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nternatIonal
tudY Center
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Ieaioal Fis Yea
a Pe-Mases Pogam
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Why Wiee ................................................... 2
Abou Wiee Uiesiy ............................. 4
Pemie locaio .............................................. 5Sue lie a Wiee .................................. 6
Ieaioal caee success .......................... 8
Uiesiy aciliies ........................................ 9
Ieaioal Suy Cee ........................... 11
Ieaioal Fis Yea (IFY) ......................... 12
IFY pogam coe ...................................... 14
IFY Busiess Pahway ................................... 16
IFY Egieeig Pahway .............................. 18
IFY Poliical Sciece/Pe-Law Pahway ....... 20
Pe-Mases Pogam ................................... 22
Housig ........................................................... 24
Fees ................................................................. 24
Semese aes .............................................. 25
How o apply .................................................. 25
Ou beautiully landscaped
campus is located just south o
Philadelphia, the sixth lagest
city in the United States, w hich
boasts a dynamic atmosphee
o exploation o business,
technology, histoy, ats,
and entetainment.
With an eve-changing global
envionment, Widene is
excited to wo with Study
Goup to help pepae
students o this moden
wold whee business is no
longe conducted within ou
community, but athe the
wold. This new endeavo will
challenge both intenationaland domestic students to
see patneships in lie
and business woldwide.
Because o this association,
Widene students will be
bette pepaed o the global
maetplace o the 21st Centuy.
Widene Univesity oes
a combination o high
academic uality and
successul caee pepaation.
As an entepeneuial,
metopolitan univesity with
an undegaduate enollment
o 2,750 and total student
population o moe than 6,500,
Widene oes the esouceso a lage eseach institution
within the context o a small
academic community.
GreetInGSWidener University is pleased to partnerwith Study Group to provide universityaccess and English learning to international
students in one of Americas premiermetropolitan universities.
James T. Harris III, D.Ed.President, Widener University
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WhY WIdener:upportedating you st yea, Widene pogams lay the oundation o you success both in and out o the
ssoom om thoough oientation pogams that povide suppot as you adapt to a new cultue
language and academic couses that help you develop citical thining sills, time management,
d study sills. At Widene, you will nd many oppotunities to develop condence and achieve
u goals.
in sevice among all national
vesit ies; an ed 55th oveall
Washington Monthly College
ide, which ans colleges
d univesities based on thei
ntibutions to the public inteest)
0th
dent-to-aculty atio
2:1
national an by US News
and World Report
181st
students om aound the wold
conveged on Widenes main
campus last sping o EuoSim,
an intecollegiate simulation o
the govening pocess o the
Euopean Union
165+
denes an as a sevice-
nded college (Newsweek)
9th
o Widene gaduates ae eithe
employed o enolled in
gaduate study96% clubs and oganizations omsevice goups to dance toupes,hono societies to club spots85+oganizations whee Widene
students do co-ops, intenships,
clinics, o public sevice in one
yea alone
1,000+minutes om Philadelphia,
the lagest city in Pennsylvania
20
o Widene students paticipate
in community sevice o voluntee
activities; 29% paticipated in a
community-based expeience as
pat o a couse, compaed to
a national aveage o 17% o
college students
75%
o senios collaboate with pees
outside o classcompaed to
59% nationwide73%
counties and 22 states
epesented amongst the
student body
26
ConneCtedWidene exemplies a unied, suppotive, and high-enegy community whee youll nd
something to captue you inteest evey day. Moeove, when you choose Widene, youe gaining
poweul connections: an intenational netwo o successul alumni and the top employes both
egionally and thoughout the United States, who have stong intenship and ecuiting elationships
with Widene.
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about WIdener unIverSItYYoure not just choosing a schoolyoureconnecting with the mentors who will opendoors to your career, the peers who will formyour life-long network, and the experiencesthat will lay the foundation for your success.
Widener, which was founded in 1821, isan innovative metropolitan university thatcombines academic quality with careerpreparation and a commitment to communityservice. A Widener education connects curriculato societal issues through civic engagement.Dynamic teaching, personal attention,and experiential learning comprise theWidener experience.
dEnEr FACtS
unded 1821
11 enollment
tal students: 6,464degaduate day: 2,790
degaduate evening: 414
aduate: 1,662
hool o Law: 1,598
gees coneed (2010-2011)
sociate: 24
chelos: 623
astes: 362
ctoal: 114
is Docto: 371
culty: 326 (ull-time)
% hold doctoate o highest
gee in thei eld.
+ undegaduate majos
d pe-poessional and
al-degee pogams,
mplemented by 45
degaduate minos.
academic schools within
e Univesity.
ademic Suppot Sevices
ademic coaching
e-on-one tutoing
ath and Witing Centes
ee Sevices
This is the moment when you set your lifein motion. Choosing the right universityis the rst step.
Expeience the Widene campus with ou vitual tou in both
English and Mandain at: youisi.com/wiee.hml
Download ou ee app on you Andoid o iPhone.
