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Preprofessional Programs
Other Educational Opportunities
- University College
- Center for International Programs
- The School of Continuing Education and Public Service
- The Office of Leadership and Service Programs
Student Services
- Adult (Nontraditional) Student Access Program
- Career Services
- Counseling and Psychological Services
- Disabled Student Development
- Fisher Institute for Wellness and
Gerontology
- Multicultural Affairs
- University Computing Services
- Work/Family Programs
Ball State University offers courses
students may take to prepare for admission to schools of law, medicine, dentistry,
engineering, or pharmacy. The prelaw program is described in the Department of Political
Science; predentistry, premedicine, and prepharmacy in the Department of Biology; 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 of 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 transfer
to 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.
Additional University College programs
and services include
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the Adult Student Access Program (ASAP), which offers information and assistance to nontraditional students, including
adult students, commuters, and those combining college study with full-time employment or
family responsibilities.
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 information about specific
services, call University College at (765) 285-1510.
Center for International Programs
The 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 Center for International Programs, call (765) 285-5422.
The School of Continuing Education
and Public Service
The School of Continuing Education
and Public Service (SCEPS) 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 distance education (television and
Internet), independent study by correspondence, 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 are available through the Center for
Organizational Resources and the Indiana Economic Development Academy. The
Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is available to record individual
participation in certain non-credit programs.
For more information call the School of
Continuing Education and Public Service at (765) 285-1582 or 1-800-872-0369 or
e-mail to distance@bsu.edu.
The Office of Leadership and Service
Programs
As part of Ball State University's
commitment to out-of-class learning, the Office of Leadership and Service Programs
provides an array of co-curricular and service learning opportunities, including those
efforts coordinated by Student Voluntary Services. In addition to service learning,
courses in leadership development are offered through the Department of Secondary, Higher,
and Foundations of Education. For more information, call the Office of Leadership and
Service Programs at (765) 285-2621.
Adult (Nontraditional) Student
Access Program (ASAP)
The Adult Student Access
Program (ASAP) is designed to identify the needs of adult students engaged in nontraditional
patterns of study and to help them find campus resources that exist to meet those needs.
Adult (or nontraditional) students are those who have spent a significant amount of time
between high school and college in environments that were not dedicated to formal
learning. These students include adult commuters and distance learners, displaced workers/
homemakers, "empty-nest" parents, retirees, and many people simply seeking
career changes, skill development, or an intellectually challenging environment. For more
information, contact ASAP at (765) 285-8494.
Career
Center offers
opportunities for each Ball State University student and graduate to develop a clear
career objective, relevant experience, and learn the skills necessary to
conduct a successful professional job search. The Career Center has developed a six-phase
career success plan that Ball State students are expected to follow. The plan includes
assessing skills, values, and interests; exploring academic majors and career options;
developing job-search skills; gaining career-related experience; and preparing for
the transition from college to graduate school or full-time professional employment.
The Career Center also coordinates all on-campus part-time student employment and some
off-campus student employment opportunities; supports internship and cooperative education
programs on campus; has a specialized resource center in Lucina Hall 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.
Counseling and
Psychological Services
Every year, hundreds of students,
faculty, and staff members use the services of the Counseling and Psychological Services
Center, which provides free and confidential psychological, academic, and career resources
to students. The primary mission of the agency is to assist students in reaching their
educational goals, as well as to improve their quality of life. A staff of psychologists
and counselors can work with students individually or in groups; appointments can be made
in person or by calling the receptionist in Lucina Hall, room 320, (765) 285-1736.
Disabled Student Development
The Office of Disabled Student
Development coordinates university efforts to provide access and opportunity to students
with disabilities, including those that are non-apparent. Students in need of
accommodations, assistance, or advice should call
this office at (765) 285-5293, TDD users (765) 285-2206. Advance notice in planning
services is strongly encouraged.
Fisher Institute for Wellness
and Gerontology
Ball State University is committed
to helping its 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.
The Office of Multicultural Affairs
(OMA) offers United States born students of African, Asian, and Hispanic
origins 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 sixteen student organizations served by OMA. For
more information, call (765) 285-1344.
University Computing Services
Ball State University expects all
its graduates to be competent in computer applications in their disciplines. To help
realize this goal, the university supports more than seventy computer laboratories on
campus equipped with nearly fifteen hundred microcomputers and UNIX
workstations. The VAX Cluster is the primary academic time-sharing machine and VAX
accounts, including access to electronic mail and the Internet, are provided to support
teaching and learning for all students, faculty, and staff. University Computing Services
also has Adaptive Computer Technology laboratories and personnel for persons who need
these facilities.
Work/Family 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 day care listings,
home visits with family day care providers, newsletters, and presentations on issues
relevant to family needs. For more information, call (765) 285-1187.
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