Tennessee State University - Tennessean Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Juan Evans Executive Aide Diane Scott Secretary Dre Bobby Lovett Acting Dean The College at Arts and Sciences provides an undergraduate education tor students planning to Continue in graduate study. enter the professions or engage, upon graduation, in gainful occupations and vocations. The goals of the college are to provide education that is both liberal and technical, to address the whale man, to stir the mind and uivity the spirit, and to induce habits 0t logical and dispassionate thought. The Arts and Sciences faculty guide the students to enrich their occupational, vocational, and intetlectual skills. The College at Arts and Science is TSU's largest and most productive academic unit. it has over 1,600 majors. 121 faculty and statf members. and 33 degree programs. Each year the Coilege graduates over 200 students with associate, bachelor's and master's degrees. The students and the graduates excel in their studies and careers. Yearly. faculty publish more than two dozen articles, books, and monographs. More than $3 million in research and training grant projects are housed in the College of Arts and Sciences. The Coliege is organized into n academic departments: Art; Biological Sciences: Chemistry: Communication; Criminal Justice; History; Geography: and Political Science; Languages, Literature and Philosophy; Music; Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science: Social Work and Secieiogy. Students can receive certification to teach in more than nine of the Arts and Sciences, areas. Also, the College directs special programs: Intra- disciplinary Studies; Honors Program; Public Service; and. Coltege-Within-the Walls tPrisoni Program. The faculty, staff and administration take pride in giving a quality education and special attention to the students in the College 01 Arts and Sciences. te HONORS PROGRAM The Honors curriculum provides tor the superior student as avenue to analyze programs, synthesme theories and actions, evaluate issues facing our society and community, interpret works by master thinkers and writers at the worid culture. and to develop leadership skills. Also. the program offers students a forum In which they can discuss ideas, thoughts and theories with knowledgeable faculty members and learn from the expertise of authorities in various fields. 24

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DEPARTMENT OF RESPIRATORY THERAPY The scope of patient care that graduates 01 this program will be ... CA. 1,; I able to provide includes, but is not limited to: intermittent positive F pressure breathing tIPPBi, humiditylaerosol therapy, medical gas i6, administration. hronchopulmonary drainage, continuous ventilation, 31 .5 airway management, emergency care, pulmonary function testing. cardiorespiratory rehabilitation, infection control and cardiorespiratory drug administration. A primary objective of this program is to offer career ladder opportunities to Registered Respiratory Therapists, Certified Respira- tory Therapy Technicians. on-the-job- trainees. and Associate degree Respiratory Therapy graduates to become expanded duty practitioners. teachers and supervisors in respiratory therapy. DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH PATHOLOGWAUDIOLOGY The Speech Pathology and Audiology Department offers undergraduate and graduate curricula which meets the certification guidelines established by the American Speech - Language - Hearing Association tASHM. The curricula emphasizes comprehensive understanding of normal communicative processes, their development, and the disorders are covered, along with the clinical techniques for correction andIor management. A clinic, the Speech, Hearing. and Language Development Center, supple- ments classroom instruction and provides required practical and clinical - 0,518 i iv . - ' W i- . , a , .. i 'e i J.Vfg; r: E M experience. Further experience is provided through protesswnal affiliations . Vi. ti a: mix; 52135.32 uncut: 4. with Meharry Medical College. the Veteran's Administration Hospital. Easter i unnamc. :.eocn:v. . . . . muwid oowionul thuhmwrnlboao'; 1. Lhuhrutu$neiieuin2euqus Seal Soclety BI Wllkerson Hearing and Speech center' and homes for Semoy e. vuubuto; ,. eoehIa-z k. grails lee Inflow norvat l. ?...ntn': '11. . . e ' . . mm?1 ,;33:25.2;12333twigs? CItIZEI'IS In the Metropolitan Nashwile Area. Students are encouraged to use their own initiative in order to meet individual needs and interest. 2!

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DEPARTMENT OF ART The department otters a major in art leading to the degrees 01 bachelor of science. Students may structure their programs of study under one of three emphasis: m art education. at studio art. commercial artXcommunication design and art history, and m printmaking, ceramies, painting. sculpture and art history. The curriculum in art education prepares students to teach art on the elementary and secondary levels. The studio art emphasis prepares students tor graduate study in a studio discipline, professional work in the arts, graphic design and commercial art. The goal of the program emphasizing printmaking, ceramics, painting. sculpture or art history is to prepare students for the business world and to cope with the complex problems of graduate school. The Tennessean Yearbook was transferred to the School of Arts and Sciences in the tall at 1986. Under the direction of Dr. Herman Beasley the students cronicle the year's activities in the production of each book. Students can earn class credit through the department at art. buss2 tbost, 1. a raised ornament of silver, ivory, or other material on a flat surface: the boss on a shield. 2. decorate with ornamental nails, knobs. or studs. ma DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Pestle in a bowl DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY Principal obiectives of this department are to instruct students in the basic principles of various branches of chemistry, to educate students and others in the importance 0t chemistry to environmental qualityr and everyday life, and to engage in research and publication at new scientiiic information. Students pursuing a degree in this department may choose from six Curricula The curriculum for the Department at Biological Sciences allows preparation with emphasis in sec . ' chemistry; professionat biology, zoology or hotany-microhioiogy; and pre-med, pre- dentistry program is uttered in cooperation with Meharry Medical Coltege. endary teacher education for teaching biology, general science and designed to meet individual Interests. The curricula include professional ehemis- A retort' B. receiver. try, professmnal chemistry With emphasis on biochemistry, chemistry. natural CJiame to heat retort; selence degree with emphasis on chemistry. chemistry with teacher certitication 13- water to REED re- and cooperative program In pharmacy with major in chemistry. tThis option is offered In cooperation with Howard University in Washington. D.GJ 25 ceivcr cool.