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The Engineering and Applied Science Programs for Professionals of the Whiting School are offered at the Homewood campus in Baltimore, the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Montgomery County Campus in Rockville, the Dorsey Student Services Center near Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center in St. Mary’s County, the Washington Center in Washington, D.C., the Higher Education and Conference Center @ HEAT in Harford County, the Crystal City Center in Arlington, Virginia, and fully online. The educational and student facilities and services provided at each location are described below.

University identification cards are mailed to the home address of every registered student. The JCard acts as the university library card, which enables students to check out books from the Homewood Eisenhower Library or at any of the campus center libraries, and provides access to many computer laboratories. To replace a lost or stolen JCard, contact the JCard Office at 410-516-5121.

Official transcripts will be mailed upon written request of the student at no charge. Requests for transcripts should be addressed to the Office of the Registrar, 75 Garland Hall. Transcripts may also be ordered online from http://www.studentclearinghouse.org for a fee. For more information about each of these options, see http://www.jhu.edu/~registr/transcript.html.

Students may contact the International Student & Scholar Services at 410-516-1013. For more details please refer to the Admission Requirements section.

Johns Hopkins University is committed to making all academic programs, support services and facilities accessible to qualified individuals. Students with disabilities who require reasonable accommodations should contact the disability services coordinator, at 410-516-2270 or at jhep@jhu.edu.

In order to receive accommodations, it is important to provide to the university a comprehensive evaluation of a specific disability from a qualified diagnostician that identifies the type of disability, describes the current level of functioning in an academic setting and lists recommended accommodations. All documentation will be reviewed and reasonable accommodations will be provided based on the student’s needs. Students are required to contact the Engineering for Professionals office at least six weeks prior to the beginning of each semester to ensure that services will be available.

For questions or concerns regarding University-wide disability issues, contact Peggy Hayeslip, director, ADA Compliance and Disability Services, 410-516-8949, or phayeslip@jhu.edu.

 The JH Student Assistance Program (JHSAP) is a professional counseling service that can assist students with managing problems of daily living.  Stress, personal problems, family conflict, and life challenges can affect the academic progress of students.  JHSAP focuses on problem-solving through short-term counseling.  Accessing the service is a simple matter of a phone call to arrange an appointment with a counselor.  Office locations are conveniently located in the Washington/Baltimore corridor to meet the needs of our students.  Online students may call the number below for consultation and will be directed to the appropriate resource or office.   To contact JHSAP, call 443-997-7000 or toll-free 866-764-2317.  Additional information regarding the JHSAP services can be obtained at:  www.jhsap.org. JHSAP services are completely confidential. The program operates under State and Federal confidentiality legislation and is HIPAA compliant.

The JHU Weather Emergency Line can be reached at 410-516-7781 or 800-548-9004. The JHU Weather Emergency Line provides information on class and campus closing, due to inclement weather. The University may also use the same phone lines occasionally to distribute other urgent information. Announcements and closings will also be posted on the website: webapps.jhu.edu/emergencynotices.

JHED (Johns Hopkins Enterprise Directory) is the primary source for contact information of Johns Hopkins students. Your JHED login ID will be used for many web-based services, such as online registration, remote library access, and some course web sites. You may find your login ID and initiate your account by going to http://jhed.jhu.edu from a computer at any of the campuses or by calling 410-516-HELP. Once you have set a password, you may use JHED from anywhere by logging in. If you have any questions, contact Hopkins Information Technology Services at 410-516-HELP.

IT@Johns Hopkins (IT@JH) provides a number of resources that are useful to students. Brief descriptions are provided below. For more information, go to http://jumpstart.jhu.edu.

JHEM (Johns Hopkins Enterprise Messaging) is the official e-mail system recognized and used by the University to send campus news and announcements. All students are provided with a JHEM account and are required to set up their mailbox. If you have another e-mail account and prefer to use it, you can forward JHEM mail to that account. All e-mail sent to and from the University e-mail systems is scanned for viruses.You may access your JHEM e-mail account via a web interface at https://my.johnshopkins.edu or by using pop or imap protocols through an e-mail client such as Netscape Messenger, Outlook Express, or Eudora. Instructions are available online at http://it.jhu.edu/email/jhem/.

Jshare - JShare is a web-based utility intended to provide students with a personal, easy-to-use interface to upload, download, and share files to users both inside and outside of the Institutions.

