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TABLE OF CONTENTS

University Policy Statement ........... ............. ............................................. 6
Administrators, Faculty and Staff List ........... ............................................. 7
History ..... ........................ .............. ............. ........................................... 32
Institutional Identity ......... .............. ............. ........................................... 33
Vision ....................... .............. ............. ........................................... 36
Mission .................... .............. ............. ........................................... 36
Core Values ............. .............. ............. ........................................... 37
Institutional Goals ... .............. ............. ........................................... 38
Carnegie Classification ........... ............. ........................................... 38
Academic Accreditation ......... ............. ........................................... 38
University Buildings and Facilities ... ............. ........................................... 39
The Graduate School ....... .............. ............. ........................................... 42
Graduate Council ..... .............. ............. ........................................... 42
General Graduate Admission Requirements . ........................................... 43
Application for Admission ...... ............. ........................................... 43
Admission for Non-Degree Students .... ........................................... 44
Residency Requirements ........ ............. ........................................... 45
Admission of International Students .... ........................................... 55
Registration ...................... .............. ............. ........................................... 58
Veterans Benefits ............. .............. ............. ........................................... 59
Degree Requirements ...... .............. ............. ........................................... 60
Financial Information ....... .............. ............. ........................................... 70
Student Services ............... .............. ............. ........................................... 75
Academic Policies and Procedures .. ............. ........................................... 76
Steps in Completing Degree Requirements .. ………………………………………..88
Office of Alumni Relations .............. ............. ........................................... 88
College of Arts and Sciences ........... ............. ........................................... 90
Department of Communications .......... ........................................... 91
Master of Arts in Organizational Communications ................. 91
Department of Computer Science ........ ........................................... 95
Master of Science in Computer Science .................................. 95
Doctor of Science in Computer Science ................................ 103
Department of English And Modern Languages ............................ 109
Master of Arts in English ............. ......................................... 109
Department of Mathematics .. ............. ......................................... 114
Master of Arts in Applied and Computational Mathematics 114
College of Business .......... .............. ............. ......................................... 117
Master of Business Administration ....................................... 118
Department of Management, Marketing,
and Public Administration ........... ......................................... 121
Master of Public Administration . ......................................... 121
Department of Information Systems ... ......................................... 127
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