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The Charles R. and Martha N. Fulton School of Liberal
Arts, is the largest and most diverse of the four endowed schools within
Salisbury University.
The Fulton School of Liberal Arts was endowed and
named in 1990, offering disciplinary programs leading to careers within
and built upon the fine arts, humanities and social sciences.
Because each department within the Fulton School
embodies a liberal art and its own professions, the Fulton School is the
central provider of Salisbury University's liberal education offerings.
Fulton School courses and programs are
central to the mission of Salisbury University in fostering students'
abilities as follows:
- Enhancing their intellectual capacities,
- Developing critical thinking in order to draw valid
conclusions from observation and research and apply logic to solve
problems creatively,
- Developing effective and coherent speaking and
writing,
- Examining and analyzing their own and other
cultures in order to participate as informed citizens in an
increasingly complex world,
- Integrating learning experiences to develop
coherent judgment and interconnected knowledge.
Fulton School faculty endeavors
include:
-
Literature/Film Quarterly, a journal entering its 25th year
- Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture,
specializing in local and regional history, archeology and folklore
- Annual conference on American Women of Color
- Maryland Summer Center for the Arts for talented
and gifted middle and high school students
- Imaging and Remote Sensing Center, which provides
computer-assisted mapmaking for local, state and federal planning
agencies
The University Galleries in Fulton Hall and
Guerrieri University Center, and the
Salisbury Symphony Orchestra at Salisbury University, are affiliated
with the Fulton School.
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Interdisciplinary Studies
In addition to discipline-based programs of study, the Fulton School
of Liberal Arts provides interdisciplinary programming through a range
of innovative curricula demonstrating how intellectual curiosity crosses
boundaries between disciplines and unique programs that enable students
to adapt the rich heritage of liberal arts to current and individual
needs.
In the liberal arts tradition and to facilitate the integration of
curriculum, the University offers courses in interdisciplinary studies.
These courses, described in the Courses section of the undergraduate
catalogue under Interdisciplinary Studies, are taught by a variety of
departments and may be used, upon approval of advisors, within many of
the programs of the University.
Fulton School interdepartmental programs and minors such as these
give students opportunities to consider issues from an interdisciplinary
perspective:
- American studies
- environmental studies
- international studies
- religious studies
- gerontology
- comparative literature
- fine arts administration
- conflict resolution/peace studies
- women's studies/gender studies
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Career Tracks
Career-related tracks, such as journalism and graphic design, as well
as supervised community-service internships with museums, government
agencies and other organizations, enable students to apply liberal
education in actual practice.
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Opportunities for International Study
Most departments in the Fulton School of Liberal Arts offer
opportunities for international study. The Fulton School is affiliated
with the American Institute for Foreign Study, which offers study-abroad
programs at universities in:
- Australia
- Austria
- England
- France
- Germany
- Japan
- Mexico
- Russia
- Spain
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Scholarships and Awards in the Fulton School
Scholarships and awards in the Fulton School include the following:
- Fulton Scholarship
- Art Department Scholarships
- Nettie C. Bentley Scholarship
- Gerald and Bette Jane Patt Scholarship
- Thelma B. Robertson Scholarship
- Walter C. Thurston Memorial Award
- Robert A. Elderdyce Award
- Joanne Grant Scholarship
- Leland Starnes Memorial Award
- Duane C. Nichols Memorial Scholarship
- History Department Scholastic Award
- Outstanding Foreign Language Student Award
- Music Department Award
- Philosophy Department Outstanding Student Award
- Psychology Department Award
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