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UVAWISE

H O R I Z O N S

Where You Can Go From Here.

Whether or not you have a specific career goal in mind, you want

to know that your education will position you for future success.

The University of Virginia’s College at Wise recognizes the

importance of giving students a strong and flexible base of knowledge

and skills. Here you’ll receive a liberal-arts education you can use—

one in which a broad distribution of courses, small classes, and

personal attention combine with surprising results.

The value of a UVa-Wise degree is proven by our graduates, who go

on to excel in fields as diverse as nursing, physics, and business,

who develop careers as lawyers, accountants, and artists, who

contribute their energy and expertise to the community and the

world.These graduates began as UVa-Wise students contemplating

the possibilities here: the 27 majors, 26 minors, 8 pre-professional

programs, and 23 teaching licensures that each year open minds

and doors to new horizons.Prepared? It’s our job to see that you are.

P R E P A R E Y O U R S E L F .

Contents

Academic Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Business and Economics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4History and Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Language and Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Mathematics and Computer Science . . . . . .10Natural Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Nursing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16Visual and Performing Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17Social and Behavioral Sciences . . . . . . . . . . .18Communications Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Our academic program doesn’t simply leave students to sink orswim—it helps them stay on track to achieve their academic goals. To start with, we assign every student an advisor. This faculty membermeets with a small group of students weekly in aliberal arts course designed to smooth the transi-tion from high school to college. Once you selecta major, faculty members from the appropriatedepartment advise you on specific requirementsand opportunities—from credit distribution tointernships and study abroad. ❧ The core of ourstrong undergraduate program consists of generaleducation requirements, many of which are prerequisites for advanced study in a major field. These include courses in English composition, literature, mathematics, physical eduation, foreign language, Western heritage, natural science,the arts, the humanities, and the social sciences. This breadthof exposure to many subjects helps you select a major and prepares you for global understanding and lifelong learning.

❧ Because UVa-Wise believes that every studentshould possess basic proficiency in both oral communi-cation and computer use, we have developed courses in each major that incorporate instruction in these areas. In nearly every career, the ability to speak in public, tointerview, and to use computers for communication andresearch will serve you well. ❧ The descriptions of ourdepartments on the following pages briefly describe theiracademic approaches and emphases; highlight somethoughts of our alumni; outline available research, intern-ship, and other opportunities; and list some of the manypossibilities for careers and graduate study that await you.You may not yet know what you want to do, but theimportant point is this: whatever you choose, you’ll be able to get there from here.

Rachel Tighe,

chair of communication

studies, discusses

research in relational

and family communica-

tion with a small group

of students. UVa-Wise

faculty members convey

immense enthusiasm for

their areas of interest.

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Gary Stratton, associate

professor of economics, makes

sure that students grasp key

concepts before covering new

material in the business

administration computer lab

in Smiddy Hall. UVa-Wise

offers free tutoring in a wide

range of subjects—including

computer assistance—to those

who need extra help.

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Offering both Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees with majors in accounting, business, and economics, the Department ofBusiness and Economics prepares students to take their place in the next generation of entrepreneurs and community leaders.The B.A. program provides excellent preparation for law schoolor a career in public administration; both the B.A. and B.S. programs prepare student for careers or graduate study in eco-nomics, accounting, finance, marketing, management, businessadministration, or business education. ❧ The Department’s faculty teach courses in economics, accounting, commerciallaw, marketing, management, finance, business computing,business education, and business statistics. ❧ Facultymembers advise students pursuing licensure in teachereducation, public accounting, law, or public administrationto ensure appropriate preparation for certification oradditional professional study. ❧ Introductory coursesgenerally have between 30 and 50 students; upper-division courses range from 3 to 30 students. ❧ TheDepartment sponsors a chapter of Phi Beta Lambda, a national association of students preparing for careersin business and business-related fields.

BUSINESS ANDECONOMICS

Scholarships and awards available to majors in theDepartment of Business and Economics:

• Alfred and Shirley Wampler Caudill Scholarship Fund

• Bank of America Scholarship Fund

• David W. Roane Award in Business Ethics Fund

• E.L.B. Scholarship Fund

• Lucien P. and Glessye Humphreys Scholarship Fund (athletes only)

• Napoleon Hill Foundation Scholarship Fund

• Norton Pepsi Cola/George Hunnicutt Family Scholarship Fund

• Samuel and Helen Gott Scholarship Fund

• South-West Insurance Agency Scholarship Fund (athletes only)

Graduate DegreesPursued by RecentUVa-Wise Alumni

Appalachian School

of Law, JD

King College, MBA

Northern Kentucky University,

Accountancy, MS

University of Tennessee, JD

Virginia Tech, MBA

Recent PositionsHeld by (and Employers of) UVa-WiseGraduates Include

Account Analyst,

Wachovia

Accountant,

Eastern Chemical

Assistant Director of

Off-Campus Programs

Attorney

Bank Manager

General Manager

High School Teacher

Manager, DuPont

Credit Union

President, CSE Financial

Senior Auditor,

Ernst and Young

Small Business Owner

Terminal Train Master,

Norfolk Southern

Town Manager

Training Consultant,

Allscripts Software

Majors:

• Accounting

• Business Administration

• Economics

Courses

AMONG THE DEPARTMENT’SNOTABLE COURSES, Keys to Success and Small BusinessInstitute are instrumental inteaching the principles ofbusiness administration. ❧OTHER COURSES include Man-agerial Accounting, Auditing,Federal Tax Accounting, Personal Finance, Principlesof Marketing, Applied StatisticalAnalysis, Conflict Management,Organizational Behavior,Strategic Management, Macroeconomic Principles,Economics of the Public Sector, Economics of Develop-ment and Growth, History ofEconomic Thought, and

International Finance. To pro-vide breadth, the Departmentbuilds its three major pro-grams on a business core ofstudy that includes requiredcourses in communications,spreadsheet analysis, account-ing, economics, and appliedstatistical analysis. Choosingfrom a range of major fieldcourses, students add depthin their chosen field of study.The Department’s capstonecourse, Business Simulation,gives all seniors in their finalsemester the opportunity to work in small teams that compete with other teamsaround the globe to run theirown virtual corporation.

Study Abroad

OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDY OF

BUSINESS IN OTHER COUNTRIES areavailable through the College’sbilateral agreement with theUniversity of Huelva in Huelva,Spain; and with MonterreyTech in Saltillo, Mexico, aswell as through Academic Pro-grams International inBudapest, Hungary; Grenoble,France; Rome, Italy; Galwayand Limerick, Ireland; Londonand Leeds, United Kingdom;and Barcelona and Seville,Spain. ❧ STUDY ABROAD IN ECO-NOMICS is available through theCollege’s bilateral agreementwith the University of Huelvain Huelva, Spain; and withMonterrey Tech in Saltillo,Mexico, as well as throughAcademic Programs Interna-tional in Budapest, Hungary;Grenoble, France; Rome; and London. ❧ INTERNATIONAL

STUDY IN ACCOUNTING is avail-able through Academic Pro-grams International inBudapest, Hungary; Grenoble,France; and London.

Internships

THE DEPARTMENT SPONSORS

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES thatgive Accounting, Business,and Economics students valu-able, real-world experience. ❧RECENT INTERNSHIP SITES HAVE

INCLUDED the Virginia PortAuthority and Sykes Enter-prise, Inc.

Facilities and Equipment

STUDENTS AND FACULTY WORK

TOGETHER in the Department's30-seat computer lab inSmiddy Hall to explore quan-titative solutions to real-worldbusiness problems. Severalprofessors offer online andhybrid courses that leveragethe enormous wealth of infor-mation available on the Inter-net for business study.

