College of Humanities and Natural Sciences

DEAN: Jo Ann Moran Cruz, Ph.D., OFFICE: 202 Bobet Hall
ASSOCIATE DEAN: Judith Hunt, Ph.D.
WEB PAGE: chn.loyno.edu/

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.

Students in the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences have distinguished themselves in scholarship, research, and service. In recent years, students have been awarded prestigious Rhodes, British Marshall, Mellon, and Fulbright scholarships. The college regularly recognizes the academic excellence of our students through the Dean's List, published at the end of each academic term.

The centerpiece of Loyola's liberal-arts education is the Common Curriculum, housed in the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences and required of all Loyola undergraduates regardless of the college in which they are enrolled. Writing, literature, and mathematics requirements combine with philosophy, history, religious studies, and other courses to afford students the perspective, skills, and knowledge that can enable them to form their convictions, beliefs, and commitments in an atmosphere of study and reflection.

BACHELOR DEGREES

The college offers the bachelor of arts degree in the fields of classical studies, English (with concentrations in literature or writing), history, languages (French, Spanish, Latin American Studies, Classical Studies), philosophy, psychology, and religious studies; the bachelor of science degree in the fields of biological sciences, chemistry, and mathematics. 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. The college also offers programs in pre-health, pre-dentistry, pre-veterinary, and pre-engineering. 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.

COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREE

The requirements for the bachelor of arts and bachelor of science are the following:     

 

 

 

 

1. Successful completion of an approved degree program within the college.
2. At least a 2.0 Loyola cumulative average, major average, and minor average if minor is pursued. (Some departments may have more stringent requirements.)
3. Completion of the Common Curriculum requirements.
4. Completion of the foreign language requirement.
5. Completion of at least one course that meets the college’s Cultural/Environmental/Gender/Ethnic studies requirement.
6. Completion of all course requirements specified by major department.
7. Completion of at least 30 hours in the major. (Some departments require more.)
8. Certification for graduation by the student’s department.
9. Completion of a comprehensive examination in the major for those departments requiring a comprehensive examination. Such departments will establish and publish in advance the nature of the comprehensive examination and the standard for acceptable performance.
10. Completion of the last 30 hours of coursework at Loyola.
11. Residency requirements: a minimum of 30 hours at Loyola University; a minimum of 15 hours in the major and 9 hours in the minor (if pursued); a minimum of 12 hours in the Common Curriculum.

 

GENERAL STUDIES

Director: Judith L. Hunt, Ph.D., Interim 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.

CURRICULUM DESIGN

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 five parts.

Part One–Major

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.

Part Two–Adjunct Courses

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.

Part Three–Common Curriculum

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. A student may not take a Common Curriculum course for Common Curriculum credit from his or her major department.A student wishing to check his or her progress against Common Curriculum requirements should check with the academic adviser of record or with the associate dean, College of Humanities and Natural 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:

Behavioral/Social Sciences
Communications	Political Science
Economics	Psychology
Education	Sociology
History
Humanities/Arts
Drama	Philosophy
Classical Studies	Religious Studies
English	Visual Arts
Modern Foreign Languages	Music
Natural Sciences
Biology	Mathematics/Computer Science
Chemistry	Physics

The advanced courses offered each semester are selected from the courses listed below and additional new courses as they are approved. Course descriptions are found in listings under subject categories.

BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL SCIENCES

Pre-modern Courses

HIST	W130	Zen I
HIST	W139	Catholics: Their History
HIST	W140	Between Eve and Mary: Women in Medieval Europe
HIST	W142	Slavery/Race Relations
HIST	W151	Archaeology and Society
HIST	W152	Social History of Greece and Rome
HIST	W166	The Quest for Empire
HIST	W186	Discovering Africa
POLS	W149	Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
SOCI	W140	Development of Social Thought

