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Elizabethtown College endeavors to accurately present our programs and policies to our prospective and enrolled student community. Academic Affairs make every effort to ensure the published catalog, class schedule, and other public information presented is correct and up to date. Elizabethtown College reserves the right to add, amend, or retract any statements, regulatory requirements, policies, and procedures. The College assumes no responsibility for misinterpretation by students of policies and procedures presented in this Catalog, or the Addendum. School Deans, Academic Advisors, and members of the Office of Registration and Records are available and support students in achieving their academic goals and to clarify college policies and procedures.
What is an Addendum?
Elizabethtown College publishes our annual Catalog in May of each year. The Addendum is a summary of additions, reactivations, deactivations, and changes that have been approved through faculty governance since the initial Catalog publication. All approved changes and additions made this academic year are reflected in this addendum. The information contained in this publication is the most accurate and up to date information pertaining to academics at Elizabethtown College.
The following question and answer section provided guidance to common questions about how to use this important document. Students should seek guidance on addendum items through the support of their Academic Advisors, and Dean, for course and program planning.
**Please note, the contents of the Addendum do NOT appear in the PDF version of the full Catalog.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Why do we have an Addendum?
A. The Addendum exists to support students and our campus community locate changes or additions approved through faculty governance since the initial publication of the Catalog.
Q. How do I use the Addendum?
A. The Addendum is to be used in company with the 2024-2025 Catalog, not in isolation. This Addendum provides up to date information pertaining to academics at Elizabethtown College.
Q. Does the Addendum supersede the Catalog?
A. The Addendum is an addition to the 2024-2025 Catalog. Items included in the Addendum supersede what is in the published Catalog. However, graduation requirements are governed by the College Catalog dated four years prior to graduation or, for major or minor requirements, by the College Catalog in effect at the time of graduation if the student so chooses. For most students, this means they will follow the requirements of the Catalog in effect when they begin their studies at Elizabethtown College. Students should review the full “Other Graduation Requirements Policy” in the Catalog for more details.
Core and Signature Learning Experiences
Guided Writing and Research (GWR)
(Effective November 19, 2024)
Description:
A course with a Guided Writing and Research (GWR) designation includes direct instruction in the research and writing process. This includes the following: locating and analyzing sources; crafting and supporting a logical thesis or argument; incorporating and correctly citing reliable academic sources via direct quotation and paraphrase; and organizing an essay such that the argument is fully explained and supported. Faculty provide consistent feedback on research and writing that culminates in a minimum of 3500 words of finished written work produced throughout the course. Evaluation of a student’s performance in research and writing is a significant component of the final grade. Classes are appropriately reduced in size to facilitate careful instruction in research and writing. Additionally, only 200-level classes are designated as GWR. It is the expectation that a student successfully complete EN 100 before enrolling in GWR.
Student Learning Outcomes for Guided Writing and Research:
Students will be able to:
1. Apply advanced information literacy skills based on instruction by a librarian to course assignments.
2. Organize and integrate research from sources appropriate to the assignment to fully achieve a specific purpose with clarity, accuracy, and depth.
3. Use professional language that skillfully communicates meaning to readers with clarity and coherence and adheres to conventions of style appropriate to the genre, audience, and purpose.
4. Demonstrate flexible strategies for reading, drafting, reviewing, collaborating, revising, rewriting, and editing.
Core Revitalization Conversations and Current Core Programming
(Effective Fall 2024)
The Elizabethtown College Core Committee is working with community partners on a Core Revitalization. The implementation of the revitalized Core Program is presently unknown. This page is dedicated to keeping our campus community apprised of any conversations that directly impact the existing Core Program in our Online Catalog(s). For more information, please visit the Core Revitalization Website.
Courses
Correction
(Effective September 17, 2024)
To receive SLE credit, students must take CS 401 AND CS 402. Historical Catalogs may have identified CS 401 and CS 402 as individually satisfying a Signature Learning Experience: Capstone, which was an error in publication. Neither the students Grad Report or the RRO Webpage dedicated to Signature Learning identified CS 401 as meeting a Signature Learning Experience. The error has been corrected.
