Graduate Academic Catalog 2012-2013

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2012-2013 Graduate Programs Academic Catalog
Bookstore
A campus bookstore provides textbooks and
school supplies, reference books, Bibles, gift and
novelty items, snacks, Christian CDs and CIU
clothing. Students may especially benefit from
sales at the end of each semester. Check cashing
in small amounts is also available to students.
Copy Center
A school-maintained copy center processes
copying requests for faculty, staff and students
on a time available basis. Electronic copy cards
are available for use in the various copy machines
located around campus.
G. Allen Fleece Library
The library provides a collection of over 150,000
print and non-print items, and over 250 print jour-
nals on site, and over 10 million titles accessible
through an electronic catalog linked with other
independent colleges and universities within
South Carolina. In addition, access to over 90
electronic databases, many of which are full text,
is available through the library website and at the
computer work stations in the library. The library
participates in an interlibrary loan program
through the Online Computer Library Center net-
work of over 60,000 libraries worldwide and a
statewide book delivery system with 58 other uni-
versity libraries. The library supports membership
in numerous national and specialized library asso-
ciations as well as the Online Computer Library
Center network (OCLC), the Partnership Among
South Carolina Academic Libraries (PASCAL), and
the Christian Library Consortium (CLC). The
library is a member of the American Theological
Library Association (ATLA) and the Association of
Christian Librarians (ACL). Visit
for more information.
Curriculum Ministry Resource Department
The Curriculum Ministry Resource Department
(CMRD) is an arm of the library housing teaching
materials and equipment designed to assist stu-
dent teachers and those involved in various out-
reach ministries. The CMRD houses a cataloged
collection of over 8,000 resources including
DVDs, maps, models, pictures, posters, puppets
and even flannel graphs – all designed to assist in
Bible teaching. International costumes, flags and
artifacts may be borrowed for teaching about for-
eign cultures. Media production equipment,
including die cut machines and a laminator are
available for creating resources. The Curriculum
Material Center (CMC), also a part of the CMRD,
houses sample teaching curriculum used in
school settings for grades K-6. Curriculum for all
grades in the church education setting and for
Bible teaching in elementary schools is also avail-
able in the CMC.
Student Computing Center
The Student Computing Center (SCC) is located
in the Joy Ridderhoff building. The SCC has an
open lab and a computer classroom with approx-
imately 50 computers available for lab users.
Student computers are also available in the
library. The computers run on a Microsoft network
and use Windows as the operating system.
Microsoft Office 2007 is available on each com-
puter with other software applications such as
WordPerfect, MS Works, Biblio 8 and Bible
Works. Photo editing software is available on
select computers. One digital editing computer is
also available for student use. Black and white
printing as well as color printing is available in the
SCC. Other lab services include scanning, CD
burning and Internet access. Registered students
will receive their lab account information via
email. However, those who do not
receive their lab account information via email
should see the SCC front desk and complete a
Student User Login Application. Lab operators
are available to help students with various com-
puting needs. The SCC is generally open from 7
a.m.-12 midnight Monday through Thursday, and
from 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday through Saturday. The
SCC is closed on Sundays and during the 10:45
a.m.-11:30 a.m. chapel period Tuesday through
Friday. For additional information, contact the
SCC Front Desk at (803) 807-5147 or visit
Faculty Directed Study (FDS):
Faculty Directed Study furnishes students the
opportunity to pursue, under the direction of a
faculty member, subjects of interest and