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Undergraduate Admission
Registration dates
FERPA 4
Admissions 4
SCNS 5
5 Yr Course Purge 6 April 18 Open House – UWF are April 1 and June 30 respec- achievement at Florida high
Financial Aid 8 faculty, staff, and students are tively. Applications received after schools and Florida public
Staff Profile 8 invited to take part in the final the published deadlines will community colleges as well as
Extras 8 Open House Program of the school continue to be processed on a freshmen and transfers from out-
year on Saturday, April 18. Please space available bases. Applicants of-state. The process of award-
help us welcome prospective are thus encouraged to get their ing freshman scholarships began
students and their families to cam- applications in prior to the above in early March and the transfer
pus by answering questions about deadlines Application questions scholarship award process begins
your department or organization. If and admission requirement in early April. . For further info,
you would like to participate, please inquiries should be directed to contact Eddie Rogers at ext.
contact Tim Moore at ext. 3361 or 474-2230. 2238 or erogers0@uwf.edu.
tmoore3@uwf.edu.
Academic Scholarships – The
Application Deadlines Office of Admissions offers merit
The Summer 2009 and Fall 2009 -based scholarships to students
undergraduate application deadlines who display superior academic
VOLUME 76, NO. 1 PAGE 2
Graduating in May…?
Students planning to participate the Pensacola Civic Center,
in graduation this Spring must located at 201 East Gregory
register by April 24, 2009. Street in downtown Pensacola.
Please refer to the registrar’s approximately two hours.
website, under commencement The first ceremony will be for The second ceremony is for
page, for further details and those students earning a those students earning a
RSVP form:http://uwf.edu/ Bachelor’s Degree Master’s, Specialist, and
commencement/ (undergraduate students). Doctoral Degree (graduate
Ceremony will be held at 9:00 students). The ceremony will
COMMENCEMENT be held at 2:30 p.m. and should
a.m. and should last
There will be two ceremonies last approximately one to one
held on Saturday, May 2, at and a half hours.
Advance Registration
SUMMER 2009 FALL 2009
For degree-seeking students, by For degree-seeking students, by classifica-
classification, enrolled Spring 2009 tion, enrolled Spring and/or Summer 2009
Monday, March 30 – Monday, April 6 –
Sunday, April 5 Sunday, April 12
Special Dates
Open Registration
to Remember: For current, new, and readmitted students who will be degree-seeking for Summer
2009 and Fall 2009 and non-degree students registering for off-main campus courses
(locations other than 01) or graduate level courses (numbered 5000-8999)
http://uwf.edu/registrar/internal/FERPAi.cfm
Howdy from
Graduate Studies...
Miller Analogies Test (MAT)
UWF is now accepting Miller The MAT currently consists of 120
Analogies Test (MAT) for Graduate partial analogy items that are to be
Application Deadlines for Summer Admissions into most graduate completed in 60 minutes. The UWF
The published Summer 2009 graduate programs. The MAT has been used Testing Center is now administering
admissions application deadline for most as a graduate school admission test the MAT for a cost of $75.
programs was March 1, 2009. We for more than 70 years in university
recommend that students applying for programs throughout the United For more information, contact the
graduate admissions contact their States. Office of Graduate Studies at
respective academic department to see if ext. 7716.
they are still accepting applications. The MAT has been found to be a
Admission requirement inquiries should valid predictor of success in
be directed to 473-7716. graduate programs and serves as a
great alternative to taking the GRE.
Graduate Program The MAT is perceived as less
Information Sheet Updates intimidating for candidates returning
The Office of Graduate Studies is in the to school from the workplace and,
process of updating each graduate in comparison to other graduate
department’s program information sheet. admission tests, it is lower in cost.
We will be contacting your department It is a high-level, mental ability test
soon with more information. requiring the solution of problems
stated as analogies.
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Statewide Course
Numbering System (SCNS)
The following courses have completed the review process.
