Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions - Course Catalog

2005·4.1 MB·English

by  Fairfield University

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ELEMENTARY EDUCATION /MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY /SCHOOL COUNSELING/
SCHOOL MEDIA SPECIALIST /SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY /SECONDARY EDUCATION/
SPECIAL EDUCATION / TESOL, FOREIGN lANCJUAGE, AND
BI LINGUAL-MUITICULTURAI. EDUCATION
Fairfield University
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Graduate School o
Education and Allliiee>d Professions
2005-2006
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Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions
Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions
Fairfield University
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Fairfield, CT 06824-5195
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The Fairfield University Graduate School of Education andAllied Professionsgraduate programs
catalog is printed annually. However, updates to programs, policies, and courses may be made after
thecatalog has been published. Please contactthe dean's office orrefertothe University's website,
www.fairfield.edu, forcurrent information.
GRADUATE SCHOOL
OF
EDUCATION
AND
ALLIED PROFESSIONS
Master of Arts and Certificate of Advanced Study
2005-2006
Table ofContents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
Academic Calendar 5
Message from the Dean 6
Mission 7
Overview 8
Campus Services 8
Parking 10
Accreditations 10
Campus Map Inside Back Cover
ACADEMIC POLICIES AND GENERAL REGULATIONS
Academic Advising and Curriculum Planning 1
Student Programs of Study 1
Academic Freedom
1
Academic Honesty
1
Honor Code
1
Academic Dishonesty 12
University Course Numbering System 12
Normal Academic Progress
Academic Load 12
Academic Standards 12
Auditing 12
Independent Study 12
Matriculation/Continuation 12
Time to Complete Degree 13
Applications for and Awarding of Degrees 13
Graduation and Commencement 13
Comprehensive Examination 13
Connecticut State Certification 13
Grading System
Grades, Academic Average 14
Transfer of Credit and Waivers 14
Scholastic Honors 15
Disruption of Academic Progress
Academic Probation/Dismissal 15
Withdrawal 15
Readmission 16
Academic Grievance 16
Transcripts 17
Student Records 17
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND ALLIED PROFESSIONS
Overview 22
Degree Requirements Overview 23
Counselor Education Department: Community and School Counseling
Overview 24
Program Requirements 24
Course Descriptions 26
Table ofContents
Curriculum and Instruction Department
Overview 28
Program Requirements 29
Course Descriptions 31
Educational Technology Department
Overview 37
Program Requirements 38
Course Descriptions 40
Marriage and Family Therapy Department
Overview 45
Program Requirements 45
Course Descriptions 46
Psychology and Special Education Department
Overview
Psychology 48
Special Education 56
Program Requirements
School Psychology 49
Applied Psychology 50
Special Education 56
Course Descriptions
Psychology 52
Special Education 58
TESOL, Foreign Language, and Bilingual/Multicultural Education Department
Overview 61
Program Requirements 61
Course Descriptions 63
ADMISSION
Admission Criteria 18
Admission Procedures 19
Compliance Statements and Notifications 66
TUITION, FEES, AND FINANCIAL AID
Tuition and Fees 67
Deferred Payment 67
Refund of Tuition 67
Reimbursement by Employer 67
Assistantships 68
Federal Stafford Loans 68
Sallie Mae Signature Student Loan 68
Tax Deductions 68
Veterans 68
ADMINISTRATION
School Administration and Faculty 69
Advisory Boards 72
University Administration 74
Board of Trustees 75
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Academic Calendar
Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions
2005-06 ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Classesareoffered on weeknightsand Saturdaystoaccommodatethose in the programwhoareemployedfull time.
Refertotheschedules thatare distributed each semesterforcalendarchanges.
Summer 2005
May 23 -June 7 Pre-Session
May30 Memorial Day - University holiday
June 1 Lastdayto make-up Spring 2005 "Incompletes"
June 8- July 1 Session I
July4 Independence Day - University holiday
July5 Degree cards due forAugustgraduation
July 5 - July30 Session II
Aug. 1 -Aug. 13 Post-Session
Fall 2005
Aug. 23 Back to Campus Day/OpenAdvisementforfall 2005 (2-7 p.m.)
Sept. 6 Orientation for new students
Sept. 7 Classes begin
Sept. 12 Lastdayto make-up Summer 2005 "Incompletes"
Oct. 10 Columbus Day - University holiday
Oct. 21 Degree cards dueforJanuary graduation
Nov. 23 - Nov. 27 Thanksgiving recess
Nov. 28 Classes resume
Dec. 1 Registration begins
Dec. 7 OpenAdvisementforspring 2006 (2-7 p.m.)
