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NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE 2011–12 COURSE CATALOG

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents

• Center of Academic Programs
• Credit Requirements . . . . . . . . . . 40–41

Academic Departments . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Academic Programs Summary. . . . 43–44 Academic Programs . . . . . . . . . 45–133 Traditional Undergraduate Course
Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . 134–203
Distance Education Course
Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . 203–204
FOCUS Course Descriptions . . . 204–213 Graduate Studies Course
Academic Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3 College Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Philosophy of Education. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Doctrinal Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5 Statement of Unity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Accreditation & Affiliations. . . . . . . . 5–6 President & History . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7 Campus & Locale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Campus Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Campus Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–15 Campus & Outreach Ministries . . . . . . 10 Student Development. . . . . . . . . . 10–12 Student Retention Services . . . . . . . . 12 for Support Services (CAPSS) . . . . 12
Center for Calling & Career. . . . . . 12–13 Campus Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13–14 Campus Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . 14–15 Admission Information. . . . . . . . . 16–17 Financial Information. . . . . . . . . . 17–22 Financial Aid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19–22 Scholarships & Grants . . . . . . . . . 20–23 Academic Information . . . . . . . . . 23–26 Academic Standards . . . . . . . . . . 27–29 Special Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29–31 Course Numbering and
Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . 214–217
Administration and Faculty. . . . 218–224 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225–228
Subject Prefixes. . . . . . . . . . . 32–33
Academic Requirements. . . . . . . . 34–41

Traditional Undergraduate Academic Programs

• Department of Art & Design
• Department of Communication
• Department of History & Related Fields

Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45–46 Studio Art. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Communication Studies . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Digital Media Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Electronic Media Communication (B.S.)69 Electronic Media
Communication (Associate) . . . . . . 70
Journalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Theatre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96–97

Department of Mathematics & Engineering

Engineering Dual Degree . . . . . . . 98–99 Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99–100

Department of Biblical & Theological Studies

Biblical Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Associate of Arts & Bible . . . . . . . 50–51 Certificate in Bible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Department of Music

Composition (B.Mus.) . . . . . . . . . . . 102 General Music (B.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Music — Music Ministry Emphasis
(B.S.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Music Performance (B.Mus.) . . 105–106

Department of Biology & Biochemistry

Biochemistry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Biology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Health Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Department of Education

Program Information and Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74–78 Communication Arts/Literature
Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Early Childhood Education
(Birth–Grade 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Elementary Education . . . . . . . . . 81–83 ESL Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 ESL/Elementary Education -
Dual Licensure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Mathematics Education . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Music Education (B.M.E.) . . . . . . 85–87 Physical Education . . . . . . . . . . . 88–89 Physical Education and Health . . . 88–89 Social Studies Education . . . . . . . . . . 89 Visual Arts Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Department of Business
Department of Physical Education, Health, &

Kinesiology

Kinesiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107–108
Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 International Business . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Management Information Systems. . . . 59 Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Department of Psychology

Criminal Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Department of Christian Ministries
Department of World Languages

Spanish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Children and Family Ministry . . . . . . . 61 Early Adult Ministry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Intercultural Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Pastoral Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Urban Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Youth and Family Studies. . . . . . . . . . 66

Multidisciplinary Studies

Digital Media Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Intercultural Studies and English
Teaching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Intercultural Studies and Spanish. . . 115 Interdisciplinary Studies. . . . . . . . . . 116 Professional Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Department of English & Literature

English. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91–95

Division of Graduate & Continuing Education

• Distance Education
• FOCUS

Degree Completion Program. 120–121

Graduate Studies Program

Master of Arts in Human Services 129 Master of Arts in
Theological Studies . . . . 129–130
Master of Divinity . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Master of Organizational Leadership131
Global Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Biblical Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Associate of Arts & Bible. . . . . . . 119 Certificate in Bible . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Postsecondary Enrollment
Business Administration . . . . . . . 122 Business Management. . . . . . . . . 122 Christian Counseling . . . . . . . . . . 123 Communication Studies. . . . . . . . 123 Human Resource Management. . . 124 Marketing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Ministries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Associate of Arts in General Studies127
Options (PSEO) . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Early College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

CCC (Quito, Ecuador) . . . . . 30, 132–133

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ACADEMIC CALENDAR

• Fall 2011
• Spring 2012

• January 9–May 10, 2012
• August 24–December 15, 2011

August

17 Athletic Orientation

January

• 6
• Last Day for New Students to Initially Register for

• Spring Semester Classes
• 17–18 Multicultural Orientation and International

• Student Orientation
• 6
• Residence Halls Open for New Students

18 Last Day for New Students to Initially Register for
Fall Semester Classes
19 Residence Halls Open for New Students
19–23 New Student Orientation 22–23 Residence Halls Open for Continuing/
Re-enrolling Students
6–7 New Student Orientation

