Sociology 249 tests are appropriate to use when. After delivery of health care. It provides an over Course Descriptions for having explored their topic through primary view of the social meaning of health and Arts and Sciences data collection and analysis, students will illness. The course analyzes the roles of explore their same topic through secondary hospitals, physicians, nurses, insurance data analysis, using the General Social and drug companies, alternative and Survey (GSS). At the end of the course, complementary medicine, and the hospice students will have completed an original movement. It contrasts the U.S. health sociological research project in which they care system to Canadian and European have empirically tested their hypotheses systems and discusses health care needs using appropriate statistical tests and will in developing countries. The course takes formally present those findings to the class. advantage of Emmanuel’s proximity to Fall and Spring semester. 4 credits world-class medical institutions in the Prerequisites: MATH1117 or MATH2113 Longwood Medical Area. or PSYCH2802 Fall semester, alternate years, expected fall 2020. 4 credits SOC2105 Race, Ethnicity and Group R elations (SA) SOC2127 Social Class and How do prejudice, power, and privilege I nequality (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 economic 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 d ifferent 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 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
250 Sociology Course Descriptions for for the ecological survival of the planet. one social policy and consider advocacy Arts and Sciences Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits strategies. Activities include a visit to the State House and a mock legislative hearing. SOC2131 Catholic Social Teaching (R) Spring semester, alternate years, expected This course will provide an introduction to spring 2020. 4 credits over 100 years of Catholic social teaching, using papal encyclicals, and pastoral letters SOC2205 War and Peace from the U.S. Catholic Conference of B ishops This course uses an interdisciplinary primarily. Analysis of the documents and approach to exploring the causes and c ritiques of the teachings will also be used. consequences of war and terrorism. The Each of the documents will be grounded course also explores peaceful ways of living in its sociological, political, economic and resolving conflict. Students will learn and religious context. A service-learning about the human, social, and financial costs component will be included in the course of war, in particular the adverse effects introducing students to service to people in on the lives of children. Students will also poverty in the Boston area. The mission of explore the historical and contemporary national and international Catholic social aspects of the ethics of peace. Students justice organizations will also be highlighted. will learn the difference between negative Spring semester. 4 credits peace, understood as the absence of war, (Cross-referenced with THRS2130) and positive peace, defined as professional- active peacemaking, by learning about the SOC2200: Drugs and Society peacemaking strategies of individuals, social This course will examine various theories, groups and organizations actively engaged in concepts, and issues related to drug use and creating a peaceful world. misuse from the sociological perspective. Spring semester, alternate years, expected With a goal of engaging in critical thinking spring 2020. 4 credits about this topic, class will include discussion on the definition of the social problem, its SOC2207 Deviant Behavior and Social place in a historical context (how these Controls definitions change over time and how The class focuses on the sociological these changes both reflect and reinforce study of the social construction to deviant specific elements/aspects of society), and behaviors and society’s response to the differential impact on individuals with a those behaviors deemed “deviant.” These focus on the systems that perpetuate these behaviors and the influence of social differences. controls will be examined from positivist Fall semester, alternate years, expected fall and social constructionist sociological 2020. 4 credits and criminological perspectives. A range Prerequistite: SOC1101 of behaviors will be covered, including but not limited to heterosexual deviance, SOC2201 The Practice of Social Policy interpersonal violence, sexual violence, Students will learn about the creation and alcoholism, illegal drug use, and Internet implementation of welfare reform and deviance. The main goals of this course are p overty-related policies as a means of to: 1) expand students’ knowledge of deviant unders tanding the policy-making process. behaviors, 2) acknowledge and understand S tudents will consider the political and the subjectivity of such behaviors, 3) economic c ontext for policymaking in learn related theoretical perspectives and Massachusetts today as they research empirical research, and 4) examine the role Emmanuel College
Sociology 251 social c ontrols (and labeling) play in defining SOC3115 The Sociology of Globalization Course Descriptions for d eviant behaviors and societal responses to This course explores the sociological aspects Arts and Sciences these behaviors. of globalization. We will examine whether Spring semester. 4 credits globalization has increased prosperity or created social inequalities in the global SOC2705 Sustainable Development: South and North. The course also discusses Paradigms and Policies the role of major global institutions, such This interdisciplinary course examines as the United Nations, the International the idea and practice of sustainable Monetary Fund, and the World Bank, in development in the global north and south shaping social development. from the perspectives of Economics, Fall semester, alternate years, expected Political Science and Sociology. The course fall 2019. 4 credits starts by analyzing definitions and theories Prerequisite: Junior or senior status or underlying the concept of sustainable permission of instructor development. It continues to critically assess the sustainability indices built on these SOC3201 Worlds in Motion: The Causes different paradigms before analyzing major and Consequences of Migration sustainability challenges such as population This course introduces students to the growth and climate change. Students will major theories of international migration also learn about the actors, processes and immigrant incorporation. Why do people and institutions at the national and undertake costly, emotionally painful, international levels that play a significant and, often, life-threatening journeys? role in sustainability policy. Lastly, the What happens to them once they arrive course examines policy measures towards in their place of destination? And how do sustainable development. factors such as race and gender impact the Spring semester. 4 credits settlement process? Although the course (Cross-referenced with POLSC2705) will primarily focus on immigration to and settlement in the United States, we will also SOC3101 Theories of Society explore the process of migration to other The goal of this course is to introduce parts of the world. Contemporary issues, students to classical and contemporary such as the current guest worker debate sociological theories. Students will become in the United States and the incorporation familiar with competing sociological of Muslim immigrants in the U.S. and perspectives by studying the works of Western Europe, will also be covered. Course prominent 19th-, 20th-, and 21st-century requirements include a significant research social theorists. Students will learn to paper and presentation. identify the major concepts of classical Spring semester, alternate years, expected and contemporary social theories and will spring 2021. 4 credits apply them to current social problems. Prerequisite: Junior or senior status or Students will e valuate the content of permission of instructor theories by assessing theorists’ explanations of social inequality and their views on the SOC3205 Crimes Against Humanity mechanisms of social change. This course examines crimes against Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits humanity from a social science perspective. Prerequisites: SOC1101 and at least one other Crimes against humanity are consistent Sociology course, and junior or senior status or and widespread atrocities condoned by permission of instructor a government or de facto authority. This course will discuss the links between these 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
252 Sociology Course Descriptions for crimes and the social stratification of spring 2020. 4 credits. Arts and Sciences different societies along the lines of gender, Prerequsites: SOC 1101 or EDUC 1111 or PSYCH race/ethnicity, and social class. Students 1501 or SOC 1203 and junior or senior status. will analyze crimes against humanity such as murder, extermin ation, torture, human SOC3210 Family Violence trafficking, sexual slavery, the enforced This course will examine the topic of family disappearance of persons, and the crime violence from sociological and criminological of apartheid. The course also explores perspectives. Students in this class will the work of institutions that fight crimes learn about various forms of family violence, against humanity, especially Interpol, the including intimate partner abuse, child International Criminal Court (ICC), and the abuse, elder abuse and sibling abuse Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) with a focus on causal factors. Students in South Africa. The course also takes a close will become familiar with traditional and look at how civilians and nongovernmental contemporary biological, psychological, organizations mobilize to fight crimes sociological and criminological theories against humanity. pertaining to family violence and abuse. The Spring semester, alternate years, expected class will raise students’ awareness of the spring 2020. 4 credits. consequences of family violence and discuss Prerequisite: Junior or senior status or the social and legal responses to this serious permission of instructor social problem. Fall semester. 4 credits SOC3207 Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Prerequisite: Sophomore Standing at Risk This course will analyze the nature, SOC4182 Directed Research extent, causes and consequences of This course involves independent research juvenile delinquency. Over the course in conjunction with a member of the of the semester, through discussion, department. It is open to senior sociology lecture and scholarly readings, students majors with departmental approval. will come to further understand the Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits complexity of the relationships between Prerequisite: Senior status juvenile delinquency and youth placed at risk by society. Using sociological and SOC4194 Internship in Sociology: Field criminological perspectives, students will Research in Professional Settings evaluate the causes of delinquency by Students participate in a supervised examining influential factors such as race, experience in a variety of sites: the courts class, gender, sexual orientation, education, and justice system, in social service mental health, substance abuse, family life and health care agencies, or in local or and peer groups. This class will focus on international social justice organizations. American juvenile delinquency but it will also Students will gain practical experience in expose students to a global perspective on professional settings with supervision while delinquency and youth at risk. The course preparing an analytical paper based on their will end by discussing the juvenile justice experience in the field. system and other societal responses and Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits interventions that juveniles are subjected Open to second semester juniors (80 credits) to and will explore how these responses and senior sociology majors only. influence juveniles and their life outcomes. Most major requirements must already Spring semester, alternate years, expected be fulfilled. Emmanuel College
Sociology 253 SOC4998 Community Action Research SOC4999 Seminar in Sociology Seminar Topics in theory and research in the major This 4000-level service learning course will areas of sociology will be presented and serve as an alternate capstone for sociology d iscussed by students and faculty. A major seniors. The course will move students paper and presentation are required of all from the world of academic research to the students. This course fulfills the capstone world of applied research by utilizing the requirement. skills students have learned in Sociology 2113: Methods of Social Research and Spring semester. 4 credits either Sociology 3103 or Sociology 3104 and applying them to a real world problem. Prerequisite: Open to senior sociology majors Students will work in groups and be paired with a local community organization to only. Most major requirements must already be help the organization identify a problem or question of interest. Students will then fulfilled. determine the best methodology to tackle the question, collect and analyze data, and present the findings in both a formal oral presentation to the organization’s staff, as well as produce a substantial research report. Particular attention will be paid to discussing how the findings respond to the initial question and how they can be applied to improving some aspect of the organization or program implemented by the organization. Fall semester, expected fall 2019. 4 credits Prerequisites: SOC2113 and SOC3103 OR SOC3104 Course Descriptions for Arts and Sciences 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
