Degree Options
The Certificate of Completion
The College of St. Catherine awards the certificate of completion for several programs of study. These programs range from the vocational to the professional level and equip students with specialized knowledge, skills and decision-making competencies necessary for working in a variety of settings.
The Associate Degree
The College of St. Catherine awards the associate of arts (A.A.), associate of science (A.S.) and the associate of applied science (A.A.S.) degrees to students upon successful completion of academic requirements. Upon receiving the A.S. or A.A.S. degree, the graduate of one of the health-care or human-services programs is prepared to accept an entry-level position in the major field. The A.A. degree program is intended to prepare students for enrollment in a four-year baccalaureate program.
The Baccalaureate Degree
The bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree is offered by every major field at the college except interpreting. Additionally, the bachelor of science (B.S.) degree is offered within certain majors as an alternative to the B.A., at the option of the student. The B.A. and B.S. degrees differ in terms of the liberal arts requirements that must be fulfilled to complete the degree, and major requirements may differ as well. (See core graduation requirements.) In cases where students choose to double-major, they will declare the degree choice at the time the major is declared. In the case of double majors that offer different degrees, students earn the bachelor of arts.
The College also offers the bachelor of interpreting (B.I.) degree. The B.I. degree differs from the B.A. and B.S. degrees in terms of the number of liberal arts requirements that must be fulfilled to complete the degree. (See ASL/Interpreting in the baccalaureate programs section of this catalog.)
Fields of study
Certificate Programs:
The college offers 10 certificate programs that are available to students whether or not they have earned a bachelor's degree. Additionally, students who have a bachelor's degree from the College of St. Catherine or another institution may obtain a second major certificate or spiritual direction certificate from the college.
CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE AT ST. CATHERINE
ACCOUNTING CERTIFICATE I
ACCOUNTING CERTIFICATE II
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
CODING SPECIALIST
HOLISTIC HEALTH STUDIES
INTERPRETING
MONTESSORI EARLY CHILDHOOD ASSOCIATE CREDENTIAL
PASTORAL MINISTRY
PHLEBOTOMY
PIANO PEDAGOGY
SALES
SECOND MAJOR*
SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
* Students earning a second major certificate complete the requirements for the major only; refer to the sections of this catalog describing the individual major requirements. (Not available in Social Work.)
Associate Degree Programs:
There are eight majors available to students seeking an associate degree at the College of St. Catherine. The major is noted on the student's transcript at graduation.
ASSOCIATE DEGREES AVAILABLE AT ST. CATHERINE
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS (A.A.)
HEALTH INFORMATION SPECIALIST (A.A.S.)
NURSING (A.S.)
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT (A.A.S.)
PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT (A.A.S.)
RADIOGRAPHER (A.A.S.)
RESPIRATORY CARE (A.A.S.)
SONOGRAPHY (A.A.S.)
Baccalaureate Degree Programs:
There are more than 30 major fields of study available to day program students at the College of St. Catherine, including more than 70 different areas of concentration. Thirty additional majors are available through the combined resources of the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities (ACTC).
Weekend College majors include accounting, business administration, communication, elementary education, health information management, information management, management information systems, nursing, occupational science/pre-occupational therapy, philosophy: applied ethics, professional sales, speech communication, and social work. (The ACTC exchange program does not apply to Weekend College students.)
When students select a major field of study, they will ordinarily choose course work from one academic discipline. In addition, several major disciplines offer a choice of concentrations from which the student must select one. Other disciplines offer optional concentrations beyond the core requirements for the majors. Students also may choose to do work in a minor field of study. All completed majors and minors are noted on a student's transcript at graduation.