Employment Outlook

GRADUATES OF THE DEPARTMENT’SPROGRAMS begin careers in abroad range of industries andcommerce related to theirmajor fields. ❧ ACCOUNTING

MAJORS frequently begincareers working for CertifiedPublic Accountants or work-ing in accounting departmentsof medium- to large-scalecompanies. ❧ BUSINESS ADMINIS-TRATION MAJORS often find theirfirst jobs in corporate salesdepartments. ❧ ECONOMICS

MAJORS frequently begincareers with banks, financecompanies, investment com-panies, or government agen-cies. Employmentopportunities in cost analysis,intelligence, foreign tradeanalysis, public administra-tion, urban planning, securi-ties research analysis,underwriting, healthcareanalysis, and teaching offereconomics majors a broadrange of options.

“I was well prepared for graduate school. My graduate

program covered many of the same topics that I studied

while at UVa-Wise. I was able to make an easy transition,

thanks to my UVa-Wise professors. I finished my M.B.A.

with a 3.9 GPA.”

COURTNEY LEIGH CONNER ’04 B.S. in business administration

M.B.A., King College; assistant director of external programs, UVa-Wise

Contact us

Dr. David L. Kendall

Department Chair

Professor of Economics and Finance

Smiddy Hall 233

[email protected]

(276) 328-0284

Linda Meade

Department Secretary

Smiddy Hall 242

[email protected]

(276) 328-0185

HIGH ACHIEVEMENT. An unusually high

percentage of UVa-Wise accounting

majors pass the CPA exam each year.

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The Department of History and Philosophyoffers the Bachelor of Arts degree in history, aswell as minors in both history and philosophy. ❧ Instruction emphasizes analysis, critical think-ing, writing, and research skills, with courses taught by facultywho have been recognized for both their teaching and researchwith grants and awards. ❧ The Department participates activelyin the national history society, Phi Alpha Theta, which encouragesstudent research and writing; the society’s 2005 regional confer-ence was held on campus. ❧ The College’s Peake Honors Programis currently housed in the Department. ❧ The history curricu-lum forms part of teacher education at both the primary andsecondary levels; students interested in teaching middleand high school complete the history major along withother social science credits to earn state licensure, whilethose interested in elementary education complete a concentration as part of the Liberal Arts and Sciencesmajor. ❧ Graduates of the Department also go on to lawschool and graduate school, earning master’s degreesand doctorates in education as well as history, while oth-ers have combined history with degrees in business andadministration of justice, honing their communicationsskills and broadening their educational base.

HISTORY ANDPHILOSOPHY

Sample history courses include:

• History of Western Civilization

• Africa and the Slave Trade to 1800

• Intellectual History of Europe in the 19th Century

• Women in European History

• French Revolution and Napoleon

• Byzantium and Islam: The Medieval Mediterranean

• Appalachia

Sample philosophy courses include:

• Social and Political Philosophy

• Contemporary Moral Problems

• Art and Culture

• Theories of Knowledge

• Logic

• Philosophy of History

Employers of studentswith history degreesinclude:

Art galleries

Corporations

Cultural heritage organizations

Federal agencies, including:

The Smithsonian Institute

National Archives and

Records

Library of Congress

National Park Service

Historical societies

History museums and

historic sites

Law firms

Libraries

Newspapers

Public advocacy groups

Public and private schools

State and local agencies,

including:

Archives and libraries

Arts and humanities councils

Zoological parks, aquariums,

wildlife refuges, and bird

sanctuaries


Director of College Relations,

UVa-Wise

Lawyer

Philosopher

Professor,

Appalachian State University

Professor of History and

Philosophy, UVa-Wise

Vice Chancellor for

Enrollment Management,

UVa-Wise

Major:

• History

Minors:

• History

• Philosophy

Research Opportunities

STUDENTS LEARN TO UNDERTAKE

HISTORICAL RESEARCH in upper-division courses. Approximately20 students conduct inde-pendent research each year.Over the past three years,more than 20 students havepresented papers at the PhiAlpha Theta regional andnational conferences.

Study Abroad

OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE INTERNA-TIONAL STUDY OF HISTORY areavailable through the College’sbilateral agreement with theUniversity of Huelva inHuelva, Spain; and with Mon-terrey Tech in Saltillo, Mexico.

❧ THE STUDY OF BOTH HISTORY

AND PHILOSOPHY is availablethrough Academic ProgramsInternational in Krakow,Poland; Budapest, Hungary;and Rome, Italy. ❧ IN KEEPING

WITH ITS FOCUS ON PRIMARY

RESEARCH, the Departmentsponsors international travelexcursions that combine tourswith instruction and classwork. On the 60th anniversaryof the Allied invasion, stu-dents participated in a trip to the D-Day battlefields ofNormandy; another trip isplanned to Belgium.

Facilities and Technology

THE HISTORY ARCHIVES in theJohn Cooke Wiley library area useful resource for the

Department. ❧ BLACKBOARD

TECHNOLOGY is used for assign-ments and grades, web-basedinstructional materials, librarydatabases, and the digitizingof interviews conducted bystudents.

Faculty Publications

RECENT PUBLICATIONS by Historyand Philosophy Departmentfaculty include No OrdinaryCollege and Gone with theGlory:The Civil War in Cin-ema by Brian Steel Wills,Contested Borderland:TheCivil War in Appalachian Vir-ginia and Kentucky by BrianMcKnight, and Beyond Cata-strophe: German Intellectualsand Cultural Renewal afterWorld War II by Mark Clark.❧ FACULTY MEMBERS HAVE RECENTLY

PUBLISHED ARTICLES in The Jour-nal of Contemporary Historyand The Centre for Reforma-tion and Renaissance Studies.

Internships

HISTORY STUDENTS HAVE theopportunity to intern at theSouthwest Virginia Museum,which chronicles the historyof Big Stone Gap. ❧ OTHER

INTERNSHIPS—such as with the[historic??] Flowerdew Hotel—are also available.

Scholarships and Awards

UVA-WISE OFFERS funding forhistory students through theCVC History Fund, the WilliamF. Fraley history award, and theHeather Markusich award.

Employment Outlook

HISTORY GRADUATES have astrong outlook for employ-ment in teaching, as well as insuch careers as law, historicalpreservation, park service,and business administration.❧ STUDENTS WITH MINORS IN

HISTORY OR PHILOSOPHY have

useful background foremployment in social andcommunity service, religiousorganizations and ministry,education, government, medi-cine, law, journalism, andbusiness.

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“My time spent in the history department has benefitted

me greatly—especially the rigorous course load. I feel

extremely capable of succeeding here at Asbury Theological

Seminary, and I owe that in large part to my experiences

at UVa-Wise.”

SCOTT MCDANIEL ’06 History major

Contact us

Dr. Mark Clark

Department Chair

Associate Professor of History

Zehmer Hall 218

[email protected]

(276) 376-4576

Rhonda Bentley


Zehmer Hall 131

[email protected]

(276) 376-4586

SPECIAL TOPICS IN HISTORY. Upper-division

history courses include such unusual

titles as Media made Dixie, Nazism and

Fascism, and The Black Death.