Seach o Widene at the app stoe.
premIer loCatIonWidene is located in Cheste, Pennsylvania,
just minutes om cental Philadelphia.
The Univesity, which sits on moe than
.45 s. m o land, nds itsel at the intesection
o some o Ameicas most cultually diveseand commecially vibant metopolitan aeas.
With New Yo City just to the noth, and
Washington, DC, accessible to the south,
Widene aods students a pime location
o tavel within the Mid-Atlantic egion
o the United States.
Philadelphia, which played home to Ameicas
ounding athes, is a tove o histoy, cultue,
and Ameican tadition. The city, with a
population o ove 4 million, is well-nown
o its welcoming vibe, living up to the namesmeaning as the city o bothely love.
With its assotment o top-tie univesities,
museums, and social attactions, Philadelphia
has distinguished itsel as a destination o
innovation and academia. By all counts,
Philadelphia is a peect city o study.
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Student lIfe at WIdenerWidener has an array of clubs, student andcommunity groups, as well as sports teams andacademic leagues. In recognition of the schoolswork, Widener was named to the US PresidentsHigher Education Community ServiceHonor Roll with distinction. This awardis the highest federal recognition a college or
university can receive for civic engagement andvolunteerism. Widener has been given the honorevery year since the awards inception in 2006.
At Widener, we do some pretty awesomethingsand we have lots of fun doing them.
Ahleics
Men vasity teams: baseball,
ootball, gol basetball, coss
county, lacosse, socce,
swimming, indoo tac and
eld, outdoo tac and eld
Women vasity teams: eld
hocey, sotball, volleyball
basetball, coss county,
lacosse, socce, swimming,
indoo tac and eld, outdootac and eld
Intamual spots: basetball,
volleyball, dodgeball, fag
ootball, indoo socce,
ultimate isbee, icball
Club spots: mens ice hocey,
mens/womens ugby,
olle hocey
Oe 85 clubs
With topics as vaied
and divese as Widenes
student body
Commuiy eelopme
theae, music,
commuicaio, a he as
Geek lie
10 atenities and sooities
Sue goeme
Poessioal associaios
StUdEnt CLUBS, GrOUPS, And AtHLEtICS An UrBAn CAMPUS
While Widenes enclave-lie campus is unuestionably geaed
towads univesity events, the schools poximity to Philadelphia
allows students a vaiety o uniuely uban teats. Students
ae encouaged to exploe Philadelphia and suounding aeas.
Students oten visit Philadelphias museums, estauants,
and entetainment venues, which hold host to some o the
wolds most enowned exhibits, estauateus, speaes, and
peomes. The campus, maing use o its geogaphic locale,
taes ull advantage o the divese envionment the Philadelphia
metopolitan aea stands to oe.
We go backpackig i he
Appalachia Mouais. We
campaig o local caiaes,
a help sugglig amilies
fle hei ax eus. We
buil houses o Habia o
Humaiy chapes acoss he
couy. We help impleme
eiomeal awaeess
campaigs aou he egio.
We peom ace ouies
a Philaelphia 76es hal-imeshows. We play ugby, sig
gospel a choal music, a
ac i heae peomaces.
PPL Pa, Home o the Philadelphia Union Socce Team
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COMPAnIES EMPLOYInG WIdEnEr ALUMnIBosch rexoh
Cisco Sysem, Ic.
ExxoMobil
GE Eegy
GlaxoSmihKlie
IBM Copoaio
Iel Copoaio
MIt
Mooola, Ic.
nippo Seel Copoaio
Poce & Gamble Co.
Siemes Egieeig
Soy Copoaio o Ameica
Suoco, Ic.
the Boeig Compay
Wae Bos.
unIverSItY faCIlItIeS
At Widener, our commitment to student successbegins on campus. We have top notch facilities thatallow students to make the most of their Widenerexperience, both in and out of the classroom.
CAMPUS FACILItIES
Uiesiy Cee
Caeteia, ATMs, campus stoe,
ood cout, esidence lie
oce, ban, post oce
Welless Cee
State-o-the-at tness cente
with ull scope o weights,
machines, as well as aeobics
ooms, a oc climbing wall,
and on-site athletic taining
acilities
Wiee A Museum
Host to juied student
exhibits and shows
Schwa Cee
Gymnasium, weight oom,
multi-pupose eld house,
championship size eight-lane
swimming pool
Pesylaia Miliay College
(PMC) Hisoy Museum
Widene campus museum
Wiee Obseaoy
Obsevation ooms, 16-inch
compute-diven telescope
Im an experienced
entrepreneur with over 25
years in visionary leadership,
global management, and
strategic product marketing.
My background encompasses
developing and running start-
ups through to executive
management roles in top
Fortune 100 companies.
I owe a signicant part of my
success to Widener which
played a pivotal role in my life.
