Norfolk State University

Accountancy

The Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Accountancy requires 121 hours of undergraduate coursework. The Commonwealth of Virginia requires at least 150 semester hours of education prior to taking the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam. Graduates may also sit for the Certified Management Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, and Certified Information Systems Auditor exams.

Accounting

Accounting is a certificate program offered at Norfolk State University.

African American Studies

African American Studies is a certificate program offered at Norfolk State University.

African American Studies

African and African Diasporan Studies

African and African Diasporan Studies is a certificate program offered at Norfolk State University.

Architectural Drafting

The Architectural Drafting curriculum is designed to provide students with a technical education that will prepare them to work as semi-professionals immediately upon completion of the program. Graduates may fill such typical positions as architectural draftsman, mechanical draftsman, civil draftsman, technical representative, technical draft person, or CAD operator.

Biology

The Biology Department provides a diversity of career options through three courses of study that lead to a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. The program prepares students for careers in biology and provides pre-professional training for dentistry, medicine, veterinary medicine, podiatry, osteopathy, optometry, and various allied health options.

Business

The Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Business is offered in several concentrations: Business Intelligence and Data Analytics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Financial Services, Management, Management Information Systems, and Marketing. Students complete a business core intended to give a fundamental understanding of the essential areas of business management.

Chemistry

The B.S. Chemistry degree prepares students for a career in industry and graduate school in chemistry or related disciplines. All B.S. Chemistry tracks provide a strong background in chemical knowledge, analytical and laboratory skills, oral and written communication proficiency, and experience working independently or in a team. The Chemistry and Chemistry Pre-Medicine curricula are approved by the American Chemical Society.

Chemistry and Materials Science (Five-Year Dual Degree)

A five-year dual degree curriculum offered by the Chemistry Department that leads to the B.S. in Chemistry and the M.S. in Materials Science.

Clinical Psychology

The Clinical Ph.D. Program is jointly sponsored by Norfolk State University and Old Dominion University and administered through The Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology. The program follows a scientist-practitioner model whose mission is to graduate practicing clinical psychologists who are prepared to pursue research and clinical careers. Students take classes at both institutions and are engaged in research activities and clinical work throughout their training.

Computer Engineering Technology

The Computer Engineering Technology program prepares graduates for careers in maintaining, manufacturing, integration, and support of computer systems. Emphasis is placed on job skills required of professionals in the computer industry, including wireless systems, electronic interfacing, networking, digital communications, oral and written communication, and management principles.

Computer Science

The Computer Science Program is designed to provide students with fundamental training in the theoretical and practical aspects of computer science. Coupled with the program's strong mathematics component, this training provides graduates with the necessary background for employment in a wide variety of computing fields or for a smooth entry into graduate-level study. The program is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET.

Computer Science

The computer science graduate program provides a quality CS education to students by strengthening their leadership, analytical, and research skills to empower them to become productive computer science professionals. The M.S. degree requires 30 graduate credit hours of course work including a thesis, or 33 graduate credit hours including a project. Tracks of study include general Computer Science, Information Assurance, Data Science and Machine Learning, and Communication Networks.

Construction Management Engineering Technology

The Construction Management Engineering Technology program provides a sound background in principles and practices of residential and commercial construction.

Counseling Education

The Master of Arts in Counseling Education prepares candidates for careers in counseling settings including community agencies, schools, and rehabilitation services. The coursework offered in this degree program prepares candidates to meet the minimum requirements for national and state licensure. The degree requires 60 semester hours of academic credit including practicum and internship experiences.

Criminal Justice

The Master of Arts in Criminal Justice consists of a core of five courses that set the foundation and parameters for specialization in two concentrations: Management and Planning, and Juvenile Justice. Students may select the thesis or comprehensive examination option and must successfully complete a total of 36 semester credit hours to be awarded the degree.

CyberPsychology

The Certificate in CyberPsychology program is designed for post-baccalaureates seeking advanced education in the applied interdisciplinary study of cyberpsychology. This certificate is appropriate for individuals seeking a broad overview of the history and current state of cyberpsychological study without having to formally engage in scientific research. All required coursework overlaps with the curriculum for the M.S. CyberPsychology degree program.

