Index
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B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
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M
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Q
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W
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Y
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A
Academic Affairs
Academic Bankruptcy
Academic Calendar 2007-2008
Academic Calendar 2008-2009
Academic Calendars
Academic Dishonesty
Academic Options
Academic Policies and Procedures
Academic Policies and Procedures Overview
Academic Potential
Academic Programs
Academic Progress
Academic Progress and Standing
Academic Requirements for Consideration as Transfer Students
Academic Standards and Policy on Probation, Continuing Probation and Academic Dismissal Status
Academic Success Program (ASP)
Academic Success Program/Act 101
Acceptance and Application of Credits
Access to Educational Records
Accounting (ACC)
Accounting (B.S.B.A.)
Accounting and Management Career Opportunities
Accounting and Management Information Systems Department
Accreditation
ACS Certification
Additional Advanced Course Requirements
Additional Study
Administration
Administration and Finance
Administrative Officers and Associates
Admission Procedures and Requirements*
Admissions Policies and Procedures
Advance Registration Deposit
Advanced Placement Program
Advising Development Program
Aliens
Anthropology (ANT)
Anthropology Minor - 18 crs.
Applicable Policies
Application Fee
Application Process
Applied Physics (B.S.)
Area Studies Certificates - 12 crs. each
Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
Art (ART)
Art (B.A.)
Art Career Opportunities
Art Department
Art Department Overview
Art Features
B
B.S.B.A. Core Requirements
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Bad Check Fee
Basic Program
Biochemistry Minor - 24/28 crs.
Biology (B.S.)
Biology (B.S.) with Secondary Certification
Biology (B.S.)-Biotechnology
Biology (B.S.)-Biotechnology/Pre-Forensic Sciences Option
Biology (B.S.)-Ecology and Environmental Biology
Biology (B.S.)-Health Professions Concentration
Biology (B.S.)-Medical Technology Concentration
Biology (BIO)
Biology (WIMSC)
Biology Career Opportunities
Biology Department
Biology Department Overview
Biology Features
Biology Minor - 20 crs.
Board of Governors
Brief History
Business (BSN)
Business Administration—Major Undecided Option
Business Concentration
Business Education, Information Technology for (BUS)
Business Internship Program
Business Law (BSL)
Business Minor
C
Campus Safety
Career Development Center
Catalog Provisions
Categories of Knowledge
Category A—Logic and Numbers for Rational Thinking
Category B—Linguistic, Literary, Artistic and Cultural Traditions
Category C—Biological and Physical Sciences
Category D—Political, Economic and Geographic Sciences
Category E—Social and Behavioral Sciences
Certificate in Women’s Studies
Certificate Programs
Certification of Teachers
Change of Residence
Changing Majors
Changing Majors
Chemistry (B.S.)
Chemistry (B.S.) with Secondary Certification
Chemistry (B.S.)-Biochemistry Concentration
Chemistry (B.S.)-Health Professions Concentration
Chemistry (B.S.)-Medical Technology Concentration
Chemistry (CHM)
Chemistry Career Opportunities
Chemistry Department
Chemistry Department Overview
Chemistry Features
Chemistry Minor - 28 crs.
Child Care
Choice of Major
Class Attendance
Coaching Minor
Cohort Program
College of Arts and Sciences Overview
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Education and Human Services Overview
College of Education and Human Services
College of Education and Human Services
College-Level Examination Program
Commonwealth Tuition Waiver (John F. Kennedy) Scholarships
Communication/Journalism (B.A.)
Communication/Journalism (COM)
Communication/Journalism Career Opportunities
Communication/Journalism Department
Communication/Journalism Department Overview
Communication/Journalism Features
Communication/Journalism Minor - 18 crs.
Comprehensive Social Studies (B.S.Ed.) - Economics Concentration
Comprehensive Social Studies Education (B.S.Ed.)-History
Comprehensive Social Studies-Political Science Concentration (B.S.Ed.)
