The graduate studies catalog

2006·7.8 MB·English

by  University of Scranton. College of Graduate and Continuing Education

THE UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON
2006-07
Graduate Studies Catalog
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Accreditations ofGraduate Programs
The Commission on Higher Education ofthe Middle StatesAssociation
ofColleges and Schools accreditsThe University ofScranton. In addition, the
College ofGraduate and Continuing Education is the only graduate school in
Northeastern Pennsylvania to be accredited by all the following professional
associations. The Graduate Program areas and associated accreditations are;
Master ofScience degrees in Education and School Counseling
Pennsylvania Department ofEducation (PDE)
National Council forAccreditation
ofTeacher Education (NCATE)(Probation)
Master ofHealth Administration degree
Commission onAccredidation
ofHealthcare Management Education (CAHME)
Master ofScience degrees in Community Counseling and School
Counseling
Council forAccreditation ofCounseling and
Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
Master ofScience degree in Rehabilitation Counseling
Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE)
Master ofBusiness Administration degree
TheAssociation to Advance Collegiate Schools
ofBusiness (AACSB International)
Master ofScience degree in Nursing
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
Council on Accreditation ofNurseAnesthesia Educational Programs
Master ofPhysical Therapy degree
Commission on Accreditation in PhysicalTherapy Education/APTA
Master ofScience degree in Occupational Therapy
Accreditation Council for OccupationalTherapy Education (ACOTE) of
theAmerican OccupationalTherapyAssociation (AOTA)
Rights Reserved
The President and officers ofThe UniversityofScranton reserve the right
to change the information, regulations, requirements and procedures announced
in this catalog; to change the requirements for admission, graduation or degrees; to
change the arrangement, scheduling, credit, or content ofcourses; and to change the
fees listed in this catalog.
The University reserves the right to refuse to admit or readmit any student
at any time should it be deemed necessary in the interest ofthe student or ofthe
University to do so and to require the withdrawal ofany student at any time who
fails to give satisfactory evidence ofacademic ability, earnestness ofpurpose, or active
cooperation in all requirements for acceptable scholarship.
A Community of Scholars
A
Culture of Excellence
The Graduate Studies Catalog
2006/2007
© The UniversityofScranton, 2006
August 2006
College ofGraduate and Continuing Education
The University ofScranton
800 Linden Street
Scranton, Pennsylvania 18510-4632
Phone [phone]
or 1-800-366-GRAD
FAX [phone]
http://www.scranton.edu/academics/ac_pr_graduate.shtml
STATEMENTOF OWNERSHIP
This graduate catalog is owned and controlled by The University of Scranton, Scranton,
Pennsylvania 18510-4632. Officers of the University are: Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J. Ph.D.,
President;Abigail Byman, UniversitySecretaryandGeneral Counsel; DavidC. Christiansen,Treasurer;
Howard W. Baillie, Ph.D., Provost/Vice President forAcademic Affairs; Vincent Carilli, Ph.D., Vice
President for StudentAffairs; Sr. Bernadette Duross, R.S.M., Vice President for Missions; Patrick F.
Leahy,Vice PresidentforUniversityRelations;Jerome DeSanto,VicePresident for Planningand Chief
InformationOfficer.
Corporate Title: The University ofScranton
THE MISSION STATEMENT OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON
HistoricalPrologue:
A comprehensive, co-educational institution, The University ofScranton is by tradition,
choice and heartfelt commitment, a CathoHc and Jesuit university. Founded in 1888 as Saint
Thomas College by the Most Reverend William G. O'Hara, D.D., the first bishop ofScranton,
it achieved university status in 1938, and was entrusted to the care ofthe Society ofJesus (the
Jesuits) in 1942.
TheMissionofthe University:
The University of Scranton is a community ofscholars whose ministry ofeducation is
informed by thevision oflife contained in both the Gospels and the Spiritual Exercises ofSaint
Ignatius Loyola. The University is therefore dedicated to freedom of inquiry, the pursuit of
wisdom, integrityand truth, and the personal growth anddevelopmentofallwho share in its life
and ministry.
TheGoalsoftheUniversity:
AsaCatholicandJesuitUniversity,TheUniversityofScrantonwill:
1. Share with all the fullness of the Catholic intellectual tradition, the distinctive
worldviewoftheChristian Gospels, andtheSpiritualityofSt. IgnatiusLoyola.
2. Educate men and women for others who are committed to the service offaith and
promotion ofjustice.
3. Invitepersonsfromother religious traditionsanddiversebackgroundstoshareinour
workandcontribute toourmission.
AsaComprehensiveUniversity,TheUniversityofScrantonwill:
4. Offer degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the traditional
disciplinesoftheliberalartsaswellasin pre-professionalandprofessionalareas.
5. Provide educational opportunities and support programs that promote the mission
ofthe University, meet the needs and interests of traditional and non-traditional
students, andservethe needsofthelocal region.