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The Department of Language and Literatureoffers English and foreign language majors andthe opportunity to learn any of three foreign lan-guages, French, German, and Spanish. ❧ TheEnglish literature major is broad in focus and includescourses in American and English literature, ethnic literature,linguistics, and literary criticism. Students satisfy degreerequirements by choosing courses from various genres anderas, as well as a beginning and intermediate sequence in a language other than English. ❧ The Department’s foreignlanguage majors require four semesters of the major language,four semesters of another language, and upper divisioncourses focusing on culture and civilization, literature, andgrammar. ❧ Summer immersion programs are available inSpain, Mexico, and Austria. Further study abroad opportuni-ties are coordinated by the International Studies Office. Spanish majors may join the College’s chapter of the nationalSpanish honor society, Sigma Delta Pi.

LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Sample English courses include:

• Asian-American Literature

• Literature of the Fantastic

• Arthurian Literature

• Creative Writing

• History of the English Language

• Shakespeare

Sample French courses include:

• Introduction to French Culture

• Explication of Texts

• French Theater

Sample German courses include:

• The German Short Story

• The Age of Goethe

• German Conversation

Sample Spanish courses include:

• Introduction to Hispanic Civilization

• Colonial Latin American Literature

• Spanish for the Professions: Legal, Medical, or Business

Selected GraduateDegrees Pursued byRecent UVa-Wise Alumni

Clemson University,

English, MA

Indiana University

of Pennsylvania,

English, PhD

Ohio University,

Spanish, MA

The Ohio State University,

Hispanic Linguistics, MA

Radford University, MA

University of Richmond,

English, MA

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

and State University,

English, MA


Actor (in such films as

Big Fish, Dreamer,

Junebug, 28 Days,

Somersby, and

True Colors)

English instructor, South

Piedmont Community

College

High school English

instructor

High school Spanish

instructor

Instructor of English,

UVa-Wise

Instructor of Spanish,

Pikeville College

Instructor of Spanish,

UVa-Wise

Majors:

• English Literature

• Foreign Studies

• French

• Spanish

Minors:

• English

• French

• German

• Spanish

DOUBLE MAJORS. Students majoring in

a foreign language are encouraged to

pursue a second major to enhance their

education and expand job opportunities.

Barcelona, Granada, andCadiz, Spain.


THE DEPARTMENT HAS SPECIALIZED

FACILITIES that support learningin all of its majors, includingthe Writing Center and foreignlanguage laboratory. ❧ FACULTY

MEMBERS USE TECHNOLOGY suchas Blackboard to presentcourse material.

Student Literary Journal

THE JIMSON WEED, the studentliterary journal, is publishedtwice a year. It provides stu-dents with a venue in whichto express themselves artisti-cally and to demonstrate theircreative abilities. It also offersEnglish majors and minors theopportunity to gain experi-ence in the production of amagazine with the guidanceand instruction of an Englishfaculty member.

Employment Outlook

ABOUT 50 PERCENT of UVa-WiseEnglish majors enter graduateor professional school imme-diately after college. The needfor college graduates withexcellent communicationskills is increasing, and gradu-ates are in demand for careersin editing, marketing, publicrelations, and governmentalorganizations. Others choosecareers in law, education, andjournalism. ❧ FOREIGN LAN-GUAGE STUDENTS find a growingneed in career areas such asimmigration and naturaliza-tion, interpreting and transla-tion services, foreign newsbureaus, and sales and cus-tomer service departments.

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ALL STUDENTS COMPLETE AN ORIGI-NAL RESEARCH PROJECT in theSenior Seminar under theguidance of a faculty mentor.Students have presentedpapers at regional, national,and international conferences.❧ EACH YEAR, STUDENTS

PARTICIPATE in the Medieval-Renaissance Conferencefounded at UVa-Wise morethan 20 years ago. Promotingexchange and discussion in all disciplines of Medieval and Renaissance studies, theconference attracts papers and panelists from a widerange of scholars, as well asproviding a venue for studentscholars to present their own research.

Study Abroad

OPPORTUNITIES FOR LANGUAGE

STUDY ABROAD are availablethrough the College’s bilateralagreements with the CEU SanPablo in Seville, Spain, thePädagogische HochschuleNiederosterreich in Baden,Austria, the Tech de Monter-rey–Campus Saltillo in Saltillo,Mexico, the University ofHuelva in Huelva, Spain, andthe University of Istanbul inTurkey. ❧ INTERNATIONAL STUDY

is also available through Acad-emic Programs Internationalin Galway, Ireland; San José,Costa Rica; Krakow, Poland;Budapest, Hungary; Paris,France; Rome and Florence,Italy; London, England;

Honors

STUDENTS MAY BE NOMINATED

TO GRADUATE WITH HONORS inEnglish if they meet GPArequirements and submit adistinguished research paperin an upper-level English seminar. Spanish minors andmajors meeting GPA and creditrequirements will be invited to join Sigma Delta Pi, thenational Spanish honor society.

Travel Opportunities

SOME CLASSES ENHANCE CONTENT

WITH TRAVEL. Shakespeareclasses regularly travel to theBlackfriars Theater in Stauntonto see the plays they havebeen studying. A recent classon Holocaust literatureplanned a trip to the Holo-caust Museum in Washington.Students enrolled in “Londonin Literature” had the optionto participate in a springbreak trip to London led bythe course instructor.

Contact us

Dr. Kenneth Tiller

Department Chair

Associate Professor of English

Zehmer Hall 130

[email protected]

(276) 376-4587

Rhonda Bentley


Zehmer Hall 131

[email protected]

(276) 376-4586

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“My overall experience at Wise really prepared me for the

road that lay ahead. I was able to take advantage of several

opportunities—such as study abroad, research, and attend-

ing and presenting at conferences—that enhanced my aca-

demic experience. In addition, the faculty and staff at the

College were extremely helpful to me as I prepared to make

the transition to graduate school.”

ELLA SMITH ’04 Spanish and history major;

Spanish professor, Pikeville College

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Through the Department of Mathematics andComputer Science, UVa-Wise offers the onlyundergraduate software engineering program in Virginia. The Department also offers programsleading to degrees in computer science, management informa-tion systems, and mathematics. ❧ Class sizes range from asmany as 40 students in lower-level courses to between 4 and 20 students in upper-division courses. ❧ Majors in theDepartment benefit from partnerships between the Collegeand two high-tech employers with operations in the region—Northrup Grumman and CGI—which will recruit students for internships and research opportunities at their facilities. ❧ The employment outlook is outstanding, particularly for software engineering students, who will play a key role in business and industry for years to come.

MATHEMATICS ANDCOMPUTER SCIENCE

Software engineering courses include:

• Engineering Leadership

• Testing, Verification, and Validation

• Software Quality Assurance

Computer science courses include:

• Computer Networking

• Programming Languages

• Operating Systems

Management information systems courses include:

• Microeconomic Principles

• Applied Statistics

• Principles of Management

Mathematics courses include:

• Euclidian Geometry

• Set Theory

• Advanced Calculus


College of William and

Mary, PhD

George Mason University, MIS

North Carolina State

University, PhD

Strayer University, MIS

University of Virginia, MS

University of Kentucky, MA

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

and State University,

MS and PhD

Positions Held byStudents Entering theWorkforce after College

Assistant professor of

computer science, UVa-Wise

Associate professor of

math and computer

science, Pikeville College

Developer of aviation

software

High school math instructor

Information technologist

Manager of forecasting,

GlaxoSmithKline

Manager of

software development

Software developer

Senior engineer,

General Dynamics

UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY. The UVa-Wise

software engineering program gives

students access to courses not often

seen at the undergraduate level.

Majors:

• Mathematics

• Computer Science

• Management Information Systems

• Software Engineering

TIES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE areavailable through AcademicPrograms International inBudapest, Hungary; andRome, Italy. ❧ STUDENTS MAY

STUDY SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

through the College’s bilateralagreement with MonterreyTech in Saltillo, Mexico.

