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Academics

Explore the diverse undergraduate and graduate degrees at Austin Peay, designed to offer a personalized and flexible experience. Choose from day, evening, and online courses across seven academic colleges and schools.

The journey may be challenging, but you’ll never walk it alone. Our collective effort makes great achievements possible.

Where Ambitions Meet Achievement

Bring your ambitious goals and dreams to life. Transform them into a career that can change the world. We’re here to help you every step of the way.

Our commitment to providing the best educational experience remains constant, regardless of each student’s unique path. With resources from Student Success, we assist you in navigating your academic journey.

Faculty and staff are dedicated to fostering your potential, ensuring you shine both on and off campus. The outcome? Students excelling in research, business, science, and the arts.

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Bachelor's Degree Programs
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Master's Degree Programs
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Doctoral Programs
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Full-Time Faculty
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Professional Accreditations

What can you study?

Austin Peay offers a wide array of degree concentrations, from associate’s and bachelor’s degrees to a doctorate in educational leadership. The six academic colleges, equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and doctoral-trained faculty, prepare you for success in the professional world.

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Program Areas: Art, communication media, professional communication, world languages, English, history, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre

 

Mission: In the College of Arts & Letters we empower the next generation: Future lawyers and doctors, writers and newscasters, dancers and painters, keepers and recorders of our global history, scholars who will leave their university and their world changed. Home to over thirty major and minor degree programs, we promote the humanities as a means of connecting to the world and understanding our global culture. We acknowledge and embrace tradition as we look forward to cutting-edge technologies and innovative opportunities. Expert faculty facilitate creative learning environments and ask students to consider humanistic questions, solve problems, and take risks as they develop tangible, transferable skills.

 

Learning Environment: Our students work in structured, creative settings that encourage asking questions, solving problems, and taking risks in small classes. Our expert faculty help develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes for meaningful and productive lives as global citizens. Students learn to give and receive feedback from peers by frequently sharing their work with the class.

 

Unique Opportunities: Students will gain hands-on experiences in artistic and scholarly activities, as well as publicly performing and exhibiting their work. Through the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA), students are able to meet and work with visiting artists, musicians, performers, and writers.

 

Check out all the College of Arts and Letters has to offer.

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Program Areas: criminal justice, nursing, ROTC, leadership, psychology, social work, public health, sociology, and counseling

 

Mission: The mission of the College of Behavioral and Health Sciences is to cultivate a dynamic and inclusive learning environment that prepares students to excel in their chosen disciplines. Through innovative education, research, and community engagement, we are committed to preparing graduates to meet the needs of a global society.

 

Learning Environment: Our highly credentialed and experienced faculty provide real-world practice opportunities, mentorship, and personalized study programs.

 

Unique Opportunities: Community engagement projects, internships, and research opportunities in various behavioral and health science fields.

 

Check out all the College of Behavioral and Health Sciences has to offer.

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Program Areas: Accounting, finance, marketing and management

 

Mission: The 澳门银河网上赌场 College of Business is a teaching-focused business school committed to student success while serving the Clarksville and Nashville metropolitan areas. We strive to push students beyond the textbook and help them explore their passions, in order to empower our graduates to compete in a global economy.

 

Learning Environment: Beyond textbook learning, we emphasize experiential learning opportunities to strengthen critical thinking skills while exploring individual interests.

 

Unique Opportunities: From day one, you'll receive personalized guidance from our team of professional advisors and a dedicated career coach, ensuring you stay on track with your individual career goals. Additionally, our program features exclusive networking events, funding opportunities for presenting academic research, comprehensive internship assistance, and international study programs that broaden your global perspective.

 

Check out all the College of Business has to offer.

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Program Areas: Teaching and learning, educational leadership, and special education

 

Mission: To train educators who will excel in their own classrooms as well as in broader educational leadership roles.

 

Learning Environment: Our programs offer multiple pathways for career changers and graduates from other fields, with a strong focus on real-world teaching practices.

 

Unique Opportunities: Fieldwork, student teaching placements, and partnerships with local schools and educational institutions.

 

Check out all the Eriksson College of Education has to offer.

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Program Areas: Agriculture, astronomy, aviation science, biology, chemistry, computer science, earth and environmental sciences, engineering physics, engineering technology, information systems, information mathematics and statistics, medical laboratory sciences, radiologic sciences and physics

 

Mission: To prepare students for responsible positions at all levels of research, industry, education, medicine and government positions.

 

Learning Environment: Our programs are student-centered, emphasizing degree relevance to economic and market trends and promoting lifelong learning.

 

Unique Opportunities: Lab-based learning, research projects, internships, and collaborations with industry partners.

 

Check out all the CoSTEM has to offer

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Program Areas: Diverse advanced programs across multiple disciplines

 

Mission: To foster an intellectual community focused on scholarship, research, and creative activities that engage with global societal needs.

 

Learning Environment: Advanced learning within an environment of scholarship and research, encouraging collaborative opportunities.

 

Unique Opportunities: Partnerships with private and public resources, advanced research projects, and programs addressing national needs.

 

Check out all the College of Graduate Studies has to offer.