Some features of JShare include, but are not limited to:
* 500 megabytes of file storage space for students and staff
* Secure file access from anywhere at any time
* Advanced collaboration and document management
* File sharing ability both inside and outside the Institutions
* Ability to email files as links to reduce the load on email systems
* Ability to create and maintain personal web sites

Visit http://www.it.jhu.edu/jshare/ for more information.

JHSecure - JHSecure is a flexible IPSec based remote access VPN solution, which allows members of the Hopkins communities to access computer resources located at Hopkins from remote locations. More information and download instructions can be accessed through the myJhed tab on the Johns Hopkins portal (https://my.johnshopkins.edu). NOTE: You must have an active JHED login to access this site.

Anti-Virus Policy - All devices vulnerable to electronic viruses must be appropriately safeguarded against infection and retransmission. It is the responsibility of every user to ensure that anti-virus protection is current and effectively implemented. Infected devices may be blocked and/or removed from the JH Network by IT@JH or appropriate departmental personnel.

On behalf of the Johns Hopkins Institutions, IT@JH has licensed Symantec AntiVirus, available for Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.

Johns Hopkins students may use this web site (http://it.jhu.edu/antivirus/) to download and use Symantec AntiVirus on computers owned by the University or Health System, or on personally owned computers, as long as they remain part of the Johns Hopkins community.

Personal use of the software must cease when the student leaves the University or Health System.

Download access is restricted to those with a valid JHED (Johns Hopkins Enterprise Directory) LID (login ID) and password.

The Homewood campus, located at 3400 North Charles Street in Baltimore, is grouped around two adjoining quadrangles. The Georgian architecture and wooded walkways and lawns make Homewood a pleasant retreat in a residential area of Baltimore.

• Libraries

The entire library collection of the Johns Hopkins University contains close to three million volumes; more than two million of these and one million microforms are available on the Homewood campus. Most of the Homewood collections are shelved in the Milton S. Eisenhower Library, which is open until 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and until midnight on the other days of the week.

Students are issued a JCard by the JCard Office upon registering. This card entitles them to use the Eisenhower Library and the Hutzler Reading Room (a 24-hour undergraduate library located in Gilman Hall). 

• Textbooks

For information regarding textbooks, visit www.ep.jhu.edu/textbooks.

• Johns Hopkins Merchandise

Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins sells apparel, gifts, school suppliies, and books.  For more information, call 410-662-5850 or visit http://johns-hopkins.bncollege.com.

• Hopkins Student Union

Located in Levering Hall and the Glass Pavilion, the Hopkins Student Union offers various programs and activities for students, faculty, staff, and friends of the University. Levering Hall contains the Levering Food Court, a complete dining facility with various retail venues offering a combination of American and ethnic fare, and the Jazzman’s Café located in the Levering Lobby, offering gourmet coffee, sandwiches, and pastries. The hours of operation at the food court vary by restaurant and are as follows: Sky Ranch Grill, Pete’s Arena, and Sub Connections are open Monday through Friday, 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; the Salsa Rico is open Monday through Friday, 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. The Jazzman’s Café is open Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

• Security Services

A daily escort van service is available during the evening hours (5 p.m. to 3 a.m.) to pick up and deliver students to any campus parking lot or other location within a one-mile radius of campus. Vans leave every half hour from the Eisenhower Library.

Walking escorts are available by calling extension 8700 from any campus phone or 410-516-8700 from an outside or public telephone. Push button security/ escort phones, located in several campus buildings, can be used to alert security officers of an emergency, to request information, or to summon the escort van.

Emergency telephone stands with blue lights, which connect directly with the security office, are located strategically at 14 locations around campus. These telephones open a direct line to the security office as soon as the receiver is lifted or the button pushed. To ward off a possible attacker, an alarm sounds at the phone. Pay telephones also are available in most campus buildings. Security officers also patrol parking lots Garland, Clark, and Stony Run from 3 to 11 p.m., Monday through Friday. Student monitors, wearing bright orange vests and carrying radios, patrol the upper and lower quads during fall and spring semesters.

To reach the security office, call 410-516-4600. In case of an emergency, call 410-516-7777.

• Parking

Parking arrangements are made in Room 7 of Shriver Hall. Parking office hours are Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Fridays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 410-516-7275.

The Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), a division of the Johns Hopkins University, is primarily a research and development organization. As such, a major part of its mission is the application of advanced science and technology in solving problems of national and global significance. However, its mission also includes support of the educational programs of the University, and the Laboratory maintains strong academic relationships with the other University divisions.

One of APL’s most significant educational contributions is its close collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals program. Chairs for eight of EP’s fifteen programs hold staff positions at APL, along with nearly half of EP’s instructors. APL provides classrooms, conference space, computer labs, and Unix servers for administrative and academic support of EP in the Kossiakoff Center, as well as classrooms in the Library building.

• Computers

Computer facilities at the Kossiakoff Center include Multi-User Unix systems (two Sun servers ) and a Sunray appliance-based X-terminals lab that provides a windowing environment via the default CDE window manager or the newly added gnome window manager. These terminals are connected to the Unix servers as well as to the Internet via a high-speed LAN or WAN. Personal computer labs provide support for general purpose computing and applications development, embedded/interface design (with scopes and embedded processor development systems), computer/network security, and robot development (with development systems for autonomous robots). Remote access to the servers at APL is also available.

• Parking

Parking tags are not required. The lower level parking lot near the Kossiakoff Center is recommended.

The mission of the Montgomery County Campus in the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center in Rockville is to create a community of education, business and government organizations where collaborative thinking and scientific discovery advance academic and economic development. The campus, which houses 46 smart classrooms and 5 computer labs, a full-service library, café, and extensive conference space, welcomes 5,000 students per year. Five of the University’s nine schools offer more than 60 degree and certificate programs at this location. In recent years, three technology research centers have co-located with Johns Hopkins University on this campus.

• Library

The Montgomery County Campus Library maintains a reference and circulating collection of materials for use by faculty and students. Subject areas in the collection include computer science, electrical engineering, environmental engineering and science, management, and physics. Interlibrary loan service is provided to assist in obtaining journals and books not available at the MCC library. An online catalog of the collection and a variety of full-text INSPEC and IEEE databases, including Compendex, are accessible through personal computer workstations in the library.

To use materials, present your JCard at the circulation desk. The library is open from noon to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday; noon to 6 p.m., Friday; and 10:00 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday.

• Computers

Computer facilities at the Montgomery County Campus include Sun Ray thin clients, Unix servers and workstations, as well as personal computers available for student use. In addition, students have access via high-speed data links to Unix servers at Homewood and APL. Dial-in PPP access to the servers is also available. A fully functional networking lab with seven routers and three switches that are accessible locally and via a console server over the internet is also located at the Montgomery County Campus .

• Café

Located in the Academic and Research building, the cafe serves snacks and sandwiches during the daytime and early evening hours.

• Parking

Free parking permits are issued upon completion of the application form. Parking permits may be obtained at the Gilchrist Hall front desk during the first two weeks of classes. There is no charge for this service.

In addition to classrooms and computer labs, the Dorsey Center houses the admissions and registration staff and serves as a central point of access for academic advising and financial services. The Dorsey Center is located near the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport at 6810 Deerpath Road, Elkridge, MD.

The center has an instructional laboratory equipped with Sun thin client workstations, personal computers, and high-speed internet access. Access to the Unix servers at APL is provided via dedicated high-speed lines. The center is also the site of the School’s Microwave Engineering Laboratory. This is a state-of-the-art facility for designing, developing, and testing microwave chips and circuits. This laboratory houses a full variety of microwave test and measurement equipment including:

- Network analyzers
- Spectrum analyzers
- Noise measuring equipment
- Sweep generators
- Synthesizers
- Fabrication and assembly equipment

In support of the microwave chip and circuit design process, our CAD laboratory has 13 workstations (12 student and 1 instructor) offering the latest versions of following software:

- Pro/Engineer and Pro/a list for mechanical engineering and analysis
- Agilent ADS, Sonnet, MatLab & gEE-CAD for microwave chip and circuit design and analysis
- OrCAD Capture and Layout for PCB design

These two laboratories offer our students the latest in hardware and software technology available in industry today.