CyberPsychology

The M.S. in CyberPsychology program is an accelerated year-round, fully asynchronous online program designed to prepare students for careers in applied social science. This specialty examines the relationship between human behavior in the 21st century and both current and emerging digital technologies. Students are equipped with essential research skills sought after across a wide range of employment settings and higher education programs.

Cybersecurity

The Master of Science in Cybersecurity program seeks to empower graduates from multidisciplinary fields with the knowledge and skills to realize their full potential as next generation technical and organizational leaders in the ongoing war against cyber crime and cyber terrorism. The program consists of 36 graduate credit hours: 30 credits of course work and a 6 credit capstone experience.

Drama and Theatre

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Drama and Theatre requires 120 credit hours and provides students with comprehensive training in drama and theatre. The degree program also offers 18 hours of unrestricted electives, and the curriculum offers two areas of emphasis: Design and Technology, and Performance.

Early Childhood Education

Offered by the Department of Early Childhood/Elementary and Special Education as a child care, non-teaching certification option. The curriculum prepares students to work with young children in the community, agencies, and preK-12 school settings and culminates in a practicum in child care settings.

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

The B.S. degree program in Electrical and Electronics Engineering provides emphasis in microelectronics, digital and analog networks, communications, and control systems. The program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET under the General Criteria and the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Program Criteria.

Electronics Engineering

The Master of Science in Electronics Engineering program offers a rigorous and high quality graduate education that prepares students for successful professional careers in engineering. Award-winning engineering faculty guide and mentor students to become innovative researchers and leaders for a technology driven global society.

Electronics Engineering Technology

The Electronics Engineering Technology program is designed to provide graduates with technical-management competencies needed for professional careers in science, technology, education and management. These careers often require a thorough understanding of electronic instrumentation, industrial controls, and communications.

Elementary Education

The Bachelor of Science Education degree in Elementary Education provides students the opportunity to develop the required knowledge, skills and dispositions to obtain licensure to teach in PreK-6th grade school settings. The broad curriculum is embedded with research-based teaching practices in the reading, language arts, mathematics, science and social studies disciplines.

English

Offered by the Department of English and Foreign Languages. The curriculum combines the general education core with major requirements in literature, writing, grammar, and foreign language, and includes concentration options in Creative Writing and a Secondary Education endorsement.

Exercise Science

The Department of Health, Physical Education and Exercise Science offers professional preparation leading to the Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science/Physical Education degree with emphases in Health, Wellness and Rehabilitation; Physical Education and Health Education; Health Fitness Instructor; and Kinesiotherapy.

Fine Arts and Graphic Design

Offered by the Division of Fine Arts in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts. All students majoring in the Fine Arts are required to maintain a professional portfolio that demonstrates their creative development, and participation in the Seniors Gallery Exhibition is required of all graduates. An Education concentration is also available.

Going Places/Tourism and Hospitality

Going Places/Tourism and Hospitality is a certificate program offered at Norfolk State University.

Healthcare Administration

The Master of Healthcare Administration prepares students to function as leaders in the delivery of health care services. The competency-based curriculum is grouped in five domains: communication and relationship management, leadership, professionalism, knowledge of the health care environment, and business skills and knowledge. The program is delivered fully online and prepares students to plan, direct, and coordinate the delivery of medical and health services.

Health Informatics

The MHI degree in Health Informatics is designed to educate students on how to use electronic health records (EHR) to support the delivery of healthcare services. The program provides students with an understanding of health informatics as it relates to health data management and analysis, teaching them to extract, organize, and analyze health data to help providers improve patient care.

Health Services Management

The Health Services Management Program is organized around a core of lower-level general education courses, a core of business management courses taken in the intermediate years, and further generic orientation to the unique managerial processes in the health services industry in the form of an internship and on-the-job experiential learning in the last year. The program prepares undergraduate students for entry-level positions in a variety of health services organizations.

Health Services Management

The Certificate in Health Services Management is designed for health care professionals who are seeking to improve their management, administrative, and leadership skills. Target audiences include persons already employed in the health care field with an associate or bachelor's degree, persons currently in a managing position in health care, and persons interested in gaining knowledge of careers in the health care field. Courses are taught online.

History

Offered by the Department of History and Interdisciplinary Studies. Students in this curriculum may tailor their electives to include an emphasis on African and African Diaspora Studies, and options include Military Science (Army/Navy) concentrations, an online track, and teacher licensure endorsement in History and Social Science.

