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2012-2014 Undergraduate Catalog > Site Map

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• Programs of Study
• Northwest Missouri State University
• Academic Calendar
• Admissions
  • Admission to Undergraduate Study
    • Freshman Admissions
    • Combined Percentile Index
    • 24-Unit Core Curriculum-2010 high school graduates and beyond
    • Freshman Requirements
    • To Apply:
    • Homeschooled Students
    • Former Missouri Academy Students
    • Credit for External Examinations
    • CLEP Subject Examinations
    • CLEP General Examinations
    • International Baccalaureate Credit
    • Dual Credit Courses (Transferred to Northwest)
    • Military Service
    • Transfer Admissions
  • International Student Admissions
  • Special Admissions
  • Admission to Graduate Study
• Fees and Costs
  • General Information
  • Residency for Fee Purposes
  • Tax Credits
  • Billing Policy – Email
  • Authorizations
  • Tuition and Fees
  • Fees for Special Programs
  • Room and Board
  • Housing Contract
  • Miscellaneous Fees
  • Senior Citizen Fee Waiver
  • University Installment Payment Plan
  • Student Health Insurance
  • Refund/Reduction in Charge Schedule
  • Determination of Return of Federal Aid
  • Graduate Assistant Fee Reductions/Work Related Scholarships
• Financial Assistance
  • Available Aid
  • Maximum Time Frame and Credit Hours
  • Application Procedures
  • Deadlines
  • Award Processing
  • Award Notification
  • Satisfactory Academic Progress
  • Quantitative Progress
  • Course Audits
  • Incomplete Grades
  • Qualitative Progress
  • Appeals Process
  • Failure to Earn a Passing Grade
  • Financial Assistance Programs
  • Withdrawal from the University
  • Summer
  • Online Aid Applicants
  • Taxation of Financial Assistance
  • Veterans’ Affairs
  • Vocational Rehabilitation
• Registration
• Policies and Regulations
  • Academic Policies
    • Academic Load
    • Attendance
    • Freshman Seminar
    • Academic Honesty
    • Use of Calculators
    • Audit
    • No Credit
    • Correspondence and Extension Courses
    • Classification of Students
    • Credit System
    • Course Numbering
    • Grading System
    • Incomplete Grade
    • In-Progress Grade
    • Calculating Grade Point
    • Grade Point Average Requirements
    • Participation in the Assessment Program
    • Superseding Grades/ Repeating Courses
    • Concurrent Enrollment
    • Midterm Advisory Grades
    • Final Examinations
    • Grade Appeal Procedure
    • Pass/ Fail Option
    • Honor Roll and Graduation Honors
    • External Examinations
    • Departmental Test-Out
    • Military Service
    • Academic Probation, Academic Suspension, and Dismissal
    • Adding, Dropping, and Withdrawals
    • Transcript of Grades
    • Transcript/Diploma/Enrollment Hold
    • Degree Audit
    • Appeals Process for Academic Policies
  • Graduation Policies and Requirements
    • Writing Competency
    • State Law Requirement for Degrees or Certificates
    • Advanced Standing Requirement
    • Catalog Requirement
    • Senior Deficiency Statement
    • Application for Degree
    • Commencement
    • Academic Residence
    • Senior College Credit (Upper Division)
    • Physical Activity/Varsity Athletics Limitations
    • Grade Point Requirement
    • Majors and Minors
    • Second Degree
    • Teacher Certification
  • Student Life Policies and Regulations
• Resources and Services
  • Student Services Center
  • Mabel Cook Recruitment and Visitors Center
  • Office of Admissions
  • Office of Scholarships and Financial Assistance
  • Office of the Registrar
  • Bursar/Cashiering Office
  • Advisement Assistance and Orientation
  • B.D. Owens Library
  • University Wellness Services
  • Computing Services
  • Textbook Services
  • Assist and Student Athlete Success Programs
  • Talent Development Center
  • Students with Disabilities
  • Institutional Assessment
  • Institutional and Strategic Research
  • Northwest Writing Center
  • University Mathematics Laboratory
  • Student Support Services
  • Office of Career Services
  • University Police Department
  • Bearcat Bookstore
  • Student Media
  • Percival DeLuce Memorial Collection
  • Missouri Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC)
  • Intercultural and International Center (IIC)
  • Office of Intercultural Affairs
