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Barry University Miami, FloridaUndergraduate Catalog2017-18knowledge and truth, inclusive community,social justice, and collaborative serviceTOC
Inquiries, Applications, and CredentialsBarry UniversityDepartment of Recruitment and Admissions11300 NE 2nd AvenueMiami Shores, Florida 33161‑6695General University Number (305) 899‑3000Toll- Free General University Number (800) 756‑6000Web Address: www.barry.eduOffice of Admissions: (305) 899‑3100Toll Free: (800) 695‑2279Fax: 305‑899‑2971E- mail: admissions@barry.eduOffice of Financial Aid: (305) 899‑3673Toll Free: (800) 695‑2279Fax: 305‑899‑3104E-mail: finaid@barry.eduSchool of Professional And Career Education (PACE)Local: (305) 899‑3300In- State Toll- Free: (800) 945‑2279PACE Processing: (305) 899‑3309Barry University reserves the right to make changes to this catalog without notice. Changes willbe available online at: www.barry.edu/catalogBarry University does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity,national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, geneticinformation, familial status, marital status, pregnancy, age, disability status or veteranstatus. This policy applies to students, employees, applicants, and trustees with respectto participation in any program, benefit, activity, or student/employment opportunityoffered by the University.TOC
Contents1 Indicates programs that are approved by the Florida State Department of EducationAccreditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1University Mission Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Office of Mission Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Campus Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19De Porres Center for Ethical Leadership . . . . . . . . . . 19Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3The Mission of Barry University . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Core Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Knowledge and Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Inclusive Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Social Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Collaborative Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Learning Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Student Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Dean of Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Campus Recreation and Wellness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Career Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Counseling and Psychological Services . . . . . . . . . . . 22Disability Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Procedures and Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Appeal Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Definition of an Individual with a Disability . . . . . . . . 23Eligibility for Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23General Guidelines for Documentation of a Disability . . . 24General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6University Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Student Right to Know Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6General Graduation Rate Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 . . . . . 6Theatre, Music, and Dance Performances . . . . . . . . . . . 7Fine Arts Exhibitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Alumni Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Buildings & Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Barry University—Miami Shores Main Campus . . . . . . . 7Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law—Orlando Campus . . 10Accommodations: Procedures for ObtainingAccommodations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Course Substitution Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Course Substitution Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Housing, Residence Life & Student Conduct . . . . . . . 25Residency Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Student Involvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Campus Events & Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26New Student Orientation/FYE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Student Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Fraternity and Sorority Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Commuter Student Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Admissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Applicants for Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Application Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Freshmen Applicants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Home Schooled Applicants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Early Admission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Transfer Applicants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Transfer Credit Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Articulation Agreement Between Barry University and theFlorida Community College System . . . . . . . . . . 14Advanced Placement (AP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14College Level Examination Program (CLEP) . . . . . . . 15Non- Degree Applicants/Guest Applicants . . . . . . . . . 15Campus Interchange Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Readmission and Change of Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15International Applicants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Application Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Enrollment Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Financial Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18International Student Services and MulticulturalPrograms (IMP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Enrollment Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Internship Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Programming Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Student Health Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Services Offered at SHS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Responsibility of Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Business Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Concierge Center and Information Desk . . . . . . . . . . 30ID Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Students are Expected to Carry University IDat All Times while on Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Union Facility Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Room Reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Posting and Publicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Dining Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30v
viContentsCampus Dining Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Roussell Dining Hall:[R. Kirk Landon Student Union, 2nd Floor] . . . . . . . 31Chick- N- Grill: [Buc Stop Café @ Thompson Hall] . . . . . . 31Subway: [Buc Stop Café @ Thompson Hall] . . . . . . . . . . 31Outtakes:[Buc Stop Cafe @ Thompson Hall / Dominican Hall] . . . 31We Proudly Serve: [Buc Stop Café @ Thompson Hall] . . . . 31Create: [Dominican Hall] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Juiceblendz: [Dominican Hall] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Bucky’s Cove: [Landon Student Union] . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Dining Hall Policies & Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Flex Bucs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Campus Bookstore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Public Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Timely Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Tuition, Fees, and Financial Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Statement of Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342017–2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Tuition and Fee Schedule* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Terms and Conditions of Registration . . . . . . . . . . . 