2014 Catalog Louisville Lexington Fort Knox Online A Message from the President “Sullivan University is truly a unique and student success focused institution.” I have shared that statement with numerous groups and it simply summarizes my basic philosophy of what Sullivan is all about. When I say that Sullivan is “student success focused,” I feel as President that I owe a definition of this statement to all who are considering Sullivan University. First, Sullivan is unique among institutions of higher education with its innovative, career-first curriculum. You can earn a career diploma or certificate in a year or less and then accept employment while still being able to complete your associate, bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree by attending during the day, evenings, weekends, or online. Business and industry do not expand or hire new employees only in May or June each year. Yet most institutions of higher education operate on a nine-month school year with almost everyone graduating in May. We remained focused on your success and education, and continue to offer our students the opportunity to begin classes or to graduate four times a year with our flexible, year-round full-time schedule of classes. If you really want to attend a school where your needs (your real needs) come first, consider Sullivan University. I believe we can help you exceed your expectations. Since words cannot fully describe the atmosphere at Sullivan University, please accept my personal invitation to visit and experience our campus for yourself. Sincerely, Glenn D. Sullivan President MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 1 Table of Contents Mission Statement . 3 Sullivan University Success Story . .4 . Accreditations and Approvals . 5 Sullivan University Locations . 6 . Academic Calendar . .7 . Admission to the University . .8-10 . Services for Graduates . 11 . Financial Assistance . 12-13 Scholarships . .14-20 . General Education Courses . 21 Sullivan University Academic Programs . 22-23 The School of Accountancy . 24-26 The College of Business Administration . 27-37 The College of Information and Computer Technology . 38-47 . The Institute for Legal Studies . .48-50 . The Department of Early Childhood Education . 51-52. The National Center for Hospitality Studies . 53-63. The College of Nursing . 64-66 . The College Of Health Sciences . 67-71 . The Graduate School . 72-83. The College of Pharmacy . 84-88. Online . .89 . Financial Information . 90-93 Academic Policy and General Information . .94-106 . Requirements for Graduation . 107 . Undergraduate Course Descriptions . 108-147 Graduate Course Descriptions . 148-157 . Ph .D . in Management Course Descriptions . 158-160 College of Pharmacy Course Descriptions . 161-164 Faculty Listing . 165-177 Administration and Board of Directors . 178. Index . 179-180. Facilities and Equipment . 181. Maps to University Campuses . 182 . Financial Information can be found in the Catalog Supplement A. If you have received this Catalog without the Supplement A included, please contact the Admissions Office on your campus. TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Mission Statement Sullivan University is a private institution of higher learning dedicated to providing educational enrichment opportunities for the intellectual, social, and professional development of its students. The institution offers career-focused curricula with increasing rigor from the certificate through diploma, associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree levels. Throughout those curricula, the University seeks to promote development of critical thinking, effective verbal and written communication, computer literacy, and teamwork as well as an appreciation for life-long learning, cultural diversity and the expression of professionalism in all activities. At the graduate level, the University also seeks to promote a culture of research. The Sullivan University faculty, staff, and administration believe that qualified individuals should have the opportunity to pursue formal academic training at the institution of their choice. We welcome those students who seek such educational challenges. The University provides a student-centered learning environment that facilitates students’ identification of their life goals and the means • Equipment similar to that used in the professions for to achieve those goals. The University promotes a culture which the students are educated; of teaching excellence throughout the institution which is augmented by a culture of research at the graduate level, • A technologically state-of-the-art university library and it also encourages faculty, students, administration and whose books, periodicals, professional journals, staff to participate in service activities and projects which electronic databases and e-journals adequately support enhance the quality of life in the local and surrounding the programs offered; communities. Upon completion of a program, the University provides employment assistance to graduates. • Undergraduate faculty who understand and use active, collaborative, experiential, and problem-based learning This mission is achieved by providing: strategies while practicing in live, virtual, and blended environments; and graduate faculty who understand • A stair-step curricular progression for students from and use these learning strategies while also practicing in certificate through diploma, to associate, to bachelor’s, a scholarly research environment; to master’s, to doctoral degrees with credentials earned at each level; • Professional and research oriented doctoral programs which especially express the university’s commitment • Face-to-face, hybrid and online learning experiences to teaching excellence, scholarly research, distance in an environment enhanced by student services and learning, the application of knowledge, civic activities outside the classroom that enable students to engagement and focused service to its various publics; take advantage of their interests and abilities to develop teamwork and leadership capabilities; • Graduates earn the privilege to review, audit, or retake any course they completed without additional tuition; • Faculty members who possess educational, experiential and distance learning qualifications for the classes they • Career Services specialists to assist graduates with their teach and who emphasize the process of learning as well job search at graduation and thereafter as requested as the assimilation of knowledge and skills; throughout the graduates’ working lifetimes. MISSION STATEMENT 3 Sullivan University Success Story HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY In the fall of 1995, Sullivan’s Lexington and Ft. Knox campuses were approved to offer baccalaureate degrees, In early 1962, A. O. Sullivan and his son, A. R. Sullivan, furthering the University’s strong commitment of providing recognized the need for an institution of higher education students with quality career education. In 1997, the University that would be devoted to the highest ideals and standards initiated a graduate school offering the Master of Business in preparing people for successful careers. They founded Administration (MBA) degree at its main campus in Sullivan Business College, a one-year school of business, to Louisville. Sullivan University had now grown to become meet that need. Since that time, the University has earned a Kentucky’s largest independent university. reputation as one of the leading career-focused institutions in the nation. Popular since its beginning, Sullivan continues In early 1999, Sullivan opened a multi-million dollar Library to grow in stature and reputation. and Learning Resource Center and began offering graduate degree classes at its Lexington campus. In late 1999, Sullivan The University has undergone many changes since its acquired a new suburban campus in Lexington for the founding as a specialized business school. In 1972, Sullivan thousand-plus students attending the college in that city. received authority to award the associate degree. In 1973, Bryant and Stratton Business College, whose history dated In 1999, Sullivan University Online established an back to 1864, merged with Sullivan, giving the school a international presence that now has over 3000 students in history of over a century of service to the people in this online courses. region. In the Spring of 2000, the institution’s board approved the In 1976, the University made a major move to its current change of designation from Sullivan College to Sullivan main campus at the corner of the Watterson Expressway and University which officially took place at formal ceremonies Bardstown Road and changed its name to Sullivan Junior on August 2, 2000. College of Business to better reflect its status as an accredited In 2001, Sullivan University established the International junior college. Center for Collaborative Solutions as an academic partner In 1979, Sullivan became the first private career college with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, an in the South to receive collegiate accreditation from the independent government agency that reports directly to the prestigious Commission on Colleges of the Southern President of the United States. Association of Colleges and Schools at the Associate degree In January 2004, the University opened a new multi- level. million dollar classroom and laboratory building with 400 In 1982, Sullivan opened its first extension campus on the additional students’ parking spaces on its new west campus, Ft. Knox Military base at Ft. Knox, Kentucky, serving the directly adjacent to the