Moravian College Course Catalog 2019-2020 Catalog Designed by: Morgan Fehnel & Samantha Riley Table of Contents THE COLLEGE Policy History Interdisciplinary Programs Mission EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS History and Heritage; International Management Moravian Theological Seminary Accreditation and Compliance International Studies Ministry Statements; Affiliations Italian Health Professionals Japanese The Moravian Campus Law Latin Graduate Study STUDENT LIFE Management Career Planning and Preparation Student Life Mathematics and Computer Reserve Officer Training Corps Student Handbook Science Washington Semester Medieval Studies Study Abroad ADMISSION Modern Languages and Teacher Certification Admission and Financial Aid Literatures Honors Program Music CHARGES AND FEES AWARDS, HONOR Natural Resource Management Tuition, Room, and Board Neuroscience Refund Policy SOCIETIES Prizes and Awards Nursing Occupational Therapy ACADEMIC POLICIES & Honor Societies Peace and Justice Studies REGULATIONS ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS/ Philosophy Glossary PROGRAMS Physical Education Degrees and Programs of Study Physics and Earth Science Degree Requirements Introduction Accounting Political Science Learning in Commin LinC Pre-Medical Program Interdepartmental Majors Africana Studies Arabic Psychology Self-Designed Majors Public Health Add-Venture Program Art Athletic Training Religion Double Majors and Degrees Russian Minors Biochemistry Biological Sciences Science Education Independent Study & Internship Social Studies Education Academic Code of Conduct Chemistry Chinese Sociology and Anthropology Advising Spanish Course Registration/Schedules Computer Science Dance Speech-Language Pathology Auditing Theatre Attendance Policy Earth Science Economics and Business Women’s Studies Class Standing Writing Grades and Quality Points Education Grade Appeals Engineering DIRECTORIES, CALENDAR, English Grade Changes MAPS Environmental Studies and Repeating a Course Board of Trustees Sciences Academic Standing Faculty Forestry Credit by Examination Seminary Faculty French Transfer of Courses and Artist-Lecturers in Music German Cross-Registration (LVAIC & CIC) Administration German Studies Withdrawal from the College Athletics Staff Greek Withdrawal by the College Faculty and Staff Emeriti Health Sciences Leave of Absence Committees Hebrew Graduation with Honors Academic Calendar Historical Studies Commencement Participation Campus Maps The College THE MISSION OF MORAVIAN facilities with the undergraduate college. COLLEGE With this rich heritage of education, Moravian today Moravian College’s liberal arts education prepares is recognized as America’s sixth oldest college, each individual for a reflective life, fulfilling careers, after Harvard University (1636), the College of and transformative leadership in a world of change. William and Mary (1693), St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland (1696), Yale University (1701), and the University of Pennsylvania (1740). HISTORY AND HERITAGE; ACCREDITATION AND The early Moravians gave to the world a COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS; pioneer educator, John Amos Comenius, whose achievements and international recognition AFFILIATIONS have caused him to be known as the “father of Moravian is an independent liberal arts college modern education.” The statue of Comenius founded by and affiliated with the Moravian Church on the College campus, given to the College in America, a branch of a historic Protestant by Charles University of Prague in 1960 and denomination dating from 1457 and emphasizing rededicated by President Vaclav Havel of progressive liberal education from its beginning. Czechoslovakia in 1991, is a symbol of Moravian’s unique and diverse educational heritage. In 1732, settlers from Germany and Moravia (now a province of the Czech Republic) began One of the few American educational institutions in coming to the New World. On Christmas Eve their third century of service, Moravian has a strong 1741, they founded the community of Bethlehem sense of identity and purpose firmly rooted in a in Pennsylvania. Their concern for education led long and rich tradition. That tradition is maintained to the founding in 1742 of two schools, one for today. boys and one for girls. By 1759, the boys’ school developed into Nazareth Hall Academy, which Accreditation and Compliance became instrumental in the founding of Moravian Theological Seminary in 1807. In 1858, the Statements Seminary was reorganized as Moravian College and Moravian College is accredited by the Middle Theological Seminary and in 1863 was chartered States Association of Colleges and Schools and as a men’s college. The girls’ school became known approved for professional preparation by the as Bethlehem Female Seminary in 1749 and was American Chemical Society, the