文理学院

Welcome to The 文理学院 at 大阳城集团99aa, one of the largest colleges at the University consisting of eleven departments and six centers. We offer a wide variety of courses in our various disciplines that strive to cultivate skills in research and analysis, 书面和口头沟通, 批判性思维. We are excited to be in a position to offer emerging scholars the chance to explore a number of opportunities to advance your intellectual curiosities. We encourage our students to think globally while centering the local. To
make an impact, one has to appreciate the local community while also serving that community. It is imperative for us in the 文理学院 that our students, 教师, and staff fully understand and commit to embracing new ways of knowing and doing. 随着世界以新的方式发展, our programs offer a humanistic response to the rapid advances in ideas and technology, 比如人工智能. Our departments challenge students to find deeper meanings and solutions through rigorous research and comprehensive analysis, 但也要为创造力和表达提供一些渠道.

We are home to world-class musicians that teach in the 音乐 department, as well as several ensembles from jazz to African Drum and Dance, 还有南方军乐队的音爆. Our department of 历史与哲学 has well-established scholars whose research interests range from Public 历史 to Disability Studies and African 历史, 其中两位是富布赖特学者. Our 刑事司法与社会学 department and 心理学 department are preparing students to make an impact on decreasing mass incarceration rates and the effects of technology on cognitive processes, 分别. The Applied Psychological Services Clinic also serves the community through therapy and testing for ADHD, IQ, 在其他领域. 也, 安置在心理学系, 社区健康计划是什么, whose mission is to train students in providing services that address underserved communities.

除了, there are a number of opportunities for students interested in international relations, 治理, local politics and law through the excellent work in the Department of 政治科学. The Department of 军事科学 is also training our students for key positions through their leadership labs. 和, 如果对戏剧感兴趣, 沟通, 或媒体, the Speech Communications and Theatre department and 新闻与传媒研究 department provides a number of opportunities for real time experience. Speech and Theatre produce plays and performances and is home to the wildly popular student group, MADDRAMA. 新闻与传媒研究 offers one of the only Sports Media journalism programs at an HBCU while also providing hands-on training for students interested in creating cutting-edge content through JSUTV, WJSU广播, 以及在数字平台上广播的Sipp FM.

For those who study and create visual art in its various forms, the Art Department is doing amazing work that blends digital 人文学科, AI, 摄影, UX设计以及展览设计和制作. 艺术画廊, 也在这个部门, 在校园展示我们独特的收藏品, while also providing opportunities for 教师 and students to exhibit their work. 英语和现代语言系, 太, 从事各种研究课题，如人工智能中的不平等, Afrofuturism, 多种语言, 文化修辞. Through the Creative Writing concentration, students have opportunities for publication
and interaction with award-winning authors who visit campus for readings and 研讨会. The Department of 公共政策与行政 is also exploring the ways data collection impacts citizens and the policies that determine eligibility for resources and funding.

我们各中心的惊人工作也值得注意. The Center for Alcohol and Drug Studies continues to educate our students and citizens across the state about the unhealthy behavior associated with drugs and alcohol. 玛格丽特·沃克中心, 博物馆和档案馆, 是建立在著名作家和学者的遗产之上吗, Dr. 玛格丽特·沃克·亚历山大, 历史研究所的创始人, 生活, 《大阳城集团99aa》出版, 这是美国最早的黑人研究项目之一. COFO民权教育中心, 校园里的历史遗迹, is dedicated to sharing the unique history of Mississippi in the civil rights movement through programming and tours. 延续精益求精的传统, 理查德·赖特写作中心, 修辞, 和研究提供一对一的写作教程, 研讨会, 以及帮助学生的资源.

文理学院坚持认为，艺术, 人文学科, and social and behavioral sciences are integral parts to society’s mental, 精神上的, 身体健康. Without these very important disciplines and fields of study, our communities would be worse off. 文理学院关注的是过去, 现在, and future of the whole person and helps to give meaning and understanding to some of the world’s most complex issues. We know that the work that we do often goes unnoticed and sometimes challenged; but we also know that because of our work, 世界可以变得更安全, 更健康的, 更美丽.

里科·德瓦拉·查普曼博士.D.
文学院院长
历史与哲学系教授