The College of Professional Studies (CPS) at UWSP was created in the early 1970's to house many of the campus's pre-professional programs. With majors in CPS as diverse as education, interior architecture, dietetics, health sciences, health promotion, athletic training, or clinical lab sciences, you may wonder what we have in common.
Preparation for a profession is the answer. Pre-professional programs typically require a lot of supervised and graded practicum experiences/labs, where for instance, athletic training students actually tape ankles or education students tutor 6th graders. Practicums and labs help students to affirm their interest in the major (It is one thing to think you want to be in interior design and another to produce complicated designs for a nursing home). These hands-on experiences also help the faculty to see if the students can actually DO the job well, not just talk about it.
Pre-Professional majors require students to work a semester or longer actually on the job in an apprentice role, where they are graded by both University faculty and the practitioners under whom they work. This culminating experience is called different things by different majors: student teaching, internship, externship, or clinical experiences. CPS students achieve acceptance into prestigious internships at a rate higher than the national average.
Programs
Accounting, American Studies, Anthropology, Applied Mathematics, Aquaculture, Arabic, Army Reserve Officers Training Corps, Art, Art History, Astronomy, Athletic Training, Audiology, Bilingual/Bicultural Education, Biochemistry, Biology, Broadcasting, Business Administration, Cartography, Chemical Engineering and Technology, Chemistry, Child Development, Child Studies, Chinese, Choral Music, Clinical Laboratory Science, Coaching, Communication, Communication Disorders, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Cultural Studies, Cytotechnology, Dance, Dietetic Sciences, Drama, Early Childhood Education, Earth Sciences, Ecology, Economics, Education, Elementary Education, Engineering, English, English as a Second Language, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Law, Environmental Studies, Ethics and Society, Ethnic Studies, Family and Consumer Sciences, Family Support Studies, Film, Finance, Fine Arts, Fisheries, Food Science, Foreign Languages, Forest Technology, Forestry, French, Geographic Information Systems, Geography, Geology, German, Gerontology, Graphic Design, Health Education, Health Sciences, History, Home economics, Insurance, Interior Design, International Business, International Studies, Japanese, Jazz Studies, Journalism, Law, Law Enforcement, Learning Disabilities, Liberal Arts, Library, Life Sciences, Management, Marketing, Mathematics, Media Communication & Technology, Medical, Medical Technology, Microbiology, Military Science, Museum Studies, Music, Music Education, Music Performance, Music Studies, Musical Theatre, Native American Studies, Natural Resources, Natural Sciences, Nursing, Nutrition, Optometry, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Physical Education, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Public Relations, Real Estate, Religious Studies, Resource Management, Russian, Secondary Education, Social Sciences, Social Work, Sociology, Soil Science, Spanish, Theatre Arts, Therapeutic Massage, Urban Studies, Veterinary, Web Technologies, Wellness, Wildlife, Women and Gender Studies, Writing, Zoology
Campus type
Normal
Carnegie
Master's Colleges and Universities
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Address:
2100 Main Street
WI 54481 Stevens Point
Wisconsin
United States
Phone: (715) 346-0123
http://www.uwsp.edu
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Admissions office:
The UWSP Admissions Office
102 Student Services Center - 2100 Main Street
WI 54481Stevens Point
Wisconsin
United States
Phone: (715) 346-2441
Fax: (715) 346-3296
Email: admiss@uwsp.edu
http://www.uwsp.edu/admissions/
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