23 East Elm Avenue Quincy, MA 02170-2999 617-745-3000 • 1-800-88-ENC-88 www.enc.edu 2 Eastern Nazarene College • 2009–2010 Undergraduate Catalog Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Academic Calendar 4 Letter from the President 5 About This Catalog 6 About ENC 6 The ENC Ideal 9 Accreditations/Affiliations 10 Liberal Arts Education and Core Curriculum 11 Academic Divisions 17 General Degree Requirements 18 Majors, Programs and Degrees 20 Admissions Information and Requirements 21 Financial Aid Information and Application Process 27 Student Life Information 39 Academic Information and Policies 46 Departmental Curriculum 64 Administration and Staff 197 Faculty 201 Index 205 Old Colony Campus Map 209 Main Campus Map 210 Eastern Nazarene College • 2009–2010 Undergraduate Catalog 3 Academic Calendar ACADEMIC CALENDAR Fall Semester 2009 August 28 Faculty Day August 29 New Students Arrive September 1 Registration Day September 2 Classes Begin September 7 Labor Day – Classes are held September 8 Final Day to Register for Classes September 15 Final Day to Add/Drop Classes October 12 Columbus Day (No Classes) October 16-17 Homecoming Weekend October 23 Midterm Grades Distributed October 26-28 Midterm Advising October 28 Deadline to Withdraw or Change to Pass-Fail/Audit November 25-29 Thanksgiving Break (No Classes) December 7 Classes End December 8-12 Final Exams December 18 Final Grades Distributed January Term (J-Term) 2010 January 5 Classes Begin January 6 Final Day to Register for a Class January 7 Final Day to Add/Drop Classes January 13 Final Day to Withdraw or Change to Pass-Fail/Audit January 18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (No Classes) January 22 Classes End January 23-25 J-Term Break January 25 Final Grades Distributed Spring Semester 2010 January 26 Registration Day January 27 Classes Begin January 31 Winter Commencement (Alt. Date February 7) February 2 Final Day to Register for Classes February 9 Final Day to Add/Drop Classes March 8-12 Spring Break (No Classes) March 22 Mid-term Grades Distributed March 23-25 Mid-term Advising March 26 Final Day to Withdraw or Change to Pass-Fail/Audit April 2-5 Easter Break (No Classes) April 13 Advising Day - No Day Classes April 13-16 Registration Days May 7 Classes End May 10-14 Final Exams May 11 Senior Grades Distributed May 14 Baccalaureate May 15 Spring Commencement May 18 Final Grades Distributed Summer Session 2010 May 18 Summer Session Begins May 19 Final Day to Register for a Class May 20 Final Day to Add/Drop Classes May 26 Last Day to Withdraw or Change to Pass-Fail/Audit May 31 Memorial Day (No Classes) June 4 Summer Session Ends June 8 Final Grades Distributed 4 Eastern Nazarene College • 2009–2010 Undergraduate Catalog Letter from the President LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT At Eastern Nazarene College we believe there is no conflict between the best in education and the best in Christian faith. We believe a Christian education enlarges the approach to knowledge that not only includes facts, figures, and ideas, but also strives to advance ultimate truth, righteousness, justice, and holiness. With this base, doors of creative and redemptive opportunity are opened, and students are encouraged to lay a foundation for their Photo by Bonnie Ashworth knowledge on a deep sense of God’s incarnate love and grace in Jesus Christ. Within this catalog, you will find information regarding the programs, procedures, and policies of ENC. Let me encourage you to look closely at the details of program and policy, but beyond that, to look intently at mission and ministry. The college community atmosphere in which you pursue your education is vital to the quality of the learning experience and to the preparation that one makes for a fulfilled life of committed service. Many colleges will give you opportunities for success in your chosen field, but ENC goes beyond this to help you ground that success in knowledge of God’s intentions for humankind. Our community will challenge you not only to know the truth in all its multifaceted dimensions, but also to commit your life to the divine source of all truth. ENC is dedicated to the proposition that service to God and neighbor is not only consistent with the life of the mind, but also required as a disciplined cultivation of the soul. Founded over 100 years ago, ENC exists to further students in their educational and spiritual development. We look forward to serving you. Dr. Corlis McGee President Eastern Nazarene College • 2009–2010 Undergraduate Catalog 5 About This Catalog ABOUT THIS CATALOG This catalog is an official publication of Eastern Nazarene College. The catalog is an informational guide to ENC’s academic programs. It is not a contract between ENC and its students. Although ENC has made every effort to ensure that the information contained in the catalog is accurate and complete at the time of printing, the contents are subject to change at any time. ENC reserves the right to unilaterally add, withdraw or revise any course offering, course description, teaching