Barry University | Miami, Florida

Graduate Catalog

2017-18

knowledge and truth, inclusive community, social justice, and collaborative service

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Inquiries, Applications, and Credentials

Barry University11300 NE 2nd AvenueMiami, FL 33161‑6695

Main Phone Number: (305) 899‑3000Toll Free: (800) 756‑6000Website: www.barry.eduDepartment of Recruitment and Admissions: (305) 899‑3100

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Office of Financial Aid: (305) 899‑3673

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School of Professional And Career Education (PACE)

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Campus Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16De Porres Center for Ethical Leadership . . . . . . . . . 16

Student Affairs 17Dean of Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Campus Recreation and Wellness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Career Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Counseling and Psychological Services . . . . . . . . . . 19Disability Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Procedures and Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Appeal Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Definition of an Individual with a Disability . . . . . . . .20Eligibility for Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20General Guidelines for Documentation

of a Disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Accommodations: Procedures for Obtaining

Accommodations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21Course Substitution Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21Course Substitution Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Housing, Residence Life & Student Conduct . . . . . . 22Residency Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Student Involvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Campus Events & Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23New Student Orientation/FYE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23Student Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23Fraternity and Sorority Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24Commuter Student Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24International Student Services and Multicultural

Programs (IMP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24Student Health Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Fee Schedule: 25Services Offered at SHS: 25Services Not Offered: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Responsibility of Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26Business Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Concierge Center and Information Desk . . . . . . . . . .27ID Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Students are Expected to Carry University ID at All Times while on Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Union Facility Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Room Reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Posting and Publicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Dining Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Campus Dining Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Roussell Dining Hall: [R . Kirk Landon Student Union, 2nd Floor] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Contents

1 Indicates programs that are approved by the Florida State Department of Education

Accreditation 1Notices 3The Mission of Barry University 4

Core Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Knowledge and Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Inclusive Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Social Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Collaborative Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Learning Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

General Information 6History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6University Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Student Right to Know Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6General Graduation Rate Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 . . . . 6Theatre, Music, and Dance Performances . . . . . . . . . . 7Fine Arts Exhibitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Alumni Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Buildings & Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Barry University—Miami Shores Main Campus . . . . . . 7Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law—

Orlando Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Admissions 11General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Readmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11Change of Graduate Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11Change of Address/Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Name Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Degree Seeking Applicants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Active/Inactive Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Non‑ Degree Seeking Applicants . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Guest Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Non‑ Degree Seeking to Degree Seeking Students . . . . .13Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

International Applicants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Eligibility for Admission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Certification of Eligibility (Form I‑ 20 A) . . . . . . . . . .13Application Procedures for International Applicants . . . .14Intensive English Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Director, ELS Language Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Financial Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

University Mission Engagement 16Office of Mission Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Qualitative Component: (Cumulative Grade Point Average). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

PACE Component: (Maximum Time Frame and Completion Ratio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Understanding Satisfactory Progress. . . . . . . . . . . . .40Attempted Credit Hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Satisfactory Academic Progress Review . . . . . . . . . . . 41Warning Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Termination Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Regaining Eligibility After Financial Aid Termination . . 41Appeal Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Veterans and Eligible Dependents . . . . . . . . . . . . 41VA Yellow Ribbon Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Standards of Progress Policy for Veterans . . . . . . . . . .42Credit for Previous Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Academic Information 43Knowledge of Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Policy on Release of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Advisors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Summer Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Withdrawals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Course Withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44Official University Withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44Unofficial University Withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Incomplete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Class Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Grade Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Good Standing—Probation—Suspension . . . . . . . . 45Transferability of Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Graduate Credit for Qualified Barry

Undergraduate Seniors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Doctoral Credit for Qualified Master’s Level

Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Request to Register at Another Institution . . . . . . . . 47Second Master’s Degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Graduate Degree Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Graduate Non‑ degree Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Graduate Student Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Grading System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51School of Podiatric Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Course Repeat Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Requirements for Degree Conferral. . . . . . . . . . . . 52Transcript Requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Policies and Procedures 54Procedure for Appeal of Grades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Policy on Medical Leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Readmission Requirements for Medical Leaves . . . . . 55Alcohol and Other Drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Policies and Procedures Relating to Sexual Harassment . 56

Chick- N- Grill: [Buc Stop Café @ Thompson Hall] . . . . . 28Subway: [Buc Stop Café @ Thompson Hall] . . . . . . . . . 28Outtakes: [Buc Stop Cafe @ Thompson Hall /

