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Tri-College University
CREDO Honors Program
Departmental Honors Program
Reading/Writing Center
World Discovery Programs
Thunderbird-Concordia Linkage Program
ROTC
ACCORD
Outreach Programs:
CHARIS
F/M Communiversity
Center for Ethical Leadership
Concordia Language Villages
In addition to the standard curriculum, Concordia has many special programs to fit your individual preferences and needs. Many of these may be incorporated into your regular course of study. Some involve travel, others are work experiences. For those programs that are not located on campus, application and review may be required.
We encourage you to explore these opportunities carefully. They not only can add depth to your academic program, but they can also enrich your life in many ways. They may open new doors, deepen your understanding, broaden your perspective and reveal capabilities you did not know you had. They can be an important part of a liberal arts education.
Tri-College University
Fargo-Moorhead is fortunate to have three institutions of higher education within its boundaries. Each of these schools has outstanding departments, and students from all three schools are able to take advantage of each school's respective strengths under the Tri-College University program.
TCU is a consortium of Concordia College, Moorhead State University and North Dakota State University. TCU also provides several services and programs of interest to Concordia students, including the Tri-College University baccalaureate degree program in nursing, which is a collaborative effort between Concordia College and NDSU. Others include:
Student exchange: Full-time Concordia students may take
courses at NDSU and MSU during fall and spring semester at no additional
charge, but are subject to the following limitations: 1) a student may
take only one course each term, 2) a student may not take a course also
offered at Concordia College and 3) an admittance charge is assessed if
total credits are greater than 4.25. Grades and credits received for such
courses are applied to a student's Concordia grade point average and graduate
requirements. Substitution of TCU courses in a Concordia major must be
approved by the department chairperson. Students regularly make use of
the student exchange for courses in such fields as engineering, ROTC and
special education. Students should see the Concordia registrar for information
on available courses and further details about TCU registration.
Tri-College minors: The Tri-College schools recognize minors earned through the TCU course exchange. This means students can receive recognition on their transcripts for minors completed on one of the other TCU campuses, if in compliance with graduation requirements at Concordia. This policy applies only to minors earned in programs not available on a student's home campus. This option makes it possible to combine majors at Concordia with complementary minors on another campus.
Special programs: TCU offers a number of academic programs conducted jointly by the three schools, among them a world seminar series and an environmental studies center.
Library services: Library patrons have direct access to the local collections at Moorhead State University and North Dakota State University through the Tri-College Library Consortium, providing a library resource of nearly one million volumes and 7,500 serials and titles representing all academic disciplines. Materials are delivered between libraries by a twice-daily shuttle service.
Bus service: Community bus service is provided between campuses on a regular weekday schedule during the academic year. Consult the Office of the Registrar for schedule.
Parking: Concordia students enrolled in TCU who desire to park at Moorhead State University or North Dakota State University must obtain a TCU parking permit, available without charge from the Campus Security Office.
CREDO Honors Program
CREDO is an academic honors program for high-ability, highly-motivated students who accept the challenge of actively exploring the ideas that have shaped Western civilization. CREDO students participate in stimulating discussions and develop intellectual and social relationships as they challenge themselves and each other in this rigorous interdisciplinary program.
During their freshman, sophomore and junior years, program participants take four specially designated CREDO courses -- one each in the natural sciences and mathematics, the social sciences, the humanities and the fine arts -- which are frequently team-taught by outstanding faculty who bring a distinctive approach and perspective to the subject. These courses are open only to CREDO students and are topics not usually covered in other courses at Concordia. Examples of currently offered CREDO courses are Ancient Greek, Philosophy and Religion, The Sciences of the Mind: Neurobiology, The Renaissance: Italy and England; Western Art and Music, From Quarks to Quasars, and The Postmodern Politics of Punishment.
CREDO students enroll in the humanities courses during either semester of their freshman year, and are then free to take the other three required courses whenever they choose. Usually, there are several CREDO courses offered each semester.
CREDO is an opportunity to examine values -- their origin, development and significance. CREDO is not an indoctrination in a set of predetermined values. The program examines the validity and reasons for beliefs (CREDO is Latin for "I believe"). CREDO students cultivate and reinforce certain skills needed for successful study and learning in all disciplines -- logical thought, persuasion, argument, analysis, synthesis, written and oral communication, creativity and listening.
An optional semester study abroad program has been established for CREDO students. Starting in January 1998, third-year students accompanied by two Concordia faculty members will spend a semester on the Mediterranean island of Crete. With trips to Greece, Turkey and Israel, students will travel to and learn at some of the very sites where the foundations of Western philosophy originated. It is anticipated that the only additional costs over the normal Concordia tuition and fees will be airfare.
Freshman CREDO students must have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 (B) in order to enroll in sophomore CREDO courses. Thereafter, students are expected to maintain a GPA of 3.50. To be recognized for participation in CREDO at graduation, students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.50, the minimum required for graduating with honors (cum laude).
