Emmanuel College Academic Catalogs

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by  Emmanuel College (Boston, Mass.)

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Emmanuel College
400 The Fenway
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Admission for Liberal Arts Graduate and Professional
and Sciences Programs
617-735-9715 (phone) 617-735-9700 (phone)
617-735-9801 (fax) 617-735-9708 (fax)
[email protected] [email protected]
WWW.EMMANUEL.EDU
Emmanuel College is accredited by the New EnglandAssociation ofSchools and Colleges.
The information contained in this catalog is accurate as ofMay 2006. Emmanuel College
reserves the right, however, to make changes at its discretion affectingpolicies, fees,
curricula or other matters announced in this catalog. It is the policy ofEmmanuel College
not to discriminate on the basis ofrace, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual
orientation or thepresence ofany disability in the recruitmentand employment offaculty
andstaffand the operation ofany ofits programs andactivities, as specified by federal
laws and regulations.
The 2006-2007Academic Catalog is produced by the Office ofGovernment, Community
and Public Relations.

CONTENTS
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Contents
Emmanuel College Mission 5 English 71
Communication Program 71
General Information 7
Literature Program 74
Special Academic Opportunities ... 13
Writing and Literature Program 76
Admission 17
Environmental Science 79
Undergraduate Admission 17
Foreign Languages 82
Transfer Admission 19
International Admission 20 Global Studies 84
Academic Regulations 23 History 86
Academic Support Services 31 Information Technology 87
Student Life 35 Management 88
Finances and Financial Aid 39 Mathematics 92
Performance Arts 94
LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES PROGRAMS
Philosophy 95
American Studies 53
Political Science 96
Art 55
Studio Art 55 Psychology 98
Art History 56 Religious Studies 101
Fine Arts 56
Sociology 102
Art Therapy 57
Women’s Studies 103
Biology 59
Biochemistry 60
LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES COURSES
Neuroscience 61
Course Numbering Structure 105
Biostatistics 63
Course Descriptions 107
Chemistry and Physics 65
Education 68
Elementary Education 69
Secondary Education 69
CONTENTS
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GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS Directory 253
Policies and Procedures 183 Academic Calendar 263
Support Services 193 Index 265
Finances (GPP) 197
PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS
Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration (ECAP) 205
Bachelor of Science in Nursing 211
. . .
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Graduate Programs in Education. 219
.
Master of Arts in Teaching:
Preparing for Initial Licensure. 221
Master of Arts in Teaching:
Preparing for Professional
Licensure 227
Master of Education in
School Administration 232
Certificate of Advanced
Graduate Study in
Educational Leadership 235
Graduate Programs in
Management 239
Master of Science in
Management 241
Master of Science in Human
Resource Management 245
Graduate Certificate in Human
Resource Management 250
EMMANUEL COLLEGE MISSION 5
Emmanuel College Mission
To educate students in a dynamic learning and career-oriented programs at Emmanuel
community rooted in the liberalarts and reflects the College’s sense ofresponsibility
sciences andshaped by strongethical val- to students who desire to create lives of
ues anda Catholic academic tradition. meaning and service; to identify their
changing talents and concerns; to maintain
Emmanuel prepares students with the skills
the analytical, communicative and creative
to succeed in tomorrow’s world and the
skills necessary for growth; to discern
social conscience to make a difference in
worthwhile work; and to bring ethical
that world. This Emmanuel education is
rooted in strong human values and contin- standards and moral sensitivities to all
endeavors. The College’s Graduate and
ues to reflect the founding educational mis-
Professional Programs offer the richness of
sion ofthe Sisters ofNotre Dame de
the liberal arts tradition as well as career
Namur who opened the College in 1919.
preparation and reflection on critical con-
The College’s mission reflects the religious temporary issues.
and educational mission ofa Catholic
Located in Boston in the center ofthe
Church committed to human rights, social
City’s educational, cultural and medical
justice and world peace. As part ofits reli- communities, Emmanuel College educates
gious identity, the College encourages stu-
students from Boston, from across the
dents and faculty ofall religious
United States, and from countries around
backgrounds to learn and to teach in an
the world. The College’s urban location
environment that is shaped by an engage-
provides special opportunities and respon-
ment with intellectual and moral issues.
sibilities. Through its presence and its pro-
As a liberal arts and sciences college, grams, and as part ofits educational
Emmanuel enables students to cultivate mission, Emmanuel College serves the com-
both the means ofacquiring and evaluating munity from which it receives so much
knowledge and the imagination to shape enrichment. The College’s location in
new and alternative ways ofperceiving, Boston provides students with superb
thinking and creating. At Emmanuel Col- opportunities for intellectual stimulation
lege, students develop their intellectual and growth and enables students to intern
potential, their strong sense ofself and in a wide range ofprofessional settings.
their commitment to serve others in the Graduate and professional programs are
community. They become critical thinkers, also offered at satellite locations across
ethical decision-makers and contributing eastern Massachusetts.
members ofsociety. By offering a variety of
Founded as the first Catholic college for
career-oriented programs informed by the women in New England, Emmanuel Col-
liberal arts disciplines, the College prepares
lege today is a coeducational Catholic col-
students for professional fields and devel-