This facility was created by the Maryland General Assembly to serve as the regional upper-level undergraduate and graduate education and research institution for Southern Maryland. Currently, ten colleges and universities are participating, and offering programs in education, management, and engineering and applied science. Facilities include two buildings with classrooms, a large multipurpose room, computer labs, a learning conference room, a student lounge, a vending area, and interactive videoconferencing capability. The full systems engineering and techincal managment programs are offered here.

The Washington Center is a convenient location in the heart of Washington, D.C. near the Dupont Circle Metro stop. Selected courses in the environmental engineering and science program are currently being offered on site.

The Crystal City Center is EP’s first Northern Virginia location, located just south of the Pentagon and accessible via Metro’s blue and yellow lines.  Selected courses in systems engineering are currently offered on site. The Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering is certified to operate in the Commonwealth of Virginia by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

The HEAT Center is located in Harford County. Selected courses in environmental engineering, science and management and systems engineering are currently being offered.

JHU-EP offers more than fifty courses online. Available courses are listed in a separate location category under each program in the course schedule for each term. The courses that are available online will increase each term, so students are encouraged to check each term for new offerings.

JHU-EP also offers four fully online degrees. The Master of Science in Bioinformatics degree is offered jointly with the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Advanced Academics Programs (AAP). All courses may be taken online and there is no residency requirement. The Master of Science in Environmental Planning and Management, the Master of Science in Computer Science, and the Master of Science in Systems Engineering are also offered fully online. See the Environmental Engineering, Science, and Management program for more information.

JHU-EP develops online courses in one of two ways. One method seeks to replicate the traditional classroom experience and relies heavily on streamed video of recorded lectures of face to face classes for content delivery. Homework and assessment are very similar to what would be delivered in a face to face class. These courses are referred to as distance education courses.

The other method seeks to replicate the student learning outcomes from our face to face programs, using best practices in online education. The courses are student centered and designed to foster active and collaborative learning. This method fosters an interactive style of problem solving that improves student comprehension. Content delivered by many methods and assessments, may be slightly different from that used in the parallel face to face class, but the student learning outcomes are the same. These courses are referred to as online courses.

Both distance and online courses follow the normal academic schedule for each term, unless noted in the schedule. They are not self-paced. All registered students proceed through the course as a group, communicating online with their instructor and each other and, where appropriate, working in groups on team projects. The workload in distance and online courses is comparable to that in courses meeting face to face, but is often distributed more evenly throughout the week than is typical for courses taught in the classroom.

The courses are taught completely over the internet and primarily through a course website. Students must have a working email address and reliable and easily accessible internet access in order to complete course work successfully. There may be additional technical requirements for some courses, such as specific software, access to a fax machine, or specific players or plugins. Further information about the requirements for a specific course can be obtained by e-mailing epponline@jhu.edu or calling 410-516-2300.

• Registration Deadlines

Students enrolling in their first JHU-EP online course must be registered a week and a half prior to the first day of classes in order to attend the mandatory online orientation during that week. Returning online students are strongly encouraged to register early. Registration later than a week before the first day of the term may result in delayed access to the course website. Note that these deadlines may preclude registration at some of the new student advisory sessions. The deadline for adding online courses is a week after the first day of classes each term, which is earlier than the deadline for conventional courses. See the Academic and Registration Calendar for exact dates for each term.

• Online Orientation

Students enrolling in their first JHU-EP online course must attend a mandatory online orientation. See the Academic and Registration Calendar for the exact dates each term. Students may complete the orientation online during the week prior to the start of the term. Students will be given access to the orientation via email. The time commitment overall is minor, but early participation is recommended. The orientation will identify and address technical access issues, introduce the student to the interface and online tools used to deliver the course, and prepare the student to be a successful online learner. Students are only required to take this orientation the first time they enroll in an online course offered by JHU-EP.

• Textbooks for Online Courses

Students will receive a list of required and recommended textbooks via e-mail prior to the first day of classes each term. Visit  www.ep.jhu.edu/textbooks to obtain textbook information.

To increase the variety of course selection at the centers, select courses are offered using video-teleconferencing equipment. This technology allows for two-way audio and video connectivity, creating real-time interaction between the sending and receiving sites. The system provides links between APL, the Dorsey Center, and the Montgomery County Campus and permits students at any of the sites to enroll at courses originating at the other.

To further facilitate communication, high-speed data links connect Homewood, APL, the Montgomery County Campus, and the Dorsey Center, enabling students to access systems internally and via the Internet.