Undergraduate Catalog 2019-2021 - Tennessee State University

It was the erection of the above-mentioned building that gaverise to a decade-long litigation to “dismantle the dual system” ofhigher education in Tennessee. The litigation, culminating withthe merger of both institutions, resulted in an expanded missionof Tennessee State University. Currently, the Universityconsists of the College of Agriculture, the College of Business,the College of Education, the College of Engineering, theCollege of Health Sciences, the College of Liberal Arts, theCollege of Life and Physical Science, the College of PublicService and the School of Graduate Studies.Historical StatementThe present-day Tennessee State University exists as a resultof the merger on July 1, 1979, of the former Tennessee StateUniversity and the University of Tennessee at Nashville.Through successive stages, Tennessee State University hasdeveloped from a normal school for Negroes to its currentstatus. By virtue of a 1909 Act of the General Assembly, theAgricultural and Industrial State Normal School was created,along with two other normal schools in the State, and beganserving students on June 19, 1912.University Mission StatementIn 1922, the institution was raised to the status of four-yearteachers’ college and was empowered to grant the bachelor’sdegree. The first degrees were granted in June, 1924. Duringthe same year, the institution became known as the Agriculturaland Industrial State Normal College; and in 1927, “Normal” wasdropped from the name of the College.Tennessee State University through its legacy as an HBCU andland grant institution transforms lives, prepares a diversepopulation of leaders, and contributes to economic andcommunity development by providing affordable and accessibleeducational programs at various degree levels promotingacademic excellence through scholarly inquiry, teaching,research, lifelong learning, and public service.The General Assembly of 1941 authorized the State Board ofEducation to upgrade substantially the educational program ofthe College, which included the establishment of graduatestudies leading to the master’s degree. Graduate curricula werefirst offered in several branches of teacher education. The firstmaster’s degree was awarded by the College in June 1944.University Vision StatementAccreditation of the institution by the Southern Association ofColleges and Schools was first obtained in 1946.Tennessee State University aspires to be the premier publicurban, comprehensive institution achieving prominence throughinnovation and instruction, research, creativity, and service withthe dissemination of knowledge and information.In August, 1951, the institution was granted university status byapproval of the State Board of Education. The reorganization ofthe institution’s educational program included the establishmentof the Graduate School, the School of Arts and Sciences, theSchool of Education, and the School of Engineering.University Core ValuesProvisions were also made for the later addition of other schoolsin agriculture, business, and home economics, respectively.Tennessee State University maintains the following corevalues:The University was elevated to a full-fledged land-grantuniversity by the State Board of Education in August, 1958. TheLand-Grant University program, as approved by the State Boardof Education, included: the School of Agriculture and HomeEconomics, the Graduate School, the Division of Business, theDivision of Extension and Continuing Education, and theDepartment of Aerospace Studies. A School of Allied Health Professions and a School of Businesswere created in 1974. Also, the School of Nursing wasestablished in 1979.Learning EverydayMaking Excellence a HabitThinking Beyond the ObviousWorking RelentlesslyServing Everyone We EncounterThe CampusThe University is located between 28th and 39th Avenues Northand is bounded by the Cumberland River on the North andAlbion Street on the South. The campus occupies more than450 acres with 65 buildings, parking lots, outdoor facilities, andpasture and farm lands.On July 1, 1979, the former University of Tennessee at Nashvillewas merged with Tennessee State University as a result of acourt order.Begun initially in 1947 as an extension center of the Universityof Tennessee, which is based in Knoxville, the University ofTennessee at Nashville offered only one year of extension credituntil 1960, when it was empowered by the Board of Trustees ofthe University of Tennessee to offer two years of resident credit.Authorization was granted to extend this to three years ofresident credit in 1963, even though degrees were awarded bythe Knoxville unit.Major BuildingsThe Avon N. Williams, Jr. building is located at Tenth andCharlotte Avenues, in downtown Nashville, with adjacentparking facilities. This building is the site for the Center forExtended Education and Public Service, the College of PublicService and Urban Affairs, the College of Business anddepartmental offices, the School of Graduate and ProfessionalStudies, programs, and courses for the Colleges of Arts &Sciences, the College of Liberal Arts, Education, and HealthSciences. Other facilities include faculty offices, classrooms,lecture halls, computer laboratories, library, and a 400-seatauditorium. Daytime and evening classes are available at AvonWilliams.To more fully realize its commitment as a full-function eveninguniversity, the Center at Nashville became a full-fledged, fouryear, degree-granting institution in 1971, upon successfullymeeting the requirements for accreditation of the SouthernAssociation of Colleges and Schools. During the same year, theGeneral Assembly sanctioned the institution as a bona fidecampus of the University of Tennessee, and the new universityoccupied its quarters in the building at the corner of Tenth andCharlotte Avenues.The Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP) facility housesmany technical laboratories, seminar rooms, and R/SP staffoffices.5The Walter S. Davis Humanities Building (“A” Building),originally occupied in 1933, was renovated and enlarged in 1967and 1997. The building houses the Poag Auditorium, the