Department of opened to students from outside the Moravian Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, community in 1785, when it became a boarding and the National Association of Schools of Music. school. In 1863, it was chartered as Moravian The prelicensure nursing program is approved Seminary for Young Ladies and reorganized in 1913 by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing. The as Moravian Seminary and College for Women. baccalaureate degree in nursing and master’s degree in nursing programs at Moravian College In 1954, after nearly 200 years of parallel are accredited by Commission on Collegiate development, Moravian College and Theological Nursing Education (http:// www.aacn.nche. Seminary and Moravian Seminary and College for edu/ccne-accreditation). Moravian Theological Women merged to form a modern undergraduate Seminary is accredited by the Association of coeducational institution, Moravian College. Theological Schools in the United States and Moravian Theological Seminary, a graduate Canada. Undergraduate majors in accounting, professional school of theology, remains a part management, and economics, and the MBA of the corporate institution, offering a separate and MSHRM degrees are accredited by The academic program but sharing the campus and its Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). Middle States Commission on Higher Education The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and 3624 Market Street, 2nd Floor West, Philadelphia, Programs (ACBSP) PA 19104 11520 West 119th Street Telephone: (267) 284–5000 Overland Park, KS 66213 USA Website: http://www.msche.org/ Telephone: (913) 339-9356 E-mail: [email protected] Spanish: españolinfo@ Email: [email protected] msche.org www.acbsp.org Pennsylvania Department of Education Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training 333 Market Street Education (CAATE) Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333 6850 Austin Center Blvd., Suite 100 Main Information Number: 717-783-6788 Austin, TX 78731-3184 TTY Number: 717-783-8445 Telephone: (512) 733-9700 http://www.pde.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/ www.caate.net community/pennsylvania_department_of_ education/7237 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Committee on Professional Training 2200 Research Boulevard American Chemical Society Rockville, MD 20850-3289 USA 1155 Sixteenth Street, NW Telephone: (301) 296-5700 Washington, DC 20036 www.asha.org Phone: (202) 872-4589 Fax: (202) 872-6066 Notice www.acs.org Moravian’s academic catalog contains the most accurate information available at the time of National Association of Schools of Music publication. Because the catalog is now published 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21 in an online format, it is updated regularly Reston, VA 20190 throughout the year, as appropriate. Moravian College reserves the right to change without Phone: (703) 437-0700 notice statements in this catalog concerning, Fax: (703) 437-6312 but not limited to, curricula, fees, rules, policies, e-mail: [email protected] scholarships and tuitions. American Association of Colleges of Nursing Emergency Procedures Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education Moravian College has adopted an Emergency One Dupont Circle, NW Suite 530 Preparedness Plan that provides contingency Washington DC 20036 procedures for Moravian College administrators, staff, faculty and students in the event of a campus Phone: (202) 462-6930 emergency. For more information, please see Fax: (202) 785-8320 the Campus Safety website. The College also http://www.aacn.nche.edu/ccne-accreditation has implemented an Emergency Notification System that allows the College to send immediate, time-sensitive voice and text notifications to 5 students, faculty and staff in the event of a campus emergency. Students, faculty and staff can update Nondiscrimination Statement. Moravian College their emergency contact information via the is a welcoming community that embraces and College’s AMOS web portal. values the diversity of all members of the campus community. We acknowledge the uniqueness of all individuals, and we seek to cultivate an Federal Compliance Statements environment that respects, affirms, and defends Program Integrity Statement the dignity of each member of the community. Moravian College complies with all federal Beginning July 1, 2011, the U.S. Department of and state laws regarding nondiscrimination in Education regulations to improve the integrity recruitment, admission, and employment of of programs authorized under Title IV of the students, faculty, and staff. Inquiries concerning Higher Education Act (HEA), as amended (the this policy may be directed to Mr. Mark Reed, vice “Program Integrity Rule”), take effect. The Program president for finance and administration, Moravian Integrity Rule requires, among