Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Art | |
The Department of Art exposes students to a rigorous program of undergraduate courses that are designed to prepare majors for advanced study and professional careers. Many graduates undertake careers in teaching, lecturing, studio, museum studies, film animation, editorial cartooning, architecture, fashion... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Biology | |
Fisk's Biology faculty offers both graduate and undergraduate programs and is active in developmental biology, environmental studies, microbiology, mycology, and neuropharmacology. Advanced students have opportunities to work with faculty researchers on projects. Many students present papers at scientific... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Business Administration
Accounting | |
ACCOUNTING CONCENTRATION
The accounting concentration is designed to prepare students in the main areas of accounting, including financial and managerial accounting, cost accounting, auditing, accounting information systems, and federal taxation. This concentration should be of particular interest to... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Business Administration
Financial Economics | |
FINANCIAL ECONOMICS CONCENTRATION
The objectives of the financial economics concentration are the same as those for the B.S. program in business administration. The Financial economics concentration is designed specifically to equip students to bring analytical thinking and good judgment to bear on financial... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Business Administration
Health Care Administration | |
HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION CONCENTRATION
This concentration is a joint program with Tennessee State University. It is designed to prepare students in careers related to the management of health care services.
Required courses for Health Care Administration (24 credits)
HCA 201 Introduction to Health... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Business Administration
International Business | |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS RELATIONS CONCENTRATION
In today‘s global economy, most businesses and other potential employers have become highly interdependent with the rest of the world. For this reason, some students in the business administration program elect to choose a concentration that enables them... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Business Administration
Management | |
MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION
The concentration in management is designed to provide a solid management foundation and the greatest degree of flexibility in career choice. Students choosing this concentration are exposed to all areas of management theory and practice. This concentration provides a launching... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Business Administration
Music Business | |
MUSIC BUSINESS CONCENTRATION
This concentration is a joint program with the Music Department and Belmont University. Its purpose is to prepare students for careers in the entertainment and Music Industries. It emphasizes production, marketing, and management of music and entertainment activities.
Required... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Chemistry | |
Chemistry is important, both as an area in liberal education and as a professional field. Fisk's Chemistry Department is on the approved list of the American Chemical Society (ACS)__a rare accomplishment for small institutions. Its faculty members are active in research in different areas of chemistry,... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Computer Science | |
The major in computer science is designed to prepare students either for immediate employment or for graduate study. A minor in computer science may be taken in combination with any major field. In keeping with the mission of the University to teach and provide research opportunities for students, the... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Dramatics, Speech and Dance | |
Courses in the dramatics, speech and dance program are designed to cultivate an appreciation of the theater through a study of its history, performing styles, and literature; to acquaint the student with dynamics of human communication; and to provide opportunities for practical experience through which... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
English | |
The program in English has three main goals. For the student who chooses to major in English, the Department seeks to offer the knowledge and skill necessary for pursuing graduate studies--and for careers in teaching and in the many other professions that depend on writing and literary ability. For both... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
History | |
The History Department‘s goals are:
1. to prepare broadly educated men and women for entry into diverse professional careers and public lives;
2. to foster the skills that history teaches: analysis, evaluation, and synthesis;
3. to provide students the necessary prerequisites for coherent... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Mathematics | |
Mathematics is important in the life of every individual. The Mathematics faculty has contact with every Fisk student, whether in the mission of general education, teacher education, support for client disciplines, or the mathematical education of majors and joint majors. Course offerings are academically... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Modern Foreign Languages | |
The Department of Modern Foreign Languages at Fisk University is multifaceted in its mission.We are a community of educators and scholars dedicated to our students, their education and our areas of expertise. We encourage our students to go beyond the mastery of verb conjugations and basic grammatical... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Music | |
Music has occupied a central role in the Fisk experience since the University‘s opening in 1866. The Fisk Jubilee Singers‘® first historic tour established a reputation for excellence in musical performance and preserved the rich heritage of the Negro Spiritual. Today, Fisk continues to provide students... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Nursing | |
Fisk University has joined with the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) to launch a Bachelors of Science Degree in Nursing. This unique cooperative program of study will provide students with an experience in the liberal arts environment of a small university and a two-year clinical experience... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Physics | |
Physics is a science that is fundamental to all sciences and uses mathematics as its language. Because of the role that science plays in our technological society, it is necessary that students be trained in the sciences, with physics playing a core role. The Department of Physics seeks to provide the... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Political Science | |
The political science department seeks to provide the student with knowledge of political life, research abilities, and the ability to confront problems of political significance. The department seeks to develop graduates who are wellprepared to proceed to the next level of academic training or employment... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Psychology | |
The Department of Psychology seeks to develop graduates who are well prepared to proceed to graduate training or to employment. The faculty perceives its responsibility as going beyond instruction, to challenge and to stimulate students, and to develop students' commitment to academic excellence, social... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Religious and Philosophical Studies | |
Religion and Philosophy – two disciplines with deep common roots – have tended to grow apart in recent generations and in many American and European academic institutions. Philosophy in the Western world has tended to pursue a specialized intellectual agenda emphasizing logic and conceptual analysis,... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Sociology and Anthropology | |
The program in sociology seeks to offer to the sociology major the knowledge and skills necessary for pursuing graduate studies and for careers in the professions such as law, medicine, business, teaching, research, government, planning and human services.
Sociology studies how human beings live in... |
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Fisk University
Bachelor degree
Special Education | |
The Philosophy of the Special Education program reflects the belief that all students are unique, differing from one another intellectually, emotionally, socially, and physically, and can learn in the least restrictive environment in accordance with Special Education rules, regulations, and guidelines.
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Fisk University
Masters degree
Biology | |
To qualify for admission to the graduate program in biology, an applicant must meet the general graduate admission requirements described above. Additionally, the applicant must have completed at least 17 semester hours of biology course work at the undergraduate level, as well as one year each of organic... |
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Fisk University
Masters degree
Chemistry | |
The M.A. program in chemistry has the following goals, which are designed to build upon undergraduate training to facilitate further training or career opportunities in the field:
1. Preparation of students for successful pursuit of Ph.D. programs in chemistry.
2. Provision of instruction in research... |
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Fisk University
Masters degree
Physics | |
The department of physics seeks to provide the necessary physics experiences via formal course work, laboratory training and research to give students the requisite skills to be successful in any area where the knowledge of advanced physics is a prerequisite. The program articulates the mission of the... |
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Fisk University
Masters degree
Psychology | |
The Master of Arts degree is offered with concentrations in either of two areas, clinical or general psychology. Both programs require a thesis and two years of academic and related work. Both are designed either to provide a foundation for advanced study or to enable the student to qualify for an appropriate... |
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