lege with a long-standing tradition of
ops the skills and knowledge that can be
academic excellence and innovation that
applied to diverse and changing circum-
responds to the changing needs ofstudents
stances. The link between the liberal arts
in an ever-changing world.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES 7
LIBERAL
General Requirements for
ARTS INFORMATION
Liberal Arts and Sciences AND
FOR
SCIENCES
THE CURRICULUM ophy, religion, the social sciences, the nat-
ural sciences and the study ofcultures out-
The curriculum is designed to allow stu- side the United States. Additionally, such
dents to explore a wide range of liberal arts courses require student work that enhances
courses and, at the same time, to concen- the ability of students to comprehend and
trate in an area of interest or professional to function intellectually in the variety of
concern. The Bachelor ofArts, Bachelor of disciplinary modes that constitute the lib-
Science, and Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees
eral arts.
require the successful completion ofa mini-
mum of 128 credits. These credits are dis- Foundation Skills
tributed among the general requirements,
This requirement ensures that students
major requirements and elective or minor
have the foundational skills for learning at
courses.
the college level, for lifelong learning, and
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS for functioning in a diverse and global soci-
ety. New students are assessed in each of
The general requirements have been estab-
these areas before entering the College.
lished and designed to ensure that every
These assessments are used for placement
student experiences the range ofskills and
in designated courses or to exempt the stu-
content implied by the liberal arts mission
ofthe College. These include: dent from the requirement. Students who
demonstrate that they have already
• the skills required for successful college- acquired the level ofskill attained through
level work fulfilling the course requirements attached
• the intellectual breadth that makes possi- to each requirement are exempted from the
ble a lifelong engagement with and curios- requirement. The following courses fulfill
ity about significant knowledge, ideas, and the requirement for each foundational skill:
issues • writing communication skills:
• the foundation for competent function- ENGL1101 WritingWorkshop
ing in diverse and changing contexts and/or
• the informed intelligence necessary for ENGL1103 Critical Inquiry(byplacement)
responsible participation in society ordemonstrationofskill
These goals are achieved through required • computer literacy:
courses drawn from a cross section ofthe ITECH1101 ComputerApplicationsforthe
liberal arts disciplines that expose students LiberalArts
or
to models ofanalytical reasoning, symbolic
ITECH1102 IntroductiontoElectronic
thinking, observation, creativity, critical Spreadsheets(byplacement)
thinking, moral reasoning, self-knowledge
or
and significant intellectual content from the
ITECH1103 OnlineIntroductiontoElectronic
fields ofhistory, literature, the arts, philos- Spreadsheets (byplacement)
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES
8
ordemonstrationofskill 1. AestheticInquiry (A)
• mathematical competency: Requirement: two courses (one from litera-
MATH0010BasicMath ture, one from the arts)
or demonstration of skill The two-course requirement in this domain
(MATH0010 may not be counted consists ofcourses that expose students to
toward the graduation requirement) original works produced by writers, visual
• second language skills: artists and musicians, and provide an
opportunity to interpret, evaluate, analyze
two consecutive semesters ofa foreign
and understand these products ofthe cre-
language or American Sign Language or
ative imagination. Using the language, con-
demonstration ofskill
cepts, and criteria ofthe respective
First-Year Seminar aesthetic disciplines, courses in American,
Requirement: one semester, first year British, world and foreign language litera-
The first-year seminar program comprises ture as well as historical surveys of art,
one-semester topical seminars unified under music, theatre; and performance/studio
the theme, “Knowledge, Values and Social courses will explore the relationship
Change.” These seminars are designed to between aesthetic works and their histori-
introduce the first-year students to the cal and cultural contexts.
ways in which the liberal arts construct 2. Historical Consciousness (H)
knowledge; to enhance their abilities to Requirement: one course (a historicalsur-
read closely, analyze information, construct vey ofa significantperiod ofhistory or
arguments and communicate effectively; to region ofthe world)
educate students in the expectations and
The requirement in this domain consists of
values ofthe academic community, and to
courses that provide students with a con-
provide first-year students with an oppor-
text for understanding relationships
tunity to work closely with a member of
between historical events and the connec-
the faculty.
tion between past and present. The require-
Domains of Knowledge ment in the historical consciousness
The knowledge, skills and habits ofmind domain will be drawn from courses that
developed through the study ofthe liberal survey a period in history or a region of
arts disciplines and their respective meth- the world. These courses demonstrate the
ods of inquiry, their concepts and vocabu- methods and theories with which historians
lary, their creative and critical processes, deal with such issues as causation, the role
and their contributions to human knowl- ofperspective and judgment in reconstruct-
edge are basic to the goal of developing the ing the past, conflicting interpretations of
intellectual, aesthetic and moral sensibility historical events and processes, and the
assumed in a person liberally educated for ways in which evidence is analyzed and
life. Courses that fulfill these requirements evaluated as a tool for reconstructing the
are marked with the abbreviations noted in past.
parentheses in the course descriptions sec-
tion ofthis catalog.