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Undergraduate Catalog 2020-21 DeSales University NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION The following statement represents no change in DeSales University’s long established policies but is printed to meet the requirement of IRS Ruling 75-50 of December 8, 1975, and Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments. DeSales University will accept and make available to all students, faculty members, or employees on a nondiscriminatory basis, without regard to age, sex, race, color, disability, national and ethnic origin, or veteran status all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students, faculty members, and employees. DeSales University does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, color, disability, national and ethnic origin, or veteran status in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs. It is the policy of DeSales University not to discriminate on the basis of sex in its activities or employment policies as required by Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments. To access DeSales University’s policy on sex discrimination, Keeping Our Campuses Safe, please visit www.desales.edu/TitleIX. Inquiries regarding compliance with Title IX may be directed to Title IX Coordinator, DeSales University, Center Valley, PA 18034-9568; phone (610) 282-1100, ext. 1404, or to the Director of the Office of Civil Rights, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D.C. DE SALES UNIVERSITY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY CHANGES WITHOUT NOTICE. THIS CATALOG SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A CONTRACT. DeSales University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, 267.284.5000. MSCHE is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation. TABLE OF CONTENTS General Information; Mission; 2 Expenses 44 Trustees and Faculty 150 Philosophy; History ACCESS, Accelerated Degree Programs 45 Examination Schedule 156 The Undergraduate Program 7 Graduate Programs 48 Student Services 30 Majors and Course Descriptions 49 Admissions, Financial Aid, Scholarships 33 5. Cooperation and Catholicity: “As direct personal contact 14. Social Justice and Fraternal Humanism: The Church’s between faculty and students is a hallmark of U.S. Catholic Catholic Social Teaching, coupled with Educating for education,” pastoral relationships provide the foundation for Fraternal Humanism, a document of the Congregation of 1 GENERAL INFORMATION the network of interactions among the school community Catholic Education which he authorized in April 2017, (Miller, 2007, p. 182). “The university’s learning atmo- positions the education to place the person at the center of MISSION sphere should encourage the proper befriending of students” education with the host of accompanying values from the (Miller, 2007, p. 182). corpus of social teaching and this most recent Vatican state- The mission of DeSales University is to provide men and 6. Curriculum and the Catholic intellectual tradition: Catholic ment on education. women with quality higher education according to the phi- schools advance “an all-embracing vision that animates 15. Student life: The university hosts a “commitment to create losophy of Christian humanism as developed by Saint Francis de their intellectual life for comprehensive worldview ground- a campus culture and environment that is expressive and Sales and his spiritual heirs. The University imparts knowledge ed” in the Catholic educational tradition that unites faith and supportive of a Catholic way of life, respects the religious about and develops talents for personal, familial, and societal reason to serve the church and society (Miller, 2007, p. 179). liberty and freedom of conscience of all students, and strives living. DeSales University enriches the human community and 7. Dialogue with culture: The school is providing a context for to form graduates whose faith enlightens their everyday enhances the dignity of the individual through its educational current issues to be debated, discussed, and argued with the lives” (Miller, 2007, p. 185). endeavors. In its work, the University fosters a vital and respect- voice of the church accurately represented from the tradi- 16. Theology and Catholic identity: A Catholic university grad- ful dialogue between Roman Catholic faith and human culture. tion and the voice of the culture respectfully listened to with uates “students with a suitable level of theological literacy” appropriate regard for the students’ development of their (Miller, 2007, p. 180). Here, it is important that “those CATHOLIC IDENTITY minds and attitudes (Congregation for Catholic Education, teaching theology are in full communion with the Church The Catholic identity of DeSales University is central to our Educating for Fraternal Humanism, 2017). (Miller, 2007, p. 181). mission and the experience of learning for our students, faculty, 8. Faculty selection: Finely academically prepared faculty and staff. We work to advance the Catholic faith in a way that “outstanding in their integrity of doctrine and probity of References respects its great tradition and honors the dignity and faith life life” will be hired for mission (Code of Canon Law, 1983, Congregation for Catholic Education. (2017). Educating for of all in our community. The following includes key elements in Miller, 2007, p. 177). fraternal humanism. that comprise our efforts to advance a dynamic, life-giving 9. Hospitality and Inclusion: The ongoing vehemence, vol- Miller, J. M. (2007). The role of the Holy See in foster- expression of our tradition. This list is compiled from sources ume, and volubility of Pope Francis on welcoming and ing the identity of Catholic higher education. Current Issues in that include normative documents and statements of Popes John accompanying the stranger and those marginalized, espe- Catholic Higher Education, 26(2), 165-186. Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis; the Congregation of Catholic cially migrants, calls for Catholic communities of all sorts, O’Connell, D. M. (2012). Our schools—our hope: Education; and the church’s Code of Canon Law. including those in Catholic higher education, to integrate Reflections on Catholic identity from the 2011 Catholic high- Most recently, the leadership of Pope Francis has energized hospitality in every context. Additionally, he has taken the er education collaborative conference. Catholic Education: A the ministry of Catholic education. He has encouraged Catholic heretofore curial responsibility of Care for Migrants into the Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 16(1), 155-186. school leaders to form students to use their “head, hands, and personal office of the pope. In other words, the pope did not hearts” to serve the world and build the Kingdom of God. delegate this church matter. Additionally, he said that educators must have one of their feet in 10. Institutional commitment to Catholicity: The school is a PHILOSOPHY the security of the tradition and the other in the zone of risk, for “publicly recognizable institution whose activities of teach- For DeSales University, Christian humanism means that this leads to the freedom that is called for in education. ing, scholarship, and service ‘are connected with and in har- mony with the evangelizing mission of the Church” (John every aspect of human experience is capable of enlightenment by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This Gospel brings light to each 1. Access for the poor: Catholic college and universities provide Paul II, 1990, as cited in Miller, 2007, p. 174). dimension of personal existence (physical, intellectual, social, necessary resources for students from poor families to attend 11. International solidarity: “A mark of a university’s Catholicity moral, aesthetic, and religious) and every environment domain their schools (Congregation for Catholic Education, 2017a). is whether it tithes its own academic and financial resources (natural world, social institutions, cultural achievements, histori- 2. Activities guided by the Catholic faith: “Catholic ideals, so as to help build up systems of Catholic higher education cal periods, and religious societies). The encounter between the attitudes, and principles should appropriately penetrate and in the local churches of developing countries. Two matters Word of God and the concrete world of the human person makes inform all university activities” (Miller, 2007, p. 175). to consider with regard to international solidarity” include a fully meaningful existence possible. DeSales University strives 3. Campus Ministry: The university “collaborates in ecumeni- links to other schools, especially in the developing world, to teach the student what it means to be Christian in a Salesian cal and interfaith efforts to care for the pastoral needs of to promote the common good and making a priority the way, what it means to embrace one’s own life, and what it means students, faculty, and other university personnel who are not exchange of academic resources (Miller, 2007, p. 184). to bring this Good News to the human family. Catholic” (Miller, 2007, p. 186). 12. Jesus: The Catholic school shows a primacy in its culture DeSales University is firmly and publicly committed to the 4. Care for Creation: Pope Francis’ call for integral ecology for the presence and place of Jesus in its culture (O’Connell, principles
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