Department of Languages Literature and Philosophy, and theCommunication and Information Technologies (CIT) division.studios for the fine arts and crafts, the Center for New Media,and the Hiram Van Gordon Memorial Gallery.The Ned Ray McWherter Administration Building at TennesseeState University encompasses nearly 25,000 square feet andincludes the office of the President; offices of the VicePresidents for Academic Affairs, Business and Finance, andUniversity Relations and Development; the office of Equity,Diversity, and Compliance; the office of the Chief of Staff andUniversity Counsel; the office of Finance and Accounting, whichincludes the Bursar’s Office; and the office of Budget, FiscalPlanning, and Travel. Its architectural style complements that ofthe Otis L. Floyd-Joseph A. Payne Campus Center, dedicatedin 1992, and the two buildings are connected by a colonnade.The Otis L. Floyd-Joseph A. Payne Campus Center wasconceptualized and constructed to be one of the nation’s mostmodern facilities of its type. With 229,253 square feet of floorspace, the three-level building is an accommodating addition toTennessee State University. It is a masterful architecturalstructure featuring brick and limestone and an award-winninginterior design. It combines Kean Hall, a renovated athleticbuilding, with a contemporary multi-purpose center, including a350 seat auditorium. The University Counseling Center ishoused on the third floor of this facility in Room 304 (email:counseling@tnstate.edu).The James E. Farrell and Fred E. Westbrook AgriculturalComplex (“The Barn”) is located behind the Lawson AgricultureBuilding. Extensive renovations were completed in 1991. Thebuilding now houses the offices of the College of Agriculture,Human and Natural Sciences, the greenhouse, laboratories,and a banquet room.The Howard C. Gentry Complex is located on the north side ofthe campus east of the Edward S. Temple Track. This facilitycontains a 10,000-seat basketball and convocation arena, anindoor track, handball courts, a dance studio, offices,classrooms, a wellness center, and a 35-meter swimming pool.The offices of the Department of Human Performance and SportScience are housed in this complex. Exterior accommodationsinclude basketball courts, softball fields, and parking for 2,000cars.The Alger Boswell Science Complex, completed in the fall 1965and since renovated and enlarged, is located south of CrouchHall. It houses research laboratories, classrooms, twoauditoriums, and faculty offices, as well as the departmentaloffices of the Department of Chemistry and the Department ofPhysics and Mathematics, and the Math Tutoring Center.Goodwill Manor is a two-story colonial house that was formerlyused as the residence of the University President. It wascompletely renovated in 1991, and is maintained as an historicalUniversity landmark. It also serves as the location for the officeof Alumni Affairs and the office of Development. The Manor islocated in the “horseshoe” just north of Harned Hall.The Martha M. Brown-Lois H. Daniel Library is adjacent to theFloyd-Payne Campus Center. The main library is a three-story,contemporary structure built in 1977. It has 82,000 square feetof space with study rooms. Information commons and smartclassrooms are available for orientations and training. A uniquespecial collections room houses the Library’s historical archives,theses, dissertations, art objects, and special collections,including documents related to the University’s unique andcolorful history. Media Centers on the main and downtowncampuses offer audio visual services as well as a podcastingstudio and multimedia room and a variety of computer-basedinformation is available. A full range of services and resources,including embedded librarian program, interlibrary loan,bibliographic instruction, electronic and print books, microfilm,microfiche, periodicals and online databases are also availableat both campus libraries.The Harned Hall of Science, erected in 1927, housesclassrooms, lecture auditoriums, laboratories, staff offices andother facilities for instruction and research in the biologicalsciences.The Lewis R. Holland Building is located on the southwest sideof the campus, west of Crouch Hall. This building containscomputer laboratories, classrooms, lecture halls, and facultyoffices for the College of Business. Also housed in Holland Hallare the TRIO Programs, the Center for Service Learning andCivic Engagement, and the Office of International Affairs.The Tom Jackson Industrial Arts Building, renovated in 1999, islocated at John A. Merritt Boulevard and 35th Avenue.Instructional staff offices for the Aeronautical and IndustrialTechnology (AIT) program and laboratories for MechanicalEngineering are in this building. This facility also houses TheSchool of Allied Health Professions departments of CardioRespiratory Care Sciences and Health InformationManagement. The WRITE Center is also located here.The R. E. Clay Education Building, erected in 1958 andrenovated in 1992, is located on Alameda Avenue, directly westof Clement Hall. This building is equipped with classrooms andspecial laboratories for teacher education, psychology andreading. The office of the Dean of the College of Education andthe departments of Administration, Teaching and Learning,Psychology, and Teacher Education are housed in this building.The W. W. Lawson Agriculture Building is located on the northside of John A. Merritt Boulevard between the Davis Complexand the football stadium. The building contains classrooms andlaboratories equipped for agricultural teaching and research, aswell as the NASA community education lab.Frank G. Clement Hall is located on Alameda Avenue, south ofthe Brown-Daniel Library. This structure was formerly used as amen’s residence hall. It was renovated in 1991 and serves as aclassroom/laboratory building containing the office of the Deanof the College of Health Sciences, the departments of DentalHygiene, Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy, and theDental Hygiene Clinic.The Jim Nance McCord Hall houses offices, classrooms andlaboratories for the departments of Biological Sciences andComputer Science, as well as the Academic Computing Center.It is located directly west of the Library and north of the ClayEducation Building.The Hubert Crouch Hall contains classrooms, laboratories,faculty offices, and offices for the Dean of the College of LiberalArts. Also located in this building are the main offices of thedepartments of Criminal Justice, History, Political Science,Geography, and Africana Studies.The Marie Brooks Strange Music Building, erected in 1968 andrenovated in 2002 to include the new Performing Arts Building,contains the faculty and department offices for the Music aboratories, studios for piano and instrumentation, anauditorium seating 400, and a recital hall seating 226. It islocated at the south end of the campus near 35th andAlameda. Also included are state-of-the-art theatre, radio, andtelevision studio environments.The Frederick S. Humphries Complex is located on John A.Merritt Boulevard between the Lawson Agriculture Building andthe President’s residence (“Big Blue Meadow”). It is a threestory building that contains the School of Nursing and thedepartmental offices, classrooms, and laboratories for theDepartment of Family and Consumer Sciences.The Andrew P. Torrence Engineering Building is located behindthe Alger Boswell Science Complex. Its classrooms andlaboratories are equipped with up-to-date equipment forinstruction and research in civil, mechanical, architectural andelectrical engineering. The building was completed in 1982.The Jane E. Elliott Hall (“Women’s Building”) is located west ofthe Harold Love Learning Resources Center (Student SuccessCenter), on the north side of campus. The building containslaboratories, lecture rooms, faculty offices and work rooms,6

