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A college education is about exploration and growth, but it’s also about career success. IUP students grow academically every single day. You’ll work with professors who are passionate about their expertise and sharing it with their students. Our 100+ majors, from science to humanities and arts to health care, will equip you for a rewarding career.
TOYOURCHARTPATHSUCCESS
Throughout this book, we’ll give you an idea of what academics are like at IUP. Your classes will challenge you, but you’ll find a supportive environment designed to help you succeed. And our commitment to affordability, from a 20% tuition reduction for Pennsylvania students in fall 2022 to merit scholarship consideration for every incoming student, allows more students to experience the quality an IUP education can provide.
Use the worksheet as a checklist while you take it all in, from finding a major in the center spread to thinking about opportunities like the Cook Honors College or studying abroad. Use a pencil if you’re not 100% sure yet. And remember that no matter your path, we’re here to help you succeed in college and your career.
Dream career and future goals: WantMajor:to double-major? ClubsCertificate:Minor:related to your major: CHECK OUT THE LATEST AT IUP.edu/CrimsonConnect Things to ask or learn more about: Hands-On Learning and IUPEarlyResearchFundedResearchSummerOpportunitiesAdmissiontoGradSchool Study (AbroadAwayorin the US) CookInternshipsHonors College Honors Tracks // 02
Learning at IUP goes far beyond the books.
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Along the way, they’ll become your mentors as you apply what you learn to build your résumé. And if that isn’t enough, opportunities to study abroad or at other US universities are available to expand your horizons and help you explore new places.
Pick from hundreds of places to study away, from Germany to Senegal and from Chile to South Korea.
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clinicals,inEXPERIENCESOUT-OF-CLASSROOM2021-22,includinginternships,andstudentteaching
A new, state-of-theart science building is coming to IUP. Starting in 2023, Kopchick Hall will be the hub for all things science and math. Students in all majors will take classes here, in this andlaunchpad142,000-square-footforresearchdiscovery.
INOPPORTUNITIESHANDS-ONEVERYFIELD
Check out STEAMSHOP, an interdisciplinary makerspace on campus. Here, students and professors from every field and every department come together in a maker culture. From creating structural lighting for campus buildings to crafting 3D-printed items for a pop-up store, you can make it here.
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Yes, you’ll learn from internationally recognized professors who are experts in their field, but they don’t just talk about their subjects. They bring students into the work they do—from discovering a new dinosaur species to recording new music albums, from finding ways to make coffee production more sustainable to finding and naming new species of salamanders, frogs, snakes, and lizards in Honduras.
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IUP is among the prestigious public US universities with this designation from the American Council on Education.
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Who said you need to wait until graduation to get experience?real-world
Internships and clinical experiences can be invaluable as you prepare for your career.
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At IUP, we’ll help you get there. Our students are selected for internships at places like Tesla, Disney, the Pittsburgh Steelers, UPMC, the US Department of Defense, and the Big Four accounting firms. The Career and Professional Development Center will direct you to great opportunities and help you make the connections you need. It will also help you create your résumé, practice interview skills, and more.
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HONORSWITHSTUDY
If you enjoy learning all sides of an issue, you might consider applying to the Cook Honors College.
The IUP Honors experience has long-lasting benefits. It helped our Cook Honors College alumni have Hollywood careers, go to graduate school at Harvard, and make a difference at the National Institutes of Health and NASA.
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Immerse yourself in discussions and learn about new topics. It’s open to all majors from all walks of life, and you’ll live with fellow CHC students, no matter your major. Scholarship support and access to the Achievement Fund can help you pay for your education, internships, travel abroad, and more.
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students in the average Cook Honors College class, providing plenty of room for discussion and idea studentsexchanges.typically are enrolled in the Cook Honors College. This is significantly less than the average—whichnationalmeans we’re selective and have more resources for our students.
Looking for a more major-specific experience? No problem. At IUP, you can also study in one of 40+ honors tracks in majors that range from accounting and biology to regional planning and writing studies. Take an honors track regardless of whether you’re in the CHC. Smaller classes, unique assignments, and executive mentorship are just some of the benefits students in our honors tracks enjoy.
major-specific honors tracks. Check for the H ’s next to majors in the center of this book to find them.
Look inside to see an extensive list of all of IUP’s academic offerings. You’ll find majors, minors, and certificates. Chances are good that if you want it, we have it.
Or, turn the page if you want examples of the academic quality you’ll experience as you create the best version of you.