Dominican Hall] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28We Proudly Serve: [Buc Stop Café @ Thompson Hall] . . . . 28Create: [Dominican Hall] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Juiceblendz: [Dominican Hall] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Bucky’s Cove: [Landon Student Union] . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Dining Hall Policies & Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . .28Flex Bucs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29Campus Bookstore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Public Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Timely Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Tuition, Fees, and Financial Aid 31Statement of Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312017–2018 Tuition and Fee Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Effective July 1, 2017—June 30, 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . 31Professional Discounts Provided by the University . . . . 33Official Payments Payment Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33University Payment Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Payment Due Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Corporate Reimbursement Deferment . . . . . . . . . . 34Florida Prepaid College Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Sponsor/Third Party Billing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Withdrawal Policy for Individual Courses . . . . . . . . 35Changes Made During the Period of Schedule

Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Student Dismissal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Transcript/Diploma Release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Health Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Delinquent Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Institutional Refund Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Total Withdrawal from the University. . . . . . . . . . . .36Summer School Tuition and Fees Credits . . . . . . . . . .36

Refunds/Overpayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Total Withdrawal and Return of Title IV Funds . . . . . .36Order of Return of Title IV Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Use of Federal Student Aid Authorization . . . . . . . . 37Financial Aid for Graduate Students . . . . . . . . . . . 37Determining Eligibility for Federal Financial Aid . . . . 38Applying for Financial Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Types of Financial Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Discounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Graduate Assistantships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39State of Florida Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Satisfactory Academic Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Satisfactory Academic Progress Will Be Reviewed

at the End of Each Semester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

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Department of Communication 72Master of Arts in Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Areas of Specialization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Graduation Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Post‑ Admission Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73Transfer of Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73Degree Requirements (36 Credits) . . . . . . . . . . . . .73Area of Specialization: Choose One . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Certificate Program in Broadcasting . . . . . . . . . . . 74Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74Broadcast Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Professional and Technical Standards for Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Program Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75Certificate Program in Public Relations

and Corporate Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75Program Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

Department of Fine Arts 81Master of Arts in Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81Purpose Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82Admissions Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82Program Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Curriculum Outlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Photography . . . . . . .83Master of Arts (M.A.) in Photography . . . . . . . . . . .83Inde pen dent Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85M.F.A. Thesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85Teaching Preparation for M.F.A. Students . . . . . . . . .85

Department of Psychology 89Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Clinical Psychology Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Master of Science in Clinical Psychology . . . . . . . . . .89Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89Expected Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90Admission Requirements and Policies . . . . . . . . . . . .90Additional Requirements and Technical Standards for

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation . . . . . . . . .90Practicum and Internship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91Dismissal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91Forensic Psychology Specialization . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Department of Theology and Philosophy 96Graduate Programs in Theology and Ministry . . . . . . 96Master of Arts in Practical Theology and Ministry . . . . 96

Program Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96Admission Requirements and Policies . . . . . . . . . . . .96Requirements for Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Course Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Academic Dishonesty Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Cheating and Plagiarism: Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . .57An Incident of Cheating or Plagiarism . . . . . . . . . . .57Procedures for Handling Cheating and Plagiarism . . . . .57Responsibilities of the Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58Responsibilities of Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Policy on Hazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Academic Resources 59The Glenn Hubert Learning Center . . . . . . . . . . . 59

The CAL Program 60Center for Community Service Initiatives 61

Programs, Projects, and Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Services and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Service‑ Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Division of Information Technology 63Technology & Service Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Technology & Service Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63IT Support Desk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63Conferencing, Media & Learning Spaces . . . . . . . . . .64Workplace and Instructional Technologies

Services (wITs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64Infrastructure and Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Data Center Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64BarryNet Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Email System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Barry Remote Access Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Network and Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . .65University Business Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

IT Business Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Project Portfolio Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Library Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Public Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66Reference Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66Technical Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67Archives and Special Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

College of Arts and Sciences 68Department of Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68Department of Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68Department of Psychology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68Department of Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Admission Requirements and Policies . . . . . . . . . . 69Transfer Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Time Limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Advisement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Thesis Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Leave of Absence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Readmittance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Probation and/or Dismissal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Assistantships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Undergraduate Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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Orientation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Supervised Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Formation Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Capstone Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Written and Oral Comprehensive Exams . . . . . . . . . . 97