254 Theater Arts Course Descriptions for THEATER ARTS as role-playing exercises concerning other Arts and Sciences business and social situations. LSNS0313 Individual Lessons: Voice Fall semester. 4 credits This course is for private instruction in singing and vocal technique and can be SPCH3111 Public Speaking: Interactive taken by any Emmanuel College or COF Speech student, regardless of proficiency level. The In this course, advanced techniques of student will meet once per week on campus interpersonal communication will be with the instructor to work on improving stressed, enabling the student to handle technique, learning new repertoire and the complexities of business and social enhancing overall musicianship. Regular interaction. Role-playing situations include practice throughout the week between interviews, negotiations and debates. sessions is required. For majors or minors An emphasis will be placed on audience in the Theater Arts, these lessons may interaction, proxemics and nonverbal culminate in a year-end recital. Students communication, as well as the balance may enroll in the course as many times as of power between parties in any situation desired. where two or more parties directly interact. Fall and spring semesters. 0 credits. (Pass/Fail) Spring semester. 4 credits $450 lesson fee. Scholarship available: see Prerequisite: SPCH1111 or permission department chair of instructor LSNS0314 Individual Lessons: Piano THTR0111 Theatrical Productions This course is for private instruction in The Theater Arts program presents piano technique and performance and can two to four theatrical productions each be taken by any Emmanuel College or COF semester, ranging from small-scale, student, regardless of proficiency level. The student-directed shows to large, main- student will meet once per week on campus stage performances. Students must be with the instructor to work on improving enrolled to participate in one or more of technique, learning new repertoire and these productions. Participation can be as a enhancing overall musicianship. Regular performer, technician, and/or administrative practice throughout the week between ses- assistant, and may include acting, singing, sions is required. For majors or minors in the dancing, design, construction, musical Theater Arts, these lessons may culminate accompaniment, crew, front-of-house in a year-end recital. Students may enroll in support, writing of original material to the course as many times as desired. be staged, or any combination of these Fall and spring semesters. 0 credits. (Pass/Fail) in support of a show. Students are not $450 lesson fee. Scholarship available: see required to work on all the productions in department chair the semester, but are required to participate in at least one, including a minimum two SPCH1111 Public Speaking: Voice and hours of non-performance support for Diction any production for which they volunteer. Fundamentals of public speaking are Students may register after the drop/add studied, including volume and projection, period, as cast and crew lists are posted proper posture and voice-body integration, periodically throughout the semester. diction, clarity and techniques for engaging Students may also register for as many an audience. These skills are then applied to semesters as they choose. the composition, analysis and presentation Fall and spring semesters. 0 credits(Pass/Fail) of formal and informal speeches as well Emmanuel College
Theater Arts 255 THTR0312 Performance Techniques Students will study music, theater, and for the Singing Actor dance terminology, fundamentals, and basic This course incorporates movement, acting techniques of each art form. and vocal techniques for those interested in Spring semester. 4 credits musical theater. Course study to culminate in a scenes recital. Students may enroll in THTR1211 Dance: Barres and Ballet the course as many times as desired. This course will provide students with an Fall and spring semesters. 0 credits. (Pass/Fail) introduction to Ballet through a study of its basic principles, practices and terminology. THTR1101 Theater History and Through movement participation, students A ppreciation (AI-A) will learn barre and floor Ballet combinations This survey course traces the history of and technique culminating in a Ballet final. theater as an art form, a branch of literature, We will also explore Ballet history through a vocational craft and ultimately lectures, written assignments and films. as an expression of the human condition. Fall semester. 4 credits Students begin with an introduction to the elements of theater: its architecture, THTR1212 Dance: Concepts and Practice terminology and the roles and functions of This course will explore the history and each contributing artist in the theatrical importance of dance. It will also familiarize process. From here the history of the theater students with a broad range of dance is d iscussed, beginning with its early origins techniques and vocabularies such as and including study of key areas in theater Modern, Jazz, Hip Hop, Cardio, Latin, and history: Greek theater, religious theater of Yoga. Through movement participation the Middle Ages, the Elizabethan Era, the and dancing as a group, it will introduce Restoration theater, Victorian spectacle students to a range of musical rhythms and and the Era of Modernism. Finally, a critical body organization patterns. Instruction will p erspective is applied to the present- include dancing in class, class lectures, day t heater and students discuss how films, and handouts; written analyses will influences from each of the preceding eras also be required. Students will be able to have affected what is presented and the demonstrate the skills they learned in their expectation of audiences today. final. Spring semester. 4 credits Spring semester. 4 credits THTRCOF1102 Introduction to THTR1303 History of the American M usical Course Descriptions for Performing Arts Theater (AI-A) Arts and Sciences The gateway course to the COF minor in Emphasizing music and theater equally, Performing Arts, this course is a survey of this course studies the origins of American dance, theater, music, and performance musical theater from its European opera art through observation and listening, and operetta influences, through vaudeville readings, and experiential learning. The and minstrel shows and including the many class will include lectures, discussions, and variations of the form over the last half attendance at performances, as well as century. performance activities. Students will study Fall semester. 4 credits the varied roles of performing arts in history and throughout the world, as well as their THTR2101 Studies in Drama: Ritual and role in contemporary society. The business Social Reality of performing arts will also be considered. This course is a survey of dramatic literature 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
256 Theater Arts Course Descriptions for from the classical period to the modern era, THTR2113 Playing Shakespeare: from Arts and Sciences with an emphasis on drama’s fundamentally Study to Stage communal character. The playwrights The course combines the reading of a considered may include Sophocles, small selection of Shakespeare’s plays with Aristophanes, Plautus, Shakespeare, a performance component in which Behn, Moliere, Ibsen, Chekhov, Brecht, students prepare scenes for class and B eckett, as well as medieval and presentation. Students also consider staging renaissance genres such as the mystery and and performance issues by attending morality plays and the c ommedia dell’arte. live performances and by analyzing film Fall semester, alternate years, expected versions of the plays. By adding a theatrical fall 2019. 4 credits dimension to the traditional study of texts, the course translates the written word into THTR2102 Modern Drama that complex of speech and action that This course analyzes selected plays by brings drama to life. British, European, American and world Fall semester, alternate years, expected dramatists of the 20th century, with close fall 2020. 4 credits attention to the evolving methods and sensibilities associated with the cultural THTR2212 The Moving Body movements of naturalism, modernism, This course provides an introduction to and postmodernism. Writers may include principles of the body in motion and its Ibsen, Shaw, Wilde, Brecht, Beckett, O’Neill, application to dance and other movement Soyinka, Churchill, Kushner, Friel, and techniques. Students will investigate Wilson. physiology through movement exploration, Fall semester, alternate years, expected fall observation, reading assignments, and 2020. 4 credits written analyses. Various theories will be considered, including experiential anatomy, THTR2111 Acting: Basic Techniques Laban Movement Analysis, and Bartenieff This course is a production-oriented study Fundamentals. Through these methods, of movement, acting and improvisation students will improve physical performance techniques. Students practice rehearsal and increase range of expression. methods, text analysis and interpretation, Spring semester. 4 credits and learn the basic fundamentals of acting. Students perform scenework as well as THTR2312/2313 Advanced Performing improvisation, and careers in acting are Techniques for the Singing Actor discussed. This course provides singer-actors who have Fall semester. 4 credits already taken THTR0312 with weekly vocal coaching sessions in order to deepen their THTR2112 Acting: Styles and Genres connection with the various skills required Basics of acting are a pplied to specific to prepare for a performance on stage. The styles and genres, including Greek Drama, students will receive individual attention in Elizabethan Theater, Restoration Comedy, a workshop setting, aimed at improving dic- Comedy of Manners and Realism. Students tion, rhythm, phrasing, breath control, emo- present scenes from classic plays and study tive expression, listening skills and practice the conventions of various major periods in habits. While the majority of the time will be theater history. spent in song and peer discussion, students Spring semester. 4 credits will receive the chance to work as a class on common topics that arise. The class will Emmanuel College
Theater Arts 257 culminate in a performance at the end of the THTR3122 Playwriting Course Descriptions for semester, in which everyone will be required Students will learn the elements of a well- Arts and Sciences to participate. made play, guidelines for submission of Fall and spring semesters. 2 credits manuscripts professionally to theater Prerequisite: PERF0312 or permission companies and dramatists’ organizations, of instructor elements of drama, crafting of stage directions, and the process of producing, THTR3101 Dramaturgy and Play Analysis acting in, and directing original work. To This course offers study and analysis of this end, students will each develop a new t heater history and topical readings. Indi play workshop-style and also read from, vidual research projects by class members act in, and direct scenes from these original are required. works. Emphasis will be placed on writing Spring semester, alternate years, expected specifically for actors and directors. spring 2020. 4 credits Fall semester, alternate years, expected Prerequisite: PERF1101 or permission of fall 2019. 4 credits instructor THTR4131 Theater Arts Internship THTR3121 Theatrical Design and This internship is designed to offer the Production s tudent related experience in a theater In this course, students gain hands-on company, organization or talent agency. experience with every aspect of theatrical Prerequisites: INT1001, PERF1111, production, from show selection and script PERF2111, PERF3111, and permission analysis to lighting, costuming and scenic of department chair design. In conjunction with the instructor, Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits students will select a script or set of short scripts as the basis for a project portfolio. THTR4178/4179 Directed Study I and Each part of the production process will then Directed Study II be explored in relation to each student’s Students take part in independent and project, beginning with the thematic analysis individual study in the field of their choice. of the script, and continuing with set design, Fields offered include: directing (student lighting design, costume design, sound d irects his or her own production under design, prop selection, casting, blocking and f aculty superv ision), playwriting, production publicity. Professionals in each dramaturgy, individual performance, field may also be invited to visit class and advanced technical projects, recital (voice field student questions. Students will also or piano), topics in music theory, topics in participate in the current Emmanuel College musical analysis, topics in music history, Theater production (THTR0111) and will and composition. apply skills developed in class to the actual Fall and spring semesters. 4 crediits working production for credit. A p articular emphasis will be placed on the technical side of the directorial process. Spring semester, alternate years, expected spring 2021. 4 credits Prerequisite: THTR1101 or permission of instructor 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
