Southern Connecticut State University

New Haven,  Connecticut College Board code: 3662

Main Address501 Crescent Street

New Haven, CT 06515-1355 (203) 392-5200

www.southernct.edu

PRESIDENTDr. Cheryl J. Norton

B.A., Denison University, Ohio, 1971

Two Master’s degrees

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1980

First woman president of SCSU

TYPE OF SCHOOL:• Public

• University • Four-year

• Coed • Percent applicants admitted: 54%

• Regionally accredited • College Board member

SIZE:

• Degree-seeking undergrads: 8,309

• First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 1,340

• Graduate enrollment: 3,849

STUDENT BODY

• Made up of students from 53 countries and 34 U.S. states

• Male to female ratio – 1:1.8• 2,200 students live on-campus• Ethnic breakdown (2004)

– 10.2 % African-American– .21% Native American– 2.2 % Asian or Pacific Islander– 5.7% Latino– 71.5% White

FACULTY

• 389 Full-time

• 379 Part-time

• Student to faculty ratio – 15:1

SETTING:

• Suburban

• Small city (50,000 - 249,999)

• Residential campus

DEGREES OFFERED:

• Bachelor's

• Master's

• Ed.D. (Doctorate of Education)

COURSES OF STUDY OFFERED:• Arts, Visual & Performing

– Art - General  – Art History/Criticism/Conservation  – Drama/Theater Arts  – Music - General  

• Biological & Biomedical Sciences– Bacteriology  – Biology  – Botany  – Marine/Aquatic Biology  – Zoology  

• Business, Management, & Marketing– Accounting   – Business Administration/Management  – Business/Managerial Economics  – Finance/Banking  – Management Science  – Marketing Management  

• Communications & Journalism– Communications/Rhetoric  – Journalism  

• Computer & Information Sciences– Computer/Information Sciences -

General  

• Education– Art Teacher Education  – Biology Teacher Education  B– Chemistry Teacher Education  – Education - General  – Elementary Education  – English Teacher Education  – History Teacher Education  – Mathematics Education  – Physical Education  – Physics Teacher Education  – Science Teacher Education  – Secondary Education  – Social Science Teacher Education – Social Studies Teacher Education  – Spanish Language Teacher Education  

• English Language & Literature– English  – English Composition  

• Foreign Language & Literature– Foreign Language & Literature - General – French  – German  – Italian  – Spanish  

COURSES OF STUDY OFFERED(CONT.):

• Health Professions & Clinical Sciences

– Nursing (RN)  – Predentistry  – Premedicine  – Prepharmacy  – Preveterinary Medicine  – Public Health  

• History– History - General  

• Law & Legal Studies– Prelaw  

• Liberal Arts & Sciences– Liberal Arts & Sciences  

• Library Science– Library Science  

• Mathematics– Mathematics - General  

• Parks, Recreation & Fitness– Exercise Sciences  – Parks, Recreation & Fitness -

General  • Philosophy & Religion

– Philosophy  • Physical Sciences

– Chemistry  – Physics  – Planetary Sciences  

• Psychology– Psychology - General  

• Public Administration & Services– Social Work  

• Social Sciences– Geography  – Political Science/Government  – Sociology  

ANNUAL COST OF ATTENDANCE ( Fall 2005 )

•  In-state tuition and fees: $5,814

• Out-of-state tuition and fees: $13,752

• Room and board: $7,698 

• Books and supplies:$750

• Estimated personal expenses: $300

• Transportation expense: $300  

International Annual College Costs ( Fall 2005 )

• Tuition and Fees: $13,752

• Room & Board (on-campus): $7,698

HISTORY1893 – Began as Skinner School, a teacher training program

1937 – Became 4 year college

1983 – Became a university, joined CSU system

BULEY LIBRARY

• Current renovations will:– provide a 130,00 square foot, 5 story addition– double the library’s current size– add more room for collections, study areas,

and technical services

LYMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

• 1,650-seat theater with open-thrust stage• Venue for University and public entertainment,

meetings, conferences, and cultural activities

ATHLETICS

• 9 NCAA Team Titles

• 67 NCAA Individual Titles

• Premier Facilities

Baseball//Basketball/Field Hockey/Football/Gymnastics/Lacrosse/Soccer/Softball/Swimming/Track/Volleyball

Office of Information Technology

Provides systems, services, computing

facilities, and network infrastructure to

SCSU students, faculty, and staff

SCSU Professor HonoredHistory Professor Hugh Davis, center, is

honored by (left to right) Provost Selase

Williams, the Rev. John P. Sullivan,

President Cheryl J. Norton and Gerald

Schultz, chairman of the CSU Professorship

Advisory; Davis was recently appointed CSU

Professor

Health Foundation Grant Generates Five Scholarships Five minority individuals working in the

health and human service fields will be

eligible for a full scholarship this fall to

pursue a master’s degree in public health at

Southern, thanks to a $104,947 grant from

the Connecticut Health Foundation.

Ed.D. Program Approved

The first graduates of Southern’s Ed.D.

program will receive their diplomas this May,

just months after the doctoral degree

garnered permanent approval from the state

Department of Education’s Board of

Governors.

$7.5M GRANT TO FUND MATERIALS RESEARCH SCIENCE AND

ENGINEERING CENTER

• Award from the National Science Foundation

• Joint project of SCSU, Yale and Brookhaven National Laboratory

• Center’s Education Director will be Christine Broadbridge, Professor of

Physics, SCSU

ONE OF THE U.S.’s 4 LARGEST VIDEO PRODUCTION

PROGRAMS

• Graduates work for the likes of ESPN

• Course examples:– Fundamentals of Video Production

– Video Script Writing– Advanced Postproduction Techniques

– Video Directing– Documentary Production– Special Effects in Video

INTERNATIONAL HOST

President Norton and other SCSU administrators recently met with a delegation of higher education professionals from the Shandong

Province, People’s Republic of China