Main Campus • 23 East Elm Avenue Quincy, Massachusetts 02170-2999 617-745-3000 • 1-800-88-ENC-88 www.enc.edu Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Academic Calendar 4 Letter from the President 5 About This Catalog 6 About ENC 6 The ENC Ideal 9 Accreditations/Affi liations 10 Liberal Arts Education and General Education Curriculum 11 Academic Divisions 17 General Degree Requirements 17 Majors, Programs and Degrees 20 Admissions Information and Requirements 21 Financial Aid Information and Application Process 26 Student Life Information 40 Academic Information and Policies 47 Departmental Curriculum 66 Administration and Staff 186 Faculty 190 Department and Division Organization 193 Board of Trustees 194 Index 196 Old Colony Campus Map 201 Main Campus Map 202 Eastern Nazarene College ♦ 2011–2012 Undergraduate Catalog 3 Academic Calendar ACADEMIC CALENDAR Fall Semester 2011 August 26 Faculty Day August 27 New Students Arrive August 30 Registration Day August 31 Classes Begin September 5 Labor Day – Classes are held September 6 Final Day to Register, Add a Class or Audit a Class September 13 Final Day to Drop a Class October 10 Columbus Day (No Classes) October 14-15 Homecoming Weekend October 21 Midterm Grades Posted on MyENC October 24-26 Midterm Advising October 26 Deadline to Withdraw or Change to Pass-Fail November 23-27 Thanksgiving Break (No Classes) December 5 Classes End December 6-10 Final Exams December 10 Winter Commencement December 16 Final Grades Posted on MyENC Spring Semester 2012 January 10 Registration Day January 11 Classes Begin January 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (No Classes) January 18 Final Day to Register, Add a Class, or Audit a Class January 25 Final Day to Drop a Class February 14 Reading Day/Faculty Development (No Classes) March 2 Mid-term Grades Posted on MyENC March 2-11 Spring Break (No Classes) March 12-14 Mid-term Advising March 14 Final Day to Withdraw or Change to Pass-Fail March 29 Advising Day - No Day Classes March 30-April 3 Registration for 2012-2013 April 6-9 Easter Break (No Classes) April 9 Classes Resume at 4:00 PM April 17 Reading Day/Faculty Development (No Classes) April 27 Classes End April 30-May 4 Final Exams May 1 Senior Grades Posted on MyENC May 4 Baccalaureate May 5 Spring Commencement May 8 Final Grades Posted on MyENC Summer Session 2012 May 8 Summer Session Begins May 9 Final Day to Register, Add a Class, or Audit a Class May 10 Final Day to Drop a Class May 16 Last Day to Withdraw or Change to Pass-Fail May 24 Summer Session Ends May 31 Final Grades Posted to MyENC CLASS PERIODS Monday/Wednesday/Friday Tuesday/Thursday Period 1 7:45 am-8:50 am Period 1 8:00 am-9:15 am Period 2 9:05 am–10:10 am Period 2 9:30 am-10:45 am Chapel Period 10:25 am-11:15 am Period 3 11:00 am-12:15 pm Period 3 11:30 am -12:35 pm Community hour 12:30pm -1:30pm Period 4 12:50 pm-1:55 pm Period 4 1:45 pm- 3:00 pm Period 5 2:10 pm-3:15 pm (Most labs start at 2:00 (Most labs start at 2:10 on T or Th) on M, W or F) Period 5 3:15 pm-4:30 pm 4 Eastern Nazarene College ♦ 2011–2012 Undergraduate Catalog Letter from the President LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Within this catalog, you will fi nd information regarding Eastern Nazarene College’s programs, procedures and policies. While I encourage you to look closely at the details of program and policy, I urge you to consider mission and ministry just as intently. The college community in which you pursue your education is vital to the quality of your learning experience and the preparations you will make for a fulfi lled life of committed service. Indeed, ENC was Photo by Bonnie Ashworth founded more than a century ago for just this purpose: to provide students like you with an opportunity to further both your educational and spiritual development. At ENC, we believe it is possible to combine the best in education with the best in Christian faith. We believe a Christian education expands knowledge beyond mere facts and fi gures to advance ultimate truth, righteousness, justice and holiness. And we are dedicated to the proposition that service to God and neighbor is both consistent with the life of the mind and required as a disciplined cultivation of the soul. By laying a fi rm foundation based on a deep sense of God’s incarnate love, you will fi nd that doors of creative and redemptive opportunity open before you. Many colleges will give you opportunities for success in your chosen fi eld. But ENC goes beyond that to help you ground your success in the knowledge of God’s intentions for humankind. In doing so, our community will challenge you to know the truth in all its multifaceted dimensions, and to commit your life to the divine source of all truth. We look forward to serving you. Dr. Corlis McGee President Eastern Nazarene College ♦ 2011–2012 Undergraduate Catalog 5 About