Widener welcomed me to theUnited States with open
arms, helped me to transition
into the culture, and built my
condence in myself which
carried through to my career
success. One thing for sure,
I wouldnt be where I am today
if I had started my higher
education in a university
other than Widener.
James Sao om tukey
Bachelo o Science in
Electical Engineeing, 1990
LEArnInG tHrOUGH rEAL-WOrLd EXPErIEnCE
Meaningul handson
expeience is embedded into
evey pogam at Widene.
The majoity o Widene
students in all elds pusue
an intenship o eldwo
expeience elated to
thei majo.
Beyond the expected
oppotunities, Widene
students ae plunged into
eal-wold pactice though
innovative pogams in
thei disciplinesintening
at Widenes Small Business
Development Cente,
paticipating in aculty
eseach, publishing o
pesenting thei own eseach,
and paticipating in sevice
leaning pojects in the
community.
InternatIonal Career SuCCeSS
Widener University fully equips students for careersuccess, through hands-on experience that leads toentry with top employers. The International AlumniNetwork is active and growing.
CAMPUS SErvICES
Wi-Fi Iee
Campus Shule
Student shuttle that uns both
on and o campus
Emegecy Call Boxes
Campus secuity system
E2Campus Ales
Emegency notication system
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ternational Relations/French major
amadou Keita spoke no English when
s family emigrated from Guinea, West
rica. He polished his English in high
hool and founded the French Club
uring his Widener freshman year.
know what it s like to beout of your comfort zone.
Speaking a new languagecan be intimidating, and theclub is a space for a diversegroup of students to practiceheir French through fun,ntercultural activities.
We nd common groundhrough our love of Frenchanguage and culture.
n active member of the
idener community, Mamadou
so performs with the Widener
ance company.
the InternatIonal StudY CenterThe Widener University International Study Center(ISC) delivers customized English language supportand academic pathways to international students.These programs provide international studentswith the essential building blocks needed to achievedegree success at Widener University:
UndErGrAdUAtE PAtHWAYS
Thee study steams pepae students o second yea enty
to thei undegaduate degee pogam:
Business Pathway
Engineeing Pathway
Political Science/Pe-Law Pathway
GrAdUAtE PrEPArAtIOn
A Pe-Mastes Pogam pepaes students o enty into
selected mastes degees
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nternatIonal fIrSt Year (IfY)he International First Year allows you to adapt to the culture
studying in an American university while strengthening yournglish skills and earning academic credit for the rst year of
ur bachelors degree.
Business 31 cedits
Engineeing 28 cedits
P ol it ic al S ci en ce /P e -L aw 3 0 c e di ts
A combination o English, academic, and study sills
couses ae taught at the ISC, poviding the necessayacademic cedits o the st yea o undegaduate
cousewo. Upon successul completion o the IFY,
students maticulate into thei second academic yea
o undegaduate cousewo.
ocial TOEFL o IELTS scoe is
uied. Students can tae the Study
oup English Test to detemine
ei English language pociency.
glish o Academic Pupose
e IFY pogam duation and
dy plan seves as a guide only.
s was accuate at the time o pinting
d may be subject to change.
MINIMUM ENTrYrEqUIrEMENTS
Spig
anuaySumme
MayFall
August
INTAkES (ALL DUrATIONS) Y e a r 2
LEAdInG tO SECOndYEAr dEGrEE EntrY
The Intenational Fist Yea leadsto the second yea o 12 bachelospogams in Business, Engineeingand Political Science
(see majos opposite).
IFY PROGRAM DURATION AND STUDY PAN
ACAdEMIC CrEdItS EArnEd In tHE ISC
Euivalent* to TOEFL iBT 36,
o 3.5 IELTS
GPA 2.75 and above
Euivalent* to TOEFL iBT 52,
o 4.5 IELTS
GPA 2.75 and above
Euivalent* to TOEFL iBT 68,
o 5.5 IELTS
GPA 2.75 and above
Y e a r 1
3-SEMEStEr PrOGrAM
12 months
1 2 33-SEMEStEr PrOGrAMEAP
12 months4 months
41 2 3
8 months
2-SEMEStEr PrOGrAM
1 2
IntErnAtIOnALStUdY CEntEr
The following majors are available through the three IFY pathways:
BUSInESS
Accounting
Business Inomatics
Economics
Finance
Intenational Business
Management
EnGInEErInG
Biomedical Engineeing
Chemical Engineeing
Civil Engineeing
Electical Engineeing
Mechanical Engineeing
POLItICAL SCIEnCE/PrE-LAW
Political Science
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fY proGram Content
he charts on these pages represent a s ample of the courses thatternational students may take, depending on their IFY pathwaynd program duration.
SEMEStEr 1 SEMEStEr 2 SEMEStEr 3 SEMEStEr 4
2-SEMEStEr PrOGrAM
ENGL 101, POLS 101,
MATH 120 o 131, CHEM
145 and CHEM 147 plus 1
English language couse
ENGL 102, POLS 102,
MATH 131 o 132, CHEM
146 and CHEM 148 plus 1
English language couse
3-SEMEStEr PrOGrAMMATH 120 o 131 plus 4
English language couses
ENGL 101, POLS 101,
CHEM 145 and CHEM
147 plus 3 English
language couses
ENGL 102, POLS 102.
