Harris-Stowe State University News June 17, 2015 The HSSU Campus Community News: Harris-Stowe State University to Offer Marketing Degree for Fall 2015 Semester Harris-Stowe State University (HSSU) is pleased to announce the Coordinating Board of Higher Education has approved the university's proposal to offer a Bachelor of Marketing degree. Beginning in the fall 2015 semester, Harris-Stowe will have a total of 31 majors, minors and certificate programs; 17 were added since summer 2014 (see list below). For the first time in university history, Harris-Stowe will offer completely online courses for degrees in Criminal Justice, Healthcare Management and General Education. In addition, HSSU added its first-ever certificate program in Urban Agriculture as a part of the university's ongoing quality educational plan. "Harris-Stowe is in the midst of a tremendous renaissance that is demonstrated in our ever-expanding academic programs, which is at the heart of our academic excellence agenda," said Dr. Dwaun J. Warmack, president, Harris-Stowe. "The breadth of baccalaureate offerings - from urban politics and pre-law to urban agriculture and now marketing - means that Harris-Stowe students can fill a greater range of exciting careers." This fall Harris-Stowe will offer new degree programs in 19 majors, 11 minors and 1 certificate program, including: Online Degrees (First fully online degree programs in HSSU history) Criminal Justice Healthcare Management General Education Degrees and Minors 1. Accounting 2. Biology 3. Business Administration 4. Criminal Justice 5. Education-Early Childhood 6. Education-Elementary 7. Education-Middle School 8. Education-Secondary 9. Education-Educational Studies 10. Finance* 11. Health Care Management 12. Information Sciences and Computer Technology 13. Mathematics 14. Marketing* 15. Professional Interdisciplinary Studies 16. Urban Affairs 17. Political Science* * Minor in Urban Politics* * Minor in Public Policy and Administration* * Minor in Pre-Law* * Minor in International Relations* 18. Sociology* * Sociology* * Law, Justice, and Society* * Urban Sociology* * Social Justice* 19. Urban Agriculture and Sustainability* * Concentration in Science (Biology-Chemistry*) * Concentration in Urban Agriculture* * Concentration in Computation and Physical Science* * Certificate in Urban Agriculture (First Certificate Program in HSSU history)* *denotes new program instituted since July 2014 SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.