packaging, along with many other sales stimulating methods and techniques are covered.
Prerequisites: MKT B280; junior standing
MKT B360 Essentials of Total Quality Management 3 crs.
This course introduces the fundamentals of Total Quality Management (TQM) through lectures and hands-on teamwork.
Prerequisites: DECS B205, MGT B245, MKT B280; junior standing
Cross-listing: MGT B360
MKT B370 Import / Export Operations 3 crs.
This course covers the basics of international trade, transaction sequencing, transportation and logistics, export pricing, freight forwarding, shipping and collection documents, payment terms and bank collections, tariffs and duties, packing and marking, marine cargo insurance, and import procedures.
Prerequisites: LGST B200 or LGST B205, MGT B245, MKT B280; junior standing
Cross-listings: INTB B370, MGT B370
MKT B375 Data-based Marketing 3 crs.
This course covers the use of databases in marketing. The student learns how to create, manage, and interpret marketing databases. Use of databases to enhance marketing strategy development is stressed.
Prerequisites: MKT B390; junior standing
MKT B385 Business to Business Selling 3 crs.
This course presents the techniques of effective personal selling in business-to-business situations. Included within this presentation is exploration of the function and duties of the sales representative, and the sales management tasks of staffing, training, and motivating the sales force.
Prerequisites: MKT B280; junior standing
MKT B390 Consumer Analysis + Research 3 crs.
This course teaches the student how to measure and analyze consumer attitudes and behavior. Measurement techniques covered include observation, interviews, focus groups, and surveys. Analysis tools used include descriptive statistics, chi square, and spreadsheet analysis for value determination.
Prerequisites: DECS B205, MKT B280; junior standing
MKT B450 Advanced Marketing Strategy 3 crs.
This course is an analysis of a wide variety of marketing problems. The case-situation method is employed, with emphasis on managerial problem solving amid real world constraints; and the use of behavioral and quantitative techniques.
Prerequisites: MKT B280, MKT B390; senior standing
MKT B465 Sports Marketing + Management 3 crs.
This course covers the essentials of sports marketing and management–planning, promotions, operations, recruiting, contracts, and market analysis. The course will make use of traditional lecture and exams plus papers, cases, speakers, and field trips.
Prerequisites: MGT B245, MKT B280; junior standing
Cross-listing: MGT B465
MKT B493 Special Topics in Marketing 3 crs.
Prerequisites: MKT B280; junior standing
MKT B499 Independent Study in Marketing arr.
Prerequisites: MKT B280; junior standing
See description in College of Business overview
The purpose of the Bachelor of Accountancy (B.Acc.) program is to provide students with a well-rounded education in the arts and sciences, as well as technical and ethical skills relevant to the accounting discipline, in order to prepare them for success in the public, private, and not-for-profit economic sectors.
The B.Acc. program has the following learning goals:
All B.Acc. program students will graduate with a major in Accounting.
Accounting students may also complete a double major in any other desired program. The most common second major choice for accounting students is the B.B.A. program in Finance.
Accounting students who choose to pursue another business major as their double major may reduce their total courseload by counting LGST B200 "Business Law 1", ACCT B340 "Accounting Information Systems", and ACCT B410 "Strategic Cost Management" [required within the scope of the Accounting major] as fulfillment of the B.B.A. degree program equivalents of LGST B205 "Legal Environment of Business", MGT B250 "Management Information Systems", and ACCT B203 "Managerial Accounting for Decision Making , respectively.
The B.Acc. curriculum consists of 120 credit hours and has four parts:
Common Curriculum |
||
Course
|
Title |
Credits |
| ENGL T122 | Critical Reading + Writing | 3 |
| ENGL T125 | Writing About Literature | 3 |
| HIST T122 | World Civilization to 1650 | 3 |
| HIST T124 | World Civilization from 1650 | 3 |
| PHIL T122 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL V252 | Making Moral Decisions | 3 |
| RELS T122 | Introduction to World Religions | 3 |
| RELS U### or V### | Religious Studies Electives (2) | 6 |
| BIOL / CHEM / PHYS | Natural Science Elective (1) | 3 |
| MUGN / VISA / DRAM | Fine Arts Elective (1) | 3 |
| Non-Business Elective (1) | 3 | |
Business Adjunct Courses |
||
Course
|
Title |
Credits |
| BA B415 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| DECS B205 | Business Statistics | 3 |
| ECON B100 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON B101 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| LGST B200 | Business Law I | 3 |
| MATH A115 | Finite Mathematics | 3 |
| MATH A116 | Survey of Calculus | 3 |
| PHIL A201 | Practical Logic | 3 |
| SPCH A100 | Fundamentals of Speech | 3 |
Business Core Courses |
||
Course
|
Title |
Credits |
| PFOL 100-401 | Business Portfolio Program (8 semesters) | 0 |
| ACCT B202 | Financial Accounting for Decision Making | 3 |
| BA B100 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| BA B101 | Business Communications | 3 |
| BA B445 | Business Policy | 3 |
| FIN B300 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MGT B245 | Management + Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MKT B280 | Basic Marketing | 3 |
Major Requirements |
||
Course
|
Title
|
Credits |
| ACCT B205 | Corporate Accounting + Reporting I | 3 |
| ACCT B206 | Corporate Accounting + Reporting II | 3 |
| ACCT B300 | Tax Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT B307 | Accounting for Public Sector Entities | 3 |
| ACCT B340 | Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| ACCT B400 | Advanced Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT B403 | Auditing + Assurance Services | 3 |
| ACCT B410 | Strategic Cost Management | 3 |
| ACCT B460 | International Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT B### | Accounting Elective (1) | 3 |
| Business Elective (1) | 3 | |
| BA B497 | Business Internship | 3 |
|
Total Credits |
120 |
|
The purpose of the accounting major is to provide students with a well-rounded education in the arts and sciences, as well as technical and ethical skills relevant to the accounting discipline, in order to prepare them for success in the public, private, and not-for-profit economic sectors.
The accounting major has the following learning goals:
All accounting majors must take the following sequence of courses:
Course
|
Title
|
Credits |
| ACCT B205 | Corporate Accounting + Reporting I | 3 |
| ACCT B206 | Corporate Accounting + Reporting II | 3 |
| ACCT B300 | Tax Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT B307 | Accounting for Public Sector Entities | 3 |
| ACCT B340 | Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| ACCT B400 | Advanced Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT B403 | Auditing + Assurance Services | 3 |
| ACCT B410 | Strategic Cost Management | 3 |
| ACCT B460 | International Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT B### | Accounting Elective (1)* | 3 |
| Business Elective (1) | 3 | |
| Total Credits in Major | 33 | |
| Total Credits in Degree | 120** | |
* ACCT B203 is not accepted as fulfillment of the Accounting Elective requirement of the Accounting major. ACCT B410 is already included in the curriculum as an advanced topic course in the area of managerial accounting, as a substitute for this 200-level course all other business majors take.
** 150 credit hours are required to sit for the Certified Public Accountants' Examination in the state of Louisiana. Many of the specific required courses are included in this program. Students who plan to sit for the exam in another state should inform themselves of the requirements in that state.
ACCT Course + Elective Descriptions
Common Curriculum Requirements
Business Adjunct Requirements
Business Core Requirements
ACCT B202 Financial Accounting for Decision Making 3 crs.
This course is designed to introduce students to accounting in a way that demonstrates the importance of accounting to society and the relevance of accounting to their future careers. The objective of the course is for students to understand the essential financial components of businesses and to realize that accounting information is imperative in the decision making process of investors, creditors, management, and others.
Prerequisite: MATH A092, if required and at least second semester freshman standing
ACCT B203 Managerial Accounting for Decision Making 3 crs.
This course covers uses of accounting information for managerial decision making to aid planning and control activities of managers in business enterprises. Topics include methods for determining the costs of products and services, for assessing product and project profitability, and for budgeting and monitoring of costs and profits.
Prerequisite: ACCT B202
ACCT B205 Corporate Accounting + Reporting I 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to accounting theory and principles underlying the financial statements. Emphasis is on financial statement presentation and disclosure for cash, receivables, inventories, and debt and equity investments in corporate securities. The statement of cash flow and revenue recognition issues are covered.
Prerequisite: ACCT B202*
ACCT B206 Corporate Accounting + Reporting II 3 crs.
This course is a continuation of ACCT B205. Topics include plant and equipment, intangibles, current and long-term liabilities, deferred taxes, leases, stockholders equity, and earnings per share.
Prerequisite: ACCT B205*
ACCT B300 Tax Accounting I 3 crs.
This course examines the concepts and methods of determining federal income tax liability for individuals. Topics emphasized include personal deductions, capital gain and loss provisions, and accounting methods.
Prerequisites: ACCT B202*; junior standing
ACCT B307 Accounting for Public Sector Entities 3 crs.
This course is designed to help students become aware of the vitality of government and not-for-profit accounting and of the intellectual challenges that are presented. This course studies accounting, budgeting, fiscal processes, and the financial records of governmental agencies and non-profit organizations. Fund accounting is introduced and emphasized.
Prerequisites: ACCT B205*; junior standing
ACCT B340 Accounting Information Systems 3 crs.
This course emphasizes the problems of integrating automatic data processing and accounting information systems. Problems inherent in the development of systems and modeling are also covered.
Prerequisites: ACCT B205*; junior standing
ACCT B400 Advanced Accounting 3 crs.
This course is designed for students to study the accounting reporting principles and procedures used in a variety of multi-corporate entity activities including mergers, acquisitions, and complex business transactions including consolidations. Partnership formation, operation and changes in membership as well as partnership liquidations are also covered.
Prerequisites: ACCT B206*; junior standing
ACCT B401 Tax Accounting II 3 crs.
Concepts and methods of determining federal income tax liability for corporations, partnerships, estates, and trusts.
Prerequisites: ACCT B300*; junior standing
ACCT B403 Auditing + Assurance Services 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to auditing and assurance services in the public accounting profession. The course covers the auditing environment, the auditing process, and the application of auditing concepts to various types of audits, including financial, operational, and compliance.
Prerequisites: ACCT B205*, ACCT B340; junior standing
ACCT B410 Strategic Cost Management 3 crs.
This course emphasizes contemporary topics in strategic cost management through an understanding of the underlying concepts and fundamental techniques involved in cost accounting for manufacturing and service companies. Job-order, process, and standard costing are examined to support an understanding of just-in-time and activity based systems, continuous improvement, quality measurements, and the theory of constraints, among others. Emphasis is on how cost management systems, with their performance evaluation and reward systems, encourage efforts to achieve an organization’s strategic goals.
Prerequisites: ACCT B202*; junior standing
ACCT B460 International Accounting 3 crs.
Comparison of accounting between US GAAP and IFRS, examination of common financial, managerial, and tax accounting issues faced by U.S. multinational firms, including the impact of transactions conducted in foreign currencies; defenses against currency rate changes such as forward exchange forward contracts; and the restatement of foreign currency financial statements for overseas subsidiaries.
Prerequisites: ACCT B206*; junior standing
ACCT B493 Special Topics in Accounting 3 crs.
Prerequisite: Junior standing
ACCT B499 Independent Study in Accounting arr.
Prerequisite: Junior standing
See description in College of Business overview
* Accounting majors and minors must earn a grade of C (2.0) or above in the relevant prerequisite courses to fulfill these prerequisite requirements.
Business students may select any of the minors that are available through the College of Humanities + Natural Sciences, the College of Music + Fine Arts, or the College of Social Sciences. Courses required for the minor will be counted as non-business electives toward fulfillment of the business curriculum. Upon completion of the non-business elective courses, nine additional hours from the minor may be applied to the business elective portion of the curriculum. Further information about specific requirements may be obtained in the College of Business office of student records and admissions.
Additionally, the college offers the following business minors for students with a business major:
| Course | Title | Credits |
| ACCT B202 | Financial Accounting for Decision-Making |
3
|
| ACCT B203 or ACCT B410 |
Managerial Accounting for Decision-Making or Strategic Cost Management |
3
|
| ACCT B205 | Corporate Accounting + Reporting I | 3 |
| ACCT B206 | Corporate Accounting + Reporting II | 3 |
| ACCT B### | Accounting Elective (1), 300- or 400-level | 3 |
| ECON B100 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| LGST B200 or LGST B205 |
Business Law I or Legal Environment of Business |
3
|
| Total Credits |
21
|
Additionally, Accounting minors may substitute ACCT B340 for MGT B250 in the business core.
| Course | Title | Credits |
| INTB B200 | Introduction to International Business |
3
|
| INTB B325 | International Finance | 3 |
| INTB B330 | International Marketing | 3 |
| INTB B435 | Multinational Business Strategy |
3
|
| POLS or HIST | Social Science Elective (1)* | 3 |
| FREN / GERM / ITAL / JPNS / SPAN / etc |
Modern Foreign Language | 6 |
| Total Credits | 21 |
* Must have international focus (e.g. HIST A220, Latin America Studies)
| Course | Title | Credits |
| PHIL A201 or PHIL A206 |
Practical Logic or Introduction to Symbolic Logic |
3
|
| POLS A100 | Introduction to American Government |
3
|
| SPCH A100 | Fundamentals of Speech | 3 |
| Choose 4 below: | 12 | |
| LGST B200 | Business Law* |
|
| LGST B205 | Legal Environment of Business* |
|
| LGST B210 | Law for International Business |
|
| POLS A300 | Constitutional Law I |
|
| POLS A301 | Constitutional Law II |
|
| ACCT B300 | Tax Accounting I |
|
| ECON B330 | Law and Economics |
|
| CMMN A401 | Law of Mass Communications** |
|
| Total Credits |
21
|
* Must include 1 of these courses.
** See Communications bulletin for prerequisites.
Because business is an essential and unavoidable part of society, many students in non-business majors find that additional training in the business disciplines is of benefit to them in their career in music, fine art, education, science, or the humanities.
The College of Business offers the following business minors to all Loyola students:
The psychologist who goes into private practice will soon discover that he or she is running a business. Drama majors will quickly learn that the theater is a business operation. The business minor is designed to provide a basic understanding of business functions to succeed in these and other areas.
The business minor consists of the following courses:
| Course | Title | Credits |
| BA B100 | Introduction to Business |
3
|
| ACCT B202 | Financial Accounting for Decision-Making |
3
|
| ECON B100 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| FIN B200 | Personal Finance |
3
|
| LGST B205 | Legal Environment of Business |
3
|
| MKT B280 | Basic Marketing |
3
|
| MGT B245 | Management + Organizational Behavior |
3
|
| Total Credits |
21
|
Economics is a study of human behavior and decision making. More specifically, economics is a way of thinking about human action and about how and why individuals make the choices which they make. The basic and enduring strength of economics is that it provides a logical, ordered way of looking at various problems and issues.
The economics minor consists of the following courses:
| Course | Title | Credits |
| College Math (Proficiency level) |
3
|
|
| ECON B100 | Principles of Microeconomics |
3
|
| ECON B101 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON B305 | International Economics |
3
|
| ECON B### | Economics Electives (3) | 9 |
| Total Credits |
21
|
The marketing minor is designed for students with majors in disciplines outside business who will benefit in their future careers from a knowledge of the principles of marketing. The minor emphasizes decision-making within the framework of the total marketing process for people in such areas as advertising, communications, music, law, political science, public affairs, and psychology.
The marketing minor consists of the following courses:
| Course | Title | Credits |
| BA B100 | Introduction to Business |
3
|
| ECON B100 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| MKT B280 | Basic Marketing | 3 |
| MKT B3## / B4## | Marketing Electives (4) | 12 |
| Total Credits |
21
|
The pre-M.B.A. minor introduces the student to the functional areas of business and the basic tools of business analysis. In addition, the pre-M.B.A. minor provides the student with 5 of the 6 foundation courses required for the M.B.A. program at Loyola. The student with a pre-M.B.A. minor can begin immediately with M.B.A. core courses.
The pre-M.B.A. minor consists of the following courses:
| Course | Title | Credits* |
| ACCT B202 | Financial Accounting for Decision Making |
3
|
| DECS B205 | Business Statistics |
3
|
| ECON B100** | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON B101** | Principles of Macroeconomics |
3
|
| MGT B245 | Management + Organizational Behavior |
3
|
| FIN B300 | Financial Management |
3
|
| Total Credits | 18 |
* A grade of B or higher must be earned in each course in order to waive the equivalent graduate course.
** Both ECON B100 and ECON B101 must be taken in order to fulfill the M.B.A. economics requirement.
Business students may select any of the minors that are available through the College of Humanities + Natural Sciences, the College of Music + Fine Arts, or the College of Social Sciences. Courses required for the minor will be counted as non-business electives toward fulfillment of the business curriculum. Upon completion of the non-business elective courses, nine additional hours from the minor may be applied to the business elective portion of the curriculum. Further information about specific requirements may be obtained in the College of Business office of student records and admissions.
Additionally, the college offers the following business minors for students with a business major:
| Course | Title | Credits |
| ACCT B202 | Financial Accounting for Decision-Making |
3
|
| ACCT B203 | Managerial Accounting for Decision-Making |
3
|
| ACCT B205 | Corporate Accounting + Reporting I | 3 |
| ACCT B206 | Corporate Accounting + Reporting II | 3 |
| ECON X130 or ECON B200 |
Economics + Society or Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
| LGST B201 or LGST B205 |
Business Law I or Legal Environment of Business |
3
|
| ACCT B300 or ACCT B340 or ACCT B480 |
Tax Accounting I or Accounting Information Systems or Forensic Accounting + Fraud Examination |
3
|
| Total Credits |
21
|
| Course | Title | Credits |
| BA B200 | Introduction to International Business |
3
|
| BA B435 | Multinational Business Strategy |
3
|
| FIN B325 | International Finance | 3 |
| MKT B330 | International Marketing | 3 |
| POLS or HIST | Social Science Elective* | 3 |
| FREN / GERM / ITAL / JPNS / SPAN / etc | Modern Foreign Language | 6 |
| Total Credits | 21 |
* Must have international focus (e.g. HIST A220, Latin America Studies)
| Course | Title | Credits |
| PHIL A201 or PHIL A206 |
Practical Logic or Introduction to Symbolic Logic |
3
|
| POLS A100 | Introduction to American Government |
3
|
| SPCH A100 | Fundamentals of Speech | 3 |
| Choose 4 below: | ||
| LGST B201 | Business Law I* |
3
|
| LGST B205 | Legal Environment of Business* |
3
|
| LGST B310 | Law for International Business |
3
|
| POLS A300 | Constitutional Law I |
3
|
| POLS A301 | Constitutional Law II |
3
|
| ACCT B300 | Tax Accounting I ** |
3
|
| ECON B330 | Law and Economics |
3
|
| CMMN A401 | Law of Mass Communications** |
3
|
| Total Credits |
21
|
* Must include at least 1 of these courses.
** See Communications bulletin for prerequisites.
Because business is an essential and unavoidable part of society, many students in non-business majors find that additional training in the business disciplines is of benefit to them in their career in music, fine art, education, science, or the humanities.
The College of Business offers the following business minors to all Loyola students:
The psychologist who goes into private practice will soon discover that he or she is running a business. Drama majors will quickly learn that the theater is a business operation. The business minor is designed to provide a basic understanding of business functions to succeed in these and other areas.
The business minor consists of the following courses:
| Course | Title | Credits |
| BA B100 | Introduction to Business |
3
|
| ACCT B202 | Financial Accounting for Decision-Making |
3
|
| ECON X130 or ECON B200 |
Economics + Society or Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
| FIN B200 | Personal Finance |
3
|
| LGST B205 | Legal Environment of Business |
3
|
| MKT B280 | Basic Marketing |
3
|
| MGT B245 | Management + Organizational Behavior |
3
|
| Total Credits |
21
|
Economics is a study of human behavior and decision making. More specifically, economics is a way of thinking about human action and about how and why individuals make the choices which they make. The basic and enduring strength of economics is that it provides a logical, ordered way of looking at various problems and issues.
The economics minor consists of the following courses:
| Course | Title | Credits |
| College Math (Proficiency level) |
3
|
|
| ECON B200 | Principles of Microeconomics |
3
|
| ECON B201 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON B305 | International Economics |
3
|
| ECON B3## / B4## | Economics Electives | 9 |
| Total Credits |
21
|
The marketing minor is designed for students with majors in disciplines outside business who will benefit in their future careers from a knowledge of the principles of marketing. The minor emphasizes decision-making within the framework of the total marketing process for people in such areas as advertising, communications, music, law, political science, public affairs, and psychology.
The marketing minor consists of the following courses:
| Course | Title | Credits |
| BA B100 | Introduction to Business |
3
|
| ECON X130 or ECON B200 |
Economics + Society or Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
| MKT B280 | Basic Marketing | 3 |
| MKT B3## / B4## | Marketing Electives | 12 |
| Total Credits |
21
|
The pre-M.B.A. minor introduces the student to the functional areas of business and the basic tools of business analysis. In addition, the pre-M.B.A. minor provides the student with 5 of the 6 foundation courses required for the M.B.A. program at Loyola. The student with a pre-M.B.A. minor can waive these courses and begin immediately with M.B.A. core courses.
The pre-M.B.A. minor consists of the following courses:
| Course | Title | Credits* |
| ACCT B202 | Financial Accounting for Decision Making |
3
|
| DECS B205 | Business Statistics |
3
|
| ECON B200** | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON B201** | Principles of Macroeconomics |
3
|
| MGT B245 | Management + Organizational Behavior |
3
|
| FIN B300 | Financial Management |
3
|
| Total Credits | 18 |
* A grade of B or higher must be earned in each course in order to waive the equivalent graduate course.
** Both ECON B200 and ECON B201 must be taken in order to waive the M.B.A. ECON B603 requirement.
Business students may select any of the minors that are available through the College of Humanities + Natural Sciences, the College of Music + Fine Arts, or the College of Social Sciences. Courses required for the minor will be counted as non-business electives toward fulfillment of the business curriculum. Upon completion of the non-business elective courses, nine additional hours from the minor may be applied to the business elective portion of the curriculum. Further information about specific requirements may be obtained in the College of Business office of student records and admissions.
Additionally, the college offers the following business minors for students with a business major:
| Course | Title | Credits |
| ACCT B202 | Financial Accounting for Decision-Making |
3
|
| ACCT B203 | Managerial Accounting for Decision-Making |
3
|
| ACCT B205 | Corporate Accounting + Reporting I | 3 |
| ACCT B206 | Corporate Accounting + Reporting II | 3 |
| ECON X130 or ECON B200 |
Economics + Society or Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
| LGST B201 or LGST B205 |
Business Law I or Legal Environment of Business |
3
|
| ACCT B300 or ACCT B340 or ACCT B480 |
Tax Accounting I or Accounting Information Systems or Forensic Accounting + Fraud Examination |
3
|
| Total Credits |
21
|
| Course | Title | Credits |
| BA B200 | Introduction to International Business |
3
|
| BA B435 | Multinational Business Strategy |
3
|
| FIN B325 | International Finance | 3 |
| MKT B330 | International Marketing | 3 |
| POLS or HIST | Social Science Elective* | 3 |
| FREN / GERM / ITAL / JPNS / SPAN / etc | Modern Foreign Language | 6 |
| Total Credits | 21 |
* Must have international focus (e.g. HIST A220, Latin America Studies)
| Course | Title | Credits |
| PHIL A201 or PHIL A206 |
Practical Logic or Introduction to Symbolic Logic |
3
|
| POLS A100 | Introduction to American Government |
3
|
| SPCH A100 | Fundamentals of Speech | 3 |
| Choose 4 below: | ||
| LGST B201 | Business Law I* |
3
|
| LGST B205 | Legal Environment of Business* |
3
|
| LGST B310 | Law for International Business |
3
|
| POLS A300 | Constitutional Law I |
3
|
| POLS A301 | Constitutional Law II |
3
|
| ACCT B300 | Tax Accounting I ** |
3
|
| ECON B330 | Law and Economics |
3
|
| CMMN A401 | Law of Mass Communications** |
3
|
| Total Credits |
21
|
* Must include at least 1 of these courses.
** See Communications bulletin for prerequisites.
Because business is an essential and unavoidable part of society, many students in non-business majors find that additional training in the business disciplines is of benefit to them in their career in music, fine art, education, science, or the humanities.
The College of Business offers the following business minors to all Loyola students:
The psychologist who goes into private practice will soon discover that he or she is running a business. Drama majors will quickly learn that the theater is a business operation. The business minor is designed to provide a basic understanding of business functions to succeed in these and other areas.
The business minor consists of the following courses:
| Course | Title | Credits |
| BA B100 | Introduction to Business |
3
|
| ACCT B202 | Financial Accounting for Decision-Making |
3
|
| ECON X130 or ECON B200 |
Economics + Society or Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
| FIN B200 | Personal Finance |
3
|
| LGST B205 | Legal Environment of Business |
3
|
| MKT B280 | Basic Marketing |
3
|
| MGT B245 | Management + Organizational Behavior |
3
|
| Total Credits |
21
|
Economics is a study of human behavior and decision making. More specifically, economics is a way of thinking about human action and about how and why individuals make the choices which they make. The basic and enduring strength of economics is that it provides a logical, ordered way of looking at various problems and issues.
The economics minor consists of the following courses:
| Course | Title | Credits |
| College Math (Proficiency level) |
3
|
|
| ECON B200 | Principles of Microeconomics |
3
|
| ECON B201 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON B305 | International Economics |
3
|
| ECON B3## / B4## | Economics Electives | 9 |
| Total Credits |
21
|
The marketing minor is designed for students with majors in disciplines outside business who will benefit in their future careers from a knowledge of the principles of marketing. The minor emphasizes decision-making within the framework of the total marketing process for people in such areas as advertising, communications, music, law, political science, public affairs, and psychology.
The marketing minor consists of the following courses:
| Course | Title | Credits |
| BA B100 | Introduction to Business |
3
|
| ECON X130 or ECON B200 |
Economics + Society or Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
| MKT B280 | Basic Marketing | 3 |
| MKT B3## / B4## | Marketing Electives | 12 |
| Total Credits |
21
|
The pre-M.B.A. minor introduces the student to the functional areas of business and the basic tools of business analysis. In addition, the pre-M.B.A. minor provides the student with 5 of the 6 foundation courses required for the M.B.A. program at Loyola. The student with a pre-M.B.A. minor can waive these courses and begin immediately with M.B.A. core courses.
The pre-M.B.A. minor consists of the following courses:
| Course | Title | Credits* |
| ACCT B202 | Financial Accounting for Decision Making |
3
|
| DECS B205 | Business Statistics |
3
|
| ECON B200** | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON B201** | Principles of Macroeconomics |
3
|
| MGT B245 | Management + Organizational Behavior |
3
|
| FIN B300 | Financial Management |
3
|
| Total Credits | 18 |
* A grade of B or higher must be earned in each course in order to waive the equivalent graduate course.
** Both ECON B200 and ECON B201 must be taken in order to waive the M.B.A. ECON B603
Business students may select any of the minors that are available through the College of Humanities + Natural Sciences, the College of Music + Fine Arts, or the College of Social Sciences. Courses required for the minor will be counted as non-business electives toward fulfillment of the business curriculum. Upon completion of the non-business elective courses, nine additional hours from the minor may be applied to the business elective portion of the curriculum. Further information about specific requirements may be obtained in the College of Business office of student records and admissions.
Additionally, the college offers the following business minors for students with a business major:
| Course | Title | Credits |
| ACCT B202 | Financial Accounting for Decision-Making |
3
|
| ACCT B203 | Managerial Accounting for Decision-Making |
3
|
| ACCT B205 | Corporate Accounting + Reporting I | 3 |
| ACCT B206 | Corporate Accounting + Reporting II | 3 |
| ECON X130 or ECON B200 |
Economics + Society or Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
| LGST B201 or LGST B205 |
Business Law I or Legal Environment of Business |
3
|
| ACCT B300 or ACCT B340 or ACCT B480 |
Tax Accounting I or Accounting Information Systems or Forensic Accounting + Fraud Examination |
3
|
| Total Credits |
21
|
| Course | Title | Credits |
| BA B200 | Introduction to International Business |
3
|
| BA B435 | Multinational Business Strategy |
3
|
| FIN B325 | International Finance | 3 |
| MKT B330 | International Marketing | 3 |
| POLS or HIST | Social Science Elective* | 3 |
| FREN / GERM / ITAL / JPNS / SPAN / etc | Modern Foreign Language | 6 |
| Total Credits | 21 |
* Must have international focus (e.g. HIST A220, Latin America Studies)
| Course | Title | Credits |
| PHIL A201 or PHIL A206 |
Practical Logic or Introduction to Symbolic Logic |
3
|
| POLS A100 | Introduction to American Government |
3
|
| SPCH A100 | Fundamentals of Speech | 3 |
| Choose 4 below: | ||
| LGST B201 | Business Law I* |
3
|
| LGST B205 | Legal Environment of Business* |
3
|
| LGST B310 | Law for International Business |
3
|
| POLS A300 | Constitutional Law I |
3
|
| POLS A301 | Constitutional Law II |
3
|
| ACCT B300 | Tax Accounting I ** |
3
|
| ECON B330 | Law and Economics |
3
|
| CMMN A401 | Law of Mass Communications** |
3
|
| Total Credits |
21
|
* Must include at least 1 of these courses.
** See Communications bulletin for prerequisites.
Because business is an essential and unavoidable part of society, many students in non-business majors find that additional training in the business disciplines is of benefit to them in their career in music, fine art, education, science, or the humanities.
The College of Business offers the following business minors to all Loyola students:
The psychologist who goes into private practice will soon discover that he or she is running a business. Drama majors will quickly learn that the theater is a business operation. The business minor is designed to provide a basic understanding of business functions to succeed in these and other areas.
The business minor consists of the following courses:
| Course | Title | Credits |
| BA B100 | Introduction to Business |
3
|
| ACCT B202 | Financial Accounting for Decision-Making |
3
|
| ECON X130 or ECON B200 |
Economics + Society or Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
| FIN B200 | Personal Finance |
3
|
| LGST B205 | Legal Environment of Business |
3
|
| MKT B280 | Basic Marketing |
3
|
| MGT B245 | Management + Organizational Behavior |
3
|
| Total Credits |
21
|
Economics is a study of human behavior and decision making. More specifically, economics is a way of thinking about human action and about how and why individuals make the choices which they make. The basic and enduring strength of economics is that it provides a logical, ordered way of looking at various problems and issues.
The economics minor consists of the following courses:
| Course | Title | Credits |
| College Math (Proficiency level) |
3
|
|
| ECON B200 | Principles of Microeconomics |
3
|
| ECON B201 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON B305 | International Economics |
3
|
| ECON B3## / B4## | Economics Electives | 9 |
| Total Credits |
21
|
The marketing minor is designed for students with majors in disciplines outside business who will benefit in their future careers from a knowledge of the principles of marketing. The minor emphasizes decision-making within the framework of the total marketing process for people in such areas as advertising, communications, music, law, political science, public affairs, and psychology.
The marketing minor consists of the following courses:
| Course | Title | Credits |
| BA B100 | Introduction to Business |
3
|
| ECON X130 or ECON B200 |
Economics + Society or Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
| MKT B280 | Basic Marketing | 3 |
| MKT B3## / B4## | Marketing Electives | 12 |
| Total Credits |
21
|
The pre-M.B.A. minor introduces the student to the functional areas of business and the basic tools of business analysis. In addition, the pre-M.B.A. minor provides the student with 5 of the 6 foundation courses required for the M.B.A. program at Loyola. The student with a pre-M.B.A. minor can waive these courses and begin immediately with M.B.A. core courses.
The pre-M.B.A. minor consists of the following courses:
| Course | Title | Credits* |
| ACCT B202 | Financial Accounting for Decision Making |
3
|
| DECS B205 | Business Statistics |
3
|
| ECON B200** | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON B201** | Principles of Macroeconomics |
3
|
| MGT B245 | Management + Organizational Behavior |
3
|
| FIN B300 | Financial Management |
3
|
| Total Credits | 18 |
* A grade of B or higher must be earned in each course in order to waive the equivalent graduate course.
** Both ECON B200 and ECON B201 must be taken in order to waive the M.B.A. ECON B603 requirement.
The purpose of the Business Portfolio Program is to enhance the student experience through courses that focus on personal and career development resulting in well-rounded individuals who are poised and eager to accomplish their initial career goals upon graduation. The program will complement the academic experience by addressing the skills most often cited as lacking by employers and prepare our students to better meet employer needs in order to gain a more competitive advantage in the job market.
The Business Portfolio Program has the following learning goals related to student outcomes:
The Business Portfolio Program explores the following themes at each of the following class levels:
Students will begin to build a personal brand and form peer and business networks through: exposure to experts in academic, career and business development at both the national and local levels; develop an academic course plan; further develop critical thinking skills through writing assignments; complete an initial career/interest assessment and interpretation.
Students will continue to build their personal brand and explore career options through: intensive group and one-on-one career development skill training including resume and cover-letter writing and interviewing; and, launching an internship search.
Students will further define career plans and apply those plans in meaningful connections with real-world business resources through: creating an initial job search plan; completing one internship; focusing on and growing existing networks; and polishing verbal and written business communication skills.
Students will finalize career plans and begin their search through: working with a business mentor/coach; job interviewing, completing grad school applications; networking; and acquiring an understanding of job offers and negotiating contracts.
The grading policy outlined below (applicable to all Portfolio courses) is administered and enforced through the Dean’s office.
1. Students must pass all Portfolio courses (eight in total) in order to graduate. The course is graded on a Pass/Fail basis only. A passing grade requires completion of all course requirements. As of August, 2011, no Incompletes (grade of I) will be given for Portfolio courses.
2. Students who have not turned in all assignments as stipulated on the syllabus will receive an F. If a student fails a Portfolio course, the student’s LORA account will be blocked. He or she will be unable to register for future courses until after completion of the missing coursework and getting cleared by the Portfolio office. The student will also be required to take the next course in the Portfolio sequence while finishing the previous coursework.
3. Incoming transfer students will not be required to make up Portfolio courses that they missed prior to transferring to the CoB. However, they will be enrolled in a Portfolio course upon becoming a CoB major and must pass all Portfolio courses going forward.
4. Students who study abroad for a semester or year will be waived from the Portfolio requirements for those semesters only.
5. Portfolio exemptions for medical reasons will be handled on a case by case basis through the Dean’s office.
6. Beginning with the Fall 2011 semester, students who fail a course and do not successfully complete their missing work will be ineligible to graduate until the course is successfully passed.
7. A grade of F in any Portfolio course may also affect a student’s: eligibility to join certain honor societies, eligibility to be included on the dean’s list, recommendations for employment or graduate schools and CoB scholarbships.
Undergraduate Degree Programs |
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Natural Sciences
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DEAN: Jo Ann Moran Cruz, Ph.D.
ASSOCIATE DEAN: Judith Hunt, Ph.D.
OFFICE: 202 Bobet Hall
WEB PAGE:
The College of Humanities and Natural Sciences serves as the anchor for all undergraduate study at Loyola. The liberal arts and sciences are key to the cultural and intellectual formation of the individual.
The College of Humanities and Natural Sciences seeks to educate and graduate students who understand and appreciate the accumulated knowledge of the humanities and sciences, human culture and the Judeo-Christian tradition; who understand the interrelated nature of all knowledge; who are able to think critically, evaluate alternatives, and make ethical and moral decisions; and who have a commitment to the Ignatian tradition of a life of justice and service to others. Additionally, it is the mission of the college to contribute to the expansion of knowledge through the scholarly and creative activities of the faculty.
The College of Humanities and Natural Sciences seeks to assist the university toward its strategic goal of national prominence by enhancing the quality of the college's faculty, the strength of its curricula, the effectiveness of its support services, and the excellence of its graduates.
The College offers the following degrees within each department:
Students who wish to earn a bachelor’s degree through programs not regularly available in the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences may consult the Associate Dean about the possibility of a contract degree.
*Through a special arrangement with the School of Engineering of Tulane University, Loyola students may participate in a program which leads to a B.S. degree from Loyola and an engineering degree from Tulane upon successful completion of both segments of the program. Interested students must consult the Associate Dean.
The requirements for the bachelor of arts and bachelor of science are the following:
Director: Judith L. Hunt, Ph.D., Associate Dean
Many students enter college undecided about the field of study they would like to pursue. For students unsure of their educational and/or career goals, Loyola University offers the General Studies Program. While in this program, students work toward the completion of the Common Curriculum requirements while exploring major courses offered in a variety of disciplines at Loyola.
During their first semester, General Studies freshmen are assigned a General Studies advisor who will continue as their advisor until a major is declared. General Studies advisors are knowledgeable about all the degree programs in the college, and help guide students in determining a major that best suits their interests. Courses taken in this exploration process generally fulfill requirements for the major, adjunct, or general electives once the student selects a particular degree program.
Students may remain in the General Studies Program for a maximum of 55 hours. Since the college does not grant a degree in General Studies, students must officially declare a major by the end of their sophomore year.
The curriculum is meant to achieve two goals: to give the student a solid and well-rounded preparation in the major and to enable the student to grapple with current convictions, beliefs, and commitments in an atmosphere of study and reflection. The curriculum matches the goals of Catholic and of Jesuit liberalizing education, both of which function best in an open society, a pluralistic culture, and an ecumenical age. The curriculum is divided into three parts:
Major: that series of courses which leads to a bachelor’s degree in a subject area. The major generally requires between 30 and 40 credit hours of study and is described under each departmental heading.
Adjunct Courses: that series of courses in areas allied to the major which leads to a well-rounded person. Thus, mathematics is necessary to a physicist and chemistry to the biologist. Some of these courses are specifically named under degree programs; others are selected in consultation with the student’s adviser or chairperson.
Common Curriculum: The Common Curriculum complements the major and adjunct courses by providing a broad humanistic dimension to every undergraduate’s program. The program is comprised of introductory and advanced courses. Find out more »
The curriculum is divided into four basic components, and although all students have the same basic core requirements, each degree program has specific requirements in the major and adjunct areas.
Major courses–are those courses in particular disciplines, which lead to a bachelor’s degree.
Adjunct courses–are those required courses in areas supportive of the major.
Core Courses: Ensure the degree-seeking student a well-rounded education. All degree-seeking students have the following core course requirements (42 hours total):
| Foundations: | ||
| Writing | ENGL T122 | 3 |
| Philosophy | PHIL T122 | 3 |
| Religious Studies | RELS T122 | 3 |
| Literature | LIT C260 or ENGL T125 | 3 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences: | ||
| Social Sciences | HIST T122 or T124 | 3 |
| Two social science electives from two different disciplines | 6 | |
| Mathematics | MATH A115 or higher | 3 |
| Natural Science | Science Elective | 3 |
| Arts/Humanities | Fine Arts Elective | 3 |
| Literature Elective | 3 | |
| Philosophy Elective | 3 | |
| Religious Studies elective | 3 | |
| Liberal Arts elective | 3 | |
Electives are those courses chosen from among all offerings, which the student may schedule for enrichment or professional development.
Qualified students who have completed two full semesters of their freshman year and have earned a minimum GPA of 3.0 may pursue two majors within the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences. Such students must successfully complete the Common Curriculum requirements of the first major as well as the major and named adjunct requirements for both declared degree programs of study as set forth in the Undergraduate Bulletin. Students must successfully complete the comprehensive examination requirements for both majors if the departments require a comprehensive examination. Students who complete the requirements for two majors will receive only one degree from Loyola. However, the transcript will indicate which bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) was awarded as well as the two majors which were completed. Students interested in pursuing a double major should consult with the Associate Dean.
Students who enter law school generally do so after having completed a bachelor’s degree. However, the Loyola College of Law may accept students after they have completed three years of exceptional undergraduate work and have earned an appropriate score on the LSAT. Students in the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences who wish to attempt early admission into the Loyola School of Law after three years must have completed all but the last 30 hours on the undergraduate level, including all Common Curriculum, major, named adjunct, and foreign language requirements. The first 30 hours earned in law school will be applied as general elective credits for completion of the undergraduate degree.
A student of the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences who completes the hour requirement in three years as outlined above is not guaranteed acceptance into the Loyola College of Law, for the College of Law has final authority on all admissions decisions. Interested students should consult the Loyola College of Law Office of Admissions for information concerning admissions standards.
CHAIR: Craig S. Hood, Ph.D., Office: 347 Monroe Hall
PROFESSORS: Paul W. Barnes, E. Letitia Beard, Patricia L. Dorn, Donald P. Hauber, Craig S. Hood, Frank Jordan, James L. Wee, David A. White
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: Rosalie A. Anderson
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: Kimberlee Mix
REV. J.H. MULLAHY CHAIR IN ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY: Paul W. Barnes
INSTRUCTORS: Kathy Anzelmo, Elizabeth Wolcott
VISITING PROFESSOR: Julie Guathier
WEB PAGE: chn.loyno.edu/biology/
The undergraduate program in biology provides an outstanding modern science education with required courses in biology (34 hours), chemistry (16 hours), physics (8 hours), calculus (4 hours), and an additional mathematics or statistics course. In addition to these science experiences, the program stresses a liberal arts education in which non-science courses make up approximately half of the curriculum. Thus, biology graduates are prepared to compete in the best graduate and professional programs in the country and abroad. This course of study provides excellent support for students pursuing all health professional careers, including medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, physical therapy, pharmacy, optometry, podiatry, nursing, and related areas. The breadth of educational experiences offered by the program provides the foundation for diverse career opportunities in the life sciences–from health and human services to the environment, to basic and applied research in molecular genetics, cell and molecular biology, developmental biology, botany, ecology and evolutionary biology, marine biology, microbiology, physiology, and zoology.
To earn a B.S. degree in biological sciences, students must complete a curriculum of required biology courses (34 hours) which includes a biology freshmen seminar, three core lecture courses and two lab courses, biology electives (minimum of 22 hours), and adjunct and Common Curriculum courses, and they must complete a departmental comprehensive and exit interview. These requirements are described below.
Biology Core Curriculum: All majors are expected to complete the biology core courses during their first three semesters. These courses present the fundamental concepts of the biological sciences through lectures, discussions, field experiences, and investigative laboratories. Upon completing the biology core courses, students are prepared to enroll in biology elective courses.
| Biology Core Courses | ||
| BIOL A100 | Biology Freshman Seminar (fall freshman year) | |
| BIOL A106 | Cells and Heredity (fall freshman year) | |
| BIOL A107 | Cells and Heredity Lab (fall freshman year) | |
| BIOL A108 | Biology of Organisms (spring freshman year) | |
| BIOL A109 | Biology of Organisms Lab (spring freshman year) | |
| BIOL A208 | Ecology and Evolution (fall sophomore year) | |
Elective Courses: The remainder of the courses required for the major are biology electives (a minimum of 22 hours) which the students select according to their interests. Students are encouraged to conduct original research under the supervision of a faculty member (see the following page) for which they may receive elective course credit (maximum of six hours).
Laboratory Requirement: The department views field and laboratory experiences as being critical for a modern science education. Therefore, at least five of the core and elective biology courses that students complete must include laboratory experiences. For example, students completing the core courses Cells and Heredity Lab (BIOL A107) and Biology of Organisms Lab (BIOL A109) will have taken two laboratory courses toward this requirement. They then will need to ensure that at least three of the elective courses they select include laboratories.
Undergraduate Research: Research experiences are invaluable to the education of a biologist. Students may elect to conduct original research under faculty guidance in an independent study format in three courses. Research Proposal (BIOL A400), Independent Research (BIOL A401), and Research Thesis (BIOL A402). Students present their findings in a departmental seminar and write their results in a thesis format at the completion of their project.
Departmental Comprehensive: All candidates for graduation must successfully complete comprehensive exit examinations during their senior year.
Departmental Honors Program: Students who complete original research projects (see Undergraduate Research, above) and maintain 3.0 in both their Loyola cumulative and in their biology major coursework are awarded departmental honors in biology.
Teaching and Research Facilities: The department has outstanding modern teaching and research facilities to support its programs. State-of-the-art cellular and molecular instrumentation allows students to carry out experiments including protein analyses, DNA and RNA sequence analyses, gene cloning and expression, and cell and organ differentiation. Equipment and facilities to conduct field investigations in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems of southeastern Louisiana include field vehicles, boats, and collecting equipment for environmental sampling instrumentation.
Affiliations: In addition to Loyola’s membership in the New Orleans Consortium, the faculty of the Department of Biological Sciences have long-established informal affiliations with research programs in regional institutions. Faculty and students in the department regularly interact with research scientists from LSU Medical Center, LSU Dental School, Tulane University Medical School and School of Public Health, Tulane University, Southern Regional Research Center (USDA), Southern Regional Office of U.S. Forest Service (USFS), U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, LSU-Baton Rouge, Southeastern Louisiana University, University of New Orleans, and Xavier University. These affiliations have provided our students with outstanding opportunities to work in diverse areas of the life sciences–including basic and applied research in heart disease, cancer, AIDS, aquaculture, immunology, neurobiology, microbiology, cellular physiology, parasitology, conservation of biodiversity, and management of natural resources.
LUMCON Programs in Marine Science: Loyola University is an affiliate member of the Louisiana Universities Marine Science Consortium (LUMCON), which includes 13 state institutions and three private universities. LUMCON maintains a state-of-the-art marine science center on the Gulf Coast in Cocodrie, Louisiana. LUMCON offers undergraduate summer courses in marine sciences which students may take as electives.
(Supports preparation for any field of the health professions and graduate studies)
| Freshman | F | S | |
| Major | BIOL A100 / 106 / 107 | 5 | 4 |
| Adjunct | CHEM A105/A107 — A106/A108 | 4 | 4 |
| Adjunct | MATH A257 — A258 or MATH A260 | 4 | 3 or 4 |
| Foreign Language | 3 | 3 | |
| 16 | 14 - 15 | ||
| 30 - 31 | |||
| Sophomore | F | S | |
| Major | BIOL A208 - BIOL Elective | 3 | 4 - 7 |
| Adjunct | CHEM A300/A301 — A305 | 3 | 5 |
| Common Curriculum | 9 | 3 or 6 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Junior | F | S | |
| Major | BIOL Electives | 3 or 4 | 4 - 6 |
| Elective | 3 | 0 | |
| Adjunct | PHYS A115 — A116 | 4 | 4 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| 16 - 17 | 14 - 16 | ||
| 30 - 33 | |||
| Senior | F | S | |
| Major | BIOL Electives | 4 - 6 | 4- 6 |
| Elective | 3 | 4 | |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 4 | |
| 14 - 16 | 12 - 18 | ||
| 26 - 30 | |||
| TOTAL: | 120 cr. hrs. | ||
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Humanities and Natural Sciences
BIOL A106 Cells and Heredity 3 crs.
This course emphasizes the principles and concepts of chemical, cellular, and genetic processes common to all life. Topics include the scientific method, basic chemical concepts, macromolecules, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure, membrane structure, energy and metabolism, meiosis, mitosis, Mendelian inheritance, and the Central Dogma.
Prerequisite: Eligibility to enroll in MATH A257, evidenced by completion of MATH A118, or Prerequisite ACT/SAT test scores.
Co-requisite: BIOL A107
BIOL A107 Cells and Heredity Lab 1 cr.
Students investigate the scientific method, basic chemical concepts, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure and function, Mendelian inheritance, and the structure, function, and technological uses of DNA. This laboratory course emphasizes student-designed experiments, data collection and analysis, oral and written presentation, and the use of the scientific literature. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: Eligibility to enroll in MATH A257, evidenced by completion of MATH A118, or Prerequisite ACT/SAT test scores.
Corequisite: BIOL A106
BIOL A108 Biology of Organisms 3 crs.
This course compares the biology of microbes, plants, and animals focusing on morphology, physiology, reproduction, and natural history.
Prerequisite: BIOL A106, BIOL A107
Co-requisite: BIOL A109
BIOL A109 Biology of Organisms Lab 1 cr.
This course examines the diversity of life through field trips, demonstrations, dissections, and experimental activities. Form and function of microbes, plants, and animals will be compared to demonstrate how organisms have adapted to their environments. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: BIOL A106.
Co-requisites: BIOL A108, A110.
BIOL A118 Tropical Ecology 3 crs.
Two weeks will be spent in the field in Belize, Guatemala, or Trinidad studying the plants and animals in several different ecological zones: coral reefs, pine savannah, rain forest, and mangrove swamps. A paper on the ecology of the area will be written after returning from the expedition.
BIOL A208 Ecology and Evolution 3 crs.
This course introduces current concepts and principles of ecology and evolution. Animal behavior, populations, communities, ecosystems, biogeography, natural selection, speciation, the history of life, human evolution, and other topics will be studied through lectures, readings, discussion, and a field trip.
Prerequisites: BIOL A106 — A109.
BIOL A300 Microbiology 3 crs.
Bacteriological technique, the classification and study of the properties of important protists, fungi, and bacteria, will be discussed. The principles of immunity, serology, and virology are also considered. Prerequisites: completion of biology core courses; two years of chemistry including Organic Chemistry.
Prerequisites: completion of biology core courses; two years of chemistry including Organic Chemistry.
Co-requisite: BIOL A301.
BIOL A301 Microbiology Lab 1 cr.
Laboratory experience that meets three hours per week in conjunction with BIOL A300. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisites: completion of biology core courses; two years of chemistry including Organic Chemistry.
Co-requisite: BIOL A300.
BIOL A303 Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates 2 crs.
Through lectures, demonstrations, and dissections, vertebrate structure is analyzed in terms of phylogeny and function.
Prerequisites: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A304.
BIOL A304 Comparative Anatomy– Vertebrate Lab 2 crs.
Laboratory experience that meets four hours per week in conjunction with BIOL A303. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A303.
BIOL A305 Histology 2 crs.
The study of the microscopic structure of tissues and organs of the mammalian body and the study of the fundamentals of hematology will be the focus of this course. Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A306.
BIOL A306 Histology Lab 2 crs.
Laboratory experience that meets four hours per week in conjunction with BIOL A305. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A305.
BIOL A308 Developmental Biology 3 crs.
Events and mechanisms of developmental genetics, gametogenesis, fertilization, morphogenesis, and organogenesis in selected vertebrates and invertebrates will be examined. The laboratory includes experimental approaches to the study of development.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A309.
BIOL A309 Developmental Biology Lab 1 cr.
Laboratory experience that meets three hours per week in conjunction with BIOL A308. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A308.
BIOL A310 General Physiology 2 crs.
This course is an introductory study of physiochemical processes in cells, tissues, and organs.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A311.
BIOL A311 General Physiology Lab 2 crs.
Laboratory experience that meets four hours per week in conjunction with BIOL A310. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A310.
BIOL A312 Anatomy and Physiology 4 crs.
Anatomy and Physiology focuses on the interrelationships of the structural components of the human body to their function at the cellular, tissue, organ, and organ system level. Particular emphasis is placed on study of mechanisms responsible for maintaining homeostasis in the human body. Designed for allied health and other pre-health professional students.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A313.
BIOL A313 Anatomy and Physiology Lab 2 crs.
Laboratory experience that meets four hours per week in conjunction with BIOL A312. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A312.
BIOL A322 Population Genetics 3 crs.
This is an advanced course dealing with methods of measuring and expressing the genetic variation within and among natural populations. The course focuses on the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and how various factors modify it including selection, inbreeding, genetic drift, migration, and mutation.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
BIOL A324 Evolutionary Biology 3 crs.
This course for majors addresses topics in Darwinian evolution, mechanisms of evolutionary change and speciation, life history characters, and others. Emphasis is placed on an understanding of how evidence from various disciplines such as morphology, genetics, ecology, development, and geology supports the evolutionary synthesis.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
BIOL A326 Molecular Genetics 3 crs.
Fundamentals of molecular genetics such as: transcription, DNA synthesis and repair, and RNA processing will be discussed. Through review and discussion of scientific literature and laboratory experience, students will learn the process of scientific investigation, recent findings, and new technologies in the field of molecular genetics.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A327.
BIOL A327 Molecular Genetics Lab 1 cr.
Laboratory experience that meets three hours per week in conjunction with BIOL A326. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A326.
BIOL A328 Genetic Analysis 3 crs.
This course for majors addresses advanced topics in transmission genetics, cytogenetics, evolutionary genetics, and mutagenesis. Emphasis is placed on development of quantitative skills and written and oral communication.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
BIOL A330 Ecology 3 crs.
Basic ecological principles and concepts are considered including the nature of the ecosystem, energy flow, biogeochemical cycles, and the ecology of populations and communities.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A331.
BIOL A331 Ecology Lab 1 cr.
Field and laboratory experience that meets four to five hours per week in conjunction with BIOL A330. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A330.
BIOL A334 Biology of Fishes 3 crs.
This course examines phylogenetic relationships, functional morphology, physiology, sensory biology, reproduction, behavior, ecology, biogeography, and conservation of fishes. Special emphasis will be placed on identification and natural history of Louisiana’s freshwater and marine fishes through field trips and laboratory exercises.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A335.
BIOL A335 Biology of Fishes Lab 1 cr.
Field and laboratory experience that meets three hours per week in conjunction with BIOL A334. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A334.
BIOL A336 Animal Behavior 3 crs.
This course examines behavioral adaptations of animals and critically evaluates hypotheses to account for the evolution of these adaptations. Student activities emphasize field observation of animal behavior, experimental design, and scientific communication.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
BIOL A338 Plant Ecology 3 crs
An introduction to the quantitative study of plants and their environment. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the functional ecology of individual plants and vegetation in terrestrial ecosystems.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses, co-requisite BIOL A339
BIOL A339 Plant Ecology Lab 1 cr
Laboratory course accompanying BIOL A338, will expose students to modern field and laboratory techniques in plant physiological ecology. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses, co-requisite BIOL A338
BIOL A345 Herpetology 2 crs.
Introduction to the study of morphology, adaptation, classification, distribution, and ecology of amphibians and reptiles. Field work and identification of North American groups and field studies of local fauna. Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A346.
BIOL A346 Herpetology Lab 2 crs.
Field and laboratory experience that meets six hours per week in conjunction with BIOL A345. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A345.
BIOL A355 Conservation Biology 3 crs.
The study of the conservation of biodiversity based in the principles of ecology, evolution, and genetics. The primary goal is to understand natural ecological systems in the context of a human dominated world to learn to best maintain biological diversity in concert with an exploding human population. This is accomplished through lecture, socratic discussion, and videos.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
BIOL A356 Aquatic Microbiology 3 crs.
An introduction to the study of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes as well as viruses in the aquatic environment. The course emphasizes the functional role of microbes in aquatic habitats, the relationship of microbial biodiversity to environmental gradients and the interaction of aquatic microbes with human affairs.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A357.
BIOL A357 Aquatic Microbiology Lab 1 cr.
Field and laboratory experience that meets three hours per week in conjunction with BIOL A356. Students are exposed to modern field and laboratory techniques used with prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes from aquatic habitats. Field trips will emphasize local freshwater and estuarine environments. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A356.
BIOL A360 Cell Biology 3 crs.
An analysis of cell structure and function. Topics to be discussed include protein synthesis, the nucleus, cytoplasmic organelles and bioenergetics, endomembrane systems, vesicular transport, the cytoskeleton, cell signaling, cell cycle control, and cancer.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A361.
BIOL A361 Cell Biology Lab 1 cr.
Laboratory experience that meets three hours per week in conjunction with BIOL A360. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A360.
BIOL A363 Virology 3 crs.
Virology will cover cell and molecular biology of animal virology in detail. Topics to be addressed include virus structure, replication, pathogenesis, taxonomy, viral transformation, and cancer with specific virus families explored in depth. Some epidemiology, including recent research of specific viruses in the news, will be explored.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
BIOL A365 Immunology 3 crs.
The field of experimental cellular and molecular immunology will be explored in this course. Clinical immunology will not be emphasized. Topics include: organization of the immune system, structure and function of antigen recognition molecules, immune cell interactions, and regulation of the immune system and immunity-related diseases.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
BIOL A370 Introduction to Marine Science 4 crs.
This course is an introduction to physical, chemical, geological, and biological processes in the oceans and coastal environments and their interactions. Interrelationships of man and the marine environment. Five-week summer course at LUMCON in Cocodrie, La.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
BIOL A375 Introduction to Marine Zoology 4 crs.
This course is a field and laboratory survey of marine animals, particularly those of the Louisiana Gulf Coast, including classification, morphology, physiology, and ecology. Five-week summer course at LUMCON in Cocodrie, La.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
BIOL A400 Research Proposal 1 cr.
Students work with a faculty research adviser to identify an original question in the biological sciences and develop and write a proposal/prospectus to investigate this question. This course is required of all biology honors students and students intending to complete a thesis in biological sciences.
BIOL A401 Independent Research 1 — 4 crs.
Students work with a faculty research adviser to conduct theoretical, field, and/or laboratory research. Students may register for one to four credit hours per semester and may enroll in this course in more than one semester, but the cumulative total credit hours earned may not exceed four.
BIOL A402 Research Thesis 1 cr.
Students work with a faculty research adviser to prepare a written thesis describing their original research and make an oral presentation at the undergraduate research symposium. This course is required of all biology honors students and students intending to complete a thesis in biological sciences.
Prerequisite: BIOL A400.
Co-requisite: BIOL A401.
BIOL A444 Marine Vertebrate Zoology 4 crs.
General study of the marine chordates with particular emphasis on the fishes, including classification, structure, function, and ecology will be the focus of this course. Five-week summer course at LUMCON in Cocodrie, La.
Prerequisite: BIOL A370 or A375.
BIOL A446 Marine Ecology 4 crs.
This course concerns the relationships of marine and estuarine organisms to environmental factors: interactions among organisms, ecological processes of energy and materials flow, communities, and ecosystems of the Louisiana Coastal Zone. Five-week summer course at LUMCON in Cocodrie, La.
Prerequisite: BIOL A370 or A375.
BIOL A448 Topics in Marine Science 1 cr.
This course is an advanced lecture, laboratory, and field work on a selected topic in the marine sciences. Two- to three-week summer course at LUMCON in Cocodrie, La.
Prerequisite: BIOL A370 or A375.
BIOL A499 Independent Study arr.
BIOL H233 Honors: Human Ecological Biology 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: University Honors Program
This in-depth course covering the ecological impact of humans on the biosphere is innovative in content, design, and topic. Through discussion, field trips, lab-setting demonstrations, films, debates, and readings, students learn the world of ecological science by active participation for application to issues of global, regional, and local concern.
BIOL T122 Cultural Biology 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Introductory
The range of subject matter for this course concerns survey of plant and animal taxonomic groups; survey of major organ and other structural systems in man; introduction to principles of genetics, ecology, and evolution. Not required of science majors.
BIOL Z230 Human Ecology 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern
This course is a consideration of the basic concepts of ecology, including the nature of ecosystems, energy flow, biogeochemical cycles, and characteristics of populations and communities of organisms. The role of humans in the ecosphere will be emphasized, with particular attention to human population problems, food production, and pollution problems.
Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites: Sophomore standing or completion of an Introductory Common Curriculum course in the Natural Sciences is required.
BIOL Z232 Impact of Biology on Society 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern
This course examines moral problems biology brings to society–e.g., abortion, "test-tube" babies, mouse with four parents, mouse-human cell hybrids, artificial life support for terminally ill, dangers and promise of recombinant DNA, building of artificial genes, and cloning. Effects of these areas on our lives will be considered.
Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites: Sophomore standing or completion of an Introductory Common Curriculum course in the Natural Sciences is required.
BIOL Z236 Evolution 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern
This course examines the issues relating to the changes in life forms during the history of life on earth. Concepts are illustrated using examples from living systems and the fossil record. Human evolution also is considered. Designed for non-biology students.
Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites:
Sophomore standing or completion of an Introductory Common Curriculum course in the Natural Sciences is required.
BIOL Z237 Marine Biology & Conservation 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern
This course examines diversity, physiology, ecology, and conservation of microbes, plants, and animals that live in the marine environment. Emphasis is placed on how marine organisms have adapted to living in their environment and how humans depend upon and affect marine ecosystems. Participation in a weekend fieldtrip is required.
Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites: Sophomore standing or completion of an Introductory Common Curriculum course in the Natural Sciences is required.
BIOL Z238 Genetics and Society 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern
This course studies the basis of heredity and reproduction with a primary focus on human aspects. Recent genetic research and its application to medicine, industry, and agriculture. Social and ethical considerations of current genetic research and practices.
Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites: Sophomore standing or completion of an Introductory Common Curriculum course in the Natural Sciences is required.
BIOL Z242 Microbes: Friend or Foe? 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern
This course is designed to relate daily living to the activities of the microbial world. Topics of discussion include: infectious diseases including sexually transmitted diseases, vaccines and immunity, antibiotics and disease treatment, pollution, food production and spoilage, viruses and cancer, and developments in biotechnology.
Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites: Sophomore standing or completion of an Introductory Common Curriculum course in the Natural Sciences is required.
BIOL Z244 Mississippi River Delta Ecology 3 crs.
This course is a basic study of the ecology of the Mississippi River deltaic plain. Emphasis is on the importance of coastal erosion, accompanied by study of the physical and biological aspects of the Mississippi River, its delta, estuaries, and their habitats, flora and fauna, and relevant environmental issues. The course is designed to enhance the student’s understanding of the relevance of the ecology of the Mississippi River Delta to the activities of humans.
Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites: Sophomore standing or completion of an Introductory Common Curriculum course in the Natural Sciences is required.
BIOL Z264 Global Ecology 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern
This course is a consideration of the basic concepts of ecology, including the nature of ecosystems, energy flow, biogeochemical cycles, and characteristics of populations and communities of organisms. The role of humans in the ecosphere will be emphasized, with particular attention to human population problems, food production, and pollution problems.
Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites: Sophomore standing or completion of an Introductory Common Curriculum course in the Natural Sciences is required.
CHAIR: Thomas G. Spence, Ph.D., Office: 420 Monroe Hall
PROFESSORS: Kurt R. Birdwhistell, Lynn V. Koplitz
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: Thomas G. Spence, William F. Walkenhorst
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS: Jai Shanata, Clifton Stephenson, Joelle S. Underwood
EXTRAORDINARY FACULTY: Kathleen T. Crago
DIRECTOR OF FORENSIC CHEMISTRY: Anna S. Duggar
DIRECTOR OF LABORATORIES: Thorsten Schmidt
WEB PAGE: chn.loyno.edu/chemistry
The chemistry department has a broad spectrum of undergraduate programs leading to the bachelor’s degree. They are described below under the headings of ACS certified chemistry program, biochemistry/pre-health program and chemistry-forensic science program.
The chemistry department is on the approved list of the American Chemical Society for professional training in chemistry. Students who graduate with the bachelor of science in chemistry will have a degree certified by the American Chemical Society as having met the standards of the Committee on Professional Training. The salient points of the curriculum are as follows:
The curriculum also includes 1) two semesters of calculus, 2) a year of foreign language, 3) a year of physics, 4) a year of math/science electives, and 5) one credit in Oral Presentation.
This track serves both students interested in pursing careers in health fields such as medicine and dentistry, as well as those interested in attending graduate school in biochemistry or working in the pharmaceutical industry. The required chemistry courses are:
The required adjunct courses are:
Forensic science applies chemical and biochemical methods of analysis to problems of a forensic nature. The science of forensics is becoming more technically demanding and as a result, there is a demand for better educated forensic personnel at local, state, and national law enforcement agencies.
The Loyola chemistry department program in forensic science provides a B.S. degree in chemistry with a forensic science emphasis within the chemistry department for students at Loyola University. The new degree program started in 2000 includes: 1) a basic degree in chemistry; 2) focused coursework in biology and criminal justice; 3) advanced coursework in Forensic Analytical Chemistry, and 4) finishes with an internship at a forensics lab.
The faculty encourage students to do research in chemistry under the supervision of one of the faculty members. The student can receive chemistry credits for engaging in such research. Undergraduate research is a valuable experience for students. The research experience 1) teaches critical thinking skills, 2) allows students to develop a deeper understanding of one area of chemistry, 3) develops a student’s confidence in his or her abilities as a chemist, and 4) provides good work experience in chemistry.
Oral Presentation provides a capstone experience for all chemistry majors. Each student writes a paper on either his or her research results or a chemistry related topic. The student then presents the paper orally to the faculty and to the other students participating in the Chemistry Seminar course.
In order to receive the bachelor of science in chemistry with departmental honors, the student must:
Earn an overall grade point average of 2.5 and a chemistry course grade point average of 3.0 while completing the requirements for either the ACS chemistry or pre-health chemistry degree program.
Engage in and do satisfactory independent work on a chemistry research project under the supervision of a faculty member. The results will be written up as an honors thesis.
Earn five honors credits by enrolling in Research (CHEM A498) for at least four semesters of credit and by enrolling in Oral Presentation (CHEM A493) and presenting a departmental seminar on the results of your research project. The four credits in CHEM A498 shall be in addition to the 120 credit hours required for graduation.
The minor in chemistry consists of 22 hours of chemistry which includes General Chemistry with lab (eight hours), Organic Chemistry with lab (eight hours), and six additional hours in chemistry at or above the 300 level. CHEM A496 credits will not count toward the minor.
The minor in forensic chemistry consists of 22 hours of chemistry which includes General Chemistry with lab (eight hours), Organic Chemistry with lab (eight hours), Introduction to Forensic Methods (CHEM A315, three hours), and a three-credit-hour internship at a crime lab (CHEM A497).
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| Major | CHEM A300 — A301 Organic Chemistry I&II Lecture |
3
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3
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| Major | CHEM A302 — A303 Organic Chemistry I&II Lab |
2
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2
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| Adjunct | PHYS A101 — A102 Intro to Mechanics and Intro to Electromagnetism and Relativity and PHYS A112-A113 Physics Lab I&II |
5
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5
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| Adjunct | MATH A310, A200, or A260 (or A271) or PHYS A228 |
0
|
3
|
| Elective |
3
|
3
|
|
| Common Curriculum |
3
|
0
|
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|
16
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16
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|
32
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| Junior |
F
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S
|
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| Major | CHEM A306 — A307 Physical Chemistry Lecture |
3
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3
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| Major | CHEM A320 — A330 Integ Lab I & II |
3
|
2
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| Major | CHEM A350 Inorganic Lecture |
0
|
3
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| Major | CHEM A498 — A498 Research |
(1)*
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(1)*
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| Major | CHEM A493 Oral Presentation |
0
|
1
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| Adjunct | Science/Math Elective |
3
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0
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| Common Curriculum |
6
|
6
|
|
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15 (16)*
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15 (16)*
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30 (32)*
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| Senior |
F
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S
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| Major | CHEM A415 Modern Analytical Chemistry |
0
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3
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| Major | CHEM A400 Biochemistry Lecture I |
3
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0
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| Major | CHEM A400 Level Electives** |
3
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2
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| Major | CHEM A498 — A498 Research |
(1)*
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(1)*
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| Common Curriculum |
9
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6
|
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| Elective |
0
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1
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15 (16)*
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12
(13)* |
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27 (29)*
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| TOTAL: 120 (124)* cr. hrs. | |||
Students seeking ACS Certification must complete adjunct courses. Specific Common Curriculum requirements are given in the beginning of this chapter under Curriculum Design. Refer to Common Curriculum in the index for page number.
* Honors requirements in parentheses.
** Restricted to a maximum of three hours of CHEM A498 and/or CHEM A496.
| Freshman |
F
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S
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| Major | CHEM A105 — A106 General Chemistry I&II Lecture |
3
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3
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| Major | CHEM A107 — A108 General Chemistry I&II Lab |
1
|
1
|
| Adjunct | MATH A257 — A258 Calculus I&II |
4
|
4
|
| Foreign Language | A100 — A101/First Year |
3
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3
|
| Common Curriculum |
3
|
6
|
|
|
14
|
17
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|
31
|
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| Sophomore |
F
|
S
|
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| Major | CHEM A300 — A301 Organic Chemistry I&II Lecture |
3
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3
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| Major | CHEM A302 — A303 Organic Chemistry I&II Lab |
2
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2
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| Adjunct | PHYS A115--A115 Physics for Life Sciences and Lab I&II |
5
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5
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| Adjunct | BIOL Electives |
4
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4
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| Common Curriculum |
3
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0
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17
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14
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31
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| Junior |
F
|
S
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| Major | CHEM A350 Inorganic Lecture |
0
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3
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| Major | CHEM A320 Integrated Lab I |
3
|
0
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| Major | CHEM A306 Physical Chemistry I Lecture |
3
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0
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| Elective |
3
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0
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| Common Curriculum |
6
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12
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|
15
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15
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30
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| Senior |
F
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S
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| Major | CHEM A400 Biochemistry I |
3
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0
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| Major | CHEM A402 Biochemistry I Lab |
0
|
1
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| Major | CHEM A401 Biochemistry II |
0
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3
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| Major | CHEM A493 Oral Presentation |
0
|
1
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| Major | Advanced Chemistry Elective | ||
| 300 or 400 Level** |
3
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2
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| Elective — Adjunct | Math/Science Elective |
3
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0
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| Elective |
3
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0
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| Common Curriculum |
3
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6
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|
15
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13
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28
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| TOTAL: 120 cr. hrs. |
Specific Common Curriculum requirements are given in the beginning of this chapter under Curriculum Design. Refer to Common Curriculum in the index for page number.
View Common Curriculum Requirements
* Students considering the Tulane early acceptance program for medical school should consult their advisers.
** Restricted to a maximum of three hours of CHEM A498 and/or CHEM A496.
| Freshman |
F
|
S
|
|
| Major | CHEM A105 — A106 General Chemistry I&II Lecture |
3
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3
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| Major | CHEM A107 — A108 General Chemistry I&II Lab |
1
|
1
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| Adjunct | MATH A257 — A258 Calculus I&II |
4
|
4
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| Foreign Language | A100 — A101 First Year |
3
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3
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| Adjunct | BIOL A108 — A109 Biology of Organisms Lec/Lab |
0
|
5
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| Adjunct | BIOL A106 Cells and Heredity |
3
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0
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14
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16
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30
|
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| Sophomore |
F
|
S
|
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| Major | CHEM A300 — A301 Organic Chemistry I&II Lecture |
3
|
3
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| Major | CHEM A302 — A303 Organic Chemistry I&II Lab |
2
|
2
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| Adjunct | FRSC C201 Criminalistics: Crime Lab |
3
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0
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| Adjunct | MATH A241 Statistics |
3
|
0
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| Adjunct | PHYS A115 — A116 |
5
|
0
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| Adjunct | PHYS A112 — A113 |
0
|
5
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| Elective |
0
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6
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16
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16
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32
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| Junior |
F
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S
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| Major | CHEM A320 Integ Lab I |
3
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0
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| Major | CHEM A315 Intro to Forensic Methods |
0
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3
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| Common Curriculum |
12
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12
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15
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15
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30
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| Senior |
F
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S
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| Major | Chemistry Elective (300 — 400 Level)** |
3
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2
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| Major | CHEM A400 Biochemistry Lecture |
3
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0
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| Major | CHEM A402 Techniques in Biochemistry |
0
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1
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| Major | CHEM A493 Oral Presentation |
0
|
1
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| Major | CHEM A497 Internship |
3
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0
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| Common Curriculum |
6
|
9
|
|
|
15
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13
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| 28 | |||
| TOTAL 120 cr. hrs. |
View Chemistry Course Descriptions
View Common Curriculum Requirements
** CHEM A498 will not apply to these hours.
Humanities and Natural Sciences
CHEM A105 General Chemistry I Lecture 3 crs.
This course is a basic one-year course in the fundamental principles of general chemistry. This is the first chemistry course for all science majors and includes the development of modern atomic theory, chemical bonding and structure, and the nature of matter and physical states. Included is an introduction to thermodynamics and kinetics with a more thorough development of equilibria concepts. Descriptive chemistry is liberally sprinkled throughout the course.
Prerequisite: eligibility to take MATH A257.
Co-requisite: CHEM A107.
CHEM A106 General Chemistry II Lecture 3 crs.
Same description as CHEM A105.
Prerequisite: CHEM A105, CHEM A107.
Co-requisite: CHEM A108.
CHEM A107 General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 cr.
This lab involves experiments to accompany General Chemistry Lecture. One three-hour laboratory period per week. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: CHEM A105 or co-registration in CHEM A105.
CHEM A108 General Chemistry II Laboratory 1 cr.
Same description as CHEM A107. Also includes qualitative analysis. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: CHEM A106, CHEM A107, or co-registration in CHEM A106.
CHEM A300 Organic Chemistry I Lecture 3 crs.
This is an intensive course in organic chemistry covering structural theory, organic reaction mechanisms, stereochemistry, and reactions of organic compounds.
Prerequisite: CHEM A105 — A108 or permission of department chair.
CHEM A301 Organic Chemistry II Lecture 3 crs.
Same description as CHEM A300.
Prerequisite: CHEM A300.
CHEM A302 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory 2 crs.
This is a laboratory course to accompany CHEM A300 — A301. Introduction to laboratory techniques of organic chemistry: preparations, separations, and identification of organic compounds. Two three-hour laboratory periods per week. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: CHEM A300 or co-registration in CHEM A300.
CHEM A303 Organic Chemistry II Laboratory for Chemistry Majors 2 crs.
Same description as CHEM A302. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: CHEM A301 or co-registration in CHEM A301.
CHEM A305 Organic Chemistry Laboratory 2 crs.
This is a laboratory course for non-chemistry science students to accompany CHEM A301. Introduction to laboratory techniques of organic chemistry: simple preparations, separation, and identification of organic compounds. Two three-hour laboratory periods per week. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: CHEM A301 or co-registration in CHEM A301.
CHEM A306 Physical Chemistry I Lecture 3 crs.
This course is a general survey of physical chemistry stressing thermodynamics, phase and chemical equilibria, electrochemistry, and kinetics.
Prerequisites: CHEM A105 — A108, MATH A257, A258, CHEM A301, or permission of instructor.
CHEM A307 Physical Chemistry II Lecture 3 crs.
This is an advanced course in physical chemistry treating elementary quantum theory and spectroscopy with an introduction to statistical thermodynamics.
Prerequisites: CHEM A105 — A108, MATH A257, A258, PHYS A110, A111, CHEM A306, or permission of instructor.
CHEM A310 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory 1 cr.
This is a laboratory course for chemistry and non-chemistry science students to accompany CHEM A301. Introduction to laboratory techniques of organic chemistry: simple preparations, separation, and identification of organic compounds. Three-hour laboratory four days per week. Offered in the summer only. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: CHEM A300 or co-registration in CHEM A300.
CHEM A311 Organic Chemistry II Laboratory 1 cr.
This is a laboratory course for chemistry and non-chemistry science students to accompany CHEM A301. Introduction to laboratory techniques of organic chemistry: simple preparations, separation, and identification of organic compounds. Three-hour laboratory four days per week. Offered in the summer only. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: CHEM A301 or co-registration in CHEM A301.
CHEM A315 Introduction to Forensic Methods 3 cr.
This course will be an introduction to instrumental and chemical analysis techniques used in forensic investigations. Topics will include: fingerprint analysis, soil and glass analysis, hair and fiber analysis, arson/explosive analysis, document analysis, and drug/toxicological analysis. Lab fee $75.
Prerequisites: CHEM A300.
CHEM A320 Integrated I Laboratory 3 crs.
This is an advanced laboratory with one hour of recitation each week for all chemistry majors. The lecture and experiments cover a wide range of techniques and topics including chemical literature, inorganic synthesis and characterization, photochemistry, titrations, kinetics, extractions, UV-Vis, and chromatography. This laboratory is project-based and requires students to plan and execute experiments involving concepts and techniques from several subdisciplines. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisites: CHEM A301, A303.
CHEM A330 Integrated II Laboratory 2 crs.
This course is an advanced chemistry laboratory that involves structural analysis, thermodynamics, chemical separations, electrochemistry, advanced kinetics, and spectroscopy. Classical and modern spectroscopic techniques, such as UV-Vis, FT/IR, Raman and LIF are employed along with molecular modeling techniques. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisites: CHEM A303, A306.
CHEM A350 Inorganic I Chemistry 3 crs.
This lecture course is designed to introduce various topics in inorganic chemistry. The topics covered will include atomic structure, symmetry and group theory, introduction to ionic and covalent bonding models in coordination complexes, acid-base theories, aqueous chemistry, electrochemistry, and an introduction to bioinorganic chemistry.
Prerequisite: CHEM A301.
CHEM A400 Biochemistry I Lecture 3 crs.
This course is a detailed description of the structure and function of the major classes of biological macromolecules: proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, and sugars. Physical, chemical, experimental, and mechanistic aspects of macromolecules and their behavior are emphasized based on an understanding of the underlying principles of bonding, equilibria, thermodynamics, and kinetics. Topics covered include protein structure and folding, experimental methods used to characterize and manipulate proteins and DNA, allostery and other types of regulation, molecular disease, enzyme mechanism and inhibition, and membranes.
Prerequisites: CHEM A300, A301.
CHEM A401 Biochemistry II Lecture 3 crs.
This course is a thorough coverage of metabolism and metabolic regulation. It begins with a brief review and expanded treatment of concepts from the first semester course of particular relevance to the study of metabolism such as energetics, membranes and membrane transport, receptors, and enzymes and their regulation. Topics covered include vitamins and cofactors, glycolysis, TCA cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, glycogen metabolism, gluconeogenesis, photosynthesis, and the metabolism of fatty acids, lipids, amino acids, and nucleotides. Emphasis is placed on understanding the chemical conversions involved, the interplay between various metabolic processes, and on understanding a variety of metabolic diseases.
Prerequisites: CHEM A300, A301, A400.
CHEM A402 Techniques in Biochemistry 1 cr.
Selected chemical and instrumental techniques will be performed by students based on lecture material covered in CHEM A400. Topics covered will include methods to label or sequence proteins, optical methods, NMR spectroscopy, enzyme kinetics and inhibition, column chromatography, introduction to basic molecular biology methods, and acrylamide and agarose gel electrophoresis. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisites: CHEM A302, A400.
CHEM A415 Modern Analytical Chemistry 3 crs.
This combined lecture/lab course applies the principles of analytical chemistry to instrumental methods of analysis. The goal will be to provide the student with an introduction to the principles of quantitative methods of analysis. We will discuss the kinds of instruments that are available and the strengths and limitations of these instruments. We will focus on spectrometric, chromatographic, and electrochemical techniques such as: AA, UV/VIS/NIR, fluorometry, GC/MS, HPLC, and TGA/DSC. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: CHEM A306 or permission of instructor.
CHEM A455 Inorganic Chemistry II 3 crs.
This course will cover advanced topics in inorganic chemistry. Topics will emphasize structure function relationships in inorganic substances. These topics will include 1) bonding, electronic spectra, magnetism, kinetics, reaction mechanisms, and structure of coordination compounds; 2) organometallic chemistry; 3) solid state chemistry including polymers; 4) bioinorganic chemistry; and 5) catalysis.
Prerequisites: CHEM A307, A350.
CHEM A493 Oral Presentation 1 cr.
This course is designed to strengthen the student’s oral and writing skills in technical communication. A secondary objective is to practice skills retrieving data from the chemical literature in both written and electronic form. The course requires one paper and one oral presentation at the departmental seminar.
Prerequisites: CHEM A303, A320, or permission of instructor.
CHEM A495 Special Project arr.
This course focuses on the creative or productive efforts of one or more students. A special project is distinguished from a research project in its lack of the historical or experimental method and perspective characteristics of research.
CHEM A496 Seminar/Workshop arr.
A seminar is a supervised group of students sharing the results of their research on a common topic. A workshop is a supervised group of students participating in a common effort.
CHEM A497 Internship/ Practicum arr.
An internship is supervised practical experience. A practicum is supervised practical application of previously studied theory.
CHEM A498 Research arr.
All majors are encouraged to, and honors program students must, register for one to three credit hours for each semester starting with the second semester of their sophomore years for a total of four credit hours. Credit will be prorated on the basis of one credit hour for four hours devoted to research.
Prerequisite: Permission of chairperson.
CHEM A499 Independent Study arr.
CHEM T122 Introduction to Chemistry 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Introductory
This course is an introduction to chemistry for non-scientists that they may be concerned, clear thinking citizens. In a complex scientific and technological society, an average person must be able to understand chemistry-related problems, e.g., food, energy, pollution, ozone depletion, global warming, space exploration, drugs, medicinals, genetic engineering, and even life itself.
CHEM Z130 World Food and Nutrition 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern
This course is a brief review of nutritional requirements of Homo sapiens and a historical review of how male and female members of the species have met these requirements, individually and collectively. This review will serve as a background for intensive discussion of the modern world food situation and possible future solutions.
CHEM H295 Chemistry Honors Seminar
CHAIR: Katherine H. Adams, Office: 316 Bobet Hall
PROFESSORS: Katherine H. Adams, John J. Biguenet, Barbara Ewell, Andrew F. Macdonald, Mary A. McCay, Peggy McCormack, John F. Mosier
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: Christopher Chambers, Melanie McKay, John Sebastian, Mark Yakich
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS: Hillary Eklund, Trimiko Melancon, Chris Schaberg, Janelle Schwartz, Laura Murphy, Tim Welsh
PROFESSORS EMERITI: William T. Cotton, Phanuel A. Egejuru, Marcus A.J. Smith
LECTURERS: C.W. Cannon, Dale Hrebik, Mary Waguespack, Robert Bell, Brooke Ethridge, Jennifer Jeanfreau, Jarret Lofstead, Nancy Rowe, Kristen Sanders, Jennifer Shimek, Laura Tuley, Tracey Watts
WEB PAGE: chn.loyno.edu/english/
For a bachelor of arts degree in English with a concentration in literature, students must compete 36 hours in British and American literature, literary criticism and interpretation, and literature or writing electives, after first taking ENGL T122, A205, or A210. ENGL A205 is the required freshman composition course for English majors; ENGL A210 is a more advanced version of A205; students entering the major after taking ENGL T122 need not take A205 or A210. ENGL A205 or A210 and ENGL A206 should be completed in the freshman year. Majors take 18 hours of distribution requirements in Medieval, Renaissance, Restoration/18th-century, 19th-century, and American literature before 1900, as well as critical theory, not necessarily sequentially. One literature course listed in the Common Curriculum may be taken for major credit with the permission of the adviser.
For a bachelor of arts degree in English with a concentration in writing, students should take ENGL A205 or ENGL A210 plus ENGL A206 in their freshman year. In addition, students take five literature courses, including one course in British literature before 1800 and one course in American literature. Students must also complete six writing courses. As a part of the writing major, many students complete an internship at a magazine, business, or school. Many also work with The New Orleans Review, a nationally prominent literary periodical sponsored by the department.
For a bachelor of arts degree in English with a concentration in film and digital media, students should take ENGL A205 or ENGL A210 plus ENGL A206 in their freshman year. In addition students take five literature courses, including one course in British literature and one course in American literature. Students also complete six film and digital media courses, including ENGL A220.
For English majors in the writing, literature, or film and digital media concentration who are participants in the University Honors Program, ENGL H233 is accepted in lieu of A205/A210.
English majors and minors can take advantage of many extracurricular activities within the department. They can join Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society. They work on ReVisions, our student literary magazine, and The Reader’s Response, our annual anthology of students’ academic writing. The department also sponsors regular poetry readings involving students and faculty and presents guest lecturers.
English majors can expand their academic program by participating in our summer Irish studies program in Dublin, our summer Paris studies program, or our exchange programs with Keele University in England and the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands.
English majors may take a minor in another discipline, to be determined in consultation with the adviser. Students must consult their assigned advisers before registering for each semester.
| Freshman |
F
|
S
|
|
| Major | ENGL A205 or ENGL A210 — ENGL A206 |
3
|
3
|
| Foreign Language |
3
|
3
|
|
| Common Curriculum |
9
|
9
|
|
|
15 |
15 |
||
|
30 |
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English majors in the University Honors Program must take one English honors course, ENGL H233, H234, or H235. English Honors students should also take ENGL A210 and A206. |
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| Sophomore |
F
|
S
|
|
| Major | Combination of distribution requirements and electives (ENGL A 220 for the film and digital media concentration) |
6
|
3
|
| Electives |
6
|
6
|
|
| Common Curriculum |
3
|
6
|
|
|
15
|
15
|
||
|
30
|
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| Junior |
F
|
S
|
|
| Major | Combination of distribution requirements and electives |
6
|
6
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| Electives |
6
|
3
|
|
| Common Curriculum |
3
|
6
|
|
|
15
|
15
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||
|
30 |
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| Senior |
F
|
S
|
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| Major | Combination of distribution requirements and electives |
6
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6
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| Electives |
3
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6
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| Common Curriculum |
6
|
3
|
|
|
15 |
15 |
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30 |
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There is an optional honors thesis for majors with a 3.5 GPA in the major and 3.0 cumulative. The thesis must be registered for in the fall of the senior year, but students must get approval from the Thesis Director and the English Honors reader. Students must start research in the summer following their junior year, and must complete the assignments listed on the English department web page. The thesis is worked on during the summer and the first semester and is completed in the second semester of the senior year (3+3 hours). English majors who are in the University Honors Program are required to write either the English Honors thesis or the University Honors thesis (1 + 2 hours). |
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| TOTAL: 120 cr. hrs. | |||
View English Course Descriptions
(View Common Curriculum Requirements.)
Humanities and Natural Sciences
ENGL A100 Expository Writing 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to English composition with special focus on grammar, paragraph structure, expository essay structure, and critical reading skills. This course is for students who are not yet qualified to take ENGL T122. Students are assigned to the course on the basis of a placement test administered by the English department.
ENGL A105 English Composition– International Students 3 crs.
This course involves intensive review of study skills, bilingual language problems, and composition for students who speak English as a second language and are not ready to take ENGL T122. Entrance is by English department placement test.
ENGL A205 Writing about Texts 3 crs.
This course is the introductory composition course for English majors and minors that provides training in the writing process. It covers rhetorical, argumentative, and representational dimensions of literary and non-literary texts (cf. ENGL A210).
Required of entering freshman majors and minors; other interested students must have permission of the departmental chair.
ENGL A206 Reading Poetry 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to the basic tools needed to read English and American poetry, including concepts of genre, form, metrics, figurative representation, and history.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A208 Writing from Sources 3 crs.
This course focuses on the research process, evaluation of sources, and in-depth writing assignments with emphasis on primary research.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122 or A205
ENGL A210 Texts and Theory 3 crs.
Texts and Theory applies contemporary theories of literary criticism to works of fiction, drama, and film. The course requires students to analyze their readings in frequent writing assignments using various critical approaches. It is recommended for English majors who place out of Writing about Texts (ENGL A205).
ENGL A211 Introduction to Creative Writing 3 crs.
The course is an introduction to writing fiction and poetry. Student writing will be discussed in a workshop format and in individual conferences with the instructor. Students will also read and discuss a wide range of contemporary fiction and poetry.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A212 Introduction to Major British Authors 3 crs.
This course is designed to treat works of literature as representative parts of the continuous evolution/growth of the English literary tradition. It introduces students to the works of major British authors from three contiguous modern or pre-modern historical periods.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A213 Survey of British Literature I 3 crs.
This course will introduce students to the first half of English literary history (from Chaucer to the late eighteenth century). By looking at how different literary forms and genres (poetry and prose, comedy and tragedy, romance and neoclassicism) interacted with changing social realities, we’ll explore the various uses of literature, how it was used both to explain a changing world and to resist those changes by building refuges from them.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A214 Survey of British Literature II 3 crs.
We'll begin our quest in 1789, the year Rousseau’s Confessions was published posthumously, one of the acknowledged beginnings of the Romantic Era. From there we’ll progress through over 200 years of literature, ending somewhere around 10 minutes ago. Our aim is breadth rather than depth, sampling works and writers in order to develop a flavor for each successive literary age. We’ll be reading a lot and enjoying it immensely. Much of what we read will be poetry (especially early on), sprinkled with a patina of other genres as they suit our needs.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A215 World Literature I 3 crs.
This course offers students an introduction to literature from around the world from the beginnings of written texts to 1650. Ancient Greece, early China, the Roman Empire, India’s classical age, the rise of Islamic literature, the cultural flowering of medieval Japan, African literary cultures, and the European Renaissance will be covered.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A216 World Literature II 3 crs.
This course focuses on the literature of the world from 1650 to the present. It highlights the Enlightenment in Europe; Asia’s movement into global dialogue; the Ottoman Empire; and African, American, and European revolutions in art, politics, and industry.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A220 Introduction to Film and Digital Media 3 crs.
This course provides an introduction to the means by which creative narratives are being re-interpreted through film and other digital media.
ENGL A242 Contemporary Nonfiction Prose 3 crs.
This course is a study of the more important examples of prose nonfiction written since 1920. The topics covered include autobiography, travel writing, and personal experience narratives.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A243 American Masterworks 3 crs.
A survey of American writers from the Colonial period to 1900, this course includes Bradford, Edwards, Franklin, Irving, Cooper, Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Melville, Dickinson, and Twain. Several major texts–such as Walden, The Scarlet Letter, Moby Dick, and Huckleberry Finn–will be studied as well as extensive selections from other writers’ works.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; sophomore standing.
ENGL A244 American Literature Since 1900 3 crs.
This course is a survey of American Literature from 1865 to the present. It will provide a chronological overview of American literature from the Civil War to the present. We will try to answer the following questions in order to understand both the literature and the culture that produced it: What constitutes literature and how does it change over time? What does it mean to call literature “American?” What social and cultural factors affect literature and how is it produced and understood? How do we choose what to read and what not to read?
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A246 Modern Short Fiction 3 crs.
This course introduces the student to modern short fiction–that is, short stories and novellas written in the last hundred years. Modern short fiction begins with continental writers like Chekhov, so the emphasis is on authors writing in languages other than English.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A250 Introduction to African-American Literature 3 crs.
This course is a survey of African-American literature from the early slavery period through Emancipation and Reconstruction up to the late 1890s. We sample various genres, including poetry, speeches, fiction, essays, and biographies, and examine dominant themes, motifs, and styles characteristic of the period.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A251 African-American Literature Since 1900 3 crs.
A survey of modern African-American literature from 1900 to the present, this course broadly samples major writers, genres, and themes of 20th-century African-America. It provides a conceptual framework for this body of literature; reviews key terms, ideas, motifs, and individual styles; and evaluates the contributions of African-American writers to American literary culture.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A306 Professional Writing 3 crs.
This course trains students in the basic writing techniques required by the professional world.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; sophomore standing.
ENGL A311 Writing Fiction 3 crs.