• 8
• Residence Halls Open for Continuing/

Re-enrolling Students

• 9
• SPRING SEMESTER AND QUAD 3

CLASSES BEGIN

13 Last Day for Continuing/Re-enrolling Students to
Initially Register for Spring Semester Classes

16 No Classes – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

17 Last Day to Add Quad 3 Classes 17 Last Day to Withdraw from Quad 3 Classes
Without Transcript Notation
23 Last Day to Add Spring Semester Semester-Length 23 Last Day to Withdraw from Spring Semester-Length
Classes Without Transcript Notation

24 FALL SEMESTER AND QUAD 1 CLASSES BEGIN

30 Last Day for Continuing/Re-enrolling Students to
Initially Register for Fall Semester Classes
31 Last Day to Add Quad 1 Classes 31 Last Day to Withdraw from Quad 1 Classes
Without Transcript Notation

September 5 No Classes – Labor Day

• 7
• Last Day to Add Fall Semester-Length Classes

• 7
• Last Day to Withdraw from Fall Semester-Length

Classes Without Transcript Notation
February 13 Last Day to Withdraw from Quad 3 Classes

29 **QUAD 3 CLASSES END

28 Last Day to Withdraw from Quad 1 Classes

March 1–11 No Classes – Mid-Semester Break
12 SEMESTER CLASSES RESUME AND QUAD 4
CLASSES BEGIN
October 14 *QUAD 1 CLASSES END
15–18 No Classes – Mid-Semester Break
19 SEMESTER CLASSES RESUME AND QUAD 2
CLASSES BEGIN

19 Last Day to Add Quad 4 Classes 19 Last Day to Withdraw from Quad 4 Classes
Without Transcript Notation
28 Last Day to Withdraw from Spring
Semester–Length Classes
26 Last Day to Add Quad 2 Classes 26 Last Day to Withdraw from Quad 2 Classes Without
Transcript Notation

November

• 4
• Last Day to Withdraw from Fall Semester-Length

Classes

April

• 3
• Summer Registration Opens for Graduating Seniors

6–9 No Classes – Easter Recess

21 Spring Semester Registration for Continuing/
Re-enrolling Students Begins
22 Last Day to Withdraw from Quad 2 Classes
10 Summer Registration Opens to All Students 18 Last Day to Withdraw from Quad 4 Classes

19 Advising and Assessment Day – no daytime classes; evening classes meet
23–27 No Classes – Thanksgiving Recess

20 Fall Semester Registration for Continuing/

• December FALL SEMESTER-LENGTH AND QUAD 2 CLASSES END
• 9

Returning Students Begins

24 Day of Prayer and Service – no daytime classes; evening classes meet

12–15 Fall Semester-Length and Quad 2 Final
Examinations

16 Commencement 16 – January 8 No Classes – Christmas Recess

• May
• 3

4
SPRING SEMESTER-LENGTH AND QUAD 4 CLASSES END No Classes – Study Day

*QUAD 1 FINAL EXAMINATIONS ARE HELD ON THE LAST CLASS DAY. **QUAD 3 FINAL EXAMINATIONS ARE HELD ON THE LAST CLASS DAY.

7–10 Spring Semester-Length and Quad 4
Final Examinations

12 Commencement

NOTE: UNDER THE SEMESTER SYSTEM, MANY 2-CREDIT COURSES MEET FOR ONE-HALF OF A SEMESTER. TO SIMPLIFY TERMINOLOGY, WE HAVE CHOSEN TO CALL THESE HALF-SEMESTERS “QUADS”; I.E., ONE-FOURTH OF AN ACADEMIC YEAR, 7+ WEEKS IN LENGTH. IN THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR ABOVE, WE HAVE USED THE FOLLOWING DESIGNATIONS:

Summer 2012

May 14–August 28, 2012

• May
• 14 – June 25

Six-Week Session

QUAD 1 = FIRST HALF, FALL SEMESTER QUAD 2 = SECOND HALF, FALL SEMESTER QUAD 3 = FIRST HALF, SPRING SEMESTER QUAD 4 = SECOND HALF, SPRING SEMESTER
(SUBDIVIDED INTO 1-, 2- , 3- , AND 4- WEEK SESSIONS)

14 – August 28
Extended Session

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CALENDAR

Calendar

August 2011–May 2013

2011 August–December

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