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Graduate Catalog 08-09

Office of Graduate Studies and Extended Education
McKelvie Hall, 102 W. Rosedale Avenue
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
610-436-2943
fax: 610-436-2763
gradstudy@wcupa.edu

Revised March 2008

Index

A

(top)

Academic
calendar
information and regulations
Integrity Policy
probation

Accounting

Accreditation

Active Status

ADA Policy and Accommodations
Nondiscrimination/Affirmative Action
Sexual Harrasment
ADA

ADA Policy Statement

Adding a course

Address changes, in Fees and Expenses, in Academic Information and Regulations

Administration, M.S.A. Program
of the University

Admission
requirements
to degree candidacy
to Teacher Education for Certification

Advisory System

Anthropology and Sociology

Applicable Catalog Year

Application
deadline
fee
for Graduation
procedure
to degree candidacy

Applied Music

Applied Statistics

Art

Assistantships

Astronomy, See Geology and Astronomy

Audit fee

Auditor Status, changing to

Auditors

Awards (faculty)

Awards and grants, see Financial Aid

B

(top)

Basic Fees

Billing address changes

Biology

Black Student Union

Bookstore

Board of Governers

Borough of West Chester map

Business Administration

C

(top)

Calendar, academic

Campus
about
map

Career Development Center

Certificate
for individual programs, see Graduate Programs of Study
in Administration
of Advanced Graduate Study
program policy

Certification, Teaching
for individual programs, see Graduate Programs of Study

Change
in name or address, in Fees and Expenses, in Academic Information and Regulations
in program
of status

Chemistry

Chester County Map

Children's Center

Class Delays or Cancellations, See Weather Alert Notification

Classification of Students

Clinical Psychology, See Psychology

Commencement fee

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Communication Studies

Communications Directory

Communicative Disorders

Comprehensive examination

Computer Science

Computing Services, See Information Services

Continuous Enrollment

Council of Trustees

Counseling and Educational Psychology

Counseling and Psychological Services Department

Counselor Education

Course
audit fee
load, See Enrollment Classification
numbering system
prefixes, guide to
Repeat Policy

Credit by Examination

Credit, transfer of, in Admission, in Academic Information and Regulations

Criminal Justice

Crossover registration fees

D

(top)

Deadline, application

Defense of Master's Thesis

Degree
candidacy
programs
requirements
students
See also individual program listings

Directions to West Chester

Directory Information

Dishonored check fee

Driver Education and Safe Living

Dropping a course

E

(top)

Early Childhood and Special Education

Earth and Space Science, See Geology and Astronomy

Economics and Finance

Educational Psychology, in Counseling and Educational Psychology, in Professional and Secondary Education

Educational Research Program

Educational services fee

Educational Specialist Certification

Elementary Education

Elementary School Counseling

English

Enrollment classification

Environmental Education

Examinations, other

F

(top)

Faculty

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, See Directory Information

Federal
Perkins Loan Program
Stafford Loan
Work Study

Fee refunds

Fees and expenses

Fees for Crossover Registration

Finance, See Economics and Finance

Financial aid

Foreign Languages

Formal Admission to Teacher Education for Certification

Francis Harvey Green Library

Frederick Douglass
Graduate Assistantships
Institute
Society

French, See Foreign Languages

G

(top)

General Fee

Geography and Planning

Geology and Astronomy

Gerontology, See Anthropology and Sociology

Good Standing

Grace Cochran Research on Women Award

Grade
appeals
change policy
definitions
reports

Grading System

Graduate
assistantships
certificate program policy
degree programs
Management Admission Test
PLUS Loan
Record Examination
resident assistants
Student Association
Student Association fee
Studies, Office of
Studies at West Chester

Graduation, application for

Grants, See Financial Aid

Guaranteed Student Loan, See Stafford Loan

Guide to Course Prefixes

H

(top)

Health
Center
Center fee
Department of

Higher Education Counseling

History
of the University

Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Honor Societies

Honors and Awards (faculty)

Housing

Housing fee

Housing refunds

How to Reach West Chester

Human Resources Management, M.S.A.

