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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

David Holmes, Dean
Shanna Ray, Executive Associate Dean

The College of LiberalArts and Sciences is the largest of the university’s ten colleges. The college includes the academic areas that constitute the university’s liberal arts core as well as several professional areas. The college provides students with the skills and critical perspectives necessary to become engaged learners that meet the challenges of a global society.

Drawing upon the intellectual resources of ten departments, the college offers students opportunities in both traditional and innovative learning environments in languages and literature, psychology, communication, mathematics, natural sciences, history, politics and philosophy. Interdisciplinary programs are offered in all areas, while a professional program is available in social work. Graduate programs in archaeology, psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy, molecular biology and sustainability are also offered in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The university’s highly respected and successful pre-med program is also housed there as well.

Off-site learning experiences (i.e., clinical, practicum, internship, etc.) are required in many courses of study at Lipscomb. Successful completion of these experiential courses is required for graduation and/or licensure. Students should be aware that many experiential sites require satisfactory documentation of personal identification in the form of driver’s licenses, social security cards, passports, drug screening and background checks. Students should make sure that they are aware of and can meet all documentation requirements well in advance of the timeframe for admission into the respective program and placement into these sites. Failure to provide required documentation for successful entry into these experiential courses may result in failure to complete the desired program of study.

School of Communication

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Program of Study Requirements

Major

  • Advertising Major, B.A.
  • Journalism and New Media Major, B.A.
  • Public Relations Major, B.A.
  • Sports Media, B.A.

Minor

  • Advertising Minor
  • Event Planning Minor
  • Interactive Media Production Minor
  • Journalism and New Media Minor
  • Public Relations Minor
  • Sports Media Minor

School of Humanities

Department of Archaeology

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Program of Study Requirements

Minor

  • Biblical Archaeology Minor

Department of English and Modern Languages

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Program of Study Requirements

Major

  • English Education, B.A.
  • English, B.A.
  • French Education, B.A.
  • French, B.A.
  • Spanish Education, B.A.
  • Spanish, B.A.

Minor

  • African American Studies Minor
  • English Literature Minor
  • English Writing Minor
  • Foreign Language Distributive Minor
  • French Minor
  • German Minor
  • International Studies Minor
  • Spanish Minor

Department of History, Politics, and Philosophy

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Program of Study Requirements

Major

  • American Studies, B.A.
  • Criminal Justice, B.A. or B.S.
  • History Education, B.A.
  • History, B.A.
  • International Affairs, B.A.
  • Philosophy, B.A. or B.S.
  • Political Science, B.A.
  • Political Science, Pre - Law Concentration, B.A.
  • Political Science: International Relations Concentration, B.A.

Minor

  • Criminal Justice Minor
  • Ethics Minor
  • History Minor
  • International Studies Minor
  • Philosophy Minor
  • Political Science Minor
  • Public Policy Minor

School of Social Sciences

Department of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Science

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Program of Study Requirements

Major

  • Family Science: Child and Family Services track (B.A. or B.S.)
  • Family Science: Child and Family Spiritual Formation track (B.A. or B.S.)
  • Family Science: Family Life Education track (B.A. or B.S.)
  • Family Science: Mental Health Professions track, (B.A. or B.S.)
  • Psychology (B.S. or B.A.)

Minor

  • Family Studies Minor
  • Neuropsychology Minor
  • Psychology for Health Professionals Minor
  • Psychology Minor

Department of Social Work and Sociology

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Program of Study Requirements

Major

  • Social Work, B.S.W.

Minor

  • Social Justice Minor
  • Sociology Minor

Environmental and Sustainability Science

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School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Department of Biology

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Program of Study Requirements

Major

  • Biology - Pharmacy 3+1 Program Major, B.A., B.S.
  • Biology Education (General Science-Biology) Major, B.A., B.S.
  • Biology Major, B.A., B.S.
  • Molecular Biology - Biomolecular Science Graduate Bridge Program, Human Disease Track, B.S./M.S.
  • Molecular Biology - Biomolecular Science Graduate Bridge Program, Laboratory Research Track, B.S./M.S.
  • Molecular Biology Major, B.A., B.S.
  • Neurobiology, B.S.

Minor

  • Biology Minor
  • Sustainable Practice Minor

Other Program of Study Requirements

  • Bioscience and Philosophy, B.S.

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Program of Study Requirements

Major

  • Applied Chemistry, B.A., B.S.
  • Biochemistry for Health Professions, B.A., B.S.
  • Biochemistry Major, B.S., B.A.
  • Chemistry Education Major(General Science-Chemistry), B.A., B.S.
  • Chemistry Major, B.A., B.S.

Minor

  • Chemistry Minor

Department of Mathematics

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Program of Study Requirements

Major

  • Mathematics - Applied, B.A., B.S.
  • Mathematics Education, B.A., B.S.
  • Mathematics, B.A., B.S.
  • Mathematics/Physics Education (6 - 12), B.A.. B.S.

Minor

  • Mathematics - Applied, Minor
  • Pure Mathematics, Minor

Department of Physics

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Program of Study Requirements

Major

  • Biomedical Physics Major
  • Biomedical Physics Major, Premed Track
  • Physics Education, B.A., B.S.
  • Physics Education, B.S.
  • Physics, B.A., B.S.

Minor

  • Biomedical Physics Minor
  • Physics Minor

Medically-Related Preprofessional Programs

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Program of Study Requirements

Major

  • Pre-Professional Programs

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