Psychology 249 PSYCH2802 Methods and Statistics II (QA) emphasis on cognitive methods. Students Course Descriptions for This course will begin where Methods will examine internal mental processes Arts and Sciences and Statistics I ended. It will cover non- such as attention, memory, language, and experimental and experimental designs reasoning. At all times, students will be and introduce more complex methods challenged to make links between cognitive including simple programming. Students theory, research, and methods. will be expected to become proficient in Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits using a statistical package to analyze data. Between and within subject designs and Prerequisites: PSYCH1501, PSYCH2801 their analogous techniques will be taught, followed by factorial design and two-way PSYCH3201 Psychology of Language analyses of variance. Use of frequency This course introduces the psychology counts and non-parametric statistical of language or psycholinguistics. The techniques will be introduced. use of language distinguishes humans Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits from animals. Although some animal Prerequisites: PSYCH1501 and PSYCH2801 communication systems may be considered as rudimentary forms of language, human· PSYCH3101 Seminar: Psychology of Women language differs sharply from animal The experiences of women, both as a group communications in its cognitive and social and as unique individuals, are an important functions, and it is also an important vehicle focus of research by psychologists today. for our thought, with the potential to extend, In this service-learning course, students refine, and direct thinking. Therefore the will examine critical issues in the field (e.g., interaction of language with other cognitive gender roles, body image, violence against abilities is the central focus of the course. women), integrate research with applied Psycholinguistics asks many important resources and service in the Boston area, questions like the following. How do people and develop educational programs on these use language to understand each other? issues for adolescent girls. Classic and What enables children to learn to speak contemporary research will guide dialogues without someone explicitly teaching them about specific issues women and girls face the grammar? Why do people have so much as a group. Examining Boston’s resources trouble to learn a second language in their (e.g., shelters) will allow students to study adulthood? What kind of trouble do brain- how theoretical and empirical research is damaged patients have with speaking and applied to real-world situations and affects understanding? Are we able to develop real individuals. Finally, students will work robots to speak and understand as humans with small groups of adolescent girls to do? And finally, does our language affect the develop resources and programs that will way we think? In our course, we will focus on ultimately benefit them and their peers. The the issues and debates that surround this work accomplished in this service-learning rapidly developing interdisciplinary field. seminar will reflect the core mission of social Spring semester, even years. 4 credits awareness and social justice. Prerequisite: PSYCH2801 Spring semester, odd years. 4 credits Prerequisites: Junior or senior status, PSYCH3210 Child Psychopathology PSYCH1501, or PSYCH2203 or permission of This course provides an introduction to instructor the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood mental health disorders. PSYCH3111 Cognition Additionally, the risk and protective factors This course is designed to introduce associated with child psychopathology s tudents to cognitive psychology with an will be reviewed. The course will use 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
250 Psychology Course Descriptions for a developmental psychopathological cohabitation and marriage, career and Arts and Sciences framework to examine childhood mental community (e.g., religion and politics). We illness. will also critically evaluate the viability/ Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits applicability of the emerging and established Prerequisite: PSYCH1501 or PSYCH2203 and adulthood, and will identify variations by sophomore standing race, gender, ethnicity, culture, social class and other lived experiences. Knowledge PSYCH3211 Theories of Personality gained in this class will enrich students’ This course presents the major features understanding of human behavior and of several important personality theories, will provide deeper insight into their own including the psychoanalytic, the humanist experience of the transition to adulthood. and the cognitive-behavioral. Emphasis Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits will be given to contemporary and Prerequisite: PSYCH1501 or PSYCH2303 or psychodynamic theories. Case studies will PSYCH2304 or PSYCH2403 be used to clarify, compare and contrast different theoretical approaches. PSYCH3601 Counseling Theories and Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits Techniques Prerequisite: PSYCH1501 and sophomore This course provides an introduction to standing the theories and techniques of behavior change and psychotherapy. Students will PSYCH3212 Adult Psychopathology be exposed to various schools of thought, This course studies mental deviation from with greater emphasis on empirically normal adult behavior; the etiology and validated treatments. Specific skills in description of various symptom categories, interviewing and clinical techniques will including the changes brought about by be learned through role-plays and classroom D.S.M. IV; major explanatory systems, meth- demonstrations. ods of diagnosis and study of abnormal men- Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits tal processes, and methods of treatment Prerequisite: PSYCH1501 or sophomore and rehabilitation. standing Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits Recommended: PSYCH3211, PSYCH3212 Prerequisite: PSYCH1501 and sophomore standing PSYCH4178 Directed Study A student, with departmental approval, PSYCH3404 Emerging and Established may pursue research or applied experience Adulthood in a specialized area in psychology under the Large cultural and demographic shifts in the personal direction of one or more members United States and other Western countries of the department. have altered the traditional pathway from Offered as needed. 4 credits one’s family of origin to adulthood. This class Prerequisite: Junior or senior status or will investigate these shifts by examining p ermission of instructor the newly conceptualized periods of development that mark the transition from PSYCH4282/PSYCH4283 Research adolescence to adulthood: emerging (18-29) Internship I and II and established (30-45) adulthood. We will Students interested in gaining research consider the psychological implications of experience, preparing to take on post- these two age periods as they relate to well graduate clinical research positions, getting being, identity, family, love and sex, a Ph.D. in any psychology subfield, and/or Emmanuel College
Psychology 251 wishing to develop a broad set of skills for PSYCH4478 Senior Directed Study Course Descriptions for careers in research, marketing or business A student, with departmental approval, Arts and Sciences should take this course. Students will may pursue research in a specialized area in develop research skills, write an APA style psychology under the personal direction of research paper and engage in professional one or more members of the department. positions. Students will work as a research Offered as needed. 4 credits assistant either on campus with a faculty Prerequisite: Senior status member or off campus at any number of sites (e.g., Children’s Hospital, Mass Mental PSYCH4494/PSYCH4495 Applied Internship Health). Students will have the opportunity I and II to either (a) develop and implement their This course involves supervised work expe- own research study under the supervision rience in clinical or social service-oriented of another researcher or (b) participate placements. Over the course of two in executing an existing research study. semesters with the guidance of the faculty Students will gain significant exposure to and internship office, students are research process (e.g., developing research responsible for finding and arranging their questions, methodologies) through their own internship. Students are expected to be internship site and in the class. working at their sites by the end of the first week of classes (for a total of 125 hours per Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits semester) and meet on campus for a weekly seminar. (8 credits total) Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits Prerequisites: INT1001, PSYCH1501, (8 credits total) PSYCH2801, PSYCH2802, attendance at (1) Prerequisites: INT1001, PSYCH1501, capstone information session, application PSYCH2801, PSYCH280, attendance at (1) submission by the Friday before Spring Break, information session, application submission and senior status. Students who wish to study by the Friday before Spring Break, and senior abroad during their junior year must submit status. Students who wish to study abroad their application by the Friday before Winter during their junior year must submit their Break. Credit granted upon completion and application by the Friday before Winter Break. acceptance of the work. Credit granted upon completion and acceptance of the work. PSYCH4284 Research Internship This capstone involves supervised PSYCH4496 Applied Internship experience in research settings designed for This course is for those students who, Psychology majors. This specific course is by exception, need only one semester of for those students who, by exception, need internship. This course involves supervised only one semester of a research internship. experience in practical or clinical settings Students are required to complete 250 designed for psychology majors. Students hours at their sites. Students work as a are required to complete 250 hours at research assistant either on campus with their sites. a faculty member or off campus at any Fall semester. 4 credits number of research settings. Students have Prerequisites: INT1001, six courses in the opportunity to either (a) develop and psychology including PSYCH2801, PSYCH2802, implement their own research study under and permission of instructor. Senior status the supervision of another researcher or (b) required. participate in executing an existing research study. Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits Prerequisites: INT1001, PSYCH2801, 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
252 Sociology Course Descriptions for SOCIOLOGY methods used by anthropologists before Arts and Sciences turning to the comparative study of the SOC1101 Introduction to p erspectives and customs of various com Sociology: Analysis of Society in Global munities. Students will compare different Perspective (SA) groups’ approaches to food production and This course will help students to understand consumption; child-rearing and family life; the complexities of society by introducing gender and sexuality; and race, ethnicity and students to the discipline of sociology and its social class. tools. Students will explore what society is, Spring semester. 4 credits what institutions are, and how they vary from place to place and over time, how groups of SOC1111 Introduction to Social Work people are divided within society, and how This course provides an overview of social these different groups behave and interact. problems, social welfare systems, and We will read works by major theorists and social work practice from both historical researchers, and we will use the city of and contemporary perspectives. Students Boston as a lab in order to understand social become familiar with interventions at issues on the local level. individual, family, community, and societal Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits levels. Social work values and ethics provide the framework for exploring fields of social SOC1105 Major Institutions in U.S. Society work practice and work with vulnerable (SA) populations. This course will introduce students to the Spring semester. 4 credits major institutions that underlie and organize U.S. society. We will explore the government, SOC1203 Crime and Justice the economy, the military, the system of Sociology reminds us that the way in which a education, and the prison system, as well as society defines and responds to crime is other institutions within the United States. a choice. This course examines the This course will provide both sociologists institutions of the U.S. criminal justice and non-sociologists with a framework for system, focusing on law enforcement, thinking about the major structures in U.S. the courts, and corrections, with special society. We will explore how the institutions emphasis on the sociological roles of crime are structured, how they came to look this victims, police, prosecutors, jurors, judges, way, and their differential implications for wardens, probation, and parole officers groups and individuals within the United within those institutions. Boston based States. crimes and criminal justice responses will Fall semester, even years. 4 credits receive particular focus. A cross-cultural perspective will also be introduced. SOC1107 Introduction to Fall semester. 4 credits Anthropology (SA) The goal of this course is to introduce SOC2100 Law and Society s tudents to the comparative study of Laws are a salient aspect part of our society human societies. With the help of hands-on as they guide our behavior and inform social research exercises, ethnographic accounts change. This course introduces students and video documentaries, students will to how sociologists think about the law explore the beliefs and cultural practices of and legal institutions by Examining the social groups from all parts of the world. The relationship between U.S. legal institutions course begins by examining the research and society from a sociological perspective. The course introduces students to basic Emmanuel College
Sociology 253 legal concepts and examines the social the cultural norms, institutions and social Course Descriptions for foundations of law; theories of law; the problems of this city? Arts and Sciences legal profession and the courts; and the Fall semester, even years. 4 credits relationships between law, social control, (in)equality and social change, especially SOC2103 Qualitative Methods pertaining to class, gender, race and In this course, students will conduct ethnicity. their own projects based on in-depth Fall semester. 4 credits interviewing, participant observation or Prerequisite: SOC1101 content analysis. Thus, students will gain hands-on experience with research design, SOC2101 Criminology data collection, analysis and presentation. This course explores theories about the To provide students with the knowledge causes of crime by examining the theoretical and tools necessary to conduct qualitative underpinnings of criminal behavior and research, the course will introduce readings social control. The course analyzes those on qualitative research methods as well as theories that label or define certain recent sociological studies based on these behaviors as deviant or criminal. It examines methods. Students will discuss the goals the social functions that those behaviors of qualitative research, its epistemological and processes fulfill, and the institutions underpinnings and its strengths. Students that influence and are influenced by those will learn how to formulate a sociological behaviors and processes. The course research question, and to choose the analyzes the foundations and success or appropriate method(s) to answer the failure of various crime prevention, and question. The course will also introduce punishment and rehabilitation strategies. techniques for analyzing qualitative data, Spring semester. 4 credits including coding and memo-writing. In Prerequisite: SOC1203 addition, we will discuss issues of validity and ethical concerns. SOC2102: The Sociology of Boston (SA) Fall and Spring semesters. 4 credits In this course, students use the city of Prerequisites: SOC1101 Boston as their sociological lab to learn about the main concepts of the field of Urban SOC2104 Quantitative Methods Sociology and study the contemporary social This course teaches students, through dynamics of cities. The course is arranged a hands-on approach, the basics of around the interplay between sociological quantitative methods for sociological concepts and analysis of studies of today’s research. Students will develop a diverse institutions that compromise Boston sociological research question, conduct a (education, housing, government, etc.) and of literature review, and develop hypotheses social problems, such as poverty and crime. that they will test empirically. They will put Throughout the course of the semester, together a survey, distribute the survey, and students will undertake field trips tied to the collect and input their data into SPSS. They class readings and discussions. Students will learn how to calculate basic univariate will compare the social dynamics of Boston statistics, as well as calculate and interpret to those of other cities by employing a bivariate statistics, such as correlations and sociological lens; one of the questions to cross-tabs. They will learn what statistical which we will repeatedly return is whether tests are appropriate to use when. After Boston could be Any City, U.S.A.: is there having explored their topic through primary something fundamentally different about data collection and analysis, students will explore their same topic through secondary 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
