Columbus State University

Degree Programs at Columbus State University

Associate's Level Programs

• Arts & Humanities

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    • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
      A program that is a structured combination of the arts, biological and physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities, emphasizing breadth of study. Includes instruction in independently designed, individualized, or regular programs.

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• Security and Protective Service Careers

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  • Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
    A program that focuses on the criminal justice system, its organizational components and processes, and its legal and public policy contexts. Includes instruction in criminal law and policy, police and correctional systems organization, the administration of justice and the judiciary, and public attitudes regarding criminal justice issues.

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• Technology

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    • Computer and Information Sciences
      A general program that focuses on computing, computer science, and information science and systems as part of a broad and/or interdisciplinary program. Such programs are undifferentiated as to title and content and are not to be confused with specific programs in computer science, information science, or related support services.

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Bachelor's Level Programs

• Arts & Humanities

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  • English Language and Literature See more schools with programs in English Language and Literature
    • English Language and Literature
      A general program that focuses on the English language, including its history, structure and related communications skills; and the literature and culture of English-speaking peoples.

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    • Speech and Rhetorical Studies
      A program that focuses on human interpersonal communication from the scientific/behavioral and humanistic perspectives. Includes instruction in the theory and physiology of speech, the history of discourse, the structure and analysis of argument and types of public speech, the social role of speech, oral interpretation of literature, interpersonal interactions, and the relation of speech to nonverbal and other forms of message exchanges.

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  • Film and Theater See more schools with programs in Film and Theater
    • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
      A program that focuses on the general study of dramatic works and their performance. Includes instruction in major works of dramatic literature, dramatic styles and types, and the principles of organizing and producing full live or filmed productions.

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  • Foreign Languages See more schools with programs in Foreign Languages
    • Spanish Language and Literature
      A program that focuses on the Spanish language and related dialects. Includes instruction in Spanish philology, Modern Castillan, various Latin American dialects, regional Spanish dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and other settings.

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  • General Studies See more schools with programs in General Studies
    • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
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  • History See more schools with programs in History
    • History
      A program that focuses on the general study and interpretation of the past, including the gathering, recording, synthesizing and criticizing of evidence and theories about past events. Includes instruction in historiography; historical research methods; studies of specific periods, issues and cultures; and applications to areas such as historic preservation, public policy, and records administration.

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  • Music See more schools with programs in Music
    • General Music
      A general program that focuses on the introductory study and appreciation of music and the performing arts. Includes instruction in music, dance, and other performing arts media.

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    • Music Performance
      A program that generally prepares individuals to master musical instruments and performing art as solo and/or ensemble performers. Includes instruction on one or more specific instruments from various instrumental groupings.

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  • Visual Arts See more schools with programs in Visual Arts
    • Drawing
      A program that prepares individuals creatively and technically to express emotions, ideas, or inner visions through representation by lines made on a surface. Includes instruction in eye-hand coordination; line, value, shape, and perspective; figure and still life drawing; the use of media such as pen and ink, pencil, charcoal, pastel, and brush; and personal style development.

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• Business

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  • Accounting & Related Services See more schools with programs in Accounting & Related Services
    • Accounting
      An accounting program provides the tools to practice accounting and to perform related business functions. This program includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, tax accounting, legal aspects of accounting, auditing, reporting procedures, statement analysis, planning and consulting, business information systems, accounting research methods, professional standards and ethics, and applications to specific for-profit, public, and non-profit organizations.

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  • Financial Services See more schools with programs in Financial Services
    • Finance
      A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, manage, and analyze the financial and monetary aspects and performance of business enterprises, banking institutions, or other organizations. Includes instruction in principles of accounting; financial instruments; capital planning; funds acquisition; asset and debt management; budgeting; financial analysis; and investments and portfolio management.

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  • General Business See more schools with programs in General Business
    • Business Administration and Management
      Generally, this program prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control a firm or organization. To aid them in taking a leading role in business, individuals in this program study management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making.

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  • Management See more schools with programs in Management
    • Business/Commerce
      This program provides a general study of business, including the processes of interchanging goods and services (buying, selling and producing), business organization, and accounting as used in profit-making and nonprofit public and private institutions and agencies. The programs may prepare individuals to apply business principles and techniques in various occupational settings.

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  • Marketing See more schools with programs in Marketing
    • Marketing/Marketing Management
      A program that generally prepares individuals to undertake and manage the process of developing consumer audiences and moving products from producers to consumers. Includes instruction in buyer behavior and dynamics, principle of marketing research, demand analysis, cost-volume and profit relationships, pricing theory, marketing campaign and strategic planning, market segments, advertising methods, sales operations and management, consumer relations, retailing, and applications to specific products and markets.

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• Education

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  • Special Needs Education See more schools with programs in Special Needs Education
    • Education/Teaching of Individuals with Mental Retardation
      A program that focuses on the design of educational services for children or adults with mental disabilities which adversely affect their educational performance and that may prepare individuals to teach such students. Includes instruction in identifying students with mental retardation, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising mentally handicapped students, counseling, and applicable laws and policies.