This course offers intermediate instruction in writing short fiction. Focusing on the form and theory of the genre, the course employs a workshop format and individual conferences with the instructor to critique student writing. Students will read widely and analyze short stories throughout the semester.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; ENGL A211 and/or permission of instructor.
ENGL A312 Writing Poetry 3 crs.
This course offers intermediate instruction in writing poetry. Focusing on the form and theory of the genre, the course employs a workshop format and individual conferences with the instructor to critique student writing. Students will read widely and analyze poems throughout the semester.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; ENGL A211 and/or permission of instructor.
ENGL A313 Feature Screenwriting I 3 crs.
This workshop-oriented writing course takes students through the study of classical and nonclassical feature scripts and asks students to develop a feature narrative concept through the stages of treatment and outline and to write half of the script itself.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122 or A205; ENGL A211.
ENGL A314 Feature Screenwriting II 3 crs.
Designed as the second in a two-part sequence with ENGL A313, this workshop writing course asks students to complete their feature narrative screenplays while studying further examples of classical and nonclassical scripts. Students will also analyze and complete a rewrite of their scripts and study production potentials.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; ENGL A211, A313; junior standing.
ENGL A316 Medieval Literature 3 crs.
Covering material from Beowulf and Arthurian legend to drama and lyrics, this course provides an introduction not only to the masterworks of the period but also to the complex culture and world view that produced such divergent works as The Divine Comedy and The Art of Courtly Love.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; sophomore standing.
ENGL A317 Writing the Short Script 3 crs.
Writing the Short Script will focus on monologues, dialogues and short scripts. Designed to strengthen the dialogue and blocking skills of students interested in writing fiction, nonfiction, screenplays and stage plays, the course will combine extensive readings of modern and contemporary literature with workshop discussions and individual conferences with the instructor about writing assignments.
ENGL A323 Renaissance Poetry 3 crs.
This course offers a consideration of the poetry of the major figures of the period–Wyatt, Surrey, Sidney, Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne, Herbert, and Marvell–but omits the longer works of Spenser and Milton.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A324 Early Shakespeare 3 crs.
The first half of William Shakespeare's literary career took place in the 1590s, the "Golden Age" of Queen Elizabeth I. This course provides an introduction to the dramatic and poetic works from Shakespeare's literary "apprenticeship" of the early 1590s to the turn of the seventeenth century. As modern readers, we confront Renaissance language and ideas as both strange and familiary. For instance, while we recognize most of Shakespeare's words as our own, we often struggle to parse their complex combinations in blank verse. And in an age of electronic "friending" we too easily overlook the gravity of Renaissance discourses like friendship. This course sees rich opportunities for learning within these cultural and historical gaps. That that end, we will take a close look at Shakespeare's language, studying both how it spoke uniquely to Renaissance auditors and how it continues to speak to us. We will also situate Shakespeare's work in its dynamic context - the urban landscape of Londo, the popular (but still new) institution of public theatres, and a lively contest of ideas about politics, religion, and England's relationship to the wider world - while exploring the timeless questions it poses.
ENGL A325 Late Shakespeare 3 crs.
This course focuses mainly on Shakespeare's works after 1600. Established by this time as a successful playwright and poet, Shakespeare continues to invent in new and even stranger ways during this second half of his career. We will focus on language, exploring how Shakespeare's language becomes enigmatic over the course of his career, as well as the genres of tragedy and romance that he preferred during this time. Further, we will situate Shakespeare's work in its broder artistic and cultural context by reading a play by his contemporaries Middleton and Rowley, and by considering topics like domesticity, national and international politics, romance, family dynamics, and ecology.
ENGL A330 Modern European Fiction in Translation 3 crs.
This course acts as an introduction to the modern European novel: that is, novels written since the publication of Flaubert’s Madame Bovary in 1857. Attention is given to the major writers in French, German, Russian, and Spanish. (European writers most notable for their shorter fiction are covered in ENGL A246, Modern Short Fiction.)
Prerequisite: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A340 Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales 3 crs.
This course is an examination of medieval culture, with special emphasis on art, philosophy, and religious and social codes as they are reflected in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A341 Chaucer: Dreams and Troilus 3 crs.
This course is an examination of medieval culture, with special emphasis on art, philosophy, and religious and social codes as they are reflected in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde and the dream visions.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A344 A Survey of Modern Drama 3 crs.
An introduction to the major figures and works in modern Western drama, this course emphasizes those authors and plays that helped shape the development of drama as a cultural form. Primary stress will be placed on the literary aspects of the works, but considerable attention will be given to dramaturgical matters.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; sophomore standing.
ENGL A348 Modern Poetry 3 crs.
This course surveys the major figures in England and America from Whitman to the beginning of World War II. Figures include Yeats, Pound, Eliot, Frost, Stevens, Williams, and Auden.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; sophomore standing.
ENGL A349 20th-century American Fiction 3 crs.
This course examines the American novel from the 1920s to the present, and readings may include Stein, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; sophomore standing.
ENGL A350 New Orleans in Literature 3 crs.
This course emphasizes the importance of place in literature by focusing on continuity and change in literary representations of New Orleans from the 1830s to the present. Readings include drama, poetry, and prose written by both residents and visitors.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A351 Louisiana Literature 3 crs.
This course is an exploration of the literary traditions of Louisiana, including works of fiction, drama and poetry that prominently feature the state, both past and present.
ENGL A355 Americans in Paris 3 crs.
The course covers the literature of the Lost Generation and the works of later writers who fled to Paris from repression in America. Studying the literature of the Lost Generation in the place where it was written and understanding the impact of Paris on the group of writers will help students understand the cultural symbiosis between America and France.
ENGL A360 Folklore and Literature 3 crs.
This course surveys such traditional, oral literature as legends, folk tales, and ballads. It examines the uses of these genres and the representation of folk culture in poetry and fiction by selected writers from countries around the world.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A370 How to Read a Film 3 crs.
This course introduces students to reading films, gives some familiarity with film criticism, provides an introduction to the history of the cinema and to its development as an industry, and exposes students to a wide variety of films.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; sophomore standing.
ENGL A372 Studies in American Cinema 3 crs.
Designed to explore the development of the classical Hollywood narrative film and its alternatives, the course focuses on aesthetic as well as sociocultural aspects of American film in relation to production, distribution, and consumption. The specific topic will change each term.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; sophomore standing.
ENGL A373 The Black Writer in America 3 crs.
This course will survey the many contributions of African-American writers to the literary traditions of the United States. Those contributions are virtually contemporary with the colonization of North America--represented in the poetry of African-born Phyllis Wheatley--and shaped the themes and genres of American literature for the next three hundred years. The wealth of available material will force us to be selective, but we will try to construct a coherent overview of the major writers and significant periods: from the slave narrative to local color fiction, from the Harlem Renaissance to the Civil Rights movement. Writers will include familiar figures like Frederick Douglass, Richard Wright (whose centennial is being celebrated) and Toni Morrison as well as lesser-known authors such as Charles Chesnutt, Nella Larsen, and Lorraine Hansberry (whose 1959 play was recently revived on Broadway). And to help us better appreciate the contexts of these works, we will also read a selection of non-fiction, by influential thinkers like W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Toni Morrison and James Baldwin.
Requirements will include reading and reflection on the texts, participation in weekly discussion forums on Blackboard, and the completion of a multi-part writing and electronic project on a Black writer in America.
ENGL A374 Holocaust in Literature and Film 3 crs.
This course will examine primary documents from victims, survivors, novelists and historians in order to understand the origins and consequences of Nazi genocide of Jews, Gypsies, Homosexuals, mentally ill and challenged and political dissidents. The course will examine how the fim industry has influenced the way audiences view the Nazis rise to power, the laws pertaining to Jews and other minorities, and the final solution. The course will also examine other genocides of the later 20th and early 21st centural to understand ethnic and religious animosities.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205
ENGL A388 Grammar and Language 3 crs.
This course is an advanced study of modern English grammar and linguistics, as well as the history of the language.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; sophomore standing.
ENGL A394 Literature and Environment
This course explores the intersections of culture, ecology, and literary discourse. In an effort to determine how particular narratives reflect, influence, and often define senses of place, space and region, this course considers representations of "environment" both in and as literary texts. Works may include those from St. Augustine, Thomas Hariot, Charlotte Smith, Rachel Carson, Don Delillo, Edward Abbey, Anne Proulx, Ursula LeGuin, and Mike Tidwell.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A404 Creative Nonfiction Workshop 3 crs.
This course provides opportunity for peer critiques of writing projects of students’ own choosing. The course closely examines assumptions, style, and rhetorical techniques in writing for various purposes and audiences.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A405 Editing and Publishing 3 crs.
This course introduces the student writer to contemporary publishing and editing processes, with emphasis on an understanding of these as they affect both the creative writer and the writer of nonfiction.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A406 Internship: Editing and Publishing 3 crs.
This course introduces students to the production cycle of the New Orleans Review, an internationally known journal. Students work with print professionals on and off campus who cooperate to produce the magazine.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A408 Writing: Technique and Technology 3 crs.
This course introduces how current computer technology can be used to help the student develop as a mature writer. Students apply word processing to the classical tasks of revision, stylistic development, translation, and editing.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A409 Contemporary Topics in Rhetoric 3 crs.
This course examines significant trends in contemporary theories of rhetoric and the writing process. Special emphasis on how the theories relate to the teaching of composition at all grade levels.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A410 Writing Gender 3 crs.
The course examines the impact of contemporary feminist thought on rhetorical theory and introduces students to writing practices resulting from that impact. Readings from Hélène Cixous, Luce Irigary, Julia Kristeva, Judith Butler, Bell Hooks, Rosi Braidotti, Nancy Mairs, Maxine Hong Kingston, Jeanette Winterson, and others provide a foundation for nonfiction writing assignments that combine personal experience with critical theory and encourage experimentation with voice and form.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A411 Fiction Workshop 3 crs.
This course examines advanced topics in the writing of fiction, with special attention to contemporary trends in the genre. Some attention is paid to publishing. In addition to writing short fiction, students read extensively and analyze contemporary fiction.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; ENGL A211; junior standing.
ENGL A412 Poetry Workshop 3 crs.
The course examines advanced topics in the writing of poetry, with special attention to contemporary trends in the genre. Some attention is paid to publishing. In addition to writing poetry, students read extensively and analyze contemporary poetry.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; ENGL A211; junior standing.
ENGL A415 Creative Writing Workshop 3 crs.
This course examines advanced topics in creative writing to be determined by the instructor, with special attention to contemporary trends in creative writing. Some attention is paid to publication in the field. In addition to writing their own work, students read extensively and analyze examples relating to the topic. Repeatable with permission of instructor.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; ENGL A211 or permission of instructor.
ENGL A417 Playwriting Workshop 3 crs.
Employing a workshop format, the course examines the writing of plays as well as aspects of writing film scripts. In addition to writing dramatic exercises and plays, students read extensively and analyze examples of plays and films. Students in the course will become more knowledgeable interpreters of drama and film, who are capable of writing comprehensive analyses and competently constructed examples of their own.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122, A205 or ENGL A210
ENGL A420 Tudor and Stuart Drama 3 crs.
Revenge. Despair. Shame. Madness. Renaissance playwrights visited these (and related) themes with astonishing regularity as they fashioned a new form - the English tragedy - to entertain early modern audiences. Students enrolled in this course will situate the emergence of this form in the broader context of Tudor and Stuart drama. Reading plays by Seneca, Kyd, Shakespeare, Heywood, Marlowe, Middleton, Jonson, Webster, and Cary, we will se how Renaissance dramatists engaged and expanded the literary conventions of classical tragedy. Further we will explore how they useed the genre to confront the cultural problems of their day - including changing attitudes about religion, politics, and the role of the individual in a dynamic social landscape. We will examine how these playwrights looked to an uncertain future (one that would begin with the closure of the theaters in 1642), and how their poetic imagination continues to entertain and instruct contemporary audiences. Along the way, we will attend closely to literary conventions, possibilities for staging and performance, and scholarly approaces to the study of early modern tragedy.
ENGL A422 Studies in Renaissance Literature 3 crs.
This course charts the emergence of Renaissance empires and the concurrent rise of a modern discourse of racial difference. We will read primary texts from English, continental, and early American literatures, representing a variety of genres: plays, poetry, fiction, sermons, essays, travel narratives, and political treatises. As we approach this disparate archive, we will gain a deeper understanding of the historical period of the Renaissance, as well as further insight into its economic changes, political innovations, and social problems. For example, we will situate More's Utopia in the context of English land use and transnational trade. Further we will read early colonial endeavors against the backdrops of England's rivalry with Spain, the growth of mercantile activity, and forms of religious dissent. Secondary readings will include current critical and theoretical approaches, making this course excellent preparation for graduate study in literary and cultural fields.
ENGL A424 Medieval Drama 3 crs.
This course surveys Roman-style comedies, Latin liturgical drama and Anglo Norman religious plays in medieval England before turning to Middle English biblical, morality and saints' plays. Dramatic texts will be supplemented by non-dramatic literature. Music, theological writing, and visual materials and some emphasis will be placed on stagecraft.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A425 Restoration/ 18th-century Literature 3 crs.
This course is a survey of the major poets and prose writers of the Restoration and the 18th century with an emphasis on Dryden, Swift, Pope, Johnson, and Boswell.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A426 18th-century British Fiction 3 crs.
This course is a study of the development of the novel in England through the French Revolution, with readings from Defoe, Swift, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, and Sterne.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A427 Romanticism 3 crs.
This course offers a consideration of the Romantic movement in English poetry, concentrating on Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, and Byron.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A428 Victorian England 3 crs.
This course is a cultural and historical study of the age, with particular attention to Tennyson, Arnold, Browning, Carlyle, and Ruskin.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A429 19th-century British Fiction 3 crs.
A continuation of ENGL A426, this course examines the development of the novel in the 19th century with study of works of Austen, the Brontës, Thackeray, Dickens, George Eliot, Hardy, and the minor novelists.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A430 20th-century British Fiction 3 crs.
A continuation of ENGL A426 and A429, this course examines the fiction of writers such as Conrad, Ford, Forster, Joyce, Lawrence, and Woolf with some attention given to contemporary fiction.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A431 Revising American Texts 3 crs.
"Why should we not also enjoy an original relation to the universe?" asks Emerson, and that original relation is revealed in the examination of pre-20th-century American literature in the light of 20th-century texts and films. The course creates a double vision of early and modern writing and film that broadens understanding of both eras and sheds light on what is truly original in the American experience.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A432 American Dreams 1620 — 1860 3 crs.
This course is an examination of how traditional American writers saw America emerging and how native Americans, African-Americans, women, and other minorities viewed the country’s development. The contrast calls into question all of our myths about the American Dream–as new Eden, as fountainhead of democracy and freedom, as a world of rugged individualism, innocence, and rags to riches.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A433 19th-century American Fiction 3 crs.
The American novel from the Romantics to the Naturalists will be examined; readings include Poe, Melville, Hawthorne, Twain, James, Crane, and Dreiser.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A434 American Romanticism 3 crs.
The course re-examines two major 19th-century movements in American literature, Romanticism and Transcendentalism, in order to understand how they influenced and were influenced by Americans’ perceptions of race, class, and gender. The course focuses on literary and philosophical works in the light of deconstructionist and gender criticism to consider the varied approaches to defining America.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A437 American War Literature 3 crs.
This course is an examination of the impact of two world wars and the Vietnam conflict on the culture, politics, and literature of the U.S. The course will analyze war fronts and home fronts in order to aid students in understanding the images of wars and the impact of each conflict on later wars.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A438 Southern Literature 3 crs.
This course is a consideration of regionalism in literature. It examines the influence of such topics as history, race, and economic development on 19th- and 20th-century Southern writers.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A439 American Drama 3 crs.
This course is a study of American drama, including plays by O’Neill and Miller as well as more recent playwrights.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A450 Black Aesthetics 3 crs.
This course focuses on selected works by black writers from Africa, the U.S., and the Caribbean. It examines critical works and articles on black literary aesthetics and makes a comparative study of themes, motifs, structure, characterization, language, and style to establish the characteristics which confer a definite identity on black literary works.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A461 Contemporary Women's Literature 3 crs.
The course will introduce the major works by women writers which heavily influenced the development of the modernist and postmodernist movements in literature. The course will also explore the relationship of gender identity to the development of various literary techniques.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A466 Southern Women Writers 3 crs.
This course explores the contributions of women writers to the southern mystique, their achievements as artists, and the complex relationships they shared with each other and with their traditional culture.
ENGL A470 Film and the Art of Literary Adaptation 3 crs.
This course provides students with an understanding of how a work of literature is translated into a movie. The core material for the course is an analysis of fiction works that have been made into movies, but the course also deals with films created from folklore and historical records.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A472 Studies in European Cinema 3 crs.
This course explores European cinemas, including Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, in relation to the individual cultures from which they arise. Aesthetic and sociocultural differences between these national cinemas and Hollywood are stressed. The specific topic changes each term.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A475 Great Figures– Medieval 3 crs.
This course is an intensive study of one or two great medieval literary figures. The course traces the development of the author’s art, noting influences, historical and philosophical contexts, critical receptions, and modern assessments. This course may be repeated with permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A476 Great Figures– Renaissance 3 crs.
This course offers an intensive study of one or two great literary figures from the Renaissance. The course traces the development of the author’s art, noting influences, historical and philosophical contexts, critical receptions, and modern assessments. This course may be repeated with permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A478 Great Figures– 19th-century 3 crs.
This course offers an intensive study of one or two great literary figures from the 19th century. The course traces the development of the author’s art, noting influences, historical and philosophical contexts, critical receptions, and modern assessments. This course may be repeated with permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A479 Great Figures– American Pre—1900 3 crs.
This course offers an intensive study of one or two great American literary figures of the pre-1900s. The course traces the development of the author’s art, noting influences, historical and philosophical contexts, critical receptions, and modern assessments. This course may be repeated with permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A483 Semiotics 3 crs.
This course advances a theory of communications based on the study of verbal and visual signs.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A484 Critical Theory to 1900 3 crs.
This course is a historical survey of the major theories of literary interpretation, focusing on the aesthetics of major philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Longinus, Saint Augustine, Locke, Hume, Croce, and Nietzsche. In addition, the course will cover the theories of major western writers such as Horace, Sidney, Dryden, Pope, Johnson, Wordsworth, Keats, Arnold, Goethe, and Schiller. It concludes with a discussion of Freud, Marx, and Engels.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A485 Interpretive Approaches 3 crs.
This course looks at the more recent developments in interpretive theory, as it has been influenced by such concepts as formalism, mythography, phenomenology, structuralism, Marxism, Freudianism, and New Criticism.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A487 Contemporary Critical Issues 3 crs.
Under this heading, various courses will be offered that focus on different contemporary issues in literary criticism and theory.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A490 Great Figures 3 crs.
This course is an intensive study of one or two great literary figures. It traces the development of the author’s art, noting influences, historical and philosophical contexts, critical receptions, and modern assessments. Repeatable with permission of instructor.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
ENGL A491 Practicum in Teaching Writing 1 cr.
This practicum focuses on methods and materials for teaching writing. Students work in the English writing lab and the Writing across the Curriculum lab.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; permission of instructor.
ENGL A493 Directed Readings 3 crs.
ENGL A495 Special Project arr.
This project focuses on the creative or productive efforts of one or more students.
ENGL A496 Seminar/Workshop arr.
A seminar is a supervised group of students sharing the results of their research on a common topic. A workshop is a supervised group of students participating in a common effort.
ENGL A497 Internship/ Practicum arr.
An internship is supervised practical experience. A practicum is supervised practical application of previously studied theory.
ENGL A498 Research Project arr.
This project focuses on empirical or historical investigation, culminating in a written report.
ENGL A499 Independent Study arr.
This course includes work leading to the English Honors thesis or the University Honors senior thesis, as well as work done independently under professorial supervision.
ENGL H233 Honors Literature I: Classic Epic 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: University Honors Program
Gilgamesh, Beowulf, and The Song of Roland establish the idea of the epic as a high artistic expression of a culture. The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid are studied in the light of this concept.
ENGL H234 Honors Literature II: Modern Epic Tradition 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: University Honors Program
This course considers the ways epic tradition has developed in the modern era. Several modern epics such as Moby Dick, Huckleberry Finn, Ulysses, and Gravity’s Rainbow will be examined closely, using perspectives furnished by the classical epics as well as by contemporary critical concepts.
ENGL H235 Great Love Stories 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: University Honors Program
This course examines the literature of love from several centuries and several continents. It focuses attention on cultural notions of love, marriage, family, romance, gender and sexuality.
ENGL T122 Critical Reading and Writing 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Introductory
This course gives intensive training in English composition. It is designed to develop the students’ ability to analyze arguments, create their own arguments, and conduct research.
ENGL T125 Writing About Literature 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Introductory
This course explores the theme of initiation, or the emerging self, in a number of its literary forms. Most, though not all, of the tales are modern, realistic, and concerned with young adults in a pluralistic society. The narratives will confirm or challenge the experience of young people and may foreshadow images of their future lives.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL U230 Renaissance Masterworks 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course examines major works of great European authors from the period 1350 — 1650 to give a sense of what constitutes the Renaissance. A series of important related themes will be traced in order to elucidate the Renaissance system of values: individual and community, permanence and change, illusion and reality, art and nature.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL U232 Vision of Utopia 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
Utopia is the possible vision of an impossible world (i.e., the best of all possible worlds). To contemplate utopia as an idea, criticize it as a literary form, and participate in it as a means of aesthetic appreciation will be the purposes of the course.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL U287 Martyrs, Minstrels, Mystics 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course introduces a vast body of literary and non-literary writings produced by women from Western Europe and Japan during the period 900-1500. Genres to be studied include drama, romance, diary, lyric, epistle, mystical narrative and political allegory. Students will explore issues of authority, patronage and gender, among others.
ENGL U288 The World of the Vikings 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
The World of the Vikings examines literature of the Viking period and examines its impact on Early English Literature.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL U289 Chaucer and His World 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course is an examination of medieval culture, with special emphasis on art, philosophy, and the religious and social codes of the period as they are reflected in the work and thought of one of the great Western writers.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL U295 The Legend of Robin Hood 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course is an examination of the medieval origins and subsequent transmutations of Robin Hood, the medieval greenwood outlaw. The course will include 20th-century film adaptations of the legend, and emphasis will be on viewing the Robin Hood story from a number of different critical perspectives.
ENGL U297 Heroes and Monsters 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course offers a multidisciplinary introduction to early medieval literature, history and archaeology. Students will explore Anglo-Saxon attitudes toward heroism, lordship, the gods and God, space and time, gender, and death as preparation for a month-long reading of the Old English epic Beawulf.
ENGL U299 Arthurian Legend 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course is a survey of Arthurian literature and art from the Middle Ages to the present, tracing the growth of the legend from early 10th-century chronicles through the romances of the high Middle Ages and its eventual evolution to such contemporary works as the film Excalibur or the feminist novel The Mists of Avalon.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL V234 Literature and Justice 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
Much excellent literature has been produced by men and women reacting to wrongs inflicted upon them by society. Excellent literature has also been written showing the "Failure of the Word"–how the legal justice system has blocked rather than achieved justice.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL V244 Screen Power 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course aims to introduce students to an analytical model dealing with the ideological power of film with respect to its aesthetics, content, and audience appeal. Recent studies argue that film is not ideologically free and that any serious study of film history, aesthetics, or criticism should take this into account. This course may be taken more than once as the subject matter changes.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL V250 Myth and Literature 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
The course focuses on the relationship between myth and literary narrative. It explores the function of myth and examines literary texts in the light of recurrent patterns of culture. Readings from anthropology, psychology, and comparative religion will offer a framework for the consideration of literary texts, including fiction, poetry, and drama.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL V256 Regional American Writers 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course is a study of the North American sense of place from nineteenth century local color fiction to contemporary literatres of diversity.
ENGL V259 Romantic Words/Pictures 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
A study of Romantic verbal and visual imagery, emphasizing the issues and values at stake in debates over the 18th- and 19th-century sister arts tradition in England. Poetry by Blake, Wordsworth, Keats, and others. Paintings by Constable, Turner, and others. Readings in Burke, Lessing, Reynolds, and others.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL V260 Detective Fiction 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
The course examines detective fictions within the context of British and American literary traditions from the mid-nineteenth century forward. Lectures, discussions and writing assignments focus on the evolution of the genre from the puzzles of Poe and Conan Doyle through the British Golden Age and the American "hard boiled" school to contemporary and post modern forms.
ENGL V269 Multicultural Literature 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course is in literature dealing with cross-cultural themes and experiences. It will include, but not be limited to, literature of colonial and post-colonial experience. Its purpose is to create a greater awareness of how representations of other people, places, and cultures function in our personal and communal lives.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL V270 The American Character 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course concerns those characteristics of American culture that seem to define America as unique among nations. It will concentrate on contemporary American values and politics but will begin with the observations of de Tocqueville and include the writings of contemporary journalists, social scientists, novelists, travel writers, and foreign observers.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL V273 The African Novel 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
The course examines the form and texture of the African novel and looks at the dominant themes of colonization, assimilation, alienation, and neo-colonialism, with the aim of determining the role of the African novel in teaching the world about Africa.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL V274 Women Writers 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course is a historical study of literature focusing upon women’s struggle for equality. Readings include fiction, drama, poetry, and biography by and about women, and historical, sociological, and psychological essays.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL V275 Black Women Novelists 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
The course focuses on black women as creative literary artists and evaluates the contributions of these women to the literary culture of their respective countries and to the world in general. It seeks to establish the common links and the divergent views of these writers on problems facing black people wherever they live.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL V276 Literary Modernism 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
Modernism is a term that has come to include not only the styles of late 19th- and early 20th-century art and literature but also the philosophic and moral issues represented in these art forms. This course examines major 20th-century works of art and literature and the issues of modern life raised by these works. (Also listed as VISA V140.)
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL V277 Harlem Renaissance 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course focuses on the first major African-American literary and cultural movement of the 20th century. In addition to familiarizing the student with the literary and cultural background out of which the Harlem Renaissance developed, the course covers the major writers of the movement with emphasis on their relationship to the artists of the jazz era.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL V278 Black Thought and Art 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course is a survey of major themes, genres, and motifs in black literature of Africa, the U.S., and the Caribbean. It explores the religious, historical, sociopolitical, and cultural ideals of black people. It evaluates the role of black writers in projecting the contributions of black people to the world of culture and civilization.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL V280 Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
The course surveys the major science fiction/fantasy themes and forms in an effort to assess their relevance to our complex postmodern society. The values discussed and the issues raised by this study should help the student better grasp the individual’s role in our contemporary technological world.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL V281 The Literature of Nature 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
Humans' encounter with nature has produced some of the most lasting literature in the world. This course examines texts from early to contemporary nature writers, such as John James Audubon to John McPhee and Terry Tempest Williams. Students will also study and practice the craft of Nature writing.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL V285 Contemporary Catholic Writers 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course examines issues of Catholic faith and practice as explored in major works of literature and film produced since Vatican II by artists from the U.S. and from around the world.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL V289 Vampires in Literature 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
The course will cover different legends, texts, and films that deal with vampire myths.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL V292 The Sixties Through Literature 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course examines America during one of its most exciting and idealistic periods–through the literature of the civil rights movement, the anti-war movement, the counterculture movement, and the women’s movement–in order to understand the values, assumptions, and conflicts of the decade.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
Music and Fine Arts
SPCH A100 Fundamentals of Speech 3 crs.
This course is a study of the factors governing good speech content and delivery; an introduction to speech behavior in human interaction. Open to all students.
SPCH A495 Special Project arr.
This project focuses on the creative or projective efforts of one or more students. A special project is distinguished from a research project in its lack of the historical or experimental method and perspective characteristics of research.
SPCH A496 Seminar/Workshop arr.
A seminar is a supervised group of students sharing the results of their research on a common topic. A workshop is a supervised group of students participating in a common effort.
SPCH A497 Internship/ Practicum arr.
An internship is supervised practical experience. A practicum is supervised practical application of previously studied theory.
SPCH A498 Research Project arr.
This project focuses on empirical or historical investigation, culminating in a written report.
SPCH A499 Independent Study arr.
CHAIR: Paul W. Barnes, Ph.D., Office: 350 Monroe Hall
FACULTY:
Biological Sciences: Kathryn F. Anzelmo, Paul W. Barnes, Craig S. Hood, David A. White
Chemistry: Lynn V. Koplitz, Joelle S. Underwood
Communications: Robert A. Thomas
English: Barbara C. Ewell, Christopher S. Schaberg, Janelle Schwartz
History: Eric M. Hardy
Law: Robert R. M. Verchick
Mathematics: Michael R. Kelly
Philosophy: John P. Clark, Francis P. Coolidge
Religious Studies: Kenneth P. Keulman, Kathleen A. O’Gorman
Sociology: Anthony E. Ladd, Nicole L. Youngman
WEBSITE: http://interdisciplinary.loyno.edu/environmentalstudies
The interdisciplinary program in the Environment provides students the opportunity to engage in a broad and integrated study of the environment from a variety of academic viewpoints. The program focuses on understanding the relationships between humans and the natural world from biological, physical, chemical, sociological, economic, cultural, philosophical, and religious perspectives. Students can pursue a B.S. in Environmental Science, with a concentration in the Biological Sciences, or a B.A. in Environmental Studies, with either a Humanities or Social Science concentration. Students can also pursue a minor in Environmental Studies.
All majors enrolled in this program will take a 4-course core curriculum, 11-12 hours of concentration courses within their major, selected adjunct courses and 30-33 hours of electives (major electives and general electives). This curriculum will introduce students to the major global and regional environmental issues facing the planet today, and will provide students with the knowledge and problem-solving skills that will enable them to play an active role in understanding our global and regional ecosystems and contributing to their future well-being. Depending on the area of concentration, this curriculum will prepare students for entry into graduate or professional schools and career paths in a diversity of fields such as environmental research, environmental policy/law, sustainability planning and development, natural resource management and conservation, environmental communications, environmental education, creative writing, environmental consulting and many others, in both public and private sectors.
Environmental Science and Environmental Studies majors are expected to complete a 4-course core curriculum that consists of an introductory foundations course, a course in statistics, an ecology and evolution course, and a senior capstone course (The Senior Experience).
Environment Core Courses:
Concentration Courses include 3-4 advanced courses within the Biological Sciences (B.S.), the humanities (B.A.), or social sciences (B.A.) depending upon the major and area of concentration chosen by the student. For the Environmental Science (B.S.) degree, the concentration courses include a combination of lecture only and lecture + lab courses.
In addition to the concentration and core courses, students will take appropriate major elective and adjunct courses in each of the three main program areas: natural sciences/mathematics, social sciences/business/law, and humanities/arts. These courses are intended to provide students with an increased understanding of the breadth of perspectives examining environmental issues and to strengthen fundamental skills and knowledge in the natural sciences and the environment. All students are required to take a course in Environmental Ethics or Environmental Philosophy. B.S. and B.A. (Humanities concentration) students are required to take Environmental Sociology. Beyond these requirements, the specific adjunct and major elective courses required vary depending upon the major and area of concentration.
Adjunct and Major Elective Course Requirements for the B.S. in Environmental Science (Biological Sciences Concentration):
Adjunct and Major Elective Course Requirements for the B.A. in Environmental Studies (Humanities Concentration):
Adjunct and Major Elective Course Requirements for the B.A. in Environmental Studies (Social Science Concentration):
The culmination of the major and minor is a senior experience (capstone) consisting either of an internship (ENVA A497), a research project (ENVA A498) or an independent study (ENVA A499). Students generally enroll for one of these options in their senior year and must submit a proposal for approval by the Environment Program Chair. The internship or research/independent study project will be directed by a participating Environment faculty member selected by the student.
The Senior Experience allows students to participate in a large spectrum of learning experiences that contribute to their environment education and prepare them for future work in environmental fields. Internships have included work with a variety of public agencies, private companies, and nonprofit organizations, including the Student Conservation Association, the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, the Audubon Nature Institute, the Crescent City Farmer’s Market, Hollygrove Market and Farm, and the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice. Research and independent study projects have included work on such topics as public lands issues, global climate change impacts, international environmental agreements, solid waste issues, deforestation, interstate water use agreements, corporate ethics, wetland loss, and alternative transportation.
Students are encouraged to broaden their environmental education and experiences in ecosystems and cultures outside the U.S. by taking advantage of Loyola’s numerous study abroad opportunities. Various summer and semester exchange programs exist for study in Costa Rica, Belize, India, New Zealand, Mexico, China, Europe and other locations. Students should consult with the Environment Program Chair prior to undertaking their study abroad program to assess the suitability of courses for use in their major or minor.
| Freshman | F | S | |
| Major | ENVA A105 | 3 | |
| Adjunct | BIOL A106/107 - A108/109 | 4 | 4 |
| Adjunct | CHEM A105/107 - 106/108 | 4 | 4 |
| Adjunct | MATH A257 | 4 | |
| Common Curriculum | First Year Seminar T121 | 3 | |
| Foreign Language | 3 | ||
| 15 | 14 | ||
| 29 | |||
| Sophomore | F | S | |
| Major | BIOL A208 - Concent./Major Elective | 3 | 3 or 4 |
| Adjunct | CHEM A300 - A302 | 3 | 2 |
| Adjunct | SOCI X235 - Philosophy | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| 15 | 14-15 | ||
| 29-30 | |||
| Junior | F | S | |
| Major | Concentration/Major Electives | 3 or 4 | 3 or 4 |
| Major | MATH A260 | 3 | |
| Elective | General Electives | 6 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| 15-16 | 15-16 | ||
| 30-31 | |||
| Senior | F | S | |
| Major | ENVA 497/498/499 | 3 | |
| Major | Concentration/Major Electives | 6-7 | 3 or 4 |
| Elective | General Electives | 6 | 6 |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 3 | |
| 15-16 | 15-16 | ||
| 30-31 | |||
| TOTAL: 120 hrs. |
| Freshman | F | S | |
| Major | ENVA A105 | 3 | |
| Adjunct | Natural Science/Philosophy | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 9 | 9 | |
| Common Curriculum | First Year Seminar T121 | 3 | |
| Foreign Language | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Sophomore | F | S | |
| Major | Concentration Courses | 3 | 3 |
| Adjunct | SOCI X235 - Philosophy/Nat. Sci | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 9 | 9 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Junior | F | S | |
| Major | Concentration Courses | 3 | 3 |
| Major | BIOL A208 - MATH A260 | 3 | 3 |
| Adjunct | Nat. Science/Social Science | 3 | 3 |
| Elective | General Electives | 6 | 6 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Senior | F | S | |
| Major | ENVA 497/498/499 | 3 | |
| Major | Concentration/Major Elective | 3 | 3 |
| Adjunct | Nat. Science/Soc. Science | 3 | |
| Elective | General Electives | 9 | 9 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| TOTAL: 120 hrs. |
| Freshman | F | S | |
| Major | ENVA A105 | 3 | |
| Adjunct | Natural Science/Philosophy | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 9 | 9 | |
| Common Curriculum | First Year Seminar T121 | 3 | |
| Foreign Language | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Sophomore | F | S | |
| Major | Concentration Courses | 3 | 3 |
| Adjunct | Nat. Sci/Humanities/Philosophy | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 9 | 9 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Junior | F | S | |
| Major | Concentration Courses | 3 | 3 |
| Major | BIOL A208 - MATH A260 | 3 | 3 |
| Adjunct | Nat. Science/Humanities | 3 | |
| Elective | General Electives | 6 | 6 |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Senior | F | S | |
| Major | ENVA 497/498/499 | 3 | |
| Major | Concentration/Major Elective | 3 | 3 |
| Adjunct | Nat. Science/Soc. Science | 3 | |
| Elective | General Electives | 9 | 9 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| TOTAL: 120 hrs. |
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Environment Program
ENVA A105 Foundations in Environmental Studies 3 crs.
Students explore the major questions of Environmental Studies through readings, class discussions, interaction with faculty and others working in the field, field observation, and through their own inquiry. This course is required of all Environmental Science and Environmental Studies majors.
ENVA A497 Internship 3 crs.
Students gain practical experience in environmental fields by conducting service learning-type projects or other volunteer work at some community, government, tourism, or non-government organization. It is expected that students will complete at least 120 hours of service. Internships typically require an off-campus director that oversees day-to-day activities and an on-campus faculty sponsor that acts as the liaison between the student, director and the Environment program. Prior to undertaking an internship, a proposal must be submitted for approval through an Environment program faculty member.
ENVA A498 Independent Research 3 crs.
Students work with a faculty advisor to conduct theoretical, field, and/or laboratory research in some aspect of Environmental Science or Environmental Studies. Typically, this involves identifying an original question in an environmental topic, collecting and analyzing data, and preparing a written report of the findings. Prior to undertaking independent research, a proposal must be submitted for approval through an Environment program faculty member.
ENVA A499 Independent Study 3 crs.
Students work with a faculty advisor to conduct formal supervised activities providing educational experiences focused on some aspect of Environmental Studies or Environmental Science. A variety of experiences are possible here, so the student must work closely with a faculty advisor to identify specific requirements for completion of this effort. Prior to undertaking independent study, a proposal must be submitted for approval through an Environment program faculty member.
Because the Environment program is interdisciplinary, there are courses within other departments which satisfy its requirements. These courses, along with courses specific to the Environment program are listed alphabetically by department below.
BIOL A106 Cells and Heredity 3 crs.
This course emphasizes the principles and concepts of chemical, cellular, and genetic processes common to all life. Topics include the scientific method, basic chemical concepts, macromolecules, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure, membrane structure, energy and metabolism, meiosis, mitosis, Mendelian inheritance, and the Central Dogma.
Prerequisite: Eligibility to enroll in MATH A257, evidenced by completion of MATH A118, or Prerequisite ACT/SAT test scores.
Co-requisite: BIOL A107
BIOL A107 Cells and Heredity Lab 1 cr.
Students investigate the scientific method, basic chemical concepts, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure and function, Mendelian inheritance, and the structure, function, and technological uses of DNA. This laboratory course emphasizes student-designed experiments, data collection and analysis, oral and written presentation, and the use of the scientific literature. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: Eligibility to enroll in MATH A257, evidenced by completion of MATH A118, or Prerequisite ACT/SAT test scores.
Corequisite: BIOL A106
BIOL A108 Biology of Organisms 3 crs.
This course compares the biology of microbes, plants, and animals focusing on morphology, physiology, reproduction, and natural history.
Prerequisite: BIOL A106, BIOL A107
Co-requisite: BIOL A109
BIOL A109 Biology of Organisms Lab 1 cr.
This course examines the diversity of life through field trips, demonstrations, dissections, and experimental activities. Form and function of microbes, plants, and animals will be compared to demonstrate how organisms have adapted to their environments. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: BIOL A106.
Co-requisites: BIOL A108, A110.
BIOL A118 Tropical Ecology 3 crs.
Two weeks will be spent in the field in Belize, Guatemala, or Trinidad studying the plants and animals in several different ecological zones: coral reefs, pine savannah, rain forest, and mangrove swamps. A paper on the ecology of the area will be written after returning from the expedition.
BIOL A208 Ecology and Evolution 3 crs.
This course introduces current concepts and principles of ecology and evolution. Animal behavior, populations, communities, ecosystems, biogeography, natural selection, speciation, the history of life, human evolution, and other topics will be studied through lectures, readings, discussion, and a field trip.
Prerequisites: BIOL A106 — A109.
BIOL Z230 Human Ecology 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern
This course is a consideration of the basic concepts of ecology, including the nature of ecosystems, energy flow, biogeochemical cycles, and characteristics of populations and communities of organisms. The role of humans in the ecosphere will be emphasized, with particular attention to human population problems, food production, and pollution problems.
Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites: Sophomore standing or completion of an Introductory Common Curriculum course in the Natural Sciences is required.
BIOL Z236 Evolution 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern
This course examines the issues relating to the changes in life forms during the history of life on earth. Concepts are illustrated using examples from living systems and the fossil record. Human evolution also is considered. Designed for non-biology students.
Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites: Sophomore standing or completion of an Introductory Common Curriculum course in the Natural Sciences is required.
BIOL Z237 Marine Biology & Conservation 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern
This course examines diversity, physiology, ecology, and conservation of microbes, plants, and animals that live in the marine environment. Emphasis is placed on how marine organisms have adapted to living in their environment and how humans depend upon and affect marine ecosystems. Participation in a weekend fieldtrip is required.
Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites: Sophomore standing or completion of an Introductory Common Curriculum course in the Natural Sciences is required.
BIOL Z244 Mississippi River Delta Ecology 3 crs.
This course is a basic study of the ecology of the Mississippi River deltaic plain. Emphasis is on the importance of coastal erosion, accompanied by study of the physical and biological aspects of the Mississippi River, its delta, estuaries, and their habitats, flora and fauna, and relevant environmental issues. The course is designed to enhance the student’s understanding of the relevance of the ecology of the Mississippi River Delta to the activities of humans.
Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites: Sophomore standing or completion of an Introductory Common Curriculum course in the Natural Sciences is required.
BIOL Z264 Global Ecology 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern
This course is a consideration of the basic concepts of ecology, including the nature of ecosystems, energy flow, biogeochemical cycles, and characteristics of populations and communities of organisms. The role of humans in the ecosphere will be emphasized, with particular attention to human population problems, food production, and pollution problems.
Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites: Sophomore standing or completion of an Introductory Common Curriculum course in the Natural Sciences is required.
BIOL A324 Evolutionary Biology 3 crs.
This course for majors addresses topics in Darwinian evolution, mechanisms of evolutionary change and speciation, life history characters, and others. Emphasis is placed on an understanding of how evidence from various disciplines such as morphology, genetics, ecology, development, and geology supports the evolutionary synthesis.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
BIOL A330 Ecology 3 crs.
Basic ecological principles and concepts are considered including the nature of the ecosystem, energy flow, biogeochemical cycles, and the ecology of populations and communities.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A331.
BIOL A331 Ecology Lab 1 cr.
Field and laboratory experience that meets four to five hours per week in conjunction with BIOL A330. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A330.
BIOL A334 Biology of Fishes 3 crs.
This course examines phylogenetic relationships, functional morphology, physiology, sensory biology, reproduction, behavior, ecology, biogeography, and conservation of fishes. Special emphasis will be placed on identification and natural history of Louisiana’s freshwater and marine fishes through field trips and laboratory exercises.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A335.
BIOL A335 Biology of Fishes Lab 1 cr.
Field and laboratory experience that meets three hours per week in conjunction with BIOL A334. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A334.
BIOL A338 Plant Ecology 3 crs
An introduction to the quantitative study of plants and their environment. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the functional ecology of individual plants and vegetation in terrestrial ecosystems.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses, co-requisite BIOL A339
BIOL A339 Plant Ecology Lab 1 cr
Laboratory course accompanying BIOL A338, will expose students to modern field and laboratory techniques in plant physiological ecology. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses, co-requisite BIOL A338
BIOL A346 Herpetology Lab 2 crs.
Field and laboratory experience that meets six hours per week in conjunction with BIOL A345. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A345.
BIOL A355 Conservation Biology 3 crs.
The study of the conservation of biodiversity based in the principles of ecology, evolution, and genetics. The primary goal is to understand natural ecological systems in the context of a human dominated world to learn to best maintain biological diversity in concert with an exploding human population. This is accomplished through lecture, socratic discussion, and videos.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
BIOL A356 Aquatic Microbiology 3 crs.
An introduction to the study of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes as well as viruses in the aquatic environment. The course emphasizes the functional role of microbes in aquatic habitats, the relationship of microbial biodiversity to environmental gradients and the interaction of aquatic microbes with human affairs.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A357.
BIOL A357 Aquatic Microbiology Lab 1 cr.
Field and laboratory experience that meets three hours per week in conjunction with BIOL A356. Students are exposed to modern field and laboratory techniques used with prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes from aquatic habitats. Field trips will emphasize local freshwater and estuarine environments. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: completion of biology core courses.
Co-requisite: BIOL A356.
CHEM T122 Introduction to Chemistry 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Introductory
This course is an introduction to chemistry for non-scientists that they may be concerned, clear thinking citizens. In a complex scientific and technological society, an average person must be able to understand chemistry-related problems, e.g., food, energy, pollution, ozone depletion, global warming, space exploration, drugs, medicinals, genetic engineering, and even life itself.
CHEM A105 General Chemistry I Lecture 3 crs.
This course is a basic one-year course in the fundamental principles of general chemistry. This is the first chemistry course for all science majors and includes the development of modern atomic theory, chemical bonding and structure, and the nature of matter and physical states. Included is an introduction to thermodynamics and kinetics with a more thorough development of equilibria concepts. Descriptive chemistry is liberally sprinkled throughout the course.
Prerequisite: eligibility to take MATH A257.
Co-requisite: CHEM A107.
CHEM A106 General Chemistry II Lecture 3 crs.
Same description as CHEM A105.
Prerequisite: CHEM A105, CHEM A107.
Co-requisite: CHEM A108.
CHEM A107 General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 cr.
This lab involves experiments to accompany General Chemistry Lecture. One three-hour laboratory period per week. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: CHEM A105 or co-registration in CHEM A105.
CHEM A108 General Chemistry II Laboratory 1 cr.
Same description as CHEM A107. Also includes qualitative analysis. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: CHEM A106, CHEM A107, or co-registration in CHEM A106.
CHEM A300 Organic Chemistry I Lecture 3 crs.
This is an intensive course in organic chemistry covering structural theory, organic reaction mechanisms, stereochemistry, and reactions of organic compounds.
Prerequisite: CHEM A105 — A108 or permission of department chair.
CHEM A302 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory 2 crs.
This is a laboratory course to accompany CHEM A300 — A301. Introduction to laboratory techniques of organic chemistry: preparations, separations, and identification of organic compounds. Two three-hour laboratory periods per week. Lab fee $100.
Prerequisite: CHEM A300 or co-registration in CHEM A300.
ENGL V281 The Literature of Nature 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
Humans' encounter with nature has produced some of the most lasting literature in the world. This course examines texts from early to contemporary nature writers, such as John James Audubon to John McPhee and Terry Tempest Williams. Students will also study and practice the craft of Nature writing.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
ENGL A394 Literature and Environment
This course explores the intersections of culture, ecology, and literary discourse. In an effort to determine how particular narratives reflect, influence, and often define senses of place, space and region, this course considers representations of "environment" both in and as literary texts. Works may include those from St. Augustine, Thomas Hariot, Charlotte Smith, Rachel Carson, Don Delillo, Edward Abbey, Anne Proulx, Ursula LeGuin, and Mike Tidwell.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205.
ENGL A487 Contemporary Critical Issues 3 crs.
Under this heading, various courses will be offered that focus on different contemporary issues in literary criticism and theory.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122 or A205; junior standing.
CMMN A475 Environmental Communications 3 crs.
Presents an overview of how environmental information is expressed in mass communications and associated theory of the field. Important environmental theory and issues will be discussed. Students will use and sharpen their writing skills, learn how to evaluate scientific information, and study issues with conflicting data.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing.
MATH Z132 Problem Solving in Ecology 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern
This course in environmental problem solving teaches students how to use relatively simple mathematical methods (often of the "back-of-the-envelope" type) to understand how planet Earth and its inhabitants interact. The problems will deal with issues such as pollution, the exhausting of fossil fuel resources, resources, and over-population.
MATH A260 Statistical Inference for Scientists 3 crs.
This is a first course in statistical methods for science students. Emphasis centers on the practical application of statistical inference and estimation in the quest for scientific knowledge. Topics include exploratory data analysis, techniques for data collection, summarization, and presentation, graphical techniques and numerical measures, the role of the Normal distribution, regression and correlation analysis, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, the analysis of variance, and distribution-free methods.
Prerequisites: MATH A257 or equivalent.
PHIL V243 Environmental Philosophy 3 crs.
Common Curriculum; Humanities/Arts Modern
This course offers an overview of the environmental crisis and evaluates the leading contemporary philosophical accounts of both the origins of the crisis and the ethical orientations needed for its resolution.
PHIL V245 Environmental Ethics 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
The course will address the question: “What are our moral responsibilities in relation to the earth, ecosystems and eco-communities, other species and life forms, and future generations?” It discusses major theories in environmental ethics, consider the many dimensions of global ecological crisis, and examine carefully a number of important contemporary issues in environmental ethics.
PHIL V267 Technology and Human Values 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
A study of the relationships among technology, social change, and human values, this course includes analyses of several visions of the promises and threats of technology and a survey of the history of technology. Other topics include human nature, freedom, the impact of technology upon nature, and alternative technologies.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122
RELS A368 Christianity and the Environment 3 crs
This course will involve participants in an investigation of the developing understanding of the universe and Earth as divine manifestation and salvation history. We will focus particularly on the Creation-affirming tradition within the Christian tradition and discern its capacity to inform contemporary scientific perspectives and interpretations with an appreciation and articulation of their sacred dimension.
RELS A470 The Spirituality of the Nature Writers 3 crs
We are increasingly aware of nature's impression upon us - of its profound meaning and influence on our physical, psychic and spiritual well-being. Here is our first experience of delight and ecstacy, awe and wonder, of the sacred, of our spirituality, of the Creator. Thus, anyone who would seek self-understanding, creativity, wisdom, fulfillment, spirituality, not to mention a relationship with God, has direct, unmediated access through the experience of the natural world.
SOCI X235 Environment and Society 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This course explores the relationship of humans and their societies to the natural environment. Integrating both scientific and philosophical viewpoints, this course focuses on introducing students to the basic concepts, ecological philosophies, political strategies, and social history of the U.S. environmental movement.
SOCI X236 Global Environmental Crisis 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This course is a general exploration of the major ecological problems facing the planet today and their relationship to globalization trends and patterns of social inequality. Topics such as global warming, ozone destruction, acid rain, declining energy resources, overpopulation, hunger, soil erosion, deforestation, species extinction, solid and hazardous wastes, and general pollution issues are critically examined.
SOCI A285 Sociology of Disaster 3 crs.
“Disasters” are traumatic events that interrupts the everyday functioning of communities in a wide variety of ways. This course explores a broad scope of different kinds of disasters, with a focus on the anthropogenic aspects of their causes and effects. We will, of course, be discussing New Orleans’ ongoing recovery (or lack thereof) from Hurricane Katrina throughout the semester, drawing from our readings about other disasters to help us understand what has happened to New Orleans and why.
CHAIR: David W. Moore, Ph.D., Office: 428 Bobet Hall
PROFESSORS: Maurice P. Brungardt, Bernard A. Cook, Mark F. Fernandez
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: Sara M. Butler, Robert S. Gerlich, S.J, David W. Moore
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS: Katherine G. V. Fidler, Behrooz Moazami, John P. Nielsen, Justin A. Nystrom, Lori F. Ranner, Rian R. Thum
PROFESSORS EMERITAE/I: Nancy Fix Anderson, Leo A. Nicoll, S.J., James J. Pillar, O.M.I., Mary Grace Swift, O.S.U.
EXTRAORDINARY FACULTY: Waitman W. Beorn, Adrian J. De Gifis, Eric M. Hardy
PART-TIME FACULTY: Judith L. Hunt, Cyril M. Lagvanec, Christi K. Sumich, Gene S. Yeager
WEB PAGE: chn.loyno.edu/history/
History at Loyola is an integral part of the university’s liberal arts program. By offering students the indispensable context for evaluating contemporary problems, the challenges of human existence are brought into sharper focus. Students are thus able to examine proposed solutions from within the framework of human experience.
Guiding the students intellectual formation is a dedicated history faculty. As professional educators and researchers they are engaged in the quest for knowledge through continual research and active scholarship. In addition to classroom teaching, faculty members serve as academic advisers, counseling history majors in their course selections and career planning. Students are strongly encouraged to keep in close contact with their advisers.
Courses are designed to develop habits of inquiry and judgment. Students come to appreciate the ebb and flow of human history in all its complexity. Cultural, religious, and social values that echo economic and political developments are all subject to careful and reflective investigation.
Departmental course offerings reflect the broad expertise of the history faculty and treat such diverse areas as American, European, Asian, Middle Eastern, and African history, with thematic courses in intellectual, social, legal, political, and military, as well as African-American, church, and women’s histories. In addition, the department offers a variety of internships for qualified students interested in museum or archival work.
Students play an active role in the life of the department. Input from our history majors is welcomed by the faculty, as it provides an interchange of ideas that is most helpful in planning and developing courses. The Loyola University Student Historical Association (LUSHA) plans department activities from speakers and career seminars to picnics and (historical) movie nights.
An undergraduate degree in history is a valuable preparation for careers in a number of fields: law, Foreign Service, politics, journalism, publishing, public relations, teaching, religious ministry, and naturally, historical research and writing. Moreover, historical studies serves as an indispensable adjunct to the humanities and the social sciences. History also plays an important role in the growing number of Interdisciplinary Programs and minors at Loyola. It is a prominent part of American Studies, Africana Studies, Asian Studies, Catholic Studies, Latin American Studies, Legal Studies, Medieval Studies, Middle East Peace Studies, Women’s Studies, and the Center for the Study of New Orleans.
Traditionally, large numbers of history graduates have sought careers in business and in education. The faculty adviser can recommend specific business courses that will allow the student to obtain a minor in business and thus form the basis of work necessary to enter an M.B.A. program. The adviser likewise can recommend courses that will help prepare the student who intends to enter an education program after graduation.
In order to graduate with a degree in history, a student must earn 37 credit hours in the major, including the two World Civilizations courses required of all students. The student must maintain an overall 2.0 GPA as well as a 2.0 departmental GPA.
History majors are required to take HIST A202 (Historical Methods Lab), usually in conjunction with HIST A200 or A201 and ordinarily in the first year. It is a 1 credit requirement for the degree.
Area Requirements Within the Major: In addition to HIST T122/124, HIST A200/201/202, and HIST A400, history majors must take at least three credit hours in U.S. history, three credit hours in pre-modern history (not to include HIST T122), three credit hours in European history, and six credit hours in non-U.S./European history. The student can choose the areas of the remaining nine required history credit hours.
Departmental Comprehensive: Students participate in an evaluation of the progress they have made in the study of history at Loyola. An important element in that evaluation is the Departmental Comprehensive that all students nearing graduation are required to take.
In addition to its regular History major, the Department also offers a special History Pre-Law major. The Department formulated the History Pre-Law major in response to advice offered by the American Bar Association to those seeking admission to law school. Courses in that curriculum place priority on problem-solving, research skills, historical analysis, global studies, and the students' ability to construct a logical, persuasive argument on their feet. The Department offers not only a wide variety of legal history courses covering law from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to modern-day America, it also provides students with an opportunity to take 3 credit hours in "Global Issues," a class dedicated to formal debates on current events in order to prepare them for the courtroom experience.
History majors wishing to earn a "departmental honors in history" designation that will appear on their Official Transcripts should have a 3.3 Loyola GPA and a 3.5 GPA in history in order to qualify. Coursework for the "departmental honors in history" consists of the writing of a thesis or the creation of a project, under the supervision of a faculty mentor, during the two semesters prior to graduation. For further information, contact the history chair.
Student achievement is also recognized by Phi Alpha Theta, a national history honor society. Membership in the campus chapter, Pi Chi, is open to students who have a 3.1 GPA in 12 or more hours of history, and a 3.0 GPA in their non-history courses. Among the many activities of this honor society is the annual publication of the Student Historical Journal, available in hard copy and online at www.loyno.edu/~shj/
The history department has established internships with a number of local museums and manuscript collections, including the Louisiana State Museum, The Historic New Orleans Collection, The WWII (D-Day) Museum, and the Amistad Collection. Students interested in careers in public history are encouraged to schedule such an internship. A student ordinarily must have achieved junior status before applying for an internship. Only three internship credits can be used in the Major.
The student’s academic adviser will suggest courses in the social sciences and humanities that will complement the student’s interests and areas of concentration. Students intending to enter graduate school are strongly advised to complete the 200 level of a foreign language.
| Freshman |
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| Major | HIST T122 — T124 |
3
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3
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| Foreign Language |
3
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3
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| Common Curriculum |
6
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6
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| Major | HIST A200 — A201 |
3
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3
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| Major | HIST A202 |
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0
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16
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15
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31
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| Sophomore |
F
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S
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| Major |
3
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3
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| Adjunct/Electives |
6
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6
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| Common Curriculum |
3
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3
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15
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15
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30
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F
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S
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| Major | HIST Non-U.S., Non-European Electives |
3
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3
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| Major | HIST U.S. Elective, European Elective |
3
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3
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| Adjunct/Electives |
3
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3
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6
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6
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15
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15
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30
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| Major | HIST A400 — HIST Elective |
3
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3
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| Major | HIST Electives |
3
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3
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| Common Curriculum |
3
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3
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6
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5
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15
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14
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*At least one history course, not including T122, must be pre-modern.
View History Course Descriptions
(View Common Curriculum Requirements.)
HIST A200 U.S. History to 1865 3 crs.
This course covers the exploration, the colonial experience, independence, the new republic, Jacksonian democracy, expansion, abolitionism, and the Civil War. The emphasis of the course is not only political but economic, social, and intellectual as well.
HIST A201 U.S. History from 1865 3 crs.
This course discusses the Reconstruction era, the Gilded Age, imperialism, progressivism, WWI, the ’20s, the New Deal, WWII, the Cold War, the new frontiers, the Great Society, and contemporary America. The emphasis of the course is not only political but economic, social, and intellectual as well.
HIST A202 Historical Methods Lab 3 crs.
A one-hour laboratory taken either freshman or sophomore year, with exceptions for transfer students. Linked with HIST A200, the lab director handles the basic tasks of teaching historical methods while the instructor of the survey would grade the research paper.
HIST A220 Latin America I 3 crs.
This course is a survey of pre-Columbian civilizations; European discovery and conquest; structure and problems of empire in Spanish and Portuguese America; the influence of the church; and the struggle for independence.
HIST A221 Modern Latin America 3 crs.
This course is a socio-economic, cultural, and political analysis of Latin American Republics since 1820. Emphasis is on the development of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Topics include problems and prospects, clash between the traditional and the modern, conflicts between church and state, and inter-American relations.
HIST A230 U.S. Legal History I 3 crs.
The major developments in American legal history from the Colonial period to the Civil War are discussed.
HIST A231 U.S. Legal History II 3 crs.
The major developments in American legal history from 1865 through the 20th century are discussed.
HIST A232 American Trials 3 crs.
This course focuses on famous American trials and uses them as a means to examine the broader historical context in which they took place. We will pay particular attention to why these trials captured the public’s attention at the time they occurred and why they still have a hold on the popular imagination today.
HIST A240 History of New Orleans 3 crs.
This course will not only explore the historical forces that have transformed New Orleans into one of the world's most distinctive cities, but also the ways in which the Crescent City has played an important role in shaping the broader historical events of both region and nation. Students will emerge from this course with a firm understanding of how diverse factors such as geography, economics, culture, ethnicity, and politics have produced New Orleans as we know it today.
HIST A245 Louisiana History 3 crs.
This course covers the political, economic, and social development of Louisiana from the colonial period to the present.
HIST A248 U.S. Military History 3 crs.
This course examines U.S. military policy from the American Revolution to the Cold War; the causes, events, and effects of major American conflicts; and the role of the military in American society and thought during the past two centuries.
HIST A260 Modern European Women’s History 3 crs.
This course will examine the history of European women from the 18th century to the present. It will analyze the diversities of women’s experiences based on nationality, class, and religion and will focus on women’s work, political and legal rights, sexuality, and on the impact of wars, revolutions, and movements such as nazism and communism.
HIST A276 African-American History to 1865 3 crs.
This course is a survey of the African-American experience from the African background to the end of the Civil War. It will focus on African-Americans’ quest for the American dream and how they attempted to deal with the problems and challenges posed by enslavement and racism.
HIST A277 African-American History Since 1865 3 crs.
This course is a study of the African-American experience since the Civil War. Students will examine the nature and effects of the changes wrought by the Civil War and Reconstruction. The course will address the themes of change and continuity in the black experience, the struggles against Jim Crow, the civil rights struggles, and post-civil rights developments.
HIST A287 EAST ASIAN HISTORY 3 crs.
This course is an introductory survey of the history of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. It is a required course for all Asian Studies majors and minors. Students will study the cultural, literary, philosophical, and religious traditions of Asia as well as the historical conflicts that arose among the various Asian civilizations. The purpose of the course is to prepare students to study more in depth the civilizations of Asia, especially China and Japan, and provide a foundation for an understanding of modern Asia. The history of the development of international relations and the varied Asian responses to the West will be important themes discussed in class sessions. Students will also view and discuss video documentaries and film selections that illustrate how historical events influence art.
HIST A288 History of the Middle East I 3 crs.
This course traces the major developments in the Middle East from the 7th to the 16th centuries. This period witnessed the transition to Islam in the Arabian Peninsula and its spread throughout the wider Middle East. Accordingly, we will study how Muslims shaped a unified civilization and interacted with non-Muslim communities and polities.
HIST A289 History of the Middle East II 3 crs.
This course is a continuation of Middle East I. It explores the main patterns and events that shaped the modern Middle East from the 16th century to the present, paying particular attention to the expansion of empire, the transformation of economies and institutions, changing gender relations, and conflicts over territory.
HIST A300 Ancient History 3 crs.
This course discusses the political, social, religious, economic, and cultural development of western culture from the Sumerians to the Romans.
HIST A304 Early Christianity 3 crs.
This course examines the apostolic age; geographical expansion; persecutions; organizational developments; early heresies; councils of Nicaea, Ephesus, and Chalcedon; popular piety; church-state relations; rise of Monasticism.
HIST A305 Medieval Crime and Community 3 crs.
This course explores the interaction between the development of criminal law and social change in the late medieval period. Classes will be organized thematically and will focus on a broad range of subjects, from trial by ordeal to sanctuary. Emphasis will be placed on the creative ways litigants and jurors manipulated the law courts to their best advantage.
HIST A306 Middle Ages 3 crs.
European social, political, and cultural institutions from the fall of Rome to the 15th century will be examined.
HIST A307 Saints & Demons in Medieval Europe 3 crs.
The medieval church played a central role influencing the lives of Western Christians. This course examines the depth of that influence. Particular emphasis is placed on forms of religious expression, the development of ecclesiastical organization and hierarchy, the role of the church in everyday life, canon law, and lay involvement in the church.
HIST A308 Age of Renaissance 3 crs.
This course is a study of the social, political, economic, and intellectual developments of the Renaissance. Shifting attitudes mark a transition from the medieval to the early modern world and prepare the way for the upheavals of the Age of Reformation.
HIST A310 Age of Reformation 3 crs.
Discussions examine the shift in religious sensibilities in light of new economic, intellectual, and political developments. It treats the unique responses of Protestant and Catholic reformations.
HIST A315 Western Intellectual History 3 crs.
This course traces the history of western ideas, dealing with the major intellectual developments from the pre-Socratic Greeks to the crisis of European thought in the 19th century.
HIST A317 History of Genocide 3 crs.
This course will examine the nature of genocide. It will concentrate on episodes of genocide in the twentieth and twenty-first century. It will investigate distant and proximate roots of specific genocidal episodes in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas and the course and consequences of specific acts of genocide. It will consider responses to genocide and strategies for combating genocide.
HIST A320 Modern Europe 1648-1815 3 crs.
From Europe after Westphalia to the Congress of Vienna, the course includes the Enlightenment and the French Revolution.
HIST A321 Modern Europe 1815 — 1914 3 crs.
This course covers the Congress of Vienna, era of revolutions, liberalism, nationalism, socialism, German and Italian unification, and the origins of World War I.
HIST A322 Modern Europe 1914 — 1945 3 crs.
World War I, the Russian revolution, Fascism, Nazism, and the origins of World War II will be examined.
HIST A323 Modern Europe 1945 — Present 3 crs.
Cold War; recovery; and political, economic, and social developments will be examined.
HIST A327 Hitler and Nazi Germany 3 crs.
This course will trace the development of Hitler through his rise to power to his subordination of Germany to his dictatorship. It will examine the character of the Nazi state, its monopolization of power through terror, its racial agenda, its aggressive ethnic imperialism, and its ultimate defeat as a result of hubristic over-extension.
HIST A328 The Holocaust 3 crs.
A history of the anti-Semitism of the Nazi regime in Germany, its anti-Semitic measures, and finally its genocidal assault on the Jews of Europe. The origins of German and Nazi anti-Semitism, the course of Nazi anti-Semitic policy, and the consequences of the Holocaust will be examined.
HIST A330 Colonial America 3 crs.
This course explores the establishment of colonies in North America. Economic, political, social, and intellectual developments from prehistory to the end of the Seven Years’ War (1763) will be discussed.
HIST A332 Revolutionary America 1753 — 1815 3 crs.
This course considers the impact of revolutionary change in North America from the time of the Revolution to the end of the War of 1812. The course will explore the economic, political, social, and intellectual questions facing Americans from the beginnings of the drive to Independence through the formative years of nationhood.
HIST A334 Age of Jackson 1815 — 1845 3 crs.
This course is a study of the emerging conflict of nationalism and sectionalism in American democracy, including the conflicting theories of Jacksonian democracy.
HIST A336 History of the Old South 3 crs.
This course discusses the origins and evolution of the Old South as a distinctive region and section from its colonization through the collapse of the Confederacy.
HIST A337 The New South 3 crs.
This course is an investigation of the history of the New South. The course will ponder the definition of "New South," the New South Creed, and development of the South as a distinctive region from the collapse of the Confederacy to the Information Age.
HIST A338 Civil War and Reconstruction 3 crs.
This course covers 1845 — 1877 through examination of the forces leading to sectional conflict and to reestablishment of the Union.
HIST A340 U.S.: Gilded and Progressive Eras 3 crs.
This course is a study of America’s industrial age and emergence as a world power in the period 1877 — 1914. Emphasis, too, is on the reaction and reform which these changes brought about, e.g., the decline of laissez faire thought and the genteel tradition, and the rise of the Populist and Progressive movements.
HIST A342 U.S.: The ’20s and ’30s 3 crs.
This course is a study of America from 1914 to 1941; from the peak of optimism and the Progressive Movement to disillusionment and the brink of a second world war; from incredible prosperity to more incredible depression. Emphasis is on the social, political, and intellectual responses to the period’s tremendous economic, cultural, and technological changes.
HIST A343 U.S.: WWII to Present 3 crs.
This course is a study of America from 1941 to the present, including WWII, the Cold War, the hot wars of Korea and Vietnam, and the increasingly active foreign policy of the period. At home, it includes the problems of adjustment to the postwar world and to unprecedented affluence–in general to the vast changes of the past five decades.
HIST A347 The Early American West 3crs.
This course will survey the history of the early American West from its colonial origins to 1890. Special emphasis will be placed on the role of the West in the historical imagination.
HIST A349 Africa to 1880 3crs.
This course is a survey of the history of Africa from the earliest times. It will examine the evolution of African societies and states and interactions between Africans and the outside world.
HIST A350 Africa 1880 to Present 3 crs.
This course covers the interaction of Africa with the West. It also examines the processes and structures of colonialism, African reactions to colonialism, nationalist movements, and the economic and political structures of independent African states.
HIST A352 Women in African History 3 crs.
This course looks at women in African history from ancient times to the present, focusing on how religious practices, colonialism, and social class have impacted their lives. We will examine the construction of gender, social systems, reproduction, women’s exercise of power, and the attempt to control of the bodies of women and girls.
HIST-A360 Punishment and Power in Modern Japan 3 crs.
This course will cover the penal practices used in Japan from the 17th century to modern times. It will explore how changes in the law related to the country’s desire to conform to Western legal standards in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Japanese prison system, “thought control” and the legal implications of the Allied Occupation will also be studied.
HIST A375 Eastern European History 3 crs.
This course is a study of the political, social, economic, religious, and cultural life of the peoples of Eastern Europe, (Poles, Czechs, Austrians, Hungarians, Romanians, Bulgarians, Yugoslavs, and Greeks) from 1500 to the present with an emphasis on the 20th century.
HIST A381 English History to 1688 3 crs.
This course is a study of political, social, cultural, and religious developments in England from the Roman Conquest to the Revolution of 1688. The focus will be on the emergence of Parliament and the English common law.
HIST A382 English History, 1688 to Present 3 crs.
This course is an analysis of the transformation of English society from 18th-century aristocratic dominance and the rise of the middle classes in the 19th century to the emergence of working-class power and the establishment of the welfare state in the 20th century. The changing role of England as a world power will also be examined.
HIST A390 Chinese History I 3 crs.
How the Chinese have viewed themselves, historically, politically, social-economically, religiously, and aesthetically from the Hsiao Dynasty c. 2200 B.C. to the Ming Dynasty 1640.
HIST A391 Chinese History II 3 crs.
This course concerns how the Chinese continued to view themselves in relation to their earlier history and how the coming of the West influenced the Ching Dynasty (1644 — 1911) and the subsequent experience of the Chinese in the 20th century.
HIST A392 Japanese History I 3 crs.
Pre-Buddhistic Japan of the Jomon and Yayoi Eras, Nara, the "Golden Age" of Heian, the emergence of the Samurai in the Kamakura Era, Ashikaga Shogunate, and the arrival of the West are discussed in the course. Stress is given to the religious, political, and cultural life of Japan between c. 500 B.C. and 1600 A.D.
HIST A393 Japanese History II 3 crs.
This course examines the Tokugawa Era (1600 — 1868), the impact of the West and the subsequent emergence of Japan as a modern nation in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras. Stress is placed on the unique experience the Japanese have had, especially in their fine arts and culture.
HIST A400 Historiography 3 crs.
This course is a study of the meaning of history through the eyes of philosophers, theologians, and historians; it studies both philosophies of history and the various approaches to historical investigation. Required of all students with a concentration in history.
HIST A404 New Orleans’ Oral Histories 3 crs.
The focus of this course will vary each semester. The class uses the methodology of oral history to explore an aspect of the history of New Orleans through interviews. Students use A/V equipment to preserve their interviews and they will use the information they gathered to write term papers and produce documentaries.
HIST A405 Early American Indians 3 crs.
This course will survey the history of North American Indians from the earliest periods of prehistory to the "closing" of the American frontier in 1890. Using the methodology of ethnohistory, the course will explore the history and culture of the diverse Indian peoples of early America as well as their interaction with other ethnic groups.
HIST A410 History of Mexico 3 crs.
This course covers the history of Mexico from Aztec times to the present. Emphasis on dominant social, economic, and cultural trends.
HIST A414 Northern South America 3 crs.
This course covers the history of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador including pre-Columbian past, Spanish Conquest, Colonial Period, 19th and 20th century. Emphasis is on dominant political, social, economic, and cultural trends. The course surveys the impact of the gold, cacao, oil, coffee, and drug economies. Studies will include liberalism, conservatism, and radical challenges to the established order.
HIST A422 Victorian Culture and Society 3 crs.
This course is an interdisciplinary analysis of English culture and society in the 19th century. The emphasis will be on the formation of and challenges to Victorian values. Sexual morals, family dynamics, the role of women, class attitudes, education, and religion will be examined. Literature, art, and music will be integral parts of the course.
HIST A425 Modern Russia 3 crs.
This course is a study of modern Russia with emphasis on the 20th century.
HIST A435 Modern Germany Since 1866 3 crs.
This course covers unification to the present: Bismarck, World War I, revolution, Hitler, World War II, and post-war German developments.
HIST A440 African and Black Diaspora 3 crs.
This course is a study of the history of blacks in Diaspora. It will focus on a comparative examination of the black experience in different locations -- the U.S., Latin America, Africa, and the Carribean.
HIST A442 History of Southern Africa 3 crs.
An historical survey of developments in Southern Africa. The evolution and growth of societies and states, economic, social, and political developments, external interventions, and impacts on race relations.
HIST A493 Directed Reading Course 3 crs.
Course content varies but is keyed to student and faculty interests in relevant professional topics.
HIST A496 Seminar/Workshop arr.
A seminar is a supervised group of students sharing the results of their research on a common topic. A workshop is a supervised group of students participating in a common effort.
HIST A497 Internship/ Practicum arr.
An internship is supervised practical experience. A practicum is supervised practical application of previously studied theory. Specific intern programs provide practical experience in archival and museum work.
HIST A498 Research Project arr.
This project focuses on empirical or historical investigation, culminating in a written report.
HIST A499 Independent Study arr.
HIST H233 Honors World Civilization I: to 1650 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: University Honors Program
This course is designed for university honors students. It intends to communicate the essential facts and generalizations of African, American, Asian, and European history from the dawn of humanities until 1650. The course aims to exercise the student’s ability to think and write historically, logically, critically, and synthetically.
HIST H234 Honors World Civilization II: from 1650 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: University Honors Program
This course is designed for university honors students. It intends to communicate the essential facts and generalizations of African, American, Asian, and European history since 1650. The course aims to exercise the student’s ability to think and write historically, logically, critically, and synthetically.
HIST H235 Seminar in Global Issues 1.5 crs.
This is an honors course open to all students by invitation who want the challenge of engaging macro questions of the human experience within the context of different moral and political values. The course is limited to 20 students and then only to second-semester freshmen through first-semester seniors. The course was created as a way to have an on-going process that would prepare Loyola’s most able students for success in scholarship and fellowship competitions.
HIST T122 World Civilization to 1650 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Introductory
This course aims to provide a universal perspective on the development of civilization up to 1650 and to study the people and values which have shaped our world.
HIST T124 World Civilization from 1650 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Introductory
This course is a continuation of HIST T122 and aims to study the people and values which have shaped our world from 1650 to the present day.
HIST W239 Catholics: Their History 3 crs.
This course is a study of the behavior of Catholics worldwide during the past 2,000 years–their religious, social, and cultural values and resulting actions. The course tries to elucidate the concrete results of the teachings of Christ and His followers on these Catholics.
HIST W240 Between Eve and Mary: Women in Medieval Europe 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Pre-modern
This class explores changes in women’s rights and roles in medieval society. Special emphasis is placed on the gap between prescription and reality, women’s contributions to medieval society, ideas and attitudes about women, and developments at the end of the medieval period to create a society tolerant of witchcraft persecutions.
HIST W255 Medieval Sex and Gender 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Pre-modern
Sex and gender are linked together throughout history as cultural constructs that evolve from a power relationship. In studying these aspects of a society, we are much better informed about its social mores, hierarchical relationships, even political strategies. Because many ideas about sex and gender developed in the Middle Ages, a study of these aspects will help students better appreciate modern values.
HIST W256 The Crusades 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Pre-modern
Muslim terrorists today see attacks on Westerners as a continuation of the Wars of the Cross; Westerners know very little about them and feel no sense of continuity. These attitudes are a legacy of the medieval period. For Europe, the Crusades were a positive experience, encouraging scholarship, economic expansion, and Christian solidarity. For Muslims, it hastened the fragmentation of an empire. A better understanding of the Crusades will illuminate current relations with the Middle East.
HIST W266 The Quest for Empire 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Pre-modern
Should early European explorers and colonists be remembered primarily as folk heroes or as slave-trading exploiters of other cultures? In this course, we will let the early explorers and colonists speak for themselves through the vivid writings they have left. Group discussion of primary sources will be an important part of the course.
HIST W276 Culture in Pre-Modern Japan 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course will introduce the history, literature, religion, and philosophy that formed Japanese culture from the 10th to the 12th century. English translations of contemporary texts by writers of the imperial court will be studied from a broad historical perspective. Students will attain an appreciation of Japanese culture as it has evolved from the classical period to the present.
HIST W286 Discovering Africa 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Pre-modern
This course focuses on the history of pre-colonial Africa from the Bantu migration to the beginnings of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. By exploring the wealth, diversity and complexity of early African societies, students will not only be better informed and educated, they will be intellectually prepared to challenge some of the sweeping generalizations and assumptions about contemporary Africa.
HIST X241 Drugs, Terrorism, and Democracy 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
The U.S. has a complex relationship with Latin America. This course seeks to explain the three most important issues in that relationship today–drugs, democracy, and terrorism–from the widely divergent perspectives of the two cultures.
HIST X243 Social Revolutions in Latin America 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This course analyzes social revolutions in Latin America including the 1910 Mexican Revolution, the 1959 Cuban Revolution, and the frustrated 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s revolutions in Central America. Works used are outstanding histories on the revolutions as well as recognized artistic works, including films, novels, and short stories. The course will consider the causes of revolutions, their leaders and ideology, their successes and failures, and the lessons to be learned.
HIST X246 American Revolution 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
Historians legitimately concern themselves with the nature of revolution, attending in large measure to the influence of impersonal factors. Using the American Revolution, the course will examine the reciprocal effect which certain people and revolution have had on each other. Motives, techniques, freedom of action, and alternatives available will be assessed.
HIST X254 Palestinians and Israelis 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
The course researches the cultural, religious, political, economic, and social values of and the relationships between the Palestinians and Israelis. The tensions resulting from the conflict are studied in their origins and evolution. The hopes of both peoples are evaluated, and the future is extrapolated.
HIST X256 American Heroes 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
The purpose of this course is to examine what constitutes a hero for Americans. The course will examine why people need heroes not only to survive but to progress and why in recent times people are becoming increasingly disillusioned with modern heroes.
HIST X260 WWI in History and Literature 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
After viewing the experiences of soldiers through novels and memoirs written by participants, students will consider what this war did to those who fought; how they viewed their experiences; how it altered their visions of themselves, society, and their governments; how they related to their own civilian compatriots and the enemy.
HIST X261 Autobiography as History 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
A study of important historical autobiographies, the course treats the literary genre of autobiography, the historical context of major autobiographical works, the use of autobiography as a historical document, and the practice of autobiography as a tool for understanding the self.
HIST X264 American Left in the 20th Century 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This course investigates the effects of the success of liberalism on values, views, and aspirations of Americans during this century–a time of affluence, the rise of mass culture, and the post industrial society. This course examines leftist criticism of liberalism during the 20th century.
HIST X270 The American Character 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This course is a study of those characteristics of American culture that seem to define America as unique among nations. It will concentrate on contemporary American values and politics, but will begin with the observations of Franklin and Crevecoeur and include the writings of contemporary journalists, historians, social scientists, novelists, travel writers, and foreign observers.
HIST X277 Culture in Early Modern Japan 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course will introduce the history, literature, religion and philosophy that formed Japanese culture from the 17th to the 19th century, when Japan witnessed the rise of the merchant class but government was still controlled by the samurai. English translations of historical and literary writings of the period will be used to give students a clearer insight into how Japanese cultural perspectives have evolved from early modern times to the present day.
HIST X278 Modern Japanese Culture 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course will explore the modern Japanese conflict between the desire to assimilate Western culture and the need to preserve traditional values. The Japanese and Western understanding of the individual and of the individual's place in society will also be explored. English translations of modern novels and essays will give students a clearer understanding of Japan's people and evolving culture.
HIST X280 African-American Culture and History 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This course studies the manner in which African-Americans have attempted to solve moral, religious, and pragmatic problems relating to the critical issue of survival in America from the colonial period to the present.
HIST X290 Women in American History 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
An exploration of the diverse historical experience of women in America from the colonial period to the present, the course will focus on changes in women’s work, legal and political status, education, religious experience, family life, and gender roles.
| Major (33 credit hours) |
Cr. Hours
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| Humanities Electives |
33
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| A student may select courses from English, foreign language, history*, music, philosophy, religious studies, and visual arts. A minimum of 18 credit hours and a maximum of 27 credit hours are required in one discipline. At least 18 credit hours in major courses must be upper division-level courses. | |
| Adjunct (12 credit hours) | |
| Social Sciences Electives |
9
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| A student may select courses from anthropology, criminal justice, history*, organizational behavior, political science, psychology, and sociology. | |
| Mathematics/Natural Sciences Elective |
3
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| A student may select from computer information systems, computer science, mathematics, and natural sciences. | |
| Core Courses (42 credit hours) |
42
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| Free Electives (33 credit hours) |
33
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| TOTAL CREDIT HOURS |
120
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(View Core Curriculum Requirements.)
CHAIR: Fr. William J. Farge, Ph.D., Office: 305 Bobet Hall
PROFESSORS: Eileen Doll, Josefa Salmón
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: Blanca Anderson, Robert Dewell, William Farge, S.J., Cassandra Mabe, Uriel Quesada, Connie Rodriguez, Peter Rogers, S.J.
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS: Nathan Henne, Karen Rosenbecker
EXTRAORDINARY ASSISTANT PROFESSORS: Isabel Durocher, Alice Kornovich, Charles G. Wrighti/td>ngton, S.J.
EXTRAORDINARY VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSORS: Lisbeth Philip, Leopoldo Tablante
LECTURERS: Khedidja Boudaba, Michael Bouzigard, S.J., Masako Dorrill, Ching Chi Lee, Joanne Lozano, Laura Papadopoulos, Lori Ranner, Oliver Ranner, Wayne Rupp
WEB PAGE: http://chn.loyno.edu/languages-cultures
The Department of Languages and Cultures offers a Bachelor’s Degree in Classical Studies, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Languages and Cultures with a concentration in French, Spanish or Latin American Studies. These programs are designed to train students not only in the target language but also in the culture of those countries where the language is or was spoken. The department also participates in the interdisciplinary minor program in Latin American Studies and Asian Studies.
The department also offers language courses in Arabic, Chinese, German, Greek, Japanese, Italian, and Latin, which can be taken to satisfy the university language requirement. Other languages may be available through cross-enrollment at Tulane, Dillard, and Xavier University.
A minor in French or Spanish requires at least 21 credit hours, of which at least 12 credit hours must be at the 300-400 level in the major language. Students who begin with the first-semester course (A100) will thus need to take a total of 24 hours in the language, while all other students will need to take a total of 21 hours. Students who have already completed 12 hours at the 300-400 level may also take their remaining courses in the history and culture of the countries where the language is spoken, or in linguistics.
The minor in Classical Studies requires a total of 24 hours. At least 12 of those hours must be in Latin or Greek, with the remaining courses selected by the student and the advisor.
The Interdisciplinary minor in Latin American Studies requires at least 21 credit hours depending on the original level of placement in Spanish. The Interdisciplinary minor in Asian Studies requires at least 21 credit hours in approved co
The concentrations in French and Spanish require an absolute minimum of 31 hours in the major language, of which at least 25 hours must be taken at the 300-400 level. Students who begin with the first semester course (A100) will thus need to take 37 total hours of course work in the major. These figures include a 1-hour capstone course taken in the senior year. Students are encouraged to complement their language studies with other courses in history and culture of the countries where the language is spoken, as well as with the study of another foreign language, courses in world history, linguistics, international economics and political relations.
The Bachelor of Arts in Languages and Cultures with a concentration in French requires a combination of language, literature, culture and film classes. Below is a sample four-year program for a student who comes in with no language ability. A student who comes in with some language abilities or is fluent in French would replace the language classes with more culture, literature and film classes, depending on level.
Course Requirements
| Freshman | Fall | Spring | |
| Major | A100 — A101 of Language | 3 | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 9 | 9 | |
| Semester Totals | 15 | 15 | |
| Total | 30 | ||
| Sophomore | Fall | Spring | |
| Major | A200 — A201 of Language | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Elective | 9 | 6 | |
| Semester Totals | 18 | 15 | |
| Total | 33 | ||
| Junior | Fall | Spring | |
| Major | A300 — 400 Level | 6 | 6 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Electives | 6 | 6 | |
| Semester Totals | 18 | 18 | |
| Total | 36 | ||
| Senior | Fall | Spring | |
| Major | A300 — 400 Level | 6 | 7 |
| Electives | 6 | 6 | |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Totals | 15 | 16 | |
| Total | 31 | ||
| Total Course Hours: | 130 |
View French Course Descriptions
The Bachelor of Arts in Languages and Cultures with a concentration in Spanish requires a balance of language, literature, culture, and film classes. Our goal is for our students to understand many facets of Spanish cultures and languages.
The language classes will be substituted for other department electives in the case of fluent Spanish speakers or students who come in with a high level of Spanish.
Course Requirements
| Freshman | Fall | Spring | |
| Major | SPAN A100, SPAN A101 | 3 | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 9 | 9 | |
| Semester Totals | 15 | 15 | |
| Total | 30 | ||
| Sophomore | Fall | Spring | |
| Major | SPAN A200, SPAN A201 | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Elective | 9 | 6 | |
| Semester Totals | 18 | 15 | |
| Total | 33 | ||
| Junior | Fall | Spring | |
| Major |
SPAN A300--Syntax and Composition SPAN A305--Introduction to Hispanic Literature 1 class from the following survey of literature courses:
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6 | 6 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Electives | 6 | 6 | |
| Semester Totals | 18 | 18 | |
| Total | 36 | ||
| Senior | Fall | Spring | |
| Major |
1 class from the following survey of literature courses:
One culture class from the following courses:
One class at the 400 level *Capstone course for majors (1 hour--SPAN A495 "Special Project") |
6 | 7 |
| Electives | 6 | 6 | |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Totals | 15 | 16 | |
| Total | 31 | ||
| Total Course Hours: | 130 |
View Spanish Course Descriptions
Concentration in Latin American Studies
The concentration in Latin American Studies requires 37 hours, with 6 hours of Spanish at the intermediate level. Students who begin with the first-semester Spanish course (A100) will need to take 12 hours of language prior to the intermediate level. To complete the program, students will take a variety of courses from several disciplines, including History, Sociology, and Religious Studies.
The Latin American Studies concentration offers you the opportunity to tailor your studies to your specific interests and future professional goals. You can choose many of your classes to focus on one region (say Cono Sur) or to revolve around several disciplines. Because of this flexibility, the sample plan outlined below only provides an idea of how to structure your 4-year degree plan.
In addition, the requirements for the degree depend heavily on your level of Spanish upon entering the program. While we welcome into the program those who are native speakers and those who have no Spanish, this difference will determine the exact number of hours available for Latin American Studies courses.
| Freshman | F | S | |
| Major | A100 — A101 of Language | 3 | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 9 | 9 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Sophomore | F | S | |
| Major | A200 — A201 of Language | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Elective | 9 | 6 | |
| 18 | 15 | ||
| 33 | |||
| Junior | F | S | |
| Major | A300 — 400 Level | 6 | 6 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Electives | 6 | 6 | |
| 18 | 18 | ||
| 36 | |||
| Senior | F | S | |
| Major | A300 — 400 Level | 6 | 7 |
| Electives | 6 | 6 | |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 3 | |
| 15 | 16 | ||
| 31 | |||
| TOTAL: 130 cr. hrs. |
View Latin American Studies Course Descriptions
The major degree in Classical Studies requires 36 credit hours, again including a 1-hour capstone course in the senior year. At least 18 of these hours must be in either Latin or Greek, and the remaining 25 hours may be additional courses in Latin or Greek, courses in the classical humanities, and/or designated courses from related fields such as history, philosophy and religious studies.
| Freshman | F | S | |
| Major | A100--A101 of Language | 3 | 3 |
| Adjunct/Electives | 3 | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 9 | 9 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Sophomore | F | S | |
| Major | A200--A400 Level | 3 | 3 |
| Adjunct/Electives | 6 | 6 | |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Junior | F | S | |
| Major | 6 | 6 | |
| Adjunct/Electives | 3 | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Senior | F | S | |
| Major | 6 | 7 | |
| Adjunct/Electives | 6 | 6 | |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 3 | |
| 15 | 16 | ||
| 31 | |||
| TOTAL: 121 cr. hrs. |
View Classical Studies Course Descriptions
View Course Descriptions: Arabic, Chinese, Classical Studies, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Latin American Studies, Linguistics, and Spanish
(View Common Curriculum Requirements.)
Humanities and Natural Sciences
ARAB A100 First Year Arabic I 3 crs.
This course is designed for students with no previous knowledge of Modern Arabic. Students will learn the Arabic alphabet, basic writing and conversational skills, and entry-level Arabic grammar, including gender of nouns and verbs and regular conjunctions. Students will also be exposed to Arabic culture and customs of polite society.
ARAB A101 First Year Arabic II 3 crs.
This course will expand students' vocabulary and use of basic grammatical structures. Lessons will focus on the sound patterns of Arabic, with attention to mastery of scripts, pronunciatio and listening comprehension.
Arabic A200 Second Year Arabic I 3 crs.
Students of Arabic 200 are expected to enhance the four language skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing in Modern Standard Arabic. This class will introduce hollow, double-root, and defective verbs, absolute negation, and conditional tense. Students will be exposed to different native speakers of Arabic through audio-visual materials and will continue learning about Arab culture.
Arabic A201 Second Year Arabic II 3 crs.
This course will focus on listening comprehension and reading, exposing students to increasingly authentic texts from newspapers, journals, and other sources. Controlled writing assignments will also be introduced.
Humanities and Natural Sciences
CHIN A100 First Year Chinese I 3crs.
This is a beginning Mandarin Chinese course designed for students with no previous knowledge of any Chinese dialect or written Chinese. Students will learn basic Chinese characters, conversational skills, and entry-level Chinese grammar. The course will focus on Chinese pinyin Romanization system, tones and pronunciation.
CHIN A101 First Year Chinese II 3crs.
This course is a continuation of First Year Chinese I. The emphasis in this course is still on speaking and listening. Reading and writing will be developed in conjunction with oral skills. THe course aims to expand vocabulary and introduce more complex grammatical structures. The course will help students expand from their base of the previous semester.
CHIN A200 Second Year Chinese I 3crs.
Students who have completed First Year Chinese will continue to develop the four skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing in Mandarin Chinese. The use of more complex communicative activities and readings on various topics will be introduced.
CHIN A201 Second Year Chinese II 3 crs.
This course further expands students' vocabulary base to permit reading of increasingly authentic texts from newspapers, journals and other sources and introduces writing assignments. By the end of this course students are expected to be able to deal with daily-life related Chinese.
Humanities and Natural Sciences
CLHU A480 Capstone: Special Topics 3 crs.
This capstone course will pull together the varied aspects of a classical studies education by focusing on one topic (e.g., friendship, death, entertainment, the citizen) in the contexts of the Greek and Roman worlds, thereby allowing students who have taken diverse paths through the major to share and expand their understanding of the ancient world through discussions, presentations, and research.
CLHU H498 Honors Thesis Research 2 crs.
This course offers students who wish to pursue an honors thesis time to do research under the guidance of their thesis adviser.
CLHU H499 Honors Thesis 3 crs.
Students who have satisfactorily completed their research register for this course while they write their honors thesis.
