University of South Carolina Beaufort

Biology

The Natural Sciences Department at USCB provides students with deep knowledge in the biological sciences and significant exposure to the physical sciences.

Business Administration

The USCB Business Administration degree focuses on the traditional business areas of accounting, economics, finance, management, and marketing and their roles in implementing business strategies. The program strives to enhance student understanding of the dynamics of today's global economy and competitive forces. An integrative approach is employed stressing leadership, ethics, interpersonal skills, and technological competence in a critical thinking context.

Communication Studies

The purpose of the University of South Carolina Beaufort's baccalaureate in Communication Studies program is to provide its students a broad understanding of the role of communication in society. The program focuses on the fundamental theories, principles, and practices within a variety of contexts including interpersonal, group, organizational, and cultural communication as well as the evolving role of the media in contemporary society.

Computational Science

Computational Science

Criminology & Law

Early Childhood Education

The goal of the Early Childhood Education major is to prepare teacher candidates who demonstrate deep content knowledge, strong pedagogical skills, and professional teacher dispositions. USCB seeks to ensure that all students who complete the Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education are able to: • Demonstrate deep content knowledge to plan instruction at the level of proficiency, as defined by South Carolina Standards 4.0.

Elementary Education

The goal of the Elementary Education major is to prepare teacher candidates who demonstrate deep content knowledge, strong pedagogical skills, and professional teacher dispositions. USCB seeks to ensure that all students who complete the Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education are able to: • Demonstrate deep content knowledge to plan instruction at the level of proficiency, as defined by South Carolina Standards 4.0.

English

The main objective of the program is to advance the development of graduates who connect texts and worlds, and who connect their individual lives to the regional and global communities of which they become a part. The English major prepares these graduates for a wide range of professional, civic, and personal opportunities through the work of self-determination in a supportive and challenging environment.

English, with Secondary English Language Arts Licensure

The main objective of the program is to produce knowledgeable, qualified, and professional secondary teachers in English Language Arts, in accordance with South Carolina standards and with the National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE) Standards for Initial Preparation of Teachers (Grades 7-12). As a B.A.

General Liberal Arts & Sciences

Gerontology

History

The History Program at USCB is dedicated to cultivating in its students a broad cultural and historical awareness and the ability to read carefully, think critically, and write effectively. The program encourages students to develop a broad perspective on the past alongside a deeper understanding of at least one particular period and set of issues.

Hospitality

Hospitality Management

The purpose of the Hospitality Management program is to provide and continually improve a curriculum responsive to the dynamics of the regional hospitality industry. This will be achieved through teaching, applied research and service. The department will: • Provide a high quality educational experience for students through excellence in teaching. • Conduct applied research to advance knowledge in the discipline.

Human Services

The University of South Carolina, Beaufort's baccalaureate in Human Services Program prepares students for employment or advanced study in the art and sciences of human care. As a growing field of study, Human Services now encompasses the areas of personal social services, health services, education services, housing and urban environment services, income transfer services and justice and public safety services.

Human Services-Degree Completion

Information Science and Technology

Information Science & Technology

Interdisciplinary Studies

The purpose of the Interdisciplinary Studies program is to provide a curriculum responsive to the individual's instructional choices and the institution's liberal arts capabilities. The B.A. with a major in Interdisciplinary Studies provides individualized study in a select range of upper level liberal arts courses and fosters students' ability to think critically and constructively in relation to their self-chosen academic goals.

Literacy

Mathematics

Nursing - BSN Completion (RN to BSN)

The baccalaureate program at the University of South Carolina Beaufort is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Accreditation status may be validated on the CCNE website. The program is also approved by the South Carolina Board of Nursing to offer the BSN Program. BSN Pre-licensure Track General Admission (Pre-Nursing) Requirements Admission to the University of South Carolina Beaufort is determined by standard admission requirements.

Nursing Generic, (No RN)

Psychology

The purpose of the psychology program at University of South Carolina Beaufort is to provide its students with a broad knowledge of the principles of human behavior and mental processes. The study of psychology has wide applicability to the solving of human problems at both the personal and societal levels. Knowing the factors that help maintain psychological, physical and social well- being can benefit graduates in psychology throughout their professional and personal lives.

Public Health (B.A.)

The Palmetto College is a collaborative online degree completion program that allows students at any of the USC system's four regional campuses or elsewhere to pursue degrees offered online through the four senior campuses. After earning sixty hours of college credit, students can enroll in the Palmetto College Online Degree Completion Program. Once accepted, students may complete all Public Health Program and Major Requirements online.

Public Health (B.S.)

Secondary Education

Secondary Teacher Education, Biology

Sociology

The sociology program at University of South Carolina Beaufort provides to its students the theoretical, conceptual, and methodological analytical tools to describe and explain human social life and the multifaceted connections between society and the individual. Mastery of the principles of social stratification (esp.

Spanish

Spanish

Studio Art

The Studio Art degree program will provide students a focus in visual art and the history of art, within the context of the liberal arts. The program will prepare graduates both for professional careers and graduate programs in visual art and design.