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  • Teacher Training See more schools with programs in Teacher Training
    • Art Teacher Education
      Art Teach Education programs prepare individuals to teach art and art appreciation programs at various educational levels.

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    • Drama and Dance Teacher Education
      A program that prepares individuals to teach drama and/or dance programs at various educational levels.

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    • Early Childhood Education
      A program that prepares individuals to teach students ranging in age from infancy through eight years (grade three), depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all relevant subject matter.

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    • English/Language Arts Teacher Education
      A program that prepares individuals to teach English grammar, composition and literature programs at various educational levels.

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    • Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
      A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the middle, intermediate or junior high grades, which may include grades four through nine by regulation.

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    • Mathematics Teacher Education
      A program that prepares individuals to teach mathematics programs at various educational levels.

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    • Music Teacher Education
      A program that prepares individuals to teach music and music appreciation programs at various educational levels.

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    • Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
      A program that prepares individuals to teach physical education programs and/or to coach sports at various educational levels.

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    • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
      A program that prepares individuals to teach general science programs, or a combination of the biological and physical science subject matter areas, at various educational levels.

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    • Social Studies Teacher Education
      A program that prepares individuals to teach general social studies programs at various educational levels.

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• Fitness, Recreation and Leisure Studies

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  • Parks, Recreation and Leisure See more schools with programs in Parks, Recreation and Leisure
    • Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
      A program that prepares individuals to develop and manage park facilities and other indoor and outdoor recreation and leisure facilities. Includes instruction in supervising support personnel, health and safety standards, public relations, and basic business and marketing principles.

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  • Physical Fitness See more schools with programs in Physical Fitness
    • Kinesiology and Exercise Science
      A scientific program that focuses on the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and biophysics of human movement, and applications to exercise and therapeutic rehabilitation. Includes instruction in biomechanics, motor behavior, motor development and coordination, motor neurophysiology, performance research, rehabilitative therapies, the development of diagnostic and rehabilitative methods and equipment, and related analytical methods and procedures in applied exercise and therapeutic rehabilitation .

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• Health & Medical Services

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  • Nursing See more schools with programs in Nursing
    • Nursing - Registered Nurse Training (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
      A program that generally prepares individuals in the knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for sick, disabled, informed, or other individuals or groups. Includes instruction in the administration of medication and treatments, assisting a physician during treatments and examinations, Referring patients to physicians and other health care specialists, and planning education for health maintenance.

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• Life Science

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  • Biology See more schools with programs in Biology
    • Biological and Biomedical Sciences
      Students in this program study general biology at an introductory level. This major provides students with a broad overview of biology and includes instruction in general biology and programs covering a variety of biological specializations.

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    • Biology/Biological Sciences
      Students in this program study general biology at an introductory level. This major provides students with a broad overview of biology and includes instruction in general biology and programs covering a variety of biological specializations.

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• Mathematics and Statistics

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  • General Mathematics
    A general program that focuses on the analysis of quantities, magnitudes, forms, and their relationships, using symbolic logic and language. Includes instruction in algebra, calculus, functional analysis, geometry, number theory, logic, topology and other mathematical specializations.

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• Natural Sciences

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    • General Chemistry
      A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of matter, including its micro- and macro-structure, the processes of chemical change, and the theoretical description and laboratory simulation of these phenomena.

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  • Geology See more schools with programs in Geology
    • Geology/Earth Science
      A program that focuses on the scientific study of the earth; the forces acting upon it; and the behavior of the solids, liquids and gases comprising it. Includes instruction in historical geology, geomorphology, and sedimentology, the chemistry of rocks and soils, stratigraphy, mineralogy, petrology, geostatistics, volcanology, glaciology, geophysical principles, and applications to research and industrial problems.

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• Security and Protective Service Careers

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  • Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
    A program that focuses on the criminal justice system, its organizational components and processes, and its legal and public policy contexts. Includes instruction in criminal law and policy, police and correctional systems organization, the administration of justice and the judiciary, and public attitudes regarding criminal justice issues.

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• Social Sciences

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  • International Relations and Affairs See more schools with programs in International Relations and Affairs
    • General Political Science and Government
      A general program that focuses on the systematic study of political institutions and behavior. Includes instruction in political philosophy, political theory, comparative government and politics, political parties and interest groups, public opinion, political research methods, studies of the government and politics of specific countries, and studies 0f specific political institutions and processes.

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  • Psychology See more schools with programs in Psychology
    • General Psychology
      A general program that focuses on the scientific study of individual and collective behavior, the physical and environmental bases of behavior, and the analysis and treatment of behavior problems and disorders. Includes instruction in the principles of the various subfields of psychology, research methods, and psychological assessment and testing methods.

