Emmanuel College Academic Catalogs

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Emmanuel College
2014-2015
Academic
Catalog
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Emmanuel College
400TheFenway
Boston, Massachusetts02115
www.emmanuel.edu
Arts+Sciences
OfficeofAdmissions
617-735-9715
617-735-9801 (fax)
[email protected]
GraduateStudies-t- Nursing
617-735-9700
617-507-0434(fax)
[email protected]
TheinformationcontainedinthiscatalogisaccurateasofAugust2014.Emmanuel
Collegereservestheright,however,tomakechangesatitsdiscretionaffeaingpoli-
cies,fees,curriculaorothermattersannouncedinthiscatalog. Itisthepolicyof
EmmanuelCollegenottodiscriminateonthebasisofrace,color,religion,national
origin,gender,sexualorientationorthepresenceofanydisabilityintherecruitment
andemploymentoffacultyandstaffandtheoperationofanyofitsprogramsand
activities,asspecifiedbyfederallawsandregulations.
EmmanuelCollegeisaccreditedbytheNewEnglandAssociationofSchoolsand
Colleges,Inc.throughitsCommissiononInstitutionsofHigherEducation.
InquiriesregardingtheaccreditationstatusbytheNewEnglandAssociationshould
bedireaedtotheadministrativestaffoftheinstitution.Individualsmayalsocontaa:
CommissiononInstitutionsofHigherEducation
NewEnglandAssociationofSchoolsandColleges
3BurlingtonWoodsDrive,Suite100
Burlington,MA01803-4514
781-271-0022
E-Mail:[email protected]
2014-2015AcademicCatalog
2 TableofContents
Table of Contents
AboutEmmanuelCollege 5 Biostatistics 68
Chemistry+Physics 70
Education 74
GeneralInformationfor
ArtsandSciences ElementaryEducation 76
SecondaryEducation 77
Gen^raIAcademicRequirements 7 ArtEducation 77
SpecialAcademicOpportunities 13 English 79
Admission 16 Communication+Media
Studj« 79
TraditionalStudents 16
Literature 82
TransferStudents 18
Writing+Literature 85
Internationa Students 18
l ForeignLanguages 88
Internat^ionalTransferStudents ..19 Gender+Women'sStudies 91
AcademicR ulations 21
History 92
AcademicSupportServices 28
StudentLife 31 InternationaLS'^djes 94
Fj^nancesanjJFinan^[^d 36 LatinAmericanStudies 101
Leadership 102
Management+Economics 103
ProgramsofStudyfor Mathematics 106
ArtsandSciences Mjdr^^Eas^Studies 108
PerformingArts 109
Accounting 49 Philosophy 112
^AmericanStudies 51 PoliticalScience 114
56 Pre-laj« 117
StudioArt 57 Pre-Medical,Pre-Dental,
ArtHistory 57 Pre-Veterinary 118
FjneArts 58 Psychology 120
GraphicDesign 58 Sociology 124
Photography 60 Theology+ReligiousStudies 127
ArtTherapy 60
ArtEducation 77
CourseDescriptionsfor
Biology 63 ArtsandSciences
Pre-Med]c^Pre-DenjtaJ,
Pre-Veterinary 64
CourseNumberingStructure 131
HealthSciences 65
CourseDescriptions 131
Neuroscjetxe 65
Physiology 66
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GraduateProgramsinManagement..289
GeneralInformation GraduateCertificateinHuman
forGraduateStudies+Nursing ResourceManagement 284
^aduateCertificatein
GeneralPoliciesandProcedures ....242 ManagementandLeadership..289
AcademicPoliciesandProcedures...244 GraRedsueaatrechCeArdtimfiicnaistteraitnion 293
SupportServices 250
GraduatePrograminNursing 298
Finances 253
MasterofScienceinNursing....299
Directory 306
UndergraduateProgram AcademicCalendars 317
forGraduateStudies+Nursing Index 319
Admission 262
BachelorofScienceinNursing 263
GraduatePrograms
forGraduateStudies+Nursing
Admission 269
GraduateProgramsinEducation 271
MasterofArtsinTeaching:
PreparingforInitialLicensure..272
ProfessionalDevelopment
ProgramsinEducation 278
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EmmanuelCollege 5
Emmanuel College
Mission
Toeducatestudentsinadynamiclearningcommunityrootedintheliberalarts
andsciencesandshapedbystrongethicalvalues,acommitmenttosocialjus-
ticeandservice, theCatholicintellectualtraditionandtheglobalmissionofthe
SistersofNotreDamedeNamur.