Information Technology

Offered by the Department of Computer Science. Information Technology majors must complete at least 120 credits and earn at least a C grade in all English, science, mathematics, and computer science courses as well as all courses with ITE, CIT, and IMT prefixes.

Interdisciplinary Studies

A program designed for military and civilian students that combines classroom instruction with web-based/online courses. A strong liberal arts degree, it provides foundations in many disciplines such as management, administration and supervision, leadership, social science, education, engineering, and technology.

International Studies

The purpose of the standalone, online Undergraduate Certificate in International Studies (CIS) is to educate students about critical political, economic, security and strategic issues that govern relations between nations with a special emphasis on American foreign policy. Students learn about various regions of the world, their international political institutions and systems, and their impact on the international political process. The program is offered online only.

Logistics Management

Logistics Management is a certificate program offered at Norfolk State University.

Mass Communications

The Department of Mass Communications and Journalism offers an undergraduate degree program leading to the Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications in either of two tracks: General Broadcast or Journalism.

Materials Science

The Materials Science M.S. program is an interdisciplinary program housed in the Center for Materials Research under the Department of Physics.

Materials Science and Engineering

The Ph.D. Program in Materials Science and Engineering is an interdisciplinary academic program under the administrative oversight of the Department of Physics, with research housed mainly in the Center for Materials Research. The program addresses the critical needs of industry, academia, and government laboratories for scientific and engineering leadership in advanced materials and device engineering.

Mathematics

The Department of Mathematics offers the B.S. degree in Mathematics. The curriculum emphasizes two areas: Applied Mathematics, which provides strong preparation in mathematics with applications in engineering and the physical sciences, and Mathematics with Teacher Certification, for those seeking to teach mathematics in the public schools.

Media and Communication

The program leading to the Master of Arts in Media and Communications offers two sequences: mass communications and journalism. The Mass Communications sequence prepares students for careers in media management and media production, while the Journalism sequence is designed as a mid-career program for journalists and public relations practitioners.

Middle Education

Offered by the Department of Secondary Education and School Leadership, which provides multi-dimensional urban education degree programs and teacher education to assist in-service and pre-service school practitioners interested in acquiring state endorsements.

Music

The main purpose of the Master of Music program is to enable its graduates to perform at levels of competence and responsibility equal to the technical and artistic demands of specialist or leadership roles as defined within the professional discipline. The program offers concentrations in music education, performance, and theory-composition, each sharing a common core of courses. The Music Program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.

Music

The Division of Music offers one undergraduate degree with two emphases. The Bachelor of Music in Music Education is designed to prepare teachers of music in elementary and secondary schools, while the Bachelor of Music with an Emphasis in Media expands career preparation for the music industry as represented by the broadcast and recording media.

Nursing

Nursing offers the Bachelor of Science Degree through two BSN tracks: a Traditional (pre-licensure) full-time track that can be completed in five semesters, and an Online (RN to BSN) track designed for individuals who have associate degrees or diplomas in nursing. Graduates are prepared as generalists in the practice of professional nursing and are eligible to take the NCLEX-RN. The program is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN).

Optical Engineering

The Optical Engineering program was established in fall 2003 for the purpose of addressing diversity and high-tech workforce needs in Hampton Roads, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the United States. The curriculum offers emphasis in optical materials, photonics, optoelectronics, and optical communications. The program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.

Paraprofessional Education Program

Offered by the School of Education. The catalog notes that the certificate program in Paraprofessional Education is undergoing revisions.

Physics

The Department of Physics offers the B.S. degree in Physics. Its graduates may enter occupations in industry, government, and education, and many graduates continue their education in graduate or professional schools.

Physics and Materials Science (Five-Year Dual Degree)

A five-year dual degree option offered by the Department of Physics through which an undergraduate student earns both the B.S. in Physics and the M.S. in Materials Science.

Political Science

Offered by the Department of Political Science. The curriculum includes American government, public policy, public administration, jurisprudence, research methods and statistics, with career areas of interest in Law, Public Administration, Urban Planning, U.S. Politics and Theory, and International Relations.

Psychology

The Department of Psychology offers the Bachelor of Arts degree with concentrations in General Psychology. Graduates are prepared to assume roles in the community as paraprofessionals and behavioral science researchers, and all programs are designed to prepare students for rigorous graduate training in psychology.