This Catalog ABOUT THIS CATALOG This catalog is an offi cial publication of Eastern Nazarene College. The catalog is an informational guide to ENC’s academic programs. It is not a contract between ENC and its students. Although ENC has made every effort to ensure that the information contained in the catalog is accurate and complete at the time of printing, the contents are subject to change at any time. ENC reserves the right to unilaterally add, withdraw or revise any course offering, course description, teaching assignment, program of study, on or off-campus location, policy, practice, provision or requirement described in the catalog, including statement of fees, policies, admissions and graduation requirements. Students are responsible for acquainting themselves with the policies, requirements, rules, and regulations of ENC included in the catalog and in other offi cial ENC publica- tions. Students may check the college website at www.enc.edu to view published changes to this catalog. ABOUT ENC Mission The mission of Eastern Nazarene College is to serve God, the Church, and the World by providing a quality liberal arts education to students of all ages. Consistent with its Wesleyan heritage, ENC seeks to create and maintain an environment which awakens and fosters truth, righteousness, justice, and holiness as made possible by God’s transforming grace through Jesus Christ. VISION STATEMENT Embracing its multicultural and urban environment, ENC prepares students to lead and serve in a diverse world by integrating “the best in education and the best in Christian faith”. ENC’S DEFINING VALUES Transformational Education We will provide a holistic educational experience that integrates spiritual, academic and social development to prepare students to effectively serve in a changing world. Faithful Authenticity We will be deliberately honest in our relationships, management procedures, strategic planning and communication to foster trust and confi dence with both internal and external constituencies. Institutional Vitality We will develop and sustain a sound fi nancial and administrative infrastructure that provides a foundation for a vibrant campus culture and climate. Service Orientation We will model servant leadership to our students and community by creating a culture of excellent customer service. Multicultural Understanding We will create a context that welcomes and embraces various cultural backgrounds to promote cultural understanding and acceptance. 6 Eastern Nazarene College ♦ 2011–2012 Undergraduate Catalog About ENC Christian Faith We will act and respond in ways that value and validate each member of the community so that we refl ect the servanthood of Christ as we interact with one another and the world to participate in the kingdom of God. Intentionally Collaborative We will develop and exercise the skills necessary for supportive and creative relation- ships to facilitate healthy collaboration both internally and externally. Pursuit of Excellence We will utilize our intellectual, fi nancial and interpersonal resources to cultivate a lifestyle of stewardship that maximizes our personal and institutional potential within our organizational and physical environments. ENC is a Christian community striving for excellence. To be faithful to our Wesleyan heritage requires that we as a community of scholar servants: recognize the primacy of Scriptural authority; be consciously and proudly part of the broad, ancient tradition of the Christian faith – that we be genuinely ecumenical; affi rm justifi cation by grace through faith; recognize that God’s grace “transforms,” as well as “pardons”; be effective apologists of the Christian faith; commit ourselves to discipleship and accountability, and be committed to compassionate ministries. ENC seeks to serve the Church of the Nazarene in particular and the church in general by equipping people for Christian leadership and service to humanity. As a Christian community, ENC strives to embody academic excellence, personal integrity, and respect for each individual. The entire educational program encourages each person to become a creative and redemptive force in the world through integration of the richness of the Christian tradition and the human quest for understanding. Eastern Nazarene College seeks to fulfi ll its mission by striving towards the achievement of the following goals: 1. ENC seeks to foster a Christian educational community where every policy and all relationships are grounded in the Biblical mandate to love and treat each person as a child of God. 2. ENC seeks to be a community where every member is encouraged to move holisti- cally toward his or her full physical, social, intellectual, and spiritual potential. ENC affi rms the concept of a “seamless curriculum” which emphasizes the importance of both formal and informal learning opportunities.