Modern Courses

CMMN	X133	Art of the Film
CMMN	X136	Understanding Media
CMMN	X137	Media Play
CMMN	X170	The American Character
ECON	X130	Economics and Society
EDUC	X130	Culture and Learning
HIST	X132	Russian Culture and Civilization I
HIST	X136	Zen II
HIST	X140	Italian Culture and Civilization
HIST	X141	Drugs, Terrorism, and Democracy
HIST	X143	Social Revolutions in Latin America
HIST	X144	Discovering the Third World
HIST	X145	Crisis in Central America
HIST	X146	American Revolution
HIST	X154	Palestinians and Israelis
HIST	X156	Hero in American History
HIST	X160	WWI in History and Literature
HIST	X161	Autobiography as History
HIST	X164	American Left in the Twentieth Century
HIST	X170	The American Character
HIST	X180	African-American Culture and History
HIST	X190	Women in American History
POLS	X134	Politics and Corruption
POLS	X146	Politics and Society
POLS	X152	The Bill of Rights
POLS	X154	American Political Ideas
POLS	X156	The Urban Form
POLS	X158	Global Political Issues
POLS	X159	Politics and the Media
PSYC	X130	Models of Human Behavior
SOCI	X132	Social Problems
SOCI	X134	Social Policy and the Christian
SOCI	X135	Environment and Society
SOCI	X136	Global Environmental Crisis
SOCI	X140	Global Sociology
SOCI	X145	Peoples of Latin America
SOCI	X150	Encountering the Caribbean
SOCI	X152	Violence in Society
SOCI	X154	Peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa
SOCI	X155	Race and Ethnic Conflict
SOCI	X186	Russian Culture and Society

HUMANITIES/ARTS
Pre-modern Courses

CLHU	U132	Socrates and Jesus
CLHU	U138	Justice in Greek Literature
CLHU	U142	The Development of Greek Tragedy
CLHU	U144	The Greek and Roman Epics
CLHU	U146	Greek Mythology
CLHU	U148	Greek Art and Archaeology
CLHU	U150	Roman Art and Archaeology
CLHU	U156	Greek Elegies and Lyrics
CLHU	U157	Greek Culture
CLHU	U158	Roman Culture
CLHU	U160	Pandora’s Daughters
CLHU	U163	Greek and Roman Comedy
CLHU	U165	Pagans and Christians
CLHU	U168	Roman Republic
CLHU	U170	The Later Roman Empire
CLHU	U172	The Early Roman Empire
CLHU	U174	The Byzantine Empire
CLHU	U175	The Ancient Novel
CLHU	U180	Ancient Mystery Cults
DRAM	U130	World Theatre I
ENGL	U130	Renaissance Masterworks
ENGL	U132	Visions of Utopia
ENGL	U149	The Idea of the Self
ENGL	U188	The World of the Vikings
ENGL	U189	Chaucer and His World
ENGL	U195	The Legend of Robin Hood
ENGL	U199	Arthurian Legend
JPNS	U150	Culture in Pre-modern Japan
MUGN	U168	Introduction to Western Art Music
PHIL	U130	Aesthetics
PHIL	U137	Indian Philosophy
PHIL	U138	Philosophy and Literature
PHIL	U139	Divine Madness
PHIL	U154	Postmodernism and Feminism
PHIL	U158	Philosophical Anthropology
PHIL	U160	Worldviews and Ethics
PHIL	U162	Classics in Moral Literature
RELS	U133	Zen I
RELS	U134	Christian Mysticism
RELS	U136	Parables of Jesus
RELS	U139	Experience of Grace
RELS	U143	Woman in Christian Tradition
RELS	U145	Bible and Modern Issues
RELS	U146	Judaism
RELS	U147	New Testament as Literature
RELS	U148	Christian Origins
RELS	U149	Old Testament as Literature
RELS	U153	Hindu Paths to God
RELS	U155	The Prophetic Traditions
RELS	U159	Jesus in New Testament
RELS	U163	The Ancient Mind
RELS	U165	Spiritual Ways of China
RELS	U169	Death: Comparative Views
RELS	U170	Poets and Sages: Old Testament
RELS	U175	The Bible and Creation
RELS	U177	Buddhism
RELS	U181	Women in the World Religions
RELS	U185	Heresies and Heretics
RELS	U186	Medieval Synthesis
RELS	U188	Sin: History of an Idea
RELS	U196	Law: Ancient World
RELS	U199	Apocalyptic Literature
VISA	U130	Medieval Art
VISA	U136	Images of Women in Arts
VISA	U143	The Art and History of the Book

