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1 Jackson state university JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY U N D E R G R A D U A T E C A T A L O G Jackson State University Volume MMXXI All statements in this catalog are announcements of present policies only and are subject to change at any time by proper authority without prior notice. Jackson State University is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Jackson State University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate, masters, specialists, and doctorate degrees.

2 Contact the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Jackson State University. The official mailing address for the University is as follows: 1400 John R. Lynch Street Jackson, Mississippi 39217 Telephone: (601) 979-2121 Books and Supplies JSU Campus Store, JSU Student Center, First Floor (601) 979-2021 Career Services Center Placement Office, Jacob L. Reddix Building, First Floor (601) 979-2477 JSU Online Jackson State University 101 Building, Downtown Jackson, 5th floor Financial Aid Financial Aid, Roberts Hall, First Floor 1-866-THEEJSU (843-3578) Food Services Campus Dining, JSU Student Center, First Floor (601) 979-0440 Honors College Charles F.

3 Moore Building, First Floor (601) 979-2107 Identification ID Center Building (601) 979-2407 Health Services/On Campus Medical Attention Health Services Center Building (601) 979-2260 International Programs JSU Global, Moore Building, 3rd Floor (601) 979-1611 Intramural Sports 34 Walter Payton Drive, Jackson, MS 39217 (601) 979-1368 Latasha Norman Center for Counseling Services JSU Student Center, Second Floor (601) 979-0374 Library (Main Campus) Sampson Library (601) 979-2123 DIRECTORY UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION Office of the President H. P. Jacobs Administration Tower, Ninth Floor (601) 979-2323 Division of Academic Affairs Jacobs Administration Tower, Seventh Floor (601) 979-2244 Division of Business and Finance H.

4 P. Jacobs Administration Tower, Fifth Floor (601) 979-3060 Division of Institutional Advancement H. P. Jacobs Administration Tower, Third Floor (601) 979-2282 Division of Information Technology Mississippi e-Center, Second Floor (601) 979-4299 Division of Intercollegiate Athletics Lee E. Williams Athletics and Assembly Center (601) 979-2291 Division of Research and Economic Development Jacobs Administration Tower, Sixth Floor (601) 979-2931 Division of Student Affairs JSU Student Center, Third Floor (601) 979-2241 General Counsel Jacobs Administration Tower, Eighth Floor (601) 979-3950 COLLEGES AND DIVISIONS Division of Graduate Studies H.

5 P. Jacobs Administration Tower, First Floor (601) 979-2455 College of Business College of Business Building (601) 979-2411 College of Education and Human Development Joseph H. Jackson Building (601) 979-2433 College of Health Sciences A Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accredited School of Public Health Jackson Medical Mall (601) 979-6387 College of Science, Engineering and Technology Engineering Building (601) 979-2153 College of Liberal Arts Dollye Robinson Building (601) 979-7036 WHERE TO GO FOR INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE: Admissions and Recruitment Undergraduate Admissions and Recruitment Roberts Hall, Second Floor 1-866-THEEJSU (843-3578) Disability Services & ADA Compliance Support Services for Student and Employees and Disabilities JSU Student Center, Second Floor (601) 979-3704 Alumni and Constituency Relations Jackson State University 101 Building, Downtown Jackson, 1st floor (601) 979-2281 JSU Ticket Office Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (601) 979-2420 Emergencies, Automobile Registration, Lost and Found, and Parking Violations Department of Public Safety, Public Safety Building (601)

6 979-2580 Student Organizations The Center for Student Engagement and Leadership, JSU Student Center, Second Floor, Rm #2124 (601) 979-3308 Payment of Tuition and Fees Financial Services, Roberts Hall, Second Floor 1-866-THEEJSU (843-3578) Postal Services Jacob L. Reddix Building, First Floor (601) 979-2031 Registration Registrar and Records, Roberts Hall, Second Floor 1-866-THEEJSU (843-3578) Residential Life Student Housing, Campbell College Suites North (601) 979-2326 ROTC (Military Science) Dollye M. E. Robinson Bldg., Fourth Floor (601) 979-2175 AFROTC (Aerospace Science) Woodard Building Student Government Association (SGA) JSU Student Center, Second Floor (601) 979-0235 Student Conduct Dean of Students, JSU Student Center, Third Floor (601) 979-2329 Student Teaching College of Education and Human Development Joseph H.

7 Jackson Building, First Floor, Room 103A (601) 979-2335 Student Newspaper (Blue & White Flash) Student Publications, MS e-Center@JSU, First Floor (601) 979-2167/8674 Campus Tours JSU Undergraduate Admissions and Recruitment Roberts Hall, Second Floor 1-866-THEEJSU (843-3578) Veteran and Military Student Support Center Jacob L. Reddix Building, 3rd Floor (601) 979-1365 BACKGROUND INFORMATION THE UNIVERSITY Jackson State University, a coeducational institution, is supported by the State of Mississippi. It is controlled by the Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, appointed by the governor.

8 The University is supported by legislative appropriations supplemented by student fees and federal and private grants. Jackson State University is located in Jackson, Mississippi, the capital and largest city of the state. Jackson State University has a distinguished history, rich in the tradition of educating young men and women for leadership, having undergone seven name changes as it grew and developed. Founded as Natchez Seminary in 1877 by the American Baptist home Mission Society of New York, the school was established in Natchez, Mississippi for the moral, religious and intellectual improvement of Christian leaders of the colored people of Mississippi and the neighboring states.

9 In November 1882, the school was moved to Jackson, MS; in March 1899, the curriculum was expanded and the name was changed to Jackson College. The state assumed support of the college in 1940, assigning to it the mission of training teachers. Subsequently, between 1953 and 1956, the curriculum was expanded to include a graduate program and bachelor s programs in the arts and sciences; the name was then changed to Jackson State College in 1956. Further expansion of the curriculum and a notable building program preceded the elevation of Jackson State College to university status on March 15, 1974. In 1979, Jackson State University, a public, coeducational institution, is supported by legislative appropriations supplemented by student fees and federal and private grants.

10 JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS 1877-1894: Dr. Charles Ayer 1894-1911: Dr. Luther G. Barrett 1911-1927: Dr. Zachary T. Hubert 1927-1940: Dr. B. Baldwin Dansby 1940-1967: Dr. Jacob L. Reddix 1967-1984: Dr. John A. Peoples, Jr. 1984-1991: Dr. James A. Hefner 1991-1992: Dr. Herman B. Smith (interim) 1992-1999: Dr. James E. Lyons, Sr. 1999-2000: Dr. Bettye Ward Fletcher (interim) 2000-2010: Ronald Mason, Jr., Esq. 2010-2011: Dr. Leslie Burl McLemore (interim) 2011-2016: Dr. Carolyn W. Meyers 2017: Dr. Rod Paige (interim) 2017-2020: Dr. William B. Bynum, Jr. 2020-present: Thomas K. Hudson, Esq. VISION STATEMENT Building on its historic mission of empowering diverse students to become leaders, Jackson State University will become recognized as a challenging, yet nurturing, state-of-the-art technologically-infused intellectual community.