  • International Affairs and the English as a Second Language (ESL) Program Office
  • Study Abroad Office
  • Office of Volunteer, Service Learning and Civic Engagement
  • Center for Information Technology in Education (CITE)
  • Online Articulation Agreements
  • Northwest Missouri Educational Consortium (NMEC)
  • Military Science (Army ROTC)
  • Northwest Kansas City Center at Liberty
  • Northwest St. Joseph Center
• University Requirements
  • Pre-Professional Programs
• General Education
  • General Education Requirements
• Institutional Requirements
  • Institutional Requirements Courses
• Undergraduate Degrees
  • Bachelor of Arts
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts
  • Bachelor of Music Education
  • Bachelor of Science
  • Bachelor of Science in Education
  • B.S.Ed. Requirements Matrix
  • Bachelor of Science in Clinical Laboratory Sciences
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing Completion Program
  • Bachelor of Technology
• Academic Structure
• The College of Arts and Sciences
  • International Study / 80
  • English and Modern Languages Department
    • English / 10
      • English Core Requirements
      • English Major, 30 hours: B.A.—Minor Required
      • English Major, 36 hours: B.S.—Minor Required
      • English Major, 39 hours: B.S.Ed.—Minor Required
      • English Education Comprehensive Major, 54 hours: B.S.Ed.—No Minor Required
      • English Minor, 24 hours
      • Writing Minor in English, 24 hours
      • Language Arts Concentrations for Middle School Major
      • English Minor, 30 hours: Certifiable
    • Languages / 14
      • Spanish Major, 37 hours: B.A.—Minor Required or Collateral Field
      • Spanish Major, 37 hours: B.S.—Minor Required or Collateral Field
      • Spanish Major, 34 hours: B.S.Ed., (Certifies Grades K-12) —Minor Required
      • Deaf Studies Minor, 24 hours
      • Spanish Minor, 24 hours
      • Individualized Language Program Minor, 27 hours
  • Fine and Performing Arts Department
    • Art / 13
      • Advanced Standing Core—Interactive Digital Media-Visual Imaging:
      • Art Core Requirements
      • Art Comprehensive Major, 72 hours: B.F.A.—No Minor Required
      • Art Education Comprehensive Major, 55 hours: B.S.Ed.— No Minor Required
      • Art Comprehensive Major, 54 hours: B.A.—No Minor Required
      • Interactive Digital Media Comprehensive Major, 61 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Art Minor, 24 hours
      • Elementary Art Education Minor, 24 hours: B.S.Ed.—Certifiable
      • Secondary Art Education Minor, 30 hours: B.S.Ed.—Certifiable
      • Interactive Digital Media Minor, 24 hours
    • Music / 19
      • Bachelor of Music Education (B.M.E.) (K-12 Certification)
      • Instrumental Music Education Comprehensive Major, 60 hours: B.M.E.—No Minor Required (Certifies Grades K-12)
      • Vocal Music Education Comprehensive Major, 58 hours: B.M.E.—No Minor Required (Certifies Grades K-12)
      • Music Comprehensive Major, 41 hours: B.A.—No Minor Required
      • Music Minor, 24 hours
    • Theatre / 43
      • Theatre Core Requirements
      • Theatre Major, 30 hours: B.A.–Minor Required
      • Theatre Comprehensive Major, 60 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Theatre Minor, 24 hours
      • Speech/Theatre
        • Speech/Theatre Core Requirements
        • Speech/Theatre Education Comprehensive Major, 55 hours: B.S.Ed.—No Minor Required (Certifies Grades 9-12)
        • Speech/Theatre Education Major, 38 hours: B.S.Ed.—Minor Required (Certifies Grades 9-12)
        • Speech/Theatre Education Minor, 32 hours (Certifies Grades 9-12)
        • Speech/Theatre for the Middle School Area of Endorsement, 21 hours
  • Humanities and Social Sciences Department
    • Humanities / 26
      • Humanities Minor, 18 hours
    • Geography / 32
      • Geography Core Requirements
      • Geography Major, 30 hours: B.A.—Minor Required
      • Geography Major, 37 hours: B.S.—Minor Required
      • Geographic Information Science Comprehensive Major, 53 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Geography Minor, 24 hours
      • Geographic Information Systems Minor, 28 hours
    • History / 33
      • History Core Requirements
      • History Major, 30 hours: B.A.—Minor Required
      • History Major, 36 hours: B.S.—Minor Required
      • History Minor, 24 hours
