A
Absences: religious holy days, 74
Academic Advisement for Registration: discussed, 45; 81
Academic Calendar: 13
Academic Distinction Program, Department: 76
Academic Fresh Start: 35
Academic good standing: defined, 74
Academic Grievance Procedures for Students: 75
Academic Probation and Suspension: 75
Academic Support Programs: see Student Advising and Mentoring Center (SAMCenter)
Accounting: department, 247
Accreditation: see Inside Back Cover ACT Exams: 84
Adding and Dropping Courses: 45
Adding Courses: see Change of Schedule; see Tuition and Fees Refund Policy Addresses, Correct: 47
Administrative Officers: Central, 5; Academic, 5
Admission: 35-41;
Beginning Freshman Students, 36;
Graduates of a Nonaccredited High School including Home School, 36;
Students Who Earned the GED, 36;
Transfer Students, 37;
Former Students, 37;
Summer Transient Students, 38;
Early Undergraduate Admissions Program, 38;
Full-Time Early Undergraduate Admissions Program Requirements, 38;
Admission of Undergraduate International Students, 38
Admission: 35-41
Admission Standards for Undergraduate Students: 36
Admission Tests: discussed, 36
Admission Visitor Center: 100
Advanced Credit: defined, 441; required, 69
Advanced Hours: 69; also see Minimum Residence, 69
Advanced Placement Program (AP): 455
Advisement, Academic: 45, 81
Advising Center Fee: 55
Agricultural Sciences: department, 106
Alumni Association: 91
Appeals Process for Undergraduate Admissions: 41
Application Fee: 35
Application for a Degree: 75
Application for Admission, Undergraduate: see back of this catalog
Arabic (Middle Eastern Studies): 363
Army Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (ROTC): see Military Science Art: department, 135
Arts and Sciences, College of: 101
Athletics: 91
Attendance: class, 74
Audit, Course: defined, 47

B
Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences: 125
Biological Sciences: department, 147
Board of Regents, The Texas State University System: members, 5
Business Administration, College of: 241

C
Calendar: see Academic Calendar
Career and Technology Program: 125
Career Services: 92
Certification, Teacher: 279
Change of Schedule (Adding and Dropping Courses): 45
Chemistry: department, 159
Class Attendance: 74
Classification, by Hours Completed: defined, 47
Collections for Nonpayment: 58
College Level Examination Program (CLEP): discussed, 84
College of Art and Sciences: 101
College of Business Administration: 241
College of Criminal Justice: 279
College of Education: 293
College of Humanities and Social Sciences: 335
Common Course Numbers: 449
Communication Studies: department, 337
Component Area: see Core Curriculum
Computer Services: 81, Inside Back Cover Computer Use Fee: 55
Computing Science: program, 167
Continuing Education: 93
Core Curriculum: 70
Correct Addresses: 47
Correspondence Courses: 49
Counseling Center: 93
Course Numbers: defined, 442
Criminal Justice, College of: 279
Curriculum and Instruction: department, 303

D
Dance: program, 225
Dantes Subject Standardized Tests (DSST): 84
Dean of Students’ Office: 93
Dean’s List of Academic Honors: 74
Degree: application, 75
Degree, Second, 70
Degree Plan, Undergraduate: defined, 442
Degree Program: defined, 442
Degree Requirements and Academic Guidelines: 67
Degree Requirements, Undergraduate: 67
Degrees Offered: 29
Department Academic Distinction Program: 76
Development: see University Advancement
Dining Service: see Residence Life
Disabilities, Students with: 93
Dropping Courses: see Change of Schedule, 45; see Tuition and Fees Refund Policy, 59

E
Economics and International Business: department, 253
Education, College of: 293
Elective: defined, 443
Elementary Education: program, see Curriculum and Instruction
Employment, Student: see Student Financial Aid; see Human Resources Department
English: department, 341
English: program, 341
Environmental Science: program, 156
Expenses: see Registration Expenses
Explanation of Fees: 55

F
Faculty: 459
Family and Consumer Sciences: department, 349
Fashion Merchandising: 353
Fees, Explanation of: 55
Fees, Special: 56
Final Examinations: 74
Finance: see General Business and Finance Department
Financial Aid, Student: 61
Financial Responsibility: 57
First Year Experience, 427
Food Science and Nutrition: 354
Food Service Management: 354
Food Service: see Residence Life
Foreign Languages: program, 361
Former Students: 37
French: 364
Freshmen Required Housing and Meal Plan Policy: see Residence Life Full Time Early Admissions Program Requirements: 38

G
General Business and Finance: department, 259
General Conduct and Campus Regulations: 94
General Property Deposit: 56
General Studies: program, 31
Geography and Geology: department, 175
Geography: program, 175
Geology: program, 182
German: 365
Good standing, academic: 74
Grade Point Average, Determining: 73
Grade Points: 72
Grades and Grade Points: discussed, 72
Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT): 84
Graduate Record Examination (GRE): 84
Graduate Studies: 77
Graduation: 75
Graduation with Special Recognition: 76
Grants: see Student Financial Aid
Gresham Library: see Library, Newton Gresham
Grievance Procedures for Students, Academic: 75

H
Health and Kinesiology: department, 312
Health Center: 94
Health insurance, student: 95
Health: program, 312
History: department, 368
Honors Program: 429
Hope Scholarship Income Tax Credit: 64
Housing: see Residence Life

