Academics

Academic information provided on this page includes:

• Degrees Offered at MTSU
• General Education
• Colleges
• Departments & Schools
• Centers
• Centers of Excellence
• Chairs of Excellence
• Endowed Chairs
• Interdisciplinary Departments
• Interdisciplinary Minors and Majors
• Academic Initiatives
  • American Democracy Project
  • Guide to Best Practices for Academic Program Analysis and Improvement
• Academic Master Plan
• Faculty Handbook
• Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program

Degrees Offered at MTSU
The following undergraduate degrees are offered at MTSU:

• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
• Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)
• Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)
• Bachelor of Music (B.M.)
• Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.)
• Bachelor of Social Work (B.S.W.)
• Bachelor of University Studies (B.Unv.S.)

To learn more about MTSU's undergraduate programs, please see the undergraduate catalog.

The following graduate degrees are offered at MTSU:

• Master of Arts (M.A.)
• Master of Accountancy (M.Acc.)
• Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.)
• Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
• Master of Business Education (M.B.E.)
• Master of Criminal Justice (M.C.J.)
• Master of Education (M.Ed.)
• Master of Science (M.S.)
• Master of Science in Teaching (M.S.T.)
• Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
• Specialist in Education (Ed.S.)
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

To learn more about MTSU's graduate programs, please see the graduate catalog.

Colleges

• Basic and Applied Sciences
• Behavioral and Health Sciences
• Business
• Education
• Graduate Studies
• Liberal Arts
• Mass Communication
• University College
• University Honors

Departments & Schools

• Accounting Department
• Aerospace Department
• School of Agribusiness and Agriscience
• Art Department
• Biology Department
• Business Communication and Entrepreneurship Department
• Chemistry Department
• Computer Information Systems Department
• Computer Science Department
• Concrete Industry Management
• Criminal Justice Administration Department
• Economics and Finance Department
• Educational Leadership Department
• Electronic Media Communication Department
• Elementary and Special Education Department
• Engineering Technology Department
• English Department
• Foreign Languages and Literatures Department
• Geosciences
• Health and Human Performance
• History Department
• Human Sciences Department
• School of Journalism
• Management and Marketing Department
• Mathematical Sciences Department
• Military Science Department
• School of Music
• School of Nursing
• Physics and Astronomy Department
• Philosophy Department
• Political Science Department
• Psychology Department
• Recording Industry Department
• Social Work Department
• Sociology and Anthropology Department
• Speech and Theatre Department
• University Studies

Centers

• Business and Economics Research Center
• Center for Economic Education
• Center for Energy Efficiency
• Center for Environmental Education
• Forensic Institute for Research & Education
• Albert Gore Research Center
• Center for Health and Human Services
• Center for Organizational & Human Resource Effectiveness
• Center for Innovation in Media
• Tennessee Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia
• Tennessee STEM Education Center
• Tennessee Small Business Development Lead Center
• Tennessee Transit Training Center

Centers of Excellence

• Center for Historic Preservation
• Center for Popular Music

Chairs of Excellence

• The Jennings Jones Chair in Free Enterprise
  James E. Burton, dean, College of Business, (615) 898-2764
• The Jennings Jones Chair in Urban and Regional Planning
  James E. Burton, dean, College of Business, (615) 898-2764
• The John Seigenthaler Chair in First Amendment Studies 
  Wendell Rawls, director, College of Mass Communication, (615) 898-5150
• The Dr. Carl Adams Chair in HealthCare Services
  M. Jo Edwards, chairholder, (615) 898-2905
• The National HealthCare Chair in Nursing
  Karen Ward, interim director, School of Nursing, (615) 898-2437
• The Robert E. and Georgianna West Russell Chair in Manufacturing Excellence
  Charles H. Perry, chairholder, Department of Engineering Technology, (615) 898-5683
• The Katherine Davis Murfree Chair in Dyslexic Studies
  Sharon Farmer, Executive Aide, (615) 898-5642
• John C. Miller Chair in Equine Reproductive Physiology
  Warren Gill, Director, School of Agribusiness and Agriscience, (615) 898-2523
• Mary E. Miller Chair in Equine Health
  Warren Gill, Director, School of Agribusiness and Agriscience, (615) 898-2523

 

Endowed Chairs

• Martin Chair of Insurance
  Kenneth W. Hollman, chairholder, (615) 898-2673
• Weatherford Chair of Finance
  William F. Ford, chairholder, (615) 898-2889
• The Wright Travel Chair in Entrepreneurship
• Douglass Tatum, chairholder, (615) 898-2745

Interdisciplinary Departments

• General Education
  

Interdisciplinary Minors and Majors

• African Studies
• African American Studies
• Aging Studies
• American Culture
• Archaeology
• Asian Studies
• Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC)
• Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AROTC)
• Behavioral Research
• Business Administration
• Early Modern European Studies
• Entrepreneurship
• Environment and Human Society
• Environmental Science and Technology
• Film Studies
• Global Studies
• Great Books
• International Media Studies
• Latin American Studies
• Leadership Studies
• Linguistic Studies
• Middle East Studies
• Native American Studies
• Organizational Communication
• Paralegal Studies
• Russian Studies
• Urban Studies
• War, Policy, and Society
• Women's and Gender Studies
• Writing

Academic Master Plan

Learn more about our plans for the future of academics at MTSU in the Academic Master Plan 2007-2017.