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Contents Academic calendar ............................................. 2 About this catalog .............................................. 2 Contact information .......................................... 2 Profile .................................................................. 4
Nature of the College Heritage ............................................................... 5 Mission................................................................. 6 Goals .................................................................... 6 Commitment to non-discrimination ............... 7 Student complaint policy .................................. 7 Public complaint policy ..................................... 7 Accreditation....................................................... 7
Campus .................................................. 8 Student Life and Services Residence life ...................................................... 9 Campus activities and organizations ............... 9 Campus ministry .............................................. 11 Center for Calling and Career Exploration .. 12 Athletics ............................................................. 12 Gilliam Wellness Center .................................. 12 Health services .................................................. 12 Federal laws and acts ....................................... 12 Student guidelines ............................................ 13
Admission Undergraduate Admission .............................. 14
Financial Information Tuition and other basic charges ..................... 17 Explanation of fees .......................................... 18 Financial registration policy ............................ 18 Meal plan ........................................................... 18 Payment ............................................................. 18 Refund policy .................................................... 19 Textbooks ......................................................... 20
Financial Aid General requirements for Title IV financial aid ..................................... 21 Definition of terms .......................................... 21 Milligan College programs .............................. 21 Title IV Federal Financial Aid satisfactory academic progress policy ............................. 22 Scholarship guidelines ..................................... 22 Scholarship/grant policies .............................. 23 State programs .................................................. 24 Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship ... 24 Federal programs ............................................. 25 Financial aid for graduate students ................ 25 Disbursements of financial aid ....................... 25 Financial aid application process ................... 25 Financial aid calendar ...................................... 26 Student rights and responsibilities ................. 26 Veterans education benefits ........................... 27
Academic Policies General policies ................................................ 28 Advisers and mentors ...................................... 28
Campus communication ................................. 28 Ceremony of matriculation ............................. 28 Classification ..................................................... 28 College calendar................................................ 28 Correspondence credit .................................... 28 Course repeat policy ........................................ 29 Grade reports.................................................... 29 Grading system (undergrad and grad) ........... 29 Graduation requirements ................................ 29 Honors ............................................................... 29 Information technology .................................. 30 Disabilities ......................................................... 30 Library services ................................................. 31 Probation and dismissal (undergraduate) ..... 31 Spiritual formation ........................................... 31 Testing services (undergraduate students) .... 32 Testing services (graduate students) .............. 32 Majors exam policy .......................................... 32 Credit by examination ..................................... 33 AP policy ........................................................... 33 CLEP policy ...................................................... 33 International Baccalaureate policy ................. 34 Transfer credit policy ....................................... 34 Transcripts......................................................... 35 Withdrawal ........................................................ 35
Academic Programs Baccalaureate degrees ...................................... 36 Graduate degrees .............................................. 36 General education requirements (GER) ....... 37 Developmental studies .................................... 38 Writing competency ......................................... 38 Tutoring ............................................................. 38 Co-operative programs.................................... 38 Off-campus programs ..................................... 39 Majors, minors, and certificates ..................... 42 Majors and minors by area.............................. 43 Accounting ........................................................ 44 Applied Finance and Accounting .................. 44 Allied Health Science ....................................... 45 Art ................................................................... 46 Bible ................................................................... 47 Biology ............................................................... 49 Business Administration ................................. 50 Business: M.B.A. .............................................. 54 Business: Adult Degree Completion ............. 56 Chemistry .......................................................... 59 Child and Youth Development ...................... 60 Child and Youth Development: Adult Degree Completion ........................... 61 Child Life ........................................................... 65 Children’s Ministry ........................................... 66 Christian Ministry ............................................. 67 Coaching ............................................................ 68 Communications .............................................. 68 Composition ..................................................... 70 Computer Information Systems .................... 71 Computer Information Systems Mobile ....... 72 Digital Media Studies ....................................... 73 Economics ........................................................ 73 Education: licensure programs ....................... 74 Education: M.Ed. ............................................. 81 English ............................................................... 87 Ethnic Studies ................................................... 88 Exercise Science ............................................... 89 Film Studies....................................................... 90 Fine Arts ............................................................ 90
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Fitness and Wellness ........................................ 93 French ................................................................ 93 General Science ................................................ 94 Geography ......................................................... 94 German .............................................................. 94 Greek ................................................................. 94 Health Care Administration............................ 95 Hebrew .............................................................. 95 History ............................................................... 96 Humanities ........................................................ 97 Human Performance and Exercise Science .................................... 98 Intercultural Studies ....................................... 100 Interdisciplinary Honors ............................... 101 Language Arts ................................................. 101 Leadership (certificate) .................................. 102 Legal Studies ................................................... 103 Mathematics .................................................... 104 Missions ........................................................... 105 Multimedia Journalism .................................. 106 Music ................................................................ 106 Music Education ............................................ 107 Nursing ............................................................ 110 Occupational Therapy: M.S.O.T.................. 112 Philosophy....................................................... 114 Photography.................................................... 115 Physical Education ......................................... 115 Physical Science .............................................. 116 Physics ............................................................. 117 Political Science .............................................. 117 Pre-professional programs ............................ 118 Psychology ...................................................... 118 Public Leadership and Service...................... 120 Public Relations and Advertising ................. 122 Sociology ......................................................... 122 Spanish ............................................................. 123 Theatre Arts .................................................... 124 Women’s Studies ............................................ 124 Worship Leadership ....................................... 125 Youth Ministry................................................ 126
Course Descriptions ..... 127 The Milligan Community Board of trustees ............................................ 169 Board of advisors ........................................... 169 Administration ................................................ 170 Regular ranked faculty ................................... 171 Administrative faculty.................................... 173 Adjunct faculty ............................................... 173 Faculty associates ........................................... 175
Scholarship Programs and Endowment Funds Endowed chairs .............................................. 176 Foundational endowments ........................... 176 Named, funded scholarship endowments. . 177
Index Index ................................................................ 179
Campus Map Campus map ................................................... 181