Vision
EmmanuelwillbewidelyesteemedasthecollegeintheheartofBostonthat
leadsthenationincombininganextraordinaryliberalartsandsciencesedu-
cationintheCatholicintellectualtraditionwithacommitmenttostrongrela-
tionships,ethicalvaluesandservicetoothers.StudentswillchooseEmmanuel
astheplacetodevelopineveryrespectwhilepreparingforlivesofleadership,
professionalachievement,globalengagementandprofoundpurpose.
Foundedin1919bytheSistersofNotreDamedeNamurasthefirstCatholiccollege
forwomeninNewEngland,Emmanueltodayisacoeducational,residentialcollege
witha 17-acrecampusintheheartofBoston’seducational,scientific,culturaland
medicalcommunities.Emmanuelenrollsmorethan2,500students,including1,860
traditionalundergraduatestudentsfrom30statesand44countries.
AtEmmanuelCollege,excellenceintheliberalartsandsciencesintersectswithexperi-
entiallearningopportunities,includingstudent-facultycollaborationonresearchand
scholarship;internshipswithanarrayofcorporations,institutionsandnonprofits;
servicelearning;studyabroadprograms;andscoresofco-curricularactivitiesthat
promoteengagementandleadership.TheCollegeoffersmorethan50majors,minors
andconcentrationsintheliberalartsandsciences,alongwithgraduateprogramsin
education,nursingandmanagement.
EmmanuelCollegeisavalues-basedcommunitythatfostersafreeexchangeofideasin
whichallquestions,includingthosetouchingonfaith,ethicsandvalues,arediscussed
openlyandvibrantly.
Astrongsenseofcommunityallowsstudentstoconnecteasilywitheachotherand
facultymentors,formingenduringrelationshipsthatenhancelearning.
AnEmmanuelCollegeeducationchallengesstudentstobecomeleadersandprofessionals
whoarecriticalthinkers,ethicaldecision-makersandengagedmembersofthelocal
communityandglobalsociety.
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GeneralAcademicRequirements 7
General Academic Requirements
TheCurriculum FoundationSkillsCompetency Arts General
TheArtsandSciencesundergraduatepro- Studentsarerequiredtodemonstrate
gramrequiresaminimumof128credit minimumcompetencyinareasEmmanuel and
hoursofstudy.Thesecreditsareearned deemsnecessaryforhigherlearningand Information
throughacombinationofdegreerequire- functioningintoday’sworld.Students Sciences
mentsandelectives.Thedegreerequire- fulfilltheserequirementseitherthrough
mentsarecomprisedoffivecomponents courseworkordemonstrationof
whicheachcontributetostudents’achiev- competency. for
ingthegoalsoftheundergraduateprogram.
Remainingcreditsareearnedwithelective First-YearSeminar(4credits)
courses.Often,studentsuseeleaivesto Studentsarerequiredtoenrollinatop-
completeaminorprogramorbenefitfrom icalseminarduringtheirfirstsemester
thespecialacademicopportunitiesoffered. todeveloptheirabilitiestoreadclosely,
analyzeinformation,constructarguments,
Learning Goals andcommunicateeffectively.Thesemi-
ArtsandSciencesstudentswilldevelop: narsalsointroducestudentstotheskills,
•Theskillsrequiredforsuccessful expectations,andvaluesoftheacademic
college-levelacademicwork community.
•Thebreadthofknowledgethatmakes
possiblealifelongengagementwithand DomainsofKnowledgeProgram
curiosityaboutsignificantknowledge, (maximum44credits)
ideasandissues Studentsarerequiredtotakeabreadthof
•Theintellectualabilitytofunctionin coursesthatallowsthemtodevelopthe
diverseandchangingcontextsusing wide-rangingknowledgethatmakespos-
modelsofanalyticalreasoning,symbolic sibleengagementwithandcuriosityabout
thinking,observation,creativity, significantknowledge,ideasandissues.
