Weekend College
1989-1990 Calendar
1989 Fall
Trimester
Sept 15-17
Sept 17
4
2-4
5-7
7
April 6-8
April 8
Last day to change
Oct 22
Feb
11
May 20
grade option Last day to withdraw
from class
Nov 19
Mar 11
June 3
Classes end
Dec 3
Mar 25
June 17
Final exams
Dec 8-10
Mar 30Au... Show more
Weekend College
1989-1990 Calendar
1989 Fall
Trimester
Sept 15-17
Sept 17
4
2-4
5-7
7
April 6-8
April 8
Last day to change
Oct 22
Feb
11
May 20
grade option Last day to withdraw
from class
Nov 19
Mar 11
June 3
Classes end
Dec 3
Mar 25
June 17
Final exams
Dec 8-10
Mar 30Auril 1
June 22-24
Final grades due
Dec 18
Sept 15-17
Sept 29-Oct 1
Oct 13-15
Oct 20-22
Nov 3-5
Nov 17-19
Dec 1-3
Dec 8-10
April
Jan
Jan
Jan
Feb
Feb
Mar
Mar
Mar
July
April
April
May
May
Jun
Jun
Jun
Classes begin
Last day to add
or drop class without
record notation
II
Classes meet
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1990 Spring
Trimester
Jan
Tan
Jan
Jan
New Student Orientation Sept 9
Reeistration
Seut 9
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1990 Winter
Trimester
9
5-7
12-14
26-28
9-11
23-25
9-11
23-25
30-Apr 1
April 5
Mar 31
2
6-8*
20-22
4-6
18-20
1-3
15-17
22-24
"Classes in SpringTrimester will be four hours in length instead of three
and one half hours. See page 28 for exact times.
Most Weekend College classes meet seven times during a trimester. It is
expected that students attend every class. If a student needs to miss one
class period, the instructor should be contacted. Some courses will meet
for the entire period on Finals Class Weekend.
Cover Art: "Desigved for the Working Mind" by Philip
Thompson, Chair, Augsburg College Art Departnzcnt.
Frequently Called Telephone Numbers
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Weekend College Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . ,330-1782
Director, Rick Thoni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330-1640
Operations, Laurel Orthmeyer . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .330-1740
Admissions, Sylvia Stasiukonis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,330-1792
Data Entry, Robin Sanderson . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . ,330-1652
Secretary, Debbie Olin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330-1782
Enrollment, Deidre Middleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330-1777
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Other Campus Numbers:
Bookstore, College Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330-1122
Business Office, Science Hall
Cashier: 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330-1028
Billing: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330-1790
Education Department. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,330-1130
Financial Aid Office, Science Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330-1046
Counseling and Career Planning, Memorial Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . .330-1162
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,. . . . . , . 330-1017
Nursing Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. , .. . . . . 330-1209
Registrar (Transcripts, Grades) Science Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,330-1036
General Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . , . . .330-1000
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Weekend College Office Hours:
Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (evening hours by appointment)
Office Hours on Class Weekends:
Friday - 5:30 p.m.-6:15 p.m. - Old Main 18
Saturday - 8:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. - Old Main 18 or WEC office
Sunday - 12:30p.m.-1:30 p.m. - Old Main 18
Weekend College Office Location:
The Weekend College Office is 2222 Murphy Square, located on the
corner of 23rd Avenue and 7% Street on the Augsburg College
Campus (number 11on the map found on page 7 l ) .
This bulletin is a supplement to the Augsburg College Catalog and is
published for the convenience of Augsburg Weekend College students.
Weekend College is a program of Augsburg College and is subject to the
policies and provisions as stated in the Augsburg College Catalog.
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able of Contents
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FREQUENTLY CALLED TELEPHONE NUMBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
GENERAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR 1989-1990
Introduction to Augsburg Weekend College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Information Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Characteristics of the Eductional Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .h
Student Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Career Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.
Tutoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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Veterans of Military Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.
ACADEMIC INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
DegreesandMajors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Business Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.
Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Tcacliing Licensure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Management Information Systems (MIS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-16
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Nursing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . # . . . 17
Social Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -18
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Minors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Deai-isList . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Probation and Dismissal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Grading Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Withdrawal from College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Graduation with Distinction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 2 2
Assessment of Previous Learning (APL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
CLASS SCHEDULE 1989-90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 3 0
ADMISSIONS1 FINANCIAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Admissions Requirements and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
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Financial Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
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Fecs and Payment Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
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Payment Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
liefund Scliedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
ABOUT AUGSBURG COLLEGE
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CAMPUS GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
CAMPUS LOCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
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Introduction to Augsburg Weekend College
Purpose
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Augsburg Weekend College provides an educational alternative to adults
who desire college experience but who work or have other commitments
during the week. It is a means by which men and women may earn a
bachelor's degree, gain skills for professional advancement, prepare for
career change, or pursue a personal interest in one or more areas of the
liberal arts.
The Adult as Student
The Augsburg Weekend College program is designed to meet the needs
and preferences of adult learners. The program is based on the
assumption that the men and women who enroll in Weekend College
will be mature, self-disciplined and well-motivated adult learners who
seek a balance of classroclm experience and individualized study. Each
course is therefore divided into periods of concentrated on-campus study
separated by time for independent study and class preparation.
Alternate Weekends
To accommodate this format for learning, classes meet on alternate
weekends for three and a half hours on either Friday evening, Saturday
morning, Saturday afternoon, or Sunday afternoon.* Each class selected
by the student involves commitment to one of these four class periods.
Weekend College students may take from one to four different courses by
attending class every other weekend.
Community of Learners
Essential to the goals of Augsburg Weekend College is participation in a
community of adult learners. Learning can be enhanced when the
student is involved in a stable community that provides opportunity and
encouragement to become involved in interaction both in and out of the
classroom. This community will be enriched by the presence of both men
and women with a variety of work and life experiences.
To facilitate this kind of community interaction, Augsburg encourages
Weekend College students to make use of college facilities such as the
library and college center, to take the opportunity of having shared meals
and coffee breaks, to participate in optional lunchtime seminars, and to
attend other college activities such as music and dramatic presentations
and athletic events.
*Laboratory sections or additional class hours may be scheduled on evenings
during the week.
Information Sessions
Adults who are interested in Augsburg Weekend College are encouraged
to attend one of the information sessions that are scheduled throughout
the year. These information sessions are free of charge and are
approximately 2 hours in length. Please call the Weekend College Office
(330-1782)to receive further details on these information sessions or to
sign up for one of the following dates:
For Fall Trimester, 1989
5:30 PM
Saturday, June 3
Saturday, June 24
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
0
Tuesday, July 25
Thursday, August 10
For Winter Trimester 1990
Saturdav. October 14
Thursday, November 2
Saturday, November 18
For Spring Trimester, 1990
Saturday, January 27
Thursdav, Februarv 8
Saturdav. Februarv 24
For more information write or call:
Augsburg Weekend College Office
A~~gsburg
College
731 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55454
612 I 330-1782
FAX: 612 1330-1695
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
9:00 AM
5:30 PM
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
5:30 PM
9:00 AM
Characteristics of the Educational Program
Educational Mission
For over a century Augsburg College has emphasized intellectual freedom
in the search for knowledge. Our academic program builds on a liberal
arts foundation to help students understand the past, interpret the
present, and plan for the future.
As in the weekday program, Augsburg Weekend College offers students a
unique combination of the liberal arts disciplines and professional
education. Our goals are to help students develop the intellectual skills
and attitudes to be life-long learners, increase their competence in
selected areas of professional work, and accomplish a higher level of
personal growth.
Accreditation and Affiliations
Augsburg College is fully accredited by the North Central Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools and The National Council for the
Accreditation of Teacher Education (Secondary and Elementary). Our
programs are approved by The American Chemical Society, The Council
on Social Work Education and the National League for Nursing. We are a
member of the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities (ACTC), Lutheran
Education Council in North America, Minnesota Private College Council,
National Association for Music Therapy, Inc., and are registered with the
Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB).
Faculty
Augsburg College prides itself on its highly qualified faculty.
Members of the faculty serve as academic advisers to students who are in
the pre-major stage of planning as well as to students in declared major
fields.
Library
Students and faculty use a carefully selected library of some 150,000
volumes plus audio-visual materials, with access to over 5,000,000
volumes through the Twin Cities private college consortium and Minitex.
Internships
Internships on and off campus are an established part of most academic
programs, helping students make career choices and develop experience
in their chosen fields.
Student Support Services
Augsburg Weekend College provides a number of student services to
assist adults in making educational and career plans, accomplishing the
academic tasks of a college education, working on their own personal
development, and participating in activities beyond the classroom. Some
of these services are:
Academic Planning
All Augsburg Weekend College students will have access to expert
academic advising services on an on-going basis to provide for efficient,
effective planning. Students enrolling in Weekend College who have had
college experience will have their previous work evaluated early in the
admissions process.
Career Planning Services
Staff from the Career Planning and Placement Office will assist adults in
assessing their career goals and personal abilities. This service, in
combination with sound academic advising from faculty in a chosen
major field, can result in an appropriate and manageable educational and
career plan for the individual involved.
Academic Skills Center
This center exists to help students enhance their skills in the areas of
writing, reading, math, time management, and study skills. Academic
tutors in specialized course areas are also available through the center.
CounselinglSupport Groups
Individual and group activities are available to students who wish to
work on a personal growth interest or concern or who simply want to
have the experience of being in a support group of people who share
some similar characteristics andlor interests.
Veterans of Military Service
Augsburg is approved by the State Approving Agency for Veterans
Training. Veterans should consult with the Office of the Registrar about
completion of the enrollment certificate and the forwarding of other
information to the Veterans Administration. (Please refer to the Augsburg
College Catalog for more detailed information.)
American Indian Support Program
Staff from this program are available to assist students in the areas of
financial aid, admissions, academic and personal counseling.
Degrees and Majors
Augsburg Weekend College allows adults to begin a bachelor's degree
program or to continue their education after beginning at another time or
institution. It also enables adults to add a second major to an already
completed college degree. The following information outlines what is
involved in completing a degree or major in Augsburg Weekend College.
(For more detailed information regarding graduation requirements,
please refer to the Augsburg College Catalog.)
Bachelor's Degree
The bachelor's degree program in Augsburg Weekend College is
essentially the same as the weekday program. A total of 35 semester
courses are required to graduate and may be fulfilled through
combinations of transfer of previous college credit, assessment of
previous learning experience, and Weekend College courses. (Augsburg
semester courses are valued at 4 semester credits and 6 quarter credits.)
Included in the 35 total courses must be an approved major program,
eleven upper division courses, and courses selected from the following
liberal arts spectrum (transfer courses and courses taken in the major may
also be counted for distribution requirements):
One approved course from each of seven areas:
1. ArtlMusic
2. HistorylPhilosophy
3. EconomicslPolitical Science
4. English - Speech, Communication and Theatre Arts
(devoted to the study of literature)
5. Psychology 1051Sociology 121 (or the equivalent transfer course)
6. ChemistrylBiology
7. MathematicslPhysics
A course in writing (English 111)or demonstrated proficiency
Two courses or demonstrated competence in a second language
Three courses (or one course per year of study) in religious studies
One course in the area of urban concerns, women's studies, or minority
studies
In addition to the 35 total courses, a student must demonstrate
proficiency in two lifetime sports.
Majors
Augsburg Weekend College students may select from 7 separate majors,
several with a number of career concentrations. A minor is available in
each of these academic areas as well as economics, psychology, religion
and sociology.
Business Administration
This major prepares students in the areas of management, financial
accounting, finance, and marketing. To provide a combination of
applied skills and theoretical background, each of these majors is
interdisciplinary in approach, including an average of ten business
administration courses and six courses from supporting fields such as
economics, computer programming, communications, philosophy, and
mathematics. Majors in Business Administration are candidates for the
Bachelor of Arts degree.
Core Courses
All students who pursue a major in Business Administration will
complete the following core courses:
BUS
BUS
BUS
BUS
BUS
BUS
BUS
BUS
ECO
ECO
ECO
or
or
ECO
175
221
222
242
252
279
331
391
112
113
311
312
315
313
Computers for Business and Economics
Principles of Accounting I
Principles of Accounting I1
Principles of Management
Principles of Marketing
Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business
Financial Management
Business Law
Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
Public Finance
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Money and Banking
Intermediate Microeconomics
Accounting Concentration
Students who wish to pursue a Business Administration major with a
concentration in accounting will complete the following courses in
addition to the core:
BUS
BUS
BUS
BUS
or
or
322
323
324
326
423
425
Accounting Theory and Practice I
Accounting Theory and Practice I1
Managerial Cost Accounting
Tax Accounting
Auditing
Advanced Accounting
Students in this major should seriously consider one or more courses
from the following list:
BUS 399 Internship
ENG 223 Writing for Business and the Professions
PHI 120 Ethics
Those planning a career in accounting are strongly encouraged to
complete the remaining courses in the 326,423 and 425 sequence.
Finance Concentration
Students wishing to pursue a Business Administration major with a
concentration in finance will complete the following courses in addition
to the core:
BUS
BUS
BUS
ECO
or
or
322
433
438
318
415
479
Accounting Theory and Practice I
Financial Theory: Policy and Practice
Investment Theory
M'anagement Science
Managerial Economics
Intermediate Quantitative Methods for Economics and
Business
Students in this major should seriously consider one or more courses
from the following list:
BUS
BUS
BUS
ENG
PHI
324
326
399
223
120
Managerial Cost Accounting
Tax Accounting
Internship
Writing for Business and the Professions
Ethics
Management Concentration
Students wishing to pursue a Business Administration major with a
concentration in management will complete the following courses in
addition to the core:
BUS
BUS
ECO
PSY
or
SOC
340
440
318
373
Human Resource Management
Operations Management
Management Science
Organizational Psychology
349 Complex Organizations
Students in this major should seriously consider one or more courses
from the following list:
BUS
ENG
PHI
PSY
SOC
SOC
SOC
SPC
SPC
399
223
120
371
336
375
265
111
354
Internship
Writing for Business and the Professions
Ethics
Psychology of the Individual
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Social Psychology
Racial and Minority Group Relations
Public Speaking
Interpersonal Communication
Marketing Concentration
Students wishing to pursue a Business Administration major with a
concentration in marketing will complete the following courses in
addition to the core:
BUS
BUS
ECO
BUS
352
450
415
355
Marketing Research and Analysis
Marketing Management
Managerial Economics
Marketing Communication
Students in this major should seriously consider one or more courses
from the following list:
BUS
ENG
PHI
SPC
SPC
399
223
120
351
352
Internship
Writing for Business and the Professions
Ethics
Argumentation
Persuasion
Business Minor
BUS
BUS
BUS
BUS
ECO
ECO
221
242
252
331
112
113
Principles of Accounting I
Principles of Management
Principles of Marketing
Financial Management
Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
Other configurations of the Business Administration minor may be
permitted on consultation with department chairperson.
Communication
Communication is an interdisciplinary major which is broad in scope and
practical in application. The program consists of 15 courses; five in related
supporting fields such as psychology, sociology, speech, and philosophy.
Included is at least one course of internship experience in a work setting
serving the career goals of individual students. Students may focus their
lecture courses toward the development of career skills in public relations
and advertising, marketing communications, human relations, or
supervisory management. Majors in communication are candidates for
the Bachelor of Arts degree.
Required Communication Core
ENG 223,225,226 or 227: An Advanced Writing Course
SPC 342 Mass Communications in Society
SPC 351 Argumentation
or 352 Persuasion
SPC 354 Interpersonal Communication
SPC 399 Internship
Required supporting courses:
PHI 130 Logic
PSY 105 General Psychology
SOC 121 Principles of Sociology
or 336 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
SOC 375 Social Psychology
SPC 111 Public Speaking
Major also includes satisfactory performance on competency tests in
writing and typing. This must be done before taking upper division
courses. A literature course may be substituted for SOC 121 or SOC 375.
Communication Electives
With the help of an academic adviser, the student will select five (5)
elective courses designed to meet additional background and skill
requirements in the career areas of public relations and advertising,
marketing communications, human relations, or supervisory
management.
The following are some of the electives recommended in each area:
Public Relations and Advertising
Students interested in the Public Relations emphasis are strongly urged
to take ENG 227 (Journalism) as part of the major.
BUS
BUS
BUS
BUS
ENG
ENG
PSY
SOC
SPCl
SPCl
SPCl
SPC
SPC
242 Principles of Management
252 Principles of Marketing
279 Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business
355 Marketing Communications
226 Creative Writing
227 Journalism
373 Organizational Psychology
349 Complex Organizations
ART 132 Photography
ART 224 Publication Design
ART 2251230 Visual Communications I, 11
345 Organizational Communication
480 Public RelationslPromotional Communications
Marketing Communications
BUS
BUS
BUS
BUS
SPC
252
352
355
450
480
Principles of Marketing
Marketing Research and Analysis
Marketing Communications
Marketing Management
Public RelationslPromotiona1 Communications
Human Relations
PSY
PSY
SOC
SOC
SOC
SPC
SPC
SPC
SPC
373
485
231
265
349
329
345
355
480
Organizational Psychology
Counseling Psychology
Sociology of the Family
Racial and Minority Group Relations
Complex Organizations
Intercultural Communication
Organizational Communication
Small Group Communication
Public Relations Promotional Communications
Supervisory Management
BUS
BUS
BUS
BUS
BUS
BUS
PSY
SOC
SPC
SPC
SPC
175
242
279
340
355
440
373
349
345
355
480
Computers in Business and Economics
Principles of Management
Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business
Human Resource Management
Marketing Communications
Operations Management
Organizational Psychology
Complex Organizations
Organizational Communication
Small Group Communication
Public RelationslPromotional Communications
Communication Minor
Five courses approved by the department.
Education
Teaching Licensure
Teaching licensure programs are offered for Kindergarten-Elementary
and selected Secondary fields through Weekend College. Individualized
programs are worked out with an adviser in either Elementary or
Secondary education. To be admitted to the Education Department the
student will have achieved an overall 2.5 G.P.A. plus a 2.5 G.P.A. in
hislher major field. All professional courses with the exception of Clinical
Experience and Student Teaching are available in the weekend schedule.
In addition to Kindergarten-Elementary, Augsburg Weekend College
grants secondary licenses in English-Language Arts and Social Studies.
Students may also work individually on the following majors offered in
conjunction with day school: French, German, Health, Life Science,
Mathematics, Physical Science (Chemistry or Physics), Science (grades
5-9), Spanish, Speech, Theater Arts, and in the special areas of Art (K-l2),
Band (K-12) and Classroom Music (Grades 5-12), Orchestra (K-12) and
Classroom Music (5-12), Vocal and Classroom Music (K-9), Vocal and
Classroom Music (5-12), and Physical Education (K-12).
Contact an Education Department adviser for information in your field of
study and for application for admission to the Department of Education.
Students entering the licensure program in Fall, 1989 or later and want
K-6 licensure, must take EDE 375.
All students must apply for acceptance into the Education Department
and take the PPST test before beginning professional education courses
(those numbered in the 300-400 level). Any course grade below 2.0 must
be retaken.
Elementary Education
EDE 253 Orientation to Education in an Urban Setting* (.5 course)
EDE 341 Media Technology (.5 course)
EDE 350 Creating Learning Environments (.5 course)
EDE 351 Techniques of Teaching Reading
EDE 363 Clinical Experiences (.5 course)"
EDE 364 Interdisciplinary Studies (.25 course)
EDE 375 Discovery in the World of Kindergarten (.5 course)
EDE 376 K-El Social Studies (.25 course)
EDE 377 K-El Science (.25 course)
EDE 379 K-El Art (.25 course)
EDE 380 K-El Music (.25 course)
EDE 382 K-El Math (.5 course)
EDE 386 Children's Literature (.5 course)
EDE 387 Language Arts (.5 course)
EDE 388 K-El Health (.25 course)
EDE 389 K-El Physical Education (.25 course)
EDE 481 Student Teaching
EDE 482 Student Teaching
EDE 483 Student Teaching
EDE 484 Student Teaching
EDS 388 Human Relations (.5 course)
IlPE 114 Safety Education (.5 course)
HPE 115 Chemical Dependency (.5 course)
SWK 260 Humans Developing
College Level Math Course
Academic Minor or Second Major
*Field Experience Separate
Secondary Education
EDS 264 Orientation to Education in an Urban Setting* (.5 course)
EDS 341 Media Technology (.5 course)
EDS 350 Reading in the Content Areas (.5 course)
EDS 352 Clinical Experience* (.5 course)
EDS 353 Creating Learning Environments
EDS 388 Human Relations (.5 course)
EDS 477 School and Society Seminar (.5 course)
EDS 481 Student Teaching
EDS 482 Student Teaching
EDS 483 Student Teaching
EDS 484 Student Teaching
EDS 486 Student Teaching Seminar (.5 course)
HPE 114 Safety Education (.5 course)
HPE 115 Chemical Dependency (.5 course)
PSY 105 General Psychology
Special Methods in Licensure Field
"Field Experience Separate
Major for Secondary Teaching Licensure in Social Studies
Students preparing to teach social studies on the high school level must
complete, in addition to the professional requirements to be met within
the Department of Education, a competency program designed to
provide a broad foundation in the social sciences. Students must
complete a major in one of five fields - Economics, History, Political
Science, Psychology or Sociology (the History major is described below)
plus 7 courses (ECO 112 or 113, Human Geography, HIS 222, POL 158,
PSY 105, SOC 121 and 336). Students considering a career in social
studies education should consult, as soon as possible, the Augsburg
Department of Education and the Social Studies Coordinator.
History Major: 8 courses plus 1seminar. At least four of these courses
must be upper division. A major must have at least one course (either
survey or upper level) from each of the four areas: Ancient and Medieval;
Modern Europe; U.S.; and non-Western.
English
Those who study English believe that an intense concern for words, ideas
and images helps us understand who we are and who we can become.
Writing helps us clarify and share our thoughts. Literature helps us
contemplate the pains and joys of human existence. Through English
study we see life's complexity, experience life as some others do, and
understand better the world in which we live and work.
English relates closely to other majors. With the other arts, English is
concerned with the pleasure that comes from artistic creation and with
the contemplation of works of art. With psychology and sociology,
English is concerned with individual and group behavior. With
philosophy, English is interested in ideas and the relation between
meaning and language. With science, English is interested in discovering
order and determining structures. With speech and communications,
English studies the effective use of language. With history and the other
social sciences and humanities, English studies the way people have
acted and thought at different times and in different cultures.
Major: 9 courses above 111, including 225; one course in American
literature; one course in Western literary tradition (271 or 272); and three
courses in British literature, one on literature before 1660 (for example, 331
or 438) and one that surveys a number of writers (336, 337, 423). Majors
are encouraged to take ENG 245 early in their college work and to consult
their departmental advisor regularly. A student with a double major or
special program that involves considerable work in the English
department should also work closely with an advisor in the department.
Note: Transfer students must take at least three of their English courses
at Augsburg.
English-Language ArtsTeaching Major: 10 courses, including those listed
under the major, a course in the English language, and an internship in
the teaching of writing. One course must include a component in nonWestern literature. In addition, the ACTC courses Communications Skills
in the English Classroom and Teaching Mass Media are required.
Courses in early American literature, Shakespeare, and film are
recommended. Several of the required courses, including the internship,
are not offered on weekends. Students in this program must work with
advisers in the English Department and the Education Department in
order to meet the professional requirements within the Education
Department as well as requirements in the major.
Students in this program who are transferring from other colleges should
consult the English department chair soon after enrolling.
Minor: 5 courses above 111including one course in British literature and
one writing course above the freshman level (223, 225, 226, or 227).
Management Information Systems (MIS)
This MIS major prepares students to work in the growing field of
information management. The major combines courses and skills from
both the business and computer science majors to help students learn
about the identification, organization, analysis and processing of
information in a business setting.
MIS Majors
BUS 175 Computers for Business and Economics
BUS 221 Principles of Accounting I
BUS 222 Principles of Accounting I1
BUS 242 Principles of Management
BUS 252 Principles of Marketing
BUS 279 Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business
BUS 331 Financial Management
ECO 112 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECO 113 Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 313 Intermediate Microeconomics
CSC 170 Structured Programming
MAT 171 Discrete Mathematics
CSC 210 Data Structure
BUS 370 Advanced Computing for Business and Economics
BUS 375 Information Systems in the Organization
BUS 475 Information Systems Analysis and Design
BUS 476 Information Systems Projects
ECO 318 Management Science
Students in this major should seriously consider one or more of the
following courses:
BUS
CSC
ENG
PHI
399
340
223
120
Internship
Digital Communications and Computer Networks
Writing for Business and the Professions
Ethics
MIS Minor
BUS
BUS
or
BUS
BUS
BUS
or
BUS
or
ECO
ECO
221
242
252
370
375
475
Principles of Accounting I
Principles of Management
Principles of Marketing
Advanced Computing for Business and Economics
Information Systems in the Organiiation
Information Systems Analysis and Design
479 Intermediate Quantitative Methods
318 Management Science
113 Principles of Microeconomics
Nursing
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\vho arc unablc tu a ttcnd cldvscd tluriilg thr wcckda)~.Classes a s
primarily scheduled on alternate weekends, but all courses in the major
may have additional class or lab hours beyond the weekend schedule.
Preparation for school nurse licensure is available.
Admissions Procedures
Admission to llic ili~rsingprogram includes lirst bcing acc~~ptcil
into
Augsburg Weekend Cr,llcgc thrrrugh t l ~ cprrxedures dcscrihed rln page
66. As candidntcr Ibr the nu.siny: nlajor, RNs m ~ ~demonstrate
st
evidence rjf tlo~npt~tion
of d n ,i~sociated r ~ ~ . (n.
e ediploma program,
current nursing pmcticc, and Minnesota lirensiit.~.Wliilc an RN may take
general ccluration cruascs and pi4ert!clui5ilecrlufics frlr the nursing major,
tingent upon:
further pnlgtvss in the major i s a111
1. SatisF{~clrrrycr?lnplctic~n
at n cnllcgc or university of the prerequisite
c.ourws: Analomy a ~ r dPh~siulugy,Microbiology, Inorganic Chemistry,
Organic or Bi~lchcmislry,English Composition, Introductory
Sncicllngy nnrl Intrrrdurtcwy I'sych(11ogy.
2. A cumulative gradepoint average of at least 2.5
3. Successful completion of testing to validate lower division nursing
knowledge.
"Graduates of the program are eligible to apply to the Minnesota Department of
Health for certification as a public health nurse.
Required Courses in the Nursing Major
NUR
NUR
NUR
NUR
NUR
NUR
NUR
NUR
NUR
NUR
305
306
310
311
330
350
403
404
423
427
Contemporary Nursing I: Communication*
Contemporary Nursing 11: Paradigms in Nursing*
Community Health Nursing I*
Community Health Nursing 11: Practicum**
Trends and Issues in Nursing*
Introduction to Nursing Research*
Contemporary Nursing 111: Families*
Contemporary Nursing IV: Leadership and Management*
Practicum in Nursing I: Nursing of the Family**
Practicum in Nursing 11: Leadership and Management**
*These courses may require extra class or lab sessions.
**Thesecourses require extra time and cost for clinical work.
Required Supporting Courses
PHI 380 Ethics of Medicine and Health Care
or
REL 483 Christian Ethics, or an approved ethics course
PSY 353 Brain and Behavior
Social Work
Accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, the Bachelor of
5ci~'nct~
iii S~iciniWork d q r r r prugmm a[ A t t g s b u ~
CofIcjie is hililt on a
qrrlid lihr~,ilarks i+ot~t~da(ir)t~,
on tlicorv-1-ascd klinirly:, an11 cln
~ . ~ n ~ t c s s kdlrr5cleri
m , ~ l ~ l'iclrl P X F P T ~ C ~ I C PAS
~ . in~rn>rtnnt,
social r+~r)l.k
vducaiion al AupI3urg is built rui an appr~ciatir~r~
for 111c nccds,
ronctlrns, and valucs of lhc i~~clividuals
atid grix~psw i r c ~constituk
loday's multi-cultt~ralsrtc.1et.y.T l i p Socta1 Work n ~ i l j t i ~A* ii ~~ g~s h ~ r j :
W~ckendCuHcjie i n c l ~ ~ dsraven
e s cr)ulnses( ~ ~ o the
r n tlcpxt~nrnlstrf
psy~trolr~gy,
bir )logv, and sircic~irlg!l. Ct)~lccnlmiions
n r r po~~i14i'
i n tlw
r~ri*as
uf aginl;, clic~niz~~l
clcpcnrlrncy, c~~mctions,
social ministries, ,~nd
youth work. Field work is an important component of the program.
Social Work Courses*
SWK 257
SWK 260
SWK 361
SWK 363
SWK 364
SWK 461
SWK 462
SWK 463
SWK 465
SWK 466
SWK 467
SWK 469
Exploring Human Services
Humans Developing
Social Response to Human Needs
Methods and Skills of Social Work
Field Work I
Advanced Methods and Skills in Social Work
Field Work I1
Community Development and Organization
Social Policy: Analysis and Development
Field Work 111(.5course)
The Social Worker as Professional
Field Work IV
Required Supporting Courses*
BIO
PSY
SOC
SOC
SOC
SOC
SOC
101
105
121
231
265
365
375
Human Biology
General Psychology
Principles of Sociology
Sociology of the Family
Racial and Minority Group Relations
Quantitative Analysis and Program Evaluation
Social Psychology
*Students interested in Social Work should begin their program with the
required supporting courses. The professional sequence will be offered
when a sufficient number of students are ready for that portion of the
program.
Social Welfare Minor
6 courses including 257 or department approved alternative internship,
361, 463; Psychology 351 or Sociology 375; Sociology 265; and Political
Science 121 or 158 or 325, or Social Work 465.
Minors
In addition to minors offered in Business, Communication, English, MIS
and Social Welfare (listed under each respective major), Weekend College
students are able to complete minors in the following areas:
Economics Minor
ECON 112, 113, 312, 313 and one additional Upper Division course. Other
configurations may be permitted on consultation with the Department.
Psychology Minor
5 courses including 105, with a minimum of 2 courses at Augsburg. Not
more than one course from 299,399 and 499 may be counted toward the
minor.
Religion Minor
5 courses approved by the department.
Sociology Minor
5 courses including 121and two upper division courses (numbered 300
and above).
Dean's List
The Deanb 1-is1 is compiIeb aftvr each scmcster, listing students whose
~ r a d point
r
a\lcr,lf;tx fcrr a scrncstcr i s 3.5 or butterAL>ascdon a minimum of
I wrl lull c t ~ ~ w c or
s , rquivalent, grilded on thc hlditirrnal ~mdiiigsystem,
with no incompletes in courses offered for credit.
Probation and Dismissal
A student will be placed on scholastic probation at the end of the term if
his or her achievement is unsatisfactory. Dismissal from the College is not
automatic. Each case is reviewed by the Committee on Student Standing.
A student who has a poor academic record may be strongly advised to
withdraw before the end of the term. A student who has been on
probation for two terms and withdraws from the College voluntarily must
have special permission to re-enroll. See Augsburg College Catalog for
complete explanation.
Grading Procedures
Evaluation and Grading
Student achievement in courses is measured primarily by final
examinations. Shorter tests, written papers, oral reports, and other types
of evaluation also are used.
Most courses are offered with grading options - traditional grading on a
4.0 to 0.0 scale or the PasslNo Credit system, in which P means a grade of
2.0 or better and N means no credit and a grade of less than 2.0. Students
are cautioned to use the PIN grade option with care since some graduate
and professional schools do not look favorably on a large number of Pgraded courses, or rank each as a "C." Transfer students are cautioned
that P-graded courses do not count in the requirement that 14
traditionally graded courses be earned at Augsburg in order to be
considered for graduation with distinction. See PIN limitations under
Graduation Requirements in the Augsburg College Catalog.
Certain courses are offered on one grading system only. Sociology 265 is
graded only on the PIN grading system and some education courses are
graded only on the PIN system or only on the traditional system. English
111is graded P or N, or 2.0-4.01N. Some other courses are graded only P,
1.0, N. Lifetime Sports are graded P1O.O.
In courses where this is a choice, students will be graded on the
traditional system unless they indicate on their registration that they wish
to use the PIN grading option. Any changes in choice of grading system
must be made according to dates published each term. A fee is charged
for any changes made after Registration.
Explanation of Grades
Number grades are used with these definitions:
4.0 Achieves highest standards of excellence
3.5
3.0 Achieves above basic course standards
2.5
2.0 Meets basic standards for the course
1.5
1.0 performance below basic course standards
0.5
0.0 Unacceptable performance (no credit for the course)
Grade of P (Pass) or N (No credit) are not computed in the grade point
average. A grade of P represents work at or above the 2.0 level; N
represents work at the 1.5 or below level.
An incomplete grade may be given only in the case of extreme
emergency, To receive it, a student must file a petition with the
Committee on Student Standing stating the reasons for the request, the
plan and date for removing it, and comments from the instructor. If
permission is granted, the incomplete must be removed during the
following semester, or it becomes the grade submitted by the teacher
along with the incomplete.
Internships, independent studies, and directed studies may sometimes
last longer than one term. When this is the case, they must be completed
by the grading deadlines within one year from the beginning of the first
term of registration. A grade of X is given by the instructor to indicate that
the study is extended. It is expected that students given X extensions will
continue to communicate with their instructors and demonstrate that
satisfactory progress is being maintained. The Registrar's Office will
automatically continue the registration in response to an X grade. A final
grade will be issued at the end of the term in whcih the work is
completed and evaluated (but not longer than one year). An instructor
reserves the discretion of not giving an X where satisfactory progress is
not demonstrated. Withdrawal from college, or dropping these continued
courses will terminate their registration. Under this circumstance, a reregistration as 1X by the student would be necessary if done during
registration periods within one year of initial registration; if done after
one year a new registration would be necessary.
Auditing Courses
Students who wish to take courses without credit or grade may do so by
registering for Audit (V). The charge for auditing a course is listed under
Fees and Payment Schedule. Students who audit a course should confer
with the instructor within two weeks of the beginning of the term to
determine expectations, attendance and any other requirement. If
expectations have been met, the course will be listed on the transcript as
having been audited. If expectations have not been met, the course will
be listed with a grade of W (Withdrawn).
Grade Point Average
The grade point average (GPA) is based on final grades for all work at
Augsburg. It does not include credit and grade points for work
transferred from other colleges. Courses taken on the PIN grading option
are recorded, but not computed in the GPA.
Classification
Students are classified in August and at the end of fall and winter terms.
Sophomores - 7 courses completed with at least 14 grade points.
Junior - 16 courses completed with at least 32 grade points.
Seniors - 25 courses completed with at least 50 grade points.
Withdrawal from College
Students are urged not to abandon courses for which they are registered,
since this results in a failing grade on the official record. Cancellation of
courses or withdrawal from college must be done in the Registrar's Office.
Withdrawal from college cannot occur during final examination week
unless a petition is approved by the Student Standing Committee.
Withdrawal from college and resulting adjustments in accounts are
effective as of the date the completed Withdrawal From College form is
returned to the Registrar's Office.
Graduation with Distinction
Graduation with distinction is determined as follows:
Summa cum laude 3.8 to 4.0 cumulative GPA
Magna cum laude 3.6 up to but not including 3.8 cumulative GPA
Cum laude 3.3 up to but not including 3.6 cumulative GI'A
To qualify for graduation with distinction, transfer students must have
completed two years (14 traditionally graded courses) of work at
Augsburg .
Assessment of Previous Learning (APL)
Augsburg College recognizes that learning can and does take place in
many life situations. Some of this learning may be appropriate for credit
recognition within the disciplines that compose the academic programs
of a liberal arts college. The APL program (Assessment of Previous
Learning) at Augsburg provides a means by which a student's previous
learning, other than that which is transferred from another accredited
institution, may be presented for examination for possible credit toward
the completion of a bachelor's degree.
Not all learning from life experience, however, is appropriate for credit
recognition at a liberal arts college. Such learning must meet two essential
criteria: (1)it is relevant to coursework in a field of study within the
Augsburg liberal arts curriculum and (2) it can be objectively
demonstratebeither.b_y_comprehensi~nex~or.~mmittee
evaluation. The APL program at Augsburg provides several means by
which students may have their previous learning assessed for credit
recognition:
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CLEP (College Level Examination Program)
Students who achieve acceptable scores in CLEP exams may receive
academic credit in Augsburg College. CLEP exams are available in a
variety of general and specific subject areas. For more information,
contact Weekend College Admissions (330-1792) or the regional CLEP
center at the University of Minnesota (624-3323).
Departmental Assessment
Students who wish to receive credit for a specific academic course and do
not have transcript evidence of completed work may request a
departmental assessment of previous learning. This will most often
include an examination that covers the essential components of the
course involved. For more information, contact the Registrar's Office
(330-1036).
CAP (Credit Assessment Process)
This is a credit assessment alternative in which a faculty committee
completes a credit evaluation of a learning portfolio submitted by the
student. Informal meetings and consultation are provided for students
who wish to prepare a portfolio of previous learning for credit
assessment. Students may apply for CAP after completing at least four
courses of academic work at Augsburg College with a cumulative GPA of
at least 2.5. For more information, contact the Registrar's Office (330-1036).
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Fall Trimester, 1989 Class Schedule
Friday Evening (6:OO-9:30)
BIO
185
Biology of Aging
BUS 355
Marketing Communications
BUS 242
Principles of Management
BUS 391
Business Law
ECO 112
Principles of Macroeconomics
EDE 253
Orientation to Education (9115-1113) (.5)
EDE 350
Creating Learning Environments (9116-1114) (.5)
EDE 379
K-El Art (9115-10113) (.25)
EDE 387
K-El Math (10120-1218) (.5)
EDS 264
Orientation to Education (9115-1113)(.5)
EDS 353
Creating Learning Environments
EDS 350
Reading in the Content Areas (9115-1113) (.5)
ENG 272
European Literature: Renaissance to Modern
MAT 131
Math for the Liberal Arts*
NUR 305
Contemporary Nursing I: Communication*
PHY 101
Astronomy*
REL
111
Introduction to Theology
SOC 265
Racial and Minority Group Relations
SPC
345
Organizational Communication
SWK 260
Humans Developing
Saturday Morning (8:30-1200)
BIO
103
Human Anatomy and Physiology
BUS 175
Computers for Business and Economics
BUS 221
Principles of Accounting I
BUS 222
Principles of Accounting I1
BUS 242
Principles of Management
BUS 324
Managerial Cost Accounting
BUS 362
International Business
CHM 109
General Chemistry*
ECO 112
Principles of Macroeconomics
ECO 113
Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 313
Intermediate Microeconomics
EDE 363
Clinical Experience* (.5)
EDE 376
K-El Social Studies (10121-11118)(.25)
EDE
377
K-El Science (9116-10114)(.25)
EDE 388
K-El Health (9116-10114)(.25)
EDS 352
Clinical Experience* (.5)
ENG 227
Journalism*
ENG 438
Shakespeare
MAT 124
Calculus I*
MUS 130
Introduction to Music in the Fine Arts
NUR 403
Contemporary Nursing 111: Families
PHI
110
Introduction to Philosophy
POL 342
Mass Communications in Society
REL
221
Biblical Studies
SOC 121
Principles of Sociology
SPC
111
Public Speaking
SPC 352
Persuasion
Saturday Afternoon (1:15-4:45)
ART 240
Art History Survey
BUS 221
Principles of Accounting I
BUS 252
Principles of Marketing
BUS 322
Accounting Theory and Practice I
BUS 391
Business Law
CSC 170
Structured IJrogramming
ECO 113
Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 312
Intermediate Macroeconomics
EDE
34'1
Media Teclinology (9116-1114) (.5)
EDE
380
K-El Music (11118-1219)(.25)
EDE
386
Children's Literature (9116-1114) (.5)
EDS 341
Media Technology (9116-1114)(.5)
ENG 111
Effective Writing*
ENG 225
Iiitermediate Expository Writing*
ENG 245
Introduction to Literature
HIS
222
U.S. History Since 1877
HPE 114
Safety Education (EIS) (9110-1115) (.5)
MAT 103
Basic Mathematics*
MAT 104
Intermediate Algebra*
NUR 423
Practicum in Nursing I1 * **
PHI
130
Logic *
PSY
105
General Psychology
PSY
355
Brain and Behavior
REL
441
Feminism and Christianity
SPA
111
Beginning Spanish I*
SOC 336
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
SPC
354
Interpersonal Communication
SWK 361
Social Response to Human Needs
Sunday Afternoon (1:15-4:45)
ART
132
Photography
BUS
175
Computers in Business and Economics
BUS 279
Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business
BUS 252
Principles of Marketing
BUS 331
Financial Management
BUS 375
Information Systems in the Organization
BUS 423
Auditing
EDE
351
Techniques for Teaching Reading
EDE
364
Interdisciplinary Studies (10122-1119)(.25)
EDE
389
K-El Physical Education (9117-10115)(.25)
EDS
364
English Methods
EDS
366
Foreign Language Methods (9117-1115) (.5)
Effective Writing"
ENG 111
A Tale of Twin Cities: Minneapolis & St. Paul, 1883-1988
HIS
331
HPE 115
Chemical Dependency (10122-12110)(.5)
REL
356
History of Religions
SPA
111
Beginning Spanish I*
Student TeachingM
Student teaching courses in elementary and secondary education are
available during fall trimester. The Student Teaching Seminar (EDS 486)
is available on an arranged basis.
-
Lifetime
Sports
HPE 002
Lifetime Sports: Racket sports (TBA)
*Extra class or lab sessions required.
""Additional clinical fee required.
Winter Trimester, 1990 Class Schedule
Friday Evening (6:OO-9:30)
ART 224
Publication Design
BUS 242
Principles of Management
BUS 252
Principles of Marketing
ECO 112
Principles of Macroeconomics
EDE 253
Orientation to Education (115-2123)(.5)
EDS 264
Orientation to Education (115-2123) (.5)
EDE 351
Techniques of Teaching Reading
EDE
387
K-El Language Arts (115-2123) (.5)
EDE
388
K-El Health (319-3130) (.25)
EDS 350
Reading in Content Areas (115-2123)(.5)
ENG 111
Effective Writing*
ENG 261
Modern Fiction
MAT 131
Math for the Liberal Arts*
NUR 306
Contemp. Nursing 11: Paradigms in Nursing*
PHY 106
Introductory Meteorology
PSY
105
General Psychology
PSY
373
Organizational Psychology
World Justice and Hunger: Developing a New World View
REL
263
SOC 265
Racial and Minority Group Relations
SPC 354
Interpersonal Communication
Saturday Morning (Classes meet 8:30-1200)
BIO
101
Human Biology
BUS 221
Principles of Accounting I
BUS 222
Principles of Accounting I1
BUS 279
Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business
BUS 340
Human Resource Management
BUS 352
Marketing Research and Analysis
BUS 391
Business Law
BUS 433
Financial Theory: Policy and Practice
CHM 110
Organic and Biological Chemistry*
ECO 112
Principles of Macroeconomics
EDE
341
Media Technology (116-2124) (.5)
EDE
363
Clinical Experience* ( . 5 )
EDE
379
K-El Art (116-1127)(.25)
EDE 382
K-El Math (116-2124)(.5)
EDE 389
K-El Physical Education (3110-3131) (.25)
EDS 341
Media Technology (116-212) (.5)
EDS 352
Clinical Experience* (.5)
ENG 111
Effective Writing*
ENG 337
British Literature: Romantic and Victorian
MAT 104
Intermediate Algebra*
MAT 125
Calculus 11*
NUR 310
Community Health I*
NUR 404
Contemporary Nursing IV*
POL 342
Mass Communications in Society
REL
345
The Lutheran Heritage
SOC 375
Social Psychology*
SPC
111
Public Speaking
SWK 363
Basic Methods and Skills
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Saturday Afternoon (1:E-4:45)
ART
102
Environmental Aesthetics
BUS
175
Computers for Business and Economics
BUS 222
Principles of Accounting I1
BUS 252
Principles of Marketing
BUS 323
Accounting Theory and Practice I1
BUS 331
Financial Management
BUS 465
International Management
BUS 479
Intermediate Quantitative Methods
ECO 113
Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 415
Managerial Economics
EDE
350
Creating Learning Environments (2110-3130)(.5)
EDE
377
K-El Science (116, 1113, *213 a.m.) (.25)
EDE
386
Children's Literature (2110-3130)( . 5 )
EDS
353
Creating Learning Environments
EDS
477
School and Society (116-2124)(.5)
ENG 223
Writing for Business & the Professions*
ENG 250
American Literature to 1920
HIS
103
The Modern World
MAT 122
Calculus for Social and Behavioral Sciences*
Discrete Mathematics*
MAT In
PHI
380
Ethics of Medicine and Health Care
PSY
485
Counseling Psychology
REL
360
Religion and Society
SOC 121
Principles of Sociology
SPA
112
Beginning Spanish 11*
SPC 352
Persuasion
SWK 364
Field Work I
Sunday Afternoon (1:E-4:45)
ART
118
Painting I
BUS 242
Principles of Management
BUS 326
Tax Accounting
BUS 440
Operations Management
BUS 475
Information Systems Analysis & Design
ECO 113
Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 313
Intermediate Microeconomics
ECO 315
Money and Banking
EDE
364
Interdisciplinary Studies (3111-411)(.25)
EDE
376
K-El Social Studies (117-1128)(.25)
EDE
380
K-El Music (117-1128)(.25)
FRE
111
Beginning French I*
Beginning German I*
GER 111
HPE 353
Kinesiology and Physiology of Exercise
HPE 115
Chemical Dependency Education (EIS) (1128-3125)(.5)
REL
354
Life of the Church in the City
SPA
112
Beginning Spanish 11*
SWK 260
Humans Developing
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-
Student Teaching*
Student teaching courses in elementary and secondary education are
available during winter trimester. The Student Teaching Seminar (EDS
486) is available on an arranged basis.
-
Lifetime Sports
HPE 002
Beginning Aerobics (TBA)
*Extra class or lab session required.
**Additionalclinical fee required.
Spring Trimester, 1990 Class Schedule
Friday Evening (6:OO-10:OO)
BUS 242
Principles of Management
BUS 252
Principles of Marketing
ECO 112
Principles of Macroeconomics
EDE
253
Orientation to Education (418-5120) (.5)
Creating Learning Environments (5119-6123)(.5)
EDE
380
K-El Music (611-6122) (.25)
EDE
382
K-El Math (514-6115) (.5)
EDS 264
Orientation to Education (418-5120) (.5)
EDS 363
Creating Learning Environments
ENG 111
Effective Writing*
ENG 282
Topics
HPE 114
Safety Education (EIS) (416-5118) (.5)
INS
233
Women: A Cross Cultural Perspective
MAT 131
Math for the Liberal Arts*
MUS 130
Introduction to Music in the Fine Arts
PHY 103
Physics for the Life Sciences*
111
Introduction to Theology
REL
SOC 121
Principles of Sociology
SPC 480
Public RelationslPromotiona1 Communications
Saturday Morning (Classes meet 8:OO-1200)
BIO
108
Microbiology*
BUS 279
Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business
BUS 391
Business Law
BUS 466
International Marketing
CHM 100
Chemistry for Changing Times
CSC 145
Computing for the Liberal Arts
CSC 352
Database Management and Design
ECO 113
Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 318
Management Science
Media Technology (417-5119)(.5)
Techniques for Teaching Reading
EDE
377
K-El Science (612-6123) (.25)
Media Technology (417.5119) (.5)
EDS
Effective Writing*
ENG
Introduction to Creative Writing*
ENG
American Literature Since 1920
ENG
Topics in World History
HIS
Chemical Dependency (417-5119)(.5)
HPE
Elementary Functions*
MAT
Community Health Nursing 11* **
NUR
Practicum in Nursing 11: Learning & Management* **
NUR
Ethics
PHI
Christian Ethics
REL
Social Psychology
soc
Argumentation
SPC
Advanced Methods and Skills
SWK
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Saturday Afternoon (1:OO-5:OO)
BIO
231
Biology of Women
BUS 221
Principles of Accounting I
BUS 222
Principles of Accounting I1
BUS 252
Principles of Marketing
BUS 331
Financial Management
BUS 370
Advanced Personal Computing
BUS 425
Advanced Accounting
BUS 438
Investments
BUS 450
Marketing Management
CSC 210
Data Structures
ECO 112
Principles of Macroeconomics
ECO 414
Welfare Economics
EDE
363
Clinical Experience* (.5)
EDE
386
Children's Literature (417-612)(.5)
EDE
388
K-El Health (417-515) (.25)
EDS 352
Clinical Experience* (.5)
EDS 477
School and Society (417-612)(.5)
ENG 327
Advanced Journalism*
HPE 482
Coaching Theory of Sport
NUR 330
Trends and Issues in Nursing*
PHI
130
Logic
POL 158
Political Patterns and Processes
PSY
105
General Psychology
REL
369
Religious Imagination in Modern Literature
SOC 349
Complex Organizations
SPC
360
Interpretive Reading
SPC
355
Small Group Communication
SWK 462
Field Work I1
Sunday Afternoon (1:OO-5:OO)
ART
250
Ceramics I
BUS
175
Computers for Business and Economics
BUS 242
Principles of Management
BUS 340
Human Resource Management
BUS 476
Structure Systems Analysis and Design
ECO 113
Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 313
Intermediate Microeconomics
EDTi
3h3
Interdisciplinary Studies (418-516) (.25)
K-El Art (613-6124) (.25)
1.1 11:
.37
K-El Language Arts (5120-6124) (.5)
EDE
389
K-El Ph$icay~ducation (418-518)(125)
EDS 375
Social Studies Methods (418-5120) (.5)
FRE
112
Beginning French 11*
GER 112
Beginning German 11*
HPE 475
Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries (.50)
REL
215
Archeology and the Bible
SOC 265
Racial and Minority Group Relations
SOC 365
Quantitative Methods & Program Evaluation
Student Teachingc*
Student teaching courses in elementary education are available during
spring trimester. The Student Teaching Seminar (EDS 486) is available on
an arranged basis.
*Extra class or lab sessions required.
**Additionalclinical fee required.
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ART 102
Environmental Aesthetics
Fine arts in the urban and world setting. Concern for the
visual content of experience in the environment leading
toward appreciation and criticism. Individual and group
projects exploring design problems in representation,
symbolism and abstraction.
Distribution: Urban Concerns
ART 106
Calligraphy
Study of the art and craft of calligraphy. Development of
calligraphic skills in pen and brush with ink and paint.
Distribution: ArtlMusic
ART 107
Drawing
Drawing in graphite pencils, pens, and pastel pencils.
Subjects include still-life, figures, building interiors and
exteriors and experimental work.
Distribution: ArtlMusic
ART 118
Painting I
Introduction to painting media and techniques in acrylic
and oil.
Distribution: ArtlMusic
ART 132
Photography
The camera used as a tool for visual creativity and expression
with attention to black and white photography process. Need
access to 35mm single lens reflex camera (materials will cost
$125-150).
Distribution: ArtlMusic
Major: Elective in Public RelationslAdvertising Major
ARTISPC
224
Publication Design
An introduction to traditional design concerns and
procedures related to publication design as well as design for
desktop publishing. Theory and practice of coordinating
visual images and typography with content in publications.
Study of design in magazines, newspapers, newsletters,
books, and miscellaneous publications. Students design and
produce a publication as a group project.
Major: Elective in Public RelationslAdvertising major
ART 225
Visual Communications I
The theory and practice of visual perception and
communication using elements such as color, line, shape,
type, and pictoral images. Emphasis wil be placed on the
creative thought process.
Distribution: ArtlMusic
Major: Elective in Public RelationslAdvertising Major
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ART 240
Art History Survey
A survey of art from prehistoric to modern times. Includes
reading, research, viewing of slides, and visits to museums.
Distribution: ArtlMusic
ART 250
Ceramics I
An introduction to the making of pottery with an emphasis
on handbuilding and glazing.
Distribution: ArtlMusic
ART 352
Women's Art History
A study of the place of women in the history of the visual
arts - as artists, as subjects, and as patrons.
Distribution: ArtlMusic, Urban ConcernslMinority Studies,
(upper division)
BIO 101
Human Biology
Basic biological concepts from an anthropocentric point of
view. An attempt to answer such questions as: What makes
man just another member of the biotic fold? Does man have a
niche in the ecosystem? What influence does man have on
the environment? What influence does the environment,
especially the urban environment, have on man? (A student
may not receive credit for both 101 and 103. Does not apply to
the major or minor.)
Distribution: Biology
Major: Required supporting course in Social Work
BIO 103
Human Anatomy and Physiology
A professional course in the structure and function of the
human body. Lecture and laboratory. (A student may not
receive credit for both 101 and 103. Does not apply to the
major or minor.)
Distribution: ChemistrylBiology
Major: Required prerequisite for BSN majorlCoaching Endorsement
BIO 105
Biology and Society
What are some of the biologically-based problems with
which our society must deal? What threats are posed by
pollution, the prospect of war, and by shortages of food,
water and non-renewable resources? What are the
implications of genetic research, scientific racism,
sociobiology, and inequities in the delivery of health care?
(Does not apply to the major or minor.)
Distribution: Biology or Urban Concerns
BIO 108
Microbiology
Basic microbial features are considered as well as applications
of microbiology to the field of medicine and sanitation. For
student nurses, health majors or consent of the instructor.
(Prereq: CHM 110 or consent of instructor. Does not apply to
major or minor.)
Distribution: Biology
Major: Prerequisite for the BSN major
BIO 185
The Biology of Aging
At some time or another in our lives most of us will either
directly experience aging or be influenced by people
undergoing age-related changes. This course will concentrate
on the biological aspects of such changes.
Distribution: ChemistrylBiology
BIO 231
The Biology of Women
The objective of this course is to provide a basic
understanding of the structure and functioning of the female
human organism as well as to evaluate misconceptions about
women that have arisen in the history of biology.
Distribution: ChemistryIBiology or Women & Minority
Studies
BUS 175
Computers for Business and Economics
An introduction to computerized data processing. Learn a
higher-level language (BASIC). Learn about computerized
spreadsheets (LOTUS) and data bases (DBASE). Learn
about word processing and computerized business
graphics. (Prereq.: Math Placement Group I1 or high school
algebra)
Major: Required in Business Administration core and MIS
major; elective in Supervisory Management major
BUS 221
Principles of Accounting I
~ntrodictionto business activities, basic concepts, and
fundamentals of accounting, the accounting cycle and
preparation of financial statements.
Major: Required for Business Administration and MIS
major
BUS 222
Principles of Accounting I1
Introduction to business activities, basic concepts and
fundamentals of managerial accounting. Planning and
controlling processes, decision-making and behavioral
considerations. (Prereq: BUS 221)
Major: Required for Business Administration core and MIS
major
BUS 242
Principles of Management
Development of the theory of management, organization,
staffing, planning and control. The nature of authority,
accountability and responsibility, analysis of the role of the
professional manager.
Major: Required for Business Administration core and MIS
major, elective in Public RelationslAdvertising and
Supervisory Management majors in Communication
BUS 252
Principles of Marketing
Principles of basic policy and strategy issues in marketing.
Legal, ethical, competitive, behavioral, economic and
technological factors as they affect product, promotion,
marketing channel and pricing decisions.
Major: Required in the Business Administration core,
elective in Public RelationslAdvertising and Marketing
Communications major
BUSlECO Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business
279
An introduction to quantitative reasoning, descriptive
measures, probability, sampling distributions, inference
and estimation with emphasis on their use in applied
problems in business and economics. (Prereq: Math
Placement I11 or a grade of 2.0 or better in MAT 104)
Major: Required in the Business Administration core and
MIS major
BUS 322
Accounting Theory & Practice I
An analysis of accounting theory pertaining to financial
statements, income concepts, capital stock and surplus
account, current and long- term assets. (Prereq: BUS 222,
ECO 113)
Major: Required in the Accounting and Finance majors
(upper division)
BUS 323
Accounting Theory and Practice I1
An analysis of accounting theory pertaining to investments,
tangible and intangible fixed assets, liabilities and reserved,
actuarial topics. Additional emphasis on income
determination considering price level changes. (Prereq:
BUS 322)
Major: Required in the Accounting major (upper division)
BUS 324
Managerial Cost Accounting
Accounting tools for planning and control of economic
activities. Planning, budgeting, standard cost systems, as
well as other quantitative and behavioral topics. (Prereq:
BUS 222,242, 252,279 or consent of instructor)
Major: Required in the Accounting major (upper division)
BUS 326
Tax Accounting
The more common and important provisions of federal
income taxes for individuals and various forms of business
enterprises. (Prereq: BUS 221, 331, ECO 112, 113, or consent
of instructor)
Major: One of a choice of 3 required courses in the
Accounting major (upper division)
BUS 331
Financial Management
Theory of acquisition, allocation and management of funds
within the firm; sources and uses of long and short term
funds, cost of capital, capital budgeting, leverage, dividend
policy, and related topics. (Prereq: BUS 222, ECO 113)
Major: Required for Business Administration core and MIS
major (upper division)
BUS 340
Human Resource Management
Personnel function in business, acquisition and utilization
of human resources, desirable working relationships;
effective integration of the worker with the goals of the firm
and society. (Prereq: BUS 242)
Major: Required for Business Management major, elective
in Supervisory Management major (upper division)
BUS 352
Marketing Research and Analysis
Research process as an aid to decision making in marketing
management; research methodology; marketing research
results; evaluation of the effectiveness of research in
marketing. (Prereq: BUS 252, 279, ECO 113, or consent of
instructor)
Major: Required in the Marketing major and an elective in
the Marketing Communications major (upper division)
BUS 355
Marketing Communications
A look at the communications aspects of marketing- by
.
integrating advertising, public relations, sales promotion,
and personal selling into a coherent promotion mix.
