FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE ACADEMIC CATALOG 2021/ 2022



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FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE

ACADEMIC CATALOG 2021/

2022

THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2021 - 2022

FALL SEMESTER

August 28-30 August 31 September 6 October 20 November 12 November 24-26 December 10 December 13-15 December 18 December 18

Orientation and Registration: New and Transfer Students Classes Begin at 8:00 a.m.

Last Day to Register and Adjust Class Schedule Mid-Term Grades Due in Registrar's Office

Final Day to Withdraw from Courses Without an Academic Penalty Thanksgiving Break Classes End Final Exams

Mid-Year Commencement Christmas Holidays Begin

SPRING SEMESTER

January 10 January 11 January 17 January 17 March 4 March 7-11 March 25 April 15 April 29 May 2-4 May 7

Orientation and Registration: New and Transfer Students Classes Begin at 8:00 a.m.

Last Day to Register and Adjust Class Schedule Martin Luther King Day; No Classes

Mid-Term Grades Due in Registrar's Office Spring Break for Day Program

Final Day to Withdraw from Courses Without an Academic Penalty Good Friday Holiday Classes End Final Exams Commencement

MAY OPTION

May 8-June 5

Dates may differ depending on the particular study abroad option

SUMMER SESSIONS

May 11-June 14 June 15-July 19 May 11-July 19 May 11-June 27

Summer A Summer B Summer C Summer D

Florida Southern College

ACADEMIC

CATALOG

2021 - 2022

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Message from the Provost

For over 130 years, Florida Southern has been preparing students to succeed as leaders in a wide range of fields: business, government, education, healthcare, science and technology, the arts, and the church. Indeed, it has thrived as the oldest private college in Florida because of its capacity to respond to the needs of students and the communities where they will serve.

Florida Southern has always seen a holistic educational experience as the best way to meet these needs, and its commitment to fostering students' intellectual, moral, and spiritual growth continues in this new global century. At the heart of the educational experience is Florida Southern's distinctive synthesis of liberal and professional learning, which is delivered through an engaged learning model that is widely recognized as one of the best in the country. The core academic experience is complemented by an extensive study abroad program, by exceptional co-curricular and service opportunities, and by vibrant religious life and artistic offerings--all of which are designed to help you connect what you are learning in the classroom with the world outside of it.

The mission of Florida Southern is to empower students to make a positive and consequential impact on the world, and we know that the holistic, integrated experience that we provide can prepare you to do just that. The outstanding achievements of our alumni offer living proof.

Florida Southern's faculty and other educators on campus will be expert guides on your educational journey, but ultimately, it will be up to you to make the most of your time here. This catalog will help you get started and serve as a "field manual" throughout your journey, so whether you are a first-year undergraduate or a student in one of our graduate programs, I encourage you to use this catalog to help chart your unique path to success.

I wish you all the best in your studies.

Brad Hollingshead, Ph.D. Provost

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GENERAL INFORMATION................................................................................................ 4

ADMISSIONS..................................................................................................................... 14 Traditional Undergraduate Admissions........................................................................ 14 Financial information........................................................................................................ 24 Student Development...................................................................................................... 30

ACADEMICS..................................................................................................................... 35 Academic Policies..............................................................................................................37 Programs of Study............................................................................................................ 62 Undergraduate Degree Requirements........................................................................ 68 Undergraduate Majors..................................................................................................... 88 Adult Undergraduate Programs.................................................................................... 89

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS The Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences................... 96 The School of Arts and Sciences.................................................................................104 The Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise.............................. 187 The School of Education................................................................................................199

UNDERGRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS........................................................ 206

GRADUATE AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS...............................................................317 Admission........................................................................................................................... 317 Financial Information.......................................................................................................319 Academic Policies...........................................................................................................320 The Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences.................323 The School of Arts and Sciences................................................................................336 The Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise.............................338 The School of Education............................................................................................... 347 The School of Physical Therapy..................................................................................358

GRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS.......................................................................364

COLLEGE PERSONNEL................................................................................................393 Board of Trustees............................................................................................................393 Administration and Staff................................................................................................394 Endowed Chairs and Professorships.........................................................................399 Honorary Chancellors....................................................................................................402 Faculty................................................................................................................................404

INDEX............................................................................................................................... 419

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GENERAL INFORMATION

College Mission

The mission of Florida Southern College is to prepare students through dynamic engaged learning to make a positive and consequential impact on society. The mission also includes preserving the world-renowned Frank Lloyd Wright campus and visitor program.