254 Sociology Course Descriptions for data analysis, using the General Social hospitals, physicians, nurses, insurance Arts and Sciences Survey (GSS). At the end of the course, and drug companies, alternative and students will have completed an original complementary medicine, and the hospice sociological research project in which they movement. It contrasts the U.S. health have empirically tested their hypotheses care system to Canadian and European using appropriate statistical tests and will systems and discusses health care needs formally present those findings to the class. in developing countries. The course takes Fall and Spring semester. 4 credits advantage of Emmanuel’s proximity to Prerequisites: MATH1117, PSYCH2802 or world-class medical institutions in the MATH2113 Longwood Medical Area. Fall semester, even years. 4 credits SOC2105 Race, Ethnicity and Group R elations (SA) SOC2127 Social Class and How do prejudice, power, and privilege Inequality (SA) shape the ways we define race and ethnicity What are the origins, forms and and meanings we give to them? How are we consequences of the unequal distribution to understand patterns of inequality in the of wealth and power in U.S. society and United States using these concepts? What in selected societies around the world? other variables, such as religion or gender, This course will explore the theories, both manifest themselves in the racial and ethnic classical and contemporary, that have mix? In addition to studying the U.S., the sought to explain how resources come to course will explore contemporary racial, be distributed so unequally. We will also ethnic, and religious conflicts around the explore what the practical implications of world. such economic stratification are for certain Fall semester. 4 credits groups in U.S. society. Particular attention will be paid to the real-world implications of SOC2115 Family and Gender Roles e conomic inequality and the public policies This course examines historical and cultural that have (and have not) been put into place influences on the family and on the origin to deal with the issue. and development of g ender roles as they Fall semester. 4 credits develop within the family and are expressed in all areas of social life. Particular attention SOC2129 Cultural Geography (SA) is paid to changes across time and those Cultural geography deals with the many occurring in contemporary societies. The different uses and perceptions of space, contributions of the women’s movement to locally and globally. It examines how ways of thinking about gender and inequality language, religion, economics, and political are also discussed. practices vary over time. A central concern Fall semester. 4 credits is to analyze the reciprocal relationship between cultural transmission and SOC2123 Health Care: Systems, environment. The course celebrates and Structures and Cultures critically analyzes geographic human This course examines one of the most diversity in rural and urban settings in contentious issues and complex institutions industrial and less-developed areas in the U.S. and world today: access to and worldwide. The course examines solutions delivery of health care. It provides an over for the ecological survival of the planet. view of the social meaning of health and Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits illness. The course analyzes the roles of Emmanuel College
Sociology 255 SOC2131 Catholic Social Teaching (R) SOC2205 War and Peace Course Descriptions for This course will provide an introduction to This course uses an interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences over 100 years of Catholic social teaching, approach to exploring the causes and using papal encyclicals, and pastoral letters consequences of war and terrorism. The from the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops course also explores peaceful ways of living primarily. Analysis of the documents and and resolving conflict. Students will learn critiques of the teachings will also be used. about the human, social, and financial costs Each of the documents will be grounded of war, in particular the adverse effects in its sociological, political, economic on the lives of children. Students will also and religious context. A service-learning explore the historical and contemporary component will be included in the course aspects of the ethics of peace. Students introducing students to service to people in will learn the difference between negative poverty in the Boston area. The mission of peace, understood as the absence of war, national and international Catholic social and positive peace, defined as professional- justice organizations will also be highlighted. active peacemaking, by learning about the Spring semester. 4 credits peacemaking strategies of individuals, social (Cross-referenced with THRS2130) groups and organizations actively engaged in creating a peaceful world. SOC2200 Drugs and Society Spring semester, even years. 4 credits This course will examine various theories, concepts, and issues related to drug use and SOC2207 Deviant Behavior and Social misuse from the sociological perspective. Controls With a goal of engaging in critical thinking The class focuses on the sociological about this topic, class will include discussion study of the social construction to deviant on the definition of the social problem, its behaviors and society’s response to place in a historical context (how these those behaviors deemed “deviant.” These definitions change over time and how behaviors and the influence of social these changes both reflect and reinforce controls will be examined from positivist specific elements/aspects of society), and and social constructionist sociological the differential impact on individuals with a and criminological perspectives. A range focus on the systems that perpetuate these of behaviors will be covered, including differences. but not limited to heterosexual deviance, Fall semester. 4 credits interpersonal violence, sexual violence, Prerequistite: SOC1101 alcoholism, illegal drug use, and Internet deviance. The main goals of this course are SOC2201 The Practice of Social Policy to: 1) expand students’ knowledge of deviant Students will learn about the creation and behaviors, 2) acknowledge and understand implementation of welfare reform and the subjectivity of such behaviors, 3) poverty-related policies as a means of learn related theoretical perspectives and unders tanding the policy-making process. empirical research, and 4) examine the role Students will consider the political and social c ontrols (and labeling) play in defining e conomic c ontext for policymaking in deviant behaviors and societal responses to Massachusetts today as they research these behaviors. one social policy and consider advocacy Spring semester. 4 credits strategies. Activities include a visit to the State House and a mock legislative hearing. Spring semester, even years . 4 credits 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
256 Sociology Course Descriptions for SOC2303 Research Methods in discussions, both face-to-face and online, Arts and Sciences Criminology and Criminal Justice students will consider applications of ethical This course introduces students to basic actions as they pertain to issues of social research methods in criminology and justice. criminal justice through a hands-on Spring semester. 4 credits approach. You will learn how to collect and Prerequisite: SOC1203 analyze data of various kinds, specifically surveys and in-depth interviews to SOC2705 Sustainable Development: empirically study a question related to Paradigms and Policies criminology and criminal justice. You This interdisciplinary course examines will also learn how to conduct secondary the idea and practice of sustainable data analysis using the General Social development in the global north and south Survey. This “multi-method” approach to from the perspectives of Economics, a research question will provide different Political Science and Sociology. The course insights into it and allow us to evaluate starts by analyzing definitions and theories the appropriateness, advantages, and underlying the concept of sustainable disadvantages of each method for different development. It continues to critically assess types of research questions. You will learn the sustainability indices built on these SPSS to conduct basic univariate (measures different paradigms before analyzing major of central tendency, measures of dispersion) sustainability challenges such as population and bivariate (correlations, chi-square growth and climate change. Students will tests, T-tests and ANOVAS) analysis of the also learn about the actors, processes quantitative data. and institutions at the national and Spring semester. 4 credits international levels that play a significant Prerequisites: MATH1117 or MATH1118 role in sustainability policy. Lastly, the course examines policy measures towards SOC2310 Professional Ethics in Criminology sustainable development. and Criminal Justice Spring semester. 4 credits This foundational course will consider the (Cross-referenced with POLSC2705) origins, the evolution, and the continuing development and expansion of the SOC3101 Theories of Society component segments (law enforcement, The goal of this course is to introduce the courts, and the corrections system) students to classical and contemporary of the criminal justice system in the sociological theories. Students will become United States. The role of discretion and familiar with competing sociological associated decision making by criminal perspectives by studying the works of justice professionals will be critically prominent 19th-, 20th-, and 21st-century examined, evaluated, and reconsidered. The social theorists. Students will learn to deliberative processes employed by those identify the major concepts of classical charged with ensuring the fairness, justice, and contemporary social theories and will and dignity of the criminal justice system apply them to current social problems. will be reviewed and analyzed, particularly Students will e valuate the content of as deliberation and discretion have been theories by assessing theorists’ explanations employed in ways that have marginalized of social inequality and their views on the those who have historically been without mechanisms of social change. voice, power, and influence. Through Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits examination of course readings and class Emmanuel College
Sociology 257 Prerequisites: SOC1101 and at least one other and widespread atrocities condoned by Course Descriptions for Sociology course, and junior or senior status or a government or de facto authority. This Arts and Sciences permission of instructor course will discuss the links between these crimes and the social stratification of SOC3115 The Sociology of Globalization different societies along the lines of gender, This course explores the sociological aspects race/ethnicity, and social class. Students of globalization. We will examine whether will analyze crimes against humanity such globalization has increased prosperity or as murder, extermination, torture, human created social inequalities in the global trafficking, sexual slavery, the enforced South and North. The course also discusses disappearance of persons, and the crime the role of major global institutions, such of apartheid. The course also explores as the United Nations, the International the work of institutions that fight crimes Monetary Fund, and the World Bank, in against humanity, especially Interpol, the shaping social development. International Criminal Court (ICC), and the Fall semester, odd years. 4 credits Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Prerequisite: Junior or senior status or in South Africa. The course also takes a close permission of instructor look at how civilians and nongovernmental organizations mobilize to fight crimes SOC3201 Worlds in Motion: The Causes against humanity. and Consequences of Migration Spring semester, even years. 4 credits. This course introduces students to the Prerequisite: Junior or senior status or major theories of international migration permission of instructor and immigrant incorporation. Why do people undertake costly, emotionally painful, SOC3207 Juvenile Delinquency and Youth and, often, life-threatening journeys? at Risk What happens to them once they arrive This course will analyze the nature, in their place of d estination? And how do extent, causes and consequences of factors such as race and gender impact the juvenile delinquency. Over the course settlement process? Although the course of the semester, through discussion, will primarily focus on immigration to and lecture and scholarly readings, students settlement in the United States, we will also will come to further understand the explore the process of migration to other complexity of the relationships between parts of the world. Contemporary issues, juvenile delinquency and youth placed such as the current guest worker debate at risk by society. Using sociological and in the United States and the incorporation criminological perspectives, students will of Muslim immigrants in the U.S. and evaluate the causes of delinquency by Western Europe, will also be covered. Course examining influential factors such as race, requirements include a significant research class, gender, sexual orientation, education, paper and presentation. mental health, substance abuse, family life Spring semester, odd years. 4 credits and peer groups. This class will focus on Prerequisite: Junior or senior status or American juvenile delinquency but it will also permission of instructor expose students to a global perspective on delinquency and youth at risk. The course SOC3205 Crimes Against Humanity will end by discussing the juvenile justice This course examines crimes against system and other societal responses and humanity from a social science perspective. interventions that juveniles are subjected Crimes against humanity are consistent to and will explore how these responses 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
258 Sociology Course Descriptions for influence juveniles and their life outcomes. Most major requirements must already Arts and Sciences Spring semester, even years. 4 credits. be fulfilled. Prerequsites: SOC1101 or EDUC1111 or PSYCH1501 or SOC1203 and junior or senior SOC4394 Criminology and Criminal status. Justice Internship Students participate in a supervised SOC3210 Family Violence experience in a variety of sites: the courts This course will examine the topic of family and justice system, in social service violence from sociological and criminological and health care agencies, or in local or perspectives. Students in this class will international social justice organizations. learn about various forms of family violence, The students will gain practical experience in including intimate partner abuse, child professional settings with supervision while abuse, elder abuse and sibling abuse preparing an analytical paper based on their with a focus on causal factors. Students experience in the field. will become familiar with traditional and Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits contemporary biological, psychological, Open to second semester juniors (80 credits) sociological and criminological theories and senior sociology majors only. pertaining to family violence and abuse. The Most major r equirements must already class will raise students’ awareness of the be fulfilled. consequences of family violence and discuss the social and legal responses to this serious SOC4997 Criminology and Criminal Justice social problem. Senior Seminar Fall semester. 4 credits In this course students study how the Prerequisite: Sophomore Standing theoretical and empirical insights in the fields of criminology and criminal justice SOC4182 Directed Research prevent, explain, and respond to crime and This course involves independent research related social problems. This course is a in conjunction with a member of the summation of students’ prior coursework in department. It is open to senior sociology criminology, criminal justice, and sociology majors with departmental approval. and will result in a substantive research Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits paper and presentation. Students will Prerequisite: Senior status choose a criminology and criminal justice related topic for their research project SOC4194 Internship in Sociology: Field and work to integrate the knowledge and Research in Professional Settings analytical skills they have acquired in Students participate in a supervised their coursework for the major and related experience in a variety of sites: the courts classes to produce a research paper and and justice system, in social service give a professional presentation on their and health care agencies, or in local or research. international s ocial justice organizations. Spring semester. 4 credits Students will gain practical experience in Prerequisites: SOC1203, SOC2101 and professional settings with supervision while SOC2303 preparing an analytical paper based on their experience in the field. SOC4998 Community Action Research Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits Seminar Open to second semester juniors (80 credits) This 4000-level service learning course will and senior sociology majors only. serve as an alternate capstone for sociology Emmanuel College