Emphasis will be placed on the design and evaluation of
marketing communications programs, particularly
advertising; selection of media; copy-creative effort;
a d v e r t i ~ e r ~ a g e relationship;
nc~
management of the
personal selling function including salesforce selection,
compensation, territorial design, and performance
appraisal. (Prereq: BUS 252)
Major: Required in the Marketing major, elective in
Marketing Communication major, Public
RelationslAdvertising major, or Supervisory Management
(upper division)
BUS 370
Advanced Computing for Business and Economics
Current topics involving programmable spreadsheets
(LOTUS), programmable data bases (DBASE), graphics,
information retrieval using telecommunications, and other
packages (statistical analysis, project management, expert
systems, etc.). Solve common problems in economics,
finance and marketing. (Prereq: One computer course such
as BUS 175 or CSC 145, 170 or 174. Recommended BUS 279.)
Major: Required in the MIS major (upper division)
BUS 375
Information Systems in the Organization
Use of systems approach in analyzing the use of
information systems in the organization. Analyze business
needs and information requirements, identify relevant
solutions and communicate recommendations. Emphasis
on management consulting skills including written and
verbal communications.
(Prereq: Two computer courses such as BUS 175 and 370)
Major: Required in the MIS major (upper division)
BUS 391
Business Law
Legal rules relating to contracts, agency, negotiable
instruments, property and business organizations under
the Uniform Commercial Code.
Major: Required for Business Administration core
(upper division)
BUS 423
Auditing
Internal and external auditing procedures. Emphasis on
internal checks and control for accounting systems. (Prereq:
BUS 323)
Major: One of a choice of 3 required courses in the
Accounting major (upper division)
BUS 425
Advanced Accounting
Accounting for business combinations, governmental
accounting, partnership accounting and fund accounting.
(Prereq: BUS 323)
Major: One of a choice of 3 required courses in the
Accounting major (upper division)
BUS 433
Financial Theory: Policy and Practice
Advanced financial theory; a systems approach to financial
structure and policy. Emphasis on decision-making,
presentation through literature, readings, lectures and case
material. (Prereq: BUS 331)
Major: Required in Finance major (upper division)
BUS 438
Investment Theory
Appraisal of the risklreturn relationships of various types of
securities from the viewpoint of both individual and
institutional investors. Extensive coverage of capital markets
and portfolio management. (Prereq: all core courses or
consent of instructor)
Major: Required in Finance major (upper division)
BUS 440
Operations Management
Concepts and principles related to the management of
operating functions. Examples from service industries, nonprofit organizations and manufacturing. Taught from a
managerial point of view. Topics include: an overview of
operations, planning operation processes, productivity
measurement, standards, forecasting, concepts of quality,
inventory management, principles of scheduling, and
operational control information systems. (Prereq: BUS 242)
Major: Required in the Business Management major and an
elective in the Supervisory Management major
(upper division)
BUS 450
Marketing Management
Integration of marketing with other business functions;
marketing management and decision making, planning
marketing programs, channels of distribution, pricing,
product selling and promotion policies. (Prereq: BUS 352)
Major: Required in the Marketing major and an elective in
the Marketing Communications major (upper division)
BUS 475
Information Systems Analysis and Design
Analyze information requirements and design systems
specifications. Utilize relational data base software to quickly
implement several system designs. Utilize project
management software to manage the life cycle process
including documentation and implementation. (Prereq: all
lower level core courses, BUS 375. Recommended: BUS 370)
Major: Required in the MIS major (upper division)
BUS 476
Information Systems Projects
Using skills developed in BUS 375 and 475, complete
information analysis and systems design for several business
situations. Utilize both case studies and actual businesses.
(Prereq: BUS 375,475. Recommended: BUS 479)
Major: Required in the MIS major (upper division)
BUSIECO Intermediate Quantitative Methods for Economics and
479
Business
Utilizing computer packages relevant to statistical analysis.
Programming tools include spreadsheets, Minitab, SPSS and
other statistical packages. Areas of interest include statistical
descriptions, analysis of variance and statistical inference
plus linear models, queuing models and Monte Carlo
simulations. (Prereq: BUS 175, 279, Math Placement Group
IV or a grade of at least 2.0 in MAT 114, 121, or 122.
Recommended: BUS 370)
Major: Required for MIS major and one of a choice of 3
required courses in the Finance major (upper division)
BUS 495
Topics: Risk Management and Insurance
A study of risk management. Emphasis on the function of (1)
determination of exposure to risk; (2) analysis or risk and
losses; (3) methods of combating risks; and (4) administration of risk insurance program. How to recognize and
evaluate the property liability and personnel risks facing a
business, a non-profit organization, a government unit, or an
individual or family. How to select and deal with an insurer.
Public policy issues such as availability of insurance are
examined to identify and evaluate the role of insurance in the
financial framework of the economy.
Major: Elective for Business Administration major
CHM 100
Chemistry for Changing Times
This is a non-laboratory chemistry course based on the very
popular book by John H. Hill of the same title. It is not a
traditional chemistry course and does not assume a science
background. Most of the problems we face are molecular in
nature. What then but chemistry can help us to understand
ourselves, our society, our world, and our universe? Come
join us as we take a molecular look at the human condition.
This course does not apply toward the major or minor in
chemistry nor does it meet any prerequisite chemistry
requirements.
Distribution: ChemistrylBiology
CHM 109
General, Organic and Biological Chemistry
Designed for students who need a survey of the
fundamentals of general, organic and biological chemistry for
careers in allied health areas such as nursing (including
Augsburg's upper division program). Open also to other
students. First term, general chemistry principles and an
introduction to organic chemistry. Will include arranged time
for laboratory work. This course does not apply toward the
major or minor in chemistry.
Distribution: Chemistry
Major: Required prerequisite for Nursing major
CHM 110
General, Organic and Biological Chemistry
Continuation of Chemistry 109. Organic and biological
chemistry with special applications to human psysiological
chemistry. Will include arranged time for laboratory work.
Does not apply toward the major or minor in chemistry.
Distribution: Chemistry
Major: Required for Nursing major
CSC 145
Computing for the Liberal Arts
An introduction to computers, programming, and computer
applications, as well as some of the social and philosophical
issues associated with computers. Primarily for students in
non-science areas. Does not apply toward the computer
science major or minor.
CSC 170
Structured Programming
An introduction to computer languages and algorithms.
Applications from mathematics, business, and natural
sciences. Programming in a higher level language such as
Pascal. (Prereq. : MAT 124.)
Major: Required for MIS major
CSC 210
Data Structures
Data Structures and their implementation, recursion,
searching and sorting algorithms, and continued
development of programming methods using Pascal.
(Prereq. : 170. Coreq. : MAT I n . )
Major: Required for MIS major.
CSC 240
Survey of Computer Sciences
An introduction to computer organization and structure,
assembly and machine languages, computer logic design,
number and character representations, and functions of
components of computer systems. Continued development
of structured programming concepts. (Prereq: MAT 175; or
both 170 and MAT 124 and concurrent registration in MAT
Major: Elective for MIS major
CSC 340
Digital Communications and Computer Networks
Principles and methods of data communications, distributed
processing systems, network protocols and security, and
general computer interfacing. (Prereq: CSC 240)
Major: Elective for MIS major (upper division)
CSC 352
Database Management and Design
Structure of database management systems, query facilities,
file organization and security, including the development of
an elementary database system. (Prereq: CSC 240)
Major: Elective for MIS major (upper division)
ECO 112
Principles of Macroeconomics
An introduction to macroeconomics; national income
analysis, monetary and fiscal policy, international trade,
economic growth. Application of elementary economic
theory to current economic problems. May be taken
independently of ECO 113. ECO 112 and 113 may be taken
in either order.
Distribution: EconomicslPolitical Science
Major: Required for Business Administration core
ECO 113
Principles of Microeconomics
An introduction to micro-economics, the theory of the
household, firm, market structures and income distribution.
Application of elementary economic theory to market policy.
May be taken independently of ECO 112. ECO 112 and 113
may be taken in either order.
Distribution: EconomicslPolitical Science
Major: Required for Business Administration core
ECO 311
Public Finance
Analysis of the principles of taxation and public
expenditures; the impact of fiscal policy on economic
activity; debt policy and its economic implications. (Prereq:
ECO 112, 113)
Major: One of a choice of three required courses in the
Business Administration core (upper division)
ECO 312
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Determinants of national income, employment and price
level analyzed via macromodels. Attention paid to areas of
monetary-fiscal policy, growth and the business cycle.
(Prereq: ECO 112)
Major: One of a choice of three required courses in the
Business Administration core (upper division)
ECO 313
Intermediate Microeconomics
Theory of resource allocation, analysis of consumer behavior,
firm and industry; the pricing of factors of production and
income distribution; introduction to welfare economics.
(Prereq: ECO 113)
Major: Required for Business Administration core
(upper division)
ECO 325
Money and Banking
Functioning of the monetary and banking systems,
particularly commercial banks, the Federal Reserve System
and its role in relation to aggregate economic activity.
Emphasis placed on monetary theory and policy. (Prereq:
ECO 112,113)
Major: One of a choice of three required courses in the
Business Administration core (upper division)
ECO 318
Management Science
Provides a sound conceptual understanding of the modern
techniques of management science to prepare students to
make better business and economic decisions. Emphasis is
on applications, which are taken from the areas of
transportation, marketing, portfolio selection, environmental
protection, the shortest route, inventory models, information
systems, etc. (Prereq: ECO 313)
Major: Required for Business Management major and MIS
major and one of a choice of 3 required courses for the
Finance major, elective in Supervisory Management major
(upper division)
ECO 415
Managerial Economics
Integrates economic theory and corresponding practices in
business. Among the topics considered are theories and
practices in forecasting, estimation of demand and cost
functions, price and non-price competition, production and
cost considerations, and an analysis of economic problems of
relevance to management. (Prereq: ECO 313, BUS 279)
Major: Required in the Marketing major and one of a choice
of 3 required courses in the Finance major (upper division)
ECO 479
Intermediate Quantitative Methods for Economics and
Business
(See under Business.)
EDE 253
Orientation to Education in an Urban Setting (-5course)
Study and investigation of various aspects of the teaching
profession as students evaluate their interest and suitability
for a career in teaching. Open to all students. Suggested as
first course to be taken.
Major: Required for Elementary major
EDElEDS Media Technology (.5 course)
Psychological and philosophical dimensions of
341
communication through the use of instructional technology.
Selection, preparation, production, and evaluation of
effective audio-visual materials for teachingllearning
situations. Computer training will be included in this course.
Major: Required for Elementary and Secondary Education
major (upper division)
EDE 350
Creating Learning Environments: Kindergarten-Elementary
(.5 course)
The study of strategies, methods, and evaluation of teaching
and learning in the contexts of educational, psychological,
sociological and neuro-scientific theories.
Major: Required for Elementary Education major
(upper division)
EDE 351
Techniques of Teaching Reading (1.0 course)
The study and utilization of a variety of techniques and
resources in the teaching of reading and the diagnosis and
correction of reading problems. Field placement requirement
included in this class.
Major: Required for Elementary Education major
(upper division)
EDE 363
Kindergarten-Elementary Clinical Experiences (.5 course)
Includes 160 hours in-class experiences. Register for 2 seminar
sessions in addition to the 160 hours. A video tape of classroom or simulated teaching will be prepared by each student.
Membership in one of the professional teacher organizations
is required. Students must apply in the Education
Department for Clinical at least 2 months prior to date they
intend to begin Clinical. Enroll for course approximately halfway through the K-Elementary course sequence.
Major: Required for Elementary Education major
(upper division)
EDE 364
Kindergarten-Elementary Curriculum: Interdisciplinary
Studies (.25 course)
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for
integrating specific skill developments through various
subjects at the kindergarten and elementary levels.
Major: Required for Elementary Education major
(upper division)
EDE 375
Discovery in the World of Kindergarten (.5 course)
This class prepares the student for the unique experiences
and responsibilities of a kindergarten classroom. Required for
K-6 licensure (upper division).
EDE 376
Kindergarten-Elementary Curriculum: Social Studies
(.25 course)
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for
social studies at the kindergarten and elementary levels.
Major: Required for Elementary Education major
(upper division)
EDE 377
Kindergarten-Elementary Curriculum: Science (.25 course)
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for
science at the kindergarten and elementary levels.
Major: Required for Elementary Education major
(upper division)
EDE 379
Kindergarten-Elementary Curriculum: Art (.25 course)
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for
art at the kindergarten and elementary levels.
Major: Required for Elementary Education major
(upper division)
EDE 380
Kindergarten-Elementary Curriculum: Music (.25 course)
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for
music at the kindergarten and elementary levels.
Major: Required for Elementary Education major
(upper division)
EDE 382
Kindergarten-Elementary Curriculum: Mathematics
(.5 course)
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for
mathematics instruction at the kindergarten and elementary
levels. (Prereq: EDE 253 or EDS 264)
Major: Required for Elementary Education major
(upper division)
EDE 386
Kindergarten-Elementary Curriculum: Children's Literature
(.5 course)
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for
children's literature at the kindergarten and elementary
levels. (Prereq: EDE 253 or EDS 264)
Major: Required for Elementary Education major
(upper division)
EDE 387
Kindergarten-Elementary Curriculum: Language Arts
(.5 course)
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for
language arts instruction at the kindergarten and elementary
levels. (Prereq: EDE 253 or EDS 264)
Major: Required for Elementary Education major
(upper division)
EDE 388
Kindergarten-Elementary Curriculum: Health (.25 course)
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for
health instruction at the kindergarten and elementary levels.
Major: Required for Elementary Education major
(upper division)
EDE 389
Kindergarten-Elementary Curriculum: Physical Education
(-25course)
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for
physical education instruction at the kindergarten and
elementary levels.
Major: Required for Elementary Education major
(upper division)
EDE 481,
482, 483,
484
Student Teaching K, K-6, or 1-6
Students must apply to student teach at least three months
prior to date they intend to student teach. A minimum of
three courses (481,482,483) unless otherwise advised by the
department. Observing and facilitating learning at the
kindergarten and elementary levels under the supervision of
college and elementary school personnel. Admission into the
Education Department is required prior to student teaching
placement. Membership in one of the professional teacher
organizations is required. (Prereq: All K-Elementary
coursework satisfactorily completed or permission of
Department for exception.)
Major: Required for Elementary Education major
(upper division)
EDS 264
Orientation to Education in an Urban Setting (-5course)
Investigates various aspects of the teaching profession. Open to
all students. Suggested as one of the first courses to be taken.
Major: Required for Secondary Education major
(upper division)
EDS 350
Reading in the Content Areas (.5 course)
The study and utilization of a variety of techniques and
resources to assist students in teaching reading through the
content areas.
Major: Required for Secondary Education major
(upper division)
EDS 352
Clinical Experience (.5 course)
Students must apply in the Education Department for
Clinical Experience at least 2 months prior to the date they
intend to begin Clinical Experience. Students should enroll
for course approximately half way through the Secondary
course sequence. Includes 70 hours in-school experiences,
seminars. Membership in one of the professional teacher
organizations is required.
Major: Required for Secondary Education major
(upper division)
EDS 353
Creating Learning Environments: Secondary
The study of strategies, methods, and evaluation of teaching
and learning in the contexts of educational, psychological,
sociological and neuroscientific theories.
Major: Required for Secondary Education major
(upper division)
EDS 364
English Methods (1.0 course)
Materials and methods suitable for students in secondary
schools. Emphasis on the preparation of lesson and unit
plans. Some teaching experience in a local high school. The
study of adolescent literature is included. (Prereq: EDS 264
and 353 or consent of instructor.)
Major: Required for Secondary Education English Language
Arts major (upper division)
EDS 366
Foreign Language Methods (.5 course)
Language learning theory. The theory and practice of language
teaching. (Consult with the Foreign Language Department.)
Major: Required for Secondary Education Foreign Language
major (upper division)
EDS 375
Social Studies Methods (.5 course)
Introduction to the teaching of social studies and history in
secondary classrooms. Emphasis on instructional strategies
and curriculum development.
Major: Required for Secondary Education Social Studies
major (upper division)
EDS 388
Human Relations (.5 course)
Emphasis on the study of values, of communication
techniques, and of the major minority groups in Minnesota
for the development of interpersonal relations skills
applicable to teaching and other professional vocations.
Open to all.
Major: Required for all Elementary and Secondary Education
majors (upper division)
EDS 477
School and Society (-5course)
The emphasis in this course is on the school in relation to
society. Current major issues in education will be studied.
Students should enroll as closely as possible to the same
term as their student teaching. (Prerequisite: Introduction to
Education, Creating Learning Environments and Methods in
Subject Area)
Major: Required for Secondary Education major
upper division)
EDS 481,
482,483
484
Student Teaching
Students must apply to student teach through the Education
Department at least three months prior to the date they
intend to begin student teaching. Observing and directing
learning at the secondary level under supervision of college
and secondary school personnel. A minimum of two
courses, except three courses required of Art, Music, Physical
Education majors. Membership in one of the professional
organizations is required. (Prerequisite: ALL Secondary
Education and major coursework successfully completed or
permission of the Department for an exception.)
Major: Required for Secondary Education major
(upper division)
EDS 486
Student Teaching Seminar (.5 course)
Companion course to student teaching. In-depth analysis of
teaching effectiveness and problem solving. A video tape of
classroom teaching will be prepared by each student. Membership is one of the professional teacher organizations is
required. For students who took Creating Learning
Environments as a .5 course. Enroll for this course in same
term as student teaching.
Major: Required for Secondary Education major
(upper division)
ENG 171
Effective Writing
Emphasis is on exposition, including learning research techniques and writing critical reviews. At least one work of literature is assigned. Attention is given to increasing students'
effectiveness in choosing, organizing and developing
topics, thinking critically, and revising for clarity and style.
A Writing Lab is provided for those needing additional
help. The minimum passing grade for this course is 2.0.
Distribution: Required for graduation
ENG 209
Grow Old Along With Me
This course will focus on what poets, dramatists, and
novelists have to say about the aging process. Students will
be expected to interview older people to discover how they
feel society regards the aging.
Distribution: EnglishlSpeech
ENG 223
Writing for Business and the Professions
A practical course designed with emphasis on expository
writing skills for those preparing for business and
professional careers. The writing of reports, letters, and
proposals will be emphasized. Students will be encouraged
to use the material from their own areas of specialization.
(Prereq: ENG 111or equivalent)
Major: Recommended elective for Business Administration
major. Meets writing requirement for Communications
major. An elective for English major.
ENG 225
Intermediate Expository Writing
The development of essays in a variety of rhetorical modes,
which may include identification, definition, classification,
illustration, comparison and contrast, and analysis. Particular
attention will be given to stylistic and organizational matters
through the course's workshop format, in which students'
papers are read and discussed. (Prereq: ENG 111)
Major: Required for English major, meets writing
requirement for Communication major.
ENG 226
Introduction to Creative Writing
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the
process of creative writing and to various genres,
emphasizing poetry and short fiction but including journal
keeping, drama, and creative prose. (Prereq: ENG 111)
Major: Meets writing requirement for Communications
major. An elective for English major.
ENG 227
Journalism
This is an introductory newswriting course. Emphasis will be
placed on writing for the print media, but students will learn
to write for radio and television as well. Students will
consider: how to recognize news, how to gather and verify
facts, and how to cover basic copy preparation and editing
practices. This includes an introduction to legal and ethical
questions faced by journalists. (Prereq: ENG 111)
Major: Required for Public Relations major, meets writing
requirement for Communications major, an elective for
English major
ENG 2401
340
The Short Story
The course will involve practice in ways of approaching
literature and will include study of the basic critical
terminology. It is an appropriate course for students who
have not yet studied literature at the college level. Effective
Writing is not a prerequisite but students will be expected to
write with clarity.
Distribution: EnglishlSpeech
Major: An elective for English major
ENG 245
Introduction to Literature
An introduction to the study of fiction, drama, and poetry.
Particular attention will be devoted to developing critical and
analytical skills in reading and writing about literature.
Strongly recommended for English majors and minors.
Distribution: EnglishlSpeech
Major: Strongly recommended for English major
ENG 250
American Literature to 1920
Reading and analysis of some significant works of selected
American writers from colonial times to the emergence of
literary naturalism. Attention is also given to the writer's
contribution to the historical development of American literature.
Distribution: EnglishlSpeech
Major: Meets American literature requirement
ENG 261
Modern Fiction
Significant works of selected prose writers, chiefly European,
of the twentieth century. Some non-western writers will be included.
Distribution: EnglishlSpeech
Major: An elective for English major
ENG 271
European Literature: Homer to Dante
A study of major works of Greek and Roman literature, for
example the epics of Homer and Virgil, the tragedies of
Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the comedies of
Aristophanes and Ovid's Metamorphoses. Dante's Inferno
will be studied as a work in which the Christian and the
classical traditions are combined. These works will be
studied with reference to their mythological foundations,
their cultural background, their influence on later literature,
and their enduring relevance.
Distribution: EnglishlSpeech
Major: Meets Western tradition requirement
ENG 272
European Literature: From the Renaissance to the Modern Period
A study of masterpieces of literature, chiefly European, from
the medieval to the modern period, including such authors
as Moliere, Cervantes, Montaigne, Goethe, Dostoyevsky.
Distribution: EnglishlSpeech
Major: Meets Western tradition requirement
ENG 2821 Topics in Literature
Individual courses designed to investigate specific themes,
482
movements, authors, or works. The subjects selected for
study in any year will be listed in the class schedule for that
year. Recent offerings have included Scandinavian literature,
Twentieth Century Poetry, Comedy, and Women and Fiction.
Distribution: EnglishlSpeech
Major: An elective for English major
ENG 327
Advanced Journalism:Interviewing and Editing
Emphasis is placed first on interviewing and then on
organizing and writing the interview story. The second half
of the course will concentrate on editing the work of others
and learning layout and design. The course will include
workshop sessions during which students conduct
interviews and critique the interview skills of fellow students.
There will also be laboratory sessions devoted to layout and
design. (Prerequisite: ENG 227)
Major: An elective for English and Communications majors
(upper division)
ENG 331
British Literature, Chaucer to the Elizabethans
Chaucer and the medieval milieu will be studied as well as
the development of English poetry and drama in the English
Renaissance.
Distribution: EnglishlSpeech
Major: Meets British literature requirement
(upper division)
ENG 336
British Literature, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Reading, analysis and discussion of works of selected writers
from the metaphysical poets up to Blake, with attention to
the historical, intellectual, and social influences and the
major literary movements.
Distribution: EnglishlSpeech
Major: Meets British literature requirement
(upper division)
ENG 337
British Literature, the Romantics and the Victorians
A study of major writers of the nineteenth century,
emphasizing Romantic poetry, Victorian poetry, Victorian
prose and two or three novels of the period. Relationships
among these writers and their influence on one another will
be emphasized as well as their relationship to their own age
and their lasting contribution to the forms of poetry and
prose.
Distribution: EnglishISpeech
Major: Meets British literature requirement
(upper division)
ENG 351
American Literature Since 1920
A study of some recent and contemporary writers and
literary movements. Attention is given to the dynamics of
American society and its intricate relationship to the
literature. Special emphasis is given to the city as setting and
symbol in modern American literature.
Distribution: EnglishlSpeech, Urban Concerns
Major: Meets American literature requirement
(upper division)
ENG 396
Highlights of British Literature
Works by major British authors such as Chaucer,
Shakespeare, Donne, Swift, Wordsworth, Austen, Dickens,
and Woolf.
Distribution: EnglishlSpeech
Major: Meets British literature requirement
(upper division)
ENG 399
Internship
The department offers on-campus internships in teaching
writing or English as a Second Language and various offcampus internships. Interested students should consult the
department chairperson.
(upper division)
ENG 423
Studies in the British Novel
A survey of the development of the novel in England from its
eighteenth century beginnings up to the twentieth century.
Novels studied will be selected from the works of such
authors as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Austen,
Dickens, Bronte; Thackeray, Eliot, Hardy and Butler.
Attention will be given to the conditions contributing to the
rise of the novel and its emergence by the twentieth century
as the dominant literary form.
Distribution: EnglishlSpeech
Major: Meets British literature requirement
(upper division)
ENG 438
Shakespeare
Study of ten or twelve major plays - comedies, histories,
tragedies - with attention to the development of
Shakespeare's dramatic and poetic art. Additional plays
assigned for reading analysis.
Distribution: EnglishlSpeech
Major: Meets British literature requirement
(upper division)
ENG 499
Independent Study
Open to junior or senior English majors with a grade of 3.0 or
consent of department chairperson. Provides directed
independent study in the area of the student's choice.
FRE 111
Beginning French
Designed to introduce the student with no previous
background in French to the language and to French culture.
The pronunciation system and basic sentence structures are
taught to enable understanding and expression on a
rudimentary level.
Distribution: Foreign Language
FRE 112
Beginning French
Continuation of FRE 111.
Distribution: Foreign Language
GER 111
Beginning German
Course 111is for students with no previous background.
Aims at developing basic skills. Classroom practice in
speaking, understanding and reading basic German. Goals:
ability to read extended narratives in simple German,
insights into German culture and participation in short
conversations. Laboratory materials available.
Distribution: Foreign Language
GER 112
Beginning German
Continuation of GER 111.
Distribution: Foreign Language
HIS 103
The Modern World
A study of the main currents in western civilization from the
time of Napoleon to the present.
Distribution: HistorylPhilosophy
HIS 104
The Modern Non-Western World
An introduction to various centers of cultural and political
power in Asia and Africa of the last 200 years.
Distribution: HistorylPhilosophy
HIS 162
20th Century South Asia
This geographic area has produced the largest working
democracy in the world today; it is a startdard example for
population crisis and world hunger illustrations. This course
is designed for the student who has interest but little or no
background in non-western subjects.
Distribution: HistorylPhilosophy
HIS 222
U.S. History Since 1877
An assessment of the century which precedes our modern day.
Distribution: HistorylPhilosophy
HIS 331
A Tale of Twin Cities: MinneapolislSt. Paul 1883-1988
A local history course using the Minneapolis-St. Paul
metropolitan area as a case study for examining large themes
and issues in U.S. urban history. Topics considered include
frontier urbanism, industrialization and economic trends,
transportation, immigration and ethnicity, urban politics and
reform. Field trips included.
Distribution: HistorylPhilosophy (upper division)
HIS 440
Topics in World History
This course will investigate topics in world history which are
not included in regular course offerings. The specific topics to
be offered will be announced prior to registration.
(upper division)
HPE 114
Health and Safety Education (.5 course)
Principles and practices of safety education in school and
community life. Includes information about school health
programs and prevalent health needs and problems of school
age children, and American Red Cross First Aid course.
Major: Required for Elementary and Secondary major
HPE 115
Health and Chemical Dependency Education (.5 course)
An analysis of chemical abuse and what can be done for the
abuser. Includes information about school health programs
and prevalent health needs and problems of school age
children.
Major: Required for Elementary and Secondary major
INS 233
Women: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
This course will examine a variety of issues concerning the
biological, evolutionary and historic origins of women's roles
and status in human society. Emphasis will be placed on the
comparative roles of women in different cultures. This
comparison will include such North American models as the
Pygmies and other tribal groups, and the peasant societies of
eastern Europe, Mexico, and the middle East and rural China.
Distribution: Urban ConcernslWomen's Studies
MAT 103
Basic Mathematics
A self-paced course for students needing a review of
arithmetic and transition to algebra. Topics include integers,
fractions, decimal numbers, ratios, percents, metric system,
exponents, radicals, and evaluation of algebraic expressions.
Counts as one course in semester's load but does not give
credit toward graduation. Admission only by Augsburg
Mathematics Placement Test. Meets weekly. (Prereq:
Placement Group I. PIN grading only.)
MAT 104
Intermediate Algebra
A self-paced course for students needing a review of basic
algebraic skills and concepts. Topics include operations with
polynomials and rational expressions; exponents and
radicals; solving linear and quadratic equations and
inequalities; and graphing of linear and quadratic functions.
Counts as one course in semester's load but does not give
credit toward graduation. Admission only by Augsburg
Mathematics Placement Exam. Meets weekly. (Prereq: Math
Placement Group 11. PIN grading only.)
MAT 114
Elementary Functions
A study of functions: algebraic, exponential, logarithmic, and
trigonometric. For students planning to take 124 or 174.
Students who have completed 124 or 174 may register for
credit only with consent of instructor. Meets weekly. (Prereq:
MAT 104 or Math Placement Group 111)
Distribution: MathlPhysics
Major: Strongly recommended for Business Administration
major prior to taking BUS 279
MAT 122
Calculus for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Differential and integral calculus of a single variable with
applications to the social and behavioral sciences. Students
who have completed 124 may not register for credit. Meets
weekly. (Prereq: MAT 104 or Placement Group 111)
Distribution: MathlPhysics
MAT 124,
125
Calculus I, I1
Differential and integral calculus, including calculus of
several variables and series, with applications primarily
from the physical sciences, integrated with topics from
plane and solid analytic geometry. Primarily for students in
mathematics or the sciences. (Prereq: 114 or Placement
Group IV for 124; 124 for 125.)
MAT 131
Math for the Liberal Arts
An examination of the interaction between the development
of mathematics and that of civilization. Primarily for students
not intending further mathematics. (Prereq: MAT 104 or
Placement Group 111)
Distribution: MathlPhysics
MAT 171
Discrete Mathematics
Topics in discrete mathematics such as sets and logic,
combinatorics, probability, relations and functions, vectors
and matrices, boolean algebra, and graph theory. (Prereq:
114 or 121 or Placement Group IV.)
Major: Required for MIS major
MUS 130
Introduction to Music in the Fine Arts
Relationship between music of each period and the other
fine arts. For non-music majors.
Distribution: ArtlMusic
NOR 111
Beginning Norwegian
Introduction of the four basic language skills: speaking,
listening, reading and writing. Stress on spoken rather than
literary Norwegian. Laboratory work expected.
Distribution: Foreign Language
NOR 112
Beginning Norwegian
Continuation of NOR 111.
Distribution: Foreign Language
NUR 305
Contemporary Nursing I: Communication
A transitional course that introduces the components of the
professional role and begins the professional socialization
process. A communicative process is emphasized as one
means by which the nurse-client relationship is negotiated.
Interactive and group theories are explored for their
applicability to changing professional roles and practice.
(Prereq. or concurrent enrollment: PSY 355)
Major: Required for nursing major (upper division)
NUR 306
Contemporary Nursing 11: Paradigms in Nursing
An introduction to theories and conceptual thinking in the
process of professional development. The function of theory
in guiding nursing practice is emphasized. Selected nursing
conceptual models are studied and their application to
practice is examined using the nursing process format.
(Prereq: NUR 305)
Major: Required for nursing major (upper division)
NUR 310
Community Health Nursing I
This course focuses on community health delivery systems
and the practice of nursing within them. Concepts of health
are examined as they apply to current community health
problems and issues. Clinical application of course content
will involve making a health related assessment and
exploring a community health issue. Ethical issues related to
community health decision making with aggregate groups
are explored. (Prereq: NUR 330)
Major: Required for nursing major (upper division)
NUR 311
Community Health Nursing 11: Practicum**
This course provides a basis for understanding community
characteristics and cultural diversity related to health care.
The nurse's role as a generalist and as a member of the
health team is explored. This course is primarily a clinical
course. The student will demonstrate knowledge of
community health concepts in providing care to a selected
caseload of clients. (Prereq: NUR 310)
Major: Required for nursing major (upper division)
**Thiscourse involves an additional clinical fee.
NUR 330
Trends and Issues in Nursing
This course is designed to investigate the current
responsibilities of the professional nurse. Contemporary
economic, social, political and professional trends and
issues are explored in relation to their implications for
nursing practice. (Prereq: NUR 306, REL 483 or PHI 380, or
concurrent enrollment)
Major: Required for nursing major (upper division)
NUR 350
Introduction to Nursing Research
The research process and methods appropriate to nursing
are the focus of this course. Issues of ethics in nursing
research are explored. Students critique nursing research
for its applicability to nursing practice. (Prereq: NUR 330,
may be taken concurrently with NUR 310)
Major: Required for nursing major (upper division)
NUR 403
Contemporary Nursing 111: Families
This course provides a theoretical basis for family nursing
care. Content includes family as a primary group and family
dynamics in light of situational and developmental events.
Consideration is given to the role of the nurse in family
health care. (Prereq: NUR 311, NUR 350, may be taken prior
or concurrently with NUR 423)
Major: Required for nursing major (upper division)
NUR 404
Contemporary Nursing IV: Leadership and Management
This course provides a theoretical basis for leadership and
management as emerging professional nurse roles.
Concepts of change, conflict, communication, and system
dynamics are explored. Ethics, accountability and advocacy
provide the basis for role development and professionalism.
(Prereq: 403)
Major: Required for nursing major (upper division)
NUR 423
Practicum in Nursing I: Nursing of the Family**
A clinical practicum offering the student an opportunity to
apply content from 403 in providing complex nursing care
to families in a selected practice setting. (Prereq: NUR 403 or
concurrent enrollment)
Major: Required for nursing major (upper division)
**This course involves an additional clinical fee
NUR 427
Practicum in Nursing 11: Leadership and Managementx*
This clinical practicum utilizes knowledge and skills from
404. Opportunity is provided to apply leadership and
management theory in a selected agency setting. (Prereq:
NUR 404 or concurrent enrollment)
Major: Required for nursing major (upper division)
**Thiscourse involves an additional clinical fee
NUR 432
Topics in Nursing
A course designed to provide in-depth exploration of
selected topics in nursing. The subjects studied will vary
depending upon the needs and interests of the faculty and
students. (Prereq: Senior standing or consent of instructor.
O n demand.)
NUR 499
Independent Study
This learning experience provides the opportunity for the
student to study a selected topic or issue in depth. Students
consult with faculty and submit written study proposals,
objectives, and methods of evaluation prior to registration.
PHI 110
Introduction to Philosophy: Ideas and Method
Though each person has his or her own set of ideas and
beliefs, rarely have they been critically analyzed or
evaluated for their consistency, adequacy or truth. One
reason for this is that individuals lack the needed skills.
Another is that they may have had little opportunity to
examine critically some of the ideas basic to western culture.
The purpose of this course is to provide the student with
some experience in examining ideas, and thereby to
sharpen the critical and analytical skills required to evaluate
and construct a system of ideas and beliefs.
Distribution: HistorylPhilosophy
PHI 120
Ethics
Sometimes you say that a certain action is right or condemn
it as wrong. Why do you think it is right? Because you like
it? Are there better reasons for thinking something right or
wrong? This course takes a long, hard look at possible
grounds for making moral decisions, and at the moral
judgements about personal and social issues resulting
from them.
Distribution: HistorylPhilosophy
Major: Recommended elective in Business Administration
major
PHI 130
Logic
Suppose someone gives you reasons, and then says you
must accept a particular conclusion. Must you? When does
a conclusion validly follow from premises? Here we
examine the rules which govern valid arguments and work
to develop your ability to recognize and construct sound
arguments.
Distribution: HistorylPhilosophy
Major: Required supporting course for Communication
major
PHI 380
Ethics of Medicine and Health Care
Application of ethical principles to problems which arise in
the areas of health care and delivery, human
experimentation, human engineering, abortion, care for the
dying and euthanasia.
Distribution: HistorylPhilosophy
Major: PHI 380 or REL 483 required for Nursing major
(upper division)
PHY 101
Astronomy
A descriptive course covering our solar system, stars and
galaxies that requires elementary algebra. The necessary
optical instruments are explained and use is made of a
12-inch reflecting telescope, and eight-inch Celestron, and a
3-inch Questar. Occasional night viewing. (Prereq: Math
Placement Group 11)
Distribution: MathlPhysics
PHY 103
Physics for the Life Sciences
An introductory course in which the applications, problems
and experiments are selected not only to illustrate
fundamental principles, but also to demonstrate the
relevance of physics to the life sciences. The course is
designed to serve students in biology, psychology, physical
education (therapy programs), medical technology and
other health science programs. The course is also a very
suitable elective or distribution requirement for the liberal
arts student. (Prereq: Math Placement Group 111)
Distribution: MathlPhysics
PHY 106
Introductory Meteorology
A study of the science of meteorology which will provide a
working knowledge of the principles of atmospheric
science. Attention will be given to four basic areas:
observing the weather (including state of the art
instrumentation), understanding weather patterns,
forecasting weather changes and understanding the world's
climate. (Prereq: Math Placement Group 11)
Distribution: MathlPhysics
PHY 111
Physics, Computers, and Society
A study of the historical development of selected topics in
physical science. Attention willbe given to the interaction of
physics and its associated technology with philosophy,
religion, and culture. Study of mechanics, electricity, and
digital electronics will lead-up to discussion of the meaning
oftwentieth century physicsBnd of the role of electronics
and computers in modern society. Microcomputers will be
used extensively in the laboratory. (Prereq: Math Placement
Group 11)
Distribution: MathlPhysics
POL 158
Political Patterns and Processes
An analysis of basic patterns in the political system and
decision making process with some comparison of major
political systems and discussion of contemporary issues.
Distribution: Urban Concerns
POL 160
World Politics
Introduction to the processes of international politics,
including the dynamics of the international system, theories
of international relations, and a focus on recent problems.
Distribution: EconomicslPolitical Science
POL 170
Law in the United States
A survey of American law and legal process. Theories of
law; law and society; roles of courts, police, lawyers, and
juries; the United States Constitution as "supreme" law;
law as politics; historic and contemporary legal issues.
Distribution: EconomicslPolitical Science
POLISPC Mass Communications in Society
Effects of mass communications on individual behavior; the
342
uses and control of mass media for political and social
purposes including a study of censorship, newsmaking,
entertainment and public affairs programming.
Distribution: Urban Concerns or EconomicslPolitical Science
Major: Required for the Communication major
(upper division)
POLISPC Topics in American Politics: Uses of Mass Communications
This course offers advanced study in mass communications.
421
Topics include "Comparison of World Wide Media Systems,"
"The Role of Government Regulations and Law in Shaping
American Mass Media," "The Impact of Media on American
Society, Politics, and Culture." (It is desirable to have taken
342, Mass Communications. If not, talk with instructor
before registration.)
(upper division)
PSY 105
General Psychology
An introduction to the methods and approaches used in
psychology for the purpose of understanding behavior. The
structure of the field of psychology, including its major subareas, is emphasized.
Distribution: PsychologylSociology
Major: Required supporting course for the Communication
majors and Social Work major, a prerequisite for advanced
courses in psychology.
PSY 355
Brain and Behavior
A survey of the functions of the nervous system which are
responsible for behavior in animals and human beings.
Major topics include: sleep and wakefulness, motivation and
emotion, learning and memory and mental disorders.
(Prereq: PSY 105 and one course in biology)
Major: Required prerequisite course for nursing major
(upper division)
PSY 356
Environment and Behavior
A study of the influence which the environment, both
natural and man-made, has on behavior. Major topics
include: overcrowding and environmental stress,
territoriality, defensible space and crime, and built
environments such as rooms, buildings and cities.
(Prereq: PSY 105)
Major: Urban Concerns (upper division)
PSY 373
Organizational Psychology
Theoretical conceptualizations of organizational behavior.
Factors and practices such as management styles, evaluation
and maintenance of work effectiveness, and social
influences. (Prereq: PSY 105)
Major: Required course for Business Management major and
elective for three Communications majors (upper division)
PSY 485
Counseling Psychology
Principles, methods, and attitudes involved in the counseling
process. Consideration given to goals and ethical guidelines
for a counseling relationship. (Students with 2 or more
completed courses in Psychology will have priority in
registration. Others may be accepted if space is available
AND if they receive consent of the instructor.)
Major: Elective in the Human Relations major (upper division)
REL 111
Introduction to Theology
Ail introduction to the academic discipline of theology and to
the dialogue between the church and the world which
concerns Christian doctrine.
Distribution: Religion
REL 215
Archaeology and the Bible
Discussion of archaeological method, problems in biblical
archaeology, and review of some current findings.
Distribution: Religion
REL 221
Biblical Studies
The origin, literary character, and transmission of the biblical
documents. The task of biblical interpretation. The history of
Israel and the emergence of the church.
Distribution: Religion
REL 263
World Justice and Hunger: Developing a New World View
The course will survey the most recent reports and analysis
of the current holocaust of global hunger including the root
causes, the interconnectedness of other issues, the biblical
mandate and the role of justice education. Attitudes toward
poverty and wealth, justice and charity, oppression and
liberation will be discussed. The purpose will be to build
greater global awareness, become sensitized to ethical
choices, energize us for action and responsible living, and
explore pedagogical principles for social justice.
Distribution: Religion
REL 353
Denominations and Religious Groups in America
A study of the beliefs and worship practices of the major
denominations and religious groups. Some contemporary
cultic movements will also be considered.
Distribution: Religion (upper division)
REL 356
History of Religions
An introductory survey of some of the major living religions
of the world, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism,
Taoism, Shinto and Islam. Lectures plus some discussion
of primary documents from these religious communities.
Distribution: Religion (upper division)
REL 360
Religion and Society
An examination of the interaction of religion and society in
terms of sociological analysis with particular emphasis on
contemporary sociological research on religious movements
in American society.
Distribution: Religion (upper division)
REL 363
Religion in America
A study of the development of religion in America. Special
attention to the rise of religious liberty, revivalism,
denominations and the responses of religion to the
challenges of its environing culture.
Distribution: Religion (upper division)
REL 445
The Bible, Language and Interpretation
A study of the use and function of language in the Bible.
The importance of recognizing the varied character of
language for understanding the biblical text.
Distribution: Religion (upper division)
REL 475
Judaism
A survey of the history of Judaism from the end of the Old
Testament period to modern times, with emphasis placed
upon the religious development. A special interest in such
modern Jewish thinkers as Buber and Heschel. The Jewish
Chataqua Society annually makes a grant to Augsburg
College in partial support of this course in Judaism offered in
the religion department.
Distribution: Religion (upper division)
REL 481
Contemporary Theology
An introduction to some representative trends in Christian
theological thought today, as seen from the systematic
perspective, in the light of the continuing theological task of
the Christian Church.
Distribution: Religion (upper division)
REL 483
Christian Ethics
The basis of Christian social responsibility, in terms of
theological and sociological dynamics. Emphasis on
developing a constructive perspective for critical reflection
upon moral action.
Distribution: Religion (upper division)
Major: REL 483 or PHI 380 required for nursing major
REL 486
Psychology of Religion and Theology
A study of current psychological views of religion in the
context of the traditional Christian view of human nature.
Special attention will be given to the classics in the field by
Freud, Jung, Vikta Frankl, Ernest Becker, and to those
Christian theologians who have been influenced by them.
Distribution: Religion (upper division)
SOC 121
Principles of Sociology
Sociology as a mode of analysis or way of knowing. Its
application to an understanding of basic aspects of society;
socialization, family life, social inequalities, large-scale
institutions, etc. Sociology as an academic discipline and
profession.
Distribution: Sociology
Major: Required supporting course for Communication
major and Social Work major
SOC 231
Sociology of the Family
An examination of the family as a social institution. The
relationship of the family to its institutional and cultural
context, from a sociological perspective.
Major: Required supporting course in Social Work major and
an elective in the Human Relations major
SOC 265
Racial and Minority Group Relations
The dimensions of racial and minority group relations. Major
attention is focused upon prejudice, racism, and the role of
self-understanding. (PIN grading only)
Distribution: Minority Studies
Major: Required supporting course for Social Work major
and elective supporting course in the Business Management
major
SOC 336
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
The concept of culture examined in anthropology and in the
way we see and live in the world. An analysis of basic
assumptions underlying the ideas of "primitive," "civilized,"
and "progress." The person's relation to culture. An analysis
of selected aspects of Western culture. (Prereq: SOC 121 or
consent of instructor)
Major: An alternative in the core of the Communication
major, recommended elective in Business Management
major (upper division)
SOC 349
Complex Organizations
There is little in contemporary American life that is not
somehow affected by organizations. This course
sociologically examines (both theoretically and empirically)
how organizations survive as entities and what life is like for
people within those organizations. Through lecture,
discussion, guest speakers, and participation we will explore
the topics of organizational goals, technology, structure and
process; as well as corporate and white collar deviance,
gender issues, and organizational change. (Prereq: Soc 121 or
permission of instructor)
Major: Recommended elective in Human Relations, Public
RelationslAdvertising, and Supervisory Management majors
(upper division)
SOC 365
Quantitative Methods and Program Evaluation
Overview of commonly-used research methods, especially
experimental designs and applications to program
evaluations. Consumer overview of methods of organizing,
comparing and interpreting quantitative information. Use of
data-processing equipment for statistical analysis. Designed
for social work majors. Not to be taken by sociology majors.
(Prereq: Level I11 Math Placement Test.)
Major: Required in Social Work major
SOC 375
Social Psychology
An examination of the idea of "group," its relationships to
individual behavior and society. An analysis of the ideas of
"self" and "identity" and what part they play in
understanding interpersonal relations and human behavior.
A sociological view of mental health. A look at the major
assumptions and processes underlying our everyday life - a
look at the trivial, the ordinary and the taken-for-granted.
"Symbolic interaction," an important orientation in social
psychology, will be used as a way of dealing with the major
issues in the course. (Prereq: SOC 121)
Major: Required supporting course for Communication
major and Social Work major, elective supporting course for
Business Management major (upper division)
SPA 111
Beginning Spanish
Aims to develop the four basic skills: understanding,
speaking, reading and writing of elementary Spanish.
Introduction to culture of Spanish- speaking world.
Laboratory work is an integral part of the course.
Distribution: Foreign Language
SPA 112
Beginning Spanish
Continuation of SPA 111.
Distribution: Foreign Language
SPC 1111
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Public Speaking
Theory and practice of effective speaking and critical
listening. Students have the opportunity to give several
speeches and receive feedback about their performance from
the class and the instructor. The course focuses on such
topics as developing self-confidence, speech preparation and
organization, audience analysis and adaptation, effective
delivery, style and language, and critical thinking and
listening.
Major: Required supporting course for Communication
major, elective supporting course in Business Management
major
SPC 222
Introduction to Theatre
A survey of dramatic art including dramatic structure,
principles, and values with a focus on major historical
periods, plays, and artists. This class will discuss the basic
concepts of the play production process.
Major: EnglishlSpeech
SPC 224
Publication Design
See ART 224.
SPC 329
Intercultural Communication
This course will explore both the problems and the potential
of communication between persons of different cultural
groups. Factors such as ethnocentrism, stereotyping,
prejudice, role expectations, values, and non-verbal symbols
will be examined in this course.
Major: Recommended supporting course in Human
Relations major (upper division)
SPCIPOL Mass Communications in Society
(See course description under POLISPC 342)
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SPC 345
Organizational Communication
An examination of the dynamics of communication in
organizational settings. Focuses on topics such as superiorsubordinate relationships, formal and informal
communication networks, management styles, power and
authority, motivation of employees, organizational culture,
performance appraisal, effective use of meetings, and
sources of communication problems in the workplace.
Designed to enhance communication skills of both managers
and subordinates. Students both investigate the literature on
organizational communication and attempt to apply it to
their own experiences in organizations.
Major: Elective for 3 of the Communication majors
(upper division)
SPC 351
Argumentation
Application of standards for sound evidence and reasoning
in public speaking, discussion, and debates. Key objectives
include increasing skill in analyzing argumentative claims,
being able to distinguish between strong and weak
arguments, understanding test for evidence and fallacies in
reasoning, and learning to apply principles of argumentation
to contemporary public issues. Students have the
opportunity to enhance their skills in debate and discussion
and also learn to analyze and critique arguments they
encounter in their daily lives. (Prereq: SPC 111or consent of
instructor)
Major: This course or SPC 352 is required for the
Communication core (upper division)
SPC 352
Persuasion
Theory of how people are influenced to change attitudes and
behavior. The course deals with a broad range of topics,
including obstacles to persuasion, cultural dimensions of
persuasion; the use of logical and psychological appeals,
empirical research in persuasion; how persuasion is used in
politics, sales, advertising, and interpersonal contexts; the
nature of mass movements and campaigns; the impact of the
mass media on persuasion; and ethical issues related to
persuasion. Students analyze persuasive messages in
contemporary society, with practical work in speech and
promotional projects. (Prereq: SPC 111 or consent of
instructor)
Major: This course or SPC 351 is required for the
Communication core, elective supporting course in
Marketing major (upper division)
SPC 354
Interpersonal Communication
A study of the dynamics of human interaction through
verbal and non-verbal messages; emphasis on factors that
build relationships and help to overcome communication
barriers. This course combines theory and practice to help
the student understand and manage communication
problems more effectively.
Major: Required for Communication core, elective
supporting course in Business Management major
(upper division)
SPC 355
Small Group Communication
A study of group dynamics and leadership with emphasis
on factors related to decision-making, styles of leadership
and conflict management. This course combines lecture with
practical experience to help the student become a more
effective and productive member of a small, task-oriented
group. (Prereq: SPC 354)
Major: Recommended for supporting course in the
Business Management, Human Relations and Supervisory
Management majors (upper division)
SPC 360
Interpretive Reading
Basic principles of oral interpretation of literature. Study,
understanding and practice in reading prose, poetry and
drama before small and large groups.
Distribution: EnglishlSpeech (upper division)
SPCIPOL Uses of Mass Communications: Advanced Topics
(See course description under POLISPC 421)
421
SPC 480
Public RelationslPromotiona1 Communication
Public Relations in the modern world of communication,
marketing and business. An overview of public relations as a
career and a survey of basic promotional communication in
profit and non-profit organizations.
Major: Elective in all Communication majors (upper division)
SWK 257
Exploring Human Services
With faculty approval, student selects a placement for 80
hours per term as a volunteer in a social agency or
institution. Opportunity to know human service
professionals, minority professionals, social service delivery
systems, and career aspects of the helping vocations.
Independent study with a term paper report and weekly
review conferences. Career exploration: open to all students.
Major: Required in the Social Work major
SWK 260
Humans Developing
This course provides the knowledge basic to an
understanding of human growth through the life cycle, and
of the interplay of sociocultural, biological, and psychological
factors which influence the growth of individuals and
families in contemporary American soceity. Emphasized is
the role of the "nurturing environment" in relation to human
growth, the impact of the "sustaining environment" factors,
and other special stresses relevant to growth. Growth related
to populations and groups which represent ethnic andlor
life-style diversity is also a focus. Students will gain selfunderstanding through use of their own experiences. Open
to all students.
Major: Required in the Social Work major and Elementary
Education Licensure.
SWK 361
Social Responses to Human Needs
This course describes the historical and contemporary
systems of human service and diversity of professionals and
client groups. The major assumptions and social movements
which have contributed to the charitable and governmental
responses to human needs will be emphasized. Guest
speakers and agency visits highlight the course. (Prereq:
Junior or consent of instructor)
Major: Required in the Social Work major (upper division)
SWK 363
Methods and Skills of Social Work
Basic features of the helping process; theoretical foundations,
principles and techniques of social work interventive methods,
and practical experience necessary for social work practice with
individuals and small groups with a diversity of professionals
and client groups; development of the student's repertoire
of relationship building skills. (Prereq: SWK 361, Junior)
Major: Required in the Social Work major (upper division)
SWK 364
Field Work I
Beginning supervised professional experience in a social
work agency focusing on interviewing experience and
relationship building. Ten hours per week, plus one small
group supportiveldiscussion seminar per week. (Prereq:
SWK 361, Junior, concurrent with SWK 363)
Major: Required in the Social Work major (upper division)
SWK 461
Advanced Methods and Skills
Enlargement and refinement of practice skills recognizing
adaptations of the problem-solving model to diverse
populations through lecture, classroom exercise and regular
class work. Enlargement of social group work skills, emphasis
on development of generalist practice skills and eclectic and client
approaches with a focus on diversity of professionals populations.
Lectures andlor laboratory exercises each week.
(Prereq: 2.0 in SWK 363 and 364, candidacy status.
Concurrent with SWK 462.)
Major: Required in the Social Work major (upper division)
SWK 462
Field Work I1
Progressively responsible supervised professional and social
work experience including work with individuals, families,
groups andlor communities in a social service agency. Ten
hours per week, plus one supportiveldiscussion seminar per
week. (Prereq: concurrent with SWK 461, candidacy status)
Major: Required in the Social Work major (upper division)
SWK 463
Community Development and Organization
Locality development and social change through community
organization, social planning, and social action. Emphasis
on: 1) survey of historical forms of community organization
and social change, 2) understanding the theories,-basic issues
and strategies relevant to social protest and change,
3) examination of the role of staff, and of the functions and
interrelationships of community organizations, and
4) knowledge of and actual practicein the essential principles
and techniques of organizing. Open to all students.
(Prereq: Senior or consent of instructor)
Distribution: Urban Concerns
Major: Required in the Social Work major (upper division)
SWK 465
Social Policy: Analysis and Development
Includes the study of theories of Social Policy formulation
and methods of analysis associated with needs and services,
and analysis of the impact of policy on social work practice.
Development and implementation will be viewed first hand
through work with an elected public policy maker. Readings
and analytical paper integrate class concepts with practical
experience.
(Prereq: SWK 361, 463 and senior or consent of instructor)
Major: Required in the Social Work major (upper division)
SWK 466
Field Work I11
Continuation of SWK 462. (Prereq: candidacy status, 2.0 in
SWK 461,462,463)
Major: Required in the Social Work major (upper division)
SWK 467
The Social Worker as a Professional
Ethical practice, bureaucratic survival, professional job
attainment, affirmative action and sexual harrassment issues,
personnel policies and practices, organizational theory, and
resource development will be studied in the course. The field
work practice becomes the laboratory for class exercises.
(Prereq: Candidacy status, 2.0 in SWK 461,462,463)
SWK 469
Field Work IV
Continuation of 466. (Prereq: candidacy status, 2.0 in SWK
466, concurrent with SWK 467)
Major: Required in the Social Work major (upper division)
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Financial Information
Admissions Requirements and Procedures
Who May Apply
Men or women who have:
1. Graduated from high school or have earned a G.E.D. Certificate.
2. Demonstrated academic ability with satisfactory performance in high
school or previous college work.
Admissions Process
1. Complete the application form and return it along with $15.00 to the
Augsburg Weekend College Office.
2. Have official transcripts from all previously attended post-secondary
institutions sent directly to the Augsburg Weekend College Office.
Applicants with less than one year of previous college work should
include their high school transcripts or G.E.D. Certificates.
3. The Augsburg Weekend College Admissions Committee will review
the application materials and notify students regarding acceptance
and registration procedures. The Admissions Committee may request
that the student submit a personal statement or have a personal
interview with a Weekend College facultylstaff member or submit
letters of recommendation to the Committee.
4. Students who are transferring previous college work to the Weekend
College program will be informed with their acceptance notification as
to the number of courses and degree requirements that remain to be
completed for the bachelor's degree.
5. Students who wish to apply for financial aid should refer to that
section of this bulletin.
Application Deadlines
Fall Trimester 1989 - August 21, 1989
Winter Trimester 1990 - November 27 1989
Spring Trimester 1990 - March 5, 1990
Financial Aid
Company Tuition Assistance Programs
Many companies, agencies, and corporations offer full or partial tuition
assistance to employees who participate in work-related or degreeoriented college programs. Augsburg provides a payment plan by which
employees may handle tuition reimbursement.
Grants and Scholarships
Generally, the scholarships and grants are limited to students enrolled in
programs leading to the student's first undergraduate degree.
Pel1 Grant
This is a federal aid program, based on need, that is available to students
who take at least one course in Weekend College. Awards range from
$250-2200 per year.
Minnesota Part-time Student Grant Program
The State of Minnesota provides an aid program, based on need, for state
residents who take one course at Augsburg.
Minnesota State Scholarship and Grant Program
The Minnesota State Scholarship and Grant Program is available to
Minnesota residents, attending at least half-time per term, based on
financial need. Awards ranged from $100 to $3293 for 1988-89.
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Tribal and State Indian Scholarships
American Indian students who meet federal and state requirements may
apply for these scholarships. Indian grants supplement all other sources
of financial aid. For assistance in application please contact Augsburg's
American Indian Support Program Director at 330-1138 or your tribal agency.
Augsburg Tuition Grant
Augsburg College may provide grants and scholarships to Weekend
College students who show academic potential and have financial need.
Loan Assistance
Perkins Student Loan - Joint Augsburg College-federally funded
program administered through the College for students who
demonstrate financial eligibility. No interest accrues nor do payments
have to be made on the principal at any time you are enrolled at least
half-time. Simple interest of 5% and repayment of the principal (at the
minimum of $30 a month) begin six months after you leave school (nine
months for new borrowers after 7-1-87). Repayment may extend up to 10
years. The maximum which may be borrowed for undergraduate study
is $9000.
Stafford Student Loan - (formerly the Guaranteed Student Loan)
Loan funds are obtained directly from a local lender or state agency in
states which provide such programs. While the student is attending at
least half-time, there is no interest charge. Simple annual interest of 8%
on the loan balance and repayment of the principal begin six months
after you leave school. Repayment may extend up to 10 years. The
maximum loan is $2625 for the first two years and $4000 for the
remaining years of undergraduate study with the cumulative
undergraduate maximum of $17250. Applications are available at the
College and some banks.
SLS (Supplemental Loans for Students) - A Federal loan program.
Independent students may borrow up to $4000 per year to a maximum
of $20,000 and must be enrolled at least half-time. Variable interest rate is
set annually with a cap of 12%; payment usually begins within 60 days
after disbursement. Students must apply for financial aid.
S E L F (Student Educational Loan Fund) - A Minnesota State Loan
Program. Students may borrow up to $4,000 per year ($16,000
cumulative) as an undergraduate with a $25,000 maximum for graduate
students. ($1,000 minimum). Interest rate is variable, paid by the
borrower quarterly while in school. Principal and interest begin 12
months after leaving school. Students must apply for financial aid and
be enrolled at least half-time.
To Apply for Financial Aid
1) Complete the Application for Admission and indicate your desire to
also apply for financial aid.
2) The Financial Aid Office will send you the necessary application and
financial statement form (or you may pick them up the Financial
Aid Office, 152 Science Hall or the Weekend College Office).
