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Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs . 8 School of Mass Communications . 20 School of World Studies . 25 School of Allied Health Professions . 47 School of the Arts . .84 . School of Business . 104 School of Dentistry . 122 School of Education . 129 School of Engineering . 159 School of Medicine . 177. School of Nursing . 215 . School of Pharmacy . 227 School of Social Work . 242 VCU Life Sciences . 252 . Graduate School . 263 Professional study . 285 Division of Community Engagement . 294 . Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Services . 297 Office of International Education . 304 Office of Research . 307 This bulletin is archived in PDF format at www .vcu .edu/bulletins . VCU Virginia Commonwealth University Monroe Park and MCV Campus 2010-11 Graduate and Professional Programs Bulletin Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Virginia Commonwealth University 1 Graduate and Professional Programs Bulletin 2010-11 Located in the heart of Richmond, the capital of Virginia since 1779, Virginia Commonwealth University serves an integral role in the economic health of the Academic program accreditation city and the state, educating the current and future work force, reaching out to the See the college/schools for detailed information about program accreditation. community, advancing research and enhancing patient care. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden-Sydney Specialized program accreditation or certification College, becoming the Medical College of Virginia in 1854. In 1968, the General Campus Police Assembly merged MCV with the Richmond Professional Institute, founded in 1917, to create Virginia Commonwealth University. Police Academy Certified by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services Today, VCU offers comprehensive undergraduate, master’s, doctoral and professional programs and encompasses one of the largest academic health centers Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Services in the nation. With more than $230 million in sponsored research funding, VCU is a nationally competitive research university. Its centers and institutes of excellence University Counseling Services support the university’s research mission and involve faculty from multiple American Psychological Association disciplines in public policy, biotechnology and health care discoveries. Student Health Services VCU enrolls more than 32,000 students in 209 degree and certificate programs in Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations the arts, sciences and humanities. Sixty-nine of the programs are unique in Virginia, many of them crossing the disciplines of VCU’s 13 schools and one Hospital accreditation college. VCU has a full-time instructional faculty of more than 1,900 who are VCU Health System nationally and internationally recognized for excellence in the arts, business, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations education, engineering, the humanities, the life sciences, social work and all the health care professions. With more than 18,000 employees, VCU and the VCU Health System also have a significant impact on Central Virginia’s economy. Oak Ridge Associated Universities Consortium VCU students and faculty can be found in locations around the state and around Since 1963, students and faculty have benefited from VCU’s membership in Oak the world. The School of Medicine and the School of Pharmacy have collaborated Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), a consortium of 87 colleges and with the Inova Health System in Northern Virginia to establish the VCU-Inova universities and a contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy. ORAU works Campus for third- and fourth-year medical and pharmacy students. And, the with its member institutions to help students and faculty gain access to federal university is in its ninth year of awarding bachelor’s degrees in graphic, fashion research facilities, to keep its members informed about opportunities for and interior design at the School of the Arts in Qatar. In 1998, the university and scholarship and research appointments and to organize research alliances among the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development its members. entered into an agreement to establish the school at the request of the Qatar Faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students may access a wide range of government. opportunities for study and research, including the Lindau-Nobel Laureates and VCU has been engaged in a long-range strategic planning effort that has resulted Powe Junior Faculty programs. Many of these programs are designed to increase in such initiatives as a visionary master site building plan, the Virginia the numbers of underrepresented minority students pursuing degrees in science- BioTechnology Research Park, the School of Engineering, University College, the and engineering-related disciplines. Carver- VCU Partnership for neighborhood development and VCU Life Sciences, For more information about ORAU and its programs, contact: a comprehensive undergraduate and graduate program incorporating all aspects of the university’s academic and clinical missions in teaching, research and public Dr. Francis L. Macrina, ORAU Councilor for VCU education. (804) 827-2262 VCU’s long-range planning also has sought to protect the future of the clinical health care mission, including providing top-quality patient care, indigent-care Ms. Monnie E. Champion, ORAU Corporate Secretary services and support for the teaching and research mission. As a result, the VCU (865) 576-2206 Medical Center, which includes the university’s health sciences schools, offers Or you may visit the ORAU Web site at www.orau.org. state-of-the-art care in more than 200 specialty areas, many of national and international note, including organ transplantation, head and spinal cord trauma, burn healing and cancer treatment. VCU Health System Authority VCU has been honored with a variety of prestigious national and international In April 1996, Gov. George Allen signed legislation that established the Medical recognition for its top-quality graduate, professional and medical-care programs, College of Virginia Hospitals Authority. Effective July 1, 1997, the operations, reflecting the commitment to be among America’s premier research universities employees and obligations of MCV Hospitals (formerly a division of VCU) were focused on student learning. transferred to the Authority. Three years later, in connection with legislation signed by Gov. James Gilmore, the MCV Hospitals Authority became the Virginia Administration Commonwealth University Health System Authority. The clinical activities of MCV Hospitals, MCV Physicians and the VCU School of Medicine are now VCU administration provides leadership and organizational structure for the coordinated and integrated by and through the VCU Health System. university, overseeing its goals and mission. Refer to each unit’s Web site for a The VCU Health System Authority is charged by statute with the missions of current listing of administrators. operating MCV Hospitals as teaching hospitals for the benefit of the schools of the Deans Health Sciences Division of VCU, providing high quality patient care and providing a site for medical and biomedical research, all of which missions are Deans provide leadership for their respective school or college. Refer to each required to be performed in close affiliation with the Health Sciences Division. unit’s Web site for a current listing of its deans, departmental chairs and program The VCU Vice President for Health Sciences also serves as the Chief Executive heads. Officer of the VCU Health System Authority, and five VCU faculty physicians serve as members of the Health System Board of Directors. Accreditation Virginia Commonwealth University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges Board of Visitors of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, The Board of Visitors is the voting body of Virginia Commonwealth University. master’s, doctoral and first professional degrees. SACS is located at 1866 Each year, the governor of Virginia appoints members. Refer to Office of the Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033; telephone: (404) 679-4500. President’s Web site for a current listing of board members. 2 Graduate and Professional Programs Bulletin 2010-11 Should the university fail to comply with the requirements of the act, the student Determination of student classification for in- has the right to file a complaint with the Family Policy Compliance Office, U.S. state tuition purposes Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202-5901. Tuition is determined by the number of credit hours