WSU

WSU

WSU


On the 25th of February I paid visit to the campus of Washington State University in Vancouver, Washington. Prior to this trip, I had not completed much research in related to my transfer. I had been on the campus a couple of times prior, as a visitor, but not regarding my own education. To put it plainly, this visit was the first glimpse of my near future in academics.
The day that I chose to visit the campus, it happened to be raining like crazy so I didn’t get a chance to take a guided tour. However, rain didn’t keep me from making my own way around as I, at least, got a pretty good idea where I would be spending most of my time as a student at WSU. I’ll talk about that in a minute, though.
The first thing I did was visit the Admissions office where I got an opportunity to sit down with an advisor who laid out a few things for me to get me rolling in the right direction. Wende Fisher was the name of the advisor who was nice enough to spend about a half hour going over applicant information and entry requirements. I told Wende that my major was Criminal Justice and that I want to be a juvenile probation officer. So she advised me that my goal at WSU would be to achieve a minimum of a Bachelors degree in Social Sciences. Since I didn’t come prepared with my unofficial transcripts, we didn’t get to configure my transferable credits or anything related. I learned, also, that as the only college in southwest Washington to offer a bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, WSU Vancouver balances the research emphasis of a large university with the commitment to teaching of a small liberal arts college. The Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences provides a series of options for students who wish to investigate the nature of society and how its structures and institutions affect individuals, groups, and communities. This sounds like something of interest to someone planning on going into the field of juvenile probation. The Social Science major requires...