AsaUniversityintheLiberalArtsTradition,TheUniversityofScrantonwill:
6. Offer undergraduate students a core curriculum in theJesuit tradition based on the
artsandsciences.
7. Impart to students the importance ofgathering, evaluating, disseminating, and
applyinginformation usingtraditional andcontemporarymethods.
8. Provide learning experiences that reach beyond the fundamental acquisition of
knowledge to include understanding interactions and syntheses through discussion,
criticalthinking, andapplication.
9. Promotearespectforknowledgeandalifelongcommitmenttolearning,discernment
andethicaldecisionmaking.
AsaCaringCommunity,TheUniversityofScrantonwill:
10. Fosteraspiritofcaring, grounded in theJesuittradition oicurapersonalis, thatenables
allmembersofourcommunitytoengagefullyinourmission, accordingto theirneeds
andinterests.
11. Facilitate the personal growth and transformation of all members of University
communitythroughaspiritofcaring.
12. Extend this spirit ofcaring to the wider community through civic engagement and
service.
13. Enhance our sense ofcommunity by demonstrating high standards and care for our
physicalenvironment.
AsaDynamicInstitution,TheUniversityofScrantonwill:
14. Develop goals and aspirations by systemically reflecting on opportunities for and
challenges to fulfiUingourmission.
15. Fulfill ourmission through careful planningand managementofresources in order to
achieveouraspirationswhileremainingaffordabletoourstudents.
16. Engage the University community in purposefully monitoring progress toward the
accomplishmentofourmission.
MEMBERSHIPS OF THE UNIVERSITY
AcademyofCriminalJusticeSciences CouncilofIndependentColleges
AmericanAssociationofColleges Councilon UndergraduateResearch
forTeacherEducation InstituteforElectricalandElectronic
AmericanAssociationofCollegesofNursing Engineers
AmericanAssociationofCollegiate InternationalFederationofCatholic Universities
RegistrarsandAdmissionsOfficers JesuitConferenceofNursingPrograms
AmericanAssociationofHigherEducation Mid-AtlanticRegional NursingAssociation
AmericanCouncilonEducation NAGAP-NationalAssociationofGraduate
AmericanPhysicalTherapyAssociation AdmissionsProfessionals
AMIDEAST-America-MideastEducational& NAFSA-AssociationofInternationalEducators
TrainingServices, Inc. NationalAssociationofBoardsofExaminers
Association forComputingMachinery ofNursingHomeAdministrators
Association forContinuingHigher NationalAssociationofIndependentColleges
Education, Inc. and Universities
Association forGerontologyin Higher NationalCatholicEducationAssociation
Education NationalCouncilon Rehabilitation Education
AssociationofAmericanColleges National LeagueforNursing
AssociationofCatholicCollegesand NortheasternPennsylvaniaIndependent
Universities Colleges
AssociationofGoverningBoardsof PennsylvaniaAssociationofCollegesand
UniversitiesandColleges Universities
AssociationofJesuitCollegesandUniversities PennsylvaniaHealthCareAssociation
AssociationofUniversityProgramsin Health PennsylvaniaHigherEducationNursing
Administration Schools
Commission forIndependentCollegesand PennsylvaniaStateBoardofExaminersof
Universities NursingHomeAdministrators
CommissiononCollegiateNursingEducation SocietyforCollegeand UniversityPlanning
CouncilofUndergraduateProgramsin TuitionExchangeProgram
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Table of Contents
Page
Accreditations InsideFrontCover
Calendarfor2006-2007 6
GeneralInformation 8
Admission and Registration 1
Academic Regulations 16
Resources 22
TuitionandFees 28
BusinessAdministration 29
Chemistry, Biochemistry, ClinicalChemistry 41
CommunityCounseling, RehabilitationCounseling, SchoolCounseling 47
Education 72
HealthAdministration andFiuman Resources 104
History 119
Nursing 123
OccupationalTherapy 140
PhysicalTherapy 144
SoftwareEngineering 155
Theology 159
UniversityAdministration 164
Index 165
CampusMap InsideBackCover
Academic Calendar
FALL 2006 TERM SCHEDULE
Orientation fornewstudents Sun., 27Aug.
CLASSES START Mon., 28Aug.
Lastdaytoaddacourse Fri., 1 Sept.
LaborDay(Noclasses) Mon.,4 Sept.
Lastdaytodropacourse Wed., 27Sept.
Lastdayto registerforComprehensiveExaminations Fri., 6Oct.
Termbreak(Noclasses) 14-17Oct.
ComprehensiveExaminationsadministered Sat., 21 Oct.
Lastdaytowithdrawfromcourse Fri., 10 Nov.
ThanksgivingHoliday(Noclasses) 22-26Nov.
Lastdayfortheses, scholarlypapers Fri., 1 Dec.
FINALEXAMINATIONS 12 - 18 Dec.