CLHU U238 Justice in Greek Literature 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
Justice is the foundation of civilized society. It is at once the condition and means of concord and harmony among men. Greek poets and philosophers were among the first to investigate the nature of justice. Examination of their writings on this subject can alert latter-day students to its importance and to its nature.
CLHU U242 The Development of Greek Tragedy 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course involves the reading in English of a selection of plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides and their relationship to the development of Greek theater and performance.
CLHU U244 The Greek and Roman Epic 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course is a survey in English of Greek and Latin epics, such as the works of Homer, Apollonius of Rhodes, Vergil, Lucan, and Statius.
CLHU U246 Greek Mythology 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course is a study of the origins, themes, and significance of Greek mythology, with emphasis on myth as a vestige of primitive thought and on the corpus of Greek myths as a source of Greek and Roman literature.
CLHU U248 Greek Art and Archaeology 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
A survey of artistic works and monuments of ancient Greece from the Geometric through the Hellenistic periods (c. 1000 — 50 B.C.) with an emphasis on stylistic developments in the main areas of painting, sculpture, and architecture.
CLHU U250 Roman Art and Archaeology 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
A survey of the most important works of art and monuments of ancient Rome from the beginnings of the city through the period of Constantine, emphasizing stylistic developments in the areas of sculpture, architecture, and painting, with some consideration of materials and techniques. Works of the Etruscans, Greeks, and Italic peoples will be considered for their influence.
CLHU U256 Greek Elegies and Lyrics 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course is an introduction to lyric and elegiac forms of individual poetic expression. Consideration will be given to the technical terms referring to the poems studied, their themes, and performance. Authors include Archilochus, Tyrtaeus, Alcaeus, and Sappho among others.
CLHU U257 Greek Culture 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course will examine the literature, culture, history, art, and daily life of the Greeks from the Minoan period to the rule of Alexander the Great. coursework will include readings in Greek literature in translation and secondary texts and assignments using Internet resources such as Perseus 2.0.
CLHU U258 Roman Culture 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course examines the literature, culture, history, politics, and daily life of the ancient Romans from the legendary beginning of the city in 753 B.C. to the fifth century A.D. Readings will include Latin literature in translation and secondary texts which provide archaeological evidence and the historical context.
CLHU U260 Pandora’s Daughters 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course examines the status of women in classical antiquity from the Bronze Age through the late Roman Empire. Readings include selections from a wide variety of ancient documents and contemporary scholarship. Archaeological and artistic evidence will also be considered.
CLHU U263 Greek and Roman Comedy 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course is a survey of Greek and Roman comedy including works by Aristophanes, Menander, Terence, and Plautus. The course will consider the significant social and political issues as well as the plays’ appeal, significance, and legacy for us today.
CLHU U265 Pagans and Christians 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course examines the triumph of Christianity over paganism in the Roman Empire. Focusing on the debate and culture clash between the two in the fourth century, students will discuss and write on important controversies of the age and their relation to our own times.
CLHU U268 Roman Republic 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course examines the rise and decline of the Roman Republic from the founding of the city (c. 800 B.C.) to the assassination of Julius Caesar (44 B.C.). The course explores political, economic, military, religious, and societal topics.
CLHU U270 The Later Roman Empire 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course explores all the major aspects of late Roman civilization, roughly from 300 — 700 A.D. Study will cover political, economic, military, social, and religious developments with focus on the effects of the Germanic and Islamic invasions. Students will examine a wide variety of textual and physical evidence.
CLHU U272 The Early Roman Empire 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course will examine the rise and the first decline of the Roman empire from the establishment of the autocracy by Octavian Augustus (30 B.C. — 14 A.D.) to the reordering of the Roman empire by Diocletian (284 — 305 A.D.). It will explore political, social, military, economic, cultural, and religious topics.
CLHU U274 The Byzantine Empire 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course will survey the medieval Roman empire, also known as the Byzantine empire, from the rise of Islam in the seventh century to the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453. The course will examine political, military, economic, social, religious, and cultural features of the Byzantine world.
CLHU U275 The Ancient Novel 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course traces the development of the novel in the earliest examples from Greek and Roman antiquity. These works detail the adventures of young men and women determined to preserve their integrity while searching for their true identities. Readings include Longus’ Daphne and Chloe, Petronius’ Satyricon, and Heliodorus’ An Ethiopian Story.
CLHU U280 Ancient Mystery Cults 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
By their very nature, ancient mystery cults were secretive and their rituals known only to the initiates. This course examines, in translation, a wide variety of ancient sources to see what can be learned about cults ranging from Demeter to Isis to early Christianity.
Humanities and Natural Sciences
FREN A100 First-year French I 3 crs.
This course focuses on the fundamental structure of the language. Development of the four basic skills–comprehension, speaking, reading, writing–are of primary concern.
FREN A101 First-year French II 3 crs.
This course is a continuation in appropriation of the four basic skills with emphasis on correct pronunciation and the acquisition of fundamental vocabulary.
Prerequisite: FREN A100 or equivalent.
FREN A200 Second-year French I 3 crs.
Development of basic language skills continues with emphasis on complete grammar review and on the acquisition and use of new vocabulary in cultural contexts. Reading and discussion of articles and other writings are undertaken with grammatical exercises and short compositions based on cultural topics.
Prerequisite: FREN A101 or equivalent.
FREN A201 Second-year French II 3 crs.
This course consists of readings and discussion in the language of literary and cultural texts. Students will write short essays based on the readings and demonstrate use of basic techniques of textual analysis through discussion and in writing.
Prerequisite: FREN A200 or equivalent.
FREN A300 Advanced Grammar and Composition 3 crs.
This course reviews intensively the structure of the language and of idiomatic expressions. Daily translations and frequent original compositions are required.
Prerequisite: FREN A201 or equivalent.
FREN A301 Advanced Conversation and Phonetics 3 crs.
The student will acquire an extensive working vocabulary and fluency through conversation, reading, and discussion of cultural texts. French phonetics and its application to the improvement of pronunciation are also studied.
Prerequisite: FREN A201 or equivalent.
FREN A315 Analysis of French Texts 3 crs.
This course discusses specific techniques of intensive reading and analysis through an in-depth study of a variety of short texts in French chosen to represent various discourse styles, periods, genres, themes, and traditions from both French and Francophone cultural milieux. Special emphasis is on training students in the commentaire or explication de texte.
Prerequisite: FREN A201 or equivalent.
FREN A320 Culture and Civilization I 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to French civilization from Lascaux and Gallo-Roman times to the 18th century. It includes the study of the geography of the French hexagon, from the centrality of Paris to the regionalism of the provinces. Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque art and music are discussed.
Prerequisite: FREN A201 or equivalent.
FREN A321 Culture and Civilization II 3 crs.
This course is a study of the important historical events from the 18th century to present day and social and economic changes beginning with the Revolution of 1789. The nature and development of French aesthetics and artistic traditions in painting, sculpture, and music will be presented, along with current topics including education, and the politics of modern-day France.
Prerequisite: FREN A201 or equivalent.
FREN A330 Introduction to French Literature I 3 crs.
This course is a survey of the chief literary currents and principal authors from the Middle Ages through the 17th century.
Prerequisite: FREN A201 or equivalent.
FREN A331 Introduction to French Literature II 3 crs.
This course is a survey of the chief literary currents and principal authors of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Prerequisite: FREN A201 or equivalent.
FREN A351 Enlightenment and Pre-Romanticism 3 crs.
Major trends and ideas in 18th-century literature are examined. Emphasis is on the works of the philosophes and on the development of the novel.
Prerequisite: At least one 300-level course or the equivalent.
FREN A352 19th-century Prose 3 crs.
This course involves readings in French theory and in the novels of Balzac, Flaubert, Sand, Stendhal, and Zola. Texts may change.
Prerequisite: At least one 300-level course or the equivalent.
FREN A353 20th-century Prose 3 crs.
This course involves readings in French theory and in the works of Bernanos, Butor, Camus, Gide, Malraux, Proust, and Sartre. Texts may change.
Prerequisite: At least one 300-level course or the equivalent.
FREN A354 Introduction to French Poetry 3 crs.
This course centers on the reading and analysis of poems reflecting the major currents in French poetry from Lamartine, Baudelaire, and Mallarmé to the more recent work of Perse and Ponge.
Prerequisite: At least one 300-level course or equivalent.
FREN A355 Introduction to French Theatre 3 crs.
This course is a chronological view of the development of French drama from its origins to the 20th century through the intensive study of representative dramatists and their handling of the elements of theatre.
Prerequisite: FREN A201 or equivalent.
FREN A360 Rousseau 3 crs.
This course focuses on the life, writings, and major contributions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Prerequisite: At least one 300-level course or the equivalent.
FREN A495 Special Project 1 cr.
Capstone course required of all seniors. Student will work independently on a research paper in conjunction with a regular advanced course, and under the supervision of a professor. Capstone work should reflect the skills and knowledge the student has acquired as a Foreign Language major.
FREN A496 Seminar/Workshop arr.
A seminar is a supervised group of students sharing the results of their research on a common topic. A workshop is a supervised group of students participating in a common effort.
FREN A497 Internship/ Practicum arr.
An internship is supervised practical experience. A practicum is supervised practical application of previously studied theory.
FREN A498 Senior Thesis arr.
FREN A499 Independent Study arr.
FREN G105 Survival French 1 cr.
Taught in France as part of the Paris Summer Program, this course emphasizes oral communication skills which will be put into practice in daily life. Vocabulary and some simplified grammar are taught as well. Appropriate for beginners and those who have some knowledge of French.
FREN V140 France and the Modern Experience 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course will examine Paris as a major cultural center in Europe during the period of 1900 to 1950. We will study the milieux and the works of modern writers and artists, focusing on intellectual and artistic concepts which have come to define modernism. When taught in Paris, the course makes use of museums and sites as resources.
Humanities and Natural Sciences
GERM A100 First Year German I 3 crs.
Fundamental structure of the language is the focus of this course including development of the four basic skills - comprehension, speaking, reading and writing.
GERM A101 First Year German II 3 crs.
A continuation of A100.
Prerequisite GERM A100 or equivalent.
GERM A200 Second Year German I 3 crs.
Continued development of the four basic skills. Readings in German culture with class discussion in German.
Prerequisite GERM A101 or equivalent.
GERM A 201 Second Year German II 3 crs.
Same description as A200, with particular focus on fluency and vocabulary.
Prerequisite GERM A200 or equivalent.
GERM V230 German Culture and Civilization II 3 crs.
This course covers German history and culture from the end of the 18th century to the end of the 20th century. Readings and discussions are in English.
Prerequisite GERM A201 or equivalent.
Humanities and Natural Sciences
GREK A100 Beginning Greek I 3 crs.
Language tells us many things about a culture, not only in what people have to say but how they say it. This course introduces students to the world of the ancient Greeks through a study of their language.
GREK A101 Beginning Greek II 3 crs.
GREK A100 continued.
Prerequisite: GREK A100 or equivalent.
GREK A300 Homeric Greek 3 crs.
Students in this course will read selections from Homer and Hesiod as well as selections from the Homeric Hymns. Study will include examination of the epic meter and the impact of the epic poets on subsequent literature.
Prerequisite: GREK A101 or equivalent.
GREK A314 Greek Tragedy 3 crs.
This course examines the tragedy of ancient Athens. Study will focus on the mechanics of the language, the workings of the tragic stage, the historical background of the plays, and the larger issues about society that the plays raise. This course may be repeated with permission from the instructor.
Prerequisite: GREK A101 or equivalent.
GREK A315 Greek Comedy 3 crs.
This course examines both old and new comedy of ancient Athens. Study will focus on the mechanics of the language, the workings of the comic stage, the historic background of the plays, and the larger issues about society that the plays raise.
Prerequisite: GREK A101 or equivalent.
GREK A322 New Testament Greek 3 crs.
Students taking this course will read and discuss at least two books from the New Testament. In addition, they will compare a variety of modern translations to the original text.
Prerequisite: GREK A101 or equivalent.
GREK A340 Hellenistic Greek 3 crs.
This course examines the literature of the Hellenistic period (from the death of Alexander the Great). Works will include the genres of poetry, philosophy, and the novel. Students will study the historical and social contexts of each work.
Prerequisite: GREK A101 or equivalent.
GREK A402 Greek Historians 3 crs.
An intensive study of one or more ancient Greek historians. Students will examine the author’s style, influence, philosophy, and assessment regarding his topic. Repeatable with permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite: GREK A101 or equivalent.
GREK A410 Greek Philosophy 3 crs.
This course is an intensive survey of one or two ancient Greek philosophers. Students will examine the author’s style, influence, and place within the historical and social context of philosophy. Repeatable with permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite: GREK A101 or equivalent.
GREK A420 Greek Oratory 3 crs.
A survey of the speeches of the Greek orators. These readings reveal the development of early Greek prose and provide a window into many interesting scenarios from life in Classical Athens as well as provide evidence for the function of Greek oratory in Athenian democracy. Repeatable with instructor’s permission.
Prerequisite: GREK A101 or equivalent.
GREK A493 Directed Readings 3 crs.
GREK A498 Research Project 3 crs.
Independent study projects for qualified majors who develop interest in a special area.
GREK A499 Independent Study arr
Humanities and Natural Sciences
ITAL A100 First Year Italian I 3 crs.
This course covers the fundamentals of the language with primary emphasis on structure, morphology, and vocabulary.
ITAL A101 First Year Italian II 3 crs.
A continuation of Italian A100.
Prerequisite: ITAL A100 or equivalent.
ITAL A200 Intermediate Italian I 3 crs.
This class is a third-semester Italian course with prerequisite ITAL 102 or departmental approval. It will cover Italian grammar, vocabulary, and language structures at an intermediate level. All four language skills will be practiced and advanced: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The same textbook uses for Italian A100 and A101 will be used, as well as supplemental reading and listening materials.
ITAL A201 Intermediate Italian II 3 crs.
This course is designed to improve language ablity and to further students' knowledge of Italian life and culture. Students will develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Italian and an understanding of Italian culture. Students will be able to give clear descriptions, express viewpoints on most general topics and topics related to his/her field of interests.
Humanities and Natural Sciences
JPNS A100 Modern Japanese I 3 crs.
The fundamentals of modern spoken and written Japanese will be taught. Students will learn the kana syllabary, the basic grammatical structure and vocabulary that is used in every-day conversation. The language will be taught in its cultural context with emphasis on the use of polite and informal language. Approximately 50 Japanese characters will be introduced.
JPNS A101 Modern Japanese II 3 crs.
Continuing students of Japanese will learn to use the passive and potential forms of the Japanese verb. More specialized vocabulary will be introduced to refine the students’ grasp of the proper use of polite and informal usage. Approximately 100 Japanese characters and their use in Japanese sentence construction will be explained.
Prerequisite: JPNS A100 or equivalent.
JPNS A200 Intermediate Japanese I 3 crs.
Students will complete their introduction to all Japanese grammatical forms and read modern Japanese literary texts in their cultural context. Students will learn the vocabulary needed to read mass media publications so they will be able to read from Japanese magazines and newspapers. Approximately 200 additional Japanese characters will be introduced.
Prerequisite: JPNS A101 or equivalent.
JPNS A201 Intermediate Japanese II 3 crs.
This course will introduce readings from modern Japanese novels and literary journals. Students will be expected to discuss the readings in Japanese and write short Japanese critiques or reviews of the material. Each student will construct and master a specialized vocabulary list that pertains to his or her own interests. Approximately 300 additional Japanese characters will be introduced.
Prerequisite: JPNS A200 or equivalent.
JPNS A300 Japanese Conversation and Composition I 3 crs.
This course will focus on original Japanese compositions and short oral presentations. Students will develop a wide vocabulary and learn idiomatic expressions and continue to add to their knowledge of kanji characters. Readings about contemporary Japanese customs, business, and culture will be used for class discussion and for reviewing grammar.
Prerequisite: JPNS A201 or equivalent.
JPNS A301 Japanese Conversation and Composition II 3 crs.
This course will continue to develop students’ ability to converse on a more advanced level. Students will also continue to practice making short oral presentations on an increasingly broader range of topics. They will be challenged to improve their Japanese reading and writing ability as well by the study of kanji and kanji compounds.
Prerequisite: JPNS A300 or equivalent.
JPNS A360 Punishment and Power in Modern Japan 3 crs.
The course will study the evolution of penal practices used in Japan from the seventeenth century to modern times and how the changes related to the "modernization" of Japan in the nineteenth century with its relations to the West in the twentieth century.
JPNS A392 Japanese History I 3 crs
JPNS A393 Japanese History II 3 crs
JPNS A495 Special Project 1 cr.
Capstone course required of all seniors. Student will work independently on a research paper in conjunction with a regular advanced course and under the supervision of a professor. Capstone work should reflect the skills and knowledge the student has acquired as a foreign language major.
JPNS U250 Culture in Pre-modern Japan 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course will introduce the history, literature, religion, and philosophy that formed Japanese culture from the 10th to the 12th century. English translations of contemporary texts by writers of the imperial court will be studied from a broad historical perspective. Students will attain an appreciation of Japanese culture as it has evolved from the classical period to the present. Cross-listed with HIST W276.
JPNS V251 Culture in Early Modern Japan 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course will introduce the history, literature, religion, and philosophy that formed Japanese culture from the 17th to the 19th century, when Japan witnessed the rise of the merchant class but government was still controlled by the samurai. English translations of historical and literary writings of the period will be used to give students a clearer insight into how Japanese cultural perspectives have evolved from early modern times to the present day. Cross-listed with HIST X277.
JPNS V252 Modern Japanese Culture 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course will explore the modern Japanese conflict between the desire to assimilate Western culture and the need to preserve traditional values. The Japanese and Western understanding of the individual and of the individual’s place in society will also be explored. English translations of modern novels and essays will give students a clearer understanding of Japan’s people and evolving culture. Cross-listed with HIST X278.
JPNS V253 Japanese Animation and Culture 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
By viewing and discussing the most important Japanese anime films, students will receive a comprehensive introduction to the often misunderstood culture of modern Japan. This course will analyze the references in the films to both classical and modern Japanese culture, touching on everything from Japanese art, religion, literature, and history to body language, linguistic expressions, and daily life.
Humanities and Natural Sciences
LATN A100 Beginning Latin I 3 crs.
Language tells us many things about a culture, not only in what people have to say but how they say it. This course introduces students to the world of the ancient Romans through a study of their language.
LATN A101 Beginning Latin II 3 crs.
Latin A100 is continued.
Prerequisite: LATN A100 or equivalent.
LATN A250 Intermediate Latin 3 crs.
Students will enhance their understanding of the basics of Latin grammar and syntax and increase their knowledge of Latin vocabulary in preparation for reading Latin literature. Readings will be drawn from both prose and poetry in order to prepare students for advanced courses in Latin authors.
Prerequisite: LATN A101 or equivalent.
LATN A304 Prose of Republican Rome 3 crs.
This course will survey works of prose writers who lived during the Roman Republic. Authors such as Cato, Nepos, Caesar, Sallust, and Cicero will provide insight into key political figures and military action of the Republic, as well as offer a variety of writing styles. Students may repeat this course with the instructor’s permission.
Prerequisite: LATN A250 or equivalent.
LATN A305 Poetry of Republican Rome 3 crs.
A survey of the works of poets who lived during the Roman Republic (509 B.C. to 31 B.C.). Readings will be selected from the works of Plautus, Terence, Lucretius, and Catullus. Assignments will focus on reading Latin and examining the response of these poets to the times in which they lived.
Prerequisite: LATN A250 or equivalent.
LATN A336 Augustan Prose 3 crs.
In this course, students will read the works of authors who lived during the Age of Augustus (31 B.C. to 14 A.D.). Readings will be selected from the works of Augustus, Livy, and/or Vitruvius. Assignments will focus on reading Latin and examining the response of these authors to the times in which they lived.
Prerequisite: LATN A250 or equivalent.
LATN A337 Augustan Poetry 3 crs.
This course examines the works of poets who lived during the Age of Augustus (31 B.C. to 14 A.D.). Readings will be selected from the works of Vergil, Horace, Tibullus, Propertius, and/or Ovid. Assignments will focus on reading Latin and examining the response of these poets to the times in which they lived.
Prerequisite: LATN A250 or equivalent.
LATN A342 Prose of Imperial Rome 3 crs.
This course will examine the prose works of the early imperial period. Study of these works will provide in—depth information about Roman life and politics in the first and second century A.D. and demonstrate the range of expression capable in Latin. Students may repeat this course with the instructor’s permission.
Prerequisite: LATN A250 or equivalent.
LATN A343 Poetry of Imperial Rome 3 crs.
This course will survey the works of poets who lived during the Roman Empire, specifically from the reign of Nero to the reign of Trajan. Genres will include epic, bucolics, and satire. Assignments will focus on reading Latin and examining the response of these poets to the times in which they lived. Students may repeat this course with the instructor’s permission.
Prerequisite: LATN A250 or equivalent.
LATN A430 Latin of Late Antiquity 3 crs.
This course will examine Latin works by writers who lived during the final years of the Roman Empire. Readings will include religious and secular texts such as the Passio Sanctorum Felicitatis et Perpetuae, Apollonius King of Tyre, and works by St. Augustine and Tertullian. Students may repeat this course with the instructor’s permission.
Prerequisite: LATN A250 or equivalent.
LATN A435 Medieval Latin 3 crs.
This course focuses on works from the authors who offer a glimpse into the intellectual world of the Medieval period. Discussions will include the influence of ancient authors as well as the historical and cultural contexts of the Medieval writers. Students may repeat this course with the instructor’s permission.
Prerequisite: LATN A250 or equivalent.
LATN A493 Directed Readings 3 crs.
LATN A498 Research Project arr.
This course involves independent study projects for qualified majors who develop interest in a certain area.
LATN A499 Independent Study arr.
Humanities and Natural Sciences
LING A499 Independent Study arr.
LING V134 Role of Language 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
How does language work? How does it affect our understanding of the world? How does a people’s language affect its culture? Is language the key factor separating us from other animals? Discussion of major theories about language which are of general importance and practical interest to students in a variety of disciplines.
Humanities and Natural Sciences
SPAN A100 First-year Spanish I 3 crs.
This course looks at the fundamental structure of the language stressing the development of the four basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. The cultural elements of the Spanish-speaking world are also presented.
SPAN A101 First-year Spanish II 3 crs.
This is a continued study of the fundamental structure of the language that stresses the development of the four basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Continuation of cultural elements as well.
Prerequisite: SPAN A100 or equivalent.
SPAN A200 Second-year Spanish I 3 crs.
This course focuses on grammar and vocabulary development, continuing the advancement of the four basic skills: comprehension, conversation, reading, and composition, along with culture.
Prerequisite: SPAN A101 or equivalent.
SPAN A201 Second-year Spanish II 3 crs.
This course offers review and development of grammar, sentence structure, vocabulary, and reading skills, with an emphasis on intermediate conversation, composition, and culture.
Prerequisite: SPAN A200 or equivalent.
SPAN A300 Syntax and Composition 3 crs.
This course is an intensive study of grammar, sentence structure, and translation difficulties, with extensive written practice in Spanish. Various kinds of texts, including film will will provide discussion and models for clear style.
Prerequisite: SPAN A201 or equivalent.
SPAN A301 Intensive Conversation 3 crs.
This course places an emphasis on oral expression, with exercises designed to provide the student with a working knowledge of conversational Spanish. Native speakers are excluded from enrollment.
Prerequisite: SPAN A201 or equivalent.
SPAN A305 Introduction to Hispanic Literature 3 crs.
This course offers readings and discussion of literature in Spanish, including narrative, poetry, drama, and the essay, presenting the necessary tools and skills to conduct literary analysis in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPAN A201 or permission from instructor.
SPAN A310 Survey of Spanish Literature I 3 crs.
This course offers literary reading from Spain, beginning with the Middle Ages through the end of the Golden Age/Baroque period.
Prerequisite: SPAN A300 or A301, or permission from instructor.
SPAN A311 Survey of Spanish Literature II 3 crs.
This course offers literary readings from the 18th century to present in Spain, in order to examine themes, movements and social issues.
Prerequisite: SPAN A300 or A301, or permission from instructor.
SPAN A315 Culture and Civilization of Spain 3 crs.
This course is a historical approach to the civilization of Spain in order to understand and analyze the elements of Spanish culture: the languages, music, arts, architecture, and the current socio-political situation.
Prerequisite: SPAN A300 or A301, or permission from instructor.
SPAN A340 Latin-American Literature I 3 crs.
This course is a survey of Latin-American literature from the Discovery to the Romantic movement.
Prerequisite: SPAN A300 or A301, or permission from instructor.
SPAN A341 Latin-American Literature II 3 crs.
This course is a survey of Latin-American literature from the latter part of the 19th century to the present, including realism, naturalism, modernism, and post-modernism.
Prerequisite: SPAN A300 or A301, or permission from instructor.
SPAN A350 Culture of Spanish America to 1850 3 crs.
A study of the different cultural traditions that have shaped Latin America from the pre-Colombian period to 1850.
Prerequisite: SPAN A300 or A301, or permission from instructor.
SPAN A351 Culture of Spanish America from 1850 3 crs.
Continuation of SPAN A350. The course aims to study the cultural heritage that has shaped the newly formed nations of Latin America from 1850 up to the present.
Prerequisite: SPAN A300 or A301, or permission from instructor.
SPAN A410 Latin-American Regional Literature 3 crs.
A study of the literature and culture of a particular region, nation, or culture in LatinAmerica. A different region or nation such as the Caribbean, the River Plate, the Andean region, Central America, Puerto Rico, or Mexico may be selected each time the course is offered. Repeatable when subject varies.
Prerequisite: any A300-level course or permission from instructor.
SPAN A455 20th Century Currents 3 crs.
This course offers readings and discussion of contemporary literary trends, including film, from Spain and/or Spanish America. Topics vary, depending on semester, but may include the Generation of 1898 or theater of protest in Spain, modernism, fantastic literature, Indigenista literature of Latin America, or Latin-American women writers. Repeatable when subject varies.
Prerequisite: any A300-level course or instructor’s permission.
SPAN A456 Latin-American Narrative 3 crs.
This course offers readings and discussion of Latin-American novels and/or short stories.
Prerequisite: any A300-level course or instructor’s permission.
SPAN A457 Spanish Golden Age Literature 3 crs.
This course offers readings and discussion of selected work(s), including prose, drama, and/or poetry, by one or more authors of the 16th — 17th centuries in Spain, such as Cervantes, Lope de Vega, and/or Calderon.
Prerequisite: any A300-level course or instructor’s permission.
SPAN A495 Special Project 1 cr.
Capstone course required of all seniors. Student will work independently on a research paper in conjunction with a regular advanced course, and under the supervision of a professor. Capstone work should reflect the skills and knowledge the student has acquired as a foreign language major.
SPAN A496 Seminar/Workshop arr.
A seminar is a supervised group of students sharing the results of their research on a common topic. A workshop is a supervised group of students participating in a common effort.
SPAN A497 Internship/ Practicum arr.
An internship is supervised practical experience. A practicum is supervised practical application of previously studied theory.
SPAN A498 Senior Thesis arr.
SPAN A499 Independent Study arr.
CHAIR: Michael R. Kelly, Ph.D., Office: 540 Monroe Hall (Spring 2012 Interim Chair: Xuefeng Li)
Professors: Maria Calzada, Michael Kelly, Duane Randall, Katarzyna Saxton, Ralph Tucci
Associate Professors: Xuefeng Li
Assistant Professor: Ana Maria Matei, Jeremy J. Thibodeaux
WEB PAGE:http://chn.loyno.edu/mathematics
The Department of Mathematical Sciences offers the bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, and the bachelor's degree in Mathematics with a concentration in Computational Mathematics. In the future, the major source of employment for the mathematician will continue to be industry, business, and other analytical fields. Employers will be concerned less about the actual degree than with the diversity of the student’s experiences. They will expect more than a superficial knowledge of mathematics and will also expect the student to be experienced in communicating with people such as engineers, managers, and stockholders, whose activity is outside the discipline of the mathematical sciences.
Since individual courses of study are peculiar to each student, a faculty adviser is assigned to a student at registration for the first semester. The faculty adviser will endeavor to tailor a particular program for the student with a proper mixture of adjunct and elective courses.
The faculty are active in research and hold active memberships in a number of professional organizations: the Mathematical Association of America, the American Mathematical Society, and the American Statistical Association, to name a few. Majors are encouraged to work on research projects with a faculty mentor.
There are many reasons for students to choose a major in mathematics or computational mathematics. To meet the broad interests of all mathematical scholars, the department offers flexibility in its programs.
The mathematics student is encouraged to obtain as broad an educational experience as possible by selecting elective courses from several other disciplines in such diverse fields as physics, chemistry, economics, computer science, history, sociology, language, biology, psychology, music, English, business administration, and others.
The basic program is designed for the student wishing to have a career where mathematics might be used directly or indirectly, for example, in aeronautics, electronics, marketing, social engineering, opinion analysis, insurance, accounting, automation, management, computer applications, sales, teaching, and government operations or research.
In addition to the majors, the Mathematics department coordinates an interdisciplinary minor in Computational Science.
Several other minors are available to the student majoring in mathematics. In addition to Computational Science, minors such as biology, chemistry, business/economics, and physics are easy to fit into the mathematics major curriculum and can help broaden a student’s career opportunities.
The departmental honors program is designed to prepare the student for graduate work in mathematics. The departmental honors program requires a GPA of 3.0 in mathematics courses and two additional courses in mathematics; one at the 300 level or higher and the second is MATH A498, which has a research thesis component.
The mathematics program may be tailored to meet the needs of students interested in industrial applied mathematics, biomathematics, or mathematical statistics.
This is a sample curriculum sequence. Some courses are offered every other year. Students may have the opportunity of taking some of the courses in a different order.
Download the Degree Program Course Listing (DPCL) for this major »
| Freshman | F | S | |
| Major | MATH A200 | 0 | 3 |
| Major | MATH A257 — A2581 | 4 | 4 |
| Major | MATH A211 | 3 | 0 |
| Common Curriculum/Foreign language | 9 | 9
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| Semester Totals | 16 | 16 | |
| Total | 32 |
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1 Students without the knowledge of trigonometry should take MATH A118 in the summer before their freshman year or during the fall semester.
| Sophomore | F | S | |
| Major | MATH A259 — A310 | 3 | 3 |
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Math 320* | 3 | 0 |
| Common Curriculum | PHYS A101— A102 | 5 | 5 |
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3 | 9 | |
| Semester Totals | 14 | 17 | |
| Total | 31 | ||
| Junior or Senior* | F | S | |
| Major | MATH A410* — A411* | 3 | 3 |
| Major | MATH (A300 or A400 level) | 3 | 0 |
| Common Curriculum | 0 | 6 | |
| Electives | 9 | 3 | |
| Semester Totals | 15 | 12 | |
| Total | 27 | ||
Below you will find a sample curriculum sequence. Some courses are offered every other year. Students may have the opportunity of taking some of the courses in a different order.
Download the Degree Program Course Listing (DPCL) for this major »
| Freshman | F | S | |
| MATH A200 | 3 | ||
| MATH A257 — A258* | 4 | ||
| MATH A211 -A212 | 3 | ||
| Common Curriculum/Foreign Language | 6 | ||
| Semester Totals | 16 | 16 | |
| Total | 32 | ||
*Students without the knowledge of trigonometry should take MATH A118 in the summer before their freshman year or during the fall semester.
| Sophomore | F | S | ||
| MATH A259 - A310 | 3 | 3 | ||
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| Total | 31 | |||
| Junior | F | S | |
| MATH A340* — A341* | 3 | 3 | |
| MATH A375* | 0
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| MATH (A300 or A400 level) | 3 | 0 | |
| MATH A498 (Research) | 0
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| Elective | 6 | 6 | |
| Semester Totals | 15 | 16
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| Senior | F | S | ||
| MATH A410* | 3 | 0 | ||
| MATH (A300 or A400 level) | 3 | 0 | ||
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| Common Curriculum | 3 | 6 | ||
| Electives | 3 | 6 | ||
| Semester Totals | 13 | 13 | ||
| Total | 26 | |||
* Course offered every other year.
TOTAL HOURS: 120 hours
In summary, the Computational Mathematics major requires five computations courses (Math A211, Math A212, Math A271, Math A375, and Math A498) while the Mathematics major requires Math A211 and replaces the other four courses with three more theoretical courses (Math A320 Linear Algebra, Math A400 Abstract Algebra, Math A411 Advanced Calculus II) and an elective.
(View Common Curriculum Requirements.)
1 Students without the knowledge of trigonometry should take MATH A118 in the summer before their freshman year or during the fall semester.
Humanities and Natural Sciences
MATH A092 Fundamentals of Algebra 3 crs.
This course is for those with one year of algebra, but who are not ready for MATH A115 or A118. Topics include arithmetic of signed numbers, polynomials, factoring, fractional and quadratic equations and applications. Credit from this course is not applicable to any degree program or to any math, Common Curriculum, or teacher certification requirement but will be added to normal total for student’s degree program. Students are assigned to this course based on placement test scores.
MATH A115 Introduction to Finite Mathematics 3 crs.
This course is designed to give social science and business students an introduction to the necessary analytic and quantitative tools in mathematics. Topics include elementary matrix theory and linear programming, life science models, and an introduction to probability.
MATH A116 Survey of Calculus 3 crs.
This course includes techniques in the calculus of algebraic, exponential, and logarithmic functions of one and two variables as met in the application fields of business, political science, and other social science fields.
MATH A117 Concepts in College Algebra 3 crs.
This course is designed to introduce the topics of college algebra. The course focuses on a conceptual understanding of the subject and includes a number of applications of algebra. Following a contemporary approach to mathematics education, this course includes exploration of real-world problems, group discussion of problems, and technological exploration of concepts with an emphasis on mathematical reasoning and communication.
MATH A118 Pre-calculus Mathematics 3 crs.
This course offers more preparation for those students who plan on taking calculus, but find themselves deficient in second-year high school algebra and trigonometry. Exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions are included.
MATH A200 Introduction to Linear Algebra 3 crs.
This course is designed to introduce topics in matrix algebra for applications that are basic to future coursework. Vector spaces, determinants, matrices, linear transformations, and eigenvectors are included.
Prerequisite: high school Algebra II.
MATH A204 Discrete Math Structures 3 crs.
This is a course that bridges infinitesimal calculus and the world of sets, relations, digraphs, lattices, logic, etc. Topics include algebraic flow chart language, syntax and semantics, isomorphisms and invariants, directed graphs, Boolean algebra, permutations and cyclic groups, polish expressions, etc.
Prerequisite: high school Algebra II.
MATH A211 Introduction to Programming I 3 crs.
An introduction to concepts and terminology in programming. Topics include interface builders and problem solving techniques in various programming environments. Emphasis is placed on the basics of software design and on elementary applications to Mathematics and other disciplines.
Prerequisite: Placement in Math T122 or higher.
MATH A212 Introduction to Programming II 3 crs.
This is a continuation of MATH A211. Topics will include object-oriented programming, software development, and data structures such as stacks, queues, trees and lists. Further applications to Mathematics and other disciplines will be explored.
Prerequisite: Placement in Math T122 or higher.
MATH A241 Introduction to Probability and Statistics I 3 crs.
MATH A257 Calculus I 4 crs.
This is a beginning course in the calculus of one variable and analytic geometry. The concept of limits and their use in differential and integral calculus, max and min values of functions, and solving for areas and volumes are treated.
Prerequisites: high school algebra (two years), geometry, trigonometry.
MATH A258 Calculus II 4 crs.
Topics include the Mean Value Theorem and its applications, applications of the integral, transcendental functions, techniques of integration, sequences and series, and conic sections.
Prerequisite: MATH A257.
MATH A259 Calculus III 3 crs.
This course addresses the calculus of several variables and vector analysis. Topics include differentiation of vector valued functions, extreme values, Lagrange multipliers, multiple integration, line and surface integrals, and an introduction to vector fields.
Prerequisites: MATH A200, A258.
MATH A260 Statistical Inference for Scientists 3 crs.
This is a first course in statistical methods for science students. Emphasis centers on the practical application of statistical inference and estimation in the quest for scientific knowledge. Topics include exploratory data analysis, techniques for data collection, summarization, and presentation, graphical techniques and numerical measures, the role of the Normal distribution, regression and correlation analysis, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, the analysis of variance, and distribution-free methods.
Prerequisites: MATH A257 or equivalent.
MATH A261 Statistical Inference for Scientists Lab 1 cr.
This is a first course in statistical methods for science students. Emphasis centers on the practical application of statistical inference and estimation in the quest for scientific knowledge. Topics include exploratory data analysis, techniques for data collection, summarization, and presentation, graphical techniques and numerical measures, the role of the Normal distribution, regression and correlation analysis, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, the analysis of variance, and distribution-free methods.
Prerequisites: MATH A257 or equivalent.
MATH A271 Applied Scientific Computing 3 crs
This course introduces students to techniques and methods commonly used by scientists to analyze, build models, visualize and make decisions based on data collected in laboratory and field experiments. It emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of scientific computing by applying the mathematical tools of statistics and numerical computations to hands on experiments from diverse areas of science.
Prerequisites: MATH A257 (MATH A211 recommended) or instructor permission.
MATH A310 Introduction to Differential Equations 3 crs.
Topics include fundamental methods of solving elementary differential equations. Includes exact solutions, series solutions, numerical solutions, solutions using Laplace transforms, and other topics.
Prerequisite: MATH A258.
MATH A320 Linear Algebra 3 crs.
This second course expands on topics such as vector spaces, matrices, determinants, eigenvalues, linear functionals, bilinear forms, vector geometry, and their applications.
Prerequisite: MATH A200.
MATH A330 Theory of Numbers 3 crs.
Topics include divisibility, prime numbers, Euclidean algorithm, fundamental theorem of arithmetic, congruences, diophantine equations, and indices.
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
MATH A340 Math Probability 3 crs.
This course introduces the theory of probability. Topics include combinatorial analysis, axioms of probability, discrete and continuous random variables, expectation, multivariate probability distributions, function of random variables, and basic limit theorems.
Prerequisite: MATH A310.
MATH A341 Statistics Theory and Methods 3 crs.
This course shows how statistics makes inferences about a population based on information from samples. Topics include estimation, hypothesis testing, linear models, and estimation by least squares. Experimental design, analysis of variance, analysis of enumerative data, and nonparametric statistics.
Prerequisites: MATH A340; permission of instructor.
MATH A345 Topics in Geometry 3 crs.
The course will include foundations of geometry, congruences, parallelism, similarities, measures, coordinate systems, axiom systems for the Euclidean, and projective planes.
Prerequisite: MATH A258.
MATH A350 Differential Equations 3 crs.
This course reviews and continues the introduction to ordinary differential equations met in MATH A310. Selected topics in partial differential equations and applications to various fields will be included.
Prerequisites: MATH A259, A310.
MATH A375 Computational Mathematics 3 crs
This course develops the computational procedures, which are fundamental to numeric applications. The topics studied will be selected from but not limited to error analysis, numerical solutions of non-linear equations, systems of linear equations using direct and iterative methods, polynomial interpolation, quadrature, least squares curve fitting, and numerical solutions of ordinary differential equations. This course will not count as a Mathematics elective for the Mathematics major. It is a requirement for the Computational Science major and the Computational Science minor.
Prerequisites: MATH A211, A257 or instructor permission.
MATH A400 Abstract Algebra I 3 crs.
This is a general survey course in the concepts of algebra treating number systems, groups, rings, domains, fields, matrices over a field, elements of Galois theory, and canonical forms.
Prerequisite: MATH A200.
MATH A401 Abstract Algebra II 3 crs.
This course is a continuation of MATH A400.
Prerequisite: MATH A400.
MATH A410 Advanced Calculus I 3 crs.
This course offers a deeper look at analysis with special attention to linear methods as applied to the calculus of several variables. Topics include extrema, Jacobians, uniform continuity, line and surface integrals, differentials, integration theory, and series.
Prerequisites: MATH A259, A310.
MATH A411 Advanced Calculus II 3 crs.
This course is a continuation of MATH A410.
Prerequisite: MATH A410.
MATH A415 Complex Variables 3 crs.
This course studies the theory of analytic functions. Topics include Cauchy's integration theory, series representation, analytic continuation and conformal mappings.
Prerequisite: MATH A259, A310
MATH A425 General Topology 3 crs.
This course studies basic concepts from the topics of topological spaces, Hausdorff spaces, connectedness, metric spaces, continuous mappings, separability, compactness, and product spaces.
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
MATH A430 Applied Math I 3 crs.
This course is designed to illustrate the application of mathematics to one or more fields by considering the aspects of model building and to further develop theory and techniques relevant to the needs of the field. Topics include partial differential equations, Eigen functions, Green’s functions, perturbation, and approximation methods.
Prerequisites: MATH A259, A310.
MATH A493 Directed Readings 3 crs.
MATH A495 Special Project arr.
This course focuses on the creative or productive efforts of one or more students. A special project is distinguished from a research project in its lack of the historical or experimental method and perspective characteristics of research.
MATH A496 Math Seminar 1 cr.
Topics from various branches of mathematics will be presented, discussed, and argued by the students. By invitation only.
MATH A498 Research Project arr.
The research project focuses on empirical or historical investigation, culminating in a written report.
MATH A499 Independent Study arr.
MATH H233 Honors Mathematics: Mathematics in Western Civilization 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: University Honors Program
The objective of this course is to present the development of mathematics in Western Civilization from a cultural, historical, and scientific perspective. The course material consists of important topics selected from the disciplines of number theory, logic, geometry, analysis, and probability theory. Not required of science or math majors.
MATH T122 Math Models 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Introductory
This course will treat the concepts of model building, model types, model construction and analysis, and practical aspects of mathematical model usage. Applications of modeling techniques will be made to everyday experiences and to larger world problems such as demographics.
MATH Z132 Problem Solving in Ecology 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern
This course in environmental problem solving teaches students how to use relatively simple mathematical methods (often of the "back-of-the-envelope" type) to understand how planet Earth and its inhabitants interact. The problems will deal with issues such as pollution, the exhausting of fossil fuel resources, resources, and over-population.
MATH Z134 The Computer Impact 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern
This course provides students with the basic knowledge to understand computer information technology and, more importantly, to understand the impact of this technology and its ethical implications on the individual, organizations and society.
CHAIR: Mark Gossiaux, Office: 411 Bobet Hall
PROFESSORS: Patrick L. Bourgeois, John Clark, Constance L. Mui
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: J.C. Berendzen, Francis P. Coolidge, Jr., Mark Gossiaux, Stephen Rowntree, S.J.
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS: Jon Altschul, Robert Brice, Ginger Hoffman, Jonathan Peterson
FACULTY EMERITI: David Boileau, Henry J. Folse, Gary Herbert, James R. Watson
WEB PAGE: chn.loyno.edu/philosophy/
The study of philosophy plays a central role in Jesuit liberal education. It provides students with the opportunity to develop their critical thinking and writing skills as they reflect on the meaning of human existence, the nature of human knowledge, moral values, and the existence of God. Courses in philosophy acquaint students with the great thinkers and fundamental concepts that have shaped Western civilization, and prepare them to become responsible leaders in pursuit of the common good.
In addition to its regular Philosophy major (PHIL), the Department also offers a special Philosophy Pre-Law major (PHPL) for those students seeking admission to law school. The Philosophy Pre-Law major provides students with a rigorous training in the skills and habits of reasoning required in the study and practice of law, familiarizes students with the conceptual foundations of law, government, and ethics, and exposes students to the classical philosophical history presupposed by our Western legal tradition.
The Philosophy Department also provides courses for various interdisciplinary programs on campus, such as Asian Studies, Catholic Studies, Environmental Studies, Legal Studies, Medieval Studies, Middle East Peace Studies, and Women’s Studies.
The following courses are required for a major in Philosophy (PHIL): nine hours in the Systematic Sequence (selected from the areas of Logic & Language, Mind & Knowledge, Reality & God, and Ethics & Values); nine hours in the Historical Sequence (three hours of Ancient Philosophy, three hours of Medieval Philosophy, three hours of Modern Philosophy), 12 hours of Philosophy electives, and an advanced majors seminar, usually taken in the Junior or Senior year. Students pursuing the Philosophy Pre-Law major (PHPL) are required to complete: twelve hours in the Systematic Sequence (three hours of Philosophy of Law, three hours of courses from Moral & Political Theory, three hours of courses from Philosophy & Social Topics, three hours of courses from Theoretical Philosophy); nine hours in the Historical Sequence (three hours of Ancient Philosophy, three hours of Medieval Philosophy, three hours of Modern Philosophy), nine hours of Philosophy electives, and an advanced majors seminar, usually taken in the Junior or Senior year. The normal requirements in credit hours for both majors are 30 hours. Philosophy major electives are offered on a continuous and rotational basis.
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Systematic Sequence: choose nine hours from A201 or 206, A210, A215, and A220.
Historical Sequence: choose three hours from A400, A490; three hours from A405, A408, A491; and three hours from A410, A492.
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Systematic Sequence: choose three hours from A215, A320, A330, V235, V244; three hours from V234, V241, V243, V260; and three hours from A201, A210, A220, A300, A307, A340.
Historical Sequence: choose three hours from A400, A490; three hours from A405, A408, A491; and three hours from A410, A492.
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PHIL A201 Practical Logic 3 crs.
This course will introduce the student to the application of practical logical techniques in the analysis and formulation of rational arguments. Topics will include how to find premises and conclusions in an argument, definitions, informal fallacies, syllogisms, Venn diagrams, induction, Mill’s methods, etc.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL A206 Introduction to Symbolic Logic 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to the techniques of symbolic logic in argument analysis and to the science of logic as the analysis of formal deductive systems.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL A210 Metaphysics 3 crs.
This course is a historical and theoretical examination of the question, "What does it mean to be?" or "What is reality, as distinct from mere appearance?" The course begins with a study of ancient philosophical explanations of reality and goes on to study the historical evolution of both the problem of metaphysics and its various resolutions.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL A215 Ethics 3 crs.
This course is a historical and problematic investigation of traditional ethical positions and texts, especially focusing on teleological, deontological theories, and virtue ethics and on contemporary responses to them.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL A220 Epistemology 3 crs.
This course takes a historical and problematic approach to the problems of knowledge, with emphasis on the main theories of knowledge in ancient and modern philosophy as well as contemporary discussions of the nature of knowledge.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL A225 Philosophy of Law 3 crs.
This course is an inquiry into the nature of law, the relevance of law to morality, the concepts of responsibility in the law, punishment, and the relevance to law of the concepts of justice, equality, and liberty. The philosophical assumptions that underlie criminal law and private law will be explored. Readings will be taken from classical and recent philosophers of law.
PHIL A230 Philosophy of Relgion 3 crs
This course is a study of several philosophical problems that arise from belief in the existence of God. Topics to be examined include: evidentialism and religious belief, the meaningfulness of religious language, arguments for the existence of God, problems of divine omnipotence, the difficulty of reconciling divine ominiscience with human freedom, the problem of evil, and the conceivabiity of life after death.
PHIL A300 Philosophy of Science 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to basic themes of recent philosophy of science including scientific methodology, concepts and presuppositions. Through an examination of different models of scientific explanation, the course will expose the student to problems of justifying scientific theories, and the relationship between theories and reality.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL A307 Philosophy of Mind 3 crs.
This course examines different theories of the nature of mind. It begins with an examination of the traditional mind-body problem in the works of Descartes. It will subsequently explore alternative positions which have been presented by Descartes’ contemporaries in the classical period, as well as contemporaries of our own. Emphasis will be placed on such areas as mind-body identity/interaction, brain process, language, perception, sensation, emotion, personal identity, and free will.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL A309 Naturalism and Its Critics 3 crs.
The natural sciences present an admirable model for knowledge. But naturalism (the idea that nature as understood by the sciences is all there is) can seem ill-equipped to explain some important phenomena (including values and consciousness). This class will evaluate naturalism by considering naturalist, anti-naturalist, and compromise views.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122
PHIL A320 Social and Political Philosophy 3 crs.
This course is an inquiry into the origin, nature, and necessity of political order. The relation of the individual to the social and political whole, the origin, nature, and just use of political authority, the nature of rights and duty, the problem of freedom, and the philosophical prerequisites of a just social order will be treated.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL A330 Modern Political Theory 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to modern political theory through explication and critique of readings from classics of modern political thought. Readings will be selected from works by major theorists such as Machiavelli, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Kant, Burke, Bentham, de Tocqueville, Hegel, Marx and Mill.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL A400 History of Ancient Philosophy 3 crs.
The Pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, the Epicurians, Sceptics, Stoics, Plotinus, and early Christian thought are discussed.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL A405 History of Medieval Philosophy 3 crs.
Historical study of the main ideas of the medieval period from St. Augustine to the Renaissance.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL A408 Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas 3 crs.
This course offers an introduction to the central philosophical positions of Thomas Aquinas. It examines Aquinas' views on the relationship between faith and reason, his metaphysics of being, his analysis of human knowledge, his theory of human nature, and his defense of human freedom. Special attention will also be devoted to the Greek and Arabic sources of Aquinas' philosophy and to his place in the history of medieval philosophy.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL A410 History of Modern European Philosophy 3 crs.
This course will discuss readings from works of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant.
PHIL A416 History of 19th-century Philosophy 3 crs.
A survey of the major traditions in post-Kantian philosophy ending with Nietzsche, the course will explore the interrelations between different themes in 19th-century thought and how they laid the foundation for 20th-century philosophy.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL A430 American Philosophy 3 crs.
This course is a study of the philosophies of Pierce, James, Dewey, Royce, Santayana, Mead, Lewis, and Whitehead, with emphasis on the emergence of classical American philosophy as a response to philosophic, social, and scientific developments.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL A435 Existentialism 3 crs.
This course examines the treatment of the characteristic existential themes as exemplified in the writings of Kierkegard, Nietzsche, Heideggar, Jaspers, Marcel, and Sartre.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL A440 Phenomenology 3 crs.
This course treats the problems which gave rise to contemporary phenomenology, existential phenomenology, and hermeneutic phenomenology, and various writers in that tradition, such as Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, and Ricoeur.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL A465 Introduction to Analytic Philosophy 3 crs.
This course is a study of the movement of 20th-century Anglo-American analytic philosophy as practiced by Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein, the logical positivists, ordinary language analysts, Quine, and contemporary language analysts.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL A490 Seminar: Ancient Philosophy 3 crs.
A detailed study of an author or texts from the ancient period.
PHIL A491 Seminar: Medieval Philosophy 3 crs.
A detailed study of an author or texts from the medieval period.
PHIL A492 Seminar: Modern Philosophy 3 crs.
A detailed study of an author or texts from the modern period.
PHIL A493 Seminar: Major Author 3 crs.
This course is an in-depth analysis of the thought of a major philosopher. Content varies.
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
PHIL A495 Special Project arr.
This project focuses on the creative or productive efforts of one or more students. A special project is distinguished from a research project in its lack of the historical or experimental method and perspective characteristics of research.
PHIL A496 Seminar/Workshop arr.
In a seminar, a supervised group of students share the results of their research on a common topic. In a workshop, a supervised group of students participate in a common effort.
PHIL A498 Philosophy Honors Thesis 3 crs.
Students undertake a research project under the supervision of a professor that culminates in the writing of an undergraduate thesis.
PHIL A499 Independent Study arr.
PHIL H233 Honors Philosophy I: Ethics 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: University Honors Program
This course examines questions in ethics. The student will be introduced to philosophical inquiry through an investigation of basic ethical questions. The course will include some reading of primary texts and the examination of some contemporary ethical problems.
PHIL H234 Honors Philosophy II: Metaphysics 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: University Honors Program
This course examines questions in metaphysics. It will include a historical and theoretical examination of such questions as "What does it mean to be?" and "What is reality, as distinct from mere appearance?"
PHIL H235 Honors Philosophy III: Epistemology 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: University Honors Program
This course examines questions in the theory of knowledge. Involved is an intensive examination of basic issues concerning the foundations and justification of human knowledge, with a focus on such topics as perception, truth, and meaning.
PHIL H236 Honors Philosophy– Scientific Revolutions 3 crs.
The philosophical analysis of natural science has developed, in the past 40 years, from a field dominated by a single "received view" to an arena of volatile debate with no single dominant contender for an acceptable model of scientific knowledge. This course examines the somewhat chaotic present state of this pivotal debate in late 20th-century intellectual history and its implications for basic questions regarding knowledge, reality, and both cognitive and social values.
Students may not receive credit for both this course and PHIL V164, Scientific Revolutions.
PHIL H295 Honors Seminar 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: University Honors Program
This course is an in-depth analysis of a major topic/theme in philosophy. Content varies.
PHIL T122 Introduction to Philosophy 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Introductory
This course will introduce the student to philosophy through a consideration of selected fundamental questions of ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics, as seen in the thoughts and writings of significant philosophers.
PHIL U230 Aesthetics 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course offers an introduction to the major issues of aesthetics. Topics for consideration include: a brief survey of the history of art, the nature of art, the nature of beauty, the criterion for aesthetic goodness, the interpretation of artwork, metaphor and representation in art, and the aesthetic experience.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL U234 Buddhist Philosophy 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course will consitute an introduction to Buddhist philosophy through the study of basic themses and concepts, classic texts, and major thinkers and schools. We will investigate theories concerning the nature of reality, knowledge and value, and basic theoretical concepts such as emptiness, dependent origination, impermanence, selflessness, suffering and release.
PHIL U237 Indian Philosophy 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
A survey of philosophical traditions of India. This course is designed to help the student to extend his/her knowledge to the wisdom of the East. The study includes the philosophies of the Vedas, Upanishads, Buddhism, Jainism, Mimamsa, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Sankhya, Yoga, Vedanta, Bhagavadgita, and of some contemporary thinkers such as Aurobindo, Vivekanada, Tagore, Gandhi, and Radhakrishnan.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL U238 Philosophy and Literature 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course acquaints students with the multifarious relationship between philosophy and literature as staged in some seminal texts of philosophy. The course also demonstrates that (the definition of) literature has often been inscribed in philosophical frameworks by tracing some concepts (metaphor, work, text, author) central to both philosophy and literature/literary theory.
PHIL U239 Divine Madness 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course is an exploration of the relationship among philosophy, mysticism, and madness following the theme of theosis (divine madness) introduced by Plato through a selective reading of the history of philosophy, Christian mysticism, and modern psychology.
PHIL U254 Postmodernism and Feminism 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
Masculinity and femininity are no longer accepted as fixed positions within ontologies mapped out by man’s objectifying look. Postmodernist deconstruction of traditional engendered representations discloses the exchangeability of genders and thus works toward a liberation of the "engendered subject" in the multitudinous affinities between beings.
Prerequisites: PHIL T122, ENGL T122.
PHIL U258 Philosophical Anthropology 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course acquaints students with basic issues in the philosophy of human nature. It also teaches students to think critically and constructively about philosophies of human nature by drawing out the implications of basic statements about the nature of human beings.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL U260 Worldviews and Ethics 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
Our morality cannot be divorced from our understanding of reality. This course will explore how our view of reality affects our moral judgments by examining the worldviews and moralities of both the ancient Greeks and subsequent Christian philosophers. Readings will be taken from Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL U262 Classics in Moral Literature 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course is a study of classics that reflect the gradual transformation of moral consciousness in antiquity, including readings from Plato and Aristotle. The implications of ancient moral thought and its abandonment by modernity will be examined in two classics of modern moral literature, one from Kant and the other from Nietzsche.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL U270 Philosophy and Religion in the Middle Ages
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course examines the nature and goals of philosophy as it was practiced in the medieval world. It looks at the vaious ways in which philosophy was transformed by its encounter with Christianity and the extent to which it remained an autonomous discipline in the Middle Ages.
PHIL U286 Religious Experience and Philosophy 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
Accounts of religious experience unfold their fundamental meaning and structures in relation to those of human experience in general. Students will come to understand explicitly the nature, limits and implications, and the foundations in existence of religious experience.
PHIL V234 Medical Ethics 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
After a brief introduction to some basic principles useful in moral decision making, the course introduces the student to problems of general interest in bioethics such as: experimentation on humans, relations of patients and health care professionals, just allocation of health care, refusal of lifesaving treatment/euthanasia, abortion, and moral problems surrounding assisted reproduction, developments in genetics (e.g., cloning), etc.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL V235 Philosophy of Right 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course is a philosophical expose of the life, struggles, death, and ultimate transformation of the concept of "right." The central issue of the course: Is the violation of a human right a crime against nature?
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL V240 European World Views 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course attempts to clarify the philosophical framework underlying contemporary thought, expression, and science in contrast to the framework of the modern period of philosophy (17th — 18th centuries) by investigating four or five contemporary European philosophers such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Marcel, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and Sartre.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL V241 Philosophical Perspective on Woman 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course covers the philosophical development of three feminist theories–liberal, Marxist, and radical feminism. Various philosophical frameworks that have served as the basis of feminist critiques, such as positivism, liberalism, Marxism, functionalism, existentialism, and Freudism are discussed. Students will address critically a number of women’s issues, including women’s self-concept, their biology, their place in the public sphere, and their representation in language and culture.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL V243 Environmental Philosophy 3 crs.
Common Curriculum; Humanities/Arts Modern
This course offers an overview of the environmental crisis and evaluates the leading contemporary philosophical accounts of both the origins of the crisis and the ethical orientations needed for its resolution.
PHIL V244 Law and Morality 3crs.
This course examines ethical principles as they bear on disputed legal issues, such as capital punishment, equal protection, school integration, affirmative action, and welfare/taxation/economic justice.
PHIL V245 Environmental Ethics 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
The course will address the question: “What are our moral responsibilities in relation to the earth, ecosystems and eco-communities, other species and life forms, and future generations?” It discusses major theories in environmental ethics, consider the many dimensions of global ecological crisis, and examine carefully a number of important contemporary issues in environmental ethics.
PHIL V247 Global Ethics 3crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course will investigate issues in social ethics in a global context. Topics include globalization, poverty, world hunger, population, status of women, models of development, and the role of transnational corporations, states and voluntary organizations. Perspectives studied include rights theory, contract theory, utilitarianism, virtue ethics, human capabilities theory, and the ethics of care.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122
PHIL V252 Making Moral Decisions 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course treats the nature of personal and moral decision making leading to consideration of some ethical positions influential on the current philosophical scene (e.g., teleology, Kantian deontology, utilitarianism, natural law theory, etc.) and their application to contemporary moral problems.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL V260 Social Justice 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
An examination of the concept of social justice by means of a careful reading of classic texts from the Old Testament, New Testament, Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, and Locke. Central issues of the course include interpretations of property rights (private, public, common), alternative economic systems (markets, planning, mixed economies), poverty and poverty alleviation, and governments' roles in establishing social justice.
PHIL V267 Technology and Human Values 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
A study of the relationships among technology, social change, and human values, this course includes analyses of several visions of the promises and threats of technology and a survey of the history of technology. Other topics include human nature, freedom, the impact of technology upon nature, and alternative technologies.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122
PHIL V270 Philosophy of Knowledge 3crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course focuses on a philosophic question that is important to every other intellectual discipline: how do we know what we know? Questions covered may include: Is knowledge something forged independently by individual inquirers, or is it inherited from a social tradition? Does it have foundations in our observations of the world, as in natural science, or in purely intellectual axioms, as in mathematics? Has our knowledge any solid "foundations" at all, or is it more like a living, organic whole? What are the implications of different answers to these questions for science, religion, and our commonsense view of the world?
Prerequisite: PHIL T122
PHIL V273 Auschwitz and After 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
The annihilation of six million European Jews by the Nazi totalitarian state constitutes the subject matter of the course. After exploring the history of anti-Semitism and the Nazi destruction process, the course turns to the ethical, religious, and philosophical dilemma posed by this mass murder.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL V277 Minds and Machines 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This is a course in philosophy that focuses on the structures and nature of human consciousness. It will serve as an introduction to contemporary discussion and issues associated with the philosophy of mind. Criteria for determining the nature and structure of consciousness will be developed through models employed in computers by artificial intelligence programs. No computer experience is required for this course.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL V278 Philosophy of God 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course will treat the existence and the nature of God according to the philosophies of Kant, Anselm, Aquinas, and Whitehead. Among the topics of discussion will be: atheism, agnosticism, theism, and the process philosophy.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122.
PHIL V280 Freedom and Oppression 3crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course explores the conceptual relationship between freedom and oppression, how the philosophical limits of the former determine our understanding of the latter, and how such an understanding would help us to address the problem of oppression. Readings will be taken from Sartre, Marx, Camus, Skinner, and others.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122
PHIL V281 Philosophical Reason and Catholic Faith 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course considers the relation between reason and faith, and philosophy and theology, with special attention to Catholic faith. It will focus upon contrasting views of these relations in such authors as Augustine, Aquinas, Lonergan, Rahner, Kierkegaard, Peperzak, Ricoeur, Jean-Luc Marion, John Caputo, John Haldane, and John Paul II.
PHIL A340 Being and God 3 crs.
This course is an examination of the nature of being and the existence of God from the standpoint of classical metaphysics. It studies topics such as the structure of finite being, the transcendentals, analogy and univocity of being, metaphysical causality and the problem of creation.
Prerequisite: PHIL T122
CHAIR: Armin Kargol, Ph.D., Office: 451 Monroe Hall
PROFESSOR EMERITUS: Carl H. Brans, James Carter, S.J., Creston A. King
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: Armin Kargol, Martin P. McHugh
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: Tirthabir Biswas, Patrick L. Garrity
EXTRAORDINARY FACULTY: Darryl L. Steinert
WEB PAGE: chn.loyno.edu/physics/
The department is dedicated to the training of undergraduates and to the preparation of students for advanced studies. In designing the program, the department has taken into account the fact that a thorough understanding of the fundamental laws of nature, and of the mathematical and experimental methods used in physics, provide a solid background for graduate studies not only in physics but also in many other disciplines.
The department’s facilities and research laboratories are located in Loyola’s Monroe Hall. Students are encouraged to participate in a research program. This opportunity to work closely with the faculty using the sophisticated equipment of modern physics is one of the features of the department.
All physics programs share a set of core physics courses:
Five semesters of mathematics courses are also required for all physics programs:
A B.S. degree in physics will be awarded to those students who complete all university and departmental requirements. A B.S. degree in physics (departmental honors) will be granted to those students who have satisfied the requirements for a B.S. in physics, obtained a grade point average of 3.0 or better in physics and math, and completed a thesis based on their senior year research.
A rigorous program designed primarily for students intending to pursue graduate studies in physics or a closely related field. Additional requirements above the core courses include three upper level physics electives (a fourth is strongly recommended) and an additional upper level mathematics course.
| Freshman | F | S | |
| Major | PHYS A101 / A102 | 4 | 4 |
| Major | PHYS A103 / A104 | 1 | 1 |
| Common Curriculum / Adjunct | MATH A257 — A258 | 4 | 4 |
| Adjunct | MATH A200 | 0 | 3 |
| Foreign Language | 3 | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 0 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Sophomore | F | S | |
| Major | PHYS A240 / A241 | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | CHEM A105 / A107; A106 / A108 or BIOL | 4 | 4 |
| Adjunct | MATH A259 / A310 | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| 32 | |||
| Junior | F | S | |
| Major | PHYS A340 / A350 | 4 | 4 |
| Major | Upper Level Physics Electives | 3 | 3 |
| Adjunct | MATH A350 or A410 or A415 | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 9 | |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| 32 | |||
| Senior | F | S | |
| Major | PHYS A445 / A450 | 3 | 4 |
| Major | Upper Level Physics Elective | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 3 | |
| Electives | 3 | 6 | |
| 15 | 13 | ||
| 28 | |||
| TOTAL: 122 hrs. | |||
(View Common Curriculum Requirements.)
This is a 3-2 program where students take physics and general education courses at Loyola during their first three years and then pursue an engineering degree at another university for an additional two years. With the successful completion of the engineering degree the student also earns a physics degree from Loyola. We currently have partnerships with engineering departments at the University of New Orleans. There is an additional upper level mathematics requirement above the core requirements.
| Freshman | F | S | |
| Major | PHYS A101 / A102 | 4 | 4 |
| Major | PHYS A103 / A104 | 1 | 1 |
| Common Curriculum / Adjunct | MATH A257 — A258 | 4 | 4 |
| Adjunct | MATH A200 | 0 | 3 |
| Foreign Language | 3 | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 3 | |
| 15 | 18 | ||
| 33 | |||
| Sophomore | F | S | |
| Major | PHYS A240 / A241 | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | CHEM A105 / A107; A106 / A108 | 4 | 4 |
| Adjunct | MATH A259 / A310 | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| 32 | |||
| Junior | F | S | |
| Major | PHYS A340 / A350 | 4 | 4 |
| Major | PHYS A445 / A450 | 3 | 4 |
| Adjunct | MATH A350 or A410 or A415 | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| 16 | 14 | ||
| 30 | |||
| TOTAL: 94 hrs. | |||
(View Common Curriculum Requirements.)
This program is designed for students wishing to apply to medical school or other health-related professional schools. The physics requirements are restricted to the core courses. Additional adjunct requirements in Biology and Chemistry satisfy pre-med admissions requirements.
| Freshman | F | S | |
| Major | PHYS A101 / A102 | 4 | 4 |
| Major | PHYS A103 / A104 | 1 | 1 |
| Common Curriculum | CHEM A105 / A107; A106 / A108 | 4 | 4 |
| Common Curriculum / Adjunct | MATH A257 / A258 | 4 | 4 |
| Adjunct | MATH A200 | 0 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 0 | |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| 32 | |||
| Sophomore | F | S | |
| Major | PHYS A240 / A241 | 3 | 3 |
| Adjunct | MATH A259 / A310 | 3 | 3 |
| Adjunct | BIOL A106 / 107; A108 / A109 | 4 | 4 |
| Adjunct | CHEM A300 / A301 / A305 | 3 | 5 |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | ||
| 15 | 16 | ||
| 31 | |||
| Junior | F | S | |
| Major | PHYS A340 / A350 | 4 | 4 |
| Common Curriculum | 9 | 12 | |
| 13 | 16 | ||
| 29 | |||
| Senior | F | S | |
| Major | PHYS A445 / A450 | 3 | 4 |
| Common Curriculum | 9 | 3 | |
| Foreign Language | 3 | 3 | |
| Elective | _ | 3 | |
| 15 | 13 | ||
| 28 | |||
| TOTAL: 120 hrs. | |||
(View Common Curriculum Requirements.)
This is the most flexible program aimed at students who want the scientific and analytic training that a physics degree offers. A single upper level physics elective in addition to the core courses is required for this degree.
| Freshman | F | S | |
| Major | PHYS A101 / A102 | 4 | 4 |
| Major | PHYS A103 / A104 | 1 | 1 |
| Common Curriculum / Adjunct | MATH A257 / A258 | 4 | 4 |
| Adjunct | MATH A200 | 0 | 3 |
| Foreign Language | 3 | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 0 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Sophomore | F | S | |
| Major | PHYS A240 / A241 | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | CHEM A105 / A107; A106 / A108 | 4 | 4 |
| Adjunct | MATH A259 / A310 | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| 32 | |||
| Junior | F | S | |
| Major | PHYS A340 / A350 | 4 | 4 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 9 | |
| Electives | 6 | 3 | |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| 32 | |||
| Senior | F | S | |
| Major | PHYS A445 / A450 | 3 | 4 |
| Major | Upper Level Physics Elective | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 3 | |
| Electives | 3 | 6 | |
| 15 | 13 | ||
| 28 | |||
| TOTAL: 121 hrs. | |||
View Physics Course Descriptions
(View Common Curriculum Requirements.)
Humanities and Natural Sciences
PHYS A101 Introduction to Mechanics 4 crs.
This is a calculus-based introductory course in Newtonian mechanics intended for physical science and math majors.
Co-requisite: PHYS A112, MATH A257
PHYS A102 Introduction to Electromagnetism 4 crs.
This course is an introduction to the physics of electricity and magnetism culminating in an elementary treatment of Maxwell’s equations. We will then introduce students to Einstein’s special relativity.
Co-requisite: PHYS A113, MATH A258
PHYS A103 Mechanics Lab 1 cr.
Co-requisite: PHYS A101, A110 or A115. Lab fee $50.
PHYS A104 Electricity and Magnetism Lab 1 cr.
Co-requisite: PHYS A102, A111 or A116. Lab fee $50.
PHYS A115 Physics of Life Sciences I 3 crs.
The principles of mechanics, heat, sound, light, magnetism, electricity, and fundamentals of atomic physics. In presenting these topics, the special interest of the biological sciences and the general education groups are kept in view. Included are three lectures per week.
Co-requisite: PHYS A112
PHYS A116 Physics of Life Sciences II 3 crs.
This course is a continuation PHYS A115
Prerequisite: PHYS A115
Co-requisite: PHYS A113
PHYS A195 Special Projects I 1 cr.
PHYS A240 Introduction to Waves and Quantum Physics 3 crs.
This is a sophomore level course that describes wave physics and introduces basic concepts of quantum physics.
Prerequisites: PHYS A102, MATH A258
PHYS A241 Introduction to Thermal Physics 3 crs.
This is a sophomore level course that introduces the basic thermodynamic concepts of temperature, heat, and entropy. Classical thermodynamics as well as statistical mechanics will be covered.
Prerequisites: PHYS A102, MATH A258
PHYS A295 Special Projects II arr.
PHYS A295 Environmental Physics 3 crs.
This course discusses physical foundations of environmental science. It revisits basic physics principles relevant to environmental science and then applies them to phenomena such as climate change, pollution, energy conversion etc.
Prerequisite: PHYS A241 or PHYS A116
PHYS A340 Classical Mechanics 4 crs.
This is a junior level course that introduces methods of classical mechanics. It gives a rigorous treatment of Newtonian and Lagrangian formulations of classical mechanics, including numerous applications. It is a continuation and extension of the introductory course (Introduction to Mechanics PHYS-A101).
Prerequisites: MATH A259, PHYS A240
PHYS A350 Electromagnetism 4 crs.
This course gives a rigorous treatment of laws of electromagnetism. It covers applications of Maxwell’s equations, including electromagnetic waves. It is a continuation and extension of the introductory course (Introduction to Electromagnetism and Relativity PHYS-A102).
Prerequisites: MATH A259, PHYS A240
PHYS A395 Special Projects III arr.
PHYS A425 Lasers and Modern Optics 3 crs.
Discussions will involve principles and practical aspects of laser operation and applications in modern optics; propagation of plane electromagnetic waves; diffraction and interference of light; gaussian beam propagation and optical resonators; theory of laser oscillation; gas, solid, semiconductor and dye lasers; detectors of optical radiation; nonlinear optics; applications in research and industry. Laboratory exercises include polarization, interference, Fourier optics, holography, gas, diode, and tunable lasers.
Prerequisite: PHYS A241
PHYS A430 General Relativity 3 crs.
Beginning with Special relativity, we will review Einstein's development of his general relativistic theory of gravity in terms of the differential geometry of spacetime.
Prerequisite: PHYS A240, MATH A259
PHYS A432 Solid State Physics 3 crs.
This course is an introductory course in solid state physics. Some of the areas covered are thermal properties, free electron theory of metals, band theory, semiconductors, superconductivity and magnetic properties.
Prerequisite: PHYS A241
PHYS A436 Cellular Biophysics 3 crs.
This course is concerned with selected physiological phenomena occurring in biological cells, such as action potential in neurons. Although these are fundamentally biological phenomena, the analysis is inherently multidisciplinary, involving both physical and chemical principles. The course also introduces students to basic mathematical modeling of biophysical phenomena.
Prerequisite: PHYS A241 or PHYS A116
PHYS A438 Introduction to Astrophysics 3 crs.
This introduction to astrophysics is an elective course for the physics major sequences. Topics include the physical principles of the tools of astronomy; the physics of stars and planetary systems; galaxies and cosmology.
Prerequisites: PHYS A240, PHYS A241, MATH A259
PHYS A445 Advanced Laboratory Physics 3 crs.
This is an advanced laboratory course for physics majors with the objective of training students to be self-reliant in planning and performing experiments not ordinarily done at the elementary level. Experiments are performed in such areas as electronics, mechanics, atomic physics and spectroscopy and emphasis will be placed on experimental error analysis. Lab fee $50.
Prerequisites: PHYS A240, PHYS A241
PHYS A450 Quantum Mechanics 4 crs.
This course gives an introductory treatment of quantum mechanics. Starting with the experimental evidence, it introduces the Schroedinger and Heisenberg formulations of quantum theory, discusses basic properties of the Schroedinger equation and provides an elementary introduction to axiomatic structure of quantum mechanics.
Prerequisites: MATH A259, PHYS A240
PHYS A495 Special Projects IV arr.
Prerequisite: PHYS A395
PHYS A496 Seminar/Workshop arr.
A seminar is a supervised group of students sharing the results of their research on a common topic. A workshop is a supervised group of students participating in a common effort.
PHYS A497 Internship/Practicum arr.
An internship is supervised practical experience. A practicum is supervised practical application of previously studied theory.
PHYS A498 Research Project arr.
This project focuses on empirical or historical investigation, culminating in a written report.
PHYS A499 Independent Study arr.
PHYS H234 Faith, Science, and Religion 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern
This course will critically analyze various ways of knowing: faith, science, and theology (critical analysis of faith). The methods of the physical sciences and the life sciences will be discussed. Topics will include the epic of creation, evolution, and quantum theory.
PHYS H498 Honors Thesis 3 crs.
PHYS T122 Introduction to Physics 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Introductory
The purposes of the course are (1) to familiarize the student with the behavior of physical reality, (2) to consider the manner in which scientists across the ages have philosophized on physical reality, (3) to contrast classical physics with modern physics, and (4) to foster within the students a scientific literacy.
PHYS Z130 Faith, Science, and Religion 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern
This course will critically analyze various ways of knowing: faith, science, and theology (critical analysis of faith). The methods of the physical sciences and the life sciences will be discussed. Topics will include the epic of creation, evolution, and quantum theory.
PHYS Z131 Physics of Sound 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern
This course explores the science underlying the phenomena of sound, with particular emphasis on topics related to musical sound. Students will gain an understanding of basic physical and mathematical concepts relating to sound production, propagation and perception – as well as sound recording and sound reproduction.
PHYS Z134 Astronomy 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern
The purpose of this course is to place the participant in one of the cultural mainstreams of mankind’s past, present, and future by making available the rich mines of historical and practical astronomy, as well as modern space age discoveries and theories, in a comprehensive form.
Prerequisite: Any MATH A100 or above
CHAIR: Mary Brazier Office: 444 Monroe Hall
PROFESSORS: Glenn M. Hymel, Janet R. Matthews, Evan L. Zucker
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: Mary M. Brazier, Kim Ernst, Lawrence Lewis
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: Charles Corprew, III, Kendall Erskine, Erin Dupuis
WEB PAGE: chn.loyno.edu/psychology/
Today psychology plays an important part in the background that every well educated person should have. For this reason, the department emphasizes the contribution that psychology can make to the liberal education of all students, including helping all students become intelligent "consumers" of psychological information. At the same time, the departmental program is designed to provide a thorough base of knowledge and skills for those students who are preparing to pursue graduate degrees to become professional psychologists or earn graduate or professional degrees in fields other than psychology (i.e., M.S.W., M.B.A., J.D.), as well as for those desiring a terminal degree in psychology without plans for graduate education.
The department also offers a formal degree program in which the student can major in psychology and simultaneously complete the course requirements expected for admission to medical, dental, veterinary, and other health-related post-baccalaureate programs.
As undergraduate psychology majors have a variety of goals, the department makes a conscious effort to individualize the learning process and the curriculum. Incoming psychology majors are assigned to faculty advisers, and the effort is made to maintain this student-advisor relationship until the student graduates. Higher level instruction for psychology students is done with heavy reliance on close work with a faculty adviser who directs the student in the choice of areas of study and adjunct courses designed with the goals and interests of the individual student in mind. Students are encouraged to engage in research under the supervision of a faculty member, enroll in off-campus practicum experiences, and conduct course-related service learning. This permits maximum flexibility and efficiency in the planning of a truly personalized undergraduate education.
The program leading to the B.S. in psychology consists of a core of four courses (including a capstone course), four structured psychology electives involving psychology both as a social science and a natural science, one lab, and three other psychology electives. Electives and adjunct courses are chosen in consultation with the advisor to help the individual student attain their desired educational goals.
Adjunct Courses
The department maintains no set list of required adjuncts for students majoring in Psychology. Those fulfilling the requirements for admission to health-related professional programs do have a set of prescribed adjunct courses to complete.
Total hours in psychology are 34 as follows:
| 1. Core | 12 hours | |||
| a. Introduction to Psychology | 3 hours | |||
| b. Introduction to Research | 3 hours | |||
| c. Statistics and Methods | 3 hours | |||
| d. History and Systems (capstone) | 3 hours | |||
| 2. Psychology as a Social Science | 6 hours | |||
| 3. Psychology as a Natural Science | 7 hours | |||
| 4. Psychology Electives | 9 hours | |||
Departmental Comprehensive Examination
In order to demonstrate adequate knowledge of the depth and breadth of psychology, a senior comprehensive exam is given the semester before graduation. Successful performance on the departmental comprehensive exam is required for graduation. Information on both the comprehensive examination and the required criterion score is available from the chair of the department.
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6
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7
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| Major | PSYC Electives — A470 |
3
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| TOTAL: 121 cr. hrs. | |||
View Common Curriculum Requirements
Specific Common Curriculum requirements are given in the beginning of this chapter under Curriculum Design. Refer to Common Curriculum in the index for page number.
| Freshman |
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| Major | PSYC A100 — Electives |
3
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6
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| Adjunct | BIOL A106 / A107 — A108 / A109 |
4
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4
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| Adjunct | CHEM A105 / A107 — A106 / A108 |
4
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4
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| Adjunct | MATH A257 |
4
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| Major | PSYC A301 / A303 - Electives |
6
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3
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| Adjunct | CHEM A300 — A301 |
3
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3
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| Adjunct | CHEM A305 |
0
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2
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| Adjunct | PHYS A115 — A116 [ plus labs A112 - A113] |
4
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| Major | PSYC Elective — A470 |
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| Common Curriculum | Advanced |
9
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| TOTAL: 124 cr. hrs. | |||
View Psychology Course Descriptions
View Common Curriculum Requirements
Humanities and Natural Sciences
PSYC A100 Introduction to Psychology 3 crs.
This course is a survey of the major fields of psychology. It is a prerequisite for all other psychology courses.
PSYC A230 Developmental Psychology 3 crs.
This course covers the development of behavior and psychological activity through the prenatal period, infancy, childhood, adolescence, maturity, and old age with emphasis on the normal person.
Prerequisite: PSYC A100.
PSYC A235 Abnormal Psychology 3 crs.
This course is a survey of psychological disorders with emphasis on clinical "picture," explanatory theories, and etiological research. Intervention procedures are briefly addressed.
Prerequisite: PSYC A100.
PSYC A240 Social Psychology 3 crs.
Social determinants of individual behavior and of group interaction are examined with emphasis on current research literature.
Prerequisite: PSYC A100.
PSYC A241 Psychology of Personal Adjustment 3 crs.
Good personal adjustment is defined as the effective solution of individual problems and the creation of a viable system of personal values. The constraints and conditions affecting these behaviors are examined.
Prerequisite: PSYC A100.
PSYC A301 Introduction to Research 3 crs.
This course concerns the application of scientific methods to psychology with emphasis on designing research and on report writing.
Prerequisite: 9 hrs. in PSYC, including PSYC A100, or 6 hrs. and concurrent enrollment in 3 PSYC hrs.
PSYC A303 Statistics and Methods 3 crs.
This course focuses on descriptive and inferential statistics. This course stresses the analysis and interpretation of data, frequency distribution analysis, tests of significance, correlational methods, analysis of variance, and selected nonparametric tests.
Prerequisites: PSYC A301; one college-level math course.
PSYC A315 Physiological Psychology 3 crs.
This course is an investigation of the biological basis of behavior. The focus is on neural and hormonal regulation and control of behavior.
Prerequisite: PSYC A303.
PSYC A316 Physiological Psychology Laboratory 1 cr.
This course involves structured laboratory experiences which approximately parallel the course content of PSYC A315. It is an optional lab to accompany PSYC A315. Lab fee $50.
Co-requisite: PSYC A315.
PSYC A320 Psychology of Learning 3 crs.
This course is an examination of contemporary theories and problems of learning.
Prerequisite: PSYC A303.
Co-requisite: PSYC A321.
PSYC A321 Animal Operant Lab 1 cr.
This course involves structured laboratory experiences in the operant conditioning of the laboratory rat. It is an obligatory lab to accompany PSYC A320. Lab fee $50.
Co-requisite: PSYC A320.
PSYC A322 Cognition 3 crs.
The purpose of this course is to familiarize the student with the cognitive processes underlying human behavior, their experimental origins, and their theoretical significance.
Prerequisite: PSYC A303.
PSYC A323 Cognition Lab 1 cr.
This course involves structured laboratory experiences in traditional and contemporary areas of cognitive psychology. It is an optional lab to accompany PSYC A322. Lab fee $50.
Co-requisite: PSYC A322.
PSYC A326 Environmental Psychology 3 crs.
This course is a survey of environmental psychology. Areas of focus include ambient envorinmental variables, environmental stressors, density and crowding, architecture and behavior, and pro-environmental behaviors. Living, learning, working, and recreational environments are considered, as are instiutional environments.
Prerequisite: PSYC A100.
PSYC A327 Studies in Psychology of Women 3 crs.
This course investigates the life span development of women. The predominant focus concerns the ways in which class, gender, race, and cultural background affect the individual. Also addressed are issues and factors related to societal stereotypes of women.
Prerequisite: PSYC A100.
PSYC A345 Psychology of Testing and Measurement 3 crs.
This course is a survey of the principles and practice of basic psychological testing, theory of measurement, test construction, and reliability/validity of test instruments. Emphasis is on tests of intelligence, aptitude, interests, organic brain dysfunction, and personality functions.
Prerequisite: PSYC A303.
PSYC A346 Test and Measurements Lab 1 cr.
This course involves supervised laboratory experience in administration, scoring, and interpretation of psychological tests. It is an obligatory lab to accompany PSYC A345. Lab fee $50.
Co-requisite: PSYC A345.
PSYC A350 Industrial/ Organizational Psychology 3 crs.
This course involves applications of psychological principles to human problems in organizations, individual needs, and motives as they affect group achievement.
Prerequisite: PSYC A303.
PSYC A414 Health Psychology 3 crs.
This course focuses on the relationship between psychological theory, principles, and methods and the assessment, prevention, maintenance, and restoration of physical health. Doctor-patient relationships and their impact on health are also considered.
Prerequisite: PSYC A303 or permission of instructor.
PSYC A415 Psychopharmacology 3 crs.
This course covers principles of pharmacology and a detalied study of therapeutic and abused drug classes that affect psychological functioning and behavior. Mechanisms of action, neurobiological bases, clinical applications, tolerance and dependence, side effects, and abuse potentials are considered.
Prerequisites: PSYC A303, A315 or permission of instructor.
PSYC A416 Sensation and Perception 3 crs.
This course is an intensive study of sensory processes and perceptual organization. Prerequisite: PSYC A303.
PSYC A417 Sensation and Perception Lab 1 cr.
This course involves structured laboratory experiences in sensation and perception which parallels and complements PSYC A416. Included are experiments in classical psychophysics. It is an optional lab to accompany PSYC A416. Lab fee $50.
PSYC A440 Theories of Personality 3 crs.
This course is a review and critical evaluation of major personality theories and their supporting evidence with readings from original sources.
Prerequisite: PSYC A235.
PSYC A441 Clinical Psychology 3 crs.
This course includes a brief history of clinical psychology, roles of the modern clinical psychologist, description of assessment and therapy techniques, current journal articles, experiential exercises to illustrate some areas of discussion, and an integrative final paper.
Prerequisites: PSYC A301, A235.
PSYC A455 Emotion and Motivation 3 crs.
This course is a survey of contemporary theories, research, and critical review of their relevant problems.
Prerequisites: PSYC A303 and A315 or A320 or A322.
PSYC A456 Comparative Psychology 3 crs.
This course is a topic-oriented survey of animal behavior. Opportunities for research are included.
Prerequisite: PSYC A303.
PSYC A459 Naturalistic Observation Lab 1 cr.
This laboratory course addresses the ways that behavioral data can be obtained through systematic, unbiased, naturalistic observations. Topics include sources of bias, scheduling observations, ethograms, and sampling techniques.
Prerequisite: PSYC A303 or permission of instructor.
PSYC A470 History and Systems of Psychology 3 crs.
This required capstone course for majors addresses those historical antecedents to contemporary psychology as well as the several systems or schools of psychology that have given direction to the discipline.
Prerequisite: PSYC A303.
PSYC A488 Senior Research 2 crs.
This course is an intensive literature review which culminates in the preparation of a formal written proposal for an undergraduate thesis.
Prerequisites: permission of instructor; advanced junior standing.
PSYC A489 Senior Thesis 1 cr.
This course involves the completion of an empirical research project and writing of an undergraduate thesis.
Prerequisites: PSYC A488 and permission of instructor.
PSYC A493 Directed Readings 3 crs.
Research and readings are on selected topics. Open only to second-semester junior or senior psychology students.
Prerequisite: permission of department chair.
PSYC A495 Special Project arr.
Learning experiences will be designed to meet the special needs of advanced majors. Content, activities, credit, and frequency of scheduling are variable.
Prerequisite: permission of department chair.
PSYC A496 Seminar 3 crs.
Course content varies each semester but is keyed to student and faculty interest.
Prerequisite: permission of department chair.
PSYC A497 Practicum in Applied Psychology 3 crs.
This course involves supervised field experience in cooperation with New Orleans area agencies. On-campus meetings and written assignments are required.
Prerequisites: advanced junior standing; permission of instructor.
PSYC A499 Independent Studies arr.
PSYC X230 Models of Human Behavior 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This course provides a multidisciplinary survey of several theorists, includinh–Freud, Skinner, Rogers, as well as classical philosophers. Human behavior is considered as a function of human nature, which in turn reflects varying perspectives on reality, truth, and values.
CHAIR: Timothy Cahill, Ph.D., Office: 409 Bobet Hall
Professors: Robert Gnuse, Denis Janz, Kenneth Keulman, Catherine Wessinger
Associate Professors: Peter Bernardi, S.J., Boyd Blundell, Timothy Cahill
Assistant Professors: Terri Bednarz, R.S.M., Aaron Spevack
Extraordinary Faculty: Michael Bouzigard, S.J., Ann Daniells, Victoria Hippard, Robert Loewy, Michael A. Novak, Mari Rethelyi, Elizabeth Willems, S.S.N.D.
WEB PAGE: http://chn.loyno.edu/religious-studies
The academic study of religion is pursued in a spirit of free intellectual inquiry. The immediate concern of the religious studies program is to achieve an understanding of the person as a religious believer and of the impact of religion upon human existence. This means that religion is reflected upon as a force that has shaped and been shaped by social, political, scientific, and ethical concerns. Since Loyola is a Catholic university, these studies are undertaken from within the perspective of the Catholic tradition. The Department of Religious Studies is ecumenical both in the composition of its faculty and in its outlook.
Students electing a religious studies major are assigned a faculty adviser in the department. They can choose a track in Christianity or a track in World Religions. For the track in Christianity, students must complete 30 credit hours of religious studies with the following required courses: Introduction to World Religions (prerequisite), Old Testament as Literature, New Testament as Literature, Christian Ethics, Early Christian Thought, Medieval Christian Thought, Modern Christian Thought, one major elective (not in Common Curriculum), and three additional elective courses. For the track in World Religions, students must complete 30 credit hours of religious studies with the following required courses: Introduction to World Religions (prerequisite), Old Testament as Literature, New Testament as Literature, one of Early, Medieval, or Modern Christian Thought, one major elective (not in Common Curriculum), and six additional elective courses. Minors are also available in both tracks. Adjuncts in appropriate disciplines and foreign language study are encouraged.
The Department of Religious Studies supports and oversees the interdisciplinary minor in Catholic Studies. The department's longstanding commitment to interdisciplinary learning is evidenced not only in its curriculum, but in the support of interdisciplinary majors and minors across the university. We offer courses in support of the following interdisciplinary minors: Asian Studies, Catholic Studies, Latin American Studies, Legal Studies, Medieval Studies, Middle East Peace Studies, Womens Studies.
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View Religious Studies Course Descriptions
(View Common Curriculum Requirements.)
Humanities and Natural Sciences
RELS A200 Early Christian Thought 3 crs.
This course is a study of the development of Christian thought through the Ante and Post Nicene periods to the end of the patristic period.
Required of all majors.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A201 Medieval Christian Thought 3 crs.
This course is a study of Christian thought from the end of the patristic period to the eve of the Reformation. Within this period, interest will center on the three centuries between 1000 A.D. and 1300 A.D.
Required of all majors.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A202 Modern Christian Thought 3 crs.
This course examines the development of Christian thought from the Reformation through the modern period.
Required for all majors.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A215 The Pentateuch 3 crs.
The various theological traditions which comprise the Pentateuch and related writings will be critically studied for their literary value, religious insights, and theological importance for their age and our own.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A216 Biblical Wisdom Literature 3 crs.
Proverbs, Koheleth, Job, Sirach, and Wisdom will be critically studied in terms of their literary quality, philosophical and existential attitudes towards life, theological content, and intellectual relationship to the rest of scripture and the ancient Near Eastern intellectual tradition.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A236 Hebrew Prophets 3 crs.
The message of the Hebrew Prophets with its religious, social, political, and economic implications will be studied in order to see its relationship with the rest of Scripture and the development of prophetic criticism which continues into our own age.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A255 Synoptic Gospels 3 crs.
After a brief introduction to the question of the literary genre of the gospel, the course will deal with the different theologies of the first three gospels, related to the social concerns of the communities to which they were addressed.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A300 Pauline Writings 3 crs.
This course will explore the development of Paul’s thought through his epistles, focusing on major themes such as sin, justification, faith, and the body of Christ. Influences on his thought such as Hellenistic philosophical and theological speculations and rabbinic theologizing will also be considered.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A310 Religions of Asia 3 crs.
This course is a study of the history and contemporary status of at least two of the following religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, the Chinese religious tradition, and Islam.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A315 Johannine Literature 3 crs.