Transfer of Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98Time Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98Core and Required Curriculum for the Masters

of Arts in Practical Theology and Ministry (40 Credit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98Master of Arts in Practical Theology

and Ministry Course Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Certificate in U.S. Hispanic/Latino(a) Theology. . . . . . .98Certificate in Healthcare Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99Coursework for the Program in Healthcare Ethics

Includes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Doctor of Ministry Degree Program (D.MIN.) . . . . . 100

Course of Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Areas of Concentration and Research . . . . . . . . . . . 100Admissions Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Requirements for Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Orientation Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Curriculum Distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Transfer Credit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Thesis‑ Project Proposal Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Exit Experience—D.MIN. Commissioning . . . . . . . . 102

Study Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Residency Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Time Limitations and Completion Deadlines . . . . . . . 103Areas of Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Practical Biblical Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Practical Sacramental/Liturgical Theology. . . . . . . . . 103Practical Moral Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Practical Systematic Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Institutional Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Hispanic/Latino(a) Theology and Ministry . . . . . . . . 104

Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry for Hispanics . . . . 112Graduate Admission Requirements and Policies . . . . . 113Transfer Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Time Limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Advisement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Special Occurrences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

D Inez Andreas School of Business 117Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117Uniqueness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117Graduate Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117Transfer Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Grading Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118Graduate Writing Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Master of Business Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . 119M.B.A. Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Academic Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Degree Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Prerequisite and Preparatory Workshops . . . . . . . . . . 120M.B.A. Specializations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

General M.B.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122Dual Degree Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122Graduate Certificate Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122Master of Science in Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

M.S.A. Program Goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Admissions Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Academic Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Degree Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Prerequisite and Preparatory Workshop . . . . . . . . . . 124

Master of Science in Entrepreneurial Management. . . . 124M.S.E.M. Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Admissions Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Academic Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Degree Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Prerequisite and Preparatory Workshop . . . . . . . . . . 126

Master of Science (M.S.) in Sport Management . . . . . 126Sport Management Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Academic Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Degree Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Sport Management Electives: 6–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Master of Science (M.S.) in Sport Management/Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Degree Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Prerequisite and Preparatory Courses . . . . . . . . . . . 130

B.S. to M.S. in Sport Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 131M.S. Degree Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Customized Electives (12–15 Credits). . . . . . . . . . . 131

Course Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Adrian Dominican School of Education 141Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141School‑ Wide Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Graduate Degrees Offered at the Master’s, Specialist, and Doctoral Levels in the Adrian Dominican School of Education. . . . . 142

Certificates Offered in the Adrian Dominican School of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Program Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Course Delivery Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143General Requirements for Full Admission

(Master’s Level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Additional Requirements for State Approved

Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Additional Requirement for Reading

and Educational Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

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General Requirements for Full Admission (Specialist Level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Additional Requirement for Educational Leadership . . . 144Additional Requirements for Reading . . . . . . . . . . . 144

General Requirements for Full Admission (Doctoral Level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Provisional Admission (Master’s and Specialist Levels). . 144Provisional Admission (Doctoral Level) . . . . . . . . . 145Admission to Class (Master’s & Specialist Levels) . . . . 145Admission to Class (Doctoral Level) . . . . . . . . . . . 145Non‑ Degree and Guest Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Transfer Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Requisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Standards of Progress (Master’s and Specialist Levels) . . 146Standards of Progress (Doctoral Level) . . . . . . . . . . 146Grades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Incomplete Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Comprehensive Exams (Master’s and Specialist Levels) . 147Comprehensive Exams (Doctoral Level) . . . . . . . . . 147General Graduation Requirements

for State‑ Approved Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147General Graduation Requirements

(Master’s and Specialist Levels) . . . . . . . . . . . . 147General Graduation Requirements (Doctoral) . . . . . . 148

Clinical Practice 149Counseling Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Master of Science in Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Clinical Mental Health Counseling Specialization

Student Learner Outcomes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Specialization

Student Learner Outcomes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Marital, Couple, Family Counseling/Therapy

Specialization Student Learner Outcomes . . . . . . . 150School Counseling Specialization Student

Learner Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Prerequisites for Clinical Experience Classes . . . . . . . 150Program Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Areas of Specialization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Clinical Mental Health Counseling (21 Credits) . . . . . 151Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling (24 Credit Hours) . . 151Marital, Couple, Family Counseling/Therapy