All changes will be in effect starting Fall 2009
NEW COURSES
EUH 4242 The First World War
EUH 5246 The First World War
EUH 5287 The Second World War
GEB 4942 Internship Pensacola: Professional Development Seminar
SOW 5757 History, Philosophy, and Theory of Social Work Practice
SOW 6548 Advanced Seminar in Clinical Social Work Practice
COURSE MODIFICATIONS
ACG 4682 Forensic Accounting I
AMH 4403 History of the New South
AMH 6169 Seminar – Jacksonian America
ANG 6824 Advanced Archaeological Field Methods
ANT 4180 Laboratory Methods in Archaeology
EDE 3942 Field Experience I
EEX 4255 Curriculum for Teaching Students with Exceptionalities
EME 2042 Introduction to Communications and Print Technologies
FIN 4440 Controllership
HSA 5198 Electronic Clinical Records Systems
HSC 5512 Health Care Quality and Database Management
HLP 4940 Internship
MAN 3802 Small Business/Family Business Management
MAN 4720 Policy Analysis and Formulation
MUN 2210 Symphony Orchestra
MAN 4801 Business Plan Development for New Ventures
NUR 3081 Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
PCB 4723L Comparative Animal Physiology Lab
PCB 5445 Molecular Biology
RED 4542C Assessment and Differentiated Instruction in Reading
SOW 4700 Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment: Special Issues
COURSE DELETIONS
ART 4890 Professional Seminar II
ART 4941C Professional Seminar III
CAP 4401 Introduction to Digital Image Processing
CAP 4730 Computational Structures in Computer Graphics
CDA 3100 Microprocessor Systems
CEN 5022 Object Oriented Methodologies
CEN 5720 Computer-Human Interface
CGS 2580 Desktop Publishing
CIS 3021 Science of Computing
CIS 4940 ITT Senior Project
CNT 4013 Introduction to System Engineering
CNT 4504 Computer Networks
COP 3530 Data Structures and Algorithms
COP 4600 Operating Systems
COP 4601 Software Systems
COP 5625 Compiler Construction
COP 6611 Advanced Computer Operating Systems
COT 4400 Analysis of Algorithms
COT 6416 Computational Complexity
NUR 3026C Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice
NUR 3067L Health Assessment Lab
NUR 4863L Nursing Management and Leadership Lab
SLS 1260 University 101
SLS 3405 Introduction to Career Development and Planning
TAX 3021 Tax for Decision Makers
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(SCNS) continued...
Anthropology Government
ANT 3154 NW FL Archaeology INR 3016 International Political Issues
SYA 4120 Contemporary Social Theory
SYA 4940 Internship History
SYA 4970 Senior Thesis AMH 5636 Environmental History
AMH 6292 Seminar in 20th Century America
Art HIS 4 949 Cooperative Education
ARH 6913 Research in Art History
Mathematics
Biology MAE 4330 Exploring Secondary School Math
ZOO 3233 Parasitology
ZOO 3233L Parasitology Lab Music
Environmental Studies
GEO 3948 Service Learning II
GEO 3949 Cooperative Education
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(SCNS) continued...
Financial Aid
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benefits under the Hope or
Lifetime Learning tax cred-
its.
Approximately two-thirds The value of a postsecond-
of all student financial aid ary education as a creden-
comes from programs ad- tial for future employment
ministered by the federal and earnings is expected to
We encourage students to government. rise. About 90% of the
apply for 2009-2010 Financial Nearly half of all under- fastest growing jobs in the
Aid. Forms are available on the new knowledge-driven
graduates or their parents
Financial Aid’s home website: market economy required
had their taxes reduced by
http://uwf.edu/finaid/ some postsecondary edu- Did You Know—Sources:
an average of $600 by
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U.S. Department of Edu-
claiming education tax cation and Student Aid.gov
Staff Profile
Lucy Brown has recently joined from the University of Central
Q & A’s
the Office of the Registrar as a Florida. She worked five years with
Favorite Books? Biographies &
Technology Coordinator. She will Orange County Public Schools
Military history.
be working on state reporting, web (Orlando, FL) as a Personnel
-design, applications support, and Specialist. She has been married Future goals? Run a marathon
many more duties in the wonderful for 10 years and has two lovely Pass time? Read, movies, & swim
world of the Registrar’s Office. cocker spaniels. She is currently
Favorite Joke? A man was so
Lucy Brown, Lucy grew up in Orlando, FL. pursing an MSA degree at UWF.
depressed that he decided to jump
Office of the Registrar She served four years with the from the tenth floor. They sent up
United States Marine Corps and a priest. He said "On your mark... "
attained her undergraduate degree
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