A CHRISTIAN COLLEGE of the LIBERAL & APPLIED ARTS & SCIENCES Catalog, Volume LXXXII, 2006–2007 Main Campus
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A CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE LIBERAL & APPLIED ARTS & SCIENCES Catalog, Volume LXXXII, 2006–2007 Main Campus: One College Avenue Grantham, Pennsylvania 17027 (717) 766-2511 Admissions Office (717) 691-6000 1-800-233-4220 Fax: (717) 796-5374 [email protected] Satellite Campus: 2026 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19121 (215) 769-2526 www.messiah.edu 1 A Message from the President Welcome to Messiah College—a faith-based academic community with the mission of preparing women and men to lead and to serve the 21st-century global society. We are committed to provide academically excellent, holistic education that nurtures the intellectual, personal, and spiritual growth of all of our students. Messiah’s edu- cational program is designed to challenge and prepare students to use their unique gifts and abilities as they live, think, act, and create. Messiah offers a program of more than 55 academic majors in the liberal and applied arts and sciences. All students are required to complete a core general education program which seeks to prepare them to contribute and to live as intellectually vibrant, actively engaged citizens. Messiah’s faculty possesses an extraordinary commitment to teaching and scholarship. Accomplished Christian leaders and experts in their disciplines, our faculty and cocurricular educators are student-centered—serving as mentors and help- ing students to discover God’s calling, purpose, and direction in their own choice of vocation. If you are interested in pursuing an educational experience that will challenge, trans- form, and prepare you, I invite you to consider Messiah College. Kim S. Phipps President 2 —Messiah College Catalog 2006–2007 CONTENTS College Profile …………………………………………………………………… 5 Locations and Facilities ………………………………………………………… 13 Campus Life ……………………………………………………………………… 20 Admissions ……………………………………………………………………… 25 Meeting the Cost ………………………………………………………………… 31 Academic Excellence …………………………………………………………… 45 Academic Policies and Procedures ……………………………………………… 49 Academic Programs ……………………………………………………………… 58 Academic Resources …………………………………………………………… 78 General Education ……………………………………………………………… 82 Arts, School of the ……………………………………………………………… 87 Music, Department of ……………………………………………………… 90 Theatre, Department of …………………………………………………… 120 Visual Arts, Department of ………………………………………………… 127 Education and Social Sciences, School of …………………………………… 143 Education, Department of ………………………………………………… 144 Human Development and Family Science, Department of ……………… 166 Psychology, Department of ………………………………………………… 178 Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice, Department of …………… 188 Health and Natural Sciences, School of ……………………………………… 203 Biological Sciences, Department of ………………………………………… 204 Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of ……………………………… 223 Health and Human Performance, Department of ………………………… 233 Nursing, Department of …………………………………………………… 252 Nutrition and Dietetics, Department of …………………………………… 261 Pre-Professional Health Programs ………………………………………… 266 Humanities, School of the …………………………………………………… 268 Biblical and Religious Studies, Department of …………………………… 269 Communication, Department of …………………………………………… 289 English, Department of …………………………………………………… 301 History, Department of ……………………………………………………… 312 Modern Languages, Department of ………………………………………… 325 Philosophy, Department of ………………………………………………… 337 Politics, Department of …………………………………………………… 341 Interdisciplinary Humanities Major ……………………………………………348 Mathematics, Engineering, and Business, School of ………………………… 350 Engineering, Department of ………………………………………………… 351 Management and Business, Department of ………………………………… 360 Mathematical Sciences, Department of …………………………………… 388 Administrative and Professional Staff ………………………………………… 401 Community of Educators ……………………………………………………… 408 Academic Calendar: 2006–2007 ……………………………………………… 430 Academic Calendar: 2007–2008 ……………………………………………… 431 Contacts Directory …………………………………………………………… 432 Index …………………………………………………………………………… 433 Directions to Grantham Campus ……………………………………………… 437 College Map …………………………………………………………………… 438 Contents — 3 Statement on Liberal Learning and Christian Scholarship Messiah College educates for mature Christian citizenship. This means that: • we expect our faculty to teach as Christian scholars in pursuit of faithfulness to both God and academic disciplines; • we embrace liberal learning, believing that all truth is God’s truth— revealed by God to be understood and applied by each of us; • we expose our students to multiple views and perspectives to enable them to respond with maturity to the complexities of the contemporary world; • we