Graduate Admissions

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Our Mission

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania offers master's, post-baccalaureate and post-master's programs that encourage intellectual excellence, research and scholarship while emphasizing the development of applicable professional skills. The mission of the School of Graduate Studies is to create an atmosphere of intellectual curiosity, academic freedom, diversity, independent scholarship, and creative investigation for its students by offering programs that are:

  • Current and flexible;
  • Responsive to regional needs;
  • Responsive to individual needs and career goals;
  • High quality and affordable;
  • Taught by qualified and engaged faculty;
  • Applied and professional;
  • Appropriately interdisciplinary;
  • Designed to enhance critical analytic skills; and
  • Focused on new concepts and best practices.

These programs are designed to provide advanced study that allows students to enter or advance within a profession, but they may also serve as preparation for pursuit of a doctorate or other advanced degree.

Goals and Objectives

Each program in the School of Graduate Studies embraces the values of quality, integrity, collaboration, efficiency, innovation, creativity, inclusiveness, and a belief in the actualization of individual potential. The programs build on the knowledge and skills gained in baccalaureate programs to prepare students for entry into professional fields, to ensure competence to perform at advanced professional levels, and to encourage lifelong learning in an increasingly diverse society. Academic excellence and the development of professional skills are achieved through a strong commitment to the following objectives:

  • Varied and flexible course times and delivery;
  • Close faculty/student relationships;
  • An interactive learning environment;
  • Opportunities for independent and collaborative scholarship;
  • Appropriately sized classes;
  • Applied practica and internships;
  • Degree requirements that ensure academic integrity;
  • Opportunities for integration of knowledge and the applications of technology;
  • Fostering high ethical standards;
  • Development of problem-solving skills.

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