Our alumni take their skills around the world, leading, takesyourwaitvision.sharingdiscovering,coaching,andtheirWecan’ttoseewherefutureyou. Accounting ■ ● H Business Administration ● Communications Media ● Media Marketing ■ Economics ■ ● H Fashion Studies ■ ● Finance ■ ● H Hospitality Management ● Hotel and Lodging Management ● Hotel, Restaurant, Tourism, and Event Management ■ ◊ Human Resource Management ■ ● H International Business ■ H Kinesiology, Health, and Sport Science/Sport Administration ■ Management ■ ● H Entrepreneurship and Small Business ■ H Supply Chain Management ■ H Management Information Systems ● Information Technology ■ Marketing ■ ● H Digital Marketing ▲ Mathematics/Actuarial Science and Statistics ■ Professional Teamwork and Leadership ● Restaurant and Food Service ● SpecialManagementEvent/Tourism ● Sport Management ● * Exploratory Business Audio Production ▲ Communications Media ● Media Marketing ■ Media Production ■ Media Studies ■ News Media ■ Digital History ▲ Educational Technology ● English ● Literature/Culture ■ H Writing Studies ■ H Journalism and Public Relations ■ ● Photography and Digital Imaging ▲ Professional Teamwork and Leadership ● Unmanned Aerial Systems Science and Applications (drones) ▲ *Exploratory Humanities and Social Sciences ART, DESIGN, AND PERFORMANCE COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA BUSINESSTECHNOLOGY Art History ■ ● Art Studio ■ ● Graphic Design and Illustration ■ Audio Production ▲ Dance ● Dance Leadership and Women’s and Gender Studies ▲ Dance Pedagogy Research ▲ Pre-dance Therapy and Wellness ▲ Fashion Studies ■ ● Interior Design ■ Music ■ ● Music Performance ■ Photography and Digital Imaging ▲ Popular Music ▲ Theatre ■ ● Applied Theatre and Performance ▲ Musical Theatre ■ *Exploratory Arts MAJORS ■ MINORS CERTIFICATES● ▲ AVAILABLEHONORSDEGREESASSOCIATE◊TRACKH
We've updated our science education programs. Now, you'll get a certificate in secondary science education with your bachelor of science in biology, chemistry, geology, or physics.
Early Childhood Art Education ● Early Childhood Education ■ H Early Childhood (PreK-4)/ Special Education (PreK-8) ■ H Educational Technology ● English Education ■ H
SocialEducation/HistoryStudies ■ H
Music Education ■ H Preschool Education ▲ Secondary Science Education ▲ H Biology Education ■ Chemistry Education ■ Geology (Earth and Space Science) Education ■ Physics Education ■
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Criminology/Pre-law ■ Forensic Biosciences ● Political Science ■ ● Homeland Security ■ ● Pre-law ■ Pre-law (Interdisciplinary) ●
Family and Consumer Sciences Education PreK-12 ■ H Health and Physical Education K-12 ■ H Infant-Toddler Development ▲ Math Education ■ H ElementaryMiddle-LevelandMathematics ●
Art Education K-12 ■ H Business Education ■ H Child Development and Family Science ●
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Hospitality Management ● Hotel, Restaurant, Tourism, and Event Management ■ ◊ Nutrition ■ ● Dietetics ■ Public Health and Community Nutrition ● Restaurant and Food Service ●
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Spanish Education, PK-12 ▲ Special Education ■ ● H Urban Education ▲
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International Business ■ International Studies (Political Science) ■ ● Japan Studies ▲ Japanese ▲
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Asian Studies ■ ● H China Studies ▲ Chinese ▲ Cultural Competencies ▲ Deaf Studies ● English ● Literature/Culture ■ Writing Studies ■ English Education ■ English as a Second Language ▲ French ● ▲ German ● ▲
Pre-pharmacy ■ Disability Services ■ Global Health ● MedicalDiagnosticImagingMedical Sonography ■ Echocardiography ■ Nuclear Medicine Technology ■ Medical Technology ■ Natural Science ■ Animal Behavior ●
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Animal Behavior ● Ecology, Conservation, and Evolutionary ■ H Environmental Microbiology ● Wildlife and Conservation ● Environmental Engineering ■ Geography and Geographic Information Science ■ H Geography ● Geology ■ ● Regional Planning ■ ● H Safety, Health, and Environmental Applied Sciences ■ ● Sustainability Studies ● Water Resources and Watershed Management ▲
Athletic Coaching ▲ Health and Physical Education Community Health Education ■ ● H
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Pre-physician Assistant ■ Nursing ■ Nutrition ■ ● Dietetics ■ Public Health ■ Emergency Medicine ■ Respiratory Care ■ Speech-Language Pathology ■
Pan-African Studies ● Spanish ■ ● ▲ H Spanish Education ▲ Spanish for Safety Sciences ▲
*Exploratory Health and Human Services
Pre-veterinary ■ H Biomedical science ● Chemistry ■ ● Chemistry Honors ▲
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Pre-engineering ■ Safety, Health, and Environmental Applied Sciences ■ ● Spanish for Safety Sciences ▲ Unmanned Aerial Systems Science and Applications (drones) ▲
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Animal Behavior ● Cell and Molecular ■ ▲ H Environmental Microbiology ● Neurobiology ● WildlifeConservationand Biology ●
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Applied Statistics ● Biochemistry ■ ● Biochemistry Honors ▲ Biology ■ ● H
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH FIELDSMATHEMATICSENGINEERING,TECHNOLOGY,AND(STEM)
Biomedical Science ● Chemistry ■ ● Chemistry Honors ▲ Computer Science ■ ● Cyber Security ■ ● Languages and Systems ■ Software Engineering ■ Environmental Engineering ■ Forensic Biosciences ● Geography and Geographic Information Science ■ H Geography ● Geology ■ ● Mathematics ■ ● Actuarial Science and Statistics ■ Natural Science ■ Physics ■ ●
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Our students all have their own career goals, interests, hobbies, and skills. We want you to be able to pursue your passions here, too.
