ARCHIVED 2023-2024 Graduate Catalog

REGULATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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Western Carolina University publishes two issues of The Record, the Undergraduate Catalog and the Graduate Catalog. Both describe academic programs, regulations, and policies. Find an online version at: catalog.wcu.edu. Electronic copies of the appropriate issues are made available to students registered at the university, high school principals and guidance counselors, college and university libraries, and public and private high schools and institutions of higher learning in North Carolina. Electronic copies are available from Graduate School and Research, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, 28723 (828-227-7398 or grad@email.wcu.edu).