      • Public History Minor, 23 hours
    • Philosophy / 39
      • Philosophy Core Requirements
      • Philosophy Major, 31 hours: B.A.—Minor Required
      • Philosophy Minor, 18 hours
    • Political Science / 34
      • Political Science Core Requirements
      • Political Science Major, 31 hours: B.A.—Minor Required
      • Political Science Major, 37 hours: B.S.—Minor Required
      • Public Administration Major, 37 hours: B.S.—Minor Required
      • Political Science Minor, 24 hours
      • Public Administration Minor, 24 hours
      • Criminal Justice Minor, 24 hours
      • International Studies Minor, 24 hours
    • Social Science / 36
      • Social Science Core Requirements
      • Social Science Comprehensive Major, 51 hours: B.S.Ed.—No Minor Required (Certifies Grades 9-12)
      • Crisis Response Comprehensive Major, 36 hours: B.S.—Minor Required
      • Social Science Certification, 21 hours: B.S.Ed., Major in Middle School (Certifies Grades 5-9)
      • Crisis Response Comprehensive Minor, 27 hours
  • Mathematics, Computer Science and Information Systems Department
    • Mathematics, Computer Science, and Information Systems Advanced Standing Requirements
    • Mathematics / 17
      • Mathematics and Mathematics Education Core Requirements
      • Mathematics Comprehensive Major, 54 hours: B.A., B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Mathematics Education Comprehensive Major, 48 hours: B.S.Ed.—No Minor Required (Certifies Grades 9-12)
      • Mathematical Sciences Minor, 24 hours
      • Statistics Minor, 24 hours
      • Mathematics Education Minor, 23 hours: B.S.Ed.
      • Mathematics Education Minor, 30 hours: B.S.Ed., Secondary Program (Certifies Grades 9-12)
    • Computer Science and Information Systems / 44
      • Computer Science Comprehensive Major: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Interactive Digital Media Comprehensive Major: 61 hours, B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Management Information Systems Comprehensive Major: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Business Technology Comprehensive Major: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Business Education Major: B.S.Ed., Secondary Program—No Minor Required (Certifies Grades 9-12)
      • Computer Science Minor, 21 hours
      • Computer Networking Minor, 21 hours
      • Business Education Minor, 30-33 hours: B.S.Ed., Secondary Program (Certifies Grades 9-12)—See Professional Education Requirements
      • Marketing and Cooperative Education Minor, 32 hours
      • Middle School Endorsement Certification—Business Education, Grades 5-9
      • Computer Concentration—Elementary Education
      • Data Management Minor, 21 hours
      • Computer Applications Minor, 24 hours
      • Systems Management Minor, 24 hours
      • Interactive Digital Media Minor, 24 hours
      • Geographic Information Systems Minor, 28 hours
      • Business Technology Certificate, 60 hours
      • Information Systems Certificate, 15 hours
  • Military Science Department / 42
    • Military Science Advanced Standing Requirements
    • Military Science Basic Courses, 24 hours
    • Military Science Minor, 23 hours
    • Military Science General Information
  • Natural Sciences Department
    • Biology / 04
      • Clinical Laboratory Sciences B.S.
      • Nursing Completion Degree Program, 53 hours: B.S.N.–No Minor Required
      • Radiologic Sciences Completion Degree Program, 81 hours: B.S.–No Minor Required
      • Biology Major, 37 hours: B.S.—Minor Required
      • Biology Unified Science Major, 60-61 hours: B.S.Ed., Secondary Program—No Minor Required (Certifies Grades 9-12, Endorsement Area: Biology)
      • Biology Education Major, 55-57 hours: B.S.Ed., Secondary Program—No Minor Required (Certifies Grades 9-12)
      • Marine Biology Comprehensive Major, 60 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Pre-Professional Zoology Comprehensive Major, 58 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Pre-Professional Zoology Comprehensive Major –Chiropractic Emphasis, 58 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Comprehensive Major, 65 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Comprehensive Major, 61 hours: B.A.—No Minor Required
      • Biology/Psychology Comprehensive Major, 66-69 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Biology Minor, 24 hours: B.S.