36Student Financial Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Conditions for Non- Reversible Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Course Drop or Withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Professional Discounts Provided by the University . . . . . 37Student Account Payment Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . 37Employer Reimbursement Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Florida Prepaid College Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Official Payments Payment Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Withdrawal Policy For Individual Courses . . . . . . . . . 38Changes Made During the Period of ScheduleAdjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Total Withdrawal Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Fall or Spring Semester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Summer Semester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Refundable Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Student Dismissal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Refunds/Overpayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Delinquent Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Use of Federal Student Aid Authorization . . . . . . . . . 39Health Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Total Withdrawal and Return of Title IV Funds . . . . . . 40Order of Return of Title IV Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Refund Policy For State of Florida Funds . . . . . . . . . 40Financial Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Determining Eligibility For Financial Aid . . . . . . . . . 41Standards of Academic Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Qualitative Component: (Cumulative Grade PointAverage) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41PACE Component: (Maximum Time Frameand Completion Ratio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Understanding Satisfactory Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Attempted Credit Hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Satisfactory Academic Progress Review . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Warning Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Termination Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Regaining Eligibility After Financial Aid Termination . . . 42Appeal Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Eligible Non- Citizens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Enrollment Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Repeated Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Summer Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Cost of Attendance (COA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Applying For Financial Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Types of Financial Aid For Undergraduate Students . . . . 43Federal Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Federal Pell Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Federal Pell Grant Lifetime Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant(FSEOG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Federal Direct Loan Program (DL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Federal Work- Study Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44State of Florida Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Florida Resident Access Grant (FRAG) . . . . . . . . . . . 45Florida Student Assistance Grant (FSAG) . . . . . . . . . . 45Renewal Requirements for FRAG and FSAG . . . . . . . . 45Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program . . . . . . . . . 45Florida Pre- Paid College Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45State Grant Programs Outside Florida . . . . . . . . . . . 45University Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Academic Scholarships Provided by the University . . . . . . 45Barry Stamps Scholars Program: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Barry Honors Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46PTK Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Dominican Leadership Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Private Scholarship Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Grants Provided by the University . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Athletic Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Barry Access Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Tuition Exchange Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Veterans and Eligible Dependents EducationalAssistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47VA Yellow Ribbon Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Standards of Progress Policy for Veterans . . . . . . . . . . . 47Credit for Previous Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Outside Sources of Scholarships and Assistance . . . . . . 47Academic Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Academic Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Dean’s List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48President’s List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Graduating With Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Advisors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Audit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
ContentsAttendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Campus Interchange Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Application Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Challenge Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Chemistry Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50English Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Foreign Language Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Math Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Reading Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Exemptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Change of Major and/or School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Class Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Classification and Status of Undergraduate Students . . . 51Class Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Credit/No Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Declaration of Major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Degrees, Majors, & Minors for UndergraduateStudents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52The University Offers Over Fifty UndergraduateMajors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Undergraduate Minors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Degrees and Majors for Graduate Students . . . . . . . . 54Departmental Proficiency Examinations . . . . . . . . . . 56Developmental Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Distribution Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Learning Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Written and Oral Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Theology and Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Arts and Humanities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Foreign Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Science and Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Social and Behavioral Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Undergraduate Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . 58Freshman Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Courses Focused on Personal and SocialResponsibility (PSR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Student Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Ethical and Moral Reasoning (ER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Engaging Diverse Perspectives (EP) . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Community Engagement and Collaboration (CEC) . . . . 59Designated PSR Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Designated Service- Learning (SL) Courses . . . . . . . . 60Grade Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Grading System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Good Standing—Probation—Suspension . . . . . . . . . 