Welcome to Eastern Mennonite University Welcome to the learning community at Eastern Mennonite University – a Christian university like no other! I believe that your time among us will be a time of significant academic, spiritual and social growth. You will grow academically through challenging classes with engaged profes- sors, participating in cross-cultural experiences, and through your interactions with fellow learners. Our faculty and staff will challenge you to take seriously our vision to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with God (Micah 6:8). You will grow in knowledge, attitudes and skills as you meet people from dif- ferent cultures and with unique life experiences. Your conversations with them about diverse issues will strengthen your own beliefs even as you dialog with those who hold different perspectives. You will make new friends, prepare for a future career and adopt a personal lifestyle as you launch out on your own away from your family. Through many activities, we will help you explore your inmost yearnings along with God’s call to serve humankind. These years at EMU will literally influence you for a lifetime! We invite God to be present among us as we journey together. Sincerely, Loren E. Swartzendruber Introduction • 1 Undergraduate Catalog Notice of Nondiscriminatory 2014-15 Policy as to Students Eastern Mennonite Eastern Mennonite University does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, University color, age, handicap, national or ethnic origin in administration of its 1200 Park Road employment and educational policies, Harrisonburg, VA 22802-2462 admissions policies, scholarship and loan Phone: 540-432-4000 programs and athletic and other school- Fax: 540-432-4444 administered programs. EMU’s desig- E-mail: [email protected] nated coordinator for matters related to Web site: www.emu.edu nondiscrimination is the provost’s office, telephone: 540-432-4105. Family Educational Rights The information in this Undergraduate and Privacy Act Catalog applies to the academic year 2014-15. The university reserves the right Eastern Mennonite University annu- to change programs of study, academic ally informs students of the Family requirements, the announced university Educational Rights and Privacy Act of calendar and other matters described 1974. This act, with which the insti- herein without prior notice, in accor- tution intends to comply fully, was dance with established procedures. This designed to protect the privacy of edu- Undergraduate Catalog is descriptive and cation records, to establish the right is not to be construed as a legal contract. of students to inspect and review their education records, and to provide guide- Acknowledgements lines for the correction of inaccurate or misleading data through informal and Editor: Deirdre Smeltzer formal hearings. Students also have the Managing editor: John W. Fast right to file complaints with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Office (FERPA) concerning alleged fail- ures by the institution to comply with the act. This policy is printed in the EMU student handbook. Questions con- cerning the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act may be referred to the university registrar’s office. The Baccalaureate Degree The baccalaureate degree at Eastern Mennonite University assumes an ability to think logically, act rationally and per- form creatively. It reflects sustained study in the arts and sciences. The bearer of the degree will have completed an academic major in a discipline or a defined course of study at the post-secondary level. 2 • Introduction Table of Contents 2014-15 Calendar ..................... 4 Nursing ........................... 155 Introduction .......................... 5 Physical Education & Recreation ... 162 Campus Map ....................... 10 Psychology ........................ 174 Academic & Degree Information .... 12 Theater ............................ 179 EMU Core Curriculum ............... 24 Visual and Communication Arts .... 185 Applied Social Sciences ............. 35 Special Programs .................. 198 Bible and Religion .................. 50 Academic Support ................. 216 Biology ............................. 65 Admissions ........................ 219 Business and Economics ............ 76 Student Life ....................... 225 Chemistry .......................... 88 Student Activities & Organizations . 231 Education .......................... 94 Tuition and Fees ................... 234 History ............................ 107 Financial Assistance ............... 236 Language and Literature ........... 117 Administration and Faculty ........ 239 Liberal Arts ........................ 133 Index .............................. 253 Mathematical Sciences. 136 Music .............................. 