3) All students transferring from any post secondary institution must
have a Financial Aid Transcript on file with Augsburg from each
previously attended institution even if you did not receive aid.
4) Complete and return the financial aid forms by the deadlines
indicated.
5) Accept the financial aid offered, in whole or in part, within the
deadline stated.
Fees and Payment Schedule
Application Fee (pavable once, non-refundable)
Tuition (per trimester course)
(one course 6 quarter credits or 4 semester credits)
Tuition (per summer course)
(tuition charge for 1989 summer terms)
$15.00
$650.00
Activity Fee (per trimester)
Audit a Course
$7.00
$325.00
Lifetime Sports:
Fee for course
Fee for Assessment of Previous Learnine
Nursing Clinical Fee
$150.00
$450.00
$150.00
Education Clinical & Field Experience Fee
Late Fee $50.00 per day (Five working days after Registration are allowed
to complete late registrations)
Charged to any student registering after the scheduled registration date.
Late registration includes incomplete registration as defined:
a,) Unsigned Registration Form b.) Unapproved Payment Plan
Registration change after first class meeting
$5.00
(cancelladdlchange grade option, or combination at one time)
Transcript Fee (per copy after first, which is free)
$2.00
Finance Charge: A finance charge is applied at a simple rate of 1% per
month on anv account with an oven balance of 30 davs or more.
Tuition is set on an annual basis payable in 3 equal installments at the
beginning of each Trimester. Registration is permitted only if the
student's account for a previous term is paid in full as agreed. Augsburg
College will not release diplomas or academic transcripts until all student
accounts are paid in full. This also applies for student loan funds
administered by the College (Perkins Student Loan). They must be
current according to established repayment schedules.
Augsburg Offers the Following Payment Options:
1) Trimester payments in full on day of Registration.
2) Payment Plan - Upon application and after College approval, a
3-payment plan is available each trimester. Payment plans will be
approved only if previous plans have been adhered to.*
3) Company Reimbursement - Full courses, or equivalent, which are
company reimbursed require a deposit of $100 per course reimbursed,
with full payment due within 45 days from the end of the term.
*A non-sufficient fund check used for payment at registration will declare
that registration invalid and could affect further credit extended by the
college.
Refund Schedule
A per course tuition refund will be made on the following basis:
(Students are responsible for cancelling courses with the Registrar's
Office in order to be eligible for the tuition refund.)
Prior to the first scheduled class meeting - 100%
(less a $75 Administrative Fee if withdrawing from current term entirely)
Prior to the second scheduled class meeting - 80%
Prior to the third scheduled class meeting - 60%
No refund after the third scheduled class meeting.
The refund schedule is effective whether or not a student has attended
classes. All refunds of charges will be applied to the account of the
student and all adjustments for aid, loans, fines, and deposits, etc. will be
made before eligibility for a cash refund of any resulting credit balance is
determined. Please allow two weeks for a refund.
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History
Augsburg College was founded in 1869 in Marshall, Wisconsin and
moved to Minneapolis in 1872. The name Augsburg College and
Seminary changed in 1963 when the Lutheran Free Church merged with
The American Lutheran Church.
Location
Augsburg's 23 acre campus is in the heart of the Twin Cities metropolitan
area, only blocks from downtown Minneapolis and the intersection of
Interstate Highways 94 and 35W. Adjacent to the campus are Fairview and
St. Mary's hospitals, the West Bank campus of the University of
Minnesota and the Mississippi River parkways.
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Skyways, tunnels and elevators provide accessible connection between 10
of the 15 major buildings - student housing towers, College Center, main
academic and administrative halls, the Library, Music building and Foss
Center for Worship, Drama and Communication.
Accessibility
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We have made a major effort to become one of the most accessible
campuses in the region. Our skyway-tunnel system lets you reach any of
10 major buildings without going outside. In addition to building
changes, we have a student-run program to increase awareness and
provide extra help for students with disabilities.
Church Affiliation
Augsburg is a college of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ainerica.
About 51% of the students are Lutheran, 15% other Protestant and 15%
Roman Catholic. Several other affiliations are represented among
students and faculty.
Non-Discrimination Policy
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Augsburg College does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed,
national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, sex or handicap as required
by Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments or Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended in its admission policies,
educational programs, activities, and employment practices.
Augsburg College
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1. Admissions
2. George Sverdrup Library
3. Science Hall
4. Old Main
5. West Hall
6. Mortensen Tower
7. Urness Tower
8. College Center
9. Sverdrup-Oftedal Memorial Hall
10. Music Hall
11.2222 Murphy Square
(Weekend College Office)
12. Melby Hall
13. Ice Arena
14. Stage I1 Theatre
15. Center for Global Education
16. Scandinavian Center
17. Foss, Lobeck, Miles Center for Worship,
Drama and Communication
18. Youth and Family Ministry
A. Admissions Parking
B. Student Parking
C. Visitor Parking
D. The Quad
E. FacultylStaff Parking
F. Murphy Square
G. Anderson-Nelson Athletic Field
H. Fairview-St. Mary's Parking Ramp
I. Husby-Strommen Tennis Courts
Accessible Entrance
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MINNEAPOLIS
To Find Augsburg
From Minneapolis
Interstate 94 east to 25th Avenue exit, left to Riverside Avenue, left to 21st
Avenue South, left at Augsburg sign.
From St. Paul
Interstate 94 west to Riverside exit, right on Riverside Avenue to 21st
Avenue South, left at Augsburg sign.
Parking
All posted Augsburg College parking lots are free and open for
student use from 4:30 pm Friday through Sunday evening. Lots are
located on 7th Street between 21st and 22nd Avenues and south of 8th
Street on 21st Avenue. Most street parking is 2 hour parking, seven days a
week. Additional parking is available in the St. Mary's Hospital ramp, or
U of M parking lots on the north side of Riverside Avenue.
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"If we are not for our children, who shall we be for?"
-Paul Wellstone
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome ... .............. ... . ... ....... . ..... .... .. .... .... 1
Education Department ..... . .. . .. ........ . .. . ... . ............ .2
Introduction ..... . .... . .. .... . ............ ..... Show more
"If we are not for our children, who shall we be for?"
-Paul Wellstone
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome ... .............. ... . ... ....... . ..... .... .. .... .... 1
Education Department ..... . .. . .. ........ . .. . ... . ............ .2
Introduction ..... . .... . .. .... . ............ ... ..... .. . ...... .3
Elementary Education ..... .. ................ . . . ...... ........ 5
Secondary Education .... .. ............... .. .. . . .............. 6
Special Education . . ... . .. . . .......... . . . ...... ... . .... . ...... 7
Reading Endorsement .. . .. ............................... . .. .9
Student Teaching .... . .... ... . ... . ... . ........ . .....•... . .... 9
Graduate Degree Completion ........ .. .. ...................... 10
Course Descriptions ... ... .. .................. . . . ..... . ...... 12
Admissions Requirements .. .............. . .. . . . .... . .. . ...... 18
International Applicants .... . . .. . ............................. 19
Academic Policies ......... .. .... ............ .... . . . . .. . ... . .20
Fee and Payment Information . . .. ... . .. . ...................... 23
Financial Aid ........ . . . . ............................ . ..... 25
About Augsburg .. .... .... ............... . . .. . ........ . . . ... 27
MAE Faculty . .... . . .. . ... ............... .. .. . ... . . . . . ...... 28
Campus Maps ........ . ... ........................... back cover
WELCOME TO THE AUGSBURG COLLEGE
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
We are pleased that you are interested in the Master of Arts in Education (MAE)
program, which offers teaching licensure within a master's degree. Augsburg has a
long history in teacher education with alumni of our programs teaching throughout
Minnesota. We know that Augsburg College is an excellent choice for you to pursue
your teaching dreams and goals-and here's why.
OUR PHILOSOPHY. The Education Department program theme-Teacher as
developing professional from classroom decision-maker to educational leadersuggests the expectations we have that our students will leave our programs prepared
to exercise leadership in the classroom and, eventually, the institution. Our
department mission statement goes beyond leadership to also lay out our expectations
for fostering "student learning and well-being by being knowledgeable in content,
being competent in pedagogy, being ethical in practice, building relationships,
embracing diversity, reflecting critically, and collaborating effectively. "
Our urban setting provides yet another dimension to our programs through course content, field experiences, and
classroom instructors. Our goal is that students leave our programs prepared to be knowledgeable, collaborative,
capable beginning teachers who imbue their practice with ethics, tolerance, and compassion.
OUR FACULTY. Augsburg faculty members who teach in the MAE program are a mix of full-time and adjunct
instructors, all of whom have K-12 teaching experience. Many adjunct instructors are currently teaching in K-12
settings; all full-time faculty members are frequent visitors to K-12 settings through student teaching and field
experience supervision, volunteer work, and/or in-service education. We understand the importance of what we do
and what you hope to do . We value good teaching and, most especially, we value good teachers.
OUR ACCESSIBILITY. We realize that though teaching is your dream, your reality likely includes work, family, and
personal responsibilities. Because we understand the demands adult students face , we offer flexible scheduling. A
majority of licensure and graduate-level courses are taught in the evenings and weekends to allow you to manage
these responsibilities while pursuing your goals.
As a student in Augsburg's Master of Arts in Education licensure and degree program, you will find yourself among
interesting students and dedicated professors who believe that all children deserve a good, highly qualified
teacher-the teacher you can become.
Vicki Olson, Ph.D.
Program Director
The Augsburg College Education Department commits itself to developing future educational leaders who foster student
learning and well-being by being knowledgeable in content, being competent in pedagogy, being ethical in practice,
building relationships, embracing diversity, reflecting critically, and collaborating effectively.
PROGRAM THEME
Teacher as developing professional, from competent classroom decision-maker to educational leader.
PROGRAM DIMENSIONS
What we do-concepts and strategies of teaching (being competent in pedagogy; building relationships)
I How to assess and evaluate student ability and performance (MSEP 8: Assessment).
I How to plan instruction to meet student needs (MSEP 7: Planning Instruction)
I How to implement instruction to promote student learning (MSEP 4: Instructional Strategies)
I How to manage children and classroom life effectively (MSEP 5: Learning Environment)
I How to help students develop emotionally and socially (MSEP 2: Student Leaming; MSEP Standard 5: Learning Environment)
I How to integrate technology and service learning into a learning environment.
Who we teach-knowledge of children and youth (embracing diversity)
I How students develop and learn (MSEP 2: Student Learning)
I Similarities/differences across communities, cultures, learning styles, abilities, special needs , and lifestyles (MSEP 3:
Diverse Learners)
I Current issues affecting children and youth (MSEP 9: Reflection and Professional Development; MSEP 10 Collaboration,
Ethics, and Relationships)
Where we work-contexts of schools (collaborating effectively; being knowledgeable in content)
I Foundational knowledge of schools and education in the U.S. (MSEP 9: Reflection and Professional Development)
I Collaboration and teaming skills (MSEP 10: Collaboration, Ethics, and Relationships)
Who we are as individuals and teachers-personal stance and
knowledge base (reflecting critically; being knowledgeable in content;
being ethical in practice; developing future educational leaders)
I Leadership skills (MSEP 9: Reflection and Professional Development;
MSEP 10 Collaboration, Ethics, and Relationships)
I I know and how I learn (MSEP 1: Subject Matter)
I How I think: critically, creatively, ethically, reflectively (MSEP Subject
Matter; MSEP 9: Reflection and Professional Development)
I What I believe to be true about education and people; personal
philosophy of education (MSEP 9: Reflection and Professional
Development)
I What I can do to develop as a professional (MSEP 9: Reflection and
Professional Development)
I How I communicate and understand the communication of others
(MSEP 6: Communication: MS 10: Collaboration, Ethics, and
Relationships)
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At Augsburg College you can pursue your dreams of becoming a teacher
while continuing to work. We offer you an opportunity to earn your
education licensure as a component of a Master of Arts in Education
(MAE) degree through classes that primarily meet every other weekend
and limited weekday evenings.
Augsburg's MAE degree is flexible, for people who:
I have a baccalaureate degree already and are seeking teaching
licensure with an option to complete a master's degree;
I are licensed teachers seeking a master's degree;
I are seeking a master's degree in education without teaching
licensure.
Through weekend and weekday evening classes, students can earn
licensure in:
I Elementary education with a middle school specialty. Specialty
areas in communication arts, math, and social studies are available
through this program. The science specialty is available through a
combination of weekday, weekday evening, and weekend courses. All
education courses are available through weekend and weekday
evening courses.
I Secondary and K-12 education. Undergraduate majors in licensable content areas serve as the foundation for secondary
and K-12 education licensure. These majors are evaluated by Augsburg's content area departments to determine
remaining content area courses necessary for licensure. In general, a minimum of two courses within the licensure major
must be completed at Augsburg. Social studies, art, and communication arts/literature are available entirely through
weekend and weekday evening classes. Other licensure majors are offered primarily through weekday courses, including
biology, chemistry, health education, mathematics, music education, physical education, physics, and theatre arts. All
education courses are available through weekend and weekday evening courses.
I Special education. Licensure areas in special education include emotional/behavioral disabilities and learning disabilities.
These programs, designed primarily for people who have already earned a baccalaureate degree and now want a
teaching license, are comprised of two distinct parts.
First is the licensure component. If you are seeking licensure and qualify for admission into the MAE program, you can take
a portion of the licensure courses at the graduate level. While these courses do not fulfill all MAE degree requirements, they
form the core of the master's degree.
Second is the graduate degree completion component. Between four to six licensure courses completed at the graduate level
with a 3.0 or better cumulative GPA can be applied towards the MAE degree. Once licensure is achieved, you can continue
to take graduate classes in education and leadership to complete the MAE degree.
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Already licensed teachers can work towards the MAE degree through the following options:
I Special education E/BD and LD
I Reading licensure
People seeking an education-related master's degree who do not want licensure can pursue an MAE degree, as well. These
programs are made up of a core of graduate level education courses plus additional courses in leadership.
Whether seeking licensure and/or a master's degree, this program allows you to change or enhance your career while fulfilling
your family and professional commitments in the company of adults with similar goals.
PROGRAM CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Teacher leadership is the theme that threads through our graduate licensure and degree completion program. The Augsburg
Education Department believes that teachers are leaders in their classrooms and should be leaders in their institutions and
communities.
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The leadership focus plays out in two ways. First, the additional work required in
focuses on providing graduate students the chance to exercise leadership as well a:
requirements. Second, in the degree completion component, students are required
courses from our Master of Arts in Leadership (MAL) program. This provides the :
aspects of leadership as part of their degree program.
WEEKEND & EVENING
WEEKEND, EVENING, & DAY
Communication Arts
Social Studies
Mathematics
Science
ELEMENTARY
SECONDARY & K-12
Art
Communication Arts/Literature
Social Studies
Biology
Chemistry
Health Education
Mathematics
Music
Physical Education
Physics
Theatre Arts/Dance
SPECIAL EDUCATION
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he graduate versions of the "slash" courses
extend their knowledge beyond the basic
o include at least two graduate-level
udents the chance to focus on some
Emotional/Behavioral Disorders
Learning Disabilities
LICENSURE COMPONENT
The K-6 elementary with a middle school specialty license
allows you to teach in grades K-6 and in your specialty
area of math, science, social studies, or language arts in
middle school. Augsburg Weekend College offers this
license to people who already hold a bachelor's degree and
meet admissions requirements, as well as to people seeking
a bachelor's degree.
Licensure requirements are offered at undergraduate/
graduate level. That means classes will consist of both
undergraduate and graduate students, with graduate
students having additional course responsibilities. The
graduate course numbers are taken at the 500 level.
The following requirements are offered at both the
undergraduate and graduate level. All courses must be
taken for licensure, and between four and six may also be
applied toward the master's degree in education.
EDC 200/522
EDC 206/566
EDC 310/533
EDC 410/544
EDC 480/580
EED 320/520
Orientation to Education (1.0) *
Diversity/Minnesota American Indians (1.0)
Learning and Development (l.O) *
Special Needs Learner (I.O) *
School and Society (1.0)
K-6 Methods: Reading (l.O) *
To complete the license, you will also need to complete
certain requirements at the undergraduate level:
HPE ll5
Chemical Dependency (.5)
EDC 220
Educational Technology (.5)
EED 310
K-6 Methods: Health/PE (.5)
EED 330
K-6 Methods: Children's Lit./Lit. Arts (1.0)
K-6 Methods: Art (.25)
EED 34 I
EED 342
K-6 Methods: Mustic (.25)
EED 350
K-6 Methods: Math (1.0)*
EED 360
K-6 Methods: Science (l.O)
EED 370
K-6 Methods: Social Studies (.5)
EED 380
Kindergarten Methods (.5) *
Middle School methods in specialty* (.5-1.5)
Student Teaching (2.0)
EED 48I,483
*Field experience hours are required in these courses. A
minimum of 100 hours in classrooms and education-related
settings are required prior to student teaching. Students spend
approximately 20 hours per term in field experiences.
UNDERGRADUATE LIBERAL ARTS REQUIREMENTS
The number of supporting liberal arts courses required for
licensure depends upon the courses taken previously as part
of the bachelor's degree. Requirements are determined by:
I Minnesota licensure standards for specific college level
coursework in math, biology, physics, and earth science
for all students seeking elementary licensure.
I Minnesota licensure standards in a specialty area for
middle school. Subject area specialties are offered in
language arts, social studies, math, and science.
Previous coursework can be accepted into the licensure
program if it meets Minnesota standards and if a grade of C
or better was achieved. The Education Department
determines the courses that are accepted. Transcripts,
course descriptions, and course syllabi are used to make
these determinations.
In limited cases, life experience can be considered as a
substitute for specific program requirements. In such cases
students must provide significant evidence of competency
in the affected standards. The College's Applicat~on of Prior
Learning (APL) process is used as a framework. The
Education Department determines what is accepted.
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K-12 and 5-12 licensures in several content areas are
offered in Weekend College through a combination of
graduate and undergraduate coursework. Education
requirements are offered primarily on a weekend schedule
(along with a limited number of weekday evening courses) .
Graduate-level licensure coursework is available to people
who already hold a bachelor's degree and meet admissions
criteria.
The following majors are offered almost entirely through
Weekend College: communication arts/literature, history or
economics or psychology or sociology (all for social
studies), studio art.
The following requirements are offered at both the
undergraduate and graduate level. All courses must be
taken for licensure, and four to six may also be applied
toward the master's degree in education.
People seeking 5-12 licensure in social studies and biology,
chemistry, or physics must complete a broad-based core of
courses in their selected field in addition to the major.
Previous coursework is accepted when appropriate. This is
part of the evaluation of major coursework.
EDC 200/522
EDC 206/566
EDC 310/533
EDC 410/544
EDC 480/580
ESE 300/500
Orientation to Education (1.0) *
Diversity/Minnesota American Indians (1.0)
Learning and Development (l.O) *
Special Needs Learner (l.O) *
School and Society (1.0)
Reading and Writing in Content Area (l.O)
To complete the license, students also will need to complete
certain requirements at the undergraduate level:
HPE 115
Chemical Dependency (.5)
EDC 220
Educational Technology (.5)
ESE 325
Creating Learning Environments (l.O)*
ESE 3XX
K-12 or 5-12 Special Methods (1.0 -2.0)*
ESE 481 , 483, 485 Student Teaching (2.0-3.0)
*Field experience hours are required in these courses. A
minimum of 100 hours in classrooms and education-related
settings are required prior to student teaching. Students spend
approximately 20 hours per term in field experiences.
UNDERGRADUATE LIBERAL ARTS REQUIREMENTS
The equivalent of a major in a content area is required for
K-12 and 5-12 licensure. Students who have majored in a
field in which we offer licensure must have their previous
coursework evaluated by the major department at
Augsburg. Additional coursework tied to licensure
standards is generally required.
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The following majors are offered primarily or entirely
through the weekday program: biology, chemistry, physics,
health and physical education, theatre/dance, mathematics.
LICENSURE COMPONENT
Learning Disabilities Core
There are two licensure options in the K-12 Special
Education program: emotional/behavioral disabilities, and
learning disabilities. Both of these programs qualify you to
teach in special education programs and positions. Many
students get licensure in both emotional/behavioral and
learning disabilities.
Students wishing to earn a Learning Disabilities licensure in
addition to a Emotional/Behavioral licensure will take the
above courses in the Emotional/Behavioral core, and two
additional specialty courses.
Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities Core
SPE 434/534
The following requirements are offered at both the
undergraduate and graduate level. All courses must be
taken for licensure, and up to six may also be applied
toward the master's degree in education.
EDC 200/522
EDC 206/566
EDC 310/533
EDC 410/544
EED 320/520
SPE 400/500
SPE 410/510
Orientation to Education (1.0) *
Diversity/Minnesota American Indians (1.0)
Learning and Development (1.0) *
Special Needs Learner (1.0) *
K-6 Methods: Reading (l.O)*
Teaching Students with Emot./Behavioral
Disabilities (1.0)**
Implementing Assessment Strategies
SPE 420/520
SPE 430/530
Planning, Design, and Delivery (1.0) **
Instructional and Behavioral Practices
SPE 440/540
Parent and Professional Planning (1.0)**
SPE 424/524
Etiology and Origins of Learning
Disabilities (l.O)**
Teaching Content Areas to Students with
Learning Disabilities (1.0)**
A student wishing to earn only a Learning Disabilities
licensure would take all of the Emotional/Behaviorial
Disabilities core class as well, with the exception of SPE
4 30/530 Instructional and Behavioral Practices.
(1.0)**
(1.0)**
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To complete the license, students will also need to complete
certain requirements at the undergraduate level:
HPE 115
EDC 220
EED 330
EED 350
EED 360
Chemical Dependency (.5)
Educational Technology (.5)
K-6 Methods: Children's Lit.IL.Arts (1.0)
K-6 Methods: Math (1.0)*
K-6 Methods: Science (1.0)*
Student Teaching (1.0-2.0)
*10-20 hours of field experience are required as part of this
course. Students currently working in schools can often use
their school employment for their field experience.
**These courses are taken during the internship year. A
significant amount of contact with students labeled EBD or LD
is required. The ideal situation for the internship year is to be
working in a K-12 setting with these students. Students not
currently employed in schools must be available for extensive
volunteer field placements during the internship year.
Previous coursework can be accepted into the licensure
program if it meets Minnesota standards and if a grade of C
or better was achieved. The Education Department
determines the courses that are accepted. Transcripts,
course descriptions, and course syllabi are used to make
these determinations.
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply to the Special Education program,
students must:
I have college credits, an associate degree, or degree and/or
licensure in another field; and
I be currently employed in a K-12 setting as a
paraprofessional or licensed teacher; and/or
I have experience working with students who are labeled
with emotional, behavioral, or learning disabilities, as
well as considerable time available for volunteer field
placements.
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Innovative Model
This program is based on an internship model that allows
coursework and experience to occur simultaneously In
addition to student teaching, students must complete two
40-hour field placements where they will gain experience
working with students from age groups different from their
internship site.
This program is built on an inclusive education model.
Under this model, students learn how to work closely with
both special and regular educators to facilitate inclusion of
special education students into the regular education
classroom.
Augsburg College also offers a K-12 Reading Endorsement program. This endorsement has been established to provide teachers
with existing teaching licenses an opportunity to expand their knowledge and practices in the area of reading instruction.
Candidates for this license will complete 4.5 credits of coursework that have been designed to meet the requirements
established for this license by the Minnesota Board of Teaching. Students may use these courses to fulfill requirements for
the Master of Arts in Education degree.
These courses include:
EED 520
K-6 Methods: Reading (LO)*
ESE 500
Reading/Writing in the Content Areas (LO)*
EDC 505
K-12 Literature in the Classroom (.5)
EDC 508
K-12 Reading Assessment and Evaluation (LO)
EDC 510
Clinical and Reading Program Leadership (LO)
EED 320/520 and ESE 300/500 are offered to both undergraduate and graduate students. EED 320/520 is part of the
elementary and special education initial licensure programs, and ESE 300/500 is part of the secondary initial licensure
program. The rigor of the course is increased for those taking it at the graduate level. The following policies apply for
licensed teachers seeking the reading endorsement:
I Reading license candidates who have already received their initial teaching license and who are graduates of Augsburg
College or completers of Augsburg licensure programs within the past seven years will not be required to retake the
entire version of EED 520 or ESE 500. However, they will be expected to complete the requirement for the graduate
portion of the course that they may have taken at the undergraduate level (EED 320 or ESE 300) within the context of a
half-credit graduate level independent study. If the graduate level of the course was taken as part of the initial license
(EED 520 or ESE 500) within the past seven years, students do not need to repeat it or do the independent study.
I Reading license candidates who have already received their initial teaching license and who are graduate/completers of
Augsburg College, but not within the past seven years, will be required to take EED 520 and/or ESE 500 at the graduate level.
I Reading license candidates who have already received their initial teaching license and who are not graduates of Augsburg
College will be expected to take EED 520 and ESE 500 at the graduate level as part of the endorsement program.
STUDENT TEACHING
All education students are required to complete student teaching in their content area. In the MAE program, student teaching
is completed after the core education classes are completed, but before the master's completion electives and final project.
Student teaching generally lasts for 12 weeks; however, it may vary slightly for some specific content areas. During that
time, students work full time as student teachers and are supervised by an Augsburg faculty member. Students register for
two credits of student teaching, and meet at Augsburg College for a student teaching seminar three times during the term.
Most placements are in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. However, students do have the opportunity to teach
abroad, where students do half of the student teaching experience in the metro area, and the remaining portion in
another country. Opportunities to teach abroad are available around the world, and it is a wonderful opportunity to
build a global perspective in education.
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Students progress in graduate coursework during the licensure program. The licensure coursework forms the Master of Arts
in Education core, with up to six Augsburg graduate-level licensure courses fulfilling the master's requirements.
Declaration of Intent to Complete
Students who have been admitted into the MAE program must formally declare their intent to complete the master's degree
beyond licensure. This can be done any time during coursework, and up to one year after completing student teaching.
Students have seven years to complete the degree after filing the intent to complete form
The declaration of intent is made to the MAE program coordinator. Graduate-level courses in which a 3.0 or better is
achieved will be accepted into the degree program. If a graduate course is graded 2.5 it can be accepted into the MAE
degree completion program as long as the cumulative GPA remains at 3.0 or higher. A maximum of two courses at 2.5 can
be used to complete the MAE degree. Students need nine graduate-level courses to complete the MAE. Between four and six
courses can be drawn from the appropriate core; the remaining courses will be education or leadership requirements and
electives.
Once graduate-level students have declared their intent to complete the master's degree, they are eligible to take Master of
Arts in Leadership and other education graduate courses. If education graduate courses are used as electives in the degree
completion component, they must be drawn from a pool of education non-licensure courses offered at the graduate level. In
most cases students will complete the licensure component prior to the graduate degree.
The MAE program is also open to students seeking a master's degree without licensure. Students taking this path file Intent
to Complete forms with the MAE program director prior to taking their first graduate-level course. The same GPA standards
apply (3.0 or better on coursework) and the core of the graduate program is made up of four to six graduate-level licensure
courses, plus the degree completion options outlined for those seeking licensure. The difference is that these students are
not required to complete the undergraduate courses in education and liberal arts that are required for licensure.
Graduate Degree Completion
To earn a master's degree beyond the core of education classes, students
will need to successfully complete a minimum of three additional
graduate-level courses. They are:
I A research methods course, typically ML 514
I An elective course, chosen from leadership-focused courses in the Master
of Arts in Leadership (MAL) program (see page 11)
I A research- or leadership-based final project
Students bringing fewer than six graduate-level licensure courses into the
degree program must complete additional leadership or education
graduate courses to reach the total of nine required courses.
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The research methods course will help prepare students to evaluate and
document research for use in their final project or paper. In this course, both qualitative and quantitative research methods
will be examined. The leadership elective courses allow students to examine issues of leadership at a personal or
institutional level. The goal for the graduate degree completion component is to foster the development of teachers as
leaders within the institution and community as is in line with our program theme and department mission statement.
FINAL PROJECT OPTIONS
Students have two options for fulfilling their Master of Arts in
Education final project, which serves as the capstone of the
master's program: a Leadership Application Project or action
research.
LEADERSHIP ELECTIVE OPTIONS
The Leadership Application Project is a research-based study
that links issues of leadership and education with the degree
candidate's personal interests. The character of the project will
vary with the nature of the investigation and the materials
involved, but will always be application oriented. The central
component of the Leadership Application Project is the
demonstration of leadership ability through a concrete
research-based project appropriate to the candidate's
workplace or place of service. Students taking this option will
register for EDC 585 Independent Study and work closely
with a project adviser from Augsburg College.
ML510
Visions of Leadership
ML 511
Creativity and Problem-Solving
ML 520
Self Identity, Values, and Personal
The second option is action research in education. Action
research is a collaborative, self-reflective research method
designed to be used in real situations, and is aimed at solving
real problems. The goal of action research is to gain better
knowledge of one's practice while improving the situation in
which the practice is conducted. This option is composed of
two half-credit courses taken in sequential terms. The first
course, EDC 586, introduces students to action research, a
form of research that simultaneously contributes to the
practical concerns of people while furthering the goals of
social science. The second course, EDC 587, is focused on
collecting and analyzing data. It culminates in a symposium
where students present their research in a public forum.
Growth
ML525
Personality and Systems Theories
ML 530
Ethics in Communication
ML 531
The Dynamics of Change
ML 545
Decision Making and Leadership
ML 550
Communication, Decision Making,
and Technology
ML 560
Developing a Multicultural
Perspective
ML 565
Women and Leadership
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Many education courses in the Master of Arts in Education
program are offered at both the undergraduate and graduate
level. Both undergraduate and graduate students take
courses together, with graduate students having additional
responsibilities and expectations. Graduate courses are
offered at the 500 level. All courses are 1.0 credit unless
noted otherwise.
EDC 410/544
The Special Needs Learner
The study of students with disability, special needs, and
giftedness. Emphasis on techniques and resources to help
all students achieve maximum outcomes and special focus
on needs of urban students. Fieldwork experience. (Prereq.:
PPST and admission to department or special permission of
instructor)
EDUCATION COURSES
EDC 200/522
Orientation to Education in an Urban Setting
Career exploration and overview of the teaching profession.
Emphasis on historical and philosophical foundations of the
American school system. Urban fieldwork experience.
(Undergraduate prereq.: ENG 111, sophomore standing)
EDC 206/566
Diversity/Minnesota American Indians
Emphasis on points of view about the role of school in
modern society, relationships with parents and community,
collaborative models, leadership, and professional
development. Serves as final theoretical preparation for
student teaching. (Prereq.: PPST and admission to
department)
EDC 505
Literature in the Classroom (.5 course)
This course will examine human diversity and human
relations. It will provide an awareness and critical analysis
of how prejudice, discrimination, and stereotypes impact us
personally, as well as how these elements impact our
schools and communities. Also addressed in this course is
Minnesota Standard of Effective Practice 3.G: Understand
the cultural content, worldview, and concepts that comprise
Minnesota-based American Indian tribal government,
history, language, and culture.
The study of student reading development, the knowledge
and use of gathering and analyzing data of students'
reading, and designing and applying appropriate reading
curriculum based on this information.
EDC 220
Educational Technology (.5 course)
EDC 510
Clinical and Reading Program Leadership
Psychological and philosophical dimensions of communication
through the use of instructional technology. Selection,
preparation, production, and evaluation of effective audio
and/or visual technology for teaching/learning situations.
The study of effective leadership and professional
development strategies for individual schools and school
districts, reading standards, state and federal reading
legislation, and fiscal and budgetary operations. The
focused implementation of knowledge and skills gained in
reading licensure coursework.
EDC 310/533
Learning and Development in an Educational Setting
A survey of educational psychology topics as applied to
teaching and learning. Special emphasis is placed on
classroom applications. Fieldwork experience. (Prereq.:
PPST and admission to department)
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EDC 480/580
School and Society
The study and use of literature in the K-12 classroom.
EDC 508
K-12 Reading Assessment and Evaluation
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION COURSES
EEO 310
K-6 Methods: Health/Physical Education (.5 course)
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for
physical education and health at the kindergarten and
elementary levels. (Prereq.: PPST and admission to
department)
EEO 320/520
K-6 Methods: Reading
The study and use of a variety of teaching techniques and
resources in reading, including the diagnosis and correction
of reading difficulties. Fieldwork experience. (Prereq.: PPST
and admissions to department)
EEO 330
K-6 Methods: Language Arts/Children's Literature
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for
children's literature and language arts at the kindergarten
and elementary levels. (Prereq.: PPST and admission to
department)
EEO 331
Middle School Methods: Communication
Arts/Literature-Writing (.5 course)
Introduction to the teaching of writing at the middle school
level. (Prereq.: PPST and admission to department)
EEO 341
K-6: Methods: Visual Arts (.25 course)
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for
visual arts at the kindergarten and elementary levels.
(Prereq.: PPST and admission to department)
EEO 342
K-6: Methods: Music (.25 course)
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for
music at the kindergarten and elementary levels. (Prereq.:
PPST and admission to department)
EEO 350
K-6 Methods: Mathematics
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for
mathematics at the kindergarten and elementary levels.
Fieldwork experience. (Prereq.: PPST and admission to
department)
EEO 360
K-6 Methods: Science
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for
science at the kindergarten and elementary levels.
Fieldwork experience. (Prereq.: PPST and admission to
department)
EEO 370
K-6 Methods: Social Studies/Thematic Studies (.5 course)
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for
social studies and thematic teaching at the kindergarten and
elementary levels. (Prereq.: PPST and admission to
department)
EEO 380
Kindergarten Methods (.5 course)
Study and use of a variety of techniques and resources for
teaching kindergarten. Fieldwork experience. (Prereq.: PPST
and admission to department)
EEO 481, 483, 485
Student Teaching
Two to three courses of full-time, supervised classroom
experience. Required for licensure. Occurs upon satisfactory
completion of licensure program and program portfolio.
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SECONDARY EDUCATION COURSES
ESE 340
5-12 Methods: Science
ESE 300/500
Reading/Writing in the Content Areas
Introduction to the teaching of the natural sciences in
middle and high schools. Emphasis on instructional
strategies and curriculum development. Middle school
portion required for elementary concentration in science
taught concurrently as ESE 341 Middle School Methods:
Science (.5 course). Fieldwork experience. (Prereq.: PPST
and admission to department)
The study and use of a variety of middle school and
secondary techniques and resources to teach reading and
writing through the content areas. (Prereq.: PPST and
admission to department)
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ESE 325
Creating Learning Environments
An introduction to assessment, lesson planning, and
classroom organization based in the Minnesota Graduation
Rule, state testing, and national standards. Emphasis on
creating environments conducive to learning. Fieldwork
experience. (Prereq.: PPST and admission to department)
ESE 310
5-12 Methods: Social Studies
Introduction to the teaching of the social sciences in middle
and high schools. Emphasis on instructional strategies and
curriculum development. Middle school portion required
for elementary concentration in social studies taught
concurrently as ESE 311 Middle School Methods: Social
Studies (.5 course). Fieldwork experience. (Prereq.: PPST
and admission to department)
ESE 320
5-12 Methods: Theatre/Dance
Introduction to the teaching of theatre and dance in
schools. Emphasis on instructional strategies and
curriculum development. Fieldwork experience. (Prereq.:
PPST and admission to the department)
ESE 330
5-12 Methods: Mathematics
Introduction to the teaching of mathematics in middle and
high schools. Emphasis on instructional strategies and
curriculum development. Middle school portion required
for elementary concentration in mathematics taught
concurrently as ESE 331 Middle School Methods:
Mathematics (.5 course). Fieldwork experience. (Prereq.:
PPST and admission to department)
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ESE 350
5-12 Methods: Literature and Reading
Introduction to the teaching of literature and reading in the
middle and high schools. Emphasis on instructional
strategies and curriculum development. Required for
elementary concentration in communication arts/literature
and for communication arts/literature license. Fieldwork
experience. (Prereq.: PPST and admission to department.
NOTE: Students seeking 5-12 communication arts/literature
license do not need to take ESE 300.)
ESE 351
5-12 Methods: Speaking and Listening (.5 course)
Introduction to the teaching of speaking and listening in
middle and high schools. Emphasis on instructional
strategies and curriculum development. Required for
communication arts/literature license. (Prereq.: PPST and
admission to department)
ESE 352
5-12 Methods: Media Literacy (.5 course)
Introduction to the teaching of media literacy in middle
school and high school. Emphasis on instructional
strategies and curriculum development. Required for
communication arts/literature license. (Prereq.: PPST and
admission to department)
ESE 360
K-12 Methods: Visual Arts
Introduction to the teaching of visual arts in the schools.
Emphasis on instructional strategies and curriculum
development. Fieldwork experience.(Prereq.: PPST and
admission to department)
ESE 370
K-12 Methods: Music
SPE 420/520
Planning, Design, and Delivery
Introduction to the teaching of music in the schools.
Emphasis on instructional strategies and curriculum
development. Fieldwork experience. (Prereq.: PPST and
admission to department)
This course provides students with skills to write and
implement individual program plans and to create effective
learning environments for students labeled EBD. Particular
attention is paid to inclusion models, diversity of student
need, and forming partnerships with key school personnel.
(Prereq: PPST and admission to the department)
ESE 481, 483, 485
Student Teaching
Two to three courses of full-time, supervised student teaching
required for licensure. Occurs upon satisfactory completion of
licensure program and program portfolio.
SPECIAL EDUCATION COURSES
SPE 315
Critical Issues: Special Education Seminar (.5)
This course is designed to support students seeking special
education licensure throughout their internship year. Issues
related to special education and their specific settings are
the focus of the course. The department portfolio is
completed as a part of this course.
SPE 400/500
Teaching Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities
This course presents an overview of learners with emotional
and behavioral disabilities and learning disabilities. It
addresses the historical and philosophical aspects of the
EBD category, examines origins of student behavior and
student learning styles, and addresses theoretical
perspectives and conceptual models as they relate to this
category of disability. (Prereq: PPST and admission to the
department)
SPE 410/510
Implementing Assessment Strategies
This course examines the assessment process from the prereferral to the recommendation stage. Students gain
understanding of key assessment tools and how they
influence student placement and programming. A
qualitative and person-centered assessment process is
emphasized. (Prereq: PPST and admission to the
department)
SPE 424/524
Etiology and Origins of Learning Disabilities
This course will focus on the history and context of
learning disabilities, which includes the medical and
sociological aspects specific to learning disabilities. It will
also teach students how to access information relevant to
the field.
SPE 430/530
Instructional and Behavioral Practices
This course examines behavioral support options used with
students who are labeled EBD . It emphasizes the use of
reflective, pro-active, and non-aversive approaches drawn
from current best practices and including positive
behavioral supports, person centered planning, and
functional assessment. (Prereq: PPST and admission to the
department)
SPE 434/534
Teaching Content Areas to Students with Learning
Disabilities
This course will teach students how to identify, adapt, and
implement developmentally appropriate instruction and
strategies that support the learning of students identified as
having learning disabilities. The specific focus will be on the
areas of reading, writing, and listening comprehension; and
math, reasoning, and problem solving skills.
SPE 440/540
Parent and Professional Planning
This course examines the role of families of students with
special needs, specifically those families of students labeled
EBD. A family systems perspective is introduced and
applied. The need to form strong connections with
community agencies is emphasized. (Prereq: ENG 111,
PPST and admission to department).
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GRADUATE-LEVEL RESEARCH REQUIREMENTDEGREE COMPLETION
ML 514
Research Methods
Evaluation and documentation of programs, projects, and
ideas as they relate to leadership theories and practice.
Qualitative and quantitative tools will be discussed.
ML 530
Ethics in Communication
Interdisciplinary study of ethics and communication
through the investigation of a variety of ethical perspectives
within human communication. This course places particular
attention on the use and abuse of communication in
politics, advertising, and interpersonal relationships. It
emphasizes sensitivity to ethical conflicts that arise in social
and organizational settings.
GRADUATE-LEVEL ELECTIVES
At least one elective must be taken from the following
Master of Arts in Leadership courses.
ML 510
Visions of Leadership: A Historical and Literary Journey
Introduction to selected concepts of leadership, providing a
historical and philosophical framework for the program.
This course views the nature and purpose of leadership
from a variety of disciplines and perspectives.
ML 511
Creativity and the Problem-Solving Process
Exploration of creativity from the perspective of traditional
aesthetics as well as contemporary organizational thinking. This
course uses creativity as a method, and it examines techniques
for solving problems in organizations, for enhancing
innovation, and for seeking an integrative world-view.
ML 520
Self-Identity, Values, and Personal Growth
Study of the concepts of self-identity, value formation, and
personal growth as they relate to professional life; factors
that influence the development of self-identity and personal
values; and the effect of personal values of learning and
leadership strategies.
ML 525
Personality and Systems Theories
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Study of leadership in the dual context of personality theory
and systems theory. Contributions of Jung, Fromm, Maslow,
May, and others to personality theory are considered as are
the systems' theories of von Bertalanffy and Bateson. The
theories are applied to the concrete realities of leadership in
a variety of settings.
ML 531
The Dynamics of Change
This course offers an exploration of the context of social
change and varying responses to diverse human needs.
Ways of achieving well-being may be viewed differently by
leaders in public and private domains and across cultures.
The course explores these various perspectives, including
areas of conflict and opportunities for leadership in social
and organizational change. Sociological, human
development, and economic theories are applied to
contemporary public and private sector issues for social
change.
ML 545
Decision Making and Leadership
Review of the decision-making process-the setting, goals,
and contingencies-as it affects leaders and leadership.
Analysis of arguments and explanations; analysis of basic
statistical concepts and their relationship to decision
making. Assessment of major social decisions, past and
present-their intentions, consequences, arguments,
explanations, and justification.
ML 550
Communication, Decision Making, and Technology
Analysis of the role various forms of digitally-mediated
communication play in our society and how
communication, decision making, and leadership have been
altered by these technologies. Students examine how they
can engage and manage these processes in their
organizations.
concrete project appropriate to the candidate's workplace or
place of service.
EDC 586
Action Research in Education (.5 course)
This course will introduce students to action research, a
form of research that simultaneously contributes to the
practical concerns of people while furthering the goals of
social science. It requires active self-reflective inquiry and
collaboration. Action research is used in real situations, and
is aimed at solving real problems. The goal of action
research is to gain better knowledge of one's practice while
improving the situation in which the practice is conducted.
This is the first of a two-trimester course.
ML 560
Developing a Multicultural Perspective
EDC 587
Action Research (.5 course)
This course focuses on the ability to function and lead in
culturally diverse contexts within the U.S. Goals include
improved communication skills and interpersonal
sensitivity, appreciation for the complexity of the racial and
ethnic groupings, and awareness of key issues facing those
groups.
The second term of this course involves intensive data
analysis, writing, and sharing of the degree candidate's
research. It requires active self-reflective inquiry and
collaboration. The trimester will culminate with a
symposium in which student work will be presented in a
public forum.
ML 565
Women and Leadership
A seminar exploring the theory and practice of women and
leadership: entrepreneurial, political, and social. An
interdisciplinary approach to issues of women and
leadership. Topics include analysis of alternative approaches
to leadership, women and careers, and women in society
past and present. The course is intended to enhance the
analytical and leadership skills of the participants.
MAE FINAL PROJECT OPTIONS
EDC 585
Leadership Application Project
The Leadership Application Project is a research-based
study that links issues of leadership and education with the
degree candidate's personal interests. The character of the
project will vary with the nature of the investigation and the
materials involved, but will always be application oriented.
The central component of the Leadership Application
Project is the demonstration of leadership ability through a
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Admission into the Master of Arts in Education program is a two-step process: admission into Augsburg College Graduate
Studies, and admission into the Education Department.
AUGSBURG GRADUATE ADMISSION
Immediate graduate admission requires applicants to hold a baccalaureate
degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a minimum
undergraduate cumulative grade point average of 3.0 (on a scale of A= 4.0).
Any graduate courses taken will also be factored into the cumulative grade
point average. However, if an applicant holds a graduate degree with at least a
3.0 grade point average, he or she is waived from holding a minimum
undergraduate cumulative grade point average .
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Applicants with cumulative grade point averages between 2.5 - 3.0 will be
admitted to the undergraduate-level licensure program until they achieve a
3.0 or better in 2.0 courses at Augsburg College.
Decisions about admission to the program will be made on an individual
basis by the Education Department Admissions Committee. Admissions are
handled on a rolling basis, with students being admitted at the beginning of
the fall, winter, and spring terms.
To apply to the College, the following materials must be submitted to the
Office of Graduate Admissions:
I Completed application form
I $35 non-refundable application fee
I A one-to-three page statement about the applicant's teaching aspirations
I Official transcripts from all undergraduate institutions
attended, listing all courses taken and any degree(s)
conferred
I Official transcripts from all graduate institutions attended,
listing all courses taken and degree(s) conferred, if any.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ADMISSION
Once accepted into the College, students may take lower
division courses in education and required content areas. Prior
to taking the upper division courses, students must be
admitted to the Education Department. In order to be accepted
into the Education Department, students must take the PreProfessional Skills Test (PPST), have the required cumulative
grade point average, and submit two letters of
recommendation.
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To obtain an Education Department admissions packet, go the
Education Department office in Sverdrup Hall 11.
Augsburg College encourages qualified applicants from
other countries. See Admission Requirements for a
description of the admission process and selection criteria.
Application materials required for international
applicants are:
I Completed application form
I $35 application fee (non-refundable) payable in U.S.
dollars
I A one-to-three page statement relating the applicant's
career and life goals to leadership aspirations
I Completed Declaration of Finances (see below for
further information)
I Official mark-sheets with certified translations from all
undergraduate institutions attended listing all courses
taken, marks earned, dates attended, and degree(s) or diploma(s)
conferred, if any; plus, a U.S. evaluation from an evaluation
center
I Official mark-sheets with certified translations from all graduate
institutions attended listing all courses taken, marks earned, dates
attended, and degree(s) or diploma(s) conferred, if any; plus, a
U.S. evaluation from an evaluation center
I Official results on the Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL) with a minimum score of 600 for the paper test, or 250
for the computer version
Applicants may be asked to participate in an interview, in person or
over the phone, with graduate program faculty and/or staff
members.
Students and their financial sponsor must complete a Declaration of
Finances as part of the application for admission, along with
appropriate certifications.
In accordance with federal regulations, applicants seeking an F-1
student visa or J-1 exchange visitor visa must provide
documentation to the school that they have financial resources
adequate to cover all expenses for the duration of the program.
Once a student has been accepted into the program, the appropriate
school official will issue the student an 1-20 (if seeking an F-1) or
DS-2019 (if seeking aj-1).
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EVALUATION STANDARDS
Evaluation of academic performance in the MAE program will
be based on number grades using a 4.0 point scale and as defined below.
Courses not offered on the numbered grading system are noted in the
course descriptions in this catalog as being graded on PIN basis. In order
to receive a grade of P, a student must achieve at least a grade of 2.0. No
more than two courses with a grade below 3.0 will count toward the
degree. No more than two courses with a grade of or below 2.5 can be
repeated. Only the credits and grades earned the second time are
counted in the grade point average.
4.0
Achieves highest standards of excellence
3.5
3.0
Achieves above basic course standards
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
Achieves the minimum passing standard
Performance below basic course standards
0.5
0.0
Unacceptable performance (no credit for the course)
P
Achieves at or above the 2.0 level (not computed in grade point
average)
N
Does not meet minimum course standards (no credit and nonpunitive-not computed in grade point average)
W
Grade given when a student withdraws from a course after the deadline without notation on the record
An incomplete grade (I) may be awarded when the instructor grants permission after determining that a student
emergency may delay completion of coursework. Students who receive an incomplete grade should be capable of
passing the course if they satisfactorily complete outstanding course requirements.
To receive an incomplete grade, a student must file an Application for Incomplete Grade form with the Office of the Registrar
that states the reasons for the request, outlines the work required to complete the course, and includes the course instructor's
signature. The instructor may stipulate the terms and conditions that apply to course completion. The student must complete
the outstanding work in enough time to allow evaluation of the work by the instructor and the filing of a grade before the final
day of the following academic term. If the work is not completed by the specified date of the following academic term, the grade
for the course becomes a 0.0.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Attendance is highly important and should be considered a responsibility, not only to one's self, but to one's classmates and course
instructor.
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ACADEMIC PROBATION AND
DISMISSAL POLICIES
Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point
average. If a student falls below a 3.0 average, the student
will be placed on probation for the following term. A 3.0
cumulative grade point average must be restored in order
for a student to be removed from probation. If a student
receives a grade of N or 0.0 in a course, the student must
petition successfully with the MAE program director
before being allowed to continue in the program. A plan
for the student to follow would be outlined at that time.
If a second grade of N or 0.0 is received, the student may
be dismissed from the program by the MAE program
director. Students may also be dismissed by the MAE
program director for behavior detrimental to the
program, such as a gross violation of college policy (as
published in the Student Guide). Dismissal would occur
only after established procedures were followed.
CREDIT FOR PRIOR EDUCATION
Students may petition the MAE program director for
approval of any variation in the curriculum including the
transfer of credit. Transfer credits will be evaluated on an
individual basis.
The only courses that will be considered for transfer
credit are those earned from accredited colleges and
universities, whose course content is comparable to those
in the MAE program. No more than two courses will be
accepted for transfer credit.
CREDIT AND CONTACT HOURS
Each full-credit graduate course is the equivalent of four
semester credits or six quarter credits. Students meet in
class a total of 28 hours and are responsible for a
significant amount of individual study and preparation.
LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM CLASS
The last date on which students may withdraw from a
class and receive a "W" on their records is published
annually in the Weekend College class schedule and on
the Weekend College Web site <www.augsburg.edu/weccurrent> and on the registrar's Web page at
<www.augsburg.edu/enroll/registrar>.
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FEDERAL PERKINS LOAN PROGRAM
A joint Augsburg College-federally funded program
administered through the College for students who
demonstrate financial eligibility. A signed a promissory
note is required per term after which funds are credited
to the student account. Awards are made based on
available funds.
Borrowing Limits: You may borrow up to $6,000 per
year as a graduate student with a $40,000 aggregate
maximum.
Interest and Repayment: Simple interest of 5% and
repayment of principal begin nine months after you
graduate or leave school. Partial or total loan cancellation
privileges exist for certain types of teaching, disability
and, in certain circumstances, military service.
Deferments: No interest accrues nor do payments need
to be made at any time you are enrolled at least half time
or for serving three years in the military, Peace Corps, or
VISTA. Contact the Enrollment Center if you think you
are eligible for a deferment.
SELF (Student Educational Loan Fund)
The SELF is administered through the Minnesota Higher
Education Services Offices. Applications are available
from the Enrollment Center and should be completed by
the borrower and co-signer and returned to the
Enrollment Center for further processing. Loan proceeds
are released through eiectronic funds transfer.
Borrowing Limits: Graduate students may borrow up to
$9,000 per year minus any other student loan
indebtedness. Maximum graduate borrowing cannot
exceed $40,000 including undergraduate. The minimum
annual loan is $500.
Interest and Repayment: The interest rate is variable.
Interest payments begin 90 days after the loan is
disbursed and continue quarterly thereafter while the
student is enrolled. Principal payments begin in
the 13th month after you leave school.
Deferments: There are no deferments. Contact the
Minnesota Higher Education Services Office regarding
special circumstances and repayment.
TO APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AID
Financial aid application materials are available at
<www.augsburg.edu/enrolb. Applicants must be admitted
to Augsburg as regular students or be returning students
in good academic standing.
The financial aid application will be processed when the
following documents are received:
1)
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA) or the renewal FAFSA. Apply online at
<www.fafsa.ed.gov>.
2)
Federal income tax return(s) .
3) Verification worksheet. Obtain a copy at
<www.augsburg.edu/enrolb and return it to the
Enrollment Center.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT
Enrollment Center 612-330-1046, 1-800-458-1721,
enroll@augsburg.edu, or <www.augsburg.edu/enrolb.
ABOUT AUGSBURG
HISTORY
Augsburg was the first seminary founded by Norwegian Lutherans in
America, named after the confession of faith presented by Lutherans in
Augsburg, Germany, in 1530. Augsburg opened in September 1869 in
Marshall, Wisconsin, and moved to Minneapolis in 1872.
CAMPUS LOCATION
Augsburg's campus is located in the heart of the Twin Cities,
surrounding Murphy Square, the first of 155 parks in the "City of
Lakes." The University of Minnesota West Bank campus and one of the
city's largest medical complexes-Fairview University Medical Centerare adjacent to Augsburg, with the Mississippi River and the Seven
Corners theatre district just a few blocks away.
ACCESS I Bl LITY
Augsburg College has made a major effort to become one of the most
accessible campuses in the region. Skyways, tunnels, and elevators
provide accessible connections among major buildings-student
housing towers, the Christensen Center, main academic and
administrative halls, the library, and the music building. In addition,
there are programs for students with learning, physical, and psychiatric
disabilities.
CHURCH AFFILIATION
Augsburg is a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America. It has a diverse community with many strong religious
traditions represented among the students, faculty,
and staff, including Lutheran, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish,
American Indian spirituality and thought, Buddhist, and Islamic faiths.
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY
Augsburg College, as affirmed in its mission, does not discriminate on
the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, age,
gender, sexual orientation, marital status, status with regard to public
assistance, or disability in its education policies, admissions policies,
scholarship and loan programs, athletic and/or school administered
programs, except in those instances where religion is a bona fide
occupational qualification. Augsburg College is committed to providing
reasonable accommodations to its employees and students.
Any questions concerning Augsburg's compliance with federal or state
regulations implementing equal access and opportunity can be directed
to the Office of Human Resources, CB 79, Augsburg College, 22Il
Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454, or 612-330-1023.
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MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION FACULTY
JOY E. BARTLETT, Assistant Professor
MARY BETH KELLY, Instructor, part-time
B.A., West Virginia State College; M.A., University of
Minnesota.
B.S., University of Wisconsin; M.Ed., Bethel College.
WILLIAM P. BIERDEN, Instructor, part-time
B.S., Southwest State University; M.S., Mankato State
University; Ed.D., University of St. Thomas.
CAROL KNICKER, Assistant Professor
B.S., M.S., Mankato State University.
CHRIS BROWN, Instructor
LYNN E. LIN DOW, Assistant Professor
B.S., Bemidji State University; M.Ed., University of Sydney,
Sydney, Australia.
B.S., Mankato State University; M.S., North Dakota State
University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
JOSEPH A. ERICKSON, Professor
PATSY H. MOGUSH, Instructor, part-time
B.A., University of St. Thomas; M.A., Luther Seminary; Ph.D.,
University of Minnesota.
B.A., .B.S., University of Minnesota; M.A., University of
St. Thomas; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
JEANINE A. GREGOIRE, Assistant Professor
SUSAN E. O'CONNOR, Associate Professor
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
B.S., University of Minnesota; M.S., Ph.D., Syracuse University.
RICHARD A. GRESCZYK, Instructor, part-time
VICKI L. OLSON, Associate Professor, Dept. Chair
B.S., M.Ed., University of Minnesota.
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
LISA L. HYLAND, Instructor, part-time
B.S., M.S., University of Wisconsin.
B.A., M.A., University of St. Thomas.
RICHARD W. PEARL, Instructor, part-time
GRETCHEN K. IRVINE, Assistant Professor
RONALD W. PETRICH, Assistant Professor
B.A., College of St. Teresa; M.S., University of WisconsinRiver Falls; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
B.A., Augsburg College; M.A., United Theological Seminary.
MARY J. JACOBSON, Assistant Professor
B.S., University of North Dakota; M.A.Ed., Ed.D., Hamline
University.
DEBORAH D. KATZ, Instructor, part-time
A.B., Stanford University; Ed.M., Harvard Graduate School of
Education; Ed.D., National-Louis University.
LINDA L. STEVENS, Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Northern Colorado; M.A., Mankato State
University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
BARBARA A. WEST, Instructor/Director of Student
Teaching Placement and Licensing
B.S., St. Cloud State University; M.S., Syracuse University.
ANNE M. KAUFMAN, Associate Professor
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota .
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1988-1989
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Augsburg
College
1988-1989
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Those who hope to lead had better understand both
rationally and intuitively the people who might be theix
followers, and the society in which they are embedded.
They had better comprehend the values of our common
culture, past and present, know how our political and
economic systems work, and understand how and why
science has changed the world ... Leaders need
specialists as advisers and staff members. But leaders
themselves are generalists ... At higher levels of
leader hip they cannot achieve their full potential
without considerable breadth of knowledge. Only this
way can they shape the contexts for decisions where
expert knowledge is used.