MATH 131 o 132, CHEM
146 and CHEM 148 plus 1
English language couse
EAP + 3-SEMEStErPrOGrAM
English language
and study sills couses
MATH 120 o 131 plus 4
English language couses
ENGL 101, POLS 101,
CHEM 145 and CHEM
147 plus 3 English
language couses
ENGL 102, POLS 102,
MATH 131 o 132, CHEM
146 and CHEM 148 plus 1
English language couse
Y ENGINEERING PATHWAY PROGRAM CONTENT
SEMEStEr 1 SEMEStEr 2 SEMEStEr 3 SEMEStEr 4
2-SEMEStEr PrOGrAM
ENGL 101, POLS 101,
MGT 100, MATH 117, MIS
180 and HIST 111 plus 1
English Language couse
ENGL 102, POLS 102,
ENVr 100, MATH 118 and
ACCT 205 plus 1 English
language couse
3-SEMEStEr PrOGrAM
MATH 117, MIS 180 and
HIST 111 plus 4 English
language couses
ENGL 101, POLS 101 and
MGT 100 plus 3 English
language couses
ENGL 102, POLS 102,
ENVr 100, MATH 118 and
ACCT 204 plus 1 English
language couse
EAP + 3-SEMEStErPrOGrAM
English language
and study sills couses
MATH 117, MIS 180 and
HIST 111 plus 4 English
language couses
ENGL 101, POLS 101 and
MGT 100 plus 3 English
language couses
ENGL 102, POLS 102,
ENVr 100, MATH 118 and
ACCT 204 plus 1 English
language couse
Y BUSINESS PATHWAY PROGRAM CONTENT
SEMEStEr 1 SEMEStEr 2 SEMEStEr 3 SEMEStEr 4
2-SEMEStEr PrOGrAM
ENGL 101, POLS 101,
MGT 100, MATH 117 and
HIST 111 plus 1 English
language couse
ENGL 102, POLS 102,
MATH 118, ENVr 100 and
POLS 218 plus 1 English
language couse
3-SEMEStEr PrOGrAM
MATH 117 and HIST 111
plus 4 English language
couses
ENGL 101, POLS 101 and
MGT 100 plus 3 English
language couses
ENGL 102, POLS 102,
MATH 118, ENVr 100 and
POLS 218 plus 1 English
language couse
EAP + 3-SEMEStErPrOGrAM
English language
and study sills couses
MATH 117 and HIST 111
plus 4 English language
couses
ENGL 101, POLS 101 and
MGT 100 plus 3 English
language couses
ENGL 102, POLS 102,
MATH 118, ENVr 100 and
POLS 218 plus 1 English
language couse
IFY POITICA SCIENCE/PRE-AW PATHWAY PROGRAM CONTENT
These pogam content tables seve as a guide only and may be subject to change
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nternatIonal fIrSt YearuSIneSS pathWaYconjunction with English courses, students in the
usiness Pathway take these credit-bearing academic courses.
MAtH 117
ELEMEntArY FUnCtIOnS
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
The couse stats with a eview
o elementay algeba and moves
on to the study o unctions and
gaphs (emphasizing polynomial,
exponential, and logaithmic
unctions), systems o linea
euations, and matices and linea
pogamming.Peeuisite: at
least level 3 on the mathematics
assessment.
MGt 100
UndErStAndInG And
WOrKInG In OrGAnIzAtIOnS
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
Students in this couse develop
an undestanding o how business
ms wo, compete, and succeed
in the maetplace. Using the
value chain amewo, this couse
exposes students to the dieent
unctions o business, how vaious
business activities t togethe to
mae an oganization, and what
it means to wo and manage in
dieent unctional aeas o the
m. Students lean how industy
dynamics and business activities
aect opeations and outcomes. In
addition to establishing a oundation
o subseuent business couses,
MGT 100 has a stong caee
development component.
Students engage in the
pocess o caee planning by
assessing thei pesonal inteests,
ceating a esume, developing a
caee action plan, and meeting with
caee counselos. This couse uses
a hands-on leaning model and
bings a vaiety o industy speaes
into the classoom.
MIS 180
COMPUtInG And
SPrEAdSHEEtS
1 SEMEStEr HOUr
Todays business poessionals ae
euied to be moe involved with
compute application usage and
development. The student has to
demonstate the undestanding and
ability using electonic speadsheets
o decision suppot puposes.
Using state-o-the-at speadsheet
techniues, the student will be
euied to ceate and manipulate
speadsheet data, peom sensitivity
analysis (what-i scenaios), peomsimple maco pogamming,
and ceate gaphs and chats.
HISt 111
WOrLd CIvILIzAtIOn tO 1500
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
This couse povides a global
pespective on the past beoe 1500.