Theater Arts 259 seniors. The course will move students THEATER ARTS Course Descriptions for from the world of academic research to the Arts and Sciences world of applied research by utilizing the LSNS0313 Individual Lessons: Voice skills students have learned in Sociology This course is for private instruction in 2113: Methods of Social Research and singing and vocal technique and can be either Sociology 3103 or Sociology 3104 taken by any Emmanuel College or COF and applying them to a real world problem. student, regardless of proficiency level. The Students will work in groups and be paired student will meet once per week on campus with a local community organization to with the instructor to work on improving help the organization identify a problem technique, learning new repertoire and or question of interest. Students will then enhancing overall musicianship. Regular determine the best methodology to tackle practice throughout the week between the question, collect and analyze data, and sessions is required. For majors or minors present the findings in both a formal oral in the Theater Arts, these lessons may presentation to the organization’s staff, culminate in a year-end recital. Students as well as produce a substantial research may enroll in the course as many times as report. Particular attention will be paid to desired. discussing how the findings respond to Fall and spring semesters. 0 credits. (Pass/Fail) the initial question and how they can be $450 lesson fee. Scholarship available: see applied to improving some aspect of the department chair organization or program implemented by the organization. LSNS0314 Individual Lessons: Piano Fall semester, expected fall 2019. 4 credits This course is for private instruction in Prerequisites: SOC2103 OR SOC2104 piano technique and performance and can be taken by any Emmanuel College or COF SOC4999 Seminar in Sociology student, regardless of proficiency level. The Topics in theory and research in the major student will meet once per week on campus areas of sociology will be presented and with the instructor to work on improving d iscussed by students and faculty. A major technique, learning new repertoire and paper and presentation are required of all enhancing overall musicianship. Regular students. This course fulfills the capstone practice throughout the week between ses- requirement. sions is required. For majors or minors in the Spring semester. 4 credits Theater Arts, these lessons may culminate Prerequisite: Open to senior sociology majors in a year-end recital. Students may enroll in only. Most major requirements must already be the course as many times as desired. fulfilled. Fall and spring semesters. 0 credits. (Pass/Fail) $450 lesson fee. Scholarship available: see department chair SPCH1111 Public Speaking: Voice and Diction Fundamentals of public speaking are s tudied, including volume and projection, proper posture and voice-body integration, diction, clarity and techniques for engaging an audience. These skills are then applied to the composition, analysis and presentation of formal and informal speeches as well 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
260 Theater Arts Course Descriptions for as role-playing exercises concerning other THTR0312 Performance Techniques Arts and Sciences b usiness and social situations. for the Singing Actor Fall semester. 4 credits This course incorporates movement, acting and vocal techniques for those interested in SPCH3111 Public Speaking: Interactive musical theater. Course study to culminate Speech in a scenes recital. Students may enroll in In this course, advanced techniques of the course as many times as desired. interpersonal communication will be Fall and spring semesters. 0 credits. (Pass/Fail) stressed, enabling the student to handle the complexities of business and social THTR1101 Theater History and interaction. Role-playing situations include A ppreciation (AI-A) interviews, negotiations and debates. This survey course traces the history of An emphasis will be placed on audience t heater as an art form, a branch of literature, interaction, proxemics and nonverbal a vocational craft and ultimately communication, as well as the balance as an expression of the human condition. of power between p arties in any situation S tudents begin with an introduction to where two or more parties directly interact. the elements of theater: its architecture, Spring semester. 4 credits terminology and the roles and functions of Prerequisite: SPCH1111 each contributing artist in the theatrical process. From here the history of the theater THTR0111 Theatrical Productions is discussed, beginning with its early origins The Theater Arts program presents and including study of key areas in theater two to four theatrical productions each history: Greek theater, religious theater of semester, ranging from small-scale, the Middle Ages, the Elizabethan Era, the student-directed shows to large, main- Restoration theater, Victorian spectacle stage performances. Students must be and the Era of Modernism. Finally, a critical enrolled to participate in one or more of perspective is applied to the present- these productions. Participation can be as a day theater and students discuss how performer, technician, and/or administrative influences from each of the preceding eras assistant, and may include acting, singing, have affected what is presented and the dancing, design, construction, musical expectation of audiences today. accompaniment, crew, front-of-house Spring semester. 4 credits support, writing of original material to be staged, or any combination of these THTRCOF1102 Introduction to in support of a show. Students are not Performing Arts required to work on all the productions in The gateway course to the COF minor in the semester, but are required to participate Performing Arts, this course is a survey of in at least one, including a minimum two dance, theater, music, and performance hours of non-performance support for art through observation and listening, any production for which they volunteer. readings, and experiential learning. The Students may register after the drop/add class will include lectures, discussions, and period, as cast and crew lists are posted attendance at performances, as well as periodically throughout the semester. performance activities. Students will study Students may also register for as many the varied roles of performing arts in history semesters as they choose. and throughout the world, as well as their Fall and spring semesters. 0 credits(Pass/Fail) role in contemporary society. The business Emmanuel College
Theater Arts 261 of performing arts will also be considered. THTR2101 Studies in Drama: Ritual and Course Descriptions for Students will study music, theater, and Social Reality Arts and Sciences dance terminology, fundamentals, and basic This course is a survey of dramatic literature techniques of each art form. from the classical period to the modern era, Spring semester. 4 credits with an emphasis on drama’s fundamentally communal character. The playwrights THTR1211 Dance: Barres and Ballet considered may include Sophocles, This course will provide students with an Aristophanes, Plautus, Shakespeare, introduction to Ballet through a study of its Behn, Moliere, Ibsen, Chekhov, Brecht, basic principles, practices and terminology. and Beckett, as well as medieval and Through movement participation, students renaissance genres such as the mystery and will learn barre and floor Ballet combinations morality plays and the commedia dell’arte. and technique culminating in a Ballet final. Fall semester, odd years. 4 credits We will also explore Ballet history through lectures, written assignments and films. THTR2102 Modern Drama Fall semester. 4 credits This course analyzes selected plays by British, European, American and world THTR1212 Dance: Concepts and Practice dramatists of the 20th century, with close This course will explore the history and attention to the evolving methods and importance of dance. It will also familiarize s ensibilities associated with the cultural students with a broad range of dance movements of naturalism, modernism, techniques and vocabularies such as and postmodernism. Writers may include Modern, Jazz, Hip Hop, Cardio, Latin, and Ibsen, Shaw, Wilde, Brecht, Beckett, O’Neill, Yoga. Through movement participation Soyinka, Churchill, Kushner, Friel, and and dancing as a group, it will introduce Wilson. students to a range of musical rhythms and Fall semester, even years. 4 credits body organization patterns. Instruction will include dancing in class, class lectures, THTR2111 Acting: Basic Techniques films, and handouts; written analyses will This course is a production-oriented study also be required. Students will be able to of movement, acting and improvisation demonstrate the skills they learned in their techniques. Students practice rehearsal final. methods, text analysis and interpretation, Spring semester. 4 credits and learn the basic fundamentals of acting. Students perform scenework as well as THTR1303 History of the American Musical improvisation, and careers in acting are Theater (AI-A) d iscussed. Emphasizing music and theater equally, Fall semester. 4 credits this course studies the origins of American musical theater from its European opera THTR2112 Acting: Styles and Genres and operetta influences, through vaudeville Basics of acting are applied to specific and minstrel shows and including the many styles and genres, including Greek Drama, variations of the form over the last half Elizabethan Theater, Restoration Comedy, c entury. Comedy of Manners and Realism. Students Fall semester. 4 credits present scenes from classic plays and study the conventions of various major periods in theater history. Spring semester. 4 credits 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
262 Theater Arts Course Descriptions for THTR2113 Playing Shakespeare: from semester, in which everyone will be required Arts and Sciences Study to Stage to participate. The course combines the reading of a Fall and spring semesters. 2 credits small selection of Shakespeare’s plays with a p erformance component in which THTR3101 Dramaturgy and Play Analysis students prepare scenes for class This course offers study and analysis of presentation. Students also consider staging t heater history and topical readings. Indi and performance issues by attending vidual research projects by class members live performances and by analyzing film are required. versions of the plays. By adding a theatrical Spring semester, even years. 4 credits dimension to the t raditional study of texts, the course translates the written word into THTR3121 Theatrical Design and that complex of speech and action that P roduction brings drama to life. In this course, students gain hands-on Fall semester, even years. 4 credits e xperience with every aspect of theatrical production, from show selection and script THTR2212 The Moving Body analysis to lighting, costuming and scenic This course provides an introduction to design. In conjunction with the instructor, principles of the body in motion and its students will select a script or set of short application to dance and other movement scripts as the basis for a project portfolio. techniques. Students will investigate Each part of the production process will then physiology through movement exploration, be explored in relation to each student’s observation, reading assignments, and project, beginning with the thematic analysis written analyses. Various theories will be of the script, and continuing with set design, considered, including experiential anatomy, lighting design, costume design, sound Laban Movement Analysis, and Bartenieff design, prop selection, casting, blocking and Fundamentals. Through these methods, production publicity. Professionals in each students will improve physical performance field may also be invited to visit class and and increase range of expression. field student questions. Students will also Spring semester. 4 credits participate in the current Emmanuel College Theater production (THTR0111) and will THTR2312/2313 Advanced Performing apply skills developed in class to the actual Techniques for the Singing Actor working production for credit. A particular This course provides singer-actors who have emphasis will be placed on the technical already taken THTR0312 with weekly vocal side of the directorial process. coaching sessions in order to deepen their Spring semester, odd years. 4 credits connection with the various skills required Prerequisite: THTR1101 to prepare for a performance on stage. The students will receive individual attention in THTR3122 Playwriting a workshop setting, aimed at improving dic- Students will learn the elements of a well- tion, rhythm, phrasing, breath control, emo- made play, guidelines for submission of tive expression, listening skills and practice manuscripts professionally to theater habits. While the majority of the time will be companies and dramatists’ organizations, spent in song and peer discussion, students elements of drama, crafting of stage will receive the chance to work as a class directions, and the process of producing, on common topics that arise. The class will acting in, and directing original work. To culminate in a performance at the end of the this end, students will each develop a new Emmanuel College
Theology and Religious Studies 263 play workshop-style and also read from, THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS act in, and direct scenes from these original STUDIES works. Emphasis will be placed on writing specifically for actors and directors. THRS1103 Exploring Catholic Fall semester, odd years. 4 credits Theology (RCT) The course explores the central aspects of THTR4131 Theater Arts Internship Catholic theology today. Catholic theology is This internship is designed to offer the the result of the Church’s reflection upon its student related experience in a theater own experience of faith, which is shaped by company, organization or talent agency. the historical and cultural contexts in which Prerequisites: INT1001, PERF1111, it takes place. In this academic approach PERF2111, PERF3111, and permission to theology, students will explore critically of department chair Catholic understandings of God, of Jesus Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits Christ, of the Church, sacraments, biblical interpretation, tradition and morality, among THTR4178/4179 Directed Study I and other themes. Special emphasis will be D irected Study II placed on the transformation of Catholic Students take part in independent and practice and theology after the Second individual study in the field of their choice. Vatican Council. Fields offered include: directing (student Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits directs his or her own production under faculty supervision), playwriting, THRS1111 Exploring the Bible (RCT) dramaturgy, individual performance, The Christian Bible consists of two parts: advanced technical projects, recital (voice the first testament contains those sacred or piano), topics in music t heory, topics in texts that comprise the Jewish Bible, and the musical analysis, topics in music history, s econd testament adds the early Christian and c omposition. writings held sacred by the Church. This Fall and spring semesters. 4 crediits course explores the meaning of these texts to believing communities today by examining the cultural, theological and historical Course Descriptions for influences that shaped them. Students Arts and Sciences will become acquainted with the basic plot, characters, literary forms, religious institutions, theology and ethical teachings of the Bible. Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits THRS1115 Jesus and Christian Ethics (RCT) Christian ethics can only be “Christian” in reference to Jesus Christ, who, according to Christian faith, continues to call people to become his disciples. On the basis of the study of the Synoptic Gospels, the course compares the kind of ethics that the NT pro- posed to the first Christians, and the kind of ethics that it proposes to Christians today. The course will also introduce the students to diverse ethical models and systems 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
264 Theology and Religious Studies Course Descriptions for espoused by Christian authors today, with various religious ethical perspectives on Arts and Sciences special emphasis on virtue ethics. these concerns and personal responsibility Spring semester. 4 credits to the other-than-human world. Fall semester, even years. 4 credits THRS2101 What is Religion? (R) This course offers an introduction to the THRS2111 Love and Justice (RCT) academic study of religion. In addition to This course explores how Christians’ faith some of the theories of religion, students shapes their understandings of what to will explore some of the most common do and how to be. Attention is paid to the p henomena found in religious traditions, sources and methods in Christian ethics, such as symbols, rituals, human identity, focusing on the Biblical ideas of justice ethics, ideas of the afterlife, and so forth. and love as key themes. A variety of ethical Fall semester. 4 credits issues such as economic justice, marriage and sexuality, the environment, and topics THRS2102 In the Beginning: Adam to in health care are examined, drawing on Moses (RCT) a range of historical and contemporary This course will enable students to acquire approaches to these questions. This a detailed familiarity with of the Pentateuch course includes a required service learning (the first five books of the Bible). The focus component. will be on the main events and characters Fall semester. 4 credits of these books, for example, Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham and Sarah, Moses and the THRS2114 The Prophets: Power, P olitics deliverance from Egypt, as well as most and Principles (RCT) significant religious institutions in Israel, The Hebrew prophets were vocal critics of such as the Sabbath, worship, covenant the power structures and political institu- and Law. Topics will be examined using the tions of their day. They took a stand against methods of modern biblical interpretation the abuse of power, exploitation of the poor, as well as ancient Christian and Jewish land grabbing, self-seeking, religious cor methods of interpretation. ruption, and other societal ills. This course Spring semester, odd years. 4 credits. will examine the range of ethical issues the prophets addressed, discover the princi- THRS2105 Judaism (R) ples they championed, and invite students This course offers an introduction to to make application of these principles to Judaism and surveys its history. It examines present-day social issues. scripture, beliefs, ritual, ethics, intellectual Spring semester, even years. 4 credits life and the roles of women. Spring semester, even years. 4 credits THRS2116 Science and Religion (RCT) Science and religion are two of the most THRS2108 Religion and the Environment: powerful forces in the modern world. This Ethical Explorations (R) course will address their relationship, which In this course, students will engage in the has ranged from the harmonious to the debate about the relationship between conflictual. Major historical intersections humans and their environment from a between science and religion will be studied comparative religious ethical perspective. as well as different conceptual formulations Discussion will address such questions as of their relationship. A range of options the roots of current environmental concerns, will be considered, and students will be Emmanuel College