-- John Gardner
Augsburg College
731 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55454
612/330-1787
IJnformation Sessions
Individuals in terested in the Master of Arts in Lead ership program
at Augsburg ollege are encouraged to attend an information
session. These free, two-hour sessions are scheduled at various
times prior to the beginning of each trimester. Please call the
Graduate Program Office (330-1787) to receive further details or to
register for one of these information sessions:
Saturday, April 16, 1988
9:00 - 11:00 AM
Thursday, May 26, 1988
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Tuesday, June 21, 1988
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Tuesday, July 19, 1988
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Saturday, October 22, 1988
9:00 - 11:00 AM
Saturday, February 25, 1989
9:00 - 11:00 AM
Saturday, April 22, 1989
9:00 - 11:00 AM
Thursday, May 25, 1989
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Tuesday, June 20, 1989
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Tuesday, July 18, 1989
6:00 - 8:00 PM
For more information write or call:
Graduate Program Office
Augsburg College
731 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55454
612/330-1787
Information Sessions .................... . .. . . . . . . . . . .. .... . 2
Calendar for 1988-89 .............. .. ... . . ..... ...... .. .... .4
Introduction to the Master of Arts in Leadership ..... . ..... .. .. . 6
Leadership Development Model ............. ... . .. . . . ..... . . 7
Curriculum Design ........... .. ... .. ... . ... ............... 9
Course Descriptions ... .. ................... ...... . .. .. ... . 10
Graduate Faculty .................... .. . . ................. 12
Library ..................................... . ..... ...... . 12
Accreditation and Affiliations ........ . . .. .. ... ... . .. ... . .... 12
Student Support Services .. .............. . .. . .. .. ... .... . .. 13
Student Rights .. .. .... .. .................. . .. . ..... .... .. 13
Admission Requirements ... . ...... .. ..... . .... ·.... ....... . 14
Application Procedures ....... .. .......... . . .. . ............ 14
Deadlines ...... .. . .. . ......... .. .. .... .... .. ... ... ..... . . 14
Evaluation Standards ......... .. ............ . . .... . .. . .... . 15
Academic Policies . . .... .. .... .. .... .. ...... .... .... .... . . . 16
Fee and Payment Schedule ...... . ........ . . ............ . .. 17
Financial Aid ..... .. ......... . ..... ... ..... ...... ...... ... 18
About Augsburg ..... . ..................... ... ..... .. . ... . 19
Campus Map ............................. . . . .. ..... .. .. . 20
Campus Location .. .. . . . .. .. ... .... .. ... ............. ... .. 21
Faculty and Administration ................. .... . . ......... 22
Advisory Council to the Graduate Program ... .......... . . . ... 24
lllaster of Arts in
Leadership
1988-89 Calendar
Saturday Schedule: 8:30 - Noon and 1:15 - 4:45 PM
Thursday Schedule: 6:00 - 7:30 PM and 8:00 - 9:30 PM
Fall Trimester, 1988
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Monday, August 15, 1988
Saturday, August 27
Thursday, September 8
Saturday, September 10
Thursday, September 15
Saturday, September 24
Thursday, September 29
Saturday, October 8
Thursday, October 13
Thursday, October 20
Saturday, October 22
Thursday, October 27
Saturday, November 5
Thursday, November 10
Saturday, November 19
Wednesday, November 23
Saturday, December 3
Saturday, December 10
Monday, December 19
Application Deadline
Orientation/Registration
Classes Begin
Leadership Practicum
Leadership Practicum
Last day to Withdraw
Last Class
Final Grades Due
Winter Trimester, 1989
Monday, November 28, 1988
Thursday, January 5, 1989
Saturday, January 7
Saturday, January 14
Thursday, January 19
Saturday, January 28
Thursday, February 2
Saturday, February 11
Thursday, February 16
Thursday, February 23
Saturday, February 25
Thursday, March 2
Thursday, March 9
Saturday, March 11
Thursday, March 16
Saturday, March 18
Thursday, March 23
Monday, April 3
Application Deadline
Classes Begin/Registrati n
Leadership Practicum
Leadership Practicum
Last day to Withdraw
Last Class
Final Grades Due
Spring Trimester, 1989
Monday, March 6, 1989
Thursday, April 6
Saturday, April 8
Thursday, April 13
Saturday, April 22
Thursday, April 27
Saturday, May 6
Thursday, May 11
Thursday, May 18
Saturday, May 20
Thursday, May 25
Saturday, June 3
Thursday, June 8
Thursday, June 15
Saturday, June 17
Saturday, June 24
Thursday, June 29
Monday, July 10
Application Deadline
Classes Begin/Registn1lion
Leadership Practicum
Leadership Practicum
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~ntroduction
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Master ofArts in Leadership
Developing Leaders for Organizations and the
Community
Th Mtt ·ter o( ArlS in Lead r hip•" ponds to th lead r hip
d vclopm nt n ed - of profit and nut-for-profit org<1niz.11tion . While
diff rent in stru lur and pm po e, mo tor <1niz.nti n s ek leaders
with the fo llowi ng qunlitie :
• a vision which is ethically <md mornlly responsible, extending
beyond immediate concerns;
• an understanding of how change occurs and ciffects the
immediate environment;
• a sensitivity to the omplex problems organizations face, cind an
ability to achieves lutions consistent with an organization's
mission;
• th abili t to motivate and inspire individui11S and groups to
work toward a common goill; and
• th e ability to effectively represent the organiu1tion both
internally and externally.
The Ma ter of Arts in Lend rship provides a mean by which
individuals aspiring to enhance th ii' I , d , r hip skills mny di cover
and refin lhes nnd th r abilitie and awnre nesses fundmnental
to effective leadership.
Accommodatin!? the Full!fime Work Schedule
The Mast r of Arts in Lead r hip pmgr<1m is de i ned to meet the
n ds and pi: ~ f .•r n es of working fldults. The prog rnm is based on
th a umption that th m n and women wh enr 11 are
employed, self-disciplined and well-motivated individuals who
s ·ek a balance of clas room experience, group interaction and
individual study. fa1 h CO lll' e i , th refore, divid d into period of
. tudy, group ffor ts and cliiss preparntion. lo accommodat this
ormal f 1· learning, each d o s m ts on alternate Sah1rday for
tl11: e and one half hours and all' mate Thur day evenings for on
and ne hnlf hours.
leadership Development Model
The Master of Art in Lead rship program promt,te lead 1· hip as
a pro ess which 1) inspires cooperation am ng people who must
compete fo r limited re our es, 2) promotes productivity within and
beyond th organizati n and 3) w rks toward progres . To
nccompli h thi , individuals aspiring to position. of I aders hip
mu t po es three k y attribute : a ens of vision, th ability to
persuade and the ability to dir ct ac tion. Und rlying these
ri th·ibutes i a road rai1g of abilities and awnre nesses. These
abilities and awar ne e 1 outlin d in the diagram on pn e 7, ·erve
a specific utcom ·for the Master of Arts in Lead r hip.
Aug burg's m d I of lead rship d ev lopm nt is designed to assess,
promote, enhance and refine these capabilities within the individual.
Leadership Development Model
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Community of learners
Essential to the goals of the Master of Arts in Leadership is
participation in a community of learners. Learning can be
enhanced when the student is involved in a stable community that
provides opportunity and encouragement for active participation
both in and out of the classroom. This community will be enriched
by the presence of men and women who bring to the program a
variety of work and life experiences. To facilitate this kind of
community interaction, Augsburg encourages graduate students to
make use of college facilities such as the library, meeting rooms and
college center; to take the opportunity of having shared meals and
coffee breaks; to participate in optional lunchtime seminars; and to
attend other college activities such as music and dramatic
presentations and athletic events.
leadership Practicum
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Master of Arts in Leadership students enroll in a half course called
"Leadership Practicum." Students are required to enroll in this
professional assessment and development course for six terms
during their graduate work at Augsburg. Upon completion of the
entire practicum, students receive a half course credit. In each
term, one Saturday and one Thursday evening are devoted to
"Leadership Practicum."
Early in the program a major component of this practicum is a fullday professional assessment to determine students' abilities and
potential relative to each of the outcomes of the Leadership
Development Model (see page 7) . Assessment instruments
include paper and pencil exercises and simulation and group
experiences. Following the assessment students meet individually
with a trained assessor who provides guidance in personal goal
setting and in the creation of a professional development plan or
"blueprint:'
In subsequent terms "Leadership Practicum" includes workshops
designed to meet the needs of the students in the following areas:
communication skills, self-assessment measures, group processes,
and other professional development topics identified by graduate
students and staff.
"Leadership Practicum'' concludes with a final assessment followed
by an individual meeting with a trained assessor.
The Master of Arts in Leadership program is composed of 12
courses. Each course unites two or more liberal arts disciplines,
ncournge pursuit of the designated outcomes, and uses a variety
of learning t clrniqu app ropriate to adult learners. In tructional
techniques ar varied, u h as ca e tudy, d bate, written and oral
presentations and group c ctivity. Th s tech niques, which have
had demonstra ted ·ucce in advanced cour e , d v lop targeted
l ader hip abilities and understandings. Continual reinforcement
occur·, s students employ these capacities in multiple c urses.
Students ar encouraged to c abilili sand understandings as
Goss-d is iplinar 1 and to e · co.ntent area a integrated . Th very
form of the pr gra m reflect the vi w that lhe world in whi h we
operate i complex and that dealing with it successfu lly requires
well developed integrative ability.
Required Courses Include:
ML 510
ML590
ML591
ML592
ML500
Foundations of Leadership (to be taken during on e
of the first three trimesters)
Thesis-Research Seminar I
Thesis-Research Seminar II (These two seminars are
to be taken in a student's last two consecutive
terms.)
Thesis Consultation (a half course to be taken
simultaneously with ML591 and in the term in
which the thesis is completed)
Leadership Practicum (a half course which spans six
trimesters)
Students are required to complete eight additional
courses chosen from the following courses:
ML 511
Creativity and the Problem-Solving Process
Self-Identity, Values and Personal Growth
ML 520
Methods of Critical Thought
ML 521
Ethics in Communication
ML 530
ML 531
The Dynamics of Change
Politics, History and Leadership
ML 540
Analytical Reasoning for Qualitative Decisions
ML 545
Decision-Making Technology
ML 550
Developing a Multi-Cultural Perspective
ML 560
Other courses as added
D ourse Descriptions
ML 510 Foundations of Leadership
lnh'oduction to the co n ept of leader hip, pr viding an hi t rical
and philosophical fram work for th pr gram. Thi ourse views
the nature and purpos o leadership from a variety of disciplin
and per pectives. Th role of the liberal arts, various learning
tyle , method of research and inquiry, student
outcomes and program expectations are examined.
ML 511 Creativity and the Problem-Solving Process
Exploration of creativity from the perspective of traditional
aesthetics as well as contemporary organizational thinking. This
ourse uses creativity as a method and it examines techniques for
ol ing problem in organizations, for enhancing innovation, and
for . eking an integrativ world-view.
ML 520 Self-Identity, Values and Personal Growth
tudy of the c n epts of self-identity, alue and per nal grow th
a · r lat •d to professional and per ona l life. Thi course may
employ psycho!()gical, philosoph.ical, and the logi al perspective
to expl re the role of the individual in the laTger social context.
Major topics in Jude the acquisition, development and evolution of
self- identity and values, the influence of sex roles, and the
relationship to spiritual growth.
ML 521 Methods of Critical Thought
lnvestigntion of the proce se of critical thinking drawing from
ur e f cu e n th
philosophy and other disciplines. Thi
relation hips betwe n idea and th expre si n and application of
id as. St uden apply dial ctical pruces e in the ffective
formation, presentation and use of ideas in organizational
structures.
ML 530 Ethics in Communication
Interdi ciplinary study of ethics and communication through the
inv tigation of a variety of ethical perspectives within human
communication. This course places particular attention on the use
and abuse of communication in politics, adverti ing and interpersonal relationship . It emphasizes a en itivity to ethical
conflict which aris in social and rganizati nal setting .
ML 531 The Dynamics of Change
Examination of the proce es by which change occurs. This course
applies economic and ociological theories to such critical social
issues as human , nd natural resume management. Dmph i is
on identifying th .tl ed for hang , th >m ans of initiating it <lnd
the adaptation of so ial grnup to ha ng .
ML 540 Pol itics, History and Leadership
Analy i · of th politi al 11 p ts of nation-states and oth r
organizations. This ours focuses on th pro ess of a hi ving
individu, I, group or nationnt go;il . Ornwing on a vari ty of
culture and nations, it examines significanJ hi ·tori al ent ;in I
the leaders who shaped them.
ML 545 Ana lytical Reasoning for QuaJitative Decisions
Exploration of the m thods f mathemati al reasoning as rt
·truclure for apprort hing probl ems. This COlll's Io u ·e n th
logic and ratitmale und rlying m. thematica l models, nd , n I ti al
d is ion making te hniq ues.
ML 550 Decision-Making and Technology
Historical, nalysis of th decision making and p.robl 111 s 1lving
process. This coms focu . nth d •wlopment oft 'Chn logy as
both th ' ciuse fin th · solution of prob! ms by invesl1gatLng
various cases.
ML 560 Developing n Multi· ultu.ral Perspective
Investigation of il'lter-cultuJ'al i ues. This rnurs · n han e · the
11bilily lo I •ad cind 1·v ork more eff> tively with people of different
ullur, l b11 kgrounds through U1c st udy of d ivers va lues, b Hers
and trad ition 1·vithin th, globa l commun ity.
ML 590 Thesis-Research Seminar I: Research in Leadership
Firstha lfof. two- ·u ur ·e"capston " ·eq u n efor !h M cislerof
Art s in Leadership prngram . This rnurse provide , h individu, I
the opportunity lo develop <1 resea rch l pie to synth siz pr viou.
stLldy 11nd work xperience, nd to d monstrate an ·und erstnnding
of the program's principles. rnd don, P/1 bci:;i '.
ML 591 Thesis-Research Seminar II: Synthesis of Findings
onlinu ticm of the "cap tone" eminCll'. Th i e minnr focu s> on
th - method of inqu.iry and results Llf individual projects. l\t the
completion of the seminar students pres nl th ir fin, I resul orally
and s ubmit written theses. rad don a P/N basis.
ML 500 Leadership Practicum
A profo -· ional <1ss s me nt and development course which spans
si terms. This Colli' e includes a full-day professional assessment
and st1bsequ nt workshops in the following cir as: ommuniration
skills, s lf-asse sment m a ures, group processes. 111 ours
culminates .in a fin a l prof ssion, I ass1t. s men l. I iRl f r>dil. ,rad<"d
on a PIN basis.
ML 592 Thesis Consultation
A eries of m eling with" f, ully thesis ad vi er simul taneous
with ML591. and during the trimest r in whi h th thesis i ·being
pr -'pilred for final ubmission . H, If credit. raded on l I basis.
Students not completi ng the th ·is durin • th sci m •term in whic h
th!:!y a r e nrolled in ML 591. re requi l"'d tor gist r for "Thcsi ·
on ultalion" during ead1 s ubseq uent term until the th s is is
completed.
I.tlraduate Faculty
Faculty teaching in th grad uate program are full-Lim enior
faculty with doctorates or appropriate professiona l d grees. 0 111
ou rse ai;e team taught, by bringing together facu lty from different
disciplines or combinin a faculty member with professionals from
r 1 v<1nt fields. In these ituati n. , at least one member of the team
ha <1 Ph.D. and ub tantial teaching experience. All of th program
faculty have extensive exp rience teaching ad ult learn r . .rnduate
fo ulty are Ii t d at the · n,d of thi bulletin .
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The Aug burg librnry h u o er 160,0 0 b kl, pcri dical ,
records, tapes and fiJms. lu ic, h mi IT' and Art 1 istory
libraries Cl!' located within !he departmental rea . Access to ov r
1,000,000 volumes i ava ilable via daily interloan and courier service
among seven private liberal arts colleges and the Hill Reference
Library. Thr ugh Minitex, lhe statewide network, the additional
resources of the Minnesota and Wisconsin libraries are accessible to
Augsburg faculty and students.
Blccreditation and
Affiliations
tudents who uccessfull y ·ompl t Aug bur 's lead rship
program wi ll receive a Master of Art Degr . Augsburg i fully
, ccred ited by the orth Central A sociati n of liege · and
chools. he coll ge is a member of th A ~o i<Jt d olleg · of the
Twin Ci li (ACTq, Lutheran Ed ucation ouncil in orth America
and Minnesota Private College Council.
Aug ·burg College is registered with the Minn sota Higher
Education oordinating Board. R gi tration i not an -ndorsement
of the in tituti n. Regi trati n do snot (necessarily) mean that
credit ea rned at th in tituti n ca n be tran ferr d to ther
institution or that the quality of the educational progr, m would
meet the tandards of every student, ed ucational institution, or
employer.
l#Jtudent Support Services
Thi:' u burg rndqate Pn1gram a ist · hi dents in making
education and career plans, in workin on their per (ll1al
d velopment, and in particJpating in activities beyond th
la sro m. om of these rvice are Ii ted b low.
Academic Planning
In additi n t the fa ulty who provide c nsllltation and advice,
a ademicplimning is g uided by the Leader hip Practicum
assessors, the i advi. ers, and the Grad uate Program staff.
Career Planning Services
Career Services available are
• professional assessment through the Leadership Practicum
• self/career assessment counseling through the Career Services
Office (330-1162)
• developm nt of a resume and a career-search plan through the
Career ervices Office
• work experience related to a student's field of specialization
through the Cooperative Education Office (330-1148)
The olleg ha ado pted a stat ment of student rights and
re pon ibilities and ha provided fo r du proces · in the matter of
di ciplinary, ction, grievance and grade appeal. Any student wh
wish s to identify appropriate pro edur f r a complaint hould
contact the Vice Pre idenl for Sh1d nt Affairs. (I hone 330-1160)
The ollege op Tates in compliance wifh the Family Rights and
Priva y Act and Title IX. Students have the right to inspect all
official record. which pertain to them and whi hare maintained in
the Registrar's Hi e and the Placement Office ( c pt wher a
waiver of acces ha b en igned) and to challenge inaccurate or
misleading information. Student have a right to peri nee
ducatio.n fr e fr m di c.riminalion ba ed on sex, race, ethnic or
cultural background, handicap, creed, marital status or age.
'BJdmission Requirements
Applicants to the program must hold a baccalaureate degree from
an accredited four-year college or university.
Applicants to the program are expected to have a minimum
undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 (on a scale of A=4.0).
Applicants to the program must have fiv years of e, perien (or
equivalent) with one or m i·e organizations Jn a position(s) of
leadership or position(s) demonstrating leadership p Jtentinl.
Decisions about admission to th pmgram will be made on an
individual basis by the Grnduate Program Committee. Admis ion
tu each entering graduate clas will be given tu th must highly
qualified individuals. Selection of candidates wi!l be made on th
ba i · of a comp ite compari ·on f each applicant's
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letters of recommendation,
experience and organizational background,
Miller Analogies Test scores and
written statement and possible interview.
Alpplication Procedures
To apply, students must submit the following materials to the
Graduate Program Office:
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ompleted application form with $25 (non-refundable)
application fee .
Written tat ment relating the applicant's career and life goals
focusing on leader hip aspirations.
Letter of recommendation from an immediat supervi ·or,
assessing leadership potential.
Letter of recommendation from a co-worker (at the ·ame level)
describing applicant's work style and potential as a leader.
Official transcripts of undergraduate and gradurite work from
each in stitution attended indicating degrees conferred.
Official set of results on the Miller Analogies Test.
Possible interview with graduate program staff member.
ffeadlines
Fall Trimeste1; 1988 - Monday, August :15, 1988
Winter Trimeste1; 1989 - Monday, November 28, 1988
Spring Trimester, 1989 - Monday, March 6, 1989
Fall Trimester, 1989 - Monday, Augu t 14, 1989
D valuation Standards
Evaluation of academic performance for the Master of Arts in
Leadership will be based on number grades using a 4.0 point scale
with these definitions:
4.0 Achieves highest standards of excellence
3.5
3.0 Achieves above basic course standards
2.5
2.0 Achieves the minimum passing standard
P
Achieves at or above the 2.0 level (not computed in grade point
average)
N
Does not meet minimum course standards (no credit and nonpunitive - not computed in grade point average)
W
Grade given when course is dropped
Incomplete grade given in case where student is unable to
complete course requirements for reasons beyond the
student's control (to receive an incomplete, a student must file
a letter with the Graduate Program staff stating reasons for the
request, the plan and date for removing the incomplete grade,
the signature of the instructor, and any other necessary
documentation) .
Not more than two courses with a grade below 3.0 will count
toward the degree. Not more than two courses with a grade below
2.0 can be repeated . Only the credits and grades earned the second
time are counted in the grade point average.
Alcademic Policies
Academic Probation and Dismissal
Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average. If a
student falls below a 3.0 average, the student will be placed on
probation for the following term. A 3.0 cumulative grade point
average must be restored in order for a student to be removed from
probation. If a student receives a grade of Nin a course, the
student must petition successfully with the Graduate Program
Committee before being permitted to continue in the program. A
plan for the student to follow would be outlined at that time. If the
cumulative grade point average again falls below 3.0, the student
may be dismissed from the program by the Graduate Program
Committee. Students also may be dismissed by the Graduate
Program Committee for behavior detrimental to the program such
as a gross violation of college policy (as published in the Student
Guide). Dismissal would occur only after established procedures
were followed.
Credit for Prior Education, Training and Experience ·
Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the courses in the Master of
Arts in Leadership program, it is unlikely that courses taken
elsewhere may be substituted for a particular course in the
curriculum. Students may petition the Graduate Program
Committee for approval of any variation in the curriculum
including the transfer of credit or the receipt of credit for other
training.
Credit and Contact Hours
Each graduate course in the Master of Arts in Leadership program
is the equivalent of four semester credits or six quarter credits.
Students meet in class a total of 30 hours (excluding finals) and are
responsible for a significant amount of individual study and
preparation.
Enrollment Policy/Leaves of Absence
Students may take either one or two courses each trimester.
Enrolling in two courses per trimester enables a student to
complete the program in two years. All students are required to
complete the program within four years. Extensions beyond four
years will be considered on the basis of petition to the Graduate
Program Committee. Students who leave the program for more
than one term must request a leave of absence in writing from the
Graduate Program Committee.
Last Date to Withdraw from Class
The last date on which students may withdraw from a class and
receive a "W" on their records is the date of the eighth class
session.
$25.00
Application Fee (payable once, non-refundable)
$695.00
Tuition (per trimester course)
(one course = 6 quarter credits or 4 semester credits)
$100.00
Enrollment Reservation Deposit (non-refundable)
Leadership Practicum Fee (per term for six terms)
$100.00
$10.00
Late Fee (chm-g d to any tud nt registering after
per day
tht' ·ch du ! d regi !ration date. l....1te regi tration
in lude incomplete regi trati n as defined:
a) Unsigned Regish-ation Form or b) Um1ppr ved Payment Plan)
$5.00
Registration Chang After First Cl,1 s Meeting
(cancel/add/change grade option, or ombination
at one time)
Transcript Fee (per copy after first, which is free)
$2.00
Finance Charge: A finance charge is applied at a
simple rate of 1% per month on any account with an
open balance of 30 days or more.
Fees
The applicati n fe ($25) i ' due on orb fore the appli ation
deadline for a given term. The $100 non-refundable dep it
r serv · a plac in th pmgram in a given term, once a person is
accepted. Tuition i due at th time of r gistralion.
Payment Options*
1) Payment in Full: Due Day of Registration.
2) Pay ment Plan: Upon application and after college approval, a
3- pay plan is available each trime t r. Paym nt plan will be
offered only if previ u plans hav been adhered l .
3)
ompany R imbur eme nt : Full cm11 e , r equivale nt, wh ich
ar company reimbur ed requir a d posit of $150 per cow e
rei mbursed, with full payment due wi thin 45 days aft r the end
of the term .
A finance charge is applied at a simple rate of 1% per month on any
amount with an open balance of 30 days or more.
Tu iti .n is s t 0 11 an annual ba is, pay<ible in 3 qua! in tallment al
the b ginning of each trim ster. Registration is permitted on'ly if the
stud ent's account fo r a pr viou term is paid in fu ll as agreed .
II g will n t release dip! ma r academic tran cripts
Augsburg
until all student accounts are paid in foll. This also appli s f r
student loan funds administered by the college (Perkins Student
Loan); they must be current according to established repayment
schedules.
"'A no n-sufficien t-fund check wi ll declare your reglstriltion inva lid <md cou ld affect fu r ther credit
exte nded by the college.
Refund Schedule
A per-cour e tuition refund will be made on the following basis: (In
order to be ligible for the refund, students are respon ible for
cancelli11g courses with the Regish·ar's ffice.)
Prior to
Prior to
Prior to
Prior to
Prior to
Prior to
the fir t scheduled clas meeting - 100%
the second d1eduled class meeting - 90%
the third cheduled class meeting - 80%
the fourth scheduled class meeting - 70%
the fifth cheduled class meeting - 60%
the ixth sch duled class meeting - 50%
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In, number of way , students may receive assistance in meeting
Graduate Progi·am cost . Enrollment in two com e per trimester
allows the student to be classified as full-time. One course is
considered half-time enrollment. The Financial Aid Office
(330-1046) will assist students in assessing financial need and
constructing an aid/payment program from available alternatives,
including the follow ing:
Company Tuition Assistance Programs
Many companies, agencies and corporation ffe.r full or partial
tuition assi tqnce to employees who participate in work~relat d or
degree-related college programs. Augsburg College provides
several payment plans by which employees may handle tuition
reimbursement.
Federal and State Aid Programs
The Financial Aid Office will assist student in determining
eligibility for m1y Federal or State grant or loan programs available
to graduate students. Determination f eligibility will be based on
standard nationally accepted form · and methodologies including:
• Family Financial Statement (FFS)
• Financial Aid Form (FAF)
• Graduate and Professional Scholastic Aid Service
Funded Scholarships
Augsburg actively pur ue outside funding for special scholarships
to facilitate the participation of qualified candidates with limited
financi11l resources. The availability of such scholarship enables
the program to guarantee the participation of Individuals of Limited
financial means as we!J as individuals working for volunteer
agencies and other organizations not likely to provide tuition
reimbursement.
Alternative payment plans will be available to all students for the
payment of tuition.
Veterans of Military Service
Augsburg College is approved by the State Approving Agancy for
Veteran's Training. Veteran should contact the Registrar's Office
about completion of the enrollment certification and forwarding
other information to the Veteran's Ad mini tration .
AJbout Augsburg
History
Augs bu rg was th e first seminary founded by Norwegian Lutherans
in Ameri ·a. Named after the confession of faith presented by
Lulhern ns in Augsburg, Germany, in 1530, Augsburg opened in
Se pt m b "!' 1869 in Marshall, Wi sconsin and moved to
Minneapolis in 1872.
Campus Location
Augsburg's campus is located in the henrt of the Twin ities,
; urrmind ing M urp hy Squnrc, th fi rs t of 155 parks in the "City ()f
Lak ·s." Ad jace nt to the ca m pus ar fairv iew and St. Mary's
Hospitil ls, the West Bank cam pus of th e Unive rsity of Minne ota
and Mlssis ip pi Rive r P<rkway .
Accessibility
Augsbm g olfege Im made ii major effort to become o ne of th e
mo t accessible ca mpuses in th region . Skyw11ys, tunnels and
•levato rs provide acce sible connectio ns b twe n 9 of the ·14 majo r
building - stud · nt hou si ng tower , College Center, main
ncndemic a nd admini ·trali ve h. 11 ·, the library and mu ic building.
In addition, there is a program for students with learning or
physical disabilities .
Church Affiliation
Augsburg is a college of The Evangelical Lut he rnn Church in
A mericct. About 59% of the stude nts are Luthcrnn, 14% other
Protestant and 19% Roman Catholic. Several oth er affiliations are
represented among stude nts and faculty.
Non-Discrimination Policy
Aug ·burg oil · g " does no t d iscriminate nn the basis f rnce, creed ,
tion, I or thnic origin, age, mnri tal status, sex or hnndica p as
r ' 'JU ired by Ti tl · IX of the 1972 Ed ucatio nal Amend me nts of Section
504 of th'e Re h, bilit, tion Ac 1lf ·1973 r. ctmended in its ndmissio n
policies, educational programs, activities, and employme nt
practices.
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Admissions House
George Sverdrup Library
Science Hall
OldMain
West Hall
Mortensen Tower
Urness Tower
College Center
Sverdrup-Oftedal
Memorial Hall
10. Music Hall
11. 2222 Murphy Square
12.Melby Hall
13. Ice Arena
14. Stage II Theatre
15. Center for Global
Education
16. Scandinavian Center
17. Foss, Lobeck, Miles Center
for Worship, Drama and
Communication
18. Youth and Family Ministry
A. Admissions I arking
B. Student Parking
C. Visitor Parking
D. The Quad
E. Faculty/Staff Parking
F. Murphy Square
G. Anderson-Nelson Athletic
Field
H. Fairview/St. Mary's Parking Ramp
I. Husby-Strommen Tennis
Courts
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Accessible Entrance
Parking
All p ted Au sburg
lleg parking Lots are free and open for
student use fro m 4:30 p.m. Fridcy through Saturd ay even in . Lots
are l ated on 7th Street between 21st and 22nd Avenu and uth
of 8th Street on 21st Avenue.
R ampus Incation
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Interstate 94 east to 25th Avenue exit, left to Riverside Avenue, left
to 21st Avenue South, left to Augsburg sign.
From St. Paul
Interstate 94 west to Riverside exit, right on Riverside to 21st
Avenue South, left at Augsburg sign.
liaculty and Administration
The following faculty and administrators are currently involved in
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the Master of Arts in Leadership program:
Ruth Aaskov, Associate Professor of Foreign Languages. BA,
Augsburg College; MA, Middlebury College; Ph.D., University of
Wisconsin.
Earl Alton, Professor and Department Chairperson of Chemistry.
BA, St. Olaf College; MS, Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Margaret Anderson, Associate Professor, Head Librarian. BS, MA,
University of Minnesota.
Raymond Anderson, Professor of Speech, Communication and
Theatre. BA, MS, Ph.D., University of Minnesota .
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Kenneth Bailey, Professor of Philosophy. BA, St. Olaf College; MA,
Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
John Benson, Professor of Religion. BA, Augsburg College; BD,
Luther Theological Seminary; MA, Ph.D. Columbia University.
Maria Brown, Assistant Professor of Social Work. BA, MA,
American University; MSW, University of Minnesota.
Robert Clyde, Associate Professor of Sociology, Institutional
Research Analyst. BA, Coe College; MA, Rockford College; Ph.D.,
University of Iowa.
Larry Crockett, Assistant Professor of Mathematics/Computer
Science. BA, MA, Pacific Lutheran University; M.Div. Luther
Theological Seminary.
Grace Dyrud, Professor of Psychology. BA, MA, Ph.D., University
of Minnesota.
Norman Ferguson, Professor of Psychology. BA, Franklin and
Marshall College; MS, Ph.D. , University of Wisconsin .
Mark Fuehrer, Associate Professor and Department Chairperson of
Philosophy. BA, College of St. Thomas; MA, Ph.D., University of
Minnesota.
Jerry Gerasimo, Professor of Sociology. BA, Lake Forest College;
MA, Ph.D., University of Chicago.
Arlin Gyberg, Professor of Chemistry. BS, Mankato State
University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
Paul Halvorson, Lecturer in Business Administration and
Economics. BA, Augsburg College; MA, The American University.
Milda Hedblom, Professor of Political Science. BA, Macalester
College; MA, Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
Edwina Hertzberg, Associate Professor of Social Work, Director of
Faculty Development. BA, Cedar Crest College; MSW, Ph.D.,
University of Minnesota.
Garry Hesser, Professor of Sociology, Director of Cooperative
Education Program. BA, Phillips University; M.Div., Union
Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame.
Khin Khin Jensen, Professor of History, Director of East and
Southeast Asian Studies. BA, Rangoon University, Burma; MA,
Bucknell University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.
Barbara Johnson, Assistant Professor of Sociology. BS, Gustavus
Adolphus College; MS, Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
Joanne Karvonen, Graduate Program Coordinator. BA, Gustavus
Adolphus College; MA, University of Georgia.
Edith Kromer, Weekend Librarian. BA, Hamline University; MA,
University of Minnesota.
Ryan LaHurd, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the
College and Director of the Graduate Program. BA, Mt. Carmel
College; MA, University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of
Wisconsin.
Rosemary Link, Assistant Professor of Social Work. MSc, London
University (Bedford College); Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
Marie McNeff, Associate Professor of Education. BS, M.Ed.,
Ed.D., University of Nebraska.
Thomas Morgan, Assistant Professor of Business Administration
and Economics. BS, Juniata College; MBA, University of Denver;
MS, University of Oregon.
Gordon Nelson, Professor and Department Chairperson of
Sociology. BA, MA, University of Minnesota; BD, Luther
Theological Seminary; MA, Ph.D., University of Chicago.
Richard Nelson, Professor and Department Chairperson of
History. BA, University of Nebraska; MA, Ph.D., University of
Minnesota.
Beverly Nilsson, Associate Professor and Chairperson of Nursing.
BSN., MS, University of Minnesota.
Norma Noonan, Professor of Political Science. BA, University of
Pennsylvania; MA, Ph.D., University of Indiana.
Noel Petit, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer
Science. BA, St. Olaf College; MS, Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
Diane Pike, Associate Professor of Sociology. AB, Connecticut
College; Ph.D., Yale University.
Larry Ragland, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer
Science. BS, MA., Central Missouri State College; Ph.D.,
University of Texas at Austin.
Bruce Reichenbach, Professor of Philosophy. BA, Wheaton
College; MA, Ph.D., Northwestern University.
Carol Stack, Director of Admissions. AB, Macalester College.
Myles Stenshoel, Professor of Political Science. BA, Concordia
College, Moorhead; MA, Ph.D., University of Colorado.
Richard Thoni, Director of Weekend College and Assistant to the
Dean. BA, St. Olaf College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
iAJdvisory Council to the
Graduate Program
Linda Geisen, Training and Development Manager,
City of St. Paul.
Dan Hanson, Vice President, Food Ingredients Division,
land-0- lakes, Inc.
Cynthia Marsh, Ph.D. Consulting Psychologist, Personnel
Decisions, Inc.
Dean Newman, Consultant.
Robert Odom, Senior Vice President of US Specialty Divisions,
HB Fuller Company.
Richard Ploetz, Customer Education Manager, Medtronic, Inc.
Rosemarie Ramirez, Human Resources Officer, St. Paul
Companies, Inc.
The provisions of this document are not to be regarded as an
irrevocable contract between the student and the College. The
College reserves the right to change any provisions or requirements
at C!ny time within the student's term of residence.
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Augsburg
College
1989-1990
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-- John Gardner
Augsburg ollege
731 21 t A enue South
Minneapolis, MN 55454
612/330-1786
IJnformation Sessions
Individua ls interest din the l<tsler of Arls in L ader-!1ip program
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aster ofArts in
Leadership
Augsburg
College
1989-1990
. ...
-- John Gardner
Augsburg ollege
731 21 t A enue South
Minneapolis, MN 55454
612/330-1786
IJnformation Sessions
Individua ls interest din the l<tsler of Arls in L ader-!1ip program
at Augsburg ollcgc are encouraged to 11llend an inform<1tion
sessil n . Thes free, two-hour essit1n arc sch duled at various
times prior to the beginning of a h trimester. Please call the
Graduate Program Office (330-1786) to receive further details or to
register for one of these information sessions:
Saturday, October 21, 1989
9:00 - 11:00 AM
Saturday, February 24, 1990
9:00 - 11:00 AM
Saturday, April 21, 1990
9:00 - 11:00 AM
Thursday, May 24, 1990
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Thursday, June 21, 1990
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Tuesday, July 17, 1990
6:00 - 8:00 PM
For more information write or call:
Graduate Program Office
Augsburg College
731 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55454
6U/330-1786
Information Sessions ....... . ................ . . . . . ... .. . . . . . 2
Calendar for 1989-90 ........ .. . .. .......... ............... . 4
Introduction to the Master of Arts in Leadership ........... . .. .. 6
Leadership Development Model ............. . ... . ..... . ... .. 7
Curriculum Design .. .. ..... .. . .. ...... .... ... .. ..... . .... . 9
Course Descriptions ......... ...... . .. . . . . .. ....... . .. .... . 10
Graduate Faculty ........... . ......... . .. .. . . .. ... .. ..... . 12
Library . ............. . ............ .... ... ................ 12
Accreditation and Affiliations ...... . ......... ............... 12
Student Support Services ......... ..... . ... ... . . . . . ....... . 13
Student Rights . .. ..... .... . .... .......... . .... .... . ...... 13
Admission Requirements .................. ... . ... . .. . ..... 14
Application Procedures .. . ...... ..... .. . .... ........... .. .. 14
Deadlines ........ . ...... . . . .............. ... , .. . . . ... . . . . 14
Evaluation Standards ....... . .. . .... . ...... .. . ........ .. . . . 15
Academic Policies .................. . .. . ... ... .. ......... . . 16
Fee and Payment Schedule ................. . .. ........... . 17
Financial Aid . ............................ .. . ... . ..... ... . 18
About Augsburg ............... .... . .. . . .. ................ 19
Campus Map . ... . .. . ... . ......... .. ...... ....... ... .... . 20
Campus Location ............. ..... .. . .. .. . . .... . ... .. .... 21
Faculty and Administration ................ . ... . ........... 22
Advisory Council to the Graduate Program .... . .... .......... 24
Jllaster of Arts in
Leadership
1989-90 Calendar
Saturday Schedule: 8:30 - Noon and 1:15 - 4:45 PM
Thursday Schedule: 6:00 - 7:30 PM and 8:00 - 9:30 PM
Fall, 1989
Monday, August 14
Tuesday, September 5
Thursday, Sep tember 7
Saturday September 9
Monday, September 11
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Ap plication Deadline
Orientation/Registration
Classes Begin
Leader. hi p Practicum
Last day to register and/or drop class
without record notation
Classes Meet
Saturday, September 16
Classes Meet
Thursday, September 21
Saturday, September 23
Leadership Practicum
Classes Meet
Saturday, September 30
Classes Meet
Thursday, October 5
Classes Meet
Saturday, October 14*
Thursday, October 19*
Classes Meet
Classes Meet
SClturday, October 21*
Classes Meet
Thursday, October 26
Thursday, November 2
Leadership Practicum
Classes Meet
Saturday, November 4
Classes Meet
Thursday, November 9
Classes Meet-Last day
Saturday, November 18
to withdraw from class
Last Class
Saturday, December 2
Final Grades Due
Monday, December 18
*denotes one week period between classes
Attendance Policy
Ea h la ·s meet for s vcn Saturdcy sessio ns a nd . ix 11rnr day
session . Sine · it i. in the la. sn < m that l cide rs hip is ues are
presl'nted, discussed ;md anal 1zed, rcgul,1 r al te nd. nee is high ly
important , nd hmlid b unsidered a re pan ·ibility, not only to
o ne's s If, but to on 's cla smM s a n Lhe our e in tructo r.
Irregular attendance may, at the discretion of the instructor,
adversely affect one's grade.
Winter, 1990
Wcdnc d, y, Jan uary 3
Thursday, January 4
Saturday, January 6
Monday, January 8
rie ntal ion / Registrnlion
Classes Begin
Leadership Practicum
Last day to register and/or drop
class without record notation
Classes Meet
Saturday, January 13
Classes Meet
Thursday, January 18
Classes Meet
Saturday, January 27
Thursday, February 1
Classes Meet
Silturday, February 10
Classes Meet
Classes Meet
Thursd av, February 15
Thursday, February 22
Leadership Practicum
Classes Meet
Saturdily, February 24
Classes Meet
Thursday, March 1
Classes Meet-Last day to
Saturday, Milrch 10
withdraw from class
Thursday, March 15
Classes Meet
Saturday, Milrch 24*
Classes Meet
Saturday, March 31*
Last Class
Final
Grades
Due
Monday, A11 ril 9
*denotes one week period between classes
Spring, 1990
Tuesday, April 3
Thursday, April 5
Silturday, Ap ril 7
Monday, April 9
Orientation/Registration
Classes Begin
Leadership Practicum
last day to register and/or drop
class without record notation
Classes Meet
Thursday, April 12
Classes Meet
Saturday, April 21
Classes Meet
Thursd(ly, April 26
Classes Meet
Saturday, May 5
Thursday, May 10
Classes Meet
Leadership Practicum
Thursday, May 17
Classes Meet
Saturday, May 19
Thursday, May 24
Classes Meet
Classes Meet-Last day to withdraw from class
aturd ay, June 2
Classes Meet
Thursday, June 7
SatL1rday, June 16*
Classes Meet
Saturday, June 23*
Last Class
Final Grades Due
Monday, July 2
*denotes one week p eriod between classes
6Jntroduction to the
Master ofArts in Leadership
Developing Leade1·s for Organizations and the
Community
The !faster of Arts in Lead rship re pond l the I ad r hip
d ·velopm nt need of profit and not-for-profit organizations. While
differ nt in lru lur and purpo e, m t organizati n eek I· aders
with th fol lowin qualiti :
• a vision which is ethically and morally responsible, extending
beyond immediate concerns;
• an understanding of how change occurs and affects the
immediate nvironment;
• a sensitivity to the mpl x problems organizations face, and an
ability to achieve soluti ns consistent with an organization's
mission;
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the abil ity to motivate and inspire individuals and groups to
work tow, rd a common goal; and
• the ability to effectively represent the organization both
internally and externally.
The .J, stcr of Arl in Leader ·hip prnvides a m n b , whi h
individuals aspiring to enhan c their leadership skill may discover
and r fine the '· and th r abilities and aw< nm es fundamental
to effective leadership.
Acconunodating the Full-Time Work Schedule
Th
la t r f Arts in Leadership program i de ign d L meet the
n d · <md pref r nc s of working adu lts. The program is based on
the assumption that the men and women who enroll are
employed, self-disciplined and well-motivated individuals who
seek a balance ()f cla room experience, group interaction and
individual study. ~ach course is, therefore, divided into periods f
tudy, gr(lup fhrt and la. prepardion. To accommodate this
format for learning, each cla meet · on alternate Sahird, y fo.r
thre and ne half hour and alternate Thursday evening· for one
and on hal hours.
leadership Development Model
he Master of Arts in Leadership program promote lead r hip,
a pro ess which 1) in pires cooperation among people who mu l
compete for Umited resour es, 2) prom()te. productivity within a nd
beyond the organization and 3) works t ward progr ·ss. To
a compli h thi , individual aspiring to positions of lead rship
must poss ss three k y attributes: a ens of vi ion, the abi.IHy to
per ·u d and the, biJity to direct action. Underlying the e
<1ltribu t i a broad range of abilitie and< waren sses. These
<bilities and awarenesses, outlined in the diagram n page 7, s rv
a p ifi outcomes for th Master of Arts in Leadership.
Augsburg's model of I ader hip dev •lopme.nt i d signed t a ·ess,
prom tc, enhanc and refin these capabilities within the individual.
Leadership Development Model
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pers pe li ve
Y:lt,>xibilll y
Adaptability
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team memb >r
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sensitivity
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motivation
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a b il ity
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Abilit y to
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think
cril ica lly
Understand ing
of research
Ab il ity lo
manage
connict
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fo r ultural
Effecti ve
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liste n •r
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indi vidual
d iffcrences
Community of Learners
Ess nti.a l to the goals of th Master of Arts in Lead ership is
participali n in a community of I arner . Learning can b
enh, need when the stud nt is involved in a stab! immunity that
pr vide opportunity and n uragem · nt for active participation
both in and out of the classro m. Thi community will be enri hed
by the pres n of men and wom en who bring to the program a
vari ty of work and life exp ri n e . To facil itat th i kind f
community interaction, Augsburg ' ncourages gradual stud · nts to
make LLS of colleg faciliti .s u h as th library, meeting room and
college center; to take the opportun it y of having ·ha red menls and
off e br ak. ;to parlicipat in option al lunchtimes minars; and t
, ttend th r college acti vities uch as nrnsi and dramatic
presentations and athletic events.
Leadership Practicum
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Ma ter of Arts in Leadersh ip students e nroll in a half ourse all d
"Leadership Pra ticum ." Student. ar r 1uired t enroll in th is
professional assessment ;md development course fo r ix term
d uring their graduate work at Augsburg. Upt n completion of lh
entire practicum , tudimt r eive a half cour ·e red it. In ach
term, one Saturday and one Thursday evening are devoted to
"Leadership Practicum ."
Early in the program a major component of this practicum is a fullday professional assessment to determine students' abilities and
p oten tial 1 Jative to each of the outcomes of the Leadership
Oevelopm nt Model (see page 7). Assessment instruments
in lude paper and pen i1 i:xercise ilnd simulati n and grol1 p
e p · riences. r lluwing the as ssment student meet individually
with a trnined asse sor who pr vid guidance in p 1· o.nal goal
etling and in th e reation of a professiom1l development pl<l n r
''bl ue print :•
In subsequent terms "Lendershi p Practicum" includes works h ps
designed !o meet th ne cl (th , tudents in the following areas:
·ommunication kills, sdf-assessmenl mea:mP , group proces e ,
and other prof i nal developm nt l pies id ntified b graduate
students and staff.
"Leadership Practicum" concludes with a fin al assessment followed
by an individual meeting with a trained assessor.
The Master of Arts in Leadership program is composed of 12
courses. Each course unites two or more liberal arts disciplines,
en ourages pursuit of the d signated outcomes, and uses a vari ty
of learni ng techn ique approprial to <1dull learners. lnstTuctional
t -hniques .ir VMied, such as a e tudy, d bate, written a nd ora l
pr s nl<1lions and group activity. These t liniqu , which have
had demonstrated u es in advan ed ourses, develop targeted
I adersh ip abililie · and under. landings. ontinual reinfo.rc m · nl
oc ms as students employ th s capacitie in mul tiple ourses.
Students Me en ouraged to se abilities and understandings as
cm ·-disciplinar and to see content area · a inlegrat d. The very
form of the prngrnm reflect the vi w that lhe world in which w
op mt i omplcx and that dea ling with it successfull y requires
well dt-vcloped integTative ability.
Required Courses Include:
ML 510
ML590
ML591
ML 592
ML500
Foundations of Leadership (to be taken during one
of the first three trimesters)
Thesis-Research Seminar I
Thesis-Research Seminar II (These two seminars are
to be taken in a student's last two consecutive
terms.)
Thesis Consultation (a half course to be taken
simultaneously with ML591 and in the term in
which the thesis is completed)
Leadership Practicum (a half course which spans six
trimesters)
Students are required to complete eight additional
courses chosen from the following courses:
ML 511
Creativity and th e Problem-Solving Process
Self-Identity, Values and Personal Growth
ML 520
ML 521
Methods of Critical Thought
ML 530
Ethics in Communication
Th Dynamics of hange
ML 531
I olitics, History and Leadership
ML 540
ML 545
Analytical Reasoning for Qualitative Decisions
ML 550
Decision-Making Technology
ML 560
Developing a Multi-Cultural Perspective
Other courses as added
D]ourse Descriptions
MC. 510 Foundation of Leadership
lntroducti n t the oncept of 1 ader hip, pr viding an histori al
and philo ophi al framework for the progra m . Thi
the nAtme and purp >se f lead 1" hip fr m a v<lriet
< nd pers pectives. The rol of th liberal arts, vari u
·tyle , m thod of res arch and inquiry. student
out mnes and progra m expectation are amin d .
ML 511 Creativity and th e Prob! m-Solving Process
E plor<i tion of a-ea tivity rom the per pe ti ve of trad itional
, sthe L-i · as well , c nt mporar ' orga nizational thinking . Th ' ·
cour e uses er alivity a , method and it exa min ·s t · hnique for
( lving problem s in orga11izalions, fo r nh i'l n ing innovation, <1 nd
for eeking an int grativ world-vie1 .
ML 520 Self-Identity, Values and Personal Growth
Ludy of U1e oncept of If-identity, value c nd p r ·
a related to profess ional and personal life. Thi C() Ul'S ma
mploy p y h Jo ice I, philo "(>phi , I, , nd theolog ica l p rs pectives
Lo explore the rol of the individual In the I, rger so ial ontext.
Major topic in Jud th > cquis ition, development and ev lution of
self- identity and values, the lnflue nc >f s rol , , nd th
relationship to spiritual growth.
ML 521 Methods of Cdtical Thought
Investigation f the pro s e of criti al thinking drawing fr 111
philo phy and other di ip line . Thi· ours fo u son the
relati 11ships between ideas a nd th expre ion nd appli at ion of
ideas. Students, pply d ial ctical processes in the -ffective
fo rmation, pre nlation and LIS f ideas in rga nizationa l
structures.
ML 530 Ethics in Communication
lnterdi ciplinary study of ethics and c mmunication through the
in\lestigation of a variety of ethical pers pe tives within human
ommunic, lion. Thi course places pcu·ticul11r, ttenti n on the use
1111d abu e of communicati n in politi , advertising and interp rsonal r lationships. It mpha iz a ensitivity to ethicaJ
o nflicts which ri e in social , nd organ izational settings.
ML 531 The Dynamics of Change
Examination f th processe by which change occurs. This course
applies economic , nd sociological theories to such critical social
i sues a human <111d na tural resource management. Emphasis is
on identifying the need fo.r change, the m ans of initiating it and
the ada ptation of social gr o ups to ch anije.
ML 540 Politics, History and Leadership
Ana lys is f the political a ·pects f n <1 tio n-sta t sa nd o ther
rgan iz<ltions. This course Io u es on th p r e s f a hi ving
individual . g rnup o r nali nal goal . Drawing n a variety of
cultures nnd nati ns, it exarnines sig nificant his torical ven ts, nd
the leaders who shaped them.
ML 545 Analytical Reasoning for Qualitative Decisions
··xp.loration of the m •tho d s of ma th >matica l reasoning as a
.tru tu re for a pproa hing prob! m s. This course fo use o n th
logi and rationale underlying mathe matica l mod I and an aly tica l
d ecis i n meking techniq ues.
ML 550 Decision-Making and Technology
I i tori al a n. ly ·i (>f th d ecision ma king and prob! m olving
pr es. . Th is course fo uses on the dcvelupm nt of te Im logy as
both the a u. a nd the olutio n of pro bl m b inv stiga ting
various cases.
ML 560 Developing a Multi-Cultural Perspective
Investigation of inter-cultural is u s. This our e nha n e the
abilit' to lead c nd wo rk more effe·tively with peopl, of d iff r nt
cultural backgro unds th ro ugh the tud of di ve r vnlu es. b lief
a nd traditio ns within tlw g loba l community.
ML 590 Thesis-Research Seminar I: Research in leadership
First hal of n two- o ur e" ap to ne" equ n , f r the M s ter o
r in Leadership prog rnm . T his comse provides ad1 ind ivid ucil
th e o pportunity to dev lop a res ar h topi to ·y nthe ize pr vious
tudy and wo rk exp ·•rience ;i nd to d em mstrate an und e rstand ing
o f the prog rnm's principles. raded on a Pl ba i .
ML 591 Thesis-Research Seminar II: Synthesis of Findings
intinuatio n of th "c. ps to n "s mi nar. This e min ar focu s on
th metho d of inquiry a nd resul ts of individual projects. t the
om pl tio n of th semina r tu dents prese.nt their fin, I result orally
a nd submi t wr.itte n th se . rad d o n a PIN ba is.
ML 500 Leadership Practicum
A prof·ssional ass s ment a nd d ev l prnen l ourse wh ic h span s
·ix term . Thi course includ es a full-day pr fess io na l a · me nt
and s ubsequen t work. ho p · in the fc !lowing nreas: co mmunicatio n
kill , elf-a sessme nl mea ure , gr(lup process s. he cours •
culminat sin a fin al professional ass ssm n t. H nlf er •d it. ra d ed
on a P/N basis.
ML 592 Thesis Consultation
A ri s f meetings wi th a fac ulty th is ad ls r simultane u
with ML 591 and during Lhe h·im •ster in w hi h the thesis is b ing
pre par d fo r fin nl ubmi s io n . Half red it. raded o n I /N bas i .
tudenls not o mpleling the l'hesis during th • sa m · t rm in w hich
they are enrolled in M 591 , r requir d to regi te r fo r •rn1e is
in ultation" during ead1 . u b quent te rm un l'il the thesis is
completed.
~raduate
Faculty
faculty leaching in the gradual pr gram ar full-lime senior
fa lilty with doctorates or a ppro priate profe sional degr · e . ome
courses are tea m taug ht, by bringing together faculty from diffe rent
disciplin s or combining a fac ul ty memb r with prnfe sio nal from
relevant field . l. n th s itu ations, at leas t one mem b r f the team
has a Ph.D. and substantial leaching perience. All of the program
faculty have extensive expedence teaching adult learners. Gradu, te
faculty are listed at th nd of this bulletin.
• ibrary
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The Augsburg library houses ovei: 160,000 books, period ica ls,
r ords, tap sand films. Mu i , ' hemi try ctnd A rt I is tory
librarie ,1re lo ated within the departmentctl ct r as. Ac e s to over
1,000,000 volume is a ailable via laily interloan and courier service
among seven private liberal arts colleges and the Hill R ference
Library. Through Minitex, the statewide network, the additional
resources of the Minnesota and Wisconsin libraries are accessible to
Augsburg faculty and students.
B)ccreditation and
Affiliations
tudents who u C' sfti llyc m plete Au ·burg' l , dershi p
progrc m will receive a Maste r of Arts 0 gre . Augsburg is
a credit •d by th North enh·a l Association of oil ges and
ch.uols. Th college is, m mb r of th As o iated o lleg of the
Twin itie (ACT1 ), uth eran Educa tio n oun ii in orth America
and Minnesota Private College Council.
Augsburg College is regi tered with th Minnesota Hi >her
Education oordinati ng Board . Registrati n i not a n e ndorsement
of the in titution. R gis trnlion does not (necessarily) mea n that
redit fl rned ctt the in tituli n can
transferred to other
institutions or that the quality of the edu alional programs would
meet the s tiindards of every student, educationa l institution, or
employer.
L:Jtudent Support Services
The Augsburg Graduate Program assists students in making
education and career plans, in working on their personal
development, and in participating in activities beyond the
classroom. Some of these services a re Ii t · d below.
Academic Planning
In addition to the faculty who provide consultation and advice,
academic planning is guided by the Leadersh ip Practicum
assessors, thesis advisers, and the Graduate Program staff.
Career Planning Services
Career Services available are
• professional assessment through the Leadership Practicum
• self/career assessment counseling through the Career Services
Office (3 O-Tl62)
• development of a resume and a career-search plan through the
Career Services Office
• work experience related to a student's field of specialization
through the Cooperative Education Office (330-1148)
• tudent Rights
Th College has, dopted a statement of tudent right and
responsibilities and has provided for due pro ss in the matters of
disciplinary action, grievanc s <n'd gr, de appe, I. Any tudent w ho
wi he to identify appropriate procedmes for a com plain t should
contact the Vi Presid nt for tudent Affairs. (Ph.on 330-1160)
The
lhge operates in compliance with the Family Rights and
Privacy A l, nd Title TX. Students hav the right to in pe tall
official r c rd whi h pertain to th m and which are mainta in din
the .Registrar's Off.i e and the Pl acemen! ffice ( c pt where a
waiv r f ac · s h, · been igned) and to hallenge inac urale or
misleading information. Students have a right to experience
education free from discrimination based on sex, race, ethnic or
cultural background, handicap, creed, marital status or age.
Bldmission Requirements
Applicants to the program must hold a baccalaureate degree from
an accredited four-year college or university.
Applirnnts to the program are expected to have a minimum
undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 (on a scale of A=4.0).
Applicants to the program mu.st have five y ar of xp rien (or
equivalent) with one OJ" mor organization in, position(s) of
leadersh ip or position(s) demons trating leader ·hip potential.
Decisions about admission to the progr. m will be made on an
individual basis by the Graduate Pn.Jgram Committee. Admission
to each entering graduate class will be given to the most highly
qualified individuals. Selection of candidates will be made on the
basis of an evaluation of each applicant's
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previous college record,
letters of recommendation,
experience and organizational background,
Miller Analogies Test scores and
written statement and possible interview.
Alpplication Procedures
To apply, students must submit the following materials to the
Graduate Program Office:
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ompleted application form with $25 (non-refundable)
application fee.
Written statement relating the applicant's career and life goals
focusing n leadership aspirations.
Lett r of recommendation from an imm diat st1p · rvisor,
a ·sessin leadersh ip pot ntial.
Letter of r omm ndation from o-worker (at-the sa me lev 1)
describing applicant's work style and potential a a leader.
Official transcripts of undergraduate and grn duat work from
>a h insLitution attended indicating degrees conferred.
Official set of results on the Mi.Iler Analogie Te l .
Po ·sible interview with grad uate pr gra m staff m mber.
Fall Trimester, 1989-Monday, August 14, 1989
Winter Trimester, 1989-Monday, November 27, 1989
Spring Trim ster, 1989-Monday, March 5, 1990
Fall Trime lei~ 1990-Monday, August 13, 1990
Jlvaluation Standards
Evaluation of academic perform ance for the Master of Arts in
Leadership will be based o n num ber grades using a 4.0 point scale
with these definitions:
4.0 Achieves highest standards of excellence
3.5
3.0 Achieves above basic course standards
2.5
2.0 Achieves the minimum passing standard
P
Achieves at or above the 2.0 level (not computed in grade point
average)
N
Does not meet minimum course standards (no credit and nonpunitive - not computed in grade point average)
W
Grade given when course is dropped
Inco mplete grade g iven in a e w he re s tud nt is unabl Lo
C\lm pl le o ur c requir "ments foi' reaso ns b yond th e
student's co ntrol (to receive a n inc:umpl ct , a tud nt mu st file
, p ·lit io n with lh
rn ctua l Progran1 s ta ff ra ting reas ns fo r
th r ·quest, the plan , n l dal'e for re moving the incom p le te
g rad e, Lhe s ig nature of th ins tru ·to1;, nd ;m y o t'h r n ·e sa ry
documentation) .
. ot mo re than l\ <> o ur e w ith a grad e below 3.0 w ill count
towa rd Lhe d g r e. N l mo re than two courses w ith a grade below
2.0 can be re peated . O nly the redit nnd rild
arned th e second
time are counted in the grade point average.
Alcademic Policies
Academic Probation and Dismissal
Students must maintain a 3.0 cumu lativ<:> grade point average. lf a
student fall below a 3.0 average, the t:udent will b plnced on
probation for the following te rm. A 3.0 cumulative grade point
average must be restor d in ord r fl r a stud nt t b r moved fro m
probation. lf a student receiv ·' a grade f in a cour·s , the
tudent mu t petition successfu lly with the raduate Program
ommitl e before being permitted t onlinu in th program. A
plan for the student to follow wou ld be ou tlined at tlrnt tim . If the
umulative grade point· averag again fu ll b low .0, the student
may be dismissed fr m the program b ' U1e raduate Program
mm itt . tudcnts al ·o may be dismiss cl by the raduat
Progra m ommill' for b havior d trimental lo th program such
a a gr · violation of college policy (as publ' h d in Lhe tudcn l
uide). Di missal would o ur nl ,1ft 1· stabli hed pro edm s
were followed.