Beginning with the emegence o
civilization, the couse suveys the
diusion o civilization and the
development o selected societies in
GL 101
MPOSItIOn And
ItICAL tHOUGHt
EMEStEr HOUrS
s intensive couse in expositoy
ting ocuses on hetoical and
mmatical pinciples, logical
pession, unity, coheence,
phasis, syntax, punctuation,
d diction. readings stimulate
pession and povide examples
exposition and agumentation.
signments include summay,
alysis, and synthesis o pimay
d seconday souces. reseach
hniues, including note-taing,
cumentation, and outlining,
ppot an analytical souce-based
each pape o eight to ten pages.
LS 101
MErICAn POLItICAL SCIEnCE
EMEStEr HOUrS
intoduction to basic concepts,ctions, and pocesses o
itics and govenment, using
Ameican system as a model.
e couse includes topics such as
itical socialization, constitutional
venment, legislative pocess,
sidential leadeship and
eaucacy, the ole o the judiciay,
itical paties, inteest goups,
d poblems o civil ights.
egions such as Asia, the Middle East,
and Aica. Attention is given to the
majo cultual, social, economic,
and political expeiences o the
peoples in these aeas.
EnGL 102
AdvAnCEd COMPOSItIOn
And LItErAtUrE
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
Vaied witing execises teach
students to expess thei own
ideas as well as the ideas o othes
citically, logically, and ceatively.
Students ae intoduced to the
pincipal liteay genes o ction,
dama, and poety as a means o
stimulating citical thining and
uthe developing sills in advanced
exposition. All sections ae witing
eniched. Peeuisite: success
in ENGL 101.
POLS 102
FOrEIGn GOvErnMEntS
And POLItICS
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
The pincipal goal o this intoductoy
couse is to povide students with
a basic nowledge o how political
systems aound the wold unction.
By examining a wide ange o
counties, students lean how and
why the ules o the political game
die om county to county. It is
hoped that, ate taing this couse,students will bette undestand
political events wheeve they tae
place and appeciate the divese
political ideas and aspiations o
people aound the wold.
MAtH 118
ELEMEntArY CALCULUS I
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
Concepts o calculus ae studied.
The emphasis is on the dieentiation
and integation o polynomial,
ational, exponential, and logaithmic
unctions. Peeuisite: success
in MATH 117.
Envr 100
IntrOdUCtIOn tOEnvIrOnMEntAL SCIEnCE
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
This couse is designed o non-
science majos who ae inteested in
the envionment and envionmental
issues. Topics include an oveview
o humans and natue (envionmental
poblems and thei causes),
pinciples and concepts (matte and
enegy, ecosystems, is, toxicology,
human health), esouces and wastes,
biodivesity, and living sustainably.
ACCt 204
FInAnCIAL ACCOUntInG
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
This couse is designed to povide
students with undamental exposue
to the steps in the accounting cycle
leading up to the pepaation and
analysis o nancial statements.
An emphasis will be placed on the
accounting theoy and pactice as
it alls within the amewo o U.S.
Geneally Accepted Accounting
Pinciples (GAAP). A bieintoduction to Intenational Financial
repoting Standads (IFrS) is
povided. In addition, the student will
be made awae o the oppotunities
within the accounting poession and
the oganizations that infuence and
contibute to its body o nowledge.
Finally, ethical issues cononted
by the accountant will also be
intoduced and discussed.
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nternatIonal fIrSt YearnGIneerInG pathWaYconjunction with English courses, students in the
ngineering Pathway take these credit-bearing academic courses.
MAtH 120
PrECALCULUS
4 SEMEStEr HOUrS
This couse is designed o s tudents
who need to tae calculus but lac
the peeuisite bacgound. Topics
include a eview o eal numbes;
algeba (actions, exponents,
oots, euations o degee 1 and 2);
elementay unctions (polynomials,
ational unctions, tigonometic
unctions); and basic concepts om
geomety. Solving o wod poblems
ae emphasized thoughout.
Peeuisite: at least level 3 on the
mathematics assessment.
Or
MAtH 131
CALCULUS WItH rEvIEW I
4 SEMEStEr HOUrS
This is the st semeste o a thee-
semeste seuence in dieential and
integal calculus o a single vaiable.The couse intoduces the concept
o the deivative and some o its
applications. Ate a eview o
coodinate systems and unctions,
including polynomials, ational
and tigonometic unctions, the
couse coves limits, continuity,
dieentiation, and applications
o deivatives. Typical applications
include elated ates, cuve setching,
lineaization and dieentials,
Newtons method, and optimization.
Peeuisite: at least level 4 on the
mathematics assessment.
CHEM 145
GEnErAL CHEMIStrY I
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
This is the st semeste o
a two-semeste intoductoy
chemisty seuence o science,
engineeing, and pe-med pogams.
Topics include elements, atomic
stuctue, molecula stuctue,
chemical eactions, stoichiomety,
themochemisty, gases, liuids,
and solids. Peeuisite: at least level
3 on the mathematics assessment.