258 Theology and Religious Studies Course Descriptions for THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS will become acquainted with the basic Arts and Sciences STUDIES plot, characters, literary forms, religious institutions, theology and ethical teachings THRS1115 Jesus and Christian Ethics (RCT) of the Bible. Christian ethics can only be “Christian” in Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits reference to Jesus Christ, who, according to Christian faith, continues to call people THRS2101 What is Religion? (R) to become his disciples. On the basis of This course offers an introduction to the the study of the Synoptic Gospels (supple- academic study of religion. In addition to mented with passages from the letters of St. some of the theories of religion, students Paul), the course compares the kind of ethics will explore some of the most common that the NT proposed to the first Christians, p henomena found in religious traditions, and the kind of ethics that it proposes to such as symbols, rituals, human identity, Christians today. The course will also intro- ethics, ideas of the afterlife, and so forth. duce the students to diverse ethical models Fall semester. 4 credits and systems espoused by Christian authors today, with special emphasis on ethics. THRS2102 In the Beginning: Adam to Spring semester. 4 credits Moses (RCT) This course will enable students to acquire THRS1103 Exploring Catholic a detailed familiarity with of the Pentateuch Theology (RCT) (the first five books of the Bible). The focus The course explores the central aspects of will be on the main events and characters Catholic theology today. Catholic theology is of these books, for example, Adam and Eve, the result of the Church’s reflection upon its Noah, Abraham and Sarah, Moses and the own experience of faith, which is shaped by deliverance from Egypt, as well as most the historical and cultural contexts in which significant religious institutions in Israel, it takes place. In this academic approach such as the Sabbath, worship, covenant to theology, students will explore critically and Law. Topics will be examined using the Catholic understandings of God, of Jesus methods of modern biblical interpretation Christ, of the Church, sacraments, biblical as well as ancient Christian and Jewish interpretation, tradition and morality, among methods of interpretation. other themes. Special emphasis will be Spring semester, alternate years, expected placed on the transformation of Catholic spring 2021. 4 credits. practice and theology after the Second Vatican Council. THRS2105 Judaism (R) Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits This course offers an introduction to Judaism and surveys its history. It examines THRS1111 Exploring the Bible (RCT) scripture, beliefs, ritual, ethics, intellectual The Christian Bible consists of two parts: life and the roles of women. the first testament contains those sacred Spring semester, alternate years, expected texts that comprise the Jewish Bible, and the spring 2020. 4 credits second testament adds the early Christian writings held sacred by the Church. This THRS2108 Religion and the Environment: course explores the meaning of these texts Ethical Explorations (R) to believing communities today by examining In this course, students will engage in the the cultural, theological and historical debate about the relationship between influences that shaped them. Students Emmanuel College
Theology and Religious Studies 259 humans and their environment from a has ranged from the harmonious to the comparative religious ethical perspective. conflictual. Major historical intersections Discussion will address such questions as between science and religion will be studied the roots of current environmental concerns, as well as different conceptual formulations various religious ethical perspectives on of their relationship. A range of options these concerns and personal responsib ility will be considered, and students will be to the other-than-human world. free to voice their own well-considered Fall semester, alternate years, expected interpretations. fall 2020. 4 credits Fall semester. 4 credits THRS2111 Love and Justice (RCT) THRS2130 Catholic Social Teaching (RCT) Course Descriptions for This course explores how Christians’ faith This course will provide an introduction to Arts and Sciences shapes their understandings of what to over 100 years of Catholic social teaching, do and how to be. Attention is paid to the using papal encyclicals and pastoral letters sources and methods in Christian ethics, from the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops focusing on the Biblical ideas of justice primarily. Analysis of the documents and and love as key themes. A variety of ethical critiques of the teachings will also be used. issues such as economic justice, marriage Each of the documents will be grounded and sexuality, the environment, and topics in its sociological, political, economic in health care are examined, drawing on and religious context. A service-learning a range of historical and contemporary component will be included in the course approaches to these questions. This introducing students to service to people in course includes a required service learning poverty in the Boston area. component. The mission of national and international Fall semester. 4 credits Catholic social justice organizations will also be highlighted. THRS2114 The Prophets: Power, Politics Spring semester, alternate years, expected and Principles (RCT) spring 2020. 4 credits The Hebrew prophets were vocal critics of (Cross-referenced with SOC2131) the power structures and political institu- tions of their day. They took a stand against THRS2131 Relationships and Sexuality: the abuse of power, exploitation of the poor, Christian Perspectives (RCT) land grabbing, self-seeking, religious cor This course explores diverse Christian views ruption, and other societal ills. This course on human sexuality and relationships with will examine the range of ethical issues the particular attention to issues of social jus- prophets addressed, discover the princi- tice, gender studies and sexual orientation. ples they championed, and invite students Spring semester, alternate years, e xpected to make application of these principles to spring 2021. 4 credits p resent-day social issues. Spring semester, alternate years, expected THRS2135 World Religions (R) spring 2020. 4 credits Students will encounter some of the world’s many religious traditions by studying their THRS2116 Science and Religion (RCT) origins, writings, rituals and beliefs as well Science and religion are two of the most as contemporary expressions of these powerful forces in the modern world. This religions. course will address their relationship, which Spring semester. 4 credits 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
260 Theology and Religious Studies Course Descriptions for THRS2150 Contemplation and Action: An the many instances of religiously inspired Arts and Sciences Introduction to Christian Spirituality (RCT) v iolence in today’s world. This course will The world’s great religions all link the inner, explore the ways in which world religions spiritual transformation of individuals to the promote war and peace, with an eye toward outward transformation of their lives and understanding when and how our own of the world. This travel course to Italy and r eligious communities can be more effective Belgium will examine how some Christians at peacemaking and the promotion of human have understood the transformation of their rights. personal lives and expressed that transfor- Fall semester. 4 credits mation through their active engagement in the world. A particular focus of this course THRS2202 Hinduism (R) is development of both contemplative tra- India is one of the world’s rising powers, ditions and “active” spiritualties, as we and its dominant religion is Hinduism. will examine various forms of mysticism, This course will provide students with an Benedictine, Franciscan and Jesuit spiritual- introductory knowledge of Hindu tradition, ity. We will also focus on two contemporary including its history, beliefs, practices groups by visiting their places of origin: the and cultural expressions such as art and Sisters of Notre Dame in Namur, Belgium architecture. and the lay Community of Sant’Egidio in Spring semester, alternate years, expected Rome, Italy. spring 2020. 4 credits Travel component required Spring semester, alternate years, expected THRS2205 The Gospels: Portraits of spring 2020. 4 credits. Jesus (RCT) The four canonical gospels (Matthew, Mark, THRS2154 India: Religion, Culture, Justice Luke and John) are the primary sources for (R) the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. India is a rising power that will play an This course will explore how the words important geopolitical role in the 21st spoken by Jesus became oral stories about century. This is a travel course to that rising Jesus and were finally written down as the power. In the spring prior to our summer texts we have today. We will focus on each travel, students will take a preparatory gospel’s distinctive theological interpreta- course introducing them to Indian history tion of the historical figure of Jesus and will and culture. A travel component will occur examine what makes each gospel unique over a three-week period in June. The with respect to the others. The course will focus of our interest will be India’s religious also discuss some of the gospels that are not pluralism, struggles for justice and cultural included in the Bible, such as The Gospel of expressions such as art and architecture. Thomas, The Infancy Gospel of James, and Travel component required The Gospel of Mary Magdalene. Spring semester, alternate years, expected Fall semester, alternate years, expected spring 2020. 4 credits fall 2020. 4 credits THRS2201 War, Peace and THRS2207 Why the Church? (RCT) Religions (R) While most Americans continue to believe Does religion primarily pacify or foment in God and value spirituality, participation v iolence? Adherents of many of the world’s in religious institutions is declining. At the religions understand their religions to be same time Christianity insists on the neces- religions of peace. Yet there is no denying sity of the church as community with other believers. Why? This course will examine the Emmanuel College
Theology and Religious Studies 261 importance of the community dimensions Fall semester, alternate years, expected Course Descriptions for of Christianity in addressing current social fall 2020. 4 credits Arts and Sciences issues such as peace, justice, the environ- ment and women’s rights. It will also explore THRS2211 Islam (R) the role of sacraments. Though the primary This course will introduce students to Islam focus will be the Catholic Church, dialogue from its classical period to the present and cooperation among the many expres- day, including its interaction with the sions of Christianity will also be addressed. West. Particu lar attention will be paid to Fall semester, alternate years, expected ethical teachings and practices, the lived fall 2020. 4 credits experiences of Muslims, and the theological, cultural and geographical diversity within THRS2208 Global Christianity (RCT) the tradition. The course will include a field Christianity is a global religion, not only trip to a local mosque. because it is geographically spread Fall semester, alternate years, expected throughout the world, but because it realizes fall 2020. 4 credits itself in and through the diverse cultures in which it is embedded. This course will THRS2212 Buddhism: Beliefs and Practices examine the many different expressions (R) of Christianity around the world to search Buddhism is an important world religion that for their differences and commonalities. is growing rapidly in America. This course Sociopolitical implications and relationships will introduce students to Buddhism as a to other g lobalizing processes will also textual tradition and as a lived, historical be critically examined as well as the rise reality. Students will be encouraged to of fundamentalisms across cultures and consider Buddhism and its ultimate claims denominations. Although attention will be regarding human existence in a sympathetic paid to the h istory of Christianity in specific yet critical manner. countries and cultures, the course will be Spring semester, alternate years, expected especially concerned with how Christianity spring 2021. 4 credits is lived and understood today by the people in the v ariety of cultures and denominational THRS2213 Liberation Theology (RCT) expressions we will examine. Liberation Theology is one of the main Fall semester, alternate years, expected Christian theologies today and it originated fall 2020. 4 credits in Latin America. This course will focus on the methodology of Liberation Theology, THRS2209 History of Christianity: Between on its Christology, and on its view of the Prophecy and Compromise (RCT) church and the church’s role in society. The This survey course will address the major main authors to be studied are Gustavo historical, theological and doctrinal Gutiérrez, Leonardo Boff, and Jon Sobrino. developments in the 2,000-year-long The discussion of the topic will be introduced history of the Christian church. Special by a review of Latin American history and attention will be given to the most influential religion between 1492 and present time, turning points and to the recurring tension of Vatican II and its impact on current between those who tried to accommodate Catholicism, and of some of the sociological the Christian message to the surrounding and philosophical methodologies culture in order to make it more socially appropriated by Liberation theologians such relevant, and those who interpreted the as “theory of dependence” and Marxism. role of Christianity as a witness against the Since part of the ecclesial practice in which prevailing culture’s v alues and expectations. Liberation Theology originates includes political persecution and martyrdom, the 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
