Quick-links to Site Map Sections (alphabetically arranged)
Academic Policies	Emeritus Faculty	Registration & Records
Admissions	Faculty	Special Academic Programs & Services
Arts & Sciences	Fees and Charges	Student Financial Aid
BGSU Firelands	Graduate Catalog and Previous Undergraduate Catalogs	Support Services
Business Administration	Health and Human Services	Technology
Course Descriptions and Related Information	Housing and Dining	The University
Education and Human Development	Musical Arts	University Libraries

How to Use This Catalog

Useful Addresses, Phone Numbers, and Dates

The University

• Trustees of Bowling Green State University
  
• Office of the President
  
• Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
  
• Office of the Executive Vice President
  
• Office of Finance and Administration
  
• Office of Student Affairs
  
• Office of University Advancement
  
• University Vision and Core Values
  
• Academic goals of the University
  
• Academic organization
  
• Degrees offered
  
• History and setting of the University
  
• Accreditation and recognition
  
• Equal access
  
• Disciplinary authority
  
• For other information

• University learning outcomes
• University general education curriculum
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Degree programs
  • Baccalaureate degree programs
  • Associate degree programs
  • General requirements for associate degrees
• Other academic policies
  
  • Appeals
  • High school articulation policy
  • General education credit for transfer students
  • Classification of students
  • Enrollment status
  • Academic load
  • Change of college or major
  • Withdrawal from the University
  • Grading policies
  • Retaking a course
  • Advanced standing
  • Academic honors
  • Academic honesty
  • Unsatisfactory academic progress

• Academic advising
  
• Academic Enhancement
  
  • Office of Pre-Major Advising
  • University Program for Academic Success (UPAS)
  • Learning Laboratories
    • Math Lab
    • Study Skills Lab
    • Writers Lab
      
  • Post Secondary Enrollment Options Program and High School College Credit Programs
• Career Services
  
• Center for Environmental Programs
  
• Center for Multicultural and Academic Initiatives
• Chapman Community
  
• Cooperative education and internship programs
  
  • University-wide
  • College of Technology
  • National Student Exchange
  • Washington Center Internships
• Continuing Education, International & Summer Programs
  
  • Academic Conferences and Professional Institutes
  • Adult Learner Services
    • Evening Credit Programs
    • College Level Examination Program (CLEP)
    • Senior Adult Grants Program (SAGE)
    • Portfolio Assessment Program
  • BGSU Computer Training Centers
  • BGSU Training Center
  • Distance Education
  • Education Abroad
  • Center for International Programs
  • National Institute for the Study of Digital Media—Multimedia Technology
  • Off-Campus Programs
  • Options Programs
  • Summer Programs
    
• Health Sciences Residential Community
  
• Language Laboratory
• Orientation and First-Year Programs
  
• President’s Leadership Academy
  
• ROTC (Reserve Officers Training Corps)
  
  • Air Force ROTC
  • Army ROTC
• Springboard
• Student Support Services
  
• University Honors Program
  
• Academic support centers
  
  • EDHD Technology & Resource Center
  • National Institute of Physical Education for Children
  • Social Philosophy and Policy Center

Fees and Charges

• Basic fees
  
  • Per-hour and combination fees
  • Selective service compliance
  • Summer term fees
  • Graduate fees
  • Other fees, charges and deposits
• Payment of fees/bills
  
  • Identification card
  • Validation stickers
  • Refund processing—Fall, Spring and Summer
  • Delinquent accounts
• Nonresident fee regulations

Admissions

• Freshmen
  
  • Recommended high school subjects and articulation policy
• Transfer students
  
• Transfer of credit
  • Acceptable collegiate sources
  • Acceptable noncollegiate sources
• Institutional transfer
  
  • Transfer module
  • Responsibilities of students
  • Appeals process
  • Appeal of credit transfer
• Other admission categories
  
  • International students
  • Evening and part-time students
  • Concurrent enrollment
  • Guest students
• Readmission of former students

Housing and Dining

• University residences
  
• On-campus housing regulations
  
  • Responsibility for personal effects
  • Occupancy of rooms
  • Vacation periods
  • Change of assignment
    
