2011-2012 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Page 11 2011–12 Undergraduate Catalog Introduction Admissions Academic Information Academic Departments Course Descriptions Financial Information Appendix Index Spiritual Emphasis The University desires that each student grow in their relationship with Christ. Consequently, students are urged to regularly practice spiritual disciplines including worship, prayer, and Bible study. Daily chapel services provide spiritual encouragement and enrichment. We ask students to maintain the discipline of weekly corporate worship at a local church. Spiritual growth is further encouraged through student prayer groups that meet regularly to pray for special needs. One day a year is set aside as a “Day of Prayer,” a time when the entire University family gathers to pray together. Community Covenant Cedarville recognizes and values the Bible as an authoritative guide for how Christians should live. It also recognizes that God uses community and relationships with other believers to encourage growth. The Cedarville family believes that behavior, as individuals and as a community, should bring honor to God and reflect obedience to His Word. At the beginning of each year, all students are asked to affirm their desire to abide by the following Community Covenant: • We covenant together to express our love for God through our obedience to the authority of His Word, our practice of spiritual disciplines, and regular expressions of worship and Christian service. • We covenant together to express our love for others through acts of kindness, wholesome and uplifting speech, redemptive expressions of confrontation and forgiveness, merciful acts to those in need, and loving proclamation of the Gospel. • We covenant together to be people of integrity and self control, truthful in our speech, honest in our conduct, and morally pure in both thought and action. • We covenant together to pursue excellence in all that we do as an expression of our gratitude to God and desire to be good stewards of all God’s gifts, including our talents, time, and resources. • As members of this community, we voluntarily submit ourselves to all of the guidelines in The Cedarville Experience and agree to uphold them with integrity and honesty. The student handbook, The Cedarville Experience, is designed to help each student be successful academically, spiritually, and socially. It includes specific prohibitions to behaviors that are either sinful or harmful to this community, such as sexual immorality, use of alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drugs, and racial or sexual harassment. It also outlines some of the values that define and shape the culture here, including a simple dress code that seeks to remind students to dress and behave modestly and to take their academic work seriously. The Cedarville Experience can be accessed online at cedarville.edu/studenthandbook . Co-Curricular Opportunities A wide variety of co-curricular activities are available for students, regardless of major. For information on the following, please see catalog sections as noted: • Debate – Media and Applied Communication, page 128 • Engineering Competitions – Engineering and Computer Science, page 87 • Forensics – Media and Applied Communication, page 128 • Math Club – Science and Mathematics, page 172 • Miriam Maddox Forum – Media and Applied Communication, page 128 • Student Radio Station – Media and Applied Communication, page 129 • Theatre – Art, Design, and Theatre, page 41 Music Groups Students with musical abilities may utilize their talents in any one of a number of musical groups. Membership in any of these musical groups is determined through auditions, which occur during Getting Started weekend. Instrumentalists may participate in the Symphonic Band, Brass Choir, University Orchestra, Jazz Band, Flute Choir, Yellow Jacket Pep Band, or various chamber ensembles. Vocalists may sing with the Concert Chorale, Men’s Glee Club, Women’s Choir, Opera Ensemble, Jubilate Ministry choir, OneVoice (gospel choir), or one of the many small ensembles directed by the Christian ministries division. Intercollegiate Athletics Cedarville University provides intercollegiate competition for men in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, indoor and outdoor track, soccer, and tennis. Intercollegiate sports for women include basketball, cross country, indoor and outdoor track, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball. Cedarville is currently seeking NCAA Division II membership and is a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association. For the academic year of 2011–12, Cedarville will be a candidacy member of NCAA Division II and hopes to gain full membership into the NCAA in 2012–13. Students interested in participating on an intercollegiate athletic team should visit the Cedarville University Athletics website ( yellowjackets.cedarville.edu ). Click the team sport you are interested in and fill out a prospective athlete questionnaire. Campus Recreation The campus recreation program provides 30 intramural sports, various outdoor pursuit trips, fitness programming, special events, and the 40-foot-high indoor climbing wall to help meet the fitness and recreational needs and interests of our University family. For a listing of activities and additional information, visit cedarville.edu/recreation .