Academics
The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. In addition, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help. Western Michigan University is unique in its study options. In particular, the university has a Accelerated Program, Cross-Registration, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, ROTC, Army, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification, Visiting/Exchange Student Program and Weekend College. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Learning Center, Pre-Admission Summer Program, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center.
The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Western Michigan University.
- Popular majors:
- twenty-four percent business per marketing, twenty percent education, seven percent communications per journalism, five percent social sciences
- History:
- History – General, Public History/Archives
- Health and Clinical Sciences:
- Community Health Services, Health Services – General, Health System Administration, Music Therapy, Nursing (RN), Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology, Substance Abuse Counseling
- Psychology:
- Psychology – General
- School of Visual and Performing Arts:
- Acting, Art – General, Art History/Criticism/Conservation, Dance, Drama/Theater Arts, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Jazz Studies, Music – General, Music – General Performance, Music Theory/Composition, Theater Design/Stagecraft
- Education:
- Art Teacher Education, Biology Teacher Education, Chemistry Teacher Education, Education of Emotionally Handicapped, Education of Mentally Handicapped, Elementary Education, English Teacher Education, Family/Consumer Sciences – Education, Foreign Language Teacher Education, French Teacher Education, French as Second/Foreign Language, Geography Teacher Education, German Teacher Education, Health Teacher Education, History Teacher Education, Latin Teacher Education, Mathematics Education, Music Teacher Education, Physical Education, Physics Teacher Education, Sales/Marketing Education, Science Teacher Education, Secondary Education, Social Science Teacher Education, Spanish Language Teacher Education, Technology/Industrial Arts Education
- Philosphy and Religion:
- Philosophy, Religion/Religious Studies
- Security and Protective Services:
- Criminal Justice Studies
- Public Administration and Service:
- Public Administration, Social Work
- Social Sciences:
- American Government/Politics, Anthropology, Economics, Geography, International Relations, Political Science/Government, Social Sciences – General, Sociology
- Computer Science:
- Computer Programming – Specific Applications, Computer Science, Computer/Information Sciences – General
- Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:
- Exercise Sciences, recreation & fitness – general
- English Language and Literature:
- Creative Writing, English Composition, English Language & Literature – General
- Foreign Language and Literature:
- French, German, Latin, Spanish
- Physical Sciences:
- Chemistry, Geochemistry, Geology, GeophysicsSeismology, HydrologyWater Resources, Physics
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences:
- Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Chem/Phys/Molecular Biology
- Multiple or Interdisciplinary:
- Global Studies
- Business, Management, & Marketing:
- Accounting, Business – General, Business Administration/Management, Finance/Banking, Financial Planning, Human Resources Management, Information Resources Management, Logistics/Materials Management, Management Science, Marketing Management, Nonprofit Management, Real Estate, Tourism/Travel Marketing
- Mathematics:
- Applied Mathematics, Mathematics – General, Statistics
- Communications & Journalism:
- Communications/Rhetoric, Journalism, Mass Communications/Media Studies, Public Relations
In addition, for international students, the application fee is 35. Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of May. The cost per credit hour (overall) was $506 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for need-based aid last fall.