262 Theology and Religious Studies Course Descriptions for course will also study briefly personalities THRS2223 The First Christians (RCT) Arts and Sciences such as Mons. Romero, Ignacio Ellacuría The first followers of Jesus of Nazareth were S.J., Sr. Dorothy Stang, SND. a diverse group of people who left behind Spring semester, alternate years, expected a significant body of writings, only some spring 2021. 4 credits of which are found in the New Testament. Among the first Christians there were THRS2217 Women in the World Religions competing understandings of important (R) issues. Who is Jesus? Was he simply a good This course addresses issues of concern and righteous man? A powerful prophet; the to women in comparative perspective. Son of God? What does it take to join this Drawing on women’s voices from multiple group called Christians? Is there a place religious and cultural traditions, the course for women? How should a follower of Jesus explores such issues as women’s leadership live? How should the Christian community roles, languages and imagery, family life organize itself: what are its structures, how and sexuality, relationship to sacred texts, is authority used, and who gets to decide? and so forth. This course will examine these and other Fall semester, alternate years, expected issues by carefully studying all the most fall 2021. 4 credits important letters of the New Testament as well as other early Christian writings not THRS2219 Women in Christian found in the New Testament. Traditions (RCT) Fall semester, alternate years, expected The religious and social experiences of fall 2019. 4 credits women in the various Christian traditions form the basis for this course. Topics THRS2305 Southern Africa: Ethics, Religion include the changing roles women have & Global Health (RCT) played in multiple cultural, historical and This travel course and service learning denominational expressions of Christianity; course will examine the connections language and imagery; leadership and between religion, culture, and health care in women’s ordination; topics of particular South Africa and Swaziland as a case study interest to class participants. in the ethics of global health. How have Spring semester, alternate years, expected religious communities have been both an spring 2020. 4 credits obstacle and a resource in the struggle for racial justice and health justice, particularly THRS2221 Radical Christianity (RCT) during and after apartheid, the AIDS The American media have an obsession epidemic, and current migration challenges. with fundamentalist Christianity, but rarely During the two-week travel portion in pay attention to justice-oriented, activist May, students will have the opportunity Christianity. This course will attempt to visit faith communities, health care to correct that imbalance by studying organizations, and important historical sites. those Christians who express their faith They will also carry out service with a in the most compassionate, dangerous, Hospice at Home program for AIDS patients unconventional and self-sacrificial ways. in Swaziland. Travel component required. In so doing, we will gain knowledge of an Spring semester, alternate years, expected important sociological movement, as well as spring 2021. 4 credits the provocative theology that energizes it. Fall semester, alternate years, expected fall 2020. 4 credits Emmanuel College
Theology and Religious Studies 263 THRS3133 Social Justice and interpretations over its meaning. Topics will Course Descriptions for Religious Traditions (R) include the mission of the church, roles of Arts and Sciences The relationship of social issues with laity and women, leadership and authority, r eligious belief and commitment is the ecumenism and the relationship of Mary and s ubject of investigation in this course. the church. Students will study past and present social Spring semester, alternate years, expected teachings of some of the major religious spring 2021. 4 credits t raditions, exploring how religious beliefs Prerequisite: One previous THRS course or can translate into social visions of justice, permission of instructor developing some tools and techniques of social and religious analysis, and discussing THRS3203 World Religions in Conflict and and analyzing social issues of particular Dialogue (R) concern to class participants in light of World Religions in Conflict and Dialogue will how some of today’s religious communities address the crucial issue of interreligious s truggle to resolve these concerns. relations from a variety of approaches. How Fall semester, alternate years, expected do religions understand themselves? How fall 2020. 4 credits do they interpret the religious other? Why Prerequisite: One previous THRS course or do some religious leaders fear interaction p ermission of instructor with other religions, while other religious leaders embrace it? In order to address THRS3135 Contemporary Issues in these questions, we will study disciplines Catholicism (RCT) such as interreligious dialogue (the practice This course addresses selected issues of of substantive conversation with a member c oncern in the Roman Catholic Church of a different religion), theology of religions that arise out of the church’s encounter (how religions interpret another), and with contemporary cultures. Issues such comparative theology (thinking across as abortion, assisted procreation and war, religious boundaries). along with other issues selected by students Fall semester, alternate years, expected will be examined in their historical context, fall 2019. 4 credits especially in light of the teachings of the Prerequisite: One previous THRS course or Second Vatican Council and of recent popes. p ermission of instructor Students have the opportunity to choose a research project in an area of their own par- THRS4178 Directed Study ticular interest. Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits Spring semester, alternate years, expected Prerequisite: Permission of instructor spring 2021. 4 credits Prerequisites: One previous THRS course or THRS4182 Directed Research permission of instructor Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits Prerequisite: Permission of instructor THRS3143 Changing World, Changing Church: Vatican Council II (R*) This course is an exploration of the impact of Vatican Council II on the life and minis- try of the church today. It will examine the continuing relevance of Vatican II for the life of the church today and the conflict of 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
264 Interdisciplinary Courses Course Descriptions for INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSES the English economy, these theories and Arts and Sciences the novels that embody their significance HONOR1301 A Scientific Society: Morality struggle to represent the irony of what it and Molecules (SI) means to be human. Readings will include, Our world is enmeshed in an ever-growing but are not limited to, selections from partnership and dependence on science Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan, David Hume’s A This course aims to explore the ways Treatise of Human Nature, Oliver Goldsmith’s scientists and their contributions have been The Vicar of Wakefield, Jane Austen’s impactful in social, political, economic, Persuasion, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. and ethical spheres throughout history. Spring semester, according to Honors Program We will explore the paradox that arises rotation. 4 credits when a single scientific discovery can both Participation in College Honors Program feed the world’s starving and spawn the development of the first chemical warfare HONOR2202 Reading Shakespeare: agent. When bombs can be a sustainable An Interdisciplinary Approach (AI-L) source of energy, and cures for disease can This course uses an interdisciplinary poison the environment. We will examine approach to explore Shakespeare as a the dilemmas faced by individual scientists powerful cultural force through which ideas as they attempt the balancing act of gaining about history, the literary canon, the theater, a deeper understanding and the moral art, politics, religion, gender, sexuality, perils that accompany their discoveries. class, and society itself are produced. We This course also seeks to highlight the focus on two plays written at the turn of the role society plays in mediating broader 17th century, Twelfth Night and Hamlet. In ethical considerations and technological addition to doing in-depth readings of the advances. Lastly, we will address whether plays in their historical contexts, we study responsibility ultimately falls to the film adaptations (Almereyda’s Hamlet, scientists for the promotion of social justice Fick-man’s She’s the Man, and Pool’s Lost and a betterment of civilization. and Delirious), famous readings of the Fall semester, according to Honors Program plays (Freud, Coleridge, and T.S. Eliot), and rotation. 4 credits significant theoretical approaches (feminist, Participation in College Honors Program, psychoanalytic, new historicist, queer restricted to Freshman Honors only theory). Spring semester, according to Honors Program HONOR2201 Affective Reading: Sympathy rotation. 4 credits aL)nd the Institution of the English Novel (AI- Participation in College Honors Program Affective Reading: Sympathy and the Institution of the English Novel will provide HONOR2301 Imagining the Nation: students with an interdisciplinary analysis of Revolution in Modernity (SA) one of the most recognizable literary genres This course will use the European ideological in the world. Tracing the developments and socio-economic debates of of different philosophical approaches the 19th century as a backdrop in order to sympathy in the 18th century, this to examine the revolutionary typology, course will consider how novels respond which became the drive toward national to the emotional needs of their readers by fulfillment and modernity. The course will presenting the p ossibilities and limitations examine in depth the sources and outcomes of human interaction. Emerging at a time of revolution along the political, social, when the slave trade provided the basis of economic and psychological organization Emmanuel College
Interdisciplinary Courses 265 of societies and states. The spread of selections of Gustavo Gutierrez’s A Theology Course Descriptions for revolutions beyond Europe took place as of Liberation. Arts and Sciences states’ emphasis was on effectiveness, Fall semester, according to Honors Program rather than citizen participation, especially rotation. 4 credits. in the age of increased globalization. Participation in College Honors Program Consequently the main cases that the course will examine will be 20th century, HONORS2404 Enlightenment and the Age of non-European cases with diverse yet Revolutions (H) common trajectories whose experiences Beginning with The Enlightenment new have wide applicability: Cuba, since it unifies ideas of liberty, self-government and and continues a process in Latin America equality emerged, fueling America’s war for which dates back to the Mexican revolution, independence, and sparking revolutions and Iran, since organizationally and in France, Haiti and Latin America. This geopolitically the case represents distinct course will examine the Enlightenment as lessons for contemporary states seeking a precursor to the Age of Revolutions, then to balance social, economic, political and study each revolution in detail, exploring the psychological structures of the universal interconnectedness of these social, political values of modernity and the relativism of and ideological movements as they occurred traditional cultures. throughout the Atlantic world. Students Spring semester, according to Honors Program will consider these individual events as rotation. 4 credits. part of a transnational, global movement Participation in College Honors Program towards independence and democracy, and consider how the past continues to influence HONOR2402 Justice: Theories, Evidence our thinking on government, equality, and Practice (M) dependence, and a variety of other issues This course provides students with a facing modern global citizens. foundational knowledge of theories of justice Fall semester, according to Honors Program by engaging them in a survey of analyses rotation. 4 credits. that approach issues of justice and injustice Participation in College Honors Program from an interdisciplinary perspective. The course challenges students to reflect on how HONOR2405 Interreligious Ethics (R) justice can be achieved within a capitalist This course addresses the intensified global society that is profoundly unequal. importance of interreligious ethics in Students will critically assess “evidence” contemporary global society by focusing on of justice and injustice from different the interactions of the major world religions. theoretical and artistic standpoints. As Students will analyze interreligious relations justice is not merely a theoretical issue but historically, politically, and theologically. also a practical one (and an urgent one at Students will creatively synthesize this that), students will apply the knowledge data in order to generate an interreligious of justice acquired in the first part of the ethic for a religiously plural global society course to the actual p ursuit of justice in characterized by justice. the last part of the course. Readings may Spring semester, according to Honors Program include John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice, rotation. 4 credits Herbert Marcuse’s One-Dimensional Man, Participation in College Honors Program Amartya Sen’s The Idea of Justice, Martha Nussbaum’s Creating Capabilities, and 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