This course covers the fourth gospel, the Johannine Epistles, and the Apocalypse. Literary, linguistic, and theological criteria will be discussed in establishing the distinctiveness of this body of literature within the New Testament. John’s contribution to subsequent theology will be discussed by contrasting his synthesis with that of Paul and Synoptics.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A320 The Christian God 3 crs.
This course is a study of the problem of belief as it evolved from the enlightenment period to the present, the bearing of the secularization process on God-talk and traditional approaches to God, an investigation of recent efforts by process thinkers to reconstruct the idea of God, and implications for Christian theologies and life.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A335 Theological Method 3 crs.
An inquiry into how theology understands its role in religion, this course puts particular emphasis on theology after the advent of the historical sciences.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A350 Christology 3 crs.
This course includes a brief look at New Testament Christology; a brief study of the pre-Nicene views of Christ; the rise of counterpositions; the official response in the Councils of Nicea, Constantinople I, Ephesus, and Chalcedon; contemporary critiques of the classical model and recent revisions.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A354 Dynamics of Salvation 3 crs.
This course is a study of the history and contemporary status of theories of redemption.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A358 Ecumenical Theology 3 crs.
This course begins with a review of the origins of Christian division and the motives for the restoration of Christian unity. It then analyzes progress towards this goal by reviewing the recent theological literature and focusing particularly on the joint statements of the official Lutheran-Catholic dialogues.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A360 Theology in 19th, 20th Centuries 3 crs.
This course traces the emergence of the modern theological consciousness in such major figures as Schleiermacher, Ritschl, Harnack, Barth, Tillich, Newman, Rahner, etc. It also attempts to assess the significance of movements such as Protestant liberalism, Catholic modernism, and neo-orthodoxy for this development.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A368 Christianity and the Environment 3 crs
This course will involve participants in an investigation of the developing understanding of the universe and Earth as divine manifestation and salvation history. We will focus particularly on the Creation-affirming tradition within the Christian tradition and discern its capacity to inform contemporary scientific perspectives and interpretations with an appreciation and articulation of their sacred dimension.
RELS A380 Religion and Media 3 crs.
This seminar encourages awareness of the manifestations of religion in media–uses of media by religious groups, news coverage of media, treatment of religious themes in various media–to foster critical consumption and production of media relating to religion.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A400 Theology of Vatican II 3 crs.
This course is a study of the documents of Vatican II and the changes in Roman Catholicism since Vatican II. Also discussed is why the changes occurred and what fundamental shifts were behind the changes.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A411 Hindu Theology 3 crs.
This course is a study of the rise and development of Hindu theistic thought in the millennium following Shankara (788 — 820 A.D.). The schools of identity, of difference, and of difference-in-identity will be critically studied.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A417 Women, Religion, Culture 3 crs.
This course is an investigation of the mutual impact of religious belief and gender roles. Special topics include the origin of patriarchy, structures of patriarchy, function of shamanism in women’s lives, women in patriarchal religions, violence perpetuated against women in patriarchal cultures/religions, and women creating women’s religion.
Prerequisites: RELS T122 or RELS H295; junior standing.
RELS A440 Philosophy of Religion 3 crs.
A study of the philosophical problems raised by religious experience, the course will conclude with an investigation of religious experience on the personal or individual level with accompanying problems.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A441 Psychology of Religion 3 crs.
This course is a general introduction to the psychological study of religious behavior, comprising a short history of the subject with special attention to classic writings since 1890, a review of outstanding theories and methods, and a representative sampling of recent research, especially on personality and developments.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS A442 Millennium Seminar 3 crs.
This course is a cross-cultural investigation of the diversity of religious patterns that scholars have termed millennialism, the expectation of an imminent transition to a collective salvation. Catastrophic millennialism, progressive millennialism, nativist millennial movements, and why some millennial groups become involved in violence will be studied.
Prerequisites: RELS T122 or RELS H295; junior standing.
RELS A470 The Spirituality of the Nature Writers 3 crs
We are increasingly aware of nature's impression upon us - of its profound meaning and influence on our physical, psychic and spiritual well-being. Here is our first experience of delight and ecstacy, awe and wonder, of the sacred, of our spirituality, of the Creator. Thus, anyone who would seek self-understanding, creativity, wisdom, fulfillment, spirituality, not to mention a relationship with God, has direct, unmediated access through the experience of the natural world.
RELS A493 Directed Readings arr.
RELS A495 Special Project arr.
This project focuses on the creative or productive efforts of one or more students. A special project is distinguished from a research project in its lack of the historical or experimental method and perspective characteristics of research.
RELS A496 Seminar/Workshop arr.
A seminar is a supervised group of students sharing the results of their research on a common topic. A workshop is a supervised group of students participating in a common effort.
RELS A498 Research Project arr.
This project focuses on empirical or historical investigation, culminating in a written report.
RELS A499 Independent Study arr.
RELS H295 Honors Religious Studies 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: University Honors Program
This is an Honors Religious Studies course. Topics will vary.
RELS T122 Introduction to World Religions 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Introductory
This course intends to provide an overview of the world’s great religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese Religion, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) in terms of basic similarities and differences.
RELS U246 Judaism 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course gives an overall picture of Judaism–its customs, rituals, festivals; study of the prophets of Israel: Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the influence of their messages upon teachings of Jesus and Christian church. The life and message of Jesus will be studied from Jewish point of view.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS U247 New Testament as Literature 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This study of the New Testament as literature will consider the various factors involved: the New Testament is ancient, religious literature which is regarded as revealed by Christians. All these factors will be examined in order to appreciate this body of writings as literature.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS U249 Old Testament as Literature 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
The literary, theological, and social-cultural development of the Old Testament will be reviewed with frequent references to the ongoing implications for our modern day situation, both in regard to our religious institutions and society in general.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS U253 Hindu Paths to God 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course is a historical and systematic study of the varieties of Hinduism, their cultural setting, theological and philosophical import, ways of prayer and worship, and religious literature.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS U263 The Ancient Mind 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course will concentrate on the intellectual heritage of the ancient Near East prior to the rise of classical culture. In particular, the course will observe the interplay of ancient biblical values in an effort to understand the intellectual prehistory and origin of values for the Western tradition.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS U265 Spiritual Ways of China 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course is a study of the spiritual traditions of China. Topics include Confucianism, Taoism, Chinese Buddhism, folk religion, cosmology and humanism, Mao, and contemporary developments.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS U269 Death: Comparative Views 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course is a study of religious and nonreligious views of death in Eastern religions, Ancient Greece, Medieval Europe, and the contemporary West, etc. Differences in these views will be examined on ethical issues concerning life and death, e.g., suicide, euthanasia, abortion, and the death penalty.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS U270 Poets and Sages: Old Testament 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
The course will study hymnic and wisdom literature of the Bible (psalms, wisdom, novels). The goal will be to perceive the human dimension of this literature–its expression of human emotions and philosophical reflection on life’s great issues. Its impact upon aesthetic, intellectual, and psychological aspects of the Western tradition will be considered.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS U275 The Bible and Creation 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
The purpose of this course is to understand the biblical view of creation in the biblical text, especially the Hebrew Canon, and to consider the implications for contemporary environmental issues, the relationship of biblical views of creation to modern understandings of the universe, the debate over Scientific Creationism, and the direction of Christian theology which is sensitive to modern scientific theory. Creation accounts in the ancient Near East and narratives in Genesis 2, Genesis 1, and Proverbs 8 will be given close attention in terms of their views of the origin of the world, the divine-human relationship, the nature of the created order, the male-female relationship, and human finitude.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS U281 Women in World Religions 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course is the historical and cultural study of the world religions in order to understand the ways that women’s roles in society and religious beliefs are interrelated and affect one another. Women’s roles and experiences in the religions are examined, as well as how the religions have regarded women as evidenced in scriptures, myths, and theologies.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS U285 Heresies and Heretics 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course is a historical and theological survey of those variant streams in Christianity which have been deemed heresies, from the early church to the time of the Reformation. The course will include reflection on the nature of heresy and on the impact of politics, personality, and spirituality on the development of Christian doctrine.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS U299 Apocalyptic Literature 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course will study Apocalyptic literature within the biblical context and its subsequent use by Western European culture. This course shall discern the original historical, social, and religious context of the literature, then trace its use and misuse through the Middle Ages up to our own modern American setting.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS U336 Parables of Jesus 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
Parables of Jesus will be studied as language-events, that is, as stories which engage the hearer in personal struggle to understand their deeper level of meaning. They challenge the hearer to reexamine the world and its presuppositions and to make decisions based on a reversal of expectations.
RELS U339 Experience of Grace 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course examines the experience and theology of Christian conversion and grace in Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, the Council of Trent, Rahner, and contemporary liberation theology. The course will discuss the meaning of Christian conversion and will reflect on a variety of understandings or models of grace that arise from Christian experience.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS U343 Women in the Christianity 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course is an examination in historical terms of the tension between the significant religious opportunities available to women in the Christian tradition, and the subordination of women in Christian institutions. This historical examination will begin with women in the scriptures, trace women in European Christian history through the Reformation, and then focus on Christian women in America.
RELS U348 Christian Origins 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course studies the rise and development of primitive Christianity within the context of Hellenistic culture and civilization. Attention is paid to such questions as Christianity’s development of distinctive ritual, its millennial tendencies, its ethical code, and community structure and organization, against the background of similar developments.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS U377 Buddhism 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course is a study of the rise and development of the Buddha’s Middle Way. The life of the Buddha, basic texts and scriptures, and schools of thought will be studied. Topics include nirvana, enlightenment, emptiness, Theravada/ Mahayana, and the differences among Indian, Chinese, and Japanese Buddhism.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS U386 Medieval Synthesis 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course is an introduction to the major personalities and problems in medieval theology focusing on the construction and disintegration of the medieval synthesis.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS U388 Sin: History of an Idea 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course links together central human questions of personal and social moral responsibility and of relationship with God. Sin will be studied in historical and biblical contexts. Ethical, psychological, sociological, religious, and literary perspectives will be used in reappraisal of this key category of Judeo-Christian tradition.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS U396 Law: Ancient World 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course examines the place of law in ancient society, emphasizing Semitic codes of ancient Near East (Bible and Greco-Roman laws) and its relationship to morality. Meeting of Semitic-Judaic and Greco-Roman in the first Christian centuries produced natural law and canon law of later times. Relevant social issues are examined.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS V330 Faith, Science, and Religion 3 crs.
RELS V242 Christian Ethics 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course examines significant attempts by various Christian thinkers to relate their religious beliefs and practices to the realizing of moral aspirations and the solving of moral problems.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS V344 Social Policy and the Christian 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course is a critical analysis of the role of Christianity and ethics in both responding to and shaping of social policy.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS V251 Protestant Christianity 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course is an introduction to the central ideas and characteristic ethos of Protestant Christianity as found in the 16th-century reformers and their heirs–Luther, Calvin, the radical reformers, puritanism, liberalism, fundamentalism, etc.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS V252 Catholicism 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course is a theological study of the principal doctrinal, ethical, and ritual symbols of the Roman Catholic tradition. The course will focus on those elements of the tradition that are distinctive to Catholicism with special emphasis on the meaning of church and the role of the sacraments.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS V260 Discovering Islam 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course is an introduction into the central experiences and teachings of Islam. Topics include Muhammad, Qur’an, Sunna, Shi’as, Sunnis, Sufis, relationships to Judaism and Christianity, the problems of modernity, and Islam in North America.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS V267 Native American Religions 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course is a study of the myths, ideas, rituals, and experiences of the tribal religions of North America. Topics include tribal experience, non-literacy and oral tradition, cosmology, shamanism, kinship with natural world, and interactions with Christianity.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS V298 Psychology and Religion 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course is a study of major modern psychological interpretations of religion. The writings of significant authors will be presented, e.g., Freud, James, and Jung, and their views evaluated. Critiques of religion will be studied. Research papers will be given in class.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS V358 Ignatius Loyola 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
The course will analyze the vision of God, the world and the human person presented by Ignatius Loyola in his Spiritual Exercises. The course will also develop themes of creation, sin and mercy, discipleship, Christian discernment, and the Paschal Mystery, and will study the Ignatian vision as embodied in the 20th-century writer, Teilhard de Chardin.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS V364 20th-century Religious Thought 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course investigates contemporary movements in theology, e.g., fundamentalism, conservatism, liberalism, neo-orthodoxy, liberation theology, death of God theory, futuristic theology, charismatic movement, and post-Vatican II Roman Catholic theology.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS V368 Mystery of Suffering 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
Suffering is a common experience of all peoples. For this reason, all religions give it a place of central importance. In one sense, suffering is a cause of religion. What any religion has to say about suffering reveals its anthropology and its point of view about the purpose of existence.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
RELS V381 Philosophical Reason and Catholic Faith
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course considers the relation between reason and faith, and philosophy and theology, with special attention to Catholic faith. It will focus upon contrasting views of these relations in such authors as Augustine, Aquinas, Lonergan, Rahner, Kierkegaard, Peperzak, Ricoeur, Jean-Luc Marion, John Caputo, John Haldane, and John Paul II.
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course will critically analyze various ways of knowing: faith, science, and theology (critical analysis of faith). The methods of the physical sciences and the life sciences will be discussed. Topics will include the epic of creation, evolution, and quantum theory. (Also listed as PHYS Z130).
Prerequisite: RELS T122 or RELS H295.
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DEAN: Donald Boomgaarden, Ph.D.
OFFICE: Communications/Music Complex Room 165
ASSOCIATE DEAN: Anthony A. DeCuir, Ph.D.
OFFICE: Communications/Music Complex Room 165
DEPARTMENTS: Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, Visual Arts
WEB PAGE: cmfa.loyno.edu
The College of Music and Fine Arts prepares students for careers in the arts and for lives of purpose in the Ignatian tradition. As the preeminent center of fine and performing arts study among all Jesuit colleges and universities in North America, the College serves a leadership role in demonstrating the centrality of the arts to the human endeavor. Students are prepared for the fine and performing arts together with the many creative professions in a manner that reflects clearly the Jesuit ideals of truth, service, and justice. Situated in a city of tremendous cultural importance, the College serves the people of New Orleans and the surrounding region as a center for artistic and scholarly work of all kinds, and seeks to develop, value and promote the varied traditions of music, theatre, dance, and visual arts.
The College of Music and Fine Arts is an academic community made up of artists, scholars, practitioners and students who believe in the transformative power of the arts and who are dedicated to the education of the whole person in the Ignatian tradition. We seek to be a leader, not only among the Jesuit colleges and universities in North America, but also among comprehensive universities offering comparable programs in the fine and performing arts. In pursuit of this goal we seek to have a faculty who are national leaders in their fields, to offer a professional education in music, theatre, dance and the visual arts within a broader academic environment deeply informed by the liberal arts tradition and recognized for its excellence, rigor and innovation. We aspire to be recognized nationally not only for the artistic and academic quality of our students and alumni, but also for their social and spiritual engagement. We will work to recruit and retain students who are both artistically talented and intellectually curious and who seek an education that fosters development of the entire mind and spirit. Whether our students go on to careers in the arts or use their study as a springboard to other professions, they will carry with them the creativity and discipline necessary for artistic endeavor, linked with the critical judgment that is at the heart of liberal education and the Jesuit value of a life lived with and for others.
The College of Music and Fine Arts, founded in 1932, is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. The college also holds memberships in the Association of American Colleges, Jesuit Educational Association, National Catholic Educational Association, and the American Music Therapy Association. The music education curriculum, in consortium with Our Lady of Holy Cross College, is approved by the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for teacher certification in the State of Louisiana. The music therapy program is approved by the American Music Therapy Association.
In addition to normal university admission, entry to the Music programs in the College of Music and Fine Arts requires every candidate to complete a satisfactory performance audition or music industry studies interview and portfolio submission. Candidates are required to complete the College of Music and Fine Arts audition application prior to scheduling their audition or interview.
Admission to the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance requires every candidate to complete a satisfactory performance and/or portfolio audition, in addition to normal university admission. This audition also serves as a basis of consideration for awarding theatre arts scholarships.
In the Visual Arts, an entry portfolio is required of students who are seeking scholarships or advanced placement, and of transfer students who wish to have course credit from other institutions applied to their Loyola transcripts.
Click here to visit the College of Music and Fine Arts admissions page for more information on Admission requirements.
Talent-based scholarships are awarded annually to music, theatre arts, and visual arts majors. These awards vary according to the discipline of study. Please see the College of Music and Fine Arts admissions page for scholarship consideration information and deadlines.
Music scholarships depend on the student’s potential for continued musical and academic progress, and the performance needs of the college. Retention of a music scholarship depends on satisfactory musical and academic progress and the student’s fulfillment of performance requirements as stipulated in the scholarship contract. Only students pursuing degrees in the following programs are eligible for music scholarship consideration: Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Music Education, Bachelor of Music Therapy, and Bachelor of Arts in Music.
The Department of Theatre Arts and Dance administers talent-based scholarships annually for theatre arts majors. These awards vary according to the student’s theatrical skills, potential for continued development and academic progress, and the needs of the department.
The Department of Visual Arts offers freshmen scholarships, which are open only to incoming freshmen. The Visual Arts Portfolio and Scholarship Review Committee recommends outstanding incoming freshmen to each receive an annual award, in the form of tuition reduction, renewable for the subsequent undergraduate years. Those wishing to be considered for these freshmen scholarships must have completed all university applications and must have submitted a portfolio of art work by the deadline.
Individual degree programs and departments stipulate a variety of specific proficiencies. Students must consult their advisers concerning these requirements.
Music
All B.M., B.M.E., B.M.T., and B.A. students are required to pass a music reading proficiency examination which consists of singing at sight samples of music in compound and simple meters and modulations to closely related keys. Ordinarily this examination is an integral part of the second-semester sophomore theory course.
Every candidate for a music degree must display a minimum proficiency in piano. An examination to determine such proficiency is ordinarily given at the end of the sophomore year. Students not meeting requirements by this time must continue to study piano until the required standards are met.
A junior and senior recital is required of all bachelor of music in performance candidates. Candidates for the degrees B.M.T., B.M., B.M.E. with Emphasis in Music Industry Studies, and B.M. with Elective Studies are required to make at least one appearance in a recital during their period of study. This appearance must show on transcripts as Junior Recital. All students must stand jury examinations each semester that they are enrolled in applied study except for the terms in which they are subject to recital juries.
Theatre Arts and Dance
All students are expected to be involved in at least one production each semester. Completion of at least one production crew is required by the fall term of the sophomore year. A student placed on academic probation must cease all production activity until good standing is restored. Majors and minors are expected to participate in departmental forums and the annual spring meeting.
Each senior develops a personalized project. Projects maybe the directing of a short play and the compiling of a production book; the writing of a research thesis; the design of a production. Those in theatre arts/business may propose a management project.
In order to graduate with a degree in theatre arts, a student must maintain an overall 2.0 GPA as well as a 2.5 departmental GPA. All majors are expected to achieve a minimum of 2.5 in theatre arts courses.
In addition to satisfying the university graduation requirement of a 2.0 minimum cumulative grade point average, departments within the College of Music and Fine Arts adhere to certain grade point and course requirements. To be eligible for graduation, students must complete their last 30 semester hours at Loyola.
Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Music Education
Bachelor of Music Therapy
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Science
Minor Programs
Bachelor of Arts
Minor Programs
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Arts
Minor Programs
DEAN: Donald Boomgaarden, Ph.D.
Office: Communications/Music Complex Room 165
ASSOCIATE DEAN: Anthony A. DeCuir, Ph.D.
Office: Communications/Music Complex Room 165
COORDINATORS: H. Jac McCracken- Keyboard Studies, Jean Montès- Strings, Philip Frohnmayer - Vocal Activities, Joseph Hebert Jr.- Wind and Percussion Activities, Edward McClellan- Music Education, Victoria Vega- Music Therapy, John Mahoney- Jazz Studies, William Horne- Music Theory, Alice V. Clark- Music History & Literature, Meg Hulley Frazier- Choral Activities, John Snyder- Music Industry Studies
WEB PAGE: cmfa.loyno.edu/music
The College of Music serves as the preeminent center of music study among all Jesuit Colleges and Universities throughout the United States and recognizes the historical role of music in the Roman Catholic Church. The College of Music offers professional and liberal arts music programs in a rigorous academic environment. Students are prepared for music professions in a manner that reflects the Jesuit ideals of truth, service, and justice. The College of Music provides the campus, region, and nation with musical activities demonstrating the University's commitment to the arts.
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In addition to normal university admission, entry to the Music programs in the College of Music and Fine Arts requires every candidate to complete a satisfactory performance audition or music industry studies interview and portfolio submission. Candidates are required to complete the College of Music and Fine Arts audition application prior to scheduling their audition or interview.
The College of Music and Fine Arts administers talent-based scholarships annually. These awards vary according to the discipline of study.
Music scholarships depend on the student’s potential for continued musical and academic progress, and the performance needs of the college. Retention of a music scholarship depends on satisfactory musical and academic progress and the student’s fulfillment of performance requirements as stipulated in the scholarship contract. Only students pursuing degrees in the following programs are eligible for music scholarship consideration: Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Music Education, Bachelor of Music Therapy, and Bachelor of Arts in Music. Please see the College of Music and Fine Arts admissions page for scholarship consideration information and deadlines.
Individual degree programs stipulate a variety of specific proficiencies. Students must consult their advisers concerning these requirements.
All B.M., B.M.E., B.M.T., and B.A. students are required to pass a music reading proficiency examination which consists of singing at sight samples of music in compound and simple meters and modulations to closely related keys. Ordinarily this examination is an integral part of the second-semester sophomore theory course.
Every candidate for a music degree must display a minimum proficiency in piano. An examination to determine such proficiency is ordinarily given at the end of the sophomore year. Students not meeting requirements by this time must continue to study piano until the required standards are met.
A junior and senior recital is required of all bachelor of music in performance candidates. Candidates for the degrees B.M.T., B.M. with Emphasis in Music Industry Studies, and B.M. with Elective Studies are required to make at least one appearance in a recital during their period of study. This appearance must show on transcripts as Junior Recital. All students must stand jury examinations each semester that they are enrolled in applied study except for the terms in which they are subject to recital juries.
Additionally, students majoring in music education must earn the minimum grade of C in all music and education courses. Music therapy majors are required to earn a minimum grade of C in all music therapy courses (MUTY).
Bachelor of Music Therapy
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Science
Music Minor Programs
Only Common Curriculum Courses, designated T - Z, can be used. Honors Common Curriculum courses are designated H, e.g. ENGL H233.
| A. Composition | Cr. Hrs. | ||||
| English (ENGL T122) | 3 | ||||
| B. Philosophy | |||||
| 1. Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL T122) | 3 | ||||
| 2. Philosophy elective (PHIL U-Z) | 3 | ||||
| 3. Philosophy elective (PHIL U-Z) | 3 | ||||
| C. Religious Studies | |||||
| 1. Introduction to World Religions (RELS T122) | 3 | ||||
| 2. Religious Studies elective (RELS U-Z) | 3 | ||||
| 3. Religious Studies elective (RELS U-Z) | 3 | ||||
| D. General Studies | |||||
| 1. Social/Behavioral Sciences (T-Z) | |||||
| a. World Civilization I or II (HIST T122 or T124) | 3 | ||||
| b. One other course (history, economics, psychology, political science, communications, or sociology) * | 3 | ||||
| 2. Humanities/Arts (T-Z) | |||||
| a. Writing About Literature (ENGL T125) | 3 | ||||
| b. One other course (literature, theatre arts, visual arts, classical humanities, or modern foreign languages) * | 3 | ||||
| 3. Natural Sciences (T-Z) | |||||
| a. Math (T122/A115) | 3 | ||||
| b. One other course (biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, mathematical sciences, or physics) * | 3 | ||||
| TOTAL HOURS 39 | |||||
* Two of these courses must be labeled pre-modern period. A student may not take a common curriculum course for common curriculum credit from his or her major department.
Common Curriculum Courses are designated T - Z. Honors Common Curriculum courses are designated H, e.g. ENGL H233.
| A. Composition | Cr. Hrs. | ||||
| English (ENGL T122) | 3 | ||||
| B. Philosophy | |||||
| 1. Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL T122) | 3 | ||||
| 2. Philosophy elective (PHIL U-Z) | 3 | ||||
| 3. Philosophy elective (PHIL U-Z) | 3 | ||||
| C. Religious Studies | |||||
| 1. Introduction to World Religions (RELS T122) | 3 | ||||
| 2. Religious Studies elective (RELS U-Z) | 3 | ||||
| 3. Religious Studies elective (RELS U-Z) | 3 | ||||
| D. General Studies | |||||
| 1. Social/Behavioral Sciences (T-Z) | |||||
| a. World Civilization I (HIST T122) | 3 | ||||
| b. World Civilization II (HIST T124) | 3 | ||||
| c. One other course (history, economics, psychology, political science, communications, or sociology) * | 3 | ||||
| 2. Humanities/Arts (T-Z) | |||||
| a. Writing About Literature (ENGL T125) | 3 | ||||
| b. One other course (literature, theatre arts, visual arts, classical humanities, or modern foreign languages) * | 3 | ||||
| 3. Natural Sciences (T-Z) | |||||
| a. One freshman-level natural science course (T122) | 3 | ||||
| b. Math Models (MATH T122) or Finite Math (MATH A 115) | 3 | ||||
| c. One other course (biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, mathematical sciences, or physics) * | 3 | ||||
| 4. | Free Elective * | 3 | |||
| TOTAL HOURS 48 | |||||
* Two of these courses must be labeled pre-modern period. A student may not take a common curriculum course for common curriculum credit from his or her major department.
Music and Fine Arts
MUGN M100 Italian Diction and Repertoire 1 cr.
This course is designed for singers and covers the basics of Italian pronunciation, including the International Phonetic Alphabet. It develops the student’s ability to sing convincingly in Italian.
MUGN M105 Music Industry Musicianship 2 crs.
Designed for future music industry professionals with limited musical background, this course covers a basic knowledge of music necessary to work effectively with musicians. Included are basic music terminology, an understanding of the nature of creativity, reading of lead sheets and chord symbols, and listening skills development. This course is for students in the Bachelor of Science track, Music Industry Studies.
MUGN M110 Introduction to Music Industry Studies 3 crs.
This course provides students with an overview of the music industry, including the many careers it offers. The following topics will be addressed: copyright, publishing/songwriting, the functions of recording and media companies, legal issues (recording contracts, songwriting contracts, licenses etc.), touring, merchandising, motion picture music, group issues, music on the Internet, entrepreneurship, the future of the business, and ethics.
MUGN M115 Introduction to Music Technology 3 crs.
A systematic look at music technology. Topics discussed include: computer hardware, software and operating systems, computer assisted instruction, digital audio workstations, recording, sequencing, sampling and syntheses, MIDI, networking, and multimedia authoring systems.
This course has a lab fee associated with it. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
MUGN M200 French Diction and Repertoire I 1 cr.
This course is designed for singers and covers the basics of French pronunciation, including the International Phonetic Alphabet.
MUGN M201 French Diction and Repertoire II 1 cr.
This course continues to develop the students’ ability to sing convincingly in French.
Prerequisite: MUGN M200.
MUGN M250 Recording Studio Techniques 2 crs.
Studio recording techniques is an in-depth study of the techniques and methods used to produce recordings in the studio, including microphone placement, pre-amps, recording consoles and all outboard equipment.
Prerequisites: MUGN M115, MUGN M250.
This course has a lab fee associated with it. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
MUGN M260 Multimedia Production 3 crs.
A systematic and functional study of new media technologies dominating the music industry. Emphasis is placed on web design appropriate for promotion of artists and performing groups, including electronic portfolios. Students will gain a full knowledge of HTML/image editing and streaming audio as well as synchronized multimedia presentations. Also included will be an introduction to video streaming and basic animation techniques.
Prerequisite: MUGN M115.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
MUGN M294 Electro-Acoustic Ensemble 1 cr.
The objective of this course is to give the student a performing knowledge of electro-acoustic music. The ensemble will perform “classical” electro-acoustic works, contemporary compositions, including student works and improvisatory electro-acoustic music.
MUGN M300 German Diction and Repertoire I 1 cr.
This course for singers, required for music education and vocal performance majors, covers the basics of German pronunciation, including the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet. An accompanist is present, and each student works with the professor on two German lieder by such composers as Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Mozart, etc. The student prepares the songs for performance, with emphasis on well sung and articulated German, and communicating the meaning of the text. Offered in the fall only.
MUGN M301 German Diction and Repertoire II 1 cr.
This course for singers continues to develop the students’ ability to sing convincingly in German.
Prerequisite: MUGN M300.
MUGN M350 Introduction to Digital Audio 3 crs.
An in-depth examination of the principles and applications of digital audio in today’s recording and interactive media industries. Topics discussed include: digital audio fundamentals, recording and reproduction systems, computer and hardware based recording and editing, and audio for CD and other media applications.
Prerequisite: MUGN M115.
This course has a lab fee associated with it. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
MUGN M360 Live Sound Production 2 crs.
Live Sound Production is an in-depth stuff of the practice and techniques for providing live sound reinforcement for concert events. Topics will cover a wide range of technical and non-technical issues including law, electronics, physics and business. The course also showcases new technology developments when appropriate.
Prerequisites: MUGN M350.
MUGN M408 Advanced Multimedia 2 crs.
An in-depth exploration of the technologies behind the distribution and promotion of digital media on the web. Existing platforms will be discussed, as well as programming techniques related to media streaming, web commerce, database management, and related concepts. Students will apply knowledge of HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, and MySql to create interactive, media-rich web pages.
Prerequisites: MUGN M260.
This course has a lab fee associated with it. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
MUGN M415 Introduction to Digital Filmmaking 2 crs.
An introduction to the practical aspects of developing the three basic types of films: documentaries, performance, and conceptual.
This course has a lab fee associated with it. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
MUGN M420 Senior Project 3 crs.
An exhaustive inquiry into a single topic chosen by the student in consultation with a faculty member who will supervise and evaluate the project.
Prerequisite: by permission of instructor only.
MUGN M425 Video Editing 2 crs.
A basic introduction into the theoretical and practical aspects of video editing, including the use of Final Cut Pro, Avid, and other editing platforms.
Prerequisites: MUGN M415.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
MUGN M430 Video Writing/Directing 2 crs.
An intensive practical experience of writing and directing for film, video and the new media.
Prerequisites: MUGN M415.
MUGN M499 Independent Study arr.
MUGN U268 Introduction to Western Art Music 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts
Pre-Modern
This course focuses on developing active listening skills and understanding how music reflects the arts and ideas of its time. If instructor interest and expertise permits, jazz, non-western musics, and/or popular music may be studied, but the course concentrates on music of the western art tradition between c. 800 CE and the present.
MUGN U271 Medieval Music and Mysticism 3 crs.
This course uses the twelfth-century abbess, composer, and visionary Hildegard of Bingen as a point of entry to the world of the high middle ages. Topics to be considered may include aspects of history, music, liturgy, drama, literacy and education, gender roles, science and medicine, mysticism, monastic organization, and manuscript production.
MUGN V272 Jazz in American Culture 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course covers the basic elements and style periods of jazz and how they reflect the culture of America.
Music and Fine Arts
MUHL M106 Introduction to Music Literature 2 crs.
This course is an introduction to fundamental musical concepts and terminology as applied to listening skills. Students will study a selected body of standard genres and styles used in western art music from c. 800 CE to the present.
Prerequisite or co-requisite: MUTH M102 or permission of the instructor.
MUHL M306 History of Western Art Music I 3 crs.
This course is the first part of a two-semester survey of western art music, this semester covering music and ideas about music from antiquity to the mid-18th century. Where relevant, we will consider influences on western art music from other cultures and styles.
Prerequisites: MUHL M106 and MUTH M103, or permission of the instructor.
MUHL M307 History of Western Art Music II 3 crs.
This course is the second part of a two-semester survey of western art music, this semester covering music and ideas about music from the mid-18th century to the present. Where relevant, we will consider influences on western art music from other cultures and styles.
Prerequisites: MUHL M306 and MUTH M202, or permission of the instructor.
MUHL M308 Piano Literature I 3 crs.
This course is a survey of standard keyboard music from the Baroque era to the present.
Prerequisite: MUHL M106 or permission of the instructor.
MUHL M309 Piano Literature II 3 crs.
This course is a continuation of Piano Literature I.
Prerequisite: MUHL M106 or permission of the instructor.
MUHL M310 Evolution of Jazz Styles 2 crs.
Designed for Jazz Studies and music majors, this course covers the origin, phases, and most important performers in the development of jazz.
MUHL M406 Topics in Music History: 1850 – present 2 crs.
A seminar-style study of a single topic concerning music from Wagner to the present, usually focusing on some aspect of western art music but including consideration of influences from non-western and popular musics. Course may be repeated for credit, as long as topic is different.
Prerequisites: MUTH M203 and MUHL M307, or permission of instructor.
MUHL M407 Topics in Operatic Literature 2 crs.
This is a seminar-style study of a single topic in the history of opera. Course may be repeated for credit, as long as topic is different.
Prerequisites: MUTH M203 and MUHL M307, or permission of instructor.
MUHL M410 Orchestral Literature 2 crs.
This course is a survey of orchestral literature from the Baroque to the present including stylistic analysis of selected works.
Prerequisites: MUTH M203 and MUHL M307, or permission of instructor.
MUHL M499 Independent Study arr.
Music and Fine Arts
MUPC M100 Recital Hour 0 crs.
Recital attendance is required of all undergraduate music majors throughout most semesters of residence. Creditable repeatedly.
MUPC M101 Freshman Voice Lab 0 crs.
This is a workshop course for voice majors, offering musical study techniques to prepare for college-level voice lessons: how to practice wisely, how to memorize music quickly and effectively, and how to sing a successful jury exam.
Required for all freshman students whose principal instrument is voice.
MUPC M110, 111, 210 Piano Class I – III (Majors) 1 cr. each
This is a sequence of courses leading toward basic performance competency and a knowledge of keyboard functional skills. Music students only.
MUPC M211 Piano IV for Clinicians 1 cr.
Music Therapy students will learn how to read a lead sheet and create appropriate accompaniment patterns for various genres. Students will be exposed to a wide range of literature from 1920's - present. Emphasis is placed on playing piano and singing simultaneously.
MUPC M115, 116, 215 Piano Class I – III (Non majors) 1 cr. each
These courses introduce the beginner to basic keyboard techniques and beginning literature.
MUPC M120 Voice Class (Majors) 1 cr.
This course is a study of techniques leading toward basic performance competency in voice. Music students only.
MUPC M125 Voice Class (Non majors) 1 cr.
This is a basic course in singing. Non-music majors only.
M130, 131 Guitar Class (Non majors) 1 cr.
This is a sequence of courses introducing the student to basic guitar techniques and literature. Non-music majors only.
MUPC M300 Essentials of Conducting 2 crs.
This course offers basic conducting techniques—visual metric patterns, use of the baton, dynamic indications, cueing, rehearsal, and performance organization and application.
MUPC M301 Instrumental Conducting 2 crs.
This course is a continuation of Essentials of Conducting with emphasis on standard band and orchestral literature, rehearsal procedures, and historical styles.
Prerequisite: MUPC M300.
MUPC M302 Choral Conducting 2 crs.
This course is a continuation of Essentials of Conducting with emphasis on choral literature, rehearsal procedures, and historical styles.
Prerequisite: MUPC M300.
MUPC M400 Guitar Concepts I 1 cr.
Using classical form and posture, this course teaches fundamental reading and performance skills, with an emphasis on singing and playing together. Music majors only.
MUPC M401 Guitar Concepts II 1 cr.
This course is a continuation of Guitar Concepts I, adding barre chords and more finger patterns.
Music majors only or permission of instructor.
MUPC M402 Guitar Concepts III 1 cr.
Content varies with class.
Prerequisites: Guitar Class I – II for non-majors, or Guitar Concepts I – II, or permission of instructor.
Music and Fine Arts
MUPD M110 Introduction to Piano Pedagogy I 2 crs.
This course is an introduction to basic pedagogical principles, general formats of material for beginning pianists, method books currently available, and basic studio policies. In addition to two class meetings each week, students will–during a 45-minute weekly group lesson–assist teachers in the Loyola music preparatory school.
MUPD M111 Introduction to Piano Pedagogy II 2 crs.
This course is a continuation of Introduction to Piano Pedagogy I.
Prerequisite: MUPD M110.
MUPD M210 Piano Pedagogy III: Elementary Methods and Materials 2 crs.
Students will learn elementary level literature. Playing this music in class, at performance level, is required. The pedagogical uses of these materials will be discussed. In addition to class meetings, students will observe private lessons as assigned (one hour weekly) in the preparatory department.
Prerequisite: MUPD M111.
MUPD M211 Piano Pedagogy IV: Intermediate Methods and Materials 2 crs.
This course is a continuation of Piano Pedagogy III at the intermediate level.
Prerequisite: MUPD M210.
MUPD M309 Guitar Pedagogy 3 crs.
This course is a survey of guitar method books, teaching techniques, and literature appropriate for use with beginning and intermediate level students. Areas covered include diagnosis of technical problems, lesson planning, and technical evaluation of the literature. Students participate in guitar instruction.
MUPD M310 Piano Pedagogy V: Supervised Teaching 1 cr.
Students will share, either with supervising teachers in the Loyola music preparatory school or another student, the teaching of group lessons. Students will meet weekly with course instructor to discuss the last class and present lesson. This course may be taken concurrently with Piano Pedagogy III.
Prerequisite: MUPD M211.
MUPD M311 Piano Pedagogy VI: Supervised Teaching 1 cr.
This course is a continuation of Piano Pedagogy V. It may be taken concurrently with Piano Pedagogy IV.
Prerequisite/Co-requisite: MUPD M211.
MUPD M409 String Pedagogy 1 cr.
This course is an analysis of teaching materials and didactic approaches. Also covered is the minor maintenance of string instruments.
MUPD M410 Piano Pedagogy VII: Practicum 1 cr.
Each student will be apprenticed to a New Orleans area piano teacher as an assistant teacher with grades determined in consultation with each cooperating teacher. Observations will be made periodically by a member of the piano pedagogy faculty, in addition to those of the supervisory teacher.
Prerequisites: MUPD M311; junior standing.
MUPD M411 Piano Pedagogy VIII: Practicum 1 cr.
This course is a continuation of Piano Pedagogy VII.
Prerequisite: MUPD M410.
MUPD M499 Independent Study arr.
Music and Fine Arts
MUPR M121 – 150 Applied Study 1 – 2 crs.
This course is a concentrated study of voice or a string, woodwind, brass, percussion, or keyboard instrument at the lower division level. Creditable as needed. Music majors and minors only.
MUPR M300 Junior Recital/Recital Appearance 0 crs.
A full or partial recital is required of all candidates for the bachelor of music degrees in performance and jazz studies.
MUPR M321 – 350 Applied Study 1 – 3 crs.
This course is a continuation of individual applied study at the upper division levels. Creditable as needed. Music students only.
MUPR M400 Senior Recital 0 crs.
A full individual recital is required of all candidates for the bachelor of music degrees in performance, jazz studies, piano pedagogy, and composition.
Music and Fine Arts
This course covers pitch and rhythmic notation, intervals, rhythmic and melodic music reading, and dictation. Open to non-music students.
This course covers theory rudiments and species counterpoint, with musicianship skills focused on aural perception of diatonic materials in the major mode.
Prerequisite: MUTH M100 or appropriate placement.
This course covers harmonic and contrapuntal processes in the context of Bach chorale style, including modulation, secondary dominant chords, and part-writing, with musicianship skills focused on aural perception of diatonic materials in the major and minor modes.
Prerequisite: MUTH M102.
This course covers selected topics in music composition in a seminar format, with writing problems in a particular genre or technique emphasized each semester.
This course covers the harmonic syntax of the 19th century and small forms, including binary and ternary forms, with musicianship skills focused on aural perception of conventional chromatic techniques such as secondary dominants, Neapolitan sixth chords, and augmented sixth chords.
Prerequisite: MUTH M103.
This course covers fugue, larger forms, including sonata form and rondo form, and 20th-century compositional techniques, with musicianship skills focused on aural perception of non-diatonic materials and exotic chromaticism.
Prerequisite: MUTH M202.
Private instruction in composition. Course content varies with the background and experience of the student. Instruction for many students covers simple homophonic compositions in small forms such as binary form and ternary form.
Prerequisites: MUTH M102, M103.
Private instruction in composition. Course content varies with the background and experience of the student. Instruction for many students covers simple polyphonic devices such as canon, and short compositions with texts.
Prerequisite: MUTH M210.
This course covers writing and analysis of sacred, polyphonic vocal music in the style of the late Renaissance.
Prerequisite: MUTH M202.
This course covers writing and analysis of instrumental and vocal music in the style of the late Baroque.
Prerequisite: MUTH M202.
This course is the study of jazz composition and arranging with the emphasis on writing for small groups.
Prerequisites: MUJZ M107, M108, or permission of instructor.
This course explores techniques of original composition using electronic media with emphasis on digital synthesis. Students will complete a large scale original composition project by the end of the semester.
This course is a study of the capabilities and limitations of orchestral string, wind, and percussion instruments.
Prerequisite: MUTH M103.
This course is the study of the history of orchestration procedures from the early Classical era to the present. The relationship of orchestration to formal processes will be emphasized.
Prerequisite: MUTH M306.
This course will explore the basic concepts of arranging popular music for commercial use. Topics include arranging for rhythm section, small combos, solo instruments, and voice.
Modern Arranging is designed to introduce students to the techniques and practices of large ensemble (big band) jazz arranging. Ranges, transpositions, and the properties of the more commonly used instruments, theory, voicing principles, reharmonization, orchestration, and the organization of an arrangement are studied. A final project is a short arrangement for big band, which will be performed and recorded by Jazz Band I.
Prerequisite: MUJZ M107.
Private instruction in composition. Course content varies with background and experience of the student. Instruction for many students covers problems of larger forms such as variation form or rondo form, and writing for a variety of instrumental combinations.
Prerequisite: MUTH M211.
Private instruction in composition. Course content varies with the background and experience of the student. Instruction for many students covers problems of larger forms such as sonata form, and writing for a variety of instrumental combinations.
Prerequisite: MUTH M310.
This course is a formal and harmonic analysis of fugue and musical works from the classical through post-romantic periods.
Prerequisite: MUTH M203.
This course covers analysis of 20th-century music and Schenkerian analysis of tonal music.
Prerequisite: MUTH M203.
Private instruction in composition. Course content varies with the background and experience of the student. Instruction is focused on preparation of a senior recital of original compositions in a variety of media.
Prerequisite: MUTH M311.
Private instruction in composition. Course content varies with the background and experience of the student. Instruction is focused on preparation of a senior recital of original compositions in a variety of media.
Prerequisite: MUTH M410.
A seminar-style study of a single analytical technique, such as Schenkerian analysis or pitch-class set theory, or analytical survey of a particular body of literature, such as the Classical string quartet or 20th-century sacred music for chorus and orchestra.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
This course addresses the art, the structure, and the method of songwriting, including lyric writing, construction of melody, and form. It includes all genres and styles.
Prerequisite: MUGN M105 or MUTH M102.
MUTH M435 Film Scoring 3 crs.
This course provides students with an overview of film and TV scoring, focusing on both composition and music supervision. The following topics will be addressed: a film’s “music team” (director, producer, music supervisor, film editor, composer) and the respective roles of each will be discussed; the general functions of music in film and TV; budgeting for music; “temp scores; music licensing (master and sync), spotting a film; general vocabulary of the industry; the “tools” used by composers. Students will work with each other in creative teams to “score” scenes from projects.
Prerequisites: Music Industry Musicianship M105 or MUTH M102.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
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1
|
| MUHL | M106 | Introduction to Music Literature |
|
2
|
| MUPR | M129 | Applied Study |
2
|
2
|
| MUEN | M100 – 106 | Major Ensemble |
1
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1
|
| Common Curriculum |
6
|
6
|
||
|
14
|
16
|
|||
| Sophomore |
|
|
||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour |
0
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0
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| MUTH | M202, 203 | Theory III and IV |
4
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4
|
| MUPC | M210 | Piano Class III |
1
|
|
| MUPR | M129 | Applied Study |
2
|
2
|
| MUEN | M100 – 106 | Major Ensemble |
1
|
1
|
| MU | Music Elective1 |
2
|
2
|
|
| Common Curriculum |
6
|
6
|
||
|
16
|
15
|
|||
| Junior |
|
|
||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour |
0
|
0
|
| MUPR | M300 | Junior Recital/Recital Appearance2 |
|
0
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| MUPC | M402 | Guitar Concepts III |
1
|
1
|
| MUPR | M329 | Applied Study |
3
|
3
|
| MUHL | M306, 307 | History of Western Art Music I and II |
3
|
3
|
| MUPC | M300 | Essentials of Conducting |
2
|
|
| MUTH | M302 | Counterpoint I |
2
|
|
| MUEN | M307 | Guitar Ensemble (Chamber) |
1
|
1
|
| MUPD | M309 | Guitar Pedagogy |
|
3
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| Common Curriculum |
3
|
6
|
||
|
15
|
17
|
|||
| Senior |
|
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| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour |
0
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0
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| MUPR | M400 | Senior Recital2 |
|
0
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| MUTH | M402 or M403 | Form and Analysis I or II |
|
2
|
| MUTH | M306 | Orchestration I |
2
|
|
| MUPR | M329 | Applied Study |
3
|
3
|
| MUEN | M307 | Guitar Ensemble (Chamber) |
1
|
1
|
| MU | Music Electives1 |
8
|
5
|
|
| Common Curriculum |
3
|
3
|
||
|
17
|
14
|
|||
| TOTAL: 124 cr. hrs. |
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Crossover Semester for Guitar Majors
All students enrolled in B.M. Guitar Performance are required to take one credit hour of jazz guitar (one semester of one-half hour lessons) as part of their applied studies in classical guitar. These students are also required to take two credit hours (one semester of hour lessons) in classical guitar during the crossover semester. This crossover semester will normally take place in the junior year.
1 Music electives selected in consultation with advisor.
2 Students must be enrolled in private applied study in the same term as their recital.
View Common Curriculum Requirements
| Freshman | F | S | ||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUGN | M103 | Technology for Music Students | 0 | |
| MUTH | M102, 103 | Theory I and II | 4 | 4 |
| MUHL | M106 | Introduction to Music Literature | 2 | |
| MUPC | M110, 111 | Piano Class I and II1 | 1 | 1 |
| MUPR | M121 – 150 | Applied Study | 2 | 2 |
| MUJZ | M108, 109 | Improvisation I and II | 2 | 2 |
| MUEN | M105 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| MUGN | M110 | Introduction to Music Industry Studies | 0 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 0 | ||
| 16 | 15 | |||
| Sophomore | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUTH | M202, 203 | Theory III and IV | 4 | 4 |
| MUJZ | M107 | Jazz Piano and Theory1 | 2 | |
| MUPR | M121 – 150 | Applied Study | 2 | 2 |
| MUJZ | M208, 209 | Improvisation III and IV | 2 | 2 |
| MUEN | M105 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| MUEN | M304 | Jazz Combo | 1 | 1 |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 16 | |||
| Junior | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUPR | M321 – 350 | Applied Study | 3 | 3 |
| MUHL | M306, 307 | History of Western Art Music I and II | 3 | 3 |
| MUJZ | M308, 309 | Improvisation V and VI | 2 | 2 |
| MUEN | M105 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| MUEN | M304 | Jazz Combo | 1 | 1 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 16 | |||
| Senior | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUTH | M304 or M309 | Jazz Composition or Modern Arranging2 | 2 | |
| MUPR | M300 | Junior Recital/Recital Appearance3 | 0 | |
| MUPR | M400 | Senior Recital3 | 0 | |
| MUHL | M310 | Evolution of Jazz Styles | 2 | |
| MUPR | M321 – 350 | Applied Study | 3 | 3 |
| MUPC | M300 | Essentials of Conducting | 2 | |
| MUEN | M304 | Jazz Combo | 1 | 1 |
| MU | Music Electives4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 14 | |||
| TOTAL: 124 cr. hrs. | ||||
1 Jazz piano principals must take four hours of music electives, in consultation with their advisor, in place of Piano Class I and II and Jazz Piano and Theory.
2 Jazz Composition is offered in Fall semesters, and Modern Arranging in Spring semesters, provided there is enough student interest to form a class.
3 Students must be enrolled in private applied study in the same term as their recital.
4Music electives selected in consultation with advisor.
Crossover Semester for Guitar Majors
All students enrolled in B.M. Jazz Studies Program as guitar majors are required to take one credit hour of classical guitar (one semester of one-half hour lessons) as part of their applied studies in jazz guitar. These students are also required to take two credit hours (one semester of hour lessons) in jazz guitar during the crossover semester. This crossover semester will normally take place in the junior or senior year. Scheduling of the crossover lessons and alternatives to a crossover in classical guitar should be done in consultation with the Jazz Guitar professor and advisor.
Music and Fine Arts
MUJZ M107 Jazz Piano and Theory 2 crs.
This course is a study of the theory of jazz harmony, notation, and related functional piano skills. Ear training is also emphasized. This course is a prerequisite to MUTH M304 Jazz Composition and MUTH M309 Modern Arranging.
MUJZ M108 Improvisation I 2 crs.
This course is an introduction to jazz improvisation with focus on melodic development for improvisation and ear training. Also explored are general performance practices and basic theory. Improvisation I is recommended as a prerequisite for MUTH M304 Jazz Composition and MUTH M309 Modern Arranging.
MUJZ M109 Improvisation II 2 crs.
This course is a continuation of Improvisation I. The focus is on chord/scale relationships as well as motivic development, ear training, and record transcriptions.
MUJZ M208 Improvisation III 2 crs.
This course is a continuation of Improvisation II with an emphasis on classic "standard tune" literature.
MUJZ M209 Improvisation IV 2 crs.
This course is a continuation of Improvisation III.
MUJZ M308 Improvisation V 2 crs.
This course is a continuation of Improvisation IV with an emphasis on "classics" composed by jazz artists.
MUJZ M309 Improvisation VI 2 crs.
This course is a continuation of Improvisation V with a final project consisting of transcriptions and biographical research into jazz artists on the student’s major instrument.
MUJZ M499 Independent Study arr.
View Common Curriculum Requirements
| Freshman | F | S | ||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUGN | M103 | Technology for Music Students | 0 | |
| MUTH | M102, 103 | Theory I and II | 4 | 4 |
| MUHL | M106 | Introduction to Music Literature | 2 | |
| MUPC | M110, 111 | Piano Class I and II | 1 | 1 |
| MUPR | M121 – 150 | Applied Study | 2 | 2 |
| MUEN | M100, 101, 102, or 106 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 16 | |||
| Sophomore | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUTH | M202, 203 | Theory III and IV | 4 | 4 |
| MUPC | M210 | Piano Class III | 1 | |
| MUPR | M121 – 150 | Applied Study | 2 | 2 |
| MUEN | M100, 101, 102, or 106 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| MU Music Electives1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 16 | |||
| Junior | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUPR | M300 | Junior Recital/Recital Appearance2 | 0 | |
| MUTH | M302 or 303 | Counterpoint I or II | 2 | |
| MUPR | M321 – 350 | Applied Study | 3 | 3 |
| MUHL | M306, 307 | History of Western Art Music I and II | 3 | 3 |
| MUPC | M300 | Essentials of Conducting | 2 | |
| MUEN | M100, 101, 102, or 106 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| MU | Music Electives1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 15 | |||
| Senior | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUPR | M400 | Senior Recital2 | 0 | |
| MUTH | M402 or 403 | Form and Analysis I or II | 2 | |
| MUTH | M306 | Orchestration I | 2 | |
| MUPR | M321 – 350 | Applied Study | 3 | 3 |
| MUHL | M406 – 410 | Music History Elective | 2 | |
| MUHL | M406 | Topics in Music History: 1850 – present | 2 | |
| MUEN | M100, 101, 102, or 106 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| MU | Music Electives1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 15 | |||
| TOTAL: 124 cr. hrs. | ||||
1 Music electives selected in consultation with advisor.
2 Students must be enrolled in private applied study in the same term as their recital.
View Common Curriculum Requirements
| Freshman | F | S | ||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUGN | M103 | Technology for Music Students | 0 | |
| MUTH | M102, 103 | Theory I and II | 4 | 4 |
| MUHL | M106 | Introduction to Music Literature | 2 | |
| MUPR | M133, 136 | Applied Study | 2 | 2 |
| MUPD | M110, 111 | Piano Pedagogy I and II | 2 | 2 |
| MUEN | M100 – 106 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 17 | |||
| Sophomore | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUTH | M202, 203 | Theory III and IV | 4 | 4 |
| MUPR | M133, 136 | Applied Study | 2 | 2 |
| MUEN | M100 – 106 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| MUEN | M400 | Accompanying | 1 | 1 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 14 | |||
| Junior | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUPR | M300 | Junior Recital/Recital Appearance1 | 0 | |
| MUPR | M333, 336 | Applied Study | 3 | 3 |
| MUHL | M306, 307 | History of Western Art Music I and II | 3 | 3 |
| MUPC | M300 | Essentials of Conducting | 2 | |
| MUTH | M306 | Orchestration I | 2 | |
| MUTH | M303 | Counterpoint II | 2 | |
| MUEN | M100 – 106 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| MU | Music Elective2 | 3 | ||
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 3 | ||
| 17 | 15 | |||
| Senior | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUPR | M400 | Senior Recital1 | 0 | |
| MUTH | M402 or 403 | Form and Analysis I or II | 2 | |
| MUHL | M308, 309 | Piano Literature I and II | 3 | 3 |
| MUHL | M406 | Topics in Music History: 1850 – present | 2 | |
| MUPR | M333, 336 | Applied Study | 3 | 3 |
| MUEN | M100 – 106, or 306 | Ensemble (Major or Chamber) | 1 | 1 |
| MU | Music Electives2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 3 | ||
| 17 | 15 | |||
| TOTAL: 124 cr. hrs. | ||||
1 Students must be enrolled in private applied study in the same term as their recital.
2 Music electives selected in consultation with advisor.
View Common Curriculum Requirements
| Freshman | F | S | ||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUGN | M103 | Technology for Music Students | 0 | |
| MUTH | M102, 103 | Theory I and II | 4 | 4 |
| MUHL | M106 | Introduction to Music Literature | 2 | |
| MUPC | M110, 111 | Piano Class I and II | 1 | 1 |
| MUPC | M101 | Freshman Voice Lab | 0 | |
| MUGN | M100 | Italian Diction & Repertoire I | 1 | |
| MUPR | M148 | Applied Study | 2 | 2 |
| MUEN | M103-104 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 17 | |||
| Sophomore | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUTH | M202, 203 | Theory III and IV | 4 | 4 |
| MUPC | M210 | Piano Class III | 1 | |
| MUGN | M200, 201 | French Diction & Repertoire I and II | 1 | 1 |
| MUPR | M148 | Applied Study | 2 | 2 |
| MUEN | M103-104 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| Foreign Language1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| MU | Music Electives2 | 4 | ||
| Common Curriculum | 3 | |||
| 15 | 15 | |||
| Junior | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUPR | M300 | Junior Recital/Recital Appearance3 | 0 | |
| MUPR | M348 | Applied Study | 3 | 3 |
| MUGN | M300,301 | German Diction & Repertoire I and II | 1 | 1 |
| MUHL | M306, 307 | History of Western Art Music I and II | 3 | 3 |
| MUTH | M302 | Counterpoint I | 2 | |
| MUEN | M103-104 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| MUEN | M201 | Opera Workshop | 1 | 1 |
| MUPC | M300 | Essentials of Conducting | 2 | |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 15 | |||
| Senior | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUPR | M400 | Senior Recital3 | 0 | |
| MUTH | M402 or 403 | Form and Analysis I or II | 2 | |
| MUPR | M348 | Applied Study | 3 | 3 |
| MUEN | M103-104 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| MUEN | M201 | Opera Workshop | 1 | 1 |
| MUHL | M407 | Topics in Operatic Literature | 2 | |
| MU | Music Electives2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | ||
| 17 | 15 | |||
| TOTAL: 124 cr. hrs. | ||||
1 Language study in French and/or German is recommended.
2 Music electives selected in consultation with advisor.
3 Students must be enrolled in private applied study in the same term as their recital.
View Common Curriculum Requirements
| Freshman | F | S | ||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUIN | M100 | Music Industry Forum | 0 | 0 |
| MUTH | M102, 103 | Theory I & II | 4 | 4 |
| MUPR | M121 - 150 | Applied Study | 2 | 2 |
| MUEN | M100 - 106 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| MUPC | M110, 111 | Piano Class I & II | 1 | 1 |
| MUGN | M110 | Introduction to Music Industry Studies | 3 | |
| MUGN | M115 | Introduction to Music Technology | 3 | |
| MUHL | M106 | Introduction to Music Literature | 2 | |
| MATH | A115 | Introduction to Finite Mathematics | 3 | |
| BA | B100 | Introduction to Business | 3 | |
| ENGL | T122 | Critical Reading and Writing | 3 | |
| 17 | 16 | |||
| Sophomore | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUIN | M100 | Music Industry Forum | 0 | 0 |
| MUTH | M202, M203 | Theory III & IV | 4 | 4 |
| MUPR | M121 - 150 | Applied Study | 2 | 2 |
| MUEN | M100 - 106 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| MUGN | M350 | Introduction to Digital Audio Production | 3 | |
| MUIN | M210 | Music Enterprises Cash Management | 3 | |
| MUIN | M205 | Legal Issues in the Music Industry | 3 | |
| MUGN | M260 | Multimedia Production | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 0 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 16 | |||
| Junior* | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUIN | M100 | Music Industry Forum | 0 | 0 |
| MUPR | M321 - 350 | Applied Study | 2 | 2 |
| MUHL | M306, 307 | History of Western Art Music I & II | 3 | 3 |
| MUEN | M100 -106 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| MUGN | Tech Elective | 2 | ||
| MUPC | M300 | Essentials of Conducting | 2 | |
| MUIN | M305 | Promotion in the Music Industry | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 15 | |||
| Senior | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUIN | M100 | Music Industry Forum | 0 | 0 |
| MUPR | M300 | Recital Appearance1 | 0 | |
| MUIN | M410 | Managing Music Enterprises | 3 | |
| MUIN | M475 | Internship | 2 | |
| MUTH | Theory Elective or Commercial Music Elective | 2 | ||
| MUIN | M450 | Music Industry Senior Seminar | 3 | |
| MUIN | M415 | Arts Administration | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 9 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 14 | |||
TOTAL: 124 cr. hrs.
1 Students must be enrolled in private applied study in the same term as their recital.
Commercial Music Electives: Songwriting (MUTH M430), Film Scoring (MUTH M435), Commercial Arranging (MUTH M308), Jazz Piano & Theory (MUJZ M107), Orchestration I (MUTH M306)
Tech Electives: Recording Studio Techniques (MUGN M250), Advanced Multimedia (MUGN M408), Electronic Music (MUTH M305), Introduction to Digital Filmaking (MUGN M415), Video Editing (MUGN M425), Video Writing & Directing (MUGN M430), Live Sound (MUGN M360), Design for Non-majors (VISA A265), Layout & Design (CMMN M260) or other related and approved courses.
Music and Fine Arts
MUIN M100 Music Industry Forum 0 crs.
Forum is a gathering of all students and faculty in Music Industry Studies. This weekly meeting usually presents a notable guest speaker in the music industry from the local community, from Los Angeles, New York, or elsewhere. These speakers are questioned by students, faculty and by the class at-large. Forums are video taped and posted on the MIS website for on-demand viewing.
MUIN M205 Legal Issues in the Music Industry 3 crs.
This course builds the basic knowledge of legal issues related to the music and entertainment industries discussed in the Introduction to Music Industry, MUGN M110. This course is a more in depth survey of the legal aspects of the music industry, including copyright, music publishing, performing rights organizations, booking, management, marketing, touring, performance agreements, recording contracts, and artist royalties.
Prerequisite: MUGN M110.
MUIN M210 Music Enterprises Cash Management 3 crs.
This course emphasizes the pragmatic bookkeeping and cash management skills required of musicians and artists to manage their careers and a music enterprise successfully. It is designed to provide practical knowledge of accounting and finance skills used by music professionals in their careers. This course is for Bachelor of Music students who are taking a minor in Music Industry Studies and other minors in the program.
Prerequisite: MUGN M110.
MUIN M250 Music Marketing and Promotion 3 crs.
An in-depth study of the principles and application of marketing, promotion and distribution of products and services in the music industry. Case studies of various music products and companies and marketing approaches will be studied and analyzed. This course includes discussions of social networking, digital distribution platforms, “permission” marketing, and psychographics. The deliverable for this course in a comprehensive marketing plan for a product or service, one that could be a major part of a larger comprehensive strategic plan.
Prerequisite: MKT B280.
MUIN M305 Promotion in the Music Industry 3 crs.
This course emphasizes the pragmatic marketing aspects required of music professionals to promote a music enterprise successfully. The course is not intended for graduates intending to be marketing professionals; rather, the course is designed to provide practical knowledge of promotional strategies used by music professionals in their careers. The chief outcome of the course is the development of an integrated marketing plan and promotion program for an artist or a band. This course is for Bachelor of Music students who are taking a minor in Music Industry Studies and other minors in the program.
Prerequisites: MUGN M110.
MUIN M310 Music Industry Finance 3 crs.
This course provides students with the financial management knowledge needed to finance and manage cash flows in music enterprises. The following topics are addressed: obtaining capital, cost of capital, budgeting, time value of money, asset valuation, financial statement analysis, and portfolio analysis.
Prerequisite: ACCT B202.
MUIN M350 Music Management and Concert Production 3 crs.
The course has two major concerns: artist management and management of musical endeavors. Students will learn that musicians and artists are music enterprises by virtue of what they do and what they create. Topics include strategic planning, managerial leadership, practical and legal issues, as well as to discern the functions and purposes of management. The goal is to show how managerial theory applies to real-world situations with respect to music and art. Students will develop a management plan for an artist or business.
Prerequisite: MGT B245.
MUIN M400 Music Industry Entrepreneurship 3 crs.
This course will introduce students to the historic and current ways of doing business in the record industry and provide them information on the general business principles necessary to allow them to move with confidence when developing business. Students are encouraged to begin thinking like entrepreneurs (i.e. explore ways to transform ideas into action, and launch new businesses). Students will learn skills for negotiating critical resources for their new venture, and skills for clear analytical thinking, speaking and writing with emphasis on business plans and presentations. Other aspects of this course include: the relation of ethics to entrepreneurship, how entrepreneurs contribute to the local, regional, national and global economy, and fundamental issues related to entrepreneurship.
Prerequisites: MUIN M310, M350.
MUIN M410 Managing Music Enterprises 3 crs.
This course emphasizes the pragmatic management skills required of music professionals to manage a music enterprise, including an artist or a band, successfully. The course is designed to provide practical knowledge of management skills used by music professionals in their careers. To be taken by students in the Bachelor of Music track of the Music Industry Studies program or minors in the program.
Prerequisite: MUIN M205.
MUIN M415 Arts Administration 3 crs.
This course concerns the management of nonprofit side of the music and arts businesses, including symphony orchestras, schools, theatre, opera, museums, foundations, and other not for profit institutions related to music and the arts. All aspects of what defines a successful arts program will be considered: grant research and writing, organizational structures, strategic and business planning, sponsorship proposals, special events production, marketing, and legal issues.
Prerequisite: MUGN M205.
MUIN M420 Contemporary Issues in the Music Industry 3 crs.
This is an umbrella course that changes each year to accommodate new developments and trends in the music industry.
MUIN M450 Music Industry Senior Seminar 3 crs.
This is the capstone course for seniors in the various Music Industry Studies tracks: BBA, BM and BS. This course is a summation of the student’s experience in the program it is the course in which all of the dots are connected. It is the course that is the bridge between the academic pursuits of the student and the next step towards a career goal. In this course students will write a comprehensive strategic plan, they will produce “content”, and they will engage in career planning and job research and placement. In this course, all of the technology, software, production, and business skills come together in the service of a specific goal with a specific plan. Students will perfect their resumes, their social networking skills, their research skills, their interview and presentation skills, and their communication skills. Students will learn about the role of financial planning both personally as well as from a business standpoint. Students will learn about graduate education possibilities.
Prerequisite: MUIN M400.
MUIN M475 Music Industry Internship 2 crs.
This course provides students with the opportunity and responsibility to work in various companies in the music industry during their participation in the Music Industry Studies Program. Internships are essential to the understanding of how the theory of the classroom is applied to the practices of particular business; they are the key to placement. Internships may be local, national or international. Internships are encouraged in all years after the freshman year of a student’s participation in the MIS program; all will count towards the course requirements.
Prerequisite: MUGN M110.
For related courses in Music Industry Studies please see MUGN courses.
View Common Curriculum Requirements
| Freshman |
F
|
S
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| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour |
0
|
0
|
| MUGN | M103 | Technology for Music Students |
0
|
|
| MUTH | M102, 103 | Theory I and II |
4
|
4
|
| MUPC | M110, 111 | Piano Class I and II1 |
1
|
1
|
| MUHL | M106 | Introduction to Music Literature |
|
2 |
| MUPR | M121 – 150 | Applied Study |
1
|
1
|
| MUEN | M100 – 106 | Major Ensemble | 1 |
1
|
| MU | Music Electives2 |
|
2
|
|
| Common Curriculum |
9
|
6
|
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|
16
|
17
|
|||
| Sophomore | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour |
0
|
0
|
| MUTH | M202, 203 | Theory III and IV |
4
|
4
|
| MUGN | M115 | Introduction to Music Technology |
3
|
|
| MU | Music Technology Elective |
3
|
||
| MUTH | M210, 211 | Composition I and II |
2
|
2
|
| MUPR | M121 – 150 | Applied Study |
1
|
1
|
| MUEN | M100 – 106 | Major Ensemble |
1
|
1
|
| MU | Music Electives2 |
2
|
2
|
|
| Common Curriculum |
3
|
3
|
||
|
16
|
16
|
|||
| Junior3 | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour |
0
|
0
|
| MUHL | M306, 307 | History of Western Art Music I and II |
3
|
3
|
| MUTH | M302, 303 | Counterpoint I and II |
2
|
2
|
| MUTH | M310, 311 | Composition III and IV |
2
|
2
|
| MUPR | M321 – 350 | Applied Study |
1
|
1
|
| MUEN | M100 – 106 | Major Ensemble |
1
|
1
|
| MU | Music Electives2 |
2
|
2
|
|
| Common Curriculum |
3
|
6
|
||
|
14
|
17
|
|||
| Senior | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour |
0
|
0
|
| MUPR | M400 | Senior Recital4 |
0
|
|
| MUPC | M300 | Essentials of Conducting |
2
|
|
| MUHL | M406 | Topics in Music History: 1850 – present |
2
|
|
| MUTH | M402, 403 | Form and Analysis I and II |
2
|
2
|
| MUTH | M306, 307 | Orchestration I and II |
2
|
2
|
| MUTH | M410, 411 | Composition V and VI |
2
|
2
|
| MU | Music Electives2 |
1
|
2
|
|
| Common Curriculum |
6
|
3
|
||
|
15
|
13
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|||
| TOTAL | 124 cr. hrs. |
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1 Students whose principal instrument is piano or organ must substitute two hours of String Class, Woodwind Class, or Brass and Percussion Class in consultation with their advisor.
2 Music electives selected in consultation with advisor.
3 Junior-level standing in degree program shall be based on an evaluation of a portfolio of the student’s compositions after completion of Composition II.
4 Students must be enrolled in private applied study in the same term as their recital.
View Common Curriculum Requirements
| Music Core |
Cr. Hrs.
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| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour (8 semesters) |
0
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| MUGN | M103 | Technology for Music Students |
0
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| MUTH | M102, 103, 202, and 203 | Theory I, II, III, and IV |
16
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| MUPR | M121 – 150 | Applied Study (4 semesters) |
8
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| MUPR | M321 – 350 | Applied Study (2 semesters) |
4
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| MUHL | M106 | Introduction to Music Literature |
2
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| MUHL | M306, 307 | History of Western Art Music I and II |
6
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| MUPC | M110, 111, 210 | Piano Class I, II, and III |
3
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| MUEN | M100 – 106 | Major Ensembles (6 semesters) |
6
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| MUPC | M300 | Essentials of Conducting |
2
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| MU | Music Electives |
3
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| MUPR | M300 | Recital Appearance1 |
0
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| Music cognate (selected in consultation with adviser) |
14
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| Total Music courses |
64
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| General studies (Common Curriculum + CHN, CSS, CB, VISA, VSGR or THEA minor requirements + electives) |
60
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1Students must be enrolled in private applied study in the same term as their recital.
Mission Statement: The Music Education program is dedicated to building a community of learning, empowering music students through learning opportunities that are contextual and relevant to a career in teaching music. To become an effective music educator, each student must commit to excellence in both teaching and musicianship.
The College of Music and Fine Arts offers a program of study leading to a bachelor of music in music education degree with teaching certification in K — 12 vocal or instrumental music. The College of Music and Fine Arts in consortium with Our Lady of Holy Cross College offers coursework leading to post-baccalaureate certification in Louisiana. The College of Music and Fine Arts demonstrates a commitment to engaging all resources needed to prepare teacher candidates to acquire the knowledge, dispositions, and skilled actions necessary for K — 12 student achievement in music.
The Music Education Department aims to produce music teachers who possess the fundamentals of scholarship, musicianship, the communication skills, and the emotional maturity and social competence expected of a professional music educator. Classes are small so that students receive individual attention from faculty who are vitally interested in issues of creative and critical thinking, philosophically based education, student-centered learning, issues of social context, and music technology. The program’s reflective approach to teacher preparation incorporates technical aspects of teaching with moral considerations into program coursework, fieldwork, and clinical practice. Music education candidates gain competence in professional teaching standards, a variety of communication methods, and collaboration skills.
Prerequisites to the music education major include:
1. Admission to the College of Music and Fine Arts;
2. Declaration of music education major;
3. Piano students would need to fulfill audition requirements of the instrumental or vocal program;
4. Successful completion of Foundations of Multicultural Education*;
5. Completion of an interview with music teacher education faculty members;
6. Evidence of knowledge, dispositions, and skilled actions appropriate to program objectives and the folio-based program assessment plan.
Music education candidate progress is determined by assessment measures employed at transition portals 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Portal 1- (Freshman)
Portal 2- (Sophomore — Junior)
Portal 3- (Senior)
Portal 4– Licensed Practice
* Our Lady of Holy Cross (OLHCC) consortium
The culminating experience in music teacher education is teaching internship. Internship teaching is a full-time, off-campus, school-based experience comprising a full semester. During internship teaching, the teacher candidate is expected to assume all responsibilities of a certified teacher. Intern teaching is clinical practice supervised by one or more faculty members in the music education department and a mentor teacher in the school.
Upon successful completion of the internship, teacher candidates qualify for application for the bachelor of music degree and certification with the state of Louisiana. Faculty review may require probation, or removal of teacher candidate, for a given period. The services of the university counseling center are available for the purpose of career counseling to assist student teacher candidates.
To be recommended by Loyola University New Orleans for certification as a K — 12 vocal or instrumental teacher in Louisiana, the teacher candidate must fulfill all the requirements specified by the department for the degree program in music education. The degree program incorporates all the requirements for certification by the State of Louisiana for teaching in grades K – 12. Certification requirements for Louisiana including reciprocity with other states are established by the Louisiana State Department of Education and are subject to change. Any such changes will be incorporated into the teacher preparation programs.
| Freshman |
F
|
S
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| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour |
0
|
0
|
| MUTH | M102, 103 | Theory I and II |
4
|
4
|
| MUPC | M110, 111 | Piano Class I and II |
1
|
1
|
| MUPR | M121 — 147 | Applied Instrument |
2
|
2
|
| MUED | M100 | Prelude to Music Education | 1 | |
| MUED | M110, 111 | String Class I and II* |
1
|
1
|
| OLHC | M204 | Foundations of Multicultural Education ** |
3
|
|
| MUEN | M100 — 106 | Major Ensemble |
1
|
1
|
| ENGL | T122 | Critical Reading/Writing |
3
|
|
| ENGL | T125 | Writing About Literature |
|
3
|
| HIST | T122 or T124 | World Civilization |
3
|
|
| PHIL | T122 | Intro to Philosophy |
3
|
|
|
Totals:
|
16
|
18
|
||
| Sophomore |
|
|
||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour |
0
|
0
|
| MUTH | M202, 203 | Theory III and IV |
4
|
4
|
| MUPC | M210 | Piano Class III |
1
|
|
| MUPR | M121 — 147 | Applied Instrument |
2
|
2
|
| MUEN | M100 — 106 | Major Ensemble |
1
|
1
|
| MUED | M210, 211 | Brass and Percussion Class I and II* |
1
|
1
|
| RELS | T122 | Intro to World Religions |
3
|
|
| OLHC | M309 | Human Growth and Development** |
3
|
|
| MUED | M200 | Field Experience in Music Education |
0
|
|
| MUHL | M106 | Introduction to Music Literature | 2 | |
| BIOL | T122 | Cultural Biology | 3 |
|
| MATH | T122 | Math Models |
3
|
|
| HIST,GEOG,ECON | History, Geography, or Economic Elective |
3
|
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|
Totals:
|
18
|
16
|
||
| Junior |
|
|
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| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour |
0
|
0
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| MUTH | M306 | Orchestration I |
2
|
|
| MUHL | M306, 307 | History of Western Art Music I and II |
3
|
3
|
| MUPR | M321 — 347 | Applied Instrument |
2
|
2
|
| MUPC | M300 | Essentials of Conducting |
2
|
|
| MUPC | M301 | Instrumental Conducting Methods |
|
2
|
| MUED | M310, 311 | Woodwind Class I and II* |
1
|
1
|
| MUED | M308 | General Music Education Methods |
3
|
0 |
| MUED | M250 | Practicum in Music Education |
0
|
0
|
| MUEN | M100 — 106 | Major Ensemble |
1
|
1
|
| MUPR | M300 | Junior Recital1 | 0 | |
| MATH | Math Elective |
3
|
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| MUED | M309 | Psychology of Teaching Music |
3
|
|
| OLHC | M311 | Teaching Reading in Content Areas** |
3
|
|
| CHEM | T122 | Intro to Chemistry |
3
|
|
|
Totals:
|
17
|
18
|
||
| Senior |
|
|
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| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour |
0
|
|
| MUPR | M321 — 346 | Applied Instrument |
2
|
|
| MUED | M306 | Instrumental Music Education Methods |
3
|
|
| MUED | M252 | Music for the Special Learner |
3
|
|
| OLHC | M452 | Student Teaching Seminar** |
3
|
|
| MUED | M400 | Internship - Student Teaching |
|
6
|
| MUEN | M100 — 106 | Major Ensemble |
1
|
|
| MUHL/MUTH | Music History or Music Theory Elective |
2
|
|
|
| MU | Music Elective |
2
|
|
|
| PHYS | T122 | Intro to Physics |
3
|
|
|
Totals:
|
16
|
9***
|
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| TOTAL: | 128 cr. hrs. |
|
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| *Suggested sequence of instrumental methods classes is determined by primary instrument | ||||
| Brass Primary Instrument Sequence- 1) Brass Methods 2) Woodwind Methods 3) String Methods | ||||
| Woodwind Primary Sequence- 1) Woodwind Methods 2) Brass Methods 3) String Methods | ||||
| String Primary Instrument Sequence- 1) String Methods 2) Brass Methods 3) Woodwind Methods | ||||
| The sequence of instrumental techniques classes will be determined in consultations between individual students and the music education coordinator. | ||||
| **Denotes Our Lady of Holy Cross course | ||||
| ***A student enrolled in nine (9) credits during the Internship semester is considered a full-time student. | ||||
| 1 Students must be enrolled in private applied study in the same term as their recital. | ||||
Mission Statement: The Music Education program is dedicated to building a community of learning, empowering music students through learning opportunities that are contextual and relevant to a career in teaching music. To become an effective music educator, each student must commit to excellence in both teaching and musicianship.
The College of Music and Fine Arts offers a program of study leading to a bachelor of music in music education degree with teaching certification in K — 12 vocal or instrumental music. The College of Music and Fine Arts in consortium with Our Lady of Holy Cross College offers coursework leading to post-baccalaureate certification in Louisiana. The College of Music and Fine Arts demonstrates a commitment to engaging all resources needed to prepare teacher candidates to acquire the knowledge, dispositions, and skilled actions necessary for K — 12 student achievement in music.
The Music Education Department aims to produce music teachers who possess the fundamentals of scholarship, musicianship, the communication skills, and the emotional maturity and social competence expected of a professional music educator. Classes are small so that students receive individual attention from faculty who are vitally interested in issues of creative and critical thinking, philosophically based education, student-centered learning, issues of social context, and music technology. The program’s reflective approach to teacher preparation incorporates technical aspects of teaching with moral considerations into program coursework, fieldwork, and clinical practice. Music education candidates gain competence in professional teaching standards, a variety of communication methods, and collaboration skills.
Prerequisites to the music education major include:
1.Admission to the College of Music and Fine Arts;
2.Declaration of music education major;
3.Piano students would need to fulfill audition requirements of the instrumental or vocal program;
4.Successful completion of Foundations of Multicultural Education*;
5.Completion of an interview with music teacher education faculty members;
6.Evidence of knowledge, dispositions, and skilled actions appropriate to program objectives and the folio-based program assessment plan.
Music education candidate progress is determined by assessment measures employed at transition portals 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Portal 1- (Freshman)
Portal 2- (Sophomore — Junior)
Portal 3- (Senior)
Portal 4– Licensed Practice
* Our Lady of Holy Cross (OLHCC) consortium
The culminating experience in music teacher education is teaching internship. Internship teaching is a full-time, off-campus, school-based experience comprising a full semester. During internship teaching, the teacher candidate is expected to assume all responsibilities of a certified teacher. Intern teaching is clinical practice supervised by one or more faculty members in the music education department and a mentor teacher in the school.
Upon successful completion of the internship, teacher candidates qualify for application for the bachelor of music degree and certification with the state of Louisiana. Faculty review may require probation, or removal of teacher candidate, for a given period. The services of the university counseling center are available for the purpose of career counseling to assist student teacher candidates.
To be recommended by Loyola University New Orleans for certification as a K — 12 vocal or instrumental teacher in Louisiana, the teacher candidate must fulfill all the requirements specified by the department for the degree program in music education. The degree program incorporates all the requirements for certification by the State of Louisiana for teaching in grades K – 12. Certification requirements for Louisiana including reciprocity with other states are established by the Louisiana State Department of Education and are subject to change. Any such changes will be incorporated into the teacher preparation programs.
| Freshman |
F
|
S
|
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| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour |
0
|
0
|
| MUTH | M102, 103 | Theory I and II |
4
|
4
|
| MUPC | M110, 111 | Piano Class I and II |
1
|
1
|
| MUED | M100 | Prelude to Music Education | 1 | |
| MUPC | M101 | Freshman Voice Lab |
0
|
|
| MUGN | M100 | Italian Diction and Repertoire I |
1
|
|
| MUPR | M148 | Applied Voice |
2
|
2
|
| HIST | T122 or T124 | World Civilization |
|
3
|
| MUEN | M100- 106 | Major Ensemble |
1
|
1
|
| ENGL | T122 | Critical Reading/Writing |
3
|
|
| OLHC | M204 | Foundations of Multicultural Education* |
3
|
|
| ENGL | T125 | Writing About Literature |
3
|
|
| PHIL | T122 | Intro to Philosophy |
3
|
|
|
Totals:
|
15
|
18
|
||
| Sophomore |
|
|
||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour |
0
|
0
|
| MUTH | M202, 203 | Theory III and IV |
4
|
4
|
| MUPC | M210 | Piano Class III |
1
|
|
| MUPC | M211 | Piano Class IV |
|
1
|
| MUGN | M200 | French Diction and Repertoire I |
1
|
|
| MUPR | M148 | Applied Voice |
2
|
2
|
| MUEN | M100 — 106 | Major Ensemble |
1
|
1
|
| OLHC | M309 | Human Growth and Development* |
3
|
|
| MUED | M200 | Field Experience in Music Education |
0
|
|
| RELS | T122 | Introduction to World Religions |
3
|
|
| MUHL | M106 | Introduction to Music Literature |
|
2 |
| BIOL | T122 | Cultural Biology | 3 |
|
| MATH | T122 | Math Models |
3
|
|
| HIST,GEOG,ECON | History, Geography, or Economic Elective |
3
|
||
|
Totals:
|
18
|
16
|
||
| Junior |
|
|
||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour |
0
|
0
|
| MUTH | M306 | Orchestration I |
2
|
|
| MUHL | M306, 307 | History of Western Art Music I and II |
3
|
3
|
| MUPR | M348 | Applied Voice |
2
|
2
|
| MUGN | M300 | German Diction and Repertoire I |
1
|
|
| MUPR | M136 | Applied Piano |
1
|
1
|
| MUPC | M300 | Essentials of Conducting |
2
|
|
| MUPC | M302 | Choral Conducting Methods |
2
|
|
| MUED | M308 | General Music Education Methods |
3
|
|
| MUED | M309 | Psychology of Teaching Music |
3
|
|
| MUED | M250 | Practicum in Music Education |
0
|
|
| MUPR | M300 | Junior Recital1 | 0 | |
| MUEN | M100 — 106 | Major Ensemble |
1
|
1
|
| MATH | Math Elective |
|
3
|
|
| OLHC | M311 | Teaching Reading in Content Areas* |
3
|
|
| CHEM | T122 | Intro to Chemistry |
3
|
|
|
Totals:
|
18
|
18
|
||
| Senior |
|
|
||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour |
0
|
|
| MUPR | M348 | Applied Voice |
2
|
|
| MUPD | M406 | Vocal Pedagogy |
1
|
|
| MUPR | M136 | Applied Piano |
1
|
|
| MUED | M307 | Choral Music Education Methods |
3
|
|
| OLHC | M452 | Student Teaching Seminar* |
3
|
|
| MUED | M400 | Internship - Student Teaching |
|
6
|
| MUEN | M100 — 106 | Major Ensemble |
1
|
|
| MUHL/MUTH | Music History or Music Theory Elective |
2
|
|
|
| MUED | M252 | Music for the Special Learner |
3
|
|
| PHYS | T122 | Intro to Physics |
3
|
|
|
Totals:
|
16
|
9**
|
||
| TOTAL: | 128 cr. hrs. |
|
||
| *Denotes Our Lady of Holy Cross course | ||||
| **A student enrolled in nine (9) credits during the Internship semester is considered a full-time student. | ||||
1Students must be enrolled in private applied study in the same term as their recital.
This course of study is designed to accommodate students who wish to pursue a music education curriculum and whose primary performance area is either voice or keyboard. Teaching certification, in either case, would be in vocal music. Adjustments in applied music focus will be made accordingly.
Music and Fine Arts
MUED M100 Prelude to Music Education 1 cr.
This course provides entering students with an overview of the total music education program in a variety of school settings and to develop artistry in musicianship, pedagogy, and scholarship. Students will become familiar with department policies and procedures related to the major, will learn about opportunities within the department, and will develop skill sets and acquire information to help them navigate university life.
MUED M110 String Class I 1 cr.
This course offers the study of techniques leading toward basic performance competence and pedagogy of string instruments.
MUED M111 String Class II 1 cr.
This course is a continuation of String Class I.
MUED M200 Field Experience in Music Education 0 crs.
This course requires school observations in a variety of school situations at assigned levels (K-12) including public and private schools in grades K-12. Students will be evaluated using assessment and learning activity strategies.
MUED M210 Brass and Percussion Class I 1 cr.
This course is the study of techniques leading toward basic performance competence and pedagogy of brass and percussion instruments.
MUED M211 Brass and Percussion Class II 1 cr.
This course is a continuation of Brass and Percussion Class I.
MUED M250 Practicum in Music Education 0 crs.
This course requires the student to focus on learning from a teacher selected from public and private schools in grades K-12. This course offers the student the opportunity for participation and music instruction at various assigned levels in music school classrooms grades K-12.
MUED M306 Instrumental Music Education Methods 3 crs.
This course covers the organization and management of elementary and secondary school instrumental music programs emphasizing proven teaching techniques, materials, and performance procedures.
MUED M307 Choral Music Education Methods 3 crs.
This course introduces the student to methods for teaching choral music. Emphasis is on management of performing ensembles, materials, teaching techniques, and literature.
MUED M308 General Music Education Methods 3 crs.
This course covers organization and management of the elementary and middle school general music program emphasizing proven teaching techniques and materials based on a conceptual approach to music learning.
MUED M309 Psychology of Teaching Music 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to current theory and practice in music education including the psychology of learning and teaching music, nature and testing of musical aptitude and ability, and philosophy in music education.
Prerequisite: EDSE A200 or EDEL A205.
MUED M310 Woodwind Class I 1 cr.
This course is the study of techniques leading to basic performance competence and pedagogy of woodwind instruments.
MUED M311 Woodwind Class II 1 cr.
This course is a continuation of Woodwind Class I.
MUED M350 Marching Band Techniques 2 cr.
This course emphasizes show design, charting, marching and maneuvering, rehearsal planning, equipment selection, personnel management, auxiliary units, percussion, performance preparation and the fundamental principles of effective instruction related to the contemporary marching band program.
MUED M400 Student Teaching 6 crs.
This course offers the student experience in secondary and/or elementary instruction under the guidance of music teachers and supervisors certified in the student’s primary teaching area.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
OLHC M452 Student Teaching Seminar 3 crs.
This course is a symposium on student teaching—a free exchange of ideas, experiences, and problems relating to supervised teaching activities.
MUED M499 Independent Study arr.
| Common Curriculum | Cr. Hrs. |
| A. Composition | |
| Critical Reading and Writing (ENGL T122) | 3 |
| B. Philosophy | |
| 1. Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL T122) | 3 |
| 2. Philosophy elective (PHIL) | 3 |
| C. Religious Studies | |
| 1. Introduction to World Religions (RELS T122) | 3 |
| 2. Religious studies elective (RELS) | 3 |
| D. Humanities/Arts | |
| 1. Writing About Literature (ENGL T125) | 3 |
| 2. Two other courses (literature, drama, visual arts, classical humanities, or modern foreign languages) | 6 |
| 24 | |
Studies in Music Therapy and Behavior Health & Natural Sciences |
|
| Introduction and Definition (MUTY M100) | 2 |
| Physical Disabilities (MUTY M101) | 2 |
| Mental Retardation and Exceptionality (MUTY M200) | 2 |
| Childhood Disorders (MUTY M201) | 2 |
| Gerontology (MUTY M300) | 2 |
| Adult Disorders (MUTY M301) | 2 |
| Improvisation and Physiological Responses (MUTY M400) | 2 |
| Affective and Perceptual Responses (MUTY M401) | 2 |
| Field Studies I – IV (MUTY M117, 217, 317, 417) | 4 |
| Music Therapy Internship (MUTY M497) | 1 |
| Introduction to Psychology (PSYC A100) | 3 |
| Abnormal Psychology (PSYC A235) | 3 |
| Developmental Psychology (PSYC A230) | 3 |
| Introduction to Research (PSYC A301) | 3 |
| Statistics and Methods (or Elective) (PSYC A303) | 3 |
| Physiological Psychology (PSYC A315) | 3 |
| Behavioral/Social/Natural Science Elective | 3 |
| Math Elective | 3 |
| 45 |
| Freshman | F | S | ||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUGN | M103 | Technology for Music Students | 0 | |
| MUTH | M102, 103 | Theory I and II | 4 | 4 |
| MUPC | M110, 111 | Piano Class I and II | 1 | 1 |
| MUPR | M121 – 150 | Applied Study | 2 | 2 |
| MUPC | M400, 401 | Guitar Concepts I and II | 1 | 1 |
| MUTY | M100 | Introduction and Definition | 2 | |
| MUTY | M101 | Physical Disabilities | 2 | |
| MUTY | M117 | Field Studies I | 1 | |
| MUEN | M100 – 106 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| PSYC | A100 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | |||
| 14 | 15 | |||
| Sophomore | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUTH | M202 | Theory III | 4 | |
| MUPC | M210 | Piano Class III | 1 | |
| MUPC | M220 | Piano for Clinicians | 1 | |
| MUPR | M121 – 150 | Applied Study | 2 | 2 |
| MUTY | M200 | Mental Retardation and Exceptionality | 2 | |
| MUTY | M201 | Childhood Disorders | 2 | |
| MUTY | M217 | Field Studies II | 1 | |
| MUEN | M100 – 106 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| PSYC | A235 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 | |
| PSYC | A230 | Developmental Psychology | 3 | |
| Behavioral/Social/Natural Sciences elective | 3 | |||
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 16 | |||
| Junior | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | 0 |
| MUPR | M321 – 350 | Applied Study | 2 | 2 |
| MUHL | M306, 307 | History of Western Art Music I and II | 3 | 3 |
| MUPC | M300 | Essentials of Conducting | 2 | |
| MUTY | M300 | Gerontology | 2 | |
| MUTY | M301 | Adult Disorders | 2 | |
| MUTY | M317 | Field Studies III | 1 | |
| MUEN | M100 – 106 | Major Ensemble | 1 | 1 |
| MU | Music Electives1 | 1 | ||
| PSYC | A301 | Introduction to Research | 3 | |
| PSYC | A303 | Statistics and Methods (or Elective) | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 16 | |||
| Senior | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 | |
| MUPR | M300 | Junior Recital/Recital Appearance2 | 0 | |
| MUTH | Theory Elective | 2 | ||
| MUPR | Applied Elective | 2 | ||
| MU | Music Electives1 | 5 | ||
| MUPC | M120 | Class Voice | 1 | |
| MUTY | M400 | Improvisation and Physiological Responses | 2 | |
| MUTY | M401 | Affective and Perceptual Responses | 2 | |
| MUTY | M417 | Field Studies IV | 1 | |
| MUTY | M497 | Music Therapy Internship3 | 1 | |
| PSYC | A315 | Physiological Psychology | 3 | |
| Behavioral/Social/Natural Sciences elective | 3 | |||
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 3 | ||
| 15 | 16 | |||
| TOTAL: 124 cr. hrs. | ||||
1 Music electives selected in consultation with advisor.
2 Students must be enrolled in private applied study in the same term as their recital.
3 Music Therapy Internship is registered during final semester, completed in following year.
Music and Fine Arts
MUTY M100 Introduction and Definition 2 crs.
