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The following are options to a regular academic program. Some courses may be taken for academic credit applicable toward a degree. Others provide college-level instruction for personal and cultural enrichment or for personal development. The format includes regular length courses, short courses, workshops, institutes and special lectures and symposia.
Malone participates in the Environmental Studies extension program available at AuSable Institute in northern Michigan. Courses are offered during each semester and the summer. Interested students should contact the Chair of the Department of Science and Mathematics.
The Christian College Consortium Visitor Program is designed to give the student an opportunity to take advantage of course offerings and varied experiences on other Christian college campuses for an academic semester while maintaining regular standing at Malone. Information is available from the Provost’s Office.
By engaging in the Cooperative Education Program, students can achieve several important objectives: acquisition of valuable on-the-job experience to complement classroom theory, payment for work experience with which to help defray educational costs and acquisition of a maximum of 15 hours college credit because of the educational nature of the work experiences which are coordinated by the Dean of Academic Services. Student pay only the regular semester hour tuition rate for Co-op semesters, which includes services such as placement, evaluation, record keeping and on-the-job counseling. Normally, students engage in Co-op after the freshmen year. However, some coursework from the major should be taken during the freshman year with evidence of high academic quality in order to allow completion of the Co-op positions. Cooperative Education courses receive a credit (CR) or no credit (NC) grade.
Malone recognizes that not all post-secondary learning takes place in the classroom. For non-traditional learners there are two types of prior learning that may be awarded college credit:
- Learning through corporate professional and technical training, military or non-military;
- Life learning through work, home, community and other environments.
Malone credits awarded for prior learning must be related to the student’s educational and/or vocational objective; that is, the credit granted must apply to major, general education, or elective requirements in the student’s proposed program at Malone.
Malone accepts credits earned through corporate, professional and technical training programs, military and non-military, either as evaluated and approved by the Malone faculty or as recommended in the ACE guide, New York Regents Guide, military guides and other guides recognized by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL). Such credits will appear as transfer credits on the transcript. Malone reserves the right to set standards which may be higher than those recommended by ACE, CLEP or other such agencies.
Malone sometimes awards credit for college-level learning achieved through work or community volunteer experience, travel, hobbies, etc. Students desiring such credit must: a) be past the age of 25, b) have had at least five years of significant life learning experiences and c) successfully complete HUM 110, the two-semester-hour course "Portfolio Development for Assessment of Prior Learning."
Malone subscribes to the guidelines established by CAEL for the evaluation of life learning and will allow no more than 30 semester credits (including HUM 110) to count toward graduation. Malone will evaluate life learning and award credit in subject-matter fields in which it has available competence among its faculty. Normally, credit will be awarded only in subject fields in which it offers comparable courses or curricula; however, elective credit in Field Study or Special Interest areas may be appropriately accepted.
A Free Enterprise Chair, funded by the Greater Canton Chamber of Commerce, has been established at Malone. Malone’s program is related to a national organization known as the Association of Private Enterprise Education that has assisted the inauguration of programs in colleges and universities throughout the nation. The purpose of the program, encompassing two successive academic courses, is to examine the philosophy and ideals of the freedom of enterprise. After learning the basic principles, Malone students will be trained to make presentations about the free enterprise system in local public schools.
Malone juniors and seniors have the opportunity to join over 1400 African students from more than 21 African nations who are pursuing B.A. and M.A. degrees at Daystar University, an African Christian liberal arts college affiliated with Messiah College. Students can immerse themselves in African culture while receiving instruction in English from African nationals. Programs of study include communications, business administration and management, accounting, English, marketing, education, community development, Bible, and Christian ministries. Academic studies, co-curricular activities, travel and worship experiences provide exposure to the stark contrasts in the lives of Kenyans, and the opportunity to develop a personal philosophy concerning self-needs and the needs of others. Further information about this program is available in the Provost’s Office.
The Malone Teacher Education Semester in Guatemala provides students at the sophomore/junior level with the opportunity to participate in field experience at the American School of Guatemala while completing part of the requirements in teacher education. Seniors may do their student teaching at the American School. Students live with Guatemalan families. It does not add extra cost or extra requirements to take part in the program. Information is available from the Department of Education Office.
This laboratory science course is designed as a cross-cultural experience for science and non-science majors. For approximately 3 weeks (usually in May), students visit and experience tropical rain forests in several reserves and national parks in Costa Rica. Field observations are featured with evening and day lectures interspersed. The students are exposed to ecological principles and concepts with particular application to rain forests and tropical agriculture as illustrated in the field. Consideration is given to the global significance of the destruction and preservation of rain forest ecosystems. Our stewardship role as Christians is evaluated. The major course requirement is the completion of the field manual as provided. Opportunities abound for cultural interaction and involvement with Costa Ricans throughout the three-week period.
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