Theology and Religious Studies 265 free to voice their own well-considered personal lives and expressed that transfor- interpretations. mation through their active engagement in Fall semester. 4 credits the world. A particular focus of this course is development of both contemplative tra- THRS2130 Catholic Social Teaching (RCT) ditions and “active” spiritualties, as we This course will provide an introduction to will examine various forms of mysticism, over 100 years of Catholic social teaching, Benedictine, Franciscan and Jesuit spiritual- using papal encyclicals and pastoral letters ity. We will also focus on two contemporary from the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops groups by visiting their places of origin: the primarily. Analysis of the documents and Sisters of Notre Dame in Namur, Belgium critiques of the teachings will also be used. and the lay Community of Sant’Egidio in Each of the documents will be grounded Rome, Italy. in its sociological, political, economic Travel component required and religious context. A service-learning Spring semester, even years. 4 credits. component will be included in the course introducing students to service to people in THRS2154 India: Religion, Culture, Justice poverty in the Boston area. (R) The mission of national and international India is a rising power that will play an Catholic social justice organizations will also important geopolitical role in the 21st be highlighted. century. This is a travel course to that rising Spring semester, even years. 4 credits power. In the spring prior to our summer (Cross-referenced with SOC2131) travel, students will take a preparatory course introducing them to Indian history THRS2131 Relationships and Sexuality: and culture. A travel component will occur Christian Perspectives (RCT) over a three-week period in June. The This course explores diverse Christian views focus of our interest will be India’s religious on human sexuality and relationships with pluralism, struggles for justice and cultural particular attention to issues of social jus- expressions such as art and architecture. tice, gender studies and sexual orientation. Travel component required Spring semester, odd years. 4 credits Spring semester, even years. 4 credits THRS2135 World Religions (R) THRS2201 War, Peace and Course Descriptions for Students will encounter some of the world’s Religions (R) Arts and Sciences many religious traditions by studying their Does religion primarily pacify or foment origins, writings, rituals and beliefs as well violence? Adherents of many of the world’s as contemporary expressions of these religions understand their religions to be religions. religions of peace. Yet there is no denying Spring semester. 4 credits the many instances of religiously inspired violence in today’s world. This course will THRS2150 Contemplation and Action: An explore the ways in which world religions Introduction to Christian Spirituality (RCT) promote war and peace, with an eye toward The world’s great religions all link the inner, understanding when and how our own spiritual transformation of individuals to the religious communities can be more effective outward transformation of their lives and at peacemaking and the promotion of human of the world. This travel course to Italy and rights. Belgium will examine how some Christians have understood the transformation of their Fall semester. 4 credits 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
266 Theology and Religious Studies Course Descriptions for THRS2202 Hinduism (R) theologians, some of which challenge Arts and Sciences India is one of the world’s rising powers, current teaching. This course will also and its dominant religion is Hinduism. explore the question of whether reform is This course will provide students with an needed and imagining what reform might introductory knowledge of Hindu tradition, look like. including its history, beliefs, practices Fall semester, even years. 4 credits and cultural expressions such as art and architecture. THRS2209 History of Christianity: B etween Prophecy and Compromise (RCT) Spring semester, even years. 4 credits This survey course will address the major historical, theological and doctrinal THRS2205 The Gospels: Portraits of developments in the 2,000-year-long Jesus (RCT) history of the Christian church. Special The four canonical gospels (Matthew, Mark, attention will be given to the most influential Luke and John) are the primary sources for turning points and to the recurring tension the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. between those who tried to accommodate This course will explore how the words the Christian message to the surrounding spoken by Jesus became oral stories about culture in order to make it more socially Jesus and were finally written down as the relevant, and those who interpreted the texts we have today. We will focus on each role of Christianity as a witness against the gospel’s distinctive theological interpreta- prevailing culture’s values and expectations. tion of the historical figure of Jesus and will Fall semester, odd years. 4 credits examine what makes each gospel unique with respect to the others. The course will THRS2211 Islam (R) also discuss some of the gospels that are not This course will introduce students to Islam included in the Bible, such as The Infancy from its classical period to the present Gospel of James, and The Gospel of Mary day, including its interaction with the Magdalene. West. Particular attention will be paid to Fall semester, even years. 4 credits ethical teachings and practices, the lived experiences of Muslims, and the theological, THRS2207 Controversy in the Church: cultural and geographical diversity within Reading the Signs of the Times (RCT) the tradition. The course will include a field The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) trip to a local mosque. addressed the relationship between the Fall semester, even years. 4 credits Catholic Church and the modern world, reminding us that “the Church has always THRS2212 Buddhism: Beliefs and Practices had the duty of scrutinizing the signs of the (R) times.” This course will discuss the impact Buddhism is an important world religion that of the Second Vatican Council and the key is growing rapidly in America. This course principles of Catholic social teaching. It will will introduce students to Buddhism as a explore the role of the sacraments, and also textual tradition and as a lived, historical address a variety of contemporary social reality. Students will be encouraged to and ethical issues, including but not limited consider Buddhism and its ultimate claims to peace, justice, the environment, race, regarding human existence in a sympathetic women’s rights, and dialogue with non- yet critical manner. Christian religions and other expressions Spring semester, odd years. 4 credits of Christianity. It will consider the official teachings of the Magisterium, along with the perspectives of various scholars and Emmanuel College
Theology and Religious Studies 267 THRS2213 Liberation Theology (RCT) THRS2221 Progressive Christianity (RCT) Liberation Theology is one of the main The American media have an obsession Christian theologies today and it originated with fundamentalist Christianity, but rarely in Latin America. This course will focus on pay attention to justice-oriented, activist the methodology of Liberation Theology, Christianity. This course will attempt on its Christology, and on its view of the to correct that imbalance by studying church and the church’s role in society. The those Christians who express their faith main authors to be studied are Gustavo in the most compassionate, dangerous, Gutiérrez, Leonardo Boff, and Jon Sobrino. unconventional and self-sacrificial ways. The discussion of the topic will be introduced In so doing, we will gain knowledge of an by a review of Latin American history and important sociological movement, as well as religion between 1492 and present time, the provocative theology that energizes it. of Vatican II and its impact on current Fall semester, even years. 4 credits Catholicism, and of some of the sociological and philosophical methodologies THRS2223 The First Christians (RCT) appropriated by Liberation theologians such The first followers of Jesus of Nazareth were as “theory of dependence” and Marxism. a diverse group of people who left behind Since part of the ecclesial practice in which a significant body of writings, only some Liberation Theology originates includes of which are found in the New Testament. political persecution and martyrdom, the Among the first Christians there were course will also study briefly personalities competing understandings of important such as Mons. Romero, Ignacio Ellacuría issues. Who is Jesus? Was he simply a good S.J., Sr. Dorothy Stang, SND. and righteous man? A powerful prophet; the Spring semester, odd years. 4 credits Son of God? What does it take to join this group called Christians? Is there a place THRS2217 Women in the World Religions for women? How should a follower of Jesus (R) live? How should the Christian community This course addresses issues of concern organize itself: what are its structures, how to women in comparative perspective. is authority used, and who gets to decide? Drawing on women’s voices from multiple This course will examine these and other religious and cultural traditions, the course issues by carefully studying all the most explores such issues as women’s leadership important letters of the New Testament as roles, languages and imagery, family life well as other early Christian writings not and sexuality, relationship to sacred texts, found in the New Testament. and so forth. Fall semester,odd years. 4 credits Fall semester, odd years. 4 credits THRS2219 Women in Christian THRS2305 Southern Africa: Ethics, Religion Course Descriptions for Traditions (RCT) & Global Health (RCT) Arts and Sciences The religious and social experiences of This travel course and service learning women in the various Christian traditions course will examine the connections form the basis for this course. Topics between religion, culture, and health care in include the changing roles women have South Africa and Swaziland as a case study played in multiple cultural, historical and in the ethics of global health. How have denominational expressions of Christianity; religious communities have been both an language and imagery; leadership and obstacle and a resource in the struggle for women’s ordination; topics of particular racial justice and health justice, particularly interest to class participants. during and after apartheid, the AIDS Spring semester, even years. 4 credits 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
268 Theology and Religious Studies epidemic, and current migration challenges. THRS3203 World Religions in Conflict and During the two-week travel portion in Dialogue (RCT) May, students will have the opportunity World Religions in Conflict and Dialogue will to visit faith communities, health care address the crucial issue of interreligious organizations, and important historical sites. relations from a variety of approaches. How They will also carry out service with a do religions understand themselves? How Hospice at Home program for AIDS patients do they interpret the religious other? Why in Swaziland. Travel component required. do some religious leaders fear interaction Spring semester, odd years. 4 credits with other religions, while other religious leaders embrace it? In order to address THRS3133 Social Justice and these questions, we will study disciplines Religious Traditions (R) such as interreligious dialogue (the practice The relationship of social issues with of substantive conversation with a member religious belief and commitment is the of a different religion), theology of religions subject of investigation in this course. (how religions interpret another), and Students will study past and present social comparative theology (thinking across teachings of some of the major religious religious boundaries). t raditions, exploring how religious beliefs Fall semester, odd years. 4 credits can translate into social visions of justice, Prerequisite: One previous THRS course or developing some tools and techniques of p ermission of instructor social and religious analysis, and discussing and analyzing social issues of particular THRS4178 Directed Study concern to class participants in light of Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits how some of today’s religious communities Prerequisite: Permission of instructor s truggle to resolve these concerns. Fall semester, even years. 4 credits THRS4182 Directed Research Prerequisite: One previous THRS course or Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits p ermission of instructor Prerequisite: Permission of instructor Course Descriptions for Arts and Sciences Emmanuel College
Interdisciplinary Courses 269 INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSES when the slave trade provided the basis of Course Descriptions for the English economy, these theories and Arts and Sciences HONOR1301 A Scientific Society: Morality the novels that embody their significance and Molecules (SI) struggle to represent the irony of what it Our world is enmeshed in an ever-growing means to be human. Readings will include, partnership and dependence on science but are not limited to, selections from This course aims to explore the ways Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan, David Hume’s A scientists and their contributions have been Treatise of Human Nature, Oliver Goldsmith’s impactful in social, political, economic, The Vicar of Wakefield, Jane Austen’s and ethical spheres throughout history. Persuasion, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. We will explore the paradox that arises Spring semester, according to Honors Program when a single scientific discovery can both rotation. 4 credits feed the world’s starving and spawn the Participation in College Honors Program development of the first chemical warfare agent. When bombs can be a sustainable HONOR2202 Reading Shakespeare: source of energy, and cures for disease can An Interdisciplinary Approach (AI-L) poison the environment. We will examine This course uses an interdisciplinary the dilemmas faced by individual scientists approach to explore Shakespeare as a as they attempt the balancing act of gaining powerful cultural force through which ideas a deeper understanding and the moral about history, the literary canon, the theater, perils that accompany their discoveries. art, politics, religion, gender, sexuality, This course also seeks to highlight the class, and society itself are produced. We role society plays in mediating broader focus on two plays written at the turn of the ethical considerations and technological 17th century, Twelfth Night and Hamlet. In advances. Lastly, we will address whether addition to doing in-depth readings of the responsibility ultimately falls to the plays in their historical contexts, we study scientists for the promotion of social justice film adaptations (Almereyda’s Hamlet, and a betterment of civilization. Fick-man’s She’s the Man, and Pool’s Lost Fall semester, according to Honors Program and Delirious), famous readings of the rotation. 4 credits plays (Freud, Coleridge, and T.S. Eliot), and Participation in College Honors Program significant theoretical approaches (feminist, psychoanalytic, new historicist, queer HONOR2201 Affective Reading: Sympathy theory). aL)nd the Institution of the English Novel (AI- Spring semester, according to Honors Program Affective Reading: Sympathy and the rotation. 4 credits Institution of the English Novel will provide Participation in College Honors Program students with an interdisciplinary analysis of one of the most recognizable literary genres HONOR2301 Imagining the Nation: in the world. Tracing the developments Revolution in Modernity (SA) of different philosophical approaches This course will use the European ideological to sympathy in the 18th century, this and socio-economic debates of course will consider how novels respond the 19th century as a backdrop in order to the emotional needs of their readers by to examine the revolutionary typology, presenting the p ossibilities and limitations which became the drive toward national of human interaction. Emerging at a time fulfillment and modernity. The course will examine in depth the sources and outcomes 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
