Curricula

• Structure of the University
• College of Arts and Science
• College of Education and Human Services
• Course Description Codes
• General Education Requirements
• General Education Requirements
  for the B. Ed., B.F.A. and B.S. Degrees
• General Education Requirements for the B.A. Degree 

 

Structure of the University

The academic instructional component of LHU consists of two separate colleges:  the College of Arts and Science and the College of Education and Human Services.  Each college is further divided into departments, some disciplinary and others multidisciplinary.

College of Arts and Science - Dr. David White, Dean

• Department of Art
• Department of Biological Sciences
• Department of Business Administration, Computer Science
  and Information Technology
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Communications and Philosophy
• Department of Criminal Justice
• Department of English
• Department of Foreign Languages
• Department of Geology and Physics
• Department of History, Political Science, and Economics
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Performing Arts
• Department of Psychology
• Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work,
  and Geography

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College of Education and Human Services – Dr. Tom Ormond, Dean

• Academic Development and Counseling
• Department of Elementary Education
• Department of Health and Physical Education
• Department of Health Sciences
• Department of Nursing
• School of Graduate Studies
• Department of Recreation Management
• Department of Special Education and Early Childhood Education
• Department of Athletics
• Department of Library

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Course Description Codes
 

sh – semester hours f – fall term sp – spring term s – summer term alt – offered alternate years or upon request odd/even – offered odd or even numbered years or – course offered either term and – courses offered both terms as dual courses tba – to be announced 2/3 (example) – numerical fraction indicates number of lecture hours/lab hours per week permission – Unless otherwise indicated, this means permission of the course instructor. chairperson – Unless otherwise indicated, this refers to the chairperson of the department in which the particular subject falls. GE – General Education does not fulfill GE –indicates that the course does not meet the general education requirement in that particular discipline

fulfills GE – indicates that the course meets the general education requirement in that particular discipline 300+ level – courses numbered 300 or above (e.g. "two additional 300+ courses required") GPA or QPA – grade point average or quality point average 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"). Major – refers to a major in the particular discipline/subject being described unless otherwise indicated 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