BACCALAUREATE MAJORS AND CONCENTRATIONS AVAILABLE AT ST. CATHERINE
ART
Concentrations (must select one):
Art Education**
Art History
Studio Art
ASL/INTERPRETING (B.I. degree only)
BIOLOGY*
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Majors available:
Accounting
Business Administration
Concentrations (must select one):
Marketing/Management
Small Business/Entrepreneurship
Information Systems (Day Program only)
Management Information Systems (Weekend College only)
Sales
Concentration (optional):
Business-to-Business
Financial Services
Medical Sales
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY COUNSELING
CHEMISTRY*
Concentrations (optional):
American Chemical Society Approved Concentration
Biochemistry
COMMUNICATION (interdepartmental major)
Concentrations (must select one):
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
Electronic Media Studies
Speech Communication
Communication Arts/Literature* (interdisciplinary major)
EAST ASIAN STUDIES (joint ACTC program)
ECONOMICS
Majors available:
Economics
Financial Economics
EDUCATION
Majors available:
Elementary Education (Day and Weekend)
Licensures available:
Elementary with Preprimary Specialty (age 3 - grade 6)
Elementary with Middle School Specialty (K - grade 8)
Secondary Education (Day only)
Licensure in the following areas (student must complete major in the department listed):
Communication Arts/Literature (English, Communication Studies)
Family, Consumer and Nutritional Sciences (Family, Consumer and Nutritional Sciences)
Mathematics (Mathematics)
Science: Life Science (Biology)
Science: Chemistry (Chemistry)
Social Studies (Social Studies)
K-12 Licensures
Licensure in the following areas (student must complete major in the department listed):
Music (Music)
Physical Education (Exercise Science)
Theatre/Dance (Theatre - joint offering with UST)
Visual Arts (Art)
World Languages and Cultures: French (French)
World Languages and Cultures: Spanish (Spanish)
Optional License
Parent and Family Education
ENGLISH
Majors available:
English
Concentrations (must select one):
Communication Arts/Literature* (interdisciplinary major)
EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCE**
Majors available:
Exercise Science
Exercise Science and Nutrition
FAMILY, CONSUMER AND NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES
Majors available:
Family and Consumer Science
Concentration (optional):
Fashion and Apparel
Foods and Nutrition
Concentrations (must select one):
Business
Dietetics
Food Service Management
Physical Science or Social Science
Exercise Science and Nutrition
FRENCH**
HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (Weekend College only)
HISTORY
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (Weekend College only)
Concentrations (must select one):
Business
Communications
Computing
General
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
MATHEMATICS*
MUSIC
Majors available:
Music
Concentrations (optional):
Music Theater
Performance and Studio Teaching
Music Education**
Concentration (must select one):
NURSING
OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE
Concentrations (must select one):
Interdisciplinary
Pre-Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy Assistant
PHILOSOPHY
Concentrations (must select one):
Applied Philosophy (Day Program only)
Applied Ethics (WEC only)
POLITICAL SCIENCE
PSYCHOLOGY
RUSSIAN, CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN AREA STUDIES (joint ACTC program)
SOCIAL STUDIES*
SOCIAL WORK
SOCIOLOGY
SPANISH**
THEATER
Concentration (optional):
Dance and Theater Arts Education**
THEOLOGY
WOMEN'S STUDIES (joint ACTC program)
*Major/concentration in combination with minor in secondary education is designed to prepare students for teaching in secondary schools (grades 5-12); meets state licensure requirements.
**Major/concentration in combination with education curriculum is designed to prepare students for teaching in grades K-12; meets state licensure requirements.
MAJORS WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE OPTION
The bachelor of science option is available in the following majors:
Accounting
Applied Science in Biology, Exercise Science, or Psychology (Pre-Physical Therapy)
Business Administration
Chemical Dependency Counseling
Economics
Financial Economics
Electronic Media Studies
Elementary Education
Exercise Science
Exercise Science/Nutrition
Family Consumer and Nutritional Science
Family Education
Fashion and Apparel
Foods and Nutrition
Health Information Management (Weekend College only)
Information Management (Weekend College only)
Information Systems
International Business and Economics
International Relations
Management Information Systems
Mathematics
Nursing
Occupational Science / Pre-Occupational Therapy
Political Science
Sales
Social Work
Speech Communication
Minors
Students who wish to study a particular subject beyond the introductory courses but not to the level required for a major may complete a minor program in addition to their area of major study. The bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degrees require the completion of a major; students may not graduate with only a minor or set of minors. For more information, see the discussion of minors in this catalog.
MINORS AVAILABLE AT ST. CATHERINE'S
American Sign Language
Art, Studio 2D
Art, Studio 3D
Art History
Biology
Business Administration
Chemical Dependency Counseling
Chemistry
Coaching
Communication Studies: Promotional Communication
Computer Science
East Asian Studies (joint ACTC program)
Economics
English: Writing and Literature
English: Promotional Communication
Exercise and Sport Science
Family, Consumer and Nutritional Sciences: Child in the Family
Family, Consumer and Nutritional Sciences: Family Life
Family, Consumer and Nutritional Sciences: Foods
Family, Consumer and Nutritional Sciences: Nutrition
Film
French
History
Information Resources (Weekend College only)
International Relations
Mathematics
Mathematics/Computer Science
Middle East Studies (joint ACTC program)
Music
Occupational Science
Philosophy
Philosophy: Applied Ethics
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Russian, Central and East European Studies (joint ACTC program)
Secondary Education (in conjunction with teaching major only)
Social Welfare
Sociology
Spanish
Speech Communication
Theater History, Theory and Criticism
Theater Performance
Theology
Women's Studies (joint ACTC program)
Preprofessional Programs
Pre-Dentistry
Pre-Engineering
Pre-Law
Pre-Medicine
Pre-Optometry
Pre-Occupational Therapy
Pre-Pharmacy
Pre-Physical Therapy
Pre-Veterinary Medicine
Airforce ROTC
The Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities (ACTC)
As part of the ACTC, St. Catherine's offers its students in the Baccalaureate Day Program the possibility of registering for courses at Augsburg College, Hamline University, Macalester College and the University of St. Thomas. CSC students may cross-register through the ACTC subject to the following guidelines:
- Only full-time undergraduate students registered for at least 12 semester credits on their home campus day program are eligible to register for exchange courses.