266 Interdisciplinary Courses Course Descriptions for HONOR2501 Science in the Larger Social problems seem too large for us to Arts and Sciences World (SI) solve as individuals, but doing nothing just The world of science is often perceived as perpetuates the cycle. There are individuals existing in a vacuum; the dispassionate and organizations that are making a search for truth independent of influence difference, addressing social problems at and bias. In reality, the practice of science the political, social and individual level. sits right in the middle of the “spaghetti Each of us can also make a difference once bowl” of knowledge, impacting fields such we understand the sources of the problem, as law, politics, literature, art, religion, the ways to engage in prosocial behavior and business, and being equally subject and the social and personal factors that to influence from these fields and others. affect our ability to create positive social What would the science be in going to the change. Learning about the research moon without Jules Verne? What impact will behind prosocial behavior and being knowing your genetic sequence have on your transformational leaders provides us with a future job options? Does prayer play any strong foundation for creating real change in role in surgical outcomes? We will address our own communities. Facilitating positive these questions (and many others) as we social change is challenging and requires investigate the role of science in the larger the ability to learn and adapt. Throughout world around us. the semester, we will (a) critically evaluate Fall semester, according to Honors Program the research on specific social issues rotation. 4 credits and the research on prosocial behavior Participation in College Honors Program and leadership, b) self-evaluate our own reactions to social problems and motives HONORS2503 Ethics and Mental Health for helping, (c) learn about real efforts in (M) our community to create social change, and This course examines moral issues that (d) develop our own proposals for fostering arise in the context of mental health change. We will rely upon both academic practices in the West, particularly the research and practical experience to learn United States. Topics explored include the about the issues, and we will communicate commodification of mental health, the use our observations and arguments through of drugs to treat psychiatric conditions, the professional writing and presentations. potential harms associated with diagnostic Spring semester, according to Honors Program practice, the ethics of neuroenhancement, rotation. 4 credits the relationship between mental disorder Participation in College Honors Program and responsibility, and the value of neurodiversity. Students also will consider IDS2113 Basic Issues in Women’s Studies what counts as a good life and whether and to what extent dominant mental health (SA) practices promote human flourishing. This interdisciplinary course examines Fall semester, according to Honors Program some of the issues and themes raised by rotation. 4 credits the second and third waves of the women’s Participation in College Honors Program movement and by the current scholarship on women. It examines concepts such as HONOR2601 Developing Leadership and patriarchy, feminism, gender stereotypes Creating Community Change (SA) and sexism. Through the study of literature, We read about and observe hardship and anthropology, sociology and feminist injustice daily, and a common reaction is theory, it looks at women’s creativity, self- to feel helpless to assist those in need. definitions and cultural images, taking into Emmanuel College
Competency Program 267 account variations of experience by race and COMPETENCY PROGRAM class. INT1001 Career Planning and Engagement Spring semester, alternate years, expected This course helps to prepare students for an internship or job search. Students in this spring 2018. 4 credits course will learn how to effectively search and apply to internships, use resources IDS4494 Internship such as HireSaints and LinkedIn, as well Students enrolled in interdisciplinary as develop a resume and cover letter. majors may complete an internship in an Student will have the opportunity to develop appropriate setting with the approval of their their interviewing skills through a mock advisor. interview with a career professional and will Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits understand how to accurately and effectively market their strengths to employers during Prerequisite: Senior status an internship or job search. Upon successful completion of this course, students will INT3211 Experiential Internship in the Nat- receive a Pass notation on their transcript. Required of all First-Year students. ural Sciences/Mathematics Fall, spring and summer semesters, Biology, biostatistics, chemistry and math- 0 credits. Pass/Fail ematics majors may apply to do an intern- ship in a research or non-research setting. Course Descriptions for The internship site and project must be Arts and Sciences appropriate for the disciplines above and it is the student’s responsibility to obtain an internship. The options for sites could include venues that would allow for career exploration. A complete proposal form for the internship must be submitted to the faculty teaching the course and to the Career Center by the first day of class. The proposal must describe the project, the name and commitment from the onsite supervisor and the expectations and significance of the internship. The proposal must be approved by the student’s academic advisor and signed by the site supervisor. Students meet for a minimum of 15 hours per week at the internship site. Students meet weekly with a faculty coordinator and are evaluated by the site supervisor and faculty coordinator. A comprehensive portfolio and formal pre- sentation are required. This one-semester internship course counts as an Emmanuel College elective, but not as an elective to- ward the biology, biostatistics, chemistry or mathematics major. Fall and spring semesters. 4 credits Prerequisite: INT1001, junior or senior status and permission of department. 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
General Information for 268 Graduate and Professional Programs Graduate and Professional Programs UNDERGRADUATE PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN-to-BSN) 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 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Master of Science in Human Resource Management (HRM) Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN MANAGEMENT Master of Science in Business Administration (MBA) Master of Science in Management (MSM) Graduate Certificate in Management and Leadership Master of Science in Management with specialization in Research Administration (RAM) Graduate Certificate in Research Administration GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN NURSING Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) (Education and Administration Tracks) Graduate Certificate in Nursing Education Graduate Certificate in Nursing Administration Emmanuel College
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270 Academic Policies and Procedures General Information for Academic Policies and Procedures 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 Emmanuel College
Academic Policies and Procedures 271 the letter grade earned and are not eligible for An INC grade carries 0.00 quality points, until General Information for a UW grade. the faculty member has submitted a final Graduate and Professional Programs 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 f 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 c ompleted 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 2019-2020 Academic Catalog awarded.
272 Academic Policies and Procedures General Information for ACADEMIC REVIEW BOARD with the provisions of the Family Educational Graduate and Professional Programs Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 as amended 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 confidentiality 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 telephone 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 Emmanuel College
Academic Policies and Procedures 273 consent of the student. However, the College RN-BSN program may transfer up to 96 General Information for will verify financial awards and release data credits, of which 40 credits may transfer in Graduate and Professional Programs 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). 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
274 Academic Policies and Procedures General Information for Questions about transfer credits should be A cumulative grade point average of 2.0 (C) Graduate and Professional Programs directed to the student’s Academic Advisor. or higher is required for graduation in the 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 p ercentage of the graduating class of Emmanuel College’s Graduate and u ndergraduate 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. Emmanuel College
Academic Policies and Procedures 275 Degree-seeking students are not eligible to POLICY ON COMMENCEMENT General Information for receive the certificate and will be awarded PARTICIPATION Graduate and Professional Programs 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: 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
276 Academic Policies and Procedures General Information for • C ompletion of placement, proficiency tests Graduate and Professional Programs or other assessments (MTEL); • 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.) Emmanuel College
Support Services 277 Support Services General Information for 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 p rocedures, 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 needs. 617-735-9923 or visit the Emmanuel College website. For Graduate and Professional Programs learners, the ARC offers professional Writing CAREER CENTER and Math Specialists 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 our collaboration with other career centers in Boston. 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
278 Support Services General Information for LIBRARY LEARNING COMMONS The Learning Commons provides Graduate and Professional Programs outstanding access to scholarly materials 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. Emmanuel College
Finances 279 Finances General Information for 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 Services. Students may use most financial billing statements and review financial aid aid as credit toward the bill. Student loans award letters. To access EC Online Services, of all types may be used as credit only if the please visit www.emmanuel.edu/gpp/ loan has been approved by the College and tuitionandfees. by the lender. It is the responsibility of the student to pay any balance remaining after DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS financial aid. Students with a past-due balance are PAYMENT METHODS ineligible to attend classes, register for future courses, receive a diploma or an Credit Card, Check or Money Order official academic transcript. If payment is MasterCard, VISA, American Express or not received in a timely manner, a $100 late Discover payments can be made through fee will be assessed to the account. If the https://emmanuel.afford.com account remains delinquent, the account will be referred to a collection agency and Check or money order may be mailed to: the student will be responsible for the costs Emmanuel College incurred with the collection effort. Once an ATTN.: Student Financial Services account is referred to an outside agency, 400 The Fenway all inquiries and payments are made to the Boston, MA 02115 collection agency. 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