I

(top)

Identification card fee

Individualized Concentration, M.S.A.

Industrial/Organizational Psychology, See Psychology

Infirmary, See Health Center

Information Services

Institute for Women
graduate grant

Instrument rental fees

Insurance, See Health Center

International
education
students

K

(top)

Kinesiology

L

(top)

Late payment fee

Late registration fee

Leadership for Women, in Administration, in Leadership for Women

Leave of absence

Library, Francis Harvey Green

Linguistics

Literacy

Literature, See English

Loans, See Financial Aid

Long-Term Care, M.S.A., in Administration, in Anthropology and Sociology

M

(top)

Management

Maps
Campus
Chester County
West Chester Borough

Marketing

Master's degree, requirements for

Mathematics

Matriculation fee

M.B.A.

Meal fee

Meal refunds

Miller Analogies Test

M.S.A.

Multicultural Affairs

Music
Applied
Education
History and Literature
instrument rental fees
Theory/Composition

N

(top)

Name change

"No Grades," removing

Nondegree students

Nondiscrimination/Affirmative Action Policy

Notification of admission

Nursing

O

(top)

Obtaining transcripts

Off-Campus and Commuter Services

Off-Campus Housing

P

(top)

Parking fee

Partial Payment Policy

Pass/Fail Grades

Payment of fees

Pennsylvania Teacher Intern Certification Program

Perkins Loan Program

Philosophy

Physical Education, See Kinesiology

Placement, See Career Development Center

Political Science

Probation, academic

Procedure for application to degree candidacy

Professional
and Secondary Education
certificates
growth status

Programs of Study

Provisional matriculation

Psychology

Public Administration, M.S.A., in Administration, in Political Science

Public Health, See Health

Public Safety

R

(top)

Reading, See Literacy

Readmission, in Admission, in Academic Information and Regulations

Reapplication for degree candidacy

Recreation and Leisure Programs

Refund policies

Regional Planning, M.S.A., in Administration, in Geography and Planning

Registration

Removing "No Grade"

Repeat Policy

Requirements for
admission
degree candidacy
Master of Education degree
Master's degree

Research requirements

Residence Hall Graduate Assistants

Responsibility, student

Room and Board, See Housing fee

S

(top)

Scholarships
Kinesiology Department
Special Education Department
Professor Russell Sturzebecker
Dr. Charles S. Swope
Charles Mayo
Sharon H. Ennis Graduate Study
Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce M.B.A./James Hamilton

School Health, See Health

Second master's degree

Secondary
Education
School Counseling
Teaching Certification

Senior Citizen Policy

Services for Students with Disabilities

Sexual Harassment Policy

Storm Closing, See Weather Alert Notification

Social Work, Graduate

Sociology, See Anthropology and Sociology

Spanish, See Foreign Languages

Special Education

Speech and Hearing Clinic

Speech Pathology, See Communicative Disorders

Sport and Athletic Administration, M.S.A., in Administration, in Kinesiology

Stafford Loan, Federal

Status
active
change of

Storm Closing, See Weather Alert Notification

Structure of the University

Student
Activities Council
Consumer Rights and Responsibilities
Responsibility
services

Submitting the thesis for binding

Summer Sessions

Sykes Union
Building
expansion fee
fee

T

(top)

Teaching and Learning with Technology

Teaching Certification

Teaching English as a Second Language

Technology Tuition Fee

Theatre and Dance

Thesis binding

Thesis defense

Time to complete the degree program

Training and Development, M.S.A.

Transcript fee

Transcripts, obtaining

Transfer of credit, in Admission, in Academic Information and Regulations

U

(top)

Uncollectible Check Policy

Undergraduate
courses, fees for crossover registration
courses for graduate credit

Undergraduates (taking graduate courses)

University Services and Student Living

V

(top)

Vehicle Registration

Veterans Affairs

Mission, Vision, and Values Statements

W

(top)

West Chester, how to reach

West Chester University Foundation

Withdrawal procedure, in Fees and Expenses, in Academic Information and Regulations

Withdrawal/enrollment change and aid

Women's Center

Women's Studies

Work Study, Federal

Workshops

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