      • Biology Minor, 21 hours: B.A.
      • Biology Education Minor, 31 hours: B.S. Ed., Secondary (Certifies 9-12)
      • Environmental Science Interdisciplinary Minor, 26 hours
    • Chemistry / 24
      • Chemistry Comprehensive Major, A.C.S. Accredited, 69 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Chemistry Major, 54-58 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Chemistry Major, 30 hours: B.A.—Minor Required
      • Chemistry Unified Science Major, 63-64 hours: B.S.Ed., Secondary Program—No Minor Required (Certifies Grades 9-12, Endorsement Area: Chemistry)
      • Chemistry Education Major, 56 hours: B.S.Ed., Secondary Program (Certifies Grades 9-12)
      • Chemistry Minor, 24 hours
      • Biochemistry Minor, 27-28 hours
      • Chemistry Education Minor, 24-26 hours: B.S.Ed. (Certifies 9-12)
    • Geology / 27
      • Geology Core Requirements
      • Geology Major, 31 hours: B.A.—Minor Required
      • Geology Comprehensive Major, 54-59 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Earth Science Unified Science Major, 58 hours: B.S.Ed., Secondary Program—No Minor Required (Certifies Grades 9-12, Endorsement Area: Earth Science)
      • Geology Minor, 24 hours
      • Earth Science Education Minor, 22-23 hours
      • Environmental Science Interdisciplinary Minor, 26 hours
    • Physics / 25
      • Physics Minor, 24 hours
      • Physics Education Minor, 27 hours: B.S.Ed. (Certifies Grades 9-12)
    • Nanoscale Science / 48
      • Nanoscience Major, 72 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
    • Science Education / 28
      • Middle School Science Minor, 25 hours: B.S.Ed., Major in Middle School (Certifies Grades 5-9)
  • The Honors Program / H
• Melvin D. and Valorie G. Booth College of Business and Professional Studies
  • Common Professional Component Requirements for Accredited Business Programs
  • Agricultural Sciences Department
    • Agricultural Business Major, 37 hours: B.S.–Collateral Field Required
    • Agronomy Major, 36 hours: B.S.—Minor Required OR Collateral Field
    • Animal Science Major, 38 hours: B.S.—Minor Required OR Collateral Field
    • Animal Science Comprehensive Major (Pre-Veterinary Option), 63 hours: B.S.–No Minor Required
    • Horticulture Major, 37 hours: B.S.—Minor Required OR Collateral Field Listed Below
    • Agricultural Education Comprehensive Major, 59 hours: B.S.Ed., Secondary Program—No Minor Required (Certifies Grades 9-12)
    • Agriculture Middle School Certification: Endorsement for (Certifies Grades 5-9 when completed with the Middle School Major)
    • Agricultural Science Comprehensive Major, 55 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
    • Agricultural Science Minor, 24 hours
    • Commercial Agriculture Minor, 24 hours: B.S.
    • Agronomy Minor, 24 hours
    • Animal Science Minor, 22 hours
    • Horticulture Minor, 24 hours
    • Precision Agriculture Minor, 24-25 hours
    • Farm Operation Two-Year Certificate Program, 60 hours
  • Business Department
    • Business Advanced Standing Requirement
    • Accounting / 51
      • Accounting Comprehensive Major: B.S.—No Minor Required
    • Economics / 52
      • Business Economics Comprehensive Major: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Economics Major: B.S.—Minor Required
      • Economics Minor, 18 hours
    • Finance / 53
      • Finance Comprehensive Major: B.S.—No Minor Required
    • Management / 54
      • Business Management Comprehensive Major: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Management Information Systems Comprehensive Major: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Business Technology Comprehensive Major: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Business Education Major: B.S.Ed., Secondary Program—No Minor Required (Certifies Grades 9-12)
      • General Business Minor, 24 hours
    • Marketing / 55
      • International Business Comprehensive Major: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Marketing Comprehensive Major: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Merchandising of Textiles, Apparel and Furnishings Comprehensive Major, 59-61 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
  • Communication and Mass Media Department
    • Communication / 29
      • Communications Core Requirements
      • Communication Major: B.A.