The Harold M. Love Learning Resources Center (“The OldLibrary”) is the location for the Media Center, which hasmultimedia study carrels available to students on an individualbasis and an inventory of audio-visual equipment for loan tofaculty for classroom use. The offices of Academic Advisement,and Orientation, Title III, Events Management, and theUniversity Honors Program are in this building, which alsohouses a 300-seat auditorium.The Queen Washington Health Service Building has facilities forcomplete examination and limited treatment for students. Thisfacility is located north of Elliott Hall (the Women’sBuilding). Also located in this facility are the offices of InternalAudit.Program AccreditationsArtNational Association of Schools of Art & DesignMusicNational Association of Schools of MusicSocial WorkThe Council on Social Work EducationBusinessAACSB International -The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of BusinessEducationThe Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), American Psychological Association (APA)EngineeringB.S. degrees in Architectural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering,Programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission/Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(EAC/ABET)B.S. degree program in Computer Science is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission/Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (CAC/ABET)B.S. degree programs in Aeronautical and Industrial Technology are accredited by the National Association of Industrial TechnologyFamily & Consumer SciencesCouncil for Accreditation of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences; American Dietetic AssociationCardio-Respiratory Care SciencesCommission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC)Dental HygieneCommission on Dental AccreditationHealth Care Administration and PlanningAssociation of University Programs in Health AdministrationHealth Information ManagementCommission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM)NursingAccreditation Commission for Nursing Education7