Departmental Honors Programs
Departmental honors programs are an option for highly motivated students. Several academic departments offer these intensified studies for exceptional students who wish to develop their talents to a greater degree than might otherwise be possible. Students who successfully complete the departmental honors program graduate "with honors."A notation to that effect appears on the academic record along with other honors earned at Concordia. The requirements of departmental honors programs vary. For more information, see the department chairs of biology, chemistry, education, English, history, mathematics, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology and Spanish.
Reading/Writing Center
The Reading/Writing Center offers individualized help in reading and writing to all students at Concordia. Peer tutors representing many disciplines provide practical strategies in the writing process: exploring ideas, adapting to an audience, organizing, drafting and revising. Students learn specific reading skills designed to help them with course assignments. The Center is located in Academy Hall, room 303.
World Discovery Programs
See International Education on pages 111-112.
Thunderbird-Concordia Linkage Program
The purpose of this exceptional opportunity between Concordia and Thunderbird (The American Graduate School of International Management) is to enable liberal arts, business and language students to make the easiest possible transition to a graduate professional business program, to guarantee admission, and, to satisfy a portion of the MIM degree at Thunderbird through courses taken at Concordia. Students are encouraged to record their interest as early as the freshman year. For more information, confer with Dr. David Green (3404), linkage coordinator at Concordia.
ROTC
The ROTC education program provides professional preparation for future Air Force and Army officers. ROTC develops men and women who can use their education as commissioned officers on active duty (Army ROTC can also lead to duty in National Guard or Reserves). To receive a commission, ROTC students must complete all requirements for a degree in accordance with university rules and regulations, as well as complete courses specified by the ROTC program.
An advanced-course student working toward a commission in the Army or Air Force after graduation receives $100 a month during the school year, free uniforms and a stipend for the time spent at a required summer camp.
Three-year and two-year scholarships are available on a competitive basis to qualified students. The scholarships pay for tuition, fees, textbooks and supplies. Qualified graduates of both programs may also apply for programs of advanced study in their fields.
If you are interested in either the Army or Air Force ROTC programs through Concordia, see the registrar for information on Tri-College registration. You may also call or write the departments of Aerospace Studies (Air Force ROTC) at 237-7949 or Military Science (Army ROTC) at 237-7575 at North Dakota State University in Fargo, or visit the ROTC website at http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/afrotc/ for more information.
ACCORD
Adults Continuing at Concordia (ACCORD) is a program for those age 25 and over who want to take classes at the college level in order to earn a degree, make a career change or experience personal enrichment. No entrance tests are required, but applicants must present high school or GED certificates and official transcripts from all previous post-secondary schools attended. These are evaluated by the registrar. Credit may be given for nonclassroom activities through testing. A number of classes are scheduled for late afternoons and evenings to accommodate work schedules, although ACCORD students may attend classes at any time during the day. For special financial assistance see the Financial Aid section of the catalog. For more information on the ACCORD program, see Michele McRae, Academy Hall 110.
Outreach Programs
CHARIS
An ecumenical center for church and community, CHARIS (kar'is -- a Greek word meaning "grace") provides various forms of continuing theological education in Fargo-Moorhead and throughout the Upper Midwest. These offerings include graduate courses, lay academies, conferences and workshops. For more information, call 299-3566 or stop by their office in the Outreach Center.
F/M Communiversity
A February tradition at Concordia, the F/M Communiversity offers a series of noncredit courses in creative living, theology, and the liberal arts and sciences. This "university for the community,"which also offers courses at other times during the year, usually opens with a convocation and often continues with well-known speakers and musical performances, and art or museum exhibitions. For more information, call 299-3438 or stop by the Communiversity office in the Outreach Center.
Center for Ethical Leadership
The purpose of the Center for Ethical Leadership is to provide information, programs and consultation to individuals, groups and organizations in western Minnesota and eastern North Dakota on the identification and development of leadership, with particular emphasis on ethics and values. Activities of the Center for Ethical Leadership include: monthly ethics luncheons for the business community, the Lorentzsen Lecture Series in Business Ethics, survey research projects in local organizations as requested, and public workshops and in-house programs customized to the specific organizations.
Concordia Language Villages
Begun in 1961 with 75 9- to 12-year-olds, the Concordia Language Villages program has grown in enrollment to more than 5,000 villagers during the summer and another 2,300 during the school year. Two- and four-week experience-based sessions for young people aged 7 to 18 are offered in Chinese, Japanese, Russian, French, German, Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Danish at lakeside facilities each summer. Concordia language students may work as counselors and teachers at the various village programs. The experience is invaluable, especially for prospective language teachers. For more information call 299-4544 or stop in at the Language Villages' office in the Outreach Center.
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