Employment Outlook

TECHNOLOGY JOBS will be abun-dant well into the future. Evenwith the outsourcing of somecomputer-related positions toother countries, jobs with stateand national government willremain in the U.S. ❧SOFTWARE ENGINEERING has beencalled the top job in thenation. Because software engi-neers solve problems for everyindustry that uses computers,combining a theoreticalknowledge of computers withprofessional skills, the demand

for sofware engineers is likelyto remain high. ❧ IN THE

REGION SURROUNDING UVA-WISE,CGI and Northrup Grummanwill hire from 600 to 800 tech-nology employees, with start-ing salaries between $50 and$60K. ❧ STUDENTS WITH A BACK-GROUND IN MATHEMATICS willcontinue to find positions inbusiness, banking, govern-ment, and education. Amongtheir areas of employment:research and development,data collection and informationanalysis, statistical processingcontrol, environmental analy-sis, and management. ❧MANAGEMENT INFORMATION

SYSTEMS is a perfect degree fora student who loves the chal-lenge of programming andtechnology but does not savorthe idea of taking hours ofhigher mathematics courses.This degree program is ablend of computer program-ming and business courses

leading to a greater under-standing of technology andthe business principlesnecessary to market suchtechnology. Graduates of thisprogram are well suited to discuss computing issues on a technical level when neededand to discuss the benefits of technology in layman’sterms for those who do notunderstand the jargon of thetechnology industry, enablingthem to work with software or data systems developers as communicators betweenclients and programmers.

Contact us

C. Alex Edwards

Department Chair

Assistant Professor of

Computer Science

Darden Hall 219

[email protected]

(276) 376-4568

Linda Davidson


Darden Hall 138

[email protected]

(276) 328-0184

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“Why Wise? I wanted to attend a college where I could take

advantage of the small class size, giving me an opportunity

to work closely and develop relationships with my professors.”

TODD MCREYNOLDS ’00 Computer information systems major,

Director of operations, Sykes


STUDENTS CAN PURSUE RESEARCH

opportunities with facultymembers, as well as withlocal IT employers. ❧ IN A

RECENT DEPARTMENT-FUNDED

PROJECT, a computer sciencestudent built a robot pro-grammed to respond to color stimuli.

Internships

UVA-WISE STUDENTS HAVE INTERN-SHIP OPPORTUNITIES at a numberof employers in the region,including CGI, NorthrupGrumman, Food City, and theDepartment of Mines, Minerals,and Energy. Internships rangefrom information technologyassignments to experienceshadowing software developers.


THE DEPARTMENT PLANS A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION ofthe original wing of its Sci-ence Center, which will housesoftware engineering labs andother facilities. ❧ THE CENTER

will be outfitted with the lat-est technology for the teach-ing of mathematics, computerscience, and software engi-neering. ❧ TWO COMPUTER LABS

contain more than 50 work-stations, five servers, and a64-node cluster, all operatingon a Gigabit Ethernet back-bone. Students have access toboth Windows and Linuxoperating systems. ❧ AMONG

THE INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS usedby UVa-Wise professors in theclassroom: Smartboard, Black-board, and PowerPoint.

Study Abroad

OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNA-TIONAL STUDY IN MATHEMATICS areavailable through AcademicPrograms International in Budapest, Hungary; andRome, Florence, and Syra-cuse, Italy. ❧ STUDY OPPORTUNI-

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The Department of Natural Sciences at UVa-Wisefocuses on immersing students in the primaryscientific literature from their first semester ofstudy. This helps our students determine if science is the right field for them early in their collegecareers. ❧ Students generally have the same professor in bothlectures and laboratories, ensuring coherent presentation ofmaterial and helping students cultivate a personal relationshipwith faculty members. Such personal attention encourageseffective mentoring, which often leads to research orinternship opportunities for students. ❧ Between 50and 70 percent of UVa-Wise biology and chemistrygraduates enter graduate or professional schools aftercompleting their degrees. In addition to careers in thehealth and teaching professions, fields in which ourgraduates can succeed include environmental law,genetic counseling, forensic science, and a variety ofmilitary fields.

NATURAL SCIENCES

Recent student-faculty research projects:

• Accumulation of heavy metals in sediments from a wetlandsystem constructed to treat acid mine drainage. To be pre-sented at the Geological Society of America conference inPhiladelphia, October 2006.

• Stress-level determination using microarray analysis of north-ern green frog (Rana clamitans melanota) populations onreclaimed mine areas. Published in Powell River ProjectResearch & Education Program, Blacksburg, VA, 2005.

• Patterns of speciation in Sempervivum. Presented to the Vir-ginia Academy of Sciences, 2004.

• Success of reclamation practices to support amphibian popu-lations. Presented to the 21st annual meeting of the Ameri-can Society of Mining and Reclamation, Morgantown, WV,2004.

• Using population genetics to understand land use patterns inthe southern Appalachians. Presented to the conference Part-ners in Science: Preserving the Natural Heritage of Southwest-ern Virginia, Wise, VA, 2004.

• The relationship between Betula uber and Betula lenta.Paper in progress.

• Ku and FA DNA repair pathways. Work in progress.

• Isolation and characterization of root endophytes fromherbaceous plants in the Appalachian forest. Work inprogress.


Campbell University,

Pharmacy, Pharm.D

East Tennessee State University,

Biochemistry & Molecular

Biology, MS

Eastern Virginia Medical

School, Medicine, MD

Emory University,

Chemistry, PhD

George Washington University,

Forensic Science, MS

Georgia Institute of Technology,

Applied Biology, PhD

Pennsylvania State University,

Entomology, PhD

Philadelphia College of

Osteopathic Medicine,

Medicine, DO

Purdue University,

Chemistry, PhD

University of Alabama at

Birmingham,

Microbiology, PhD

University of Kentucky,

Physician Assistant, MS

University of Kentucky,

Toxicology, PhD

University of Tennessee,

Veterinary Medicine, DVM

University of Virginia,

Medicine, MD

Virginia Polytechnic and State

University,

Biological Sciences, MS


Aquatic biologist

Ecologist

Environmental Inspector,

Forensic scientist

High school teacher

MRI technician

Organ transplant coordinator

US Army (unknown field)

US Navy (Naval Surface Warfare

Center, Dahlgren Division)

Virginia State Police

Majors:

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Environmental Science

• Medical Technology/Clinical Laboratory Science

Additional Courses Offered:

• Science Education

• Physics

• Geology

• Geography

• Astronomy

Internships

UVA-WISE STUDENTS HAVE INTERN-SHIPS WITH LOCAL COMPANIES AND

ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SCIENCES.Examples include the U.S. For-est Service, U.S. Fish & WildlifeService, Environmental Moni-toring, Inc., Appalachian Tech-nical Services, and Park AvenuePhysical Therapy. Students gainvaluable experience in fieldsampling, laboratory analysis,and data analysis, and receivehands-on technical instructionin their prospective profes-sional fields. ❧ THE DEPARTMENT

ALSO HOUSES THE OFFICES OF U.S.FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND

SURFACE MINING. Positions arealso available with VISTA andAMERICORPS. These positionsprovide students with opportuni-ties in ecology, conservation biol-ogy, and environmental science.

Study Abroad

OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL

STUDY in the natural sciencesare available through Acade-mic Programs International inKrakow, Poland; Rome andSyracuse, Italy; Cork, Galway,and Limerick, Ireland; andLeeds, United Kingdom.


