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Preprofessional Programs
Other Educational Opportunities
- University College
- Center for International Programs
- The School of Extended Education
- The Office of Leadership and Service Programs
Student Services
- Career Center
- Counseling Center
- Disabled Student Development
- Fisher Institute for Wellness and
Gerontology
- Health Center
- Multicultural Center
- University Computing Services
- WorkLife Programs
Ball State University offers courses
students may take to prepare for admission to schools of law, medicine, dentistry,
engineering, audiology, speech pathology, or pharmacy. The prelaw program is described in the Department of Political
Science; predentistry, premedicine, and prepharmacy in the Department of Biology;
pre-audiology and pre-speech Pathology in the Department of Speech
Pathology and Audiology; and
pre-engineering in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
University College
University College is an academic
unit offering comprehensive programs and services to enhance students' academic success at
Ball State University. University College is the home for academic advising for all
freshmen regardless of major. Students receive advising through University College until
they achieve sophomore status and declare a major, at which time they will
receive faculty advising in one of Ball State's seven degree-granting colleges. In addition,
University College houses the Learning Center, which offers
free peer tutoring, Supplemental Instruction, and other forms of academic assistance to
all Ball State students. The college coordinates the University Core
Curriculum, the liberal arts component required of all Ball State
undergraduate degrees.
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Additional University College programs
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- PACE
(Partnership for Academic Commitment to Excellence),
a program of academic assistance for freshmen on
academic probation.
- ID
101, the freshman seminar course.
- specific
programs for exploratory (undecided) students,
students with disabilities, and student athletes.
For more information
about specific services,
call University College at 765-285-1510.
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The Rinker Center for International
Programs is Ball State's central facility for international activity on campus. In
cooperation with faculty, students, and the local community, the
center's administrative
services support Ball State's commitment to international teaching and learning. Each
year, Ball State hosts international students and scholars from more than
eighty
countries; the center offers admissions and orientation assistance. Study-abroad programs
open to all Ball State students give students the opportunity to explore intercultural
issues outside the classroom. Programs vary in length, location, and cost, and credit is
offered on most programs, so that students who participate are not required to delay
graduation. Information on international work and internship opportunities is also
available at the center.
For information on the services offered
by the Rinker Center for International Programs, call 765-285-5422.
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Extended Education
The School of
Extended Education (SEE) extends the services and resources of the university to people whose
needs cannot be met by traditional classes on campus. Ball State uses a
variety of delivery options to offer courses, degree programs, and certificate
programs. The delivery options include television, Internet, online, independent
learning, Web conferencing and on-site (live) instruction
at selected sites around the state. All credit earned is residence
credit.
In addition to consulting services, an array of
customized and public training programs is available through the Center for
Organizational Resources and the Center for Economic and Community Development. The
Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is available to record individual
participation in certain non-credit programs.
For more information, call the School of
Extended Education at 765-285-1581 or 800-872-0369 or
e-mail to http://distance@bsu.edu.
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The Office of Student Life
Student Life supports the academic mission of the university
through leadership development, civic engagement, and service
learning opportunities for students. In partnership with faculty
and academic units, students participate in service learning
experiences coordinated through Student Voluntary Services (SVS).
Additionally, students may receive academic credit by
participating in leadership development courses as part of the
Excellence in Leadership program as well as the
interdisciplinary leadership studies minor offered through the
Department of Educational Studies. For more information, call
the Office of Student Life at 765-285-3476 or visit our Web site
at
http://www.bsu.edu/studentlife.
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Career
Center
The Career Center offers
opportunities for each Ball State University student and
graduate to develop a clear career objective, obtain
relevant experience, and learn the skills necessary to
conduct a successful professional job search. The center has
developed a four-phase career management action plan that
Ball State students are expected to follow. The plan
includes assessing and exploring skills, values, and
interests as well as academic majors and career options;
developing key skills employers are seeking and learning
job-search techniques; developing leadership skills and
pursuing opportunities for professional experience; and
securing professional employment or enrolling in graduate
school. The Career Center also coordinates all on-campus
part-time student employment and some off-campus student
employment opportunities; supports internship programs;
maintains the Career and Experiential Learning Lab in Lucina
Hall, room 235 that includes up-to-date materials on
careers, salaries, the job-search process, and graduate and
professional school preparation; distributes career
brochures and publications on self-assessment, career
exploration, résumé writing, interviewing, and job success;
and coordinates on-campus interviews with recruiters from
business, industry, government, and educational
organizations seeking graduates at all degree levels. For
more information, call the Career Center, 765-285-5634 or
765-285-1522 or visit the office’s Web site at
http://www.bsu.edu/careers.
