2010-2011 Undergraduate Academic Catalog
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Academic Policies and Program Core Curriculum Art Biblical Studies and Christian Ministries Biology Chemistry Communication Arts G Economics and Business OR Education D O English Language and Literature N C History OLLEGE International Affairs Kinesiology Languages and Linguistics 2010–2011 Undergraduate Academic Catalog Mathematics and Computer Science 2010–2011 Music Philosophy Physics Political Studies Psychology Recreation and Leisure Studies Sociology and Social Work Theatre Arts Interdisciplinary and Off-Campus Curriculum Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2010–2011 THE UNITED COLLEGE OF GORDON AND BARRINGTON 255 Grapevine Road, Wenham MA 01984 T 978 927 2300 F 978 867 4659 www.gordon.edu TABLE OF CONTENTS Academic Calendar . 4 Registration Deadlines. 5 General. 7 Admissions. 13 Financial. 18 Student Life . 28 Academic Policies . 31 Academic Program. 47 Core Curriculum. 61 Academic Divisions . 64 Departmental Curriculum. 66 Art . 66 Gordon College is in compliance with both the spirit and the letter of Title IX of the Biblical Studies and Christian Ministries. 74 Education Amendments of 1972 and with Internal Revenue Service Procedure 75–50. This Biology. 84 means that the College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age, disability, veteran status or national or ethnic origin in administration of its employment policies, Chemistry. 91 admissions policies, recruitment programs (for students and employees), scholarship and Communication Arts. 94 loan programs, athletics and other college-administered activities. Economics, Accounting, Business and Finance. 98 Education . 107 Gordon College supports the efforts of secondary school officials and governing bodies to have their schools achieve regional accreditation to provide reliable assurance of the quality English Language and Literature. 115 of the educational preparation of its applicants for admission. History. 120 International Affairs. 127 Any student who is unable, because of religious beliefs, to attend classes or to participate Kinesiology . 129 in any examination, study or work requirement on a particular day shall be excused from such activity and be provided with an opportunity to make it up, provided it shall not create Languages and Linguistics. 133 an unreasonable burden upon the school. No fees shall be charged nor any adverse or Mathematics and Computer Science. 141 prejudicial effects result. Music . 148 Philosophy. 157 In compliance with the Higher Education Amendments of 1986, Gordon College operates Physics . 162 a drug abuse prevention program encompassing general dissemination of informational literature, awareness seminars and individual counseling. Assistance is available to students, Political Studies . 167 staff and faculty. For more information please contact the Center for Student Development. Psychology . 170 Recreation and Leisure Studies . 176 Provision for students with disabilities may be found in Appendix C. Sociology and Social Work. 181 Theatre Arts. 187 Policies and regulations are under continual examination and review and may be amended Interdisciplinary and Off-Campus Curriculum. 190 from time to time. Programs or courses may occasionally be revised or discontinued by action of the responsible bodies. This catalog only presents the offerings, fees, charges, Directory. 206 policies and requirements in effect at the time of publication. It is a guide and not the offer Appendices. 223 of a contract, and the College reserves the right to make changes should circumstances warrant in the judgment of the College. The catalog is not intended to nor does it contain all Four-Year Academic Calendar. 230 policies and regulations that relate to students. Campus Map. 232 Index . 234 Gordon College’s audited financial statements for the last three years, or a fair summary thereof, are available upon request from the Office of the Vice President for Finance. 4 Academic Calendar Gordon College 2010–2011 Gordon College 2010–2011 Registration Deadlines 5 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2010–2011 REGIstRatION DEADLINES 2010–2011 Four-Year Academic Calendar at back of catalog. The following summarizes the deadlines to be observed. FALL SEMESTER 2010 SPRING SEMESTER 2011 Fall Spring Deadline to register for August 31 January 26 August January the semester May Term: First class session 19 Fall Faculty Workshop 17 Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Summer: July 1 20–31 Required registration finalization 17–19 Required Orientation and for all students registration for new students Last day for percentage refund 80% September 3 January 28 20–24 Required Orientation and 18 Meal plan begins, 8 A.M. of tuition charges on official 70% September 10 February 4 registration for new students 18 Residence halls open for withdrawal from the College* 60% September 17 Feburary 11 20 Residence halls open for new continuing students, 2 P.M. 50% September 24 Feburary 18 