ACADEMIC
2019-2020
CATALOG
Contents
Mission Statement......................................................................................................................................1 President’s Message...................................................................................................................................2 Visiting .........................................................................................................................................................3 History..........................................................................................................................................................4 Regis College at a Glance.........................................................................................................................5 Accreditation ..............................................................................................................................................7 The Regis Pathways of Achievement......................................................................................................9 Associate Degree Programs at a Glance...............................................................................................13 Regis Facilities and Services...................................................................................................................16 General College Policies and Procedures.............................................................................................20
Accreditation, State Regulation, and Complaints..........................................................................21 Academic Appeals................................................................................................................................22
Graduate Policies and Procedures ........................................................................................................40 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA)............................................................46 Academic Support Services.....................................................................................................................51 Admission...................................................................................................................................................58 Undergraduate Baccalaureate...............................................................................................................58 Graduate Admission.................................................................................................................................67 Financial Aid for Undergraduate Students...........................................................................................69 Financial Aid for Graduate Students.....................................................................................................71 Financial Information for Undergraduate Students ...........................................................................72
Financial Information for Graduate and Institute for Advancing Studies Students......................78
Academic Standing...................................................................................................................................84 Academic Honors......................................................................................................................................94 Special Undergraduate Programs and Opportunities.........................................................................98 Division of Undergraduate Student Affairs and Enrollment............................................................103 Undergraduate Programs General Information.................................................................................110
Core Curriculum Requirements........................................................................................................112
The School of Arts and Sciences..........................................................................................................119 The School of Business and Communication......................................................................................235 The School of Health Sciences.............................................................................................................257 The School of Nursing............................................................................................................................387 Institute for Advancing Studies and Continuing Education.............................................................453 Board of Trustees...................................................................................................................................476 Faculty .....................................................................................................................................................477 Emeritae & Emeriti................................................................................................................................503 Administrative Council..........................................................................................................................507
Lawrence Memorial/Regis College, AS Programs Administration & Faculty................................508
Directions.................................................................................................................................................515
Mission Statement
Rooted in the Catholic intellectual tradition and inspired by the social justice values of our founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston, Regis College is a welcoming and inclusive community. We are called to provide access to an academically rigorous education through innovative learning opportunities and collaborative engagement at all degree levels. We educate the whole person, preparing our students to pursue excellence, to become change agents in their own communities, and to serve and lead as advocates for a more just and compassionate global society.
Regis College 235 Wellesley Street Weston, MA 02493
Date of Publication: September, 2019 Amended: March, 2020
Relationship with Handbooks for Individual Academic Programs
In addition to this Academic Catalog, individual Regis College academic programs may have specific handbooks related to the requirements of an academic department or program. Unless specifically stated to the contrary in this Academic Catalog, the requirements and processes stated in an academic program handbook will take precedence over this Academic Catalog in the event there is a conflict between documents.
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President’s Message
Welcome to Regis, a leading Catholic coed university in greater Boston.
Like our courageous founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston, contemporary faculty and staff strive for excellence and share a vision of the common good with a dedicated mission. Our vibrant community of nearly 3,000 students is thriving. A solid liberal arts and sciences foundation is the hallmark of a Regis education, just as professional excellence is the trademark of our graduate programs.
Antoinette M. Hays, PhD, RN President
We offer more than 20 majors across four schools and over two dozen innovative
graduate and online programs. Our students’ success inside and outside the classroom
is our top priority. We encourage students to participate in the many clubs, organizations, service opportunities and athletic programs so they can develop leadership skills to complement their education.
We are moving forward by fostering interdisciplinary education and inter-professional collaboration. At Regis, you will be encouraged to think across the disciplines and make a positive impact on society. Today, you are a student challenging yourself intellectually. Tomorrow, you will have strengthened your knowledge and talents so that, wherever you go throughout the world, you can bring your insight and skills to those who need it. With the dedicated support of faculty and staff, you will achieve personal and professional milestones.
Regis has state-of-the-art facilities including newly added residential space, learning commons in the library, and multiple simulation labs in the Young School of Nursing and School of Health Sciences. We were named a National League for Nursing Center of Excellence in Nursing Education 2015-2020 for the third consecutive time. A dean of Athletics leads our university’s championship teams in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC). This is all for you, our students.
Regis looks forward to teaching, learning, and advancing with you as you pursue the goals of your life, whether academic, professional, personal, social, or spiritual.
Come be empowered to do great things.
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Visiting
The website address is www.regiscollege.edu.For complete directions to Regis College locations, as well as campus and local area maps, please see the end of this catalog.
Undergraduate Students
Prospective undergraduate students for all programs are welcome and encouraged to visit the Regis campus as an important component of the application process. Students who wish to register for a campus visit, or to set up an individual meeting with an admission counselor may contact the Office of Undergraduate Admission at www.regiscollege.edu/ugvisit or call 781-768-7100.
Graduate Students
Prospective graduate students for any graduate program are encouraged to visit Regis to meet with an advisor, attend an information session, or tour the campus. Multiple Graduate Information Sessions, offered on campus and online, are held throughout the year. Students who wish to speak with a counselor or visit the campus may call the Office of Graduate Admission at 781-768-7330 or visit:
https://www.regiscollege.edu/admission/graduate-admission.
Institute for Advancing Studies and Continuing Education
Prospective students for any Institute for Advancing Studies and Continuing Education program are encouraged to visit Regis to meet with an advisor or tour the campus. Students who wish to speak with a counselor or visit the campus may call 781-768-7330
or visit https://www.regiscollege.edu/admission/bachelors-degree-completion.