This course introduces the student to the principles upon which the profession of music therapy is founded.
MUTY M101 Physical Disabilities 2 crs.
This course is an in-depth look at music therapy with physical handicaps, speech, visual, and hearing difficulties in the medical setting. There will be a strong experiential component, in an effort to practice some of the concepts presented in class.
MUTY M117 Field Studies I 1 cr.
This course offers practicum experience in the field. This course is a minimum of two hours in the field with clients and an additional one hour per week seminar.
MUTY M200 Mental Retardation and Exceptionality 2 crs.
This course is an overview of music therapy theory, research, and clinical practice with mental retardation and autism. In addition to the review of literature, this course will have a strong experiential component, in an effort to practice some of the concepts presented in class.
MUTY M201 Childhood Disorders 2 crs.
This course is an overview of music therapy theory, research, and clinical practice in learning disabilities and child and adolescent disorders. In addition to the review of the literature, this course will have a strong experiential component, in an effort to practice some of the concepts learned in class.
MUTY M217 Field Studies II 1 cr.
This course offers practicum experience in the field. This course is a minimum of two hours in the field with clients and an additional one hour per week seminar.
MUTY M300 Gerontology 2 crs.
This course is an overview of music therapy theory, research, and clinical practice in work with geriatrics. This course will have a strong experimental component.
MUTY M301 Adult Disorders 2 crs.
This course is an overview of music therapy theory, research, and clinical practice in psychiatry. A study of the disabilities in adult treatment will be explored. This course will have a strong experiential component, in an effort to practice music therapy techniques learned in class.
MUTY M317 Fields Studies III 1 cr.
This course offers practicum experience in the field. This course is a minimum of two hours in the field with clients and an additional one hour per week seminar.
MUTY M400 Improvisation and Physiological Responses 2 crs.
This course provides an overview of improvisation and physiological responses to music. Improvisational models in clinical practice are discussed and demonstrated. Research trends in physiological responses to music will be investigated. The course will also contain an experiential component to practice music therapy concepts.
MUTY M401 Affective and Perceptual Responses 2 crs.
This course is an in-depth examination of affective and perceptual responses to music. It is also an exploration of improvisational models in music therapy. This course will have a strong experiential component, in an effort to practice music therapy techniques learned in class.
MUTY M417 Fields Studies IV 1 cr.
This course offers practicum experience in the field. This course is a minimum of two hours in the field with clients and an additional one hour per week seminar.
MUTY M497 Music Therapy Internship 1 — 7 crs.
Internship requires a minimum of 900 clock hours of uninterrupted service at an AMTA approved clinical setting, commencing at the completion of other coursework.
MUTY M499 Independent Study arr.
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| Music Core | Cr. Hrs. | ||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour (8 semesters) | 0 |
| MUGN | M103 | Technology for Music Students (1 semester) | 0 |
| MUTH | M102, 103, 202, and 203 | Theory I, II, III, and IV | 16 |
| MUHL | M106 | Introduction to Music Literature | 2 |
| MUHL | M306, 307 | History of Western Art Music I and II | 6 |
| MUPR | M121 – 150 | Applied Study (4 semesters) | 4 |
| MUEN | M100 – 106 | Major Ensembles (4 semesters) | 4 |
| MUPC | M110, 111 | Piano Class I and II | 2 |
| MU | Music Electives2 | 14 | |
| 48 | |||
| General studies (Common Curriculum + CHN , CSS, or CBA minor requirements + electives) | 76 | ||
1 Two of these courses must be labeled pre-modern. A student may not take a Common Curriculum course for Common Curriculum credit from his or her major department.
2 Music electives selected in consultation with advisor.
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| Freshman |
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| MUIN M100 | Music Industry Forum |
0
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0
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| MUGN M110* | Introduction to Music Industry Studies |
3
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| MUGN M115 * | Introduction to Music Technology |
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3
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| BA B100* | Introduction to Business |
3
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| BA B101 | Business Communications | 3 | |
| MATH A115* | Introduction to Finite Mathematics |
3
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| MUGN M105* | Music Industry Musicianship |
2
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| ENGL T122* | Critical Reading and Writing |
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3
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| Common Curriculum |
3
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6
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| Totals: |
14
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15
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| Sophomore |
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| MUIN M100 | Music Industry Forum |
0
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0 |
| MUEN/PC | Ensemble, Class Voice, Guitar, Piano, or Contemporary Ensemble |
1
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1 |
| MUIN M205* | Legal Issues in Music Industry Studies |
3
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| MUGN M260* | Multimedia Production |
3
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| ACCT B202 | Financial Accounting Information for Decision Making |
3
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| MUGN M350* | Intro to Digital Audio |
3
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| LGST B205* | Legal Environment of Business |
3
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| MKT B280 | Basic Marketing |
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3
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| MGT B245* | Management & Organizational Behavior |
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3
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| ECON B100 | Principles of Microeconomics |
3
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| Common Curriculum |
3
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3
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| Totals: |
16
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16
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| MUIN M100 | Music Industry Forum |
0
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0
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| MUIN M250 | Music Marketing and Promotion |
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3
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| MUIN M350 | Music Management and Concert Production |
3
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| MUIN M310 | Music Finance |
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3
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| MUGN | Tech Elective |
2
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2
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| MUGN/MUTH | Music Electives (includes Commercial Music Electives) | 2 | |
| MUIN M420 | Contemporary Issues in MIS (or Elective) |
3
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| Common Curriculum |
9
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6
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| Totals: |
16
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17
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| Senior |
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| MUIN M100 | Music Industry Forum |
0
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0
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| MUIN M400 | Music Industry Entrepreneurship |
3
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| MUIN M450 | Music Industry Senior Seminar |
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3
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| MUGN | Tech Elective |
2
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2
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| MUIN M475 | Music Industry Internship |
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2
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| Free Elective |
3
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| MUIN M415 | Arts Administration |
3
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| Common Curriculum |
3
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9
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| Totals: |
14
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16
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TOTAL: 124 cr. hrs.
* These courses are offered in both the Fall and Spring semester.
Commercial Music Electives include: Songwriting (MUTH M430), Film Scoring (MUTH M435), Commercial Arranging (MUTH M308)
Tech Electives include: Introduction to Digital Filmaking (MUGN M415), Video Editing (MUGN M425), Video Writing & Directing (MUGN M430), Advanced Multimedia (MUGN M408), Recording Studio Techniques (MUGN M250), Live Sound (MUGN M360), Design for Non-majors (VISA A265), Layout & Design (CMMN M260), and other related and approved courses.
Contemporary Issues include: Legal Issues II (MUIN M420-001), Concert, Tour & Venue Management (MUIN M420), Radio Promotion and Management (MUIN M420-002). Other options include an advanced CoBA course, a Law School course, a Communications course.
Music Electives include: History of American Popular Music (MUGN V294), World Music (MUGN V174), Jazz in American Culture (MUGN V272), and any of the Commercial Music Electives Courses.
Music Ensemble Electives include: Contemporary Ensemble (MUEN M210), Chorale, Guitar Concepts I (MUPC M400), Guitar Concepts II (MUPC M401), Guitar Class I & II (MUPC M130, 131), Piano Class I (MUPC M115), Electro Acoustic (MUEN M215), other University Ensembles (MUEN).
Electives could include the Contemporary Issues course, a law school course, an advanced business school course, or a course in Visual Arts or Communications.
1 Note: Students in all tracks of the Music Industry Studies program must demonstrate a basic content knowledge and functional proficiency at the end of the sophomore year. Those who lack proficiency will be advised to do remedial work or pursue other academic alternatives prior to registering for 300 and 400 MUIN courses.
Competency at this "junior level" will be demonstrated by successfully completing all of the following:
| Music Core | Cr. Hrs. | ||
| MUTH | M102 | Theory I | 4 |
| MUTH | M103 | Theory II | 4 |
| MUHL | M106 | Introduction to Music Literature | 2 |
| MUPR | M121 — 150 | Applied Study (Individual) | 1 |
| MUPR | M121 — 150 | Applied Study (Individual) | 1 |
| MUPC | M115 or 130 | Applied Study (Class Piano) | 1 |
| MUPC | M116 or 131 | Applied Study (Class Piano) | 1 |
| MUEN | M100 — 106 | Major Ensemble | 1 |
| MUEN | M100 — 106 | Major Ensemble | 1 |
| MU | Music Electives (chosen in consultation with music adviser) | 8 | |
| 24 | |||
1 Requires satisfactory performance audition. Contact the College of Music and Fine Arts for specific requirements.
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| Music Courses | Cr. Hrs. | ||
| MUHL | M310 | Evolution of Jazz Styles | 21 |
| MUJZ | M108 | Improvisation I | 2 |
| MUJZ | M109 | Improvisation II | 2 |
| MUJZ | M208 | Improvisation III | 2 |
| MUJZ | M209 | Improvisation IV | 2 |
| MUEN | M105 | Jazz Band | 1 |
| MUEN | M105 | Jazz Band | 1 |
| MUEN | M105 | Jazz Band | 1 |
| MUEN | M105 | Jazz Band | 1 |
| MUPR | M321 — 350 | Applied Study | 1 |
| MUPR | M321 — 350 | Applied Study | 1 |
| MUPR | M321 — 350 | Applied Study | 1 |
| MUPR | M321 — 350 | Applied Study** | 1 |
| 18 | |||
* Students must be music majors to pursue a jazz minor.
**Students must successfully complete the sophomore jazz board barrier exam.
1 Substitutes for MUHL M400 elective for music education majors only.
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| Music Courses | Cr. Hrs. | ||
| MUIN | M100 | Muisc Industry Forum | 0 |
| BA | B100 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| MUGN | M110 | Introduction to Music Industry Studies | 3 |
| MUGN | M105 | Music Industry Musicianship** | 2 |
| MUIN | M205 | Legal Issues in the Music Industry | 3 |
| MUIN | M410 | Managing Music Enterprises | 3 |
| MUGN | M260 or M350 | Multimedia Production or Intro to Digital Audio * | 3 |
| MUGN | M115 | Introduction to Music Technology | 3 |
| MU | Music Elective | 1 | |
| 21 | |||
* See Advisor
** If a student tests out of Musicianship, they should fill these two hours with another course. See Advisor.
1 This program is offered through the College of Music and Fine Arts. Requires interview for admission prior to enrollment. Contact the Music Industry Coordinator for specific requirements.
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| Music Courses | Cr. Hrs. | ||
| DANC | M411 | Ballet Repertory (6 semesters) | 18 |
| DANC | M499 | Independent Study (Choreography) | 1 |
| DANC | V142 | History of Dance | 3 |
| 22 | |||
1 Requires satisfactory performance audition. Contact the College of Music and Fine Arts for specific requirements.
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| THEA | M103 | Stagecraft I | 3 |
| Choose one combination: | |||
| THEA M107 | & THEA M110 | ||
| or | THEA M110 | & THEA M112 | 6 |
| THEA | M220 | Acting I | 3 |
| THEA | M300 | Play Production (3 semesters) | 3 |
| THEA | Elective * | 6 | |
| 22 | |||
1Requires satisfactory performance audition. Contact the Theatre Arts Department for specific requirements.
* Not SPCH A100. These courses are to be selected with minor advisor, Georgia Gresham. All Play Production THEA M300 units are for the Theatre Arts productions only.
Minors in Theatre Arts must have at least a 2.5 GPA in Theatre Arts courses in order to graduate with a minor in Theatre Arts.
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| VISA | A102 | Foundations I | 6 |
| VISA | A103 | Foundations II | 6 |
| VISA | A200 | Drawing I | 3 |
| VISA | A111 | Elements of Art History II | 3 |
| VISA | VISA Elective (Non-Comm. Curr.) | 3 | |
| 21 |
1Requires satisfactory portfolio review or permission from chair. Contact the Visual Arts Department for specific requirements.
Minor courses to be selected with minor advisor.
Minor not available to VISA Majors.
2.0 GPA required.
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| VISA | A102 | Foundations I | 6 |
| VISA | A200 | Drawing I | 3 |
| VISA | A271 | Graphics/Cmmn. Survey (fall) | 3 |
| VISA | A275 | Graphic Design I (fall) | 3 |
| VISA | A378 | Typography I (fall) | 3 |
| VISA | A375 | Graphic Design II (spring) | 3 |
| VISA | A379 | Typography II (spring) | 3 |
| 24 |
1Requires satisfactory portfolio review or permission from chair. Contact the Visual Arts Department for specific requirements.
Minor courses to be selected with minor advisor.
Minor not available to VISA Majors.
2.0 GPA required.
CHAIR and PROFESSOR: Georgia C. Gresham, M.F.A.
Office: 312 Marquette Hall
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: Artemis Preeshl
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS: Geoffrey Hall, Laura Hope
EXTRAORDINARY FACULTY: C. Patrick Gendusa, Kellie Grengs, Robert Self, Laura Zambrano
WEB PAGE: cmfa.loyno.edu/theatrearts/
The Jesuit tradition in theatre goes back to the very beginning of the order’s educational activities. In the Jesuit school theatre, "the attempt was made for the first time to use the stage, not as the Humanists had used it, mainly for the sake of teaching Latin, but as a formative influence on the student’s entire personality." 1 At the same time, no element of the dramatic arts was left unexplored, so that the spoken word, while retaining its importance, took its place alongside of mime, music, and spectacle. It is not surprising, therefore, that a number of leading dramatists began the development of their art through contact with the Jesuit stage–Molière, Corneille, and Voltaire in France; Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca, and Tirso de Molina in Spain.
The mission of the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance at Loyola University New Orleans is to educate and develop the whole person, focusing on undergraduate education that prepares students for meaningful lives, professional accomplishments, and responsible world citizenship. The Department distinguishes itself as a noteworthy center of learning by creating and structuring a collaborative learning environment. As part of a thriving Jesuit university, the Department supports the university ideal to “Think Critically, Act Justly,” providing our students with a thorough understanding of the ways in which performance can be a tool of critical thought, social justice, and education. The Department of Theatre Arts and Dance at Loyola University New Orleans envisions and promotes a better society by training artists who will play a significant role in forming and shaping the future.
Desired Outcomes for Theatre Arts and Dance Students at Loyola University
The Department creates an atmosphere in which each student can take artistic risks as part of a supportive team committed to the joy of discovery, respect for self and others, a solid work ethic and artistic creation. Theatre Arts and Dance students shall:
The department administers three degree programs, a bachelor of arts in theatre arts, in theatre and mass communication, and in theatre arts with a minor in business administration. All three are designed to provide 128 credit hours.
The theatre arts major provides concentrated theatre courses within a liberal arts context. The theatre /mass communication major allows the student to combine the study of theatre with mass communication courses and one of the School of Mass Communication sequences. The possible mass communication sequences in the theatre /mass communication major include advertising, journalism, media studies, and public relations. The theatre arts major with a minor in business administration was developed for those who are interested in arts management. The required core of theatre courses roots the individual student in the theatre arts, while the business courses give the student complementary skills which may be applied to many areas of business and arts management.
In all three degree programs, no more than a total of six additional hours in Play Production (THEA M300), Theatre Workshop (THEA M262), and Advanced Performance Workshop (THEA M321) may be counted toward the 128 hours needed for graduation.
All students are expected to be involved in at least one production each semester. Completion of at least one production crew is required by the fall term of the sophomore year. A student placed on academic probation must cease all production activity until good standing is restored. Majors and minors are expected to participate in departmental forums and the annual spring meeting.
Each senior develops a personalized project. Projects maybe the directing of a short play and the compiling of a production book; the writing of a research thesis; the design of a production. Those in theatre arts/business may propose a management project.
In order to graduate with a degree in theatre arts, a student must maintain an overall 2.0 GPA as well as a 2.5 departmental GPA. All majors are expected to achieve a minimum of 2.5 in theatre arts courses.
There are two theaters. Marquette Theater is a proscenium theater, and the Lower Depths Theater is a flexible black box theater space. They are equipped with state-of-the-art lighting equipment. Productions are staged annually in both spaces. Support spaces include a computer equipped design studio, scenic shop, costume shop, two acting studios and a dance studio.
1 Reader’s Encyclopedia of World Drama
Loyola University’s Department of Theatre Arts and Dance has affiliations with all local producing theatre companies for the placement of internship programs. Theaters with current or past affiliation include Southern Repertory Theater, Producer’s Circle, Summer Lyric, Jefferson Performing Arts Center, Crescent City Lights Youth Theatre and the Saenger Theater. Junior or senior standing of Loyola students is required for internship. Internship programs, which are available, include: assistant stage manager, assistant director, lights, sound, costumes, and public relations.
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts and Mass Communication
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts with a Minor in Business Administration
Minor Programs
| Freshman | F | S | |
| Major | THEA M107 | 3 | 0 |
| Major | THEA M220 — M110 | 3 | 3 |
| Major | THEA M103, THEA M104 | 3 | 3 |
| Major | THEA M300 | 0 | 1 |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 6 | |
| Foreign Language | 3 | 3 | |
| 15 | 16 | ||
| 31 | |||
| Sophomore | F | S | |
| Major | THEA M112, M300 | 3 | 1 |
| Major | THEA Sequence I Elective | 0 | 3 |
| Adjunct | THEA U230, V232 | 3 | 3 |
| Adjunct | Adjunct | 3 | 0 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 9 | |
| Elective | 3 | 0 | |
| 18 | 16 | ||
| 34 | |||
| Junior | F | S | |
| Major | THEA Sequence I&II | 3 | 3 |
| Major | THEA M300, M240 | 1 | 3 |
| Major | THEA M410 | 3 | 0 |
| Adjunct | 0 | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Elective | 3 | 3 | |
| 16 | 18 | ||
| 34 | |||
| Senior | F | S | |
| Major | THEA M490 | 0 | 0 |
| Major | THEA Sequence II | 3 | 0 |
| Adjunct | Adjunct, THEA M300 | 3 | 1 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Elective | 4 | 6 | |
| 16 | 13 | ||
| 29 | |||
| TOTAL: 128 cr. hrs. | |||
(View Common Curriculum Requirements.)
| Freshman | F | S | |
| Major | THEA M103 | 3 | |
| Major | THEA M107 | 3 | |
| Major | CMMN A100 | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 9 | |
| Major | THEA M220 — M110 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Sophomore | F | S | |
| Major | THEA M112 | 3 | 0 |
| Major | CMMN A101- Communication Sequence Elective | 3 | 3 |
| Major/Adjunct | THEA M300, U230 | 1 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 9 | |
| Foreign Language | 3 | 3 | |
| 16 | 18 | ||
| 34 | |||
| Junior | F | S | |
| Major | THEA M410 | 3 | 0 |
| Major | CMMN Sequence Elective — THEA M300 | 3 | 1 |
| Major | CMMN A400 — A401 | 3 | 3 |
| Adjunct | THEA V232 | 3 | 0 |
| Adjunct | 0 | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Elective | 0 | 3 | |
| 18 | 16 | ||
| 34 | |||
| Senior | F | S | |
| Major | THEA M490 | 0 | 3 |
| Major | THEA Elective* | 3 | 0 |
| Major | CMMN Sequence Elective | 3 | 0 |
| Adjunct | 0 | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | 6 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| TOTAL: 128 cr. hrs. | |||
(View Common Curriculum Requirements.)
* One theatre elective to be selected from M255, M325, M326, M331, or M430.
| Freshman | F | S | |
| Major | THEA M103 | 3 | |
| Major | THEA M107 | 3 | |
| Major | THEA M220 — M110 | 3 | 3 |
| Minor | BA B100 | 3 | 0 |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 9 | |
| Adjunct | 0 | 3 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Sophomore | F | S | |
| Major | THEA M112 | 3 | 0 |
| Major | THEA M300 — M255 | 1 | 3 |
| Minor | ACCT B202 | 3 | 0 |
| Elective | Elective | 0 | 3 |
| Foreign Language | 3 | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 9 | |
| 16 | 18 | ||
| 34 | |||
| Junior | F | S | |
| Major | THEA M410 | 3 | 0 |
| Major | THEA Elective* | 0 | 3 |
| Major | THEA M300, M300 | 1 | 1 |
| Minor | MKT B280 | 0 | 3 |
| Minor | LGST B205 | 3 | 0 |
| Minor | ECON X130 or B200 or B201 | 3 | 0 |
| Adjunct | ENGL Shakespeare | 0 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 6 | |
| Elective | 5 | 0 | |
| 18 | 16 | ||
| 34 | |||
| Senior | F | S | |
| Major | THEA Elective* | 3 | 0 |
| Major | THEA M490 | 0 | 0 |
| Minor | FIN B200 or B300 | 3 | 0 |
| Minor | MGT B245 | 0 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Elective | 3 | 6 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| TOTAL: 128 cr. hrs. | |||
(View Common Curriculum Requirements.)
Those who wish may select the additional business courses which fulfill the entrance requirements to Loyola’s M.B.A. program.
* One theatre elective to be selected from M325, M326, M331, or M430.
Music and Fine Arts
DANC M111 Basic Ballet I 2 crs.
This course introduces the beginner student to a study of the basic principles of classical ballet according to the Russian ballet technique developed by Agrippina Vaganova. The use of French terminology and the proper alignment of the body through basic exercises at the barre and in the center are covered. Creditable twice.
DANC M211 Basic Ballet II 2 crs.
This course is a continuation of Basic Ballet I. It is offered to students who have had an introduction to the art of dance. Classes are based on the basic principles of classical ballet according to the Russian ballet technique developed by Agrippina Vaganova. The use of French terminology and the proper alignment of the body through basic exercises at the barre and in the center are covered. Creditable twice.
Prerequisite: DANC M111 or permission of instructor.
DANC M250 Jazz Dance for Musicals 2 crs.
This course will teach jazz dance from a historical perspective. Contemporary jazz styles and Fosse repertory will result in jazz dance class performance during the semester.
Prerequisite: Ballet I or II or III, or equivalent with permission of instructor.
DANC M311 Intermediate Ballet 2 crs.
This course is for students who have completed their basic ballet technique. Pointe work for the ladies (optional) and the basic forms of tour en l’air for the male dancer are introduced. Classes are based on the basic principles of classical ballet according to the Russian ballet technique developed by Agrippina Vaganova. Creditable twice.
Prerequisite: DANC M211 or permission of instructor.
DANC M411 Ballet Repertory 3 crs.
This course is for students who have an advanced level of ballet technique and who are interested in pursuing a minor in ballet. Classes are based on the basic principles of classical ballet according to the Russian ballet technique developed by Agrippina Vaganova. Students perform classical and character, jazz, or contemporary works in the Loyola Ballet Concert.
Prerequisite: DANC M311 or by audition.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
DANC M499 Independent Study 3 crs.
Permission of instructor.
DANC V242 History of Dance 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
An overview of the history of ballet from the 15th century through the 20th century. The study of ballet company structures and description of how ballet technique is achieved, through extensive use of videos.
Music and Fine Arts
THEA M100 Freshman Roundtable 1 crs.
This course is an introduction to life at Loyola University New Orleans, and the Theatre Arts and Dance Department for freshman theatre arts majors. Students will become familiar with department policies and procedures related to the major, and learn about artistic and educational opportunities within the department and the campus at large. Students will work to develop skill sets and acquire information to help them successfully matriculate into university life, living in New Orleans, and acheive success in the major. Students will build a sense of ensemble and collegiality with other students in their major and their major professors.
Required of all majors during their first fall semester.
THEA M103 Stagecraft I 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to the principles of theatre production: scenery, lighting, drafting, scenic construction, and practices. Required lab for practical application of production principles in connection with department productions. Two hours of lecture per week with weekly lab session.
Required of all majors.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
THEA M104 Stagecraft II 3 crs.
This course concerns expansion and further development of scenic construction and practices including drafting and properties. Required lab for practical application of production principles in connection with department production. Two hours of lecture per week, weekly lab session. Offered for the spring term only.
Prerequisite: THEA M103.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
THEA M107 Dramatic Imagination 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to the basic principles of Dramatic form. Examining the nature of Drama and the collaborative aspects of theatre, the course looks at Dramatic text and structure, the legacy of the theatrical production, and the realization of plays in performance. Offered for the fall term only. Open to all students.
Required of all majors.
THEA M110 Voice and Movement Workshop I 3 crs.
An intensive training and the integration of the voice and body for the actor. Class work will increase physical flexibility and strength, as well as vocal health, power, efficiency, and freedom. All of this lays the foundation for truthful, imaginative, focused performance. This class involves strenuous activity.
Required of all majors.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
THEA M112 Voice and Movement Workshop II 3 crs.
This course builds on the vocal and physical foundation laid in Workshop I. Elements of speech, phonetics, accent reduction, and the use of a "Standard American Dialect" are combined with the physical disciplines of stage combat, contact improvisation, classical texts, and character transformation. This course involves strenuous activity.
Required of all majors.
Prerequisite: THEA M110.
THEA M215 Musical Theatre Performance 3 crs.
The student will explore and experience the nature of musical theatre and the unique performance demands required to create it at a proficient level. Emphasis will be placed on "acting" a song through accessible vocal material from the standard musical theatre repertoire, including solos, duets, and company numbers. Students will present research through analysis of character, script, and lyrics. Students will develop an understanding of, and appreciation for, the craft of musical theatre acting, dancing, and the art of musical theatre.
THEA M217 Make-up for Stage and TV 2 crs.
This is a practical course in the use of make-up and masks for a variety of effects for stage and television. Open to all students.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
THEA M220 Acting I 3 crs.
This course concerns development of fundamental skills in the art of acting. Basic acting techniques emphasized with a concentration in the creative process in theatre games and improvisational exercises. Non-majors section open to all students.
Required of all majors.
Major Prerequisites: THEA M107, M110.
THEA M221 Acting II 3 crs.
This course focuses on scene study. Students perform scenes from a variety of plays and learn the techniques of textual analysis necessary for characterization.
Major prerequisite: THEA M220.
Non-major prerequisite: THEA M220 and permission of instructor.
THEA M239 Advanced Movement Drama Workshop 3 crs.
This course examines psychological and physical sources of movement in the performer, application to development of Dramatic roles in theatrical scenes, and study of period movement.
Prerequisite: THEA M110 and THEA M112 or permission of instructor.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
THEA M240 Theatre History 3 crs.
This course is a survey of theatrical history, covering the chief characteristics and developmental processes of each period from the Greeks to present times. Open to all students.
Major Prerequisite: THEA M107
Non-Major Prerequisite: NONE
THEA M255 Theatre Management 3 crs.
This course involves theory and practice of theater operations, organizational structure, and administration. Examines box office, promotional, budgeting, production, touring, and stage management procedures. Open to all students.
Prerequisites: THEA M103, M107 or permission of instructor.
THEA M262 Theatre Workshop 2 crs.
This course emphasizes the process of working together on original or published scripts with a view toward performance. May be taken more than once.
THEA M300 Play Production arr.
This course involves the production of one full-length play and includes work on make-up, costuming, lighting, acting, directing, set design, and construction. Usually taken for one credit per assignment. May be taken more than once.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
THEA M309 Acting III: Acting for the Camera 3 crs.
Focus is on acting techniques in performance and the successful presentation of self during the audition process. Attention is also given to the business of theatre, including contracts, unions, and portfolios. Résumé and portfolio strategies are analyzed.
Major prerequisites: THEA M220, M221.
Non-major prerequisites: THEA M220 and permission of instructor.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
THEA M311 Acting IV: Advanced Scene Study 3 crs.
This course emphasizes the aesthetic, historic, and philosophical milieu of Drama written before 1900 and the governing ideas of past eras and their coloration of period Drama. The goals are to relate fully the work of art considered to its period template.
Major prerequisites: THEA M220, M221.
Non-major prerequisites: THEA M221 and permission of instructor.
THEA M314 Shakespeare in Performance 3 crs.
The course focuses on the work of William Shakespeare from the perspective of the actor, with the goal being performance. Special emphasis will be placed on demystifying the complex texts and developing the necessary technical skills (vocally, physically, pedagogically) to perform this material.
Prerequisites: THEA M107, M110, M112, M220 or permission of instructor.
THEA M325 Lighting Design 3 crs.
This course concerns fundamentals of lighting design where students will study principles of electricity, color theory, and concept. Exploration will be made of instruments and control systems. Practicum lab by arrangement.
Prerequisites: THEA M107, M103 or permission of instructor.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
THEA M326 Audio for the Theatre 3 crs.
Introduction to the use and design of audio/sound for the stage. Participants will explore and apply contemporary audio techniques, equipment, and technologies. Focus will be given to the development and implementation of a design aesthetic for the aural environments of theatrical productions.
Prerequisites: THEA M103 and M107 or permission of instructor.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
THEA M331 Costume Design 3 crs.
Fundamentals of costume design theory, practices, and history for stage and film will be the focus. Explores development of theatrical style and character delineation through costuming. Practicum lab by arrangement. Open to all students.
Major prerequisites: THEA M103 and M107 or permission of instructor.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
THEA M410 Directing 3 crs.
Basic concepts of stage directing, script analysis, blocking, casting, rehearsal procedures, and other problems of presentation will be discussed.
Major prerequisites: THEA M107, M220; junior, senior standing, or permission of the instructor.
Non-major prerequisites: junior standing and permission of instructor.
THEA M417 Playwriting Workshop 3 crs.
Analysis of linear and nonlinear plays for an appreciation of principles operative in both. Student is expected to complete at least one one-act play or the first draft of a full-length play. Course open to all students.
Prerequisites: ENGL T122.
Major prerequisite: THEA M107 and ENGL T122.
THEA M420 Advanced Directing 3 crs.
This course emphasizes directing the period play. Consideration of period performance practices and the aesthetic concerns of classicism, romanticism, and pre-1900 Drama will be studied.
Prerequisite: THEA M410.
THEA M430 Scene Design 3 crs.
This course involves the fundamentals of scene design where the student will study principles of model building, ground plans, perspective, front elevations, color theory, and concept. Practicum lab by arrangement.
Prerequisite: THEA M103, M107 or permission of instructor.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
THEA M490 Senior Project 0 crs.
The student develops a unique proposal specific to their individual development. The project proposals maybe submitted in research, playwrighting, directing, design or theatre management.
Required for all Theatre Arts majors for graduation.
Prerequisites: THEA M410, THEA M255 for Theatre Management.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
THEA M495 Special Project arr.
This course focuses on the creative or productive efforts of one or more students. A special project is distinguished from a research project in its lack of the historical or experimental method and perspective characteristics of research.
THEA M496 Seminar/Workshop arr.
A seminar is a supervised group of students sharing the results of their research on a common topic. A workshop is a supervised group of students participating in a common effort.
THEA M497 Internship/ Practicum arr.
An internship is supervised practical experience at an approved professional theatre. A practicum is a supervised practical application of previously studied theory within the Loyola University Theatre play season.
Prerequisite: permission of the department chair.
THEA M498 Research Project arr.
This course focuses on empirical or historical investigation, culminating in a written report.
THEA M499 Independent Study arr.
THEA U230 World Drama I 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course is an examination of the relationship between art and its audience, focusing on major examples of pre-modern Dramatic art from 500 B.C. to 1900 A.D. Both historical understanding and contemporary values are stressed.
THEA V232 World Drama II 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
Examination of the relationship between art and its audience, focusing on major examples of modern Dramatic art, from 1900 to the present. Both historical understanding and contemporary values are stressed.
THEA V242 Black Theatre to 1940 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This is a course in dramatic literature concentrating on influential plays by black playwrights, with further consideration of black participation in the theatre and of the representation of blacks in dramatic presentations in various media. The time span covered is 1767 through the 1930's.
THEA V243 Black Theatre 1940 to Present 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
An overview of the black image in American entertainment from 1940's, this course deals with trend-setting plays and other forms of entertainment relating to blacks from the 1940's to the present.
THEA V250 American Lyrical Drama 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course is an examination of the U.S.’ main original contribution to the art of theatre, including its history, principal creators, and significance in the culture of the Western world.
THEA V260 Drama in Contemporary Culture 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course will examine the basic principles of theatre with emphasis on contemporary cultural context in performance. Focus is on developing critical skills needed to analyze theatrical productions and form a deeper appreciation of the theatrical process as it relates to the creative process for actors, directors, and designers. Off-campus visits to theatre and other venues will provide opportunities to discuss what we observe and relate developments in theatre practice to other forms of cultural representation of the present both regionally and globally.
CHAIR and PROFESSOR: William J. Kitchens
Office: 117 St. Mary’s Hall
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: Gerald Cannon, Carol Leake, Simeon Hunter, Daniela Marx
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS: Nancy Bernardo, Barbara Brainard, W. Mark Grote
EXTRAORDINARY FACULTY: Karoline Schleh
INSTRUCTORS: Alan Gerson, Tom Varisco
WEB PAGE: cmfa.loyno.edu/visualarts
The Department of Visual Arts offers three degrees:
An entry portfolio is required of students who are seeking scholarships or advanced placement, and of transfer students who wish to have course credit from other institutions applied to their Loyola transcripts. Freshman scholarship applicants must submit all materials by February 15 of the year that they intend to enter the university.
Our small visual arts department within a Jesuit, liberal arts university enables us to inspire and facilitate traditional and contemporary interpretations of visual literacy and application in an intimate context. Teaching reinforces our individual commitment to creating art and provides our students with the opportunity to shape the future of the art community, emphasizing our profound belief that art is a societal necessity.
A B.F.A. graduate will:
A B.A. studio graduate will:
A B.A. graphic design graduate will:
Visual arts faculty in the studio areas are all practicing artists who exhibit their work regularly. The development of the student’s individual visual expression and the discovery of a personal aesthetic is informed by exposure to working faculty, visiting artists and lecturers, and directed experiences in the larger university liberal arts curriculum and the larger community of art.
First-year majors are introduced to essential elements of art practices and their histories in the required Elements: Time/Narrative, Elements: Visual Traditions, Elements: Color, Elements: Spatial Principals, Drawing I and II, and Elements of Art History I and II courses. Specialization in the chosen disciplines and majors begins in the sophomore year. All studio majors are required to take beginning level courses in the primary disciplines of ceramics, digital art, painting, printmaking, photography, drawing, and sculpture.
Students in pursuit of the B.F.A. will take more courses in specific areas. The final year includes a six-hour capstone course entitled Senior Show which culminates in a one-person exhibition.
The course Art Careers Internship is the capstone course for students in the B.A. program in studio or art history. These students also participate in a senior group exhibition, but are engaged in an internship relating to their career aspirations.
The BA in graphic design follows a structured curriculum of required courses which must be taken in sequence. Students majoring in graphic design are required to complete Graphic Design I through VI, Typography I and II, and Graphic Communications Survey.
Graphic Design V and VI are capstone courses to be taken in the senior year. Graphic design V, also known as a "Professional Practices" course, treats all assignments as "real," client based projects. Followed by Graphic Design VI which proceeds to shift students from an academic mind set to that of a design professional. Graphic Design VI students will continue to work on visual problem solving and development of creative skills; however, they will apply this knowledge to a final “thesis” style project. For the final project, students will select a large scale project to work on for the semester with the ability to explore any medium. Students are encouraged to choose a project that will broaden their portfolio and help direct them toward an area in the design field after graduation. Graduating students will leave behind a portfolio and display their thesis in an a final exhibition.
This expansive incorporation of digital media into a fine arts and graphic arts curriculum is one of the many distinguishing characteristics of Loyola’s Department of Visual Arts. Students are encouraged to acquire their own computers if specializing in digital areas or graphic design. With three computer labs in the department and computer access throughout campus, we attempt to integrate these new technologies into research and production for all our majors.
| Freshman | F | S | |
| Major | VISA A104, A105, A106, A107 | 6 | 6 |
| Adjunct | VISA A110 — A111 | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 9 | 9 | |
| 18 | 18 | ||
| 36 | |||
| Sophomore | F | S | |
| Major | VISA A200, A201, A230, A320 | 6 | 6 |
| Major | VISA A240, A249, A250 | 6 | 3 |
| Adjunct | VISA A300 | 0 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| 18 | 18 | ||
| 36 | |||
| Junior | F | S | |
| Major | VISA A350, A276, Area of Concentration | 9 | 6 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Foreign Language | 3 | 3 | |
| Elective | 0 | 3 | |
| 18 | 18 | ||
| 36 | |||
| Senior | F | S | |
| Major | VISA A450 — A451, Area of Concentration | 9 | 6 |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 3 | |
| Elective | 0 | 3 | |
| 12 | 12 | ||
| 24 | |||
| TOTAL: 132 cr. hrs. | |||
(View Common Curriculum Requirements.)
| Freshman | F | S | |
| Major | VISA A104, A105, A106, A107 | 6 | 6 |
| Adjunct | VISA A110 — A111 | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 9 | 9 | |
| 18 | 18 | ||
| 36 | |||
| Sophomore | F | S | |
| Major | VISA A200 — A201 or A260 — A261 | 3 | 3 |
| Major | VISA A230 — A320 | 3 | 3 |
| Major | VISA A241, A244, A250 | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 3 | |
| Foreign Language | 3 | 3 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Junior | F | S | |
| Major | Area of Concentration1 | 3 | 3 |
| Major | VISA A300 — Secondary Area1 | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Elective | 3 | 3 | |
| Elective | 1 | 1 | |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| 32 | |||
| Senior | F | S | |
| Major | VISA A457 — A458 | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Electives | 6 | 6 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| TOTAL: 128 cr. hrs. | |||
(View Common Curriculum Requirements.)
1 At the conclusion of the sophomore year, students will be evaluated and required to choose an area of concentration (e.g., painting, sculpture, etc.) and a secondary area of concentration.
Specific Common Curriculum requirements are given in the beginning of this chapter under Curriculum Design. Refer to Common Curriculum in each index for page number.
| Freshman | F | S | |
| Major | VISA A104, A105, A106, A107 | 6 | 6 |
| Adjunct | VISA A110 — A111 | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 9 | 9 | |
| 18 | 18 | ||
| 36 | |||
| Sophomore | F | S | |
| Major | VISA A260 — A261 or A200 — A201 | 3 | 3 |
| Major (choose one) | VISA A230 — A240, A241, A244, A249 | 3 | 3 |
| Major | VISA A275 — A375, A378, A379 | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 3 | |
| Foreign Language | 3 | 3 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Junior | F | S | |
| Major | VISA A376 — A271 | 3 | 3 |
| Major | VISA A377 | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Elective | 3 | 3 | |
| Elective | 1 | 1 | |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| 32 | |||
| Senior | F | S | |
| Major | VISA A475 — A476 | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Electives | 6 | 6 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| TOTAL: 128 cr. hrs. | |||
(View Common Curriculum Requirements.)
Music and Fine Arts
VISA A104 Elements: Visual Traditions 3 crs.
Visual Elements is a foundations level course that concentrates on the investigation of concepts and practices of formal composition construction. Each composition is designed with two main considerations, the formal elements of design and the principles of organization. Students will gain knowledge of the fundamental formal elements (line, shape, mass, volume, texture, and value), how they are utilized with the principles of organization (Harmony, variety, balance, proportion, dominance, movement, economy) and how the combinations of the two impact the occupation of visual communication.
Each element, or combination of elements, will be explored through a series of assignments that progress through a multiple of disciplines, processes and materials, to achieve a balanced, holistic understanding of an elements function from varied perspectives. The disciplines and processes that will be utilized for the exploration of these visual elements will include, but are not limited too, 2-dimensional, 3-dimensional and digital applications.
None of the projects are designed to be addressed in isolation. Each assignment will build upon the ideas and techniques of the previous one, and will therefore increase in technical and theoretical complexity.
Each assignment will involve a research and evaluation component. The first will introduce students to methods that develop their ability to creatively problem solve and generate authentic ideas. These methods will include actively investigating the historical and contemporary practices and accomplishments of artists from all disciplines, maintaining a sketchbook/journal to thoroughly explore each student’s individual ideas, and reading published material that discusses contemporary concepts of art creation and studio practice as it pertains to the topics of the class or assignment.
The latter component will be utilized to evaluate the student’s completion of the assignment, both visually and conceptually, as well as developing their ability to communicate their ideas and constructively evaluate the work of others. This component will take the form of critiques, in some form or fashion,which is left up to the discretion of the faculty.
Required of all Visual Arts and Graphic Design freshman majors. Required of all Visual Arts and Graphic Design minors.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A105 Elements: Color 3 crs.
This is a foundations level course that investigates the practical application and theory of color in visual art making. It serves as an introduction to how “color” is utilized in contemporary practices within all Visual art fields, from graphic design to fine art.
We will study this important element through a series of assignments that progress through a multiple of disciplines, processes and materials, to achieve a balanced, holistic understanding of colors function within a composition. The disciplines and processes that will be utilized for the exploration of this visual element will include, but are not limited too, 2-dimensional, 3-dimensional and digital applications. None of the projects are designed to be addressed in isolation. Each assignment will build upon the ideas and techniques of the previous one, and will therefore increase in technical and theoretical complexity.
Each assignment will involve a research and evaluation component. The first will introduce students to methods that develop their ability to creatively problem solve and generate authentic ideas. These methods will include actively investigating the historical and contemporary practices and accomplishments of artists from all disciplines, maintaining a sketchbook/journal to thoroughly explore each student’s individual ideas, and reading published material that discusses contemporary concepts of art creation and studio practice as it pertains to the topics of the class or assignment.
The latter component will be utilized to evaluate the student’s completion of the assignment, both visually and conceptually, as well as developing their ability to communicate their ideas and constructively evaluate the work of others. This component will take the form of critiques, in some form or fashion, which is left up to the discretion of the faculty.
Required of all Visual Arts and Graphic Design freshman majors. Required of all Visual Arts and Graphic Design minors.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A106 Elements: Time/Narrative 3 crs.
This is a foundations level course focused on the concepts of “Time/Motion/and Narrative” in art making. Contemporary art and design has moved past the single static composition and into an arena that utilizes current technology to create work that contains elements of time, motion and narrative. From film and animation to kinetic design and robotics artists are using these prevalent formats as tools to engage and challenge the contemporary viewerʼs perception and engagement with the artwork.
These topics will be explored through a series of assignments that utilize a multiple of disciplines, processes and materials, to achieve a balanced, holistic understanding of how they pertain to the contemporary art practice. The disciplines and processes that will be utilized for the exploration of this visual element will include, but are not limited too, 2-dimensional, 3-dimensional and digital applications.
Each assignment will involve a research and evaluation component. The first will introduce students to methods that develop their ability to creatively problem solve and generate authentic ideas. These methods will include actively investigating the historical and contemporary practices and accomplishments of artists from all disciplines, maintaining a sketchbook/journal to thoroughly explore each studentʼs individual ideas, and reading published material that discusses contemporary concepts of art creation and studio practice as it pertains to the topics of the class or assignment.
The latter component will be utilized to evaluate the studentʼs completion of the assignment, both visually and conceptually, as well as developing their ability to communicate their ideas and constructively evaluate the work of others. This component will take the form of critiques, in some form or fashion, which is left up to the discretion of the faculty.
Required of all Visual Arts and Graphic Design freshman majors. Required of all Visual Arts minors.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A107 Elements: Spacial Principals 3 crs.
Artists are constantly manipulating the fundamental element “space” in their work, from the illusionary space that exists in a renaissance painting or online to the actual space that sculptures inhabit. Within the arena of contemporary art and design the idea of “space” can reference a multiple of manifestations. This foundations level course we will investigate the basic concepts associated with the practical and theoretical applications of “space” utilized in contemporary practices within all Visual art fields, from graphic design to fine art.
The topic of space will be explored through a series of assignments that utilize a multiple of disciplines, processes and materials, to achieve a balanced, holistic understanding of how they pertain to the contemporary art practice. The disciplines and processes that will be utilized for the exploration of this visual element will include, but are not limited too, 2-‐dimensional, 3-‐dimensional, and digital applications.
Each assignment will involve a research and evaluation component. The first will introduce students to methods that develop their ability to creatively problem solve and generate authentic ideas. These methods will include actively investigating the historical and contemporary practices and accomplishments of artists from all disciplines, maintaining a sketchbook/journal to thoroughly explore each student’s individual ideas, and reading published material that discusses contemporary concepts of art creation and studio practice as it pertains to the topics of the class or assignment.
The latter component will be utilized to evaluate the student’s completion of the assignment, both visually and conceptually, as well as developing their ability to communicate their ideas and constructively evaluate the work of others. This component will take the form of critiques, in some form or fashion, which is left up to the discretion of the faculty.
Required of all Visual Arts and Graphic Design freshman majors. Required of all Visual Arts minors.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A110 Elements of Art History I: The Western Tradition 3 crs.
This entry-level course introduces students to visual materials from Ancient Greece to the Rococo (c. 4thC BC – 18thC). The course assumes little or no knowledge of the cultural history of these periods, the art of these periods, or research and essay writing skills. Beyond an awareness of styles, periods and movements, lectures seek to teach students how visual works functioned in their own cultural context and how they have been understood or valued subsequently. This class includes a number of writing workshops in which we will practice reading images, distinguishing between information and argument when reading about images and ways of writing analytically about images and their histories. Written projects in this class focus upon Renaissance images and the way they change our understanding of the visual arts as they argue for their acceptance as Liberal Arts. The research and writing skills taught here, together with basic footnoting and good use of English, are important components in the discipline of art history and are taught in this class in preparation for less guided assignments in subsequent classes. Open to all students.
Required of all art majors.
VISA A111 Elements of Art History II: Modernism & Modernity 3 crs.
This course is designed to follow VISA A110 Elements of Art History I: The Western Tradition. It assumes knowledge of visual materials 4thC BC – 18thC as well as basic research and writing skills. This course examines materials from 1850 – 1950. An explosion of movements and practices has characterized the modern world in terms of both art and culture. Almost half of your textbook deals with materials from this one century. Lectures will position visual materials in a history of art, culture and criticism. Written projects (which move from the highly directed to the relatively free) seek to deepen students awareness of the issues at stake in histories of Modernism and Modernity, how movements – both visual and critical – have been deployed to police these boundaries, and how the works themselves have been understood and valued differently within different rhetorics. Open to all students with required prerequisite.
Required of all art majors and minors.
Prerequisite: VISA A110, waived for minors only.
VISA A115 Painting for Non-art Students 3 crs.
This course gives students with no art background the opportunity to draw and paint under guidance.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A200 Drawing I 3 crs.
This course focuses on developing the student’s formal drawing vocabulary. Perceptual skills will be taught through exploration of still life, architecture, and landscape. Participation in class critique is required for class work and outside projects. Ten fully realized works on paper are necessary for completion of class work. Course is open to non-art majors.
Required of all art majors and minors.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A201 Drawing II 3 crs.
This course will focus on drawing directly from the model to develop an understanding of the structural and expressive elements of drawing. Through continual reference to both historical and contemporary subject matter in class work and outside projects, the student will expand his own awareness of the potential of drawing. Participation in class critique, individual reviews, and presentation of a professional portfolio will be required.
Prerequisite: VISA A200.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A230 Painting Studio I 3 crs.
Painting I introduces the student to the complexities of oil paint in problems that address the issues of both representation and abstraction. Relevant art historical antecedents are always examined.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A231 Painting Studio II 3 crs.
This course continues the exploration of the possibilities of painting begun in Painting I, with further investigation of technical and conceptual approaches to the medium. Reference to historical and contemporary movements in art is an essential part of course content, as is the awareness of the relatedness of these movements to a larger cultural context. At least one written project is included in the course syllabus.
Prerequisite: VISA A230.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A232 Painting Studio III 3 crs.
This course is an advanced painting studio course with emphasis on both traditional and contemporary approaches and results in a final presentation and research paper.
Prerequisite: VISA A231.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A240 Beginning Printmaking 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to the fine art of printmaking. The student explores the various techniques such as etching, lithography, and relief printing. Course open to non-art majors.
Required of all art majors.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A241 Printmaking (Intaglio) 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to the fine art of intaglio printing. The student will explore etching, engraving, drypoint, digital/photomechanical processes as well as multi-plate color techniques and the monotype. Note: completion of this course will fulfill the VISA major or minor printmaking requirement.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A242 Printmaking (Serigraphy) 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to the fine art of serigraphy or screenprinting. The student will explore the various stencil-making techniques including direct lacquer film and digital/photomechanical processes.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A243 Advanced Printmaking 3 crs.
This course is continued development of images in any of the traditional or applied printmaking and/or bookmaking techniques.
Prerequisite: any one of VISA A240, A241, A242, A243, A244, A245, or A246.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A244 Printmaking (Lithography) 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to the fine art of lithography. The student will explore the traditional method of hand drawn stone lithography, plate lithography, and digital photolithography. Note: completion of this course will fulfill the VISA major or minor printmaking requirement.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A245 Bookbinding/ Book Arts 3 crs.
This course explores case binding, oriental binding, and folio design as a potential format using text, images, or a combination. Emphasis will be placed on creating the book as visual object, not by imposed decoration, but through structure. Open to all students.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A246 Printmaking (Relief) 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to the fine art of relief printmaking. The student will explore the woodcut, linocut, and relief etching techniques. Letterpress printing using hand set type, artist papers, and presentation of works on paper will also be examined. Course open to non-art majors. This course satisfies the VISA printmaking requirement.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A249 Fine Art of Photography 3 crs.
This course is a technical investigation of contemporary fine art approaches to the photography process with exploration of materials, equipment, and printmaking processes necessary for development of black and white photographs. An introduction is made to the techniques of fine black and white photography. Students are shown how to produce a portfolio of fine black and white prints.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A250 Handbuilt Ceramic Form 3 crs.
This course explores design with clay emphasizing traditional and contemporary handbuilding techniques. Students design, glaze, and fire their own work. Class open to non-art majors.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A251 Wheel-Thrown Ceramics 3 crs.
This course explores design with clay emphasizing utilitarian pottery. Students design, glaze, and fire their own work. Class open to non-art majors.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A252 Advanced Ceramic Form I 3 crs.
This course offers continued exploration of ceramic form and ceramic art history with an introduction to glaze mixing and calculation.
Prerequisite: VISA A250 or VISA A251.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A253 Advanced Ceramic Form II 3 crs.
This course offers continued exploration of ceramic form, glaze research, kiln firing, practice, and theory.
Prerequisite: VISA A250 or A251 or A252.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A271 Graphic Communication Survey 3 crs.
This course will cover the history of graphic design beginning with the first pictorial images in caves to the electronic computer based imaging of today. The course will focus on the reproducibility and intertextuality of word and image with an emphasis on the evolution of design concept, typography, and printing technology.
VISA A275 Graphic Design I 3 crs.
This studio course will focus on the application of the principles of graphic design and its functions in developing the creative use of two-dimensional space. Students will learn the basics of visual literacy. Required of all graphic design majors and minors. Offered in fall only.
Co-requisite for majors in graphic design: VISA A378 or permission of instructor.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A276 Digital Art–Print 3 crs.
This course will allow art majors with basic preparation to familiarize themselves with the expanding processes and possibilities of computer-based imaging. This course will not only develop important skills in an increasingly digital art world, but also allow even greater opportunities for the studio major to apply these techniques into their individual forms of expression.
Prerequisite: VISA A102 or permission of instructor.
VISA A277 Electronic Multimedia 3 crs.
This course covers fine arts applications in electronic multimedia. Multimedia authoring, 3-D modeling and animation, digital video editing and compositing , sound arts, and the extension of previously acquired skills in electronic image manipulation and composition.
Prerequisite: VISA A276 or permission of instructor.
VISA A300 Art After Modernism 3 crs.
This course examines visual, critical and cultural practices from 1960 to the present and assumes knowledge of earlier visual and critical paradigms. We will examine how the relationship between art and theory changes after 1960, emphasizing materials which sought to challenge the status of Modernist work, deploying theory (sometimes called “concept”) directly as a practice. Visual materials examined in the first half of the semester will come under the broad headings “pop”, “minimal”, “conceptual” and “performance” art. In the mid-term project, students will examine artist statements and critical reactions to visual practices contemporary to the making of the work as well as those written 30+ years later, considering the question of “historicity” or how our understanding of these visual practices have changed over time. In the second half of the course we will look at contemporary visual practices, considering how to position or classify 21stC works which seek to resist categories and how to assign value to works which do not yet have a history. The writing challenge in this half of the semester will be to produce critical and analytical commentary about work which has, as yet, no history. Open to all students with required prerequisites.
Required of all VISA majors.
Prerequisite: VISA A110 and VISA A111 or permission of instructor.
VISA A320 Sculpture Studio I 3 crs.
This course examines sculpture both technically and through the formal language of 3-D. Students embrace critical standards which directly relate to the practice of sculpture. The student simultaneously must become familiar with models of knowledge offered by one’s own personal experience. Open to non-art majors.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A321 Sculpture Studio II 3 crs.
This course is a continuation of the elements of Sculpture Studio I plus expansion of technical information and further exploration of each individual’s ability to manipulate the language of 3-D.
Prerequisite: VISA A320.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A325 Web Design 3 crs.
This introductory course explores the basic principles of web design. Students will work with words, typography, images, animation, sounds, movement, color, transformation, and structured relationships to create meaningful and compelling communication experiences. It covers technical aspects of web creation as well as design and considerations of information delivery and usability. Classes will be a combination of lecture, demonstration, readings, discussions and hands-on activity. Students will be assigned projects that will help them in grasping fundamental principles in the planning, structuring, building, and maintenance of a website.
All students must be proficient in Adobe Photoshop. Non majors must take a proficiency test in order to take the class.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A326 Motion Graphics 3 crs.
This course will familiarize students with the fundamentals of motion graphics through the use of typography and images. The main emphasis in this class will be on understanding and mastering the creation, design, and execution of narratives. Projects will be largely centered around learning the features and functions of Adobe After Effects software while touching upon basic aspects of film editing (Final Cut Pro) and sound design necessary for producing a motion piece. The goal is to create a successful final project that will be presented publicly in a motion graphics screening.
Students must be proficient in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Non majors must take a proficiency test in order to take the class.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A340 Metal Sculpture I 3 crs.
This course is an exploration of all sculptural processes dealing with metal (welding, braising, casting, steel fabrication, etc.) and other materials combined with metals. Students will formulate questions and follow their possibilities regardless of where they lead.
Prerequisite: VISA A320.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A349 Fine Art of Photography II 3 crs.
This course will cover the use of filters, flash, different lenses, and toning. We will address contemporary issues in photography and learn to produce exhibition quality black and white prints. Topics will range from Stieglitz’s equivalents to David Hockney’s photo collages.
Prerequisite: VISA A249 or permission of instructor.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A350 Aesthetics: As Practiced in Theory 3 crs.
This course focuses on close readings of philosophical, critical, and theoretical texts from Plato to Derrida. These texts each offer different ways of seeing and valuing visual (or literary) culture. After careful discussion of the implications of each text, students are invited to practice these theories by deploying "reading strategies" or frameworks across objects other than those that they were originally written around. It is hoped that by becoming familiar with existing critical tools, students will become more confident in finding language in which to discuss work of the present, including their own. Mid-term writing projects will explore the application of theory in theory. Final projects will include real-world applications to contemporary practice wherever possible. Open to all students of junior standing or above.
Required of all Studio B.F.A. majors.
Prerequisite: VISA A110, VISA A111, and VISA A300. May be waived for non-VISA students with permission of instructor.
VISA A374 Digital Art– Motion/Sound 3 crs.
Advanced fine arts applications using digital processes, hardware, and programs. Focus is on studio art uses of 3-D modeling, animation, digital photography, natural media emulation, and introductory concepts of digital video editing and multimedia authoring.
Prerequisite: VISA A276 and A277 or permission of instructor.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A375 Graphic Design II 3 crs.
This course encourages the development of basic skills of graphic design by applying design principles, theory, and methods including media exploration for creating imagery. Offered in spring only.
Required of all graphic design majors and minors.
Prerequisite: CMMN A260.
Co-requisite for graphic design majors: VISA A379 or permission of instructor.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A376 Graphic Design III 3 crs.
This is an advanced course in graphic design emphasizing the designing process–research, organization, production, and presentation. Offered in fall only.
Required of all graphic design majors and minors.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A377 Graphic Design IV 3 crs.
This is an advanced course in graphic design techniques emphasizing the use of the computer as a tool. The professional practice of graphic design is explored. Offered in spring only.
Required of all graphic design majors and minors.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A378 Typography I 3 crs.
This course examines the letter form in its application to graphic design projects and covers typographic history, nomenclature, kerning, and original typeface design.
Co-requisite for graphic design majors: VISA A275 or permission of instructor.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A379 Typography II 3 crs.
This course examines text in formal applications in graphic design and covers use of the grid, typographic specifications (alignment, leading, typefitting), text as texture, and composition and layout.
Co-requisite: VISA A375 or permission of instructor.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A420 Renaissance Art 3 crs.
This course covers the arts in France, the Low Countries, and Germany, with emphasis on painting and the graphic arts, from the late 13th century to the middle of the 16th century and a survey of the major architects and their principal achievements in theory and design during the period 1400 — 1600.
VISA A445 Sculpture Studio III 3 crs.
Students form a closer relationship with sculpture materials and processes for shaping, joining, and transforming their sculpture. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking about the creative process through the use of particular materials as each student researches a personal visual vocabulary.
Prerequisites: VISA A321, A350.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A450 Senior Show I 3 crs.
This course must be taken in the sequence of fall semester, spring semester. Students begin to develop a body of work and an artist statement to support the concepts underlying the work. A capstone course in the B.F.A. program, a broad variety of practical and conceptual knowledge is addressed in order to prepare the student for a career as an artist or for further study. Offered in the fall semester. Open to B.F.A. majors only.
Prerequisite: VISA A350.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A451 Senior Show II 3 crs.
This course is a continuation of VISA A450, culminating in an exhibition and written artist statement and portfolio presented at the end of the semester. Offered in the spring only.
Prerequisite: VISA A450.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A457 Arts Career Intern I 3 crs.
This course will offer electing, senior-level VISA majors experiential knowledge in selecting areas of the arts industry. An individual, faculty-supervised, intern program will be designed for each student through which skills will be developed that might afford the student a more qualified approach to post-graduation opportunities. Grade: pass/fail.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A458 Arts Career Intern II 3 crs.
This course will offer electing, senior-level VISA majors the second phase of the program initiated in VISA A457. A joint art project will be executed. A final experience-descriptive paper is required. Grade: pass/fail.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A475 Graphic Design V 3 crs.
Students will work on a design and advertising campaign for a client of their own invention. They will develop a campaign from initial sketches through more comprehensive layout. Students will be expected to design all that is necessary to deliver the particular message to the client. Offered in the fall only.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A476 Graphic Design VI 3 crs.
This course is designed to develop the student’s special talents and provide a comprehensive understanding of procedures in design, illustration, production, print, and TV graphics. The experience will be professional with instruction and design standards a faculty responsibility. Offered in the spring only.
This course has a lab fee associated with it for the purpose of supporting supplies specifically needed for the functioning of this particular course. Please check LORA for the amount of the lab fee.
VISA A499 Independent Study 3 crs.
VISA U230 Medieval Art 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course studies the emergence and development of the art styles of age of faith, when foundations of Christian art were laid. From the reign of Constantine to the beginning of the Renaissance, we follow the spread of Christianity and see how arts expressed spirit and values of the time and contributed to the fabric of our culture.
VISA U236 Images of Women in Arts 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course will present the role and image of women in visual arts as portrayed by men and women, from antiquity to the present, in the light of sociopolitical, cultural, and moral conditions and values. The work of women artists will be central.
VISA U243 The Art and History of the Book 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Pre-modern
This course is an overview of the history of the book as a cataloging device for information and as a work of art. With an emphasis on binding, illustration, and graphic design, the course will examine the structural and aesthetic elements of the book balanced against the larger background of cultural history.
VISA V238 Romantic Vision 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course places emphasis on the aesthetic developed in the Romantic period as a response to demystifying forces in science, culture, religion, and psychology. The vision developed by Wordsworth and others in poetry and art altered the history of aesthetics and continues to affect today’s art.
VISA V240 Modernism in Art and Literature 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
Modernism is a term that has come to include not only the styles of late 19th- and early 20th-century art and literature but also the philosophic and moral issues represented in these art forms. The course will examine major 20th-century works of art and literature and the issues of modern life raised by these works. (Also listed as ENGL V176.)
VISA V241 Art in Contemporary Culture 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course aims to offer hands-on experience of the contemporary art scene together with critical skills necessary for the interpretation and engagement with visual culture of the present-including film, television, fashion, advertising, and digital media. Off-campus visits to galleries and other venues will provide opportunities to discuss what we see around us. We will consider how this material is presented and circulated, how it is written about, and how we can relate developments in visual practice to work of the past and to other forms of cultural representation of the present.
VISA V242 Architecture and Society 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course will examine the development of modern and contemporary architecture in its cultural context. Theories and practices will be compared. The impact of the built environment on the individual, as well as the impact of the individual upon the built environment, will be considered central to an assessment of the successes and failures of architectural intervention.
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DEAN: Luis Mirón, Ph.D, Office: 211 Stallings Hall
ASSOCIATE DEAN: Philip J. Frady, M.S.W., Office: 211 Stallings Hall
WEB PAGE: css.loyno.edu
The college offers the bachelor of arts degree in criminal justice, mass communication, political science, and sociology; bachelor of liberal studies in social sciences (for part-time students); bachelor of criminal justice; and bachelor of science in nursing for registered nurses returning to school. Students who wish to earn a bachelor’s degree through programs not regularly available in the College of Social Sciences may consult the associate dean about the possibility of a contract degree.
The following requirements must be met for a degree from the College of Social Sciences:
The curriculum is designed to provide students with a broad education in the social sciences and the professions in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition. It is also aimed at providing them with depth in at least one area of study, their major. And, in all, it seeks to sharpen their abilities to think critically and to act justly in the modern world.
The curriculum is divided into five parts.
The major consists of a series of courses in one subject area—usually 30 to 40 credit hours. Majors are described in the department sections.
Part Two-Adjunct/Minor Courses
Some fields may require a limited set of courses in areas that are allied to the major and complement it. Sociology, for example, is considered necessary for the criminal justice major and psychology for the nursing student. Some of these courses are specifically named under degree programs; others are selected in consultation with the student’s adviser or chairperson. Students in Mass Communication are required take to minor in another field—usually 18 to 21 hours of course work specified by individual departments; students taking other majors may select a minor.
Common Curriculum: The Common Curriculum complements the major and adjunct courses by providing a broad humanistic dimension to every undergraduate’s program. The program contains introductory and advanced courses.
INTRODUCTORY COURSES (T122 — T129)
Beginning students must take each of the following eight courses (24 cr. hrs.):
| English Composition T122 | Critical Reading/Writing |
| English T125 | The Emerging Self |
| History T122 and T124 | World Civilization I and World Civilization II |
| Mathematics T122* | Math Models |
| Philosophy T122 | Introduction to Philosophy |
| Religious Studies T122 | Introduction to World Religions |
| Science T122 | (Biology, Chemistry, or Physics) |
* A different mathematics course may be designated by the student’s department.
ADVANCED COURSES (U-Z 130-199)
Students elect eight courses (24 cr. hrs.) with two each in philosophy and religious studies, one in behavior/social sciences, one in humanities/arts, excluding philosophy and religious studies, one in natural science, and one more from any of the above areas. Two of the advanced courses must be labeled pre-modern. Students may not take Common Curriculum courses for Common Curriculum credit from their major departments. Students may check their progress in fulfilling Common Curriculum requirements in the “On Course” section of LORA, with their academic advisers or with the assistant dean of the College of Social Sciences. Only courses designated as Common Curriculum in registration materials fulfill requirements of the program. The advanced courses are under three major divisions: behavioral/social sciences, humanities/arts, and natural sciences. Courses are either modern or pre-modern within these divisions. The three divisions are as follows:
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| Mass Communication | Political Science |
| Economics | Psychology |
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| Theatre Arts | Philosophy |
| Classical Studies | Religious Studies |
| English | Visual Arts |
| Modern Foreign Languages | Music |
| Natural Sciences | |
| Biology | Mathematics |
| Chemistry | Physics |
The advanced courses offered each semester can be found in teh course schedule. Only courses within the Common Curriculum lettering/numbering scheme (U-Z 130-499) meet Common Curriculum requirements. Course descriptions are found in listings under subject categories.
All students who enter B.A. degree programs (either as freshmen or as transfers) will be required to pass a second-semester course in a foreign language or demonstrate equivalent knowledge by placing into a higher level on a departmental examination. See full explanation under Foreign Language Requirements elsewhere in this bulletin.
Electives: It is important that students have considerable freedom to choose those courses or series of courses that interest them so that their education may be rich and full. The number of hours students may elect depends to a large extent on the major. See statements below for limitations on elective credit.
Core courses–are those courses that ensure the degree-seeking student a well-rounded education in the liberal arts tradition. All degree-seeking students have the following core course requirements (42 hours total):
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| Writing | ENGL T122 | 3 |
| Philosophy | PHIL T122 | 3 |
| Religious Studies | RELS T122 | 3 |
| Literature | ENGL T125 | 3 |
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| Social Sciences | HIST T122 or HIST T124 | 3 |
| Two social science electives from two different disciplines | 6 | |
| Mathematics | MATH A115, Math A117, MATH T122 or approved Math elective |
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| Natural Science | science elective | 3 |
| Arts/Humanities | fine arts elective | 3 |
| literature elective | 3 | |
| philosophy elective | 3 | |
| religious studies elective | 3 | |
| Liberal Arts elective | 3 | |
Remedial work taken at Loyola or at other institutions will not apply to Social Sciences degree programs.
The dean’s office will determine the applicability of the student’s transfer credit as accepted by the Office of Admissions to the Social Sciences degree programs.
Qualified students who have completed two full semesters of their freshman year and have earned a minimum GPA of 3.0 may pursue two majors. Such students must successfully complete the Common Curriculum requirements of the first major as well as the major and named adjunct requirements for both declared degree programs of study as set forth in the Undergraduate Bulletin. Students must successfully complete the comprehensive or exit examination requirements for both majors if the departments require a comprehensive or exit examination. Students who complete the requirements for two majors will receive only one degree from Loyola. The transcript, however, will indicate which bachelor’s degree was awarded as well as the two majors that were completed. Students interested in pursuing a double major should consult with the associate dean.
CHAIR: William E. Thornton, Ph.D., Office: 559 Monroe Hall
PROFESSORS: William E. Thornton
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: Wendy L. Hicks
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS:Bethany L. Brown, David Khey, Brenda Vollman, Vincenzo A. Sainato, Rae Taylor EMERITUS PROFESSOR: Dee Wood Harper, Jr.
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: David M. Aplin, Office: 122 Stallings Hall
WEB PAGE: www.css.loyno.edu/criminaljustice/
Management of the Criminal Justice program and its curriculum and the curriculum for the minor in Forensic Science are the direct responsibility of the Department of Criminal Justice as a member of the College of Social Sciences. The degree program combines a strong theoretical foundation in criminology, law, juvenile delinquency, and deviant behavior with practical courses in criminal law, criminal procedure and evidence, forensics, and crime analysis. The program is designed to provide a broad based education for those individuals already in the criminal justice field, as well as those preparing to enter the profession. Many students find that the bachelor’s degree in criminal justice offers a solid foundation for further studies at the graduate level (M.A., M.S. and Ph.D.), including the study of law. Loyola University New Orleans began its criminal justice degree program in the1960's. It is the oldest program in the state of Louisiana. Since that time, the program has graduated hundreds of students with criminal justice degrees. Loyola’s criminal justice program is distinctive in a variety of ways. The program is firmly grounded in the liberal arts, emphasizing strong writing skills, developing tools for critical analysis, and providing exposure to studies in the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences. The criminal justice program requires students to elect courses from psychology, sociology, and political science that will strengthen their understanding of underlying issues and problems. The program has a strong social science research component, which provides students with the skills to conduct original research, to evaluate the effectiveness of criminal justice programs, to critique agency-generated research, and to write grant proposals. The program is rigorous and yet flexible enough to allow students to personalize their studies to meet their own interests and needs.
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| Common Curriculum | 48 hrs |
| Foreign Language | 3 hrs |
| General Electives | 24 hrs |
| TOTAL | 120 credit hours |
(View College of Social Sciences Common Curriculum Requirements.)
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| Core Courses | 42 hrs |
| Electives | 33 hrs |
| TOTAL | 120 hrs |
(View Core Curriculum Requirements for Professional & Continuing Studies Students)
Social Sciences
CRJU C101 Introduction to Law Enforcement 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to the philosophical and historical background of law enforcement. The principles of organization and administration for functions and activities; planning and research; public relations; personnel and training; inspection and control; direction; and policy formation will be discussed.
CRJU C105 Introduction to Criminal Justice Systems 3 crs.
This course is intended to introduce the student to how the justice system works in America. It begins with a discussion of the underlying rationale for punishment of crime. Topics discussed include police, role of the attorney, bail, criminal trial, sentencing, corrections, and post-conviction remedies.
CRJU C110 Criminology: Fundamentals 3 crs.
This course is a survey of basic topics and problems related to the discipline, such as the nature of crime in America, criminal statistics, and selected criminological theories. It serves as an introduction to the systematic study of crime, criminals, criminal behavior, and the criminal justice system.
CRJU C120 Introduction to Homeland Security 3 crs.
The creation of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the most significant transformation of the U.S. government since 1947 when Harry S. Truman merged the various branches of U.S. Armed Forces into the Department of Defense to better coordinate the nation's defence against military threats. DHS represents similar consolidation, both in style and substance in the aftermath of terrorist attacks against America on September 11, 2001. The organization and operation of DHS will be examined in detail in this course covering major topics related to homeland security including a history and organization of DHS, a review of key legislation, laws, and directives (e.g., NIPP, National Response Plan, HSPD 5 and 7), introduction to basic concepts of infrastructure protection, risk management, threat assessment and prioritization, jurisdiction and coordination between agencies (public and private agency interface, military and emergency agencies), issues in communication and technical areas such as interconnectivity and interoperability, hazard response teams, contingency of operations planning (COOP), Four D's (deter, devalue, detect and defend), buffer zone protection, basic threats of terror and counter-terrorism strategies, first responder training, protocols for investigation, public health, and emergency preparedness. Several on-line courses leading to self-certification produced by FEMA as part of its Emergency Management Institute (EMI) are used in the course (e.g., IS-800 National Response Plan (NRP)).
CRJU C205 Police Supervision 3 crs.
This course examines supervisory methods and problems within the law enforcement organization and the implication of principles of human relations to effective performance; policy and procedure; field supervision; instruction and planning; supervisory reporting; and performance evaluation.
CRJU C210 Police Administration 3 crs.
This course concerns individual and group studies in the dynamics of law enforcement and administration, policy formation and decision making in management from a human relations and organizational point of view, and electronic data processing in law enforcement.
CRJU C213 Police Community Relations 3 crs.
This course examines factors contributing to friction or cooperation between law enforcement personnel and the community, with emphasis on minority groups, political pressures, and cultural problems. Community organization and social responsibility of law enforcement also will be discussed.
CRJU C218 Criminal Procedure 3 crs.
This course is a study of the formal process whereby the government seeks to convict and punish a person for a criminal offense. Special emphasis will be placed on appellate review, the law of search and seizure, interrogations, confessions, the use of informers and entrapment, pretrial procedures, and various doctrines applying the fourteenth amendment.
CRJU C220 Recent Supreme Court Decisions 3 crs.
Students are exposed to an in-depth discussion and analysis of the most recent Supreme Court decisions in criminal cases. Issues of procedural and substantive law, right to counsel, criminal evidence, and constitutional law will be covered.
CRJU C250 Juvenile Delinquency 3 crs.
This course explores the nature and causes of juvenile crime and delinquency in America and other cultures. An in-depth analysis of crime measurement, causes, controls, and treatment are examined. Other topics include juvenile law, corrections, family therapy, gangs, schools, and the influence of the mass media on juvenile crime and delinquency.
CRJU C255 Juvenile Justice Process 3 crs.
This course is an examination of the major decisions made about juveniles from initial contact by the police through termination of legal control over their conduct. Constitutional limitations on the power of the juvenile justice process as a result of recent Supreme Court decisions, case law developments, and statutory changes will be reviewed.
CRJU C260 Statistics in Criminal Justice 3 crs.
This course examines descriptive, inferential and multivariate statistics employed in criminal justice research about the nature of crimes, criminals, and the criminal justice system. Statistical packages such as SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) are employed in the course to aid students in the calculation and interpretation of key statistical techniques commonly employed in the field.
CRJU C270 Murder, Mayhem, and the Media 3 crs.
The course explores the relationship of the mass media to our perception of crime, criminals, and the criminal justice system. The mass media generate a "social construction of reality" that influences public opinion, public policies, and general social attitudes toward violence. While both the print and electronic media are examined as purveyors of social perceptions of criminals, victims, law enforcers, lawyers, judges, prisoners, and the like, emphasis in the course will be placed on the electronic and film media.
CRJU C275 Deviant Behavior 3 crs.
This course is a critical examination of the nature and extent of deviant behavior in complex, industrial societies. Particular attention will be given to the causes and consequences of deviant behavior and to the social relations and processes associated with the more common forms of deviant and criminal expression within American society.
CRJU C280 Domestic Violence 3 crs.
Domestic Violence is a worldwide epidemic, presenting life threatening danger, predominantly to women, of all ages, races, ethnicities, religions, educational backgrounds, and socioeconomic statuses. In this course we will examine the dynamics of violent relationships, theories of domestic violence, and reactions to domestic violence by the family, media, community and, more extensively, the criminal justice system. Although the course will be focused on intimate partner violence, special topics will also be covered including elder abuse, sexual assault, same sex partner violence, victimization in minority and immigrant populations, stalking, and lethal intimate partner violence. We will also thoroughly discuss social and legal obstacles to safely exiting a violent relationship, resources in place for meeting the needs of domestic violence victims, and basic skills in providing victim services. This course is taught through a criminological perspective with specific focus on the role of the criminal justice system in responding to and preventing domestic violence.”
CRJU C285 Crisis Intervention 3 crs.
This course is a discussion and analysis of crisis intervention as a therapeutic tool in community mental health. Emphasis will be on suicide, telephone crisis lines, telephone counseling, and hostile interactions.
CRJU C300 Research Methods– Criminology 3 crs.
Research consists of all investigations, studies, or systematic efforts designed to increase our knowledge about events and their occurrence. The present course focuses on research in the fields of criminology and criminal justice and includes developing a theoretical explanation for why problems exist, collecting information that will verify or refute the explanation of problems, and then analyzing, presenting and interpreting this information. Specific techniques for data collection, analysis, and presentation will be covered in the course.
CRJU C310 Community Policing 3 crs.
The course examines community-oriented policing, which represents a significant departure from the traditional, centralized model of policing. Topics covered in the course include the growth of networking, online crime reporting, computer police report retrieval, crime mapping, the development of the COMPSTAT process, the development of intranets within police organizations, police web pages, e-commerce transactions, and the opening of doors to new levels of police-citizen communications.
CRJU C313 Criminal Evidence 3 crs.
The rules of evidence will be examined including examination of witnesses; impeachment; real, direct, and circumstantial evidence. Special emphasis will be given to relevancy, hearsay and its exceptions, privileges, presumptions and inferences, burden of proof, judicial notice, and the parole evidence rule.
CRJU C315 Probable Cause 3 crs.
Probable cause is defined as a requisite element of a valid search and seizure or arrest, consisting of the existence of facts and circumstances within one’s knowledge and of which one has reasonably trustworthy information, sufficient in themselves to warrant a person of reasonable caution to believe that a crime has been committed, is being committed, or will be committed. The course introduces students to the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments and how the legal system revolves around those particular amendments. Class discussion centers on searches and seizures, search/arrest warrants, detention and custody issues, juvenile issues, and more recent Supreme Court decisions that affect these issues.
CRJU C320 Violent Offenders 3 crs.
Content of the course focuses on the felonious violent offender in which physical injury is inflicted against one or more others, including, but not limited to criminal homicide, aggravated assault, forcible rape, armed robbery, or attempts to inflict other physical injuries. Typologies of violent offenders are reviewed examining such factors as motives, facilitation and situational aspects of the crime, selection of victims, criminal careers, group support for violent behavior, etc. Special types of violent offenders such as mass murderers, serial murderers, child murderers, domestic murderers, etc. are discussed in the class.
CRJU C330 Correctional Institutions 3 crs.
The course examines the theory and practice of correctional institutions and functions; the history of the prison as a total institution; types of correctional facilities; problems of rehabilitation in correctional institutions; crimes in prisons; adjusting to prison life; the inmate culture; and the future of correctional institutions. Attention is also devoted to high-tech innovations in prisons; proactive approaches for reducing crowding, controlling inmates, and managing stress; and what works in correctional treatment.
CRJU C331 Probation and Parole 3 crs.
This class will focus on probation and parole which is part of our criminal justice system. Most offenders entering the criminal justice system are not imprisoned and more than 90 percent of all imprisoned offenders are eventually released. Convicted offenders can be placed on probation/supervised release after completing their sentence or paroled to supervision in the community. Subject matter in the area of juvenile court and juvenile justice, the history of probation and the courts, sentencing and the presentence investigation, community based corrections, parole and the indeterminate sentence, rehabilitation; theory and practice, probation and parole officers, special problems and programs in probation and parole, intermediate punishments, and probation and parole in teh twenty-first century are just a few areas that will be explored during the course.
CRJU C335 Security and Crime Prevention 3 crs.
The course familiarizes students with the field of security and crime prevention helping them to understand the complexities of security in such diverse environments as manufacturing, commerce, finance, healthcare, o defense, government, etc. All of these environments have an inherent requirement for crime prevention, security, and assets protection. In particular, the field of private security is explored by analyzing both historical as well as contemporary materials and research. Private security is one of the fastest growing professions in the United States. Issues such as education, training, industry specific security guidelines, and the impact of security technology on the field are also addressed in the course.
CRJU C345 Seminar Constitutional Law 3 crs.
This seminar concerns basic constitutional law and in-depth analysis of Supreme Court decisions decided during recent terms of court with a special emphasis on trends in constitutional law and criminal procedure.
CRJU C355 Police Behavior 3 crs.
This course concerns history of the police; changing roles and public expectation of police officers; stress and the police; family life; and social behavior.
CRJU C365 Program Planning and Evaluation in Criminal Justice 3 crs.
Evaluation research is an applied branch of the field of social science intended to supply scientifically valid information with which to guide programs and policies currently used in the criminal justice system (law enforcement, courts, and corrections) in the United States. Billions of dollars have been poured into local, state, and federal criminal justice programs to prevent and control crime and to process and manage offenders. The present course will familiarize students with the literature on criminal justice evaluation as well as teach them key techniques to measure the effects of a program or policy against the goals it set out to accomplish. This allows a policy maker to engage in subsequent decision-making about the program or policy and make improvements and adjustments for future programs.
CRJU C375 Organized Crime 3 crs.
This course covers the nature of organized crime; its history in America; the forms it takes; theories explaining emergence, development, and persistence; and the unique problems law enforcement personnel encounter in trying to bring organized criminals to justice. Definitions that capture the nature of organized crime as a unique type of criminal activity are discussed as well as new variations of organized crime such as the Russian Mafia.
CRJU C378 Cybercrime, Technology, and Social Change 3crs.
The purpose of this course is to teach you about crime, victimization, and criminality associated with the emerging technologies that mediate our social relationships. The course also addresses the massive legal and societal changes as a result of the increased adoption of technologies by society.The course begins with an overview of the computer and digital technology as it relates to the critical infrastructure of the US and the global economy as well as it’s impact on our notions of privacy- legal and otherwise. From there we look at cyber specific forms of individual and group victimization, the types of individual offenders, and some of the ‘tools of the trade’. Students will learn to understand the global threat as a result of increased levels of cybercrime. Lastly, we look closely at a particular result of globalization called the “surveillance society”; moreover, we will situate that phenomenon in its proper historical and political contexts. We will assess different arguments about what the increased use of surveillance technology to acquire data about individuals and groups in the private and public sectors and what it means regarding our notions of privacy and other civil rights. Along with that we will assess whether or not the government needs to do something simple or dramatic to respond to the, sometimes disturbing, trends.
CRJU C380 Ethics and Politics of Criminal Justice 3crs.
This course will provide students with an overview of ethics and ethical dilemmas that criminal justice practitioners will often times face in the course of their profession. Review of any major daily metropolitan newspaper will usually produce at least one current article involving a matter of ethics and the criminal justice system. The subjects of these articles include police officers, assistant district attorneys, judges, correctional officers, and others who are involved in the system i.e., docket clerks, probation officers, and administrative personnel. While it is the failed ethical challenges that are most often publicized, there are ethical dilemmas and challenges faced by criminal justice practitioners every day. This course will present participants with the underlying rationale to understand these situations when they are encountered and the knowledge needed to properly resolve the issue. The course will utilize historical perspective of ethics to understand how current day ethics have evolved. The writings of Aristotle, Bentham and John Stuart Mill among others will be used as a precursor to the concepts of applied ethics in the present world of criminal justice. The course will review ethical challenges from both a historical and contemporary perspective, reviewing how the challenges were originally handled and if the same outcomes would occur today.
CRJU C401 Seminar in International Risk Analysis 3crs.
Social, political, and economic globalization sets the stage for this course. Increasingly, a firms success or failure is integrally related to factors in different countries, states, and jurisdiction. “Just In Time” logistics and the variances associated with political, economic, and social risks have a direct impact on both domestic and international firms. The purpose of this course is to provide students with a hands-on experience in conducting the kind of international risk analysis that is increasingly demanded by both firms in the private sector and traditional risk analysis conducted by federal level and, increasingly, local level law enforcement and intelligence agencies. This course is primarily a research/writing course that culminates in an original paper where students will be required to analyze the risks associated with a country of their choosing. There will formal lectures; however, the instructor will serve as the student’s individual mentor as they develop and present their paper.Previous expertise in economics, finance or political economy is not a pre-requisite; the course is designed to expose students to the necessary conceptual and theoretical concepts that frame this kind of analysis. The course will be interactive and involve intense student sharing and participation – including student led discussions.
CRJU C385 Seminar in Advanced Criminology 3 crs.
Selected topics will concern criminology examined in depth through assigned readings and classroom discussion.
CRJU C405 Criminal Law 3 crs.
This course examines sources of criminal law; theories of punishment, corpus delicti, and basic elements of crime; specific offenses, principles of liability to punishment, and specific defense to criminal behavior.
CRJU C420 Serial Murder: Myths vs. Realities 3 crs.
The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the field of serial murder. Despite an almost mythical interest in the phenomenon, relatively few scientific studies have been undertaken on the prevalence, etiology, investigation, and understanding of the crime. Biological, psychological, and sociological explanations of serial murder are examined in the course as well as key investigative techniques including psychological and geographical profiling.
CRJU C425 Seminar on Major Works in Criminology 3crs.
The goal of this class is to provide a framework for discussing the big ideas and concepts of criminology through a thoughtful analysis of the major philosophical and academic works in the inter-related fields of criminal justice and criminology. The purpose of the class is to engage students critically and analytically by reading, understanding, and evaluating the original works themselves; studuents will learn to appreciate the social and political and theoretical contexts that ‘situate’ the big ideas’ that have helped shape societies’ understanding of what crime is, the causes of crime, response to crime, and punishment of crime. Even more specifically, we will look at the impact of scholarly works on the fields of courts, policing, and corrections. This course is taught in a classical seminar approach and will be discussion rather than lecture oriented.”
CRJU C430 Legal Research and Writing 3 crs.
The art of legal writing is a skill critical to lawyers and those working in the criminal justice field. This course bridges the gap between essay style writing taught to undergraduates and the more technical writing of lawyers and other criminal justice professionals. The course also introduces students to the fundamentals of legal research and writing to develop the skills necessary to prepare a legal memorandum and other technical tasks in the criminal justice professions. After successful completion of this course, the student should be prepared to perform law clerk or paralegal duties such as legal research and writing; quantum studies to determine the value of a civil cause of action; and general legal assistance duties.
Prerequisite: COMP C119 or equivalent.
FRSC C100 Introduction to Forensic Science 3 crs.
This course exposes students to the forensic methods commonly employed in the examination of physical evidence by a forensic scientist used for identification or comparison in civil or criminal crime scene investigation and legal proceedings. The various techniques and procedures used in forensic science investigation and the admissibility standards established by state and federal courts are examined. This survey course is not designed to train individuals in the highly technical field of forensic science research, which requires extensive education in biology, chemistry, and physics. The course serves to familiarize those individuals majoring in criminal justice or related fields with the methods and techniques currently employed by forensic scientists so that students have a working knowledge and understanding of the technical world of forensic science.
FRSC C200 Criminalistics I: Crime Scene 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to the techniques of crime scene investigation. Topics include the value of evidence; preservation of the crime scene; crime scene searching; photography; and the sketching of crime scenes. Also covered are techniques for the recognition, collection, and preservation of specific types of evidence.
FRSC C201 Criminalistics II: Crime Lab 3 crs.
This is a course designed to introduce the student to some of the advanced concepts of the forensic science and medical-legal investigation. Topics include forensic pathology, odontology, anthropology, gunshot injuries, blunt and sharp force trauma, and child abuse.
FRSC C301 Criminalistics III: Controlled Substances 3 crs.
Forensic toxicology assesses the potential dangerous effects of various drugs on human behavior. It is known that the ability of a drug to induce dependence after repeated use is submerged in a complex array of physiological and social factors. Dependence on drugs exists in numerous patterns and in all degrees of intensity, depending on the nature of the drug, the route of administration, the dose, the frequency of administration, and the individual's rate of metabolism. In addition, many non-drug factors play an equally crucial role in determining the behavioral patterns associated with drug use. The personal characteristics of the user, his or her expectations about the drug experience, society's attitudes and possible responses, as well as the setting in which the drug is used, are all major determinants of drug dependence. The course covers many topics including drug identification, drug dependency, drug effects, and forensic toxicology.
FRSC C370 Forensic Psychology 3 crs.
Forensic psychology applies psychological knowledge or methods to aspects of human behavior directly related to the legal process. In its broadest terms, "forensic psychology refers to the production and application of psychological knowledge to the civil and criminal justice systems. The field of forensic psychology has slowly emerged over the decades to a point today where it had become a field heavily relied upon by legal practitioners. The course is suited for individuals who seek careers in law, law enforcement, criminal investigation, corrections, etc. The course familiarizes students with the varied components and applications of forensic psychology.
FRSC-C380 Forensic Pathology 3 crs.
This course will introduce the student to the medical specialty of Forensic Pathology –the practice of laboratory medicine as it applies to the law and legal issues. The initial portion of the course will deal with basics of forensic science and death investigation. Subsequent lectures deal with post mortem changes, time of death and identification of the decedent, as well as discussion of the various types of cases which fall under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner/coroner including violent, natural and unexplained deaths. The course will conclude with a lecture on the role of related disciplines in forensic science (including toxicology, anthropology, odontology, entomology and criminalistics) in aiding the forensic pathologist in the performance of their duties – determination of the cause and manner of death, identification of the decedent, estimation of the time of death and preservation and collection of evidence at autopsy. The student may have the opportunity to witness the performance of medicolegal autopsies and courtroom testimony by forensic experts
FRSC C498 Research in Forensics 3 crs.
The student will engage in supervised research in forensic science under the guidance of a Loyola faculty member. Students must present a formal research proposal and upon approval complete the research within one semester. Students are encouraged to select research topics according to their own interests and talents. Innovative research projects are encouraged (e.g., bioterrorism as it relates to forensic science and public health; statistical issues in forensic science; the application of profiling theory and techniques to the analysis and reconstruction of forensic evidence as it relates to an offender's crime scenes, victims and behaviors, etc.). This will usually be the last course completed in the Forensic Science minor
PROFESSORS: Walter Block, PhD., William Barnett, Ph.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: J. Stuart Wood, Ph.D.
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS: Daniel D’Amico Ph.D., John Levendis, Ph.D.
This degree program is co-sponsored by the Colleges of Social Sciences and Business. Economics is the study of human behavior as it relates to the production, exchange, and consumption of goods and services. Emphasis is on the conceptual framework and analytical skills necessary to an understanding of complex interrelationships among individuals, businesses, and governments. The program also is designed to enable students to function as intelligent and informed citizens and to be prepared for careers in business, industry, and government. Further, the program provides an excellent basis for graduate study in economics or business as well as being an excellent preparation for law school.
Fifteen hours of adjunct courses must be selected in consultation with the student’s adviser from the following areas: accounting, finance, history, mathematics, philosophy, political science, and/or sociology. Economics majors or minors must earn a grade of C or better in ECON B100 and ECON B101 to enroll in ECON B205 or ECON B206, and a grade of C or better in ECON B205 and B206 to enroll in a 300- or 400-level economics class. Specific Common Curriculum requirements are given in the beginning of this chapter under Curriculum.
| Freshman | Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|
| ECON B100/ECON B101 | 3 | 3 |
| MATH A115/MATH A116* | 3 | 3 |
| HISTT 122/HISTT 124 | 3 | 3 |
| ENGLT 122,ENGLT 125 | 3 | 3 |
| RELST 122 | 0 | 3 |
| PHILT 122 | 3 | 0 |
| Semester Totals | 15 | 15 |
| Total | 30 | |
* Students planning to earn a graduate degree in economics are encouraged to take MATH A257 instead of MATH A116.
| Sophomore | Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|
| ACCTB202 | 0 | 3 |
| DECSB205 | 3 | 3 |
| ECONB205/ECONB206 | 3 | 3 |
| Foreign Language | 0 | 3 |
| Science T122 | 0 | 3 |
| PHILV252 | 0 | 3 |
| ADV CC | 3 | 6 |
| Semester Totals | 15 | 15 |
| Total | 30 | |
| Junior | Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|
| ECONB305 | 0 | 3 |
| ECON ELECTIVE | 3 | 3 |
| FIN B300 | 0 | 3 |
| POLSA230/POLSA231 | 3 | 3 |
| ADV CC | 3 | 3 |
| ADJUNCT Elective | 3 | 3 |
| Semester Totals | 15 | 15 |
| Total | 30 | |
| Senior | Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|
| Economics Electives | 6 | 6 |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 3 |
| Elective | 6 | 6 |
| Semester Totals | 15 | 15 |
| Total | 30 | |
| Total Course Hours | 120 |
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DIRECTOR AND PROFESSOR: Sonya Forte Duhé, Ph.D., Office: 332 Communications/Music Complex
PROFESSORS: David M. Myers, Ph.D., Leslie G. Parr, Ph.D., J. Cathy Rogers, Ph.D., Robert A. Thomas, Ph.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: S. L. Alexander, Ph.D.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: Valerie Andrews, M.J., Yolanda Cal, Ph.D., Mark Poepsel, Ph.D., David Zemmels, Ph.D.