270 Interdisciplinary Courses Course Descriptions for of revolution along the political, social, Nussbaum’s Creating Capabilities, and Arts and Sciences economic and psychological organization selections of Gustavo Gutierrez’s A Theology of societies and states. The spread of of Liberation. revolutions beyond Europe took place as Fall semester, according to Honors Program states’ emphasis was on effectiveness, rotation. 4 credits. rather than citizen participation, especially Participation in College Honors Program in the age of increased globalization. Consequently the main cases that the HONORS2404 Enlightenment and the Age of course will examine will be 20th century, Revolutions (H) non-European cases with diverse yet Beginning with The Enlightenment new common trajectories whose experiences ideas of liberty, self-government and have wide applicability: Cuba, since it unifies equality emerged, fueling America’s war for and continues a process in Latin America independence, and sparking revolutions which dates back to the Mexican revolution, in France, Haiti and Latin America. This and Iran, since organizationally and course will examine the Enlightenment as geopolitically the case represents distinct a precursor to the Age of Revolutions, then lessons for contemporary states seeking study each revolution in detail, exploring the to balance social, economic, political and interconnectedness of these social, political psychological structures of the universal and ideological movements as they occurred values of modernity and the relativism of throughout the Atlantic world. Students traditional cultures. will consider these individual events as Spring semester, according to Honors Program part of a transnational, global movement rotation. 4 credits. towards independence and democracy, and Participation in College Honors Program consider how the past continues to influence our thinking on government, equality, HONOR2402 Justice: Theories, Evidence dependence, and a variety of other issues and Practice (M) facing modern global citizens. This course provides students with a Fall semester, according to Honors Program foundational knowledge of theories of justice rotation. 4 credits. by engaging them in a survey of analyses Participation in College Honors Program that approach issues of justice and injustice from an interdisciplinary perspective. The HONOR2405 Interreligious Ethics (R) course challenges students to reflect on how This course addresses the intensified justice can be achieved within a capitalist importance of interreligious ethics in global society that is profoundly unequal. contemporary global society by focusing on Students will critically assess “evidence” the interactions of the major world religions. of justice and injustice from different Students will analyze interreligious relations theoretical and artistic standpoints. As historically, politically, and theologically. justice is not merely a theoretical issue but Students will creatively synthesize this also a practical one (and an urgent one at data in order to generate an interreligious that), students will apply the knowledge ethic for a religiously plural global society of justice acquired in the first part of the characterized by justice. course to the actual p ursuit of justice in Spring semester, according to Honors Program the last part of the course. Readings may rotation. 4 credits include John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice, Participation in College Honors Program Herbert Marcuse’s One-Dimensional Man, Amartya Sen’s The Idea of Justice, Martha Emmanuel College
Interdisciplinary Courses 271 HONOR2501 Science in the Larger to feel helpless to assist those in need. Course Descriptions for World (SI) Social problems seem too large for us to Arts and Sciences The world of science is often perceived as solve as individuals, but doing nothing just existing in a vacuum; the dispassionate perpetuates the cycle. There are individuals search for truth independent of influence and organizations that are making a and bias. In reality, the practice of science difference, addressing social problems at sits right in the middle of the “spaghetti the political, social and individual level. bowl” of knowledge, impacting fields such Each of us can also make a difference once as law, politics, literature, art, religion, we understand the sources of the problem, and business, and being equally subject the ways to engage in prosocial behavior to influence from these fields and others. and the social and personal factors that What would the science be in going to the affect our ability to create positive social moon without Jules Verne? What impact will change. Learning about the research knowing your genetic sequence have on your behind prosocial behavior and being future job options? Does prayer play any transformational leaders provides us with a role in surgical outcomes? We will address strong foundation for creating real change in these questions (and many others) as we our own communities. Facilitating positive investigate the role of science in the larger social change is challenging and requires world around us. the ability to learn and adapt. Throughout Spring semester, according to Honors Program the semester, we will (a) critically evaluate rotation. 4 credits the research on specific social issues Participation in College Honors Program and the research on prosocial behavior and leadership, b) self-evaluate our own HONORS2503 Ethics and Mental Health reactions to social problems and motives (M) for helping, (c) learn about real efforts in This course examines moral issues that our community to create social change, and arise in the context of mental health (d) develop our own proposals for fostering practices in the West, particularly the change. We will rely upon both academic United States. Topics explored include the research and practical experience to learn commodification of mental health, the use about the issues, and we will communicate of drugs to treat psychiatric conditions, the our observations and arguments through potential harms associated with diagnostic professional writing and presentations. practice, the ethics of neuroenhancement, Spring semester, according to Honors Program the relationship between mental disorder rotation. 4 credits and responsibility, and the value of Participation in College Honors Program neurodiversity. Students also will consider what counts as a good life and whether IDS1201 Perspectives on Public and Global and to what extent dominant mental health practices promote human flourishing. Health Fall semester, according to Honors Program This class will introduce students to the rotation. 4 credits basic concepts in the study of Public Participation in College Honors Program Health and Global Health. The course will be divided into three interconnecting HONOR2601 Developing Leadership and sections: Health Sciences, Social and Creating Community Change (SA) International Perspectives and Health We read about and observe hardship and Humanities. The goal of the class is for injustice daily, and a common reaction is students to understand the many challenges 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
272 Interdisciplinary Courses Course Descriptions for of providing health care domestically and IDS4194 Internship Arts and Sciences internationally and the linkages between them. The expertise of guest lecturers who Students enrolled in interdisciplinary are practitioners will be an integral part of the learning experience. majors may complete an internship in an Fall semester. 4 credits appropriate setting with the approval of their IDS2113 Basic Issues in Women’s Studies advisor. (SA) This interdisciplinary course examines Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits some of the issues and themes raised by the second and third waves of the women’s Prerequisite: Senior status movement and by the current scholarship on women. It examines concepts such as INT3211 Experiential Internship in the Nat- patriarchy, f eminism, gender stereotypes and sexism. Through the study of literature, ural Sciences/Mathematics anthropology, sociology and feminist Biology, biostatistics, chemistry and math- t heory, it looks at women’s creativity, self- ematics majors may apply to do an intern- definitions and cultural images, taking into ship in a research or non-research setting. account variations of experience by race and The internship site and project must be class. appropriate for the disciplines above and Spring semester, even years. 4 credits it is the student’s responsibility to obtain an internship. The options for sites could IDS2410 Sustainability Science (SI-L) include venues that would allow for career (cross listed with PHYS2410) exploration. A complete proposal form for This course provides an introduction to the the internship must be submitted to the science of sustainability and to selected faculty teaching the course and to the Career issues in sustainable development. We fill Center by the first day of class. The proposal focus on topics that are of major impor- must describe the project, the name and tance to Indonesia: (1) deforestation, (2) commitment from the onsite supervisor and urbanization, and (3) depletion of marine the expectations and significance of the resources. We will study three geograph- internship. The proposal must be approved ical regions of Indonesia as case studies: by the student’s academic advisor and Borneo (deforestation), Java (urbanization), signed by the site supervisor. Students meet and Bali (the oceans). We will examine the for a minimum of 15 hours per week at the causes of these processes and their effects internship site. Students meet weekly with a on people and the environment. Proposals faculty coordinator and are evaluated by the for sustainable solutions to the problems site supervisor and faculty coordinator. A posed will also be evaluated. In the travel comprehensive portfolio and formal pre- component of this course we will visit these sentation are required. This one-semester regions to see the facts on the ground and internship course counts as an Emmanuel how Indonesians are trying to find their own College elective, but not as an elective to- solutions. ward the biology, biostatistics, chemistry or Spring semester, even years. 4 credits mathematics major. Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits Prerequisite: INT1001, junior or senior status and permission of department. Emmanuel College
Competency Program 273 COMPETENCY PROGRAM INT1001 Career Planning and Engagement This course helps to prepare students for an internship or job search. Students in this course will learn how to effectively search and apply to internships, use resources such as HireSaints and LinkedIn, as well as develop a resume and cover letter. Student will have the opportunity to develop their interviewing skills through a mock interview with a career professional and will understand how to accurately and effectively market their strengths to employers during an internship or job search. Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive a Pass notation on their transcript. Required of all First-Year students. Fall, spring and summer semesters, 0 credits. Pass/Fail Course Descriptions for Arts and Sciences 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
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275 Graduate and Professional Programs 275 Graduate and Professional General Information for Programs Graduate and Professional Programs UNDERGRADUATE PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN-to-BSN) GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN ACCOUNTING Master of Science in Accounting (MSA) GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN EDUCATION Master of Education (MEd.) (Elementary Initial Licensure and Research Concentrations) Graduate Certificate in Instructional Technology for Educators Graduate Certificate in Sheltered English Immersion Graduate Certificate in Moderate Disabilities Professional Development Programs for Educators GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN MANAGEMENT Master of Science in Business Administration (MBA) Master of Science in Human Resource Management (HRM) Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management Master of Science in Research Administration Graduate Certificate in Research Administration GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN NURSING Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Graduate Certificate in Nursing Education Graduate Certificate in Nursing Administration Emmanuel College 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
276 General Policies and Procedures General Information for General Policies and Procedures Graduate and Professional Programs ATTENDANCE POLICY REGISTRATION Students are expected to attend class Students may register for classes through regularly. Each faculty member will EC Online Services accessible via portal. state clearly on the course syllabus the emmanuel.edu. Student Planning, through relationship between class attendance and EC Online Services, allows students to course grade. Faculty members may take search for courses, plan for future terms, attendance. and schedule and register for course sections. WITHDRAWAL CAMPUS SAFETY OFFICE: Students may withdraw officially from ID CARDS the College at any time with the written authorization of their Academic Advisor. For the safety of all, it is required that Students must notify the Office of the students, employees and faculty members Registrar in writing. Failure to register have a valid Emmanuel College photo for courses over one academic year identification card on their person while constitutes an automatic administrative attending classes or visiting the campuses. withdrawal. Mere absence from classes and The Campus Safety Office is located in examinations is not a withdrawal, nor does it the Administration Building, Room 136 reduce financial obligations. Please see the on the Boston campus. Students must be course withdrawal and refund policy (page registered and present documentation 281) for complete information regarding from the College that has their student ID course withdrawals and tuition refunds. number in order to receive a photo ID. The A student holding a Federal Stafford Campus Safety Office can be reached at Loan must complete exit counseling upon 617-735-9710. withdrawal. READMISSION POLICY Students who have withdrawn must submit a readmission form in order to be considered for readmission into the program. All prior financial obligations to the College must be resolved with the Office of Student Financial Services prior to re-enrollment. Emmanuel College
Academic Policies and Procedures 277 Academic Policies and Procedures General Information for Graduate and Professional Programs ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY A student’s grade point average or credit ratio is the ratio of quality points earned to Emmanuel College is an educational com- credits carried. Grades submitted at the munity committed to academic integrity, end of a course are considered final. Only ethics and trust. All members of this com- undergraduate courses with a semester munity share in the responsibility for build- grade of 2.0 (C) or above are accepted for ing an sustaining a culture of high academic major courses; grades of 1.0 (D) or above are standards. The Academic Integrity Policy is accepted for general education courses or available on the college website. free elective or other courses. A cumulative grade point average of 2.0 (C) is required for GRADES AND TRANSCRIPTS graduation. In order to achieve satisfactory academic progress in an undergraduate Final grades are available online at the close program, a minimum grade point average of of the term. Students who need official grade 2.0 (C) must be maintained and two-thirds of reports for tuition reimbursement purposes attempted credits must be completed during should contact the Office of the Registrar. each a cademic year. Official transcripts are provided at the written request of students at a cost of $5.00 GRADUATE GRADING SYSTEM per transcript. UNDERGRADUATE Faculty members submit final grades to GRADING SYSTEM the Registrar at the end of each course. Faculty members submit final grades to the Letters express the quality of the work and Registrar five calendar days after that last are correlated with grade point values as class or last day of term for online courses. follows: Letters express the quality of the work and A = 4.0 are correlated with grade point values as A- = 3.67 follows: B+ = 3.33 B = 3.0 A = 4.0 B- = 2.67 A- = 3.67 C+ = 2.33 B+ = 3.33 C = 2.0 B = 3.0 B- = 2.67 F = 0 C+ = 2.33 C = 2.0 INC = Incomplete C- = 1.67 IP = In Progress (used for two-semester-long courses) P = Pass D+ = 1.33 UW = Unofficial Withdrawal* D = 1.0 AU = Audit F = 0.0 NG = No Grade was submitted INC = Incomplete (0.0) by the faculty member IP = In Progress (used for X = Non-credit item completed two-semester-long courses) P = Pass * Assigned by faculty to students who stopped attending before the withdrawal date but did UW = Unofficial Withdrawal* not officially withdrawal. Students who attend or participate in a course (Face-to-Face or AU = Audit online) after the withdrawal date, will receive NG = No Grade was submitted by the faculty member X = Non-credit item completed 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
278 Academic Policies and Procedures General Information for the letter grade earned and are not eligible for An INC grade carries 0.00 quality points, until Graduate and Professional Programs a UW grade. the faculty member has submitted a final letter grade to the Office of the Registrar For graduate courses, students must receive and a grade change is processed. This may a grade of 3.0 (B) or higher and a cumulative result in a term GPA below 2.0. Regardless grade point average of 3.0 (B) is required for of the reason for INC grades, any term GPA graduation. below 2.0 will place the student on Academic Probation. Students who are not achieving satisfactory academic progress will be notified in writing If a student with an INC grade(s) is placed on by the Office of the Registrar. Academic Probation for a term GPA below 2.0, and the final grade(s) submitted increases CREDIT DEFICIENCY REMOVAL/ the term GPA to a 2.0 or above, the student’s REPEATING COURSES probationary status for that semester will be expunged from the student’s record and Graded courses may be repeated only once. academic history. Courses may be repeated to replace an F (0), to meet college requirements, or to improve Incomplete grades from the fall semester a student’s grade point average. The student must be completed and submitted to the must repeat the same course. Another course Office of the Registrar by February 1. Spring may be substituted only with the approval of and summer incomplete grades must be an Academic Advisor. Credit will be awarded completed and submitted to the Office of the only for one of the two courses and the Registrar by October 1. Incomplete grades higher of the two grades will be calculated in not received by the deadline automatically the grade point average. The original grade become an F (0). In extraordinary remains on the transcript. The Student circumstances, the Registrar, in consultation Information System will automatically with the student and faculty member, may perform a Credit Deficiency Removal for extend the INC, but not beyond the final course repeats for which the same course day of that semester/term. If the work is was repeated and the original attempted not completed by the end of the semester/ earned credit. Students seeking to improve term, the INC automatically becomes an their GPA due to an F grade or for a course F (0). A student with an INC grade in his or substitute should submit the Credit her final semester will not be eligible for Deficiency Removal Form to complete this degree conferral. Note: Students on Academic process. Probation may not receive an Incomplete grade. INCOMPLETE GRADES GRADE CHANGES In exceptional cases, students who have Changes in any assigned grade will not be been unable to complete the work of a made beyond one semester after the initial course may petition to receive a grade of awarding of the grade. A student who, after INC. Such requests will be granted only for consultation with the faculty member, extraordinary reasons, e.g., serious prolonged wishes to challenge a grade on a transcript illness. Incomplete grades are submitted or grade report, should follow procedures to the Office of the Registrar via the online outlined in the Release of Student grading tool within ECLearn during the final Information Policy available in the office of grade submission. Faculty will complete the the Registrar. online Incomplete Grade Form in conjunction with the grade submission for each INC grade awarded. Emmanuel College