Comprehensive Social Studies/Geography (B.S.Ed.)
Computer Science (B.S.)
Computer Science (CSC)
Computer Science Career Opportunities
Computer Science Concentrations
Computer Science Department
Computer Science Department Overview
Computer Science Minor - 20 crs.
Computing and Network Services
Concentration Requirements
Concentrations
Concentrations and Minors for Elementary Education Majors
Consumerism
Contact Information
Continuing and Distance Education Programs
Cooperative Agreement with Wilson College
Cooperative Art Programs
Council of Trustees
Counseling Services
Course Abbreviation
Course Sequence
Course Sequencing
Courses of Instruction
Credit by Exam Fee
Credit by Examination
Credit in Performance Areas
Criminal Justice (B.S.)
Criminal Justice (CRJ)
Criminal Justice Academic Advisement
Criminal Justice Career Possibilities
Criminal Justice Department
Criminal Justice Department Overview
Criminal Justice Features
Criminal Justice Minor - 18 Credits
Curriculum Requirements
D
Damage Fee
Dean’s List
Definition
Degree Completion Program
Degree Completion Program Overview
Degree Fee
Delinquent Accounts
Department Offices
Departments and Majors
Dependency Status
Deposits
Developmental Education
Directions
Directory
Disbursement Process
Double Majors
Drug-Free Campus
Dual Admission Programs
Dual Level (400-499) Courses
E
Early Admission
Early Childhood (ECH)
Early Childhood Certification
Earning Academic Credits
Earning Graduate Credit
Earth and Space Science (B.S.Ed.)
Earth Science (ESS)
Economics (B.S.)
Economics (ECO)
Economics Department
Economics Department Overview
Economics Features
Economics Minor - 18 crs.
Education (EDU)
Educational Diversity
Educational Services Fee
Electronic Communication Policy
Elementary Education (B.S.Ed.)
Elementary Education Major
English (B.A.)
English (B.A.) with Secondary Certification
English (B.A.) with Writing Emphasis
English (ENG)
English Career Opportunities
English Department
English Department Overview
English Features
English Minor - 18 crs.
English Requirements
Entrepreneurship and Corporate Entrepreneurship Concentration
Entrepreneurship Career Opportunities
Environmental Education Certificate
Environmental Education Certification - 24 crs.
Equal Opportunity
Ethnic Studies
Ethnic Studies (ETH)
Ethnic Studies Minor - 18 crs.
Exercise Science (ESC)
Exercise Science Career Possibilities
Exercise Science Department
Exercise Science Department Overview
F
Faculty and Administration
Faculty Emeriti
Faculty Emeriti
Faculty Members
Falsification of Records
Federal Family Education Loan Program
Federal PELL Grant
Federal Perkins Loan
Federal PLUS Loan
Federal Stafford Loan
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG)
Fee Waiver for Senior Citizens
Finance (B.S.B.A.)
Finance (FIN)
Finance and Supply Chain Management Department
Finance Career Opportunities
Financial Aid
Financial Aid Application
Financial Assistance
First Day Attendance
For All Applicants
For Degree Completion Program Applicants
For General Transfer Applicants
For Homeschooled Students
For New Freshman Applicants
Formal Resolution
Foundation Portfolio Requirements
French (B.A.)
French (B.A.) with Secondary Certification
French (FRN)
French Certificate - 12 crs.
French Minor - 18 crs.
G
General Education
General Management Concentration
General Scholarship
General Science Certification
Geoenvironmental Studies (B.S.)
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Certificate (12 crs.)
Geography (B.S.)
Geography (GEO)
Geography-Earth Science Career Opportunities
Geography-Earth Science Department
Geography-Earth Science Department Overview
Geography-Earth Science Features
Geography-Earth Science Minor - 21 crs.
German (GER)
German Certificate - 12 crs.
German Studies Minor - 18 crs.
