Is graduate or professional school right
for you? If so, how do you decide where to apply or which
program best suits you? Should you go to graduate or professional
school immediately after graduation, work for a few years
and go back, or pursue a graduate or professional school
degree on a part-time basis?
The FHSU Career
Services Office has general information about graduate
programs, including directories that allow students to
research information on graduate and professional programs,
and information on writing graduate school admission essays/personal
statements. Staff members are available to meet with you
about career and graduate school issues. For more information,
contact Career Services, Sheridan Hall 214, 628-4260,
careers@fhsu.edu,
www.fhsu.edu/career.
Faculty
Advising
Consult with your
faculty advisor and other faculty members who work in
the field you are considering. Most will have information
about graduate programs.
Graduate/Professional
School Admission Testing
Graduate schools
have different admission requirements including the submission
of appropriate standardized test scores. Admission tests
for graduate or professional schools include the Graduate
Management Admission Test (GMAT), Graduate Record Examination
(GRE), Law School Admission Test (LSAT), Miller Analogies
Test (MAT), and Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).
The FHSU Testing Services office has free informational
bulletins available for select examinations which overview
each test's registration fees and policies, test dates,
and test procedures. For more information, contact Testing
Services, Kelly Center, Wiest Hall, 1st Floor, Room B150, 628-4401,
www.fhsu.edu/kellycenter/testing/.
FHSU
Graduate School
The FHSU Graduate
School currently offers the Master of Arts, Master of
Business Administration, Master of Fine Arts, Master of
Liberal Studies, Master of Science in Nursing and the
Master of Science for a total of 19 degrees. The Specialist
in Education is offered in 2 areas. Students can also
take graduate classes on a non-degree basis. The Graduate
School provides application materials to interested students
and information about degree, admission and graduation
requirements. For a complete listing of all graduate programs
and degrees the FHSU Graduate School offers, please contact
the Graduate School, Wiest Hall, 7th Floor, Room B703, 628-4236, gradschool@fhsu.edu,
www.fhsu.edu/gradschl.
FHSU
Virtual College
The FHSU Virtual College provides distance education
opportunities for individuals interested in undergraduate,
graduate, and certification courses. The Virtual College
offers a variety of undergraduate courses to help meet
bachelors degree requirements. Complete undergraduate
degrees are also offered entirely online. Certificate
programs offered by the Virtual College include Netg,
Cisco, Web & E-business, Leadership, and Teacher
Certification and Re-certification.
For graduate students, the Virtual College offers courses
in Nursing, Educational Administration and Counseling,
and Liberal Studies. The Virtual College offers a complete
graduate distance delivery program, the Master of Liberal
Studies. Students can quickly achieve results with an
individualized graduate program of study within the
MLS. Students find the challenge of the MLS as rigorous
as any other graduate program, and many of the classes
are taught by core graduate faculty. The MLS program
offers one of the best programs for the cost, and with
many concentrations available, most students can find
an area that fits their needs. For more information
on taking classes from FHSU's Virtual College, contact
the Virtual College, 628-4291, virtualcollege@fhsu.edu,
www.fhsu.edu/virtualcollege.