0% after September 24 after Feburary 18 students only, 1 P.M. 18–26 Required registration finalization May Term: 80% after first class session; 0% after that 21 Meal plan begins for new students, for all students 5 P.M. 20 Classes begin, 8 A.M. Last day to add courses or Full Term August 31 January 26 23 Residence halls open for change sections, including Quad 1,3 August 31 January 26 continuing students, 1 p.m. March independent work or NECCUM Quad 2,4 October 22 March 25 23 Meal plan begins for continuing 9 Quad 3 ends cross-registration May Term: First class session students, 5 P.M. 10–11 Quad 3 final exams 25 Classes begin, 8 A.M. 11 Meal plan ends at dinner Last day to drop courses August 31 January 26 with no academic record May Term: Prior to first class session September 12 Residence halls close, 12 NOON 12–20 Spring Recess 6 Labor Day (school closed) Last day for tuition refund for course 100% August 31 January 26 20 Residence halls open, 2 P.M. drops/withdrawals (if applicable)§ 90% September 3 January 28 October 20 Meal plan resumes, 5 P.M. 8–10 Homecoming 21 Quad 4 begins Last day to withdraw from Full Term October 29 March 25 13 Quad 1 ends 25 Deposit due for next year courses with a W grade* Quad 1,3 September 24 Feburary 18 14–15 Quad 1 final exams (continuing students) Quad 2,4 November 12 April 15 18 Quad 2 begins April Last day to submit From Spring October 13 25–Nov. 12 4–21 Advance registration for fall remaining requirements and From May Term or Summer October 13 Advance registration for spring 14 Symposium Thursday (no classes) change incomplete to a grade From Fall or January Term March 9 November 22–25 Easter Recess (no classes) 11 Veteran’s Day observed 26 Classes resume A $10 fee will be charged for each withdrawal made after the fifth day of a (classes meet) semester. Students may withdraw from a class through the fourth week of a quad 9 Day of Prayer (no classes) May class or the ninth week of a full-semester course. A “W” will be recorded on the permanent record. After the deadline the grade may be an F. 24 Meal plan ends at dinner 10 Thursday classes meet on last Tuesday 24–28 Thanksgiving Recess Billing is based on total credits registered for during a semester, less refunds for 11 Last day of classes 28 Meal plan resumes, 5 P.M. courses dropped. Thus, withdrawing from a course after the 100% refund deadline 12 Reading day does not remove hours from the tuition block. Adding a quad 2 or 4 course may December 13, 16–18 Final examinations increase tuition as billing is based on total hours, including withdrawals. 9 Last day of classes 20 Meal plan ends at lunch For description of payment schedule see financial section. 10 Reading day 20 Baccalaureate 13–16 Final examinations 21 Commencement 17 Meal plan ends at breakfast 22 Residence halls close, 12 noon 17 Residence halls close, 12 noon 23 May Term begins 27 Grades due from faculty 31 Grades due from faculty 17–Jan. 19, 2011 Christmas Recess July 27–Jan. 14, 2011 1 Deadline to register for summer * Failure to officially withdraw from the College through the director of enrollment management may result January Term in an inability to obtain a financial refund and automatic F grades. § Special refund policies apply for applied music, Discovery Expeditions or La Vida. “The things which are impossible with mortals are possible with God.” —Luke 18:27 6 General Gordon College 2010–2011 Gordon College 2010–2011 General 7 GENERAL THE CHARacteR OF GORDON COLLEGE DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY Gordon College is the only nondenominational Christian college in New England. It offers 36 majors and confers three separate undergraduate degrees: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Music. Gordon also confers master’s degrees in education and music education. In the fall of 2009 the College’s undergraduate enrollment of 1,583 was drawn from 39 states and 26 foreign countries. Approximately 14.3 percent of enrollment— including international students—are of Asian, African American, Hispanic, Native American or non-Caucasian descent. Gordon was founded in Boston in 1889 by a small group of Christians who recognized the need for educated leadership in churches and society. They organized what was first called the Boston Missionary Training Institute. Chief among the founders, and the first president, was the Reverend Dr. Adoniram Judson Gordon, a prominent Boston pastor whose name the school adopted after his death in 1895. Gordon developed into a liberal arts college with a graduate seminary and moved to its present several-hundred-acre North Shore campus in 1955. In 1970 the divinity school was merged with the Conwell School of Theology from Philadelphia to form the new and separate Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary located in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. Barrington College was founded in 1900 as the Bethel Bible Training School in Spencer, Massachusetts, and was later located in Dudley, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island.