Falldegreeconferraldate 31 Dec.
INTERSESSION 2007 TERM SCHEDULE
Intersession/Spring2007CourseRegistrationbeginsinOctober
CLASSES START Tues., 2Jan.
Lastdaytoaddacourse Wed., 3Jan.
Lastdaytodropacourse Fri., 5Jan.
Lastdaytowithdrawfromcourse Tues., 16Jan.
FINALEXAMINATIONS 23Jan.
Intersessiondegreeconferraldate 31 Jan.
SPRING 2007 TERM SCHEDULE
Intersession/Spring2007CourseRegistrationbeginsin October
CLASSES START Wed., 24Jan.
Lastdayto addacourse Tues., 30Jan.
Lastdaytodropacourse Fri.,23 Feb.
Springbreak 10- 18 Mar.
Lastdayto registerforComprehensiveExaminations Fri., 23Mar.
Easterbreak 5 - 9Apr.
Lastdaytowithdrawfrom course Thurs., 12Apr.
ComprehensiveExaminationsadministered Sat., 14Apr.
Lastdayfortheses, scholarlypapers Fri., 27Apr.
FINALEXAMINATIONS 14- 18 May
COMMENCEMENT TBA
SUMMER SESSIONS
COMMON DATES FOR SUMMER 2007 TERMS
Summer/Fall2007CourseRegistration begins in March
Lastdayto registerforComprehensiveExaminations Fri., 22June
ComprehensiveExaminationsadministered Sat., 14July-
Lastdayfortheses, scholarlypapers Fri., 29July
Summerdegreeconferral date 31 Aug.
SUMMER 2007 TERM SCHEDULE
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CLASSES START Mon.,4June
Lastdaytoaddacourse Tues., 5June
Lastdaytodropacourse Thurs., 7June
Lastdaytowithdrawfromcourse Mon., 25June
FINALEXAMINATIONS 2 -3July
SUMMER G 2007 TERM SCHEDULE
CLASSES START Mon., 18June
Lastdaytoaddacourse Tues., 19June
Lastdaytodropacourse Thurs., 21 June
IndependenceDayHoliday(Noclasses) 4July
Lastdaytowithdrawfromcourse Wed., 18July
FINALEXAMINATIONS 25 -26July
SUMMER 2007 TERM SCHEDULE
II
CLASSES START Mon., 9July
Lastdaytoaddacourse Tues., 10July
Lastdaytodropacourse Thurs., 12July
Lastdaytowithdrawfromcourse Mon., 30July
FINALEXAMINATIONS 6-7Aug.
Deadline toApplyforDegree Conferral
Students planning to graduate at the endofaparticular term must submit
to the Office ofStudent Services andAdvising the "Application for Degree"
formwhen theyregisterfortheterm in which theyexpectto completeall
degree requirements.
General Information
AJesuitinstitution in Pennsylvania's Pocono northeast,TheUniversityofScranton isknown
formanythings, especiallyitsoutstandingacademics, state-of-theartcampusandtechnology,and
exceptionalsenseofcommunity. Foundedin 1888, theUniversityhasastudentpopulationof
approximately4,800, includingadult, part-timeandgraduatestudents.
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Forelevenconsecutiveyears, U.S. News WorldReportrankedScrantonamongthe 10fin-
estmaster'suniversitiesintheNorth-fourthinthe2003edition. Yahoo!InternetLifehasranked
Scrantonamongthenation's 100 mostwiredcollegesand universitiesforthepastthreeyears-39th
in the2001 edition. Inaddition, Scranton isoneofonly 100schoolsinthenationon Templeton's
HonorRollofCharacter-BuildingColleges
PROGRAMS
GraduatestudywasinitiatedatTheUniversityofScranton in 1950, thefirstmaster'sdegrees
beingawardedin 1952. Atpresent, thefollowingmaster's programsareofferedbytheCollegeof
GraduateandContinuingEducation:
Biochemistry MS,MA
MBA
BusinessAdministration
Chemistry MS,MA
ClinicalChemistry MS,MA
CommunityCounseling MS
Curriculumand Instruction MS, MA
EarlyChildhoodEducation MS, MA
EducationalAdministration MS
ElementaryEducation MS
EnglishasaSecond Language MS
MHA
HealthAdministration
MA
History
HumanResourcesAdministration MS
MSN
Nursing
OccupationalTherapy MS
PhysicalTherapy MPT, tDPT, DPT
ReadingEducation MS, MA
RehabilitationCounseling MS
SchoolCounseling MS
SecondaryEducation MS
Soft^vareEngineering MS
SpecialEducation MS
MA
Theology
TheUniversityhascertificationprogramsapprovedbythePennsylvania Departmentof
Educationintheareaslistedbelow. Someofthesemaybepursuedinconnectionwithan under-
graduatedegree,someinconnectionwithagraduatedegree, andsomemaybepursuedindependent
ofanydegreeprogram.