Benedictine College 2008–2009
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BENEDICTINE COLLEGE 2008–2009 1020 North Second Street Atchison, Kansas 66002-1499 1-913-367-5340 1-800-467-5340 FAX (913) 367-5462 World Wide Web: http://www.benedictine.edu Accreditation: Benedictine College is accredited as a degree-granting institution of higher education by: North Central Association of Colleges and Schools 30 North LaSalle, Suite 2400 Chicago, IL 60602-2504 National Association of Schools of Music 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21 Reston, VA 20190 National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education* 2010 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036-1023 Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) 2201 Double Creek Drive, Suite 5006 Round Rock, TX 78664 *Accredited for the preparation of elementary and secondary teachers, with the Master’s degree as the highest degree approved. Catalog 2008–2009 1 pp. 0-4.indd 1 7/25/08 1:17:47 PM Table of Contents Accreditation ................................................... 1 Course Changes ............................................... 42 Academic Calendar ......................................... 3 Grade Appeals .................................................. 42 Mission of Benedictine College ...................... 5 Auditing Courses ......................................... 43 Benedictine College Vision and Repeating a Course ...................................... 43 Commitments .............................................. 6 Classification of Courses and Students ........ 43 Benedictine College Values ............................. 7 Class Attendance .......................................... 43 Heritage of Benedictine College ..................... 9 Academic Warning, Probation and America’s Discovery College ..................... 10 Dismissal ................................................. 44 Student Body and the Faculty ...................... 11 Readmission ................................................. 44 The College Facilities .................................. 11 Summer Study at Other General Admission Policies .......................... 13 Colleges and Universities ........................ 44 Application for Admission ........................... 13 Application for Degree ................................ 45 Admission to Freshman Standing ................ 14 Graduation Honors ...................................... 45 Transfer Admission and Degree Academic Honors ........................................ 45 Completion ............................................ 15 Transcript of Credits .................................... 45 Probationary Acceptance ............................. 16 Access to Student Records .......................... 46 Advanced Placement ................................... 16 Reasonable Learning Accommodations ...... 46 Readmission ................................................. 18 Student Expenses .......................................... 47 Academic Amnesty ...................................... 18 Payment Policy ............................................ 47 International Students .................................. 18 Enrollment Fee ............................................ 48 Special Student Status ................................. 20 Housing Deposit .......................................... 49 Student Financial Aid ................................... 20 Refund Policy .............................................. 49 Application for Aid ...................................... 20 Academic Structure of the College .............. 52 Scholarship and Financial Aid Academic Organizational Chart .................. 53 Programs ................................................. 21 Division of Arts and Communication .......... 54 State/Federal Government Financial Division of Business and Economics .......... 55 Aid .......................................................... 22 Division of Education ................................. 56 Scholarship and Award Guidelines .............. 27 Division of Health, Science, and Satisfactory Academic Progress Mathematics ............................................ 57 Requirements .......................................... 28 Division of Humanities ................................ 58 Student Life ................................................... 29 Division of Social and Behavioral Campus Ministry ........................................ 30 Sciences .................................................. 59 Student Government Association (SGA) ..... 31 Courses of Instruction .................................. 60 Activities and Organizations ........................ 31 Degrees Awarded and Special Student Health Service ................................ 31 Academic Services .................................... 277 Advising and Counseling ............................. 32 Degrees Conferred ..................................... 277 Career Development .................................... 32 Graduate Programs .................................... 277 Publications ................................................. 33 School of Faith .......................................... 278 Sports ........................................................... 33 Computer Facilities and Services .............. 279 College Policies and Procedures ................. 34 Library Service .......................................... 279 Academic Regulations and The Student Success Center ...................... 279 Procedures ................................................. 34 Board of Directors ........................................ 280 Academic Year ............................................. 34 Administration ............................................. 280 Major and Minor Programs ......................... 34 Faculty ........................................................... 281 Degree Requirements ................................... 35 Faculty Emeriti ............................................. 285 General Education ....................................... 36 The Alumni Association ............................... 287 Course Load ................................................ 40 Memberships ................................................ 287 Academic Minors ....................................... 40 Gifts and Bequests ....................................... 288 Examinations and Grade Reports ............... 40 Maps .............................................................. 289 Academic Honesty ...................................... 41 Index .............................................................. 291 Grading ....................................................... 41 2 pp. 0-4.indd 2 7/25/08 1:17:48 PM Academic Calendar Fall Semester 2008 August 27 Wednesday Classes begin September 1 Monday Labor Day (classes in session) 9 Tuesday Last day to enroll; last day to add a class 23 Tuesday Last day to drop without a ‘W’ October 1 Wednesday Graduation applications due 14 Tuesday Mid-Term Ends 17–19 Friday–Sunday Homecoming Weekend 23–26 Thursday–Sunday Fall Break November 7 Friday Last day to drop a class 10–21 Monday–Friday Pre-Registration 26–30 Wednesday–Sunday Thanksgiving Break December 1 Monday Classes resume 10 Wednesday Study Day/Incomplete Applications Due 11, 12, 15, 16 Thursday, Friday Final Exams Monday, Tuesday December 25–January 1 College Offices Closed 3 pp. 0-4.indd 3 7/25/08 1:17:48 PM Academic Calendar Spring Semester 2009 January 14 Wednesday Classes begin 27 Tuesday Last day to enroll; last day to add a class February 10 Tuesday Last day to drop without a ‘W’ March 10 Tuesday Mid-Term Ends 14–22 Saturday–Sunday Spring Break 27 Friday Last day to drop a class 30–April 8 Tuesday–Tuesday Pre-registration April 1 Wednesday Discovery Day 1 Wednesday Graduation applications due for December grads 9–13 Thursday–Monday Easter Break May 6 Wednesday Study Day 7, 8, 11, 12 Thursday, Friday, Final Exams Monday, Tuesday 15 Friday Baccalaureate Mass 16 Saturday Commencement June 12–14 Friday–Sunday Alumni Weekend 4 pp. 0-4.indd 4 7/25/08 1:17:49 PM The Mission of Benedictine College enedictine College is an academic community sponsored by the monks of St. Benedict’s BAbbey and the sisters of Mount St. Scholastica Monastery. Heir to the 1500 years of Bene- dictine dedication to learning, Benedictine College in its own time is ordered to the goal of wisdom lived out in responsible awareness of oneself, God and nature, family and society. Its mission as a Catholic, Benedictine, liberal arts, residential college is the education of men and women within a community of faith and scholarship. As a Catholic college, Benedictine College is committed to those beliefs and natural prin- ciples that form the framework of the Judeo-Christian tradition, and it is committed further to those specific matters of faith of the Roman Catholic tradition, as revealed in the person of Jesus Christ and handed down in the teachings of the Church. The college embraces students and faculty from all faiths who accept its goals, seeking in its members a personal commitment to the ideals and principles of a spiritual life and the expression of these in worship and action. Benedictine College promotes the growing involvement of religious and laity in the Church’s ministries. As a college founded on the Benedictine tradition, Benedictine College inherits the themes handed on to us by the Benedictine family: peace, the balance of activity and con- templation, and the glorification of God in all undertakings. With the ideal of a common life Heir to the 1500 years of Benedictine dedication to learning,