- Only one course per semester may be taken on an exchange basis. Additional exchange courses are permitted as exceptions when required by major field scheduling.
- Students may not cross-register for a course that is offered on their own campus.
- Liberal arts core requirements are to be taken at St. Catherine's with the provision that one such liberal arts course may be taken at each of the other colleges. Exempted are foreign language sequences not offered at St. Catherine's, which may be completed in their entirety at the same ACTC school.
- For ACTC exchange courses in the major and minor, students must gain written approval of their home campus department chair.
- If a student does not register for a desired ACTC course during the normal registration period, she may not add the course until the first day of class, when she must secure the instructor's signature on her St. Catherine Drop/Add form.
Courses available through the Associated Colleges are published in the annual ACTC Joint Class Schedule. The ACTC exchange operates only during the fall and winter semesters and not during January or the summer.
MAJORS AVAILABLE THROUGH ACTC
The following major fields of study are available to College of St. Catherine baccalaureate day students through a cooperating agreement with the other colleges of the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities* (Augsburg College, Hamline University, Macalester College and the University of St. Thomas). Students pursuing majors at another ACTC college will need to fulfill the St. Catherine requirements for the bachelor of arts degree. Consult the section on Required Proficiencies for rules which apply to majors completed at other ACTC schools.
Actuarial Science
Anthropology
Catholic Studies
Classics
Computer Science
Conflict Studies
Criminal Justice
Dramatic Arts and Dance
Engineering, Mechanical
Environmental Studies
Geography
Geology
German
Health & Human Performance
Health Education
Humanities
International Management
Japanese
Journalism
Justice and Peace Studies
Latin
Latin American Studies
Legal Studies
Linguistics
Literary Studies
Management
Music Therapy
Nordic Area Studies
Norwegian
Paralegal (Legal Assistant)
Physical Education Health Promotion
Physics
Quantitative Methods
Russian
Science Education
Urban Studies
* The ACTC Exchange program is available only to students in the baccalaureate Day Program.
Dual Degree Programs
St. Catherine students may earn dual bachelor's and master's degrees in several professional areas. Following two to three years of liberal arts and pre-professional course work at St. Catherine's, a student may transfer to a cooperating program at another school or campus. After one to two years in the advanced program, a CSC bachelor's degree is awarded, and after one or two additional years, a master's degree is conferred from the cooperating school. Admission to the College of St. Catherine and completion of the prerequisite courses does not guarantee admission to the graduate program. Dual degree programs are available in engineering (Washington University, University of Minnesota) occupational therapy (College of St. Catherine) and physical therapy (College of St. Catherine). For more details, see Preprofessional Programs.
Global Studies
The College of St. Catherine is strongly committed to helping students integrate study-abroad experiences into their educational plans. The benefits of international education are many: gaining insight into other cultures, developing fluency in foreign languages, learning to treasure a global perspective and forming international friendships. Regardless of the reasons students choose to study abroad, their experiences in other countries unquestionably benefit their personal, academic and career goals.
Semester and year-long programs, as well as January and summer options, are available the world over. Programs available to St. Catherine students are academically sound and provide strong support services as well as opportunities for integration into the host culture. Students often choose to live with host families or in international residence halls on foreign campuses. Although students are strongly encouraged to study foreign languages while overseas, programs are available in which classes are taught in English, even in non-English-speaking countries.
Students may meet The Global Search for Justice course requirement through participation in designated semester-abroad programs or through St. Catherine's January-term Global Search courses. Opportunities for foreign study during January are available through St. Catherine's own programs abroad as well as through the college's affiliation with HECUA (Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs) and UMAIE (the Upper Midwest Association for Intercultural Education). The latter is a consortium of nine colleges offering approximately 30 different January programs with sites in all parts of the world. Finally, many summer study options are available, including short-term summer courses offered by a variety of study abroad programs.