I
Institutional Research: 82
Insurance, Student Health: 95
Interior Design: 355
International Baccalaureate: 455
International Business: see Economics and International Business Department
International Education Fee: 55
International Programs: 95
International Students: admission policy, 38

J
Journalism: program, see Mass Communication

K
Kinesiology: program, 316

L
Language, Literacy, and Special Populations: department, 325
Late Registration Fee: 56
Library Fee: 55
Library Science: department, 332
Library, Newton Gresham: 82
Lifetime Learning Tax Credit: 64
Loans, Student: see Student Financial Aid
Lowman Student Center: 95

M
Major: defined, 444
Management and Marketing: department, 268
Marketing: see Management and Marketing Department
Mass Communication, Department of: 376
Mathematics and Tutoring Center: 83
Mathematics and Statistics: department, 188
Mathematics: program, 189
Matriculation Fee: 56
Military Science: department, 431
Miller Analogies Test: 85
Minimum Residence: 69
Minor: defined, 444
Mission Statement: 3
Multicultural Programs: 96
Museum, Sam Houston Memorial: 96
Music: school, 197

N
Name Change, Notification: 47
New Student Orientation: 41
Newton Gresham Library: 82

O
Off Campus Courses: 46
Office of Student Life: See Dean of Students Office
Orientation, New Student: 41
Overload: defined, 444

P
Parking Permits: 97
Part-Time Student: defined, 444
Payment Information: 57
Payments: 57
Personal Review of Educational Potential (PREP): 41
Personal Standards: 35
Philosophy: program, 397
Photography: program, 138
Physical Education: see Kinesiology
Physics: department, 219
Police, University: 96
Political Science: department, 386
Pre-Engineering: 221
Pre-Law Program: 417
Preprofessional Studies: 415
President’s Honor Roll: 74
Press & Copy Center, Sam Houston: 96
Probation, Academic: see Academic Probation and Suspension
Psychology and Philosophy: department, 397
Psychology: program, 400
Public relations: program, 379
Public Safety Services, University Police, and Safety Office: 96

Q
Quick THEA: 85

R
Radio/Television: program, see Mass Communication
Reading Center: 83
Readmission after Academic Suspension: 75
Recreational Sports and Activities: 97
Recreational Sports Fee: 55
Refund of General Property Deposit: see General Property Deposit
Refund Policy, Tuition and Fees: 59
Regents: see Board of Regents
Registration, 45; see SamInfo, Inside Back Cover, see Academic Calendar, 13
Religious Holy Days; see Student Absences on Religious Holy Days
Removal from Academic Probation: 75
Required Housing and Meal Plan Policy, Freshman: see Residence Life
Residence Classification for Tuition Purposes: 57
Residence Halls: see Residence life
Residence Life: 98
Residence, Minimum: 69
Residual ACT Test: 84
Resignations: 46, 59, 63
Returned Check Policy: 58
ROTC: see Military Science

S
Safety Office: 96
Sam Houston Memorial Museum: 96
Sam Houston Press & Copy Center: 96
SamInfo: Inside Back Cover
Scholarships: see Student Financial Aid
Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT): 85
Scholastic Requirements: 55
Second Degree: 70
Secondary Education: program, see Curriculum and Instruction
Semester Hour: defined, 72
Sociology: department, 405
Spanish: program, 362
Special Fees: 56
Speech Communication: see Communication Studies
Statistics: program, 195
Student Absences on Religious Holy Days: 74
Student Advising and Mentoring Center (SAM Center): 81
Student Center, Lowman: 95
Student Center Fee: 55
Student Employment Information: 93
Student Financial Aid: 61
Student Government Association: 94
Student Guidelines: 77
Student health insurance: 95
Student Orientation, New: 41
Student Service Fee: 55
Student Services: 99
Students’ Legal and Mediation Services: 94
Summer Housing: see Residence Life
Summer Transient Students: 38
Support Programs, Academic: see Student Advising and Mentoring Center
Support Services and Activities: 99
Suspension, Academic: see Academic Probation and Suspension

T
Tax Credit: 64
TCLEOSE Tests: 85
Teacher Certification: see Certification, Teacher
Technology: program, 127
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): 85
Testing: 83
Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA): discussed, 85
Texas International Education Consortium, Inc.: 95
THEA Test: see Texas Higher Education Assessment
Theatre and Dance: department, 225
Theatre: program, 230
Transcripts: 48
Transfer Guidelines: 447
Transfer Information: 37, 447
Transfer Students: 37, 447
Transferable academic course work: discussed, 37, 447
Tuition and Fees, 51
Tuition and Designated Tuition: 55
Tuition and Fees Refund Policy: 59
Tuition and Fees Schedule: 53-54
Tuition for Excessive Undergraduate Hours: 56
Tuition Rebates for Certain Undergraduate Students: 60
Tutors, Mathematics and Statistics: 83

U
Undergraduate Degree Requirements: 69
University Academic Policy Manual: discussed, 77
University Advancement: see Alumni Relations
University Center, The: 46
University Family Apartments: see Residence Life
University Police: 96

V
Veterans Assistance Office: 64
Visitor Center, Admissions: 100

W
Writing Center: 90
Writing Enhanced Courses: 69