280 Finances General Information for COURSE WITHDRAWAL AND REFUND POLICY 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 2019-2020 (Graduate Management, Education, Undergraduate Nursing and A&S Summer Courses) Face to Face + Summer 2019 Fall 2019 Spring 2020 Hybrid Courses Session Session Session Session Session Session Refund Grade 1 2 1 2 1 2 Last Day to Add* Prior Prior Prior Prior Prior Prior N/A N/A to first to first to first to first to first to first class class class class class class 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 5/20/19 7/15/19 9/10/19 11/4/19 1/13/20 3/16/20 75% “W” Receive a Refund* Last Day to 6/3/19 7/29/19 9/24/19 11/18/19 1/13/20 3/30/20 0% “W” Withdraw* Withdrawal Not 6/3/19 7/29/19 9/24/19 11/18/19 1/27/20 3/30/20 0% “F” or Grade Permitted After Earned 6:00 p.m. EST on Pass/Fail or Audit Declaration Due 5/27/19 7/22/19 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A P,F or AU Date** Online Courses Summer 2019 Fall 2019 Spring 2020 Refund Grade Session Session Session Session Session Session 1 2 1 2 1 2 Last Day to Add* 5/13/19 7/8/19 9/3/19 10/28/19 1/6/20 3/9/20 N/A Last Day to Drop + 5/20/19 7/15/19 9/10/19 11/04/19 1/13/20 3/16/20 Not Receive Refund* Transcripted Last Day to 6/3/19 7/29/19 9/24/19 11/18/19 1/27/20 3/30/20 0% “W” Withdraw* Withdrawal Not 6/3/19 7/29/19 9/24/19 11/18/19 1/27/20 3/30/20 0% “F” or Grade Permitted After Earned 6:00 p.m. EST on Pass/Fail or Audit Declaration Due 5/27/19 7/22/19 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. Emmanuel College
Finances 281 14 Week Capstone/Practicum Drop & Withdrawal Policy 2019-2020 General Information for (Graduate Education Practicum) Graduate and Professional Programs Face to Face, Hybrid Summer 2019 Fall 2019 Spring 2020 Refund Grade and Practicum Courses Last Day to Add* Prior to first class Prior to first class Prior to first class N/A N/A Last Day to Drop* Prior to first class Prior to first class Prior to first class 100% Not Transcripted Course Withdrawal* 5/20/19 9/10/19 1/13/20 75% “W” Course Withdrawal* 5/27/19 9/17/19 1/20/20 50% “W” Last Day to Withdraw/ 6/3/19 9/24/19 1/27/20 25% “W” Receive a Refund* Withdrawal Not 6/3/19 9/24/19 1/27/20 0% “F” or Permitted After Grade Earned 6:00 p.m. EST on Online Courses Summer 2019 Fall 2019 Spring 2020 Refund Grade Last Day to Add* 5/13/19 9/3/19 1/6/20 N/A N/A Last Day to Drop* 5/20/19 9/10/19 1/13/20 100% Not Transcripted Course Withdrawal* 5/27/19 9/17/19 1/20/20 75% “W” Course Withdrawal* 6/3/19 9/24/19 1/27/20 50% “W” Last Day to Withdraw/ 6/10/19 10/1/19 2/3/20 25% “W” Receive a Refund* Withdrawal Not 6/10/19 10/1/19 2/3/20 0% “F” or Grade Permitted After Earned 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 2019-2020 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 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
282 Finances General Information for TREATMENT OF TITLE IV AID or all of the loan funds so that you don’t incur Graduate and Professional Programs WHEN A STUDENT WITHDRAWS additional debt. Your school may automati- cally use all or a portion of your post-with- The law specifies how your school must de- drawal disbursement of grant funds for termine the amount of Title IV program as- tuition, fees, and room and board charges sistance that you earn if you withdraw from (as contracted with the school). The school school. The Title IV programs that are cov- needs your permission to use the post-with- ered by this law are: Federal Pell Grants, Iraq drawal grant disbursement for all other and Afghanistan Service Grants, TEACH school charges. If you do not give your per- Grants, Direct Loans, Direct PLUS Loans, mission (some schools ask for this when you Federal Supplemental Educational Opportu- enroll), you will be offered the funds. How- nity Grants (FSEOGs), and Federal Perkins ever, it may be in your best interest to allow Loans. This policy also applies to veterans the school to keep the funds to reduce your educational assistance programs. debt at the school. Though your aid is posted to your account at There are some Title IV funds that you were the start of each period, you earn the funds scheduled to receive that cannot be dis- as you complete the period. If you withdraw bursed to you once you withdraw because of during your payment period or period of en- other eligibility requirements. For example, if rollment (your school can define these for you are a first-time, first-year undergradu- you and tell you which one applies to you), ate student and you have not completed the the amount of Title IV program assistance first 30 days of your program before you that you have earned up to that point is de- withdraw, you will not receive any Direct termined by a specific formula. If you re- Loan funds that you would have received had ceived (or your school or parent received on you remained enrolled past the 30th day. your behalf ) less assistance than the amount that you earned, you may be able to If you receive (or your school or parent re- receive those additional funds. If you re- ceive on your behalf ) excess Title IV program ceived more assistance than you earned, the funds that must be returned, your school excess funds must be returned by the school must return a portion of the excess equal to and/ or you. the lesser of: The amount of assistance that you have 1. your institutional charges multiplied by earned is determined on a pro rata basis. For the unearned percentage of your funds, example, if you completed 30% of your pay- or ment period or period of enrollment, you 2. the entire amount of excess funds. earn 30% of the assistance you were origi- nally scheduled to receive. Once you have The school must return this amount even if it completed more than 60% of the payment didn’t keep this amount of your Title I period or period of enrollment, you earn all program funds. the assistance that you were scheduled to receive for that period. If your school is not required to return all of the excess funds, you must return the re- If you did not receive all of the funds that you maining amount. earned, you may be due a post-withdrawal disbursement. If your post-witdrawal dis- bursement includes loan funds, your school must get your permission before it can dis- burse them. You may choose to decline some Emmanuel College
Finances 283 HEALTH INSURANCE note that if the credit card information is General Information for invalid, or the charge is otherwise declined Graduate and Professional Programs The Commonwealth of Massachusetts for any reason, payment is due immediately. requires students enrolled at least three- Additionally, it is important for students to quarter time (9 or more credits per semester note the due dates for the deferred 75% for undergraduate students and 6 or more payment. Payment is due on or before the credits a semester for graduate students) due dates regardless of whether the student to be covered under an acceptable health has received reimbursement from their insurance plan. A student enrolled at least employer. three-quarter time will be automatically billed for the cost of the insurance. If the Students planning to graduate must ensure student has health insurance, he/she may the balance on their student account is waive enrollment in the College’s plan paid in full prior to graduation and may not by completing a waiver online at www. defer this payment. universityhealthplans.com. Any student who is enrolled less than three-quarter APPLYING FOR FINANCIAL AID time is not required to enroll in the health insurance plan. All students taking at least Eligibility for financial aid varies based on three credits, however, are eligible to enroll. the student’s program and the criteria of Students who are interested in enrolling specific awards. Students enrolled in the in the health insurance plan may do so graduate-level programs will be considered online at www.universityhealthplans.com. for the Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan and The 2019-2020 rates are $2,957 per year the Federal TEACH Grant. Undergraduate for undergraduate students and $6,169 students in the BSN programs will be for graduate students. Eligible students considered for Federal Direct Subsidized and who enroll in the student health insurance Unsubsidized Loans, Federal Pell Grants and plan may purchase insurance for their Massachusetts State Grants. dependents as defined in the Student Health Insurance Brochure. Please see the brochure To apply for financial aid for the 2019-2020 for eligibility requirements and rates. academic year, students must complete a 2019-2020 Free Application for Federal TUITION DEFERMENT PLAN Student Aid (FAFSA) and a 2019-2020 Emmanuel College Application for Financial Students receiving tuition reimbursement Aid. The FAFSA is available electronically from their employer at the completion of at fafsa.gov and the Emmanuel College each course may elect to participate in the Application may be found on the Graduate Tuition Deferment Plan. This plan requires and Professional Programs section on the students to pay 25% of the course tuition Emmanuel College website. Financial aid prior to the first day of class and allows the is awarded on an annual basis, and for remaining 75% to be deferred until 30 days continued eligibility students must complete after the last day of the course. these applications each year. To enroll in the Deferment Plan, a fully The Emmanuel College federal school code completed Deferment Plan Promissory is 002147. Note is required to be submitted to Student Financial Services. This documentation must When completing or updating the FAFSA, be updated prior to the start of classes at the students are strongly encouraged to use beginning of each semester. This included the IRS Data Retrieval Tool provided on the providing all required information related to the credit card authorization. Please 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
284 Finances General Information for FAFSA. If not, students may be required to All financial assistance, regardless of its Graduate and Professional Programs request a 2017 tax return transcript from source, will be credited toward institutional the IRS (www.IRS.gov). Students will receive costs first. Withdrawal or reduction in notification from Student Financial Services credit load may result in an adjustment to if additional information is required to or cancellation of the financial aid award. determine eligibility for financial aid. The student is responsible for reading and All required documentation must be received understanding all materials sent to the at least two weeks prior to the end of the student, including information published semester. Failure to do so may result in the in the Academic Catalog. The student application not being processed and the must meet all eligibility requirements to student being financially responsible for any be awarded and renew financial aid. If at charges on the account. any time a student ceases to be eligible, the financial aid will be canceled and the Eligibility Requirements for Financial Aid student will be responsible for any balance Requirements to receive federal and state on their account. financial aid include: • A cceptance to and enrollment in a program FINANCIAL AID AWARD DESCRIPTIONS of student at Emmanuel College • Half-time enrollment status (see table Graduate Financial Aid Students enrolled in the Graduate and below) Professional programs will be considered • Maintaining satisfactory academic for the following awards. The student’s total award package may not be greater than the progress cost of attendance. • Being free from default on a previous Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan student loan Graduate students are eligible for the • B eing in compliance with selective service Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan. This loan carries a fixed interest rate of requirements 6.08%*. Borrowers may choose to defer the • U.S. citizenship or permanent resident interest payments while in school and during their six-month grace period, but the interest status (refer to the FAFSA for more details) will be capitalized. Students must maintain half-time status to receive most forms of financial aid. The following is the criteria to determine enrollment status: Enrollment Credits To borrow a Federal Stafford Loan, Status per Semester students are required to complete a Master Undergraduate Promissory Note (MPN) and Entrance Full-time 12 or more credits Counseling. In order to complete these Three-quarter-time 9-11 credits documents, please visit www.studentloans. Half-time 6-8 credits gov. Graduate students may borrow up to Less than half-time Less than 6 credits $20,500 per academic year, but this amount Graduate cannot exceed the cost of attendance minus Full-time 6 or more credits other financial aid. Half-time 3-5 credits Less than half-time Less than 3 credits Emmanuel College
