JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY Challenging Minds Changing Lives www.jsums.edu JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY® 2013-2015 Graduate Catalog Jackson, Mississippi 39217 Volume XVIII, Number 1 ALL STATEMENTS IN THIS CATALOG ARE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF PRESENT POLICIES ONLY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME BY PROPER AUTHORITY WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. Jackson State University is committed to the principles of equal education opportunity, equal employment, and affirmative action. The University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, handicap, age, religion, national origin, veteran status, or on any other illegal basis. Second-class postage paid at Jackson, Mississippi 39217. The official mailing address for the University is as follows: 1400 J. R. Lynch Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39217, telephone number (601) 979-2121. JSU's Internet homepage address is: www.jsums.edu Table of Contents Page Directory .......................................................................................................................................................4 The University ..................................................................................................................................................5 Mission/Purpose Statement ....................................................................................................................5 History of the University .......................................................................................................................5 Accreditations and Memberships ..........................................................................................................7 The Graduate School .......................................................................................................................................8 The Graduate Council ...........................................................................................................................8 The Graduate Faculty .............................................................................................................................8 Graduate Admission ...............................................................................................................................9 Graduate Student Support ....................................................................................................................12 Tuition and Fees ...................................................................................................................................15 Academic Regulations .........................................................................................................................15 Candidacy and Graduation Requirements ....................................................................................19 General Statements ..............................................................................................................................22 Student Participation in Institutional Governance .......................................................................23 Office of Support Services for Students and Employees ..............................................................23 Residence Requirements .....................................................................................................................24 Graduate Programs in Which Degrees Are Offered ............................................................................25 Research Organizations, Academic and Community Services ......................................................................30 Division of Library and Information Resources ..................................................................................30 Division of International Studies .........................................................................................................30 Office of Research Development, Support and Federal Relations ......................................................32 Office of Financial Services .................................................................................................................36 Testing and Assessment .......................................................................................................................37 College of Business .......................................................................................................................................35 Master of Professional Accountancy ...................................................................................................37 Master of Business Administration .....................................................................................................37 Master of Business Administration – online Program .........................................................................38 Doctoral Program in Business .............................................................................................................41 College of Education and Human Development ............................................................................................50 Secondary Education ..................................................................................................................52 Master of Arts in Teaching .........................................................................................................53 School of Administrative Leadership .................................................................................................54 Department of Educational Leadership ......................................................................................54 Department of School, Community, and Rehabilitation Counseling ........................................71 School of Instructional Leadership .....................................................................................................76 Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education .....................................................76 Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation ........................................................85 Department of Special Education ...............................................................................................89 College of Liberal Arts ...................................................................................................................................94 School of Communications ..................................................................................................................95 Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages ............................................................95 Department of Mass Communications .....................................................................................101 School of Fine and Performing Arts ..................................................................................................104 Department of Music ................................................................................................................104 _______________________ 2 / General Information School of Social and Behavioral Sciences .........................................................................................109 Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology ........................................................................110 Department of History and Philosophy ....................................................................................115 Department of Political Science ...............................................................................................119 Department of Psychology .......................................................................................................121 College of Public Service .............................................................................................................................126 School of Health Sciences .................................................................................................................126 Department of Communicative Disorders ................................................................................126 Master of Public Health Program .............................................................................................133 Doctoral Program in Public Health ...........................................................................................141 School of Planning and Policy ...........................................................................................................147 Department of Public Policy and Administration .....................................................................148 Department of Urban and Regional Planning ...........................................................................156 School of Social Work .......................................................................................................................164 Master of Social Work .............................................................................................................164 Doctoral Program in Social Work ............................................................................................171 College of Science, Engineering and Technology ........................................................................................176 Department of Biology ............................................................................................................176 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry ............................................................................187