College Vision

Florida Southern College will achieve national recognition for providing a transformational education for students through its distinctive synthesis of liberal arts and professional programs and focus on student development through co-curricular and service learning programs. It will become a national model for engaged learning in order to achieve the learning outcomes students need to thrive in a global society. As a result of its pragmatic approach to liberal learning, the global perspective of its academic programs, effective engaged learning pedagogy, and distinctive learning outcomes in all disciplines, Florida Southern will ascend to the top 25 colleges/ universities in its Carnegie classification. Maintaining its affiliation with the United Methodist Church, Florida Southern will serve as the preeminent mid-sized institution within the denomination, always striving to foster students' spiritual growth. Also, preserving the campus' iconic and significant historical Frank Lloyd Wright structures that serve as a "living museum" to accommodate the living-learning programs of the College, and promotion of education programs to perpetuate the legacy of America's greatest architect, is included in the vision.

Florida Southern History at a Glance

Florida Southern College--the oldest private college in the state--traces its Florida roots to 1852, when the Methodist Conference founded Florida Seminary in Micanopy. The Conference established South Florida Seminary in Orlando in 1883. In 1885, the school moved to Leesburg, the college degree was awarded, and Florida Conference College was officially chartered and opened to both male and female students.

In 1901, the growing college moved to Sutherland (now Palm Harbor) on the Gulf Coast and in 1906 was renamed Southern College. The College remained at Sutherland until fires in the early 1920s forced the school temporarily to move to Clearwater Beach. In 1922, the College moved to the shores of Lake Hollingsworth in Lakeland. In 1935, the trustees adopted Florida Southern College as the corporate title.

Florida Southern College Today

The campus comprises some 70+ buildings on 120 acres of land. Thirteen of the College's structures were designed by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1940s and 1950s. Mr. Wright said his design was to have all the buildings "flow from the ground in harmony with the natural landscape."

In that functional, yet exquisite environment, they exhibit the traits that Mr. Wright intended: organic union among the earth, sunlight, and local flora. The Wright buildings include the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, which has become an iconic symbol of the College; the Thad Buckner Administration Building; the Emile Watson Administration Building; the Benjamin Fine Administration Building; the Seminar Building (which in its original construction comprised three separate buildings known as the Carter, Walbridge, and Hawkins Seminar Rooms); the Lucius Pond Ordway Building; the Danforth Chapel; and the Polk County Science Building, which is

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capped by a white-domed planetarium. The ten Wright buildings are complemented by three other significant Wright-designed structures: the Water Dome in front of the Roux Library; the Esplanades, 1.5 miles of covered walkways that connect most of the Wright buildings; and the newest addition to the collection, the Usonian House. Completed in 2013, the Usonian House is the first Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure to be built for the original owners using the original plans on the intended site in over 50 years. The Usonian House is part of the newly constructed Sharp Family Tourism and Education Center. The 13 structures make up the largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. The "Child of the Sun" Wright campus is listed as a National Historic Landmark.

The more traditional buildings on campus include the Allan Spivey and Joseph-Reynolds residence halls for first-year students and Edge Memorial Hall, which houses classrooms and faculty offices. These date to the 1920s and are built in a conventional, brick collegiate style. Other prominent buildings on campus include the John Branscomb Memorial Auditorium, which seats more than 2,000; the Ludd M. Spivey Humanities and Fine Arts Center, which comprises the thrust-stage Buckner Theatre, music and art studios, and the Melvin Art Gallery; the Robert

A. Davis Performing Arts Center; the William F. Chatlos Communication Building, which is equipped with broadcasting facilities; and the Jack M. Berry Science Building.

Completed in 1968, the Roux Library was designed by Nils Schweizer to replace Frank Lloyd Wright's E.T. Roux Library (now the Thad Buckner Administration Building) with a larger library facility. Mr. Schweizer, Mr. Wright's on-site supervisor for several Florida Southern College buildings and a student of Mr. Wright's, integrated many Frank Lloyd Wright themes with his own unique style. The adjacent Sarah D. and L. Kirk McKay, Jr., Archives Center, opened in 2009, houses records from the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church; Frank Lloyd Wright drawings and documents; the Lawton M. Chiles Center for Florida History; and the Florida Citrus Archives. T?t?'s Cyber Caf? in the Roux Library opened in 2007, underwent a major expansion in 2012 and contributes to the educational and social fabric of the campus.