Couse must be taen with CHEM 147.
CHEM 147
GEnErAL CHEMIStrY LAB I
1 SEMEStEr HOUr
This couse povides the basic
laboatoy execises in genealchemisty coelated to the mateial
in CHEM 145. Fundamentals o
measuement and uantitative
aspects o chemisty ae emphasized.
The couse includes sae handling
o solids and liuids, physical
sepaations, inoganic syntheses,
solution concentations, gas laws,
enegy tanse, micoscale
eactions, and molecula models.
Peeuisite: couse must be taen
with CHEM 145.
GL 101
MPOSItIOn And
ItICAL tHOUGHt
EMEStEr HOUrS
s intensive couse in expositoy
ting ocuses on hetoical and
mmatical pinciples, logical
pession, unity, coheence,
phasis, syntax, punctuation,
d diction. readings stimulate
pession and povide examples
exposition and agumentation.
signments include summay,
alysis, and synthesis o pimay
d seconday souces. reseach
hniues, including note-taing,
cumentation, and outlining,
ppot an analytical souce-based
each pape o eight to ten pages.
LS 101
MErICAn POLItICAL SCIEnCE
EMEStEr HOUrS
intoduction to basic concepts,ctions, and pocesses o
itics and govenment, using
Ameican system as a model.
e couse includes topics such as
itical socialization, constitutional
venment, legislative pocess,
sidential leadeship and
eaucacy, the ole o the judiciay,
itical paties, inteest goups,
d poblems o civil ights.
EnGL 102
AdvAnCEd COMPOSItIOn
And LItErAtUrE
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
Vaied witing execises teach
students to expess thei own
ideas as well as the ideas o othes
citically, logically, and ceatively.
Students ae intoduced to the
pincipal liteay genes o ction,
dama, and poety as a means o
stimulating citical thining and
uthe developing sills in advancedexposition. All sections ae witing
eniched. Peeuisite: success in
ENGL 101.
POLS 102
FOrEIGn GOvErnMEntS
And POLItICS
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
The pincipal goal o this intoductoy
couse is to povide students with
a basic nowledge o how political
systems aound the wold unction.
By examining a wide ange o
counties, students lean how and
why the ules o the political game
die om county to county. It is
hoped that, ate taing this couse,
students will bette undestand
political events wheeve they tae
place and appeciate the divese
political ideas and aspiations
o people aound the wold.
MAtH 131
CALCULUS WItH rEvIEW I
4 SEMEStEr HOUrS
This is the st semeste o a thee-
semeste seuence in dieential and
integal calculus o a single vaiable.
The couse intoduces the concept
o the deivative and some o its
applications. Ate a eview o
coodinate systems and unctions,
including polynomials, ational
and tigonometic unctions, the
couse coves limits, continuity,dieentiation, and applications
o deivatives. Typical applications
include elated ates, cuve setching,
lineaization and dieentials,
Newtons method, and optimization.
Peeuisite: success in MATH 120.
Or
MAtH 132
CALCULUS WItH rEvIEW II
4 SEMEStEr HOUrS
The couse intoduces the concept
o the riemann integal and some
o its applications. Topics include the
Mean Value Theoem, antideivatives,
riemann sums, the Fundamental
Theoem o Calculus, the logaithmic
and exponential unctions,
hypebolic and invese tigonometic
unctions, indeteminate oms, and
applications o denite integals.
Peeuisite: success in MATH 131.
CHEM 146
GEnErAL CHEMIStrY II
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
This is the second semeste
o a two-semeste intoductoy
chemisty seuence o science,
engineeing, and pe-med pogams.
Topics include inetics, euilibia,
acid base eactions, aueous
euilibia, themodynamics,
and electochemisty. Peeuisite:
success in CHEM 145. Couse must
be taen with CHEM 148.
CHEM 148
GEnErAL CHEMIStrY LAB II
1 SEMEStEr HOUr
This couse povides the basic
laboatoy execises in geneal
chemisty coelated to the mateial
in CHEM 146. Fundamentals o
measuement and uantitative
aspects o chemisty ae emphasized.
The couse includes basic concepts
o physical chemisty, including
colligative popeties, inetics, and
euilibia, in addition to acid-based
chemisty, coodination chemisty,
and electochemisty. The use o
computes in data collection
and analysis is emphasized.
Peeuisite: success in CHEM 147.
Couse must be taen with
CHEM 146.
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nternatIonal fIrSt YearolItICal SCIenCe/pre-laW pathWaYconjunction with English courses, students in the Political
cience/Pre-aw Pathway take these credit-bearingademic courses.
MAtH 117
ELEMEntArY FUnCtIOnS
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
The couse stats with a eview
o elementay algeba and moves
on to the study o unctions and
gaphs (emphasizing polynomial,
exponential, and logaithmic
unctions), systems o linea
euations, and matices and
linea pogamming. Peeuisite:
at least level 3 on the mathematics
assessment.