Academic Policies and Procedures 279 ACADEMIC REVIEW BOARD with the provisions of the Family Educational General Information for Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 as amended Graduate and Professional Programs The Academic Review Board reviews (PL 93-380, Section 438, The General petitions for exceptions to academic Education Provisions Act). The purpose of policies and monitors satisfactory academic this act is to protect the privacy of students progress of students towards degree regarding the release of records and access completion. Students should put the request to records maintained by the institution. in writing to their Academic Advisor. In compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (the Buckley UNSATISFACTORY ACADEMIC Amendment), Emmanuel College has PROGRESS committed itself to protecting the privacy rights of its students and to maintaining the Academic Probation c onfidentiality of its records. A copy of this If an undergraduate student receives law is available in the Office of the Registrar. below a 2.0 in any semester, he/she will be placed on academic probation for the Certain personally identifiable information following semester. If a graduate student from a student’s education record, receives below a 3.0 in any semester, he/ designated by Emmanuel College as directory she will be placed on academic probation information, may be released without the for the following semester. During this first student’s prior consent. A student who so probationary semester, the student may not wishes has the absolute right to prevent the receive any Incomplete grades. release of this information. In order to do so, the student must complete a form requesting Academic Dismissal non-disclosure of directory information by If the student fails to achieve satisfactory the end of the add/drop period. This form is academic progress (see definition of available in the Office of the Registrar. Unsatisf actory Academic Progress in section Directory information includes name, home above) at the end of this first probationary and electronic address, home and work semester, the student will be dismissed t elephone numbers, date and place of birth, from the College regardless of cumulative program of enrollment, anticipated date of GPA. Academic dismissal from Graduate graduation, degrees and awards received, and Professional Programs is permanent. the most recent previous educational agency Students may not petition for readmittance or institution attended, and other similar to the College. information. Some or all of this information may be published in directories such as a Financial Aid Implications student directory, an electronic student In order to continue receiving financial directory or other campus publications. assistance, students must pass a minimum of 67% of courses attempted after the With regard to external inquiries, the completion of two semesters and maintain Office of the Registrar will verify directory a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 information, unless advised to the contrary after the completion of four semesters. by the student as indicated above. “Verify” Private student loans may not be available means to affirm or deny the correctness of to students who are not maintaining the information. The College will not provide satisfactory academic progress. corrections for inaccurate information. All non-directory information that is considered STUDENT CONFIDENTIALITY confidential will not be released to outside inquiries without the express hand-written Emmanuel College regulates access to and release of a student’s records in accordance 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
280 Academic Policies and Procedures General Information for consent of the student. However, the College RN-BSN program may transfer up to 96 Graduate and Professional Programs will verify financial awards and release data credits, of which 40 credits may transfer in for government agencies. for nursing courses completed within the student’s Associates Degree in Nursing. Students have the right to review their Graduate students cannot transfer more educational records. A student may waive than six credits. this right in special cases of confidential letters of recommendation relative to Courses transferred into a graduate admission to any educational agency or management degree or certificate program institution, application for employment, must not have been completed more than receipt of financial aid form, or receipt of any ten years prior to the date of transfer. services or benefits from such an agency or institution. An accepted student is eligible to take A copy of the Reports and Records: Release a maximum of two courses at other of Student Information Policy is available in institutions with approval from their the Office of the Registrar. Academic Advisor. Students may not take courses at another institution during their TRANSFER CREDITS AND final semester at Emmanuel. NON-TRADITIONAL CREDITS Courses taken at other institutions will be All potential transfer credits from other recorded as transfer credits on the student’s regionally accredited institutions are transcript. The transfer course grades will required to be s ubmitted to Graduate not be included in the calculation of the and Professional Programs. No credit will student’s grade point average. The student be granted for the following: vocational is responsible for obtaining and completing coursework, continuing education units, the appropriate form, including the required pre-collegiate or remedial courses, including permissions, before registering for a course any ESL coursework, social activities, or at another institution. Students receiving correspondence courses, unless recognized financial aid are responsible for ensuring and offered by the U.S. Armed Forces that they do not lose eligibility. Institute. Military courses on a Joint Services transcript with content that are within the Students can earn college credit before scope of programs offered at Emmanuel will or after acceptance by taking any of the be accepted for credit. following examinations: CLEP and DSST. Credits earned through documentation Only transfer courses from regionally of college-level learning are considered accredited institutions (or equivalent which transfer credits. Details are available will be verified by the appropriate agency) through the Academic Advisors in Graduate will be granted credit. Undergraduate-level and Professional Programs. Students must courses must have a grade of C (2.0) or meet the residency requirement in order to higher and be worth three or more semester graduate from Emmanuel College. credit hours in order to be eligible for credit. Graduate-level courses must have a grade of All undergraduate CLEP and DSST exams B (3.0) or higher and be worth three or more must be completed and results submitted to semester credit hours in order to be eligible Graduate and Professional Programs prior for credit. Students enrolled in the Bachelor to April 15 for May graduation and prior to of Science in Business Administration November 15 for December graduation. A program may transfer in a total of 80 credits. student may earn a maximum of 32 credits Undergraduate students enrolled in the through credit by examination (CLEP and DSST). Emmanuel College
Academic Policies and Procedures 281 Questions about transfer credits should be A cumulative grade point average of 2.0 (C) General Information for directed to the student’s Academic Advisor. or higher is required for graduation in the Graduate and Professional Programs Bachelor of Science degrees. A grade of HONORS FOR 2.0 (C) or higher is required for major/upper BACCALAUREATE DEGREES division courses. Latin Honors A minimum of 30 credits is required for a Latin Honors—summa cum laude, magna graduate degree. Students must earn a cum laude and cum laude—are awarded 3.0 (B) or higher in graduate courses and a at graduation to bachelor’s degree cumulative grade point average of 3.0 (B) is candidates who have achieved high required for a graduate degree or certificate. scholastic performance and have completed at least 64 credits at Emmanuel College. SECOND BACHELOR’S DEGREE Latin Honors are awarded based on a percentage of the graduating class of Emmanuel College’s Graduate and undergraduate Graduate and Professional Professional Programs offers the oppor Programs students as listed below: tunity for students to pursue a second b achelor’s degree for the Bachelor of Latin Honors % of Graduates Science in Nursing. Those applying follow Summa cum laude 4.5 the application process and meet the Magna cum laude requirements for admissions of bachelor’s Cum laude the next 9.5 degree candidates. the next 15.0 Graduate students are not eligible for Latin In order to earn a second bachelor’s honors. Latin honors are calculated once degree for the Bachelor of Science in all grades are submitted to the Registrar’s Nursing, students must satisfy all major Office. requirements and meet the 32-credit residency requirement. INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY DEGREE AND CERTIFICATE APPLICATIONS International undergraduate students must carry a minimum of 12 credits per semester The student must submit a Degree to maintain their Certificate of Eligibility. Application to the Office of the Registrar via International graduate students must carry EC Online Services by September 15th for a minimum of 9 credits per semester to December completion and by February 15th maintain their Certificate of Eligibility. for May completion. Successful completion of all academic requirements is necessary CLASS STANDING for conferral of the degree and participation in the May Commencement ceremony. Undergraduate class standing is determined Degrees are conferred in December and May. by the number of credits completed by Note: Students completing certificate programs the beginning of the first semester of the do not participate in Commencement. academic year; for second-year standing, 32 credits; for third-year standing, 64 credits; Students who apply and are accepted for fourth-year standing, 96 credits; and for into the graduate degree programs at graduation, 128 credits. Emmanuel will in the natural course of fulfilling the degree requirements complete GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS the coursework required for the respective certificate program offered at Emmanuel. A minimum of 128 credits is required for the undergraduate Bachelor of Science degrees. 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
282 Academic Policies and Procedures General Information for Degree-seeking students are not eligible to POLICY ON COMMENCEMENT Graduate and Professional Programs receive the certificate and will be awarded PARTICIPATION only the senior credential, the degree, upon completion of the degree requirements on Students must have completed all degree the degree conferral date. requirements in order to participate in Commencement. Students in Graduate DEGREE CONFERRAL AND and Professional Programs enter at FINAL TRANSCRIPT multiple points throughout the academic year; therefore, they may not necessarily Emmanuel College confers degrees two complete degree requirements in time for times per year. The first conferral is on the a May Commencement. The flexibility in date of the May commencement ceremony. allowing multiple entry times means that The second conferral is December 31st. students must either plan coursework so Students who do not complete all degree that they finish prior to the deadline for requirements by the spring semester grades May Commencement, or they must wait due date will be considered December for the ceremony subsequent to their final graduates. Written verification of degree coursework. completion is available upon request from the Office of the Registrar. The degree To participate in Commencement or receive declared at the time of conferral will be the a diploma or an academic transcript, student’s official academic program for that the student cannot have an outstanding degree level. financial obligation with the College. Students who have borrowed with a federal Once a student’s degree is conferred, the student loan are also required to complete student’s record for that academic program student loan exit counseling prior to and level has permanently closed and graduation. changes will not be made to the record after the conferral date. Students will be asked Note: Students completing certificate programs to verify their degree and program in writing do not participate in Commencement. prior to the degree conferral. Any additional coursework completed after the degree GRADUATION RATES conferral will not impact the credentials nor final cumulative GPA at the time of the Public Law 101-524, the Student Right-to- conferral. Know and Campus Security Act requires all institutions of higher education receiving The final official transcript includes the Title IV funds to disclose the graduation student’s posted degree and conferral rates of full-time students who are attending date, major and any minors, language college for the first time. In accordance with certificates, any honors awarded including this law, Emmanuel College’s graduation Latin Honors and Distinction in the Field, and rates are available on the college website. any Education certifications. The diploma lists the students name, degree, and any PREREQUISITES applicable Latin Honors for undergraduate students. A course prerequisite is a requirement an academic department identifies as essential for a student to complete before taking a course. All prerequisites should be stated in the course description, on the course syllabus and included in the college catalog. Prerequisites may consist of one or more of the following: Emmanuel College
Academic Policies and Procedures 283 • Completion of placement, proficiency tests General Information for or other assessments (MTEL); Graduate and Professional Programs • Completion of specific course(s). Undergraduate students must earn a C- or better in any course which is designated a prerequisite for another course. (Note - School of Nursing requirements may differ. Please see the School of Nursing Student Handbook for specific prerequisite and course restriction information.) 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
284 Support Services General Information for Support Services Graduate and Professional Programs ACADEMIC ADVISING DISABILITY SUPPORT SERVICES Integral to an Emmanuel College education Emmanuel College is committed to providing is academic advising which provides a full access of its educational programs for comprehensive framework where students students with documented disabilities. We are able to explore the curriculum and focus practice a nondiscriminatory policy and offer on achieving their goals effectively. Students classroom and testing accommodations, may meet regularly with their Academic and assistive technology, to students with Advisors to learn academic policies and documented disabilities. The Disability procedures, to develop short- and long- Support Services office ensures that all term academic plans, to discuss academic students with disabilities can actively progress, to select and schedule courses participate in all facets of college life. Our and for referrals to additional resources. goal is to coordinate and provide a variety of services that allow all students to have ACADEMIC RESOURCE CENTER access to the collegiate curriculum and experience. In addition, our focus and The Academic Resource Center (ARC), responsibility is to increase the level of located on the ground floor of the Cardinal awareness among all members of the college Cushing Library, offers a variety of programs, community. resources and support to aid students in their quest for academic success. ARC For more information on disability services are designed to help students accommodations, please contact the develop and enhance effective academic Director of Disability Services in the strategies based on their own strengths and Academic Resource Center by phone at 617- needs. 735-9923 or visit the Emmanuel College website. For Graduate and Professional Programs learners, the ARC offers professional Writing CAREER CENTER and Math Spec ialists to address particular student needs. Writing Specialists provide [email protected] expert writing assistance in any discipline The Career Center offers a variety of and at any stage of the writing process, resources to assist Emmanuel College enabling students to clarify their thoughts, students in all phases of their career revise the organization of their ideas and development. This includes individual career refine the style of their writing. The Math advising, job postings on HireSaints - our Specialist provides assistance with math in career management system - and resources all disciplines. for career decisions. For more information, stop by the ARC The office organizes a variety of employer- in LIB-G04 on the lower level of the library, based events, both on and off campus, call 617-735-9755 or e-mail such as employer information tables and [email protected] information sessions, alumni panels, networking, and joint career fairs through Emmanuel College our collaboration with other career centers in Boston.