STUDENTS CAN WORK WITH SCI-ENCE FACULTY ON INDIVIDUAL

RESEARCH PROJECTS, many ofwhich lead to publication orconference presentations. ❧EACH YEAR, THE FELLOWSHIP IN

THE NATURAL SCIENCES (FINS)PROGRAM provides studentswith competitive summerresearch fellowships. Theseinclude a stipend and direct,

intensive mentoring by a faculty member in the sci-ences. FINS students under-take independent researchprojects that build on currentscientific knowledge.


THE DEPARTMENT HAS SEVERAL

STATE-OF-THE-ART LABORATORIES

equipped to carry out a widerange of modern molecular,chemical, and biochemicaltechniques, as well as tradi-tional field equipment forboth terrestrial and aquaticstudies. ❧ SPECIALIZED EQUIP-MENT AVAILABLE FOR STUDENT USE

includes high-speed cen-trifuges, a scanning electronmicroscope, a fluorescentmicroscope, thermocyclers,UV/fluorescence spectropho-tometers, IR spectrometers, a GC, an HPLC, an electro-chemical workstation, an AAspectrometer, a functionalNMR capable of proton andcarbon analyses, and equip-ment for horizontal/verticalelectrophoresis and gel analy-ses. ❧ THE DEPARTMENT ALSO

MAINTAINS an observatory withcomputer-controlled tele-scope, a herbarium, and anatural history museum andteaching collection.

Technology

TECHNOLOGY IS INTEGRATED INTO

NATURAL SCIENCES CURRICULA

BEGINNING IN THE FIRST AND SEC-OND YEARS OF STUDY. Resourcesavailable to students includesearch engines for primaryscientific literature andDNA/proteins, software forstatistical analysis, gel imaging,visualizing molecule structures,producing publication-qualitygraphs, oral presentations, andopen-ended simulation soft-ware packages in molecularbiology, genetics, and ecology.

Employment Outlook

BIOLOGY GRADUATES find careerpaths in research, education,health care, biotechnology,and environmental manage-ment and conservation. Theycan expect increasing oppor-tunities in biotechnology and molecular biology in particular, as well as growingemployment openings withfederal government agencies.❧ THE JOB MARKET FOR TRADI-TIONAL CHEMISTS, as reported bythe American Chemical Soci-ety, shows anticipated growthin the petrochemical fieldsand decline in the pharma-ceutical industries. Nearly halfof new graduates will enter amanufacturing industry. ❧ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE GRADUATES

establish careers in many ofthe same fields as those withbiology and chemistry degrees.Employers include govern-ment agencies and businesses,with a strong outlook forpositions with private-sectorconsulting firms.

“UVa-Wise has one of the best and strongest science depart-

ments in the state. I wanted a program that would challenge

and prepare me for future work in the natural sciences. . . . In

my graduate work in forensic science, I have discovered that

I have a range of background knowledge that many students

in my classes do not have.”

LORA WHARTON ’06 Chemistry and government double major

Contact us

Kevin P. Jansen

Department Chair

Associate Professor of Biology

Science Center 136

[email protected]

(276) 376-4657

Brenda Whitaker


Science Center 111

[email protected]

(276) 328-0203

TEACHING EXPERIENCE. Students gain

valuable experience as teaching assis-

tants in introductory lab courses, as

well as in the campus tutoring program.

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The College’s Department of Education has along history of preparing students for rewardingcareers in teaching. Many of the teachers, princi-pals, and superintendents in Wise County aregraduates of the program, and most have taken courses at UVa-Wise. ❧ In addition to the Department’s requirements,students must complete state requirements in order to receivea teaching licensure. ❧ Majors are eligible for membership in the Student Virginia Education Association (SVEA),which sponsors an annual conference. ❧ The UVa-Wiseeducation program is one of the top two or three in thenation(?) in which students can complete the major infour years. ❧ A high percentage of our graduates findteaching positions after graduation; others fill administra-tive jobs as principals and guidance and career counselors.

EDUCATION

Financial assistance available to majors in the Department:

• Virginia School Loan program funds

• Math/Science scholarships

• Poor Farm scholarships for education majors

Sample education courses include:

• Introductory Experiences in Teaching

• Foundations and Development of American Education

• Characteristics of the Learning Disabled

• Psychoeducational Diagnosis

• Tests and Measurements

• Educational Technology

• Classroom Management and Discipline

• Current Trends and Legal Issues in Special Education

• Problems in Education

• Teaching Internship

UVa-Wise professors inthe Department whoreceived their degreesthrough the UVa-Wiseteacher education program include:

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Greeked Name

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Greeked Name

Employers of studentswith teacher educationdegrees include:

Elementary, middle, and

secondary schools

Day care centers

Boards of Education

Four-year colleges

and universities

Technical schools

Hospitals

Museums

Professional associations

Marketing companies

Bookstores

Publishers

Federal government agencies

State and local government

Mental health clinics

Community recreation centers

Areas of study:

• Education

• Health Education

• Library Media

• Physical Education

Additional Courses Offered:

• Science Education

• Physics

• Geology

• Geography

• Astronomy

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Teacher Education Program

STUDENTS SEEKING A LICENSE TO

TEACH IN VIRGINIA PUBLIC

SCHOOLS must be admitted tothe Teacher Education Pro-gram (TEP). ❧ CURRICULAR

REQUIREMENTS for teacher educa-tion include general educationrequirements, requirementsfor one of the majors offeredby the College, specific teach-ing endorsement requirements,professional studies require-ments, and a teaching intern-ship. Students who plan toteach at the Pre-K-6 level mustcomplete a major in the lib-eral arts and sciences.

Study Abroad

OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNA-TIONAL STUDY in teacher trainingand education are availablethrough UVa-Wise programsat Padagogische Akademie of Baden in Baden/Vienna,Austria; at CEU College inSeville, Spain; and at Monter-rey Tech in Saltillo, Mexico.

Special Opportunities

MEMBERS OF THE STUDENT

VIRGINIA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

(SVEA) work with a UVa-Wisefaculty member to developlearning activities and strate-gies, which they may present

at the national SVEA EarlyChildhood Conference. TheCollege’s SVEA program hasearned top honors at the state level. ❧ SVEA SPONSORS

COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENTS

throughout the year. Recentevents have included a cele-bration of Dr. Seuss’s 102ndbirthday to promote reading,with education students pro-ducing plays and hostingactivities for local children,and a character parade withgames, titled “Funtasia,” atwhich funds were raised to buy clothes and toys forneedy children.


THREE LABS ARE AVAILABLE toeducation students: a curric-ula lab, a math-science lab,and a testing lab. ❧ ALL TEACH-ING FACULTY use Blackboardsoftware in their courses. ❧BEGINNING THIS YEAR, SmartBoards will be available to all education majors to help them prepare for internships and lessons.

Internships

STUDENTS COMPLETE their classobservation and student-teaching requirements throughplacement in local publicschools. ❧ INTERNSHIP SITES

HAVE INCLUDED local schools inWise County, Dickenson,County, Lee County, ScottCounty, Russell County, andBuchanan County.

Employment Outlook

WHILE MATH-SCIENCE AND SPECIAL

EDUCATION TEACHERS are ingreatest demand, graduates ofthe College have found awide variety of teaching posi-tions in all local school dis-tricts, as well as in NorthernVirginia, Virginia Beach, Rad-ford, and Rockingham, NorthCarolina. ❧ ENTRY-LEVEL

SALARIES for teachers are typi-cally about 26,500 per year. ❧ TEACHERS MAY FIND EMPLOY-MENT not only in the K-12environment, but in highereducation, adult and continu-ing education, business andindustry, government, and thenonprofit sector. ❧ CAREER

OPTIONS include teaching,administration, and such special services as guidancecounseling, school socialwork, audiology and speechpathology, library/informationservices, special education,and curriculum supervision.