Dec. 22 Lastday ofclassesforgraduate students
Spring 2006
Jan. 10 OpenAdvisementforspring 2006 (2-7 p.m.)
Jan. 16 Martin Luther KingJr. Day - University holiday
Jan. 17 Classes begin
Jan. 21 Lastdayto make-up Fall 2005 "Incompletes"
Feb. 17 Degree cards due for May graduation
Feb. 20 President's Day - University holiday
March 13 - March 17 Spring recess
March 20 Classes resume
April 3 Registration begins
April 14 -April 16 Easter recess
May8 Lastdayofclasses
May9 OpenAdvisementforsummer2006 (2-7 p.m.)
May 21 56th Commencement
Summer 2006
May22 -June 6 Pre-Session
May29 Memorial Day- University holiday
June 7 - June 30 SummerSession I
July 3 & 4 Independence Day - University holiday
July 5 -July29 Summer Session II
July 5 Degree cards dueforAugustgraduation
Registration begins
July31 -Aug. 16 Post-Session
A Message from the Dean
A
Message From Dean
the
The primary purpose of professional graduate schools is to
search for answers to the pressing educational, social, civic,
political, and psychological problemsthat have an impact on chil-
dren, youth, families, and communities. Fairfield University's
Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions has
responded tothischallenge bydeveloping and implementing pro-
grams ofstudythat address these social imperatives. As a result,
the Graduate School prepares professionals who are eminently
qualified tojoin in partnershipswith institutions and agenciesthat
share a common mission.
This catalog describes the programsthat lead to a masterof arts
degree and a certificate of advanced study. Also included are the
courses of study that fulfill the requirements for a variety of Connecticut professional certificates. The
schedule of course offerings forthefall, spring, and summersessions appear in separate publicationsthat
are available priorto each registration period.
welcome you to Fairfield University's Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions. The faculty
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joins me in the commitment to provide graduate programs that are models of academic excellence and to
support you as you pursue your professional goals.
C. omj
Dr. Margaret C. Deignan
Dean
Fairfield University Mission
Fairfield University Mission
Fairfield University,foundedbytheSocietyofJesus, isa
coeducational institution of higher learning whose pri-
mary objectives are to develop the creative intellectual
potential ofits studentsand tofosterin them ethical and
religious values and a sense of social responsibility.
Jesuit education, which began in 1547, is committed
today to the service of faith, of which the promotion of
justice isan absolute requirement.
Fairfield is Catholic in both tradition and spirit. It cele-
bratesthe God-given dignityofevery human person.As
aCatholic university itwelcomesthoseofall beliefsand
traditionswhoshareitsconcernsforscholarship,justice,
truth, and freedom, and it values the diversity that their
membership bringstothe Universitycommunity
Fairfieldeducatesitsstudentsthroughavarietyofschol-
arlyand professional disciplines. All of its schools share
a liberal and humanistic perspective and a commitment
to excellence. Fairfield encourages a respect for all the
disciplines - theirsimilarities, their differences, and their
interrelationships. In particular, in its undergraduate
schools it provides all students with a broadly based
generaleducationcurriculumwithaspecialemphasison
the traditional humanities as a complementto the more
specialized preparation in disciplines and professions
provided by the major programs. Fairfield is also com- As a community of scholars, Fairfield gladlyjoins in the
mitted tothe needs ofsocietyforliberallyeducated pro- broadertaskofexpanding human knowledgeand deep-
fessionals. It meets the needsof its studentsto assume ening human understanding, and to this end it encour-
positions in this society through its undergraduate and ages and supports the scholarly research and artistic
graduate professional schools and programs. production of its facultyand students.
AFairfieldeducation isaliberal education, characterized Fairfield has afurtherobligation to the widercommunity
by its breadth and depth. It offers opportunities for indi- of which it is a part, to share with its neighbors its
vidual and common reflection, and it providestraining in resourcesand its special expertise forthe bettermentof
such essential human skills as analysis, synthesis, and the community as a whole. Faculty and students are
communication. The liberallyeducated person isableto encouraged to participate in the larger community
assimilateand organizefacts, to evaluate knowledge, to through service and academic activities. But mostofall,
identifyissues,touseappropriatemethodsofreasoning, Fairfield serves the wider community by educating its
and to convey conclusions persuasively in written and students to be socially aware and morally responsible
spokenword. Equallyessentialtoliberaleducation isthe persons.
development of the aesthetic dimension of human Fairfield University values each of its students as indi-
nature, the power to imagine, to intuit, to create, and to viduals with unique abilities and potentials, and it
appreciate. In its fullest sense liberal education initiates respects the personal and academic freedom of all its
students at a mature level into their culture, its past, its members. At the same time, it seeks to develop a
present, and its future. greatersenseofcommunitywithin itself, a sensethatall
Fairfield recognizes that learning is a lifelong process of its members belong to and are involved in the
and sees the education that it provides as a foundation University, sharing common goals and a common com-
upon which its students may continue to build within mitment to truth and justice, and manifesting in their
their chosen areas of scholarly study or professional lives the common concern for others which is the obli-
development. Italsoseekstofosterin itsstudentsacon- gation ofall educated, mature human beings.
tinuing intellectual curiosity and a desire for self-educa-
tion thatwill extendtothe broad rangeofareastowhich
they have been introduced in theirstudies.
