VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Virginia State University
1 Hayden Drive, P.O. Box 9164
Petersburg, VA 23806

Official telephone: (804) 524-5000
Fax number: (804) 524-6506

Website: www.vsu.edu


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Screen last updated on: January 22, 2010
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Semester/term begin dates: in August and mid-January.
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students held in June and July.
Number and length of summer sessions: Two summer sessions, one of three weeks and one of six weeks.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 68%
Student:Faculty ratio: 14:1
Total faculty: 206 men, 153 women, 359 total
Full-time faculty: 148 men, 106 women, 254 total
Part-time faculty: 58 men, 47 women, 105 total
Graduation rate: 40% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes
Minor requirements: not required for graduation
Physical education is required: yes
There are religious requirements for graduation: no

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
double majors, dual degrees, independent study, honors program, Phi Beta Kappa, internships, distance learning
Minors and other miscellaneous programs offered:
Minors offered in accounting, art and design, economics, French, German, finance information systems and decision sciences, mathematics, mass communication, military science, marketing, music, philosophy, political science, and Spanish.
Preprofessional programs offered:
Cooperative Engineering Program with Old Dominion U.
Education certifications are offered: 0
Education certifications:
early childhood, elementary, middle/junior high, secondary, special education
Cooperative programs are offered: 0
Cooperative education programs:
agriculture, art, business, computer science, education, engineering, home economics, humanities, natural science, social/behavioral science, technologies, vocational arts
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Qualified undergraduates may take graduate-level classes: 0
Army ROTC: offered on-campus
Navy ROTC: not offered
Air Force ROTC: not offered

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Nursing
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Administrative Systems Management
  • Agriculture
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Engineering
  • Computer Information Systems
  • Computer Science
  • Criminal Justice
  • Economics
  • Engineering Technology
  • English
  • Family/Consumer Sciences
  • Health/Physical Education
  • History
  • Hospitality Management
  • Individualized Studies
  • Industrial Education/Technology
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Management
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Marketing
  • Mass Communications
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering Technology
  • Music
  • Physics
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Public Administration
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Visual/Communication Art/Design

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 3 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP general
  • credit for CLEP subject



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