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Muskingum College Catalog2007-2008

Muskingum College163 Stormont Street

New Concord, Ohio 43762740/826-8211

www.muskingum.edu

Muskingum College admits students of any race, color, religion, sex, national or ethnic origin,

handicap, physical challenge, disability, sexual orientation, socio-economic status and political affiliation.

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ContentsAcademic Calendars .............................................Inside Front and Back Covers

Muskingum Profile ..................................................................................................3

General Information ................................................................................................5

Admission ...............................................................................................................14

Campus Life............................................................................................................26

Academic Information...........................................................................................34

Academic Programs...............................................................................................50

Board of Trustees..................................................................................................170

Administration .....................................................................................................171

Faculty....................................................................................................................178

Index.......................................................................................................................188

The 2007-2008 Muskingum College Catalog describes the program that willbe offered by the College in this academic year. Every effort has been made toreflect the Muskingum College program, policies and procedures in thisCatalog. The College reserves the right to change, without notice, rules,policies, fees, curricula, courses, or other matters. Any course may be closed atany time because of limited resources, or canceled for reasons beyond theColleges control, such as faculty unavailability or enrollment insufficiency.

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Muskingum Profile

Degrees: Bachelor of Arts; Bachelor of Science; Master of Arts in Education;Master of Arts in Teaching; Master of Information Strategy, Systems, andTechnology

Expenses:Undergraduate Expenses for Two Semesters (2007-2008):

Tuition......................................................................................................$17,500Room ($3,600) and Board ($3,400).........................................................$7,000Matriculation ($200) and Student Activities ($220) ...............................$420Technology ($250), Phone ($55), and Laundry ($100) ...........................$405

Graduate and Muskingum Adult Program (MAP) Tuition (2007-2008)Tuition.......................................................$330 (per semester hour of credit)

Admission Requirements:Recommended:

Undergraduate: 15 units of secondary school4 units English 2 units foreign language 3 units college prep math 2 units science 2 units social science 2 other units approved by accredited high school

Graduate Admission to College: Earned baccalaureate degree from aregionally accredited college oruniversity, with minimum gradepoint average of 2.70. Individualdegree programs may haveadditional requirements includinga higher minimum grade pointaverage.

Admissions Programs: Early Admissions, Advanced Placement, TransferStudents, and Rolling Admission Plan

Enrollment (Fall 2006): 1,669 undergraduates, 489 graduate studentsFaculty: 102 full-time, 76% with doctorate, and 93% with terminal degrees, 15:1

student-faculty ratioLibrary: The Librarys holdings include 209,157 items, 310 journal

subscriptions, and 14 daily/weeklynewspaper subscriptions. In addition, the Library provides access to: 100+research databases; 7,100 full-text electronic journals; 31,000 full-textelectronic books; 125,000 digital images; 110,000 digital audio files; and2,250 digital videos. As a member of the OPAL and OhioLINK consortia,library services to Muskingum College students, faculty, and staff includeborrowing privileges at 85 academic libraries throughout the state.

Campus: 225 acres with 20 major buildings Location: New Concord; 125 miles south of Cleveland, 70 miles east of

Columbus

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Undergraduate Disciplinary Majors: Accounting, Accounting (Public), Art,Biology, Business, Chemistry, Christian Education, Computer Science,Digital Media Design, Early Childhood Education, Earth Science,Economics, Engineering Science, English, French, Geology, German, HealthEducation, History, Mathematics, Middle Childhood Education, Music,Music Education, Philosophy, Physical Education, Physics, PoliticalScience, Psychology, Religion, Sociology, Spanish, Special Education,Speech Communication, Theatre

Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Majors: American Studies, Child and FamilyStudies, Conservation Science, Criminal Justice, Environmental Science,Humanities, International Affairs, International Business, Journalism,Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Public Affairs, Self-Designed

Undergraduate Teacher Licensure: Early Childhood, Middle Childhood,Adolescent/Young Adult, Multi-Age Health and Physical Education,Multi-Age Foreign Language, Multi-Age Music, Multi-Age Visual Arts,and Intervention Specialist, Mild/Moderate (ages 5-21)

Graduate Teacher Licensure: Early Childhood (initial licensure); EarlyChildhood (second licensure); Middle Childhood; Adolescent/YoungAdult; Early Childhood Intervention Specialist; Intervention SpecialistMild/Moderate (initial licensure); Intervention Specialist Mild/Moderate(second licensure); Intervention Specialist Moderate/Intensive (initiallicensure); Intervention Specialist Moderate/Intensive (secondlicensure);Intervention Specialist Talented and Gifted; Principal, Ages 3-14;Principal, Ages 8-21; Early Education of the Handicapped (validation);Early Childhood Development (validation); Reading (endorsement);Talented and Gifted Endorsement

Pre-professional Programs: Christian Ministry, Dentistry, Engineering (affiliateprogram with Case Institute of Technology of Case Western ReserveUniversity, Cleveland, Ohio), Law, Medical Technology (affiliate programwith Southwest General Hospital, Middleburg Heights, Ohio), Medicine,Physical Therapy, Speech Pathology and Audiology (affiliate program withKent State University, Kent, Ohio), Veterinary Medicine

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General InformationMission

The mission of Muskingum College is to offer quality academic programs inthe liberal arts and sciences in the setting of a residential, coeducational,church-related college and in the context of a caring community whereindividual fulfillment is encouraged and human dignity is respected. Itsprimary purpose is to developintellectually, spiritually, socially andphysicallywhole persons, by fostering critical thinking, positive action,ethical sensitivity and spiritual growth, so that they may lead vocationallyproductive, personally satisfying and socially responsible lives.

LocationMuskingum College, located in east-central Ohio, is easily accessible by

major east-west and north-south highways. The Village of New Concord,Muskingums home town, is located on US 22 and 40, along Interstate 70, 115miles west of Pittsburgh and 70 miles east of Columbus. U.S. Interstates 77 and70 intersect ten miles east of New Concord near Cambridge; Zanesville issixteen miles to the west.

HistoryMuskingum College is rich in tradition, its proud heritage reaching back to

the first half of the nineteenth century when Ohio was an infant state andcovered wagons were bringing adventurous settlers westward over the newly-completed National Road through New Concord. The Colleges Indian name,sometimes mispronounced and often misspelled, is a source of pride to thosewho cherish the history of that colorful part of frontier America beyond theAlleghenies.

During its first half-century, Muskingum adhered to the educationalpatterns of the classical college of the period. In 1854, women were admittedon an equal basis with men. After the Civil War, a period of steady growthbegan, accelerating until the frontier classical college of less than a hundredstudents had evolved into a modern liberal arts and sciences college. Today,approximately 1,600 undergraduates and more than 1,000 graduate studentsstudy on Muskingums beautiful 225-acre campus.

When Franklin College, an important educational institution of thePresbyterian Church in the 19th century, closed in 1927, its alumni rolls came toMuskingum.

In January 2000, Dr. Anne C. Steele became Muskingum Colleges 20thPresident.

Presbyterian Heritage On March 18, 1837, the state legislature granted a group of New Concord

citizens a charter to establish a college in the Village. Because the communitywas settled largely by farm people of Scots-Irish descent, the predominantreligion was Presbyterian. In 1877, Muskingum became associated with theSynod of Ohio of the United Presbyterian Church. With the merger of the

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Presbyterian and United Presbyterian churches in 1958, Muskingum becameassociated with the newly-created United Presbyterian Church in the USA. In1983, that church merged with the Presbyterian Church in the United States toform