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College of Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies

Dr. Cynthia Bryant, Dean

Dr. Irma Cobb, Associate Dean
Ms. Mandy Green, Executive Assistant

The College of Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies is organized into five academic units: the Department of Fine and Performing Arts, the Department of History, the Interdisciplinary Studies Program, the Department of Languages and Literature, the Department of Mass Communication, and the School of Education, which houses the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and the Department of Educational Leadership. In accordance with the mission of Southern University and A&M College, the College of Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies provides academic programs that prepare students to demonstrate mastery of analytical, verbal, and written communication skills; excellence in artistic production and performance; distinction as superior K-12 teachers, administrators, and educational leaders; and overall leadership in meeting the diverse challenges of the 21st century global community. Additionally, the College provides general education courses to all students throughout the university emphasizing a broad view of liberal arts education and preparing students to become critically aware of social, educational, and economic institutions and problems. To enhance the cultural climate of the University, the College provides a variety of lectures, workshops, concerts, artistic productions, and art exhibits. The College of Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies prepares students for graduate and professional schools and provides leadership in the arts, humanities, and education.

Admission Requirements (Transfer Credit): Students will be eligible for admission to the College of Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies when they have completed at least 30 semester hours with a minimum grade point average of 2.0. The following general education courses should be included: six hours of English Composition (ENGL 110 and 111) with a grade of C or better in each course; six hours of mathematics; and nine hours of science.

Student Responsibility: Students in the College of Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies are required to confer with an assigned major department advisor on a regular basis. Beyond this advisement, students are personally responsible for selecting their academic program, and for adhering to all published regulations and requirements of the College and the University. Students are expected to seek regular advisement and ultimately are individually responsible for completing all degree requirements. During the semester immediately prior to graduation, students must confer both with their faculty advisor and the chair of the major department for final degree checkout and preparation of an application for graduation. Completed graduation applications are due in the College of Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies Office main office during the semester before a student plan to graduate (see published deadlines in the calendars of the catalog and class schedules) and are accepted only from those students who have passed the Writing Proficiency Examination and have been admitted officially to the College of Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies.

Degree Requirements of the College: To provide majors in the College of Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies with a greater number of options, as well as to emphasize personal uniqueness, the College requires a core of 69-70 semester hours. The remaining hours that must be taken to
earn a total of 120 semester hours are designated by the departmental major requirements and students’ choices of free electives. These electives may be chosen from any courses offered at the University. However, majors in the college are urged to choose, with the assistance of an academic advisor, courses that provide the student with a second field of interest or a strong minor and/or concentration.

Most programs require completion of a minimum of 120 semester hours with a grade point average of at least 2.00 [some departments may require additional hours or a higher average].
The completion of at least 27 semester hours in a major field. (Some departments may require additional hours).
The completion of the following general education requirements:

English	12 Hours (6 hours must be English Composition)
Mathematics	6 Hours
Social and Behavioral Sciences	6 Hours
Natural Sciences	10 Hours
(Must include courses in both biological and physical sciences. One of the areas must be in a two-semester sequence, e.g., Biology 104 and 105. The student must take a one-credit laboratory in conjunction with one of the three courses, the other two being lecture only).
Foreign Languages	9 Hours (Full sequence of the first, second and third courses in French, German, or Spanish; or two courses in an alternative language and one other course.)
Humanities and Fine Arts	12 Hours
(Including three hours each in humanities (HUMN), philosophy (PHIL), and speech or theater; and three hours in arts or humanities outside the student’s major.
The final nine hours may be in the major if the course is an elective not otherwise required in the curriculum.)
Health or Physical Education	2 Hours
Computer Literacy	0-3 Hours (May be established by examination, through appropriate computer-based courses in each major department of the College, or through the Department of Computer Science.)
College Success Skills	0-2 Hours (See note below)
African American Experience	3 Hours (Any course outside the major officially approved to satisfy this requirement. See complete description in this catalog.)
Community Service	0-3 Hours Students must complete the 60 clock-hour requirement and may elect to do so for either credit or non-credit. (See complete description in this catalog.)
Pass the University Writing Proficiency Examination before graduation. (See complete description in this catalog.)

College Success Skills:
Students are required to take College Success Skills during the first year of matriculation at Southern University to meet graduation requirements.
Transfer students must adhere to the following:
Students who have earned 24 credit hours or less at another institution are required to take freshman seminar or its equivalent. Students who have earned more than 24 credit hours from another institution are not required to take freshman seminar as a requirement for graduation.