Credit for Prior Education, Training and Experience
Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the courses in the Master of
Arts in Leadership program, it is unlik I that course taken
elsewhere ma b ub tituted for a particular course in the\
urri ulum . Stt1dents may petition the radu ate Program
ommill'e for appm al of any vilrin tion in the urri ul um
including the transfer of credit or the receipt of credit for other
training.
Credit and Contact Hours
·Cl h g raduate cour e in th Master o( Arts in Le. dership program
is the equivalent of four emestcr credit or six quarter redil .
tudents meet in cln • total of 30 hou rs (e eluding fimil s) and are
responsible for a ign ificant amount of individu I ·tudy and
preparation.
Enrollment Policy/Leaves of Absence
tudent ma r take either one or two courses each trimester.
Enrolling in two cour 'S per trimest · r enables a tudent to
ompl •t · th pr gram in two year . All students are requir d to
complete th program with in fo ur year . · tensions beyond four
years will be onsidered on the ba i of p titi n t the ,raduat•
Program Commit! e. Students wht> I ave the program for more
than one term mu ·tr ques t a leilve of ab en e in writing from th
Graduate Program ommittee.
Last Date to Withdraw from Class
The las t date on which students may withd raw from a class and
receive a "W" on their record s is noted on p p. 4 and 5.
$25.00
Application Fee (payable once, non-refundable)
$750.00
Tuition (per trimester course)
(one course = 6 guarter credits or 4 semester credits)
$100.00
Enrollment Reservation Deposit (non-refundable)
$125.00
Leadership Practicum Fee (per term for six terms)
$50.00
La~ fi· ( harg d to a ny student regi teri ng aft r
the · hedu l d registration date. Late registration
per day
includes in o mplet t ·gistrati n as d ·fined:
, ) Unsig n •d R gi !ration form r b) Unapprov d Payment Plan)
Registration Change After First Class Meeting
$5.00
(cancel/add /change grade option, or combination
at one time)
$2.00
Transcript Fee (per copy after first, which is free)
Finance Charge : A finance charge is applied at a
simple rate of 1% per month on any account with an
open balance of 30 days or more.
Fees
The application fee ($25) i due on or bef r th , pplication
deadline for a given term . Th' $100 no n-refundabl d posit
reserves a place in the program in a given term, once a person is
accepted. Tuition is due at the time of registration .
Payment Options*
1) Paymen t in Full:
ue Day of Registration.
2) Payment Plan: Upon application and after college approval, a
3-pay plan is available each trimester. Payment plans will be
offered only if previous plans have been adhered to.
3) Company Reimbursement: Full courses, or eguivalent, which
are company reimbursed require ad · p(> it of $150 per course
reimbursed, with full payment d ue with in 45 days after the end
of the term.
A finance charge is applied at a simple rate of 1% per month on any
amount with an open balance of 30 days or more.
Tuili n is set on an annual basis, payable in 3 equal installments at
the begin ning of each trim est r. R >gistrat i.on is permitted only if the
student's accmml for a previ u term i paid in full as agreed.
Augsburg ollege will not release diplomas or a ad -mi transcripts
until all student accounts are paid in full . This also appl'ies for
student loan funds administered by the college (Perkins Student
Loan); they must be current according to established repayment
schedules.
*A non-s ufficien t-fund check w ill declare yo ur registratio n in va lid and cou ld affect furth er credit
extended by the college-
Refund Schedule
A per-course tuition r fund will be made n the fo llow ing ba is: (In
order to b ligi bl > fo r th r~·fund, students arc res pon ibl for
c,in elling om se with the Registrn r's ffice.)
Prior to th first ch du led la · m ting - 100%
Prior to the second sch eduled la me ting - 90%
Prior to the third chedul d c.lass meeting - 80%
Prior t th fo ur th ~ heduled cl<i meeting - 70%
Prior to the fifth scheduled class m eting - 60%
Prior to th ·ixth s h duled clas m elin - 50%
D inancial Aid
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In fl number o wa , student ma 1 r ei v a i ta n e in m ting
G rad uat Pr grn m co. t ·. Enrollm ·nt in two courses per trimc ter
, llow the tudent to b classified as full-tim ' · O n omse i •
considered half-time enrollment. The Financial Aid Office
(330-1046) will assist students in assessing financial need and
constructing an aid/payment program from available alternatives,
including the following:
Company Tuition Assistance Programs
Ma ny compa nie , gencie and corporation off r full r partial
tui tion assistan ce to employ s w ho participate in work-r>laLed or
deg r' -r l a t~ d olleg p rogram . Augs bu r ollcge prov.ides
v nil pay m nt plan by w hich employe may ha nd l tuit i n
reimburscm n t.
Federal and State Aid Programs
The Fi na ncial Aid Offic w ill assist stud ents in determining
el igi bil ity for a ny Fi deral or t te g rant or loa n program availabl
to graduat students. Det r111irn1tio11 of eligibili ty will be based on
slu nda rd nationally acce pted fo rms an d method.ologie incl ud ing:
• Family Financial Statement (FFS)
• Financial Aid Form (FAF)
• Graduate and Professional Scholastic Aid Service
Funded Scholarships
Augsbur active.I purs ue outside funding ror p cial scholarships
to facilit, le the participation of qualifi d ca nd ida t wi th limited
fi nancial resO LLrC s. The availability of uch ·cholar h ip enabl
th p rogra m to guarante the participation f indi viduals of limi ted
fi nancial means a well a individual worki ng for v lunteer
agencies and other organizations not likely to provide tuition
reimbursement.
Alternative payment plans will be available to all students for the
payment of tuition.
Veterans of Military Service
Aug bmg Co!Jege is a pproved by the State A ppr ving Ag ncy for
Vet ran' · Trnining . Vi teran hould c ntac t the Reg i ·trn r's O ffice
about 'Clmpl tion of the enrollment rtifica ti n an d forwarding
oth r inf rm ation to the Veteran's Administratio n.
Albout Augsburg
History
ugsburg was the first seminary founded by Norwegian Lutherans
ill America . Named after the confession of faith presented by
Lu thera n in Augsburg, Germany, in 1530, Augsburg opened in
Sept mb r 1869 in Marshall, Wisconsin and moved to
Minneapolis in 1872.
Campus Location
ampu s i lncnt din the he(lrt of th Twin it:i •s,
uar , the firs t of 'JS~ pm·ks in th e '1 ity of
Llikes:' · djacen t to the , mpu are Faii;vi w an I I. Mary'
I lo:;pita l , th' We t l3ank ·a mpu of the Univ 1 ii of inn . ot·1
and Mississippi River parkways.
ugsburg'
su 1'1'o unding Murph
Accessibility
Augsburg College ha s made i major eff rt· tti b Cl>me n of the
mo lccc ssiblecampu · in he r -g io n. kywa • , tunnels;ind
el valor provide accc ·sible connections bet we n 9 of the 1 l major
bu ild in · - stude nt ho us in towe r , o llege en te 1~ main
a adem i and ad mini trativ · ha lls, ll e librnry and mus ic build ing.
In addition, there is a program for students with learning or
physical disabilities .
Church Affiliation
Augsburg is a college of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America. About 59% of th e students are Lutheran, 14% other
Protestant and 19% Roman Catholic. Several other affiliations are
re presented among students and faculty.
Non-Discrimination Policy
Aug·burg ollcgedoesnotdiscrimin ateon th • ba ·i. fra e, r'ed,
na tional or thni o rigin, a , rnal.'il11l tatu , " or h<111'di ap «
r qu iPd by Till IX f th ·1 72 Education al Amendments of ection
504 o the Rehabilitation Act of 1 73 as< m · nded in it ,id mi ssi n
policies, educational programs, activities, and employment
practices.
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Admissions House
George Sverdrup Library
Science Hall
OldMain
West Hall
Mortensen Tower
Urness Tower
College Center
Sverdrup-Oftedal
Memorial Hall
10. Music Hall
11. 2222 Murphy Square
12.Melby Hall
13. Ice Arena
14. Stage II Theatre
15. Center for Global
Education
16. Scandinavian Center
17. Foss, Lobeck, Miles Center
for Worship, Drama and
Communication
18. Youth and Filmily Ministry
A. Admissi ('l n Parki ng
B. Student Parking
C. Visitor Parking
D. The Quad
E. Faculty/Staff Parking
F. Murphy Square
G. Anderson-Nelson Athletic
Field
H. Fairview/St. Mary's Parking Ramp
I. Husby-Strommen Tennis
Courts
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Parking
All po ted Aug burg 'ollege parking I I ill' fre and op n f r
student use from 4:30 p.m. Friday through aturday v ning. Lo is
are I cated on 7th Slr l between 2'1 t and 22nd Avenues and south
of 8th Street on 21st Avenue.
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From Minneapolis
Interstate 94 east to 25th Avenue exit, left to Riverside Avenue, left
to 21st Avenue South, left to Augsburg sign.
From St. Paul
Interstate 94 west to Riverside exit, right on Riverside to 21st
Avenue South, left at Augsburg sign.
llaculty and Mministration
The following faculty and administrators are currently involved in
the Master of Arts in Leadership program:
Earl Alton, Professor and Department Chairperson of Chemistry.
BA, St. Olaf College; MS, Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Margaret Anderson, Associate Professor, Head Librarian . BS, MA,
University of Minnesota .
Raymond Anderson, Professor of Speech, Communication and
Theatre. l3A, S, Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
Kenneth Bailey, Professor of Philosophy. BA, St. Olaf College; MA,
Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
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John Benson, Professor of Religion. BA, Augsburg College; BD,
Luther Theological Seminary; MA, Ph.D. Columbia University.
Maria Brown, Assistant Professor of Social Work. BA, MA,
American University; MSW, University of Minnesota.
John Cerrito, Assistant Professor in Business Administration and
Economics. BA , Rhode Island College; MS, University of
Wisconsin-Stout.
Francine Chakolis, Assistant Professor of Social Work. BS,
Augsburg College; MSW, University of Minnesota.
Larry Crockett, s ist<1nt Professor of Mathemati
mpul r
Science. BA, MA, Pacilic Lutheran University; M . iv. Luther
Theologica l eminar .
Grace Dyrud, Professor of Psychology. BA, MA, Ph.D., University
of Minnesota.
Mark Engebretson, As ·ociale Pro ess >.r & Dept. Chairperson of
Physi . BA, Lulher oll g ; I. Div., Luther Theological
eminnr ; M , Ph .D., Un iversity of Minn sotn.
Norman Ferguson, Professor of Psychology. BA, Franklin and
Marshall Colleg ; MS, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin .
Jerry Gerasimo, Professor of Sociology. BA, Lake Forest College;
MA, Ph.D. , University of Chicago.
Milda Hedblom, Professor of Political Science. BA, Macalester
College; MA, Ph.D., University of Minnesota .
Edwina Hertzberg, Associate Professor of Social Work, Director of
Faculty Development. BA, Cedar Crest College; MSW, Ph.D.,
University of Minnesota.
Garry Hesser, Prof ssor of Socio logy, Director of Cooperative
Edu alion Program. BA, Phillip Univer ·ity; I.Div., Union
Theolog i al Sem inary; Ph.D., Univer ity of N >Lre Dame.
Joanne Karvonen, Graduate Program Coordinator. BA, Gustavus
Adolphus College; MA, University of Georgia.
Edith Kromer, Weekend Librarian. BA, Hamline University; MA,
University of Minnesota.
Ryan LaHurd, Vice Pre idenl for Acad mi Affairs, Dean of the
ollege. BA, Mt. Cann I oil ge; MA, Univcr ity or hicago;
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.
David Lapakko, Assistant Professor of Speech, Communication
and Theatre. B.A., Macal ster College; MA, Ph.D., University
of Minnesota.
Rosemary Link, A sista nl Pr C ssor of So ial Work. I , London
University (Bedford illege); Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
Janet M. Mathison, Instructor, part-time, Religion. Associate
Directo1~ Center for Global Education. BA, Alverno College; MA,
Ed.D, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Marie McNeff, Associate Professor of Education. BS, M.Ed.,
Ed.D., University of Nebraska.
Nancy Medcraft, Co-director, Counseling Services, BA, MA,
University of Minnesota.
Thomas Morgan, Assistant Professor of Business Ad mini tration
and E nomi s. BS, Juniata Colle e; Ml3A, Universit of Denver;
MS, University of Oregon.
Richard Nelson, Professor and Department Chairperson of
History. BA, University of Nebraska; MA, Ph.D., University of
Minnesota.
Beverly Nilsson, Associate Professor and Chairperson of Nursing.
BSN., MS, University of Minnesota.
Norma Noonan, Professor of Political Science. BA, University of
Pennsylvania; MA, Ph.D., University of Indiana.
Ronald Palosaari, Professor of English. BA, Bethel College; B. Div.,
Bethel Seminary; MA, Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
Diane Pike, Associate Professor of Sociology. AB, Connecticut
College; Ph.D., Yale University.
Larry Ragland, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer
Science. BS, MA., Central Missouri State College; Ph.D.,
University of Texas at Austin.
Richard Thoni, Director of Weekend College. BA, St. Olaf College;
PH.D., University of Minnesota.
Elizabeth Vander Schaaf, Associate Dean for Graduate and Special
Programs. BA, Swarthmore College; MA, Ph.D., University of Iowa .
Maria Woroby, Reference Librarian & Weekend Supervisor. BS,
MA, University of Minnesota.
Linda Geisen, Training and Development Manager,
City of St. Paul.
Dan Hanson, Vice President, Food Ingredients Division,
Land-0- Lakes, Inc.
Cynthia Marsh, Ph.D. Consulting Psychologist, Personnel
Decisions, Inc.
Dean Newman, Consultant.
Robert Odom, Senior Vice President of US Specialty Divisions,
HB Fuller Company.
Richard Ploetz, Customer Education Manager, Medtronic, Inc.
Rosemarie Ramirez, Human Resources Officer, St. Paul
Companies, Inc.
The provisions of this document are not to be regarded as an
irrevocable contract between the student and the College. The
College reserves the right to change any provisions or requirements
at any time within the student's term of residence.
MASTER OF ARTS IN LEADERSHIP
Augsburg College
Recommendation Form
To the applicant: Please give this recommendation form to a
co-worker or supervisor with whom you work. Before you do,
however, please indicate whether you reserve the right to
review the recommendation once it is written or waive your
right of access to this information.
I (
reserve)
recommendation.
waive) my right to review this
Signed,
MASTER OF ARTS IN LEADERSHIP
Augsburg College
Recommendation Checklist
NAME OF APPLICANT
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Please evaluate the applicant on each of the following dimensions.
Scale:
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2
3
Low, needs much
development
1) Self-Awareness - - 2) Self-Confidence
4
5
6
High, welldeveloped
(Circle one)
- - - - - - - - - - - 1 2 3 4 5 6
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 2 3 4 5 6
3) Integrity, Well-developed Value System - - - - 1 2 3 4 5 6
MASTER OF ARTS IN LEADERSHIP
Augsburg College
Recommendation Form
To the applicant: Please give this recommendation form to a
co-worker or supervisor with whom you work. Before you do,
however, please indicate whether you reserve the right to
review the recommendation once it is written or waive your
right of access to this information.
I (
reserve)
recommendation.
waive) my right to review this
Signed,
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MASTER OF ARTS IN LEADERSHIP
Augsburg College
Recommendation Checklist
NAME OF APPLICANT
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Please evaluate the applicant on each of the following dimensions.
Scale:
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3
2
Low, needs much
development
1) Self-Awareness - - - - - - - 2) Self-Confidence
- - - - - - - -
4
5
6
High, welldeveloped
(Circle one)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4 5 6
3) Integrity, Well-developed Value System - - - - 1 2 3 4 5 6
Augsburg College
Master of Arts in Leadership
Application Form
omplete all sections of the attached application form. Please print
or type.
Application Fee
Make check or money order payable to Augsburg College.
Mail application form with the $25, non-refundable application
fee to:
Graduate Program Office
Augsburg College
731 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55454
Transcripts
Have official transcripts from each post-secondary institution
attended (including credits/degrees and dates) sent to the Graduate
Program Office.
Test Scores
Scores from the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) must be submitted to
the Graduate Program Office. The MAT may be taken at the
University of Minnesota Testing Office at Room 9 Eddy Hall
(624-3323). The one-hour test is given Monday through Friday on a
walk-in basis either at 10:00 a.m. or 2:00 p.m. Please ask to have
your scores sent to Augsburg. The results will be available in 4 or 5
working days. The cost is $30
Recommendations
Please ask for a recommendation (please use the forms available
from the Graduate Program Office) to be sent to the Graduate
Program Office from each of the following:
Immediate Supervisor - Assessing your leadership potential.
Co-worker (at the same level) - Describing your work style and
potential as a leader.
Written Statement
Submit a written statement relating your career and life goals,
focusing on leadership aspirations and describing how you
anticipate the Master of Arts in Leadership will facilitate your
development.
Interview
You may be asked to have a personal interview with a member of
the Graduate Program Staff.
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Augsburg College
Application for Admission
Name
First
Last
Middle Initial
Other surname used at
a college or university
Address
City _ _ _ _ __ __ _ __ __ State _ _ _ _ _ _ Zip _ _ _ __ _ County _ __ _ __
Telephone
Horne Phone
Male D Female D
Work Phone
Social Security Number
Age - -- -- - - Birthdate - -- - -- - - Marital Status _ _ __
Citizen of U.S. Yes D No D Religious Affiliation _ __ _ _ __ _ Denomination _ _ _ __ __ _
Predominant Ethnic
Background (optional)
Caucasian D Black/Afro American D Asian American D
Chicano/Mexican American D American Indian D Other D
Current Occupation
Preferred Entry Date
September, 1988 D
January, 1989 D
April, 1989 D
Previous Education
Please list in chronological order all post-secondary institutions you have attended.
Indicate the approximate number of credits earned and any degrees received.
School _ _ __ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ __ __
Location - - - - -- -- - - -- -- - - - -- - -- - - - - -- - - - - -- -- Degrees or
Dates Attended - - - -- - - - - -- - - Credits Earned - - - -- -- - - - -- School _ __ _ __ __ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ __
Location - - - -- - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - -- - -- - -- -- - - - -- -Degrees or
Dates Attended - - -- -- - - -- - - - Credits Earned - -- -- - -- -- - - School _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ __
Location
Degrees or
Dates Attended - - - -- -- - - -- -- Credits Earned - - -- - - - - -- -- School _ __ _ __ __ __ __ _ __ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ __
Location - - -- - -- -- - -- - - -- - -- - -- - -- - - -- -- - - - - - Degrees or
Dates Attended - - -- - - -- - -- - - Credits Earned - -- - - -- -- - - - -
Professional Experiences
Position - - -- - - -- - --
Employer
Location _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ Dates _ _ _ _ _ __ _
Position - - - - - - - - - - - Employer - - -- -- - - - -- -- - - -- - -- - Location _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dates _ _ _ _ __ __
Position - -- - -- - -- - Employer
Location _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ Dates _ _ _ __ __ _
Forthcoming Recommendations
Please have your supervisor and a co-worker send recommendations (please use the forms
available from the Graduate Program Office) on your behalf to the Graduate Program Office.
List the people writing recommendations below:
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COLLEGE
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LEADERSHIP
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"Those who hoye to lead had better
Table of Contents
understand both rationally and
Introduction
intuitively the yeoyle who mtght be
Leadership Development Model
2
their followers, and the society in
Curriculum Design
3
which they are embedded. They had
Thesis/Leadership Application Project Option
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better comyrehend the values of our
Non-Thesis Option
3
Course Descriptions
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Library
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Admission Requirements and Procedures
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systems work, and understand how
International Applicants
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and why science has changed the
Student Support Services
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world ... Leaders need syecialists as
Evaluation Standards
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Student Rights
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Attendance Policy
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leaders themselves are generalists ...
Academic Policies
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At higher leveh of leadershty they
Accred itation and Affiliations
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cannot achieve their fall yotential
Fee and Payment Information
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Financial Aid
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About Augsburg
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knowledge. only this way can they
Campus Location
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shaye the contexts for decisions where
Campus Map
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exyert knowledge is used."
MAL Faculty
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common culture, yast and yresent,
know how our yolitical and economic
advisers and staff members. But
without considerable breadth of
- John Gardner
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This catalog was current at the time of publication .
It is subject to change without notice.
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Introduction
Accommodating the Full-Time
Work Schedule
Communitv of Learners
Designed to meet the needs and
MAL program is participation
The Master of Arts in
preferences of working adults,
in a community of learners
Leadership (MAL) program
the MAL program is based on
gathered together on the
responds to the leadership
the assumption that the students
Augsburg campus. This
development needs of both
who enroll arc career-oriented,
community is enriched by the
profit and not-for-profit
self-disciplined and well-
students with a variety of work
Developing Leaders for
Organizations and the
Communitv
Essential to the goals of the
organizations. While different in
motivated individuals, seeking a
and life experiences. To facilitate
structure and purpose, most
balance of classroom experience,
community interaction, students
organizations seek leaders with
group interaction and individual
are encouraged to make use of
the following qualities: a vision
study. Most courses are organized
the Lindell library, computer
that is ethically and morally
as seminars with the opportunity
for disrnssion and dialogue.
labs, and Christensen Center.
responsible, extending beyond
immediate concerns; an
Classes meet on alternate
understanding of how change
Saturdays for three-and-one-
occurs and affects the immediate
half hours* and alternate
environment; a sensitivity to the
Thursday evenings for one-
complex problems organizations
and-one-half hours.
face and an ability to achieve
* In spring trimester, Saturday
solutions consistent with an
organization's mission; the ability
sessions meet for four hours.
to motivate and inspire
individuals and groups to work
toward a common goal; and the
Asample class schedule for a month in the MAL program
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ability to effectively represent
Friday
Satur ay
Period II
and externally. The MAL
which individuals may discover
Thursday
Period I
the organization both internally
program provides a means by
r
Period I
oak t o
Period II
and refine these and other
Period I
abilities fundamental to effective
Period II
leadership.
Period I
ok lour
Period II
Period I
Period II
Period I
Period II
Thursday 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m
Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Thursday 8:00 p.m . to 9:30 p.m.
Saturday 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Note: Each class taken commits a student to either Period I or Period 11.
Leadership Development ModelAuosburu College
The MAL program promotes
To accomplish this, individuals
Leadership Development Model ,
leadership as a process that
aspiring to positions of
that serve as specific outcomes
1) inspires cooperation among
leadership must possess three key
for the MAL program.
people who must compete for
attributes: a sense of vision, the
Augsburg's model of leadership
limited resources, 2) promotes
ability to persuade, and the
development is designed to
productivity within and beyond
ability to direct action.
assess, promote, enhance, and
the organizat ion, and 3) works
Underlying these attributes are
refine these capabilities within
toward progress for the
a broad range of abilities and
the individual.
individual and the organization.
awareness , outlined in the
Leadership
Sense of Vision
Ethical
• Social awareness
• Environmental awareness
• Tolerance of religious and
philosophical differences
• Appreciation of situational
complexity
Orientation
Toward Action
Creative
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Long-term perspective
Flexibility
Adaptability
Innovativeness
Facility for
Persuasion
Communicative
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Risk Assumptive
(This model was
develofJed l;ry the
Augsburg Faculty
Graduate Advisoiy
Commiuee, 1985-87.)
• Curiosity
• Achievement motivation
• Self-esteem
Effective listener
Effective speaker
Effective writer
Diplomatic ability
Effective team member
Interpersonal sensitivity
Culturally Aware
• Appreciation for
cultural differences
• World-view perspective
• Tolerance of individual
differences
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Self-confidence
Analytical ability
Ability to think critically
Understanding of research
Ability to manage conflict
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Curriculum Design
There are two ways to complete
related topic. This research- based
Non-Thesis Independent Project.
the MAL degree. In the
study gives the student the
The independent research
Thesis/Leadership Application
opportunity to "tie together" what
projects approved each year will
Project (Thesis/ LAP) Option,
has been learned from the study of
be presented in an annual
students complete a thesis or a
leadership and course-related
colloquium. Students who do
major leadership application
activities.
not complete their independent
project and 10.5 credits. In the
The principal distinction
project while enrolled in
Non-Thesis Option, students must
between the Thesis and the
ML 597 are required to pay a
complete 11 credits, two papers,
Leadership Application Project
continuation fee.
but no thesis.
lies in their underlying
For more information
Augsburg uses a course
orientation. A Thesis has a more
regarding the Non-Thesis option,
system rather than a credit system
theoretical orientation, while the
refer to the Information and
in its curriculum. An Augsburg
Leadership Application Project is
Guidelines for the Non-Thesis
course is equivalent to four
based on practical application.
Project booklet.
semester credits or six quarter
Both require similar rigor and
credits. Each course includes two
preparation. For either alternative,
or more liberal arts disciplines,
the student must register for ML
encourages pursuit of the
592, 593, and 594. Differences
designated outcomes and uses a
between these two options will be
variety of learning techniques
explored in ML 514 Research
appropriate to adult leamers.
Methods and in ML 593
Instructional techniques include
Leadership Research Seminar I.
case studies, debate, written and
For more information
oral presentations, and group
regarding the Thesis/LAP option,
activity. These techniques develop
refer
targeted leadership abilities and
Guidelines for the Thesis and
to
the Information and
understanding. Students are
Leadership Application Project
encouraged to see abilities and
booklet.
understandings as cross-
Students who do not
complete their Thesis or Leadership
Application Project while enrolled
in ML 594 Leadership Research
Seminar II are required to pay a
continuation fee.
disciplinaty and to view content
areas as integrated. The program
reflects the view that the world in
which we operate is complex and
that dealing with it successfully
requires well-developed integrative
abilities.
Non-lhesis Option
Core Courses for Thesis/LAP
Option: (3.5 course credits)
Elective Courses for Both Options:
(at least 7.0 course credits)
The following core courses are
required for all Thesis/LAP students
in the MAL program:
ML 510 Visions of Leadership
ML 514 Research Methods
ML 592 Thesis/LAP Consultation
(0.5 course)
(ML 592 is taken in conjunction
with ML 594.)
ML 593 Leadership Research
Seminar I (0.5 course)
ML 594 Leadership Research
Seminar II (0.5 course)
(ML 592, 593, and 594 are to be taken
in a student's last two consecutive
terms or after the student has
completed at least five electives and
ML 510.)
The MAL program requires that seven
elective courses be selected from the
following course list:
ML 511 Creativity and the
Problem-Solving Process
ML 520 Self-Identity, Values, and
Personal Growth
ML 521 Methods of Critical
Thought
ML 525 Personality and Systems
Theories
ML 530 Ethics in Communication
ML 531 The Dynamics of Change
ML 535 Organizational Theory and
Leadership
ML 540 Political Leadership:
Theory and Practice
ML 545 Decision Making and
Leadership
ML 550 Decision Making and
Computer Technology
ML 560 Developing a Multi-cultural
Perspective
ML 565 Women and Leadership
ML 580 Colloquium on
Contemporary Theories
of Leadership (elective for
Thesis/ LAP Option
students)
ML 598 Independent Study
ML 599 Special Topics
Core Courses for Non·Thesis
Option: (4.0 course credits)
ML 510
ML 514
ML 580
An alternative to the thesis is the
lhesis/LAP Opdon
successful completion of two
Students who select the
major papers, as described below.
Thesis/LAP Option are required
The first of these papers will be
to develop and carry out an in-
written in conjunction with ML
depth study of some aspect of
580. The second paper will be
leadership or of a leadership-
written while enrolled in ML 597
(Note: If students wish to
change from the Thesis
Option to the Non-Thesis
Option after completing the
Research Seminars, they
may petition the MAL
committee.)
ML 597
Visions of Leadership
Research Methods
Contemporary Theories
of Leadership
Non-Thesis Independent
Project
All courses are valued at 1.0 credit unless otherwise designated.
Course Descriptions
ML 500
Leadership Practicum
ML 521
Methods of Critical Thought
(1.0 course)
ML 531
The Dynamics of Change
(1.0 course)
Introduction to selected concepts of
leadership, providing a historical and
philosophical framework for the
program. This course views the
nature and purpose of leadership
from a variety of disciplines and
perspectives.
Investigation of the processes of
critical thinking, drawing from
philosophy as well as natural and
social science. The course will survey
a variety of contemporary approaches
to critical thinking, including the use
of logic and analytical reasoning, the
relationship of evidence to the
confirmation of theories and the value
of appeals to scholarly studies. A
special focus of the course will be an
assessment of the ways in which
natural and social sciences can (and
cannot) assist leaders in addressing
problems and seeking solutions.
This course offers an exploration of
the context of social change and
varying responses to diverse human
needs. Ways of achieving well-being
may be viewed differently by leaders
in public and private domains and
across cultures. The course explores
these various perspectives, including
areas of conflict and opportunities for
leadership in social and organizational
change. Sociological, human
development and economic theories
are applied to contemporary public
and private sector issues for
social change.
ML 511
Creativity and the Problem-Solving
Process (1.0 course)
ML 525
Personality and Systems Theories
(1.0 course)
ML 535
Organizational Theory and
Leadership (1.0 course)
Exploration of creativity from the
perspective of traditional aesthetics
as well as contemporary
organizational thinking. This course
uses creativity as a method, and it
examines techniques for solving
problems in organizations, for
enhancing innovation and for seeking
an integrative world-view.
Study of leadership in the dual
context of personality theory and
systems theory. Contributions of
Jung, Fromm, Maslow, May and
others to personality theory are
considered as are the systems'
theories of von Bertalanffy and
Bateson. The theories are applied
to the concrete realities of
leadership in a variety of settings.
In-depth exploration of organizational
theory plus related concepts, issues
and concerns. The course is
designed to enable the student to
acquire knowledge and develop
skills in order to function as a
responsible, ethical participant within
various types of organizational
structures and cultures.
The MAL program occasionally
sponsors professional development
workshops and seminars for
students, alumni and interested
community members .
ML 510
Visions of Leadership: A Historical
and Literary Journey (1.0 course)
ML 514
Research Methods (1.0 course)
Evaluation and documentation of
programs, projects and ideas as they
relate to leadership theories and
practice. Qualitative and quantitative
tools will be discussed.
ML520
Self-Identity, Values and Personal
Growth (1.0 course)
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Study of the concepts of self-identity,
value formation , and personal growth
as they relate to professional life;
factors that influence the
development of self-identity and
personal values; and the effect of
personal values of learning and
leadership strategies.
ML530
Ethics in Communication
(1.0 course)
Interdisciplinary study of ethics
and communication through the
investigation of a variety of ethical
perspectives within human
communication. This course places
particular attention on the use and
abuse of communication in politics,
advertising and interpersonal
relationships . It emphasizes
sensitivity to ethical conflicts that
arise in social and organizational
settings.
ML 540
Political Leadership: Theory and
Practice (1.0 course)
Analysis of leadership perspectives
in selected political systems and
other organizations. Special focus
on significant leadership theories
and leaders, past and present.
Most theories studied are
interdisciplinary and relevant to
business and non-profit organizations
as well as to politics.
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ML 545
Decision Making and Leadership
(1.0 course)
ML 580
Colloquium on Contemporary
Theories of Leadership (1.0 course)
Review of the decision-making
process - the setting , goals, and
contingencies - as it affects leaders
Selected contemporary theories of
leadership presented by instructors
who participate in the seminar.
Emphasis on critical thinking ,
discussion, written analysis.
Prerequisite: One-year coursework
in MAL program and ML 510.
and leadership. Analysis of
arguments and explanations; analysis
of basic statistical concepts and their
relationship to decision making.
Assessment of major social
decisions, past and present - their
intentions, consequences, arguments,
explanations, and justification .
ML 550
Communication, Decision Making,
and Technology (1.0 course)
Analysis of the role various forms of
digitally-mediated communication
play in our society and how
communication, decision making,
and leadership have been altered
by these technologies. Students
examine how they can engage and
manage these processes in their
organizations.
ML 560
Developing a Multicultural
Perspective (1.0 course)
Investigation of multicultural issues.
This course will enhance one's ability
to lead and work more effectively
with people of different cultural
backgrounds through the study of
diverse values, beliefs, and traditions
within the global community.
ML 565
Women and Leadership (1.0 course)
A seminar exploring the theory and
practice of women and leadership:
entrepreneurial, political, and social.
An interdisciplinary approach to
issues of women and leadership.
Topics include analysis of alternative
approaches to leadership, women
and careers, and women in society
past and present. The course is
intended to enhance the analytical
and leadership skills of the
participants.
ML 592
Thesis/LAP Consultation
(0.5 course)
A series of meetings with a faculty
thesis/project adviser, taken
simultaneously with ML 594
Leadership Research Seminar II .
Graded on PIN basis. Students not
completing the thesis/application
project during the same term in
which they are enrolled in ML 594
are required to pay a continuation
fee for each subsequent term until
the Thesis/LAP is completed.
ML 593
Leadership Research Seminar I
(0.5 course)
First half of a two-course thesis
capstone sequence for the MAL
program to be taken in a student's
last two consecutive terms or after
the student has completed at least
five electives and ML 510. This
course provides each individual the
opportunity to develop a research
topic, to synthesize previous study
and work experience, and to
demonstrate an understanding of
the program's principles. Graded
on a PIN basis.
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By the completion of the seminar,
students should have made
significant progress on their thesis or
Leadership Application Project.
Graded on a PI N basis.
ML 597
Non-Thesis Independent Project
(1.0 course)
Major written project to be completed
in an area of the student's choice, in
consultation with an adviser and a
reader. The research is presented in
a colloquium in partial fulfillment of
requirements for the Non-thesis
option.
Students who do not complete the
project during the term in which they
are enrolled are required to pay a
continuation fee for each subsequent
term until the project is completed.
ML 598
Independent Study* (1.0 course)
Provides directed independent study
in an area of the student's choice.
Open to students who have
completed at least three courses with
a grade of at least 3.0. Students must
complete a Proposal for Independent
Study and have it signed by the
supervising professor. Proposals
must be approved by the MAL
program director prior to registration
for the course.
ML 599
Special Topics (1 .0 course)
Study of selected topics in leadership
that are not treated extensively
through current course offerings.
Specific topics will be published prior
to registration.
ML 594
Leadership Research Seminar II
(0.5 course)
Continuation of the "capstone"
seminar, taken following the student's
registration in ML 593 Leadership
Research Seminar I. This seminar
focuses on the methods of inquiry
and results of individual projects.
•A student may count only one of the following for credit toward the MAL degree: ML 597 or ML 598.
Please refer to the Thesis/LAP and Non-Thesis Project booklets for additional information.
LINDELL LIBRARY
The James G. Lindell Fam
library, which opened in
1997, houses over 175,001
items and provides access
the holdings of the seven
private liberal arts college
in the Twin Cities.
Admission Requirements and Procedures
Applicants to the program must
beginning of the fall, winter,
hold a baccalaureate degree
and spring terms. Selection of
graduate institutions attended,
from an accredited four-year
candidates will be made on the
listing courses taken and
college or university and must
bas is of an evaluation of each
degree (s) conferred, if any.
have a minimum cumulative
applicant's:
undergraduate grade point
• Previous college record
to participate in an interview
average of 3.0 (on a scale of
• Letters of recommendation
with graduate program faculty
A = 4.0) and a minimum
• Experience and organizational
and/or staff members.
cumulative grade point average
Applicants may be asked
background
of 3.0 fo r graduate courses
• Written statement
completed at an accredited
• Interview, if requested
college or university. Applicants
International Applicants
The Augsburg College MAL
holding a master's or other
To apply, the following
Program Office encourages
advanced degree from accredited
materials must be submitted to
qualified applicants from other
colleges or universities are
the MAL Program Office:
countries. International
admissible. Should an applicant
• Completed application form
applicants should keep in mind
not meet the minimum
• $35.00 non-refundable
admission requirements, a
probationary term may be
possible as decided on a case-bycase bas is. Applicants to the
application fee
experience (or equivalent) with
one or more organizations in a
position of leadership or position
demonstrating leadership
potential.
Decisions about admission
Saturdays and that students can
the applicant's career and life
take only two classes for a yearly
goals to leadership aspirations
• Recommendation letter and
checklist from an immediate
supervisor, assessing leadership
potential
• Recommendation letter and
checklist from a work
to the progra m will be made on
colleague (at the same level)
an individual basis by the MAL
describing the applicant's
Admissions Committee.
work-style leadership potential
Admission to each entering
that classes meet on alternating
Thursday evenings and
• A 1-3 page statement relating
program must have five years of
•
• O fficial transcripts from all
• Official transcripts from all
graduate class will be given to
undergraduate institutions
the most highly qualified
attended, listing all courses
individuals. Admissions are
taken and any degree(s)
handled on a "rolling" basis,
conferred
total of six classes. With this
schedule students can complete
the required course work in less
than two years. See Admission
Requirements for a description
of the admission process,
selection criteria, and work
experience requirements.
Application materials required
for international applicants are:
• Completed application form
• $35.00 application fee (nonrefundable) payable in U.S.
dollars
with students admitted at the
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• A 1-3 page statement relating
the applicant's career and life
goals to leadership aspirations
• Completed Declaration of
Finances (see below for further
information)
• Letter of recommendation in
English from an immediate
supervisor, assessing leadership
potential
• Letter of recommendation in
English from a work colleague
(at the same level) describing
the applicant's work style and
potential as a leader
• Official mark-sheets with
Applicants may be asked
to participate in an interview
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
with graduate program faculty
Academic advising for
program planning is available.
certified translations from all
and/or staff members, if the
undergraduate institutions
applicant is in the United States.
attended listing all courses
Students and their
taken, marks earned, dates
financial sponsor must complete
attendee\, and clegree(s) or
a Declaration of Finances as part
cliploma(s) conferred, if any
of the application for admission,
• Official mark-sheets with
certified translations from all
graduate institutions attended
along with appropriate
certifications.
Students will need to
listing all courses taken, marks
provide proof of availability of
earned, dates attended, and
funds for tuition, books, and
degree(s) or diploma(s)
living costs for the academic year
conferred, if any
in which they want to attend.
• Official results on the Test of
The College requires students to
As students approach the
capstone experience, they
select thesis or project
advisers to guide them
throughout the completion of
their program. Graduate
program staff is also available
to help students with nonacademic advising issues.
Self/career assessment
counseling, resume
development and a career-
English as a Foreign Language
provide proof of a minimum of
(TOEFL) with a minimum
$10,000 in U.S. funds for living
search plan are available
through the Center for
Service, Work, and Learning,
score of 590
expenses for themselves plus the
(612) 330-1148.
cost of tuition.
NOTE: Additional information may be required, as requested by Augsburg College, to accurately evaluate
educational credentials. Furthermore, supplemental information may be needed to issue an 1-20 or J-1
for students admitted to the MAL program. Information requested for the 1-20 or J-1 will not be used to
make an admission decision.
Fee and Pavment Information
A schedule of fees is published
letter from the employer,
A per-course tuition refund will
separately in the MAL Program
stating the company's
be made on the following basis:
Supplement. Tuition is
reimbursement policy, must
• T hrough the first scheduled
determined annually. ML 592,
be filed annually with the
class meeting - 100% of tuition
ML 593, and ML 594 are half-
Business Office.
(less a $75 administration fee
credit courses and are charged
Registration is permitted
half of the current full credit
only if the student's account for
tuition. A continuation fee is
a previous term is paid in full as
charged to students who do not
agreed. Augsburg College will
complete their capstone project
not release diplomas or academic
during the terms they are
transcripts until a student's
enrolled.
account is paid in full. This also
applies to student loans
Augsburg otters the following
pavment options:
administered by the College
Various payment plans are
They must be current according
available:
to established repayment
1) Payment in Full:
schedules.
if withdrawing from current
term entirely).
• Prior to the second scheduled
class meeting - 80% of tuition.
• Prior to the third scheduled
class meeting - 60% of tuition.
• No refund after the third
scheduled class meeting.
(e.g., Perkins Student Loan).
Due day of registration.
2) Payment Plan:
Refund Schedule
A three-pay plan is available
Students are responsible for
each trimester upon
canceling courses with the
application and after College
registrar's office in order to be
approval. Payment plans will
eligible for a refund. Students
be approved only if previous
who unofficially withdraw (stop
plans have been satisfactorily
attending) and do not complete
completed.
the drop/add form are
3) Company Reimbursement:
responsible for all charges.
Full courses, or equivalent,
Financial aid may be adjusted
that are company reimbursed,
based on the student's last
require a deposit of $100 per
recorded date of attendance.
course reimbursed, with full
payment due within 50 days
after the end of the term. A
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Financial assistance is available
to degree-seeking students
enrolled in the MAL program.
~on-degree-seeking
students are
not eligible for any type of
financial aid through Augsburg
College. Two full-credit courses
per trimester are considered full
time. One course is considered
half-time enrollment. The
Federal and State Aid
Programs
Enrollment and Financial
or degree-related college
Services Center (EFSC),
programs. Augsburg College
(612) 330-1046, assists students
offers several payment plans by
The Enrollment and Financial
in assessing financial aid
which employees may handle
Services Center (EFSC) uses
eligibility and offers financial aid
tuition reimbursement. Students
standard, nationally accepted
from available alternatives,
should contact the EFSC to make
methodology to de termine
including the following:
payment arrangements using
eligibility for federal and state
the company reimbursement
financial aid programs.
Sponsored Scholarships
Augsburg actively pursues nonAugsburg funding for special
scholarships. The availability of
payment plan.
• Federal Stafford Loan Program
Bureau of Indian Affairs. Tribal
and State Indian Scholarships
Common Loan Provisions:
Borrowing Limits: Graduate
American Indian students who
students may borrow up to
participation of individuals of
meet federa l, state, or tribal
$18,500 per year with an
limited financial means as well as
requirements may apply for these
aggregate of $128,500
individuals wocking for volunteer
scholarships. Indian grants
(undergraduate and graduate).
agencies and other organizations
generally supplement other
such scholarships may enable the
not likely to provide tuition
reimbursement.
Companv Tuition Assistance
Programs
from either the unsubsidized or
assistance in application, please
subsidized programs or a
contact Augsburg's American
combination of both but cannot
Indian Student Services Program
exceed the annual loan limits.
director at (612) 330-1144 or
your tribal agency.
Many companies, agencies, and
corporations offer full or partial
tuition assistance to employees
who participate in work-related
A student may borrow
sources of financial aid. For
Interest Rates: The annually
variable interest rate is
determined by the 91-day
T-Bills +3.1 %, capped at 8.25%
and changes each July 1st for all
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Financial Aid, continued
borrowers. The interest rate for
Fees: An origination fee of 3%
Borrowing Limits: You may
enrollment periods beginning
and a guarantee fee of up to 1%
borrow up to $3 ,000 per year
between July 1, 2000 and
will be deducted from the loan
as a graduate student with a
June 30, 2001 is 7.59%.
check before you receive it.
$30,000 maximum.
Repayment Terms: Repayment
Federal Stafford Loans
Interest and Repayment:
begins six months after you cease
(Unsubsidized): You may
Simple interest of 5% and
to be enrolled at least half time
borrow up to the amount listed
repayment of principal (at a
in an eligible program leading
on your award notice.
minimum of $40 per month)
begin nine months after you
to a degree or certificate.
Repayment may extend up
Interest: Interest accrues
to 10 years.
during the period of enrollment
graduate or leave school.
Partial or total loan
and may be capitalized.
cancellation privileges exist
deferments are granred for
Fees: An origination fee of
disability and, in certain
continued education, disability,
3 % and a guarantee fee of
circumstances, military service.
and unemployment. Contact
1% will be deducted from
Deferments: In most cases,
for certain types of teaching,
your lender if you think you are
the loan check before you
Deferments: No interest accrues
eligible for a deferment.
receive it.
nor do payments need to be
made at any time you are
enrolled at least half time or for
Progrnm Specific Provisions :
•Federal Perkins Loan Program
serving three years in the
Federal Stafford Loan
A joint Augsburg College-
military, Peace Corps, or VISTA.
(Subsidized): The Enrollment
federally funded program
Contact the EFSC if you think
and Financial Services Center
administered through the
you are eligible for a deferment.
has determined that, based on
College for students who
the financial information
demonstrate financial eligibility.
submitted, students qualify for
No checks are issued, but the
up to the amount listed on
student is required to sign a
•SELF (Student Educational
Loan Fund)
their Award Notice.
promissory note at least once
The SELF is administered
per term. Funds are put on the
through the Minnesota Higher
Interest: No interest accrues
student account after the
Education Coordinating Board.
during the time the student is
note is signed.
Applications are available from
enrolled at least halftime.
the EFSC and should be
completed by the borrower and
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co-signer and returned to the
To APPIV tor Financial Aid
EFSC for further processing.
Financial Aid application
Loan checks arrive once per
materials are available from the
term and are made co-payable
MAL Program or EFSC.
to the student and Augsburg
Applicants must be admitted to
College.
Augsburg as regular students or
be returning students in good
Borrowing Limits: Graduate
academic standing.
students may borrow up to
The financial aid
$9,000 per year minus any
application will be processed
other student loan indebtedness.
when the following documents
Maximum graduate borrowing
are received:
cannot exceed $40,000
1) The Free Application for
including undergraduate.
Federal Student Aid
The minimum loan amount
(FAFSA) or the Renewal
per year is $500.
FAFSA
Interest and Repayment:
The interest rate is variable.
Interest payments begin 90 days
after the loan is disbursed and
2) Augsburg Financial Aid
Application
3) Federal income tax return(s)
and W-2(s)
continue quarterly thereafter
while the student is enrolled.
Principal payments begin in
For further information,
contact:
the 13th month after you
leave school.
Enrollment and Financial
Services Center
Deferments: There are no
deferments. Contact the
Minnesota Higher Education
Coordinating Board regarding
special circumstances and
repayment.
(612) 330-1046
efsvcctr@augsburg.edu
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About Augsburg
Historv
Augsburg was the first seminary
founded by Norwegian
Lutherans in America, named
after the confession of faith
presented by Lutherans in
Augsburg, Germany, in 1530.
Augsburg opened in September
1869, in Marshall, Wisconsin,
and moved to Minneapolis
in 1872.
Campus Location
Augsburg's campus is located in
the heart of the Twin Cities,
surrounding Murphy Square, the
main academic and
orientation, marital status, status
administrative halls, the library,
with regard to public assistance,
and the music building. In
or disability in its education
addition, there are programs for
policies, admissions policies,
students with learning, physical,
scholarship and loan programs,
and psychiatric disabilities.
athletic and/or school
administered programs, except in
first of 155 parks in the "City of
Lakes." The University of
Church AHiliation
Minnesota West Bank campus
Augsburg is a college of the
and one of the city's largest
Evangelical Lutheran Church
medical complexes-Fairview
in America. It has a diverse
University Medical Center-are
community with many strong
adjacent to Augsburg, with the
religious traditions represented
Mississippi River and the Seven
among the students, faculty,
Corners theatre district just a
and staff, including Lutheran,
few blocks away.
Protestant, Roman Catholic,
Jewish, American Indian
Accessibilitv
Augsburg College has made a
Spirituality and Thought,
Buddhist, and Islamic faiths.
major effort to become one of
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the most accessible campuses in
Hon-Discrimination Policv
the region. Skyways, tunnels,
those instances where religion is
a bona fide occupational
qualification. Augsburg College
is committed to providing
reasonable accommodations to
its employees and students.
Any questions concerning
Augsburg's compliance with
federal or state regulations
implementing equal access and
opportunity can be directed to
Lora Steil, affirmative action
coordinator, Office of Human
Resources, CB 79, Augsburg
College, 2211 Riverside Avenue,
Augsburg College, as affirmed in
Minneapolis, MN 55454. She
and elevators provide accessible
its mission, does not discriminate
can be reached by telephone
connections among major
on the basis of race, color, creed,
at (612) 330-1023; or by e-mail,
buildings-student housing
religion, national or ethnic
steil@augsburg.edu.
towers, the Christensen Center,
origin, age, gender, sexual
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Campus Map
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Directions to Campus
35W from the North Take Washington Avenue exit
and turn left on Washington
(cu1ves right onto Cedar Avenue),
turn left at Riverside Avenue,
right at 21st Avenue South.
I-94 East from Minneapolis Take 25th Avenue exit, turn left
at 25th Avenue, turn left at
Riverside Avenue, turn left at
21st Avenue South.
I-94 West from St. Paul Take Riverside exit, turn right
at Riverside Avenue, turn left
at 21st Avenue South.
35W from the South Follow the 1-94 St. Paul signs
(move to right lane after each
of two mergers). Take 25th
Avenue exit, turn left at 25th
Avenue, turn left at Riverside
Avenue, turn left at 21st
Avenue South.
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Master of Arts in Leadership
Program office location
Please call (612) 330-1786 for
directions to the Master of Arts
in Leadership Program office.
College Map Information
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2.
Public Parking
3.
All Augsburg College staff,
faculty and commuter lots are
free and open for use after
4:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday, and on weekends, unless
otherwise posted. Lots are
located on 7th Street, between
21st and 22nd Avenues and
north or south of 8th Street
between 24th and 25th
Avenues. Additional parking
is available in the FairviewUniversity Medical Center
ramp, or University of
Minnesota parking lots on
the north side of Riverside
Avenue.
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21.
Admissions Weekday Program
Air Structure Entrance
(November through March)
Anderson-Nelson Athletic Field
and Seasonal Air Structure
Christensen Center
(Information Desk)
East Hall
Faculty Guest House
Foss, Lobeck, Miles Center
for Worship, Drama and
Comunication (TjornhomNelson Theatre, Hoversten
Chapel)
George Sverdrup Hall
Husby-Strommen Tennis Courts
Ice Arena
Jeroy C. Carlson Alumni Center
Lindell Library
Maintenance and Grounds Shop
Mortensen Hall
Murphy Place
Murphy Square
Music Hall
New Residence Hall
Old Main
Oscar Anderson Hall
Public Relations &
Communications
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25.
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27.
28.
Quad
Science Hall
Security Dispatch Center
Shipping and Receiving
Si Melby Hall
Sverdrup-Oftedal Memorial Hall
Urness Hall
Parking Lots
A. Admissions/Faculty/Staff
Parking
B. Faculty/Staff/Commuter/
Resident Parking
C. Faculty/Staff Parking
D. Faculty/Staff/Commuter Parking
E. Commuter Parking
F. Resident Parking
G. Visitor Parking
H. Fairview-University Parking
Ramp (pay parking available)*
MALFacultv
John E. Benson, Professor of
Religion . B.A. , Augsburg College;
B.S., Luther Theological Seminary;
M.A., Ph .D., Columbia University.
Larry J. Crockett, Professor of
Computer Science. B.A., M.A., Pacific
Lutheran University; M.Div., Luther
Theological Seminary; Ph.D.,
University of Minnesota.
Rosemary J. Link, Professor of
Social Work, BNHons. University of
Southampton, Post graduate diploma
& C.Q.S.W. University of London,
U.K., Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
Marie 0. McNeff, Professor of
Education. B.A., M.A., Ed.D.,
University of Nebraska.
Diane L. Pike, Professor and Chair,
Department of Sociology. A.B .,
Connecticut College; Ph.D., Yale
University.
Milo A. Schield, Associate Professor
of Business Administration/MIS. B.S.,
Iowa State University; M.S.,
University of Illinois; Ph.D., Rice
University.
Thomas F. Morgan, Professor of
Cass Dalglish, Associate Professor
Faculty who teach in the
MAL program are
predominantly full-time
senior faculty with
doctorates or appropriate
professional degrees. Some
courses are team taught by
faculty from different
disciplines or occasionally
by combining a faculty
of English . B.A. , College of St.
Catherine; M.F.A. , Vermont College;
Ph.D., The Union Institute.
Business Administration/MIS. B.S.,
Juniata College; M.B.A., University of
Denver; M.S., University of Oregon;
Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
Joseph A. Erickson, Associate
William D. Morris, Assistant
Professor of Education. B.A., M.A.,
College of St. Thomas; M.A., Luther
Northwestern Theological Seminary;
Ph .D., University of Minnesota.
Professor of Political Science. B.A.,
Oakland University; Ph.D., CarnegieMellon University. President, Decision
Resources, Ltd.
Garry W. Hesser, Professor of
Sociology, Director of Cooperative
Education Program, Director of
Metro-Urban Studies. B.A., Phillips
University; M .Div., Union Theological
Seminary; M.A., Ph.D ., University of
Notre Dame.
Beverly J. Nilsson, Professor of
Nursing. B.S.N ., M.S., Ph.D.,
University of Minnesota.
David V. Lapakko, Associate
Professor of Speech, Communication
and Theatre. B.A. Macalester
College, M.A. and Ph.D., University
of Minnesota.
member with professionals
from relevant fields. All of
the program 's faculty have
extensive experience
teaching adult learners.
Velma Lashbrook, Instructor. B.S .•
Speech Communication, Iowa State
University, M.S., Speech
Communication, Illinois State
University, Ed.D., Communication
and Educational Psychology, West
VirginiaUniversity. President,
Strategy Implementation Associates .
John S. Schmit, Associate Professor,
English ; B.S., St. John's University
(MN); M.A. , University of New
Orleans; Ph.D. , The University of
Texas at Austin.
Joseph M. Vo lker, Instructor of
Psychology. B.A., University of
California-Irvine; M.A., Ph.D. ,
University of Minnesota. Licensed
psychologist at MDA Associates.
Norma Noonan, Professor of Political
Science, Director of MAL program,
and Director of the International
Relations Program. B.A., University of
Pennsylvania; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana
University.
Catherine L. Paulsen, Instructor in
Psychology, B.A. , St. Olaf College,
M.A. , Lone Mountain College, San
Francisco.
Curt Paulsen, Associate Professor of
Social Work. B.A., St. Olaf College;
M.S.W., University of Minnesota;
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Fielding
Institute.
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Master of Arts in
Master of Arts in
LEADERSHIP _____P_rogram
office hours, location, & phone
Hours
Location
Phone
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Class Saturdays, appointments only
Anderson Hall
2016 South 8th St.
(612) 330-1786
FAX: (612) 330-·ffl55-
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Master of Arts in
LEADERSHIP
Information Sessions
Adults who are interested in the Master of Arts in Leadership Program are encouraged to attend one of the information
sessions scheduled throughout the year. Information sessions are free of charge and approximately two hours in length.
Call the Master of Arts in Leadership Office at (612) 330-1786 for details or to sign up for one of the following dates:
Fall Trimester 2000-200 I
Spring Trimester 2000-200 I
Thursday, July 6, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, August 2, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, February 7, 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 10, 9 a.m.
Winter Trimester 2000-2001
Fall Trimester 2001-2002
Tuesday, October 17, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 16, 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 8, 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 26, 5:30 p.m .
For more information, write or call :
The Master of Arts in Leadership Program
Campus Box 144
2211 Riverside Avenue
Minneapolis MN 55454
Master of Arts in
LEADERSHIP
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Phone: (612) 330-1786
Fax: (612) 330-1355
malinfo@augsburg.edu
www.augsburg.edu
2000-2001 Program Calendar
New Students
Fall
Winter
Spring
Application Deadline
New Student Orientation
August 7
August 29
December 15
January 4
March 5
March 29
Current Students
Fall
Winter
Spring
Mail Registration Begins
Mail Registration Ends
Syllabi Available
Payment Information Sent
Confirmation Due
June 19
July 7
August 7
August 7
August 31
October 9
October 23
December 11
December 11
January 6
February 5
February 19
March 12
March 12
March 31
Master of Arts in
LEADERSHIP
2000-2001 Academic Calendar
Fall Trimester 2000
Classes meet
Winter Trimester 2001
Thursday, August 31
Saturday, September 9
Saturday, September 16
Thursday, September 21
Saturday, September 30
Thursday, October 5
Saturday, October 14
Thursday, October 19
Thursday, October 26
Saturday, November 4
Thursday, November 9
Saturday, November 18
Saturday, January 6
Thursday, January 11
Saturday, January 20
Thursday, January 25
Saturday, February 3
Thursday, February 8
Saturday, February 17
Thursday, February 22
Saturday, March 3
Thursday, March 8
Saturday, March 17
Thursday, March 22
Spring Trimester 200 I
Saturday, March 31
Saturday, April 7
Thursday, April 12
Saturday, April 21
Thursday, April 26
Saturday, May 5
Thursday, May 10
Saturday, May 19
Thursday, May 24
Saturday, June 2
Last day to add/drop* :
Wednesday, April 11, 2001
Last day to add/drop*:
Last day to add/drop* :
Wednesday, September 6, 2000
Wednesday, January 10, 2001
Last day to withdraw:
Thursday, May 10, 2001
Last day to withdraw:
Last day to withdraw:
Thursday, October 12, 2000
Thursday, February 15, 2001
Final grades due:
Monday, July 2, 2001
Final grades due:
Final grades due:
Friday, December 15, 2000
Friday, April 20, 2001
Note:
Saturday Classes during Spring 2001
are four hours.
1st period: 8 a.m.-noon
2nd period: 1-5 p.m.
*Refer to MAL Catalog for refund schedule.
The College reserves the right to change the above dates should it be necessary. In such cases sufficient advance notice will be given.
In case of severe weather listen to WCCO 830 AM or call (612) 330-1786 for cancellation information.
2000-2001 Tuition & Fees
Application Fee (payable once, non-refundable)
Tuition (per course)
Technology Fee (per course)
Thesis/Project Continuation Fee (per trimester)
Campus Access Fee (per trimester)
Audit a Course
Late Fee (per day)
Registration change after first class meeting (cancel/add)
Transcript Fee (first is free)
$35
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$25
$175
$10
$626
$35
$10
$5
A finance charge is applied at a simple rate of one percent per month on any account with an open balance of 30 days or more.