(24 Credits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152School Counseling (18 Credit Hours) . . . . . . . . . . . 152Additional Specializations and Licensure/

Certification Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152Course Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152Additional Information and Admission Requirements . . 152Additional Requirements: Professional Standards for

Matriculation and Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Student Counseling Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . 153Ph.D. Program Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154Student Learner Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154Admissions Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154Additional Admissions Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Ph.D. Program Curriculum Outline . . . . . . . . . . . 155Course Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156Degree Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156Other Requirements for the Ph.D. in Counseling

Include . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Additional Requirements and Professional

Standards for Matriculation and Graduation . . . . . . 157Student Counseling Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

School Psychology Programs Master of Science in School Psychology Mission Statement . . . . . . . 158Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158School Psychology Student Learner Outcomes . . . . . . 159Additional Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 159Program Outline (Minimum of 30 Credits) . . . . . . . . 159Standards of Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160Student Counseling Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Specialist in School Psychology (S.S.P.). . . . . . . . . . 160Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160School Psychology Student Learner Outcomes . . . . . . 160Additional Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 161Program Outline (Minimum of 41 Credits) . . . . . . . . 161Standards of Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Student Counseling Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Research 163Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction. . . . . 163

Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163Student Learning Outcomes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164Admissions Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164Prerequisites for Entrance into English

and Social Sciences Content Area Specializations . . . 164English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164Social Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Program Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum

and Instruction (Ph.D.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Program Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167Required Coursework: Doctoral Program . . . . . . . . . 168Area of Specialization (15 Credits) . . . . . . . . . . . . 169Curriculum Evaluation and Research Specialization . . . 169Early and Middle Childhood Education Specialization . . 169

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Additional Ed.S. Program and Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Special Reading Endorsement Option. . . . . . . . . . . 181Adult Literacy Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Leadership Studies 183Educational Leadership Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Student Learner Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Master of Science (M.S.) and Specialist in Education** (Ed.S.) in Educational Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . 183(Certification Track) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Prerequisites for the Certification Track . . . . . . . . . . 184

Master of Science (M.S.) and Specialist in Education (Ed.S) in Educational Leadership . . . . . 184(Non‑ Certification Track) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184Prerequisites for the Non‑ Certification Track . . . . . . . 184Graduation Requirements (M.S. & Ed.S.) . . . . . . . . 184Program Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Higher Education Administration Programs 186Master of Science in Higher Education

Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186Student Learner Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186Program Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Ph.D. Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Organizational Learning and Leadership Programs 188Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Master of Science Program Master

of Science in Organizational Learning and Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Student Learner Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Doctor of Education in Organizational Learning and Leadership with a Specialization in Educational Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189Student Learner Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190Program Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190Educational Leadership Elective Courses (12 Credits) . . 191

Doctor of Education in Organizational Learning and Leadership with a Specialization in Human Resource Development . . . . . . . . . . . 191Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Student Learner Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Program Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192HRD Elective Courses (12 Credits) . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Reading, Literacy and Cognition Specialization . . . . . . 169Special Education Specialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169TESOL Specialization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170Degree Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170Other Requirements for the Ph.D. in Curriculum

and Instruction Include . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170Exceptional Student Education Programs . . . . . . . . 171

Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Student Learner Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Master of Science in Exceptional Student Education (ESE) Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Program Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172Additional Graduation Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . 173

PH.D. Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Montessori Education Programs Master

of Science in Montessori Education . . . . . . . . . . 173Mission Statement and Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . 173Student Learning Outcomes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Program Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Specialization in Early Childhood Education

(40 Credits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Additional Certification Information . . . . . . . . . . . 175Specialization in Elementary Education

(39 Credits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Additional Certification Information . . . . . . . . . . . 175Additional Graduation Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Specialist in Education in Montessori Education. . . . . 175Mission Statement and Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . 175Student Learning Outcomes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176The Following Core Courses are Required

for Both the Early Childhood and Elementary Specialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Specialization in Early Childhood Education (46 Credits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Additional Certification Information . . . . . . . . . . . 177Specialization in Elementary Education (45 Credits) . . . 177Additional Certification Information . . . . . . . . . . . 177Additional Graduation Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Reading and Literacy Studies Programs . . . . . . . . . 178Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178Student Learner Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Master of Science in Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178Program Outcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Additional M.S. Program and Graduation