“I felt very well prepared upon graduating from Wise. In fact,

I was hired to my current job the week before graduation!

The language skills I gained in my Spanish classes and the

practical knowledge from my education courses have been

essential to my success in my career and have given me the

confidence I’ll need as I begin postgraduate studies.”

SARAH A. DICKENSON ’01 Spanish major,

Elementary ESL teacher, Surry County Schools, North Carolina

Contact us

Dr. Jeffrey Cantrell

Department Chair

Professor of Education

Darden Hall 141

[email protected]

(276) 328-0186

Dr. Jewell Askins

Director of Teacher Education

Assistant Professor of Education

Darden Hall 139

[email protected]

(276) 328-0186

Linda Davidson


Darden Hall 138

[email protected]

(276) 328-0184

ESSENTIAL INFLUENCE. Enthusiastic and

energetic teachers perform an impor-

tant role in meeting the needs of the

nation’s children.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Internships

BETWEEN THEIR JUNIOR AND

SENIOR YEARS, all UVa-Wisenursing students have oppor-tunities for paid internships in local hospitals, includingWellmont Holston Valley Hos-pital, Bristol Regional MedicalCenter, Johnston MemorialHospital, and Norton Commu-nity Hospital.


THE DEPARTMENT IS SUPPORTED bythe Clinical Nursing ResourceCenter, the Health AssessmentLab in the Science Center, acomputer lab opened in con-junction with the Departmentof Language and Literature,multiple computer-assistedinstructional modules, severalmannequins, and softwareincluding SIM MAN and SIM

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The Department of Nursing provides a program of studyleading to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree.❧ Fully approved by the Virginia State Board of Nursing, theprogram has also been granted unconditional accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. ❧ Twotracks are available: the RN to BSN Program, which allowsworking registered nurses to complete the BSN degree; andthe four-year Pre-Licensure Program, which prepares studentsto take the National Council Licensure Examination. ❧ TheDepartment’s mission is to provide students with a strong liberal arts background along with preparation for advancedpractice nursing and graduate study.

NURSING

Contact us

Dr. Debra L. Carter, RN, Ed.D, FNP

Department Chair

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Darden Hall 119

[email protected]

(276) 376-1030

Brenda Whitaker


Science Center 111

[email protected]

(276) 328-0203

BABY. ❧ LAPTOP COMPUTERS areavailable specifically for nurs-ing students, and professorsoften use Blackboard in theirteaching.

Field Opportunities

NURSING STUDENTS have recentlyassisted with hearing andvision screenings in localschools. They have alsoworked with Rural AccessMedicine, a program offeredby UVa that provides medicaland dental care for uninsuredfamilies that could not other-wise afford medical care.

Scholarships and Awards

NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS includethe College’s Strunk Scholar-ships, awarded in variousamounts to as many nursingstudents as possible. Johnson& Johnson also offers severalnursing scholarships. ❧ HONOR

AWARDS are presented annuallyby UVa-Wise faculty to nurs-ing students. The OutstandingGraduate in Nursing Award,the Velta Holyfield MemorialScholarship, and the KarenDenice Lane Nursing ChallengeAward recognize studentexcellence. ❧ EXCEPTIONAL

STUDENTS may be invited to jointhe Beta Kappa Chapter ofSigma Theta Tau, the Interna-tional Honor Society of Nurs-ing. The Society strives toadvance the learning and pro-fessional development of itsmembers.

Study Abroad

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INTERNA-TIONAL STUDY in nursing is available through the College’sprogram at the University ofHuelva in Spain.

Employment Outlook

WITH A NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE ofnurses, the job outlook fornursing graduates is promis-ing. In addition to working inhospital environments, RNscan find employment in otherarenas, including pharmaceu-tical sales, school systems,corporations, and social serv-ice agencies. ❧ RECENT NURSING

GRADUATES OF UVA-WISE havefound positions as family nursepractitioners, nursing instruc-tors, community health nurses,intensive care nurses, emer-gency room nurses, pediatricnurses, and OB/GYN nurses.

“The knowledge base I have now is much more than I had

before completing my bachelor’s program. I would recom-

mend this nursing program to anyone who is serious about

a career in the field of nursing. UVa-Wise has very high stan-

dards, and I feel that this will be a good tool for my career.”

BRANDY M. MCCARROLL ’06, RN, BSN Nursing major,

Director of infection control, Employee Health and Education,

Mountain View Regional Medical Center

Majors and Minors:

• Art

• Theatre

• Music (beginning fall ’07)

VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS

Contact us

Suzanne Adams-Ramsey

Department Chair

Associate Professor of Art

Darden Hall 241

[email protected]

(276) 376-4579

Linda Davidson


Darden Hall 138

[email protected]

(276) 328-0184

Internships

UVA-WISE THEATRE MAJORS haveheld internships with theBarter Theater, Disney, and theTrail of the Lonesome Pine.


STUDENT AND FACULTY ART isexhibited throughout campus.❧ STUDIOS AND DARKROOMS areavailable for student use, andone studio is dedicated to avisiting artist, whom studentscan observe at work, consult,and with whom they canschedule critiques. ❧ THE

COLLEGE THEATRE will soonundergo an $11 millionexpansion and renovation,which will allow expandedcourse offerings and strengthenthe music and theatre programs.

Technology

MANY OF THE DEPARTMENT’S ART

COURSES use Blackboard as ateaching tool. ❧ DEDICATED

HIGH-TECH EQUIPMENT is avail-able for lighting and soundwork in theatre productions.❧ ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS

to an electronic keyboard laband a dedicated sound record-ing computer station.

Opportunities

THE HIGHLAND PLAYERS, a stu-dent organization, sponsorstheatre-related events and pro-grams. ❧ THE DEPARTMENT

SPONSORS from two to four per-formances per year. Anywherefrom 8 to 40 students partici-pate in these productions,some of which are touredregionally. ❧ STUDENTS HAVE

OPPORTUNITIES to attend theatreconferences and regional performances each year. ❧THE DEPARTMENT’S STRONGEST

STUDENTS are eligible for aca-demic merit scholarships. ❧THE MARCHING HIGHLAND CAVA-LIERS, which debuted in Fall2006, is but one of 11 musicalensembles at UVa-Wise that

perform a broad range ofchoral and instrumental music,from Renaissance to jazz.

Study Abroad

OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNA-TIONAL STUDY in the arts areavailable through AcademicPrograms International inRome, Florence, Syracuse,and Tuscania, Italy; London;and Bilbao, Spain.

Employment Outlook

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ART

MAJORS include freelancedesigner/illustrator, graphicdesigner, studio artist or pho-tographer, art teacher, artdirector, and museum orgallery curator. ❧ RECENT

GRADUATES have found posi-tions as art instructors, profes-sional photographers, Webdesigners, and art therapists.❧ THEATRE MAJORS acquireskills that are applicable to

many vocations, especiallythose involving planning,organization, teamworking,budgeting, and managementskills. ❧ JOB TITLES AMONG

RECENT THEATRE GRADUATES haveincluded production assistant,Barter Theater; sound engi-neer, Barter Theater; characteractor, Walt Disney WorldResorts; and production tech-nician, Orlando EntertainmentComplex. ❧ MUSIC GRADUATES

pursue a variety careers thatinclude church music, per-formance, PreK-12 teaching,conducting, composition andorchestration/arranging.Majors are also prepared toseek future graduate study in music.

17DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS

Offering majors in art, theatre, and music leading to the Bache-lor of Arts degree, the Department of Visual and PerformingArts also offers production courses, open to all students, inmusical performance, dance, art, and theatre. ❧ Art majors cantake studio courses in various media—including painting,drawing, printmaking, photography, stained glass, and ceram-ics—with seminars tailored to their area of interest. ❧ TheDepartment’s small size allows students to participate in majortheatre productions early in the College careers. It also freesthem from the need to specialize in a subdiscipline, affordinga more comprehensive understanding of theatre. ❧ Music studentsbenefit from the individual attention of our expert faculty and acomprehensive curriculum that emphasizes solo and ensembleperformance, music scholarship, basic piano proficiency forall majors, and experience in orchestration, arranging, and con-ducting. An optional track in music education leads to Virginiateacher licensure in choral or instrumental music, PreK-12.

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The Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences offers Bachelor of Arts degrees inadministration of justice and government andBachelor of Science degrees in psychology andsociology. Students may minor in any of the four disciplinesas well. ß Special topics courses—with such titles as Terror-ism, Serial Killers and Their Victims, Christian Political Theory,and Early American Political Thought—focus on topics ofpotential interest to all of the Department’s majors. ❧ Facultymembers and students often collaborate on research, and students have attended national conferences to help presentfindings. ❧ Internships are prevalent, especially in conjunctionwith senior capstone courses. ❧ Beyond its degree-granting pro-grams, the Department offers a program leading to secondaryschool teaching certification. ❧ Psychology majors have the oppor-tunity to join Psy-Chi, the national psychology honor society.

SOCIAL ANDBEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Administration of justice courses include:

• Criminology

• Judicial Process

• Deviance and Social Control

Government courses include:

• Western Heritage of Politics

• Advanced Public Administration

• International Relations

Psychology courses include:

• Individual Difference and Cultural Diversity

• Behavior, Mind, and Brain

• Adolescent Development

Sociology courses include:

• Community and Social Change

• Labor and Unions

• Appalachian Seminar


Argosy University,

Clinical Psychology, PhD

The College of William

and Mary, JD

East Tennessee State

University,

Counseling, MS

George Mason University,

Social Work, MA

George Washington

University,

Forensic Science, MS

Radford University,

Experimental

Psychology, MS

University of Virginia,

Clinical Psychology, PhD


Attorney general,

Commonwealth of Virginia

Case manager

Clinical psychologist

Family counselor

General district court judge

Lawyer

Special agent, Office of

Homeland Security

Substance abuse counselor

POSTGRADUATE STUDY. Forty percent

of UVa-Wise psychology majors enter

graduate or professional school

immeditately after graduation.

Majors:

• Administration of Justice

• Government

• Psychology

• Sociology

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Faculty

FACULTY IN THE DEPARTMENT

hold research degrees frommajor U.S. and European Uni-versities (George Mason Uni-versity, Indiana University ofPennsylvania, Rutgers Univer-sity, Texas A&M, University ofPittsburgh, University of SanFrancisco, Virginia Tech, Uni-versity of Bucharest) and havelectured around the world. ❧ THE DEPARTMENT’S CHAIR,Professor Garrett W. Sheldon,has published nine books,lectured at Oxford University,Moscow University, and theUniversity of Vienna–Austria.He received the OutstandingFaculty in Virginia Award andhas advised the White House.

Study Abroad

OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNA-TIONAL STUDY in the social andbehavioral sciences are avail-able through the College’sbilateral agreements with theUniversity of Huelva in Spainand through Academic Pro-grams International in Krakow,Poland; Budapest, Hungary;Rome and Florence, Italy; Gal-way and Limerick, Ireland;London, United Kingdom; andSeville, Spain.

Employment Outlook

A BROAD SPECTRUM OF CAREER

OPPORTUNITIES is available tothe Department’s majors, andthe liberal arts backgroundthey receive at the Collegeprepares them to adapt to awide range of jobs. ❧ THE

PRESENCE OF SOCIAL CONDITIONS

such as substance abuse,mental illness, prison over-crowding, and terrorism

ensures that job opportunitiesfor graduates will remainabundant. ❧ GOVERNMENT

MAJORS find careers with lawfirms, government agencies,political action committees,universities, corporations, andnews media. ❧ PSYCHOLOGY

MAJORS are hired by suchemployers as government,hospitals, corporations, adver-tising firms, universities, retailestablishments, and marketresearch firms. ❧ SOCIOLOGY

MAJORS are employed in manyof these same areas, as well asby correctional institutions,halfway houses, and insurancecompanies. ❧ ADMINISTRATION

OF JUSTICE MAJORS enjoy many ofthe above career options, aswell as the potential for careersin local, state, and federalcourts; law firms; corporatelegal departments; and publicinterest law organizations.

Contact us

Dr. Garrett Sheldon

Department Chair

John Morton Beaty Professor

of Political Science

Smiddy Hall 210

[email protected]

(276) 328-0274

Linda Meade


Smiddy Hall 242

[email protected]

(276) 328-0185

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“Throughout my career here at UVa-Wise I have learned orga-

nizational, professional, and interpersonal skills among

many others that I believe will be vital to the success of my

future employment and endeavors. UVa-Wise has really

broadened my horizons in ways I would never have thought

conceivable when I first started college.”

MARIAN RACHEL A. TORRES ’07 Government and history major


RESEARCH MADE POSSIBLE by the NeuroCognitive Scienceslaboratory has led increas-ingly to faculty presentationsat national and internationalconferences. Students havecollaborated on this research,attended a number of confer-ences, and been involved inthe presentations.

Internships

STUDENTS HAVE GAINED HANDS-ON

EXPERIENCE working in a coun-seling center with a licensedcounselor. ❧ SOCIOLOGY STU-DENTS considering social workas a major might shadow staffmembers or find internshipsat the Department of SocialServices, abused women’sshelters, or other agencies. ❧RECENT STUDENTS HAVE HELD

SUMMER INTERNSHIPS in Virginia’sattorney general’s office andlaw enforcement internshipswith Henrico County Police.


THE NEUROCOGNITIVE SCIENCES

LABORATORY is equipped toallow psychology students towrite stimulus presentationprograms for both auditoryand visual stimuli. Using theNeuroscan bioamplifier withEEG SCAN, ANALYZE,SOURCE, and STIM software,students record and analyze32 channels of EEG activityfrom test subjects engaged inphysical or mental tasks. ❧A BIOPAC BIOAMPLIFIER allowsfor analysis of physiologicaldata such as electromyogra-phy, electroocular, electroen-cephalography, respiration,heart rate, electrocardiograph,and polygraph recordings. ❧THE DEPARTMENT ALSO HAS SOFT-WARE PROGRAMS that analyzeMRI and fMRI images andmorphology data, and conver-sion software to prepare rawmagnet data for analysis.

Major:

• Communications


EVERY STUDENT COMPLETES AN

ORIGINAL RESEARCH PROJECT withthe assistance of a facultymentor, who acts as advisorand coinvestigator. ❧RESEARCH TOPICS HAVE INCLUDED

“Appalachian Speech: Atti-tudes Toward a BackwoodsDialect,” “Representations ofMothers in Television andFilm,” “Hurricane Katrina:Front-Page Newspaper Por-trayals of African-Americans,”“The Art in Remixed Music,”and “Analysis of Male Bond-ing Through Verbal Abuse.”