With advance planning, students in nearly any major can participate in an approved study abroad program while making normal progress toward graduation. To begin the planning process, and in order to ensure academic credit and the application of financial aid, students must meet with an adviser in the Office of Global Studies. A study abroad adviser will help students select approved and appropriate study abroad programs as well as offer advice throughout the application and predeparture period. The Office of Global Studies coordinates program advising and approval in cooperation with academic departments. Students may obtain program descriptions and applications in the Office of Global Studies (see Policy on Eligibility for Study Abroad in this catalog). All credit-bearing programs must be approved by the Office of Global Studies prior to departure to ensure transfer of credit to the college transcript. The Office of Global Studies provides a mandatory orientation program as well as liaison services while students are overseas and re-entry programming for students returning to campus after a sojourn abroad.
Deadlines for application are March 15 for fall semester or year programs, and October 15 for winter semester programs.
Sisters of St. Joseph College Student Exchange Program
Students who attend one of the 11 colleges sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph may participate in the Sisters of St. Joseph College Consortium (SSJCC) Student Exchange Program. The Program offers students the opportunity to enrich their educational experience by studying for a semester or a year at a member campus. In addition to St. Catherine, the colleges in the consortium are: Aquinas College, Milton, Mass.; Avila College, Kansas City, Mo.; Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, Pa.; Elms College, Chicopee, Mass.; Fontbonne College, St. Louis, Mo.; Mater Dei College, Ogdensburg, N.Y.; Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, Calif.; Nazareth College of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.; Regis College, Weston, Mass.; and the College of St. Rose, Albany, N.Y.
In addition to the benefits of diverse student populations and geographic areas and increased exposure to faculty specialists and curricula, the SSJCC exchange program ensures a continuation of the Sisters of St. Joseph tradition in higher education. This tradition is marked by a high priority for intellectual excellence, commitment to religious values, an openness to change, and a caring community sensitive to emerging individual and global needs.
Students who have completed at least twenty-four (24) semester credits at one of the member colleges and maintain a 2.50 GPA are eligible to apply to participate in this exchange program. Students plan their exchange programs with their academic adviser. For additional information, contact the Office of Academic Advising.
Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA)
HECUA is a consortium of upper Midwest colleges and universities that sponsors a wide range of semester and short-term, off-campus field learning programs for undergraduates. Although these programs are diverse in their content and geographic location, they all make use of cities and the people who live there as the primary classroom and learning resource. HECUA programs are designed so that a particular city or metropolitan area provides a window for exploring issues of the larger society including an understanding of contemporary life, the connections among different worlds of life and ways of knowing, and the nature of knowledge and of social reality itself.
HECUA programs give students the chance to bridge their academic learning with direct experiences of the urgent social challenges facing our society. It takes students into urban communities to test academic theories in the real world. Students develop critical analysis and hands-on skills for creating social change.
The program requires all students to actively participate in their own learning and contribute to the learning of the whole group. Students meet frequently for group seminars and discussions. Students complete an independent study project during the semester as part of the seminars.
Students earn credits for successfully completing the course work in a HECUA semester, summer or J-Term program. Application of these credits toward their graduation requirements is arranged in consultation with the HECUA campus representative and the Office of Global Studies. In addition, designated HECUA programs have been approved to fulfill the GSJ requirement.
Application deadlines: March 15th for study in the fall term. October 15th for study in the winter term. Students are advised to begin planning in advance for their anticipated term of study.
Additional information about HECUA and all its student programs is available on the web at www.hecua.org. Interested students should contact CSC HECUA representative Mary Wagner or the Global Studies staff for further information. Programs are open to all majors.
Antonian Scholars Honors Program
To graduate as an Antonian Scholar, students must successfully complete the six requirements of the program, one of which is an independently researched senior honors project. A student also must maintain a 3.5 grade point average both overall and in the major. The Antonian Scholars Honors Program offers students of superior ability an opportunity to study and work with each other in a specially designed program of liberal arts studies. One of the goals of the program is to offer an intellectual challenge to women and to give them opportunities to build stimulating and supportive relationships with peers and faculty. In addition to the academic program, Honors Program students enjoy social and cultural activities in their own student organization.
To deepen the love of learning and to provide the opportunity for independent scholarship, students in the program enroll in special honors seminars and complete a series of honors contracts in conjunction with regular courses in the curriculum. In the senior year, students research, complete and present to the public, under the direction of a faculty member, an independent research project.
Among the privileges of membership are priority registration, access to space for Honors Program students, opportunity to present research at regional and national conferences, and participation in National Collegiate Honors Council Honors Semesters. Upon completion of the program, Antonian Scholars are recognized at commencement and given a special diploma.
First-year students and sophomores in the St. Paul campus Day Program who have achieved a 3.5 cumulative grade point average are eligible to apply for membership in the program. Applicants submit a faculty recommendation with their own written application. A committee of faculty members charged with oversight of the Antonian Scholars Honors Program selects students for membership. For further information, contact the Honors Program Director.
|