Gerontology (Aging) Program
Gerontology (GRN)
Gerontology Minor – 18 credits
Governing Boards State System of Higher Education
Grade Appeals Procedure
Grading and Point System
Graduate Programs
Graduation Honors
Graduation Requirements and Majors
Grants and Loans
H
Health Care Administration (B.S.)
Health Care Administration (HCA)
Health Care Administration Degree
Health Service Fee
Health Services
History (B.A.)
History (HIS)
History Features
History Minor - 18 crs.
History/Philosophy Career Opportunities
History/Philosophy Department
History/Philosophy Department Overview
Honors (HON)
Honors in Psychology Program
Honors Program
Honors Program in General Education
Human Communication Studies (B.A.)
Human Communication Studies (HSC)
Human Communication Studies Career Opportunities
Human Communication Studies Department
Human Communication Studies Department Overview
Human Communication Studies Features
Human Communication Studies Minor
Human Resource Management Career Opportunities
Human Resource Management Concentration
I
Independent Study
Individualized Instruction
Informal Resolution
Information Technologies and Services
Information Technology for Business & Education Career Opportunities
Information Technology for Business Education (B.S.B.A. with optional teaching certification)
Insurance
Interdisciplinary (IAP)
Interdisciplinary Arts (B.A.) - 120 crs.
Interdisciplinary Arts Program
Interdisciplinary Arts Program Overview
Interdisciplinary Sequences and Allied Electives
Intergroup Education
International Management Career Opportunities
International Management Concentration
International Management Language Requirement
International Students
International Studies
International Studies (INT)
International Studies Minor - 21 crs.
Internship Policy
Internship Policy
Internships
Introduction
Involuntary Withdrawal
Issuance of Grades
J
John L. Grove College of Business Overview
John L. Grove College of Business
John L. Grove College of Business
K
K-12 Educators Institute
L
Languages
Late Registration Fee
Leader Development Assessment Course (LDAC) Practicum
Leaders Training Course (LTC) Practicum (MIL240)
Learning Center
Library and Multi-Media Services
Library/Information Skills
Logistics Career Opportunities
Logistics Concentration
M
Major Field of Study
Management (B.S.B.A.)
Management (MGT)
Management and Marketing Department
Management Career Opportunities
Management Information Systems
Management Information Systems (B.S.B.A.)
Management Information Systems Career Opportunities
Marine Science Consortium
Marketing (B.S.B.A.)
Marketing (B.S.B.A.) Career Opportunities
Marketing (MKT)
Martin Luther King: Academic Retention Program
Mathematics (B.S.)
Mathematics (MAT)
Mathematics Career Opportunities
Mathematics Concentration
Mathematics Department
Mathematics Department Overview
Mathematics Minor - 18-21 crs.
Military
Military Science (MIL)
Military Science Academic Advisement
Military Science Career Possibilities
Military Science Department
Minors
Mission of the John L. Grove College of Business
Mission of the Office of Extended Studies
Mission of the University
Modern Languages Career Opportunities
Modern Languages Department
Modern Languages Department Overview
Modern Languages Features
Multicultural Student Center
Music (MUS)
Music and Theatre Arts Department
Music Minor - 18 crs.
N
Non-Degree Status
Nonimmigrant Alien Students
Notice and Appeal
O
Office of Academic Support Services for Student Athletes
Office of Disability Services
Office of Extended Studies
Office of Placement Testing
Office of Undeclared Students
Online Courses
Options for Admissions
Orientation Fee
Other Criteria
Other Types of Grades
Out-of-State Students
P
Payment of Fees
Penalties
Pennsylvania Resident Status
Personal Financial Planning Career Opportunities
Personal Financial Planning Concentration
PHEAA State Grant
Philosophy (PHL)
Philosophy Minor - 18 crs.
Physics (B.S.)
Physics (B.S.Ed.)
Physics (PHY)
Physics Department
Physics Department Overview
Physics Features
Physics Minor - 43 crs.
Placement System
Placement Testing
Plagiarism
Policy for Religious Observances for Students
Political Science (B.A.)