assignment, program of study, on or off-campus location, policy, practice, provision or requirement described in the catalog, including statement of fees, policies, admissions and graduation requirements. Students are responsible for acquainting themselves with the policies, requirements, rules, and regulations of ENC included in the catalog and in other official ENC publica- tions. Students check the college website at www.enc.edu to view published changes to this catalog. ABOUT ENC Mission The mission of Eastern Nazarene College is to serve God, the Church, and the World by providing a quality liberal arts education to students of all ages. Consistent with its Wesleyan heritage, ENC seeks to create and maintain an environment which awakens and fosters truth, righteousness, justice, and holiness as made possible by God’s transforming grace through Jesus Christ. VISION STATEMENT Embracing its multicultural and urban environment, ENC prepares students to lead and serve in a diverse world by integrating “the best in education and the best in Christian faith”. ENC’s DefINING VALUES Transformational Education We will provide a holistic educational experience that integrates spiritual, academic and social development to prepare students to effectively serve in a changing world. Faithful Authenticity We will be deliberately honest in our relationships, management procedures, strategic planning and communication to foster trust and confidence with both internal and external constituencies. Institutional Vitality We will develop and sustain a sound financial and administrative infrastructure that provides a foundation for a vibrant campus culture and climate. Service Orientation We will model servant leadership to our students and community by creating a culture of excellent customer service. Multicultural Understanding We will create a context that welcomes and embraces various cultural backgrounds to promote cultural understanding and acceptance. 6 Eastern Nazarene College • 2009–2010 Undergraduate Catalog About ENC Christian Faith We will act and respond in ways that value and validate each member of the community so that we reflect the servanthood of Christ as we interact with one another and the world to participate in the kingdom of God. Intentionally Collaborative We will develop and exercise the skills necessary for supportive and creative relation- ships to facilitate healthy collaboration both internally and externally. Pursuit of Excellence We will utilize our intellectual, financial and interpersonal resources to cultivate a lifestyle of stewardship that maximizes our personal and institutional potential within our organizational and physical environments. ENC is a Christian community striving for excellence. To be faithful to our Wesleyan heritage requires that we as a community of scholar servants: recognize the primacy of Scriptural authority; be consciously and proudly part of the broad, ancient tradition of the Christian faith – that we be genuinely ecumenical; affirm justification by grace through faith; recognize that God’s grace “transforms,” as well as “pardons”; be effective apologists of the Christian faith; commit ourselves to discipleship and accountability, and be committed to compassionate ministries. ENC seeks to serve the Church of the Nazarene in particular and the church in general by equipping people for Christian leadership and service to humanity. As a Christian community, ENC strives to embody academic excellence, personal integrity, and respect for each individual. The entire educational program encourages each person to become a creative and redemptive force in the world through integration of the richness of the Christian tradition and the human quest for understanding. Eastern Nazarene College seeks to fulfill its mission by striving towards the achievement of the following goals: 1. ENC seeks to foster a Christian educational community where every policy and all relationships are grounded in the Biblical mandate to love and treat each person as a child of God. 2. ENC seeks to be a community where every member is encouraged to move holisti- cally toward his or her full physical, social, intellectual, and spiritual potential. ENC affirms the concept of a “seamless curriculum” which emphasizes the importance of both formal and informal learning opportunities. 3. ENC recognizes that the campus spiritual environment is the responsibility of the entire community. Recognizing that ENC’s history is replete with examples of students whose lives have been impacted spiritually by staff and faculty alike, the college seeks to employ wherever possible staff and faculty who affirm the Lordship of Jesus Christ in their lives. 4. ENC seeks to be a diverse community which models the Biblical description of the Kingdom of God – a kingdom formed “from every tribe and language and people and nation” (Revelation 5:9). 5. ENC strives to create an environment of excellence in all that it does and is – spiritu- ally, academically, culturally, financially, and in terms of personnel and facilities.