      • Communication Major: B.S.
    • Speech/Theatre Education
      • Speech/Theatre Education Core Requirements
      • Speech/Theatre Education Comprehensive Major, 55 hours: B.S.Ed.—No Minor Required (Certifies Grades 9-12)
      • Speech/Theatre Education Major, 38 hours: B.S.Ed.—Minor Required (Certifies Grades 9-12)
      • Communication Minor, 24 hours
      • Speech/Theatre Education Minor, 32 hours, (Certifies Grades 9-12)
      • Speech/Theatre for the Middle School Area of Endorsement, 21 hours
    • Mass Communication / 20
      • Media Studies Major, 31 hours: B.A.—Minor Required
      • Mass Media Major, 55 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Advertising Major, 61 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Interactive Digital Media Comprehensive Major, 61 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Broadcasting Minor, 24 hours
      • Journalism Minor, 24 hours
      • Advertising Minor, 24 hours
      • Interactive Digital Media Minor, 24 hours
• The College of Education and Human Services
  • Teacher Education General Information
  • Behavioral Sciences Department
    • Child and Family Studies Major, 38-40 hours: B.S.— Minor Required
    • Psychology Major, 36 hours: B.S.—Minor Required
    • Psychology Major, 30 hours: B.A.—Minor Required
    • Psychology/Sociology Comprehensive Major, 54 hours: B.A., B.S.—No Minor Required
    • Industrial Psychology Comprehensive Major, 60 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
    • Biology/Psychology Comprehensive Major, 66-69 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
    • Administration of Child Care Programs Minor, 24 hours: B.S.
    • Family Life and Resource Management Minor, 24 hours: B.S.
    • Psychology Minor, 24 hours
    • Sport Psychology Interdisciplinary Minor, 24 hours
    • Gerontology Interdisciplinary Minor, 24 hours
    • Sociology Minor, 24 hours
  • Health and Human Services Department
    • Foods and Nutrition / 15
      • Foods and Nutrition Comprehensive Major; Didactic Program in Dietetics, 70 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Food Service Minor, 24 hours: B.S.
      • Nutrition Minor, 23-24 hours: B.S.
    • Health / 22, Physical Education / 22
      • Physical Education Advanced Standing Requirement
      • Physical Education Major, 47 hours: B.S.Ed. (Certifies Grades K-12)
      • Coaching Minor, 22 hours
      • Health Education Minor, 28 hours: B.S.Ed., Secondary Program (Certifies Grades 9-12)
      • Health Certification, Grades K-9, B.S.Ed. Degree 25 hours
      • Physical Education Certification, Grades K-9, B.S.Ed. degree
      • Driver Education Certification, 12 hours: B.S.Ed., Secondary Program
    • Recreation / 45
      • Recreation Major, 56-63 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required
      • Recreation Minor , 24 hours
      • Gerontology Interdisciplinary Minor, 24 hours
      • Sport Psychology Interdisciplinary Minor, 24 hours
  • Professional Education Department
    • Education: Curriculum and Instruction / 62
      • Education B.S.
      • Elementary Education Major, 65-68 hours: B.S.Ed., Elementary Program (Certifies Grades 1-6)
      • Early Childhood Education Minor, 30-31 hours: B.S.Ed., Elementary Program (Certifies Birth through Grade 3)
      • Early Childhood Special Education Certification, 6-9 hours: (Certifies Pre-K and K in Missouri)
      • Middle School Major, 47-54 hours: B.S.Ed. degree–Certifiable Subject Field Required
      • Language Arts Concentrations for Middle School Major
      • Special Education Major: Cross Categorical, 84-87 hours: B.S.Ed. (Certifies Grades K-12)
      • Dual Majors in Special Education: Cross Categorical and Elementary Education
      • Special Education Concentration, 22 hours
    • Education: Educational Leadership / 61
      • Education B.S., Secondary Program (Certifies Grades 9-12)
      • Education B.S., Elementary-Secondary Program (K-12 Certification)
    • Career Education
      • Career and Technical Education Certificate, 16 hours
• The Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing / 81
  • Science and Mathematics A.S.
• Appendix
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  • Governance
  • University Personnel
• Faculty
  • Emeritus Faculty
• Campus Phone Numbers