Miles College College Catalog 20092017-2012-2021 Updated: March 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACCREDITATION COLLEGE DISCLAIMER ACADEMIC POLICIES PROCEDURES 24 ADMINISTRATIVE /ACADEMIC UNITS For additional information see Office of INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Academic Records Policy and Procedural COLLEGE CALENDAR (see website) Manual Registration GENERAL INFORMATION 8 Registration Historical Sketch Web Registration Mission Statement Registration in Saturday Classes Only Vision Statement Student Records 2013-2018 Strategic Goals Location and Use of Education Records Change of Address or Name ADMISSION INFORMATION 10 Registration Requirements and Procedures Registration Holds Admissions Procedures Auditing Courses General Education Development Test (GED) Cancellation of Registration Readmission for Returning Students Reinstatement of Cancelled Registration Transfer Students Class Schedule Change (Add/Drop) Non-Degree Seeking (Unclassified) Students Curriculum Changes Transient Students Course Load Advanced Placement Placement Test Major and Minor Disciplines Scholarships Major Discipline International Student Admission Minor Discipline Orientation and Advising Transfer to Major Program of Study Statute of Limitation Classification of Students Catalog Year and Readmission Academic Standing Catalog Year Expiration Warning False or Fraudulent Statements Probation Suspension FINANCIAL INFORMATION 12 Grading System Explanation of Fees Grade of “F” Defined Periods of Residency Course Repeats /Forgiveness Policy Comprehensive Fee Graduation Fees Change of Grade Request Miscellaneous Fees Incomplete Grades (“I”) Making Payments Withdrawal from a Course Refund of Fees Withdrawal from the College Attendance Regulations STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 16 Summer Term General Information Transfer of Credits Institutional Scholarships Alternative Credits Measurement of Satisfactory Transient Student Academic Progress (SAP) BACHE Consortium Program Satisfactory Academic Progress Determination Teacher Certification Program Non-Degree Student Transcript Requests 2 Graduation Requirements Child Development Application for Degree Early Childhood Education Academic Honors Elementary Education Honors Before Graduation English/Language Arts Education Honors Convocation Program History/Social Science Education Mathematics/Mathematics Education Honors Awarded at Graduation Music/Music Education—Choral Student Rights and Responsibility Music/Music Education—Instrumental Academic Honesty Division of Humanities 70 Academic Appeal Process English Theatre ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES 34 Music First Year Enrichment (FYE) Division of Natural Sciences & Mathematics 80 Honors Curriculum Program Biology Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) Chemistry Counseling, Advising and Testing Center (CAT) Computer and Information Sciences For additional information see CAT Center Environmental Sciences Policy and Procedural Manual. Management Information Systems Special Accommodations Services (SAS) Mathematics Learning Resources Center (LRC) Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences 91 Criminal Justice Library Hours History Metacognition Lab Political Science Tutorial Services Social Work FYE Peer Tutoring Fundamental Studies (developmental) STUDENT AFFAIRS 103 Science Drop-In-Center For additional information see Office of Student The Writing Center Affairs Student Handbook. College Chapel Forum Housing Program Upward Bound Program The Student Center Student Activities and Organizations ACADEMIC CURRICULUM and Student Health Insurance Services PROGRAMS 37 STUDENT LIFE, ENGAGEMENT & CHAPEL 105 Fundamental Studies (developmental courses) General Education Courses 37 COLLEGE POLICIES 106 [General Core Paradigm] 39 Definition of Credit Hour Honors Curriculum 40 Intellectual Property [Honors Paradigm] 41 Academic Student Complaint PROGRAMS OF STUDY Division of Business and Accounting 42 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 122 Accounting FACULTY 158 Business Administration Management Division of Communications 48 Communications Division of Education 54 Biology/Biology Education Biology/General Science Education Chemistry/Chemistry Education 3 Accreditation Miles College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate degrees. Contact the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Miles College. 4 PROVISIONS OF THE MILES COLLEGE CATALOG Students will find this catalog useful as a reference during their attendance at Miles College. Please preserve it for this purpose. Notwithstanding anything contained in the catalog, the Miles College administration expressly reserves the right, when deemed advisable, (1) to change or modify its schedule of tuition and fees and (2) to withdraw, cancel, reschedule, or modify any course, program of study, degree, or any requirement in connection with any of the foregoing. Statements set forth in this catalog are for information and general guidance, but should not be construed as the basis for a strict contract of any kind between the student and the College. The campus units represented herein are subject to both internal and external regulations which necessitate periodic change. However, the catalog does provide the most accurate guidelines and regulations that are in operation at the time of each printing. Important updates or changes to the catalog are made as necessary and are communicated through updated degree plans, divisional and area handbooks, and the College website. The next printed catalog will contain all such updates. Students may graduate after meeting all the requirements of the catalog in use at their matriculation. 5 Institutional Memberships Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Alabama Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (ALACTE) Alabama Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers (ALACRAO) American Library Association Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) National Association of College Deans, Registrars and Admissions Officers (NCADRAO) National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) National Collegiate Athletic Association National Council Equal Opportunity Association (NCEOA) Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association The Birmingham Area Consortium for Higher Education (BACHE) United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission of Colleges (SACSCOC) Associate Memberships Alabama Association of Broadcasters National Association of Broadcasters 6 President George T. French, Jr. Administrative Cabinet Dr. Emmanuel Chekwa Diana Knighton Dean and Vice President, Academic Affairs Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration Dr. Ba-Shen T. Welch Reverend Larry Batie Vice President, Office of Strategic Initiative Dean of Chapel and Vice President, Student Life and Engagement Senior Leadership Team Charles J. Gibbs Zillah M. Fluker Vice President, Student Affairs VicePresident, Institutional Advancement Academic Units Dr. Mohammad Syed, Chair Dr. Gloria D. Hayes Division of Business and Accounting Dean, Department of Fundamental Studies Dr. Bala Baptiste, Chair Shirley Epps, Director Division of Communications Learning Resources Center Dr. Anthony Greene, Chair Joyce Dugan Wood, College Registrar Division of Education Office of Academic Records Dr. Anthonia Adadevoh, Chair Keisha L. Lewis, Director Division of Humanities Counseling, Advising and Testing Center Dean, General Education Studies Christopher Robertson, Director Dr. Charles C. Woods, Chair Office of Admissions Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics P. N. Lanier, Director Office of Financial Aid Dr. E. Alan Tharpe, Chair Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences Erika Williams, Director Department of Social Work 7 General Information HISTORICAL SKETCH. The College is a petitioned for charter. It was granted in the four-year accredited, liberal arts college that name of Miles Memorial College in honor and enrolls more than 1700 students. The College as a memorial to the first Bishop of the CME is located in Fairfield, Alabama, six miles Church, Bishop William Henry Miles. In west of Downton Birmingham. 1906, Miles College graduated the first two graduates. In 1941, the Trustees voted to The College is a church-related college, change the name of the institution to Miles founded in 1898 by the Colored Methodist College. Episcopal Church, now the Christian Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E.) Church. The It is from this effort in all of its history, from College is still supported by and affiliated the clay of Thomasville, Alabama, to the with the C.M.E. Church; although, the faculty vision of the members of the CME and student body represent many different Conferences in 1898 that Miles College came denominations. The curriculum is formally to exist on its current campus and to its current and informally undergirded by attention to stature. morality, ethics and to the perpetuation of Christian Values. For over 120 years of survival in a difficult environment, Miles College has held steadfast The efforts to start a college began in 1873 in its goal of providing a quality college with Bishop Miles suggesting that his education while challenging and molding the colleagues and other leaders should select minds