Radford University Undergraduate Catalog, 2011-2012

College of Humanities and
Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Katherine Hawkins
Dean
132 Russell, (540) 831-5149
Dr. Tod W. Burke
Associate Dean
133 Russell, (540) 831-5149
Deborah L. Kitts
Advising Coordinator
127 Russell, (540) 831-6366
The College of Humanities and Behavioral
Sciences offers a variety of majors and minors
designed to prepare students both as thinking
and involved citizens and as highly trained professionals.
The curriculum emphasizes a strong
liberal arts foundation through its focus on critical
thinking, both oral and written communication
knowledge and skills, philosophical analysis,
an understanding of religious expression,
literature, foreign languages and literatures, social
problems and issues, the characteristics of
individuals and groups, historical understanding
and the nature of political life. The more professionally
oriented programs prepare professionals
as consumers and producers of media, effective
and ethical public relations practitioners,
counselors and criminal justice professionals.
The curriculum is innovative and continually
developing to meet new needs. It emphasizes an
intelligent blend of traditional classroom learning
with new educational technologies, group
and team learning, and student research activities.
Faculty members are dedicated teachers
and scholars. Many have been recognized at
the highest levels for their dedicated and highly
successful work with students. Members of the
College have won the prestigious Virginia Outstanding
Faculty Award, the Radford University
Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching,
the Donald N. Dedmon Distinguished Teaching
Professor Award, the Radford University
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Foundation Distinguished Creative Scholar
Award, and the Radford University Distinguished
Service Award. Many faculty are also
highly successful researchers, writers, poets and
authors.
Students in the college are themselves
highly successful with many continuing on for
graduate degrees at highly rated and nationally
recognized programs. Students regularly
present their research at a variety of state, regional,
national, and international conferences
in conjunction with faculty members, including
the National Conference on Undergraduate Research,
The Big South Undergraduate Research
Symposium, Virginia Association of Teachers
of English, the Phi Alpha Theta Conference,
Southeastern Psychological Association, The
Industrial/Organizational Psychology Graduate
Student Conference, the American Mental
Health Counseling Association, the Southeastern
Women’s Studies Association, the Virginia
Psychological Association, the Mid-Atlantic
Regional Conference of Undergraduate Scholarship,
and the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, the Southern Sociological Society,
and many others. They are also recipients of a
variety of honors and awards. Graduates from
the college move on to responsible positions in
a variety of fields.
Undergraduates in the college may earn a
Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science degree.
The college offers bachelor’s degrees in
11 undergraduate majors, the master’s degree
in four areas, and the Educational Specialist
degree in School Psychology. Many of the majors
offer several concentrations from which the
student may choose. (These degrees are listed
beginning on p. 138.)
This academic year marks the second year
of Radford University’s first doctoral program.
The Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in counseling
psychology is focused on rural mental
health. The Psy.D. degree in counseling psychology
is designed for persons interested in
careers as psychologists in mental health