11 Student Recruitment and orientation services Associate Director of Admissions: John Allred Admissions Advisors: Lori Drake, Keri Fidler, Bryan Hamblin, Treion Muller Location: Student Service Center, Room 210 Telephone: 801-626-6050 The Office of Student Recruitment and Orientation Services is the liaison between prospective students and the University. Staff from this office arrange campus visits, and provide information to the community through various media. They also visit high schools and community colleges throughout the state and selected schools in neighboring states. These visits are used to inform potential students, educators, and parents of the educational programs and opportunities available at Weber State University. Campus visits may be scheduled through the Office of Student Recruitment and Orientation Services by phone or by visiting our web site at weber.edu/visitcampus.xml. Orientation Location: Student Service Center, Room 210 Telephone: 801-626-6050 Internet Address: weber.edu/orientation/ All new and transfer students should attend Orientation. It is designed to ease the transition of new students into the Weber State University community, and attain their desired outcomes. During Orientation, students will become familiar with: • Student services, activities and the Weber State campus ♦ Procedures for obtaining parking permits, Wildcards, and E-mail accounts • Policies and procedures ♦ General Education requirements • Degree specifications (i.e. BS, BA, BFA, BM & BIS) * Requirements for Associate and Bachelor degrees ♦ College Tier/University Tier admissions status and the process to bridge from College to University Tier Transfer Admissions Advisement Location: Student Service Center, Room 210 Telephone/Appointments: 801-626-6050 E-mail: transfer@weber.edu Web Site: weber.edu/transfer Transfer students are strongly encouraged to contact the Student Recruitment and Orientation Services Office for valuable information and assistance while making the transition from another institution to Weber State University. This office provides advisement on general education requirements as well as unofficial transcript evaluations. In addition, students can contact this office before taking a course from another school to determine its transferability. This service is particularly helpful for those students who plan to transfer from out-of-state schools. Please note that this office does not advise or evaluate credits towards students' majors or minors. Those types of evaluations must be done by the individual departments. The focus of this office is on general education. Admission Process Admissions Director: Christopher C. Rivera Location: Student Service Center, Room 101 Telephone Contact: Janet Shaner 801-626-6005 Internet Address: weber.edu/admissions/ Before students may take classes at Weber State University, they must first be admitted. To apply for admission, submit a completed application form along with a $30 non-refundable processing fee to the WSU Admissions Office located in the Student Service Center, Room 101. This may also be done by mail: Weber State University Admissions Office 1137 University Circle Ogden, UT 84408-1137 Application forms are available from the Admissions Office, Davis Campus and from all Utah high schools. In addition, students may complete an on-line application available by following the "apply" link from the WSU home page (weber.edu). For more information visit the above Internet address or call 801-626-6050. Refer to the Academic Calendar on page 2 of this catalog for semester dates. Specific guidelines for international students are described on the next page. Acceptance letters are sent to students for the academic semester indicated on their application. It is not required that students enroll in the semester listed in the acceptance letter as long as they notify the Admissions Office of the semester they wish to enroll instead. Important: All information submitted for admission will be kept on file for one year. If applicants do not enroll within one year, the information will be discarded. Freshman Students Students will be considered freshman if they meet any of the following criteria: ♦ Students who have never attended any college or university. ♦ Students who graduated from high school in the 2002-2003 school year, even if they have completed college-level course work. ♦ Transfer students with less than 30 semester credit hours. Application Steps for Freshman Admission 1. Submit an application for admission. 2. Pay the $30 application fee. 3. Submit ACT, SAT or COMPASS placement test scores. These scores are required of all freshman applicants regardless of whether they have previously completed any college-level course work. These tests are available at the WSU Testing Center in the Student Service Center, Room 262. For more information call 801-626-6803. 4. Submit an official transcript from the high school of graduation. The transcript should be sent directly from the high school to the WSU Admissions Office. 5. Submit an official transcript for any college-level course work completed through another institution. The transcript should be sent directly from the institution to the WSU Admissions Office. Transfer Students Students who have attended another college or university after high school graduation, and have completed the equivalent of at least 30 semester credit hours, will be considered transfer students. Students who have completed less than 30 semester hours will be considered freshman (see above). These students will also receive transfer credit based on the guidelines listed on the next page. General PROFILE enrollment- student AFFAIRS ACADEMIC INFO DEGREEREQ GENED Jnferdisciplinary FYE HNRS BIS LIBSCI INTRD MINORS Applied Science & Technology CEET CS MFET/MET CMT CDGT ENGR AUTOSV/AUTOTC IDT SST TBE Arts & Humanities COMM ENGL FORLNG DANCE MUSIC THEATR ART Business & Econ MBA MPACC/ACCTNG BUSADM FIN LOM MGMT MKTG ECON/QUANT IS&T Education MEDUC CHFAM ATHL/AT HEALTH/NUTRI PE/REC EDUC Health Professions CLS DENSCI PARAMD HTHSCI HAS/HIM NURSNG RADTEC DMS NUCMED RADTHR RESTHY Science BOTANY CHEM GEOSCI MATH/MATHED MICRO PHSX ZOOL Social & Behavioral Sciences MCJ/CJ ECON GEOGR HIST POLSC PHILO PSYCH SOCLWK GERONT SOCLGY ANTHRO AEROSP MILSCI NAVSCI Continuing Ed Davis Campus WEBER State Univ 2003-2004 Catalog E R S I T Y