Joint Undergraduate-Master’s Programs (JUMP) in Counseling

Upon receiving an email indicating acceptance to the program, JUMP students begin the JUMP Statement of Intent document signature process by first forwarding that acceptance invitation email from the Department of Counseling and Student Affairs to their Undergraduate Advisor. Next, they should go to https://www.wku.edu/graduate/documents/index.php, then under Matriculation, choose JUMP Statement of Intent. Information for Graduate Program Coordinator should include the Department of Counseling and Student Affairs JUMP Coordinator. Please contact the Department for details. The student should save the completed Statement of Intent once they receive a copy of it from the Graduate School. (Students should not contact the Department until they have  completed this and the next outlined step.)

After receiving a copy of the completed Statement of Intent, they should schedule a meeting with their Undergraduate Advisor to discuss how many graduate course/s would be appropriate to take within the next semester. This conversation should include consideration of the student's anticipated undergraduate course load, as well as what graduate courses would be applicable or allowed towards the undergraduate degree. (Some departments have restricted course electives.) JUMP in Counseling students may take the CSA graduate courses listed below. For further information see the CSA Course Offerings for descriptions of courses. Since focusing on their undergraduate degree is a priority, JUMP students are not advised to take more than one graduate class each semester unless approved by the Department of Counseling and Student Affairs Graduate JUMP Coordinator. Following meeting with their Undergraduate Advisor, the student should reach out to the CSA JUMP Coordinator to discuss which graduate class they will be taking in the upcoming semester/s.

The student will then add the course/s on the JUMP Exception Form and gain the Undergraduate Program Signatures. Upon the completion of the form, the student should email the completed JUMP Exception Form to the CSA JUMP Coordinator with subject line: “JUMP Exception Form Attached” while copying registrar@wku.edu, their undergraduate advisor, and undergraduate Department Head. The email should confirm that the student has met with their undergraduate advisor, and that they are seeking the CSA JUMP Coordinator’s approval of the Exception form and permission to reach out to the instructor of the respective course to register. (JUMP students are only permitted to enroll in residential course sections when there is an otherwise online section offered. The online section is reserved for the CMHC-digital pathway only.) The CSA JUMP Coordinator will upload it in the student's electronic folder.

APPLY TO GRADUATE SCHOOL DURING LAST SEMESTER OF UNDERGRADUATE !

Upon receipt of the form, the student should email the instructor of the graduate course with Subject Line: "JUMP Registration for CNS [123]." The Statement of Intent (received from Graduate School; see first step) should be attached; with the following email: I am CSA JUMP Student (800#) and would like to register for CNS 123:123. My undergraduate advisor and the CSA JUMP Coordinator have approved the course. Questions related to registering/dropping from courses and/or the JUMP should be directed to the CSA Office Coordinator.

JUMP students must apply to Graduate School (and select one of the counseling programs) by the Department’s application due dates. See https://www.wku.edu/csa/apply.php.

Not doing so will delay their entrance into the program by at least a semester. Upon applying to Graduate School, the student informs the CSA Admissions Coordinator.