145 Introduction • 3 2014-15 Calendar Fall Semester August 13-14 Faculty/Staff Conference 23-25 New Student Orientation 25 Final Fall Registration 26 FALL SEMESTER Classes BEGIN 8:00 a.m. 27 Fall Semester Convocation 10:00 a.m. October 10-12 Homecoming and Parents Weekend 17 Mid-Semester Recess Begins 5:30 p.m. 22 Classes Resume 8:00 a.m. November 25 Thanksgiving Recess Begins 5:05 p.m. December 1 Classes Resume 8:00 a.m. 8 Last Day of Classes 9 Final Exams Begin 8:00 a.m. 12 Final Exams End 12:40 p.m. Spring Semester January 4 New Student Registration 4:00 p.m. 5 SPRING SEMESTER Classes BEGIN 8:00 a.m. 7 Spring Semester Convocation 10:00 a.m. February 27 Mid-Semester Recess Begins 5:30 p.m. March 9 Classes Resume 8:00 a.m. April 2 Easter Recess Begins 5:05 p.m. April 7 Classes Resume 8:00 a.m. April 20 Last Day of Classes 21 Final Exams Begin 8:00 a.m. 24 Final Exams End 12:40 p.m. 25 Baccalaureate 7:00 p.m. 26 Ninety-seventh Annual Commencement 1:00 p.m. 4 • Introduction Introduction Historical Sketch Association of Colleges and Schools was The year 1917 was a year of revolution achieved in 1959. and war—revolution in Russia and, for By 1965 a graduate theological Americans, first-hand encounter with school had evolved. Eastern Mennonite modern warfare as the U.S. entered Seminary, which seeks to prepare persons World War I. It seems, in retrospect, an for Christian ministry—especially in the inauspicious time for pacifist Mennonites local congregation—offers an intensive, who abhor war and revolution to be well-rounded program of biblical, theo- launching a new educational venture. logical, historical and practical studies. But the people of God respond to a time During the early 1960s, the university clock governed by faith. instituted a unique interdisciplinary core Therefore, the humble beginning of curriculum, Christianity and Civilization. Eastern Mennonite University in the That program has evolved into a cur- peaceful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia riculum entitled the EMU Core which is provides a moving counterpoint to a year not only interdisciplinary but also cross- of rapine and violence seldom matched cultural in its focus. in the annals of human history. The first graduate program (other Eastern Mennonite School, as it was than seminary)—counseling—began in first called, began as a Bible academy and 1993. It was followed by two others in is now a fully accredited university with the next two years—conflict transforma- over 1,400 students in the undergradu- tion and education. An adult degree ate, seminary and graduate programs. completion program was established in EMU was founded to provide a set- 1994. A distinctive MBA program began ting for young men and women of the in the fall of 1999 followed by a Master Mennonite Church to deepen their bibli- of Science in Nursing (MSN) program cal faith, study the liberal arts and gain in 2010 and an MA in Biomedicine in specific skills in a variety of professions. 2012. That tri-part objective has remained The school’s name was changed from central to the purpose of the university, “college and seminary” to “university” in and its history is the story of an ever- August 1994. broadening curriculum and program. Biblical studies, liberal arts, graduate In 1930 the university was accredited programs and professional training— by the Virginia Board of Education as a EMU is still evolving, but its roots reach junior college. Seventeen years later, in deep into Mennonite heritage which 1947, a four-year degree program was takes history seriously and reveres humble approved by the state of Virginia, and service guided by faith and knowledge. regional accreditation by the Southern Introduction • 5 Philosophy of knowing. By studying a broad-based liberal arts curriculum that features The educational task of Eastern knowledge in a particular field and sig- Mennonite University is rooted in the nificant experience in a cross-cultural Christian faith and its scriptures as they setting, undergraduate students deepen have been interpreted and lived out in a their understanding of the human con- unique Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. dition and commitment to Christian This tradition embraces God’s gift of service. Specialized graduate programs reconciliation through the cross and the that express EMU’s particular strengths power of the resurrection to create new and commitments combine the rigor life in conformity to the teaching and of academic specialization with practi- spirit of Jesus. cal preparation for service in the larger Eastern Mennonite University, in con- church and world. Learning has great tinuity with the Anabaptist-Mennonite consequence when it occurs in the inti- tradition, is guided by several particu- macy of a campus village conscious of its