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nternatIonal

tudY Center

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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


o 4.5 IELTS

GPA 2.75 and above


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,




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.




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,




Y ENGINEERING PATHWAY PROGRAM CONTENT


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,



language couse


English language


MATH 117, MIS 180 and


language couses



language couses

ENGL 102, POLS 102,



language couse

Y BUSINESS PATHWAY PROGRAM CONTENT


2-SEMEStEr PrOGrAM

ENGL 101, POLS 101,

MGT 100, MATH 117 and


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



language couses

ENGL 102, POLS 102,



language couse


English language


MATH 117 and HIST 111

plus 4 English language

couses



language couses

ENGL 102, POLS 102,



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
















LS 101


EMEStEr HOUrS

intoduction to basic concepts,ctions, and pocesses o










EnGL 102


And LItErAtUrE

3 SEMEStEr HOUrS







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








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
















LS 101


EMEStEr HOUrS

intoduction to basic concepts,

ctions, and pocesses o










EnGL 102


And LItErAtUrE

3 SEMEStEr HOUrS







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








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)


o 4.5 IELTS

GPA 2.8 and above


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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ouSInG

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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.

ww.wiee.eu/campuslie/esiecelie/ocampus

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

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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

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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:

APPLY dIrECtLY

You can apply by contacting a Student

Enollment Adviso though the ollowing

website: www.wiee.eu/isc

APPLY LOCALLY

Submit you completed application om

and supplemental documents to you local

educational epesentative.

Futhe application oms ae available by

contacting us at the mailing o email

addess opposite.

APPLY BY MAIL

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Attention: Intenational Study Cente

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ABOUt tHESE PrOGrAMS

The Intenational Fist Yea and Pe-Mastes pogam

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.

Inomation given in this bochue is accuate at the

time o going to pess. The univesity cannot guaantee,

howeve, that all couses will be available in exactly

the om and detail descibed to students enteing the

univesity. It may pove necessay to vay the content

o availability o some couses beoe o ate studentshave been admitted. Othe inomation may also be

subject to change.

Fo updated inomation visit: www.wiee.eu/isc

EntrY rEqUIrEMEntS And PrOGrESSIOn GrAdES

Students can nd detailed enty euiements in the Admission

section at: www.wiee.eu/isc

Students can nd euied gades o pogession to the univesity

in the You degee section at: www.wiee.eu/isc

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