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Students Must . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Non‑ Certification Master’s Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Specialist In Education In Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Student Learner Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Special Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Program Outcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

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Curriculum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250Course Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250Progression Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Transfer Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Grading Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Biomedical Sciences Programs 254Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences (BMS) . . . . 254

Program Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Master’s Degree in Biomedical Sciences . . . . . . . . . . 254Philosophy and Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Goals of the Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Educational Objectives/Expected Outcomes . . . . . . . 255Admission Requirements for the BMS Program . . . . . 255Provisional Acceptance for Masters in BMS . . . . . . . 255

Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255Master’s Degree in Biomedical Sciences . . . . . . . . . . 255Progression Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Academic Standing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Probation Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Suspension/Dismissal Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Readmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Repeat Course Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Comprehensive Examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258Grading Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258Non‑ Degree‑ Seeking Applicants . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258Change of Status from Non‑ Degree‑ Seeking

to Degree‑ Seeking Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258Student Conduct Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Transfer Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Clinical Biology Programs 263Master of Science in Clinical Biology. . . . . . . . . . . 263

Program Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263Laboratory Management Specialization . . . . . . . . . . 263Laboratory Management Specialization

(B.S. to M.S. Option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263Histotechnology Specialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263Accreditation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263Mission and Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264Program Objectives/Expected Learning

Outcomes—Laboratory Management Specialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Program Objectives/Expected Learning Outcomes—Histotechnology Specialization . . . . . . 264

Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265Academic Policies and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265Non‑ Academic Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265Speech and Hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265Fine Motor Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265Psychological Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Curriculum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership and Education Programs 193

Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Degree Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership and Education—Higher Education Administration Specialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Student Learner Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Program Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership and Education Programs 196Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership

and Education—Specializations . . . . . . . . . . . . 196Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196Degree Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership and Education—Higher Education Administration Specialization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198Student Learning Outcomes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198Program Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Adrian Dominican School of Education . . . . . . . . . 199

College of Nursing & Health Sciences 237Introduction to the College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237Highlighted College Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Background Checks and Drug Screens . . . . . . . . . . 238Curricular and Policy Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238Dismissal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Anesthesiology Programs 240Master of Science Program in Anesthesiology . . . . . . 240

Program Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240Mission and Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240Program Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Admissions Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Curriculum Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Course Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Progression Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245Grading Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245Transfer Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Doctor of Nursing Practice, with a Specialization in Anesthesiology Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Program Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Objectives/Expected Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . . 248Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249Application Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

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Admission Requirements for Post Baccalaureate Pre‑ Med . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Health Services Administration Programs 284Master of Science Program in Health Services

Administration (MS/HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284Program Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284Mission and Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284Program Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285Goals of the Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285Student Learning Outcomes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285Admission Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286International Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286Transcripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286Curriculum Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286Prerequisites and Course Offering Availability . . . . . . 287Internship Practicum and Field Experience

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287Placement/Selection of Internship Practicum

and Field Experience Preceptor Sites. . . . . . . . . . 287Registration, Enrollment, & Withdrawals . . . . . . . . . 287E‑ Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289Financial Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289Academic Advisement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289Upsilon PHI Delta Honor Society Membership . . . . . 289Progression Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290Grading Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290Transfer Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Master of Science Program in Health Services Administration & Master of Public Health Dual Degree Program (MS/HSA—MPH.) . . . . . . 296Program Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296Mission and Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296Program Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296Goals of the Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296Student Learning Outcomes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296Admission Requirements/Admission Process . . . . . . . 297Curriculum Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297Progression Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298Grading Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298Transfer Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Graduate Certificate Program in Health Services Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300Curriculum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300Graduate Certificate in Clinical & Epidemiological

Research Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301Certificate Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301Admission Procedures and Requirements . . . . . . . . . 301

Specialization: Laboratory Management . . . . . . . . . 265Program Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

B.S. to M.S. Seamless Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266Program Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Specialization: Histotechnology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266Program Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266Progression Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267Grading Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267Immunization and Physical Examination . . . . . . . . . 268Program Policies and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268Participation in the Clinical Experience . . . . . . . . . . 268Academic Integrity and Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268Academic Advising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268Readmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Post‑ Baccalaureate Certificate in Histotechnology . . . . 270Program Objectives/Expected Learning Outcomes . . . . 270Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Non‑ Academic Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Speech and Hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Fine Motor Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Psychological Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

International Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Core Coursework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Criminal Background Checks and Drug Screening . . . . 272Immunization and Physical Examination . . . . . . . . . 272Participation in the Clinical Experience . . . . . . . . . . 272Academic Dismissal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273Accreditation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Master of Science in Medical Biotechnology & Graduate Certificate in Biotechnology . . . . . . . 273Program Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273Program Policies and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Participation in the Internship Experience . . . . . . . . 274Immunization and Physical Examination . . . . . . . . . 274Objectives/Expected Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . . 274Curriculum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Program Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Program Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Curriculum for the Graduate Certificate

in Biotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Academic Standing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Academic Policies and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Academic Integrity and Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Academic Advising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Readmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278Workshop Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282CLB 665 Advanced Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Post Baccalaureate Pre‑ Med Certificate . . . . . . . . . . 283

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Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319Goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319Objectives/Expected Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . . 319Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320Admissions Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321Curriculum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Family Nurse Practitioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322Adult‑ Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner . . . . 322Progression Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323Clinical Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323Transfer of Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323Grading Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Doctoral Degree Programs 328Doctor of Nursing Practice—Post Baccalaureate . . . . . 328

Program Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328Goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328Objectives/Expected Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . . 328Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329Application Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330Curriculum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330Family Nurse Practitioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331Acute Care Gerontology Nurse Practitioner. . . . . . . . 331Grading Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332Progression Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333Clinical Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333Transfer of Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333Grading Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Doctor of Nursing Practice—Post Master’s . . . . . . . . 335Program Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336Goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336Objectives/Expected Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . . 336Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336Application Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337Curriculum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337Course Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338Progression Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338Transfer of Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339Grading Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (Ph.D.). . . . . . . . . 341Program Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341Goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342Ph.D. Objectives/Expected Learning Outcomes . . . . . 342Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342Application Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343International Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343Summer Residence Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Graduate Nursing Programs 302Philosophy of Nursing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

M S N Programs 303M.S.N. Bridge Programs For Registered

Nurses without a Bachelor’s Degree . . . . . . . . . . 303For Registered Nurses with a Non‑ Nursing

Bachelor’s Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303Post‑ Master’s Certificate Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Master of Science Degree in Nursing (M.S.N.). . . . . . 303Program Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304Goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304Objectives/Expected Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . . 304Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305Admissions Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305Curriculum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306Nursing Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306Nursing Education Bridge Program for R.N.s

without a Bachelor’s Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307Graduate Courses to Education Specialization . . . . . . 307

Post‑ Baccalaureate Certificate—Nursing Education Specialization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308Post‑ Baccalaureate Courses Include . . . . . . . . . . . . 308Progression Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308Clinical Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308Transfer of Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309Grading Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Master of Science Degree in Nursing (M.S.N.). . . . . . 309Program Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310Goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310Objectives/Expected Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . . 310Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311Admissions Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312Curriculum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

M.S.N. Nursing Executive Leadership Specialization . . 312Graduate Courses to Nursing Executive Leadership

Specialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312Nursing Executive Leadership Bridge Program

for R.N.s without a Bachelor’s Degree . . . . . . . . . 313Dual Degree Option: M.S.N./M.B.A.. . . . . . . . . . . 314Business Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315Required Business Core Courses (27 Credits) . . . . . . . 315Business Electives (6 Credits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315Progression Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315Clinical Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316Transfer of Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316Grading Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Master of Science Degree in Nursing (M.S.N.). . . . . . 319Program Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

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Progression Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362Grading Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362Doctorate Experiential Practicum . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Physician Assistant Program 364Master of Clinical Medical Science (M.C.M.Sc.) . . . . 364

The Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364Program Website. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364Program Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364Vision Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364Program Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364Competencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365Educational Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366Risks and Dangers of Medical Practice . . . . . . . . . . 366

Barry University Physician Assistant Program Technical and Professional Standards . . . . . . . . . 367Non‑ Degree Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372Foreign‑ Born Non‑ U.S. or Non‑ Canadian Citizens. . . . 372Special Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373Advanced Standing and Transfer Policy . . . . . . . . . . 373Application Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373Administrative Policies and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . 373Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373Drop‑ Add and Course Withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . 374Transcripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374Incomplete (“I”) Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374Reporting and Recording of Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . 374Student Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375Screening and Documentation Requirements . . . . . . . 376Drug Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376Criminal Background Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376Didactic Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377Clinical Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377Student Work Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