Lawrence Memorial/Regis College
Students interested in the Lawrence Memorial/Regis College (LM/RC) associate degree programs, Nursing or Radiography, should contact Lawrence Memorial Hospital at 781- 306-6600. These programs are administered on Lawrence Memorial Hospital’s campus at 170 Governors Ave., Medford, MA 02155. The website address is www.lmregis.org.
Regis North
Regis offers an accelerated nursing program as well as other bachelor’s degree completion programs on their satellite campus at Northern Essex Community College in Lawrence. Those who are interested may reach out to the Admission and Advising Counselor at Regis North by emailing [email protected]. Students may also visit the campus located at 420 Common Street, Lawrence, MA 01841.
Regis College is located at:
235 Wellesley Street Weston, MA 02493-1571
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History
Founded over ninety years ago by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston, whose members desired to put their resources to use for the good of society through education, Regis was incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on February 12, 1927. Through its charter, Regis College was empowered from the beginning to grant all the degrees ordinarily conferred by colleges and universities in the Commonwealth, including the doctorate.
When Regis opened on September 21, 1927, it began meeting the urgent need of a Catholic college for women that would offer the facilities and advantages of higher education to both resident and nonresident students. During the 1970s, Regis began granting graduate degrees.
Eighty years of a strong tradition brought Regis to a historical moment in the fall of 2007 when Regis officially and seamlessly made the co-ed transition and opened its doors to male as well as female students. In January 2007, Regis began offering its first doctoral program (the Doctorate of Nursing Practice). The second, the EdD in Higher Education Leadership, was launched in 2013. Regis currently offers over two dozen master’s programs in four schools: The School of Arts and Sciences, The School of Business and Communication, The School of Health Sciences, and The Richard and Sheila Young School of Nursing.
In the first decade of this century, Regis continued to walk a path of transformation making it a leading Catholic university. In 2008, the Regis faculty strengthened the core curriculum through a major revamping. For 2008–2011, 2011–2015, and again for 2015-2020, Regis has been named a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education by the National League of Nursing— one of the first nursing programs in New England to be so designated.
Additionally, since 2008 Regis has leveraged its expertise in nursing to create a unique international faculty partnership initiative to educate Nursing faculty in Haiti, thus building up the human capital in that country. During 2014-2015, a new dormitory wing, a new quad, and a renovated learning commons/library was constructed. In 2015, a satellite campus, Regis North, was launched in Lawrence to bring educational and professional opportunities to citizens of Merrimack Valley through flexible, convenient bachelor degree completion programs in nursing, public health, and health sciences. Regis is honored to have been named an Apple Distinguished School 2014-2016 and again for 2016–2018, one of only 20 across the nation. In the fall of 2017, Regis entered the Great Northeast Athletic Conference and thirteen teams advanced to GNAC post-season competition in our first year of membership in the new conference.
Our intergenerational campus includes a Children’s Center, named 2017 Program of the Year by the National Coalition for Campus Children’s Centers, and a Lifelong Learning program
(LLARC) for senior adults with a passion for learning. In 2017, we embarked on a new strategic initiative by offering our first fully online programs. Now with nearly a dozen online programs, our reach has expanded the globe. A vision for the future is complete with a strategic plan for 2016-2021. That future is filled with growth as we continue to transform Regis physically and electronically for graduate and undergraduate students – for you.
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About us
A Catholic university in greater Boston, Regis is a coeducational institution offering undergraduate and graduate programs leading to associate, baccalaureate, master, and doctoral degrees.
Admission
Regis College evaluates applicants for admission without regard to race, age, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnic or national origin, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in uniformed services, or any other protected status.
Accreditation
Regis College supports the efforts of secondary school officials and governing bodies to have their schools achieve regionally accredited status and, thus, to provide reliable assurance of quality educational preparation of applicants for admission to college.
Regis College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (formerly the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc.).
Accreditation of an institution of higher education by the Commission indicates that it meets or exceeds criteria for the assessment of institutional quality periodically applied though a peer review process. An accredited college or university is one which has available the necessary resources to achieve its stated purposes through appropriate educational programs, is substantially doing so, and gives reasonable evidence that it will continue to do so in the foreseeable future. Institutional integrity is also addressed through accreditation.
Accreditation by the Commission is not partial but applies to the institution as a whole. As such, it is not a guarantee of every course or program offered, or the competence of individual graduates. Rather, it provides reasonable assurance about the quality of opportunities available to students who attend the institution.
Inquiries regarding the accreditation status by the Commission should be directed to the administrative staff of the institution. Individuals may also contact:
New England Commission of Higher Education 3 Burlington Woods Drive, Suite 100, Burlington, MA 01803-4514
- Phone: (781) 425-7785
- E-Mail: [email protected]
The Early Childhood Education, Elementary, Secondary Education (English and History), and Moderate Special Needs Programs have been approved for Interstate Certification
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and meet the standards of the Interstate Certification Compact/National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification.
The diagnostic medical sonography program at Regis College is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Joint Commission on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JRC-DMS).
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs 25400 US Hwy 19 N., Suite 158 Clearwater, FL 33763 727-210-2350
The Nuclear Medicine Technology program is accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology (JRCNMT, 820 W Danforth Rd, #B1 Edmond, OK 73003 www.jrcnmt.org).
The Nursing Programs are accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) (formerly National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission), (3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850, Atlanta, GA 30326, phone 404-975-5000