• Room and meal plan charges
  
  • Payment schedule
  • Refunds
  • Dining Service
• Off-campus housing

Student Financial Aid

• Application, awarding, and disbursement
  
• Satisfactory academic progress
  
  • Dropping and withdrawing from classes
• Grants
  
  • Federal Pell Grant
  • Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
  • Ohio Instructional Grant
  • Talent awards and grants-in-aid
• Loans
  
  • William D. Ford Federal Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans
  • Federal Perkins Loans
  • Nursing student loans
  • Federal Direct Parent Loans for Undergraduates
  • Short-term loans
  • Alternative loans
• Scholarships
  
• Assistantships
  
• Employment
  
• Other programs
  
• For further information

Registration and Records

• Student records policies
  
• Transcripts of credit
  
• Registration schedule
  
• Drop/add
  
• Audit
• Advanced placement
  
• Registration and records policies
  
  • Change of address
  • Change of personal information
  • Veterans/reservists
  • Certifications
  • Credit for concurrent enrollment/guest student status

Support Services

• Counseling Center
• Disability Services for Students
  
• Information Technology Services
  
• Off-Campus Student Center
  
• Parking and traffic
  
• Psychological Services Center
  
• Residential Computing Connection
  
• Speech and Hearing Clinic
  
• Student Health Service
  
• UniGraphics

• Libraries
  
• Special collections
  
  • Center for Archival Collections
  • The Curriculum Resource Center
  • The Government Documents Collection
  • Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
  • Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives
  • Popular Culture Library
• Services
  
  • Book check-out
  • Electronic information resources
  • Library instruction
  • Instructional Media Services

Faculty

Emeritus Faculty

College of Arts & Sciences

• College administration
• Academic objectives
• Academic advising
• Organization of the college
  • School of Art
  • School of Communication Studies
• Programs offered
  • Special opportunities
• Transferring programs
• Degree requirements
  • University and general degree requirements
• Bachelor of Arts Degree
• Bachelor of Science Degree
• Bachelor of Liberal Studies Degree
• Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree for Creative Writing Major
• Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree for Art Major
• Bachelor of Arts in Communication Degree
• Bachelor of Science in Journalism
• Preprofessional training
  
  • Preparation for Dentistry
  • Preparation for Engineering
  • Preparation for Law
  • Preparation for Medicine
  • Preparation for Mortuary Science
  • Preparation for Occupational Therapy
  • Preparation for Optometry
  • Preparation for Osteopathy
  • Preparation for Pharmacy
  • Preparation for Veterinary Medicine
• Combined curricula
  
  • Arts-education curriculum
• Major and minor requirements:
  • +Africana Studies
  • +American Culture Studies
  • +Art
  • +Asian Studies
  • +Astronomy
  • +Biological Sciences
  • +Business, General Studies in
  • +Broadcast Meteorology
  • +Canadian Studies
  • +Chemistry
  • +Classical Civilization
  • +Computer Science
  • +Creative Writing
  • +Economics
  • +English
  • +Environmental Policy and Analysis
  • +Environmental Science
  • +Ethnic Studies
  • +Film Studies
  • +Folklore and Folklife
  • +French
  • +Geography
  • +Geology
  • +German
  • +History
  • +Individual Planned Programs
  • +International Studies
  • +Interpersonal Communication
  • +Italian
  • +Journalism
  • +Latin
  • +Liberal Studies
  • +Linguistics
  • +Materials Science
  • +Mathematics
  • +Microbiology
  • +Music
  • +Neuroscience
  • +Philosophy
  • +Physics
  • +Political Science
  • +Popular Culture
  • +Psychology
  • +Russian
  • +Science
  • +Scientific and Technical Communication
  • +Sociology
  • +Spanish
  • +Statistics
  • +Telecommunications
  • +Theatre
  • +Women’s Studies

• College administration
  
• Academic mission
  
• Accreditation
  
• Student recognition
  
• Organization of the college
  
  • Departments and programs
  • Academic advising
  • Students entering the college
• Degrees and programs
  
  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA)
  • Bachelor of Science in Economics
  • Minors
  • Special programs
    
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA)
  