Academic Policies and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . 377Class Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377Class Absences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377Unexcused Absences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377Academic Integrity and Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378Professional Conduct Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378Statement on Professionalism Behaviors. . . . . . . . . . 378Ethical Behavior and Honorable Conduct. . . . . . . . . 378Dress Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378Financial Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379Program Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Dean’s Scholarships for Physician Assistant Students . . . 379Physician Assistant Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Physician Assistant Program Leadership Scholarship . . . 379Program Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379Academic Advisement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343Course Sequence for Ph.D. Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . 343Faculty Advisement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344Residency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344Candidacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345Dissertation Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345Dissertation Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345Dissertation Advisement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345Progression Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346Transfer of Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346Continuous Matriculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346Grading Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Occupational Therapy Program 349Master of Science in Occupational Therapy. . . . . . . . 349

Program Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349Curriculum Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349Educational Outcomes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350Transfer of Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351Progression Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351Grading Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351Fieldwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352Level I Fieldwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352Level II Fieldwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352Requirements for Participating in Fieldwork . . . . . . . 352Advanced Practicum for Certified O.T.R.s . . . . . . . . 352Financial Aid and Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352Responsibilities of Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Readiness for Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353Attendance and Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353Professional Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353Computer Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353Health Insurance and Liability Insurance . . . . . . . . . 353

Accreditation, Certification, and Licensure . . . . . . . . 353Sample Course Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Clinical Foundations Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354Advanced Professional Skills Courses . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Sample Schedule of Weekend Courses . . . . . . . . . . 355Summer Prerequisite Course (If Needed) . . . . . . . . . 355Clinical Foundations Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355Advanced Professional Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Doctorate in Occupational Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . 359Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359Admissions Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359Pre‑ Requisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360Educational Outcomes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360Curriculum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360Transfer Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361Sample Course Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

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School of Law 406Orlando, FL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406Law Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

An Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406Statement of Institutional Learning Outcomes . . . . . . 407

Admission to the School of Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408Admissions Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408Traditional Admissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409International Admissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409Notification of Admission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409Admissions Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409Transfer Admissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409Student Financial Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410Student Employment Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

Program Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410Required Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410Grading Scale and Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411MBE Core Subjects Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411CLASP (Comprehensive Legal Academic

Success Program) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

J.D./MBA Dual Degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412Total Courses Required for the Completion

of the JD/MBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412Law—Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

School of Podiatric Medicine 438Doctor of Podiatric Medicine Program (D.P.M.) . . . . . 438

Council on Podiatric Medical Education . . . . . . . . . 438Podiatric Medicine Mission

and Programmatic Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438Our Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438Our Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438CPME Competencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438Program Goals and Outcomes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439Basic Medical Sciences Objectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . 439Clinical Program Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440Podiatric Clerkship Objectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

Podiatric Clinical Rotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441Clinical Remediation Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441The Professional and Technical Standards

for Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation . . . . . . 442Observation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442Motor Coordination or Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442Intellectual‑ Conceptual, Integrative

and Quantitative Abilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442Behavioral and Social Attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Grading Scale and Examination Policy . . . . . . . . . . 380Academic Good Standing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381Academic Probation: Suspension—Didactic. . . . . . . . 381Academic Probation: Suspension—Clinical . . . . . . . . 381Clinical Grading Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Rotation Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382Preceptor Evaluation of Student: 50% . . . . . . . . . . . 382Written Rotation Subject Examination

or Elective Paper: 50% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382PA Clinical Rotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382Extended Academic Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Academic Appeals and Grievance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 384Professional Appeals and Grievance . . . . . . . . . . . 384Master of Clinical Medical Science Physician Assistant

Program Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385Second Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Sport and Exercise Sciences 391Vision, Mission, and Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Master of Science in Movement Sciences. . . . . . . . . 391Movement Sciences Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . 392SES Graduate Program Requirements and Policies . . . . 392Graduate Admissions Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392Readmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393Transfer Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393Time Limitation/Continuous Registration/

Financial Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393Advising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393Project/Thesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393Comprehensive Examinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393Academic and Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . 393Grading System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

M.S. in Movement Sciences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394Master’s in Movement Sciences Graduation

Requirements—See Academic and Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Movement Sciences Graduate Program Core (15 Credits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Movement Sciences with Specialization in Sport, Exercise, & Performance Psychology . . . . . 396Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397Movement Sciences Graduate Program Core—