Finances 285 Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan Federal Direct Subsidized Loans General Information for An additional Federal Loan for Graduate Undergraduate students who demonstrate Graduate and Professional Programs students who are eligible for the Federal financial need are eligible for a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan or Direct Subsidized Loan. This loan carries who have a remaining balance after their a fixed interest rate of 4.53% for the 2019- financial award. 2020 academic year, which the federal government pays while the student borrower This loan has a fixed interest rate of is enrolled at least half-time. 7.08% for the 2019-2020 academic year and is available to students without an Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans adverse credit history. To qualify, students Undergraduate students who do not cannot be 90 days or more delinquent on demonstrate financial need are eligible for a the repayment of any debt or the subject Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan. This loan of a default determination, bankruptcy carries a fixed interest rate of 4.53% for the discharge, foreclosure, repossession, tax 2019-2020 academic year Borrowers may lien, wage garnishment, or write-off of a choose to defer the interest payments while title IV debt during the last five years. The in school and during their six-month grace absence of any credit history is not viewed as period, but the interest will be capitalized. adverse credit. Undergraduate Direct Loan annual limits are Please contact the Student Financial determined by academic standing (below), Services for more information on applying for include both Subsidized and Unsubsidized this loan. amounts, and cannot exceed the cost of attendance minus other financial aid. Federal TEACH Grants The Federal Teacher Assistance for College Grade Dependent Independent and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant is gift Level aid awarded to students intending to teach Student Student in a high-need field in a public or p rivate elementary or secondary school serving low- Freshman $5,500 $9,500 income students. (0-31 credits) Undergraduate Financial Aid Sophomore $6,500 $10,500 Students enrolled in the undergraduate (32-63 credits) $12,500 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. MA State Grants Gift aid from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to full-time undergraduate 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
286 Finances General Information for students with significant financial need, who Students must also successfully complete Graduate and Professional Programs are also Massachusetts residents. Awards 67% of the attempted credits during each are estimated until the College receives academic year, and must complete their notification from the state’s scholarship degree program within 150% of the normal office. length of the program. Please refer to page 46 for more information regarding Additional Loan Options Satisfactory Academic Progress. For students who have a balance remaining after financial aid, who will be enrolled CREDIT BALANCES in a less than half-time status, or who prefer not to apply for need-based financial aid, Students who have a credit balance on their there are private loans available to assist account with the College due to private with educational costs. While there are a loans, tuition remission, or overpayment may variety of loan options available, the Office request to have the credit refunded to them of Student Financial Services encourages by completing the Refund Request Form. borrowers to do their own research and Students may complete the Refund Request select the lender that is best for them. Form in Student Financial Services or Information regarding private student loans through the “My Refund Requests” section of may be found at www.emmanuel.edu/ EC Online Services. Once the form is received current-students.html and studentaid.gov. by Student Financial Services, and a credit Emmanuel College does not endorse any balance is confirmed to exist, payment in the individual lender. amount of the refund will be processed to the student. When planning the method of payment, it Students who have a credit balance on is strongly recommended students borrow their account due to excess Title IV financial for the entire year instead of applying each aid will automatically have the excess funds semester. refunded to them. Students who would like the excess funds to remain on their Employer Partnerships account to pay for additional costs (e.g., Emmanuel College partners with several parking, student health insurance) or for area employers to provide specialized future semesters must complete a Credit e ducational opportunities. If you are Authorization Form. This form is available in employed by one of the College’s partner Student Financial Services or thorough the organizations, you may qualify for a tuition Student Financial Services – GPP section discount. Please contact please contact of My Saints. Title IV financial aid consists [email protected] or at 617- of Federal Direct Loans, Federal Direct 735-9938 for additional info. Graduate PLUS Loans, Federal Pell Grants, and Federal TEACH Grants. Satisfactory Academic Progress To continue receiving financial assistance, PARKING ON CAMPUS financial aid recipients are required to maintain satisfactory academic progress To purchase a parking pass, please complete toward their degree. These requirements a parking application on the website at stipulate that students maintain a minimum https://www.emmanuel.edu/discover- cumulative grade point average of 2.0 after emmanuel/offices-and-services/parking/ comp letion of four semesters of attendance. graduate-and-professional-programs- student-parking/parking-application.html Emmanuel College
Finances 287 Once an application has been received, the UPDATING DEMOGRAPHIC General Information for request will be processed and the student’s INFORMATION Graduate and Professional Programs account will be charged accordingly. Once the request is processed, the parking permit It is the student’s responsibility to keep the will be available to be picked up in Student College informed of any changes in name, Financial Services, or the student may address or telephone number. Information request to have it mailed. may be updated on EC Online Services. 2019-2020 Parking Rates: Contact Information 7-week session pass $70 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] Office Hours: Monday – Thursday, 8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
288 Undergraduate Admissions Requirements General Information for Undergraduate Admissions Graduate and Professional Programs Requirements 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 • E mmanuel 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 Emmanuel College
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) 289 Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) The Emmanuel College Bachelor of Science • Practice and develop strong written and in Business Administration online bachelor’s oral communications skills that allow them degree in business, students will gain skills to inform, persuade, negotiate and lead in that can be applied to nearly any industry their future workplaces. and become a strong corporate citizen. Through a comprehensive and challenging • Through specialization in one of our four curriculum, the program is supported by concentrations, students will develop a strong foundation in the liberal arts. industry-specific skills and knowledge Students will discover how to communicate that will prepare them for careers in their effectively, solve problems, be creative chosen industry. and demonstrate ethical leadership. With Emmanuel College’s commitment to its REQUIRED COURSES: Undergraduate Professional Program for core value of social justice, students will MGMT1000 Foundations of Business Graduate and Professional Programs recognize their personal, professional, ethical and social responsibilities in the MGMT2101 Leadership and Organizational larger community. Behavior (SA) Taught by faculty members who are experts in their respective industries and subject MGMT2102 Business Law and Ethics areas, the online business administration degree program offers a flexible format MKTG2200 Principles of Marketing through its integrated learning platform. MGMT3302 Operations LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MATH1117 Intro to Statistics Students completing the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration program will: ECON2201 Principles of Economics (SA) • Develop analytical and critical thinking ACCT1201 Financial Accounting (QA) skills that can be applied to emerging and complex challenges in modern businesses. ACCT2201 Managerial Accounting • Utilize knowledge of social justice and awareness of stakeholder needs to engage MGMT3602 Corporate Finance in ethical and moral decision-making. • Gain a unique set of tools that will enable MATH2502 Quantitative Methods for students to collect, analyze and interpret business data in order to engage in Business (QA) evidence-based decision-making. • Develop the interpersonal and reflective IDDS3401 Business Data Analysis skills needed to be valued team members and strong corporate citizens. MGMT3103 Field Experience and Career Development Seminar (8 credits) MGMT4101 Strategic Leadership and Decision-Making COURSE DESCRIPTIONS All courses are 4 credits unless otherwise noted. MGMT1000 Foundations of Business This foundation course will introduce students to the core concepts associated with business management including general management, operations, finance, accounting, and marketing. Students will learn how to examine business models in the context of the larger economic, ethical, 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
290 Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) societal and technological environment. distribution, advertising and promotion, A core component of the course will be sales and customer relationship developing an understanding of how managements. Student will learn that businesses create value for customers and marketers make data-driven decisions and clients in our rapidly changing technological, will learn to identify sources of data and economic and political environment. techniques for data analysis. This course Students will engage in ethical decision will also explore the changing landscape making and develop an understanding of of media and marketing techniques, the responsibilities of organizations from a with emphasis given to corporate social social justice perspective. responsibility and social media marketing. Undergraduate Professional Program for MGMT2101 Leadership and Organizational MGMT3302 Operations Graduate and Professional Programs Behavior Operations Management teaches students Leadership and Organizational Behavior the processes involved in transforming focuses on increasing student’s awareness resources and raw materials into goods and and understanding of their own and other’s services. Students will examine activities behaviors in the workplace. Students will across the supply chain; from planning, use theories and concepts of Leadership sourcing and production, to inventory and Organizational Behavior to learn how management and distribution. Students will they can maximize the contributions they use real-world case studies to understand can make to organizations in their roles as the issues facing Operations Managers individual contributors, team members, and including demand forecasting, process leaders. In this course, students will apply improvement, facility location and layout Leadership and Organizational Behavior and quality management. theories and concepts to cases, exercises, Pre-requisites: Financial Accounting projects and writing assignments to deepen Quantitative Methods for Business (MATH their self-awareness, practice teamwork 2501) and MATH1117 Intro to Statistics. and create a framework for understanding human interactions in organizations. MGMT3103 Field Experience and Career Development MGMT2102 Business Law and Ethics The purpose of the Field Experience and Business Law and Ethics facilitates Career Development course is to ensure students’ understanding of the legal that students engage in a pre-professional environment in which businesses operate. experience that will provide a basis for Students learn core laws and regulations the first post-graduation job. The course that businesses must consider in their runs across two seven-week sessions operations and decision-making and apply in the student’s final semester. Course these to real-world examples. In addition, assignments are designed so that student students learn the importance of considering apply theoretical knowledge and ethical ethical and moral frameworks for decision- considerations to a practical setting. making in order to promote social justice in Students will be asked to reflect on their all business activities. learning experiences at their internship in order to consolidate their learning. MKTG2200 Principles of Marketing Students will also be assigned coursework Principles of Marketing will prepare students that directly relates to the post-college job to develop comprehensive marketing plans search process. based on their understanding of product development, customer segmentation, Emmanuel College