Public Health

The Master of Public Health degree prepares students to become public health professionals capable of addressing local to global health problems with multidisciplinary, evidence-based and culturally appropriate approaches. The program prepares students for positions in diverse areas of public health through training in quantitative, qualitative and community-engaged approaches to research and practice.

Social Work

The mission of the Ph.D. Social Work Program is to provide a high-quality doctoral education for a culturally diverse student population. The program aims to develop scholars and leaders who generate and disseminate social work knowledge, promote a scientific basis for practice, facilitate policy advancement, and advocate for social and economic justice in a global environment. The Ph.D. is offered as an online program with a curriculum of 54 credit hours designed to be completed in four years.

Social Work

The Master of Social Work degree program is based on the assumption that social workers should operate from a common base of knowledge, philosophy, values, and skills, transmitted through a solid foundation of core and concentration courses. The MSW is an Advanced Generalist program that provides students with an option to become a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW).

Social Work

The Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) program comprises two phases: Pre-Social Work Education and Professional Social Work Education. The professional phase begins in the junior year and combines academic course work and field practicum. The program prepares students to deliver social work services at the foundational level using a generalist practice approach, and is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

Sociology

Offered by the Department of Sociology, which also offers minors in Sociology and Criminal Justice. The curriculum combines the general education core with major requirements in sociological theory, methods, and statistics.

Special Education

The graduate program in Special Education leading to the Master of Arts Degree provides highly specialized academic and professional training for persons working in special education and related areas. Enrollees gain specific knowledge and techniques related to the education and welfare of a segment of the population that experiences disabilities due to clinical/medical conditions. The program offers two teacher licensure sequences: General Curriculum K-12 and Adapted Curriculum K-12.

Special Education and Teaching

The Bachelor of Science Education Degree in Special Education and Teaching provides students the opportunity to develop the required knowledge, skills and dispositions to obtain licensure to teach in Special Education General Curriculum K-12 school settings or in community agencies. The curriculum is embedded with research-based teaching practices to address the diverse learning requirements and behavior challenges of students with mild disabilities.

Teaching

Teaching - Elementary Education (PreK-6)

The Master of Arts in Teaching Elementary online program is designed to prepare individuals to teach in an elementary school setting, focusing on subjects such as mathematics, science, social studies, and language arts taught in grades pre-kindergarten through six. Students are provided with pedagogical knowledge, skills, and dispositions to effectively plan instructional activities to support learning for all school-age children.

Teaching - Secondary Education

The Master of Arts in Teaching is a thirty-nine credit hour initial teacher certification program that enables its candidates to receive a master's degree and certification in a content area and become qualified to teach in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Content areas include biology, chemistry, English, history, and mathematics.

Tourism & Hospitality Management

The School of Business administers the B.S. degree in Tourism and Hospitality Management, offered on campus and online. The curriculum combines the business core with major coursework in hotel operations, food service, sanitation, and hospitality management, including a work-experience elective in the hospitality industry.

Trauma and Addictions

This certification will educate students on the etiology of addiction, causes of trauma, and theoretical perspectives involved in treatment. Coursework covers environmental factors of addiction and trauma, therapeutic theories, and methods to research topics for providing an empirical based treatment framework. Individuals completing the coursework will meet the Virginia Certification Board and International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium's (IC&RC) certification requirements.

Urban Affairs

The Graduate Program in Urban Affairs is a multidisciplinary program located in the Sociology Department that utilizes the resources of the social science disciplines. It is structured to meet the career development needs of adults desiring to work in urban administration or professional positions that address urban issues, including urban planning, revitalization, human resources development, and community organizations.

Urban Education

The Master of Arts in Urban Education is offered by the Department of Secondary Education and School Leadership for in-service and pre-service practitioners seeking state endorsements and professional development. The program offers courses in theory, practice, and research with a primary goal of preparing competent, compassionate, collaborative, and committed leaders in urban environments.

Visual Studies

The Master of Fine Arts Program in Visual Studies is a unique program which provides highly motivated and mature students with an intensive, multifaceted educational experience in the visual arts. The M.F.A. in Visual Studies is the terminal professional degree in Fine Arts and is usually completed in two and one-half years or more. Study culminates in a solo graduate exhibition, written thesis documentation, and an oral defense of the candidate's work.