Support Services 285 LIBRARY LEARNING COMMONS The Learning Commons provides General Information for outstanding access to scholarly materials Graduate and Professional Programs The Learning Commons – which includes needed for any area of study. In addition traditional library services as well other to over 300,000 print and ebooks, the academic support services such as College subscribes to thousands of journals, academic technology assistance – is focused magazines and newspapers, as well as on supporting learning and scholarship at dozens of specialized scholarly databases Emmanuel. The Learning Commons offers which are available using your portal ID and ample study space, including individual password anywhere on or off campus, 24/7. study carrels, group study rooms and The Learning Commons is also part of a custom-designed tables with power and consortium that includes numerous nearby lighting. In addition, there are 24 PCs colleges, so Emmanuel students, faculty and with specialized software available in the staff can borrow books from those libraries reading room for student use. The Library as well. In addition, as Boston residents, is open over 107 hours per week during the students have full privileges at the award- academic year, and offers extended hours winning Boston Public Library, located just during exam periods. 1.6 miles from campus. Our librarians also welcome suggestions for book purchases The Learning Commons staff takes pride and can obtain books from libraries across in offering expert assistance in a warm, the country to be delivered for student use. welcoming environment. Each full time staff member has at least one advanced degree The Learning Commons partners with groups in areas including information science, across the Emmanuel community to offer a history, education, instructional design and huge variety of programs including poetry law. Every student receives information readings, author talks, tours, exhibitions, literacy instruction as part of their first films, and more. In addition, the Janet year experience. Research librarians are M. Daley Library Lecture Hall (239 seats) also available for individual consultations provides a theater-style venue for lectures, by appointment or on a walk-in basis over film screenings, courses, programs and 90 hours per week, including nights and special events. Also on the first floor of the weekends. Research help is also available Learning Commons is the new DiscoveryLab, via online chat, email or phone. Librarians a student makerspace that includes 3D also partner with ARC writing specialists to printing, button making, a Cricut machine, a offer drop-in workshops on research and sewing machine, electronics and more. The writing. DiscoveryLab is launching a series of formal programming in the 2018-2019 academic Our part time front desk staff at the Learning year, as well as offering drop-in hours for Commons have gone through extensive students to learn, innovate and create on training in both IT and library services. their own. Services available at the front desk include IT help, checking out books, dvds, games, cameras, chargers, and other media equipment, as well as course reserves. 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
286 Finances General Information for Finances Graduate and Professional Programs The following pages provide information regarding the costs, financial obligations, payment options, financial aid and financing opportunities at Emmanuel College. Please contact the Office of Student Financial Services (OSFS) at 617-735-9938 or at financialservices@ emmanuel.edu for questions regarding this information. Schedule of Fees for Students Enrolled in Graduate and Professional Programs Nursing $1,400 per course Graduate Nursing $2,581 per course Graduate Education/Management $2,192 per course BILLING PROCEDURES Be sure to include the student’s name and College identification number on the check Tuition and fees are billed two weeks prior to or money order. the beginning of each session. All balances must be paid on or before the first day of EC Online Services class unless another payment arrangement EC Online Services provides access to has been made with Student Financial students to make web payments, view billing Services. Students may use most financial statements and review financial aid award aid as credit toward the bill. Student loans letters. To access EC Online Services, please of all types may be used as credit only if the visit https://ecss.emmanuel.edu/Student/ loan has been approved by the College and by the lender. It is the responsibility of the DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS student to pay any balance remaining after financial aid. Students with a past-due balance are ineligible to attend classes, register for PAYMENT METHODS future courses, receive a diploma or an official academic transcript. If payment is Credit Card, Check or Money Order not received in a timely manner, a $100 late MasterCard, VISA, American Express or fee will be assessed to the account. If the Discover payments can be made through account remains delinquent, the account EC Online Services: will be referred to a collection agency and https://ecss.emmanuel.edu/Student/ the student will be responsible for the costs incurred with the collection effort. Once an Check or money order may be mailed to: account is referred to an outside agency, Emmanuel College all inquiries and payments are made to the ATTN.: Student Financial Services collection agency. 400 The Fenway Boston, MA 02115 Emmanuel College
Finances 287 COURSE WITHDRAWAL AND REFUND POLICY General Information for Graduate and Professional Programs To withdraw from a course, please contact the Office of the Register by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at 617-735-9960. No attendance does not constitute withdrawal; students who do not officially withdraw will be responsible for the cost of the course. Seven-Week Course Drop and Withdrawal Policy and Dates 2020-2021 (Graduate Management, Education, Undergraduate Nursing and A&S Summer Courses) Face to Face + Summer 2020 Fall 2020 Spring 2021 Hybrid Courses Session Session Session Session Session Session Refund Grade 1 2 1 2 1 2 Last Day to Add* 5/18/20 7/6/20 9/08/20 10/26/20 1/11/21 3/15/21 N/A N/A Last Day to Drop* Prior Prior Prior Prior Prior Prior 100% Not to first to first to first to first to first to first Transcripted class class class class class class Last Day to 5/26/20 7/13/20 9/15/20 11/2/20 1/18/21 3/22/21 75% Not Receive a Refund* Transcripted Last Day to 6/8/20 7/27/20 9/29/20 11/16/20 2/1/21 4/5/21 0% “W” Withdraw* Withdrawal Not 6/8/20 7/27/20 9/29/20 11/16/20 2/1/21 4/5/21 0% “F” or Grade Permitted After Earned 6:00 p.m. EST on Pass/Fail or Audit Declaration Due 6/1/20 7/20/20 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A P,F or AU Date** Online Courses Summer 2020 Fall 2020 Spring 2021 Refund Grade Session Session Session Session Session Session 1 2 1 2 1 2 Last Day to Add* 5/18/20 7/6/20 9/8/20 10/26/20 1/11/21 3/15/21 N/A N/A Last Day to Drop + 5/26/20 7/13/20 9/15/20 11/02/20 1/18/21 3/22/21 100% Not Receive Refund* Transcripted Last Day to 6/8/20 7/27/20 9/29/20 11/16/20 2/1/21 4/5/21 “W” Withdraw* Withdrawal Not 6/8/20 7/27/20 9/29/20 11/16/20 2/1/21 4/5/21 0% “F” or Grade Permitted After Earned 6:00 p.m. EST on Pass/Fail or Audit Declaration Due 6/1/20 7/20/20 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A P, F or AU Date** * Student must contact the Office of the Registrar to make the registration change (add/drop/withdrawal) prior to 6 p.m. EST of the date listed in order to receive the respective refund, if applicable, and/or grade. ** Pass/Fail and Audit Option available to A&S students only. See A&S calendar for Fall and Spring deadlines. 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
288 Finances General Information for 14 Week Capstone/Practicum Drop & Withdrawal Policy 2020-2021 Graduate and Professional Programs (Graduate Education Practicum) Face to Face, Hybrid Summer 2020 Fall 2020 Spring 2021 Refund Grade and Practicum Courses Last Day to Add* 5/18/20 9/8/20 1/11/21 N/A N/A Last Day to Drop* 5/26/20 9/15/20 1/18/21 100% Not Transcripted Course Withdrawal* 6/1/20 9/22/20 1/25/21 75% “W” Course Withdrawal* 6/8/20 9/29/20 2/1/21 50% “W” Last Day to Withdraw/ 6/15/20 10/6/20 2/8/21 25% “W” Receive a Refund* Withdrawal Not 6/15/20 10/6/20 2/8/21 0% “F” or Permitted After Grade Earned 6:00 p.m. EST on Online Courses Summer 2020 Fall 2020 Spring 2021 Refund Grade Last Day to Add* 5/18/20 9/8/20 1/11/21 N/A N/A Last Day to Drop* 5/26/20 9/15/20 1/18/21 100% Not Transcripted Course Withdrawal* 6/1/20 9/22/20 1/25/21 “W” Course Withdrawal* 6/8/20 9/29/20 2/1/21 50% “W” 6/15/20 10/6/20 2/8/21 25% “W” Last Day to Withdraw/ Receive a Refund* 6/15/20 10/6/20 2/8/21 0% “F” or Grade Earned Withdrawal Not Permitted After 6:00 p.m. EST on * Student must contact the Office of the Registrar to make the registration change (add/drop/withdrawal) prior to 6 p.m. EST of the date listed in order to receive the respective refund, if applicable, and/or grade. Graduate Nursing Face to Face and Hybrid Course Drop and Withdrawal Policy 2020-2021 All Semesters Contact Office of the Registrar Refund Grade Last Day to Add Last Day to Drop Prior to the first class meeting N/A N/A Last Day to Receive a 100% Not Transcripted Prior to the first class meeting 75% Refund “W” Last Day to Withdraw Prior to 6:00 p.m. EST of the second class meeting 0% “W” Withdrawal Not Permitted Prior to 6:00 p.m. EST of the 0% “F” or Grade fourth class meeting Earned After 6:00 p.m. EST of the fourth class meeting Emmanuel College
Finances 289 ELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL AID If you have withdrawn or taken a leave of General Information for absence and you have a credit balance on Graduate and Professional Programs When the student’s official date of your account, you can request a refund withdrawal* falls between the first day of by submitting the online Refund Request classes and the 60% point of the term, Form at www.emmanuel.edu/refundrequest financial aid is adjusted as follows: Should you want to receive the maximum credit you are entitled to, choose the Federal Financial Aid: “Receive Refund of Credit on Account” option Federal Title IV financial aid (Pell Grant, on the Refund Request Form. TEACH Grant, Direct Loans, Direct PLUS Loans, Supplemental Educational HEALTH INSURANCE Opportunity Grants (FSEOG) is pro-rated based on the percentage of time enrolled at The Commonwealth of Massachusetts the College. For example, if you completed requires students enrolled at least three- 30% the semester, you are eligible to receive quarter time (9 or more credits per semester 30% of the federal financial aid you were for undergraduate students and 6 or more originally scheduled to receive. credits a semester for graduate students) to be covered under an acceptable health Other Sources of Financial Aid: insurance plan. A student enrolled at least State and private financial assistance is ad- three-quarter time will be automatically justed based on the requirements of the billed for the cost of the insurance. If the fund student has health insurance, he/she may provider. waive enrollment in the College’s plan by completing a waiver online at www. Military Tuition Assistance: universityhealthplans.com. Any student For students receiving military tuition who is enrolled less than three-quarter assistance, visit our website - time is not required to enroll in the health https://www.emmanuel.edu/admissions- insurance plan. All students taking at least and-aid/financial-aid-information/veterans- three credits, however, are eligible to enroll. benefits.html. Veterans Education Benefits Students who are interested in enrolling page for more information on the financial in the health insurance plan may do so impact of withdrawing. online at www.universityhealthplans.com. The 2020-2021 rates are $3,350 per year Student loan repayment may for undergraduate students and $6,985 begin at or shortly after the date of for graduate students. Eligible students withdrawal. Information regarding who enroll in the student health insurance loan repayment can be found on our plan may purchase insurance for their website at http://www.e mmanuel.edu/ dependents as defined in the Student Health withdrawalsandrefunds Insurance Brochure. Please see the brochure for eligibility requirements and rates. *Non-attendance does not constitute a withdrawal, to officially withdraw please TUITION DEFERMENT PLAN contact the Registrar by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at Students receiving tuition reimbursement 617-735-9960. from their employer at the completion of each course may elect to participate in the Refunds: Tuition Deferment Plan. This plan requires students to pay 25% of the course tuition prior to the first day of class and allows the 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
290 Finances General Information for remaining 75% to be deferred until 30 days Emmanuel College website. Financial aid Graduate and Professional Programs after the last day of the course. is awarded on an annual basis, and for continued eligibility students must complete To enroll in the Deferment Plan, a fully these applications each year. completed Deferment Plan Promissory Note is required to be submitted to Student The Emmanuel College federal school code Financial Services. This documentation must is 002147. be updated prior to the start of classes at the beginning of each semester. This included When completing or updating the FAFSA, providing all required information related students are strongly encouraged to use to the credit card authorization. Please the IRS Data Retrieval Tool provided on the note that if the credit card information is FAFSA. If not, students may be required to invalid, or the charge is otherwise declined request a 2018 tax return transcript from for any reason, payment is due immediately. the IRS (www.IRS.gov). Students will receive Additionally, it is important for students to notification from Student Financial Services note the due dates for the deferred 75% if additional information is required to payment. Payment is due on or before the determine eligibility for financial aid. due dates regardless of whether the student All required documentation must be received has received reimbursement from their at least two weeks prior to the end of the employer. semester. Failure to do so may result in the application not being processed and the Students planning to graduate must ensure student being financially responsible for any the balance on their student account is charges on the account. paid in full prior to graduation and may not defer this payment. Eligibility Requirements for Financial Aid Requirements to receive federal and state APPLYING FOR FINANCIAL AID financial aid include: • Acceptance to and enrollment in a program Eligibility for financial aid varies based on the student’s program and the criteria of of student at Emmanuel College specific awards. Students enrolled in the • H alf-time enrollment status (see table graduate-level programs will be considered for the Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan and below) the Federal TEACH Grant. Undergraduate • M aintaining satisfactory academic students in the BSN programs will be considered for Federal Direct Subsidized and progress Unsubsidized Loans, Federal Pell Grants and • B eing free from default on a previous Massachusetts State Grants. student loan To apply for financial aid for the 2020-2021 • B eing in compliance with selective service academic year, students must complete a 2020-2021 Free Application for Federal requirements Student Aid (FAFSA) and a 2020-2021 • U .S. citizenship or permanent resident Emmanuel College Application for Financial Aid. The FAFSA is available electronically status (refer to the FAFSA for more details) at fafsa.gov and the Emmanuel College Application may be found on the Graduate and Professional Programs section on the Emmanuel College
Finances 291 Students must maintain half-time status Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan General Information for to receive most forms of financial aid. Graduate students are eligible for the Graduate and Professional Programs The following is the criteria to determine Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan. enrollment status: This loan carries a fixed interest rate of 4.30%*. Borrowers may choose to defer the Enrollment Credits interest payments while in school and during Status per Semester their six-month grace period, but the interest will be capitalized. Undergraduate 12 or more credits Full-time 9-11 credits To borrow a Federal Direct Loan, students Three-quarter-time 6-8 credits are required to complete a Master Half-time Less than 6 credits Promissory Note (MPN) and Entrance Less than half-time Counseling. In order to complete these Graduate 6 or more credits documents, please visit http://studentaid. Full-time 3-5 credits ed.gov. Graduate students may borrow up to Half-time Less than 3 credits $20,500 per academic year, but this amount Less than half-time cannot exceed the cost of attendance minus other financial aid. All financial assistance, regardless of its source, will be credited toward institutional Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan costs first. Withdrawal or reduction in An additional Federal Loan for Graduate credit load may result in an adjustment to students who are eligible for the Federal or cancellation of the financial aid award. Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan or The student is responsible for reading and who have a remaining balance after their understanding all materials sent to the financial award. student, including information published in the Academic Catalog. The student This loan has a fixed interest rate of must meet all eligibility requirements to 5.30% for the 2020-2021 academic year be awarded and renew financial aid. If at and is available to students without an any time a student ceases to be eligible, adverse credit history. To qualify, students the financial aid will be canceled and the cannot be 90 days or more delinquent on student will be responsible for any balance the repayment of any debt or the subject on their account. of a default determination, bankruptcy discharge, foreclosure, repossession, tax FINANCIAL AID AWARD lien, wage garnishment, or write-off of a DESCRIPTIONS title IV debt during the last five years. The absence of any credit history is not viewed as Graduate Financial Aid adverse credit. Students enrolled in the Graduate and Professional programs will be considered Please contact the Student Financial for the following awards. The student’s total Services for more information on applying for award package may not be greater than the this loan. cost of attendance. 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