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    • Sociology
      A program that focuses on the systematic study of human social institutions and social relationships. Includes instruction in social theory, sociological research methods, social organization and structure, social stratification and hierarchies, dynamics of social change, family structures, social deviance and control, and applications to the study of specific social groups, social institutions, and social problems.

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• Technology

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    • Computer and Information Sciences
      A general program that focuses on computing, computer science, and information science and systems as part of a broad and/or interdisciplinary program. Such programs are undifferentiated as to title and content and are not to be confused with specific programs in computer science, information science, or related support services.

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Master's Level Programs

• Agriculture and Natural Resources

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  • Natural Resources and Conservation See more schools with programs in Natural Resources and Conservation
    • Environmental Science
      A program that focuses on the application of biological, chemical, and physical principles to the study of the physical environment and the solution of environmental problems, including subjects such as abating or controlling environmental pollution and degradation; the interaction between human society and the natural environment; and natural resources management. Includes instruction in biology, chemistry, physics, geosciences, climatology, statistics, and mathematical modeling.

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• Business

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    • Business/Commerce
      This program provides a general study of business, including the processes of interchanging goods and services (buying, selling and producing), business organization, and accounting as used in profit-making and nonprofit public and private institutions and agencies. The programs may prepare individuals to apply business principles and techniques in various occupational settings.

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• Education

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    • Educational Leadership and Administration
      A program that focuses on the general principles and techniques of administering a wide variety of schools and other educational organizations and facilities, supervising educational personnel at the school or staff level, and that may prepare individuals as general administrators and supervisors.

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  • General Education See more schools with programs in General Education
    • Educational/Instructional Media Design
      A program that focuses on the principles and techniques of creating instructional products and related educational resources in various formats or combinations such as film, video, recording, text, art, CD-ROM, computer software, virtual reality technology, and three-dimensional objects, and that prepares individuals to function as instructional media designers. Includes instruction in the techniques specific to creating in various media; the behavioral principles applicable to using various media in learning and teaching; the design, testing and production of instructional materials; and the management of educational/instructional media facilities and programs.

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  • Special Needs Education See more schools with programs in Special Needs Education
    • Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances
      A program that focuses on the design of educational services for children or adults with emotional conditions which adversely affect their educational performance and that may prepare individuals to teach such students. Includes instruction in identifying students with emotional disturbances, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising emotionally disturbed students, counseling, and applicable laws and policies.

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    • Education/Teaching of Individuals with Mental Retardation
      A program that focuses on the design of educational services for children or adults with mental disabilities which adversely affect their educational performance and that may prepare individuals to teach such students. Includes instruction in identifying students with mental retardation, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising mentally handicapped students, counseling, and applicable laws and policies.

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    • Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities
      A program that focuses on the design of educational services for children or adults with specific learning disabilities which adversely affect their educational performance and that may prepare individuals to teach such students. Includes instruction in identifying students with specific learning disabilities, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising students with specific learning disabilities, counseling, and applicable laws and policies.

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  • Teacher Training See more schools with programs in Teacher Training
    • Early Childhood Education
      A program that prepares individuals to teach students ranging in age from infancy through eight years (grade three), depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all relevant subject matter.

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    • English/Language Arts Teacher Education
      A program that prepares individuals to teach English grammar, composition and literature programs at various educational levels.

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    • Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
      A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the middle, intermediate or junior high grades, which may include grades four through nine by regulation.

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    • Mathematics Teacher Education
      A program that prepares individuals to teach mathematics programs at various educational levels.

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    • Music Teacher Education
      A program that prepares individuals to teach music and music appreciation programs at various educational levels.

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    • Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
      A program that prepares individuals to teach physical education programs and/or to coach sports at various educational levels.

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    • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
      A program that prepares individuals to teach general science programs, or a combination of the biological and physical science subject matter areas, at various educational levels.

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    • Social Science Teacher Education
      A program that prepares individuals to teach specific social science subjects and programs at various educational levels.

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• Health & Medical Services

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  • Mental & Social Health Services See more schools with programs in Mental & Social Health Services
    • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
      A program that prepares individuals to apply the theory and principles of guidance and counseling to the provision of support for the personal, social, educational, and vocational development of students, and the organizing of guidance services within elementary, middle and secondary educational institutions. Includes instruction in legal and professional requirements, therapeutic counselor intervention, vocational counseling, and related sociological and psychological foundations.

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• Social Sciences

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    • Other Social Sciences
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• Technology

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    • Computer and Information Sciences
      A general program that focuses on computing, computer science, and information science and systems as part of a broad and/or interdisciplinary program. Such programs are undifferentiated as to title and content and are not to be confused with specific programs in computer science, information science, or related support services.

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Certificate Programs at Columbus State University

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  • Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
    A program that focuses on the criminal justice system, its organizational components and processes, and its legal and public policy contexts. Includes instruction in criminal law and policy, police and correctional systems organization, the administration of justice and the judiciary, and public attitudes regarding criminal justice issues.

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