A College of Human Ecology on the Maine Coast A G LANC E Founded Cost 1990-1991 1969 Tuition $10,485 Room $ 2,190 Type Board $ 800 Coeducational, 4-year independent college Books $ 400 offering B.A. in Human Ecology Fees + Misc $ 755 $14,630 Location Bar Harbor, Maine Financial Aid Located on Mount Desert Island 60% of student body receive some Population-5000 sort of Financial Aid 45 miles southeast of Bangor Average award, 1989-90-$7,950 300 miles north of Boston All Financial Aid is need-based Campus Admissions 26 shorefront acres overlooking Frenchman Competitive Bay, adjacent to Acadia National Park Interview strongly recommended Campus visit and student-guided tours School Year Calendar available throughout the year Three 10-week terms Transportation Degrees Offered Air-regularly scheduled flights to B.A. Human Ecology Bar Harbor and Bangor M. Phil. Human Ecology Bus-Service to Ellsworth and Bangor Student Body 220; 62% women, 38% men 27 states and 6 foreign countries represented 32% of students live on campus 67% of freshmen who enter graduate F ounded in 1969 as a college of human ecology, College of the Atlantic's curriculum focuses on developing conceptual frameworks for the solution of human and ecological problems. As we approach the twenty-first century these problems include equitably addressing the use and distribution of global resources, preventing nuclear war, and developing a mechanism to insure lasting peace. COA's mission is to equip students with the knowledge, understanding, enthusiasm, and sensitivity to solve such complex environmental and social problems from a humanistic perspective. This mission, therefore, makes COA different. It is not a college for everyone. Rather it is a college for the environmentally and socially committed individual. Being willing to take a stand on an issue, to show compassion for others, to recognize and promote the interconnectedness of all species and systems-all are characteristics of the student who chooses COA. A necessary and exciting part of your senior year is visiting colleges, determining whether a particular college's options and focus are right for you. If immersing yourself in a liberal arts curriculum, learning to be com- fortable with uncertainty, and solving problems humanisti- cally appeal to you, consider choosing COA. For an education here will help you learn to think creatively and openly, to seek out solutions that reflect the interest not just of humans but of all natural systems. for Ralinean Lou Rabineau, President CONTENTS FACULTY AT COA ACADEMICSAT COA Resource Areas Environmental Science/12 Arts and Design/12 Human Studies/14 STUDENTLIFE ATCOA FACILITIESAT COA ADMISSIONATC College of the Atlantic is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. F AT COA Y Academic Administration Faculty Rabineau, Louis Anderson, John President B.A. University of California, Berkeley, B.A. New York State College for 1979; M.A. Ecology and Systematic Teachers at Albany, 1947; M.A. State Biology, San Francisco State University, University of New York at Albany, 1982; Ph.D. Biological Sciences, 1950; Ed.D. Harvard University, 1954. University of Rhode Island, 1987. Course Areas: zoology, behavioral Coté, Melville Provost ecology, anatomy, and physiology B.A., M.A.T. Wesleyan University, Beal, Elmer 1958, 1962; Ed.D., Harvard University, B.A. Bowdoin College, 1965; M.A. 1971. Anthropology, University of Texas at COA has a teaching Austin, 1977. Borden, Richard Dean Course Areas: ethnology, anthropological B.A. University of Texas, 1968; Ph.D. theory, and traditional music faculty of over 20, and Psychology, Kent State University, 1972. 75% of these have Course Areas: environmental psychol- ogy, personality and social develop- Ph.D. degrees or the ment, contemporary psychology, and philosophy of human ecology equivalent, many earned at the nation's most respected universities. Their fields of interest include economics, architecture, life sciences, literature, public policy, oceanography, psychology, and education. Courses Mooser, Etta Buell, John Associate Dean offered by regular B.A. Amherst College, 1967; M.A. B.A. Lewis and Clark College, 1970; American History, Columbia Univer- Ed.M. Columbia University, 1984; sity, 1968; Ph.D. Political Science, visiting faculty Ed.D., Philosophy, Teachers University of Massachusetts, College, Columbia University, 1987. Amherst, 1974. provide an important Course Areas: contemporary education Course Areas: political theory, political economy, and history of ethics supplement to the Carpenter, JoAnne B.A. University of Massachusetts, curriculum. 1962; M.A. Art and Architectural History, University of Minnesota, 1970. Course Areas: art, architectural history, and Maine coast history and architecture COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC Drury, William B.A. Harvard University, 1942; Ph.D. Botany and Geology, Harvard University, 1952. Course Areas: ecology, botany, orni- thology, natural history, and geomor- phology Dworak, Marcia B.A. California State University, Fullerton, 1972; M.S. California State University, Fullerton, 1973; M.A. Sangamon State University, 1979. Course Areas: children's literature and research techniques Greene, Craig Carpenter, William B.S. State University of New York at B.A. Dartmouth College, 1962; Ph.D. Syracuse, 1971; M.S. Plant Taxon- English, University of Minnesota, omy, University of Alberta, 1974; 1967. Ph.D. Biology, Harvard University, Course Areas: literature, creative 1980. writing, comparative mythology, and Course Areas: botany, evolution, and Maine coast history and architecture plant ecology Cass, Donald Katona, Steven Maltz, Alesia B.A. Carleton College, 1973; Ph.D. B.A. Harvard University, 1965; Ph.D. B.A. Hampshire College, 1978; M.A. Chemistry, University of California, Biology, Harvard University, 1971. University of Illinois, 1980; Ph.D. Berkeley, 1977. Course Areas: ecology, zoology, and History and Philosophy of Science, Course Areas: chemistry, physics, and marine biology University of Illinois, 1988. mathematics Kozak, Anne Course Areas: history of science and Cline, Kenneth medicine, women's studies, oral B.A. Salve Regina College, 1959; M.A. B.A. Hiram College, 1980; J.D. Case English, St. Louis University, 1962. history, and history Western Reserve University, 1983. Course Areas: writing and literature McMullen, Ernest Course Areas: public policy and Art, University of Maryland, Portland environmental law Lerner, Susan Museum School, Portland State B.A. University of Cincinnati, 1969; University, Oregon, 1965-1970. California Institute of Arts, 1971 Course Areas: ceramics and visual Course Areas: literature and women's studies studies 5 COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC