The Citadel School of Science and Mathematics

Last updated
The Citadel School of Science and Mathematics
Established 2002 (2002)
Parent institution
 The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
Dean Lok C. Lew Yan Voon
Location Charleston , South Carolina , US
32°47′56″N79°57′40″W / 32.798923°N 79.961088°W / 32.798923; -79.961088
Website www.citadel.edu/root/ssm

The Citadel School of Science and Mathematics is one of the five schools comprising The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. The school offers Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in a variety of fields, as well as minors and certificates. It was established in 2002 as The Citadel reorganized its existing departments into the five schools. [1]

The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina U.S. military college in Charleston, South Carolina

The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, commonly referred to simply as The Citadel, is a state-supported, comprehensive college located in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Established in 1842, it is one of six United States senior military colleges. It has 18 academic departments divided into five schools offering 29 majors and 38 minors. The military program is made up of cadets pursuing bachelor's degrees who live on campus. The non-military programs offer 10 residential undergraduate degrees, 24 residential graduate degrees, as well as online/distance programs with 7 online graduate degrees, 3 online undergraduate degrees and 3 certificate programs.

Charleston, South Carolina City in the United States

Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline and is located on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley, Cooper, and Wando rivers. Charleston had an estimated population of 134,875 in 2017. The estimated population of the Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties, was 761,155 residents in 2016, the third-largest in the state and the 78th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States.

Five academic departments compose the school, including Biology; Chemistry; Mathematics and Computer Science; Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences; and Physics. The school is headquartered in Grimsley Hall along with the Physics Department, but the Departments are spread among several buildings on campus, including Thompson Hall (Mathematics and Computer Science), Byrd Hall (Chemistry), Duckett Hall (Biology), and Deas Hall (Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences).

Grimsley Hall, home of the School of Science and Mathematics and the Physics Department. Grimsley Hall.JPG
Grimsley Hall, home of the School of Science and Mathematics and the Physics Department.

The School's is home to a graduate certificate in cyber security, which combined with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences programs focusing on homeland security and intelligence analysis, have earned recognition from the National Security Agency, as the program has been designated a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense. [2]

The Citadel School of Humanities and Social Sciences

The Citadel School of Humanities and Social Sciences is one of the five schools comprising The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. The school offers Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in a variety of fields, as well as minors and certificates. It was established in 2002 as The Citadel reorganized its existing departments into the five schools. The school is located in Capers Hall which will be expanded and rebuilt beginning in 2018.

National Security Agency U.S. signals intelligence organization

The National Security Agency (NSA) is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence. The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collection, and processing of information and data for foreign and domestic intelligence and counterintelligence purposes, specializing in a discipline known as signals intelligence (SIGINT). The NSA is also tasked with the protection of U.S. communications networks and information systems. The NSA relies on a variety of measures to accomplish its mission, the majority of which are clandestine.

In cooperation with the Zucker Family School of Education and School of Engineering, the school in 2009 established and supports The Citadel's STEM Center for Excellence, to prepare students for STEM careers through a variety of programs, including the "Storm the Citadel" Engineering week, summer camps, and scholarships. [3]

The Zucker Family School of Education is one of the five schools comprising The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. The school offers Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in several Education specialties. It was established in 2002 as The Citadel reorganized its existing departments into the five schools. The school is currently located in Capers Hall, but will move to Bond Hall after completion of a new building for the School of Business.

The Citadel School of Engineering

The Citadel School of Engineering is one of the five schools comprising The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. The school offers Bachelor's and master's degrees as well as graduate certificates in several Engineering specialties. It was established in 2002 as The Citadel reorganized its existing departments into the five schools. Engineering has been a part of The Citadel's educational program since the founding of the school in 1842, and so ranks as the 5th oldest engineering program in the nation. The civil and mechanical engineering programs are housed in Letellier Hall while electrical engineering and engineering leadership are in Grimsley Hall.

In 2013, the National Science Foundation awarded $1.2 million for scholarships in teaching science and mathematics at the secondary level, which are jointly awarded by the School of Science and Mathematics and the Zucker Family School of Education to undergraduate and graduate students. [4]

National Science Foundation United States government agency

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health. With an annual budget of about US$7.0 billion, the NSF funds approximately 24% of all federally supported basic research conducted by the United States' colleges and universities. In some fields, such as mathematics, computer science, economics, and the social sciences, the NSF is the major source of federal backing.

In January 2017, the school will launch a nursing program, offered to evening undergraduates (2+2 program for those with an associate's degree) as well as the South Carolina Corps of Cadets. Funded by a $4 million anonymous donation, the program is intended to address the need both in the armed services and the Charleston area for qualified nurses. [5]

South Carolina Corps of Cadets

The South Carolina Corps of Cadets is the military component of the student body at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. This is the only residential, full-time undergraduate program at The Citadel, focusing on educating the "whole person."

Related Research Articles

Tennessee Technological University University

Tennessee Technological University, popularly known as Tennessee Tech, is an accredited public university located in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States, a city approximately 80 miles (129 km) east of Nashville. It was formerly known as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (1915), and before that as University of Dixie, the name under which it was founded as a private institution in 1909. Tennessee Tech places special emphasis on undergraduate education in fields related to engineering and technology, although degrees in education, liberal arts, agriculture, nursing, and other fields of study can be pursued as well. Additionally, there are graduate offerings in engineering, education, business, and the liberal arts. Affiliated with the Tennessee Board of Regents, the university is governed by a Board of Trustees. Its athletic teams compete in the Ohio Valley Conference.

University of Evansville private university in Evansville, Indiana, United States

The University of Evansville (UE) is a private liberal arts university in Evansville, Indiana. Founded in 1854 as Moores Hill College, the University is focused on liberal arts and science degrees, most with strong cooperative learning opportunities both on and off campus. The school is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.

Medical University of South Carolina

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is a public medical school in Charleston, South Carolina. It opened in 1824 as a small private college aimed at training physicians. It is one of the oldest continually operating schools of medicine in the United States and the oldest in the Deep South. The school's main building was designed by Charleston architect Albert W. Todd.

Anderson University (South Carolina) university in Anderson, South Carolina, USA

Anderson University is a selective private comprehensive university located in Anderson, South Carolina. The university offers bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in approximately 60 areas of study. Anderson is affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention and is accredited as a Level V institution by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Anderson participates in the NCAA Division II athletics and is a member of the South Atlantic Conference.

Augusta University university in Augustua, Georgia

Augusta University is a public research university and academic medical center located in Augusta, Georgia, United States. It is a part of the University System of Georgia and has satellite medical campuses in Savannah, Albany, Rome, and Athens.

Joseph P. Riley Jr. American politician

Joseph Patrick Riley Jr. is an American politician who was the Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. He was one of the longest serving mayors in the United States that is still living, having served 10 terms starting on December 15, 1975 and ending on January 11, 2016.

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), previously Science, Math, Engineering and Technology (SMET), is a term used to group together these academic disciplines. This term is typically used when addressing education policy and curriculum choices in schools to improve competitiveness in science and technology development. It has implications for workforce development, national security concerns and immigration policy.

Jerry Zucker (businessman) businessman and philanthropist

Jerry Zucker was an Israeli-born American businessman and philanthropist.

The Information Networking Institute (INI) was established by Carnegie Mellon in 1989 as the nation’s first research and education center devoted to information networking.

Anita Zucker is an American billionaire businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the first and only woman to date to have held the position of governor (chair) of the Hudson's Bay Company.

The Citadel Bulldogs football represents The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision

The Citadel Bulldogs football program represents The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The Bulldogs play in the Southern Conference, as they have since 1936. The Bulldogs are coached by Brent Thompson, who was hired on January 19, 2016 to replace Mike Houston, who became the head football coach of James Madison University on January 18, 2016.

Purdue University Northwest (PNW) is a public university with two campuses located in Northwest Indiana, near Chicago and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. It offers more than 70 undergraduate and graduate degree programs to approximately 9,400 students and has more than 64,000 alumni.

The Krause Center for Leadership and Ethics coordinates the leadership and ethical programs at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. The Center, established in 2001, oversees the Four-Year Leader Development Model in which all cadets progress through leadership training.

The Baker School of Business, officially named the Tommy and Victoria Baker School of Business, is one of the five schools comprising The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. The school offers Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Business Administration with several business focus areas (pathways) and minors. It was established in 2002 as The Citadel reorganized its existing departments into the five schools. The school is located in Bond Hall, but will relocate to the new Bastin Hall south of campus upon completion.

The Citadel Graduate College is the non-residential academic program at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Offering a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs in a non-military environment, the college targets residents of the South Carolina Lowcountry and distance learning students. Classes are primarily offered at night, using the same faculty and classrooms as the military day program, but students at the Graduate College generally do not share classes with members of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets. Alternatively, students can attend programs at the Lowcountry Graduate Center in North Charleston, South Carolina or through recently established distance learning programs.

Inouye Marksmanship Center

The Inouye Marksmanship Center is a 12,000 square foot shooting range located on the campus of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. It is home to NCAA Division I The Citadel Bulldogs rifle team, as well as the club pistol team, The Citadel's ROTC programs, and the South Carolina National Guard. The range is named for Senator Daniel Inouye, who secured federal funding for the facility in 2002.

References

  1. ↑ "Citadel reorganizes departments into schools". The Citadel. November 21, 2002. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ Paul Bowers (April 28, 2016). "NSA lauds The Citadel for cybersecurity training". Post and Courier. Charleston, South Carolina. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  3. ↑ "The STEM Center of Excellence". Network of STEM Education Centers. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ Diane Knich (August 13, 2013). "Citadel lands $1.2 million grant to offer scholarships to students who want teach high school science and math". Post and Courier. Charleston, SC. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ Lauren Sausser (June 5, 2016). "The Citadel plans to open new nursing program next year". Post and Courier. Charleston, SC. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.