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Fairfield University
Fairfield University
A comprehensive liberal arts university built upon the CAMPUS SERVICES
450-year-old Jesuit traditions of scholarship and serv-
ice, Fairfield University is distinguished by sound aca- The DiMenna-Nyselius Librarycombines the best of
demics, collegiality among faculty and students, and a thetraditional academic librarywith thelatestaccessto
beautiful, 200-acre campus with views of Long Island printand electronic resources. It isthe intellectual heart
Sound. of Fairfield's campus and its signature academic build-
ing.
Since its founding in 1942 by the SocietyofJesus (the
Jesuits), the University has grown from an all-male Carrels, leisure seating, and research tables provide
school serving 300 to a competitively ranked coeduca- study space for up to 900 individual students, while
tional institution serving 3,300 undergraduate students groups meet in team rooms or studyareas, orconvene
and more than 1,000 graduate students, plus non-tradi- for conversation in the 24-hour cyber cafe. Other
tional students enrolled in University College. resources includea24-hour, open-accesscomputerlab
with Macintosh and Intel-based computers; a second
In addition to 32 undergraduate majors, Fairfield offers computerlabfeaturingWindows-basedcomputersonly;
full- and part-time graduate programs through its twodozen multimediaworkstations; an electronicclass-
College of Arts and Sciences, its Charles F. Dolan room; a 90-seat multimedia auditorium; an Information
School of Business, and its schools of Engineenng, Technology Center for large and small group training;
Graduate Education and Allied Professions, and the Center for Academic Excellence; photocopiers,
Nursing. Graduate students earn credentialsforprofes- microform readers, and printers; and audiovisual hard-
sional advancement while benefiting from small class ware and software. Workstations forthe physically dis-
sizes, opportunities for real-world application, and the abled areavailablethroughoutthe library.
resources and reputation of a school consistently
ranked among the top regional universities in the North The library's collection includes more than 330,000
by U.S. News & WorldReport. bound volumes, 1,800 journals and newspapers,
12,000audiovisualitems, andtheequivalentof 101,000
In the past decade, more than two dozen Fairfield stu- volumes in microform. To borrow library materials, stu-
dents have been named Fulbright scholars, and the dents mustpresenta StagCard atthe Circulation Desk.
Universityisamongthe 12 percentoffour-yearcolleges Students can search for materials using an integrated
and universities with membership in Phi Beta Kappa, library system and online catalog. Library resources
the nation's oldest and most prestigious academic may also be accessed from any desktopon oroffcam-
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Undergraduate students represent 35 states and more site, students use their StagCard number and a pin
than 30 countries. codetoaccesstheiraccounts, read full-textjournal arti-
cles from more than 100 databases, submit interlibrary
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and expanded facilities include the Rudolph F. Bannow through Thursday, 7:45 a.m. to midnight; Friday, 7:45
Science Center, the John A. Barone Campus Center, a.m. to 10:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and
and the DiMenna-Nyselius Library. Sunday, 10:30 a.m. to midnight.
The third youngest of the 28 Jesuit universities in the Tfie Rudolph F. Bannow Science Center's 44,000-
United States, Fairfield has emerged as an academic square-foot addition, completed in 2002, houses
leaderwell positionedto meettheneedsofmodern stu- advanced instructional and researchfacilitiesthatfoster
dents. More than 60 years after its founding, the the development of science learning communities,
University's mission remains the same: To educate the engage students in experiential learning, and invite col-
whole person, challenging the intellectual, spiritual, and laborative faculty and student research in biology,
physical potential ofall students. chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics,
and psychology. The original building undenArent com-
In the spirit of its Jesuit founders, Fairfield University plementary renovations.
extends to its graduate students a myriad of resources
and servicesdesigned tofostertheirintellectual, spiritu- The John A. Barone Campus Center which was
al, and physical development. extensively renovated in 2001, is the social focal point
of University activities and offers students a place to
relax, socialize, or study during the day. Students can
sip cappuccino at Jazzman's CyberCafe, shop at the
University bookstore, watch deejays for the campus