  • Overview of the BSBA program
  • General University requirements
  • General college requirements
  • Pre-professional requirements
  • Professional requirements
  • Suggested four-year schedule
• BSBA areas of specialization
  
  • +Accounting
  • +Business Pre-law
  • +Economics
  • +Finance
  • +Financial Economics
  • +General Business
  • +Health Care Administration
  • +Hospitality Management
  • +Human Resource Management
  • +Information Systems Auditing and Control
  • +International Business
  • +Management Information Systems
  • +Marketing
  • +Production and Operations Management
  • +Public and Institutional Administration
  • +Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
    
• Bachelor of Science in Economics
  
  • Objectives
  • General University requirements
  • General college requirements
  • Major requirements
  • Suggested four-year schedule
• Minors and related programs
  
  • Minors
  • +Applied Statistics
  • +Economics
  • +General Business
  • +International Business
  • +Management Information Systems
  • +Marketing
  • +Operations Research/Management Science
  • Related programs

• College administration
  
• Academic mission/objectives
  
• Accreditation
  
• Organization of the college
  
  • School of Family and Consumer Sciences
  • School of Human Movement, Sport and Leisure Studies
  • School of Leadership and Policy Studies
  • School of Education and Intervention Services
• Advising
  
• Degrees offered through the College of Education and Human Development
  
  • Programs offered
• Special opportunities
  
• Transfer students
  
• College retention/full acceptance requirements
  
• Schools of Family & Consumer Sciences; Education & Intervention Services; Human Movement, Sport & Leisure Studies
  
  • Teacher education certification/licensure program requirements
  • Eligibility for assignment in student teaching internship
• School of Human Movement, Sport and Leisure Studies
  
  • Internship program requirements
• Licensure
  
• Planned program
  
• Degree requirements
  
  • College general education
  • Majors/minors/endorsements requirements
  • +Adapted Physical Education Endorsement
  • +Apparel Merchandising and Product Development—with Fashion Institute of Technology option
  • +Apparel Merchandising and Product Development—with marketing minor option
  • +Aquatics
  • +Art
  • +Astronomy
  • +Athletic Coaching
  • +Athletic Training
  • +Business Education, Integrated
  • +Child and Family Community Services
  • +Dance
  • +Developmental Disabilities and Habilitation
  • +Dietetics
  • +Early Childhood Studies
  • +Environmental Education
  • +Exercise Specialist
  • +French
  • +German
  • +Health Promotion
  • +Hearing Impaired
  • +Human Movement Science
  • +Interior Design
  • +Intervention Specialist
  • +Language Arts Education, Integrated
  • +Latin
  • +Life Sciences
  • +Marketing Education
  • +Mathematics, Integrated
  • +Middle Childhood Education
  • +Mild/Moderate
  • +Moderate/Intensive
  • +Music
  • +Nutrition Sciences
  • +Physical Education Teacher Education
  • +Physical Science
  • +Recreation
  • +Russian
  • +Science Education, Integrated
  • +Social Studies, Integrated
  • +Spanish
  • +Sport Management
  • +Tourism
• Report on the quality of teacher preparation
  
  • Bowling Green State University

BGSU Firelands

• College administration
• The college
  
• Mission
  
• Enrollment services
  
  • Admissions and financial aid
• Student Services
  
  • Academic advising
  • Registration
  • Student and campus activities
  • Career services
  • Disability services
  • Academic enhancement
  • Alumni services
• Teaching and learning resources
  
  • Library
  • Teaching and Learning Center (TLC)
• Technology support services
  
  • Instructional media
• Degrees offered
  
• Bachelor’s degrees available at BGSU Firelands
  
  • Bachelor of Applied Health Science
  • Bachelor of Arts in General Studies in Business
  • Bachelor of Liberal Studies
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN/BSN Completion Program)
  • Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice
  • Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Technology
  • Bachelor of Science in Visual Communication Technology
  • Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Studies
• Academic associate degrees
  
  • Associate of arts
  • Associate of science
• Occupational degrees and programs
  
• Business programs
  
  • +Associate of Applied Business in Administrative Office Systems
  • +Associate of Applied Business in Business Management Technology
  • +Accounting
  • +General Business Management
  • +Retail Management
  • +Industrial Management
• Information technology programs
  