VISITING PROFESSOR: Andrew Nelson, M.S.J.
INSTRUCTORS: Cheryl Dejoie-Lacabe, M.F.A., Michael Giusti, Lisa Martin, M.A.
PROFESSOR EMERITAS: A. L. Lorenz, Ph.D.
WEB PAGE: css.loyno.edu/masscomm
The School of Mass Communication educates students to have a critical understanding and comprehensive body of knowledge of the techniques, theories and social consequences of our complex national and global communications system. In our technologically intense fields in which method and form are major concerns, we educate students to become intellectual, artistic and ethical professional leaders in the rapidly changing information environment.
In the Jesuit tradition, we are committed to understanding and advancing social justice through service to our university, our communities and our disciplines. As scholars, staff, students, and alumni, we value the media as social instruments and are committed to the ethical integration and application of communication skills, knowledge and values in the interconnected and diverse world around us.
The School of Mass Communication offers three areas of study: advertising, journalism, and public relations.
Each area has communication electives, a policy that reflects the convergence of media in our time. A journalism student might take courses in public relations or a public relations student might seek out a course in advertising to be better prepared for professional life.
All Mass Communication majors take a core of five communication courses: Introduction to Mass Communication, Communication Writing, Digital Communication, Mass Communication Theory and Research and Law of Mass Communication.
Also housed in the School of Mass Communication are the Center for Environmental Communication, the Shawn M. Donnelley Center for Nonprofit Communications and the Center for the Study of New Orleans.
The school is also home of the Loyola Chair for Environmental Communications, an endowed professorship whose purpose is to foster comprehension of the difficult process of communicating environmental issues to the public.
The School of Mass Communication is housed in an impressive building specifically designed for its purpose. The school’s equipment is outstanding for an undergraduate Mass Communication program and represents a sizable investment. Because of the nature of the field, equipment is regularly updated.
All students have access to state-of-the-art, powerful graphic computers to work on design projects, photography and advertising and public relations campaigns. Students interested in advertising and public relations can work on projects for non-profit clients in the Shawn M. Donnelley Center for Nonprofit Communications.
Students work on The Wolf magazine and The Maroon newspaper in both print and online editions. Each year, a team of students is selected to compete in the American Advertising Federation's National Student Advertising Competition and the Public Relations Student Society's Bateman Competition.
Mass Communication students have achieved distinction in numerous national competitions. For example, a graduate won a 1998 Academy Award for the best short non-fiction film. One of our graduates was part of the team that won The Times-Picayune's first Pulitzer Prize, and several other graduates were part of the post-Katrina Pulitzer team. The ad team has won its district award in the American Advertising Federation Competition five out of the past eleven years and has also won the National Competition. In recent years, our public relations team has won the annual National Bateman Competition, the premier student public relations competition in the country, more times than any other university in the nation.
The Maroon, our student newspaper, continues to win a large number of awards at the Southeast Journalism Conference and from the Louisiana Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalists.
Students can obtain credit for supervised internships in any of the media or public relations/advertising agencies. Many media companies contact the School of Mass Communication for interns, and these openings are posted on the school's internship board and the school's website. Some students secure an internship on their own, and they can also receive credit provided the internship meets the standards set by the School of Mass Communication and they have taken the internship instruction class.
The school holds memberships in the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication, the American Advertising Federation, the Public Relations Society of America, and the Society of Professional Journalists. Student organizations include Advertising Club; Kappa Tau Alpha, the national honor society in journalism and mass communication; Public Relations Student Society of America; and the Society of Professional Journalists.
The makeup of the faculty reflects the philosophy of the school: a group of professors and instructors who combine advanced degrees with years of professional experience.
Total number of hours required: 120
Mass Communication hours required: 36
Required courses:
CMMN A100 Introduction to Mass Communication
CMMN A101 Communications WritingCMMN A201 Digital Communication
CMMN A400 Mass Communication Theory and Research
CMMN A401 Law of Mass Communication
Sequences:
In addition to completing the core requirements, each student must complete a coherent sequence of courses established by the school for a particular communication field. Sequences include advertising, journalism, public relations and media studies.
Graduation Requirements:
Majors in Mass Communication must have a minimum 2.0 GPA in communication courses in order to graduate.
Minors in Mass Communication must have at least a 2.0 GPA in communication courses in order to graduate.
General Requirements:
Students must have at least a C in CMMN A101 before advancing in the School's curriculum.
The advertising sequence at Loyola University New Orleans is perfect for students who want to channel their creative energy into dynamic and persuasive campaigns. The program offers a strong foundation in research methods and copywriting as well as giving students hands on experience with innovative technology. Our advertising graduates are recognized by the industry for their sharp strategic minds and keen eye for design. Contact the sequence chair, Dr. Yolanda Cal, at ycal@loyno.edu for more information.
| The advertising sequence includes the following curriculum | |
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Required core courses:
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12 |
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| CMMN A313 Advertising Media Planning | 3 |
| CMMN A360 Advanced Layout and Design | 3 |
| Chose one course from CMMN A402-A480: | |
| CMMN Elective | 3 |
Loyola University New Orleans' journalism sequence is designed to educate students in the "how" and the "why" of the work of journalists. Students will learn basic skills, including question-asking, analysis of information, newswriting and reporting. They will also come to know and understand how American journalism has developed, the meaning of press freedom in the United States, and the social, political and ethical responsibilities they will have as journalists.
| Curriculum | |
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Required core courses:
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9 |
| Choose two courses from the following options: | |
| CMMN A251 News Editing | 3 |
| CMMN A260 Introduction to Layout & Design | 3 |
| CMMN A368 Photojournalism | 3 |
| CMMN A351 Advanced Editing | 3 |
| CMMN A354 Feature Writing | 3 |
| CMMN A355 Covering the Courts | 3 |
| CMMN A359 Advanced Journalism Lab | 3 |
| CMMN A360 Advanced Layout & Design | 3 |
| CMMN A369 Documentary Photography (S) | 3 |
| CMMN A371 Covering the Environmental Beat | 3 |
| Choose one course from the following options: | |
| CMMN Elective | 3 |
| CMMN A403 Media & American Courts | 3 |
| CMMN A453 American Women Journalists | 3 |
| CMMN A455 Media and Gender | 3 |
| CMMN A474 Ethics of Mass Communication | 3 |
| CMMN A475 Environmental Communication | 3 |
| Choose one option from the following options: | |
| CMMN A450 History of Journalism | 3 |
| CMMN A465 History of Photography | 3 |
The Media Studies sequence provides students with a strong theoretical foundation in mass communication in preparation for graduate school. It will also be an avenue of study for those who want to have a solid foundation in the field but do not want to focus on one element of the school (i.e., advertising, journalism, or public relations).
Students in this sequence will take mass communication core courses, plus the basics in each of the three existing sequences, three CMMN A400 level (theory) courses, and one CMMN elective. Thus, the requirements will appear as follows:
| The media studies curriculum includes the following curriculum: | |
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Required core courses:
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15 hrs. |
| Media Studies sequence courses | |
| CMMN A250 – Beginning Reporting CMMN A310 – Advertising CMMN A316 – Public Relations CMMN A400 level courses CMMN elective |
3 hrs. |
Public relations is an excellent sequence for students who want to develop professional communication skills and the expertise needed to facilitate mutual understanding among groups and institutions. Loyola's program offers a strong foundation in media, internal and external relations. Graduates excel in roles within businesses, government, hospitals, education, non-profit and religious institutions. Contact the sequence chair, Dr. Cathy Rogers, at crogers@loyno.edu for more information.
| The public relations sequence includes the following curriculum | |
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Required core courses:
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12 |
| Choose one course from the following options: | |
| CMMN A251 News Editing | 3 |
| CMMN A260 Introduction to Layout & Design | 3 |
| Choose one course from CMMN A402-A480: | |
| CMMN Elective | 3 |
Each Mass Communication major must also complete a minor, a set of courses in another field of study outside the school. Requirements for minors are specified elsewhere in this bulletin.
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CMMN A100 — A101
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3
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3
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9
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9
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| Foreign Language |
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3
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3
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15
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15
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30
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F
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S
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CMMN A201
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3
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3
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3
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3
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6
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6
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| Adjunct/Electives |
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0
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3
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12
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15
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27
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F
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S
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CMMN A400, A401, (Sequence)
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6
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6
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6
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6
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6
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6
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18
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18
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36
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F
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S
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6
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3
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3
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3
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| Common Curriculum |
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3
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3
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3
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15
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12
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27
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| TOTAL | 120 hrs. |
(View Common Curriculum Requirements.)
No more than 42 hours in Mass Communication courses may be counted toward the 120 hours required for the degree.
Only three hours of internship may be counted toward the 120 hours required for the degree.
No Mass Communication course offered in the Common Curriculum may be used to meet major requirements for a degree or to meet Common Curriculum requirements.
CMMN A100 Introduction to Mass Communication 3 crs.
This course is a survey of the various fields of Mass Communication taught at Loyola and specific preparation for courses taught in the school. Consideration is given to philosophical foundations, historical development, current trends and status, organizational structure, and career opportunities.
Required for Mass Communication majors.
CMMN A101 Communications Writing 3 crs.
This course discusses the basic kinds of writing used most frequently in the media, including description, narration, the interview and criticism as well as other forms. The students read contemporary journalists and essayists, and there is an emphasis on developing the student’s personal style.
Required for Mass Communication majors. $75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
Prerequisite: ENGL T122.
CMMN A201 Digital Communication 3 crs.
This course is a hands-on course designed to introduce mass communication majors to the field of digital communications. Students will learn critical thinking skills about the technology used to produce mass media messages in modern American society. Students learn visual theories and elements and principles of design for several key media: video, print, and the web. The digital communication student will leave this course versed in current media technologies with a critical understanding of its use in creating memorable and meaningful communication materials.
Required for Mass Communication majors. $75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
CMMN A250 Beginning Reporting 3 crs.
This course introduces students to news values and to the basics of news writing and reporting. Considerable time is devoted to directed practice in news writing.
$75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
Prerequisite: CMMN A201
CMMN A251 News Editing 3 crs.
This course concerns the creation of newspaper and magazine formats including copy and headline preparation; social, legal, and ethical ramifications of editing.
$75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
Prerequisites: CMMN A250 with minimum grade of C (2.0).
CMMN A260 Introduction to Layout and Design 3 crs.
This course involves the creative use of two-dimensional space, using visual perceptions, principles of graphic design and their application, use of type in design, graphic interpretation, basic formats of advertising, and public relations layout.
$75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
Prerequisite: CMMN A201
CMMN A265 Photography 3 crs.
This is a course in learning to observe and see. Lectures and instruction on the operation of still cameras and extensive black and white darkroom experience. Aesthetics are emphasized. Student must have use of an adjustable 35 mm or larger format still camera.
$75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
No prerequisite
CMMN A310 Advertising 3 crs.
This is an introduction to the field of advertising with attention given to market planning, message strategies, media planning, and advertising’s impact on society.
Prerequisite: CMMN A101 with minimum grade of C (2.0).
CMMN A311 Advertising Copywriting 3 crs.
This is a study of the elements involved in advertising copy including concept, visualization, and understanding the prospect. Attention is given to the various media alternatives and how to write effective copy in each medium.
$75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
Prerequisite: CMMN A310
CMMN A313 Advertising Media Planning 3 crs.
This course focuses on the study of media planning and research as it relates to the overall advertising and marketing process. Specific areas covered include media terminology, advertising and media research, selection and evaluation of media, and media resources.
Prerequisite: CMMN A310
CMMN A314 Advertising Campaigns 3 crs.
This is a practical application of advertising theories in assigned projects.
$75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
Prerequisites: CMMN A311
CMMN A315 Advanced Advertising Campaigns 3 crs.
As near as possible, this course will expose the student to the experience of working on a major national advertising account in an advertising agency environment. Each student should leave this course with portfolio material and hands-on experience in the field of advertising. Offered in the spring semester only.
$75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
Prerequisites: CMMN A311; junior standing
CMMN A316 Public Relations 3 crs.
This course concerns the development of contemporary public relations practices with emphasis on solving communications problems within organizations and institutions by applying appropriate theories and techniques.
Prerequisite: CMMN A101 with minimum grade of C (2.0).
CMMN A317 Writing for Public Relations 3 crs.
This is a laboratory course in writing for a variety of media in the context of public relations work including directed practice in preparing news releases, employee publication materials, copy for brochures and newsletters, and copy for television and radio.
$75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
Prerequisites: CMMN A201, CMMN A250, CMMN A316; junior standing
CMMN A318 Public Relations Cases and Campaigns 3 crs.
This course examines case studies and typical public relations problems culminating in development of specialized communications materials to gain reaction and support from target groups. Offered in the fall semester only.
$75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
Prerequisite: CMMN A317; junior standing.
CMMN A319 Advanced Public Relations Campaigns 3 crs.
This course will give students the opportunity to create and implement a campaign for a national public relations client in a public relations agency environment. Students will experiment with various research, planning, and writing processes introduced in courses required by the public relations sequence. Offered in the spring semester only.
$75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
Prerequisite: CMMN A317
CMMN A335 Strategic Event Planning and Promotions
This course looks at events in terms of relationship building within the context of public relations function. It develops events as a means of strategic communication. Students will analyze case histories, plan and execute events. This is a service learning course.
CMMN A350 Advanced Reporting 3 crs.
This course centers on advanced reporting techniques. It introduces students to sources for news of local government.
$75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
Prerequisites: CMMN A201, CMMN A250 with a minimum grade of a C (2.0).
CMMN A351 Advanced Editing 3 crs.
This is an advanced course in editing with emphasis on developing technical proficiency through a full understanding of theoretical concepts.
$75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
Prerequisites: CMMN A251; Junior standing.
CMMN A352 Interpretive Writing 3 crs.
Types of interpretive journalism will be discussed, including editorials, columns, art, reviews, etc.
$75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
Prerequisite: CMMN A101 with minimum grade of C (2.0)
CMMN A354 Feature Writing 3 crs.
This is a course in writing features for print and electronic media, with stress on the development of color and individual style.
$75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
Prerequisite: CMMN A101 with minimum grade of C (2.0)
CMMN A355 Covering the Courts 3 crs.
The goal of the course is to develop an understanding of the role of the journalist in covering the courts and to enhance the ability to cover the judicial process in a responsible and professional manner.
Prerequisite: CMMN A101 with minimum grade of C (2.0)
CMMN A356 Covering the Environmental Beat 3 crs.
Presents an appreciation of the elements of news coverage of environmental issues. Includes discussion of a variety of complex environmental challenges and provides the opportunity to explore disparate points of view. Students will engage in intensive reporting and writing skills, and study many issues with conflicting information.
Prerequisite: CMMN A101 with a minimum grade of C (2.0)
CMMN A359 Advanced Journalism Lab 3 crs.
This course will give the student practical experience in reporting and writing with academic evaluation. Campus news coverage and beats will be assigned for use on The Maroon, the university student newspaper.
$75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
Prerequisites: CMMN A201, CMMN A250 with a minimum grade of a C (2.0), plus one other journalism course.
CMMN A360 Advanced Layout and Design 3 crs.
This course concerns creative design applications, designing with grid, contemporary advertising layouts, brochure and folder production, logo and symbol design, posters and billboards, and direct advertising, including the use of desktop publishing and various graphics communications computer applications in production.
$75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
Prerequisite: CMMN A260 with a minimum grade of C (2.0).
CMMN A368 Photojournalism 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to the field of photojournalism. Historical development, selected works of masters of photography, and ethical and legal considerations will be examined. Photographic projects will be required.
$75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
Prerequisite: CMMN A201
CMMN A369 Documentary Photography 3 crs.
This is an advanced photography course in which each student will complete an in-depth documentary project. The history of documentary photography will be studied.
$75 fee for non-majors and part-time students.
Prerequisites: CMMN A201 or CMMN A265
CMMN A400 Mass Communication Theory and Research 3 crs.
This is an advanced course tracing development of mass communications research from its origins to work recently published in academic journals. Students will be introduced to research methods and participate in one or more research projects.
Required for Mass Communication majors.
Prerequisite: CMMN A101 with a minimum grade of a C (2.0); Junior standing
CMMN A401 Law of Mass Communication 3 crs.
This is an examination of major legal and regulatory developments in print and broadcast communications and the new technologies, with an emphasis on both legal and ethical considerations.
Required for Mass Communication majors.
Prerequisite: CMMN A101 with a minimum grade of a C (2.0); Junior standing
CMMN A410 Nonprofit Communications 3 crs.
An analysis of the nonprofit and public sector industry and integrated communications within these organizations. Students will study organizational typologies and classifications, social and ethical issues, theories of public vs. private and how these affect message, publics, and media issues. The course includes classic and contemporary readings.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
CMMN A450 History of Journalism 3 crs.
This course examines the development of journalism with emphasis on the study of American journalism history.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
CMMN A451 Media and American Courts 3crs.
This course helps students develop an understanding of free press/fair trial issues (including historical perspective, significant people, current controversies and academic research) as well as an appreciation of award-winning coverage of the judicial system.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
CMMN A452 The Great Journalists 3 crs.
This is a study of those outstanding American and English writers, who have by their literary skills, vision, and sometimes by their character, profoundly influenced modern journalism. When some are novelists and essayists as well as journalists, the relationship between their several careers will be studied.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
CMMN A453 American Women Journalists 3 crs.
This course is an interdisciplinary study of the lives and writings of prominent American women who, through their talent and their commitment, have had a significant impact on both American culture and American journalism.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
CMMN A455 Media and Gender 3 crs.
This course examines the impact of media’s gender images on individuals, society, and culture. Participants will learn to be more critical consumers of media messages, specifically in terms of gender representations, to think and to write critically about their responses to and use of media products, and to develop different perspectives to interpret pop culture and media messages.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
CMMN A465 History of Photography 3 crs.
This course is a history of photography from its invention to the present. Attention will be given to the aesthetic criteria and the historical context that influenced photographers, as well as to the ways photographs have been used from the era of the daguerreotype to the computer-based image.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
CMMN A470 Mass Persuasion 3 crs.
This course is a study of commercial and political propaganda and their impact on society.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
CMMN A471 Mass Communication Literature 3 crs.
This course is an advanced course focusing on one specific author or school of thought or genre in the existing mass communication literature. Strong emphasis is placed on reading and class discussion.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
CMMN A473 International Media Systems 3 crs.
This course is a survey of the media of other countries. Comparisons in values, patronage bases, freedom of expression, and similar concerns are the heart of the course.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
CMMN A474 Ethics of Mass Communication 3 crs.
This course examines the moral principles which order the work of the communications professional. The social responsibility of mass media institutions and the individual responsibilities of the practitioners.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
CMMN A475 Environmental Communications 3 crs.
Presents an overview of how environmental information is expressed in mass communications and associated theory of the field. Important environmental theory and issues will be discussed. Students will use and sharpen their writing skills, learn how to evaluate scientific information, and study issues with conflicting data.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing.
CMMN A480 Current Trends 3 crs.
Each offering of the course will change, since the content of the course is based on current issues and developments within the media. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
CMMN A495 Special Project (arranged)
This course focuses on the creative or productive efforts of one or more students. A special project is distinguished from a research project in its lack of the historical or experimental method and perspective characteristics of research. A formal proposal is required in which the student clearly sets forth what he/she proposes to do. A reminder: the average three-hour course is supposed to account for 145 hours over the semester.
CMMN A496 Seminar/Workshop (arranged)
A seminar is a supervised group of students sharing the results of their research on a common topic. A workshop is a supervised group of students participating in a common effort.
Prerequisite: Special arrangements required
CMMN A497 Internship/ Practicum (arranged)
An internship is supervised practical experience. A practicum is supervised practical application of previously studied theory.
Prerequisites: Junior standing. Students must complete a series of courses specified for each type of internship before entering on the internship. Requirements are published by the School of Mass Communication at css.loyno.edu/masscomm/internships.
CMMN A498 Research Project (arranged)
This course focuses on empirical or historical investigation, culminating in a written report. A formal proposal is required in which the student clearly sets forth what he/she proposes to do. A reminder: the average three-hour course is supposed to account for 145 hours over the semester.
CMMN A499 Independent Study (arranged)
A formal proposal is required in which the student clearly sets forth what he/she proposes to do. A reminder: the average three-hour course is supposed to account for 145 hours over the semester.
Prerequisite: Formal proposal required; permission of director.
CMMN X136 Understanding Media 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This is an examination of the different mass media, with special attention to their historical and technological development; to the economic aspects of mass communication including media conglomerates and cross-media ownership; to the theories of communication; to the collection and dissemination of news; and to the international aspects of communication.
Mass Communication majors may take course a general elective.
CMMN X137 Media Play 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This course examines the aesthetics of media use, with special emphasis given to interactive experiences with digital media. Students examine classic and contemporary theories of media, cognition, and social behavior to better understand play and entertainment within a mass-mediated society.
Mass Communication majors may take course as a general elective.
CHAIR: Roger White, Associate Professor OFFICE: 537G Monroe Hall
PROFESSORS: Peter F. Burns
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: Philip A. Dynia, Mary Troy Johnston
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: Sean Cain
EMERITUS PROFESSOR: S.J. Makielski, Conrad Raabe, Ed Renwick
WEB PAGE: css.loyno.edu/polisci/
The department offers the basic elements of an undergraduate political science program to all students. With this education, many graduates go on to law school or graduate school. Some pursue positions with corporations or in the federal, state, and municipal civil services. A few graduates embark on a career in politics.
A major in political science requires a 36-hour concentration in the subject. These hours are distributed over the following areas: American Government and Constitution (nine hours), Comparative Government (six hours), Political Theory (six hours), International Relations (three hours), advanced electives (six hours), and a capstone course (three hours) that incorporates elements from all of these areas. A minor in political science requires 21 hours, made up of three hours each in American Government, Comparative Government, History of Political Thought, and International Relations, plus nine additional hours of advanced electives.
The political science curriculum is designed to give the student a general knowledge of the discipline, the problems it deals with, and the development of human knowledge and values about political matters. When coupled with the Common Curriculum and a wise use of elective hours, the student will gain a broad educational background both for career and for a full personal and social life in this rapidly changing world.
The department assigns advisers to ensure that every student gets personal attention. During the first year at Loyola, students take only introductory political science courses, giving them a chance to experience the major from the ground up and to become accustomed to college life. Advisers are always willing to help with information concerning the most beneficial courses.
Periodically, the department offers seminars in foreign policy, American government, and other topics of particular interest to undergraduates. Participation in independent study is encouraged; it is a good opportunity to explore personal ideas. In addition to research and independent study courses, internships at local government agencies are offered.
Because of the tradition at Loyola which produces many of the political leaders of the area, the department has a special interest in urban and state politics, particularly New Orleans and Louisiana politics. The political science department nominates certain outstanding undergraduates to be associate fellows in the Institute of Politics program.
Loyola University is also affiliated with the Washington Semester Program at American University in Washington, D.C. This program allows the student to spend a semester in the nation’s capital, taking courses and doing intern work in private or governmental agencies. The student can earn up to 16 hours of credit for this semester.
BACHELOR OF ARTS–POLITICAL SCIENCE
| Freshman | F | S | |
| Major | POLS A100 — POLS Elective | 3 | 3 |
| Foreign Language | 3 | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 9 | 9 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Sophomore | F | S | |
| Major | POLS A200/A201; A230 — A231 | 6 | 6 |
| Adjunct/Electives | 3 | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Junior | F | S | |
| Major | POLS A300/A301; A315 | 6 | 3 |
| Adjunct/Electives | 3 | 6 | |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 30 | |||
| Senior | F | S | |
| Major | POLS Electives; POLS A495 | 6 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 3 | |
| Adjunct/Electives | 6 | 9 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| TOTAL: 120 cr. hrs. | 30 |
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Students are required to create and maintain a portfolio of selected assignments in their required courses. The purpose of the portfolio is to track student progress toward their degree and to assess the department’s success in meeting the learning objectives set for majors and minors.
Social Sciences
POLS A100 Introduction to American Government 3 crs.
Structure, development, powers, and limits of the federal government are discussed.
POLS A200 European and Comparative Government I 3 crs.
This course discusses comparative political theory and exploration of cross national categories for political analysis. Discussions involve: Great Britain–origin of British constitution; the Crown, Parliament, etc., and France–heritage of the revolution and subsequent political structures; emphasis on politics of the fifth republic. The British and French systems will be compared.
POLS A201 European and Comparative Government II 3 crs.
Topics covered concern Germany from 1871 to present; the background to the 1917 Communist Revolution in Russia; and Lenin, Stalin, and the Russian government today. An introduction to Chinese politics is included.
POLS A210 Introduction to Administrative Process 3 crs.
This course introduces the nature and role of public administration in contemporary America. Emphasis is on values and political influences which shape modern administration.
POLS A211 The American Presidency 3 crs.
This course is an examination of the American presidency in American government and politics. Emphasis is on interaction between the chief executive and other main national policy-makers, Congress, and the Supreme Court. The nature of presidential leadership, its development, and influence of personality on growth of the office receive special attention.
POLS A212 The Legislative Process 3 crs.
National, state, and local legislatures as lawmaking and political bodies are discussed with emphasis on the U.S. Congress. The course also concerns the legislative process including procedures, performance, and the role of the executive and parties and interest groups.
POLS A213 American Political Thought 3 crs.
This course is a roughly chronological survey of basic themes in American political thought, beginning with the 17th-century European origins of American political thought and extending to modern attempts to strike a balance between individual rights and social needs.
POLS A215 Introduction to State and Local Politics 3 crs.
This course examines the role of the states and localities in the American federal system. Emphasis is on political cultures and styles, policy-making institutions, and the changes reshaping their place in American government.
POLS A216 Politics of Race and Ethnicity 3 crs.
This course examines the significance of race and ethnicity in American politics, beginning with a historical look at early immigrant groups in the political system and then focusing on the experiences of particular groups today, including African-Americans, Latinos, and Asians. Finally, case studies from various U.S. cities are utilized to evaluate the gains that minority groups can achieve through electoral politics.
POLS A218 Courts/Judges/Politics 3 crs.
The course examines the role of the judiciary in the governmental policy-making process at both the federal and state levels. Emphasis is placed on the role of political and social factors in the selection of judges and in judicial decision-making, as well as the interrelationship between law and politics in the American political and social systems.
POLS A220 The Urban Process 3 crs.
This course examines the nature of the modern city, with special attention to forces shaping the city, including the social, political, economic, ecological, and value systems which underlie the dynamics of urban life and culture. Attention is given to the various forms which cities have taken in the past and may take in the future.
POLS A230 History of Political Thought I 3 crs.
This course approaches the development of political thought from a traditional view, employing cultural and intellectual history and traditional philosophy to review the social, historical, and political contexts of thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Machiavelli, and others.
POLS A231 History of Political Thought II 3 crs.
This course utilizes the same approach of POLS A230, but covers the period from 1500 to the present. It includes considerable discussion of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Bentham, Mill, Hegel, and Marx.
POLS A300 Constitutional Law I 3 crs.
Discussions include the origins of constitutionalism and the framing of the U.S. Constitution; nature and scope of judicial review; sources and nature of legislative and executive power; the commerce power and state power to regulate; and introduction to 14th Amendment due process.
POLS A301 Constitutional Law II 3 crs.
This course discusses individual rights and liberties, with emphasis on post-1937 developments in areas of First Amendment and 14th Amendment equal protection.
POLS A305 Political Parties and Pressure Groups 3 crs.
This course involves party system, theory, and practice on national, state, and local levels; nominations, conventions, etc.; major pressure groups; methods used to mobilize public opinion; and the influence of pressure groups on government.
POLS A315 International Relations 3 crs.
This is a comprehensive, systematic study of fundamental principles that govern international politics.
POLS A320 U.S. Foreign Policy 3 crs.
This course examines post WWII U.S. behavior in the international arena with emphasis divided between U.S. actions and reactions on a worldwide scale. Discussions of current events are held weekly.
POLS A325 Foreign Policy of Russia 3 crs.
Russian foreign policy since the revolution is presented and evaluated. Discussions of current events are held weekly.
POLS A340 Law Among Nations 3 crs.
The course utilizes legal and political approaches to understand the relationship between national sovereignty and the increasing need for communitarian action on issues of peace, war, human rights, and North-South relations. Treaty texts and cases of international and municipal courts are analyzed.
POLS A341 International Organizations 3 crs.
This course examines the historical origins and theories of international organizations and the patterns of communitarian behavior in the international system. Concentration will be on the United Nations, European Community, and N.A.T.O.
POLS A344 Scope and Methods in Political Science 3 crs.
An introduction to the methods of political analysis and criticism, the course analyzes political language, the media, the foundations of political argument, the science of politics, and the methodology of social science.
Prerequisites: POLS A100, A200 or A201 or A315 or permission of instructor.
POLS A346 Polling and Voting Behavior 3 crs.
This course is an examination of the psychological, cultural, and social bases of political behavior, including the study of attitude formation, group affiliation, collective behavior, and the role of values in political behavior.
POLS A347 Political Economy 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to the study of political economy and focuses on the development of the discipline from the 18th century to the present and engages the student in the debates surrounding some of the most important texts in political economy. The student will read Locke, Smith, Marx, and others who have influenced political-economic arguments in the West since 1650.
POLS A495 Special Project Capstone
The main project for this course is a research paper, with a variety of topics, supervised by the entire faculty of the department. In addition, students will have an opportunity to discuss and critique the department curriculum, and to engage in conversations with guest speakers on current issues in each of the major subfields of the discipline.
POLS A497 Internship/ Practicum arranged
An internship is supervised practical experience. A practicum is supervised practical application of previously studied theory.
POLS A499 Independent Study arranged
POLS W249 Ancient and Medieval Political Thought 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Pre-modern
This course examines the development of political thought from the ancient Hebrews to the end of the Middle Ages, with special emphasis on Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas. Cultural and intellectual history as well as traditional philosophy are utilized to place these thinkers (and others) in their social, historical, and political contexts.
POLS X234 Politics and Corruption 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This course covers issues of morality and corruption in American political life. Basic questions are: What moral standards guide–and should guide–the politician to make the system work better? How widespread is corruption in America and what forms does it take?
POLS X246 Politics and Society 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
The course is designed to introduce the student to the tools available for understanding and making decisions about both current and recurring political problems in modern society: Who should govern, who does govern, what is just government, are all citizens equal, must the individual or society prevail, what are rights, what is law?
POLS X252 The Bill of Rights 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This course examines the nature and scope of civil liberties in America by focusing on the U.S. Constitution’s chief source of fundamental liberties–the Bill of Rights. Major topics of discussion include origins and antecedents; the incorporation debate; and Supreme Court interpretations (and limitations) of fundamental freedoms.
POLS X254 American Political Ideas 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This course discusses basic political concepts like freedom, equality, tradition, and success by introducing students to some of the most influential political and social thinkers writing about America. The course will explore the history of some of these concepts and the debates surrounding them.
POLS X256 The Urban Form 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavior/Social Sciences Modern
This course is an exploration of the cultural values expressed in the built form of 19th- and 20th-century cities in the U.S. and Europe. Through the works of historians, architects, planners, urban geographers, and other theorists–and through slides and films–students will examine modern and postmodern urban forms and critically assess their impact on society.
POLS X258 Global Political Issues 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
The global economy and wide accessibility of new technologies present serious political challenges. This course considers the dilemmas politicians face in addressing global problems ranging from nuclear politics to North-South issues. Other topics include global problem solving, related changes in national sovereignty, and detailed study of specific global issues.
POLS X259 Politics and the Media 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This course examines how the media affect people’s opinions and decision making. Significant events such as the Vietnam war will be analyzed to learn how communications affects decisions.
| Major (33 credit hours) | Cr. Hours |
| Social Sciences Electives | 33 |
| A student may select courses from criminal justice, history*, political science, psychology, and sociology. A minimum of 18 credit hours and maximum of 27 credit hours are required in one discipline. A student may not take more than 15 hours in criminal justice courses as major electives. At least 18 hours in major courses must be upper division-level courses. | |
| Adjunct (12 credit hours) | |
| Humanities Electives | 9 |
| A student may select courses from English, foreign language, history*, music, philosophy, religious studies, and visual or fine arts. | |
| Mathematics/Natural Sciences Elective | 3 |
| A student may select from mathematics and natural science. | |
| Core Courses (42 credit hours) | 42 |
| Free Electives (33 credit hours) | 33 |
| TOTAL CREDIT HOURS | 120 |
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CHAIR: Sue Falter Mennino, Ph.D.
PROFESSORS: Anthony E. Ladd, Ph.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: Kathleen Fitzgerald, Ph.D.; Marcus M. Kondkar, Ph.D.; Angel Adams Parham, Ph.D.
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS: Jaita Talukdar, Ph.D.
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY: 537 Monroe Hall
WEB PAGE: css.loyno.edu/sociology/
Sociology is the scientific study of society and human behavior. Sociologists study patterns of interaction among people with an emphasis on how their beliefs and actions are influenced by various groups, institutions, and the broader societal forces of contemporary life. More than just a course of study, sociology emphasizes combining theoretical insights and empirical data in order to scientifically analyze the social world in a way that enables students to understand and explain the social order in which they live and to predict future trends, problems, and developments. Through systematic and detailed analysis, sociological research works to dispel many prevailing "myths" about society and human behavior and uncover the reality behind events that often are hidden from or misunderstood by the public. Sociological research seeks comprehensive understanding and explanations for people's behaviors and attitudes with an emphasis on how social organizations and social groups affect human behaviors and relationships.
Loyola’s sociology program offers students three possible specialty tracks: crime, law and social control; social justice and inequalities; and global sociology.
Thorough undergraduate training in sociology provides the basis for both vocational and general life purposes, especially for careers in corporate, governmental, and non-profit social service professions where a solid background in the social sciences is expected or preferred. The student who earns the B.A. degree in sociology is also prepared to enter graduate or professional school to work for a higher academic or professional degree.
REQUIRED COURSES
The degree program in sociology consists of 36 credit hours of sociology courses, with Introduction to Sociology, Development of Social Thought, Sociological Theory, Research Methods and lab, Social Statistics and lab, the Senior Capstone and Research Project, and one of six elective courses: Cultural Anthropology, Criminal Behavior, Law & Social Control, Social Problems, Global Sociology, and Social/Political Inequality. These 24 credit hours of required courses in the degree program are designed to acquaint the student with the social forces and processes which shape contemporary society, and also to provide a thorough foundation in major sociological concepts, theories, and research techniques.
ELECTIVE COURSES IN THE MAJOR
In addition to required courses which provide a firm foundation in the fundamentals of sociology, the department offers a variety of other courses of interest to all undergraduate students. Elective courses reflect the department’s three specialty tracks noted above and include, for example, social problems, environment and society, law and social control, criminal behavior, social and political inequality, gender, race and ethnic conflict, peoples of Latin America, cultural anthropology, global environmental crisis and urban sociology. Each sociology student, in consultation with his or her academic adviser, will select a set of four elective courses in sociology (12 credit hours), which best meet his or her particular interests or future professional needs.
SOCIOLOGY MINOR
For those who wish to pursue another area of study as their primary major, the curriculum of the sociology program can serve as an adaptable and attractive minor (22 credit hours) or even as a double major. Increasing numbers of students are combining their interests in this way, especially as it expands their skills and employability. In addition, sociology majors are also urged to select minors in such complementing fields as psychology, political science, communications, history, religious studies, philosophy, education, women’s studies, environmental studies, African and African American studies, American studies, Latin American studies or New Orleans Studies.
DEPARTMENTAL EMPHASIS
The Department of Sociology continues to make a special effort to acquaint students with the New Orleans urban region and to commit the resources of students and faculty alike in finding solutions to the social problems of this area. The faculty share a strong commitment to rigorous academic preparation and to teaching students to think critically about social justice principles and their realization in the community through social action. As a reflection of this commitment, service learning and student research are incorporated, when appropriate, into selected courses.
For additional information about the sociology curriculum, learning objectives, faculty, and opportunities for students, please visit our website at css.loyno.edu/sociology/
BACHELOR OF ARTS–SOCIOLOGY
| Freshman | Fall | Spring | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major | SOCI A100 — SOCI Elective | 3 | 3 |
| Foreign Language | 3 | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | MATH A115 | 3 | 0 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 9 | |
| Semester Totals | 15 | 15 | |
| Total | 30 | ||
| Sophomore | Fall | Spring | |
| Major | SOCI W240, SOCI A345 | 3 | 3 |
| Major | SOCI Electives | 0 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Electives | 6 | 3 | |
| Semester Total | 15 | 15 | |
| Total | 30 | ||
| Junior | Fall | Spring | |
| Major | SOCI A335, A336 | 3 | 3 |
|
Major Major |
SOCI A338, A339 SOCI Elective |
1 3 |
1 0 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Adjunct/Electives | 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Total | 16 | 13 | |
| Total | 29 | ||
| Senior | Fall | Spring | |
|
Major Major |
SOCI A480 SOCI A481 |
0 0 |
3 1 |
| Major | SOCI Electives | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 3 | |
| Electives | 9 | 6 | |
| Semester Totals | 15 | 16 | |
| Total | 31 | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | ||
SOCI A100 Introductory Sociology 3 crs.
This introductory course focuses on the key concepts, theories, and methods that sociologists use to understand the social world. Readings, lectures, videos, and presentations are used to examine the role that culture, socialization, social inequality, and social institutions (e.g., family, education, government, economy, religion) play in shaping human behaviors and human interactions.
SOCI A200 Cultural Anthropology 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to cultural anthropology, which seeks to explain how and why peoples’ behaviors are both similar and different by studying their social, symbolic, and material lives. The course examines the relationships between culture and economic systems, social structures, politics, and the environment.
SOCI A202 Introduction to Social Work 3 crs.
The goal of this course is to help students to develop an understanding of the history, theory and practice of social work. Special emphasis will be on developing a working knowledge of social work methods and the varied fields of practice in which social workers may operate.
SOCI A204 Introduction to Haitian Society and Culture 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to the rich culture, society and history of Haiti. Readings, lectures, films, and other activities will cover a variety of topics in order to introduce the complexity of Haiti as fully as possible. We will begin by discussing Haitian history, particularly the Haitian Revolution and the impact of the Revolution on other parts of the Americas--including its impact on New Orleans. We will spend a good amount of time looking at the roles of religion in Haitian society with a focus on Vodoun (commonly known as Voodoo in the U.S.) and Christianity. We will also study some of the major literary and intellectual movements in Haiti and during this time we will read significant works of poetry, fiction and other writings representative of these movements. Finally, we will devote a substantial amount of time to studying Haitian politics, the rural and urban sectors in Haiti, and the Haitian diaspora--the large number of people who have emigrated from Haiti to many other countries. This diaspora plays an important role in the country's economy and politics.
SOCI A210 Social Psychology 3 crs.
This course is a survey of major social psychological theories and topics, with special emphasis on socialization, processes of social perception, and patterns of social interaction, including affiliation, aggression, and intergroup cooperation.
SOCI A215 Criminal Behavior 3 crs.
This course is a critical examination of the nature and extent of deviant and criminal behavior in complex, industrial societies. Particular attention will be given to the causes and consequences of criminal and deviant behavior.
SOCI A216 Law and Social Control 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to law and legal institutions as formal mechanisms for controlling deviant and criminal behavior. While emphasis will be placed on the social processes whereby laws are enacted, administered, and enforced and on the social institutions created to detect, process, punish, and treat law violators, the course also examines the relationship between law and non-legal forms of social control.
SOCI A220 Social Protest Movements 3 crs.
This course is a historical and sociological analysis of some of the major social movements and collective protests of the 20th century. Particular emphasis is given to understanding the Civil Rights and New Left movements of the 1960s, as well as the linkages of the Old Left, labor, prohibition, conservative, and feminist movements of the past and present.
SOCI A235 Applied Sociology 3 crs.
This course introduces students to the scientific discipline of sociology. Students will be exposed to key concepts, theories, and methodological approaches used by sociologists to understand the social world. The focus of the course will be on the application of the sociological perspective and tools of the discipline. Within this context, students will be exposed to the diversity of perspectives surrounding the conceptualization and practice of applied and clinical sociology today. The course will provide students with skills to understand and work for social change in ways they deem appropriate. The course will be divided into the following three major sections: 1) exploring the work of applied sociologists in diverse settings and the nature of their contributions across substantive areas of the discipline; 2) understanding the nature of evaluation research including the comprehensive range of activities involved in designing, implementing, and assessing the utility of social programs; and 3) introducing and applying diverse models of policy analysis that can be employed to explore selected social welfare issues.
SOCI A240 Sociology of the Family 3 crs.
This course explores the impact of social changes on family structures. Throughout the course, the sociological perspective is employed to focus on the link between larger social forces and their impact on intimate relationships. An emphasis is placed on the interactive relationships which exist between gender, race, social class, age, and sexual orientation and the constraints they impose on individuals and families.
SOCI A250 The Sociology of Gender 3 crs.
This course focuses on the constraints that the social construction of gender imposes on both men and women in our gender-stratified society. The emphasis of this course will be on developing a critical, empirically-based understanding of the structural and historical foundations affecting males and females in society.
SOCI A255 The Sociology of Sexualities 3 crs.
This course will examine the social construction of sexuality, sexual identities, and the influence of society on sexuality, including societal attempts at regulating sexuality and the ways gender influences sexual attitudes and behaviors. Particular attention will be given to the emergence of queer identities, politics, and activism. Finally, the course will critically interrogate heterosexism, homophobia, compulsory heterosexuality, and sexual commodification and globalization.
SOCI A260 Women in Latin America 3 crs.
This course examines the social-structural context, daily realities, and contributions of Latin American women in the economy, politics, and the arts, with an emphasis on the 20th century. In so doing, the course also aims to convey a more thorough understanding of contemporary Latin American societies.
SOCI A270 Sociology of Popular Culture 3 crs.
This course explores the social, cultural, and political implications of popular culture. Focusing on television, advertisements, magazines, movies, and music, the course examines how popular culture may reinforce gender, race, class, and generational divisions in American society, as well as how individuals and audiences may use, and manipulate, popular culture in order to challenge those divisions.
SOCI A285 Sociology of Disaster 3 crs.
“Disasters” are traumatic events that interrupts the everyday functioning of communities in a wide variety of ways. This course explores a broad scope of different kinds of disasters, with a focus on the anthropogenic aspects of their causes and effects. We will, of course, be discussing New Orleans’ ongoing recovery (or lack thereof) from Hurricane Katrina throughout the semester, drawing from our readings about other disasters to help us understand what has happened to New Orleans and why.
SOCI A300 Urban Sociology 3 crs.
An examination of the nature of the modern city, with special attention to forces shaping the city, including the social, political, economic, ecological and value systems which underlie the dynamics of urban life and culture. Attention will also be given to the various forms which cities have taken in the past and may take in the future.
SOCI A301 Human Behavior and Social Work 3 crs.
This course is a consideration of the relationship between individual functioning and broader biological, social and cultural forces with specific application to the field of social work practice.
SOCI A305 Social/Political Inequality 3 crs.
The unequal distribution of wealth and power, both globally and within the U.S., are examined. This course covers such topics as Third World underdevelopment, the social and political consequences of economic globalization, class conflict, and racial and gender inequality.
SOCI A310 Social Policy 3 crs.
This course is an analysis of specific social policy developments in the U.S. Consideration of contemporary and futuristic social policies are examined.
SOCI A315 Delinquency and Justice 3 crs.
This course is an examination of the nature and extent of juvenile delinquency in American society. Topics include theories of causation; juvenile justice policy; the evolution of the juvenile justice system; and methods of institutional correction and treatment.
SOCI A320 Sociology of Religion 3 crs.
The functions of religion in society and the interrelations between religion and other social institutions are critically examined.
SOCI A321 Body, Society and Health 3crs.
Students will be introduced to intellectual debates of the social body and body-related processes in the field of sociology. Particularly, this course will focus on the role social institutions of family, religion, medicine, sports, and popular culture play in shaping our bodily experiences centered around health ailments (for example, cancers, AIDS, heart diseases) and social problems of sexism, racism, classism, and heterosexism.
SOCI A323 Social Justice in New Orleans 3 crs.
In this course, students combine sociology coursework with an intensive community placement in a social justice organization in New Orleans. Students spend approximately 6-8 hours per week (at least 80 hours over the course of the semester) at their community service sites. Work in the community is supplemented by the sociological exploration of social justice in general and as it pertains to the service site.
SOCI A326 Work and Industry 3 crs.
This course traces the development of industrialization and examines the ways in which the demands of industrial production structure and transform social organization and social relationships. Specific attention will be given to the nature of work, leisure and family life and to the prospects for a post-industrial society.
SOCI A333 Correctional Institutions 3 crs.
A sociological analysis of the history, ideology, and social structure of correctional systems in the U.S. Includes an examination of sociolegal aspects of punishment ideologies, the social organization of prisons and incarcerated communities, the management and control of inmates, prison litigation, and the various alternatives to imprisonment such as jails, probation, intermediate sanctions, parole, and capital punishment.
SOCI A335 Research Methods and Techniques 3 crs.
This course introduces the basics of social science research methods commonly used in sociology. Topics include, among others, data collection, sampling, research design, social measurement, field research, interviewing techniques, and secondary data research. Students attend a weekly computer lab session that focuses on applying the principles of research methods in a research project.
Corequisite: SOCI A338
SOCI A336 Social Statistics 3 crs.
This course is a general introduction to the fundamentals of applied descriptive and inferential statistical procedures for data analysis in the social and behavioral sciences. Students completing this course are expected to have mastered these fundamental procedures and be able to apply them in the analysis of data. Students demonstrate their mastery and application of these procedures during a weekly lab period.
Corequisite: SOCI A339
Prerequisites: SOCI A335, MATH A115.
SOCI A337 Writing People, Writing Cultures 3 crs.
We are often so immersed in the task of living, that we rarely take the time to reflect on the social and cultural rules and patterns that govern our lives. Ethnography is the art of careful observation and analysis of everyday life. We will learn practical tools for carrying out participant observation, keeping field notes, interviewing, and analyzing data and we will put these tools into practice each day at designated field sites.
SOCI A338 Research Methods and Techniques Lab 1 cr.
Corequisite: SOCI A335
SOCI A339 Social Statistics Lab 1 cr.
Corequisite: SOCI A336
SOCI A345 Sociological Theory 3 crs.
This course covers the elements of theory construction including the role of deductive reasoning and the relationship between research and theory. Major theorists and theories will be studied for their strategies, purposes, and formats. Also included is a review of modern sociological paradigms and current controversies in the field.
Prerequisite: SOCI A100
SOCI A352 Global Race/Ethnic Relations 3 crs.
This course will explore the historical creation of race through colonialism and its perpetuation in the modern era of globalization, analyze significant global racial/ethnic conflicts of the modern world such as those in Rwanda, Israel/Palestine, South Africa and Dafur. Additionally, this course will focus on the ongoing racial/ethnic division and strife across the world, specifically focusing on how race manifests in different countries across the globe. The role of race/ethnic strife in global migration will be explored. And finally, attention will be paid to resolving racial/ethnic conflicts.
SOCI A365 The Sixties 3 crs.
This course offers a social history and a critical analysis of one of the most turbulent, complex, and watershed decades in U.S. history. From the Cold War of the 1950s to the end of the Vietnam war in 1975, the major people, events, ideas, music, protests, struggles, and innovations of the era are examined through readings, film, and multimedia.
SOCI A375 U.S. Civil Rights Movement 3 crs.
This course provides a social history and social movement analysis of the key years of the early U.S. Civil Rights Movement from 1954-1968. Attention is also given to the historical origins of the Freedom Struggle from slavery up through the years of Jim Crow Segregation, as well as addresses the movement's aftermath and its ongoing sociological impacts on contemporary American society.
SOCI A400 Third World Repression/ Revolution 3 crs.
This course examines sociological perspectives on the causes and outcomes of revolution in the Third World (Asia, Africa, and Latin America). Special attention is given to the cultural politics of revolution, including the role of art, film, literature, and education in forging new national identities, ideologies, and practices.
SOCI A480 Senior Capstone 3 crs.
This course combines the elements of a seminar with sociological research. This course is intended to help students pull their undergraduate learning together in a meaningful way as they “do sociology” outside of the classroom. It is an opportunity to integrate the theories, concepts, and methods of sociology as students fulfill the requirements of the course and prepare themselves for the future. Students will write a research report and present the results of that research in two public forums, a conference-like setting and a poster session. Students will also develop their resume and learn the latest techniques of searching for jobs and/or graduate schools.
Corequisite: SOCI A481
Prerequisite: SOCI A335
SOCI A481 Research Project 1 cr.
Students enroll in this course in conjunction with the senior capstone course, A480. In this course they conduct their own original research project under the tutelage of a faculty member. Students are responsible for a complete research project, including research design, data collection, and data analysis and interpretation.
Corequisite: SOCI A480
Prerequisite: SOCI A335
SOCI A495 Special Project arranged
This project focuses on the creative or productive efforts of one or more students. A special project is distinguished from a research project in its lack of the historical or experimental method and perspective characteristics of research.
Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
SOCI A496 Seminar/Workshop arranged
A seminar is a supervised group of students sharing the results of their research on a common topic. A workshop is a supervised groups of students participating in a common effort.
SOCI A497 Internship (arranged) 3 crs.
Must be at least a junior.
Must have completed 12 hours of sociology courses.
SOCI A498 Research Projects 3 crs.
Provides an opportunity for students to conduct an empirical or historical investigation on a topic of their choice with the approval of the supervising faculty. The end product is a written report.
SOCI A499 Independent Study (arranged)
SOCI H295 Honors Social Science: Planet Earth Blues 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: University Honors Program
This course is a critical examination of the core biophysical, cultural, economic, and sociopolitical roots of our global environmental crisis. Students will be introduced to many of the most pressing environmental problems facing the planet today–including population growth, energy use, climate change, deforestation, and biodiversity decline–and the extent to which these problems relate to larger global issues concerning development, globalization, social inequality, and human rights concerns.
SOCI W240 Development of Social Thought 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Pre-modern
This course reviews the major theoretical sources and historical contexts of the Western ideas of society, culture, and human nature by tracing the development of scientific sociology. The course considers the contributions sociology has made in dealing with the issues of objectivity and the separation of fact from value and human beings’ general understanding of themselves and their social existence.
SOCI X232 Social Problems 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This Common Curriculum course focuses on sociological approaches to understanding and resolving many of the most pressing social problems facing our global and national societies. Readings, lectures, and films expose students to a variety of perspectives on issues such as poverty, homelessness, inequality, and welfare reform; racism, sexism, and discrimination against gays and lesbians; Third World underdevelopment and immigration; population growth and environmental destruction; crime and criminal justice; and AIDS and public health care.
SOCI X235 Environment and Society 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This course explores the relationship of humans and their societies to the natural environment. Integrating both scientific and philosophical viewpoints, this course focuses on introducing students to the basic concepts, ecological philosophies, political strategies, and social history of the U.S. environmental movement.
SOCI X236 Global Environmental Crisis 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This course is a general exploration of the major ecological problems facing the planet today and their relationship to globalization trends and patterns of social inequality. Topics such as global warming, ozone destruction, acid rain, declining energy resources, overpopulation, hunger, soil erosion, deforestation, species extinction, solid and hazardous wastes, and general pollution issues are critically examined.
SOCI X240 Global Sociology 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
The course examines colonial and post-colonial relationships between countries at different levels of social and economic development, with a focus on the impact of globalization. We explore the challenge of resolving international differences over issues like women’s rights, human rights, the environment, religion, and traditional culture.
SOCI X245 Peoples of Latin America 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This Common Curriculum course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to modern Latin America–its social, economic, political, and cultural structures and practices. The course aims to help students develop the analytical skills necessary to better understand and appreciate the region’s rich diversity and complexity, including its relationship to the U.S. and world-system.
SOCI X250 Encountering the Caribbean 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
Caribbean societies are varied in their social, political, and cultural characteristics, but united by their history of colonialism and struggles for national independence and political and economic autonomy. This course examines the social, cultural, political, and economic factors that have shaped Caribbean societies.
SOCI X252 Violence and Society 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
In the light of the alarming prevalence of violence in our country and in our world, this course addresses possible causes, various contexts, and positive solutions regarding this important phenomenon. Interdisciplinary insights and literature will be reviewed and discussed.
SOCI X255 Race, Racism, and Privilege 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This course is an overview and analysis of the dynamics of racism, prejudice, and discrimination against racial/ethnic minorities as well as the other side of racism, white privilege. Particular attention is paid to the historical and sociological basis for racial and ethnic tensions in the United States and the racial ideologies that support racial/ethnic inequality. Extensive attention is given to the social construction of race/ethnicity as well as the significant role that race/ethnicity plays in all of our lives.
SOCI X256 Race, Class and Schools in New Orleans 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
Education as a social institution is one of the major structural components of a society. A sociological analysis of education gives a deeper understanding of the purpose of education in a society as well as how education interacts with other social institutions, for example, the family, religion, the political system and the economic system. This course will emphasize the ways schools reproduce, reinforce and challenge existing social, economic and political relationships, with particular focus on schools in post-Katrina New Orleans.
SOCI X258 U.S. Immigration: History and Policy 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This course is designed to help students develop awareness, understanding and critical engagement of the issues of immigration. The course interdisciplinary and incorporates sociolgy, law, political science, philosophy, history, public health, and economics. The course will begin by examining the philosophy of immigration policy and the history of immigration in the United States. It will then move to the economic and social implications of immigration, and pay particular attention to 20th century Latin American migration to the U.S. Students will also read and discuss particular policy issues (border, immigration court system) in order to develop individual analyses and responses to teh issues that confront policy makers and the immigrants themselves. The course will require the students to think critically in developing new approaches to immigration policy.
SOCI X308 Refugees and Forced Displacement 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This course is designed to help students develop awareness, understanding and critical engagement of the issues faced by refugees and displaced persons, as well as the governments and international organizations designed to serve them. The course is interdisciplinary and incorporates sociology, law, political science, philosophy, history, public health, and economics. This course will provide a broad overview of the international situation of refugees and people displaced by war and violence. It will examine the historical treatment of such populations and analyze current laws and protection mechanisms available to refugees and displaced persons. The course will require students not only to study the laws and protections available, but also to think critically in developing new approaches or highlighting lacunae in current relief efforts and protection mechanisms.
SOCI X312 African Diaspora Communities and Cultures 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
The African diaspora in the Americas includes diverse communities and cultures. What are their commonalities and differences? What does it mean to be both "African" and "American"? We will study the rich tradition of scholarly work that has addressed these questions by examining African diaspora experiences in different parts of the Americas.
SOCI X416 Gender, Law, and Social Control 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This course offers a critical examination of the relationships between law, social control, and gender inequality in the U.S. While a number of theoretical approaches are discussed in this course, we primarily examine the various substantive issues of law and gender from a feminist perspective. Gender is the primary organizing variable for the course materials, but at each stage we consider the intersections between gender, class, and race. Topics covered include: core concepts of law, legal systems, crime, social control, the social construction of gender, feminist theory and feminist jurisprudence, gendered patters of criminal offending and victimization (with particular attention to intimate partner violence, rape, and child sex abuse), issues in family law, reproduction, and gendered patterns of sentencing and punishment.
DIRECTOR: Ann H. Cary, Ph.D., MPH, RN, OFFICE: 205 Stallings Hall
PROFESSORS: Ann H. Cary, Patricia Lane, Gail Tumulty
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: Barbara A. Bihm, Cynthia Collins, Debra Copeland, Laurie Anne Ferguson, Michael T. Landry, Heidi T. Landry, Mary D. Oriol, Jane Savage
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS: Beverly A. Anderson, Adrienne Bethancourt, Kim B. Brannagan, Gwendolyn George, Lisa J. Linville, Martiza Salgado
INSTRUCTOR: Mary C. Foley
WEB PAGE: css.loyno.edu/nursing/
The mission of the School of Nursing is to educate professional nurses based on Jesuit values who lead change and translate science into practice in a dynamic global health care environment. Our vision is a world where every nurse is a leader.
The School of Nursing sponsors the following degrees: BSN, MSN and Doctor of Nursing Practice.
Loyola’s bachelor of science in nursing and master of science in nursing degree programs are accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) through spring 2015. To contact the NLNAC, use the following information. Address: 3343 Peachtree NE, Suite 500, Atlanta, GA 30326; Phone: (404) 975-5000
The primary mission of the Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing Program of Loyola University is to enhance the RN-BSN students' abilities to act as nurse generalists who possess professional competencies to provide and coordinate client care in a variety of settings. The curriculum is designed to achieve this end. Through upper division nursing studies, the curriculum offers the opportunity for high quality professional nursing education within the multidisciplinary context of Jesuit university education.
Loyola University’s School of Nursing is an innovative upper division professional nursing program designed to meet the needs of registered nurses who wish to obtain a bachelor of science in nursing (B.S.N.) degree. The program prepares the graduate for expanded professional roles and for graduate study. The B.S.N. program is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) through Spring 2015 and is available both in New Orleans and through Loyola’s Distance Learning Program (DLP). The NLNAC may be contacted by writing to: 3343 Peachtree, NE, Suite 500, Atlanta, GA 30326 or by calling (404) 975-5000.
To be admitted into the nursing program, a student must be a registered nurse with a current license to practice in the United States. The student must complete the regular university admissions process. A student who does not complete the admissions process prior to registration can enroll as a transient student for one semester by presenting the R.N. license at registration. Sixty days prior to enrollment, the student it required to apply for a certified background review at their own expense, by a provider designated by Loyola University New Orleans, with results provided to Loyola University New Orleans School of Nursing, Attention: Lisa Williams. Information on this process will be provided upon acceptance of an admission offer.
A minimum of 121 semester credit hours is required for the B.S.N. degree. No lower division nursing courses are taught at Loyola. Credit for lower division nursing (i.e., adult health, parent-child health, mental health) is awarded by validation of transfer credit for associate degree graduates or validation of advanced placement credit for diploma nursing school graduates. The last 30 credit hours must be completed at Loyola University New Orleans.
An R.N.-to-M.S.N. option is available to qualified students who plan to pursue a graduate degree at Loyola in the Health Care Systems Management Program. This option allows qualified applicants to substitute several M.S.N. graduate-level nursing courses for similar, but lower-level, B.S.N. undergraduate nursing courses. The benefit to the student is that 6 semester hours of M.S.N. coursework are applied to the B.S.N. degree, leaving fewer semester hours remaining to complete the M.S.N. degree. The R.N.-to-M.S.N. options are described more fully in Loyola’s Graduate Bulletin.
An RN who has a non-nursing bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university may enter Loyola's MSN program without obtaining a BSN degree. The BLEND program provides the RN the opportunity to enroll in the M.S.N. Health Care Systems Management (HCSM) program. To be admitted to the M.S.N. program, the RN must complete Loyola's BLEND program which is comprised of two, three-credit courses (NURS 482 & NURS 483) that serve as prerequisites to 700- level nursing courses. BLEND courses are delivered in distance learning format. Students in the Blend program do not receive a BSN. Blend students are awarded an MSN degree upon completion of the MSN Bridge Course requirements.
| Major (50 credit hours) |
Cr. Hrs.
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| Lower Division Nursing Courses (see previous page) |
24
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| NURS 364 | Health Assessment |
3
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| NURS 379 | Nursing Leadership & Promotion of Quality Care and Patient Safety |
4
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| NURS 384 | Spirituality in Health and Illness |
3
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| NURS 452 | Nursing Research and Evidenced-based Practice |
3
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| NURS 482 | Issues in Professional Nursing |
3
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| NURS 483 | Population Health |
3
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| NURS 485 | Information Management & Patient Care Technology |
3
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| NURS 486 | Introduction to Health Care Delivery Systems & Policy |
3
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NURS 468 Advanced Topics in Nursing Required Core and Adjunct Courses (42 credit hours) |
3
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| BIOL C210, C211 | Anatomy and Physiology |
6
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| CHEM C105 | General Chemistry I Lecture |
3
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| BIOL C280 | Microbiology |
3
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| BIOL C335 | Basic Nutrition |
3
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| HOD C260 | Elementary Statistics |
3
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| PSYC C330 | Developmental Psychology |
3
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| PSYC A100 | Introduction to Psychology |
3
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| SOCI A100 | Introduction to Sociology |
3
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| ENGL T122 | Critical Reading/Writing |
3
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| ENGL T125 | The Emerging Self |
3
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| PHIL T122 | Introduction to Philosophy |
3
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| RELS T122 | Intro to World Religions |
3
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| HIST T122 | World Civilizations to 1650 |
3
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| or HIST T124 | World Civilizations from 1650 | ||||
| Elective Core and Adjunct Courses (16 credit hours) |
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| Fine Arts |
3
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| Literature |
3
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| Philosophy |
3
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| Religious Studies |
3
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| Science Laboratory |
1
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| Liberal Studies |
3
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| Social Science |
3
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| Free Electives |
9
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| TOTAL CREDIT HOURS |
121
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View Nursing Course Descriptions
(View College of Social Sciences Common Curriculum Requirements.)
NURS 364 Health Assessment 3 crs.
This emphasis of this course is on providing the student with tools of assessment to appraise the health of individuals. Knowledge from biological sciences is used within the context of the nursing process to develop skill in systematic assessment of clients in all phases of the life cycle.
NURS 379 Nursing Leadership & Promotion of Quality Care and Pa crs.
This course emphasizes the role of nurse leader in professional nursing practice and provides an introduction to the theory and practice of nursing leadership and management. The emphasis is on understanding the key components of the leadership/management process which include critically thinking, communicating effectively, handling conflict, delegating successfully, controlling resources, improving quality and safety and leading change. Focus is on the nursing role of leader/manager in practice settings and improving the quality and safety of patient populations.
NURS 384 Spirituality in Health and Illness 3 crs.
The Jesuit Catholic tradition emphasizes the role of spirituality and faith in shaping the person. This course explores the relationship between spirituality and nursing and focuses on spiritual assessment of a diverse client population across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on the role of the nurse in providing spiritual and nursing care. Key concepts explored in the course include; spiritual well-being, end-of-life issues, hospice, palliative care and bereavement.
Prerequisite: NURS C361.
NURS C452 Nursing Research and Evidence-based Practice 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to nursing research. Emphasis is placed on understanding how to search for research information, analyze and utilize research findings in the practice setting. The outcome of the course is for the student to become an informed consumer of research. Key concepts discussed in the course include the research process, evidenced-based practice and research utilization.
Prerequisites: statistics.
NURS C468 Advanced Topics in Nursing Practice 3 crs.
This course focuses on selected nursing topics (ex. Spanish for Health-Care; Genetics)
NURS C482 Issues in Professional Nursin 3 crs.
This course is designed to assist in the transition of the student to the role of the B.S.N. prepared professional nurse in a health care setting. Emphasis is placed on professional communication and current professional and health care issues that impact the professional nurse practicing in a contemporary healthcare environment.
NURS C483 Population Health 3 crs.
This course focuses on the delivery of population-focused nursing care to aggregates, communities or population groups. Emphasis is placed on health promotion and disease prevention of population groups and the nurse's role in improving the population health of specified groups.
NURS 485 Information Management & Patient Care Technology 3 crs.
This course provides the student with an overview of nursing informatics and the role of the nurse in managing health care information in a health care setting. Emphasis is placed on the application of technology and information management to support clinical decision-making that improves patient care outcomes. Key concepts explored in the course include; the history of healthcare informatics, basic informatic concepts, current issues and health information management applications.
NURS 486 Introduction to Health Care Delivery Systems & Policy 3crs
This course provides the student with an introduction to health care delivery systems, health policy and policy formation, finances and health care outcomes in the U.S. system. Emphasis placed on improving delivery of care to population and vulnerable groups. Current trends and issues in the health care delivery system and nursing will be discussed.
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Qualified applicants may enroll at the beginning of the fall, spring, or summer term. December 1 for the fall term and November 1 for the spring term are the suggested deadlines for admission as a degree-seeking student; however, applicants may be admitted as degree, non-degree, or transient students after these dates. Non-degree and transient students are ineligible for certain types of state and federal aid.
Admission to the university represents a selection based on the personal and academic records of the applicant. Evaluation by the Admissions Review Committee is devised to select a student body with high standards of scholarship, personal character, and serious educational aims, without regard to age, color, creed, disability, national origin, race, sex, or sexual orientation.
Freshman admission is based on the credentials submitted by a student for the admissions portfolio. National test scores, high school transcripts, the counselor or teacher evaluation, the résumé, and the essay are evaluated by the committee. For applicants to the freshman class, a six-semester high school transcript will be used in consideration for admission. Acceptance to Loyola is contingent upon continued successful academic performance and graduation from high school. The objective of the admissions process is to select the students who may profit from the courses of study and services offered by Loyola University and to maintain the academic standards that have brought recognition to Loyola as a Catholic, Jesuit university. Loyola encourages any student to apply for admission and accepts those students whose credentials indicate a high probability of success. Because of the diversity of high school curricula, cultural influences on test results, the various abilities required in collegiate programs, and the unique background of applicants, each applicant’s admissions portfolio is reviewed individually.
Transfer student admission is based on an evaluation of official transcripts from each previous college or university, the grade point average, the transfer recommendation form, and the essay.
Although a personal interview is not required, a visit to the campus by the applicant is strongly encouraged. Appointments for interviews should be made in advance with the Office of Admissions.
Educational Levels
UNDERGRADUATE–Students who have not received a bachelor’s degree or who wish to pursue a different bachelor’s degree than already earned.
GRADUATE–Students who have received a bachelor’s degree and wish to enroll in either graduate or undergraduate coursework.
Categories
DEGREE SEEKING–Degree-seeking students are those students who wish to pursue a degree at Loyola University.
NON-DEGREE SEEKING–Non-degree-seeking students are those students who wish to enroll at Loyola on a continuing basis but not pursue a degree program.Non-degree-seeking freshmen, transfer, and graduate students are required to meet the minimum standards set for degree-seeking students in those categories.
TRANSIENTS–Transient students may be admitted for any one semester. In order to continue their enrollment in the next semester, transient students must apply as non-degree-seeking students and submit those credentials required by the admissions committee.A student who is a one-semester visiting, non-degree-seeking student at Loyola can be categorized as a Freshman or Transfer Transient I. A Freshman Transient I must submit an unofficial high school transcript or GED scores and unofficial ACT or SAT scores. Transfer Transients I must submit either a letter of good standing from their present institution (cannot be classified as on probation, suspension, or dismissal) or a final grade report from their present institution.
A student who is seeking regular admission to Loyola University as a continuing full-time or part-time degree- or non-degree-seeking student but has not been able to supply all official credentials to the Office of Admissions by the last day of late registration can be categorized as a Freshman or Transfer Transient II. A Freshman Transient II must submit an unofficial high school transcript or GED scores, unofficial ACT or SAT scores, a completed essay, and a counselor or teacher recommendation. A Transfer Transient II can be admitted with unofficial copies of transcripts from all institutions attended. If the Freshman or Transfer Transient II wishes to continue in a subsequent semester, all official credentials must be received by the Office of Admissions by registration deadlines.
Admit Types
UNDERGRADUATE FRESHMEN–Students who have not enrolled on a college campus as matriculated students. All freshmen are required to submit the application, the essay, the résumé, the counselor or teacher evaluation, the high school transcript or GED, and the results of either the American College Testing Program (ACT) or the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), waived for GED students. In certain cases, the PAA with ESLAT, TOEFL or IELTS may take the place of the SAT or ACT. Students who have received college credit while still in high school should apply as freshmen indicating some college work and having one official transcripts sent as soon as final grades are posted whether or not credit was earned. The ACT/SAT is not required of students who are entering college for the first time and are 22 years or older.
UNDERGRADUATE TRANSFER APPLICANTS–Students who have attended another college or university after graduating from high school. Transfer applicants must submit the application for admission, the essay, a letter of recommendation, a résumé, and one official transcripts from each institution previously attended, whether or not credit was earned. Students who have attempted less than 12 semester hours of credit should also submit the high school transcript or GED, and the results of either the American College Testing Program (ACT) or the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), waived for students over 22 years old and GED students.
READMITS–Students who have previously enrolled at Loyola in an academic program (does not include continuing education and noncredit courses). Readmits originally admitted in fall 1989 or in later semesters need only complete the application form if they have not attended another institution since their last enrollment at Loyola. Readmits who have attended another institution since their last enrollment at Loyola and have attempted more than 12 semester hours at the other institution are required to follow the same procedures as transfer students. Readmits with 12 or fewer transfer hours are required to submit official transcripts and will be evaluated for readmission based on their Loyola GPA and their transfer work. Rules for evaluation of transfer credit and courses which may be applied toward a degree program may have changed while students were not in attendance at Loyola. If such changes have occurred, previously evaluated credit will be reevaluated.
Readmits who were originally admitted to Loyola prior to fall 1989 must submit official transcripts for all institutions attended other than Loyola.
ADMITTED–The candidate is admitted to the undergraduate program for the term designated on the application.
CONDITIONAL ADMISSION–Prospective freshman students whose credentials indicate deficiencies in specific disciplines may be admitted by the Admissions Review Committee with a restricted registration. Conditions will be set by the dean of the college.
PROBATION FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS–Transfer students whose undergraduate records reflect deficiencies in specific disciplines and who are eligible to return to the institution previously attended may in some instances be admitted on probation by the Admissions Review Committee. Conditions will be set by the committee.
DEFERRED DECISION–The decision is deferred until additional information is submitted by the student. The student will be informed by the Office of Admissions of the information the committee needs to complete the credentials.
DENIED–The candidate is not accepted into the undergraduate program. This action is taken after the candidate is considered for all other admission actions.
STUDENTS RETURNING FROM EXCLUSION–Students who fail to remove probation in the specified time may be excluded from the university for a minimum of one semester or for a minimum of one year. If such students wish to return to the university after their exclusion period, they must apply for readmission. Readmission in such cases is not automatic and is decided by the dean who initiated the academic action as well as the dean of the college to which the student is applying. A mandatory part of the readmission process is an interview with the assistant/associate dean, who will, if the student is readmitted, develop a contract with the student for the appropriate curriculum and required progress. Students who reside out of state may substitute a letter to the assistant/associate dean in lieu of the interview.
Freshmen entering Loyola with transfer credits from an accredited college located within the United States must submit official transcripts for evaluation of credits within 60 days from the date of registration. Freshmen entering Loyola with transfer credits from an accredited college located outside the United States must submit official transcripts for evaluation of credits within 90 days from the date of registration. Failure to meet these requirements will result in the credits not being applied to the Loyola degree.
Freshmen entering Loyola who wish to be awarded college credit on the basis of acceptable credit by examination instruments must submit official results from the testing agencies for evaluation of credits within 60 days from the date of registration. International students must submit official results from the testing agencies for evaluation of credits within 90 days from the date of registration. Failure to meet these requirements will result in the credits not being applied to the Loyola degree.
Students on suspension, exclusion, or dismissal by another university are ineligible to be considered for admission to Loyola until the period of suspension, exclusion, or dismissal is met.
TUITION AND RESIDENCE HALL DEPOSITS–Following acceptance, all first-time full-time undergraduate and graduate students must submit a non-refundable deposit of $500 ($300 for those not planning to live on campus) on or before May 1 in order to reserve a place in the class and/or residence halls. Deposits received after May 1 are accepted on a space available basis. Checks should be payable to Loyola University and sent to the Office of Admissions. Deposits are applicable to tuition and/or room charges.
CAMPUS RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS AND RESIDENCE HALL CONTRACTS–All freshman and sophomore undergraduate students less than 21 years of age not from the New Orleans metropolitan area are required, as a condition of enrollment, to reside in university housing and to participate in a meal plan program. Advanced placement or transfer credits do not negate this requirement. New Orleans undergraduate freshmen under 21 years of age must either reside in university housing, if space permits, or with a parent or legal guardian. Residence hall information is sent with the official notification of a student’s acceptance. Reservations for all students are confirmed only after receipt of a signed contract, a $200 housing deposit, and verification of adequate accident/sickness insurance coverage. Residence hall contracts and accident/sickness insurance cards should be sent to the Office of Admissions. For further information about housing and health insurance, refer to the Student Life section of this bulletin.
MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS–Loyola University New Orleans and Louisiana law requires all incoming students and students residing on campus to submit vaccination documentation. This requirement includes proof of immunization for tetanus/diphtheria (within the past 10 years), meningococcal disease, and for students born after 1956, measles, mumps, and rubella (two doses).
Registration for any course will be “temporary” until the completed proof of immunization compliance form has been submitted to Student Health Services by the student and reviewed by Student Health Services staff. Failure to submit the completed form will result in a cancellation of classes. This requirement can be met by providing evidence of prior vaccinations or being vaccinated at Student Health Services. All vaccination forms can be found on the Student Health Services website.
FINAL TRANSCRIPTS–Immediately after high school graduation, accepted freshman applicants must have sent to the Office of Admissions an official transcript with the date of graduation or an official letter verifying graduation. Transfer students who were enrolled and taking classes at another institution at the time of their application and acceptance to Loyola must have an official transcript sent to the Office of Admissions as soon as the coursework is completed.
Students are enrolled at Loyola in accordance with the policies defined in the university Undergraduate Bulletin, Student Handbook, and the traditions of the college in effect at that time. Readmitted students are subject to the policies in effect at the time of readmission. The university reserves the right to clarify and change policy in the course of the student’s enrollment.
All applicants and Loyola students are required to provide complete, correct, and truthful information on all university applications, forms, and correspondences. Falsification of a record discovered between the time of his or her application for admission and the beginning of classes may be considered cause for cancellation of registration. Falsification discovered after the student has begun classes may be considered cause for dismissal.
Official transcripts from other accredited colleges and universities should be sent to the Office of Admissions. After having been evaluated by admissions, they will be forwarded to each dean’s office for review and application of credit toward Loyola degree requirements in the student’s chosen major. No more than 64 hours of coursework from an accredited two-year school may be applied to a Loyola degree program. The dean’s office will notify the student of the evaluation of transfer coursework. The transfer GPA will be computed and used for admission purposes only. Transfer credit will be awarded only as earned hours for approved courses in which grades of C or above have been earned. Transfer quarter hours will be converted to semester hours. Regardless of the number of hours accepted in transfer, students are required to meet the residency and degree requirements of their program of study. At least 25 percent of credit hours required for the degree must be completed at Loyola.
Earned hours from another college in remedial, technical, and/or courses not considered to be "college level" will not be accepted for transfer. Credit for proprietary and vocational programs is not transferable. Experiential learning programs and correspondence credit taken at an accredited university may be counted only if approved by the dean’s office of the college to which the student applies and the student attends. Military and other extra-institutional credits evaluated by the American Council on Education may be accepted when approved by the dean’s office of the college to which the student applies.No student on an exclusion from another institution will be considered before the term of exclusion is met. Students from Loyola who have been excluded are not allowed to take coursework elsewhere. If they violate this restriction, the transcript may be requested, but credit will not be given for the coursework nor will the GPA be used to accept or reject a student who wishes to reenter Loyola. coursework taken after the period of exclusion will be evaluated. It is the student’s responsibility to report discrepancies or question evaluations. If the student later changes colleges within the university, such work will be evaluated by the dean of the new college.
Transfer students will be informed of the amount of credit which will transfer prior to their enrollment, if possible, but at the latest, prior to the end of the first academic term in which they are enrolled.
Applicants who have a grade point average lower than that required for presentation to the Admissions Review Committee and who have not been enrolled at any college or university for at least two calendar years may petition for a special evaluation. In effect, the special evaluation eliminates all courses in which grades of D or F were received. Courses in which the student received a C or better are calculated into hours earned. It is necessary that students receive the written permission of the dean of the college they wish to enter as well as the approval of the director of admissions. Students receiving a special evaluation may not qualify for certain kinds of financial aid.
The university sponsors a fall and spring orientation for new students prior to the beginning of classes for each fall and spring term.
Orientation sessions are held during the summer for students admitted for the fall semester. All new first-year and transfer students are required to attend one of these sessions. Students who begin in the summer are required to attend fall orientation. For more information on orientation, contact the Office of Co-Curricular Programs, (504) 865-3623.
The Loyola Early Scholars Program is a viable educational alternative for gifted and talented high school students (grades 10 — 12) to earn college credit while still in high school. Students are initially admitted to the program for one semester only. They may continue in subsequent semesters (until graduation from high school) upon successful completion of each course (a grade of C or better). Academically challenging college-level courses are available during the fall, spring, and summer terms.
Eligibility Criteria and Additional Requirements
High school students entering grades 10, 11, or 12. (Not available to high school graduates.)
An official school transcript (current year plus two preceding years) with minimum GPA of 3.30 in selected subjects.
Official ACT or SAT score reports with an ACT score of 25 or SAT score of 1100 or other evidence of outstanding achievement. In addition, students wishing to pursure courses in mathematics must present a Math sub-score of at least 580 on the SAT or 24 on the ACT.
Two recommendations from the secondary school administration (from counselor or teacher, and the principal).
An essay.
An interview with a designated university official, if necessary.
A completed application for the Loyola Early Scholars Program.
Signature of approval from a parent or guardian.
Completed applications for the Early Scholars Program are due one month prior to the beginning of classes for the fall, spring, or summer terms. Availability of classes may vary from semester to semester.
The Loyola Early Artists Program offers the opportunity for gifted and talented high school students (grades 10 — 12) to enroll in approved drama, music, or visual arts courses. Students are initially admitted to the program for one semester only. They may continue in subsequent semesters (until graduation from high school) upon successful completion of each course (a grade of C or better). Select courses are available to early artists in the fall and spring semesters. The Early Artists Program is not available during the summer sessions.
Eligibility Criteria and Additional Requirements
High school students entering grades 10, 11, or 12. (Not available to high school graduates.)
An official school transcript (current year plus two preceding years) with a minimum GPA of 2.75 in selected subjects.
Two recommendations from the secondary school administration (from counselor or teacher, and the principal).
An essay.
An audition (for drama and music students only).
Submission of a portfolio (for visual arts students only).
A completed application for the Loyola Early Artists Program.
Signature of approval from a parent or guardian.
Completed applications for the Early Artists Program are due one month prior to the beginning of classes for the fall or spring terms. Availability of classes may vary from semester to semester.
Certain students who are recommended by their high school principals and are considered by the Admissions Review Committee to be ready for college work may be admitted immediately following the completion of the junior year in high school. This program of admission without high school diploma is intended to serve applicants of unusual promise who will benefit from beginning their college careers a year early. The committee may require additional examinations over and above those normally required for entrance and may make use of any other criteria, such as maturity and motivation, which may seem desirable.
Participants in the Reflective Age Program are individuals 65 years of age or older who desire to enroll in the undergraduate academic courses on an "open seat" basis. They may register in audit status (credit will not be awarded) for courses during the late registration period with the permission of the instructor as indicated on the New Seat Card. Students in this program are not charged tuition. However, they are responsible for all university fees. For further information, contact the Office of Admissions, (504) 865-3240.
International students must submit the same credentials required for freshman and transfer students. In addition, these applicants must satisfy all provisions of the U.S. Immigration Act. All documents relative to an application for admission must be submitted in English and authenticated by a school official or consulate officer. In addition to academic records, international applicants must submit an affidavit of financial support, endorsed by a bank official.Applicants whose primary language is not English must show a proficiency in English adequate for university level as evidenced by their performance on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or IELTS. Additional testing options may be requested through the Office of Admissions.Applicants who are otherwise qualified but whose TOEFL score is below the required level should plan on further English study before entering Loyola.
Transfer students from U.S. institutions may substitute at least 24 hours of academic credit at 2.5 or better in lieu of the TOEFL or IELTS. Graduates of U.S. institutions may substitute the obtained degree for the TOEFL. TOEFL scores are valid for two years from the test date.
Students' whose first language is English must submit the same credentials required for freshman and transfer students.
Freshman applicants whose first language is Spanish are required to submit PAA (College Board Prueba de Aptitud Academica) which includes the ESLAT (English as a Second Language Achievement Test, a subtest of the PAA), TOEFL or IELTS. Transfer applicants who are transferring from a college or university where the language of instruction is not English must provide a TOEFL, ESLAT or IELTS score. If the language of instruction is English, the regular application requirements apply.
Loyola University New Orleans has fully supported and fostered in its educational programs, admissions, employment practices, and in the activities it operates the policy of not discriminating on the basis of age, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex/gender, or sexual orientation. This policy is in compliance with all applicable federal regulations and guidelines.
Loyola University New Orleans, consistent with its Goals Statement and the Character and Commitment Statement, fosters dignity and worth of all members of the Loyola community, and is committed to maintaining an educational and working environment free of sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is immoral and illegal, and will not be tolerated.
Sexual harassment may occur within a variety of relationships. Some such relationships involve unequal authority, while others occur between individuals who are of equal status. All allegations of sexual harassment will be scrutinized.
The university’s full policy and procedures governing sexual harassment and other forms of harassment can be found on the university web page for Human Resources Policies, Procedures, and Benefits. Appeal and grievance procedures can also be found in the text of the policy and in the university's Student Code of Conduct, Section 5: Sexual Misconduct, Discrimination, and Harassment Policies and Guidelines.
Loyola University New Orleans strongly supports equal opportunity in all aspects of university services and employment as provided in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Inquiries, concerns, and questions regarding the application of Title IX to university programs, services, employment, and policies should be addressed to the Title IX coordinator. The Title IX coordinator for Loyola University is the director of Human Resources. The Title IX coordinator may be contacted at: Campus Box 16, (504) 864-7914.
Disability Services helps students with disabilities meet the academic demands of university life. Academic counseling, assessment, and advocacy services are provided by the Academic Resource Center’s professional staff. Academic accommodations are offered to students with documented disabilities, including physical and learning disabilities. Such accommodations may include, but are not limited to, alternative test administration and academic support services including peer tutors, transcribers, note takers, readers, and computers with adaptive programs.Disability Services assists students in developing self-advocacy skills and advocates for the students with faculty and/or administrators when needed. Since it is the policy and practice of Loyola University to make its programs and facilities accessible to students with disabilities in an integrated manner, the professional staff from the Counseling & Career Services Center; Student Health Service; Physical Plant; library; and Residential Life work in conjunction with Disability Services to provide a comprehensive support service.
The Office of Disability Services is located on the main campus in the Academic Resource Center, Monroe 405. For more information, contact Sarah Smith, director of disability services, or Kacey McNally, special needs counselor, at (504) 865-2990 or by e-mail at ssmith@loyno.edu or kamcnall@loyno.edu.
Loyola University is committed to providing equal access and reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities under Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Action and the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and to providing support services which assist qualified students with disabilities in all areas of the university. Disability Services was created to help ensure the careful implementation of this policy by faculty and staff and to assist students with disabilities in meeting the demands of university policy.
Students are responsible for compliance with the regulations of the university and should familiarize themselves with the provisions of this bulletin distributed by the Office of Admissions, the Registration Schedules distributed by the Office of Student Records, the Student Handbook distributed by the Division of Student Affairs, and posted official notices and official instructions given to students.
The university reserves the right to clarify and change its regulations in the course of the student’s enrollment. Faculty advisers, deans, and associate deans are available to assist students regarding compliance with current regulations. However, it is ultimately the student’s responsibility to comply with the regulations and completion of requirements for his or her chosen program of study.
Upon enrollment, the student and the parents or guardians of a dependent student agree that the student will be governed by the university regulations and will abide by decisions made by proper authorities of the university regarding the individual student.
All students are assigned a faculty adviser. Faculty members are usually assigned to advise students who have indicated an interest in their particular field of specialization. Students may obtain the names of assigned faculty advisers from the office of the dean of their college, from the chair of their department, or from Loyola’s Online Records Access (LORA).Faculty advisers are available to students throughout the academic year, but their role is especially important during the orientation and registration periods. Advisers will help students plan their program, explore career alternatives, and aid in any academic problems. Faculty advisers will also ensure that the undergraduate academic experience is as valuable as possible by assisting students in the sequencing of their coursework. Students should be aware, however, that knowledge of and adherence to regulations of Loyola, both academic and otherwise, are the ultimate responsibility of the student.
Currently enrolled students are encouraged to early register for the subsequent terms. Graduating seniors and transient students are not eligible to participate in early registration. Those admitted as transient students must complete their credentials during the term of their first admission and must be readmitted for the next term as a non-degree- seeking student or degree-seeking student in order to continue their enrollment. Students with a financial block will not be allowed to register until they have substantially satisfied their financial obligations to the university. If you have an oustanding balance, you should contact Student Finance to discuss payment. Students with a health hold due to remaining immunizations will also not be allowed to register. Loyola has continual registration for the upcoming semester. Registration continues through the last day of late registration for the term. Late registration is normally held for several days, beginning on the first day of class. If a student decides not to return to the university in the term for which he or she has registered, the student must officially withdraw before the term begins to avoid financial penalties. (See Withdrawal from the University). Please refer to the academic calendar on the Student Records web site - http://academicaffairs.loyno.edu/records/academic-calendars .
Loyola’s Online Records Access (LORA) is available to all students, current as well as alumni (1979 to present year). Students can check their grades, account balances, financial aid, transcripts, and class schedules, and some students, with approval of their adviser, may register online. Access to the system requires the use of a personal identification number (PIN). The PIN is set as the student’s first two letters of their first name and the last four digits of their social security number. After the initial sign-on, the student is required to reset the PIN to another six character pin.
Loyola University will provide access to LORA for Parents for currently enrolled dependent undergraduate students. LORA for Parents will provide non-directory information on the student including grades and financial aid information.
Deadlines for drop/add activity are strictly enforced. A dropped course is removed from the student’s record. Registration for the audit grading option may be selected by students, with approval of the instructor, during any registration activity or the drop/add period and may not be changed at a later date. Please refer to the academic calendar for deadlines - http://academicaffairs.loyno.edu/records/academic-calendars .
Students who do not want to earn university credit for a course may elect to audit the course. Such courses are considered part of the student's term course load and are recorded on the transcript. Regular tuition and fees apply for audited courses. To audit a course, an audit request card signed by the student, his or her adviser and the instructor must be filed in the Office of Student Records before the last day to add classes. The instructor of the course will advise the student what is expected as an auditor in the class. A course previously audited may be taken for credit by enrolling in the course in a subsequent term. A student may not change his or her status from audit to credit or from credit to audit without permission from his or her adviser and the student's dean's office. Such approval must be filed in the Office of Student Records before the last day to add classes as indicated in the academic calendar for the term. Upon completion of the semester, the audited course will receive a final grade of (AU) Audit, (AI) Audit Incomplete, or (FA) Failed Audit.
After the drop/add period and up to one week following the midterm period, students may receive an administrative withdrawal from a course. A grade of W for the course is placed on the transcript, and the transaction requires the adviser’s and instructor’s signatures. Course withdrawal is not complete or official until all signatures have been obtained and a copy is filed in the Office of Student Records. Students who stop attending but do not officially withdraw from the course will receive a grade of F. Please refer to the academic calendar for deadlines - http://academicaffairs.loyno.edu/records/academic-calendars .
Loyola’s policy is to show all grades in repeated courses, and the student receives no additional credit hours towards graduation. To determine academic standing, all grades and quality hours are included. Courses that may not be taken more than once as opposed to “repeated” courses (Independent Study, Play Production, etc.) will carry a transcript notation identifying all repeated courses.
Subject to the rules of the respective colleges, undergraduates may take one graduate course in each of their last two semesters. The graduate course’s earned hours and quality points will be applied to the graduate career only. If students wish to have the graduate credit applied to the undergraduate career, they should petition their dean’s office within the first month of class. Under no circumstances will the course’s hours and quality points apply to both the graduate and the undergraduate careers.
Each instructor must announce at the beginning of the semester how attendance in class will affect grading. For example, the instructor may judge that attendance in class is imperative and demand adherence to a policy that a student is liable to receive an F at the discretion of the instructor if he or she misses a specified number of the classes. Attendance will not be required on the major religious holidays of any faith. Failure to attend any term without applying for a leave of absence requires reapplication and readmission to the university.
DEGREE-SEEKING STUDENTS are formally admitted to pursue a degree program. Degree-seeking students are classified as follows:
Freshmen—0 – 24 total earned hours
Sophomores—25 – 55 total earned hours
Juniors—56 – 89 total earned hours
Seniors—90 or more total earned hours
Initial classifications are determined by the Office of Admissions based upon the credentials and application submitted by the student. Classifications may be changed in a student’s first term by the Office of Admissions up to November 1 in the fall semester, March 1 in the spring semester, and two weeks after the summer session registration.NON-DEGREE-SEEKING STUDENTS are admitted with official credentials but do not wish to pursue a particular degree program. Students admitted as non-degree-seeking must enroll in consecutive terms or apply for a leave of absence in order to maintain their status. Failure to follow these procedures will require an application for readmission. coursework taken while a non-degree-seeking student is subject to evaluation in terms of applicability toward a degree. There are limitations on financial aid available to non-degree-seeking students. TRANSIENT STUDENTS are admitted for one semester. If they wish to continue their enrollment, those who enroll as transient students must apply for admission as non-degree-seeking students or as degree-seeking students by submitting official credentials. Transient students are not eligible to early register. coursework taken while a transient student is subject to evaluation in terms of applicability to a degree. There are limitations on the financial aid available to transient students.
Academic Full-time—any undergraduate student enrolled for 12 or more credit hours. Undergraduate students must have their dean's permission to register for more than 20 credit hours (12 hours for evening students) in the fall and spring semesters.
Academic Full-time Per Summer Session—any undergraduate student enrolled for six or more credit hours. Any undergraduate student not enrolled full-time is considered part-time. Undergraduate students must have their dean’s permission to register for more than six credit hours per summer session.
In the classroom, a student does not have the right to engage in conduct which is disruptive to the educational process. Such conduct (e.g., abusive language, threats, disruptive talking and laughing, violent actions, etc.) may cause removal from that class meeting and can result in removal from the course with a grade of W. A second such disruption may result in exclusion for one or two terms or dismissal from the university.