Modern Courses

DRAM	V132	World Theatre II
DRAM	V142	Black Theatre to 1940
DRAM	V143	Black Theatre: 1940 — Present
DRAM	V144	American Myth and Drama
DRAM	V150	American Lyrical Theatre
DRAM	V160	Theatre in Contemporary Culture
ENGL	V134	Literature and Justice
ENGL	V144	Screen Power
ENGL	V150	Myth and Literature
ENGL	V154	Women in American Literature
ENGL	V159	Romantic Words/Pictures
ENGL	V169	Multicultural Literature
ENGL	V170	The American Character
ENGL	V173	The African Novel
ENGL	V174	Women’s Literature
ENGL	V175	Black Women Novelists
ENGL	V176	Literary Modernism
ENGL	V177	Harlem Renaissance
ENGL	V178	Black Thought and Art
ENGL	V179	Feminist Readings
ENGL	V180	Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature
ENGL	V185	Contemporary Catholic Writers
ENGL	V192	The Sixties Through Literature
FREN	V140	France and the Modern Experience
JPNS	V151	Culture in Early Modern Japan
JPNS	V152	Modern Japanese Culture
JPNS	V153	Japanese Animation and Culture
LING	V134	Role of Language
PHIL	V134	Medical Ethics
PHIL	V135	Philosophy of Right
PHIL	V140	European World Views
PHIL	V141	Philosophical Perspective on Woman
PHIL	V143	Environmental Philosophy
PHIL	V144	Philosophy of Law
PHIL	V150	Relativism
PHIL	V152	Making Moral Decisions
PHIL	V164	Scientific Revolutions
PHIL	V170	Philosophy of Knowledge
PHIL	V173	Auschwitz and After
PHIL	V177	Minds and Machines
PHIL	V178	Philosophy of God
PHIL	V180	Freedom and Oppression
PHIL	V186	Religious Experience and Philosophy
PHIL	V198	Ethics of Sex/Marriage
RELS	V130	Faith, Science, and Religion
RELS	V142	Christian Ethics
RELS	V144	Social Policy and the Christian
RELS	V151	Protestant Christianity
RELS	V152	Catholicism
RELS	V158	Ignatius Loyola
RELS	V160	Discovering Islam
RELS	V164	20th-century Religious Thought
RELS	V167	Native American Religions
RELS	V168	Mystery of Suffering
RELS	V187	Feminism and Theology
RELS	V191	The Mass of the Roman Rite
RELS	V198	Psychology and Religion
SPAN	V135	Women Writers of Spanish America
SPAN	V161	Latin American Thought
VISA	V138	Romantic Vision
VISA	V140	Modernism in Art and Literature
VISA	V141	Art in Contemporary Culture
VISA	V142	Architecture and Society
MUGN	V142	History of Dance
MUGN	V172	Jazz in American Culture

NATURAL SCIENCES
Modern Courses

BIOL	Z130	Human Ecology
BIOL	Z132	Impact of Biology on Society
BIOL	Z136	Evolution
BIOL	Z138	Genetics and Society
BIOL	Z142	Microbes: Friend or Foe?
BIOL	Z144	Mississippi River Delta Ecology
CHEM	Z130	World Food and Nutrition
COSC	Z132	The Computer Impact
MATH	Z132	Problem Solving in Ecology
PHYS	Z130	Faith, Science, and Religion
PHYS	Z134	Astronomy

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 examination. See full explanation under Foreign Language Requirements elsewhere in this bulletin.

Part Five–General Electives

Electives: It is important that the student have considerable freedom to choose those courses or series of courses which interest him or her, for whatever reason, so that the student’s education may be rich and full. The number of hours a student may elect depends to a large extent on the major. See statements below for limitations on elective credit.

CURRICULUM DESIGN for Professional Studies' Students

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 Curriculum (Professional Studies' Students)

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:
Writing	COMP C119	3
Philosophy	PHIL C122	3
Religious Studies	RELS C119	3
Literature	LIT C260	3
Liberal Arts and Sciences:
Social Sciences	HIST C119	3
Two social science electives from two different disciplines		6
Mathematics	MATH C112	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. 

HUMANITIES AND NATURAL SCIENCES LIMITATIONS ON CREDIT TOWARD DEGREES:

Transfer work:

1. Remedial work taken at Loyola or at other institutions will not apply to Humanities and Natural Sciences degree programs.

2. The dean’s office will determine the applicability of the student’s transfer credit as accepted by the Office of Admissions to the Humanities and Natural Sciences degree programs.

Other:

1. Students may not go back and do freshman-level work in a subject in which they have already successfully completed a more advanced course.

2. No more than 20 hours may be taken in any one semester without the authorization of the dean. No more than six hours may be taken in any one summer term without authorization of the dean.

3. Humanities and Natural Sciences students must obtain prior written permission of their adviser and/or department chair and the dean in order to take courses at another university (summer school, study abroad, etc.). Permission will not be given to students on academic probation.

4. Intensive Weekend courses are not open to Humanities and Natural Sciences degree-seeking students.

5. Courses in physical education will not apply to the degree programs in Humanities and Natural Sciences.

DOUBLE MAJORS

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.