MGt 100
UndErStAndInG And
WOrKInG In OrGAnIzAtIOnS
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
Students in this couse develop an
undestanding o how business ms
wo, compete, and succeed in the
maetplace. Using the value chain
amewo, this couse exposesstudents to the dieent unctions
o business, how vaious business
activities t togethe to mae an
oganization, and what it means
to wo and manage in dieent
unctional aeas o the m. Students
lean how industy dynamics and
business activities aect opeations
and outcomes. In addition to
establishing a oundation o
subseuent business couses,
MGT 100 has a stong caee
development component.
Students engage in the pocess o
caee planning by assessing thei
pesonal inteests, ceating a esume,
developing a caee action plan,
and meeting with caee counselos.
This couse uses a hands-on leaning
model and bings a vaiety o
industy speaes into the classoom.
HISt 111
WOrLd CIvILIzAtIOn tO 1500
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
This couse povides a global
pespective on the past beoe 1500.
Beginning with the emegence o
civilization, the couse suveys the
diusion o civilization and the
development o selected societies in
egions such as Asia, the Middle East,
and Aica. Attention is given to the
majo cultual, social, economic,
and political expeiences o the
peoples in these aeas.
GL 101
MPOSItIOn And
ItICAL tHOUGHt
EMEStEr HOUrS
s intensive couse in expositoy
ting ocuses on hetoical and
mmatical pinciples, logical
pession, unity, coheence,
phasis, syntax, punctuation,
d diction. readings stimulate
pession and povide examples
exposition and agumentation.
signments include summay,
alysis, and synthesis o pimay
d seconday souces. reseach
hniues, including note-taing,
cumentation, and outlining,
ppot an analytical souce-based
each pape o eight to ten pages.
LS 101
MErICAn POLItICAL SCIEnCE
EMEStEr HOUrS
intoduction to basic concepts,
ctions, and pocesses o
itics and govenment, using
Ameican system as a model.
e couse includes topics such as
itical socialization, constitutional
venment, legislative pocess,
sidential leadeship and
eaucacy, the ole o the judiciay,
itical paties, inteest goups,
d poblems o civil ights.
EnGL 102
AdvAnCEd COMPOSItIOn
And LItErAtUrE
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
Vaied witing execises teach
students to expess thei own
ideas as well as the ideas o othes
citically, logically, and ceatively.
Students ae intoduced to the
pincipal liteay genes o ction,
dama, and poety as a means
o stimulating citical thining and
uthe developing sills in advanced
exposition. All sections ae witing
eniched. Peeuisite: success
in ENGL 101.
POLS 102
FOrEIGn GOvErnMEntS
And POLItICS
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
The pincipal goal o this intoductoy
couse is to povide students with
a basic nowledge o how political
systems aound the wold unction.
By examining a wide ange o
counties, students lean how and
why the ules o the political game
die om county to county.
It is hoped that, ate taing
this couse, students will bette
undestand political events wheeve
they tae place and appeciate the
divese political ideas and aspiations
o people aound the wold.
MAtH 118
ELEMEntArY CALCULUS I
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
Concepts o calculus ae studied.
The emphasis is on the di eentiation
and integation o polynomial,
ational, exponential, and logaithmic
unctions. Peeuisite: success
in MATH 117.
Envr 100
IntrOdUCtIOn tO
EnvIrOnMEntAL SCIEnCE
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
This couse is designed o non-
science majos who ae inteested in
the envionment and envionmental
issues. Topics include an oveview
o humans and natue (envionmental
poblems and thei causes),
pinciples and concepts (matte and
enegy, ecosystems, is, toxicology,
human health), esouces and wastes,
biodivesity, and living sustainably.
POLS 218
LAW And SOCIEtY
3 SEMEStEr HOUrS
An analysis o the basic concepts
elated to the ole o law in the polity
including law as an instument o
dispute esolution, social contol,
and change. Also examined is the
elationship o the individual to the
state, and economic oundations
o legal pecepts and global
pespectives.
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re-maSterS proGramhe ISC additionally offers a preparation program for graduateudies. This program is for students who meet the academic
ntry requirements for Widener Universitys graduate programs.provides a 12 semester transitional curriculum of intensive
nglish for academic purposes and graduate study skills togetherth training for GRE and GMAT tests.
MINIMUM ENTrYrEqUIrEMENTS
Spig
anuaySumme
MayFall
August
INTAkES (ALL DUrATIONS)
Euivalent* to TOEFL iBT 52,
o 4.5 IELTS
GPA 2.8 and above
Euivalent* to TOEFL iBT 68,
o 5.5 IELTS
GPA 2.8 and above
Y e a r 2
LEAdInG tO MAStErSdEGrEE EntrY
The Pe-Mastes Pogam at theIntenational Study Cente leadsto enty onto the gaduate degeeslisted opposite.
