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2009-2010_MC_Catalog_Final_8-03 8/13/09 7:31 AM Page 1 A CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF THE LIBERAL & APPLIED ARTS & SCIENCES Catalog, Volume LXXXV, 2009–2010 Main Campus: One College Avenue Grantham, Pennsylvania 17027 (717) 766-2511 Admissions Office (717) 691-6000 1-800-233-4220 Fax: (717) 691-2307 [email protected] Satellite Campus: 2026 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19121 (215) 769-2526 www.messiah.edu 1 2009-2010_MC_Catalog_Final_8-03 8/13/09 7:31 AM Page 2 A Message from the President Welcome to Messiah College—a Christ centered educational community committed to the intellectual, personal, and spiritual development of our students. Messiah seeks to prepare women and men to effectively lead and serve an increasingly global 21st century society. Our educational program is designed to challenge and motivate students to develop and use their unique gifts and abilities in service to God and others. 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 and an academic major in preparation for lives of service, leadership, and reconciliation. In addition, we offer an array of contextual learning opportunities which include off campus study at over 40 sites, internships, service learning, and college-sponsored pro- grams in the cities of Harrisburg and Philadelphia. Messiah’s faculty possesses an extraor- dinary commitment to teaching and scholarship. Accomplished Christian scholars and experts in their disciplines, our faculty and cocurricular educators are student-cen- tered—serving as mentors to help students explore and discover purposeful vocations. If you are interested in pursuing an educational experience that will challenge and transform, I invite you to consider Messiah College. Kim S. Phipps President 2 — Messiah College Catalog 2009–2010 2009-2010_MC_Catalog_Final_8-03 8/13/09 7:31 AM Page 3 CONTENTS College Profile …………………………………………………………………… 5 Locations and Facilities ………………………………………………………… 13 Campus Life ……………………………………………………………………… 20 Admissions ……………………………………………………………………… 26 Meeting the Cost ………………………………………………………………… 32 Academic Definitions, Policies, Procedures, and Resources …………………… 46 Academic Programs ……………………………………………………………… 64 General Education ……………………………………………………………… 87 Arts, School of the ……………………………………………………………… 93 Music, Department of ……………………………………………………… 96 Theatre, Department of …………………………………………………… 115 Visual Arts, Department of ………………………………………………… 121 Education and Social Sciences, School of …………………………………… 137 Education, Department of ………………………………………………… 138 Human Development and Family Science, Department of ……………… 164 Psychology, Department of ………………………………………………… 176 Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice, Department of …………… 186 Health and Natural Sciences, School of ……………………………………… 201 Biological Sciences, Department of ………………………………………… 202 Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of ……………………………… 222 Health and Human Performance, Department of ………………………… 233 Nursing, Department of …………………………………………………… 258 Nutrition and Dietetics, Department of …………………………………… 269 Pre-Professional Health Programs ………………………………………… 276 Humanities, School of the …………………………………………………… 278 Biblical and Religious Studies, Department of …………………………… 280 Communication, Department of …………………………………………… 299 English, Department of …………………………………………………… 310 History, Department of ……………………………………………………… 323 Modern Languages, Department of ………………………………………… 337 Philosophy, Department of ………………………………………………… 350 Politics, Department of …………………………………………………… 354 Interdisciplinary Humanities Major ……………………………………………361 Mathematics, Engineering, and Business, School of ………………………… 364 Engineering, Department of ………………………………………………… 365 Management and Business, Department of ………………………………… 375 Mathematical Sciences, Department of …………………………………… 401 Administrative and Professional Staff ………………………………………… 414 Community of Educators ……………………………………………………… 422 Contacts Directory …………………………………………………………… 443 Academic Calendar: 2009–2010 ……………………………………………… 444 Academic Calendar: 2010–2011 ……………………………………………… 445 Index …………………………………………………………………………… 446 Directions to the Grantham Campus ………………………………………… 450 College Map …………………………………………………………………… 451 Contents — 3 2009-2010_MC_Catalog_Final_8-03 8/13/09 7:31 AM Page 4 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 2009–2010 2009-2010_MC_Catalog_Final_8-03 8/13/09 7:31 AM Page 5 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 $125,000,000. 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 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- College Profile — 5 2009-2010_MC_Catalog_Final_8-03 8/13/09 7:31 AM Page 6 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 100 years, various elements in the history 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