approach intellectual questions in a spirit of humility recognizing that each individual’s knowledge, understanding, and wisdom are finite; and • we seek to learn in order to better serve God and others. Statement on Nondiscrimination Messiah College does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, age, dis- ability, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic or other College-administered programs. Statement on Change The provisions and requirements stated in the Messiah College catalog are not to be considered as an irrevocable contract between the student and Messiah College. The College reserves the right to change any of the provisions or requirements at any time within the student’s term of residence. No such change, however, will be applied retroactively so as to extend the time normally required for completion of the student’s program. The College reserves the right to cancel any announced program, major, or course, as well as change the course instructor or change the time it will be offered. The College’s obligation to continue to offer any programs or majors in con- junction with another institution is expressly contingent on the institution’s contin- ued participation. 4 — Messiah College Catalog 2006–2007 COLLEGE PROFILE History ounded in 1909 by the Brethren in Christ Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Fto “educate men and women for home and foreign mission or evangelistic work,” Messiah Bible School and Missionary Training Home originally had seven faculty and staff members and twelve students. By the end of the first school year, enroll- ment had risen to thirty-seven students, and construction was under way for Old Main, the first building on the College’s current Grantham Campus. In 1924, the school’s name was changed to Messiah Bible College. This change accu- rately reflected the institution’s broadening curriculum and the junior college status it achieved in 1922. By 1951, the College was approved to confer baccalaureate degrees and was renamed Messiah College. Accreditation from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools was achieved in 1963. Messiah ini- tiated a satellite campus in Philadelphia in 1968 and in 1983 launched Messiah College-Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, leading to the chartering of Daystar University in 1993. During the past three decades, the College significantly increased the number of majors offered in the liberal arts and introduced degree programs in several applied areas. Messiah College now offers more than 50 academic majors. Growth in the student body and in facilities accompanied growth in the academic program. Contributing to the growth in number of students was the College’s policy, declared in its earliest official statements, of welcoming students from all denomina- tions and church traditions. From a first-year total of 37 students, the student body has grown to more than 2,900, representing over 60 denominations. Facilities have also increased from a single building to a campus of 400 acres in Grantham and an urban center in Philadelphia, with buildings valued at over $100,000,000. Until 1972, Messiah College was owned and operated by the Brethren in Christ Church. Today, the College and Church share in a covenantal relationship, through which each of these two communities works to further the ministry of the other. Legal control is assumed by a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees. Two presidents held notably long terms of office. C. N. Hostetter, Jr. (president from 1934 to 1960), directed the College through the difficult years of the Depression and College Profile — 5 guided its academic life into the beginning of a four-year liberal arts college. D. Ray Hostetter presided for 30 years (1964–1994) over an expansion that occurred on vir- tually every level of Messiah College’s life. From 1994–2004, the College had the benefit of the inspired leadership of Rodney J. Sawatsky who positioned Messiah as a nationally ranked institution characterized as academically rigorous and unapolo- getically Christian. The College is presently under the leadership of Kim S. Phipps. With the changes and developments of nearly 90 years, various elements in the his- tory of Messiah College have remained constant—an emphasis on education for service, acceptance of students and faculty from diverse backgrounds, a commitment to excellence, and an endeavor to make Christ preeminent. Identity and Mission Three statements best describe the identity and mission of Messiah College: • Messiah College is a Christian college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences. • The College is committed to an embracing evangelical spirit rooted in the Anabaptist, Pietist, and Wesleyan traditions of the Christian Church. • Our mission is to educate men and women toward maturity of intellect,