Appeals Procedure
It is hoped that discipline problems will be resolved either through the mutual agreement of the student and instructor or through the mediation of the department chairperson or the dean of the college.In the case of an appeal, the dean of the college in which the course is offered will decide whether the matter requires consideration. If he or she thinks it does, he or she shall appoint a committee composed of the dean (or a representative), two faculty members, and a representative from student affairs. Both the instructor and the student should be apprised of the composition of this committee, and the dean should honor any reasonable objection which either might have to the appointed members. After reviewing the evidence, the committee shall render a decision concerning guilt to the student’s dean. This decision will be final.If the dean should refuse to grant a committee hearing, the student has a right to appeal to the provost. The provost may convene a committee composed of the provost or a representative, two faculty members, and a representative from student affairs. Both the instructor and the student should be apprised of the composition of this committee, and the provost should honor any reasonable objection which either might have to the appointed members. After reviewing the evidence, the committee shall give a decision which will be final.
The principles of truth and honesty are recognized as fundamental to a community of teachers and scholars. The university expects that both faculty and students will follow these principles and, in so doing, protect the validity of the university grades. Instructors will exercise care in the planning and supervision of academic work so that honest effort will be positively encouraged.
Academic Work
All academic work will be done by the student to whom it is assigned without unauthorized data or help of any kind. A student who supplies another with such data or help is considered deserving of the same sanctions as the recipient. Specifically, cheating, plagiarism, and misrepresentation are prohibited. Plagiarism is defined by Alexander Lindley as “the false assumption of authorship: the wrongful act of taking the product of another person’s mind, and presenting it as one’s own” (Plagiarism and Originality). “Plagiarism may take the form of repeating another’s sentences as your own, adopting a particularly apt phrase as your own, paraphrasing someone else’s argument as your own, or even presenting someone else’s line of thinking in the development of a thesis as though it were your own.” (MLA Handbook, 1985).A student who is found to have cheated on any examination may be given a failing grade in the course. In case of a second violation, the student may be excluded for one or two terms or dismissed from the university.
A student who engages in cheating, plagiarism, or misrepresentation on term papers, seminar papers, quizzes, laboratory reports, and such, may receive a failing grade in the course. In such case, the student will not be permitted to withdraw from the course (even if the withdrawal request is prior to the final date to withdraw). A second offense may be cause for exclusion or dismissal from the university. Faculty members are required to report immediately to the dean of the student’s college any case of cheating, plagiarism, or misrepresentation which he or she has encountered and, later, the manner in which it was resolved.
The dean of the student’s college should apprise the student of the serious consequences of cheating, plagiarism, and misrepresentation as well as of the appeals procedure open to the student in such cases.
If the matter cannot be amicably resolved in consultation with the instructor and chairperson up to 30 days after the beginning of the subsequent semester, excluding summers, the student has the right to submit a plagiarism appeal form to the dean of the college in which the course was offered a decision of the instructor indicating that the student is guilty of cheating, plagiarism, or misrepresentation. The burden of proof will be upon the student.The dean will decide whether the matter requires consideration. If he or she thinks it does, he or she shall appoint a committee consisting of the dean (or the dean’s designated representative), two faculty members, and a student to render a decision. The dean or the dean’s designated representative will serve as the non-voting chairperson of the committee. The student and instructor involved should be informed of the membership of the committee, and the dean should honor any reasonable objection either might have regarding the composition of the committee. The decision of this committee is final.If the dean should refuse a committee hearing to the student, he or she may appeal to the provost. The provost may convene a committee composed of the provost or a representative, two faculty members, and one student from the college in which the appellant is enrolled. The decision of this committee is final.
The dean of a college or his or her representative may initiate proceedings for exclusion or dismissal when he or she has reasonable cause to believe that a student has violated a university academic policy, has committed an offense which warrants such action, or notified of a decision of guilt. Grounds for exclusion or dismissal include, but are not limited to, the following: cheating, plagiarism, fraud, misrepresentation, and conduct which is disruptive to the educational process (e.g., abusive language, threats, disruptive talking, etc.).The dean or associate dean will form a committee to hold an exclusion or dismissal hearing. The purpose of the committee is to recommend to the dean any sanctions that should be taken against the student. In the case of fraud, cheating, plagiarism, misrepresentation, or similar offenses, the committee will consist of the dean (or associate dean), two faculty members, and a student from the college in question. In the case of disruptive conduct or other offenses related to the academic environment, the committee will consist of the dean (or associate dean), two faculty members, and a representative from student affairs. In the event a committee had been formed to hear an appeal of a second offense, said committee may be convened to act as the hearing committee on exclusion or dismissal. The dean or associate dean of the student’s college shall provide the student with a written statement outlining the reasons for the exclusion or dismissal hearing, which is held to consider what action should be taken with regard to the student’s future at the university in light of the findings against the student and not to reconsider the student’s guilt or innocence in cases of cheating, plagiarism, misrepresentation, disruptive conduct, etc. The statement shall contain sufficient detail to inform adequately the accused of the time, date, place, and conduct serving as the basis for the complaint. The student shall also be advised that he or she has a right to appear before the committee and to present information and witnesses in support of his or her position concerning exclusion or dismissal. Alternatively, the student may present such information in writing. The accused student may make his or her presentation with the assistance of a faculty member, staff member, or another student, but legal representation will not be permitted at the hearing.The hearing on the matter shall be held within a reasonable period of time (normally within 15 days), but at least 10 days after the student has received notice of the charges. Until final determination of the matter, the student shall be allowed to continue classes unless, in the opinion of the dean, the violation warrants immediate departure from the university. Within five days after the hearing, the committee shall make its recommendations to the dean of the student’s college. Included in the committee’s recommendation shall be a record of the deliberations (a full transcript is not required) and a justification for the committee’s decision. A copy of these records shall be immediately forwarded to the provost. Should the dean of the college decide that the student shall be excluded for one or two semesters or be dismissed from the university, the student may appeal the decision to the provost within 10 days following receipt of the dean’s decision. After receiving the written appeal from the student, the provost may affirm, modify, or reverse the action previously taken by the dean.The decision of the provost is final. Students from Loyola who have been excluded are not allowed to take coursework elsewhere. If they violate this restriction, the transcript may be requested but credit will not be given for the coursework nor will the grade point average be used to accept or reject a student who wishes to reenter Loyola. coursework taken after the period of the exclusion will be evaluated. However, the student is advised to follow the procedures for taking courses elsewhere as stated in this bulletin.
Each instructor has the option of using a grading method within each course that best meets the needs of students and the subject. However, all grades are translated by instructors into the following grades:
| A | Excellent | This grade is assigned 4.0 quality points per semester |
| A- | Excellent | This grade is assigned 3.7 quality points per semester hour. |
| B+ | Above Average | This grade is assigned 3.3 quality points per semester hour. |
| B | Above Average | This grade is assigned 3 quality points per semester hour. |
| B- | Average | This grade is assigned 2.70 quality points per semester hour. |
| C+ | Average. | This grade is assigned 2.3 quality points per semester hour. |
| C | Average. | This grade is assigned 2 quality points per semester hour. |
| C- | Below Average | This grade is assigned 1.7 quality points per semester hour. |
| D+ | Minimally Passing. | This grade is assigned 1.3 quality points per semester hour. |
| D | Minimally Passing. | This grade is assigned 1 quality point per semester hour. |
| F | Failure or failure to withdraw. | No quality points are assigned. |
| I | Incomplete. | This grade is to be assigned only when the instructor has been presented with serious and compelling reasons why the student should be allowed to complete the course at a later date. These reasons are customarily medical. The I grade is not an automatic extension. An I grade which has not been made up by the sixth week of the subsequent term, excluding summer terms, will be changed automatically to F. |
| P | Pass. | Pass/fail grades are available only in courses designated as pass/fail. Grades of P are not counted toward quality point averages. |
| X | No Grade Submitted. | |
| W | Withdrawal. | Indicates that the student withdrew by the tenth week of class in the Office of Student Records. No credit is awarded. |
| AU | Audit Complete. | |
| AI | Audit Incomplete. | |
| AP | Advanced Placement. | |
| EX | Exempt from course requirement. | |
| FA | Audit Failed. | |
| IP | In Progress. | An IP grade may be granted for certain courses that typically are longer than a normal semester. |
A student’s grade point average is based on credit hours, grading method (pass/fail, etc.), grade awarded, and quality points. The following definitions apply. QUALITY HOURS are the units upon which a student’s grade point average is calculated. They differ from earned hours because quality hours do not include the pass grade and do include failed courses. LOYOLA EARNED HOURS are the credit hours earned while taking courses at Loyola. TOTAL EARNED HOURS are the credit hours earned while taking courses at Loyola as well as the hours awarded for transfer work toward a student’s degree. QUALITY POINTS are calculated by multiplying the quality points associated with a grade (A=4, etc.) by the quality hours. (A three-credit-hour course with a grade of A will result in 12 quality points.)LOYOLA GRADE POINT AVERAGES are calculated by dividing the Loyola quality points by the Loyola quality hours. LOYOLA CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGES include only the coursework taken at Loyola. ATTEMPTED HOURS are all courses registered beyond the drop/add period including W grades.
A report of the grades made by a student in his or her scheduled courses is available through LORA. Students requiring a “paper copy” may also request this through LORA. Loyola’s grade reports list the courses, grades, Loyola grade point averages (both cumulative and semester) and the total earned hours. Discrepancies must be appealed within 30 days of the last examination.
An instructor may change a grade previously assigned by processing an official change of grade form. This form may be obtained in the Office of Student Records or in the dean’s office. The instructor must request the grade change and cite the reason for changing the grade. The form must be approved by the instructor, the department chair (Humanities and Social Sciences only), and the dean under whose jurisdiction the course was offered. The deadline for submitting a change of grade is 6 weeks into the following semester. Please refer to the academic calendar for deadlines - http://academicaffairs.loyno.edu/records/academic-calendars .
The student has a right to the grade he or she has earned, the right to know the grading system of the instructor, and the right to know grades as they are given during the semester. The grading system should be included in the course syllabus.If the student feels that he or she is not being graded justly, the student should first consult the instructor. If this consultation proves unsatisfactory, the student should then consult the department chairperson. If the student still feels that the problem has not been resolved, he or she should consult the dean of the college in which the course is offered to request a committee hearing. The student has the right to submit a grade appeal form to the dean up to 30 days after the beginning of the subsequent semester, excluding summers. It may happen, however, that a hearing may not be able to be scheduled until after that time. Until the grade is finally determined, the student’s academic standing and all related rights and privileges are based on the grade as originally assigned.The student shall collect and present any evidence (tests, papers, laboratory reports, etc.) to the dean. The dean may appoint a committee composed of the dean or the dean’s designated representative, two faculty members, who, if possible, should be familiar with the course, and one student who has taken the course, if possible. The dean or the dean’s designated representative will serve as the non-voting chairperson of the committee.The student and instructor are to be apprised of the composition of the committee, and the dean should honor any reasonable objection either might have to appointed members. Both the student and the instructor have the right to present their position in person to the committee. The burden of proof will be on the student. The decision of the committee is final, and the grade it decides upon becomes the official grade for the course.If the dean denies a student a committee hearing, the student may appeal to the provost. The provost may convene a committee composed of himself or herself or a representative, two faculty members (who should, if possible, be familiar with the course), and one student from the college in which the course is offered and who has taken the course. Both the student and the instructor are to be apprised of the composition of the committee, and the provost should honor any reasonable objection which either might have to appointed members. Both the student and the instructor have the right to present their position in person to the committee. The decision of the committee is final, and the grade it decides upon becomes the official grade for the course. Loyola students enrolled in courses at other institutions are subject to the grade appeal policy at those institutions.
Probation, Suspension and Dismissal
An undergraduate student whose Loyola cumulative grade point average falls below 2.0 will be placed on academic probation. In the subsequent semester, the student will be required to make substantial progress toward a Loyola cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0. Under normal circumstances, substantial progress is defined as removal of at least one-half of the existing quality point deficiency, with the remainder of the deficiency to be removed in the following term. Failure to make substantial progress during the probationary period may result in the student’s suspension or dismissal. A student is removed from probation upon achieving a Loyola cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 and upon fulfilling any other probation conditions required by the college. An undergraduate transfer student who is admitted on probation will be required to make substantial academic progress and to meet specific minimum/maximum credit hour requirements established by the college. Failure to do so during the first semester at Loyola may result in academic suspension or dismissal from the university. A transfer student is removed from probation upon fulfilling probation conditions required by the student’s college. Students wishing to return to the university after the period of exclusion must apply for readmission. Readmission in such cases is not automatic and is decided by the dean of the student’s college. A mandatory part of the readmission process is an interview with the associate dean, who will, if the student is readmitted, develop a contract with the student for the appropriate curriculum and required progress. Students who reside out of state may substitute a letter to the associate dean in lieu of the interview. Students from Loyola who have been suspended or dismissed not allowed to take coursework elsewhere. If they violate this restriction, the transcript may be requested but credit will not be given for the coursework nor will the grade point average be used to accept or reject a student who wishes to reenter Loyola. Coursework taken after the period of the suspension will be evaluated. However, the student is advised to follow the procedures for taking courses elsewhere as stated in this bulletin. See Transfer of Coursework. All students who have previously been suspended or dismissed from the university and have been readmitted on probation will be required to make progress as established upon reentry by the associate dean of the student’s college. Failure to do so may result in the student being dismissed indefinitely from the university. At the end of each semester, students will be notified by mail by their deans of any academic actions. Academic probation is determined solely by the student’s grade point average. Academic actions which result from the student’s inability to remove himself or herself from academic probation are made on an individual basis. Academic actions may be appealed in writing to the dean of the student’s college. This appeal must be received in writing with supporting documentation within 14 days from the date of the exclusion/dismissal letter. A decision will be made within 7 days. In the spring of 1979, the university ceased indicating a probationary status on a student’s transcript; however, the following academic actions do appear on the student’s transcript: “academically suspended - min 1 semester, academically suspended - min 1 year, academically dismissed. Students may not graduate while on academic probation.
An undergraduate degree-seeking day division student enrolled in the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences, College of Social Sciences, College of Business, or College of Music and Fine Arts, who completes 12 quality hours or an undergraduate evening division student who completes 9 quality hours may be placed on the Dean’s List. To be eligible for this distinction, the student must have earned a 3.5 grade point average with no I, X or blank grades. Students who are placed on the Dean’s List will have this distinction indicated on their transcript at the end of each semester.
Students may have an undergraduate, graduate, professional, and continuing education career at Loyola University. Each career has its own grade point average, which will not reflect courses taken that are at a level different from a student’s career at that time. Therefore, for students who receive a bachelor’s degree and return to take undergraduate courses as a graduate student, their grade point average at the time of the awarding of the undergraduate degree will not be affected by this later coursework. In addition, the graduate grade point average will not include quality points for undergraduate courses.
Students indicate an interest in a program of study during the initial admission process which enables the student to be advised properly concerning a course of study. Should the university in the orderly review of its curriculum decide to discontinue a major, the courses necessary for the completion of the major will be offered in a two-year period. General Study majors are required to declare a major prior to the start of their junior year.
Students may change colleges or majors by filing the appropriate change of major form through the Office of Student Records’ website www.loyno.edu/records/ changecollegemajor.php or through their LORA account. Students must have a minimum 2.0 to change colleges. Students who change their majors must follow the academic program in effect at the time of the change. Students must allow 5 working days for the dean of their new college or majors to process all of the paperwork.
Students are allowed to pursue two majors or two minors simultaneously by submitting their request through their Dean's Office. Students must have a minimum overall Loyola 3.0 g.p.a. to pursue two majors and completion of 2 academic semesters. The dean and adviser will establish requirements based on the current bulletin.
A student who has already been awarded a bachelor’s degree may apply for a second degree only if the second degree is different from the first degree. Ordinarily, a second degree at the undergraduate level is discouraged, and a graduate degree is encouraged. However, in rare instances, two baccalaureate degrees may be appropriate to a student’s educational goals. Students who hold a baccalaureate degree from Loyola University or any other accredited institution may earn a second bachelor’s degree from Loyola if they meet the following conditions:
All entering day division freshmen receive placement based upon their ACT Writing or SAT Writing test scores. Depending on the score, students are either placed in ENGL T122 (Critical Reading/Writing), receive exemption from ENGL T122, or take a placement examination. Students required to take the placement exam may not schedule a composition course without having taken the exam. Based on the results of the exam, students are placed in ENGL A100 (Expository Writing), ENGL A105 (English Composition—International Students), or ENGL T12. Please note that exemption will require three hours of general electives. Students transferring to Loyola University from a community college must successfully complete six hours of English composition in order to receive credit for ENGL T122. For information on the testing and placement sequence, please refer to the paragraphs dealing with composition in the Evening Division section of this bulletin.
All students (freshmen and transfers) who enter the B.A., B.S., or B.F.A. degree programs will be required to pass a second-semester course in first-year foreign language (i.e., French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Latin, or Greek A101) or demonstrate equivalent knowledge by placing into a higher level on a departmental examination. Students who must take A100 of the language in preparation for the required A101 will use the A100 credit as general elective hours. Students enrolling in business administration (with the exception of international business) or music have no foreign language requirement but may elect to take foreign language if they so desire. Loyola offers placement tests in the following languages: Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian, Latin, and Greek. No credit is given as a result of these tests; their purpose is placement into the appropriate level.
Freshmen: All incoming first-year students are required to take the foreign language placement test to determine if they can “place out” of the entire requirement or to determine the level at which they should begin if they wish to continue with the language beyond the requirement. Students who “place out” of the requirement will need to take three additional hours of general electives to fulfill graduation requirements.
Transfer Students: Students who are transferring from an accredited institution, with six semester hours with a minimum grade of C for the equivalent of Loyola’s A101 language course, will have met the foreign language requirement and NEED NOT take the placement test. Transfer students with no foreign language transfer credit may take the exam to determine if they have sufficient knowledge to “place out” of the requirement or to determine the level at which they should begin if they wish to continue the language beyond the requirement. This later group will need to take additional general elective hours as explained above.
Exemptions: Students who have graduated from a high school outside of the United States in which the language of instruction is not English are considered “native speakers” of another language and are thus exempt from the foreign language requirement. Also exempt from the foreign language requirement are students who place into ENGL A105. No credit will be awarded for students exempt from the requirement; they will need to complete three additional hours of general electives to fulfill graduation requirements. Students who seek exemption from the requirement who do not meet the guidelines above need to take the placement exam to determine eligibility for exemption. Falling into this category are students who attended high school in the United States but who speak a foreign language at home. Please note that in this category we can offer exemptions only in languages Loyola teaches. Students exempt from the requirement will need to complete three additional hours of general electives to fulfill graduation requirements.
All entering day division freshmen are placed in math courses based upon the math scores of the ACT or SAT tests. These scores determine if any remedial work is required before the student may schedule the math course specified by his/her program. Entering students who score at or above the Loyola-established score on the math portion of the ACT or SAT may receive exemption, depending on their degree program, for the required math. Please note that exemption is for the course only. Three hours will be added to the general elective requirement. Transfer students are also required to take the math placement examination unless they transfer a college-level (i.e., not remedial) math course with a minimum grade of C. Currently, Loyola offers two remedial math courses. MATH A092, Fundamentals of Algebra, is the remedial course for students who major in biology, chemistry, psychology, sociology, or business. MATH A095, Introduction to Linear Mathematics, is the remedial course for all other majors in College of Humanities and Natural Sciences, the College of Social Sciences, the College of Music and Fine Arts, and the College of Business. If a student is placed in remedial math, the student must complete the remediation before registering for the college-level math course required by the major. Credit earned in MATH A092 and MATH A095 is not applicable toward a degree, but grades earned in these courses enter into the grade point average.
Loyola recognizes that students, as a result of study or experience, may possess a mastery of the content of certain college courses. To enable students to profit from their knowledge, Loyola allows students to receive credit or a waiver of a requirement through departmental or external examination. The availability of departmental examinations is left to the discretion of the individual departments. Credit by examination is governed by the following regulations:
Departmental Examinations: Students may petition the dean in charge of the subject area to be examined on the content of a specific course or to have an examination or evaluation of an academic experience related to a specific area. Upon completion of the examination or evaluation, the dean will notify the Office of Student Records who shall, if the student has been successful, post the credit. There is a per course equivalent fee charged. Students should consult their dean for this fee information.
Optional Placement Tests: Placement tests in modern foreign languages, Greek, Latin, and history are available to entering students. Their scores on the test may enable them to “place out” of certain courses. Based on their scores on the history test, students may receive Loyola credit for specific courses upon registration. Additionally, placement and proficiency tests and auditions are given in the area of music for the purpose of assigning students to private applied music study and to ensure homogeneity in some classes. Extraordinarily able music students may receive advanced placement in some music study on an individual basis.
External Examinations: Students may petition the university for credit by external examination by having the scores sent to the student’s dean’s office. The dean’s office will evaluate all scores based on the approved external examination. There is a $20 posting fee on external examinations.
|
TEST NAME |
LOYOLA EQUIVALENT |
MIN. AP SCORE REQUIRED |
| Biology | BIOL T122 Cultural Biology | 4 |
| Chemistry | CHEM T122 Intro to Chemistry | 4 |
| Chinese Language & Culture | CHIN A100 First Year Chinese I | 4 |
| Composition | ENGL T122 Critical Reading/Writing | 4 |
| Environmental Science | BIOL Z230 Human Ecology | 4 |
| Microeconomics | ECON B100 (formerly ECON B200) Microeconomics | 4 |
| Macroeconomics | ECON B101 (formerly ECON B201) Macroeconomics | 4 |
| French Lang. Level III | FREN A201 Second Year French II | 4 |
| French Lit. Level III | FREN A201 Second Year French II | 4 |
| German Level III | GERM A201 Second Year German II | 4 |
| Latin Vergil | LATNA337 Augustan Poetry | 4-5 |
| Latin Lit | LATNA337 Augustan Poetry | 4-5 |
| Human Geography | GEOG A100 General Geography I | 4 |
| World History | HIST T124 World Civilization from 1650 | 4 |
| U.S. History | HIST A201 U.S. History from 1865 | 4-5* |
| Italian Language & Culture | ITAL A100 First Year Italian I | 4 |
| Japanese Language & Culture | JPNS A100 Modern Japanese I | 4 |
| Composition and Lit. | ENGL T125 Writing About Literature | 4 |
| Computer Science A or AB | Math A211 Intro to Programming I | 4 |
| Statistics | MATH A241 Prob. & Stat. | 4 |
| Calculus AB | MATH A257 Calculus I | 4 |
| Calculus BC | MATH A258 Calculus II | 4 |
| Calculus BC | MATH A257 Calculus I & Math A258 Calculus II | 5 |
| Music Theory | MUTH M102 Music Theory | 4 |
| Physics B | PHYS A115 Physics for Life Sciences I (3 hrs) & PHYS A 112 Phys I Lab (1hr) | 4 |
| Physics B | PHYS A101 Intro to Mechanics (4 hrs) & PHYS A103 Phys I Lab (1 hr) | 5 |
| Physics C | PHYS A116 Physics for Life Sciences II Lec (3 hrs) & PHYS A113 Phys II Lab (1 hr) | 4 |
| Physics C | PHYS A102 Intro to Electramag & Relativity (4 hrs) & PHYS A104 Phys II Lab (1 hr) | 5 |
| U.S. Govt & Politics | POLS A100 Intro to American Govt. | 4 |
| Psychology | PSYC A100 Intro. to Psychology | 4 |
| Spanish Lang. | SPAN A201 Second Year Spanish II | 4 |
| Spanish Lit. | SPAN A201 Second Year Spanish II | 4 |
| Art: History | VISA A110 (formerly VISA A210) Survey of World Art I | 4 |
* If a score of 5 is reported for American History II, it is possible to receive 6 credit hours (both 200 and 201), pending a writing sample. Contact the department chair for additional information.
In accordance with the guidelines of the American Council on Education, formal coursework taken while in the military and non-collegiate courses may be substituted for one of the exams listed in the External Examination Chart. Students should petition their dean for consideration by submitting the results of those examinations. Registered nurses enrolled in Loyola’s nursing program may receive 24 hours in nursing in addition to the 30 hours of credit by examination.* Scores will be based on ACE recommendations.
Loyola now awards academic credit for Advanced Level (A Level) exams results on the GCE (General Certificate of Education). The academic credit to be awarded is at the discretion of the Dean's Office in consultation with the academic department.
| Biology | 3 hrs | BIOL T122 | Cultural Biology |
| Chemistry | 3 hrs | CHEM T122 | Introduction to Chemistry |
| Computing | 3 hrs | COSC A106 | Microcomp. and Productivity |
| Economics | 3 hrs | ECON X130 | Economics and Society |
| English AI | 3 hrs | ENGL T125 | Writing About Literature |
| History—Americas | 3 hrs | HIST A200 | U.S. History |
| History—European | 3 hrs | HiST A499 | Modern Europe |
|
Languages:A2 & B Fren/Germ/Span/Ital/Russ |
3 hrs |
Lang 201 |
Second Year II |
| Mathematics HL | 3 hrs | Math T122 | Math Models |
| Music | 3 hrs | MUGN U168 | Intro to Western Art Music |
| Philosophy | 3 hrs | PHIL T122 | Introduction to Philosophy |
| Physics | 3 hrs | PHYS T122 | Introduction to Physics |
| Psychology | 3 hrs | PSYC A100 | Introduction to Psychology |
At least 25 percent of the semester credit hours required for the degree must be earned through instruction offered by Loyola. Unless special permission is granted by the dean for the student to pursue coursework elsewhere, the last 30 credit hours must be completed at Loyola. Although transfer students are required to complete at least 15 credit hours in their major while at Loyola, additional hours are normally required. Transfer students in Loyola's Evening Division are required to complete at least 50 percent of the credit hours in the major at Loyola.
Students must meet the specific requirements of their degree programs as set forth in this bulletin. The university, through the deans, may authorize changes and exceptions when it finds them desirable and consistent with the continuous and orderly review of its policies.To be eligible for graduation, students must have fulfilled their specific degree program and college requirements, must have at least a 2.0 Loyola cumulative grade point average, major average, and minor average if a minor is pursued, must have completed their last 30 hours of coursework at Loyola, and must have been certified to graduate by their dean. Those departments with different requirements will so inform students. Graduating students are expected to complete a senior exit survey before graduation. Applications for graduation should be filed during the previous fall term for May, August, and December candidates. Specific deadlines are published in the academic calendar. To be certified to graduate at the end of the term for which the student applied, all degree requirements must be completed no later than July 1 for spring candidates, October 1 for summer candidates, and February 1 for fall candidates. After that date, the original application for graduation will be deleted. If the student is unable to complete the requirements during this period of time, the student must reapply for graduation in a subsequent term.
Loyola confers degrees in May, August, and December. After grades are received, the university determines graduation grade point averages and distinctions. Subsequently, the Office of Student Records posts the degrees and distinctions to transcripts and provides the students with their diplomas. Diplomas and transcripts are not released until the student has discharged all financial and contractual obligations to the university and has completed the required senior exit survey. After a student has graduated, no change may be made in his or her record, except to correct a discrepancy (see Grade Reports) or as the result of a grade appeal (see Grade Appeals).
Graduation distinctions are determined on the basis of the student’s Loyola cumulative grade point average. A student who has made a cumulative average of 3.5 graduates cum laude; one who has made an average of 3.7, magna cum laude; one who has made an average of 3.9, summa cum laude. In addition, graduation distinctions for transfer students who complete 60 or more Loyola quality hours will be based solely on the Loyola cumulative grade point average. Graduation distinctions for transfer students who complete fewer than 60 Loyola cumulative quality hours will be based on two factors: 1) the Loyola cumulative grade point average, provided it is a 3.5 or better, and 2) the combined grade point average of coursework taken at Loyola and transfer institution(s). If the lower of the two averages is 3.5, the distinction will be cum laude; if the lower is 3.7, the distinction will be magna cum laude; if the lower is 3.9, the distinction will be summa cum laude. On completion of all course requirements and certification for graduation by the student’s dean, the official distinction will be inscribed on the diploma and listed on the transcript. Distinctions noted in the commencement ceremony program are based on the previous term’s cumulative grades and, therefore, may not be the same as the official distinction.
Loyola University holds a commencement ceremony at the end of the spring semester. Students who are candidates for May, August, or December of that calendar year may participate in that ceremony. Fall candidates may opt to participate in the following year ceremony. You must notify the Office of Student Records of your intention when you apply to graduate. The commencement program is not a certification document of the university. All students, regardless of their participation in the commencement ceremony, will be charged a graduation fee of $250. This fee will include the cost of the regalia, diploma and leather cover, and free lifetime transcripts.
The diploma given to students upon graduation carries the university information, student’s name, university distinctions, and degree title. Diplomas will be released only to students who have discharged their financial and legal obligations to the university and who have completed the required exit surveys.
Loyola University has a consortium arrangement in place with three universities, Tulane, Dillard and Xavier. It allows undergraduate students at any one of the universities to take courses at each of the other three institutions on a space available basis. The intent is for students to have access to a wider variety of coursework. To participate, students must be full-time students and must be enrolled at their home institution for a minimum of nine hours. Students will pay full-time tuition to his or her home institution to be eligible to cross-enroll. Payment for all courses is at home institution rates and is remitted to the home institution. However, any course lab fees or fines must be remitted to the host institution prior to the release of final grades. The credit and grades will appear on the transcript of the home institution as if they were taken there. Interested students should consult the dean or department chair for approval and then contact Diane Fletcher or Valencia Luke in the Office of Student Records to register for the cross enrollment.
Loyola University also has a enrollment agreement with American University, Washington Semester Program. Students may enroll, with permission of their dean, in this program. These courses will be placed on the Loyola transcript, and the grades will be included with their Loyola grades. Tuition is paid directly to American University.
Students must obtain the prior written permission of their dean to enroll in courses at other institutions. No transfer credit will be awarded for such work unless the courses are approved by the student’s department and dean. Only students in good standing are granted permission to attend another institution. Students are cautioned that deans will grant permission to take courses elsewhere only when the student can demonstrate compelling reasons to do so. Credit will be awarded only as earned hours for approved courses in which grades of C or above have been earned. An official copy of the transcript from the other institution must be submitted to the Dean of their college for evaluation of transfer credit. Students from Loyola who have been excluded are not allowed to take coursework elsewhere. If they violate this restriction, the transcript may be requested, but credit will not be given for the coursework nor will the grade point average be used to accept or reject a student who wishes to reenter Loyola. Coursework taken after the period of the exclusion will be evaluated.
Students pursuing degrees at Loyola are encouraged to advance their progress toward completion by attending Loyola’s summer sessions. Loyola students desiring to attend summer sessions elsewhere must have prior, written permission from their dean if they want such credits to apply toward a Loyola degree. Credit will be awarded only as earned hours for approved courses in which grades of C or above have been earned.
Students enrolled in a term may apply to their dean for a leave of absence for either the next term or academic year and process a leave of absence form in the Office of Student Records. Students returning from a leave of absence are subject to the policies of the bulletin under which they were originally admitted. A leave of absence is not granted to a student transferring to another university. Students who did not formally apply for a leave of absence must reapply for admission and are subject to the policies and requirements of the current bulletin.
To withdraw officially from the university a student must:
Withdrawal is not complete or official until all signatures have been obtained and the student record’s copy is returned to the Office of Student Records.
Those students who withdraw officially from the university prior to the last day for dropping courses as recorded in the academic calendar will have the courses removed from their records. Students withdrawing from the university after the drop period but in the withdrawal period will receive Ws.
Students who have not been enrolled at the university for a period of two semesters or more must follow the degree requirements in effect at the time of their reentry.
A student will be granted a medical withdrawal for medical or mental health reasons from the University within the term the student is incapacitated, on the condition that detailed written documentation is provided by the student’s health care professional to the Vice President for Student Affairs and Associate Provost. Written notification will be provided to appropriate parties by the Vice President for Student Affairs. Any student receiving a medical withdrawal during the term may be required to remain out of class the succeeding term. (This decision will be based on seriousness of illness and time of withdrawal.) Medical withdrawals must be made within the term being requested (during illness), and are for the entire term. There are no partial medical withdrawals for a term. The Vice President for Student Affairs will recommend the appropriate refund, if any.
Admissions Documents
The admissions records of enrolled students are retained for 10 years. Acceptance letters, applications, correspondence, credit by examination, test scores, transcripts, transfer credit evaluations, and admissions decision information are retained on non-enrolled students for a period of two years.
Records and Registration Documents are retained for a period of one year. Change of grade forms, final grade rosters, transcripts, catalogs, class schedules, and graduation certifications are retained indefinitely. Students are required to report and appeal all discrepancies regarding all academic records to the Office of Student Records within 30 days from the final class day of the semester in which the discrepancy occurred.
Immediately following registration held in the beginning of each semester, students who are enrolled in a V.A. approved program may be eligible for benefits through the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs. All inquiries concerning the certification should be directed to the Office of Student Records.
Loyola University participates in the Post 9-11 Yellow Ribbon Program. Loyola will provide 50% of tuition and fees for eligible undergraduate, graduate and law students and VA will pay the additional 50% for qualified students. These funds are paid directly to the university. All questions regarding Yellow Ribbon should be directed to Kathy Gros, Director of Student Records, kgros@loyno.edu. For additional information on this program, go to the VA website - www.gibill.va.gov.
Classification Full Time 3/4 Time 1/2Time LT 1/2 Time 1/4 Time Undergraduate 12 9 6 5 3 Graduate 9 6 4.5 4 3 Law 9 6 4.5 4 3 Summer School * 6 - 3 - - * this rule also applies to students enrolled in condensed sessions.
Note: this is different for federal loan programs.
Loyola is authorized to distribute only Loyola’s own transcripts, not the records of testing services or other universities. Students may have four records at Loyola which comprise the official transcript: undergraduate, graduate, law, or continuing education transcript. Upon a student’s request, all official transcripts are sent by the Office of Student Records to others. Transcripts marked “Issued to the Student” are given by the Office of Student Records to students. In accordance with recommendations of the American Association of College Registrars and Admissions Officers, official transcripts issued to students should not be treated as an official academic credential. Transcripts carry notations identifying major, minor, if applicable, degree program, Loyola term and cumulative statistics, degrees earned at Loyola and other institutions, transfer coursework by institution, credit by examination, date of birth, and prior academic level. Academic exclusion and academic dismissal are indicated on the transcript for students placed in this status.
Students who have attended Loyola as transients under the cross-enrollment/consortium policy will have their coursework posted on their home institution’s transcript. The Office of Counseling and Career Services issues copies of Loyola transcripts as part of its placement portfolio. This document should not be treated as an official transcript.Loyo la will withhold transcripts, diplomas, letters of good standing, and statements of honorable dismissal until indebtedness to the university has been discharged.
Loyola endeavors to keep the student’s educational records confidential and out of the hands of those who would use them for other than legitimate purposes. All members of the faculty, administration, and clerical staff respect confidential information about students which they acquire in the course of their work. At the same time, Loyola tries to be flexible enough in its policies not to hinder the student, the institution, or the community in their legitimate pursuits. Documents submitted by or for the student in support of an application for admission or for transfer credit are not returned to the student or sent elsewhere by request. In exceptional cases, however, when another transcript is unobtainable, copies may be prepared and released to prevent hardship to the student. The student should present a signed request. Usually the copy, marked as a certified copy of what is in the student’s file, is released.
The complete policy on release of student information follows. Public Law 93 – 380 (also known as the Buckley Amendment, and as the Privacy Rights of Parents and Students—Section 438 of the General Education Provisions Act) permits only the release of “directory information” about students without the student’s written consent. Directory information includes:
Student’s name, all addresses, telephone numbers, place of birth, college, major, honors, awards, photo, classification, dates of enrollment, degrees conferred, dates of conferral, any graduation distinctions, and the institution attended immediately prior to admission. The law provides that any student may, upon written request, restrict the release of or printing (in the student address directory) of such directory information. The student may so indicate at the beginning of each fall semester.
The law requires such written consent of the student for the release to anyone (including parents of non-dependent students) of other than “directory information” with the following exceptions—(a) other school officials within the educational institution who have legitimate educational interest; (b) officials of schools to which the student seeks to transfer; (c) the Comptroller General of the United States, the HEW Secretary, the administrative head of an education agency, or state educational authorities; (d) in connection with a student’s application for or receipt of financial aid; (e) state and local officials or authorities to which such information is specifically required to be reported under state statute adopted prior to November 19, 1974; (f) organizations or educational agencies conducting legitimate research, provided no personal identifiable information about the student is made public; (g) accrediting organizations; (h) in connection with an emergency when such information is necessary to protect the health or safety of the student or other persons; and (i) the Veterans Administration.Loyola administrators and faculty may have access to information contained in students’ records on a need-to-know basis. Personal information shall only be transferred to a third party on the condition that such party will not permit any other party to have access to the information without the written consent of the student and that the information be utilized only for the specific purpose for which it was released. Under the law, any student has the right to inspect and challenge his or her own educational file, with the exception of letters of recommendation or other material when the author was guaranteed confidentiality prior to January 1, 1975. Positive identification of the student shall be required, and a university official shall remain in the immediate vicinity during the examination process.
Loyola University will provide access to LORA for Parents to currently enrolled dependent undergraduate students. LORA for Parents will provide non-directory information on the student.
Loyola University New Orleans maintains all student records in electronic format. Such records are maintained on an administrative system housed in a secured environment. Access to all electronically stored information is controlled through the use of user IDs and passwords. Additionally, all records are copied to magnetic tape on a daily basis and stored offsite.
The university’s policy for students, faculty, and staff on intellectual property rights can be found on the university web page under Policy, Procedures, and Reports at http://academicaffairs.loyno.edu/policies-and-guidelines.
The university has procedures to handle student grievances and complaints. Please see the Student Academic Grievance Procedure to determine the procedure to follow for a specific grievance or complaint.
Beginning fall 2004, syllabi for courses are published at the web-based schedule of classes (https://lorasec.loyno.edu/) by term and subject and are available for review and downloading. Students requiring a copy of their syllabus prior to fall 2004 should request that information from the department which offered the course.
All students are assigned a Loyola University e-mail address. This is the only address that will be recognized and used by Loyola University. All official information from faculty, staff, and administrators will be sent to students at this address. It is the students’ responsibility to regularly check their e-mail account.
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment evaluates student learning and student perceptions through surveys of graduating seniors and alumni. Colleges and departments may also assess student learning outcomes and their perceptions of their Loyola experience.
All regular students are assessed tuition and fees on a semester basis.
These fees and the tuition pay for only about 84 percent of the actual cost of operating Loyola for one year. The other 16 percent is made up with funds raised by the annual fund program from alumni, friends, faculty, staff, foundations, corporations, and revenues from the university endowment.
Applicants for admission to Loyola and students who need assistance in paying for their education are encouraged to apply for financial aid. Applications for financial aid are included in the application packet. Additional forms may be obtained from the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid.
Traditional Undergraduate students are charged a flat rate for tuition if they are enrolled as full-time students having registered for 12 to 20 credit hours. Students taking less than 12 hours are charged on a per-hour basis. Students enrolled through the Office of Professional & Continuing Studies are charged the flat full-time rate for 13 to 20 credit hours and the per-hour rate for less than 13 credit hours. Students taking more than 20 hours are charged the flat rate, plus the per-hour rate for the hours over 20. This overload rate does not apply to music or honors students. There is no full-time or flat rate during the summer session.
Because of the uncertainty of the economy and budgetary projections, Loyola University reserves the right to change tuition, fees, or other charges printed herein. The rates listed below are for 2011 – 12.
Traditional Undergraduates
(freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, transient, non-degree)
Students are encouraged to make payment via our online payment system through their LORA (Loyola Online Records Access) Account Summary at https://lorasec.loyno.edu/. Payment may also be made by check or money order made payable to Loyola University with the bill remittance stub. Students not wishing to have their social security number or campus-wide identification number placed on their payment should contact the Office of the Bursar for available alternative options. Cash transactions are discouraged. A charge of $30 will be assessed for each check returned from the bank. VISA and MasterCard charges greater than $50 will be accepted as payment on the tuition account.
REFLECTIVE AGE–A remission of 100 percent of tuition is allowed to all students who are 65 years or older. The remission does not apply to normal student fees, and courses must be taken for audit.
Charges for room and board are due on a semester basis. Room rent is billed along with tuition and fees. The residence hall contracts are for both fall and spring semesters. Freshmen and sophomores not from the metropolitan New Orleans area are required to live in a university residence hall. Board is paid separately. Proof of personal sickness and accident insurance coverage or participation in a university sponsored plan is required as a condition of residency in university housing.
The following are room rates in effect for the 2011 – 12 academic year.
| Double Room | |
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Biever Hall |
$3,233 per sem. |
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Buddig Hall |
$3,233 per sem. |
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Cabra Hall |
$2,681 per sem. |
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Carrollton Hall Suites |
$3,344 per sem. |
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Carrollton Hall Apartments |
$3,875 per sem. |
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Residence Hall Deposit (not refundable)1 |
$100 |
Residence Council fee
This fee applies only to students residing on campus and supports the programming efforts and activities of the respective residence councils.
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Biever Residence Council Fee |
$30 per sem. |
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Buddig Residence Council Fee |
$30 per sem. |
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Cabra Residence Council Fee |
$30 per sem. |
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Carrollton Hall Residence Council Fee |
$30 per sem. |
Rates apply to the academic semester only. The Christmas holiday period and the breaks between semesters are not included in the room charges. Information on accommodations and on reservations is provided in the section titled Student Life.
Loyola Dining Services offers several meal plan options that offer a combination of all-you-can-eat meals and the declining balance dollars, known as Wolf Bucks. The all-you-can-eat meals include breakfast, lunch, and dinners. Wolf Bucks are used for snacks, and late night dining. Additional Wolf Bucks may be purchased in $100 increments. While all students living in the residence halls are required to participate in a meal plan, first year students, freshmen and sophomores, must choose one of the weekly meal plans or the combination plan.
Weekly Plans: Any 19, 15, or 12 all-you-can-eat meals each week.
| 19 meals per week (includes $125 in WolfBucks) | $2,232 per sem. |
| 15 meals per week (includes $400 in WolfBucks) | $2,142 per sem. |
| 12 meals per week (includes $660 in WolfBucks) | $2,040 per sem. |
Semester Plans: Any 50, 75, or 100 all-you-can-eat meals each semester in any combination and at any point in time. The semester plan includes $500 Wolf Bucks per semester.
| 50 meals per semester (includes $500 in WolfBucks) | $ 930 per sem. |
| 75 meals per semester (includes $500 in WolfBucks) | $1,103 per sem. |
| 100 meals per semester (includes $500 in WolfBucks) | $1,297 per sem. |
Wolf Bucks Only: Students may select from four plans that provide only Wolf Bucks. These plans may be purchased for their actual value of $500, $750, $1,500 or $2,000.
Combination Plan: Any 9 all-you-can-eat meals per week, plus any 75 all-you-can-eat meals each semester, plus $600 Wolf Bucks per semester.
| Combo Meal Plan | $2,227 per sem. |
For more information about our meal plans, please visit our website at www.loyno.edu/dining.
The Loyola Express Card is much more than just a student identification card; it is a safe, convenient, and economical way to make purchases all over campus without carrying cash, checks, or change. Much like a debit card, students simply deposit money into their Express Card account, and purchases are deducted from the account balance. It has proven to be an excellent method to pre-plan and monitor expenditures.
The Loyola Express Card is accepted at all campus food service locations, Convenience Store, Dunbar's, Loyola Bookstore, Central Reproduction, Student Health Service, Student Government Association, and residence hall laundry machines. Students may make deposits by cash, check, VISA, or MasterCard. Deposits to the Express Card may be made in the Office of the Bursar, Marquette Hall, Room 270. For deposit information, please call (504) 865-2388.
Funds deposited to the Loyola Express Card carry over from one semester to the next until spent. Balances in excess of $10 in a Loyola Express Card account will be refunded only if a member officially severs ties with the university by graduating, transferring, or otherwise leaving the university. Refund forms may be completed with the Office of Student Finance and must be accompanied by written proof of separation unless you are graduating. Refunds will be applied first to any outstanding university debt, with remaining funds issued, by check, to the student.
Incoming students and returning students who have pre-registered are mailed a bill for tuition, fees, residence hall charges, and board plans prior to the beginning of the semester. All payments are due 30 days from the billing date unless other arrangements have been made. Accounts not paid by the due date will be placed in past due status.
Students who are not early registrants, students taking special program courses or continuing education courses, and all international students must pay in full at the time of registration.
A late fee of $250 will be assessed on accounts in past due status. If a bill is not received or if an adjustment should be made to the bill, the student should contact the Office of Student Finance so that payment can be made by the deadline. Students who have not met their financial obligations or made appropriate arrangements through the Office of Student Finance have not officially completed registration and may be subject to removal from enrollment and will not be allowed to register for subsequent semesters. Students whose checks are returned from the bank as unpaid also are subject to removal from enrollment.
Loyola will withhold statements of honorable dismissal, transcripts, the diploma, and all other reports or materials until all indebtedness to the university has been paid or until satisfactory arrangements have been made with the vice president for finance and administration. Students are not allowed to enroll for subsequent semesters as long as prior financial indebtedness has not been satisfied. It is also the policy of Loyola to withhold transcripts, registration, and diplomas on any student who has defaulted on a Guaranteed Student Loan, Stafford Loan, Direct Loan, Perkins Loan, NDSL, Nursing, or other student loan. In the event that the delinquent account is placed with an outside agency for collection, all collection costs, attorney fees, and court costs incurred will be passed on to the student.
For Professional Studies and College of Business working students with employer reimbursement plans, the university will defer payment on 90 percent of tuition and regular fees. To become eligible for this deferment, the student must submit to the dean’s office a copy of the employer’s reimbursement policy and each semester submit verification on company letterhead of the student’s eligibility in the plan. By the university’s payment due date each semester, an Employer Reimbursement Agreement form must be submitted along with 10 percent of tuition and regular fees. Any other charges must be paid within the normal deadlines.
Payment in full will be required 30 days after grades are due in the dean’s office. Other reports, such as transcripts and the diploma, are withheld until final payment is received.
Although Loyola has no monthly payment plan of its own, students may subscribe to one of two plans offered by outside companies.
TuitionPay by Sallie Mae and Tuition Management Systems, Inc. offer families several monthly payment options to help make education expenses more affordable. The interest-free monthly payment option enables families to spread all or part of the annual tuition, fees, residence hall charges, and board plans over equal, monthly payments. There are no interest charges, only a small annual fee. Please contact the Office of Student Finance at (504) 865-3337, or visit our website at http://www.loyno.edu/studentfinance/monthlybudgetplans.html for more information on these programs.
A student who withdraws from a course before the end of the term may be entitled to a refund of a percentage of the tuition charged for that course. The university’s general policy on refunds is described below. Federal statute requires an alternate calculation for recipients of federal Title IV financial assistance, and it is described as well.
TUITION–Full-time students who withdraw from the university or drop to part-time status or part-time students who drop a course(s) may be entitled to a refund of all or a percentage of their tuition. Students who withdraw must return a completed withdrawal form to the Office of Student Records. Mere cessation of attendance does not constitute withdrawal. The date of receipt of the withdrawal notice by the Office of Student Records will determine the amount of tuition refund. Refunds are a percentage of the tuition payable in the semester in which the student withdraws, not a percentage of the total amount billed. Only tuition is refundable. No refunds are made when a student is suspended or dismissed for academic, disciplinary, or financial reasons. Tuition refunds are made for the normal fall and spring semesters on the following basis:
Since special sessions, short sessions, and summer sessions vary in length, please refer to the academic calendar for those refund deadlines. A student forced to withdraw for medical reasons should consult the Academic Regulations section of this bulletin for the university’s policy on medical withdrawals.
ROOM AND BOARD–Students who withdraw from the university may be entitled to a refund of all or a percentage of their room and board charges. Students who withdraw must return a completed withdrawal form to the Office of Student Records that includes appropriate signatures from the Office of Residential Life and the Office of Student Affairs. Mere cessation of attendance does not constitute withdrawal from the university. Amount of refund will be determined by the date of receipt of the withdrawal notice by the Office of Student Records, or the date of official check out from the student's assigned residence hall, whichever is later. No refunds of room or board will be made when a student is evicted, suspended, or dismissed for academic, disciplinary, or financial reasons.
During summer sessions, room and board charges will be pro-rated to actual usage, rounded up to the next full week when a student officially withdraws. However, no refunds on room or board will be given after 50% of the session has expired. Unused Wolf Bucks purchased for the summer sessions are not refundable other than by official withdrawal from the university, but are carried forward to the next academic year for students who continue their enrollment at Loyola.
An elective medical withdrawal insurance plan administered by A.W.G. Dewar, Inc., is offered to full-time students. This insurance provides a refund of 75 percent of tuition in the event the covered student is forced to withdraw due to illness or accident. The insurance reimburses the insured for the remaining tuition not refunded by the university’s refund policy, up to 75 percent described above.
Enrollment forms and descriptive materials are mailed to the student in midsummer prior to the start of the academic year. More information may be obtained from the Office of Student Affairs.
Institutional academic and merit scholarships are calculated based on the assumption that students will enroll and be charged full-time tuition. If a student on scholarship aid withdraws from a course and receives a tuition refund, the scholarship will be proportionately reduced based on the reduced tuition cost for the semester.
Federal Pell Grant eligibility is calculated based on the student’s enrollment status at the time funds will be disbursed.
Federal financial aid programs assume students will complete a full semester. Aid eligibility must be recalculated if a student totally withdraws or is dismissed from the university before 60 percent of the semester has been completed. Aid will be adjusted based on the number of days in the semester that have elapsed before the student indicated an intent to withdraw to a university official.
Additional information on the calculation of refunds (with examples) and the manner in which refunds will be applied against the financial assistance received may be obtained from the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid.
If a credit exists on a student account due to an overpayment, withdrawal, or excess financial aid, a refund may be issued to the student upon request. If the student paid any portion of the bill by credit card, the refund will be issued to the credit card company for the appropriate amount. If the student paid any portion of the bill by personal check, a refund may be issued after the personal check clears. Please refer to the tuition refund schedule. Any form of financial aid (loans, grants, or scholarships) will be the priority form of payment to the tuition account. If a credit results from a combination of financial aid and a credit card payment after all adjustments have been made, the credit card will be refunded.
The Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid provides information for and administers all aid programs on campus. For more complete information, please contact that office at (504) 865-3231, by e-mail at finaid@loyno.edu, or www.loyno.edu/financialaid.
Loyola’s scholarship and financial aid policy is to balance recognition of the superior student and necessary assistance to the needy. In instances where need is indicated, Loyola will try to provide sufficient funds to allow the student to attend Loyola. In instances where there is little or no need demonstrated, Loyola will still attempt to reward academic achievement with appropriate scholarship awards.
The Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid provides information for and administers all aid programs on campus. For more complete information, please contact that office at (504) 865-3231, by e-mail at finaid@loyno.edu, or on the Internet at www.loyno.edu/financialaid.
Loyola’s scholarship and financial aid policy is to balance recognition of the superior student and necessary assistance to the needy. In instances where need is indicated, Loyola will try to provide sufficient funds to allow the student to attend Loyola. In instances where there is little or no need demonstrated, Loyola will still attempt to reward academic achievement with appropriate scholarship awards.
ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS–A scholarship is a commitment from Loyola that a portion of the tuition cost for an academic period will be covered by gift aid. The scholarships are awarded to outstanding students with superior academic records and national test scores. Preference is given to new freshmen; however, scholarships are also given to transfer students. Students already attending Loyola cannot receive scholarship assistance except to renew a prior year award. Loyola may consider that gift aid from other sources satisfies all or part of a student’s scholarship eligibility.
OTHER GIFT AID–Grants-in-aid that do not have to be repaid may be available to students who can demonstrate substantial financial need. Some grants are not available to students who have already earned a baccalaureate degree.
CAMPUS JOBS–The federal government and Loyola provide employment opportunities for students who can demonstrate financial need and who want to work on campus.
LOANS–Long-term, low-interest loans provide students with an opportunity to borrow a part of the costs of education. The loans must be repaid when you are no longer enrolled "at least half time" at an approved school. Borrowers must be able to demonstrate financial need. Loans with higher interest rates and less attractive repayment conditions are also available to students and parents on a non-need basis.
If you want to apply for financial aid, you must submit a financial statement via the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). You can complete the FAFSA on the Internet at www.fafsa.ed.gov
A new student’s financial aid file cannot be evaluated until the student is admitted and the FAFSA has been received at Loyola. A continuing student’s file can be evaluated when the FAFSA is received at Loyola. You may expect a response from Loyola to your request for financial assistance within two weeks, after April 1.
Documentation to verify accuracy of application data is frequently required for federal programs. Requests for such information will be addressed to the applicant as the need arises.
You are urged to apply early and to supply all documentation well in advance of the beginning of the enrollment period. Offers which can be made by May 1 are considered timely and should meet as much of full need as funding permits; later applications will be subject to fund availability.
Your admissions application serves as your application for all institutional merit scholarship funds. You should complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid ("FAFSA") to apply for all federal, state, and institutional need-based aid programs.
Merit-based scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis through the Office of Admissions. Interested applicants can contact an admissions counselor for specific requirements.
Scholarships in music are awarded directly by the College of Music. These scholarships are given for ability, need, and talent. Application should be made directly to the dean of the College of Music.
Oftentimes an award will include a combination of the four different kinds of financial aid–scholarships, grants, loans, and jobs. This combination may vary according to the applicant’s eligibility for certain types of funds as well as the availability of funds.
How much one receives depends upon one’s need. Need is the difference between the cost of education and what you and your family should be able to pay. Loyola bases the student/family contribution upon information provided on the FAFSA.
Students receiving scholarships and/or other financial assistance have the responsibility to make normal progress toward graduation and completion of their program of study. Recipients of assistance who habitually withdraw from classes or who habitually receive grades which show the coursework was not completed may be judged as not making progress.
Recipients who are in danger of losing financial aid eligibility for failure to make progress are normally warned in writing of the conditions to be met in order to maintain progress. Recipients who fail to meet the terms of the warning will lose the right to participate in all financial aid programs until such time as they will have demonstrated, at their own expense, that they are capable of completing their course of study in an orderly manner. Additional information is available on request in the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, located in Marquette Hall, Room 110 or on the Internet at www.loyno.edu/financialaid
Federal regulations also require that all recipients of federal assistance who have completed two years of study have a grade point average that will permit them to graduate. Students beyond the second year whose average is below this level must be denied access to all federal aid programs until the required grade point average has been regained.
A scholarship is a commitment from Loyola that a portion of the tuition cost for an academic period will be covered by gift aid. The scholarships are awarded to outstanding students with superior academic records and national test scores. Loyola may consider that gift aid from other sources satisfies all or part of a student’s scholarship eligibility.
Alpha Kappa Alpha. This scholarship was established by the Alpha Beta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. An annual grant is available to a black female student with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 and university status of sophomore or junior who has demonstrated good citizenship and leadership ability and financial need for tuition assistance.
Alpha Sigma Nu Scholarship. Alpha Sigma Nu, the National Jesuit Honor Society, established this scholarship at Loyola University. An award is given annually to Loyola for undergraduates to be administered by the university on the basis of scholastic excellence and financial need.
Booth-Bricker Scholarship. This scholarship was established at Loyola by the Booth-Bricker Fund in 1996 to train nuns who presently work, or who will work in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Scholarships are awarded to Daughters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.
Joseph A. Breaux Scholarship. This scholarship was established by the late Judge Joseph A. Breaux to provide scholarships to Loyola students who are residents of Louisiana.
Greater New Orleans Foundation Class of Electric Rate Payers Scholarship. The Greater New Orleans Foundation distributes funds on an annual basis to several colleges and universities in New Orleans, including Loyola University. Each year, the amount allocated differs, as the prorata share is based on the total number of full-time students enrolled in relation to the total number of students at participating universities. Scholarships are awarded to students who have been residents of New Orleans for at least five years; are enrolled full-time; are enrolled in a program leading to a baccalaureate or graduate degree, and who demonstrate academic worthiness and financial need.
Clare Boothe Luce Scholarships. This fund was established by the Clare Boothe Luce Program to fund scholarships for junior and senior female students studying the sciences. Science majors who are pre-med are not eligible.
Dr. Robert G. Weilbaecher Scholarship. The Weilbaecher Scholarship was established in 2001 by Dr. Robert G. Weilbaecher, A’60, to encourage students to pursue the study of biology. Candidates must apply for, and receive a grant from the Cancer Association for Greater New Orleans, or other types of support. Recipients are selected by the Department of Biological Sciences.
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation. This fund was established by the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation to provide funds for the education of financially needy and academically deserving Christian girls who are residents of any of the following Southeastern states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
Fanny Edith Winn Education Trust Scholarship. The Fanny Edith Winn Educational Trust, an independent foundation based in Crowley, La., was established to support higher education at Louisiana universities. Scholarships are given annually to outstanding undergraduate students at Loyola.
The Presser Foundation Scholarship in Music. This scholarship was established by the Presser Foundation to recognize the outstanding music major at the end of his or her junior year. The student is selected annually by vote of the College of Music faculty.
Almar Foundation Scholarship. This scholarship was established through gifts from the Almar Foundation of New Orleans. The scholarship is restricted to talented students from Louisiana who meet the admissions requirements and engage in community service activities.
Alumni Legacy Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship was established by the Loyola University Alumni Association and is available to children or stepchildren of Loyola alumni. The scholarship is based on the student’s academic record, leadership, community service activities, and documented financial need.
Alice Powell Anderson Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship was established by Mr. Vernon E. Powell in memory of his mother, Alice Powell Anderson. The scholarship is awarded to promote excellence in undergraduate studies.
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Andonie Endowed Scholarship in Biological Sciences and Pre-Medicine. This fund was established by Dr. and Mrs. Jack A. Andonie. Dr. Andonie was a 1958 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences. It is awarded to deserving biology and pre-med students.
L. Dean Angeles Endowed Scholarship in String Education. This scholarship was funded by the J. Edgar Monroe Foundation in honor of Dean Angeles, who guided the string education program. It will be awarded to an outstanding string education student in the College of Music and Fine Arts. The student is selected by the College of Music and Fine Arts.
Meredith Alison Arnold Music Leadership Endowment. This scholarship was established by Tom and Donna Arnold, parents of Meredith Anold M’08. The recipient must be an instrumentalist majoring in music, active in the Loyola community who has made positive contributions to Loyola and the larger New Orleans music community.
Monsignor Michael Artim Memorial Endowed Scholarship. This fund was established through the will of Monsignor Michael Artim. The purpose of this scholarship is to promote excellence in undergraduate studies by offering financial assistance to talented students.
Eugene Barousse Scholarship. This fund was established by the late Eugene Barousse. The scholarship is awarded based on academic achievement and financial need.
John and Mary Jane Becker Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship was established through gifts from John and Mary Jane Becker, both Loyola graduates. The scholarship is awarded to outstanding College of Business students.
Ralph "Tom" Bell Endowed Journalism Scholarship. This scholarship was established by the family and friends of the late Tom Bell, who taught journalism for many years at Loyola. It is awarded to talented students working in leadership roles on The Maroon student newspaper.
Rev. Francis A. Benedetto, S.J., and Rev. Karl A. Maring, S.J., Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship was established in memory of Fr. Benedetto and Fr. Maring, through gifts from the Department of Physics and former colleagues. Both Jesuits taught physics at Loyola for many years, and this scholarship is awarded to outstanding physics students.
Guy F. Bernard Memorial Scholarship in Music. This music scholarship was established in memory of Guy F. Bernard, a graduate of the College of Music who served as a member of the faculty for many years. It is awarded annually to an outstanding student studying piano.
Sidney and Brenda Bezou Endowed English Scholarship. This fund was established through the bequest of Brenda Bezou. The purpose is to promote excellence in the field of English.
Sidney and Brenda Bezou Endowed Mathematics Scholarship. This fund was established through the bequest of Brenda Bezou. The purpose is to promote excellence in the field of Mathematics.
Rev. Emmett M. Bienvenu, S.J., Endowed Scholarship for the Classics. This endowed scholarship was established at Loyola in honor of the Rev. Emmett M. Bienvenu, S.J. It will be awarded to students who are either majors or minors in classical studies.
M.J. Euphemie Blanc and Louis Alfred Blanc Joint Memorial Scholarship in Music. This scholarship was established with a bequest from Mary Jane Euphemie Blanc. It is awarded to a degree candidate in the College of Music; the recipient must be a vocalist, violinist, pianist, or organist; first preference is given to female students.
Regina H. Blanc Memorial Scholarship. In 2000, Loyola University New Orleans received a bequest from the estate of Mary Jane Euphemie Blanc, a donation to the College of Business for the sole purpose of establishing the Regina H. Blanc Memorial Scholarship. The recipient must be a female business student studying to become a certified public accountant.
Henry J. Boudreaux and Luke S. Boudreaux Endowed Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship was established by the late Flossie Mae Boudreaux in memory of her late husband, Henry J. Boudreaux, and of Luke S. Boudreaux. It is awarded to promote excellence in undergraduate studies.
Joseph A. Breaux Scholarship. Judge Joseph Breaux established this scholarship to promote excellence in undergraduate studies to Louisiana residents.
Gladys Egan Brennan Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship was established through the bequest of Gladys Brennan to provide scholarships to talented undergraduate students who demonstrate financial need.
Otto F. Briede Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship was created through a gift from Otto F. Briede, Jr., to establish the scholarship in memory of his father. The scholarship is awarded to a worthy student majoring in physics.
Ingrid Lily Frolich Burns Scholarship. This fund was created by Madeline Burns, a Loyola University Institute of Ministry student in honor of her mother, Lily. The scholarship is awarded to talented students studying in Loyola’s Institute of Ministry.
Rev. Joseph A. Butt, S.J., Memorial Scholarship. The Rev. Joseph A. Butt, S.J., Memorial Scholarship was established by Dr. J.C. Minge, Jr. The scholarship is to be awarded to needy students majoring in business administration.
Edward Conway Cahill (ROTC) Scholarship. This ROTC scholarship in memory of Edward Conway Cahill was established by the late William A. Cahill. In awarding this scholarship, priority is to be given first to candidates, student brothers, and brothers of the Sacred Heart attending Loyola University, and then to qualified ROTC students.
Lois Josephine and Loretto Cahill Endowed Scholarship. This arts and sciences scholarship in memory of Lois Josephine Loretto Conway Cahill was established by the late William A. Cahill. In awarding this scholarship, priority is to be given first to candidates, student brothers, and brothers of the Sacred Heart attending Loyola University.
Mary Margaret Conway and Noel Cecelia Cahill Malloy Scholarship in Music. This music scholarship in memory of Mary Margaret Conway and Noel Cecelia Cahill Malloy was established by the late William A. Cahill. In awarding this scholarship, priority is to be given first to candidates, student brothers, and brothers of the Sacred Heart attending Loyola University, and then to qualified music students.
William G. Caldwell SAK Scholarship Fund. This scholarship was established by Ruth Roberts Caldwell in memory of her son, William Caldwell, a member of Sigma Alpha Kappa while at Loyola. The scholarship award is given first to members in good standing of SAK fraternity who wish to make a retreat at Manresa Retreat House; and then it is offered to other Loyola University students for Manresa retreats.
Chicago Alumni Chapter Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship was established in 2003 by the Chicago Alumni Chapter to attract and retain talented Chicago area students with outstanding academic accomplishments, leadership, community service, and civic activities.
City College Alumni Board Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship was established by the City College Alumni Board to promote excellence in studies by non-traditional students.
College of Business Alumni Board Endowed Scholarship. Created by the College of Business Administration (CBA) Alumni Board , this scholarship is given to a recipient who is a junior or senior at Loyola, pursuing a degree offered by the College of Business, and who has a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or higher. Preference will be given to children of Loyola alumni.
College of Business Endowed Scholarship. Established by faculty and staff within the College of Business, this scholarship is awarded to deserving students in the College of Business.
Philip Reilly Collins Endowed Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship was established in 1994 by Philip Collins in memory of his parents. Collins graduated from Loyola’s College of Arts and Sciences in 1939 and the School of Law in 1942. The scholarship recipient is to promote excellence in undergraduate studies.
Philip R. and Mary C. Collins Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to undergraduate students.
Eleanore C. Condon Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship was established through gifts from Rita M. Condon, M’43. It will be awarded to outstanding business students studying accounting.
Zona B. Davis Memorial Scholarship in Music. This endowed scholarship was established by Zona B. Davis, former executive secretary in the Department of Physics, with the purpose of setting up an endowed scholarship in the College of Music. The recipient must be an outstanding female in the College of Music; the funds must be used to pay her tuition to attend the Loyola University College of Music; and the scholarship is given every four years.
The Edmond Deramee Music Scholarship Fund. This scholarship was established through a bequest from the will of Edmond Deramee, a 1924 graduate of the School of Law. The recipient must be a student in the College of Music and Fine Arts.
Ferdinand Dominguez and Isabella Depetirate Dominguez Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship was established in honor of Dorothy Roy’s parents and is awarded to music education majors with an overall grade point average of 3.0.
D. Donnaud Scholarship in Music. In 1993, Loyola received a bequest from the succession of Delia Irene Donnaud to establish the D. Donnaud Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to a student in the College of Music from the New Orleans area or the state of Louisiana.
Sally and Adrian Duplantier Boys Hope Girls Hope Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship was established by the Hon. Adrian G. and Sally Duplantier. Judge Duplantier, who graduated from the law school in 1949, and his wife have been involved with Boys Hope Girls Hope and Loyola for many years. The scholarship will be awarded to outstanding students who are residents of Boys Hope Girls Hope.
Dr. Emilio Echevarria Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship was established by Dr. Emilio Echevarria to promote excellence in the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences. The recipient(s) should demonstrate need and be from the Tampa metropolitan area.
Rev. Larion Elliot, S.J., Scholarship. This scholarship was established through gifts from George L. Sirgo. Jr., L’61, in memory of Fr. Elliot. This scholarship will be awarded to students active with LUCAP.
Department of English Scholarship. This scholarship was established through gifts from Carolyn Callahan, A’88, a member of Loyola’s Board of Trustees. It is awarded to outstanding students who are majors or minors in English.
Thomas Farr Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship was established in memory of Thomas Farr, a sophomore in the College of Business who passed away in 2003. Recipients must be male, undergraduate students, from a mid-level economic background, who receive help from Loyola’s Academic Resource Center. If there is a tie, the scholarship should go to a student from Atlanta, Ga.
Evelyn-Mae Durmeyer Fillion Scholarship in Music. The family of Evelyn-Mae Fillion established a scholarship in her memory in the College of Music. A 1938 graduate of the College of Music, Mrs. Fillion was an organist at Temple Sinai and other places of worship in uptown New Orleans. The recipient must be a degree candidate in the College of Music; majoring in cello or piano; with preference given to students in music education or music therapy.
First Generation Student Endowed Scholarship in Music and Fine Arts. This scholarship was established in 2008 through the generous gifts of Peter and Nancy Gennet, The Bertuzzi Family Foundation, and Robert Irmas. It benefits a student who is the first in his or her family to attend college and is studying in the College of Music and Fine Arts, and is matched by the Louisiana Board of Regents.
Mary Ann Reising Flynn Scholarship Fund. The Mary Ann Reising Flynn Scholarship Fund was established with a gift from Dr. George Q. Flynn in memory of his late wife, who graduated from Loyola in 1960 from the College of Arts and Sciences. The recipient is to be a female of sophomore standing who shows leadership qualities and is of good academic standing.
Betty P. Fosberg Scholarship. This scholarship was established through gifts from the family and friends of Betty Fosberg to commemorate her retirement after working for many years in City College. It will be awarded to an outstanding non-traditional undergraduate student enrolled at Loyola for at least two consecutive semesters with a miniumum 3.0 grade point average.
Marie de Renvillé Franicevic Foundation Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship was established by the Marie de Renvillé Franicevic Foundation. The purpose of the scholarship is to promote excellence in Institute for Ministry studies.
Msgr. Edward David Frugé Scholarship of Social Justice. This scholarship was established with the purpose of advancing the cause of social justice for all, while facilitating the Jesuit ideal of service to humankind. The funds are specifically for students in the College of Social Sciences majoring or minoring in sociology. The recipient must demonstrate participation in community service, social activism, and strong academic achievement.
Edward Augustin Generelly Scholarship. In 1982, Loyola received a gift from the succession of Gladys LaRoche Generelly to establish the Edward Augustin Generelly Scholarship. The candidate must be of good moral character, have an average grade of A or very close to A, maintain that average at Loyola, and show leadership qualities.
The Geoffrey Scholarship. The Geoffrey Scholarship was created and funded by the Loyola student organization Etcetera and is open to all current Loyola students who have demonstrated commitment and service to the GLBT community. Recipients of this award must be classified as full-time students (non-graduating seniors) currently enrolled at Loyola University New Orleans, and must present a grade point average of 2.75 or above.
William John Gilbert Memorial Scholarship. The William John Gilbert Memorial Scholarship was established through the estate of Gordon D. Gilbert. The scholarship provides for tuition assistance to a student or students of the College of Business with preference given to Louisiana students and employees of Dillard Department Stores, I
The Goizueta Foundation Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship was established by the Goizueta Foundation to provide need-based assistance to Hispanic/Latino students whose families reside in the United States.
John J. Grasser Scholarship Fund. This scholarship was established by Edward L. Schmidt, Jr., and Hugh Joseph Hecker, officers for the John J. Grasser Scholarship Fund. It will be awarded to deserving students, with preference to pre-pharmacy students.
William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship. In 1992, Loyola University received a grant from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation to establish an endowed scholarship fund for minority students and students from the Gulf Coast area with financial need.
Moses G. Hogan Memorial Scholarship in Music. Funded by friends and supporters of the choral music of the late Moses George Hogan, the Moses Hogan Scholarship is awarded to a student in Loyola's College of Music who has demonstrated ability in choral music. Preference is given to a student who also has demonstrated talent as a pianist.
Merl and Rita Huntsinger Endowed Scholarship in Music. This scholarship was funded by Mr. Merl Huntsinger to honor his wife, Rita. Mrs. Huntsinger has been an active supporter of Loyola’s College of Music. Recipients are selected based on academic and musical achievements.
Dr. Robert P. Ingram Scholarship. This scholarship was established through a bequest of Dr. Robert P. Ingram. It will be awarded to deserving undergraduate students.
International Student Scholarship. Established by Loyola’s International Student Association, this scholarship provides assistance to the university’s international students. The scholarship is awarded on the basis of merit and need.
Jesuit Community Scholarship. This scholarship was established through a gift from the Jesuit community of Loyola University New Orleans. It will be awarded to students who are graduates of any Jesuit high school.
Gayle and Merrick Jones Endowed Scholarship in Music. The Gayle and Merrick Jones Scholarship was funded by Gayle Jones, in memory of her late husband, J. Merrick Jones, in 2004. The recipient must be an outstanding student in Loyola’s College of Music, and must be selected by the faculty based on academic and musical achievements.
Clifford A. King Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship was established through a gift from Cyril P. Geary, Jr., in honor of Clifford King. It will be awarded to outstanding business majors.
Thomas and Catherine Kloor Endowed Scholarship for First Generation Students. This scholarship was established by a generous gift of Tom and Kitty Kloor and matched by the Louisiana Board of Regents. The scholarship supports students who are the first generation of their family to attend college. Students must have a 3.0 grade point average. This scholarship is restricted to Louisiana students.
Josie Greco LaNasa Memorial Scholarship in Business Administration. Funded by the LaNasa-Greco Foundation, the Josie Greco LaNasa Memorial Scholarship was established in 2001. This scholarship was created to award talented undergraduate and graduate business students with a minimum 3.25 grade point average.
Jack and Sarah LaNasa Memorial Scholarship for Non-Traditional Students. Funded by the LaNasa-Greco Foundation, the Jack and Sarah LaNasa Memorial Scholarship was established in 2001. This scholarship is awarded to non-traditional students who demonstrate academic achievement and significant educational goals.
Jack and Sarah LaNasa Memorial Scholarship in Music. Funded by the LaNasa-Greco Foundation, the Jack and Sarah LaNasa Memorial Scholarship was established in 2001. Awards are made annually to outstanding graduate students in the College of Music and Fine Arts.
Jack and Sarah LaNasa Memorial Scholarship in Humanities and Natural Sciences. Funded by the LaNasa-Greco Foundation, the Jack and Sarah LaNasa Memorial Scholarship was established in 2001. The purpose of this scholarship is to promote excellence in the fields of arts and sciences.
Loyola Institute for Ministry (LIM) Scholarship. This scholarship was created to promote excellence in Loyola’s Institute of Ministry studies by offering incentives to talented students.
Elsa and Irving Lyons Memorial Scholarship in Music. Donated by Ileana Lyons, Peter Claverie, and friends of the College of Music, this scholarship was created to offer incentives to talented students based on academic and musical achievement.
Marjorie Hebert Mailhes Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Music. This scholarship was established in honor of Marjorie Hebert Mailhes for the purpose of awarding talented music students.
Dean John F. McCloskey Scholarship Fund. John F. McCloskey studied pharmacy at Loyola from 1933 to 1937 and served as dean of that college from 1933 to 1958. In 1983, his three children established a scholarship fund in his memory for talented students enrolled the pre-pharmacy studies.
Rev. C.J. McNaspy, S.J., Endowed Scholarship for Excellence in Music. This scholarship was established through gifts from faculty, staff, and volunteers in the College of Music, in memory of Fr. McNaspy, who taught music and religion at Loyola for many years. It will be awarded to outstanding music students.
Marjorie Hebert Mailhes Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Music. This scholarship was established in honor of Marjorie Hebert Maihes for the purpose of awarding incentives to talented music students.
Nancy M. and Joseph J. Mansfield Endowed Scholarship in Psychology. Joseph J. Mansfield, former vice president for institutional advancement, and his wife established this scholarship. It will be awarded to undergraduate psychology students.
Rev. A. Ransom Marlow, S.J., Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship was established in memory of Fr. Marlow, through a gift from his sister, Therese Marlow Walker. Fr. Marlow taught physics at Loyola for many years, and this scholarship will be awarded to outstanding physics students.
Antoinette Famularo Mayeur and Harold M. Mayeur Scholarships in Music. Harold M. Mayeur established music scholarships at Loyola in memory of his mother, Antoinette Famularo Mayeur, and himself. They are awarded to outstanding music students with preference given to students of Italian origin.
Fatemeh Moazami Endowed Scholarship in Middle East Peace Studies. Dr. Behrooz Moazami, faculty member of the Department of History, and his wife Mrs. Jilla Moazami established this scholarship in honor of Dr. Moazami’s mother, Mrs. Fatemeh Moazami. The scholarship will be awarded yearly to outstanding undergraduate students of Middle East History and Peace Studies, with preference given to a female student of Middle Eastern origin.
Octave Pierre and Marguerite Hitter Montagnet Endowed Scholarship. Royce Breaux Gauden established this scholarship in 2001 with the help of some of Mr. Montagnet’s companions as a birthday present. The purpose of this scholarship is to promote excellence in undergraduate studies.
Rev. John H. Mullahy, S.J., Scholarship. This scholarship was established in memory of the late Rev. John H. Mullahy, S.J., longtime chair of the biology department and advisor to pre-med students. It will be awarded to outstanding biology and pre-med students.
Isabelle B. Murphy Endowed Scholarship. The Isabelle B. Murphy Endowed Scholarship was established in 2008 through the estate of Isabelle Murphy. The purpose of the scholarship is to promote excellence in the field of music education.
Edgar Murray Scholarship. This scholarship fund was established by Edgar Murray and will be awarded to outstanding students in undergraduate studies.
Northwestern Mutual Life Scholarship. This scholarship was established through gifts from Will S. Hornsby, III, Joseph E. Mahoney, Jr., A’76, and Cliff Sutter with matching gifts from Northwestern Mutual Life. It will be awarded to outstanding students in the College of Business.
Francis Robert O’Brien, Sr., Memorial Scholarship. J. Patrick O’Brien, dean of the College of Business Administration, and his wife, Karen, made a commitment to the Campaign for Loyola University New Orleans in 1996. Their gift funds a scholarship in the College of Business in memory of O’Brien’s late father.
J. Freyhan Odenheimer Endowed Music Scholarship. Rita Odenheimer Huntsinger, a member of Loyola’s Board of Trustees since 1995, established this endowed music scholarship in memory of her first husband, the late J. Freyhan Odenheimer. The scholarship will be awarded to undergraduate and graduate music students based on talent and academic standing.
Jeremiah and Annette O’Keefe Endowed Scholarship. Jeremiah J. O’Keefe, a 1948 graduate of the College of Business Administration, established an endowed scholarship fund at Loyola in 1996. This scholarship is to attract and retain talented minority undergraduate students with outstanding scholastic ability.
Overture to the Cultural Season Scholarship. In 1982, the Overture to the Cultural Season established a scholarship endowment at Loyola for the benefit of students of the visual or performing arts.
Charles Paddock Memorial Scholarship. Named for Charles Paddock, a former vocal studies faculty member in Loyola’s College of Music, this scholarship is designed to promote excellence in the field of music by offering incentives to talented voice students.
The A.J. and Sherry Palermo Endowed Scholarship. In 2005, A.J. and Sherry Palermo donated a gift to establish this scholarship for deserving business students.
Parents Scholarship for Music Studies Abroad. This scholarship was funded by parents of the College of Music to provide music students with the opportunity to study abroad. The recipient must be an outstanding student in the College of Music who will participate in a study abroad program.
Physically Challenged Scholarship. This scholarship was made possible through a gift from William M. Broderick, a 1966 graduate of the College of Business Administration. It will be awarded to gifted students with physical disabilities.
Valerie J. Poulette Endowed Scholarship in Violin. The Valerie J. Poulette Scholarship in Violin was funded in 2006 to honor Valerie Poulette who taught violin at Loyola’s College of Music for 25 years before her retirement in spring 2006. The scholarship is awarded to a student studying violin.
Regions Bank Endowed Scholarship in Humanities and Natural Sciences. The Regions Bank Scholarship was established through the vision of William G. Pope, Jr., a 1973 Loyola history graduate. The scholarship is awarded to a student in the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences with at least a 3.3 average. Preference is given to students from states served by Regions Bank including Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, or Tennessee.
Nia Renée Robertson Memorial Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship was established in memory of Nia Renée Robertson for the purpose of promoting excellence in the field of mass communication. The recipient must be majoring in mass communication; preference is given to New Orleans area residents.
RosaMary Foundation First-Generation Scholarship in the College of Music and Fine Arts. This scholarship was established in 2009 through the generosity of the RosaMary Foundation with a gift matched by the state of Louisiana through the Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund Endowed Professorship Program. Scholarship recipients must be Louisiana residents who are first-generation college students in the College of Music and Fine Arts.
Richard D. and Christie A. Rose Endowed Scholarship. The Richard D. and Christie A. Rose Scholarship was established in 2001 with a commitment from Mr. and Mrs. Rose. The purpose of the scholarship is to promote excellence in the field of business. The student must maintain a cumulative 3.0 grade point average on the 4.0 scale.
Dr. Norman Roussell Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship was created through funds raised by the Black Student Union (BSU) in honor of Loyola’s former vice president for administration, Dr. Norman Roussell. It will be awarded to outstanding graduate or undergraduate students who are members of the Black Student Union with an overall GPA of 3.0.
Louis O. Roy, Jr., and Dorothy Dominguez Roy Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship was established by the estate of Dorothy Roy and will be used in the College of Music and Fine Arts to promote excellence in the field of education. The funds will be awarded on the basis of financial need and academic achievement.
Louis O. Roy, Sr., and Mercedes Sugasti Roy Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship was established in honor of the parents of Dorothy Roy’s late husband, Louis O. Roy, Jr., and will be used in the College of Music and Fine Arts to promote excellence in the field of education. The funds will be awarded on the basis of financial need and academic achievement.
Muriel Salvant Memorial Scholarship. The Muriel Salvant Memorial Scholarship was established through a gift from Mrs. Isabel Salvant in memory of her late daughter. It will be awarded annually to a local high school graduate who applies for undergraduate studies at the university.
Joel Larkin Schmiegel Endowed Scholarship. In 2007, Joel Schmiegel donated a gift to establish this scholarship. The purpose of the scholarship is to promote excellence in the field of chemistry.
Roger J. Schuler Scholarship. Southern Marine and Aviation Underwriters, Inc. established the Roger J. Schuler Scholarship. This scholarship is limited to students from the New Orleans area enrolled in the College of Business.
Catherine A. Schulze Endowed Scholarship. The scholarship was established in 2005 with a bequest from Catherine A. Schulze. The purpose of the scholarship is to promote excellence in the arts and sciences. Recipients are selected by the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences; students must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better.
Helen V. and Frank E. Scully, Sr., Scholarship. This scholarship was established by Frank Scully, Jr., Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and his brother, Dr. J. Robert Scully in memory of their parents. This is a university-wide scholarship awarded to a student from Tampa with preference given to graduates of Tampa Jesuit High School.
Lydia and Raymond Scully Scholarship. This scholarship was named for Lydia Scully, who taught at Loyola and her husband Raymond, who was an artist. The recipient must demonstrate financial need, academic merit, and must be a student of the visual arts.
Joseph P. and Juanita C. Sendker Endowed Scholarship. In 2004, Juanita Chaussier Sendker bequeathed a gift to establish this scholarship to provide academic assistance to students majoring in journalism.
Dr. G. Ralph Smith. This scholarship was established in 2004 by F. Craig Barber, a 1966 graduate of the MBA program, as a tribute to Dr. Smith. Dr. Smith was the director of the MBA program during Mr. Barber’s tenure and was later named dean of the College of Business. The recipient shall be an MBA student who has high academic achievement.
Josephine Spato, Joseph Spato, and Sarah Spato Scholarship. This scholarship was established through a bequest from Jennie S. LeBlanc in honor of Josephine, Joseph, and Sarah Spato. It will be used to provide scholarship assistance to deserving undergraduate students.
Lawrence J. Strohmeyer Scholarship. This scholarship was established in memory of Lawrence J. Strohmeyer, A’38, through gifts from his friends and former colleagues. Strohmeyer taught physics at Loyola for many years, and this scholarship will be awarded to outstanding physics students.
Student Aid Endowed Scholarship. The purpose of the scholarship is to promote excellence in undergraduate studies.
The Times-Picayune Scholarships. These scholarships were established with a gift from The Times-Picayune through the Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation. They will be awarded to outstanding students from the New Orleans area.
Rev. Bernard Tonnar, S.J., Endowed Scholarship. As a result of Thresholds: the Campaign for Loyola University New Orleans, a fund was established in 1996 by faculty and staff within the College of Arts and Sciences to establish an endowed scholarship in memory of the late Rev. Bernard Tonnar, S.J. The scholarship is awarded to a student studying mathematics and computer science.
Israel Trestman Endowed Scholarship for a New Beginning. This scholarship was established in memory of Israel Trestman by Robert, C’86, and Fran, C’97, Lenter, his son-in-law, and daughter. The scholarship is awarded to non-traditional students.
Anthony "Val" Valentino Memorial Scholarship in Music. The Anthony "Val" Valentino Memorial Scholarship in Music was established in 2000 by Mary Ann Valentino in honor of her husband. Awards are made annually to an outstanding student, in his or her junior or senior year, majoring in composition.
The Earl L. Weiser Scholarship. The Earl L. Weiser Scholarship was established at Loyola in 2002. The scholarship will be awarded according to financial need to an undergraduate.
Dr. Richard P. Wendt Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship was established in memory of the late Dr. Richard P. Wendt, who taught in the chemistry department for many years. It will be awarded to deserving chemistry students.
Vigil M. Wheeler III Scholarship. This scholarship fund was established by Virgil M. Wheeler, III, an alumnus of the College of Business Administration, in 1985. The scholarship is awarded to minority students in the College of Business, particularly those in the finance curriculum.
William Wildes Endowed Scholarship. The William Wildes Scholarship was established by friends and family in December 2006 in memory William J. Wildes, the father of Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., Ph.D., Loyola’s president. The recipient must be a first-generation scholar.
Richard Drew Wilkie Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship was established in memory of Drew Wilkie, a junior in the College of Business, who passed away in 2001. Many family members and friends have contributed to establish this endowed scholarship for finance majors who demonstrate both financial need and academic achievement.
John P. Winston, Sr., Memorial Scholarship in the College of Business. National Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation established the John P. Winston, Sr., Memorial Scholarship in the College of Business in 2002. The scholarship is restricted to students in the College of Business.
Mary Z. Wirth Scholarship in Music Education. This scholarship was established by Harold E. Wirth in memory of his wife, Mary Zichichi Wirth, M’40. The scholarship will be awarded to outstanding students studying music education.
Professor Thomas L. Zamparelli Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund. In 2007, Theresa and John Barbieri donated a gift to establish this scholarship in memory of Theresa’s brother, Dr. Zamparelli. The recipient must be majoring or minoring in a foreign language.
Loyola students who participate in Army ROTC take their courses on the Tulane University campus. Up to 15 hours of Army ROTC coursework may be used toward the total number of hours required for graduation at Loyola.
Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) is a comprehensive program of studies through which a student can qualify to be commissioned as an officer in the United States Army, the National Guard, or the United States Army Reserve. Students learn leadership and management skills that will help in any profession. The Army ROTC program consists of a two-year basic course, which is open to freshmen and sophomores only, and a two-year advanced course. Non-scholarship students participating in the first two years of ROTC do not incur any obligation to the United States Army.
Admission to ROTC is conditional on meeting academic, physical, and age requirements as well as the approval of the professor of military science.
Physical training is an integral part of the ROTC program.
To be commissioned as an officer, a student must complete either the regular four-year program, a three-year program (whereby the basic course is compressed into one year), or a two-year program requiring completion of the summer ROTC basic camp. Advanced placement for ROTC training may be given to veterans and to students with previous ROTC experience. In addition to these requirements, a student must complete at least one course in the area of written communications, military history, and computer literacy.
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The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) offers two- and four-year programs through which students, upon graduation, can earn a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force. Through a comprehensive program of both academics and hands-on training, students have the unique opportunity to enhance their interpersonal skills in the areas of communications, teamwork, leadership, and management.
The four-year program is divided into two parts: the General Military Course (GMC) for freshmen and sophomores and the Professional Officers Course (POC) for juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Students in the GMC attend a one-hour class and a one and one half-hour laboratory each week, while the POC students attend three hours of class and a one and one half-hour laboratory weekly. All POC classes and laboratories are conducted on the Tulane Campus. The GMC classes are held on both the Tulane and UNO campuses, while the laboratories are held at Tulane.
The two-year program consists of the Professional Officer Course only. Interested students should apply for the two-year program during the first semester of their sophomore year. Selected candidates will attend a six-week field training session prior to entry into the POC. Applicants must have four semesters of either undergraduate or graduate work remaining after attendance at our summer field training session.
Students may enroll in the GMC without incurring any military obligation. Entry into the POC is competitive. All students in the four-year program must compete for a slot at one of our four-week field training camps. Field training sessions, for which applicants are paid and yet incur no military obligation, are held in the summer and are normally attended between the sophomore and junior years. Non-scholarship students do not incur any commitment to military service until they begin the POC. Students may also register for an Aerospace Studies course for academic credit only, without joining the cadet corps.
Textbooks are issued without cost. Uniforms are issued, but require a $50 deposit at time of issuance. A $20 nonrefundable Cadet Activity Fee is charged each semester. POC cadets and GMC scholarship cadets qualify for a $100 per month subsistence allowance during the fall and spring semesters.
The Air Force offers some excellent scholarship opportunities in a wide variety of academic majors. These scholarships cover tuition, university fees, and textbook reimbursement. Contact AFROTC Detachment 320, Tulane University, at (504) 865-5394 or (800) 7-AFROTC for more information on the two- and four-year programs and scholarship eligibility. Work with your adviser for integration of Aerospace Studies into your academic program.
Learn more about the Air Force ROTC »
Loyola University offers the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) through a cross-enrollment agreement with the NROTC Unit, Tulane University. There are three general programs through which students can qualify for commissions in the naval service: The United States Naval Academy, The NROTC Navy or Marine option programs, and direct accession through Officer Candidate School. The NROTC program at Tulane University offers students the opportunity to earn a commission in the Navy or Marine Corps through four-year, three-year, and two-year scholarship programs, and through the NROTC College Program. Students matriculating to Loyola University, who have not already been awarded an NROTC scholarship, may participate in the NROTC College Program and compete for a three-year scholarship. These students are selected from applicants each year by the Professor of Naval Science.
NROTC scholarship program students are selected annually on a nationwide competitive basis. They receive four-year scholarships that include full tuition, university fees, uniforms, textbooks, and a $200 per-month subsistence stipend. Scholarship students participate in paid summer training periods and receive commissions in the Navy or Marine Corps Reserve as ensigns or second lieutenants upon graduation. They have a minimum four-year active duty obligation after commissioning, followed by four years in the inactive reserves.
NROTC college program students are selected from applicants each year by the professor of naval science. Students may apply to participate in the college program any time during their freshman year. They participate on a four-year naval science program with one paid summer training period (between junior and senior years) and receive commissions in the Navy or Marine Corps Reserve upon graduation. They incur a minimum three-year active duty obligation, followed by five years in the inactive reserves. College program students are furnished uniforms and naval science textbooks and a subsistence stipend of $200 per month during their junior and senior years. Additionally, four-year college program students may compete nationally for a three-year or two-year NROTC scholarship.
NROTC two-year college scholarship program participants are selected from local undergraduate applicants. To apply, students should contact the NROTC unit on campus not later than the middle of the first semester of the sophomore year or the first semester of the third year if in a five-year program. Applicants who are qualified and accepted attend a six-week Naval Science Institute at Newport, Rhode Island, during the summer prior to entering the program. Travel expenses are paid to and from the institute, and candidates receive approximately $500 in salary, plus meals and lodging from the training period. Upon successful completion of the Naval Science Institute, the students are enrolled in the NROTC program in the fall. Students then receive full tuition scholarships plus $200 per month in subsistence for the remaining two years of college. Active duty obligations are a minimum of four years of active duty followed by four years in the inactive reserves.
Those students who desire a Navy or Marine Corps commission but do not participate in NROTC programs may apply for the direct accession program that leads to a commission upon completion of degree requirements and Officer Candidate School.
The Naval ROTC Unit sponsors many teams in campus intramural sports and many specialty organizations that represent the unit on campus and throughout Louisiana and the southern United States. These include the Drill Team, the Drum and Bugle Corps, the Cannon Crew, and the Color Guard, all of which participate in many Mardi Gras parades and other unit and university functions. Other special organizations which include NROTC representation are the Anchor and Chain Society and The Raiders.