CS 402 - Capstone Project in Computing II
2.00 credits.
A demanding computing project performed in a team and under the supervision of computer science faculty. Students will design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements. Students work in groups of 3-5 students and will follow the Agile SCRUM project management methodology. All projects are unstructured with no predetermined solution. Progress reports, a final report and a public seminar are required. *Prerequisite(s): CS 401. Signature Learning Experience: Capstone Experience. Hours: lecture 1 and project work. Spring semester. Register by Instructor.
Update to Course Credits and Description
(Effective October 1, 2024)
EGR 351 - Water and Wastewater Engineering
4.00 credits.
Engineering approaches to water quality including the design of water and wastewater treatment facilities. Theory and conceptual design of treatment processes are discussed as well as process kinetics, reactor theory, and energy considerations. Physical, chemical, and biological treatment processes are presented including sedimentation, filtration, biological treatment, disinfection, and membrane processes. Measurement, analysis, and interpretation of water quality data. *Prerequisite(s): EGR 260. Hours: Lecture 3.0, Lab 1.5. Fall semester, odd-numbered years.
SLE credit added to EN 101 (Summer study abroad course ONLY)
(Effective October 1, 2024)
PS 120 - CE The Art of Political Expression
(Effective October 15, 2024)
4.00 credits.
(Creative Expression Core Course)
An introduction to the role of music and visual arts in political protests, social movements, and political activism, with emphasis on the creation of an original piece of political art. Summer and Winter Terms. Online only.
HPS updated to HPC for Honors Psychology courses
(Effective October 15, 2024)
HPC 105 - HNR SSC Introduction to Psychology
4.00 credits.
(Social Science Core Course)
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An introduction to psychological science, including methods of inquiry, learning and motivation, abnormal behavior, developmental and social influences, cognition, sensation and perception, neuroscience and personality.
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*Prerequisite(s): Honors Students Only.
OT 553 - Occupational Therapy Across the Continuum of Care
(Effective October 15, 2024)
4.00 credits.
Students will apply clinical reasoning, skills and knowledge to a various case scenarios in a variety of settings to include homes, communities, and facilities (inpatient and outpatient). Client examples will include newborns through elderly. *Prerequisite(s): OT 505, OT 515, OT 525, OT 532, OT 533 and OT 534. *Corequisite(s): OT 571. Summer term.
EN 285 - HUM Business Writing
(Effective October 22, 2024)
- Prerequisite of EN 100 required.
4.00 credits.
(Humanities Core Course)
*A Guided Writing and Research Course
Students will learn content related to the most common writing tasks in business writing. Content will cover messaging strategies, genres related to business writing, social media, company-specific language, and crisis communication. Students work with clients to learn about writing briefs and crafting messages for business needs. *Prerequisite(s): EN 100. *Professional Writing majors must have completed EN 185. Spring semester.
AC 474 - Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program
(Effective October 29, 2024)
- This course is repeatable for a maximum of four credits.
2.00 credits.
A hands-on opportunity to apply knowledge that was learned in Accounting 301 by preparing income tax returns under the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program of the Internal Revenue Service in an experiential-learning environment. Students interact with clients, accumulate their tax information and prepare their federal, state and local income tax returns using tax software. *Prerequisite(s): AC 301. Signature Learning Experience: Community-Based Learning. This course is repeatable for credit for a maximum of 4 credits. Register by Instructor.
PBH 111 - NPS Principles of Public Health
(Effective Fall 2025)
- PBH 111 will no longer count as a Signature Learning Experience (SLE).
OSC 547: Fundamentals of Operation and Supply Chain Management (EGR 347/BA 347)
(Effective October 15, 2024)
- The graduate-level course, OSC 547 is cross-listed with undergraduate courses, EGR 347 and BA 347.
ESC 180 - Kinesiology
(Effective Fall 2024)
- ESC 180 is a 3.00 credit course.