criticalthinking,moralreasoningand
self-knowledge MajorProgram(minimum40credits)
Themajorprogramallowsstudentsto
Requirements developdepthofknowledgeandskillsin
21))FFiorusntd-yaetairosnesmkiinllasrcompetency amnajaocradpermoigcradmiscoifpfleirneed.bStyuEdemnmtasncuheolosoera
3)CompletionoftheDomainsof developanindividualizedmajor(seeSpecial
Knowledgeprogram AcademicOpportunities).Majorprogram
4)CompletionofaMajorprogram requirementsvary,andatleast50%of
5)Capstoneexperience themmustbefulfilledthroughEmmanuel
courses.However,exceptforstudents
enrolledintheBachelorofEineArtspro-
gram,studentsmaytakenomorethan64
creditsinonedepartment.
2014-2015AcademicCatalog
8 GeneralAcademicRequirements
Capstoneexperience('minimum4creditsj First-YearSeminar
Studentsarerequiredtocompleteacul- Requirement:onesemester,firstsemester
minatingexperienceduringwhichthey Thefirst-yearseminarprogramcomprises
for willintegrateknowledgeandapplyskills one-semestertopicalseminarsunifiedunder
learnedthroughtheundergraduatepro- thetheme,“Knowledge,ValuesandSocial
gram.Therequirementisfulfilledthrough Change.”Theseseminarsaredesignedto
Sciences themajorprogram. introducethefirst-yearstudentstotheways
Information inwhichtheliberalartsconstructknowledge;
and FoundationSkills toenhancetheirabilitiestoreadclosely,
Thisrequirementensuresthatstudents analyzeinformation,constructarguments
Arts havethefoundationalskillsforlearningat andcommunicateeffectively;toeducate
General thecollegelevel,forlifelonglearningand studentsintheexpeaationsandvaluesof
forfunctioninginadiverseandglobal theacademiccommunity;andtoprovide
society.Thefollowingcoursesfulfillthe first-yearstudentswithanopportunityto
requirementforeachfoundationalskill: workcloselywithamemberofthefaculty.
• Writingcommunicationskills:
ENGL1103 First-YearWriting DomainsofKnowledge
• Mathematicalcompetency: Theknowledge,skillsandhabitsofthemind
MATH0010 BasicMathor developedthroughthestudyoftheliberal
demonstrationofskill artsdisciplinesandtheirrespeaivemethods
(MATH0010maynotbecountedtoward ofinquiry,theirconceptsandvocabulary,
thegraduationrequirement) theircreativeandcriticalprocesses,andtheir
• Secondlanguageskills: contributionstohumanknowledgearebasic
Twoconsecutivesemestersofaforeign tothegoalofdevelopingtheintellectual,
languageorAmericanSignLanguageor aestheticandmoralsensibilityassumedina
demonstrationofskill personliberallyeducatedforlife.Coursesthat
fulfilltheserequirementsaremarkedwith
StudentsareplacedintotheFoundation theabbreviationsnotedinparenthesesinthe
Skillscoursesbasedonthefollowing coursedescriptionssectionofthiscatalog.
assessments:
• AllincomingstudentswilltakeENGL1103 1.AestheticInquiry(Al-L;Al-A)
intheirfirstorsecondsemester,unless Requirement:twocourses(onefrom
theyhaveappropriateAdvancedPlace- literature,onefromthearts)
ment(AP),InternationalBaccalaureate Thetwo-courserequirementinthis
(IB)orTransfercredit. domainconsistsofcoursesthatexpose
• AllincomingstudentsmusttaketheMath studentstooriginalworksproducedby
Assessmentpriortotheirorientation writers,visualartistsandmusicians,and
session. providesanopportunitytointerpret,
• Studentsmayberequiredtotake evaluate,analyzeandunderstandthese
MATHOOlObasedonthescorethey productsofthecreativeimagination.
receiveontheMathAssessment. Usingthelanguage,concepts,andcriteria
• StudentsmayberequiredtotakeaSecond oftherespectiveaestheticdisciplines,
Languagebasedonthescoretheyreceive coursesinAmerican,British,worldand
intheLanguageAssessmenttakenprior foreignlanguageliteratureaswellas
tothestudent’sorientationsession. historicalsurveysofart,music,theaterand
performance/studiocourseswillexplore
therelationshipbetweenaestheticworks
andtheirhistoricalandculturalcontexts.
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