College of Social Sciences

DEAN: Alfred Lawrence Lorenz, Ph.D , Office: 210 Stallings Hall
Robert A. Thomas, Ph.D., Interim Director. Office: 327 Communications Complex

WEB PAGE: css.loyno.edu/

The roots of College of Social Sciences, Loyola’s evening 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. College of Social Sciences provides a variety of degree programs, staffed by full-time faculty, which reflect the basic philosophy of Jesuit education combining rigorous, contemporary professional education with a broad foundation in the humanities. Recognizing the diverse and varied experience of adult students, College of Social Sciences 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 college faculty assists adult students toward better understandings of themselves, their heritage, and the contemporary world.

Undergraduate programs in the college 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 contemporary 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 College of Social Sciences’s site in Baton Rouge as well as on Loyola’s main campus in New Orleans. The college also utilizes a variety of distance learning formats. The college is a pioneer in technology-based distance education. Programs are offered in 26 states in the U.S., plus Canada, England, Scotland, and Switzerland. College of Social Sciences’s largest baccalaureate programs are in nursing, criminal justice, and computer information science. Graduate programs are offered in nursing, religious education and pastoral studies, and criminal justice.

DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Applied Science (with a major in computer information science or human and organization development)

Bachelor of Criminal Justice
Bachelor of Liberal Studies (with a major in humanities or social sciences)
Bachelor of Science–Nursing

COURSE LOAD

Most College of Social Sciences 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 dean of the college.

EVENING AND WEEKEND COURSES

Classes are offered in a variety of formats and time frames. Most classes meet once a week, either in an eight-week-long format or for an entire semester. Intensive weekend courses meet on three or four nonconsecutive weekends from 6 until 10 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday. The college also offers video-based, Internet-assisted, and online courses.

COMPOSITION REQUIREMENT

All degree-seeking students in College of Social Sciences are required to demonstrate competency at the Composition C119 level. Students placed in Composition C100 (Basic Writing Skills), upon successful completion of this course, will be required to complete Composition C119. Students placed in Composition C119 through testing do not receive credit for Composition C100.

Transfer students who have completed a course equivalent to COMP C119 with a grade of C or better are not required to take the English Placement Test, as their transfer course will be used to meet the COMP C119 requirement. College of Social Sciences 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.

USE OF CORRECT ENGLISH

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.

MINIMUM WRITING STANDARD

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.

PREREQUISITES FOR SPECIFIC COURSES

College of Social Sciences courses 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 who enroll for courses for which they do not have the necessary prerequisites do so at their own peril as the instructor may insist 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.

REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREE

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 College of Social Sciences. 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. Such students 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, as well, provided the minor is not a discipline included in the major. For example, a human and organizational development or 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 College of Social Sciences office.

ADVISING

Each degree-seeking student in College of Social Sciences is assigned an academic adviser who will assist the student in schedule planning. Students are encouraged to meet with their advisers regularly during each term.

STUDENT COMPLAINTS

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 of 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 of the college 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.

CURRICULUM DESIGN

The College of Social Sciences curriculum is divided into four basic components, and although all College of Social Sciences 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 closely allied to the major.

Core Curriculum (College of Social Sciences)

Core courses–are those courses which, in the liberal arts tradition, ensure the degree-seeking student a well-rounded education. All degree-seeking College of Social Sciences 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, professional development, or the like.

MAJORS

Bachelor of Criminal Justice
Bachelor of Applied Science
- Major in Computer Information Science
- Major in Human and Organizational Development
Bachelor of Liberal Studies
- Major in Humanities
- Major in Social Science