Augsburg College reserves the right to adjust charges should economic conditions necessitate.
Commencement 2001
In order to participate in Commencement 2001, application forms must be submitted by March 1, 2001 :
• Thesis/Application Project students: Must have defended their thesis/application project by May 16.
• Non-thesis (Plan B) students: Must have successfully completed ML580 and ML597 including the presentation (May 16).
When all the degree requirements are completed , your diploma will be mailed.
Class Schedule & Course Offering s
Fall Trimester
Time period I:
Time period II:
Thursday 6-7:30 p.m . and Saturday 8:30 a.m.-noon
Thursday 8-9:30 p.m. and Saturday 1-4:30 p.m .
Time period I:
ML510 Visions of Leadership
ML599 Topics: Spirituality and Leadership in the Workplace
Time period II :
ML514 Research Methods
ML550 Communication, Decision-Making & Technology
Winter Trimester
Time period I:
Time period II:
Thursday 6-7:30 p.m. and Saturday 8:30 a.m.-noon
Thursday 8-9:30 p.m. and Saturday 1-4:30 p.m.
Time period I:
ML525 Personality and Systems Theories
ML580 Colloquium of Contemporary Theories in Leadership
Time period II:
ML535 Organizational Theory and Leadership
ML593 Leadership Seminar I
ML599 Topics
Spring Trimester
Time period I:
Time period II:
Thursday 6-7:30 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m -noon
Thursday 8-9:30 p.m. and Saturday 1-5 p.m.
Note: Classes on Saturday are 4 hours instead of 3.5 hours long
Time period I:
ML521 Methods of Critical Thought
ML540 Political Leadership
ML594 Leadership Seminar II
Time period II :
ML510 Visions of Leadership
ML530 Ethics in Communication
Summer Trimester
Time : to be determined
ML560 Developing a Multi-cultural Perspective
These course offerings may change.
A-UGSBURG
C•O•L•L•E•G•E
MASTER OF ARTS IN LEADERSHIP
PO Box 144
2211 Riverside Avenue
Minneapolis. MN 55454
www.augsburg.edu
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2002-2005
My life-changing experience in the Augsburg MAL Program has
provided me with a strong foundation to pursue a leadership role in
both my personal and professional life. In addition to being a strong,
challenging program, it is also geared toward flexibility to accommodate
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2002-2005
My life-changing experience in the Augsburg MAL Program has
provided me with a strong foundation to pursue a leadership role in
both my personal and professional life. In addition to being a strong,
challenging program, it is also geared toward flexibility to accommodate
the adult learner. A program in my opinion that goes unmatched!
-Ann Dejongh 02
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MASTER OF ARTS
Attaining the MAL degree was a
transforming experience both
personally and professionally. It
increased my self-confidence, enabled
me to recognize and develop my
strengths, and also provided a
valuable networking opportunity with
fellow students and faculty.
-Luann Watson '02
IN LEADERSHIP
INTRODUCTION
The primary mission of the Center for Leadership Studies (CLS) at Augsburg
College is to develop leaders for organizations and the community. The core
program of the center is the Master of Arts in Leadership (MAL). The
program, which was launched in 1987, responds to the leadership
development needs of both profit and not-for-profit organizations. While
different in structure and purpose, most organizations seek leaders with the
following qualities: a vision that is ethically and morally responsible,
extending beyond immediate concerns; an understanding of how change
occurs and affects the immediate environment; a sensitivity to the complex
problems organizations face and an ability to achieve solutions consistent
with an organization's mission; the ability to motivate and inspire individuals
and groups to work toward a common goal; and the ability to effectively
represent the organization both internally and externally. The MAL program
provides a means by which individuals may discover and refine these and
other abilities fundamental to effective leadership.
ACCOMMODATING THE FULL-TIME WORK SCHEDULE
Designed to meet the needs and preferences of working adults, the MAL
program is based on the assumption that the students who enroll are careeroriented, self-disciplined, and well-motivated individuals, seeking a balance
of classroom experience, group interaction, and individual study. Most
courses are organized as seminars with the opportunity for discussion and
dialogue. Classes meet on alternate Saturdays for four hours.
COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS
Essential to the goals of the MAL program is participation in a community of
learners gathered together on the Augsburg campus. This community is
enriched by the students, who have a variety of work and life experiences. To
facilitate community interaction, students are encouraged to make use of the
Augsburg library, computer labs , and Christensen Center. The Center for
Leadership Studies also offers some special colloquia and seminars each year
to supplement and complement the course work of the master's program.
A SAMPLE CLASS SCHEDULE IN THE MAL PROGRAM
PERIOD I
Saturday
8:00 a.m . to 12:00 noon
PERIOD II
Saturday
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Note: Each class taken commits a student to either Period I or Period II;
on average two meetings a month.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MODEL-AUGSBURG COLLEGE
The MAL program promotes leadership as a process that
1) inspires cooperation among people who must compete for limited resources, 2) promotes productivity within and
beyond the organization, and 3) works toward progress for the individual and the organization. To accomplish this,
individuals aspiring to positions of leadership must possess three key attributes: a sense of vision, the ability to
persuade, and the ability to direct action. Underlying these attributes are a broad range of abilities and awareness,
outlined in the Leadership Development Model, that serve as specific outcomes for the MAL program. Augsburg's
model of leadership development is designed to assess , promote, enhance, and refine these capabilities within the
individual.
Leadership
Orientation
Toward Action
Sense of Vision
Ethical
• Social awareness
• Environmental awareness
• Tolerance of religious and
philosophical differences
• Appreciation of situational
complexity
Creative
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Flexibility
Adaptability
Innovativeness
Facility for
Persuasion
Communicative
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• Curiosity
• Achievement motivation
• Self-esteem
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Effective listener
Effective speaker
Effective writer
Diplomatic ability
Effective team member
Interpersonal sensitivity
Decisive
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Self-confidence
Analytical ability
Ability to think critically
Understanding of research
Ability to manage conmct
Culturally Aware
• Appreciation for
cultural differences
• World-view perspective
• Tolerance of individual
differences
There are two ways to complete the MAL degree. In the Thesis/Leadership Application Project (Thesis/ LAP) Option,
students complete a thesis or a major leadership application project and 10.5 credits. In the Non-Thesis Option,
students must complete 11 credits, two papers, but no thesis.
Augsburg uses a course system rather than a credit system in its curriculum. An Augsburg course is equivalent to
four semester credits or six quarter credits. Each course includes two or more liberal arts disciplines, encourages
pursuit of the designated outcomes and uses a variety of learning techniques appropriate to adult learners.
Instructional techniques include case studies, debate, written and oral presentations, and group activity. These
techniques develop targeted leadership abilities and understanding. Students are encouraged to see abilities and
understandings as cross-disciplinary and to view content areas as integrated. The program reflects the view that the
world in which we operate is complex and that dealing with it successfully requires well-developed integrative
abilities.
THESIS/LAP OPTION
Students who select the Thesis/LAP Option are required to develop and carry out an in-depth study of some aspect of
leadership or of a leadership-related topic. This research-based study gives the student the opportunity to "tie
together" what has been learned from the study of leadership and course-related activities.
The principal distinction between the thesis and the Leadership Application Project lies in their underlying
orientation. A thesis has a more theoretical orientation, while the Leadership Application Project is based on practical
application. Both require similar rigor and preparation. For either alternative, the student must register for ML 592,
593, and 594. Differences between these two options will be explored in ML 514 Research Methods and in ML 593
Leadership Research Seminar I.
For more information regarding the Thesis/LAP option, refer to the Information and Guidelines for the Thesis and
Leadership Application Project booklet.
Students who do not complete their thesis or Leadership Application Project while enrolled in ML 594 Leadership
Research Seminar II are required to pay a continuation fee.
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NON-THESIS OPTION
An alternative to the thesis is the successful completion of two major papers, as described below. The first of these
papers will be written in conjunction with ML 580. The second paper will be written while enrolled in ML 597 NonThesis Independent Project. The independent research projects approved each year will be presented in an annual
colloquium. Students who do not complete their independent project while enrolled in ML 597 are required to pay a
continuation fee.
For more information regarding the Non-Thesis option, refer
Project booklet.
to
the Information and Guidelines for the Non-Thesis
CORE COURSES FOR THESIS/LAP OPTION:
(3.5 course credits)
The following core courses are required for all Thesis/LAP students in the MAL program:
ML 510
Visions of Leadership
ML 514
Research Methods
ML 592 Thesis/LAP Consultation (0.5 course)
ML 592 is taken in conjunction with ML 594.
ML 593
Leadership Research Seminar I (0.5 course)
ML 594
Leadership Research Seminar II (0.5 course)
(ML 592, 593, and 594 are to be taken in a student's last two
consecutive terms or after the student has completed at least five
electives and ML 510.)
CORE COURSES FOR NON-THESIS OPTION:
(4.0 course credits)
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Ml 510
Visions of Leadership
ML 514
Research Methods
ML 580
Contemporary Theories of Leadership
Ml 597
Non-Thesis Independent Project
ELECTIVE COURSES FOR BOTH OPTIONS: (at least 7.0 course credits)
The MAL program requires that seven elective courses be selected from the following course list:
ML 511
Creativity and the Problem-Solving Process
ML 520
Self-Identity, Values, and Personal Growth
ML 521
Methods of Critical Thought
ML 525
Personality and Systems Theory: Perspectives on Leadership
ML 527
Spirituality and Leadership in the Workplace
ML 530
Ethics in Communication
ML 531
The Dynamics of Change
ML 535
Organizational Theory and Leadership
ML 540
Political Leadership: Theory and Practice
ML 545
Decision Making and Leadership
ML 550
Communication, Decision Making, and Technology
ML 557
Language of Leadership
ML 560
Developing a Multicultural Perspective
ML 565
Women and Leadership
ML 580
Colloquium on Contemporary Theories of Leadership (elective for Thesis/ LAP Option students)
ML 598
Independent Study
ML 599
Special Topics
ML 500
Leadership Practicum
The MAL program sponsors professional development workshops
and seminars. These workshops are offered to students and
alumni who desire more applied case studies or wish to address
topics not included in the courses. (Offered occasionally)
ML 510
Visions of Leadership: A Historical and Literary journey
(1.0 course)
Introduction to selected concepts of leadership, providing a
historical and philosophical framework for the program. This
course views the nature and purpose of leadership from a variety
of disciplines and perspectives.
ML 511
Creativity and the Problem-Solving Process (1.0 course)
Exploration of creativity from the perspective of traditional
aesthetics as well as contemporary organizational thinking. This
course uses creativity as a method, and it examines techniques for
solving problems in organizations, for enhancing innovation, and for seeking an integrative world view.
ML 514
Research Methods (1.0 course)
Evaluation and documentation of programs, projects and ideas as they relate to leadership theories and practice.
Qualitative and quantitative tools will be discussed.
ML 520
Self-Identity, Values and Personal Growth (1.0 course)
Study of the concepts of self-identity, value formation, and personal growth as they relate to professional life; factors
that influence the development of self-identity and personal values; and the effect of personal values of learning and
leadership strategies.
ML 521
Methods of Critical Thought (1.0 course)
Investigation of the processes of critical thinking, drawing from philosophy as well as natural and social science. The
course will survey a variety of contemporary approaches to critical thinking, including the use of logic and analytical
reasoning, the relationship of evidence to the confirmation of theories and the value of appeals to scholarly studies. A
special focus of the course will be an assessment of the ways in which natural and social sciences can (and cannot)
assist leaders in addressing problems and seeking solutions.
ML 525
Personality and Systems Theory: Perspectives on Leadership (1.0 course)
Study of leadership in the dual context of personality theory and systems theory. Contributions of Jung, Fromm,
Maslow, May, and others to personality theory are considered as are the systems theories of von Bertalanffy and Bateson.
The theories are applied to the concrete realities of leadership in a variety of settings.
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ML 527 Spirituality and Leadership in the Workplace (1.0 course)
The wide-ranging spirituality movement in the workplace is a notable feature of contemporary life. This course
explores the dimensions of this trend and its implications for leadership through a variety of sources and perspectives.
ML 530
Ethics in Communication (1.0 course)
Interdisciplinary study of ethics and communication through the investigation of a variety of ethical perspectives within
human communication. This course places particular attention on the use and abuse of communication in politics,
advertising, and interpersonal relationships. It emphasizes sensitivity to ethical conflicts that arise in social and
organizational settings.
ML 531
The Dynamics of Change (1 .0 course)
This course offers an exploration of the context of social change and varying responses to diverse human needs. Ways
of achieving well-being may be viewed differently by leaders in public and private domains and across cultures. The
course explores these various perspectives, including areas of conflict and opportunities for leadership in social and
organizational change. Sociological, human development, and economic theories are applied to contemporary public
and private sector issues for social change.
ML 535
Organizational Theory and Leadership (1.0 course)
In-depth exploration of organizational theory plus related concepts, issues, and concerns. The course is designed to
enable the student to acquire knowledge and develop skills in order to function as a responsible, ethical participant
within various types of organizational structures and cultures.
ML 540
Political Leadership: Theory and Practice
(1.0 course)
Analysis of leadership perspectives in selected
political systems and other organizations. Special
focus on significant leadership theories and leaders,
past and present. Most theories studied are
interdisciplinary and relevant to business and nonprofit organizations as well as to politics.
ML 545
Decision Making and Leadership (1.0 course)
Review of the decision-making process-the setting,
goals, and contingencies-as it affects leaders and
leadership. Analysis of arguments and explanations;
analysis of basic statistical concepts and their
relationship to decision making. Assessment of major
social decisions, past and present-their intentions,
consequences, arguments, explanations, and
justification.
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ML 550
Communication, Decision Making, and Technology (1.0 course)
Analysis of the role various forms of digitally-mediated
communication play in our society and how communication, decision
making, and leadership have been altered by these technologies.
Students examine how they can engage and manage these processes in
their organizations.
ML 557
Language of Leadership (1.0 course)
Students analyze language from a variety of rhetorical and
sociolinguistic perspectives and learn to make judgments about
rhetorical and stylistic strategies. Topics include the use of language as an organizing principle for social interaction;
speech act theory; strategies for giving effective directives; the creation and manipulation of style; the development of
persuasive appeals; the protection of "face;" and strategies for maintaining personal relationships across hierarchical
levels in organizations.
ML 560
Developing a Multicultural Perspective (1.0 course)
This course focuses on the ability to function and lead in culturally diverse contexts within the U.S. Goals include
improved communication skills and interpersonal sensitivity, appreciation for the complexity of the racial and ethnic
groupings, and awareness of key issues facing those groups.
ML 565
Women and Leadership (1.0 course)
A seminar exploring the theory and practice of women and leadership: entrepreneurial, political, and social. An
interdisciplinary approach to issues of women and leadership. Topics include analysis of alternative approaches to
leadership, women and careers, and women in society past and present. The course is intended to enhance the
analytical and leadership skills of the participants.
ML 580
Colloquium on Contemporary Theories of Leadership (1.0 course)
Selected contemporary theories of leadership presented by instructors
who participate in the seminar. Emphasis on critical thinking,
discussion, written analysis. Prerequisite: One-year coursework in
MAL program and ML 510.
ML 592
Thesis/LAP Consultation (0.5 course)
A series of meetings with a faculty thesis/project adviser, taken
simultaneously with ML 594 Leadership Research Seminar II. Graded
on PIN basis. Students not completing the thesis/application project
during the same term in which they are enrolled in ML 594 are
required to pay a continuation fee for each subsequent term until the
Thesis/LAP is completed.
ML 593
Leadership Research Seminar I (0.5 course)
First half of a two-course thesis capstone sequence for the MAL program to be taken in a student's last two consecutive
terms or after the student has completed at least five electives and ML 510. This course provides each individual the
opportunity to develop a research topic, to synthesize previous study and work experience, and to demonstrate an
understanding of the program's principles. Graded on a PIN basis.
ML 594
Leadership Research Seminar II (0.5 course)
Continuation of the "capstone" seminar, taken following the student's registration in ML 593 Leadership Research
Seminar I. This seminar focuses on the methods of inquiry and results of individual projects. By the completion of the
seminar, students should have made significant progress on their thesis or Leadership Application Project. Graded on a
PIN basis.
ML 597
Non-Thesis Independent Project (1.0 course)
Major written project to be completed in an area of the student's choice, in consultation with an adviser and a reader.
The research is presented in a colloquium in partial fulfillment of requirements for the non-thesis option. Students
who do not complete the project during the term in which they are enrolled are required to pay a continuation fee for
each subsequent term until the project is completed.
ML 598
Independent Study* (1.0 course)
Provides directed independent study in an area of the student's choice. Open to students who have completed at least
three courses with a grade of at least 3.0. Students must complete a Proposal for Independent Study and have it signed
by the supervising professor. Proposals must be approved by the MAL program director prior to registration for the
course.
ML 599
Special Topics (1.0 course)
Study of selected topics in leadership that are not
treated extensively through current course
offerings. Specific topics will be published prior to
registration.
*A student may count only one of the following
for credit toward the MAL degree: ML 597 or ML
598, except with permission of the MAL program
director.
Please refer to the Thesis/LAP and Non-Thesis
Project booklet for additional information.
Applicants to the program must hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited four-year college or university and must
have a minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 (on a scale of A= 4.0) and a minimum
cumulative grade point average of 3.0 for graduate courses completed at an accredited college or university. Applicants
holding a master's or other advanced degree from accredited colleges or universities are admissible. Should an applicant
not meet the minimum admission requirements, a conditional admission may be possible as decided on a case-by-case
basis. Applicants to the program must have three years of experience (or equivalent) with one or more organizations in
a position of leadership or position demonstrating leadership potential.
Decisions about admission to the program will be made on an individual basis by the MAL Admissions Committee.
Admission to each entering graduate class will be given to the most highly qualified individuals. Admissions are
handled on a "rolling" basis, with students admitted at the beginning of the fall, winter, and spring terms. Selection of
candidates will be made on the basis of an evaluation of each applicant's:
I Previous college record
I Letters of recommendation
I Experience and organizational background
I Written statement
I Interview, if requested
To apply, the following materials must be submitted to the MAL Program Office:
I Completed application form
I $35.00 non-refundable application fee
I A 1-3 page statement relating the applicant's career and life goals to leadership aspirations
I Recommendation letter and checklist from an immediate supervisor, assessing leadership potential
I Recommendation letter and checklist from a work colleague (at the same level) describing the applicant's work-style
leadership potential
I Official transcripts from all undergraduate institutions attended, listing all courses taken and any degree(s) conferred
I Official transcripts from all graduate institutions attended, listing courses taken and degree(s) conferred, if any.
Applicants may be asked to participate in an interview with graduate program faculty and/or staff members.
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The Augsburg College MAL Program Office encourages qualified applicants from other countries. International
applicants should keep in mind that classes meet on alternate Saturdays and that students can take only two classes for
a yearly total of six classes. With this schedule students can complete the required course work in less than two years.
See Admission Requirements for a description of the admission process, selection criteria, and work experience
requirements.
Application materials required for international applicants are:
I Completed application form
I $35.00 application fee (non-refundable) payable in U.S. dollars
I A 1-3 page statement relating the applicant's career and life goals to leadership aspirations
I Completed Declaration of Finances (see below for further information)
I Letter of recommendation in English from an immediate supervisor, assessing leadership potential
I Letter of recommendation in English from a work colleague (at the same level) describing the applicant's work style
and potential as a leader
I Official mark-sheets with certified translations from all undergraduate institutions attended listing all courses taken,
marks earned, dates attended, and degree(s) or diploma(s) conferred, if any; plus, a U.S. evaluation from an
evaluation center
I Official mark-sheets with certified translations from all graduate institutions attended listing all courses taken,
marks earned, dates attended, and degree(s) or diploma(s) conferred, if any; plus, a U.S. evaluation from an
evaluation center
I Official results on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 590
Applicants may be asked to participate in an interview with graduate program faculty and/or staff members, if the
applicant is in the United States.
Students and their financial sponsor must complete
a Declaration of Finances as part of the application
for admission, along with appropriate certifications.
In accordance with federal regulations, students on
F-1 visas must provide reliable documentation that
they have financial resources adequate to meet
expenses while studying at Augsburg.
NOTE: Additional information may be needed to
issue an I-20 or J-1 for students admitted to the
MAL program. Information requested for the I-20
or J-1 will not be used to make an admission
decision.
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EVALUATION STANDARDS
Evaluation of academic performance in the MAL program will
be based on number grades using a 4.0 point scale and as defined
below.
Courses not offered on the numbered grading system are noted in
the course descriptions in this catalog as being graded on PIN basis.
In order to receive a grade of P, a student must achieve at least a
grade of 2.0. No more than two courses with a grade below 3.0 will
count toward the degree. No more than two courses with a grade of
or below 2.5 can be repeated. Only the credits and grades earned the
second time are counted in the grade point average.
4.0
Achieves highest standards of excellence
3.5
3.0
Achieves above basic course standards
2.5
2.0
1.5
Achieves the minimum passing standard
1.0
Performance below basic course standards
0.5
0.0
Unacceptable performance (no credit for the course)
P
Achieves at or above the 2.0 level (not computed in grade point average)
N
Does not meet minimum course standards (no credit and non-punitive-not computed in grade point average)
W
Grade given when a student withdraws from a course after the deadline without notation on the record
Incomplete grade given when student is unable to complete course requirements for reasons beyond the
student's control. (To receive an incomplete, a student must file a petition with the MAL Program Office
stating reasons for the request, the plan
and date for removing the incomplete
grade, the signature of the instructor, and
any other necessary documentation.)
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Because leadership issues are presented, discussed
and analyzed in the classroom, regular attendance is
highly important and should be considered a
responsibility, not only to one's self, but to one's
classmates and course instructor.
ACADEMIC PROBATION AND
DISMISSAL POLICIES
Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point
average. If a student falls below a 3.0 average, the
student will be placed on probation for the following
term. A 3.0 cumulative grade point average must be
restored in order for a student to be removed from
probation. If a student receives a grade of N or 0.0 in a
course, the student must petition successfully with the
MAL Advisory Committee before being allowed to
continue in the program. A plan for the student to
follow would be outlined at that time. If a second
grade of N or 0.0 is received , the student may be
dismissed from the program by the MAL Advisory
Committee. Students may also be dismissed by the
MAL Advisory Committee for behavior detrimental to
the program, such as a gross violation of college policy
(as published in the Student Guide). Dismissal would
occur only after established procedures were followed.
CREDIT FOR PRIOR EDUCATION
Due to the interdisciplinaiy nature of the courses in the
MAL program, it is unlikely that courses taken
elsewhere may be substituted for a particular course in
the curriculum. Students may petition the MAL program
director for approval of any variation in the curriculum
including the transfer of credit. Transfer credits will be
evaluated on an individual basis.
The only courses that will be considered for transfer
credit are those earned from accredited colleges and
universities, whose course content is comparable to
those in the MAL program. No more than two courses
will be accepted for transfer credit.
CREDIT AND CONTACT HOURS
Each full-credit graduate course in the MAL program is
the equivalent of four semester credits or six quarter
credits. Students meet in class a total of 28 hours and
are responsible for a significant amount of individual
study and preparation.
ENROLLMENT POLICY/ LEAVES OF ABSENCE
Students may take either one or two courses per
trimester. Enrolling in two courses per trimester
enables a student to complete the coursework in the
program within two years. All students are required to
complete all components of the program within five
years. Extensions beyond five years will be considered
on the basis of petition to the MAL Advisory
Committee. Students who leave the program for more
than one trimester must request a leave of absence in
writing from the MAL program. A leave of absence may
be granted for one calendar year. Time spent on an
official leave of absence will not count toward the fiveyear deadline for degree completion.
LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM CLASS
The last date on which students may withdraw from a
class and receive a "W" on their records is published
annually in the MAL Supplement.
STUDENT RIGTHS
The College has adopted a statement of student rights
and responsibilities and has provided for due process
in the matter of disciplinary action, grievances, and
grade appeal, as outlined in the Augsburg College
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Catalog and the Student Guide. Students have a right to experience
education without discrimination.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974, as
amended, provides certain rights to students regarding their education
records. Each year Augsburg is required to give notice on the various
rights accorded to students pursuant to FERPA. A copy of Augsburg's
policy is published in the Augsburg College Catalog and in the
Studertt Guide distributed to students.
Augsburg College understands that no information other than
"directory information" can be released without the written
permission of the student. Students must give permission in writing
for educational information to be released to anyone outside of the
official personnel (faculty and administration) at Augsburg. This
means that faculty or others cannot write letters of
support/recommendation or nominate students for awards unless
explicit written permission is given by the student to release non"directory information." It is not sufficient to ask for letters of
recommendation.
Complete information about Augsburg's procedures with regard to
FERPA are available from the registrar's office.
ACCREDITATION AND AFFILIATIONS
Students who successfully complete Augsburg's leadership program will receive a Master of Arts degree. Augsburg is
accredited by The Higher Leaming Commission, North Central Association* and is a member of the Associated Colleges of
the Twin Cities (ACTC), Lutheran Education Council in North America, and the Minnesota Private College Council.
Augsburg College is registered with the
Minnesota Higher Education Services
Office. Registration is not an endorsement
of the institution. Registration does not
mean that credits earned at the institution
can be transferred to other institutions or
that the quality of the educational
programs would meet the standards of
every student, educational institution or
employer.
*The Higher Leaming Commission,
North Central Association
1-800-621-7440 or 312-263-0456
www.ncahigherleamingcommission.org
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A schedule of fees is published separately in the MAL
Catalog Supplement. Tuition is determined annually.
ML 592, ML 593, and ML 594 are half-credit courses
and are charged half of the current full credit tuition. A
continuation fee is charged to students who do not
complete their capstone project during the terms they
are enrolled.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
Various payment plans are available:
1)
2)
Payment in Full:
Due after registration and before the beginning of
the trimester. No finance charge or administrative
fee. Late payment fee $25 . Finance charge of 8%
APR will apply toward any unpaid balance after
the start of the term.
Payment Plan:
A three-payment plan is available each trimester
upon application and after College approval.
Payment plans will be approved only if previous
plans have been satisfactorily completed.
Payments for each trimester are due in three equal
installments. There is an administrative fee of $35
per trimester. No finance charge if paid in full by
end of payment plan. Late payment fee $25.
Finance charge of 8% APR will apply if not paid in
full by the end of the payment plan period.
3)
Company Reimbursement:
Full courses, or equivalent, that are company
reimbursed, require a deposit of $100 per course
reimbursed, with full payment due within 50 days
after the end of the term. An application for
Employer Reimbursement Payment Plan must be
filed once each academic year. Student is
responsible for payment if employer does not pay
for any reason. Finance charge of 8% APR will
accrue on the deferred balance once the term has
begun.
Registration is permitted only if the student's account
for a previous term is paid in full as agreed. Augsburg
College will not release diplomas or academic
transcripts until a student's account is paid in full. This
also applies to student loans administered by the
College (e.g., Perkins Student Loan). They must be
current according to established repayment schedules.
REFUND SCHEDULE
Students who withdraw from Augsburg College may be
eligible for a refund of a portion of their charges based
on the appropriate refund schedule (except for the
minimum charge of $100 to cover administrative
costs) . Financial aid may also be adjusted for those
students who withdraw from the College or drop one
or more courses and receive financial assistance.
[NOTE: Tuition refunds and financial aid
adjustments are not necessarily made on a one-to-one
basis. For example, you could receive a 60% tuition
refund but have 80% of your financial aid returned.
Be sure you understand the financial consequences of
making adjustments to your registration.]
Students are responsible for canceling courses through
the Enrollment Center in order to be eligible for any
refund. Students who unofficially withdraw (stop
attending) but do not complete the drop/add form are
responsible for all charges. Financial aid may be
adjusted based on the student's last recorded date of
attendance. Refund calculations are based on the date
that the drop/add form is processed.
The refund schedule is effective whether or not a
student has attended classes. All refunds of charges will
be applied to the student account and all adjustments
for aid, loans, fines, deposits, etc. will be made before
eligibility for a cash refund of any resulting credit
balance is determined. Please allow two weeks for
a refund.
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The refund is a percentage of the full tuition charged,
not a percentage of any deposit paid toward tuition,
e.g. deposits made under the employer reimbursement
payment plan.
For information about refunds and the refund
schedule, see the Payment Information Booklet or visit
<www.augsburg.edu/enroll ..
A per-course tuition refund will be made on the
following basis:
I Through the first scheduled class meeting - 100% of
tuition (less a $100 administration fee if
withdrawing from current term entirely).
I Prior to the second scheduled class meeting - 80% of
tuition.
I Prior to the third scheduled class meeting - 60% of
tuition.
I Prior to the fourth scheduled class meeting - 40% of
tuition.
I No refund after the fourth scheduled class meeting.
Financial assistance is available to degree-seeking
students enrolled in the MAL program. Non-degreeseeking students are not eligible for any type of
financial aid through Augsburg College. Two full-credit
courses per trimester are considered full time. One
course is considered half-time enrollment. The
Enrollment Center, 612-330-1046, or 1-800-458-1721,
or <www.augsburg.edu/enrolb, assists students in
assessing financial aid eligibility and offers financial aid
from available alternatives, including the following:
SPONSORED SCHOLARSHIPS
Augsburg actively pursues non-Augsburg funding for
special scholarships. The availability of such
scholarships may enable the participation of
individuals of limited financial means as well as
individuals working for volunteer agencies and other
organizations not likely to provide tuition
reimbursement.
COMPANY TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Many companies, agencies, and corporations offer full
or partial tuition assistance to employees who
participate in work-related or degree-related college
programs. Augsburg College offers a payment plan by
which employees may handle tuition reimbursement.
Students should contact the Enrollment Center to
make payment arrangements using the company
reimbursement payment plan.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, TRIBAL, AND
STATE INDIAN SCHOLARSHIPS
American Indian students who meet federal, state, or
tribal requirements may apply for these scholarships.
Indian grants generally supplement other sources of
financial aid. For assistance in application, please
contact Augsburg's American Indian Student Services
Program director at 612-330-1144 or your tribal
agency
FEDERAL STAFFORD LOAN PROGRAM
Common Loan Provisions
Borrowing Limits: Graduate students may borrow up
to $18,500 per year with an aggregate of $138,500
(undergraduate and graduate).
A student may borrow from either the unsubsidized or
subsidized programs or a combination of both but
cannot exceed the annual loan limits.
Interest Rates: The annually variable interest rate is
determined by the 91-day T-Bills +2.3%, capped at
8.25% and changes eachJuly 1. For example, the
interest rate from July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003 is
4.06% for repayment.
Repayment Terms: Repayment begins six months after
you cease to be enrolled at least half time in an eligible
program leading to a degree or certificate. Repayment
may extend up to 10 years.
Deferments: In most cases, deferments are granted for
continued education, disability, and unemployment.
Contact your lender if you think you are eligible for a
deferment.
FEDERAL AND STATE AID PROGRAMS
The Enrollment Center uses standard, nationally
accepted methodology to determine eligibility for
federal and state financial aid programs.
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FEDERAL PERKINS LOAN PROGRAM
A joint Augsburg College-federally funded program
administered through the College for students who
demonstrate financial eligibility No checks are issued,
but the student is required to sign a promissory note at
least once per term. Funds are put on the student
account after the note is signed.
Borrowing Limits: You may borrow up to $6,000 per
year as a graduate student with a $40,000 maximum.
Interest and Repayment: Simple interest of 5% and
repayment of principal begin nine months after you
graduate or leave school. Partial or total loan
cancellation privileges exist for certain types of
teaching, disability and, in certain circumstances,
military service.
Deferments: No interest accrues nor do payments need
to be made at any time you are enrolled at least half
time or for serving three years in the military, Peace
Corps, or VISTA. Contact the Enrollment Center if you
think you are eligible for a deferment.
SELF (Student Educational Loan Fund)
The SELF is administered through the Minnesota
Higher Education Services Offices. Applications are
available from the Enrollment Center and should be
completed by the borrower and co-signer and returned
to the Enrollment Center for further processing. Loan
proceeds are released through electronic funds transfer.
Borrowing Limits: Graduate
students may borrow up to $9,000
per year minus any other student
loan indebtedness. Maximum
graduate borrowing cannot exceed
$40,000 including undergraduate.
The minimum annual loan is $500.
Interest and Repayment: The interest rate is variable.
Interest payments begin 90 days after the loan is
disbursed and continue quarterly thereafter while the
student is enrolled. Principal payments begin in
the 13th month after you leave school.
Deferments: There are no deferments. Contact the
Minnesota Higher Education Services Office regarding
special circumstances and repayment.
TO APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AID
Financial aid application materials are available at
<www.augsburg.edu/enrolb. Applicants must be
admitted to Augsburg as regular students or be
returning students in good academic standing.
The financial aid application will be processed when
the following documents are received:
1)
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA) or the renewal FAFSA. Apply online at
<www.fafsa.ed.gov>.
2)
Augsburg Financial Aid Application (for new
students)
3) Federal income tax return(s) .
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT
Enrollment Center 612-330-1046, 1-800-458-1721,
enroll@augsburg.edu, or <www.augsburg.edu/enrolb.
ABOUT AUGSBURG
HISTORY
Augsburg was the first seminary founded by Norwegian
Lutherans in America, named after the confession of faith
presented by Lutherans in Augsburg, Germany, in 1530.
Augsburg opened in September 1869 in Marshall, Wisconsin,
and moved to Minneapolis in 1872.
CAMPUS LOCATION
Augsburg's campus is located in the heart of the Twin Cities,
surrounding Murphy Square, the first of 155 parks in the "City
of Lakes." The University of Minnesota West Bank campus and
one of the city's largest medical complexes-Fairview
University Medical Center-are adjacent to Augsburg, with the
Mississippi River and the Seven Corners theatre district just a
few blocks away.
ACCESSIBILITY
Augsburg College has made a major effort to become one of the
most accessible campuses in the region. Skyways, tunnels, and
elevators provide accessible connections among major
buildings-student housing towers, the Christensen Center,
main academic and administrative halls, the library, and the
music building. In addition, there are programs for students
with learning, physical, and psychiatric disabilities.
CHURCH AFFILIATION
Augsburg is a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America. It has a diverse community with many strong
religious traditions represented among the students, faculty,
and staff, including Lutheran, Protestant, Roman Catholic,
Jewish, American Indian spirituality and thought, Buddhist,
and Islamic faiths.
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY
Augsburg College, as affirmed in its mission, does not
discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national
or ethnic origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status,
status with regard to public assistance, or disability in its
education policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan
programs, athletic and/or school administered programs, except
in those instances where religion is a bona fide occupational
qualification. Augsburg College is committed to providing
reasonable accommodations to its employees and students.
Any questions concerning Augsburg's compliance with federal
or state regulations implementing equal access and opportunity
can be directed to the Office of Human Resources, CB 79,
Augsburg College, 2211 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
55454, or 612-330-1023.
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LEADERSHIP STUDIES FACULTY
Faculty who teach in the MAL program are predominantly full-time senior faculty with doctorates or appropriate
professional degrees. Some courses are team taught by faculty from different disciplines or occasionally by combining
a faculty member with professionals from relevant fields. All of the program's faculty have extensive experience
teaching adult learners.
ANDREW AOKI, Associate Professor of Political
Science B.A., University of Oregon; M.A., Ph.D.,
WILLIAM D. MORRIS, Assistant Professor of
Political Science B.A., Oakland University; Ph.D.,
University of Wisconsin.
Carnegie-Mellon University. President, Decision
Resources, Ltd.
JOHN BENSON, Professor of Religion B.A., Augsburg
College; B.D., Luther Theological Seminary; M.A., Ph.D.,
Columbia University.
NORMA NOONAN, Professor of Political Science;
Director of the Center for Leadership Studies and
the MAL Program B.A., University of Pennsylvania;
CASS DALGLISH, Associate Professor of English B.A. ,
M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University.
College of St. Catherine; M.FA., Vermont College; Ph.D.,
The Union Institute.
JOSEPH A. ERICKSON, Associate Professor of
Education B.A., M.A., College of St. Thomas; M.A.,
Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary; Ph.D.,
University of Minnesota.
MAGDALENA PALECZNY-ZAPP, Associate Professor
of Business Administration B.A. , M.S., Academy of
Economics, Warsaw; Ph.D., Academy of Economics,
Krakow, Poland.
CATHERINE PAULSEN, Instructor of Psychology
B.A., St. Olaf College; M.A., Lone Mountain College.
ROBERT C. GROVEN, Assistant Professor of Speech/
Communication and Theatre Arts B.A., Concordia
College-Moorhead; M.A.,j.D., University of Minnesota.
CURTIS PAULSEN, Associate Professor of Social
Work B.A., St. Olaf College; M.S.W, University of
Minnesota; Ph.D., Fielding Institute.
GARRY HESSER, Professor of Sociology and Director
of Metro-Urban Studies B.A., Phillips University;
DIANE PIKE, Professor and Chair, Department of
Sociology A.B., Connecticut College; Ph.D. , Yale
M.Div., Union Theological Seminary; M.A., Ph.D. ,
University of Notre Dame.
University.
DAVID LAPAKKO, Associate Professor of Speech/
Communication, and Theatre Arts B. A., Macalester
MILO A. SCHIELD, Professor of Business
Administration B.S., Iowa State University; M.S.,
College, M.A., and Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
University of Illinois; Ph.D., Rice University.
VELMA J. LASHBROOK, Instructor
JOHNS. SCHMIT, Associate Professor of English and
Associate Dean for Adult Programs B.S., St. john's
B.S. , Iowa State University; M.S., Illinois State University;
Ed.D., West Virginia University. President, Strategy
Implementation Associates.
ROSEMARY LINK, Professor of Social Work, BA.,
B.A., University of Southampton, Post graduate diploma
& C.Q.S.W , University of London; Ph.D., University of
Minnesota.
THOMAS MORGAN, Professor of Business
Administration and Vice President for Enrollment
and Market Development B.S.,juniata College; M.B.A.,
University of Denver; M.S., University of Oregon; Ph.D.,
University of Minnesota.
University; M.A., University of New Orleans; Ph.D., The
University of Texas-Austin.
KATHRYN SWANSON, Professor and Chair,
Department of English B.A., St. Olaf College; M.A.,
Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
JOSEPH VOLKER, Instructor of Psychology B.A.,
University of California-Irvine; M.A., Ph.D., University of
Minnesota. Licensed psychologist at MDA Associates.
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MASTER OF ARTS
IN LEADERSHIP
TABLE OF CONTENTS
lntroduction-2
Leadership Development Model-3
Curriculum Design-4
Course Design-7
Admission Requirements-11
International Appl icants-12
Academic Policies-13
Fee and Payment lnformation-16
Financial Aid-1 7
About Augsburg-19
Leadership Studies Faculty-20
WELCOME TO THE AUGSBURG COLLEGE
MASTER OF ARTS IN
LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Dear Friend:
Welcome to the Master of Arts in Leadership (MAL) program's catalog. Launched
in 1987, the program has been a vital part of the Augsburg College curriculum
ever since.
The MAL program offers students an excellent opportunity to explore leadership
within the context of the liberal arts. The program design broadens the skills and
mindset you need to improve your leadership capabilities in your current and
future positions, as well as in your life.
The MAL program is taught by senior Augsburg faculty from a variety of
disciplines. The faculty are committed to an interdisciplinary approach to leadership studies. Our students
represent a wide array of occupations including business, health care, and the non-profit sector. This diverse
learning community provides a rich environment for you to explore leadership beyond your own realm of
expertise.
Our program will help you develop skills you need to be an effective leader in an ever-changing world. I am
frequently told by students that the program has changed their lives, has sharpened their understanding of
themselves and others, and has opened doors that would otherwise have remained closed. To learn even more
about the program, please visit our Web site at <www.augsburg.edu/mal>.
I would be happy to help you determine how Augsburg's Master of Arts in Leadership program may benefit
you. You may contact me via e-mail at <noonan@augsburg.edu> or by telephone at 612-330-1198. I look
forward to seeing you on campus soon!
Cordially,
Norma C. Noonan, Ph.D.
Director, M.A. in Leadership Program
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The Master of Arts in Leadership (MAL) is the core program of Augsburg's Center for Leadership Studies (CLS).
The MAL program, which was launched in 1987, responds Lo the leadership development needs of both for-profit
and not-for-profit organizations. While different in structure and purpose, most organizations seek leaders with the
following qualities: a vision that is ethically and morally responsible, extending beyond immediate concerns; an
understanding of how change occurs and affects the immediate environment; a sensitivity to the complex problems
organizations face and an ability to achieve solutions consistent with an organization's mission; the ability to
motivate and inspire individuals and groups to work toward a common goal; and the ability to effectively represent
the organization both internally and externally. The MAL program provides a means by which individuals may
discover and refine these and other abilities fundamental to effective leadership.
Leadership studies is a growing field in American higher education, and the MAL program has significantly
developed and modified its curriculum in response to new trends in the field . The program has a deep theoretical
base in leadership studies yet attempts also to offer its students practical approaches to leadership that can be
applied in the workplace and society.
ACCOMMODATING THE FULL-TIME WORK SCHEDULE
Designed to meet the needs and preferences of working adults, the MAL program is based on the assumption that
the students who enroll are career-oriented, self-disciplined, and well-motivated individuals seeking a balance of
classroom experience, group interaction, and individual study. Most courses are organized as seminars with the
opportunity for discussion and dialogue. During the academic year, classes meet on alternate Saturdays for four
hours. A few courses are taught by the immersion model, which has fewer sessions but longer meeting times. Most
courses incorporate some online work into their agenda. MAL students may take up to seven courses during the
calendar year; with that schedule it is possible to complete the degree within two years.
COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS
Essential to the goals of the MAL program is participation in a community of learners gathered on the Augsburg
campus. This community is enriched by the students, who have a variety of work and life experiences. To facilitate
community interaction, students are encouraged to make use of the Augsburg library, computer labs, and
Christensen Center. The Center for Leadership Studies also offers special colloquia and seminars each year to
supplement and complement the course work of the master's program.
A SAMPLE CLASS SCHEDULE IN THE MAL PROGRAM
PERIOD I
Saturday
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
PERIOD II
Saturday
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Note: Each class taken commits a student to either Period I or Period II, an average of two meetings a month. A
Jew courses are taught on an immersion model which features fewer but longer sessions.
Augsburg College has two summer sessions. The MAL program usually offers at least two classes during the
summer; the courses are five weeks in duration, meeting normally two nights a week, except for special immersion
courses.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MODEL-AUGSBURG COLLEGE
The MAL program promotes leadership as a process that
1) inspires cooperation among people who must compete for limited resources , 2) promotes productivity within and
beyond the organization, and 3) works toward progress for the individual and the organization. To accomplish this ,
individuals aspiring to positions of leadership must possess three key attributes: a sense of vision, the ability to
persuade, and the ability to direct action. Underlying these attributes are abilities and awareness, outlined in the
Leadership Development Model, that serve as specific outcomes for the MAL program. Augsburg's model of
leadership development is designed to assess, promote, enhance, and refine these capabilities within the individual.
Leadership
Orientation
Toward Action
Sense of Vision
Ethical
• Social awareness
• Environmental awareness
• Tolerance of religious and
philosophical differences
• Appreciation of situational
complexity
Creative
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Long-term perspective
Flexibility
Adaptability
Innovativeness
Facility for
Persuasion
Communicative
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Risk Assumptive
• Curiosity
• Achievement motivation
• Self-esteem
Effective listener
Effective speaker
Effective writer
Diplomatic ability
Effective team member
Interpersonal sensitivity
Culturally Aware
• Appreciation for
cultural differences
• World-view perspective
• Tolerance of individual
differences
Decisive
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Self-confidence
Analytical ability
Ability to think critically
Understanding of research
Ability to manage conflict
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Augsburg uses a course system rather than a credit system in its curriculum. An Augsburg course is equivalent to
four semester credits or six quarter credits. Each course normally includes two or more liberal arts disciplines,
encourages pursuit of the designated outcomes, and uses a variety of learning techniques appropriate to adult
learners. Instructional techniques include case studies, debate, written and oral presentations, and group activity.
These techniques develop targeted leadership abilities and understanding. Students are encouraged to see abilities and
understandings as cross-disciplinary and to view content areas as integrated. The program reflects the view that the
world in which we operate is complex and that dealing with it successfully requires well-developed integrative
abilities.
FINAL PROJECT OPTIONS
There are three ways to complete the MAL degree. In the Thesis/Leadership Application Project (Thesis/LAP) Option
(Plan A), students complete a thesis or a major leadership application project and 10.5 credits. In the Non-Thesis
Option (Plan B), students must complete 11 credits, two papers, but no thesis. For the third option, the
Comprehensive Exam Seminar (Plan C), students complete 11 credits, including the comprehensive exam seminar.
PLAN A: THESIS/LAP OPTION
Students who select the Thesis/LAP Option are required to develop and carry out an in-depth study of some aspect of
leadership or of a leadership-related topic. This research-based study gives the student the opportunity to "tie
together" what has been learned from the study of leadership and course-related activities.
The principal distinction between the thesis and the leadership application project lies in their underlying
orientation. A thesis has a more theoretical orientation, while a leadership application project is based on practical
application. Both require similar rigor and preparation. For either alternative, the student must register for ML 592
and 593 .
For more information regarding the Thesis/LAP Option, refer to the Thesis/LAP and Non-Thesis Project Guidelines
booklet. Students who do not complete their thesis or leadership application project within two years are required to
pay a continuation fee each trimester.
PLAN B: NON-THESIS OPTION
One alternative to the thesis is the successful completion of two major papers. The first of these papers will be written
in conjunction with ML 580. The second paper will be written while enrolled in ML 597 Non-Thesis Independent
Project. The independent research projects approved each year will be presented in an annual colloquium.
For more information regarding the Non-Thesis Option, refer to the Thesis/LAP Project&: Non-Thesis Project
Guidelines booklet. Students who do not complete their independent project within a year of registering for ML 597 are
required to pay a continuation fee each trimester.
PLAN C: COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SEMINAR
The third completion option involves one paper written in conjunction with ML 580 (as in Plan B) and a
Comprehensive Exam Seminar (ML 589). This course must be taken as the last course in the program or in
conjunction with another course during the last term. This course is taken on a pass/fail basis, and when the course
and the oral, written, and take-home examinations are successfully completed, the program requirements will be
satisfied.
CORE COURSES FOR THESIS/LAP OPTION (PLAN A):
(3.5 course credits)
The following core courses are required for all Thesis/LAP
students in the MAL program:
ML 510
Visions of Leadership
ML 514
Research Methods
ML 592
Thesis/LAP Consultation I
ML 593
Thesis/LAP Consultation II (0.5 course)
CORE COURSES FOR NON-THESIS OPTION (PLAN B):
(4.0 course credits)
ML 510
Visions of Leadership
ML 514
Research Methods
ML 580
Contemporary Theories of Leadership
ML 597
Non-Thesis Independent Project
CORE COURSES FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
SEMINAR OPTION (PLAN C):
(4.0 course credits)
ML 510 Visions of Leadership
ML 514
Research Methods
ML 580
Contemporary Theories of Leadership
ML 589
Comprehensive Exam Seminar
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ELECTIVE COURSES FOR ALL OPTIONS: (at least 7.0 course credits)
The MAL program requires that seven elective courses be selected from the following course list:
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ML 511
Creativity and the Problem-Solving Process
ML 520
Self-Identity, Values, and Personal Growth
ML 521
Methods of Critical Thought
ML 525
Personality and Systems Theory: Perspectives on Leadership
ML 527
Spirituality and Leadership in the Workplace
ML 530
Ethics in Communication
ML 531
The Dynamics of Change
ML 535
Organizational Theory and Leadership
ML 539
Communicating a Self in the Modern Organization
ML 540
Political Leadership: Theory and Practice
ML 545
Decision Making and Leadership
ML 548
Coaching and Consulting
ML 550
Communication, Decision Making, and Technology
ML 557
Language of Leadership
ML 560
Developing a Multicultural Perspective
ML 565
Women and Leadership
ML 568
The Global Business Environment
ML 580
Colloquium on Contemporary Theories of
Leadership
ML 598
Independent Study (special permission required)
ML 599
Topics: special courses offered only once or twice
ML 500
Leadership Practicum
The MAL program sponsors professional development workshops
and seminars. These workshops are offered to students and
alumni who desire more applied case studies or wish to address
topics not included in the courses. (Offered occasionally)
ML 510
Visions of Leadership: A Historical and Literary Journey
(1.0 course)
Introduction to selected concepts of leadership, providing a
historical and philosophical framework for the program. This
course views the nature and purpose of leadership from a variety
of disciplines and perspectives.
ML 511
Creativity and the Problem-Solving Process (1.0 course)
Exploration of creativity from the perspective of traditional
aesthetics as well as contemporary organizational thinking. This
course uses creativity as a method , and it examines techniques for
solving problems in organizations, for enhancing innovation, and for seeking an integrative world view.
ML 514
Research Methods (1.0 course)
Evaluation and documentation of programs, projects and ideas as they relate to leadership theories and practice.
Qualitative and quantitative tools will be discussed.
ML 520
Self-Identity, Values, and Personal Growth (1.0 course)
Study of the concepts of self-identity, value formation, and personal growth as they relate to professional life; factors
that influence the development of self-identity and personal values; and the effect of personal values on learning and
leadership strategies.
ML 521
Methods of Critical Thought (1.0 course)
Investigation of the processes of critical thinking, drawing from philosophy as well as natural and social science. The
course will survey a variety of contemporary approaches to critical thinking, including the use of logic and analytical
reasoning, the relationship of evidence to the confirmation of theories and the value of appeals to scholarly studies. A
special focus of the course will be an assessment of the ways in which natural and social sciences can (and cannot)
assist leaders in addressing problems and seeking solutions. (not offered currently)
ML 525
Personality and Systems Theory: Perspectives on Leadership (1.0 course)
Study of leadership in the dual context of personality theory and systems theory. Contributions of Jung, Fromm,
Maslow, May, and others to personality theory are considered as are the systems theories of von Bertalanffy and Bateson.
The theories are applied to the concrete realities of leadership in a variety of settings.
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ML 527 Spirituality and Leadership in the Workplace (1.0 course)
The wide-ranging spirituality movement in the workplace is a notable feature of contemporary life. This course
explores the dimensions of this trend and its implications for leadership through a variety of sources and perspectives.
ML 530
Ethics in Communication (1.0 course)
Interdisciplinary study of ethics and communication through the investigation of a variety of ethical perspectives within
human communication. This course places particular attention on the use and abuse of communication in politics,
advertising, and interpersonal relationships. It emphasizes sensitivity to ethical conflicts that arise in social and
organizational settings.
ML 531
The Dynamics of Change (1.0 course)
This course offers an exploration of the context of social change and varying responses to diverse human needs. Ways
of achieving well-being may be viewed differently by leaders in public and private domains and across cultures. The
course explores these various perspectives, including areas of conflict and opportunities for leadership in social and
organizational change. Sociological, human development, and economic theories are applied to contemporary public
and private sector issues for social change.
ML 535
Organizational Theory and Leadership (1.0 course)
In-depth exploration of organizational theory plus related concepts, issues, and concerns. The course is designed to
enable the student to acquire knowledge and develop skills in order to function as a responsible, ethical participant
within various types of organizational structures and cultures.
ML 539
Communicating a Self in the Modern Organization (1.0 course)
Understanding through reading, reflecting, and dialogue of the
functions of communication in organizational settings with particular
emphasis on the self-defining aspects of the social contract between the
individual and the organization in a changing world. Supplementary
reading packet, open dialogue, and individual projects.
ML 540
Political Leadership: Theory and Practice
(1.0 course)
Analysis of leadership perspectives in selected political systems and
other organizations. Special focus on significant leadership theories
and leaders, past and present. Most theories studied are
interdisciplinary and relevant to business and non-profit organizations
as well as to politics.
ML 545
Decision Making and Leadership (1.0 course)
Review of the decision-making process-the setting, goals, and
contingencies-as it affects leaders and leadership. Analysis of
arguments and explanations; analysis of basic statistical concepts and
their relationship to decision making. Assessment of major social
decisions, past and present-their intentions, consequences,
arguments, explanations, and justification.
ML 548
Coaching and Consulting (1.0 course)
The purpose of this course is to develop influence skills through the
exploration and application of consulting and coaching practices. To fulfill that purpose participants will read the work
of master consultants and coaches, develop a toolkit, practice consulting as both a consultant and a client, and reflect
on these experiences to develop their own purpose, principles, and practices for influencing others.
ML 550
Communication, Decision Making, and Technology (1.0 course)
Analysis of the role various forms of digitally-mediated communication play in our society and how communication,
decision making, and leadership have been altered by these technologies. Students examine how they can engage and
manage these processes in their organizations.
ML 557
Language of Leadership (1.0 course)
Students analyze language from a variety of rhetorical and sociolinguistic perspectives and learn to make judgments
about rhetorical and stylistic strategies. Topics include the use of language as an organizing principle for social
interaction; speech act theory; strategies for giving effective directives; the creation and manipulation of style; the
development of persuasive appeals; the protection of "face;" and strategies for maintaining personal relationships across
hierarchical levels in organizations.
ML 560
Developing a Multicultural Perspective (1.0 course)
This course focuses on the ability to function and lead in
culturally diverse contexts within the U.S. Goals include
improved communication skills and interpersonal sensitivity,
appreciation for the complexity of the racial and ethnic
groupings, and awareness of key issues facing those groups.
ML 565
Women and Leadership (1.0 course)
A seminar exploring the theory and practice of women and
leadership: entrepreneurial, political, and social. An
interdisciplinary approach to issues of women and
leadership. Topics include analysis of alternative approaches
to leadership, women and careers, and women in society past
and present. The course is intended to enhance the analytical
and leadership skills of the participants.
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ML 568
The Global Business Environment (1.0 course)
Knowledge of the global business environment in the context of leadership studies is essential for modern, successful
leaders and other professionals. The course complements other offerings in the international cultural understanding of
leadership.
ML 580
Colloquium on Contemporary Theories of Leadership (1.0 course)
Selected contemporary theories of leadership presented by instructors who participate in the seminar. Emphasis on
critical thinking, discussion, written analysis. Prerequisite: One-year coursework in MAL program and ML 510.
ML 589
Comprehensive Exam Seminar (1.0 course)
This course is a completion option for the Master of Arts in Leadership. Students prepare for the examination seriesoral, written, and take-home-through discussion, readings, and critical analysis in the seminar. It must be the final
course taken in the program.
ML 592
Thesis/LAP Consultation I (1.0 course)
Independent research project supervised by an academic adviser.
ML 593
Thesis/LAP Consultation II (0.5 course)
Completion of the thesis/LAP under the guidance of an academic adviser.
ML 597
Non-Thesis Independent Project* (1.0 course)
Major written project in an area of the student's choice, to be completed in consultation with an adviser and a reader.
The research is presented in a colloquium in partial fulfillment of requirements for the non-thesis option.
ML 598
Independent Study* (1.0 course)
Provides directed independent study in an area of the
student's choice. Open to students who have completed at
least three courses with a grade of at least 3.0. Students
must complete a Proposal for Independent Study and
have it signed by the supervising professor. Proposals
must be approved by the MAL program director prior to
registration for the course.
ML 599
Special Topics (1.0 course)
Study of selected topics in leadership that are not treated
extensively through current course offerings. Specific
topics will be published prior to registration.
*A student may count only one of the following for credit
toward the MAL degree: ML 597 or ML 598, except with
permission of the MAL program director.
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Applicants to the program must hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited four-year college or university and must
have a minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 (on a scale of A= 4.0) and a minimum
cumulative grade point average of 3.0 for graduate courses completed at an accredited college or university Applicants
holding a master's or other advanced degrees from accredited colleges or universities are admissible. Should an
applicant not meet the minimum admission requirements, a conditional admission may be possible as decided on a
case-by-case basis. Applicants to the program must have three years of experience (or equivalent) with one or more
organizations in a position of leadership or position demonstrating leadership potential.
Decisions about admission to the program will be made on an individual basis by the MAL Admissions Committee.
Admission to each entering graduate class will be given to the most highly qualified individuals. Admissions are
handled on a "rolling" basis, with students admitted at the beginning of the fall, winter, and spring terms. Selection of
candidates will be made on the basis of an evaluation of each applicant's:
• Previous college record
• Letters of recommendation
• Experience and organizational background
• Written statement
• Interview, if requested
To apply, the following materials must be submitted to the Graduate Admissions Office:
• Completed application form
• $35.00 non-refundable application fee
• A 1-3 page statement relating the applicant's career and life goals to leadership aspirations
• Recommendation letter and checklist from an immediate supervisor, assessing leadership potential
• Recommendation letter and checklist from a work colleague (at the same level) describing the applicant's work style
and leadership potential
• Official transcripts from all undergraduate institutions attended, listing all courses taken and any degree(s) conferred
• Official transcripts from all graduate institutions attended, listing courses taken and degree(s) conferred, if any
Applicants may be asked to participate in an interview with graduate program faculty and/or staff members.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT
Graduate Admissions Office, 612-330-1101, 1-800-458-1721, <gradinfo@augsburg.edu>, or <www.augsburg.edu>.
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The Augsburg College MAL Program Office encourages qualified applicants from other countries. The term
"international student" as used here refers exclusively to those students seeking to study at Augsburg in F-1
nonimmigrant status. Questions pertaining to program eligibility for other immigration categories will be directed to
the appropriate college personnel for a response.
International applicants should keep in mind that classes meet on alternate Saturdays and that students may take only
two classes per trimester plus one in the summer for a yearly total of seven classes. With this schedule, students can
complete the required course work in less than two years.
