Academics
Sam Houston State's academic departments and programs are organized into six colleges:
- College of Business Administration
- College of Criminal Justice
- College of Education
- College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication
- College of Humanities and Social Sciences
- College of Sciences
Additionally, the university enrolls more than 350 students in the Elliott T. Bowers Honors College.
Programs within the College of Criminal Justice were recently ranked by the Journal of Criminal Justice in the top five nationally. The theater and dance programs were ranked by Dance Spectrum Magazine in the top 25 nationally, and according to the National Dance Association, SHSU is home to the nation's finest athletic dance team. The university offers the only Professional Golf Management program in Texas, one of twenty in the country. SHSU also boasts one of the oldest speech and debate programs in the nation. The team, which has existed since the late 1800s, brought home five International Public Debate Association national titles during the 2009–2010 season.
As April 2012, the university offers:
- Seventy-eight undergraduate degree programs
- Fifty-four masters' programs
- Six doctoral programs (Clinical Psychology, Counselor Education, Criminal Justice, Educational Leadership, Special Education, and Reading)
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