2-SEMEStEr PrE-MAStErS PrOGrAM COntEnt
PRE-MASTERS PROGRAM DURATION AND STUDY PANFor students with qualifying degrees
ocial TOEFL o IELTS scoe is
uied. Students can tae the Study
oup English Test to detemine thei
glish language pociency.
GMAT/GrE scoe needed o
ty to the PMP, but euied beoe
ticulation to a mastes degee.
s chat epesents a sample o the
emeste pogam couse content.
udents accepted onto the 1-semeste
ogam at the ISC will study the
uses indicated in Semeste 2
the chat.
e Pe-Mastes pogam duation
d study plan seves as a guide only.
s was accuate at the time o pinting
d may be subject to change.
IntErnAtIOnALStUdY CEntEr
Y e a r 1
2-SEMEStEr PrOGrAM
8 months
2
4 months
1-SEMEStEr PrOGrAM
1
1
SEMEStEr 1 SEMEStEr 2
Listening and Speaing Semina Sills
reading and Vocabulay reading in Context
Witing Language & Concepts o Gaduate Studies
Gamma reseach Methods
Ameican Cultue
including Intoduction to US College LieGoup Poject and Pesentations
Lab hous GMAT/GrE pepaation
The following degrees are available through the Pre-Masters Program:
Business Administation, MBA
MBA coceaios iclue:
Business Pocess Management
Financial Planning
Human resouce and Oganizational Leadeship
Healthcae Management
Taxation and Financial Planning, MS
Biomedical Engineeing, MEng
Chemical Engineeing, MEng
Civil Engineeing, MEng
Electical Engineeing, MEng
Engineeing Management, MEng
Mechanical Engineeing, MEng
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eeS
SCELLAnEOUS FEES 1 SEMEStEr 2 SEMEStEr 3 SEMEStEr 4 SEMEStEr
udy Cae insuance $405 $717 $934 $1339
pot tanse (optional) $140
ndErGrAdUAtE StUdEntS* 1 SEMEStEr 2 SEMEStEr 3 SEMEStEr 4 SEMEStEr
enational Fist Yea tuition $25,000 $32,200 $37,900
chnology ee $229 pe semeste
udent activity ee $80 pe semeste
om/boad $6,198 pe semeste Shaples Double/ Gold Meal Plan
ees ae mandatoy except whee indicated.
ee may be additional ees upon ull maticulation into the majo, depending on the eld o study.
tion and ees may vay based on pogam and egistation status.
om and boad ee is estimated.
tails on plan coveage can be ound at: www.suygoup.com/suycae
pot picup is by pivate ca om Philadelphia Intenational Aipot diectly to Widene, one way.
ated pices can be ound at:www.wiee.eu/isc
ooms at Widene ae semi-unished spaces, with beds,
ss, and oom-appopiate unitue. Suites in Widenes
atment buildings include itchens with ull-sized eigeatosd oven anges, as well as in-suite baths.
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aduate students can nd comotable and aodable
commodation nea campus. Futhe inomation is available
line at: www.widener.edu/campuslife/residencelife/offcampus.asp
Thee is a
wide selection
o oodchoices in the
caeteia that
is conveniently
located on
campus.
All eshmen must paticipate
in an on-campus meal plan.
idener provides on-campus housing forndergraduates in eleven dormitory-styled buildings.
addition to these residence halls, Widener offerscommodation in four apartment buildings, well as in a number of campus fraternity
nd sorority houses.
rAdUAtE StUdEntS* 1 SEMEStEr 2 SEMEStEr 3 SEMEStEr 4 SEMEStEr
e-Mastes Pogam tuition $5,700 $13,400
chnology ee $110 pe semeste
udent activity ee $25 pe semeste
SEMEStEr StArt dAtE vACAtIOnS SEMEStEr LEnGtH
FALL 2012
Student oientation: Wednesday 22 August 2012
Stat o classes: Monday 27 August 2012
End o semeste: Thusday 13 Decembe 2012
Labo Day: Monday 3 Septembe 2012
Fall bea: Monday 15 Tuesday 16 Octobe 2012
Thansgiving:Thusday 22 Fiday 23 Novembe 2012
15 wees
SPrInG 2013
Student oientation: Monday 7 Januay 2013
Stat o classes: Monday 14 Januay 2013
End o semeste: Wednesday 1 May 2013
MLk Day: Monday 21 Januay 2013
Mid-tem bea: Monday 4 Fiday 8 Mach 2013
Sping holiday: Fiday 29 Mach 2013
15 wees
SUMMEr2013
Student oientation: Monday 13 May 2013
Stat o classes: Monday 20 May 2013
End o semeste: Thusday 15 August 2013
Memoial Day: Monday 27 May 2013
Independence Day: Thusday 4 July 201313 wees
SemeSter dateS
hoW to applYApplying to our International Study Center is easy:
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at the Widene Univesity Intenational Study Cente
ae un by Study Goup, a global leade in poviding
academic pathways that ceate supeio caee
outcomes o students.
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