Beginning Fall Semester 2008, the Fulton School will move from its traditional 3-credit course model to a 4-credit course model (three Fulton departments—Art, Philosophy and Political Science—already initiated this change beginning Fall Semester 2007).

The main purpose of this reform is to engage students more in the individual courses they take and, as a result, provide students with a deeper—and often more active—learning experience and encounter with the subject at hand.

These courses will require significantly more—and sometimes different—work per course than they might (or used to) require as 3-credit courses, but the idea is for students to take fewer individual courses and concentrate and focus more on each one.

A student’s overall workload will likely stay the same; it will simply be reconfigured and refocused into fewer, but more intense, individual courses.

To learn more about the Fulton reform and what it will mean to you, please click on the following menu items in the upper-right-hand corner of this page:

The Fulton Reform FAQs for Students address many of the questions you might have about the Fulton reform.
The Fulton Reform Course Enhancement Menu shows the various ways in which current Fulton 3-credit courses will be enhanced so as to accomplish the 4^th credit hour and provide the learning experience described above. (In most cases, the 4^th hour will not come via extra seat time per week, but instead via additional outside-of-class, independent and/or mentored work; give the “Menu” a look!)

One thing for all Fulton majors and minors to remember: All Fulton departments, chairs and advisors will work with each current Fulton major/minor to ensure a smooth and easy transition for every student!

This is truly an exciting time to be a member of the Fulton School community. The Fulton reform will revolutionize how both Fulton students and faculty work—and work together—and in so doing create an enhanced, deeper, more focused and more engaged academic experience for everyone taking Fulton courses and/or pursuing Fulton programs.

NOTE: For information regarding the new Gen Ed model coming online next fall, please visit www.salisbury.edu/advising/gened.

Please address questions and comments regarding the information on this site to Ms. Naomi Nash, Fulton School Advising Services Coordinator (nrnash@salisbury.edu or 410.543.6236) or Dr. Keith Brower, Associate Dean, Fulton School (khbrower@salisbury.edu or 410.543.6442).