Fulton School of Liberal Arts

 

About Us

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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