The College of Arts and Sciences brings together a single faculty from three (3) departments namely; Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences, and the General Studies program. The Department of Arts and Humanities houses the following programs: Fine Arts, Music, English, Geography, History and Philosophy which have been terminated as degree granting programs effective Spring, 2006.  Print Journalism which is also in the Department of Arts and Humanities was terminated in Fall, 2004.  These disciplines are areas of concentration, as well as African American Studies. The Department of Social Sciences offers courses in Criminal Justice, Sociology, Psychology, and Substance Abuse, all of which are degree- granting programs. Sociology is an area of concentration in Race, Gender and Class Studies. The Department of Natural Sciences houses Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics.  Only the Biology program is degree- granting.  The other programs have been terminated effective, Spring 2006.

The General Studies Program, which offers a Bachelor of General Studies degree, was established at Southern University at New Orleans in the academic year 2002-2003. The Program is designed especially to provide students with an enhanced comprehensive broad-based liberal education with the flexibility to adapt and combine courses from established traditional curricula.

The Program adds depth and new dimensions to existing programs as well as enables Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) to continue pursuing its mission of serving the educational needs of both students and the community.   The goals and requirements for graduation are stated in the program’s curriculum.

In Fall, 2007 the Board of Regents approved a proposal to establish a B.S. program in Health Information Management System.  The purpose of the program is to educate students in planning, collecting, storing, retrieving and communicating health care data through a combination of course- work in healthcare, technology, and business which will prepare students to become health- care administrators, analysts, and providers of modern healthcare delivery techniques.  The program will prepare students for the Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) Examination.  Accreditation will be sought from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

Intrinsically, the programs in the College provide knowledge and related educational experiences that form the intellectual core of academic achievement at Southern University at New Orleans.  The major aim of the College is to offer students at the University with diverse opportunities for a meaningful education in the liberal arts and natural sciences by establishing a variety of majors in the academic disciplines in collaboration with other Colleges of the University. Institutionally, the College links the theoretical and practical across an array of extraordinary range of academic programs and activities which emphasize the mastery of language along with the other liberal and scientific studies.  By doing so, the students are provided the opportunity to expand their educational and cultural horizons.

The individual departments in the College share identical goals specified in each department’s curriculum.  Students who contemplate majoring in a department of the College are advised to consult the appropriate department chair as soon as possible, so that a comprehensive plan of study is worked out toward his/her course of studies.   Description of a degree requirement is found with each department’s course offerings.  The change from one program to the other must be approved by the department chair and the dean of the College. Thus, a liberal and science education at Southern University at New Orleans will help students become resourceful thinkers who have an understanding of themselves and the world around them.

The goals of the College of Arts and Natural Sciences are as follows:

1. To facilitate the implementation of the mission and basic goals of the University.
2. To expand the frontiers of knowledge of the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences.
3. To emphasize the significance of the arts and science education in an age of indomitable technological advancement.
4. To provide areas of concentrated study for students who contemplate careers as professionals in the liberal arts and science.
5. To give students a well-balanced training in the application of the scientific method, and techniques to solve contemporary problems.
6. To develop the versatility necessary for personal adaptation in a highly complex society.
7. To develop knowledge and communication skills which are essential to advancement in any vocational field.
8. To create and foster an environment of diversity and multi-culturalism.
9. To insist, persist and maintain the ideals of accountability and responsibility of faculty, staff and students.
10. To encourage faculty to be student-friendly, through the processes of good advisement, mentoring and “bonding.”
11. To increase understanding of the contemporary world by focusing on diversity, tolerance, multi-culturalism and international interdependence.
12. To promote democracy and citizenship by developing abilities for critical thinking, understanding and solving pressing social, political and economic issues.
13. To prepare students for admission to schools of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, engineering, law, and graduate schools.

 

REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION

1. The completion of an approved program of studies of not less than 120 semester hours with a cumulative average of 2.00 or better.
2. The completion of a minimum number of semester hours as specified in the major field, with a grade of C or better in all courses, and a minimum of eighteen (18) semester hours in a minor field.
3. The completion of 41-44 hours of General Education/University requirements.
4. The completion of 60 hours in community service.
5. Take and pass English 112, which includes a writing component, with a grade of C or better. Students who transfer from other universities and submit documentation of having passed a Writing Proficiency Examination will be given credit for the examination.