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Counseling
Center
The
Counseling Center provides a broad range of individual and group
counseling programs and services that are designed to help students
reach their educational and personal goals. They include individual
counseling, group counseling, testing, emergency services, psychiatric
consultation, and outreach. Services are free and confidential and are
provided by psychologists and counselors who have special backgrounds
and experience with young adults. Appointments can be made
in person or by calling the receptionist in Lucina Hall, room 320, 765-285-1736.
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Disabled Student Development
The Office of Disabled Student
Development (DSD) coordinates university efforts to provide access and opportunity to students
with disabilities, including students who have disabilities that are non-apparent. Students
wanting to learn more about services or accommodations available to
those with a documented disability should contact the DSD office.
Advance notice in planning
services is strongly encouraged. Please visit (Student Center 307), call 765-285-5293, TDD users 765-285-2206, or refer to our Web site http://www.bsu.edu/dsd or
e-mail: dsd@bsu.edu.
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Fisher Institute for Wellness
and Gerontology
Ball State University is committed
to helping students lead healthy lives. The Fisher Institute for Wellness
and Gerontology can help
students integrate the physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual, occupational,
and environmental dimensions of their lives through many programs,
activities, and services. In addition, the institute offers a minor
in gerontology to those interested in learning more about the aging
process and a resource area with information about many aging
issues. For more information call the Fisher Institute for Wellness
and Gerontology at 765-285-8259.
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Health Center
The Health Center is funded by separate fees
required each semester of all students who are enrolled for 7
or more credits. The fees cover office visits to the Health Center, the
Women's Center, Physical Therapy, and Health Education. Laboratory
testing and x-ray services, if required, are not covered. Prescriptions
may be filled at the pharmacy in the Health Center at a cost competitive
with and often less than at local retail pharmacies. Services are
provided by a dedicated and experienced professional staff of
physicians, nurse practitioners and nurses, who are specialists in
health promotion, disease prevention, and medical services for young
adults.
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Multicultural
Center
The Multicultural
Center (MC) is the campus resource for all issues that relate to cultural
diversity. The center offers African American, Asian American, and Hispanic/Latin
American students and all students support and an opportunity for involvement in a variety of cultural,
educational, and social programs designed to meet their specific
needs and necessary to their personal growth and development. Opportunities for leadership
development are available through the over 14 student organizations served by
MC. For
more information, call 765-285-1344.
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University Computing Services
Ball State University expects
its graduates to be competent in computer applications used within their disciplines. To help
accomplish this goal, the university supports nearly 200 laboratories on
campus, equipped with over 2,800 workstations. A high-speed campus network and computer accounts, with access to electronic mail and the Internet, are provided to support
teaching and learning for all students, faculty, and staff. University Computing Services
has adaptive computer technology laboratories and support personnel for persons who need
them. Most classrooms are equipped with integrated
electronic media, and all residence hall rooms have high-speed network
connections to the Internet and the campus network. University Computing
Services personnel provide computing and systems services to students,
faculty, and staff.
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WorkLife Programs
WorkLife Programs offers a
variety of family services to help students and employees balance their responsibilities
to the university and to their families. Services include customized
childcare listings, elder care listings, the Employee Assistance
Program (referral to counseling), and relocation information.
On-line request forms and additional information are available on the
Web at, http://www.bsu.edu/hrs/worklife.
Students also have the opportunity to contact
WorkLife if they would like to list themselves as part-time
babysitters. For more information, call 765-285-1187 or e-mail mstephen@bsu.edu.
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