During the 2009?2010 academic year, the College opened the new Marshall and Vera Lea Rinker Technology Center and the state-of-the-art Joe K. and Alberta Blanton Nursing Building, home to the College's growing School of Nursing. In 2010, the College opened the Dr. Marcene

H. and Robert E. Christoverson Humanities Building, which features contemporary classrooms, a modern language lab, film studies center, and art gallery. In 2014, the College opened the Wynee Warden Dance Studio, a freestanding 4,700-square-foot facility built specifically for the dance program. In August 2015, the College introduced the Becker Business Building, a three-story, 40,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art business education facility. In 2018, the College opened the France Admissions Center and in 2019, the Jean and Sal Campisi, Sr. Academic Center for Physical Therapy.

Student housing facilities include the architecturally revolutionary Wesley Hall and Nicholas Hall, designed by Robert A.M. Stern, a world-renowned Frank Lloyd Wright scholar and dean of the Yale School of Architecture. Other contemporary residence halls include Miller Hall, Hollis Hall, Charles Jenkins Residence Hall, Dell Residence Hall, and the Publix Charities Commons. Housing options include single, double, and suite-style occupancy either on campus or in one of several college-owned apartment complexes in close proximity to campus, including the Lake Hollingsworth Apartments overlooking Lake Hollingsworth, Garden Apartments, and the recently constructed Star Apartments.

In addition, students enjoy the recently renovated dining hall--Wynee's Bistro; The Buck Stop outdoor dining venue; the Charles T. Thrift Alumni Center; the Nina B. Hollis Wellness Center; the expanded Bishop Robert E. and Faye Fannin Campus Ministries Center; and the George Jenkins Field House. Athletic fields, intramural fields, and orange trees span the cam- pus,

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as do numerous outdoor gathering spaces, including the new Barnett Athletic Complex;

Mr. George's Green, the Badcock Garden, an outdoor "living room;" the more formal Glover Garden; Lynn's Garden, an environmentally sustainable garden overlooking Lake Hollingsworth; the Willis Garden of Meditation; and the Rodda Family Plaza for outdoor classes.

Accreditation

Florida Southern College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097, or call 404.679.4500 for questions about the accreditation of Florida Southern College.

Florida Southern College also is accredited by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church and has a State of Florida-approved program at the undergraduate level for the certification of teachers. The baccalaureate and masters in nursing at Florida Southern College are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (aacn.nche). Florida Southern College Chemistry Program is accredited by the American Chemical Society (ACS). Florida Southern College is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). The Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business ( aacsb.edu).

The School of Physical Therapy is a Candidate for Accreditation by the Commission of Accreditation for Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE).

The 2021-2022 Catalog

In regard to academic information, this edition of the Florida Southern College Academic Cat- alog supersedes all others. The faculty and trustees of Florida Southern College reserve the right to change, modify, revoke, or add to the College's academic, financial, or student requirements or regulations at any time and without prior notice. All such changes are effective at such times as the proper authorities determine and may apply not only to prospective students but also to those who already are enrolled in the College. Provisions of this catalog do not constitute an irrevocable contract between any student and the College.

Student Disability Services

Florida Southern College welcomes all students seeking to further their education. Accordingly, the College adheres to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) as amended by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) in prohibiting discrimination against any otherwise qualified student with a disability. The College and Office of Student Disability Services are committed to providing access and inclusion for students with documented disabilities to courses, facilities (including Residence Halls), and programs. Additionally, under appropriate circumstances for residential students, Florida Southern College complies with the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 and is informed by recently published HUD guidance (2020). The College engages in an interactive process with students and appropriate case-by-case accommodations, such as extended time for tests, may be provided for students with documentation of a protected disability.

A student with a disability is defined as a person with a "physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities". To request accommodations for a disability, the student must make his or her condition known to the College and provide appropriate documentation from a qualified professional supporting the need for accommodations. The student is only required to disclose the disability if the student is requesting accommodations.

Disability documentation must be relevant--that is it should reflect the student's current

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