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) 291 MGMT4101 Strategic Leadership and financial information, compile this Undergraduate Professional Program for Decision-Making information into financial statements for Graduate and Professional Programs This is the capstone course for the BSBA organizational stakeholders and analyze program. This course draws together these reports in order to evaluate an knowledge gained across the business organization’s financial position. curriculum and focuses that learning on the development and implementation of ACCT2201 Managerial Accounting organizational strategy. Students utilize The Managerial Accounting Course teaches knowledge and tools developed in other students how to use financial information courses to examine financial, environmental, in order to make informed managerial competitive, operational and human- decisions. Student will learn how to identify based information. Students will study and classify costs that inform planning, the processes of strategic management controlling and decision-making in which include assessing company organizations. Topics covered will include performance, problem identification, costing methodologies, budgeting, break- developing alternatives and criteria for even analysis and pricing. Excel will be used decision-making, evaluating alternatives, extensively in this course. planning, implementation and assessment. Assignments will include case study MGMT3602 Corporate Finance analyses and simulations. Corporate Finance introduces students to the financial decisions that are made by ECON2201 Principles of Economics corporate managers. Students will learn Foundations of economics will introduce about how organizations search for and students to the basic concepts of structure financing, make investment microeconomics and macroeconomics. decisions, develop wealth creation strategies Students will examine the intersectionality and assess risk versus returns. Topics between consumer choice and how covered will include the valuation of financial businesses produce goods and service, assets and liabilities, the cost of capital, set prices, determine wages and manage managing working capital, capital budgeting profit. Students will analyze drivers of and financial analysis and planning. supply and demand, elasticity, the impact of competitive rivalry, market characteristics MATH1117 Introduction to Statistics (QA) and governmental regulation. In addition, This is an introductory course in statistics. students will examine broader and emerging The objective of this course is to organize, societal concerns such as income inequality, summarize, interpret, and present data housing shortages, unemployment and using graphical and tabular representations; contingent labor, and learn how the actions apply principles of inferential statistics; and of governments, firms and individuals assess the validity of statistical conclusions. impact these issues. Students will learn to select and apply appropriate statistical tests and determine ACCT1201 Financial Accounting reasonable inferences and predictions from Financial information is essential for a set of data. Topics include descriptive informed decision-making among statistics; introduction to probability; organizational stakeholders. This Financial probability distributions including binomial, Accounting course will introduce students normal and t-distributions; confidence to the methods and procedures that intervals; hypothesis testing; and correlation accountants use to gather and record and regression. 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
292 Bachelor of Science in Nursing RN-to-BSN Bachelor of Science in Nursing RN-to-BSN Diane Shea, Ph.D., R.N. Associate Dean, 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. Expand 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 293 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. 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
294 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 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
Bachelor of Science in Nursing RN-to-BSN 295 based practice to improve quality of care. literature, and healing/touch modalities that Undergraduate Professional Program for enhance care giving and healing response Graduate and Professional Programs 4 credits of individuals will be studied. Contemporary interventions addressing complementary Prerequisite: NURS3101 therapies and cultural practices including: Reiki, acupressure, Tai Chi, yoga, NURS3108 Nursing Informatics and meditation, guided imagery, homeopathy, Computer Applications herbal medicine, food supplements, and This course focuses on foundational aromatherapy will be reviewed as it related knowledge of nursing and health care to the care of the mind, body, and patient informatics, and gaining an understanding of health outcomes. the theories and social and economic forces influencing the development and application 4 credits. of information and health care technologies. Students begin to use these technologies NURS4118 Community Health and Health in the delivery of nursing care. Emphasis is Promotion in Nursing placed on the legal and ethical ramifications This course introduces the basic concepts of using information and technologies to and theories of community health and improve patient safety and the quality of health promotion as relational influences health care, and to protect patient privacy. on the overall health of a community. Students will learn contemporary computing Socioeconomic, environmental, political, and how to integrate software functions cultural and historical indicators of the such as word processing and presentation health of a community are addressed. This abilities required to communicate within course explores belief systems that impact healthcare information systems. health promotion and the planning of 4 credits community resources. Collaborative models of caregiving for individuals, families, and NURS3112 Leadership and Professional aggregates (groups) in diverse community Issues in Nursing settings are examined. The critical role of the This course examines theories, concepts family in the development of health beliefs and components of nursing leadership and and health behaviors will also be explored. professional issues. Students synthesize beliefs, knowing, caring and professional Offered every fall, expected fall 2019. 4 credits. role with the elements of leadership and systems of health care. Attention is given Prerequisites: NURS 3101, NURS 3103, NURS to the complexities of professional nursing practice as influenced by health care policy. 3105, NURS 3108, NURS3112, NURS3114 Students will analyze the professional nursing role within the context of current NURS4170 Health Promotion Capstone legal, political and organizational systems. Practicum Students use conceptual frameworks and 4 credits. theories of health promotion to design and implement contemporary nursing inter Prerequisite: NURS3101. ventions for health promotion among vul nerable individuals and families within NURS3114 Diversity in Health Care and communities. Strategies developed for Contemporary Healing Interventions health education will integrate theory, This course focuses on understanding research, and practice. Practica foci are diversity in nursing and health care. centered on health promotion/disease Theoretical bases in transcultural nursing, prevention for vulnerable populations. spirituality, and lifestyles are discussed and their impact on the provision of health care 4 credits services are analyzed. The genetic origins of man as it relates to the commonality of Prerequisites: NURS3101, NURS3103, all races are explored. The use of music, art, NURS3105, NURS3108, NURS3112, NURS3114, NURS4118 2019-2020 Academic Catalog
296 Bachelor of Science in Nursing RN-to-BSN ENGL1308 Writing for Nursing MATH1308 Statistics for Nursing Professionals Professionals This course is designed for nursing students This course provides nursing students with who are required to read and understand the opportunity to advance their writing, statistical studies, participate in a statistical editing, presentation and library research project, make decisions supported in part skills necessary for communication success by statistical studies and in general become in both the classroom and the workplace. better “consumers” of statistical The overall focus is on helping students information. The emphasis of this course is develop a sense of audience awareness on statistical concepts and techniques that necessary to craft the most effective enable students to better interpret and use message (written or oral) for any rhetorical data for more informed decision-making in situation. Assignments include those the field of nursing. While computation of commonly required of nursing students and statistical concepts is needed, emphasis is nursing professionals, such as traditional on the interpretation of the result and the correspondence (memos and letters), short logic behind the decision-making process. research-based reports and reflective essays and narratives, resumes, cover Summer semester. 4 credits letters, and oral presentations. Students will Undergraduate Professional Program for also learn the basics of writing for electronic Graduate and Professional Programs and social media (email, blogs, Facebook and Twitter posts, etc.). In addition to revising their own work, students will engage in collaborative activities that provide practice in giving and receiving constructive feedback on writing assignments, a critical skill for successful communicators. Emmanuel College
Graduate Admissions Requirements 297 Graduate Admissions Requirements GRADUATE ADMISSIONS 3. Two completed Graduate and Graduate Programs for REQUIREMENT Professional Programs Recommendation Graduate and Professional Programs Forms Recommendations should be requested To complete your application for admission from professional supervisors or educators. to a graduate degree or certificate program, Recommenders should provide specific please submit the following application information about your abilities and your materials: potential to succeed in the program. One letter of recommendation should be from a current 1. Completed application supervisor or educator, if applicable. A letter of recommendation (on institutional letterhead) is 2. Official transcripts not required but may be attached to the form. Official transcripts from all regionally accredited academic institutions attended are required. 4. Admissions Essay Transcripts must show the completion of a A three- to four-page essay addressing your bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited educational goals, potential contributions institution. For Master of Science in Nursing to the program, your leadership skills, your applicants, transcripts must show the professional experience and any special completion of a Bachelor of Science in Nursing certifications. (BSN) from a National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) or Commission 5. Current Résumé on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) A one-page (minimum) résumé summarizing accredited institution. your professional work experience and previous education. For Graduate Certificate in Nursing Applicants, transcripts must show completion of a Master 6. Nursing License (for Master of Science in of Science in Nursing from a National League Nursing and Graduate Certificate in Nursing for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) Applicants ONLY) or Commission Collegiate Nursing Education Proof of current Massachusetts RN License (CCNE). from www.mass.gov/dph/boards/rn or eligibility to apply for reciprocity based on other U.S. State Note that a cumulative undergraduate GPA licensure. of 2.5 or above is generally expected for acceptance to the graduate management 7. Informational meeting or interview with and graduate education programs. A GPA an enrollment counselor or faculty member of 3.0 or above is generally expected for is recommended(required for Master of acceptance to the graduate nursing program. Education and Master of Science in Nursing International transcripts must be equivalent to applicants only). a United States Bachelors Degree, translated into English and/or evaluated by a certified 2019-2020 Academic Catalog credential evaluation service. Please ensure that all original transcripts are mailed to Emmanuel College’s Graduate and Professional Programs.
298 Graduate Admissions Requirements 8. Optional Statement TRANSFER CREDIT POLICY If you feel that there are significant weaknesses in your application that Emmanuel College will accept a maximum you wish to address, please do so in a of two courses (six credits) earned at the separate written statement. graduate level for programs requiring 36 credits. A maximum of one course (three DEGREE REQUIREMENTS credits) earned at the graduate level may be accepted for programs requiring 30 credits. Candidates for a master’s degree must Courses applied to a separate graduate successfully complete a minimum of 30 degree will not be accepted. In order to be credits. Specific credit requirements are awarded transfer credit, prior learning must indicated under each program section. be graded B (3.0) or higher. Students must A cumulative grade point average of B present an official transcript and course (3.0) or higher is required for graduation. descriptions for credits to be reviewed Emmanuel College normally allows a for transfer. Credits are transferred from maximum of six years for completion of other academic institutions which are master’s degree programs and four years regionally accredited only with the approval for completion of certificate programs. of an Academic Advisor. The applicability Following of transfer credits may vary in specific admission, all courses applicable to an programs. Emmanuel College degree must be taken at the College. PROGRAM ADVISING ENROLLMENT STATUS Students will receive advising and guidance through the application process which Three enrollment statuses are available: continues through the student’s first course. • Full-time (six or more credits A specific program advisor is subsequently assigned, and that advisor is available to the per semester) student throughout the period of study. • Part-time (fewer than six credits per semester) • Summer session (maximum of six credits during the summer) Graduate Programs for Graduate and Professional Programs Emmanuel College
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