The Office of Admissions Admissions Director: Scott Teichert Associate Director of Admissions: Andrew S. Young Location: Student Services Center, Room 201 and Room 210 Telephone: 801-626-6743 or 801-626-6050 Internet Address: weber.edu/admissions The Office of Admissions encourages future students to reach their educational dreams by providing exceptional service and personal support through the exploration, application, acceptance, transfer, orientation and initial enrollment processes. Recruitment Services Location: Student Services Center, Room 210 Telephone: 801-626-6050 Email: recruitl@weber.edu Admissions Advisors and staff help future students navigate the admission process, understand residency requirements and provide general information on transferring from another institution, scholarships, programs and majors. Additionally, staff regularly visit high schools and community colleges to inform students, educators, and parents of the educational programs and opportunities available at Weber State University. Members of the Office of Admissions, including Student Ambassadors, provide individual campus tours and regularly host campus visit opportunities. Personal campus visits may be scheduled through the Office of Admissions by calling 801-626-6050 or by visiting weber.edu/getintoweber. Orientation Location: Student Services Center, Room 210 Telephone: 801-626-6050 Internet Address: weber.edu/orientation All new students are strongly encouraged to attend New Student Orientation. This experience will help connect students with academic advisers, friends, and resources, easing the transition into the WSU community. During Orientation, students will have the opportunity to become familiar with: • Student services, student involvement and activities, and Weber State's campus • eWeber account and how to register for classes • Procedures for obtaining parking permits, Wildcards, and pur chasing textbooks • Policies and procedures • Classroom expectations • General Education requirements • Program specific degree information View dates and times for New Student Orientations and register online at weber.edu/orientation. Transfer Advisement Location: Student Services Center, Room 210 Telephone/Appointments: 801-626-6050 Email: hansfer@weber.edu Internet Address: weber.edu/hansfer Transfer Guide: weber.edu/hansferguide Transfer students are shongly encouraged to contact the Office of Admissions for valuable information and assistance while making the hansition to Weber State University. This office provides advisement on hansferring courses and general education 11 requirements, information on admission, scholarships and financial aid, and more. In addition, students can learn how a course might hansfer to Weber State from another school by exploring the transfer guide through the Office of Admissions website. Please note: The Office of Admissions does not determine how courses will transfer; those decisions are made by academic departments. To see how your credits will transfer, first check the transfer guide to see if an equivalency has already been established. If an equivalent course does not exist, students may either submit the transfer request form on the transfer guide website or apply for admission providing official transcripts. Before students may take classes at Weber State University, they must first be admitted. To apply for admission a student must submit a completed application for admission, a $30 non-refundable processing fee and official high school/college transcripts to the WSU Admissions Office located in the Student Services Center, Room 201. This may also be done by mail: Weber State University Admissions Office 1137 University Circle Ogden, UT 84408-1137 Students can complete an online application by going to www. weber.edu; click on the "Apply" link in the upper right hand comer. For more information visit the above Internet address or call 801-626-6743. Refer to the Academic Calendar in 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. A student must inform the Office of Admissions if they wish to begin school in a semester other than that listed on his/her acceptance letter. Important: All information submitted for admission will be kept on file for 6 months. If applicants do not enroll within 6 months, the information will be destroyed. Freshman Students Students will be considered freshmen if they meet any of the following criteria: • Students who have never attended any college or university. • Students who graduated from high school or have a GED. • Students with fewer than 30 semester credit hours from another university or college. Application Steps for Freshman Admission 1. Submit an application for admission. 2. Pay the $30 application fee (non-refundable processing fee). 3. Submit an official hanscript from the high school of graduation. The hanscript should be sent directly from the high school to the WSU Admissions Office or brought into the Admissions Office in a sealed envelope. 4. Submit an official hanscript for any college-level course work completed through another institution. The hanscript 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 a transfer student. General PROFILE ENROLLMENT STUDENT AFFAIRS ACADEMIC INFO DEGREE REQ GEN ED Engaged Learning & Interdisciplinary OUR/CBL HNRS/BIS ESL LIBS INTRD MINORS Applied Science & Technology AUSV/ATTC CMT CEET/EE CS MFET/ETM MET DGET ENGR IDT SST TBE Arts & Humanities MPC/MENG COMM ENGL FL MUSC THEA ART/ARTH Business & Econ MBA MACC/MTAX ACTG BS AD/FIN MGMT MKTG SCM ECON/QUAN 1ST Education MSAT/MED CHF AT/HLTH NUTR/PEP/REC HPHP COURSES ATHL/PE EDUC Health Professions MHA/MSN MSRS DENT PAR HTHS HAS/HIM MLS NRSG RADT DMS/NUCM RATH REST Science BTNY CHEM GEO MATH/MTHE MICR PHYS/ASTR ZOOL Social & Behavioral Sciences MCJ/CJ ECON GEOG HIST POLS/PHIL PSY SW/GERT SOC/ANTH AERO MILS NAVS Continuing Ed Davis Campus Weber State University 2011-2012 Catalog