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for Student Athletes Academic Success Program/Act 101 Martin Luther King Program Thurgood Marshall Mentoring Program Office of Placement TestingUniversity 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 ServiceGeneral Education Required Skills and Competencies Placement Testing Categories of Knowledge Category A—Logic and Numbers
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and Geographic Sciences Category E—Social and Behavioral SciencesLibrary/Information Skills Additional Study University Diversity RequirementSummary of Requirements Graduate ProgramsCollege 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 ProgramsArt (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 ConsortiumBiology (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 OpportunitiesChemistry (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 OpportunitiesCommunication/Journalism (B.A.) Communication/Journalism Minor - 18 crs.Computer Science Department Computer Science Department Overview Computer Science Concentrations Languages Computer Science Career OpportunitiesComputer Science (B.S.) Course SequenceComputer Science Minor - 20 crs.Economics Department Economics Department Overview Economics Features Internship PolicyEconomics (B.S.) Concentration Requirements Business Concentration Mathematics Concentration Political Science Concentration Public Administration Concentration Social Science Concentration Comprehensive Social Studies (B.S.Ed.) - Economics ConcentrationEconomics Minor - 18 crs.English Department English Department Overview English Features English Career OpportunitiesEnglish (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. Ethnic Studies Minor - 18 crs.Geography-Earth Science Department Geography-Earth Science Department Overview Geography-Earth Science Features Geography-Earth Science Career OpportunitiesGeography (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.Professional Studies, Health Care Administration Concentration Degree History/Philosophy Department History/Philosophy Department Overview History Features History/Philosophy Career OpportunitiesHistory (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 OpportunitiesHuman Communication Studies (B.A.) Human Communication Studies MinorInterdisciplinary Arts Program Interdisciplinary Arts Program Overview Interdisciplinary Arts (B.A.) - 120 crs.International Studies International Studies Minor - 21 crs. Area Studies Certificates - 12 crs. eachMathematics Department Mathematics Department Overview Mathematics Career OpportunitiesMathematics (B.S.) Concentrations Interdisciplinary Sequences and Allied ElectivesMathematics Minor - 18-21 crs.Modern Languages Department Modern Languages Department Overview Modern Languages Features Modern Languages Career Opportunities Placement SystemFrench (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 FeaturesApplied Physics (B.S.) Physics (B.S.) Physics (B.S.Ed.) Nanofabrication Concentration - 26 crs. Physics MinorPolitical Science Department Political Science Department Overview Political Science Features Internship Policy Political Science Career Opportunities Pre-Law ProgramPolitical 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 OpportunitiesPsychology (B.A.) Psychology Minor - 18 crs.Sociology and Anthropology Department Sociology and Anthropology Department Overview Sociology and Anthropology Features Sociology and Anthropology Career OpportunitiesSociology (B.A.) Anthropology Minor - 18 crs. Sociology Minor - 21 crs.Professional Studies Degree, Technical Management 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 StudiesJohn 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 RequirementsAccounting and Management Information Systems Department Accounting (B.S.B.A.) Accounting and Management Career OpportunitiesFive-Year B.S.B.A./M.B.A. Program in Accounting Information Technology for Business Education (B.S.B.A. with optional teaching certification) Information Technology for
Business Education Career OpportunitiesManagement Information Systems (B.S.B.A.) Management Information Systems
Career OpportunitiesManagement and Marketing Department Management (B.S.B.A.) Entrepreneurship Concentration Entrepreneurship Career OpportunitiesGeneral Management Concentration Management Career OpportunitiesHuman Resource Management Concentration Human Resource Management Career OpportunitiesInternational Management Concentration International Management Language Requirement International Management Career OpportunitiesMarketing (B.S.B.A.) Marketing (B.S.B.A.) Career OpportunitiesBusiness Minor - 18 crs.Finance and Supply Chain Management Department Finance (B.S.B.A.) Finance Career Opportunities Personal Financial Planning Concentration Personal Financial Planning Career OpportunitiesSupply Chain Management (B.S.B.A.) Supply Chain Management Career Opportunities Logistics Concentration Logistics Career OpportunitiesCollege of Education and Human Services College of Education and Human Services Overview Certification of Teachers Teacher Education Intergroup Education Secondary Education Required Field ExperiencesCriminal Justice DepartmentCriminal Justice Department Overview Criminal Justice Features Criminal Justice Academic Advisement Criminal Justice Career PossibilitiesCriminal Justice (B.S.) Pre-Forensic Sciences Program Criminal Justice Minor - 18 CreditsEducational Leadership and Special Education Department Exercise Science Department Exercise Science Department Overview Exercise Science Career PossibilitiesExercise Science B.S. Exercise Science Minor - 18 crs. Coaching Minor - 18 crs.Gerontology (Aging) Program Gerontology Minor – 18 creditsMilitary 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 Scholarship Information Financial Assistance Military Science Career Possibilities Military Science Academic Advisement Additional Advanced Course Requirements Basic ProgramSocial Work Department Social Work (B.S.W.) Social Work Features Social Work Academic Advisement Social Work Career PossibilitiesTeacher Education Department Elementary Education (B.S.Ed.) Elementary Education MajorEnvironmental 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 Contact InformationDegree Completion Program Degree Completion Program Health Care Administration Concentration (B.S.) Technical Management (B.S.)Courses of Instruction Course Abbreviations Dual Level (400) 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) Special Education/Education of Exceptional Children (ECC) Education (EDU) 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 (HCS) Interdisciplinary Arts (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 TrusteesAdministrative 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 FinanceDepartment OfficesFaculty and Administration Administration Faculty Members President Emeritus Faculty Emeriti Retired AdministratorsIndex

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