  • +Associate of Applied Business in Communication Arts Technology
  • +Associate of Applied Business in Computer Programming Technology
• Engineering technology programs
  
  • +Associate of Applied Science in Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology
  • +Associate of Applied Science in World Class Manufacturing
• Allied health programs
  
  • +Associate of Applied Science in Health Information Technology
  • +Associate of Applied Science in Nursing—Lorain County Community College Satellite Program
  • +Associate of Applied Science in Respiratory Care Technology
• Public service programs
  
  • +Associate of Applied Science in Criminal Justice
  • +Associate of Applied Science in Human Services
• Other degrees
  
  • +Associate of Technical Study
• One-year certificate programs
  
• Office administration certificates
  
  • +Desktop Publishing Specialist
  • +Information Processing Specialist
  • +Medical Transcribing Specialist
  • +Office Support Specialist
• Business management certificates
  
  • +Bookkeeping
  • +Management and Supervision
  • +Real Estate Management
  • +Small Business Management
• Other educational opportunities
  
  • Graduate education
  • Post Secondary Enrollment Program
  • College Credit Program
  • Developmental education
  • Tech Prep Program
• Educational outreach
  
  • Business & Industry Training Center
  • Caryl Crane Children’s Theatre Program
  • IDEA Center

• College administration
• Academic objectives
  • Philosophy
  • Academic advising
  • Guidelines for transfer students
• Degrees
• Special opportunities
  • Health Sciences Residential Community
  • Graduate degrees
  • Student organizations
• General University requirements
  • English
  • General education
• Readmission policy
• Degree program requirements
  • +Applied Health Science
  • +Communication Disorders
  • +Criminal Justice
  • +Environmental Health
  • +Gerontology
  • +Medical Technology
  • +Nursing
  • +Bachelor of Science in Nursing—BSN
  • +Bachelor of Science in Nursing—RN/BSN
  • +Pre-Physical Therapy
  • +Social Work

College of Musical Arts

• College administration
• Academic objectives
  • Mission
  • Organization of the college
  • MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music
  • Academic advisement
  • Honors and student organizations
• Admission as music major or minor
  • Double major
  • Music opportunities for the non-major
• Degree programs offered
  • Bachelor of Music (B.M.)
  • Bachelor or Arts (B.A.)
• Special programs
  • Music minor (CMA)
  • Music minor (A&S)
• Guidelines for transfer students
• College requirements
  • Overview
  • Learning outcomes
  • General requirements for the B.M. degree
  • Musicianship core
  • Recital attendance requirement
  • Minor in another discipline
  • "S/U" grading
  • Ensemble participation
• Programs of study
  • +Jazz studies
  • +Musicology/Composition/Theory
  • +World music
  • +Music education
  • +Music performance
• Music minors
  • Jazz minor
  • Recording technology minor

College of Technology

• College administration
• Academic objectives
  • Mission
  • Accreditation
  • Degree programs offered
  • Guidelines for transfer students
  • Academic advisement
  • Student awards and organizations
• College requirements and regulations
  • General education requirements
  • Course requirements
  • Cooperative education
  • Program matriculation
  • Catalog year
  • Academic appeals
• Graduation requirements
  • Bachelor of Science in Technology
  • Applying for the degree
  • +Advanced Technology Education
  • +Architecture/Environmental Design Studies
  • +Aviation Studies
  • +Construction Management and Technology
  • +Electronics and Computer Technology
  • +Manufacturing Technology
  • +Mechanical Design
  • +Technology Education
  • +Visual Communication Technology
  • +Minors
    • Electronic & Computer Technology
    • Manufacturing Technology-Quality Systems

Course Descriptions and Related Information

• Online course search (current course descriptions)
• Historical course descriptions
  • 2002 course descriptions (as of 4/29/02)
  • 2001 course descriptions (as of 12/01/01)

Other Catalogs and Archived Information

• Graduate catalog
• Undergraduate catalog archive
  • 2001-2003 online catalog
  • 1999-2001 online catalog

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