2014-15 COURSE CATALOGCATTALOGALOG Greetings From The President Welcome to Finlandia! I am pleased to bring this greeting to you as you plan your college career with us. The pages that follow contain many helpful details for achieving success here at Finlandia. Here I offer a few thoughts that intend to reinforce the larger commitments we make to all students who choose our learning community for their college career. It is our shared conviction that higher education at its best engages and educates students as whole persons. This is why Finlandia is committed to a deliberately conceived and rigorously practiced model of teaching and learning that is relationship- driven, holistic, and transformative. This idea takes seriously students in their entirety—mind, heart, and body—and its purpose is to foster enduring positive change in how all of us think, act, and feel in matters of the self, others, and the wider world. It is also our conviction that in order to flourish in the 21st-century world and workplace our graduates need to acquire and develop a breadth of intellectual and professional competencies as well as a blend of matured human qualities. Knowledge acquisition and skill competency are essential and yet essentially inadequate for earning employer confidence or advancing careers. The growing expectation and need is matured personhood. Most importantly, perhaps, is the conviction that a deeper sense of belonging enlivens the college experience and elevates student learning outcomes. We believe that learning pursued in community is higher education at its best. And this is what inspires us toward our vision: to accompany—as a whole learning community—the whole student toward a whole life. Welcome to Finlandia, where you belong. Philip Johnson, Ph.D. President Table of Contents Campus Telephone Directory About Finlandia University ............................................................................2-3 Academic Affairs Office ..............................................................(906) 487-7512 The Finlandia University Campus ......................................................................3 Academic Success and Student Life ............................................(906) 487-7324 Admissions ........................................................................................................7 Academic Support ......................................................................(906) 487-7324 Student Accounts ............................................................................................10 Admissions ................................................................................(877) 202-5491 Financial Aid....................................................................................................12 (906) 487-7274 Student Development ......................................................................................15 Academics........................................................................................................19 Advancement..............................................................................(906) 487-7201 Programs of Study ..........................................................................................26 Alumni Relations ........................................................................(906) 487-7317 Degree Requirements ......................................................................................27 Athletic Programs ......................................................................(906) 487-7378 General Education ..........................................................................................28 Bookstore and Gift Shop ............................................................(906) 487-7217 Suomi College of Arts & Sciences......................................................................32 Chaplain ....................................................................................(906) 487-7239 Bachelor of Arts, Associate in General Studies, College of Health Sciences - Nursing ..........................................(906) 487-7305 Associate in Applied Science College of Health Sciences................................................................................62 College of Health Sciences - Certified Medical Assistant ..............(906) 487-7396 Bachelor of Science, Associate in Applied Science College of Health Sciences - Medical Billing & Coding ................(906) 487-7396 International School of Art & Design................................................................82 College of Health Sciences - Physical Therapist Assistant ............(906) 487-7308 Bachelor of Fine Arts Disability Student Services..........................................................(906) 487-7258 International School of Business......................................................................86 Educational Talent Search ..........................................................(906) 487-7390 Bachelor of Business Administration Financial Aid ..............................................................................(906) 487-7240 Course Descriptions ........................................................................................98 University Calendar........................................................................................127 Finlandia University Gallery ......................................................(906) 487-7500 University Personnel ......................................................................................128 Finlandia Residence Hall ............................................................(906) 487-7276 Board of Trustees............................................................................................131 Finnish American Heritage Center ..............................................(906) 487-7302 Catalog Index ................................................................................................132 Fitness Center ............................................................................(906) 487-7281 Food Service................................................................................(906) 487-7271 Human Resources........................................................................(906) 487-7361 Institutional Equity and Diversity/Title IX ..................................(906) 487-7394 FINLANDIA UNIVERSITY International School of Art & Design ..........................................(906) 487-7225 Founded in 1896 International School of Business ................................................(906) 487-7222 601 Quincy Street • Hancock, MI 49930 IT Help Desk ..............................................................................(906) 487-7444 (906) 482-5300 Jutila Center Campus..................................................................(906) 487-7339 A learning community dedicated to academic Jutila Center for Global Design and Business..............................(906) 487-7344 excellence, spiritual growth, and service Maki Library ..............................................................................(906) 487-7252 Maintenance/Housekeeping ........................................................(906) 487-7380 NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT Marketing Communications...................................................... (906) 487-7348 Finlandia University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex/gender, age, disability, religion, veteran status, President’s Office........................................................................(906) 487-7201 familial status, height, weight, socio-economic status, sexual Purchasing ................................................................................(906) 487-7229 orientation, genetic information, or any other category protected by Security......................................................................................(906) 487-7307 applicable law, or by institutional policy. Student Accounts........................................................................(906) 487-7210 The following person(s) has been designated to handle inquiries Residential Life and Housing ......................................................(906) 487-7273 regarding the non-discrimination policy or status based equity concerns: Student Support Services/TRiO ..................................................(906) 487-7346 Dr. Shana Porteen Suomi College of Arts & Sciences ................................................(906) 487-7513 Dir. of Institutional Equity & Diversity Switchboard ..............................................................................(800) 682-7604 Office: Nikander Hall, Room 31 Teaching & Learning Center ........................................................(906) 487-7255 Phone: (906) 487-7394 E-mail: [email protected] Testing Center ............................................................................(906) 487-7324 University Registrar/Academic Records ......................................(906) 487-7272 Upward Bound ..........................................................................(906) 487-7343 Work Study Coordinator ............................................................(906) 487-7261 12014-2015 Campus Catalog ABOUT FINLANDIA UNIVERSITY HERITAGE MOTTO Finlandia University was founded in 1896 as Suomi College, but its heritage “Dominus Illuminatio Mea” or “Lord Enlighten Me.” originates hundreds of years before. During the early years of their country’s ACADEMIC YEAR