62Gordon Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Graduate Credit for Qualified Undergraduate Seniors . . . 62Incomplete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62viiInde pen dent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Internship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Knowledge of Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Permanent Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Policy on Release of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Repeat Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Request to Register at Another Institution . . . . . . . . . 64Off- Campus Enrollment/Transfer of Credits . . . . . . . . 64Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) . . . . . . . . . 64Air Force (AFROTC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Aerospace Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65US Army (AROTC) Military Science &Leadership (MSL) Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Special Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Second Bachelor’s Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Special Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Summer Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Transcript Requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Withdrawals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Course Withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Official University Withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Unofficial University Withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Withdrawal Policy for Full Semester Class . . . . . . . . . 70Policies and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Procedure for Appeal of Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Policy on Medical Leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Readmission Requirements for Medical Leaves . . . . . . 72Alcohol and Other Drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Policies and Procedures Relating to Sexual Harassment . . 73Academic Dishonesty Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Cheating and Plagiarism: Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . 74An Incident of Cheating or Plagiarism . . . . . . . . . . . 74Procedures for Handling Cheating and Plagiarism . . . . . 74Responsibilities of the Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Responsibilities of Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Policy on Hazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Academic Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Glenn Hubert Learning Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76CAL Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Honors Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Purpose of the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Qualification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
viiiContentsScholarship Opportunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Honors Program Living and Learning Community . . . . 80Program Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Study Abroad Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Center for Community Service Initiatives . . . . . . . 84Programs, Projects, and Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Services and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Service- Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Division of Information Technology . . . . . . . . . . 86Technology & Service Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Technology & Service Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86IT Support Desk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Conferencing, Media & Learning Spaces . . . . . . . . . . 87Workplace and Instructional TechnologiesServices (wITs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Infrastructure and Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Data Center Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87BarryNet Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Barry Remote Access Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Software Solutions and Information Management . . . . . 88Network and Telecommunications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88University Business Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88IT Business Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Project Portfolio Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Library Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Public Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Reference Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Technical Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Archives and Special Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90College of Arts and Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91The College Includes Ten Departments . . . . . . . . . . . . 91College of Arts and Sciences Learning Goals . . . . . . . 91Written and Oral Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Theology and Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Arts and Humanities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Science and Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Social and Behavioral Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Guidelines for Student Conduct and AcademicResponsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Attendance Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Written Expression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Developmental Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Graduate Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98General Studies (B.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Department of Biology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Biology (B.S.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Educational Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Biology Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Biology Major (for students interested in Pre- Dental, Pre- Medical, Pre- Graduate Programs, Pre- Optometry, Pre- Pharmacy, Pre- Podiatry,or Pre- Veterinary Programs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Biology Major (Marine Biology Specialization) . . . . . .Biology Major (for students interested in programsin Pre- Physician Assistant, Pre- Physical Therapy, Environmental Biology,Biotechnology, or General Biology) . . . . . . . . . .Biology Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100101101101Department of Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Undergraduate Degree Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 108Distribution Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Advertising (B.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108International Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Broadcast and Emerging Media (B.A.) . . . . . . . . . . 110Professional and Technical Standards for Admission,Enrollment, and Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Degree Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Minor in Broadcast and Emerging Media (21 Credits) . . 112Communication and Media Studies (B.A.) . . . . . . . . 112Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Degree Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Minor in Communication and Media Studies(21 Credits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Journalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Minor in Journalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Public Relations (B.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Non- Degree Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Department of Englishand Foreign Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124English (B.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124English (BA) With A Literature Specialization . . . . . 124Goals and Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Curricu
College of Arts and Sciences 91 The College Includes Ten Departments 91 English (B.A.) College of Arts and Sciences Learning Goals. . . . . . . 91 Written and Oral Communication 92 Theology and Philosophy 92