“At UVa-Wise, learning is

not limited to the bound-

aries of the classroom. It

extends throughout the

college community. The

faculty, staff, and adminis-

tration want their students

to succeed and are willing

to help in any way possible.”

LISA BAKER WEBSTER ’96 Assistant Professor

of Communication Studies,

Radford University

With a major in communication studies leading to the Bachelorof Arts degree, the Department of Communication Studiesoffers a range of courses that focus on imparting informationand persuading through public speaking and writing. ❧ Thecommunications major is ideal for students with career goalsin journalism, education, broadcasting, law, and other profes-sions. A minor is available as well. ❧ The program’s small sizeenables students to gain a well-rounded view of the field bystudying various aspects of journalism, mass media, interper-sonal, and business communication. ❧ Communication studiesmajors may join the national communication honor society’sRho Xi chapter on campus.

COMMUNICATION STUDIES

Contact us

Dr. Rachel Tighe

Chair of Communication Studies

Zehmer Hall 123

[email protected]

(276) 376-1089

Rhonda Bentley


Zehmer Hall 131

[email protected]

(276) 376-4586

Study Abroad

OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNA-TIONAL STUDY in communica-tions are available throughAcademic Programs Interna-tional in Grenoble, France;Rome, Italy; London; andSeville, Spain.


THE DEPARTMENT IS SUPPORTED

by the Oral CommunicationsLab (a tutoring center forspeech students), a televisionstation, and a radio station.

Internships

UVA-WISE STUDENTS PARTICIPATE

IN COMMUNICATIONS INTERNSHIPS

throughout the state. Intern-ship sites have included Norton Community Hospital,Coalfield Progress, VirginiaPort Authority, Johnson CityCardinals, and the College’sown Office of Student Affairs,College Relations Office, andOffice of Admissions andFinancial Aid.

Student Newspaper

THE HIGHLAND CAVALIER, theCollege’s student-publishedweekly newspaper, presentsinformation relevant to thestudent body—from campusevents and news to sports,entertainment, and editorials.Produced with the oversightof a communication studiesfaculty member, the newspa-per offers all UVa-Wise students an opportunity tocultivate journalistic style and professionalism.

Employment Outlook

THE DEMAND FOR COMMUNICATION

MAJORS IS RISING with theincreasing prevalence of com-munication-oriented fields.The advanced writing andspeaking skills of the Depart-ment’s graduates are essentialin the workplace. ❧ AMONG

THE JOBS HELD BY RECENT GRADU-ATES: college admissions coun-selor, human resources trainer,Web designer, public relationsassociate, sales representative,and career counselor. ❧ALUMNI HAVE PURSUED GRADUATE

DEGREES at East TennesseeState University, Penn StateUniversity, James MadisonUniversity, and University of Alabama.

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Now that you have a feel for the wealth of academic options

available to you at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise,

I want to leave you with some thoughts on the education you

are about to pursue.

At UVa-Wise, a belief in human possibilities and a committed

faculty enables us to help students grow to their maximum

potential.We don’t expect our applicants to rank at or near the top

of their high school classes as a precondition for admission.

Instead, we seek to train the intellect and quicken the conscience

of students who have the potential to earn a degree and make a

positive difference in their communities.

If you have character, intellectual curiosity, and determination,

you’re likely to thrive at UVa-Wise. Our size gives every student

the opportunity for leadership—ways to develop their talents, hone

their instincts for service, and apply their learning toward the

greater good. Such experience not only refines leadership qualities,

but also builds the integrity essential to a healthy society.

We sincerely believe that this institution can prepare young

people who will step forward to lead their communities, their state,

and their nation in the challenging times that lie ahead.With a

UVa-Wise education, you can be among them.

Gil Blackburn

Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor

CharacterFounded in 1954, UVa-Wise is a small public liberal-arts college of the University of Virginia.

RankingUVa-Wise is ranked by U.S. News &World Report among the nation’s toppublic liberal-arts colleges.

UVa Benefits• Graduates of UVa-Wise receive the pres-

tigious University of Virginia diploma.• Students have access to UVa’s library

resources.• UVa-Wise recruits outstanding faculty.• UVa-Wise hosts visiting scholars from

Charlottesville.

The Campus400 acres in the Town of Wise, locatedin the Appalachian Mountains of south-western Virginia.

Enrollment1,953 students; male-female ratio 43:57.

Curriculum27 majors, 26 minors, 8 pre-professionalprograms, 23 teaching licensures.

Faculty89 full-time; 83 percent hold terminaldegrees. Student-faculty ratio 17:1. 82percent of classes are taught by full-time faculty members.

AthleticsMember of the Appalachian AthleticConference in the National Associationof Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). About200 students participate in 7 men’s and 6 women’s programs.

OrganizationsMore than 45 clubs and student organiza-tions on campus.

Intramural SportsBest small-college program in the Southeast. 90 programs, including 34 basketball teams. Flag football teamscompete nationally. Half of all studentsparticipate in some intramural activity.

Cultural ActivitiesThe Pro-Art Association brings 10 to 15performances a year to campus. Pastgroups have included the Joffrey Balletand the Vienna Boys Choir. The Collegealso hosts a variety of lectures and special events throughout the year.

International StudyThrough the Connections program, UVa-Wise students can study at sisterinstitutions in Turkey and Spain. Summerexchange in France is also available.

Pre-Med ProgramOur rigorous program, paired with closefaculty advising, leads to high rates ofacceptance to medical school.

Residential LifeStudents may choose between traditionalresidence halls, suite-style living, town-houses, and apartments on campus.

Honor CodeAll students are expected to uphold theUVa-Wise honor code of respect andresponsibility.

Campus TechnologyMost residence hall rooms are wiredwith Ethernet connections. There are five easy-access computer labs on cam-pus. Free e-mail accounts are available to all students.

Counseling and Health ServicesOn-campus health care provided by Norton Community Hospital. Free per-sonal counseling is available on campus.

Financial Aid80 percent of our students qualify for some form of financial assistance,including federal and state grants, scholarships, student loans, and college employment.

Cost (2006-07)TUITION AND FEES:

Virginia residents: $5,692Out-of-state students*: $16,728

ROOM AND BOARD:

Room: $3,230Meals: $2,848

TOTAL COSTS PER YEAR(excluding books, travel, etc.):

Virginia residents: $11,770Out-of-state students: $22,806*Students from Kentucky and Tennesee should inquire aboutTuition Assistance Grant (TAG).

AdmissionAdmission to the College is moderatelyselective and offered on a rolling basis.Students may be admitted for fall, springor one of two summer terms. Freshmenapplicants should ask their admissioncounselor about the benefits of EarlyAction I and II dates. All applicants areencouraged to apply well in advance ofthe term in which they wish to enroll.

For More InformationOffice of AdmissionsThe University of Virginia’s

College at WiseOne College AvenueWise, VA 24293-4400

(276) 328-0102(888) 282-9324 (toll-free)www.uvawise.edu

State law requires all state colleges with campus police forces toreport crimes to the Virginia State Police. The figures are included inan annual report called “Crime in Virginia” and are also forwardedto the FBI as part of that agency’s Uniform Crime Reporting system.

UVa-Wise does not discriminate in any of its programs, procedures, or practices against a person on the basis ofage, citizenship, color, handicap, national origin, political affilia-tion, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a disabledveteran of the Vietnam era. The college operates equal opportunityand affirmative action programs for faculty, staff, and students.UVa-Wise is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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