Political Science (PLS)
Political Science Career Opportunities
Political Science Concentration
Political Science Department
Political Science Department Overview
Political Science Features
Political Science Minor - 18 crs.
Post Baccalaureate Graduates Seeking Certification
Pre-Forensic Sciences Option
Pre-Forensic Sciences Program
Pre-Law Program
President’s Office
Professional Education Programs for Adults
Psychology (B.A.)
Psychology (PSY)
Psychology Career Opportunities
Psychology Department
Psychology Department Overview
Psychology Features
Psychology Minor - 18 crs.
Public Administration (B.S.)
Public Administration Concentration
Public Administration Minor - 18 crs.
Q
Quality Point Average (QPA)
Quality Point Average Requirements
R
Raider Plan
Reading (RDG)
Reading Minor – 18 crs.
Readmission of Former Students
Readmission of Students
Refunds or Credits to Students
Registration
Religious Life
Repeated Courses
Required Field Experiences
Required Skills and Competencies
Requirements for Art Education Certification
Requirements for Graduation
Requirements for the Art Minor - 21 crs.
Requirements for the Certificate in Graphic Design - 18 crs.
Residence Determined by Domicile
Residence Hall Room Deposit
Resolution of Charges
Right-To-Know
Room and Board Fee
S
Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory Option
Scheduling Classes
Scholarships Information
School of Academic Programs and Services
School of Academic Programs and Services
Second Baccalaureate Degree
Secondary Education
Selecting a Major
Semester Fees
Senior Art Seminar and Exhibit
Sexual Harassment
Shippensburg University Foundation
Social Science Concentration
Social Work (B.S.W.)
Social Work (SWK)
Social Work Academic Advisement
Social Work Career Possibilities
Social Work Department
Social Work Features
Sociology (B.A.)
Sociology (SOC)
Sociology and Anthropology Career Opportunities
Sociology and Anthropology Department
Sociology and Anthropology Department Overview
Sociology and Anthropology Features
Sociology Minor - 21 crs.
Spanish (B.A.)
Spanish (B.A.) with Secondary Certification
Spanish (SPN)
Spanish Certificate - 12 crs.
Spanish Minor - 18 crs.
Special Education/Education of Exceptional Children (ECC)
Special Fees
Special Students (Concurrent High School Enrollment)
Statements of Compliance
Student Activity Fee
Student Affairs
Student Employment
Student Matters
Student Outcome Assessment
Student Recreation Fee
Student Services
Student Union Fee
Study Abroad
Summary of Costs
Summary of Requirements
Summer Bridge/Academic Success Program (Act 101)
Summer Work
Supply Chain Management (B.S.B.A.)
Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Supply Chain Management Career Opportunities
T
Taking Graduate Courses
Teacher Education
Teacher Education (TCH)
Teacher Education Department
Technical/Professional Communications Minor
Technical/Professional Communications Minor - 18 crs.
Technology Fee
Temporary Grades
The Academic Passport
The Campus
The Four-Year Program
The Harrisburg Internship Semester (THIS)
The Two-Year Program
Theatre (THE)
Theatre Minor - 18 crs.
Thurgood Marshall Mentoring Program
Time Definition
Title Page
Transcript Evaluation and Credit
Transcript Policy
Transfer Credits
Transfer from Accredited Colleges
Transfer from Non-Accredited Institutions
Transfer Requirements
Travel Times
Tuition
Tuition and Fees
Tuition for Pennsylvania Residents
U
Undergraduate Degrees
University Curricula
University Curricula Overview
University Diversity Requirement
University Housing
University Store
V
Veterans' Benefits
Visiting Student Program
Visiting Students
W
Weather Conditions
Withdrawal and Leave of Absence
Withdrawal from a Class
Women’s Center
Women’s Studies (WST)
Women’s Studies Minor – 18 crs.
Women's Studies
Women's Studies Overview
Y
Yearly Student Art Exhibit