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Your college experience is what you make it, so make it your own masterpiece.
You don’t have to have it all figured out right now. But you can start thinking about it to pinpoint those things that will make your IUP journey special and meaningful to you.
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While you’re thinking about it, check out some of our students and their unique journeys. It just might get your wheels turning.
We’ve got tons of degree programs, minors, certificates, and honors tracks. Use them to create your own educational experience. And on top of our program list, we have 200+ clubs and organizations, varsity sports teams, and countless other extracurricular experiences (study away in the US or abroad, anyone?). Your college experience will be shaped by all of these.
After he graduates, he plans to pursue a master’s degree and then begin a career in family counseling, where he can help children and adults navigate life’s sometimes precarious moments. IUP has given him the opportunity to blend his psychology major with a minor in professional teamwork and leadership, which will give him the added skills to be a positive influence on his
Major: Psychology
STUDENT PATHWAYS
Hometown: Hershey, PA
JACOB DREXLER
Jacob Drexler has always been curious about people—what motivates them, why they make the decisions they make, and how he can help them live better lives—so it didn’t take him long to pick his major at IUP.
Minor: Professional Teamwork and Leadership
Activities: Cook Honors College, Marching Band, Psi Chi, French Club, Phi Eta Sigma
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“When looking at all my strengths and what I wanted to do in life, psychology caught my eye as a great major,” he said.
of pathways to take,” he said, “and my advisor was able to guide me in a way that will set me up for success. Because of all IUP has to offer, I will be more than prepared for what my future holds.”
Hometown: Aldie, VA
Activities: Sigma Alpha Pi, Club Soccer, Cybersecurity Club
Minor: Criminology
Major: Computer Science
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ROHITH GATTU ’22
Hometown: Liberty, PA
Abby Williams has an eye on her future.
Her academic advisor, Colin Ashe, has been a huge help. He made sure she took the right classes, and he worked with her on a research project—both of which will enhance her academic résumé. Abby has also done two internships and has joined the American Medical Student Association to get even more immersed in her future career.
Her plan to become an optometrist (eye doctor) is still a few years away, because she will have to attend optometry school, but she is spending her IUP career lining things up so her dreams become reality. To become an optometrist, she will take a lot of chemistry classes, so having chemistry as her major now will set her up for success later.
Major: Chemistry
ABBY WILLIAMS ’22
Minor: Mathematics
Activities: Cru, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, American Medical Student Association, Student Success Leader, Sutton Scholar, Provost Scholar
“When you come to college, you will be challenged, and you will grow and develop into a different person,” she said. “Your opinions may change, or you may decide that you want to pursue a different career path. This is all a part of becoming the person you are meant to be. Embrace these changes. Try new things and jump at new opportunities!”
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She came to IUP with plans of being a teacher but decided to change gears. Here, she found the help she needed to start building toward the career she had hoped for.
Major: Art Education and Dance Arts
BRIANNA ADKINS ’22
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She planned to major in art education so she could become a teacher. But, when she started taking dance classes as electives, she learned that she could give herself even more avenues for success by making it a double major. She’s now on her way to any number of careers in art or dance.
“I’ve wanted to be a teacher since I was young,” she said. “While these majors both lead down this path, they have also opened me up to nontraditional education options to use my degree—like community arts programs or work in museums.”
“I had never lived far from home until I lived thousands of miles away, and I think it was the perfect place for me,” she said. “Florence is teeming with art, rich with history, and beautifully walkable—just a simple walk to class was inspirational and breathtaking. I want to continue to travel once I graduate and maybe even live in Florence again for some time, as my soul has never felt more exuberant and at peace.”
Hometown: Indiana, PA
It wasn’t until she got to IUP that Brianna Adkins fully understood that she could make a career out of her hobby.
While someday she hopes to make an impression on the students she might be teaching, Brianna had an eye-opening experience through IUP when she spent a semester studying abroad in Florence, Italy. She knows the life-changing experience will help her as she enters a diverse working world.
Activities: Cook Honors College, Dance Theater, National Art Education Association, Alpha Psi Omega
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Know that you’re not alone. We’ll be with you every step of the way. Your professors care about your success. Ask them for career advice, and see where their insight can take you.
Going to college is a big step, and so is charting your career path after graduation.
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Every day at IUP, you’ll have access to a support system that includes your academic advisor, librarians to help with research, tutors through the Academic Success Center, a faculty or staff guide you can turn to for encouragement, and more. Here at IUP, we want to help you become the best version of you, building a foundation that brings you success, wherever your professional life takes you.
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