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Living, learning, and leading happen in and out of the classroom, both on and off campus. Loyola University New Orleans supports students by cultivating a learning community that, in the Jesuit tradition, assists in developing student’s whole selves—mind, body, and spirit. We provide leadership with programs and services that enhance the curricular and cocurricular student experience.
Each student at Loyola is assigned an academic adviser, a full-time faculty member, who will assist the student in planning his/her schedule, and who will discuss with him or her any problems encountered in his/her academic career. The student should see his/her adviser at least twice a semester.
The Career Development Center, in partnership with the academic community and employers, empowers students to identify and develop career decision-making and job search skills that help them establish purposeful, intentional, and authentic careers. Driven by a passion to help students find careers where they find their true calling.
The team of full-time career coaches is always available for students whenever they need it. Career Coaches provide assistance with:
The University Counseling Center (UCC) is located on the main campus in the Danna Student Center. The UCC provides personal counseling, group counseling, psychiatric services and psychological assessments to all registered students. It exists to assist students with meeting the varied challenges of community life at Loyola. Concerns for which students have sought services include homesickness, grief and loss, eating disorders, sexual violence, anxiety and depression. These services are offered free of charge and on a confidential basis in which the UCC records are maintained independently of all other university records. The UCC staff includes mental health professionals and a consulting psychiatrist who have been professionally trained in their areas of expertise. To schedule an appointment, please call (504) 865-3835.
Loyola’s Student Health Services is located on the main campus on the lower level of the Danna Student Center. Medical professionals administer a program of primary healthcare, medical assistance for illness/injury, and referral for emergency and/or specialty medical care to all registered students. The primary goal for Student Health Services is to promote personal healthcare and healthy lifestyles. Services provided include immunizations, allergy injection referrals, intimate healthcare treatment, anonymous HIV testing, and a licensed in-house laboratory for various testing. Treatment by medical professionals is provided at no charge to students and on a confidential basis as dictated by the medical code of ethics and federal law. Prescribed medicines, referrals to off-campus medical specialists, immunizations, laboratory tests, and hospitalization are at the student’s expense. For more information about Student Health Services please call (504) 865-3326 or visit our website for the hours of operation.
Loyola University New Orleans and Louisiana law requires all incoming students and students residing on campus to submit vaccination documentation. This requirement includes proof of immunization for tetanus/diphtheria (within the past 10 years), meningococcal disease, and for students born after 1956, measles, mumps, and rubella (two doses).
Registration for any course will be “temporary” until the completed proof of immunization compliance form has been submitted to Student Health Services by the student and reviewed by Student Health Services staff. Failure to submit the completed form will result in a cancellation of classes. This requirement can be met by providing evidence of prior vaccinations or being vaccinated at Student Health Services. All immunization forms can be found on the Student Health Services website.
Loyola University New Orleans provides a student health insurance plan through Gallagher Koster. The plan is available for students who are United States citizens. Gallagher Koster manages the insurance program and United Healthcare StudentResources (UHCSR) is the insurance company and claims administrator.
To enroll in the plan, or for details about what’s covered, locate participating providers, and answers to Frequently Asked Questions, visit the Gallagher Koster website. Gallagher Koster’s Customer Service Team is available to assist you Monday through Friday, 8:30 am – 6:00 pm, EST at 800-457-5599 or by email at LoyolaStudent@gallagherkoster.com.
Loyola operates three residence halls on the main campus: Biever Hall and Buddig Hall, which house undergraduate First-Year and upperclass students; and Carrollton Hall, which houses undergraduate upperclass students. Located approximately four blocks from the main campus on Loyola’s Broadway campus is Cabra Hall, which houses undergraduate upperclass students. Residence hall buildings are accessible to students who are physically disabled and each hall has resident rooms to meet the special needs of these students.
All First-Year and Sophomore undergraduate students under 21 years of age are required, as a condition of enrollment, to reside in university housing and participate in a meal plan. Advanced placement credits or transfer credits do not negate this requirement. First-Years and Sophomores from the New Orleans metropolitan area must either reside in university housing or with parents or a legal guardian at a permanent residence within commutable distance from campus. Information about current housing fees may be found on the Residential Life website.
Picture identification cards, known as Loyola Express Cards, are issued during registration free to first-time Loyola students. Each student is responsible for obtaining a card at that time which shall remain in his/her possession at all times. After the start of classes, a $15 fee will be charged for all cards, including replacements. The cards are used to identify currently enrolled students and allow use of campus facilities. In addition, the card controls access to the Recreational Sports Complex and the residence halls, as well as serving as the card for students on a meal plan. Students may also deposit funds on the card for food, retail, vending, and laundry purchases.
All newly admitted first year and transfer students must attend the New Student Orientation program immediately preceding their first semester. A fee to cover the cost of the program, all meals, lodging, and materials will be charged to all new day, undergraduate students, without exception. During this program, new students will meet with faculty and staff in both formal and informal venues to receive placement, advisement, and information about academic success. The orientation program also provides new students and their families with critical information regarding academic policies and support services, financial aid, campus life and activities, and student services such as counseling, career planning, and leadership development.
For more information, visit the New Student Orientation website or call the Office of Co-Curricular Programs at (505) 865-3623.
Student activities and programs are the best opportunities for students to achieve educational relevance outside the classroom. The Office of Co-Curricular Programs is committed to learning beyond the classroom and to providing students opportunities to actively engage in orientation and leadership development programs, student governance, and clubs and organizations. Through participation in campus activities, students may integrate the experiences of the classroom with everyday experiences of living and working in a society of people of varied interests, ideas, and values. Student activities are considered an extension of the classroom and hence an important part of the total educational program of the university.
There are more than 100 student organizations recognized and active on the Loyola campus. Leadership development, Greek Life, and student government organizations are just a few of the opportunities for students. A complete listing of all recognized organizations is contained in the Student Code of Conduct.
The Student Government Association (SGA) consists of elected members representing the four colleges and the School of Law. The SGA acts as the voice of the student body to the university. Through this body, students act as members on most of the university committees in an effort to insure input in areas of student concern. The SGA enacts legislation, provides services, and assists student organizations through sponsorship and funding of events. Meetings of the SGA are held once a week and are open to all students and members of the university community. Freshmen have the opportunity for representation through special freshman elections held each fall semester. All freshmen are eligible to run for one of these elected positions.
As a primary part of the development of the whole person, the University Programming Board (UPB) serves as an organization for student interaction and involvement. The UPB is a student-run organization dedicated to providing educational, cultural, social, and recreational programs for the Loyola community.
Through activities such as movies, mini-music festivals, contemporary lectures, trips into the New Orleans community, and performing arts, students can discover other cultures, learn about current events, and meet other peers. UPB has sponsored major events such as the Stop Global Warming Tour featuring Sheryl Crow and Laurie David, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jody Williams, civil rights activist and member of the Little Rock Nine Minnie Jean Brown-Trickey, trips to the New Orleans Museum of Art, Angola Prison Rodeo, Swamp Tours, and many others.
The University Programming Board encourages students to become engaged in their campus community by attending programs and activities. Through this involvement, students foster their learning and leadership skills outside the classroom.
The Cardoner Leadership Fellows program challenges first year students to develop their personal leadership style through engaging academics and co-curricular projects. Fellows live in a self-governing living and learning community, take academic leadership classes, create and follow a community code, and collectively address a social issue or concern. Students are nominated to apply to the program based on submitted applications for admission. Fellowships include financial aid and will be competitively awarded to each fellow. For more information, contact the Office of Co-Curricular Programs.
The following Loyola chapters of national academic honorary organizations are officially recognized by the university.
The Ignatius Loyola Institute for Values Education (ILIVE) provides each undergraduate student strategic co-curricular experiences to discover, develop, and apply principles for building ethical and meaningful lives. ILIVE provides students ways in which to learn and live the values of Loyola University New Orleans, enhance academic commitments, and transition into lives of service to others.
The Ignatius Loyola Institute for Values Education, formed by Jesuit and Catholic values, sponsors programs and activities encouraging the processes of reflection and discernment, which leads students to define their personal ethical code. Activities include opportunities for students to discover, develop and apply distinctive strengths, talents, and skills to the following: intentional exposure to wellness initiatives; speaker and lecture series on current issues and leadership topics; career discernment; commitment to diversity; character development; and service.
The Ignatius Loyola Institute for Values Education is the recipient of the 2011 Ignatian Medal for an Outstanding Campus Program, awarded by the Jesuit Association of Student Professional Administrators (JASPA).
Every student is uniquely talented to engage themselves and the world around them. StrengthsQuest at Loyola equips students to leverage their own strengths for success as students, leaders and global citizens. Programs are offered to individuals and organizations as a mechanism by which students can achieve success by cultivating their natural talents.
Intercollegiate Athletics and Wellness provides opportunities for Loyola students, employees, and alumni to participate in competitive and noncompetitive, organized and informal sports and fitness activities. It is the express purpose of Intercollegiate Athletics and Wellness to meet the diverse needs of the university community with a broad-based, comprehensive program including intramural sports, extramural sports, club sports, noncredit instructional programs, open recreation, and special interest programs. Students participating in all sports are responsible for ensuring that they are medically able to withstand the rigors of the physical activity in which they plan to engage. Likewise, all students should have sufficient personal injury insurance in the event of an accident.
The University Sports Complex is a multipurpose sports facility which includes: courts for basketball, tennis, volleyball, badminton, and floor hockey; racquetball courts; an Olympic-style natatorium for swimming and diving; a whirlpool; a suspended jogging track; a weight-lifting/conditioning area; and the Loyola Athletic Hall of Fame. It also has locker rooms, each with a sauna and steam room. Students are admitted free with their university ID card and may purchase memberships for immediate family members.
The Loyola Wolfpack competes in the N.A.I.A. (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics), Division I, as a member of the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC). Loyola currently fields varsity teams in the following sports: men’s and women’s basketball, tennis, cross-country, men’s baseball, and women’s volleyball. By a student referendum conducted in 1991, the program is financially supported by a student fee dedicated to the intercollegiate athletic program. Loyola offers athletic scholarships in men’s and women’s basketball.
PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Teri Berthelot, Office: 562 Monroe Hall
GENERAL INFORMATION: (504) 865-3530
WEB PAGE: www.loyno.edu/summer/ E-MAIL: summer@loyno.edu
Loyola's Summer Session offers students a chance to acquire additional coursework in a variety of time schedules. Two five-week sessions along with two six-week M.B.A. sessions are available. The courses offered are, in most instances, standard offerings which usually transfer to other colleges and universities. It is always advisable, however, for the guest student to check with his or her home institution about transferring coursework.
Our summer programs offer study in numerous areas; at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels. Travel programs and special programs are also available.
Loyola's Summer Session allows students the opportunity to complete an intended area of study in a shorter period of time. Students pursuing degrees at Loyola are encouraged to advance their progress toward degree completion by attending Loyola's Summer Session. The summer schedule containing course information and their times is published in March. Contact the Office of Student Records at (504) 865-3530 or visit the web at www.loyno.edu/records/ for a copy.
All Loyola students, any student in good standing at another university, and all entering freshmen are eligible to attend the summer sessions. Undergraduate students not currently enrolled at Loyola should log on to the summer session home page at www.loyno.edu/summer to apply online and for information regarding summer session. Students who are interested in summer law classes should contact the Office of Law Records at (504) 861-5575 for information on summer school.
All the general rules of the university apply, as described in this bulletin, with the following exception: a student may schedule no more than six hours per session (or seven, if one course is a laboratory science course) without the written permission of his or her dean, and only then if the student has a cumulative average of 3.0 or better. Loyola students desiring to attend summer sessions elsewhere must have prior, written permission from their dean if they want such credits to apply toward a Loyola degree. Students are hereby cautioned that deans will only grant permission to take courses elsewhere when the student can demonstrate compelling reasons to do so.
Campus housing is available during the summer. For further information, refer to the section titled Student Life.
LUCAP (Loyola University Community Action Program)
LUCAP provides numerous opportunities to serve, educate, and advocate for the poor and marginalized within the local community. LUCAP participants also meet weekly for reflection and mutual support. LUCAP provides the ideal environment for the integration of one’s deep motivational faith-based beliefs with their expression in action and world transformation. "Contemplation in Action" has long been a hallmark of Jesuit education. Find out more »
Ignacio Volunteers
In partnership with the Jesuit Center, Mission & Ministry provides immersion opportunities in Jamaica, Belize, El Paso, The Bayou in Louisiana and other locations with the Ignacio Volunteer Program. Contact the Jesuit Center, (504) 865-2304, for more details. Find out more »
Center for Volunteer and Public Service
Launching in Fall 2011, the Center for Volunteer and Public Service will provide needed support to the volunteer activities of the entire university. Find out more »
Other Volunteer Opportunities
Numerous volunteer opportunities exist through the colleges and the Office of Student Affairs. Find out more »
Loyola University New Orleans offers several cross-college programs. To find out more, explore the links below:
The Common Curriculum (CC) stands as a clear expression of the Jesuit vision of education. The CC serves to provide a foundation in a genuinely humanistic education -- in philosophy, religious studies, literature, history, the sciences, and the arts -- complementing the major fields of study of every undergraduate's program. The CC is designed to challenge students to develop all of their talents to the fullest; it calls for critical thinking, reflection, and disciplined study. The program is comprised of introductory and advanced courses, which vary slightly depending on students' major/college.
The CC is currently undergoing revision. The revised core will be implemented over five years. While students are expected to fulfill the CC requirements of their entering year, they may substitute appropriate courses from the new core curriculum with the approval of their departmental chair and dean.
First-Year Seminar (T121) - Total: 3 Credit Hours*
The gateway to the Common Curriculum is the First-Year Seminar, an interdisciplinary course that focuses on questions of enduring value through the lens of "thinking critically, acting justly." The seminar introduces first-year students to college-level thinking and learning, helps develop writing and speaking skills, and promotes critical problem solving and experiential learning. Students take a first-year seminar in either the fall or spring semester.
Introductory Courses (T122-T129) - Total: 24 Credit Hours
Beginning students must take each of the following eight courses (totaling 24 cr. hrs.):
* A different mathematics course may be designated by the student's major department.
Advanced courses (U-Z 130-499) - Total: 21 Credit Hours
The Common Curriculum advanced courses are under three major divisions: behavioral/social sciences, humanities/arts, and natural sciences. Courses are designated either modern or pre-modern within these divisions. Students elect seven course (totaling 21 cr. hrs.) with two each in philosophy and religious studies, one in behavioral/social sciences, one in humanities/arts (excluding philosophy and religious studies), and one in natural science. Two of the selected advanced courses must be designated pre-modern. A student may not take a Common Curriculum course for Common Curriculum credit from his or her major department. Only courses listed as Common Curriculum in registration materials fulfill requirements of the program. The distribution of required advanced courses across the three divisions follows:
The courses offered each semester and their descriptions are found in listings under subject categories.
Part Four - Foreign Language
All students who enter B.A. or B.S. degree programs (either as freshmen or as transfers) will be required to pass a second-semester course in a foreign language or demonstrate equivalent knowledge by placing into a higher level on a departmental proficiency examination. See full explanation under Foreign Language Requirements elsewhere in this bulletin »
Part Five - General Electives
It is important that students have considerable freedom to choose those courses or series of courses that interest them so that their education may be rich and full. The number of hours a student must complete depends on the major. See statements below for limitations on elective credit.
Departments in the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences and the College of Social Sciences, offer minors, which range from 18 - 24 hours. Additional minors are available in the College of Business, and College of Music and Fine Arts. In addition, Loyola offers 13 Interdisciplinary Minors. Information concerning specific requirements for minors is available in the departments and in the respective college dean’s office. If the requirements for the minor are not completed by graduation, the minor will not be indicated on the transcript. A minimum 2.0 GPA is required in the minor. Students in the School of Mass Communication must complete a minor as part of their degree requirements. Except in the departments of languages a student may not major and minor within the same department. Listed below are the requirements for each minor.
Where specific courses are not named, please consult the chair of the minor department. Humanities and Natural Sciences students interested in pursuing a minor in business administration or music should refer to the business administration or music sections of this bulletin.
Loyola’s comprehensive First-Year Experience program integrates students into the Loyola learning environment. The experience features a number of programs that help students make connections among their academic work, their out-of-class experiences, and Loyola’s mission.
The First-Year Experience program is anchored in small academic seminars taught by leading teacher-scholars. The seminars introduce students to college-level thinking and learning and to Loyola’s Jesuit tradition under the overarching theme “thinking critically, acting justly.” The courses are interdisciplinary and focus on questions of enduring value in the context of subject matter ranging from medieval monsters to protest and pop music, from violence in the media to American dreams.
All first-year students take a first-year seminar, in either the fall or spring semester. When students enroll at Loyola, they are asked to select several seminars they would like to take and send their preferences to us in priority order. We then pre-register students for a seminar, making every effort to place them in their top choice.
The seminars are the gateway courses to the Common Curriculum, the broad range of courses in the liberal arts and sciences. The Common Curriculum teaches important foundational subject matter, preparing students for the demands of a complex world and developing their understanding of human values and social justice. It offers an educational experience not found at a state institution or other private schools. It is a large part of the “Loyola difference”—that is, it defines what makes our university and the education students receive here distinctive.
"The Vulgar Soul" and “I Am Not a Jew” by Loyola Author John Biguenet
One of Loyola students’ first activities is participation in the First-Year Common Reading program, which involves readings and discussion of a common text. This year's reading includes two stories, “The Vulgar Soul” and “I Am Not a Jew,” from The Torturer's Apprentice by Loyola professor and author John Biguenet.
Students receive the reading packet at New Student Orientation or through a mailing over the summer. The packet includes study questions to guide their reading, which they are expected to complete before arriving at Loyola. An “Evening with the Author” in early fall gives them a chance to discuss the reading with the author and their classmates. Many classes will feature continued discussion of this text.
In addition to the First-Year Seminar and the Common Reading Program, students participate in a variety of programs in the residence halls. After a day spent engaging with Loyola’s faculty and classmates, students find their learning flows seamlessly into the residence halls as they bring concepts home.
Students do not have to live in the residence halls to take advantage of the many programs offered there. All students are invited to participate in the programs, get to know the residential students and Resident Assistants, study, and socialize.
New Student Orientation welcomes first-year and transfer students to Loyola University New Orleans. Orientation sessions are held in June and in August. The program provides students with the tools and insight necessary to be successful, comfortable, and excited about joining the Loyola community. Orientation sessions give students the chance to attend sample faculty lectures, meet with faculty advisors to discuss academic schedules, learn about campus departments and resources, meet other incoming students, and discover ways to get involved on campus.
Wolfpack Welcome is a five-day program in which first-year students participate in many of Loyola traditions, including New Student Convocation, Class of 2015 Photo, Into the Streets Day of Service, StrengthsQuest Conference, and much more. This program integrates academic and social programming to maximize students’ successful transition into our community.
Wolfpack Welcome begins Wednesday, August 24, and runs through Sunday, August 28, 2011.
Social Sciences
SPST A100 Career Exploration 2 crs.
The objective of this course is to stimulate an on-going self-assessment on the part of the individual, thereby enhancing his/her ability to make viable vocational choices and to encourage the student to investigate various occupations which emerge as possibilities after the self-assessment phase.
SPST A105 Protocols of Learning 1 cr.
Designed to promote higher-level learning skills, this course demonstrates techniques with application to the student’s classwork. The course addresses taking notes, preparing for exams, and comprehension in reading. Individual conferences are provided to address the student’s specific need.
SPST A205 Peer Adviser Development 2 crs.
This course is designed to prepare students to serve as peer advisers in the peer adviser program and orientation. Peer advisers serve as orientation leaders and workshop presenters in the Office of New Student Orientation and Student Health Service.
SPST A215 Organizational Leadership 2 crs.
This course is designed to examine the dynamics of leadership in organizations and to develop leader competencies in student organizations. Organizational behaviors and personal style assessment is the focus in fostering and developing effective groups.
SPST A225 Practicum in Higher Education 3 crs.
The practicum provides a means to test career objectives by exposure to the work environment in the Office of Student Affairs and the demands the tentative career makes on the person. Performance contracts will be negotiated.
SPST A320 Resident Assistant Preparation 3 crs.
Required for all students selected to be resident assistants, the curriculum is designed to impart knowledge/skills through structured class experiences. Emphasis is placed on interpersonal relationships, communications, and community development.
Required for all first-time resident assistants.
SPST A499 Independent Study arr.
Permission of the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Loyola's interdisciplinary studies programs give students the chance to examine topics from multiple perspectives, explore issues that emerge at the intersection of academic disciplines, and think creatively about themes and problems across departmental boundaries.
These programs draw on the broad intellectual resources of the university and the specialized expertise of teacher-scholars in a variety of departments. Through the integration of study abroad opportunities, internships, and collaborative learning, these programs help students better understand the inter-connections among fields of inquiry, global communities and cultures, and the diverse perspectives shaping the complex world outside the university.
Students interested in interdisciplinary study may choose among three majors and thirteen minors focusing on topics from Medieval Studies to Middle East Peace Studies. Loyola's New Orleans Studies Minor is unique in the nation, offering a broad range of courses and experiential study in the music, history, ecology, and sociology of the Crescent City. The Environmental Studies minor is also unique, as it offers students not only classroom study but also field work in the disappearing wetlands and on-side experiences in the natural environmental laboratory of the Gulf Coast.
Listed below are the interdisciplinary programs available:
Dr. Angel Adams Parham, Director, Department of Sociology, aaparham@loyno.edu, (504) 865-3581
WEBSITE: interdisciplinary.loyno.edu/africanstudies
The African and African-American Studies minor invites students to study the people, histories, and cultures of Africa, as well as its diaspora in places like the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America. The program provides a stimulating combination of intellectual engagement in its course offerings and cultural involvement through a variety of events that address aspects of the African or African diasporic experiences.
Selected Courses:
History: Africa and Black Diaspora
Sociology: Race and Ethnic Conflict
Music: Jazz in American Culture
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Dr. Mary McCay, Co-Director Dr. David W. Moore, Co-Director, Department of English, (504) 865-3389, mccay@loyno.edu dmoore@loyno.edu
WEBSITE: interdisciplinary.loyno.edu/americanstudies
The American Studies minor provides students with opportunities to explore the rich diversity of people and cultures in the United States through a perspective broader than any provided by a single discipline. Students’ own experiences and those of others past and present become illuminated in the study of history, literature, music, philosophy, politics, religion, and sociology in the United States. The program provides a window into American culture—elite and popular—and the ways in which it is recorded, presented, and understood.
Selected Courses:
Political Science: The American Presidency
History: The American Character
English: American War Literature
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| HIST A200 U.S. History to 1865 | 3 |
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The Rev. William J. Farge, S.J., Director, Department of Languages and Cultures wjfarge@loyno.edu (504) 865-2088
WEBSITE: interdisciplinary.loyno.edu/asianstudies
The Asian Studies minor allows students to integrate the philosophies, religions, languages, and political systems of Asian nations with their own Western traditions to form a deeper understanding of the world and its peoples. It gives students new insights into their own culture and leads them to an appreciation of the complexities of the social and political conflicts in the world, and particularly in Asia, today. Loyola has long had a diverse range of courses in Asian studies in its curriculum, and these courses have now been organized into a coherent minor.
Selected Courses:
Japanese: Japanese Animation and Culture
Religion: Hindu Paths to God
Philosophy: Buddhist Philosophy
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Dr. Patrick L. Bourgeois, Director Department of Philosophy, bourgeoi@loyno.edu (504) 865-3054
WEBSITE: interdisciplinary.loyno.edu/catholicstudies
The Catholic Studies minor allows students to explore the many rich and varied aspects of Catholic history and faith, including: the New Testament, the catacombs, monks, medieval cathedrals and universities, the Crusaders, St. Ignatius of Loyola and Jesuit spirituality, Augustine and Thomas Aquinas, Gregorian chant, Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, the Inquisition, the papacy, Dante’s Divine Comedy, the fiction of Flannery O’Connor, the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, the dancing Church in Africa, and much more. The program offers students a coherent and multi-disciplinary approach to the study of the global Catholic community and its living tradition, which is the basic inspiration for Loyola University New Orleans.
Selected Courses:
Religious Studies: Catholicism
History: Catholics: Their History
English: Contemporary Catholic Writers
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| RELS U247 | 3 |
| Must include at least one additional Catholic Studies course in the Department of Religious Studies and at least two courses in departments other than religious studies | 15 |
Dr. Ralph P. Tucci, Director, Department of Mathematics, tucci@loyno.edu (504) 865-2663
WEBSITE: interdisciplinary.loyno.edu/computationalscience
The Computational Science minor introduces students to the basics of computer programming and familiarizes them with powerful computational software packages like Matlab and LabView. The program also has an independent research component that affords students the opportunity to engage in original research using advanced computational tools under the supervision of an interdisciplinary team of professors. The minor can provide biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, sociology, political science, or economics majors with an advantage while applying for employment or further education. Visual arts and mass communication majors could also greatly benefit from exposure to the computational tools provided by this minor.
Selected Courses:
Math: Introduction to Programming I
Math: Applied Scientific Computing
Research: In one of the sciences
| The Computational Science minor requires the following 21 hours: | |
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| MATH A211 | 3 |
| MATH A257 | 4 |
| MATH A271 | 3 |
| MATH A375 | 3 |
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Choose one of the following four options: Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
Option 4
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8 or 9 |
Substitutions to the program will be permitted with the approval of the Director of Comptational Science.
Dr. Paul Barnes, Director, Department of Biological Sciences, pwbarnes@loyno.edu (504) 865-2008
WEBSITE: interdisciplinary.loyno.edu/environmentalstudies
The Environmental Studies minor offers students the opportunity to engage in a broad study of the ways in which humans interact with the natural world, from a variety of academic perspectives—biological, physical, chemical, sociological, economic, cultural, philosophical, and religious. The culmination of the program is a senior practicum or research project. Practicums have included work on a variety of topics—such as public land issues, international environmental agreements, wetland loss, corporate ethics, and alternative transportation—with public agencies, private companies, and nonprofit organizations like the Audubon Nature Institute, the Crescent City Farmer’s Market, and the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic.
Selected Courses:
Biology: Human Ecology
Sociology: Environment & Society
Philosophy: Environmental Ethics
| The Environmental Studies minor is composed of the following 21 hours: | |
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Choose two of the following Natural & Mathematical Sciences courses:
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6 |
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Choose two of the following Social Sciences courses:
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6 |
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Select two of the following Humanities courses:
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6 |
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Senior Research Experience
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3 |
Dr. Peggy McCormack, Director, Department of English, cormack@loyno.edu (504) 865-2473
WEBSITE: interdisciplinary.loyno.edu/filmstudies
The Film Studies minor offers a unique interdisciplinary approach to the cinema. Through film analysis courses and screenings, students examine the history, theory, genres, art, and business elements of film. Digital media courses expand upon this foundation by combining analysis, theory, and the presentation of creative texts through digital media such as e-readers and social networking websites. Finally, through digital filmmaking courses, students experience the actual workings of the filmmaking process, from writing scripts with professional screenwriting software, to the mechanics of transferring those words to the screen, and editing images and sound into a compelling and functional storyline.
Selected Courses:
English: How to Read a Film
Music Industry Studies: Music Visualization
Music Industry Studies: Video Writing/Directing
| The Film Studies Minor requires 21 hrs. | |
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| Choose any combination of 21 hours from the following: | |
| ENGL A220 Introduction to Film and Digital Media | 3 crs. |
| ENGL A370 How to Read a Film | 3 crs. |
| ENGL A313 Feature Screenwriting I | 3 crs. |
| ENGL A314 Feature Screenwriting II | 3 crs. |
| ENGL A317 Writing the Short Script | 3 crs. |
| ENGL A415 Creative Writing Workshop Writing About Film and/or Writing the One Act Play |
3 crs. |
| ENGL A470 Film and the Art of Literary Adaptation | 3 crs. |
| ENGL A394 Reading (W:/):- The Digital Human | 3 crs. |
| ENGL V244 Screenpower* | 3 crs. |
| ENGL A372 Studies in American Cinema* | 3 crs. |
| ENGL A472 Studies in European Cinema* | 3 crs. |
| ENGL A404 Creative Non-Fiction Workshop | 3 crs. |
| ENGL A408 Writing: Technique and Technology | 3 crs. |
| ENGL A431 Revising American Texts | 3 crs. |
| ENGL A306 Professional Writing | 3 crs. |
| ENGL A405 Editing and Publishing | 3 crs. |
| MUGN M415 Introduction to Digital Filmmaking | 3 crs. |
| MUGN M425 Video Editing | 3 crs. |
| MUGN M430 Video Writing/Directing | 3 crs. |
* These courses may be taken multiple times when the subject matter changes.
Fr. William Farge, S.J., Chair, Associate Professor of Languages and Cultures, 433 Bobet Hall, (504) 865-2263, wjfarge@loyno.edu
WEBSITE: chn.loyno.edu/languages-cultures/latin-american-studies
The Bachelor of Arts in Languages and Cultures with a concentration in Latin American Studies offers you the opportunity to tailor the major concentration to your specific interests and future professional goals. You can choose many of your classes to focus on one region (say Cono Sur) or to revolve around a couple of disciplines in particular. Because of this flexibility, the sample plan outlined below can only give an idea of how to structure your 4-year degree plan.
In addition, the requirements for the concentration depend heavily on your level of Spanish upon entering the program. While we welcome into the program those who are native speakers and those who have no Spanish, this difference will determine the exact number of hours available for interdisciplinary LAS courses. Below are a couple of scenarios on opposite extremes. The first one shows a four-year plan for someone coming in with no Spanish at all. The second one shows a four-year plan for someone who is already fluent in Spanish. If you have some Spanish, you will fit somewhere in the middle.
Fr. William Farge, S.J., Chair, Associate Professor of Languages and Cultures, 433 Bobet Hall, (504) 865-2263, wjfarge@loyno.edu
| Sophomore | Fall | Spring | |
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| Major | A200 — A201 of Language | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Elective | 9 | 6 | |
| Semester Totals | 18 | 15 | |
| Total | 33 | ||
| Junior | Fall | Spring | |
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| Major | A300 — 400 Level | 6 | 6 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Electives | 6 | 6 | |
| Semester Totals | 18 | 18 | |
| Total | 36 | ||
| Senior | Fall | Spring | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major | A300 — 400 Level | 6 | 7 |
| Electives | 6 | 6 | |
| Common Curriculum | 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Totals | 15 | 16 | |
| Total | 31 | ||
| Total Course Hours: | 130 |
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| Freshman | Fall | Spring | |
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| Major | A300 level of LAS (intro to LAS, etc) | 3 | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | 3 | |
| Common Curriculum | 9 | 9 | |
| Semester Totals | 15 | 15 | |
| Total | 30 | ||
| Sophomore | Fall | Spring | |
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| Major | A300-400 level LAS (6 disciplines) | 3 | 3 |
| Common Curriculum | 6 | 6 | |
| Elective | 9 | 6 | |
| Semester Totals | 18 | 15 | |
| Total | 33 | ||
Dr. Uriel Quesada, Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, uquesada@loyno.edu (504) 865-3686
WEBSITE: interdisciplinary.loyno.edu/latin-americanstudies
The Latin American Studies minor fosters students’ understanding and appreciation of Latin American, U.S.-Latino, and Caribbean cultures and societies through classes from multiple disciplines, including sociology, history, religious studies, literature, and cultural studies. Latin America is comprised of more than 20 countries with a population of approximately 600 million people, who exert their influence on the United States in trade, travel, cultural exchange, and immigration. The program couples perfectly with Loyola’s study abroad program to Mexico City, and it welcomes students at all levels of Spanish-speaking ability.
Selected Courses:
Spanish: Latin American Women Writers
Sociology: Peoples of Latin America
History: History of Mexico
| The Latin American Studies minor requires the following 18 hours: | |
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| SPAN A100 First Year Spanish I* (May omit course if student tests out) |
3 |
| SPAN A101 First Year Spanish II* (May omit course if student tests out) |
3 |
| SPAN A200 Second Year Spanish I (May omit course if student tests out) |
3 |
| SPAN A201 Second Year Spanish II (May omit course if student tests out) |
3 |
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Choose one of the following:
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3 |
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Choose one of the following:
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3 |
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Choose two of the following:
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6 |
Humanities and Natural Sciences
NOTE: Because the Latin American Studies concentration is interdisciplinary, there are courses within other departments which satisfy the requirements for the LAS concentration. These courses, along with the LAS courses are listed alphabetically by department below.
BIOLOGY:
BIOL A118 Tropical Ecology 3 crs.
Two weeks will be spent in the field in Belize, Guatemala, or Trinidad studying the plants and animals in several different ecological zones: coral reefs, pine savannah, rain forest, and mangrove swamps. A paper on the ecology of the area will be written after returning from the expedition.
HISTORY:
HIST A220 Latin America I 3 crs.
This course is a survey of pre-Columbian civilizations; European discovery and conquest; structure and problems of empire in Spanish and Portuguese America; the influence of the church; and the struggle for independence.
HIST A221 Modern Latin America 3 crs.
This course is a socio-economic, cultural, and political analysis of Latin American Republics since 1820. Emphasis is on the development of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Topics include problems and prospects, clash between the traditional and the modern, conflicts between church and state, and inter-American relations.
HIST A410 History of Mexico 3 crs.
This course covers the history of Mexico from Aztec times to the present. Emphasis on dominant social, economic, and cultural trends.
HIST A414 Northern South America 3 crs.
This course covers the history of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador including pre-Columbian past, Spanish Conquest, Colonial Period, 19th and 20th century. Emphasis is on dominant political, social, economic, and cultural trends. The course surveys the impact of the gold, cacao, oil, coffee, and drug economies. Studies will include liberalism, conservatism, and radical challenges to the established order.
HIST X241 Drugs, Terrorism, and Democracy 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
The U.S. has a complex relationship with Latin America. This course seeks to explain the three most important issues in that relationship today–drugs, democracy, and terrorism–from the widely divergent perspectives of the two cultures.
LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES:
LAS H295 Revolution! Latin America/Middle East 3 hrs.
This course focuses on comparisons of literature and film between the Central American and Western Asian geographic regions (with a special emphasis on Guatemala and Iran the last time it was taught) during the Marxist/Indigenous and Islamic revolutions, respectively. Through novels, short stories and film the class engages critical analysis of the differences / similarities in terms of specific revolutionary issues in Latin America compared to a region that is the most violatile region in the world today. The class looks at how the variety in the nuanced human element of political unrest changes the dynamics of revolution in three different stages: before it becomes violent; during the event itself; and after the dust has settled. After all, revolutions attempt to change radically the way we read and write ourselves as individuals as well as how we define and portray our societies as complex combinations of varied elements. The class also considers what different effects US foreign policy has had on these revolutions in Latin America and Western Asia and brings this to bear on discussions of social justice.
LAS V135 Women Writers of Spanish America 3 hrs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
The purpose of this course is to present the students with a representative sample of important Spanish-American women writers of the 20th and 21st centuries, covering different literary periods, genres and countries (the emphasis will be on narrative).
Through detailed discussion of the texts, plus films (when appropriate) and oral presentations, the student will explore the complex cultural and historical realities that have shaped the writings of Spanish American authors in general and women in particular.
LAS V230 Chicana/o, Latina/o Literature 3 hrs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course offers an introduction to the literature produced in the "Hispanic" borderlands of US culture. THe early model for studying the production of literatures/cultures in the US "borderlands" centered on whether the resulting works advocated either assimilation or resistance to the hegemony of whitebread US culture. By contrast, in this class we look closely at the historical trajectory of several texts (novels, poetry, short stories, film, visual arts, manifestos) and consider whether they offer viable alternatives to this binary model.
LAS V261 Latin American Thought 3 hrs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course will examine Latin American thought from its pre-Columbian roots, its colonial mixture with scholasticism, the Jesuit tradition in the 18th century, positivism of the late 19th and early 20th century, modern racial, Marxist, and nationalist ideologies to its presence in the U.S.
LAS V294 Civil Society & The Common Good 3 hrs.
Examining various socio-economic development issues within the context of Latin American, this course addresses the contentions between top-down, institutional approaches and grassroots, inter-personal solutions. While the former frequently focuses development practices and policies through technical economic and multi-lateral political applications toward development, the latter approach strives to incorporate ethical principles into action toward a more comprehensive, integral human development.
LAS V294 Economy and Politics of the Developing World 3 hrs.
This course examines the connections between politics and international economic development. The students will gain from this course a better understanding of the interaction between political and economic phenomena on an international and global scale, and learn useful tools for analyzing and assessing both current policy and historical developments.
In this class we will address questions such as: Why are tariffs and non-tariff barriers to trade high in some countries but low in others? Why do we have a free trade policy for most manufactured goods, but a protectionist policy for many agricultural goods? Why does the dollar go “up” or “down” vis-à-vis other currencies, and why is this a political issue? And does development aid help or harm developing countries? Does foreign direct investment by multinational corporations
LAS V294 Salsa! Music, Society & Culture 3 hrs.
In this course we are going to study Salsa as a musical form and a commercial concept that represents an urban lifestyle which has evolved according to the assimilation of the Puerto Rican minority in the United States, which has had a determining influence upon the whole Latino Caribbean sphere. The contents of Salsa music will be useful to explain the links between society and culture, enabling students to grasp the logic through which the recording industry interprets collective sensibilities and histories in order to conceive and trade aesthetic commodities.
LAS V294 Education and Political Change in Latin America 3 hrs.
This course introduces participants to the notion of curriculum as the educational product of contending forces within the society out of which it emerges. It relies heavily on the work of Paulo Freire and his sharp critique of the banking approach to education where knowledge is simply deposited and withdrawn. It explores the forces by which learners are induced or seduced to comply with the dominant ideologies and social practices related to authority, behavior, morality and/or spirituality. It imagines possibilities where all citizens participate freely and fully in the creation and recreation of meaning and values that make democracy healthy.
RELIGION:
RELI V294 Christianity and Liberation 3 crs.
This course is a study of the historical development of the theology of liberation in Latin America, the relationship between theoria and praxis, the Gospel and Marxism, the quest for socio-economic justice and Christianity, and implications for North American Christians.
SOCIOLOGY:
SOCI A200 Cultural Anthropology 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to cultural anthropology, which seeks to explain how and why peoples’ behaviors are both similar and different by studying their social, symbolic, and material lives. The course examines the relationships between culture and economic systems, social structures, politics, and the environment.
SOCI A204 Introduction to Haitian Society and Culture 3 crs.
This course is an introduction to the rich culture, society and history of Haiti. Readings, lectures, films, and other activities will cover a variety of topics in order to introduce the complexity of Haiti as fully as possible. We will begin by discussing Haitian history, particularly the Haitian Revolution and the impact of the Revolution on other parts of the Americas--including its impact on New Orleans. We will spend a good amount of time looking at the roles of religion in Haitian society with a focus on Vodoun (commonly known as Voodoo in the U.S.) and Christianity. We will also study some of the major literary and intellectual movements in Haiti and during this time we will read significant works of poetry, fiction and other writings representative of these movements. Finally, we will devote a substantial amount of time to studying Haitian politics, the rural and urban sectors in Haiti, and the Haitian diaspora--the large number of people who have emigrated from Haiti to many other countries. This diaspora plays an important role in the country's economy and politics.
SOCI A260 Women in Latin America 3 crs.
This course examines the social-structural context, daily realities, and contributions of Latin American women in the economy, politics, and the arts, with an emphasis on the 20th century. In so doing, the course also aims to convey a more thorough understanding of contemporary Latin American societies.
SOCI A400 Third World Repression/ Revolution 3 crs.
This course examines sociological perspectives on the causes and outcomes of revolution in the Third World (Asia, Africa, and Latin America). Special attention is given to the cultural politics of revolution, including the role of art, film, literature, and education in forging new national identities, ideologies, and practices.
SOCI X245 Peoples of Latin America 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Behavioral/Social Sciences Modern
This Common Curriculum course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to modern Latin America–its social, economic, political, and cultural structures and practices. The course aims to help students develop the analytical skills necessary to better understand and appreciate the region’s rich diversity and complexity, including its relationship to the U.S. and world-system.
SOCI X258 U.S. Immigration: History and Policy 3 crs.
This course is designed to help students develop awareness, understanding and critical engagement of the issues of immigration. The course interdisciplinary and incorporates sociolgy, law, political science, philosophy, history, public health, and economics. The course will begin by examining the philosophy of immigration policy and the history of immigration in the United States. It will then move to the economic and social implications of immigration, and pay particular attention to 20th century Latin American migration to the U.S. Students will also read and discuss particular policy issues (border, immigration court system) in order to develop individual analyses and responses to the issues that confront policy makers and the immigrants themselves. The course will require the students to think critically in developing new approaches to immigration policy.
SPANISH:
SPAN A340 Spanish-American Literature I 3 crs.
This course is a survey of Spanish-American literature from the Discovery to the Romantic movement.
Prerequisite: SPAN A300 or A301, or permission from instructor.
SPAN A341 Spanish-American Literature II 3 crs.
This course is a survey of Spanish-American literature from the latter part of the 19th century to the present, including realism, naturalism, modernism, and post-modernism.
Prerequisite: SPAN A300 or A301, or permission from instructor.
SPAN A350 Culture of Spanish America to 1850 3 crs.
A study of the different cultural traditions that have shaped Latin America from the pre-Colombian period to 1850.
Prerequisite: SPAN A300 or A301, or permission from instructor.
SPAN A351 Culture of Spanish America from 1850 3 crs.
Continuation of SPAN A350. The course aims to study the cultural heritage that has shaped the newly formed nations of Latin America from 1850 up to the present.
Prerequisite: SPAN A300 or A301, or permission from instructor.
SPAN A410 Spanish-American Regional Literature 3 crs.
A study of the literature and culture of a particular region, nation, or culture in Spanish America. A different region or nation such as the Caribbean, the River Plate, the Andean region, Central America, Puerto Rico, or Mexico may be selected each time the course is offered. Repeatable when subject varies.
Prerequisite: any A300-level course or permission from instructor.
SPAN A455 Contemporary Currents 3 crs.
This course offers readings and discussion of contemporary literary trends, including film, from Spain and/or Spanish America. Topics vary, depending on semester, but may include the Generation of 1898 or theater of protest in Spain, modernism, fantastic literature, Indigenista literature of Spanish America, or Spanish-American women writers. Repeatable when subject varies.
Prerequisite: any A300-level course or instructor’s permission.
SPAN A456 Spanish-American Narrative 3 crs.
This course offers readings and discussion of Spanish-American novels and/or short stories.
Prerequisite: any A300-level course or instructor’s permission.
SPAN V235 Women Writers 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course offers an overview of major women writers of 20th-century Spanish America.
SPAN V261 Latin American Thought 3 crs.
Common Curriculum: Humanities/Arts Modern
This course will examine Latin American thought from its pre-Columbian roots, its colonial mixture with scholasticism, the Jesuit tradition in the 18th century, positivism of the late 19th and early 20th century, modern racial, Marxist, and nationalist ideologies to its presence in the U.S.
Dr. Sara M. Butler, Director, Department of History, sbutler@loyno.edu (504) 865-2099
WEBSITE: interdisciplinary.loyno.edu/legalstudies
Law is central to everything we do in life, and in many ways its relationship with justice defines who we are as a people. This interdisciplinary minor provides students with a broad knowledge of various judicial systems, the skills required to communicate in a legal environment, the ability to analyze and understand contemporary legal issues, and a background in ethics, humanities, and jurisprudence in order to help them become effective advocates of social justice. This program is not intended to be a pre-law minor.
The Legal Studies minor requires students to take seven courses, spread across at least two colleges and three departments. No more than two courses may come from the same department. Students may not use a course from their major to fulfill a minor requirement.
Selected Courses:
Business: Legal Environment of Business
History: Medieval Crime and Community
Sociology: Correctional Institutions
| The Legal Studies minor requires the following 21 credit hours: | |
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College of Business
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College of Humanities and Natural Sciences Languages and Cultures
English
History
Philosophy
Religious Studies
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College of Music and Fine Arts Music Industries
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College of Social Sciences Mass Communication
Criminal Justice
Political Science
Sociology
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| Total | 21 hrs. |
Business
LGST B200 Business Law I 3 crs.
This course covers private commercial transactions, including contracts, sales, and property. Commercial paper, agency, partnerships, and corporation law are also included.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
LGST B201 Business Law II 3 crs.
This course covers in greater depth selected topics from LGST B200.
Prerequisite: LGST B200; sophomore standing
LGST B205 Legal Environment of Business 3 crs.
This course is an introductory course covering the nature and operation of the U.S. legal system, constitutional law affecting commerce, employment discrimination law, and environmental protection law.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
LGST B210 Law for International Business 3 crs.
This course discusses basic legal principles of engaging in business transactions subject to the law of foreign jurisdictions, and processes available and rules that apply to the solutions of international business problems.
Prerequisites: LGST B200 or LGST B205
LGST B493 Special Topics in Legal Studies 3 crs.
Prerequisite: Junior standing
LGST B499 Independent Study in Legal Studies arr.
Prerequisites: LGST B200 or LGST B205; junior standing
See description in College of Business overview
Dr. John T. Sebastian, Director, Department of English, jtsebast@loyno.edu (504) 865-2277
WEBSITE: interdisciplinary.loyno.edu/medievalstudies
The Medieval Studies minor allows students to explore a variety of questions about the Middle Ages as well as about our own time: Why did thousands of Crusaders march off to fight the “infidels,” and what can they teach us about conflicts over religious ideologies today? How does an understanding of medieval antifeminism assist our analysis of modern sexual inequality?
Whether you study the past for the sake of its own triumphs and failures, or as a distant mirror that reflects our own, academic pursuit of medieval culture opens up innumerable opportunities to explore the myriad forms of the human condition.
Selected Courses:
English: Medieval Literature
History: The Middle Ages Philosophy: P
hilosophy and Religion in the Middle Ages
| The minor requires 18 hours of Medieval Studies courses. | ||
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| 9 hours are from the following required courses: | ||
| HIST - A306 Middle Ages | 3 crs. | |
| ENGL - A316 Medieval Survey | 3 crs. | |
| Medieval Thought (choose one) | ||
| PHIL A405 History of Medieval Philosophy | 3 crs. | |
| PHIL U270 Philosophy and Religion in the Middle Ages | 3 crs. | |
| RELS A201 Medieval Christian Thought | 3 crs. | |
| RELS U386 Medieval Synthesis | 3 crs. | |
| The remaining 9 hours are to be chosen from the following Core courses or Supporting courses. Selections must be approved by the Medieval Studies Chair. |
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| Core Courses: | ||
| CLHU U265 Pagans and Christians | 3 crs. | |
| CLHU U274 Byzantine Empire | 3 crs. | |
| LATN A435 Medieval Latin | 3 crs. | |
| ENG A340 Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales | 3 crs. | |
| ENG A341 Chaucer: Troilus and Other Poems | 3 crs. | |
| ENG A424 Medieval Drama | 3 crs. | |
| ENG A475 Great Figures: Dante | 3 crs. | |
| ENG U287 Martyrs, Minstrels, Mystics | 3 crs. | |
| ENG U288 The World of the Vikings | 3 crs. | |
| ENG U297 Heroes and Monsters | 3 crs. | |
| ENG U299 Arthurian Legend | 3 crs. | |
| HIST A288 History of the Middle East I | 3 crs. | |
| HIST A305 Medieval Crime & Community | 3 crs. | |
| HIST A307 Saints and Demons in Medieval Europe | 3 crs. | |
| HIST A381 English History to 1688 | 3 crs. | |
| HIST W240 Between Eve & Mary: Women in Medieval Europe | 3 crs. | |
| HIST W255 Medieval Sex and Gender | 3 crs. | |
| HIST W256 The Crusades | 3 crs. | |
| MUGN U271 Medieval Music and Mysticism | 3 crs. | |
| PHIL A405 History of Medieval Philosophy | 3 crs. | |
| PHIL A408 Thomas Aquinas | 3 crs. | |
| PHIL A491 Major Seminar: Medieval | 3 crs. | |
| PHIL U270 Philosophy and Religion in the Middle Ages | 3 crs. | |
| POLS W249 Ancient and Medieval Political Thought | 3 crs. | |
| RELS A210 Medieval Christian Thought | 3 crs. | |
| RELS U386 The Medieval Synthesis | 3 crs. | |
| VISA U243 The Art and History of the Book | 3 crs. | |
| Supporting Courses: | ||
| CLHU U270 The Later Roman Empire | 3 crs. | |
| ENG A215 World Literature I | 3 crs. | |
| FREN A320 Culture and Civilization I | 3 crs. | |
| GERM A355 From Middle Ages to Baroque | 3 crs. | |
| HIST A304 Early Christianity | 3 crs. | |
| LATN A430 Latin of Late Antiquity | 3 crs. | |
| RELS A200 Early Christian Thought | 3 crs. | |
| RELS U285 Heresies and Heretics | 3 crs. | |
| RELS A310 Spanish Literature I | 3 crs. | |
| SPAN A310 Survey of Spanish Literature | 3 crs. | |
| TOTAL | 18 crs. | |
Dr. Behrooz Moazami, Director, Department of History, bmoazami@loyno.edu (504) 865-2162
WEBSITE: interdisciplinary.loyno.edu/mideastpeace
While Peace Studies and Middle East Studies programs exist in a number of institutions, Loyola is unique in combining these two areas into a single academic program. Building on the Jesuit tradition of engaging the world by promoting a values-based education, Middle East Peace Studies seeks to provide students an intellectual and practical response to the spread of war in the Middle East, and to increased militarism throughout the world. The program’s courses encourage inter-cultural and inter-religious dialogue in a non-partisan fashion, and make meaningful contributions to world peace by exploring one of its most volatile and compelling regions.
Selected Courses:
History and Religious Studies: Fundamentals of Conflict and Peace
History: Palestinians and Israelis
Political Science: U.S. Foreign Policy
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The Middle East Peace Studies minor is composed of the following 21 hours: |
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Middle East Studies: Courses in this area familiarize students with different aspects of Middle Eastern history, languages and culture. By focusing on some of the major issues that have defined this region we will seek to untangle some of the complexities that have been central to the ongoing conflicts. Choose nine hours from the following Middle East Studies courses:
(*If not taken as a seminar) |
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Choose nine hours from the following courses: Normative Views: Courses in this area of study explore the impact of religious, philosophical, and cultural discourses on war and peace. They examine the use of force and violence as seen through the world's religious traditions, by investigating the different ethical viewpoints, theological orientations and philosophical perspectives that have been used either to reject or approve the role of violence in a given historical situation.
Historical and Institutional Practices: Courses in this area investigate the institutional and historical underpinnings of war and peace in history and at present. These courses will entertain such questions as: Why people fight each other, how war has changed throughout history, and what sort of political and economic conditions were more suitable for a long-term peace and which ones were (or are) prone to war and militarism. Students will become acquainted with the types of political organizations and forms of governments that are most in keeping with international norms and most conducive to human rights.
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Dr. Leslie G. Parr, Director, Center for the Study of New Orleans, parr@loyno.edu (504) 865-3649
WEBSITE: interdisciplinary.loyno.edu/neworleansstudies
New Orleans offers a rich array of subjects for scholarly research and study, and Loyola’s faculty is uniquely situated to provide students with a deep and textured understanding of it. In the New Orleans Studies minor, students can explore issues of race and class relations, ecology, and politics. Courses in history, literature, drama, and film focus on the city and its people. New Orleans’ ethnic heritage, its musical innovations, and its celebrated foodways open additional avenues for exploring one of America’s oldest cities.
The New Orleans Studies minor, like no other in the world, provides a unique program for understanding a unique city.
Selected Courses:
History: History of New Orleans
Biology: Mississippi River Delta Ecology
Sociology: Social Justice in New Orleans
| The New Orleans Studies is composed of the following 21 hours: | |
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| History of New Orleans | 3 |
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Choose six courses in at least three disciplines |
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Information Literacy |
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| Thesis Research | 2 |
Dr. Sara M. Butler, Director, Department of History, sbutler@loyno.edu (504) 865-2099
WEBSITE: interdisciplinary.loyno.edu/womensstudies
The Women’s Studies minor prepares students to gain awareness of women’s issues, and to understand how social constructions of gender and sexuality affect daily experience, broader social structures, institutions, social relations, and cultural and aesthetic production. Its approach examines gender across divisions of race, class, sexuality, age, and nationality. The program seeks to provide students and the university community with educational frameworks and strategies for intellectual and personal growth, positive social change, and political awareness that informs active participation in public affairs.
Selected Courses:
English: Black Women Novelists
History: Medieval Sex and Gender
Sociology: Gender, Law, and Social Control
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Choose six of the following elective courses:
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For more information about the program, students should contact Dr. Sara Butler chair of Women's Studies at sbutler@loyno.edu or ext.2099.
To minor in Women's Studies, students take seven Women's Studies courses:
1. Students have the option of choosing one of the following three courses to satisfy the introductory requirement: WSA 100 Women, Society, and Culture, SOCI A250 Sociology of Gender, or PHIL V141 Philosophical Perspectives on Women
2. Students are required to take the Women's Studies Senior Seminar (WS 496) or they may petition the chair of Women's Studies to take a Directed Readings course with one or more faculty members who contribute to the Women's Studies minor.
3. Students are also required to take five additional electives from the list of approved WS courses (see below) across at least three disciplines.
The following courses are approved Women's Studies electives:
Classical Humanities U160: Pandora's Daughters: Women in Antiquity
Communications A453: American Women Journalists
Communications A455: Media and Gender
English V154: Women in American Literature
English V174: Women's Literature
English V175: Black Women Novelists
English A371: American Women Directors
English A410: Writing and Gender
English A461: Women's Postmodernist Literature
English A465: Women's Autobiography
History X190: Women in American History
History A260: Modern European Women's History
History A 352: Women in African History
History w 140: Women in Medieval Europe
History W 155: Medieval Sex and Gender
History A394: Women and Revolution in the Middle East
Literature C465: Southern Women Writers
Literature C385: Women in Literature
Music U 172: Medieval Music and Mysticism: Hildegard of Bingen and Her World
Philosophy V141: Philosophical Perspectives on Women
Philosophy U154: Postmodernism and Feminism
Psychology A327: Studies in the Psychology of Women
Psychology H434: Gender Differences in Cognition
Religious Studies U143: Women in the Christianity
Religious Studies U181: Women in World Religions
Religious Studies V187: Feminism and Theology
Religious Studies C266: Women's Religious Experiences
Religious Studies A417: Women in Religion and Culture
Sociology A240: Sociology of the Family
Sociology C367: Institution of the Family
Sociology A260: Women in Latin America
Sociology A250: Sociology of Gender
Sociology A255: Human Sexuality
Sociology A305: Social and Political Inequality
Sociology A 416: Gender, Law and Social Control
Spanish A455: Women Writers of Spanish America
Visual Arts U136: Images of Women in Art
For students wanting an education abroad experience, the Center for International Education is the first stop with advising and information on both Loyola and non-Loyola programs, financial aid, and scholarships. A study abroad advisor works with students to help them find the right program that will meet their academic and personal goals, financial situation, and interests. In order to receive credit for students abroad, all students must complete the online application for their program..
Numerous programs are available for Loyola students. There are semester and year-long programs, community service/immersion programs, components to academic courses, and summer study abroad. While the majority of students study abroad for short summer programs, a growing number of students are selecting semester or year-long programs. Students can attend both Loyola and non-Loyola programs, but Loyola financial aid can usually only be applied to Loyola exchange programs and ISEP. The university has a number of affiliations with study abroad programs that provide limited scholarships or discounts for Loyola students. All the information that a student needs can be found at studyabroad.loyno.edu or contact us at cie@loyno.edu.
Policy on Direct Enrollment in an Institution Abroad
Policy on Study in a Country with a State Department or Center for Disease Control Travel Warning
WEBSITE: studyabroad.loyno.edu
For students wanting an education abroad experience, the Center for International Education is the first stop with advising and information on both Loyola and non-Loyola programs, financial aid, and scholarships. A study abroad advisor works with students to help them find the right program that will meet their academic and personal goals, financial situation, and interests. Students must also meet with their academic adviser and the associate dean in their college prior to applying to a non-Loyola study abroad program.
Numerous programs are available for Loyola students. There are semester and year-long programs, community service/immersion programs, components to academic courses, and summer study abroad. While the majority of students study abroad for short summer programs, a growing number of students are selecting semester or year-long programs. Students can attend both Loyola and non-Loyola programs, but Loyola financial aid can usually only be applied to Loyola programs. The university has a number of affiliations with study abroad programs that provide limited scholarships or discounts for Loyola students. All the information that a student needs can be found at studyabroad.loyno.edu or contact us at cie@loyno.edu.
Go to the websites for more information on each of our programs
Tropical Ecology is a three-credit-hour course that involves weekly lectures each spring semester and culminates in a two-week fieldtrip in Belize, Guatemala, or Trinidad studying the plants and animals in several different ecological zones: coral reefs, pine savannah, rain forest, and mangrove swamps. A paper on the ecology of the area will be written after returning from the expedition. For more information, contact Frank Jordan (jordan@loyno.edu).
Christmas Break Immersions
Ignacio Volunteers: Jamaica Christmas Camp 2011
Christmas Camp in Kingston, Jamaica (Dec 27, 2010 - Jan 6, 2011)
Ten to twelve Loyola University students will be invited to serve as teachers/ coaches at a five-day Christmas day-camp for disadvantaged primary school children in a shanty town area of Kingston, Jamaica. The program is an eleven-day experience, where participants will have an opportunity to immerse themselves in Jamaican culture with its reggae music, unique food and environment, and learn of the political, sociological, economic and spiritual issues of the Caribbean and developing world.
For more information, contact Ignacio Volunteers at IgVols@loyno.edu. Or visit: http://mm.loyno.edu/community-service/ignacio-volunteer-programs
Ignacio Volunteers: Belize Winter Camp 2011
Christmas Camp in the Mayan Village of San Jose in Belize (Dec 27, 2010 - Jan 8, 2011)
Six to eight Loyola University students will be invited to serve as teachers/ coaches at a five-day Christmas day-camp for primary school children in one or more of the (English-speaking) Mayan villages in the Punta Gorda area of southern Belize, Central America. The program is an eleven-day experience in a very rural area of Belize, where electricity and running water is limited. Participants will have an opportunity to immerse themselves in the simple lifestyle of Mayan/ Belizean culture, within the rain forest and its unique food and environment, and learn of the political, sociological, economic and spiritual issues of the Mayan/ Belizean, Central American and developing world.
For more information, contact Ignacio Volunteers at IgVols@loyno.edu. Or visit: http://mm.loyno.edu/community-service/ignacio-volunteer-programs
Spring Break Immersions
Ignacio Volunteers: The Bayou Experience 2011
The wetlands of The Barrataria-Terrebonne National Estuary, Louisiana. (April 16 –22, 2011)
The Bayou Experience will work with the Barrataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program (BTNEP). BTNEP works on coastal and wetlands restoration and education on the threats to that ecosystem. Participants will spend the days doing beach combing, wetlands planting and invasive species removal. The evenings will be spent learning about the realities and consequences of the devastating loss of the Louisiana coast. In addition, in partnership with the Diocese of Houma-Thibadoux, participants will experience the Houma Indian culture, and learn about what Catholic parishes are doing both to respond to coastal erosion and promote sustainable rebuilding. Participants will stay at a dorm style USDA-owned facility in Golden Meadow, Louisiana.
For more information, contact Ignacio Volunteers at IgVols@loyno.edu. Or visit: http://mm.loyno.edu/community-service/ignacio-volunteer-programs
Summer Break Immersions
Ignacio Volunteers: The El Paso Border Experience 2011
At the Border of the US and Mexico near El Paso, TX (May 15 – 22, 2011)
The El Paso Border Experience will work with Project Puente and focus on issues such as global economics, immigration and the drug war. The experience will include trips to shelters, maquillas, the border patrol, a detention facility among other places in order to provide a first-hand experience of some of the realities of immigration. There will also be a day or two spent volunteering with organizations like Sacred Heart Church, a thriving, immigrant Jesuit parish. In addition, there will be an excursion to Palomas, Mexico to visit a women's cooperative there.
For more information, contact Ignacio Volunteers at IgVols@loyno.edu. Or visit: http://mm.loyno.edu/community-service/ignacio-volunteer-programs
Ignacio Volunteers: Jamaica Experience 2011
Kingston, Jamaica (May 16- May 25, 2011)
Ten to twelve Loyola University students will be invited to participate in volunteer service work in the poor urban areas of Kingston. The program is a eleven-day immersion experience, where participants will have an opportunity to work with those of the greatest need, which include the impoverished and challenged, and the disadvantaged young and the elderly. Although specific volunteer activities vary, all participants will work with Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity, with the Missionaries of the poor as well as at other Catholic social service agencies. This program is designed to give participants an exposure to the Jamaican culture and the political, sociological, economic and spiritual issues of the Caribbean and developing world.
For more info, contact Ignacio Volunteers at IgVols@loyno.edu. Or visit: http://mm.loyno.edu/community-service/ignacio-volunteer-programs
Ignacio Volunteers: Belize Summer Camp 2011
Summer Camp in Dangriga, Belize, Central America (July 16 - Aug 9, 2011)
Eight to ten Loyola University students will be invited to serve as teachers/ coaches at a two-week summer day-camp in English-speaking Belize, Central America. The program is a three-week (22 day) simple-lifestyle immersion experience, where participants have an opportunity to experience the country of Belize; a land of rain forests, Mayan ruins, islands, waterfalls, wildlife, and culture. Participants will teach / coach at a day camp for over 300 local Belizean primary school students (age 8-12 years old) and live together in a local community center in the town. Each participant will co-teach with a local Belizean university student, and will teach Arts & Crafts, Reading & Writing, and Math in the mornings, and coach sports (basketball, soccer & volleyball) and children’s games in the afternoons.
For more information, contact Ignacio Volunteers at IgVols@loyno.edu. Or visit: http://mm.loyno.edu/community-service/ignacio-volunteer-programs
Ignacio Volunteers: Belize Faculty/Staff Experience 2011
Faculty and Staff Experience of Rural Belize (May 21 - May 29, 2011)
Eight to ten Loyola University Faculty and Staff members will participate in an immersion/ service program in English-speaking Belize, Central America. The trip will assist as needed with youth and/or building a small church in the Mayan villages. In addition, volunteers will have an opportunity to learn of the works and ministries of the Jesuits in Belize and Loyola LIM alumni. There will also be one day of recreation at a local caye. Evenings will include reflections and discussions including local speakers.
For more information, contact Ignacio Volunteers at Jesuit@loyno.edu. Or visit: http://mm.loyno.edu/community-service/ignacio-volunteer-programs
Ignacio Volunteers: Jamaica Alumni Experience 2011
An experience of Kingston, Jamaica for Alumni (May 21 - May 29, 2011)
This trip is open to all Loyola University New Orleans alumni and their spouse/friends/family. Participants will work with the elderly or disadvantaged youth in Kingston, Jamaica. The volunteers will work with The Home for the Destitute and Dying run by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, Missionaries of the Poor homes for children with physical or mental disabilities, and Riverton City Catholic Early Education Centre, a school for disadvantaged children. The type of work will vary at each site, and may include helping serve meals, washing/shaving, entertaining or writing letters, tutoring or sports & games, painting/ cleaning/ fixing up and just spending quality time with the elderly or young children.
For more information, contact Ignacio Volunteers at IgVols@loyno.edu. Or visit: http://mm.loyno.edu/community-service/ignacio-volunteer-programs
Programs Under Development:
Ignacio Volunteers: Uganda African Experience 2011 (The program is still being planned and it has not yet been given final approval)
Experience and Serve the people of Uganda, Africa (Tentative Dates: May 15-July 1, 2011)
Tentative: Eight to ten Loyola New Orleans students will be invited to participate in a new Ignacio Volunteer six-week summer program to Uganda in Eastern Africa, Volunteers and staff will leave from New Orleans to Kampala, Uganda. They will spend one week in the capital city of Kampala. T hey will learn about the country, city as well as the work and ministry of the Jesuit Refugee Service and the Jesuits in Uganda. Fr. Isaac Kiyaka, Country Director for the Jesuit Refugee Service-Africa, will serve as the host while in Uganda. The group will travel to the town of Gulu in northern Uganda, where a new Jesuit high school is being built.
For more information, contact Ignacio Volunteers at Jesuit@loyno.edu. Or visit: http://mm.loyno.edu/community-service/ignacio-volunteer-programs
Undergraduate Degree Programs |
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Melissa Landry, Office: 562 Monroe Hall
ACADEMIC ADVISOR: Teri Berthelot, Office: 562 Monroe Hall
WEB PAGE: evening.loyno.edu
The roots of the Office of Professional & Continuing Studies, Loyola’s City College, date back to 1919 when extension courses were established for those who were unable to attend classes on a full-time basis. For over 80 years, Loyola has maintained its commitment to serve the educational needs of working adults. Loyola University New Orleans provides a variety of degree programs which reflect the basic philosophy of Jesuit education combining rigorous, contemporary professional education with a broad foundation in the humanities and social sciences. Recognizing the diverse and varied experience of adult students, faculty work closely with each student to develop a critical stance and humanistic interpretation of that experience. Using various educational formats (lecture, seminar, discussion, etc.), the faculty assists adult students toward better understandings of themselves, their heritage, and the contemporary world.
Undergraduate programs for Professional & Continuing Studies students require a broad foundation in the liberal arts. This foundation is integrated into the student’s major and allows for the development of a critical position from which the student may judge current events.
The individual majors provide the adult student with the information, skills, and knowledge necessary to begin or to advance in a variety of professional areas. Evening and weekend courses are offered on site in Baton Rouge (for BSN Nursing students) as well as on Loyola’s main campus in New Orleans. The Office of Professional & Continuing Studies' largest baccalaureate programs are in nursing and criminal justice.
The Office of Professional & Continuing Studies at Loyola University New Orleans supports the mission of the university by serving the distinctive educational needs of part-time and working students: those who seek professional degrees, those who wish to continue or complete their undergraduate studies and those who would enhance their professional and personal development. This office assists in completing these professional and personal goals through a variety of programs, schedules and formats suited to adult learners. Our programs combine rigorous and contemporary professional education founded in the Jesuit ideals of liberal studies and the education of the whole person, even as we seek to redefine higher education as an on-going, lifelong opportunity, constantly adapting to serve the changing needs of our community.
Your admission application includes the following items:
Regular admission cannot be guaranteed without the above.
NOTE: All college, high school and GED transcripts must be received in the original sealed, unopen envelope from the institution that course work was completed for the transcript to be considered official.
(Through the College of Social Sciences and the College of Humanities & Natural Sciences)
Most students attend school on a part-time basis and carry six to nine credit hours. A student may not carry more than 12 credit hours unless he or she obtains permission from the Associate Dean of his or her college.
Classes are offered in a variety of formats and time frames. Most classes meet once a week, either in an eight-week format or for an entire semester. Loyola also offers video-based, Internet-assisted, and online courses.
All degree-seeking students are required to demonstrate competency at the ENGL T122 level. Students placed in ENGL A100 (Expository Writing), upon successful completion of this course, will be required to complete ENGL T122.
Transfer students who have completed a course equivalent to ENGL T122 with a grade of C (2.0) or better are not required to take the English Placement Test, as their transfer course will be used to meet the ENGLT122 requirement. Students are required to complete the composition requirement by their third semester of enrollment. It is recommended that the course be scheduled as early as possible in students’ careers at the university.
Any student whose written or spoken English in any course is unsatisfactory may be reported by the instructor to the dean. The dean may assign supplementary work, without academic credit, varying in amount with the needs of the student. If the work prescribed is equivalent to a course, the regular tuition fee is charged. The granting of a degree may be delayed for failure to make up such deficiency in English to the satisfaction of the dean of the respective college.
A piece of written work submitted for credit, i.e., a grade higher than F, must be free of gross mechanical errors to be considered even for the grade of D. A paper free of gross mechanical errors still is not necessarily acceptable. Mechanical perfection does not indicate that the student has done better than average work. It still falls to the student to demonstrate intellectual originality, good style, and an ability to research a subject if a paper is to be considered worthy of a passing grade.
Some courses offered at Loyola have specific prerequisites, where introductory or survey courses exist. Those courses are required to be completed before any of the higher numbered courses may be scheduled. Students must receive permission from the instructor before enrolling for courses for which they do not have the necessary prerequisites. Otherwise, the instructor may require that they withdraw from the class.
Students not enrolled in degree programs may register for courses without regard to the prerequisites subject to the approval of the instructor.
In addition to the general requirements for graduation, as detailed in this bulletin, specific requirements for each degree program are set forth in the following pages. A 2.0 or higher grade point average is required for graduation. Unless special permission is granted by the dean to pursue work elsewhere, the last 30 credit hours must be completed at Loyola; the final 24 hours must be successfully completed in in the student’s respective college. Additionally, a student must earn a 2.0 in his or her major. A minimum of 50 percent of the courses in the major must be successfully completed at Loyola University. Students may pursue two majors concurrently at Loyola. Students pursuing a double major must complete the respective college’s core requirements as well as the major and adjunct requirements for both programs of study as set forth in the Undergraduate Bulletin. Students who complete the requirements for two majors will receive only one degree from Loyola. The transcript will indicate which bachelor’s degree was awarded as well as the two majors that were completed.
Students may pursue a minor, provided that the minor is not a discipline included in the major. For example, a criminal justice major may not minor in sociology, as required sociology courses make up a portion of the major. If the minor is not completed by graduation, the minor will not be indicated on the transcript. A minimum 2.0 GPA is required in the minor.
Students interested in pursuing a double major or a minor should consult with their academic adviser and the Office of Professional Studies.
Each degree-seeking student is assigned both a faculty and staff advisor who will assist the student in achieving his or her educational and career goals by providing quality academic advising which strives to educate the whole person. Students are encouraged to meet with one or both of their advisors regularly during each term and especially prior to registration.
Problems between students and faculty members should be resolved quickly and amicably. If a student believes he or she has been aggrieved by the performance or actions of a faculty member, the student should first consult the faculty member regarding the complaint. If this consultation proves unsatisfactory, the student should then pursue a conference with the director or coordinator of the program/department in which the course is offered. If the student believes that the problem has not been resolved, he or she should consult the dean by submitting a written complaint specifying the particular performance or action precipitating the complaint, along with a narrative of remedial steps taken.
If the dean determines that the matter requires consideration, the dean will provide a copy of the student’s complaint to the faculty member involved and will request from the faculty member a written response to the complaint, as well as steps taken to resolve the complaint. The dean will review the student’s complaint and the faculty member’s response and render a final decision regarding how the complaint will be resolved.
NOTE: In the case of a disputed final grade, refer to the appropriate university bulletin under Grade Appeals.
The curriculum is divided into four basic components, and although all students have the same basic core requirements, each degree program has specific requirements in the major and adjunct areas.
Major courses–are those courses in particular disciplines, which lead to a bachelor’s degree.
Adjunct courses–are those required courses in areas supportive of the major.
Core courses–are those courses, which, in the liberal arts tradition, ensure the degree-seeking student a well-rounded education. All degree-seeking students have the following core course requirements (42 hours total):
| Foundations: | ||
| English Composition | ENGL T122 | 3 |
| Intro to Philosophy | PHIL T122 | 3 |
| Intro to World Religions | RELS T122 | 3 |
| Writing About Literature | ENGL T125 | 3 |
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| Social Sciences |
World Civilization - HIST T122 or HIST T124 |
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| Two social science electives from two different disciplines | 6 | |
| Mathematics | MATH T122 or MATH A115 or higher | 3 |
| Natural Science | Science elective | 3 |
| Arts/Humanities | Fine arts elective | 3 |
| Literature elective | 3 | |
| Philosophy elective | 3 | |
| Religious Studies elective | 3 | |
| Liberal Arts elective | 3 | |
Free electives are those courses chosen from among all offerings, which the student may schedule for enrichment or professional development.
The bachelor of liberal studies with a concentration in humanities gives you a wide-array of course choices. From English, history, music and foreign languages to philosophy, religious studies, and visual arts, your degree coursework will open the doors to a number of different areas of study.
www.loyno.edu/professional-studies/evening/humanities
| Major Courses | Hrs. |
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| Humanities Electives A student may select courses from English, foreign language, history*, music, philosophy, religious studies, and visual arts. A minimum of 18 credit hours and a maximum of 27 credit hours are required in one discipline. At least 18 credit hours in major courses must be upper division-level courses. Adjunct (12 credit hours) |
33 crs. |
| Social Sciences Electives A student may select courses from anthropology, criminal justice, history*, organizational behavior, political science, psychology, and sociology. |
9 crs. |
| Mathematics/Natural Sciences Elective A student may select from computer information systems, computer science, mathematics, and natural sciences. |
3 crs. |
| Core Courses | 42 crs. |
| Free Electives | 33 crs. |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 crs. |
View Core Curriculum Requirements »
The bachelor of liberal studies with a concentration in social sciences gives you a wide-array of course choices. From anthropology, criminal justice, history* and organizational behavior to political science, psychology and sociology, your degree coursework will open the doors to a number of different areas of study.
www.loyno.edu/professional-studies/evening/social-sciences
| Major Courses | Credits |
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| Social Science Electives A student may select courses from anthropology, criminal justice, history*, organizational behavior, political science, psychology, and sociology. A minimum of 18 credit hours and a maximum of 27 credit hours are required in one discipline. A student may not take more than 15 hours in criminal justice or organizational behavior courses as major electives. At least 18 credit hours in major courses must be upper division-level courses. Adjunct (12 credit hours) |
33 crs. |
| Humanities Electives A student may select courses from English, history*, music and foreign languages to philosophy, religious studies, and visual arts. |
9 crs. |
| Mathematics/Natural Sciences Elective A student may select from computer information systems, computer science, mathematics, and natural sciences. |
3 crs. |
| Core Courses | 42 crs. |
| Free Electives | 33 crs. |
| Total | 120 crs. |
WEBSITE: www.loyno.edu/servicelearning
The Office of Service Learning, located in Bobet 113, supports the development and implementation of service learning and community-based learning experiences in academic courses and programs of study at Loyola University New Orleans. Our goal is to bring education to life by connecting classroom education to community needs. In this way, we enact Loyola's Jesuit mission of helping young people become men and women for others.
The Loyola University Honors Program offers the opportunity for academically superior, highly motivated students to take challenging honors courses, to participate in special cultural and intellectual enrichment activities, and to engage in a Living-Learning Community for honors students. The University Honors Program is open to qualified students of all undergraduate colleges and majors. The honors curriculum consists of eight courses representing eight areas: philosophy, English, history, religious studies, fine arts, social science, mathematics, and natural science. These courses replace regular Common Curriculum requirements, and therefore do not add to the number of requirements for graduation.
The honors seminars, which are smaller than the regular classes and are taught by some of our most outstanding faculty, challenge and stimulate students to achieve their full intellectual potential. Primary sources rather than textbooks commonly provide the core of honors reading assignments, and writing projects demand a level of analysis and expression beyond what could be expected in a regular classroom. In keeping with our Jesuit tradition of liberal education, honors courses are value-centered and aim at establishing interdisciplinary connections.
Students who participate in the University Honors Program complete an Honors Independent Project over the course of their junior and senior years. This original undergraduate research or creative project is undertaken with the guidance of a faculty sponsor. The written portion of the project is kept in an electronic archive in the University Library.
Seniors give a public presentation of their work in the spring (An Academic Festival).
Students with superior high school records are selected to enter the University Honors Program upon application to the University Honors Advisory Board. Applications should be sent to the director of the University Honors Program. In addition to the 27 credit hours of honors coursework, students must also maintain the minimum grade point average of 3.3 and make normal progress toward graduation.
Want to learn more about our honors programs? Explore the links to our curriculum below:
HONORS SEMINARS: FALL 2010
Students in the University Honors Program take a total of 27 credit hours of Honors, including courses across eight disciplines (behavioral and social sciences, fine arts, history, literature, mathematics, natural sciences, philosophy, and religious studies) and a senior project. The titles and descriptions of the courses offered vary from year to year
The following courses are available Fall 2010. Spring 2010 courses are TBA and will be posted when available at http://www.loyno.edu/honors/UpcomingSeminars.html
CHEM H295 Radioactivity: Bombs, Energy, Medicine, and the Environment 3 crs.
We will discuss recent growth of interest in nuclear questions: Should we build more Nuclear Power Plants to defend our energy independence? Should we be worried about Nuclear Weapons countries like Iran develop? Is Nuclear Medicine the way to new health?
ENGL H295 Ancient Epic 3 crs.
This course examines a number of classical epics, including the Iliad, Odyssey, and Æneid, and Beowulf.
ENGL H295 Capturing the Self, Interpreting Society 3 crs.
This course will be a comparative study of texts representative of interpreted realities, including novels, short fiction, drama, and Star Trek. Particular attention will be paid to the relationship between self and society, with an emphasis on how the modern self is constructed and explored through narrative technique.
LAS H295 ¡Revolution! Social Unrest in Guatemala and Iran in Literature and Film 3 crs.
We will focus on comparisons of literature and film between the Central American and Western Asian geographic regions with a special emphasis on Guatemala and Iran during the Marxist/indigenist and Islamic revolutions, respectively.
PHIL H295 Interpreting Sex, Constructing Gender 3 crs.
This course reexamines traditional notions about sex and gender by considering the problem of embodiment in philosophy; the conventional view that sex differences are biologically-based; social construction of gender; and the claim that lesbians are not women because they do not participate in the gender/class system of male/female.
PHIL H295 Freedom and the Self: Themes in Existentialism 3crs.
This course examines major philosophical themes in existentialism, such as freedom and responsibility, bad faith and authenticity, values and nihilism, anxiety and affirmation, despair and joy. Students will read the works of key proponents of the existentialist movement, including Kierkegaard, Marcel, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, and Ricoeur.
PHYS H295 The Romance of Physics 3 crs.
With remarkable, but still limited, success, physicists can describe some weird and fascinating aspects of reality using two theories: Quantum Theory and General Relativity. Rather translating these theories into natural language, we will talk about the world they describe, cautiously using metaphors, and similar techniques.
RELS H295 Art Experience and the Poetics of Devotion in India 3 crs.
The course presents Indian ideas on what it means to experience art. Can art experience serve as a metaphor for knowing transcendent things? Can a poetics which organizes human emotions according to subjective hierarchies support a constructive theology? What is gained from organizing our subjective experiences of art?
VISA H295 Images of Masculinity; Questions of Desire 3 crs.
Drawing on queer theory and feminist narratives of gender together with literary theories of pleasure and the production of meaning, this course will seek to encourage theorized analysis of the representation of masculinity in visual culture.
HONS H491 Honors: Senior Project 3 crs.
Honors students do a senior project in the fall semester of their senior year.
Participating students take 24 hours of Honors credit in the 8 areas listed below. Additionally, students starting in the fall of 2010 or later are required to take the Honors Foundational Seminar in their first year. All Honors students must present a senior thesis/project completed through the Honors Program or in their major department.
| The Honors course requirements are composed of 30 credit hours: | |
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Senior Project: Honors Senior Thesis - HONS H491 or Departmental Project or Thesis Contract |
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| Total Credits | 30 |
View Honors Course Descriptions »
Participating students take 24 hours of Honors credit in the 8 areas listed below. Additionally, students starting in the fall of 2010 or later are required to take the Honors Foundational Seminar in their first year. All Honors students must present a senior thesis/project completed through the Honors Program or in their major department.
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Distribution Requirements:
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Senior Project: Honors Senior Thesis - HONS H491 or Departmental Project/Thesis |
3 |
| Total Credits | 30 |
View Honors Course Descriptions »
Participating students take 24 hours of Honors credit in the 8 areas listed below. Additionally, students starting in the fall of 2010 or later are required to take the Honors Foundational Seminar in their first year. All Honors students must present a senior thesis/project completed through the Honors Program or in their major department.
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First Year Students:
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Distribution Requirements:
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Senior Project: Honors Senior Thesis - HONS H491 or Departmental Project or Thesis Contract |
3 |
| Total Credits | 30 |
View Honors Course Descriptions »
Participating students take 24 hours of Honors credit in the 8 areas listed below. Additionally, students starting in the fall of 2010 or later are required to take the Honors Foundational Seminar in their first year. All Honors students must present a senior thesis/project completed through the Honors Program or in their major department.
| The Honors course requirements are composed of 30 credit hours: | |
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First Year Students:
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3 |
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Distribution Requirements:
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24 |
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Senior Project: Honors Senior Thesis - HONS H491 or Departmental Project/Thesis |
3 |
| Total Credits | 30 |
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A
Absence (see Attendance)
Academic Actions
Academic Advising
Academic Calendar
Academic Counseling and Assessment
Academic Resource Center
Bridge
Disability Services
Fall and Spring Enrichment
Programs for Entering Freshman and Transfer Students
Tutorial Services
Study Skills
Academic Enrollment Status
Academic Facilities, Centers, and Institutes
Academic Honorary Organizations
Academic Support Programs
Academic Progress, Making Satisfactory
Academic Regulations
Accounting
Courses
Curriculum
Add/Drop Period
Administrators
Admissions
Admission Policy
Application Process and Deadlines
Definitions for Applicants
Disability Services
Early Artists Program
Early Entrance
Early Scholars Program
English As A Second Language Policy
Exclusions
International Students
Orientation
Policies and Regulations
Policy for the Awarding of College Credit for Freshmen
Policy on Nondiscrimination
Policy on Sexual Harassment
Special Evaluation
Transfer of Coursework
University Policy on Students with Disabilities
Admission Actions (see Academic Actions)
Advanced Placement (see Credit by Examination)
Advising
African and African-American Studies Minor
American Studies Minor
Appeals Procedures
Arabic Courses
Art (see Visual Arts)
Bachelor Degrees
Curriculum Design
Double Majors
Minors
Requirements for Degree
Asian Studies Minor
Assessments, Student
Attendance
AuditingB
Bachelor of Arts in
Classical Studies
Communication, School of Mass
Criminal Justice
Economics
English Literature or Writing
Graphic Design
History
Modern Foreign Languages (See Languages and Cultures)
Music
Philosophy
Political Science
Psychology
Psychology/Pre-medical Program
Religious Studies
Sociology
Studio Art
Theatre Arts and Dance
Theatre Arts and Mass Communication
Visual Arts
Bachelor of Business Administration in
Economics
Finance
International Business
Management
Marketing
Bachelor of Criminal Justice
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts
Bachelor of Liberal Studies in Humanities
Bachelor of Liberal Studies in Social Sciences
Bachelor of Music in:
Composition
Guitar Performance
Jazz Studies
Keyboard Performance
Music Industry Studies
Orchestral Instrument Performance
Studies with Elective Studies
Vocal Performance
Bachelor of Music Education
Instrumental
Vocal
Bachelor of Music Therapy
Non-music Requirements
Bachelor of Music with Emphasis in Music Industry
Bachelor of Science in
Biology
Biology, Pre-Health, Pre-Veterinary, and Pre-Graduate Studies
Chemistry
Chemistry, Pre-medical Program
Chemistry, Forensic Science Program
Mathematics
Nursing
Bachelor’s Degree, Second
Ballet
Behavioral/Social Sciences Courses
Billing Policy
Biological Sciences
Courses
Curriculum
Facilities and Affiliations
Pre-medical, Pre-dental, and Pre-veterinary Curricula
Board
Board of Trustees
Boggs Center
Bridge
Business
Awards
College of
Credit from Other Institutions
Curriculum
Degrees
Double Majors
Fraternities and Professional Societies
Graduation Eligibility
Independent Studies
Internships
Minors for Business Majors
Minors for non-Business Majors
Study Abroad
C
Calendar, Academic
Career Development Center
Catholic Studies Minor
Center for Environmental Communications
Center for Intercultural Understanding
Center for International Education
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Change of:
College
Grade
Major
Character and Commitment Statement, Loyola
Chemistry
ACS Certified Program
Chemistry-Forensic Science Program
Courses
Curriculum
Honors Thesis
Minor in
Pre-medical/Biochemistry Program
Research and Oral Presentation
Colleges
Business
Humanities and Natural Sciences
Music and Fine Art
Social Sciences
Commencement
Communication, School of Mass
Awards
Courses
Curriculum
Facilities
Internships
Minors
Professional and Academic Societies
Computational Science Minor
Computer Labs
Computer Store
Correspondence Directory
Counseling Center
Course Repetition
Credit by Examination
Criminal Justice
Courses
Curriculum
Minor
Program
Cross EnrollmentsD
Dance
Dean’s List
Decision Science Courses
Diplomas
Directory, Correspondence
Disability Services
Dismissal, Academic
Dormitories (see Residence Halls)
Double Major and Minor
Drop/Add PeriodE
Early Artists Program
Early Entrance
Early Law Admissions
Early Registration
Early Scholars Program
Economics
Courses
Curriculum
Education Abroad Programs
E-mail Address Information
Employer Tuition Reimbursement Program
Employment, Student
English
Courses
Curriculum
Literature and Writing Requirements
Enrollment (see Admissions)
Enrollment at Other Universities
Environmental Communications, Center for
Environmental Studies Minor
Excess Aid
Exclusion, AcademicF
Fees
Film Studies Minor
Finance
Courses
Curriculum
Financial Aid
First-Year Experience
Foreign Language Requirements
Forensic Science Courses
French CoursesG
General Studies
German Courses
Gillis Long Poverty Law Center
Goals of Loyola University
Grading
Grade Appeals
Grade Changes
Grade Point Averages
Grade Reports
Graduate Courses
Graduation
Eligibility for
Distinctions
Greek Courses
Grievances and ComplaintsH
Harassment, Policy on
Health Insurance
Health Service
History
Courses
Curriculum
Honorary Academic Organizations
Honors
Courses
Housing
Humanities
Humanities and Natural Sciences
College of
Curriculum
Degrees
Double Majors
Early Law Admissions
General Studies
Limitations On Credit Toward Degrees
Minors
I
Identification Cards
Ignacio Volunteer Programs
Immunization Policy
Information Technology
Institute for the Study of Catholic Culture and Traditions
Institute of Environmental Communications
Institute of Politics
Integrity of Scholarship and Grades
Intercollegiate Athletics and Wellness
Intercultural Understanding, Center for
International Business
Courses
Curriculum
International Business Center
International Education, Center for
International Students
Italian CoursesJ
Jazz Studies Curriculum
Jesuit Center
Jesuit Colleges and Universities, Association ofK
L
Languages
Late Registration
Latin American Studies Major
Courses
Latin American Studies Minor
Latin Courses
Law, Early Admissions
Leave of Absence
Legal Studies Courses
Legal Studies Minor
Liberal Studies in Humanities
Liberal Studies in Social Sciences
Library, University
Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy
Linguistics Courses
Loans, Student
Loyola Character and Commitment Statement
Loyola Express Card
Loyola Institute for Ministry (LIM)
Loyola Pastoral Life Center
Loyola Small Business Development Center
Loyola, Story ofM
Majors
Change of
Double
Management
Courses
Curriculum
Marketing
Courses
Curriculum
Math Placement
Mathematics
Courses
Curriculum
Mathematics Center
Meal Plans
Medical Withdrawal from the University
Medieval Studies Minor
Mexico City, Program in
Middle East Peace Studies Minor
Military Science (ROTC)
Minors
Business
Humanities and Natural Sciences
Interdisciplinary Minors
Music and Fine Arts
Social Sciences
Mission Statement
Languages and Cultures
Monthly Payments
Music and Fine Arts
College of
Curriculum
Degrees
Minors
Scholarships
Music Courses
General
Theory
History and Literature
Industry Studies
Jazz Studies
Performance
TherapyN
Natural Sciences Courses
Naval Science
New Orleans Studies Minor
New Student Orientation
Nondiscrimination, Policy on
Nursing
Courses
CurriculumO
P
Pastoral Life Center
Payment Policy
Physics
Philosophy
Courses
Curriculum
Placement Credit (see Credit by Examination)
Policy on Harassment
Policy on Intellectual Property and Rights
Policy on Nondiscrimination
Policy on Release of Information
Policy on Students with Disabilities
Policy on Syllabi
Political Science
Courses
Curriculum
Pre-health Programs
Pre-veterinary Curriculum
Probation
Programs for Entering Freshman and Transfer Students
Programs of Study
Psychology
Courses
CurriculumQ
R
Readmit Students
Records Retention Policy
Recreational Sports
Refund Policy
Registration
Regulations, Academic
Release of Information, Policy on
Religious Studies
Courses
Curriculum
Repetition of Courses
Residence Halls
Board (Meals)
Deposits
General
Refund Policy
Room Rates
Residency
Resignation from University (see Withdrawal)
Ross Foreign Language Center
ROTC (Military Science)S
Scholarships
Academic
Annual
Endowed
Second Bachelor’s Degree
Security of Student Records
Service Learning
Sexual Harassment, Policy on
Shawn M. Donnelley Center for Nonprofit Communications
Small Business Development Center
Social Science, Liberal Studies in
Sociology
Courses
Curriculum
Minor
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Spanish Courses
Special Evaluation for Applicants
Special Programs
Special Studies Courses
Speech Courses
Spiritual Life
Sports (Recreational Sports, Intercollegiate Athletics)
Statement of Educational Purpose
Story of Loyola
Student Activities
Student Assessments
Student Government Association
Student Grievances and Complaints
Student Health Service
Student Housing
Student Life
Student Orientation
Student Spiritual Formation
Student Union (see University Programming Board)
Study Skills
Summer Program in Mexico City
Summer School Policy
Summer Session
Syllabi PolicyT
Technical Support and Training
Telephone Services
Theatre Arts and Dance
Courses
Curriculum
Transcripts
Transfer of Coursework
Tuition
Billing and Payment
Deposits
Refund Insurance
Refund Policy
Remission
Monthly Payments
Tutorial Services
Twomey Center for Peace through JusticeU
University Honors Program
University Libraries
University Programming Board
Upward Bound ProjectV
Veterans Certifications
Visual Arts
Courses
Curriculum
Vocal Performance Curriculum
Volunteer ServiceW
Walker Percy Center for Writing and Publishing
Whelan Children’s Center
Withdrawal from Courses
Withdrawal from University
Writing Across the Curriculum
Women's Resource Center
Women's Studies Minor
Women's Studies CoursesX
Y
Z