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Structure of the University
The academic
instructional component of
LHU consists of two
separate colleges: the
College of Arts and Sciences
and the College of Education
and Human Services. Each
college is further divided
into departments, some
disciplinary and others
multidisciplinary.
College of Arts and Sciences
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Department of
Art
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Department of
Biological Sciences
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Department of
Business Administration,
Computer Science
and
Information
Technology
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Department of
Chemistry
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Department of
Communication
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Department of Criminal
Justice
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Department of
English
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Department of
Foreign Languages
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Department of
Geology and Physics
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Department of
History, Political
Science, Economics,
Geography
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Department of
Mathematics
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Department of
Performing Arts
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Department of
Philosophy
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Department of
Psychology
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Department of
Sociology, Anthropology,
Social Work
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College of Education and
Human Services
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Academic
Development and
Counseling
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Department of
Elementary & Middle
Level Education
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Department of
Health and Physical
Education
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Department of
Health Science
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Department of
Nursing
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Department of
PreK-4/Early Childhood
Education
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School of
Graduate Studies
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Department of
Physician Assistant
Studies
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Department of
Recreation Management
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Department of
Special Education
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Department of
Athletics
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Department of
Library
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Course Description Codes
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sh
– semester hours
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f –
fall term
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sp –
spring term
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s –
summer term
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alt –
offered
alternate years
or upon request
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odd/even
– offered odd or
even numbered
years
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or –
course offered
either term
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and –
courses offered
both terms as
dual courses
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tba
– to be
announced
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2/3
(example) –
numerical
fraction
indicates number
of lecture
hours/lab hours
per week
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permission –
Unless otherwise
indicated, this
means permission
of the course
instructor.
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chairperson
– Unless
otherwise
indicated, this
refers to the
chairperson of
the department
in which the
particular
subject falls.
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GE –
General
Education
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does not
fulfill GE
–indicates
that the course
does not meet
the general
education
requirement in
that particular
discipline
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fulfills
GE –
indicates that
the course meets
the general
education
requirement in
that particular
discipline
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300+
level –
courses numbered
300 or above
(e.g. "two
additional 300+
courses
required")
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GPA or
QPA – grade
point
average or
quality point
average
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HLTH151,
152 and 251
(example) –
Consecutive
listings such as
this indicate
that all courses
in the sequence
carry the same
prefix
(in this
example, "HLTH").
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Major
– refers to a
major in the
particular
discipline/subject
being described
unless otherwise
indicated
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Minor –
refers to a
minor in the
particular
discipline/subject
being described
unless otherwise
indicated
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General Education
Requirements
General
education is a required
program of study developed
and approved by Lock Haven’s
faculty to ensure that our
students acquire a broad
intellectual context for
their majors as
well as a
foundation for the complex
and multiple roles they will
undertake as citizens of the
twenty-first century. As
students begin
upper-division study,
faculty will assume their
abilities, based on
successful completion of
general education courses,
to communicate effectively
in both written and oral
form and demonstrate an
appropriate level of
numerical literacy.
Our
students, as citizens, will
have futures extending
beyond service to
professions and places of
employment. They will have
responsibilities as members
of a family, community,
nation, and world.
Increasingly, our graduates
will be called upon to make
informed choices regarding
public policy, health care,
education, the environment,
and technology. While a
general education program
cannot equip them with
information relevant to
every situation they will
encounter, our goal is to
provide them with the
skills, research tools,
modes of inquiry, and
knowledge of the arts,
humanities, and social and
natural sciences that will
assist them in making
responsible decisions.
In
creating a general education
program, the faculty makes
certain assumptions about
the future: on-going
advances in technology,
rapidly expanding sources of
information, growing global
interdependence and
increasing multicultural
interactions, changing
natural resources, varying
practices in labor and
employment, and revised
conceptions of the nature of
knowledge. Lock Haven’s
faculty has developed a wide
variety of educational
experiences that allow
students to explore topics
from different points of
view and to integrate
information from various
sources with the intent of
creating knowledge or
forming new perspectives.
Our
program challenges students
intellectually, encourages
them to raise questions
and helps them in
establishing the foundation
for active and effective
participation in
an ever-changing world and
complex future.
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General Education
Requirements
for the B. Ed., B.F.A. and
B.S. Degrees
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I.
II.
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Wellness
Core
Skills Core
(total of 9
sh)
English
Composition
Mathematics
Speech |
3
sh
3
sh
3
sh
3
sh |
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III. |
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Content Core
(total of 30
sh) |
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A.
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Humanities
(total of 12
sh)
Art/Music/Theatre/Dance
Literature
Philosophy |
6
sh
3
sh
3
sh |
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B. |
Social
and Behavioral
Sciences (total
of 12
sh) |
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World
History |
3
sh |
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Political
Science or
Economics |
3
sh |
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Psychology |
3
sh |
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Sociology or
Anthropology or
Geography |
3
sh |
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C. |
Natural
Sciences (total
of 6
sh) |
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Biological
Sciences,
Chemistry, Earth
and Space
Science,
Geology or
Physics |
6
sh |
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IV. |
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Electives |
10
sh |
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V. |
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Additional
Requirements |
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A.
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Multicultural
(MC)
Students
will take two
courses
designated
Multicultural
(MC). |
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B.
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Writing
Emphasis (WE)
Students
will take three
courses
designated
Writing Emphasis
(WE)The courses
are beyond the
first-year
English
composition
class. Ideally,
these will be
taken as one
class per year
to maintain the
writing skills
developed in the
first-year
composition
class. |
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C.
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Information
Literacy (IL)
Students
will take two
courses
designated
Information
Literacy (IL). |
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D.
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External
Experience (EE)
Students
will take two
units of
External
Experience (EE),
either as part
of regular
courses so
designated or as
approved and
evaluated
non-credit
experience. |
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Total |
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52
sh |
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NOTE:
If a single
course contains
more than one
designation
(e.g., WE, MC,
and IL), then
students may
count all of the
designations
towards
fulfilling their
emphases
requirements.
These
requirements may
be fulfilled by
any course so
designated. |
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General
Education
Requirements
for the B.A.
Degree
(a total of
73
sh are
required) |
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The General
Education
requirements are
the same as for
the
degrees of
B.Ed.,
B.F.A. and B.S.
(total of 52
sh) with
the following
additions: |
52
sh
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I. |
Foreign Language
(completion
through Level
IV)* |
12
sh |
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II.
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Liberal
Arts Seminars (9
semester hours
total)
A.
Humanities
B. Social Sciences
C. Natural Sciences |
3
sh
3
sh
3
sh |
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Total |
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73
sh |
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* A student
with no foreign
language
proficiency must
take 12
sh.
Students may
earn foreign
language credits
by passing
departmental
examinations. |
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Updated
as of
01/22/2010 |
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