See Listing (15 Credits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397MS Movement Sciences, SEPP/Master’s

of Business Administration Dual Degree . . . . . . . 398Movement Sciences Graduate Program Core—

See Listing (15 Credits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398Prerequisite and Preparatory Courses . . . . . . . . . . . 399B.S. to M.S. Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

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Not Yet Admitted) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469Readmission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

Financial Aid for Graduate Students . . . . . . . . . . . 469Distance Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469Online Courses and Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470Is Online Learning for Me? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470What Does an Online Course Look Like? . . . . . . . . 470

Accessing Your Online Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470Canvas Training and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Student Resources for Technical Support . . . . . . . . . 471Login/Password Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471Canvas Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Tuition and Fees for Online Courses . . . . . . . . . . . 471Proctored Exams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471Writing Tutoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472Online Course Attendance Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472Withdrawing From an Online Course. . . . . . . . . . . 472Dropped Courses/Refund Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472Code of Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473Student Ethics/Academic Dishonesty Policy . . . . . . . 473List of Approved Online Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473Online Student Reference Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473Distance Learning Complaint Process

for Out of State Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473Non‑ Florida Residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473Photo ID Cards for Online Students . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Master of Arts in Administration (M.A.A.) . . . . . . . 474Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474Provisional Admissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474Program Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475M.A.A. Program Learning Outcomes. . . . . . . . . . . 475The M.A.A. Curriculum (36 Credits) . . . . . . . . . . . 475Prerequisite Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475Course Sequencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476

Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) . . . . . . . . 476Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477Who Takes PUB 511W? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477Program Description & Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . 477Course Sequencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479National Honor Society for Public Administration . . . . 479

Ellen Whiteside McDonnell School of Social Work 485Mission Integration‑ Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

Knowledge and Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485Inclusive Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485Social Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485Collaborative Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

The Mission of the School of Social Work . . . . . . . . 486The Mission of the M.S.W. Program . . . . . . . . . . . 486Master of Social Work Degree Program . . . . . . . . . 486

Program Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486

Diversity Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444Application Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444

American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine . . 444Office of Podiatric Admissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Note on Residency Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445Dual Degree Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

D.P.M./M.B.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445Prerequisite and Preparatory Courses . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Administrative Policies and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . 447International Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447Tuition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447Financial Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447Withdrawal from the Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447Drop‑ Add and Course Withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . 448Transcripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448Incomplete (“I”) Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448Reporting and Recording of Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . 449Technology Competency and Computer Requirements . . 449Student Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449Criminal Background Checks and Drug Screening . . . . 450

Academic Policies and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . 450Attendance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450Academic Integrity and Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451Professional Conduct Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451Student Honor Code of Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451Transfer Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451Academic Advisement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

Grading Scale and Examination Policy . . . . . . . . . . 452Academic Good Standing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453Academic Disciplinary Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454Remediation Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454Academic Programs in Excess of Four Years

(Extended Programs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455Interim Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

Academic Appeals and Grievance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 456Academic Curriculum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456Doctor of Podiatric Medicine D.P.M. Curriculum . . . . 456

School of Professional and Career Education (PACE) 466Academic Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

Purpose Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466Degree Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466Distance Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466Transferability of Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466American Council on Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467Grading System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467Graduate Student Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468Probation and Dismissal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468Repeat Course Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468Course Withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468Admitted to Class (Class Enrollment for Students

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Part‑ Time M.S.W. 63‑Credit Program . . . . . . . . . . 501Part‑ Time M.S.W. 32‑Credit Program . . . . . . . . . . 501

Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work . . . . . . . . . . . 506Program Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

Mission of the School of Social Work . . . . . . . . . . . . 506Ph .D . Program Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

Program of Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507Core Performance Standards for Admission,

Progression, and Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507Statement of Cultural Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508Faculty‑ Student Scholarship and Community

Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508Faculty Advisement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508International Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508

The Doctoral Program Requires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508Practice Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508Strong Academic Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508Graduate Record Examination (GRE) . . . . . . . . . . 508Transcript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509Writing Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509Resume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509Interview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509Application Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509Dates and Deadlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509Readmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509Transfer of Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510Financial Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

School of Social Work Ph.D. Program Financial Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510Tuition Discounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510Research Assistantships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510Scholarships and Tuition Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510Teaching Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511Other Sources for Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511Grading Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511Curriculum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511Residency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512Progression Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512Continuous Matriculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512Graduation Requirement . . . . . . . . .