292 Finances General Information for Federal TEACH Grants Grade Dependent Independent Graduate and Professional Programs The Federal Teacher Assistance for College Level and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant is gift Student Student aid awarded to students intending to teach in a high-need field in a public or p rivate Freshman $5,500 $9,500 elementary or secondary school serving low- $10,500 income students. (0-31 credits) $12,500 Undergraduate Financial Aid Sophomore $6,500 Students enrolled in the undergraduate (32-63 credits) programs (BSN) will be evaluated for the following awards. The student’s need-based Junior $7,500 financial aid (e.g., Federal Direct Subsidized Senior Loans, Federal Pell Grants) may not be greater than the demonstrated financial (64+ credits) need as determined through an evaluation of their Free Application for Federal Student Federal Pell Grant Aid (FAFSA), not may the student’s total Gift aid from the federal government to award package be greater than the cost of undergraduate students with significant attendance. financial need. Federal Direct Subsidized Loans MA State Grants Undergraduate students who demonstrate Gift aid from the Commonwealth of financial need are eligible for a Federal Massachusetts to full-time undergraduate Direct Subsidized Loan. This loan carries students with significant financial need, who a fixed interest rate of 2.75% for the 2020- are also Massachusetts residents. Awards 2021 academic year, which the federal are estimated until the College receives government pays while the student borrower notification from the state’s scholarship is enrolled at least half-time. office. Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans Additional Loan Options Undergraduate students who do not For students who have a balance remaining demonstrate financial need are eligible for a after financial aid, who will be enrolled Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan. This loan in a less than half-time status, or who prefer carries a fixed interest rate of 2.75% for the not to apply for need-based financial aid, 2020-2021 academic year Borrowers may there are private loans available to assist choose to defer the interest payments while with educational costs. While there are a in school and during their six-month grace variety of loan options available, the Office period, but the interest will be capitalized. of Student Financial Services encourages borrowers to do their own research and Undergraduate Direct Loan annual limits select the lender that is best for them. are determined by academic standing Information regarding private student loans (next column), include both Subsidized and may be found at www.emmanuel.edu/ Unsubsidized amounts, and cannot exceed current-students.html and studentaid.gov. the cost of attendance minus other financial Emmanuel College does not endorse any aid. individual lender. Emmanuel College
Finances 293 When planning the method of payment, it aid will automatically have the excess funds General Information for is strongly recommended students borrow refunded to them. Students who would Graduate and Professional Programs for the entire year instead of applying each like the excess funds to remain on their semester. account to pay for additional costs (e.g., parking, student health insurance) or for Employer Partnerships future semesters must complete a Credit Emmanuel College partners with several Authorization Form. This form is available in area employers to provide specialized Student Financial Services or thorough the e ducational opportunities. If you are Student Financial Services – GPP section employed by one of the College’s partner of My Saints. Title IV financial aid consists organizations, you may qualify for a tuition of Federal Direct Loans, Federal Direct discount. Please contact please contact Graduate PLUS Loans, Federal Pell Grants, [email protected] or at 617- and Federal TEACH Grants. 735-9938 for additional info. PARKING ON CAMPUS Satisfactory Academic Progress To continue receiving financial assistance, To purchase a parking pass, please complete financial aid recipients are required to a parking application on the website at maintain satisfactory academic progress https://www.emmanuel.edu/discover- toward their degree. These requirements emmanuel/offices-and-services/parking/ stipulate that students maintain a minimum graduate-and-professional-programs- cumulative grade point average of 2.0 after student-parking/parking-application.html comp letion of four semesters of attendance. Once an application has been received, the Students must also successfully complete request will be processed and the student’s 67% of the attempted credits during each account will be charged accordingly. Once academic year, and must complete their the request is processed, the parking permit degree program within 150% of the normal will be available to be picked up in Student length of the program. Please refer to Financial Services, or the student may page 46 for more information regarding request to have it mailed. Satisfactory Academic Progress. 2020-2021 Parking Rates: CREDIT BALANCES 7-week session pass $70 Students who have a credit balance on their account with the College due to private loans, tuition remission, or overpayment may request to have the credit refunded to them by completing the Refund Request Form. Students can access the Refund Request Form at www.emmanuel.edu/refundrequest. Once the form is received by Student Financial Services, and a credit balance is confirmed to exist, payment in the amount of the refund will be processed to the student. Students who have a credit balance on their account due to excess Title IV financial 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
294 Finances General Information for UPDATING DEMOGRAPHIC Graduate and Professional Programs INFORMATION It is the student’s responsibility to keep the College informed of any changes in name, address or telephone number. Information may be updated on EC Online Services. Contact Information Office of Graduate and Professional Programs Phone: 617-735-9700 Fax: 617-507-0434 E-mail: [email protected] Office of the Registrar Phone: 617-735-9960 Fax: 617-264-7705 E-mail: [email protected] Student Financial Services Phone: 617-735-9938 Fax: 617-735-9939 E-mail: [email protected] Emmanuel College
Undergraduate Admissions Requirements 295 Undergraduate Admissions General Information for Requirements Graduate and Professional Programs UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS from www.mass.gov/dph/boards/rn REQUIREMENTS or eligibility to apply for reciprocity based on other U.S. State licensure. To complete your application for admission to an undergraduate degree program submit 5. Informational meeting or interview with an the following application materials: Enrollment Counselor or faculty member is recommended. 1. Completed application 6. O ptional Statement 2. Official Transcripts from all regionally If you feel there are significant weaknesses accredited academic institutions in your application that you wish to address, attended and, if applicable, an official please do so in a separate written statement. copy of standardized test scores and/ or military credit (DD-214). American Application materials should be sent to: Council on Education approved materials Emmanuel College (or equivalent, which will be verified by the Graduate and Professional Programs appropriate agency) will be reviewed for 400 The Fenway transfer credit as appropriate. Boston, MA 02115 • Emmanuel College will only accept official 617-507-0434 (efax) transcripts. Official transcripts will be [email protected] required for all academic regionally accredited institutions attended. Note: Generally, a GPA of 2.0 (cumulative) from previous coursework is expected. • BSN candidates are required to submit proof of RN licensure, which is accepted in lieu of the High School transcript. • International Transcripts must be translated into English and/or evaluated by a certified credential evaluation service. 3. Current Résumé A one-page (minimum) résumé summarizing your professional work experience and previous education. 4. Nursing License Proof of current Massachusetts RN License 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
296 Bachelor of Science in Nursing RN-to-BSN Bachelor of Science in Nursing RN-to-BSN Mary McDougall DNP, MPH, RNC Chair of the RN-BSN Program, Assistant Professor of Nursing Undergraduate Professional Program for The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is de- care needs of individuals and society. He Graduate and Professional Programs signed for current registered nurses (RNs). or she holds a strong commitment to the profession of nursing. As a caregiver, the The nursing education program provides professional nurse assumes accountability professional education in the art and science to individuals and society. The professional of nursing that synthesizes the Catholic nurse is responsible for rendering ethical intellectual tradition and a broad liberal professional nursing practice with a focus arts and sciences base into the practice of on continual quality improvement. She nursing. An Emmanuel education prepares or he acknowledges the importance of a professional who thinks critically, scholarly nursing practice achieved through communicates effectively and appreciates lifelong learning as a foundation for self- diverse human experience. This nursing actualization of personal and professional professional uses personal and professional goals. The nursing program is accredited standards and values to serve others in a by the Commission of Collegiate Nursing responsible, ethical practice. Education (CCNE), 655 K St. NW, Suite 750, Washington DC, 20001. Their website, www. The following beliefs frame the educational aacn.nche.edu, is a resource for information experiences offered to registered nurses: about nursing. • The professional nurse is committed to the Calendar time for program completion is promotion of health and wellness for all based upon student choice of a full-time or persons part-time program of study and transfer credit • The recipients of health care are unique and evaluation. have distinct emotional, physical, spiritual and social needs to which the professional LEARNING GOALS AND nurse must respond OUTCOMES • The nurse as caregiver uses knowledge and caring activities to effect positive outcomes At the completion of the Bachelor of Science for care recipients within the context of in Nursing Program, the student will: their environment 1. E xpand a personal philosophy of nursing • Assuming a leadership role in health care, the nurse advocates for access to health through reflection on the Catholic care for all members of society, particularly intellectual tradition to effect positive vulnerable populations through interprofes- outcomes for care-recipients within the sional collaboration context of their environments. 2. A ssume accountability for evidence and The graduate of the Bachelor of Science knowledge-based nursing practice and in Nursing program at Emmanuel College responsibility for involvement as a citizen is a caring, concerned professional who knowledgeable in interprofessional health understands systems of care and the health care systems. Emmanuel College
Bachelor of Science in Nursing RN-to-BSN 297 The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is scholarly nursing practice achieved through Undergraduate Professional Program for designed for current registered nurses (RNs). lifelong learning as a foundation for self- Graduate and Professional Programs actualization of personal and professional The nursing education program provides goals. The nursing program is accredited professional education in the art and science by the Commission of Collegiate Nursing of nursing that synthesizes the Catholic Education (CCNE), 655 K St. NW, Suite 750, intellectual tradition and a broad liberal Washington DC, 20001. Their website, www. arts and sciences base into the practice of aacn.nche.edu, is a resource for information nursing. An Emmanuel education prepares about nursing. a professional who thinks critically, communicates effectively and appreciates Calendar time for program completion is diverse human experience. This nursing based upon student choice of a full-time or professional uses personal and professional part-time program of study and transfer credit standards and values to serve others in a evaluation. responsible, ethical practice. LEARNING GOALS AND The following beliefs frame the educational OUTCOMES experiences offered to registered nurses: • The professional nurse is committed to the At the completion of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program, the student will: promotion of health and wellness for all 1. Expand a personal philosophy of nursing persons • The recipients of health care are unique and through reflection on the Catholic have distinct emotional, physical, spiritual intellectual tradition to effect positive and social needs to which the professional outcomes for care-recipients within the nurse must respond context of their environments. • The nurse as caregiver uses knowledge and 2. Assume accountability for evidence and caring activities to effect positive outcomes knowledge-based nursing practice and for care recipients within the context of responsibility for involvement as a citizen their environment knowledgeable in interprofessional health • Assuming a leadership role in health care, care systems. the nurse advocates for access to health 3. Practice as a professional nurse whose care for all members of society, particularly care-giving activities reflect the analysis vulnerable populations through interprofes- of theoretical knowledge from the liberal sional collaboration arts, sciences, nursing and evidence- based practice. The graduate of the Bachelor of Science 4. Integrate into the culture of nursing in Nursing program at Emmanuel College the concepts of caring that foster a is a caring, concerned professional who relationship between caregiver and care- understands systems of care and the health recipient which results in the achievement care needs of individuals and society. He of mutually agreed upon outcomes on the or she holds a strong commitment to the health/illness continuum. profession of nursing. As a caregiver, the professional nurse assumes accountability CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE to individuals and society. The professional nurse is responsible for rendering ethical NURS4170 Health Promotion Capstone professional nursing practice with a focus Practicum on continual quality improvement. She The purpose of this project is to evaluate or he acknowledges the importance of the ability of nursing students to exchange perceptions, ideas, and knowledge through a variety of teaching learning strategies. 2020-2021 Academic Catalog
298 Bachelor of Science in Nursing RN-to-BSN NURSING LICENSURE • Writing for Nursing Professionals or INFORMATION equivalent English composition course (one course) Proof of RN Licensure is required for • General Elective (three courses) admission to the BSN program. Total Requirements for Degree: 128 credits INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY OF NURSING: SIGMA We accept up to 96 transfer credits, THETA TAU INTERNATIONAL including up to 40 credits, awarded for an associate degree in nursing. Eligible students may apply for membership to Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Society of Nursing, during enrollment in senior coursework. NURS3101 Concepts of Professional Practice REQUIREMENTS This course introduces the student to the Nursing Major Courses conceptual roots of the theoretical bases of nursing practice. The focus of the course NURS3101 Concepts of Professional is expansion of the student’s knowledge of critical-thinking and decision-making Undergraduate Professional Program for Practice processes that translate the conceptual Graduate and Professional Programs roots of nursing into caregiving practices. NURS3103 Health Assessment The evaluation of nursing theories is examined. The nurse’s professional role NURS3105 Research in Nursing Practice will be explored to assist the student in role transition. This course is the designated NURS3108 Nursing Infomatics and writing-intensive course in the curriculum. 4 credits Computer Applications NURS3103 Health Assessment NURS3112 Leadership and Professional This course introduces knowledge and skills needed for comprehensive assessment Issues in Nursing of the client through selected experiences committed to the promotion of health and NURS3114 Diversity in Health Care wellness. These skills include history taking and physical assessment using inspection, and Contemporary Healing palpation, percussion, auscultation techniques, and documentation of findings. Interventions Students use critical thinking and decision making to integrate the resulting data in NURS4118 Community Health and Health developing a client-focused plan of care. 4 credits Promotion in Nursing Practice NURS3105 Research in Nursing Practice NURS4170 Health Promotion This course is an introduction to the process of scientific inquiry and its application Capstone Practicum to nursing practice. The focus is on the identification of researchable questions Prerequisite Courses derived from nursing practice, the critical examination of relevant research in the Scientific Inquiry: literature, and the application of evidence- BIOL2135 Anatomy and Physiology I BIOL2137 Anatomy and Physiology II BIOL3127 Microbiology Social Analysis: SOC1101 Introduction to Sociology: Analysis of Society in Global Perspective (SA) PSYCH1501 General Psychology (SA) PSYCH2303 Child Psychology (SA) General Studies • Moral Reasoning; Aesthetic Inquiry; H istorical Consciousness (two courses) • Theology & Religious Thought (one course) • Statistics for Nursing Professionals (one course) Emmanuel College
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