See Admission Requirements for a description of the admission process and selection criteria. Application materials
required for international students are:
• Completed application form
• $35.00 application fee (non-refundable) payable in U.S. dollars
• A 1-3 page statement relating the applicant's career and life goals to leadership aspirations
• Completed Certification of Finances and supporting documentation which reliably demonstrate that the student has
financial resources adequate to meet expenses while studying at Augsburg
• Letter of recommendation in English from an immediate supervisor assessing leadership potential
• Letter of recommendation in English from a work colleague (at the same level) describing the applicant's work style
and potential as a leader
• Official mark-sheets with certified translations from all undergraduate and graduate institutions attended listing all
courses taken, marks earned, dates attended, and degree(s) or diploma(s) conferred, if any
• Official results on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 600 (paper) or 250
(computer). TOEFL iBT (Internet-based test) minimum scores were not yet available at the time of this catalog's
publication. Please contact the MAL admissions counselor for updated information.
Participants may be asked to participate in a phone or
in-person interview with graduate faculty or staff.
Note: All F-1 international students and their
dependents are required to have adequate health
insurance coverage for the duration of their program.
Students will be enrolled in the College-recommended
plan unless they fill out a waiver verifying proof of
coverage through an alternative provider for the same
period.
EVALUATION STANDARDS
Evaluation of academic performance in the MAL program will be
based on number grades using a 4.0 point scale and as defined below.
Courses not offered on the numbered grading system are noted in
the course descriptions in this catalog as being graded on PIN basis.
In order to receive a grade of P, a student must achieve at least a
grade of 2.0. No more than two courses with a grade below 3.0 will
count toward the degree. No more than two courses with a grade of
or below 2.5 can be repeated. Only the credits and grades earned the
second time are counted in the grade point average.
4.0
Achieves highest standards of excellence
3.5
3.0
Achieves above basic course standards
2.5
2.0
Achieves the minimum passing standard
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
Unacceptable performance (no credit for the course)
P
Achieves at or above the 2.0 level (not computed in grade point average)
N
Does not meet minimum course standards (no credit and not computed in grade point average)
W
Grade given when a student withdraws from a course after the deadline without notation on the record
Performance below basic course standards
Incomplete grade given when student is unable to complete course requirements for reasons beyond the
student's control. (To receive an incomplete, a student must file a petition with the Office of the Registrar
stating reasons for the request and the plan and date for removing the incomplete grade. The signature of the
instructor and any other necessary
documentation must be included.)
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Because leadership issues are presented, discussed,
and analyzed in the classroom, regular attendance is
highly important and should be considered a
responsibility, not only to one's self, but to one's
classmates and course instructor.
ACADEMIC PROBATION AND
DISMISSAL POLICIES
Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point
average. If a student falls below a 3.0 average, the
student will be placed on probation for the following
term. A 3.0 cumulative grade point average must be
restored in order for a student to be removed from
probation. If a student receives a grade of N or 0.0 in a
course, the student must petition successfully with the
MAL Advisory Committee before being allowed to
continue in the program. A plan for the student to
follow would be outlined at that time. If a second
grade of N or 0.0 is received, the student may be
dismissed from the program by the MAL Advisory
Committee. Students may also be dismissed by the
MAL Advisory Committee for behavior detrimental to
the program, such as a gross violation of College policy
(as published in the Student Guide). Dismissal would
occur only after established procedures were followed.
CREDIT FOR PRIOR EDUCATION
Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the courses in the
MAL program, it is unlikely that courses taken
elsewhere may be substituted for a particular course in
the curriculum. Students may petition the MAL program
director for approval of any variation in the curriculum
including the transfer of credit. Transfer credits will be
evaluated on an individual basis. Approved transfer
courses will appear on the student's Augsburg transcript
but will not be counted in the cumulative grade point
average. Semester and quarter credits will be
appropriately converted to Augsburg course credits.
The only courses that will be considered for transfer
credit are those earned from accredited colleges and
universities, whose course content is comparable to
those in the MAL program. No more than two courses
will be accepted for transfer credit.
CREDIT AND CONTACT HOURS
Augsburg operates on a course credit system rather
than semester or quarter hours. Each full-credit
graduate course in the MAL program is the equivalent
of four semester credits or six quarter credits. Students
meet a total of 28 hours per course and are responsible
for a significant amount of individual study and
preparation.
MAL PROGRAM ENROLLMENT POLICY
Students may take either one or two courses per
trimester. Enrolling in two courses per trimester
enables a student to complete the coursework in the
program within two years. All students are required to
complete all components of the program within five
years. Extensions beyond five years will be considered
on the basis of petition to the MAL Advisory
Committee. Students who leave the program for more
than one trimester must request a leave of absence in
writing from the MAL program. A leave of absence may
be granted for one calendar year. Students who return
to the program after a leave of one year or more must
fill out an Application for Readmission form and turn
it into the Office of the Registrar. Time spent on an
official MAL-approved leave of absence will not count
toward the five-year deadline for degree completion.
LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM CLASS
MAL follows the Weekend College schedule for the last
date each term on which students may withdraw from
a class and receive a "W" on their records. Please refer
to <www.augsburg.edu/enroll/calendars/weekend!> for
up-to-date information.
STUDENT RIGHTS
The College has adopted a statement of student rights
and responsibilities and has provided for due process
in the matter of disciplinary action , grievances, and
grade appeal, as outlined in the Augsburg College
Catalog and the Student Guide. Students have a right to experience
education without discrimination.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974, as
amended, provides certain rights to students regarding their education
records . Augsburg's policy is published in the Augsburg College Catalog
and in the Student Guide.
Augsburg College understands that no information other than
"directory information" can be released without the written
permission of the student. Students must give permission in writing
for educational information to be released to anyone outside of the
official personnel (faculty and administration) at Augsburg. This
means that faculty or others cannot write letters of
support/recommendation or nominate students for awards unless
explicit written permission is given by the student to release non"directory information." It is not sufficient to ask for letters of
recommendation.
ACCREDITATION AND AFFILIATIONS
Students who successfully complete Augsburg's leadership program will receive a Master of Arts degree. Augsburg is
accredited by The Higher Leaming Commission, North Central Association* and is a member of the Associated Colleges of
the Twin Cities (ACTC), Lutheran Education Council in North America, and the Minnesota Private College Council.
Augsburg College is registered with the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office. Registration is not an endorsement of
the institution. Registration does not mean that credits earned at the institution can be transfened to other institutions or
that the quality of the educational programs would meet the standards of every student, educational institution, or
employer.
*The Higher Learning Commission, North Central Association, <www.ncahigherlearningcommi.ssion.org>.
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A schedule of fees is published separately in the MAL
Catalog Supplement. Tuition is determined annually.
ML 593 is a half-credit course for which half of the
current full credit tuition is charged.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
Various payment plans are available:
1) Payment in Full:
Payment is due after registration and before the
beginning of the trimester. No finance or
administrative fee is charged for payments made
during this period. The late payment fee is $25. A
finance charge of 8% APR will apply toward any
unpaid balance after the start of the term.
2) Payment Plan:
A three-payment plan is available each trimester
upon application and after College approval.
Payment plans will be approved only if previous
plans have been satisfactorily completed. Payments
for each trimester are due in three equal
installments. There is an administrative fee of $50
per trimester. There is no finance charge if
payment is made in full by end of the payment
plan. The late payment fee is $25. A finance charge
of 8% APR will apply if not paid in full by the end
of the payment plan period.
3)
Company Reimbursement:
Full courses, or equivalent, that are company
reimbursed require a deposit of $100 per course
reimbursed, with full payment due within 50 days
after the end of the term. An application for the
Employer Reimbursement Payment Plan must be
filed once each academic year. The student is
responsible for payment if the employer does not
pay for any reason. A finance charge of 8% APR
will accrue on the deferred balance once the term
has begun.
Registration is permitted only if the student's
account for a previous term is paid in full as
agreed. Augsburg College will not release diplomas
1r academic transcripts until a student's account is
,>aid in full. This also applies to student loans
administered by the College (e.g., Perkins Student
; Jan). They must be current according to
established repayment schedules.
REFUND SCHEDULE
Students who withdraw from Augsburg College may be
eligible for a refund of a portion of their charges based
on the appropriate refund schedule (except for the
minimum charge of $100 to cover administrative
costs). Financial aid may also be adjusted for those
students who withdraw from the College or drop one
or more courses and receive financial assistance.
[NOTE: Tuition refunds and financial aid
adjustments are not necessarily made on a one-to-one
basis. For example, you could receive a 60% tuition
refund but have 80% of your financial aid returned.
Be sure you understand the financial consequences of
making adjustments to your registration.]
Students are responsible for canceling courses through
the Enrollment Center in order to be eligible for any
refund. Students who unofficially withdraw (stop
attending) but do not complete the drop/add form are
responsible for all charges. Financial aid may be
adjusted based on the student's last recorded date of
attendance. Refund calculations are based on the date
that the drop/add form is processed.
The refund schedule is effective whether or not a
student has attended classes. All refunds of charges will
be applied to the student account and all adjustments
for aid, loans, fines, deposits, etc. will be made before
eligibility for a cash refund of any resulting credit
balance is determined. Please allow two weeks for a
refund.
The refund is a percentage of the full tuition charged,
not a percentage of any deposit paid toward tuition,
e.g. deposits made under the employer reimbursement
payment plan.
For information about refunds and the refund
schedule, visit <www.augsburg.edu/enrolb.
Financial assistance is available to degree-seeking
students enrolled in the MAL program. Non-degreeseeking students are not eligible for any type of
financial aid through Augsburg College. Two full-credit
courses per trimester are considered full time. One
course is considered half-time enrollment. The
Enrollment Center (612-330-1046, or 1-800-458-1721,
or <www.augsburg.edu/enrolb) assists students in
assessing financial aid eligibility and offers financial aid
from available alternatives, including the following:
SPONSORED SCHOLARSHIPS
Augsburg actively pursues non-Augsburg funding for
special scholarships. The availability of such
scholarships may enable the participation of
individuals of limited financial means as well as
individuals working for volunteer agencies and other
organizations not likely to provide tuition
reimbursement
COMPANY TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Many companies, agencies, and corporations offer full
or partial tuition assistance to employees who
participate in work-related or degree-related college
programs. Augsburg College offers a payment plan by
which employees may handle tuition reimbursement.
Students should contact the Enrollment Center to
make payment arrangements using the company
reimbursement payment plan.
TRIBAL AND STATE INDIAN SCHOLARSHIPS
American Indian students who meet federal, state, or
tribal requirements may apply for these scholarships.
Indian grants generally supplement other sources of
financial aid. For assistance in application, contact
Augsburg's American Indian Student Services Program
director at 612-330-1144 or your tribal agency.
STAFFORD LOAN PROGRAM
Common Loan Provisions
Borrowing Limits: Graduate students may borrow up
to $18,500 per year with an aggregate of $138,500
(undergraduate and graduate).
A student may borrow from either the unsubsidized or
subsidized programs or a combination of both but
cannot exceed the annual loan limits.
Interest Rates: The annually variable interest rate is
determined by the 91-day T-Bills +2.3%, capped at
8.25% and changes each July l. For example, the
interest rate from July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003 is
4.06% for repayment.
Repayment Terms: Repayment begins six months after
you cease to be enrolled at least half time in an eligible
program leading to a degree or certificate. Repayment
may extend up to 10 years.
Deferments: In most cases, deferments are granted for
continued education, disability, and unemployment.
Contact your lender if you think you are eligible for a
deferment.
FEDERAL AND STATE AID PROGRAMS
The Enrollment Center uses standard, nationally
accepted methodology to determine eligibility for
federal and state financial aid programs.
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TO APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AID
FEDERAL PERKINS LOAN PROGRAM
A joint Augsburg College-federally funded program
administered through the College for students who
demonstrate financial eligibility. No checks are issued,
but the student is required to sign a promissory note at
least once per term. Funds are put on the student
account after the note is signed.
Borrowing Limits: You may borrow up to $6,000 per
year as a graduate student with a $40,000 maximum.
Interest and Repayment: Simple interest of 5% and
repayment of principal begin nine months after you
graduate or leave school. Partial or total loan
cancellation privileges exist for certain types of
teaching, disability, and, in certain circumstances,
military service.
Deferments: No interest accrues nor do payments need
to be made at any time you are enrolled at least half
time or for serving three years in the military, Peace
Corps, or VISTA. Contact the Enrollment Center if you
think you are eligible for a deferment.
SUPPLEMENTAL LOANS:
If additional financing is needed, the Enrollment Center
can offer guidance in selecting the appropriate loan.
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Financial aid application materials are available at
<www.augsburg.edu/enrolb. Applicants must be
admitted to Augsburg as regular students or be
returning students in good academic standing.
The financial aid application will be processed when
the following documents are received:
1)
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA) or the renewal FAFSA. Apply online at
<www.fafsa.ed.gov>.
2)
Verification Form.
3)
Federal income tax return(s).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT
Enrollment Center, 612-330-1046, 1-800-458-1721,
<enroll@augsburg.edu>, or <www.augsburg.edu/enrolb.
ABOUT AUGSBURG
Augsburg College is a diverse, faith-based learning community in the heart
of the city that transforms individual interests, gifts, and talents into
opportunities to work, lead, and serve in the world.
Through a rigorous blending of classroom learning, one-on-one mentoring,
and real-world experience, Augsburg's liberal arts and sciences curricula
challenge students from diverse religious, cultural, ethnic, and experiential
backgrounds through research, study, and service opportunities.
Affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) ,
Augsburg serves the wide-ranging needs of more than 3,000 students in
day, weekend, and graduate programs.
HISTORY
Augsburg College was founded in 1869 in Marshall, Wis. , by Norwegian
immigrants as a training school for Lutheran ministers and was named for
the Augsburg Confession from 1530. Augsburg relocated to Minneapolis in
1872.
CAMPUS LOCATION
Augsburg's campus is located in the heart of the Twin Cities, surrounding
Murphy Square, the oldest park in the "City of Lakes." The University of
Minnesota-West Bank campus and one of the city's largest medical
complexes-Fairview-University Medical Center-are adjacent to
Augsburg, with vast cultural, recreational, and corporate resources within a
short distance from campus.
ACCESSIBILITY
Augsburg College has made a major effort to become one of the most
accessible campuses in the region. Skyways, tunnels, and elevators provide
accessible connections among major buildings-student housing towers ,
the Christensen Center, main academic and administrative halls, the
library, and the music building. In addition, there are programs for
students with learning, psychiatric, and physical disabilities.
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY
Augsburg College, as affirmed in its mission, does not discriminate on the
basis of race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, gender,
sexual orientation, marital status, status with regard to public assistance,
or disability in its education policies, admissions policies, scholarship and
loan programs, athletic and/or school-administered programs, except in
those instances where religion is a bona fide occupational qualification.
Augsburg College is committed to providing reasonable accommodations
to its employees and students.
Any questions concerning Augsburg's compliance with federal or state
regulations implementing equal access and opportunity can be directed to
the Office of Human Resources, CB 79, Augsburg College, 2211 Riverside
Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454, or 612-330-1058.
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LEADERSHIP STUDIES FACULTY
The professors who teach in the MAL program are predominantly full-time senior faculty with doctorates or
appropriate professional degrees. Some courses are team taught by faculty from different disciplines or occasionally by
combining a faculty member with professionals from relevant fields . The program's faculty members have extensive
experience teaching adult learners.
ANDREW AOKI, Associate Professor of Political
Science B.A., University of Oregon; M.A., Ph.D.,
University of Wisconsin.
ROSEMARY LINK, Professor of Social Work B.A.,
University of Southampton, Post graduate diploma &
C.Q.S.W, University of London; Ph.D., University of
Minnesota.
ALEXANDRE ARDICHVILI, lnstuctor M.B.A. and
Ph.D., University of Minnesota; Ph.D., Moscow State
University: Associate Professor of Organization Leaming
and Development at the University of St. Thomas.
THOMAS MORGAN, Professor of Business
Administration and Vice President for Planning and
Market Development B.S. , Juniata College; M.B.A.,
JOHN BENSON, Professor Emeritus of Religion B.A.,
University of Denver; M.S., University of Oregon; Ph.D.,
University of Minnesota.
Augsburg College; B.D. , Luther Theological Seminary;
M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University:
LARRY CROCKETT, Professor of Computer Science
NORMA NOONAN, Professor of Political Science
and Director of the Center for Leadership Studies
and the MAL Program B.A., University of Pennsylvania;
B.A., M.A., Pacific Lutheran University; M.Div., Luther
Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Minnesota;
Priest, Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota.
M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University:
CASS DALGLISH, Associate Professor of English B.A.,
Economics, Warsaw; Ph.D., Academy of Economics,
Krakow, Poland.
College of St. Catherine; M.EA. , Vermont College; Ph.D.,
The Union Institute.
MAGDALENA PALECZNY-ZAPP, Associate Professor
of Business Administration B.A. , M.S., Academy of
CATHERINE PAULSEN, Instructor B.A., St. Olaf
JOSEPH A. ERICKSON, Professor of Education B.A.,
M.A., College of St. Thomas; M.A., Luther Northwestern
Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
ROBERT C. GROVEN, Associate Professor of
Communication Studies, Director of Forensics, and
Director of the Honors Program B.A., Concordia
College-Moorhead; M.A., ].D., University of Minnesota.
College; M.A., Lone Mountain College.
CURTIS PAULSEN, Associate Professor of Social
Work B.A. , St. Olaf College; M.S.W , University of
Minnesota; Ph.D., Fielding Institute.
DIANE PIKE, Professor of Sociology and Director of
the Center for Teaching and Learning A.B.,
Connecticut College; Ph.D., Yale University:
DANIEL S. HANSON, Assistant Professor of
Communication Studies B.A. , Augsburg College; M.A. ,
University of Minnesota.
GARRY HESSER, Professor of Sociology and Director
of Metro-Urban Studies B.A., Phillips University;
M.Div., Union Theological Seminary; M.A., Ph.D.,
University of Notre Dame.
JOHN S. SCHMIT, Associate Professor of English and
Associate Dean for Adult Programs B.S. , St. John's
University; M.A., University of New Orleans; Ph.D., The
University of Texas-Austin.
KATHRYN SWANSON, Professor and Chair,
Department of English B.A., St. Olaf College; M.A.,
Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
DAVID LAPAKKO, Associate Professor of
Communication Studies B. A., Macalester College,
M.A. , and Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
VELMA J. LASHBROOK, Instructor B.S., Iowa State
University; M.S. , Illinois State University; Ed.D., West
Virginia University: President, Strategy Implementation
Associates.
JOSEPH VOLKER, Instructor B.A., University of
California-Irvine; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
Vice President and Practice Area Leader, MDA
Leadership Consulting Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcon1e . . ... ... ... ........ . . ... . ... ...... ... . . . .. ....... . . 1
Transcultural Nursing in Community .... . . ...... ... . .. . . . ... . .. .2
Transformational Leadership and Management ..... . .... .......... .3
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcon1e . . ... ... ... ........ . . ... . ... ...... ... . . . .. ....... . . 1
Transcultural Nursing in Community .... . . ...... ... . .. . . . ... . .. .2
Transformational Leadership and Management ..... . .... .......... .3
Thesis or Graduate Project ................ . . ......•.. . . ... . .. . .4
Practica .................... . .......... .............. . ...... 5
Study Abroad Opportunities ............... .. ... ... . .... . ...... 5
Course Descriptions ............. . ...... .. .. .... .... .. ........ 6
Admissions Requirements and Procedures .... .. .. .. . ............ 10
International Applicants .................... . . . ..... ... . ..... . 11
Academic Policies ....................... .. .................. 12
Fee and Payment Information ... .... ...... ... . ... . ... ... .... .. 15
Financial Aid .......................... . . . . ....... ......... 17
About Augsburg . ... .................... .. . .......... . .. .. . . 19
MA Nursing Faculty .... . ..... . ........... . .. ..•.......... ... 20
Campus Maps ......................... ....... . ... . .. back cover
WELCOME TO THE AUGSBURG COLLEGE
NURSING DEPARTMENT
We are proud of the opportunities, the diversity of experiences and the breadth of
transcultural nursing knowledge you will encounter in the Master of Arts in Nursing
program at Augsburg College. You will find faculty and staff available and eager to
assist you in expanding your nursing practice and advancing your career while we
explore together our understanding of what it means to live and practice nursing in a
global society.
Students entering the Master of Arts in Nursing come from diverse cultural,
educational, and experiential backgrounds. While some master's degree candidates
enter directly from college, others are making mid-life career changes, and some are
returning to college after raising a family. The career options in nursing are more
variable and more rewarding than ever before.
As our population ages and becomes increasingly diverse, nurses are challenged to respond with creativity and
competence. The master's program prepares nurses for leadership across care settings, population groups, cultures,
and care systems, with particular emphasis on addressing global and local health inequities. Graduates of our
master's program are practicing in acute care, community and public health, nursing education, nursing
administration, and in emerging care settings that are responsive to the needs of culturally diverse and underserved
populations. Many of our graduates have created innovative practice and educational models that demonstrate
interdisciplinary leadership and economically feasible solutions to health inequities within communities.
Our curriculum invites persons into one of two tracks of study: Transcultural Nursing in Community or
Transformational Nursing Leadership and Management. Both tracks encourage students to apply for advanced
nursing certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the Transcultural Nursing
Society (TCNS). Students certified in Advanced Community Health Nursing are eligible to apply for Clinical Nurse
Specialist (CNS) status through the Minnesota Board of Nursing. Courses are offered at the Augsburg campuses in
Minneapolis and Rochester, Minnesota, and the program is fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate
Nursing Education (CCNE).
With its emphasis on nursing science and the liberal arts, the Master of Arts in Nursing fosters the development of
values and skills essential for transcultural nursing leadership in contemporary society. Faculty and staff at
Augsburg are receptive and committed to our students and to an educational process that equips you to transform
your unique gifts and interests into personal and professional service in the world.
Sincerely,
Cheryl Leuning, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Nursing
The Transcultural Nursing in Community track in the Master of Arts in Nursing program was designed to prepare nurses for
advanced population-focused practice in culturally diverse communities. The curriculum is grounded in nursing science, public
health principles, themy-guided practice, and transcultural care. The program of study focuses on reaching populations that are
underserved by traditional care systems and who exist outside of the social mainstream. As such, the program provides rich
alternative teaching and learning opportunities for graduate students locally and internationally This program prepares nurses to
apply for certification in Transcultural Nursing through the International Transcultural Nursing Society Also, graduates of this
track of the masters program will be eligible to apply to take the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) certification
exam in Advanced Community Health Nursing.
Students will take a total of 10 courses, plus a thesis or graduate project. Three courses form the Advanced Nursing Core,
which all Master of Arts in Nursing students must take, and five additional courses make up the Transcultural Nursing in
Community Track.
ADVANCED NURSING CORE (THREE COURSES)
NUR 505 Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Nursing
Practice
NUR 520 Research Methods in Nursing
NUR 523 Theory, Research, and Practice Seminar
TRANSCULTURAL NURSING IN COMMUNITY TRACK
(FIVE COURSES)
NUR 500 Transcultural Health Care
NUR 503 Transcultural Health, Families, and the Life
Cycle
NUR 515 Managing Nursing Effectiveness within Care
Systems OR
NUR 541 The Politics of Health Care
Two of the
NUR 510
NUR 511
NUR 530
NUR 532
following courses: *
Advanced Community Health Nursing I
Advanced Community Health Nursing II
The Power of Ritual and Ceremony for
Transformation
Transcultural Healing Practices
ELECTIVES - Students choose two of the following
graduate electives: (TWO COURSES)
ECO 520 Economics of Health Care in a Global
Community
ML 510
Visions of Leadership
Creativity and the Problem-Solving Process
ML511
ML530
Ethics in Communication
ML 531
The Dynamics of Change
ML560
Developing a Multicultural Perspective
Investigation of Multicultural Issues
NUR 506 Nursing Leadership & Management Roles I **
NUR 507 Nursing Leadership &: Management Roles II **
NUR 530 The Power of Ritual and Ceremony for
Transformation
NUR 532 Transcultural Healing Practices
THESIS OR GRADUATE PROJECT - Students are
required to complete either a thesis or a graduate
project: (ONE COURSE)
NUR 525 Graduate Field Project
NUR 535 Integrative Master's Thesis
*Students seeking certification in Advanced Community Health Nursing from the American Nurses Credentialing Center
(ANCC) must complete 500 hours of clinical practicum work and select NVR 510 and NVR 511; students seeking
certification from the International Transcultural Nursing Society may select NVR 530 and NVR 532. Clinical practicum
hours are integrated into several courses in the curriculum.
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**Augsburg College grants graduate credit for participation in the Nursing Leadership Academy (NLA) workshops
provided through hospitals and healthcare systems. The credit can be applied to the Master of Arts in Nursing degree.
The Transformational Leadership and Management track unites the liberal arts with nursing science and practice. This
track is designed to develop nurse leaders who are analytical, articulate, and constructively critical and who will be able
to cope with high-level healthcare delivery issues. Curricular emphasis is on interdisciplinary collaboration across care
settings. Participation in nursing leadership practica and classroom dialogue provides opportunities for students to apply
knowledge and gain experience partnering with diverse care providers, populations, and communities to address health
inequities in creative and relevant ways. Specialty electives build on students' competencies and goals. Courses are offered
by the Department of Nursing faculty as well as faculty teaching in the Master of Arts in Leadership and Master of
Business Administration programs.
Students will take a total of 10 courses, plus a thesis or graduate project. Three courses form the Advanced Nursing Core,
which all Master of Arts in Nursing students must take, and five additional courses make up the Transformational
Leadership and Management Track.
ADVANCED NURSING CORE (THREE COURSES)
NUR 505
NUR 520
NUR 523
Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Nursing
Practice
Research Methods in Nursing
Theory, Research, and Practice Seminar
TRANSFORMATIONAL NURSING LEADERSHIP TRACK
(FIVE COURSES) *
NUR 500
NUR 521
BUS 520
Transcultural Health Care
Transformational Nursing Leadership
Management of the Healthcare Organization
Two of the following courses:
ML
ML
ML
ML
511
527
535
565
Creativity and the Problem-Solving Process
Spirituality and Leadership in the Workplace
Organizational Theory and Leadership
Women and Leadership
ELECTIVES - Students choose two of the following
graduate electives: (TWO COURSES)
ECO 520
ML510
ML511
ML530
ML 531
ML 560
NUR 506
NUR 507
NUR 530
NUR 532
Economics of Health Care in a Global
Community
Visions of Leadership
Creativity and the Problem-Solving Process
Ethics in Communication
The Dynamics of Change
Developing a Multicultural Perspective
Investigation of Multicultural Issues
Nursing Leadership & Management Roles I **
Nursing Leadership & Management Roles II **
The Power of Ritual and Ceremony for
Transformation
Transcultural Healing Practices
THESIS OR GRADUATE PROJECT - Students are
required to complete either a thesis or a graduate
project: (ONE COURSE)
NUR 525
NUR 535
Graduate Field Project
Integrative Master's Thesis
*The Transformational Leadership and Management track provides the academic background to apply for certification in
Advanced Nursing Administration from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
**Augsburg College grants graduate credit for participation in the Nursing Leadership Academy (NLA) workshops provided
through hospitals and healthcare systems. The credit can be applied to the Master of Arts in Nursing degree.
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Students have two options for fulfilling their Master of Arts
in Nursing final project, which serves as the capstone of
the master's program: a graduate field project, or an
integrative master's thesis.
The Graduate Field Project, NUR 525, is based on a selfselected issue relevant to transcultural community health
nursing, or nursing leadership. The student will focus
primarily on the application and integration of knowledge.
Working with an adviser, the student will design and/or
implement and evaluate a model of advanced practice
nursing applied to solving a transcultural problem related
to health inequities in a selected community, or a nursing
leadership issue.
The integrative thesis option, NUR 535, expands upon
and/or extends theoretical foundations or concepts
identified in transcultural nursing, community health
nursing, and/or nursing leadership literature. The thesis
project demonstrates the student's ability to do
independent research involving the exposition of
primary and secondary literature appropriate to the
topic, the collection and analysis of empirical data, and
the articulation of implications for advanced practice
nursing.
Students register for their final project, with their
adviser's permission, near the end of the program.
Students must complete all coursework and defend the
project within one year after registration. After one year,
students must pay a continuation fee of $350 per term
in order to retain student status in the graduate
program, including library privileges, AugNet access,
and parking privileges.
Please refer to the "Graduate Field Project or Integrative
Thesis Procedures and Policies" booklet available in the Nursing Department for additional information.
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Practice experience is emphasized in both tracks in the Master of Arts in Nursing program. Students who complete the
Transcultural Nursing in Community track will have enough practice hours to be eligible to apply to take the certification
exam in Advanced Community Health Nursing through the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Practice experience
with diverse populations will also provide students with the options to apply to take the certification exam in Transcultural
Nursing. In this track students practice in nontraditional settings with persons underserved or excluded from mainstream
health care. This practice emphasizes cultural diversity and health inequities across health care settings. Students in the
Transformational Leadership and Management track will have practice experience in several courses with preceptors in
leadership positions in a variety of care settings.
A unique opportunity offered for practica at Augsburg is provided by the Augsburg Central Nursing Center. The Nursing
Center provides services for persons struggling with poverty and homelessness in the city of Minneapolis. People from
diverse backgrounds, who have health experiences grounded in wide-ranging cultural contexts, provide many opportunities
for students to explore advanced nursing roles and new models and forms of practice.
STUDY ABROAD
OPPORTUNITIES
The Nursing Department works closely with Augsburg's Center for Global Education in developing study abroad
opportunities. Currently, four study abroad opportunities exist for student practicum experience.
Annually, students may travel to Namibia in southwest
Africa to spend three weeks exploring health and health
care challenges within a rapidly developing country:
Practical experience with nurses in a variety of care settings,
meaningful dialogue with key resource persons, and critical
reflection foster personal and professional growth.
There are also week-long practica experiences on the Pine
Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota. In this
experience, students live on the reservation and participate
with public health nurses providing health services.
Students also interact with tribal leaders and experience
cultural events relevant to the Lakota people of Pine Ridge.
Week-long experiences are available in Mexico and
Guatemala on alternating years. Students explore the
relationships of indigenous and Western health care, the
connection between social justice and health, and interact
with local indigenous healers.
Students may apply these study abroad experiences to the
practicum requirements for a variety of courses, including
the thesis and graduate field project.
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NUR 500
Transcultural Health Care
NUR 510
Advanced Community Health Nursing I
This course explores meanings and expressions of health,
illness, caring, and healing transculturally. Focus is on
understanding and developing professional competence in
caring for individuals, families, groups, and communities
with diverse cultural backgrounds. Culture is examined as a
pervasive, determining "blueprint" for thought and action
throughout the human health experience. Patterns of
human interaction that foster health and quality of life are
analyzed, and health destroying patterns of interaction, e.g.,
stereotyping, discrimination, and marginalization, are
examined and submitted to moral and ethical reflection.
(36 hours of practice experience)
This course focuses on persons, families and groups living
in relationship. Emphasis is on applying the core functions
of community/public health - assessment, policy
development and assurance. Principles of epidemiology,
population demographics, and culture care are integrated
into community-focused health care delivery models.
Power structures within dominant social systems are
analyzed and critiqued with regard to resource access and
distribution among underserved populations. (72 hours of
practice experience)
NUR 503
Transcultural Health, Families, and the Life Cycle
The major curriculum concepts of individuals, health,
nursing, and society are developed further in this course as
the function of individuals living in families and in
communities is explored. Content about systems,
communication, small group, and nursing theories,
introduced earlier, is applied to family constellation. The
influence of the multigenerational family is examined in
terms of culture, belief system, roles, and healthcare
patterns, values, and goals. Specific concepts related to
values and culture are expanded and applied to the more
complex social structures of traditional and nontraditional
families as they interact in and with society.
NUR 505
Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Nursing Practice
This course focuses on nursing science and nursing theory
as foundational to advanced transcultural nursing practice.
Philosophical underpinnings of different theoretical and
research traditions in nursing are compared and related to
the provision of culturally competent care in diverse
communities. Nursing science is emphasized as a process of
theory advancement and as an accumulating body of
nursing knowledge. (36 hours of practice experience)
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NUR 511
Advanced Community Health Nursing II
Emphasis is on the application of publidcommunity health
theory and research in providing health care to populations
and communities. Essential public health services are
assessed for adequacy in meeting community health needs
and addressing health goals. The impact of diversity,
privilege, resource limits, and globalization add depth and
reality to local and global community health concerns,
patterns of health, suffering, and health care provisioning.
Prerequisite: NUR 510. (72 hours of practice experience)
NUR 515
Managing Nursing Effectiveness within Care Systems
In planning and implementing nursing activities, healthcare organizations are considered subcultures of society,
which entail particular issues of access and utilization for
marginalized people. Strategies for negotiating structures of
privilege and professional control will be explored.
Working with marginalized populations, students will
identify and support the agency or persons who are seeking
help from these systems. Nursing action will focus on
mediating subcultures of clients with the subculture of
healthcare systems. Major emphasis will be placed on
mutuality with clients in planning actions and evaluating
outcomes. (72 hours of practice experience)
NUR 520
Research Methods in Nursing
Through a combination of literature review, field
experience, and class discussion, research methods relevant
to the exploration of culture and health will be examined.
Class topics will include formulating study questions to
explore collective foundations of meaning and explanation
in health and illness, practice in data collection procedures
of field research, and issues of interpretation and analysis in
qualitative research. (pre-requisite: a college-level statistics
course)
and dialogue, which includes professional experience of
practice contexts, as well as theoretical and research
literature, students will formulate a transcultural nursing
model of care. (72 hours of practice experience)
NUR 525
Graduate Field Project
This course focuses on the application and integration of
knowledge to a student-selected issue or topic of concern
relevant to transcultural nursing, community health
nursing, and/or transformational nursing leadership.
Working with a nursing faculty adviser, students design
and/or implement and evaluate a theory-based model of
advanced practice nursing. Relevant coursework is
integrated into the project and the final written report.
Plans for disseminating the report for public and
professional use are encouraged . Students will defend the
project to their graduate committee (major faculty adviser
and two readers) and invited guests at the time of
completion.
NUR 521
Transformative Nursing Leadership
This course emphasizes transformational nursing leadership
and management in partnership with diverse groups.
Transcultural competence is lifted up as significant to the
evolving leadership and planning skills needed in emerging
care systems. Opportunities for students to engage in
designing relevant models of care delivery are woven into
clinical practica. (72 hours of practice experience)
NUR 523
Theory, Research, and Practice Seminar
Through a combination of literature review and class
discussion, conceptual models of nursing will be critiqued
for their effectiveness, their relevance, and their
substantiation. The conceptualization, investigation, and
application of nursing knowledge will be critiqued with
particular focus on the contribution to developing practice
in transcultural community health care. Through reflection
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NUR 530
The Power of Ritual and Ceremony for Transformation
In this course, the student will explore ritual and ceremony
from a transcultural perspective. Attention will be focused
on rituals and ceremonies in specific cultures and religions,
and in the modern American medical system that sustains
its own rituals. In some cultures, formal or informal
religious practices may be integral to the ritual of ceremony
and healing. In modern American culture, the perceived
division between the mind, body, and spirit has led to ritual
and ceremony being considered adjunctive to the scientific
approach to healing. Students will have an opportunity to
interact with persons who integrate ritual and ceremony
into their lives and healthcare practices. Students will also
discuss the meaning of ritual and ceremony to their own
lives and professional practice.
NUR 532
Transcultural Healing Practices
This course will introduce students to complementary
healing practices including the historical and cultural
contexts in which they developed. Students will discuss the
philosophical underpinnings of therapeutic systems and
paradigms of healing in selected complementary therapies.
Selected complementary therapies are: music therapy,
traditional Chinese medicine, mind-body healing, spiritual
and faith practices, energy healing practices, movement
therapies, homeopathy, manual therapies, and nutrition and
nutritional supplements.
NUR 535
Integrative Master's Thesis
The integrative thesis expands upon or extends the
theoretical foundations in the literature of Transcultural
Nursing in Community or Transformational Leadership and
Management. It demonstrates the student's ability to do
independent research that integrates past and current
literature appropriate to the topic, the collection and
analysis of empirical data, and the articulation of
implications for advanced nursing practice or leadership in
nursing organizations. Students will defend the project to
their selected graduate committee (comprised of the
student's faculty adviser and two readers) and invited
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guests. Plans for disseminating the report for public and
professional use are encouraged.
NUR 541
The Politics of Health Care
This course will explore how health and illness are related
to inequities in society and dynamics of power in systems
of health care. The following issues will be examined in the
course: How widening gaps in the distribution of wealth
diminish the health of all members of society; how social
inequities become medicalized as health disparities, how an
emphasis on profit in health care affects the distribution of
healing resources in the population, and what strategies the
poor and powerless employ to gain access to healthcare
resources. This course will include an optional study
abroad experience in Guatemala. (72 hours of practice
experience)
BUS 520
Management of the Healthcare Organization
This course provides an overview of the key organizational
and behavioral concepts which underlie effective
management practices in healthcare organizations. It
addresses both the theory and practice of effective
management. The course will emphasize the importance of
addressing the expectations, needs, and performances of
people in organizations, and recognizes the role of the
internal, external, and global cultures that impact
organizational structure, behavior, and change.
ECO 520
Economics of Health Care in a Global Community
At the end of the class, students will be better able to
apply economic concepts to the health systems of both the
United States and other parts of the world. The focus will
be on the public policy aspects of the healthcare system,
e.g., issues of access and cost.
leaders in public and private domains and across cultures.
The course explores these various perspectives, including
areas of conflict and opportunities for leadership in social
and organizational change. Sociological, human
development, and economic theories are applied to
contemporary public and private sector issues for social
change.
ML 510
Visions of Leadership: A Historical and Literary Journey
Introduction to selected concepts of leadership, providing
a historical and philosophical framework for the program.
This course views the nature and purpose of leadership
from a variety of disciplines and perspectives.
ML 535
Organizational Theory and Leadership
In-depth exploration of organizational theory plus related
concepts, issues, and concerns. The course is designed to
enable the student to acquire knowledge and develop
skills in order to function as a responsible, ethical
participant within various types of organizational
structures and cultures.
ML 511
Creativity and the Problem-Solving Process
Exploration of creativity from the perspective of
traditional aesthetics as well as contemporary
organizational thinking. This course uses creativity as a
method, and it examines techniques for solving problems
in organizations, for enhancing innovation, and for
seeking an integrative worldview.
ML 527
Spirituality and Leadership in the Workplace
The wide-ranging spirituality movement in the workplace
is a notable feature of contemporary life. This course
explores the dimensions of this trend and its implications
for leadership through a variety of sources and
perspectives.
ML 530
Ethics in Communication
Interdisciplinary study of ethics and communication
through the investigation of a variety of ethical
perspectives within human communication. This course
places particular attention on the use and abuse of
communication in politics, advertising, and interpersonal
relationships. It emphasizes sensitivity to ethical conflicts
that arise in social and organizational settings.
ML 531
The Dynamics of Change
This course offers an exploration of the context of social
change and varying responses to diverse human needs.
Ways of achieving well-being may be viewed differently by
ML 560
Developing a Multicultural Perspective: Investigation of
Multicultural Issues
This course will enhance one's ability to lead and work
more effectively with people of different cultural
backgrounds through the study of diverse values, beliefs,
and traditions within the global community.
ML 565
Women and Leadership
A seminar exploring the theory and practice of women
and leadership: entrepreneurial, political, and social. An
interdisciplinary approach to issues of women and
leadership. Topics include analysis of alternative
approaches to leadership, women and careers, and women
in society past and present. The course is intended to
enhance the analytical and leadership skills of the
participants.
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Applicants into the Master of Arts in Nursing program must hold a bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited fouryear college or university, or must have an associate degree in nursing in addition to a bachelor's degree. Applicants must
hold a cumulative GPA of 3.0 (on a scale of A= 4.0) in all previous college coursework, have experience as a registered
nurse, and have professional liability insurance, and a current Minnesota nursing license.
A college-level statistics course is required for progression in the program.
Decisions about admission to the program will be made on an individual basis by the Graduate Admissions Committee.
Admissions are handled on a rolling basis, with students being admitted at the beginning of the fall, winter, and spring
terms. Selection of candidates will be made on the basis of an evaluation of the following items for each applicant:
I Previous college record and GPA
I Letters of recommendation
I Professional experience
I Written statement
To apply, the following materials must be submitted to the Graduate Studies Admissions Office:
I A completed application form
I $35 nonrefundable application fee
I A two- to three page-typed statement describing the applicant's professional and educational goals
I Three letters of recommendation addressing the applicant's character and ability for graduate study (Two of these
recommendations must be from professional colleagues.)
I Official transcripts from all undergraduate institutions attended, listing all courses taken and any degree(s) conferred
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Official transcripts from all graduate institutions attended, listing all courses taken and degree(s) conferred, if any
Applicants may be asked to participate in an interview
with graduate program faculty and/or staff members.
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Augsburg College encourages qualified applicants from other countries. See Admissions Requirements for a description of
the admission process, selection criteria, and work experience requirements.
Application materials required for international applicants include the following:
I A completed application form
I $35 application fee (nonrefundable) payable in U.S. dollars
I A two- to three-page typed statement describing the applicant's professional and educational goals
I Completed Declaration of Finances (see below for further information)
I Three letters of recommendation-in English-addressing the applicant's character and ability for graduate study. (Two
of these recommendations must be from professional colleagues.)
I Official mark-sheets with certified translations from all undergraduate institutions attended listing all courses taken,
marks earned, dates attended, and degree(s) or diploma(s) conferred, if any; plus, a U.S. evaluation from an evaluation
center
I Official mark-sheets with certified translations from all graduate institutions attended listing all courses taken, marks
earned, dates attended, and degree(s) or diploma(s) conferred, if any; plus, a U.S. evaluation from an evaluation center
I Official results on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 600 for the paper test,
and a minimum score of 250 for the computer version.
Applicants may be asked to participate in an interview, in person or over the phone, with graduate program faculty
and/or staff members.
DECLARATION OF FINANCES
Students and their financial sponsors must
complete a Declaration of Finances as part
of the application for admission, along with
appropriate certifications.
In accordance with federal regulations,
applicants seeking an F-1 student visa or
J-1 exchange visitor visa must provide
documentation to the school that they have
financial resources adequate to cover all
expenses for the duration of the program.
Once a student has been accepted into the
program, the appropriate school official
will issue the student an 1-20 (if seeking an
F-1) or DS-2019 (if seeking aj-1) .
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EVALUATION STANDARDS
Evaluation of academic performance in the Master of Arts in Nursing
program will be based on number grades using a 4.0 point scale and as
defined below.
4.0
Achieves highest standards of excellence
3.5
Achieves above basic course standards
3.0
Achieves basic course standards
2.5
Achieves the minimum passing standard
2.0
Unacceptable performance (no credit for the course)
W
Grade given when a student withdraws from a course after the
deadline without notation on the record
An incomplete grade (I) may be awarded when the instructor
grants permission after determining that a student emergency
may delay completion of coursework. Students who receive an
incomplete grade should be capable of passing the course if they
satisfactorily complete outstanding course requirements.
To receive an incomplete grade, a student must file an Application for
Incomplete Grade form with the Office of the Registrar that states the reasons for the request, outlines the work required to
complete the course, and includes the course instructor's signature. The instructor may stipulate the terms and conditions that
apply to course completion. The student must complete the outstanding work in enough time to allow evaluation of the work
by the instructor and the filing of a grade before the final day of the following academic term. If the work is not completed by
the specified date of the following academic term, the grade for the course becomes a 0.0.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Class attendance is expected and should be considered a responsibility; not only to one's self, but to one's classmates and course
instructor.
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ACADEMIC PROBATION AND
DISMISSAL POLICIES
Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point
average. If a student falls below a 3.0 average, the student
will be placed on probation for the following term. A 3.0
cumulative grade point average must be restored in order
for a student to be removed from probation. If a student
receives a grade of 2.0 or less in a course, the student
must petition successfully to the faculty of the Master of
Arts in Nursing program before being allowed to
continue in the program. A plan for the student to follow
would be outlined at that time. If a second grade of 2.0
or less is received, the student may be dismissed from the
program. Students may also be dismissed for behavior
detrimental to the program, such as a gross violation of
college policy (as published in the Student Guide).
Dismissal would occur only after established procedures
were followed.
CREDIT FOR PRIOR EDUCATION
Students may petition the Master of Arts in Nursing
faculty for approval of any variation in the curriculum
including the transfer of credit. Transfer credits will be
evaluated on an individual basis.
The only courses that will be considered for transfer
credit are those earned from accredited colleges and
universities, whose course content is comparable to those
in the Master of Arts in Nursing program. No more than
three courses will be accepted for transfer credit.
CREDIT AND CONTACT HOURS
Each full-credit graduate course is the equivalent of four
semester credits or six quarter credits. Classes are
scheduled to meet the needs of working adults,
combining in-class and web-based components. Clinical
practica opportunities are included in selected courses.
LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM CLASS
The last date on which students may withdraw from a
class and receive a "W" on their records is published
annually in the Master of Arts in Nursing supplement.
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STUDENT RIGHTS
The College has adopted a statement of student rights
and responsibilities and has provided for due process in
the matter of disciplinary action, grievances, and grade
appeal, as outlined in the Augsburg College Catalog and
the Student Guide. Students have a right to experience
education without discrimination.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
of 1974, as amended, provides certain rights to students
regarding their education records. Each year Augsburg is
required to give notice on the various rights accorded to
students pursuant to FERPA. A copy of Augsburg's policy
is published in the Augsburg College Catalog artd in the
Student Guide distributed to
students.
Students must give
permission in writing for
educational information to be
released to anyone outside of
the official personnel (faculty
and administration) at
Augsburg. This means that
faculty or others cannot write
letters of support/
recommendation or nominate
students for awards unless
explicit written permission is
given by the student to
release non- "directory
information." It is not
sufficient to ask for letters of
recommendation.
ACCREDITATION AND AFFILIATIONS
Students who successfully complete this program will
receive a Master of Arts degree. Augsburg is accredited by
The Higher Leaming Commission, North Central
Association* and is a member of the Associated Colleges of
the Twin Cities (ACTC) , Lutheran Education Council in
North America, and the Minnesota Private College Council.
The Master of Arts in Nursing program is fully accredited by
the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
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Augsburg College is registered with the Minnesota Higher
Education Services Office. Registration is not an
endorsement of the institution. Registration does not
mean that credits earned at the institution can be
transferred to other institutions or that the quality of the
educational programs would meet the standards of every
student, educational institution or employer.
*The Higher Learning Commission,
North Central Association
312-263-0456 or
<www. ncahigherlearn ingcommission. org>
Tuition is determined annually. A continuation fee is
charged to students who do not complete their final project
within a year.
Clinical practicum fees are charged in addition to course
tuition for study abroad practica.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
Various payment plans are available:
1) Payment in Full:
Due after registration and before the beginning of the
trimester. No finance charge or administrative fee. Late
payment fee $25. Finance charge of 8% APR will apply
toward any unpaid balance after the start of the term.
2)
Payment Plan:
Students may pay in installments, with payments due
according to the payment schedule published for each
term. By the first Extended Payment Plan due date, the
students must pay one-half of the balance obtained by
subtracting expected financial aid from the applicable
term fee, in addition to any previous or past due
balance. By the second Extended Payment Plan due
date, the term fee (less any pending financial aid) must
be paid in full. See Company Reimbursement below.
There is a $50 non-refundable administrative fee for
the Extended Payment Plan.
3)
Employer Reimbursement:
Full courses, or equivalent, that are employer
reimbursed require a deposit of $100 per course
reimbursed, with full payment due within 60 days after
the end of the term. An application for Employer
Reimbursement Payment Plan must be filed once each
academic year. The student is responsible for payment
if the employer does not pay for any reason. A finance
charge of 8% APR will accrue on the deferred balance
once the term has begun.
Registration is permitted only if the student's account for a
previous term is paid in full as agreed. Augsburg College
will not release diplomas or academic transcripts until a
student's account is paid in full. This also applies to student
loans administered by the College (e.g., Perkins Student
Loan). They must be current according to established
repayment schedules.
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REFUND SCHEDULE
Students who withdraw from Augsburg College may be
eligible for a refund of a portion of their charges except
for the minimum charge of $100 to cover administrative
costs. Financial aid may also be adjusted for those
students who withdraw from the College or drop one or
more courses and receive financial assistance.
[NOTE: Tuition refunds and financial aid adjustments
are not necessarily made on a one-to-one basis. For
example, you could receive a 60% tuition refund but
have 80% of your financial aid returned. Be sure you
understand the financial consequences of making
adjustments to your registration.]
Students are responsible for canceling courses through
the Enrollment Center in order to be eligible for any
refund. Students who unofficially withdraw (stop
attending) but do not complete the drop/add form are
responsible for all charges. Financial aid may be adjusted
based on the student's last recorded date of attendance.
Refund calculations are based on the date that the
drop/add form is processed.
The refund schedule is effective whether or not a student
has attended classes. All refunds of charges will be
applied to the student account and all adjustments for
aid, loans, fines, deposits, etc. will be made before
eligibility for a cash refund of any resulting credit balance
is determined. Please allow two weeks for a refund.
The refund is a percentage of the full tuition charged, not
a percentage of any deposit paid toward tuition, e.g.
deposits made under the employer reimbursement
payment plan.
For information about refunds and the refund schedule,
see the Payment Information brochure or visit
<www.augsburg.edu/enrolb.
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A per-course tuition refund will be made on the
following basis:
I Through the first scheduled class meeting-100% of
tuition (less a $100 administration fee if withdrawing
from current term entirely).
I Prior to the second scheduled class meeting80% of tuition.
I Prior to the third scheduled class meeting60% of tuition.
I Prior to the fourth scheduled class meeting40% of tuition.
I No refund after the fourth scheduled class meeting.
Financial assistance is available to degree-seeking
students enrolled in the Master of Arts in Nursing
program. Two full-credit courses per trimester are
considered full time. One course is considered half-time
enrollment. The Enrollment Center, 612-330-1046, or 1800-458-1721, or <www.augsburg.edu/enrolb, assists
students in assessing financial aid eligibility and offers
financial aid from available alternatives, including the
following:
EMPLOYER TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Many companies, agencies, and corporations offer full or
partial tuition assistance to employees who participate in
work-related or degree-related college programs.
Augsburg College offers a payment plan by which
employees may handle tuition reimbursement. Students
should contact the Enrollment Center to make payment
arrangements using the employer reimbursement
payment plan.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, TRIBAL, AND STATE
INDIAN SCHOLARSHIPS
American Indian students who meet federal, state, or
tribal requirements may apply for these scholarships.
Indian grants generally supplement other sources of
financial aid. For assistance in application, please contact
Augsburg's American Indian Student Services Program
director at 612-330-1144 or your tribal agency.
FEDERAL AND STATE AID PROGRAMS
The Enrollment Center will determine each financial aid
applicant's eligibility for federal and state financial aid
programs.
Interest Rates: The annually variable interest rate is
capped at 8.25% and changes each July 1. For example,
the interest rate from July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004 is
3.42% for repayment.
Repayment Terms: Repayment begins six months after
you cease to be enrolled at least half time in an eligible
program leading to a degree or certificate. Repayment
may extend up to 10 years.
Deferments: In most cases, deferments are granted for
continued education, disability, and unemployment.
Contact your lender if you think you are eligible for a
deferment.
FEDERAL STAFFORD LOAN PROGRAM
TRAINEESHIPS
Common Loan Provisions
Borrowing Limits: Graduate students may borrow up to
$18,500 per year with an aggregate of $138,500
(undergraduate and graduate).
A student may borrow from either the unsubsidized or
subsidized programs or a combination of both but cannot
exceed the annual loan limits.
Traineeship monies are available through a
grant from the Bureau of Health
Professions of the Department of Health
and Human Services Health Resources and
Services Administration. For information
on traineeship availability, please contact
the Nursing Department at 612-330-1209.
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FEDERAL PERKINS LOAN PROGRAM
A joint Augsburg College-federally funded program
administered through the College for students who
demonstrate financial eligibility. A signed a promissory
note is required per term after which funds are credited
to the student account. Awards are made based on
available funds.
Borrowing Limits: You may borrow up to $6,000 per
year as a graduate student with a $40,000 aggregate
maximum.
Interest and Repayment: Simple interest of 5% and
repayment of principal begin nine months after you
graduate or leave school. Partial or total loan cancellation
privileges exist for certain types of teaching, disability
and, in certain circumstances, military service.
Deferments: No interest accrues nor do payments need
to be made at any time you are enrolled at least half time
or for serving three years in the military, Peace Corps, or
VISTA. Contact the Enrollment Center if you think you
are eligible for a deferment.
Borrowing Limits: Graduate students may borrow up to
$9,000 per year minus any other student loan
indebtedness. Maximum graduate borrowing cannot
exceed $40,000 including undergraduate. The minimum
annual loan is $500.
Interest and Repayment: The interest rate is variable.
Interest payments begin 90 days after the loan is
disbursed and continue quarterly thereafter while the
student is enrolled. Principal payments begin in
the 13th month after you leave school.
Deferments: There are no deferments. Contact the
Minnesota Higher Education Services Office regarding
special circumstances and repayment.
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Alternative Loans: Many education loan options are
available through private lenders. The Enrollment Center
staff can assist students in understanding all of their
financing options.
TO APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AID
Financial aid application materials are available at
<www.augsburg.edu/enrolb. Applicants must be admitted
to Augsburg as regular students or be returning students
in good academic standing.
The financial aid application will be processed when the
following documents are received:
1)
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA) or the renewal FAFSA. Apply online at
<www.fafsa.ed.gov>.
2)
Federal income tax return(s).
3)
Verification worksheet. Obtain a copy at
<www.augsburg.edu/enrolb and return it to the
Enrollment Center.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT
Enrollment Center 612-330-1046, 1-800-458-1721,
enroll@augsburg.edu, or <www.augsburg.edu/enrolb.
ABOUT AUGSBURG
HISTORY
Augsburg was the first seminary founded by Norwegian Lutherans in
America, named after the confession of faith presented by Lutherans in
Augsburg, Germany, in 1530. Augsburg opened in September 1869 in
Marshall, Wisconsin, and moved to Minneapolis in 1872.
CAMPUS LOCATION
Augsburg's campus is located in the heart of the Twin Cities,
surrounding Murphy Square, the first of 155 parks in the "City of
Lakes." The University of Minnesota West Bank campus and one of the
city's largest medical complexes-Fairview University Medical Centerare adjacent to Augsburg, with the Mississippi River and the Seven
Corners theatre district just a few blocks away.
ACCESSIBILITY
Augsburg College has made a major effort to become one of the most
accessible campuses in the region. Skyways, tunnels, and elevators
provide accessible connections among major buildings-student
housing towers, the Christensen Center, main academic and
administrative halls, the library, and the music building. In addition,
there are programs for students with learning, physical, and psychiatric
disabilities.
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CHURCH AFFILIATION
Augsburg is a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America. It has a diverse community with many strong religious
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FACULTY who teach in the Master or Arts in Nursing
program are predominantly full-time senior faculty with
doctorates or appropriate professional degrees. All of the
program's faculty members have extensive experience in
practice and in teaching adult learners.
RUTH ENESTVEDT, Assistant Professor
B.A. , St. Olaf College; M.S. , University of Minnesota; Ph.D.,
University of Minnesota.
SUSAN M. HAGENESS, Adjunct Instructor
B.S.N., St. Olaf College; M.A., St. Mary's University.
LINDA HOLT, Adjunct Instructor
B.S.N., University of Minnesota; M.S.N., University of
Washington-Seattle; Certification in Transcultural Nursing,
Augsburg College.
KIA JAMES, Adjunct Instructor
B.S.N., St. Olaf College; M.A. , University of Minnesota; Ed.D.,
University of Minnesota.
CHERYL J. LEUNING, Professor, Department Chair
B.A., Augustana College; M.S., University of Minnesota; Ph.D.,
University of Utah.
SUSAN K. NASH, Associate Professor
B.S.N ., University of Minnesota; M.S.N., University of
Minnesota; Ed.D., University of Minnesota.
LUANN P. WATSON, Adjunct Instructor
B.S.N., Augsburg College; M.A.L. , Augsburg College.
PAMELA J. WEISS, Associate Professor
B.S.N., University of Nebraska; M.P.H., University of
Minnesota; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
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"The good we secure for ourselves
Table of Contents
is precarious and uncertain ... until
it is secured for all of us and
Overview ................... .... . ....................... ... 1
incoryorated into our common life."
MSW Program Mission and Goals ............................... ... Show more
"The good we secure for ourselves
Table of Contents
is precarious and uncertain ... until
it is secured for all of us and
Overview ................... .... . ....................... ... 1
incoryorated into our common life."
MSW Program Mission and Goals ............................... 2
-Jane Addams
MSW Program Format ....... .............................. ...3
MSW Curriculum Components .......................... .. .. .. .5
MSW Courses and Upcoming Changes ..... .................... .. 7
Field Work Education and Field Practicum ........................ 10
Admission to the MSW Program ....... ............... ....... .. 12
International Applicants ............... .................... .. 16
Summary of MSW Fees and Charges ..... .. ... ...... .. ........ .. 17
Financial Aid ........................ ........ . ...... .. ..... 18
Academic Policies ................... .. ...... .. ............ .20
MSW Program Management ........... ...................... .23
Department of Social Work Faculty ......... ... ..... ............ 24
Lindell Library and Information Technology .. .. . .. ... ............ 26
Accreditation .............................................. 27
About Augsburg College ..................................... 28
Campus Location and Map ... .................... .inside back cover
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overview
The Augsburg Master of Social Work
concentrations: Family Practice or
of other countries, including England,
is a small program of distinction and
Program Development, Policy and
Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia,
quality. Our purpose is to prepare
Administration. The academic
and Taiwan.
social work students for agency-based
coursework consists of 18 full courses
practice in public and non-profit
for regularly admitted students or 13
are internationally known for their
settings. We offer a challenging
full courses for those admitted with
teaching and research. Our adjunct
curriculum, combining social work
advanced standing (see explanation of
faculty are innovative practitioners
theory, policy, practice methods, skills
advanced standing on page 13).
training, research, and evaluation
techniques.
