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