Institutional Memberships AACSB International - The Association for the Advance Collegiate Schools of BusinessAmerican Association of Colleges for Teacher EducationAmerican Association of Colleges of NursingAmerican Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions OfficersAmerican Association of Family and Consumer Sciences-Higher Education UnitAmerican Association of State Colleges and UniversitiesAmerican Council on EducationAmerican Psychological Association (APA)Association of Administrators of Human SciencesAssociation of Colleges and Schools of Education in State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (ACSESULAC)Association of Schools of Allied Health ProfessionsAviation Accreditation Board International (AABI)Conference of Southern Graduate SchoolsCouncil for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)Council for Counseling Psychology Training Programs (CCPTP)Council of 1890 Family and Consumer SciencesCouncil of 1890 PresidentsCouncil of Colleges of Arts and SciencesCouncil of Graduate SchoolsCouncil of Historically Black Graduate SchoolsCouncil of the Great City Colleges of EducationNashville Area Chamber of CommerceNational Association for Business Teacher EducationNational Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)National Association of Collegiate Directors of AthleticsNational Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT)National Association of Schools of Art and DesignNational Association of Schools of MusicNational Association of Schools of Public Affairs and AdministrationNational Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC)National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant CollegesNational Collegiate Athletic AssociationNational Society of Allied HealthNational University Extension AssociationOhio Valley ConferenceOrganization of Black Airline Pilots (OBAP)Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Inc.Southern Business Administration AssociationSouthern Regional Education BoardTeacher Education Council of State Colleges and UniversitiesTennessee Association of Colleges for Teacher EducationTennessee College AssociationTennessee Conference of Graduate SchoolsThe College BoardUniversity Aviation Association (UAA)University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA)World Council for Curriculum and Instruction (WCCI)8

Undergraduate Degree ProgramsTennessee State University is authorized to grant the following undergraduate degrees:School/College/ProgramHealth Care Administration and PlanningHealth Information ManagementHealth SciencesHuman Performance & Sports SciencesNursingPublic HealthDegree(s)AgricultureAgricultural ScienceFamily & Consumer SciencesB.S.B.S.Liberal ArtsBusinessAccountingBusiness AdministrationEconomics and FinanceBusiness Information SystemsArtArts & SciencesCommunicationCriminal JusticeEnglishHistoryInterdisciplinary StudiesMusicPolitical ScienceProfessional arly Childhood Education PreK-3PsychologyB.S.B.S.EngineeringApplied & Industrial TechnologyArchitectural EngineeringCivil EngineeringComputer ScienceElectrical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringB.SB.S.B.S.B.S.B.S.B.SB.S.B.S.B.A., B.S.B.S.B.A.B.A., B.S.B.S.B.S.B.S.B.S.B.S.Life and Physical SciencesBiologyChemistryMathematical SciencesB.S.B.S.B.S.Public ServiceHealth SciencesCardio-Respiratory Care SciencesDental HygieneB.S.B.S.B.S.B.SA.A.S, B.S.N.B.S.B.S.A.A.S., B.S.Urban StudiesSocial Work9B.S.B.S.S.W.

International EducationPostal ServiceHealth ServiceTotal FeesGeneral Fee InformationTennessee State University reserves the right to increase thecharges listed herein or to add new fees whenever suchincreases or additions become necessary. All fees and housingrents detailed below are those approved for the 2019-2020academic year and are subject to change by action of theTennessee State University Board of Trustees. The listing ofany fee or incidental charge in this catalog in no way constitutesa contract between the University and the student. As acondition of registration, each student must pay the appropriatefees in effect and confirm attendance at the time of registration.Bills will not be mailed. Students can access myTSU athttp://myTSU.tnstate.edu. to view account balances. Feesassessed at the time of registration are subject to audit andcorrection at a later date. For fees for subsequent years pleasevisit the TSU website at www.tnstate.edu/bursar.TNeCampus Courses Registration Fees:ClassificationUndergradua

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