Our philosophy is to emphasize
In addition to the academic
We have outstanding faculty who
and administrators from agency-based
settings. Our faculty provide expertise
coursework, students complete 900
in a broad range of areas within social
hours of field practica in two settings
work. All our faculty are available for
client strengths and empowerment;
and a summative evaluation project.
mentoring relationships. They
problem solving within a holistic,
The Twin Cities offer many unique
schedule office hours convenient to
systems framework; and practice
opportunities for field practicum sites
weekend students.
informed by solid research and
such as non-profit advocacy
evaluation. Throughout our
organizations, counseling centers,
the liberal arts base of the College and
The Augsburg MSW builds on
curriculum, we stress social work
neighborhood centers, state and
supports the College's mission: "To
values and ethics. We also emphasize
county agencies, schools, hospitals,
nurture future leaders in service to the
responsibility to the local and global
correctional facilities, and non-
world by providing high-quality
community, promotion of social and
governmental organizations. We have
educational opportunities, which are
economic justice, understanding of
field sites in both urban and rural
based in the liberal arts and shaped by
and appreciation for diverse peoples
settings.
the faith and values of the Christian
and cultures, and commitment to
oppose oppression of all forms.
Our classes are offered on a
weekend intensive format. Field
Church, by the context of a vital
metropolitan setting, and by an
placements are available weekdays, as
intentionally diverse campus
complete a year of generalist
well as some evenings and non-class
community."
professional preparation (the
weekends. We maintain small class
foundation) and a year of advanced
sizes of 10 to 25 students. We offer
preparation in one of two
trips abroad to compare social services
Augsburg MSW students
MSW Program Mission and Goals
The mission of the
sound, scholarly
on combined strengths
Department of Social Work
research; and
of the client, group, or
is: "To develop social work
professionals for practice
that promotes social justice
and empowerment towards
the well-being of people in
community rather than
• how to evaluate the
effectiveness of your
As you progress through
our MSW curriculum, you
will learn:
• how an individual lives
of social work programs.
Student learning is guided
education, graduate or
by the following MSW
post-graduate, in social
program goals:
work or related fields;
1. prepare students to be
competent, creative,
and ethical social work
professional
or her environment;
practitioners who
programs affect
individuals, families,
communities, and
society;
• to use a range of client-
maintain a perspective
4. prepare students to
work for peace, social
justice, and human
well-being at a variety
of levels with a global
perspective;
that is multi-cultural
and holistic (that is,
5. prepare students to
one which encompasses
apply critical thinking
the integrated needs of
skills within
individual, family, and
professional contexts
community), with
and to demonstrate the
centered approaches to
attention to the special
professional use of self;
practice with client
needs of our migrant,
groups of all types and
immigrant, and Native
sizes;
American local
populations;
• to apply theories and
methods of practice
excel in problem-
placement experience;
solving within systems
practice informed by
perspective that creates
a holistic approach to
practice; and
through the field
• the importance of
6. integrate a liberal arts
2. prepare students to
of many sizes, to
•
3. prepare students for
continuing advanced
in and is affected by his
• how social policies and
pathology;
social work practice and
a diverse and global
society."
focusing on individual
7. provide students with
increased access to
social work education.
become advanced
practitioners who build
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MSW Program Format
The Augsburg MSW degree
offered at the mid-point of
expectation of substantial
Fall Trimester 2000
is designed to meet the
class. Each class meets for
independent study outside
Class Weekends
needs of a wide range of
eight sessions in a given
of class.
Sept. 15-16
students with differing
trimester.
responsibilities and time
commitments. Scheduling
classes in a weekend
intensive format allows
students some flexibility in
coordinating school
obligations with weekday
work and family
commitments. Our weekend
format also provides access
to an MSW education to
those living outside of the
Twin Cities metropolitan
area, who must travel some
distance.
Sept. 29-30
Cohons and Course
Sequence
Oct. 13-14
MSW students are admitted
Nov. 3-4
Foundation students
with a particular "cohort."
Nov. 17-18
complete 18 full courses.
Cohorts are distinguished
Dec. 1-2
Full-time students enroll in
by: level of admission
Dec. 15-16
three courses per trimester
(foundation or advanced
for six trimesters, totaling
standing), rate of attendance
Winter Trimester 2001
two years. Part-time students
(full-time or part-time), and
Class. Weekends
enroll in one or two courses
preferred concentration
Jan. 5-6
per trimester for 12
(Family Practice or Program
Jan. 19-20
trimesters, totaling four
Development, Policy, and
Jan 26-27
years. Advanced standing
Administration-"PDPA").
Feb. 9-10
students attend full time,
Augsburg offers six cohorts.
Feb. 16-17
Course Load and Program
Duration
enrolling in three courses
per trimester for five
Academic Calendar
trimesters, totalling 13 full
We follow a trimester
courses over one year and
academic calendar, offering
two trimesters. The part-
classes September through
time option is not offered for
June, exclusively on
those with advanced
weekends. Classes typically
standing. All students must
meet every other weekend
complete the MSW degree
with some back-to-back
in no more than four years
weekends.
following matriculation.
Oct. 27-28
Mar. 2-3
Field Practicum
Mar. 16-17
MSW students spend 900
Mar. 23-24
hours in two field practica.
The foundation field
Spring Trimester 2001
practicum requires 420
Class Weekends
hours. The concentration
Apr 6-7
field practicum requires 480
Apr 20-21
hours. Each practicum
May 4-5
experience is spread out over
May 18-19
two trimesters (fall and
Jun 1-2
winter) and is completed
Jun 8-9
concurrent with enrollment
Jun 22-23
Classes meet in four-hour
Course Credh and contact
Hours
in integrative field work
Jun 29-30
blocks on Friday evenings,
A full credit MSW course
seminars (SWK 502-503 and
6 to 10 p.m., Saturday
( 1.0) is equal to 4 semester
SWK 523-524) as well as
mornings, 8 a.m. to noon,
credits or 6 quarter credits.
other MSW coursework.
and Saturday afternoons,
Each full course meets for 32
1 to 5 p.m. A short break is
contact hours, with the
Class Periods
Summatlve Evaluation
Proiect
spend 15 to 20 hours per
Paul) have developed a dual
All students apply
week in the field practicum
degree: Master of Social
knowledge and skills from
during the fall and winter
Work and Master of Arts in
the foundation and
trimesters (a span of six or
Leadership for Mission
concentration curriculum in
seven months for each
(MSW/MA). The dual
completing a project
practicum).
degree focuses on meeting
designed to evaluate their
projects. A student also may
In the final year of
Luther Seminary (in St.
the educational interests of
social work practice.
study, students complete a
people planning to serve the
Students conduct and
summative project, which
spiritual and social needs of
present this evaluation/
requires substantial
families, individuals, and
research project during their
independent research,
communities.
final year of study. They
analysis, and writing.
may also select the thesis
Some MSW students
A pilot project has
been approved by both
option as an elective (see
work full time while
schools. Augsburg is
page 6).
enrolled in the MSW
currently seeking approval
program. Most, however,
from the Council on Social
arrange to reduce their work
Work Education. For more
Time Commitment
Although classes meet on
weekends, students spend
time on their studies during
non-class weekends and
weekdays. The typical
student will spend 12 hours
in classes within a 23-hour
period. For every hour spent
in class, a student may
hours or request time away
information, contact the
during their graduate
Augsburg social work office,
studies. Each student's
(612) 330-1233, or Luther
situation is unique and must
Seminary, (651) 641-3521,
be decided individually. All
for their catalog. Applicants
students must develop
apply to each program
strategies for balancing
separately; admission to one
family, work, and academic
does not guarantee
responsibilities.
admission to the other. This
spend 3 to 4 hours outside
of class, working on
Dual Degree
assignments or group
Augsburg College and
joint program is ecumenical
in its admissions policies
and academic outlook .
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MSW Curriculum Components
The MSW curriculum, which
knowledge of theories and practice
Administration. In either
includes both academic coursework
methods in the foundation field
concentration, you will deepen your
and field education, has two
practicum. The field practicum is
knowledge of the primary issues
components: foundation and
completed concurrently with your
affecting families and communities,
concentration.
enrollment in two integrative field
develop a range of client-centered
work seminar courses (SWK 502 and
approaches to practice, gain a broader
Foundation Curriculum
The foundation curriculum is made
up of nine courses and a generalist
field practicum. In the foundation
courses, you are introduced to social
work as a profession. You will learn
both historical and contemporary
theories, issues, and practice methods,
relating to both the individual and
503). The full foundation curriculum
understanding of human diversity,
is required of all students, with the
develop competencies in practice
exception of those admitted with
based-research, and learn practice or
advanced standing (see explanation
program evaluation techniques.
of advanced standing on page 13 ).
you will apply this advanced
curriculum, all foundation
knowledge of theories and practice
coursework and field hours must be
methods in the concentration field
successfully completed.
the environment. During the
foundation year, you will study
Concentration Curriculum
human behavior and the social
The concentration curriculum is
environment; history of social welfare
made up of nine courses and an
policy; and services, research
advanced field practicum. After
methods, practice methods,
completing the foundation
assessment frameworks, family and
requirements, you will enroll in the
community diversity, and social work
concentration curriculum of your
values and ethics.
choice. Augsburg offers two
In the foundation curriculum,
you will apply this generalist
[n the concentration curriculum,
Before beginning the concentration
concentrations: Family Practice and
Program Development, Policy, and
practicum experience. The field
practicum is relevant to your chosen
concentration and is completed
concurrently with your enrollment in
two field seminar courses (SWK 523
and 524). As a capstone to your
MSW program, you will complete a
summative evaluation project in
practice or program evaluation.
'
Family Practice
concentration was
building upon but separate
Concentration:
developed in response to
from the summative
Family, in its diverse forms,
the growing demand for
evaluation project. Course
is central to society.
leadership and
credit is given for this
"Family," in this context, is
administration. Effective
option as an elective.
interpreted broadly as the
services require competent
Students work with a thesis
nurturing system
practitioners to provide
adviser to develop more in-
surrounding people. It is
strong leadership and
depth research skills
inclusive of many areas of
effective administration. In
contributing to social work
need. As a growing number
this concentration you will
knowledge.
of family-related challenges
learn the knowledge and
face society, there is an
skills necessary to promote
ever-increasing need for
and achieve needed change,
professionals who base their
and to develop, lead, guide,
practice on in-depth study
and administer programs
of the broad spectrum of
that serve diverse people in
issues that confront the
a variety of settings.
family. In the Family
Practice concentration, you
will concentrate on
promoting empowerment of
the family-nurturing systems
from a developmental and
holistic perspective.
Program Development,
Degree Requirements
To be conferred with the
MSW degree, students must
achieve the following:
• successful completion of
18 MSW courses (13 for
advanced standing), with
Summatlve Evaluation
Proiect
with a grade of 2.0 or 2.5,
All students will apply
and with a cumulative
knowledge and skills from
GPA of 3.0 or higher;
the foundation and
no more than two courses
• successful completion of
concentration curricula in
900 hours of approved
completing a final project
field practica ( 480 hours
designed to study social
for advanced standing);
Policy, and
work efficacy. Students will
Administration:
conduct and present this
submission of the
Social change is necessary
advanced research project
summative evaluation
to foster policies and
during their final year of
project; and
services that respond to
study.
human need. The Program
Development, Policy, and
Administration
Master's Thesis
Students have the option of
• successful completion and
• successful completion of
all degree requirements
within four years of
matriculation.
completing a thesis,
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MSW Courses and Upcoming Changes
Below are two curricula: existing
intend for the new curriculum to
date. We will offer this new course in
and revised. The revisions are in
begin in 2001-02. This means
winter 2001-02. Because of the
response to feedback requested from
students who begin in 2000-01 will
earlier start for advanced standing
several constituencies, including
complete the first year under our
students, we will move the advanced
students, alumni, faculty, field
existing curriculum, but will complete
standing application deadline for
agencies, and CSWE. The revised
subsequent years under the revised
2001-02 admission to January
curriculum is approved by the social
curriculum.
work department and awaiting
15, 2001. (Advanced standing
For advanced standing students,
approval from the College Academic
the revised curriculum adds a new
Affairs Committee in 2000-01. We
course and requires a winter start
applicants previously applied in
October.)
EXISTING Curriculum
Foundation Courses:
Human Behavior and the Social Environment
Integrative Field Work Seminar II
Integrative Field Work Seminar I
Methods and Skills II
Methods and Skills I
Introduction to Family Practice
History of Social Welfare Policy
Introduction to Program Development, Policy & Admin.
Research I
Family Practice Concentration Courses:
Integrative Field Work Seminar III
Thesis Seminar
Family Practice I
Creative Problem Solving in Supervision
Research II
Family Diversity/Family Social Policy
Integrative Field Work Seminar IV
Elective
Family Practice II
Program Development, Policy, & Administration Concentration Courses:
Integrative Field Work Seminar lII
Thesis Seminar
Processes of Program Planning & Development
lnterorganizational, Community, Political Relations
Research II
Advanced Social Policy
Integrative Field Work Seminar IV
Elective
Organizational Development & Administration
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REVISED Curriculum
Foundation Courses:
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Human Behavior and the Social Environment
Methods and Skills II: Families & Groups
Field Work I: Integrative Seminar and Skills Lab
Community Development for Social Change
Methods and Skills I: Individuals
Theories of Family: Intro. to Family Practice
History of Social Welfare Policy
Research I
Field Work II: Integrative Seminar and Skills Lab
Advanced Practice Methods (advanced standing only)
Family Practice Concentration Courses:
Field Work III: Integrative Seminar (.5)
Family Practice II
Diversity in an Urban Environment I (.5)
Family Social Policy
Family Practice I
Creative Problem Solving in Supervision
Research II: Practice Evaluation
Family Practice Elective
Field Work IV: Integrative Seminar (.5)
General Elective
Diversity in an Urban Environment Il (.5)
Program Development, Policy, and Administration Concentration Courses:
Field Work III: Integrative Seminar (.5)
Planning and Policy Practice I
Diversity in an Urban Environment I ( .5)
Organizations/Social Admin Practice II
Organizations/Social Admin. Practice I
Planning and Policy Practice II
Research II: Program Evaluation
Organizations/Social Admin. Practice III
Field Work IV: Integrative Seminar (.5)
General Elective
Diversity in an Urban Environment II (.5)
ENROUMENT Options
Foundation • Full-time
YEAR 1
Fall
Human Behavior & the Social
Environment
Field Work I: Integrative Seminar &
Skills Lab
Methods & Skills I: Individuals
(foundation practicum begins)
YEAR2
Fall
Field Work III: Integrative Seminar &
Diversity (.5 each)
Research II: Evaluation (practice
or program)
Concentration Course #l
(concentration practicum begins)
Winter History of Social Welfare Policy
Field Work II: Integrative Seminar &
Winter Field Work IV: Integrative Seminar &
Diversity (.5 each)
Skills Lab
Concentration Course #2
Methods & Skills II: Families & Groups
Concentration Course#}
(foundation practicum continues and finishes)
(concentration practicum continues
Spring Research I
and finishes)
Theories of Family: Intro. to Family Practice
Community Development for Social Change
Spring
General Elective
Concentration Course #4
Concentration Course #5
I
Advanced Standing • Full-time
YEAR 1
No Courses
Fall
YEAR2
Fall
Field Work Ill: Integrative Seminar &
Diversity ( .5 each)
Winter Advanced Practice Methods
Research II: Evaluation (practice
Spring
Research I
or program)
Theories of Family: Intro. to Family Practice
Concentration Course # 1
Community Development for
(concentration practicum begins)
Social Change
Winter Field Work IV: Integrative Seminar &
Diversity ( .5 each)
Concentration Course #2
Concentration Course #3
(concentration practicum continues
and finishes)
Spring
General Elective
Concentration Course #4
Concentration Course #5
Foundation • Part-time
YEAR 1
YEAR2
Fall
Fall
Human Behavior & the Social
Field Work I: Integrative Seminar/Skills Lab
Methods & Skills I: Individuals
Environment
(foundation practicum begins)
Winter History of Social Welfare Policy
Winter Field Work II: Integrative Seminar/Skills Lab
Spring
Research I
Methods & Skills II: Families & Groups
(foundation practicum continues and finishes)
Spring
Theories of Family: Intro. to Family Practice
Community Development for
Social Change
YEAR4
YEAR3
Fall
Field Work Ill: Integrative Seminar &
Fall
Diversity (.5 each)
Research II: Evaluation (practice
or program)
Concentration Course # 1
(concentration practicum begins)
Winter Field Work IV: Integrative Seminar &
Diversity ( .5 each)
Concentration Course #2
(concentration practicum continues
and finishes)
Spring
Concentration Course #3
General Elective
Winter Concentration Course #4
Spring
Concentration Course #5
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Field Work Education and Field Practicum
Field Work Education and
Field Placement
work integrative seminars, is
education of the MSW
Social work education is
the arena for the
program is divided into two
not merely classroom based.
application of this
components: foundation
Through the field
philosophy. It is our belief
and concentration. The
experience, we expect that
that the collaborative efforts
foundation field practicum
you are able to demonstrate
between the student, the
requires 420 hours and is
your aptitude in bridging
field agency, and the MSW
completed by those students
theory and practice. The
program are essential.
admitted at the foundation
foundation of your practice
includes:
• ethical, competent
professional practice
• problem solving within a
systems framework and
strengths perspective
• an understanding of, and
respect for, diverse
peoples and cultures
• responsibility and service
to the broader community
in the interest of social
justice
• a commitment to oppose
oppression.
We recognize that the
field experience, called
"practica," with the field
Field Education Format
Under the instruction and
supervision of
professionally-trained,
MSW-level, and programapproved field instructors,
you will spend 900 hours in
two field practica. Each
practicum is spread out over
two trimesters (fall and
winter) and is completed
concurrently with
enrollment in field work
integrative seminars (SWK
502-503 and SWK 523524) as well as other MSW
The field work
level. The foundation
practicum puts emphasis on
developing competence as a
professional generalist social
worker. The concentration
field practicum requires 480
hours and is completed by
all students, including those
admitted at the foundation
level and those admitted
with advanced standing.
The concentration
practicum places emphasis
on advanced practice skills
and leadership qualities
related to the chosen
concentration.
coursework.
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Process for Field Praclicum Selecuon
at an agency that is not on the
• senior resources
Field practicum selection for the fall
approved site list or is at your place of
• family social policy
of any academic year is done in the
employment. In either case, you can
previous spring during specified dates
work with the MSW field coordinator
determined by the MSW field
to determine if the site in which you
• corrections and probation
coordinator. You are required to
are interested is acceptable. All field
• public and
attend the student field orientation
practica must be supervised by
before beginning your field practicum
professionals who are approved as
search.
Augsburg field instructors.
At the student field orientation,
the MSW field coordinator will
provide a list of field sites approved by
Augsburg's MSW program and
classified according to type of field
setting. Based on your area of interest
and your career goals, you will choose
two or more field sites and will
arrange interviews at each. Once
interviews are finished, you will rank
your choices of field sites, and the
field sites will rank their choices of
interns. The MSW field coordinator
• youth services
• developmental disabilities
Field practica are not only the basis
for a sound social work curriculum,
• American Indian family services
but are long-remembered. The
• chronically and persistently
primary goal of the field faculty at
mentally ill
Augsburg is the success of each
student in a stimulating and
•chemical dependency
challenging field practicum. Our
• court services
current list of approved field sites
• immigrant, migrant, refugee services
includes agencies in the following
areas of practice:
• family and children services
• child welfare
with field site preferences.
• mental health
In rare instances, you may
independent schools
• hospitals
Field Practicum Settings
strives to match student preferences
petition to complete a field practicum
• health and human services
• crisis intervention
• victims of torture
• Catholic and Lutheran social
services
• neighborhood services
Admission to the MSW Program
Entering a Master of Social
must be disciplined and
Work program requires a
hard working. Most
commitment to a
importantly, they must
and a commitment to
professional career of
exhibit a commitment to
social justice
serious responsibility. Social
the values of the social
workers serve children and
work profession.
adults who are arguably the
• awareness of social issues
• clear appreciation of the
value base of the social
work profession
most vulnerable people in
program promotes the
our society and need the
widest possible diversity
strongest support that can
within its student
the ability to work with
be provided on their behalf.
populations. Therefore, the
diverse peoples and
Therefore, social work is by
admission policies ensure
cultures
necessity a rigorous course
that educational
of study requiring
opportunities are provided
Augsburg MSW
knowledge and skills in
to persons with a range of
philosophy and focus on
complex procedures which
abilities, backgrounds,
agency practice
must be applied
beliefs, and cultures.
appropriately and
sensitively with diverse
individuals and
communities.
To excel in the
Augsburg MSW program,
students must manage a
demanding academic
curriculum. They must
employ well-developed
APPiicant Qualities
A strong candidate for the
MSW program will
demonstrate the following:
• outstanding academic
abilities
• a solid foundation in the
liberal arts
• the ability to think
analytical skills and critical
clearly and communicate
thinking abilities. They
effectively
must be open to examining
their own values and
worldview. They must be
collaborative, flexible, and
be able to accept
•
The Augsburg MSW
being of others
constructive criticism. They
• strong writing skills and
• leadership qualities and
• knowledge of the
APPiication Requirements
To apply for the MSW
program you must meet the
following minimum
standards:
• bachelor's degree from an
accredited, liberal arts
college or university;
• cumulative
undergraduate GPA of
3.0 or higher;
• liberal arts course work in
the social sciences,
command of the English
humanities, human
language
biological systems, and
• healthy sense of self and
statistics.
concern for the well-
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Conditions for low GPA
Human service experience
minimum score of 85 is required. To
If your undergraduate cumulative
Although it is not a requirement,
inquire about times the test is offered,
GPA (not including proprietary
we give strong preference to those
cost, study tools, testing facilities near
schools) is 2.99 - 2.50, you may file
applicants with work or volunteer
you, or to inquire about results of a
an application provided you show
experience in human services,
past test, please contact either testing
completion of at least one graduate
particularly experience that
service via their Web sites:
level course, from an accredited,
demonstrates responsibility and
<www.toefl.org> or
academic institution, with a grade of
leadership. We consider human
<www.lsa.umich.edu/eli/>.
B (3.0) or higher. If your cumulative
service experience to be direct or
GPA is 2.49 - 2.0, you may file an
indirect practice in a health and
application provided you show
human service organization. This
completion of at least two graduate
includes assessment; treatment
level courses, from an accredited,
planning and evaluation; case
academic institution, each with a
management; information and
grade ofB (3.0) or higher. All
referral; counseling; advocacy;
graduate courses must be completed
teaching; research; supervision;
and documented on an official
consultation; community
transcript at the time of application.
organization; and the development,
than seven years prior to the
implementation, and administration
desired MSW matriculation date;
Liberal arts coursework
All applicants to the MSW program
must show completion of the
following liberal arts courses, each
with a grade of C (2.0) or higher:
• four social science courses
• three humanities courses
Applicants also must show
completion of, or declare an
intention to complete, the following
courses, each with a grade of C (2.0)
or higher:
• one basic statistics course
• one human biology, physiology, or
anatomy course
of policies, programs, and activities.
Applicants are advised that MSW
field placement options may be
limited for those who lack prior
human service experience. Also, we
do not grant academic credit for work
or life experience.
Admission with Advanced Standing
Advanced standing is an application
category open to those with the
following qualifications:
• bachelor's degree in social work,
accredited by the Council on
Social Work Education (CSWE);
• BSW degree received no more
• cumulative undergraduate GPA of
3.0 or higher;
• liberal arts course work in the
social sciences, humanities,
mathematics, human biological
systems, and statistics.
If your undergraduate cumulative
Test of English as a Foreign
GPA is 2.99 or lower, you may not
Language
apply for advanced standing and must
If English is not your native language,
apply at the foundation level,
you must take the Test of English as a
following the low GPA requirements
Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the
outlined above.
Michigan English Language
Assessment Battery (MELAB). For
the TOEFL, a minimum score of 600
These courses must be completed
(paper test) or 250 (computer test) is
prior to enrollment.
required. For the MELAB, a
request to apply to Augsburg
receive a grade of B (3.0) or
Advanced standing
as a transfer student. Transfer
higher. Transfer students may
applicants are asked to
students follow the same
receive credit for up to eight
identify courses from their
application timeline as
courses. All transfer students
BSW programs that are
foundation applicants, unless
must complete no fewer than
10 courses at Augsburg.
BSW parallel courses
parallel to the MSW courses
the foundation year has been
from which they seek
completed. In the latter case,
exemption. These courses
the transfer student should
include Human Behavior
follow the timeline for
and the Social Environment
advanced standing applicants.
501), Practice Methods I and
II (SWK 505/506), and
Integrative Field Work
Seminar I and II (SWK
502/503 ), which includes
420 field practicum hours.
Only BSW courses with
a grade of B (3.0) or higher
are eligible for consideration
as a parallel course. If an
advanced standing applicant
is admitted, but does not
have an eligible BSW course
for one (or more) of these
courses, he or she will
complete that MSW course
at Augsburg, prior to
enrolling in the advanced
standing curriculum.
Additional documents
Social Work,
Transfer students follow the
(612) 330-1233 or
same procedures as a new
<swkinfo@augsburg.edu>.
applicant; however, the
The application packet
following additional
includes an application form,
documents are required:
a liberal arts checklist, a
• copy of the syllabus for
parallel course checklist,
each MSW course for
three recommendation
which transfer of credit is
forms, transcript request
sought;
• a letter of recommendation from the MSW
forms, and an application
status card.
To complete an MSW
program from which the
application, you will need to
student is transferring-
submit the following:
either from an instructor,
1.) completed and signed
an adviser, or the MSW
director; and
application form;
2.) $25 application fee;
• official transcript showing
MSW grades.
Each completed MSW
course is considered
•
materials may be requested
from the Department of
(SWK 500), History of
Social Welfare Policy (SWK
Application materials
A packet of application
3.) completed liberal arts
course checklist;
4.) completed BSW parallel
Admission as aTransfer
Student
individually and is not
course checklist (for
guaranteed to be
advanced standing
Students admitted to
transferable. Eligible courses
applicants);
another MSW program
must be from a CSWE-
accredited by CSWE may
accredited program and must
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5.) three completed and signed
APPiication Deadlines
recommendation forms, with letters
The application deadline refers to actual receipt of the application packet
attached;
in our office, and does not refer to a postmark date. In the event a
6.) official transcript(s) from all postsecondary institutions attended;
7.) results of Test of English as a Foreign
deadline falls on a weekend, materials will be due the following Monday.
Foundation applicants
Received packets are processed beginning
November 15
Language (for non-native English
Priority filing date
4:30 p.m., December 15
speakers);
Final deadline
4:30 p.m., January 15
Notification date
March 15
Matriculation term
Fall trimester (September)
8.) typed personal statement, with responses
to these questions:
• What is your perspective on social
welfare and society?
• What is your understanding of the social
work profession?
• Describe your employment and/or
volunteer experiences and explain how
they have prepared you for pursuing the
MSW degree.
• Give examples of your demonstrated
Advanced standing applicants
Received packets are processed beginning
November 15
Priority filing date
4:30 p.m., December 15
Final deadline
4:30 p.m., January 15
Notification date
March 15
Matriculation term
Winter trimester (January)
"Late" applications
We may consider late applications on a space available basis. We review
all applications that are completed by the final deadline, which takes
ability to work with a diversity of
about two months. After our review and decision process we may
people.
determine we have space for additional students and will accept a select
• How would you rate your written and
oral communication skills?
• What are your personal qualities that
make you well suited for the social work
profession?
• What are your limitations and how
would you address them in your
professional education?
• What are your career and life goals?
• How do you anticipate the MSW
degree will facilitate your career
development?
number of late applications by a designated date. To file a late application,
you must request advance permission from our office. Applications that
arrive after the final deadline are not automatically considered as late
applications.
International Applicants
The Department of Social
for any transcript(s) from an
coordinate and pay for this
Work encourages qualified
institution outside of the
evaluation and to begin the
applicants from other
United States. This
process early enough so that
countries to apply to the
evaluation should include
results are received in our
MSW program. An
the following:
office by our deadline. We
international applicant is
1.) analysis of credentials-to
suggest:
someone who is not a
determine if your degree is
permanent, legal resident of
equivalent to an accredited
the United States.
U.S. bachelor's degree
International applicants
Evaluators, Inc.
Phone: ( 414) 289-3400
2.) course by course
Fax: (414) 289-3411
follow the same timelines
evaluation-to show your
and application procedures
complete course listing
as U.S. residents; however
with credit values and
they must follow these
grades received for each
World Education Services,
additional instructions:
course
Inc.
• All application materials
must be submitted in
English;
3.) calculation of grade point
average-to show your
cumulative grade point
• If English is not your
average using the standard
native language, you
U.S. grading system, i.e.,
must submit official
A=4.0, B=3.0, C=2.0,
scores from the TOEFL
D= 1.0, F=O.O
or MELAB (see
minimum required score
on page 13 );
• If your bachelor's degree
was received from an
institution outside of the
United States, you must
request an evaluation of
credentials (see below).
•
Educational Credential
4.) translation to English
(if applicable)
You should request that
OR
Phone: (800) 937-3895 ext. 2
Fax: (212) 966-6395
Declaration of Finances and
Student Visa
Before being admitted,
international applicants will
be asked to provide proof of
funds to finance the MSW
education, including tuition,
books, and living expenses.
the evaluation report be sent
A Declaration of Finances is
directly to the Department
completed by you or your
of Social Work. Typically,
financial sponsor with
the evaluating service will
appropriate documentation
send a second copy to you at
such as bank statements or
no extra charge. Usual tum-
other financial records. The
Guidelines for lnternatio11a1
TranscrlPt Submission
around time for a credential
Declaration of Finances is
evaluation is approximately
required for Augsburg to
MSW admission requires an
30 days from the time they
issue an I-20 for the student
"evaluation of credentials"
receive all your documents.
visa (F-1).
It is your responsibility to
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summarv of MSW Fees and Charges
Application Fee
$25
Admission Deposit
$100
Campus Access Fee
$10 per trimester
Information Technology Fee
$25 per full course
Late Registration Fee
$35
per day, up to a max of $125
Registration Change Fee
$5
(if making a change after the first class session)
Transcript Fee
Continuation Fee
$3 per copy
$350 per trimester
(if work on the degree continues beyond scheduled coursework)
Tuition for 2000-2001:
per course $1,284
Tuition is set on an annual basis and is payable at the beginning of
each trimester.
Enrollment Pavment OPlions
Payment in full: due prior to first day
of classes
Payment plan:
A 3-pay plan is available each trimester
with 1/3 tuition due every 30 days,
beginning prior to the first day of classes.
Company reimbursement:
Courses that are company reimbursed
require a deposit of $150 per course, with
full payment due within 45 days after the
end of the term.
Registration is permitted only if the
student's account for a previous term is paid
in full as agreed. Augsburg College will not
Finance Charge: A finance charge is applied at a simple rate of
release diplomas or academic transcripts
one percent per month on any account with an open balance of 30
until all student accounts are paid in full.
days or more.
This policy applies to student loan funds
Tuition Refund Schedule
In order to be eligible for a refund of tuition charges, students are
responsible for canceling courses with the registrar's office. A per
course tuition refund will be made on the following basis:
Through the first scheduled class meeting: 100% of tuition
(minus a $75 administrative fee if withdrawing completely)
Prior to the second class meeting: 80% of tuition
Prior to the third scheduled class meeting: 60% of tuition
No refund after the third scheduled class meeting.
administered by the College (e.g., Perkins
Student Loan); payments must be current
according to the established repayment
schedules.
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Financial Aid
Companv Tuition Assistance
Programs
Federal and State Aid
Programs
students enrolled in the
Many companies, agencies,
The Enrollment Center uses
MSW program. Non-degree
and corporations offer full or
standard, nationally accepted
seeking students are not
partial tuition assistance to
methodology to determine
eligible for any type of
employees who participate in
eligibility for federal and
financial aid through
work-related or degree-
state financial aid programs.
Financial assistance is
available to degree-seeking
Augsburg College. Students
related college programs.
enrolled in two or three full-
Augsburg College offers a
credit courses per trimester
payment plan by which
are eligible to apply for full-
employees may handle
time aid. Students enrolled
tuition reimbursement.
in one course are eligible to
Students should contact the
apply for half-time aid. The
Enrollment Center to make
Enrollment Center assists
payment arrangements using
students in assessing
the company reimbursement
financial aid eligibility and
payment plan.
offers financial aid from
Federal Stafford Loan
Program
Common loan provisions:
Borrowing limits: Graduate
students may borrow up to
$18,500 per year with an
aggregate of $128,500
(undergraduate and
graduate). Based on an
eligibility calculation, a
Bureau of Indian Attairs.
Tribal and State Indian
Scholarships
student may borrow from
Sponsored Scholarships
American Indian students
combination of both, but
Augsburg actively pursues
who meet federal, state, or
cannot exceed the annual
non-Augsburg funding for
tribal requirements may
loan limits.
special scholarships. The
apply for these scholarships.
available alternatives, some
of which are listed below:
either the unsubsidized or
subsidized program or a
Interest rates: The
availability of such
Indian grants generally
annually variable interest
scholarships may enable the
supplement other sources of
rate is determined by the 91-
participation of individuals
financial aid. For assistance
day T-bills + 3.1 %, capped at
of limited financial means as
in application, please contact
8.25% and changes each
well as individuals working
Augsburg's American Indian
July 1 for all borrowers. The
for volunteer agencies and
Student Services director at
interest rate for enrollment
other organizations not likely
(612) 330-1144 or your
periods beginning between
to provide tuition
tribal agency.
July 1, 2000 and June 30,
reimbursement.
2001 is 7.59% .
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Federal Perkins Loan Program
to the Enrollment Center for further
begins six months after you cease to
A joint Augsburg College-federally
procesing. Loan proceeds are released
be enrolled at least half time in an
funded program administered through
through electronic funds transfer .
eligible program leading to a degree or
the College for students who
certificate. Repayment may extend up
demonstrate financial eligibility. The
students may borrow up to $9,000 per
to 10 years.
student is required to sign a
year minus any other student loan
Repayment terms: Repayment
Deferments: In most cases,
Borrowing limits: Graduate
promissory note at least once per
indebtedness. Maximum graduate
deferments are granted for continued
term, after which funds are put on the
borrowing cannot exceed $40,000
education, disability, and
student account.
including undergraduate. The
unemployment. Contact your lender
Borrowing limits: You may
if you think you are eligible for a
borrow up to $4,000 per year as a
deferment.
graduate student, with a $30,000
Program specific provisions
maximum.
Federal Stafford Loan
Interest and repayment: Simple
minimum loan amount per year is
$500.
Interest and repayment: The
interest rate is variable. Interest
payments begin 90 days after the loan
(subsidized): The Enrollment Center
interest of 5% and repayment of
is disbursed and continue quarterly
has determined that, based on the
principal (at a minimum of $50 per
thereafter while the student is
financial information submitted,
month) begin nine months after you
enrolled. Principal payments begin in
students qualify for up to the amount
graduate or leave school. Partial or
the 13th month after you leave
listed on their Award Notice.
total loan cancellation privileges exist
school.
for certain types of teaching, disability
Deferments: There are no
during the time the student is
Interest: No interest accrues
and, in certain circumstances, military
deferments. Contact the Minnesota
enrolled at least halftime.
service.
Higher Education Services Office
Fees: An origination fee of up to
Deferments: No interest accrues
3% and a guarantee fee of up to 1%
nor do payments need to be made at
may be deducted from the loan check
any time you are enrolled at least
before you receive it.
halftime or for serving three years in
the military, Peace Corps, or VISTA.
Federal Stafford Loans
(unsubsidized):
You may borrow up to the amount
Contact the student loan coordinator
in the Enrollment Center if you think
you are eligible for a deferment.
listed on your Award Notice.
regarding special circumstances and
repayment.
To APPIV for Financial Aid
Financial aid application
materials are available from the
Enrollment Center at (612) 330-1046
or <efscvctr@augsburg.edu>.
Applicants must be admitted to
SELF (Student Educational Loan
Augsburg as regular students or be
the period of enrollment and may be
Fund)
returning students in good academic
capitalized.
The SELF is administered through
standing before an award notice will
the Minnesota Higher Education
be processed.
Interest: Interest accrues during
Fees: An origination fee of up to
3% and a guarantee fee of up to 1%
Services Office. Applications are
may be deducted from the loan check
available from the Enrollment Center
before you receive it.
and should be completed by the
borrower and co-signer and returned
Academic Policies
The financial aid application
Academic Honestv
Attendance
will be processed when the
A college is a community of
Students must notify the
following documents are
learners whose relationship
professor in advance of any
received:
relies on trust. Honesty is
expected absence. In cases of
• the Free Application for
necessary to preserve the
extreme emergency, when
Federal Student Aid
integrity and credibility of
prior notification is not
(FAFSA) or the Renewal
scholarship by the Augsburg
possible, students must notify
FAFSA
College community.
the professor in a reasonable
Academic dishonesty is,
amount of time about an
therefore, not tolerated. As a
absence. Consistent
program requirement, all
attendance is expected, and
• Augsburg Financial Aid
Application
• Federal income tax
return(s) and W-Z(s).
student course projects,
missing more than one class
We recommend new
papers, and examinations
session may result in a
students complete and submit
include a statement by the
reduced grade. Missing more
all financial aid application
student pledging to abide by
than two class sessions may
materials at the same time as
the College academic
require withdrawal and a
leave of absence.
they submit MSW admission
honesty policies and to
application materials.
uphold the highest standards
Financial aid applications
of academic integrity.
Evaluation of Student Field
Performance
Advisement
The criteria for evaluating
Academic and professional
field performance include
should be submitted to the
Enrollment Center. If
applying for aid after being
admitted, apply as soon as
possible, but no fewer than
eight weeks prior to the start
of the first term. Those who
apply fewer than eight weeks
prior to classes should be
prepared to pay for the first
term of classes with personal
funds.
•
advising is essential to
attendance, field seminar
supporting and promoting
faculty feedback on field
professional growth and
journal or other assignments,
development of goals.
and a field evaluation
Therefore, the Department of
instrument, which is
Social Work provides both
completed by the field
academic and professional
instructor and then discussed
advisement. After admission,
with the student and the field
students are assigned a faculty
seminar faculty. It is the
adviser. As adult learners, the
responsibility of the field
advising relationship requires
seminar faculty to submit the
the student to take
field grade. Field courses are
responsibility for initiating
graded with a P/N. Students
contact with the adviser if
must achieve a minimum of
academic problems arise.
3.0 to receive credit.
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Grade Definitions
No more than two courses
Evaluation of academic pe1formance for the Master of Social Work degree is based
with a grade of 2.0 or 2.5 will
on number grades using a 4.0 point scale with these definitions:
count toward the degree. Courses
with a grade below 2.0 must be
4.0
Achieves highest standards of excellence
3.5
Achieves above basic course standards
3.0
Achieves basic course standards
2.5
Pe1formance less than basic course standards
second time are counted in the
2.0
Pe1formance below basic course standards
grade point average. If a student
repeated. No more than two
courses can be repeated. Only the
1.5-0.0 Unacceptable performance (no credit-course must be repeated)
P
N
w
credits and grades earned the
receives a grade of N in a course,
the student must successfully
Achieves at or above the 3.0 level (not computed in grade point
petition the department before
average)
being permitted to repeat the
Does not meet minimum passing standard (no credit-not computed in
course and to continue in the
grade point average)
program. A plan for the student to
Grade given when course is dropped
follow would be outlined at that
time.
Incomplete grade given in case where student is unable to complete
course requirements on time for reasons beyond the student's control
x
A grade of X is given by the instructor to indicate that the study (field
placement or independent study) is extended. A final grade will be
issued at the end of the term in which the work is completed and
evaluated (but not longer than one year from the term in which the X
was given).
Academic Probation
A student placed on academic
probation is required to meet with
his or her adviser to review the
situation and to plan the steps the
student has to take to be removed
from probation. During the
Academic Achievement
probation trimester, the adviser
Students must maintain at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average. If a student
and student will:
falls below a 3.0 average, the student will be placed on academic probation for the
• meet, to review the situation
following term. A 3.0 cumulative grade point average must be restored in order for
a student to be removed from probation. If the cumulative grade point average
again falls below 3.0, the student may be dismissed from the program. Students are
retained in the program who can:
• maintain expected grade point average (3.0 or higher);
• complete course requirements of the program and field placement;
• complete the program within four years; and
• abide by the Social Work Code of Ethics.
and make a plan;
• meet during the probation term
and monitor progress; and
• meet following the probation
term to determine if the GPA is
restored.
Grounds for Dismissal
request a leave of absence in
which is prerequisite to
A student may be dismissed
order to maintain their
Organizations/Social
from the MSW program for
admitted status. The request
Administration Practice III.
behavior detrimental to the
must be made in writing. A
program, such as a gross
leave of absence typically
violation of College policy
requires a full year away from
(see Student Guide) or
the program in order to
conduct unbecoming to
return to classes in sequence.
social work practice or in
violation of professional
ethics. Students may also be
dismissed for insufficient
academic performance.
Dismissal would occur only
after established procedures
Typically, full-time students
complete degree requirements
in two years. Occasionally,
some students may request to
Prerequishe courses
extend completion of the
All foundation courses are
degree if a requirement is not
prerequisite to the
yet finished. In this event,
concentration courses.
the student is charged a $350
Students may not enroll in
continuation fee, beginning
the concentration courses
in the following fall term, if
until successfully completing
the degree is still not finished
all foundation courses. Under
at that time. This charge is
Independent StudV
the new curriculum, the
again levied for each
Students may request to
following courses are
consecutive trimester that
were followed.
complete an independent
sequenced as follows:
occurs with the degree still
study course as an addition to
Research I is prerequisite to
unfinished. Part-time students
the required coursework. A
Research II, Field Work I is
do not have the option to
faculty sponsor is required for
prerequisite to Field Work II,
extend the degree as their
an independent study project.
Field Work III is prerequisite
course sequence extends over
A proposal of the project
to Field Work IV, Family
the full four years.
must be approved by the
Practice I is prerequisite to
MSW program in order to
Family Practice II, Planning
receive credit. No course
and Policy Practice I is
offered in the current
prerequisite to Planning and
curriculum may be taken as
Policy Practice II,
an independent study.
Organizations/Social
Leave of Absence
Students who interrupt their
program enrollment must
•
Conunuation Fee
Four Year limit
CSWE requires that all
students finish the degree
within four years of
matriculation.
Administration Practice I is
prerequisite to
Organizations/Social
Administration Practice II,
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MSW Program Management
The Master of Social Work program
OHice Location
Social work Administration
is, in large part, managed from within
Memorial Hall,
Dr. Anthony Bibus
the Department of Social Work.
Corner of 22nd Ave
Chair, Department of Social Work
Students may contact the MSW
and 7th street;
(612) 330-1746
program with questions about any of
Room 12, ground floor
bibus@augsburg.edu
OHiceHours
Dr. Nancy Rodenborg
the services listed below.
MSW OHice Services
MSW admissions
New student orientation
Academic calendar
Classroom scheduling
MSW weekend office coverage
Academic advising
Academic standing review
Course registration
Transfer of credit review
Field practicum
coordination
Enrollment projections
Student database
management
Production of SWK
NEW SN OTES
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Class Fridays, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Class Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Contact Information
General social work info:
(612) 330-1189
BSW Program Director
(612) 330-1430
rodenbor@augsburg.edu
Dr. Lois A. Bosch
MSW Program Director
(612) 330-1633
bosch@augsburg.edu
General MSW info:
(612) 330-1233
BSW questions:
(612) 330-1307
MSW questions:
Dr. Michael Schock
BSW Field Coordinator
(612) 330-1725
schock@augsburg.edu
(612) 330-1763
Dr. Laura Boisen
swkinfo@augsburg.edu
MSW Field Coordinator
www.augsburg.edu/msw
(612) 330-1439
boisen@augsburg.edu
Doran Edwards
Graduation clearance
BSW Program Assistant
Alumni network (S.W.A.N.)
(612) 330-1307
edwardsd@augsburg.edu
Janna Caywood
MSW Program Assistant
(612) 330-1763
caywood@augsburg.edu
Kelly Anders
Social Work Department Secretary
(612) 330-1769
anders@augsburg.edu
Kerri Barrett
MSW Secretary
(612) 330-1233
barrettk@augsburg.edu
Department ol Social Work Facultv
Anthony Bibus Ill
M.S.S.W., University of
Interests: family issues,
Chair
Wisconsin;
African American and
biracial issues, multi-cultural
(612) 330-1746
M.P.A., Iowa State
bibus@augsburg.edu
University;
education, public schools, race
Memorial Hall, Room lOA
Ph.D., University of
relations, diversity training in
B.A., College of St. Thomas;
Minnesota
the workplace, leadership,
M.A., University of Virginia;
Ph.D., University of
cross-cultural adoption issues.
at risk families, kinship foster
Maria Dinis
care, delivery of child welfare
(612) 330-1704
Interests: child welfare,
services, family policy,
dinis@augsburg.edu
family-based services, work
management and supervision
Memorial Hall, Room 14
with involuntary clients,
in human service
B.A., M.S.W., California
Minnesota
supervision, social policy,
organizations.
State University;
social work ethics,
Lois A. Bosch
Ph.D., University of
international models of
MSW Director
practice, peace and justice,
(612) 330-1633
Interests: community
social work education.
bosch@augsburg.edu
organization, planning and
Vernon Bloom
Memorial Hall, Room 15
administration, substance
(612) 330-1133
B.A., Northwestern College;
abuse, addiction and
Memorial Hall, Room 24
M.S.W., University of Iowa;
prevention, social welfare.
B.A., University of
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Sumin Hsieh
Minnesota
California-Berkeley
Interests: children and
(612) 330-1376
families, developmental
hsieh@augsburg.edu
disabilities, social work in
Memorial Hall, Room 8
Interests: criminology;
schools, social policy reform,
B.A., Tunghai
mental health policy; race,
empowerment/strengths
University, Taiwan;
gender and disability issues;
perspective, mteragency
M.S.W, Tunghai University,
community organization and
collaboration, parent
Taiwan;
development.
participation.
Ph.D., University of
Laura Boisen
Francine Chakolis
Minnesota
MSW Field Coordinator
(612) 330-1156
Interests: adolescent
(612) 330-1439
Memorial Hall 115A
substance use behavior,
boisen@augsburg.edu
B.S., Augsburg College;
substance use treatment and
Memorial Hall, Room 12B
M.S.W., University of
outcome evaluation, school
B.S., Wartburg College;
Minnesota
social work, international
M.S.W., University of
Minnesota
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Interests: child protection,
social work.
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Rosemary Link
Phu Phan
schock@augsburg.edu
(612) 330-11 47
(612) 330-1375
Memorial Hall, Room 116B
link@augsburg.edu
phan@augsburg.edu
B.A., University of Washington;
Memorial Hall, Room 1178
Memorial Hall, Room 6
M.S.W., University of Minnesota;
B.A., Southhampton University;
B.A., M.S.W., University of
Ph.D., University of Washington
C.Q.S.W., London University;
Minnesota
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Interests: woman battering,
Interests: social work in Vietnam,
adolescent sexua l behavior,
Interests: child and family well-
social work practice in a variety of
adolescence and social policy,
being, international social policy and
settings, activism on behalf of the
community organ ization, behavioral
comparative social work, social work
Vietnamese population in the Twin
research and program development,
in schools and prisons.
Cities.
group work.
Sharon Patten
Nancy Rodenborg
Clarice Staff
(612) 330- 1723
BSW Director
(612) 330-1374
patten@augsburg. edu
(612) 330-1430
staffc@augsburg.edu
Memorial Hall, Room 17
rodenbor@augsburg.edu
Memorial Hall, Room l 16A
B.A., St. O laf College;
Memorial Hall, Room 11
B.A., Augsburg College;
M.S.W., MA, Ph.D., University of
B.S., Indiana University;
M.S.S.W., D.S.W., Columbia
Minnesota
M.S.W., University of Minnesota;
University
Interests: social policy/health care,
long-term care, aging, income support
and soc ial services, policy research
and program evaluation, welfare
M.l.A., School for International
Training (Vt.);
Ph.D., Arizona State University
Interests: social policy and planning,
community organization and
development, role of social worker in
Glenda Dewberry Rooney
policy developmen t, program
reform .
(on leave 2000-01)
development and evaluation,
Curt Paulsen
B.S., University of North Texas;
education of future social workers.
(612) 330-1621
M.S.W., University of Illinois-
Maryann Syers
paulsen@augsburg.edu
Chicago;
(612) 330-1771
Memorial Hall, Room 7
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
syers@augsburg.edu
B.A. St. Olaf College
M.S.W., University of Minnesota
Ph.D., The Fielding Institute
Interests: ethics, occupational social
work practice, employee assistance
programs, organizational
Memorial Hall, Room 16
B.A., Arizona State University;
M.S.W., Ph.D., University of
Minnesota
Interests: The relationship of family
development, trust and justice in
systems with individua l freedom,
social relations, practice research,
Interests: domestic violence,
responsibility, loneliness, identity, and
social work licensure.
women's issues, social work practice
spirituality.
Michael Schock
with trauma survivors , men tal health,
BSW Field Coordinator
gay and lesbian issues.
(612) 330-1725
lindell librarv and Information
Technolouv center
The Lindell Library, named
service among these and
electronic resources to
for donor James G. Lindell
other local libraries
students in support of their
and family, is a state-of-the-
(including the University of
academic endeavors. The IT
art facility that houses the
Minnesota and Minneapolis
department provides two
library collection,
and St. Paul public libraries)
student computing labs on
information technology and
facilitates easy and quick
campus and offers a variety
service center, and audio-
sharing of resources.
of computer-related
visual media services. The
Additional collections
equipment to check out for
library has a vast periodical
nationwide are also
use in the library, including
collection, other circulating
accessible through
both IBM Thinkpad and
collections, a multi-media
interlibrary loan
Macintosh laptops.
classroom, a copy center, and
arrangements. Remote, off-
a library instruction room.
campus computer access to
department launched
In fall 2000, the IT
There are a variety of study
these services is provided via
"AugNet," Augsburg's
spaces, ranging from carrels
a telecommunications link.
intranet. This collection of
computer network resources
and casual seating to group
The library staff is
study rooms equipped with
experienced in guiding
includes private and shared
network access.
graduate students to
folders and a secure Web site
research materials for
for students, faculty, and
collection of 175,000
coursework as well as other
staff. By entering passwords,
volumes is complete with the
research projects. Librarians
students have access to
latest electronic catalogs,
will help students acquire
secure information from
indexes, and CD-ROM
research skills through
Web-connected computers-
stations for various academic
individual appointments and
Webmail; the campus
disciplines, e.g., Social Work
group instructional sessions.
directory; grades, schedule,
The Lindell Library's
Abstracts, Psychlit, ERIC
Located in Augsburg's
and financial aid
(education) and CINAHL
Lindell Library is the
information; and a daily
(nursing and health). An
Information Technology (IT)
summary of College
online catalog, CLICnet,
department. The IT
announcements and events.
reflects holdings of Augsburg
department has worked hard
and its seven partner Twin
to keep pace with the latest
Cities private college
advances in the technology
libraries. Twice-daily courier
industry and to provide
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Accreditation
Accreditations and 1m11a11ons
MSW Student Forum where issues
forum. Other faculty may be invited
The Augsburg Master of Social Work
affecting them are discussed.
as permanent members or as guests.
program is accredited by the Council
The College operates in
on Social Work Education (CSWE).
compliance with the Family
these guidelines:
Augsburg College is accredited by the
Educational Rights and Privacy Act
• provide an avenue for students to
Past forum members established
North Central Association of
(FERPA) of 1974 as amended and
share and discuss ideas and/or
Colleges and Schools*. Augsburg
Title IX. Students have the right to
concerns related to the MSW
College is a member of the
inspect certain official records, files,
educational experience with the
Associated Colleges of the Twin
and data which pertain to them
social work department
Cities (ACTC), the Lutheran
(except where a waiver of access has
Education Council in North
been signed) and to challenge
among students, faculty, and
America, and the Minnesota Private
inaccurate or misleading information.
department and College
Colleges Council. Augsburg is
Students have a right to experience
administrators
registered with the Minnesota Higher
education free from discrimination.
Education Services Office.
Registration does not mean that
credits earned at the institution can
be transferred to other institutions or
that the quality of the educational
programs would meet the standards of
every student, educational institution
or employer.
MSW Forum
All MSW students are invited to
participate in the student-run
organization, "MSW Forum." The
purpose of the forum is to facilitate
communication between social work
students and the social work
• encourage constructive dialog
• make recommendations to the
department regarding program
improvements
• receive and give feedback on
expectations of faculty, students,
and the College
• plan and coordinate MSW student
events, lectures, discussions
• organize social action projects.
department, as well as to provide the
s1uden1 Rights
opportunity for student participation
The College has adopted a statement
in department governance,
of student rights and responsibilities
curriculum development, and
and has provided for due process in
program improvements.
the matters of disciplinary action,
The forum historically has been
grievances, and grade appeal. These
volunteer based. Any student may
rights, responsibilities, and processes
serve on the forum, provided he or
are outlined in the Student Guide of
she can make a commitment to
Augsburg College. Students are
attend the meetings and share in the
encouraged to participate in the
efforts. The MSW director and MSW
program assistant also serve on the
*North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, (312) 263-04 56; <www.nca-cihr.org>.
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About Augsburg College
Historv
Accessibilhv
and thought, Buddhist, and
Augsburg College was the
Augsburg College has made
Islamic faiths.
first seminary founded by
a major effort to become one
Norwegian Lutherans in
of the most accessible
America. Named after the
campuses in the region.
confession of faith presented
Skyways, tunnels, and
by Lutherans in Augsburg,
elevators provide accessible
Germany, in 1530, Augsburg
connections between the
College opened September
major buildings-student
1869 in Marshall, Wisconsin,
housing towers, the
and moved to Minneapolis
Christensen Center, main
in 1872. Augsburg College
academic and administrative
and Seminary changed its
halls, Music Hall, Foss
name to Augsburg College in
Center, and Lindell Library.
1963 when the Lutheran
In addition, there are
Free Church merged with
services for students with
the American Lutheran
learning disabilities. The
Church.
CLASS Office phone
campus Location
number is (612) 330-1648.
Non-Discrimination Policv
Augsburg College, as
affirmed in its mission, does
not discriminate on the basis
of race, color, creed, religion,
national or ethnic origin,
age, gender, sexual
orientation, marital status,
status with regard to public
assistance, or disability in its
education policies,
admissions policies,
scholarship and loan
programs, athletic and/or
school-administered
programs, except in those
instances where religion is a
Augsburg's 23-acre campus is
Church AHiliation
bona fide occupational
located in the heart of
Augsburg is a college of the
qualification. Augsburg
Minneapolis, Minnesota, and
Evangelical Lutheran
College is committed to
surrounds Murphy Square.
Church in America. The
providing reasonable
Adjacent to the campus are
College is a diverse
accommodations to its
the Fairview-University
community with many
employees and its students.
Medical Center complex,
strong religious traditions
the West Bank campus of
represented among the
the University of Minnesota,
students, faculty, and staff,
and Mississippi River
including but not limited to
parkways.
Lutheran, Roman Catholic,
American Indian spirituality
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Directions to Campus
35W from the North Take Washington Avenue exit
and turn left on Washington
(curves right onto Cedar
Avenue), turn left at Riverside
Avenue, right at 21st Avenue
South.
1-94 East from Minneapolis Take 25th Avenue exit, turn
left at 25th Avenue, turn left
at Riverside Avenue, turn left
at 21st Avenue South.
l-94 West from St. Paul Take Riverside exit, turn right
at Riverside Avenue, turn left
at 21st Avenue South.
35W from the South Follow the 1-94 St. Paul signs
(move to right lane after each
of two mergers). Take 25th
Avenue exit, turn left at 25th
Avenue, tum left at Riverside
Avenue, turn left at 21st
Avenue South.
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Master of Social Work
program office location
Please call (612) 330-1233 for
directions to the Master of
Social Work program office.
Public Parking
Augsburg College commuter
lots are free and open for use
after 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday, and on
weekends, unless otherwise
posted. Lots are located on 7th
Street, between 21st and 22nd
Avenues and north or south of
8th Street between 24th and
25th Avenues. Additional
parking is available in the
Fairview-University Medical
Center ramp, or University of
Minnesota parking lots on
the north side of Riverside
Avenue.
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College Map Information
1. Admissions Weekday
Program
2. Admissions Annex
3. Air Structure Entrance
(November through
March)
4. Anderson-Nelson
Athletic Field and
Seasonal
Air Structure
5. Christensen Center
6. East Hall
7. Faculty Guest House
8. Foss, Lobeck, Miles,
Center for Worship,
Drama and
Communication
9. George Sverdrup Hall
10. Husby-Strommen Tennis
Courts
11. lee Arena
12. Institutional
Advancement and
Alumni/Parent Relations
13. Lindell Library
14. Maintenance and
Grounds Shop
15. Mortensen Hall
16. Murphy Place
17. Murphy Square
18. Music Hall
19. New Residence Hall
20 Old Main
21. Oscar Anderson Hall
22. Public Relations House
23.Quad
24. Science Hall
25. Security Dispatch Center
26. Shipping and Receiving
27. Melby Hall
28. Sverdrup-Oftedal
Memorial Hall
(Social Work office)
29. Urness Hall
Parking Information
A. Admissions/Faculty/Staff
Parking
B. Commuter/Resident
Parking
C. Faculty/Staff Parking
D. Faculty/Staff/Commuter
Parking
E. Commuter Parking
F. Resident Parking
G. Visitor Parking
H. Fairview-University
Parking Ramp
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