3.00 credits.
Students will learn how anatomy affects movement of the human body. The course will build upon, reinforce, and challenge the student’s basic knowledge of structural anatomy with the intention of acquiring a mastery of basic concepts in this discipline. Presentation of concepts will begin with whole body orientation by region, and then work additively and systematically from skeletal anatomy identifications and joint structure, and through muscular investigation to provide a comprehensive study of applied structural anatomy to exercise. The students will apply structural kinesiology to exercise technique. *Prerequisite(s): Declared Exercise Science majors, Health Science majors and Coaching minors only.
Occupational Therapy Undergraduate and Graduate Fieldwork Renumbering
(Effective November 2024)
Beginning Summer 2025 semester, the renumbering of the OT undergraduate and graduate fieldwork experiences will be:
- OT 571: OT Undergraduate Fieldwork Level I (Fall)
- OT 572: OT Undergraduate Fieldwork Level I (Spring)
- OT 573: OT Graduate Fieldwork Level I (Summer)
- OT 595: OT Graduate Fieldwork Level II
- OT 596: OT Graduate Fieldwork Level II
- OT 597: OT Graduate Fieldwork Level II: Specialty
REL 110 - HUM World Mythologies
- Course Title Change (previously Classical Mythology)
(Effective February 2025)
4.00 credits.
(Humanities Core Course)
This course offers an introduction to the myths of Greece, Rome, and other ancient cultures and their relationship to the art, history, philosophy and religion. Students will explore the Classical conception of the interactions between mortals, heroes, and divinities through a wide range of media and textual genres. Students will discuss connections between Greek and Roman myths and the wider Indo-European cultural sphere.
Majors/Minors
Criminal Justice Major and Minor
(Effective September 17, 2024)
- CJ 320 approved as an elective option in the Criminal Justice Major AND Minor
CJ 320 - Community Corrections
4.00 credits.
This course provides a comprehensive examination of the purposes and functions of community corrections, including probation, parole, and intermediate sanctions. Students will recognize and address challenges and barriers within the reentry process. Students will develop program and policy recommendations to improve community corrections. *Prerequisite(s): CJ 100 and CJ 220.
Health Science (B.S.)
(Effective October 15, 2024)
- OT 553 added to the 4th Year Required Courses in Health Sciences Major
Fourth Year Required Courses (only if accepted into the OT graduate degree program by meeting the entrance requirements):
Health Science (B.S.) change in total credits
(Effective December 14, 2024)
The Health Science Major has updated the total number of credits for the major to 125, to align with the institutional academic policy.
Health Science (B.S.) BIO 111 requirement
(Effective Fall 2024)
- All HE/OT courses must be taken in the semester indicated. BIO 111 should be completed in the fall semester of the first year and must be completed during the first year. EXCEPTION: An incoming FY student that has earned transfer credit for BIO 201 Anatomy and Physiology (not BIO 200) is NOT required to register for BIO 111. If a student prefers to take BIO 111 at Elizabethtown College, they are welcome to do so.
Legal Studies (B.A.)
(Effective October 15, 2024)
Forensic Studies Minor
(Effective October 29, 2024)
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The Forensic Studies Minor requires:
Electives (6-8 credits):
It is recommended to concentrate in Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, or Computer Science, but is not required.
Doctorate in Occupational Therapy (OTD)
- Dr. Kerri Hample named Program Director
(Effective January 2025)
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Program Director
Dr. Kerri Hample, OTR/L, NBC-HWC
Esbenshade Hall, Room 369
717-361-1172
Occupational Therapy Website
Dr. Hample joined the Etown faculty in 2009. Dr. Hample is a clinical expert providing occupational therapy services for children and their families in early intervention, schools, and outpatient clinics for more than 25 years. Her specialty focus is on feeding and eating, childhood nutrition, sensory processing, and childhood occupational performance. She is an Associate Professor in the School of Sciences and Health, and enjoys teaching graduate students in all three of the programs offered by the Occupational Therapy Department at Etown.
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