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The mission of the Academic Affairs Office of Concordia College is to uphold the centrality of the college’s academic programs for its life and mission as an institution of higher learning of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and to support its vibrancy through strategic leadership and administrative support.

The goals of the Academic Affairs Office are to:

• recruit the faculty, administer professional policies relating to them, and provide for the growth and development of the faculty
• provide leadership in the development, maintenance and renewal of the academic programs at the college
• facilitate the work of faculty and students through effective academic support services.
• provide overall direction and supervision to cocurricular activities related to the academic programs, such as athletics, musical ensembles, forensics, theatre, etc.
• coordinate and supervise the academic extension and public service activities offered by the college

The office of the vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of the college is in the Academic Affairs suite in Lorentzsen Hall 210. The Academic Affairs Office oversees the implementation of policies and supervises the college’s academic departments and programs.

Concordia’s academic departments and programs are organized into six divisions:

Arts and Humanities
Art
Cultural Events and Music Organizations
History
Music
Philosophy
Political Science
Religion
Theatre Art
Women’s Studies

Core and Academic Development
Core Curriculum
Credo
Faculty Development
Faculty and Student Scholarship

Global Education
Global Studies
International Education

Language, Literature, and Culture
Academic Advising
Classical Studies
English
French and Russian
German
Scandinavian Studies/Norwegian
Spanish and Hispanic Studies

Professional Programs and Communication Studies
Business, Accounting and Economics
Church Professions
Communication Studies
Education
Family and Nutrition Sciences
Graduate Education
International Business
Nursing
Social Work

Sciences and Mathematics
Biology
Chemistry
Clinical Laboratory Science
Earth Science
Environmental Studies
Major Projects
Health Professions
Mathematics and Computer Science
Physics
Psychology
Sociology

Assessment and Institutional Research

Concordia College is committed to providing students with top quality learning experiences. Assessment is the process that measures students’ learning. We want to determine the extent that each student who graduates from Concordia has achieved the Goals for Liberal Learning and is prepared to carry out the mission of the college.

You will be invited to participate in various assessment activities that are designed to measure your learning and development. For example, you may be invited to complete standardized exams, respond to surveys, develop a portfolio of your work, or attend focus group discussions. Many assessment activities measure students’ progress from first year to fourth year. This enables us to demonstrate how much your knowledge and skills have developed during your four years at Concordia College. In many cases, we will share with you the results of assessment activities in which you participate. Awareness of your own capabilities is important for success both in college and after graduation.

Assessment activities are intended to provide useful information to faculty, staff and administrators. The college is committed to using results of assessment activities to improve programs and services. We want to ensure that we provide you (and future Cobbers) with a top quality education. To let you know how we are using assessment results, we will periodically send you the student learning outcomes newsletter, titled “Assessment and You.” This newsletter, which is available online, describes how the college uses assessment information to modify courses, programs, services, etc.

 Each student’s assessment information is confidential. Individual scores or survey responses will not be reported to professors, advisers, or to anyone else without students’ permission. When we report results to the campus community, we will only report group scores. Additional information about student learning assessment is online at http://www.ConcordiaCollege.edu/dept/assessment/index.htm.

Office of the Registrar 

The Office of the Registrar monitors students’ academic progress at Concordia. Questions relating to advisers, graduation requirements, registration, grades and transfer credits can be answered there. The office, located in Lorentzsen Hall, is responsible for registration procedures, assigning advisers and counseling students on course selection. The office evaluates the transcripts of transfer students and determines the number of credits that will transfer and their applicability toward graduation requirements. The Office of the Registrar will provide information on examinations, both for placement at Concordia and for graduate study, including Advanced Placement (AP), the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), Law School Admission Test (LSAT) and the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT). The Office of the Registrar also provides official copies of transcripts at $2 per copy.