Departments and Schools

Aerospace Studies (Airforce ROTC) 

Anthropology & Sociology 

Art & Design 

General Military Course

Professional Officer Course

Anthropology BA

Sociology BA 

Sociology BS

Art BA

Art BFA (Drawing & Painting)

Art BFA (Graphic Design)

Art BFA (Sculpture)

Contact Aerospace Studies:

McLemore Hall MCL 160
601.266.4468
Contact: afrotc@usm.edu
Airforce ROTC faculty & staff
Chair: Lt. Colonel J. Dale Hataway

Contact Anthroplogy & Sociology:

Liberal Arts Building 428
601.266.4306
Contact: Petra Lamb
ANT-SOC faculty & staff
Chair: Dr. Ann Marie Kinnell 

Contact Art & Design:

George Hurst Building 106
601.266.6788
Contact: Cathy Ventura
Art & Design Faculty & Staff
Chair: Ms. Jennifer Torres 

Communication
Studies 

Dance 

English 

Communication Studies BA

Communication Studies BS

Dance - B.F.A. (Dance Education)

Dance - B.F.A. (Performance and Choreography)

English BA

English BA (Licensure)

Contact Communication Studies:

Liberal Arts Building 467
601.266.4271
Contact: Mary Jo McKay
Comm Studies faculty & staff
Chair: Dr. Wendy Atkins-Sayre

Contact Theatre & Dance:

Theatre and Dance 201D
601.266.4161
Contact: Sandra Whittington
Dance faculty
Chair: Ms. Stacy Reischman Fletcher 

Contact English:

Liberal Arts Building 347
601.266.4320
Contact: Jaide Hollingsworth
English faculty & staff
Chair: Dr. Luis Iglesias 

Foreign Languages
& Literatures

History

Interdisciplinary
Studies 

Foreign Languages BA (French)

Foreign Languages BA (Licensure)

Foreign Languages BA (Spanish)

Foreign Languages BA (Two Languages)

History BA

History BA (Social Studies Licensure)

International Studies BA

International Studies BA (Comparative Americas)

Interdisciplinary Studies BIS

Liberal Studies BLS

Contact Foreign Languages:

Liberal Arts Building 305
601.266.4964
Contact:  Gayle Anderson
Foreign Languages faculty & staff
Chair: Dr. Christopher Miles

Contact History:

Liberal Arts Building 456
601.266.4333
Contact: Cindy Warren
History faculty & staff
Chair: Dr. Kyle Zelner

Contact Interdisciplinary Studies:

Southern Hall 216
601.266.4317
Contact: Evon Swan
IDS faculty & staff
Chair: Dr. Marek Steedman

Mass Communication & Journalism 

Military Science
(Army ROTC) 

Music 

Advertising BA

Entertainment Industry BA (Film - Gulf Park only)

Entertainment Industry BA (Media Production)

Entertainment Industry BS (Recording Industry Management)

Entertainment Industry BS (Recording Industry Production)

Journalism BA (Broadcast Journalism)

Journalism BA (News-Editorial)

Journalism BA (Photojournalism)

Journalism BA (Public Relations)

Army ROTC Basic Course

Leader's Training Course

Army ROTC Advanced Course

Music BA

Music BM (History and Literature)

Music BM (Jazz Studies)

Music BM (Performance-Percussion)

Music BM (Performance-Piano)

Music BM (Performance-Strings)

Music BM (Performance-Voice)

Music BM (Performance-Wind Instrument)

Music Education BMEd (Choral)

Music Education BMEd (Instrumental)

Contact Mass Comm & Journalism:

College Hall 106
601.266.4258
Contact: Mandy Nace
Mass Comm faculty
Mass Comm staff
Director: Dr. David Davies

Contact Military Science:

Liberal Arts Building 456
601.266.4333
Contact: armyrotc@usm.edu
Military Science faculty
Chair: Lt. Colonel Joseph Swindle 

Contact Music:

Mannoni Performing Arts Center
601.266.5543
Contact: Denise Crozier
Music faculty 
Music staff 
Director: Dr. Richard Kravchak 

Philosophy
& Religion 

Political Science, Intl Dev & Intl Affairs  

Theatre 

Philosophy BA

Religion BA

American Studies BA

Economics BA (Mathematics)

Economics BA (Social Science)

Paralegal Studies BA

Political Science BA

Theatre BA (General Theatre)

Theatre BFA (Acting)

Theatre BFA (Design & Technology)

Contact Philosophy & Religion:

Liberal Arts Building 304
601.266.4518
Contact: Normia Davis
Philosophy & Religion faculty & staff
Chair: Dr. David Holley

Contact Political Science:

Liberal Arts Building 411
601.266.4310
Political Science faculty
Political Science staff
Chair: Dr. Edward Sayre

Contact Theatre:

Theatre & Dance Building 201
601.266.6423
Contact: Erin Sessions
Theatre faculty
Chair: Dr. John Warrick