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Stephen F. Austin State University

Stephen F. Austin State University
SFA Station 13051
Nacogdoches, TX 75962

Official telephone: (936) 468-3401
Fax number: (936) 468-2261
Website: www.sfasu.edu
Screen last updated on: December 2016
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Semester/term begin dates: in late August.
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students held in June and July.
Number and length of summer sessions: Two summer sessions of six weeks each; one Maymester session of two weeks.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Average freshman GPA: 2 on a 4.0 scale
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 71%
Student:Faculty ratio: 19:1
Total faculty: 345 men, 359 women
Full-time faculty: 268 men, 249 women
Part-time faculty: 77 men, 110 women
Graduation rate: 41% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes
Minor requirements: required of some for graduation
Physical education is required: yes
There are religious requirements for graduation: no

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, dual degrees, independent study, accelerated program, Phi Beta Kappa, internships, distance learning
Minors and other miscellaneous programs offered:
Minors offered in most majors.
Preprofessional programs offered:
pre-medicine, pre-veterinary science, pre-pharmacy, pre-dentistry, pre-optometry, occupational therapy, physician's assistant, physical therapy
Education certifications are offered: yes
Education certifications:
early childhood, elementary, middle/junior high, secondary, special education, bilingual/bicultural
Combined 2-2 programs available:
B.Bus.Admin./M.Prof.Accy. program.
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Qualified undergraduates may take graduate-level classes: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study abroad in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belize, Canada, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.
Army ROTC: offered on-campus
Navy ROTC: not offered
Air Force ROTC: not offered

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Agribusiness
  • Agricultural Development
  • Agricultural Machinery
  • Animal Science
  • Applied Arts/Sciences
  • Art
  • Art History
  • Biochemistry
  • Biology
  • Business Economics
  • Chemistry
  • Child Development/Family
  • Communication Disorders
  • Communication Studies
  • Computer Information Systems
  • Computer Science
  • Corrections
  • Creative Writing
  • Dance
  • Deaf/Hard of Hearing
  • Economics
  • English
  • Environmental Science
  • Family/Consumer Sciences
  • Fashion Merchandising
  • Finance
  • Foods/Nutrition/Dietetics
  • Forest Management
  • Forest Recreation Management
  • Forest Wildlife Management
  • Forestry
  • French
  • General Agriculture
  • General Business
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Health Sciences
  • History
  • Horticulture
  • Hospitality Administration
  • Information Technology
  • Interdisciplinary Studies/Teacher Education
  • Interior Design
  • Interior Merchandising
  • International Business
  • Journalism/Communications
  • Kinesiology
  • Law Enforcement
  • Legal Assistant
  • Liberal Studies
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Mathematics
  • Music
  • Nursing
  • Orientation/Mobility
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Political Science
  • Poultry Science
  • Psychology
  • Public Administration
  • Radio/Television
  • Rehabilitation Services
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Spanish
  • Spatial Science
  • Theatre
Doctorates

  • Educational Leadership
  • Forestry
  • School Psychology
Master's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Art
  • Art Education
  • Athletic Training
  • Biology
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemistry
  • Communication
  • Community Counseling
  • Computer Science
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Educational Leadership
  • Elementary Education
  • English
  • Environmental Science
  • Forestry
  • General Agriculture
  • General Business
  • Geology
  • History
  • Human Sciences
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Kinesiology
  • Management
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics Teaching
  • Music
  • Music Conducting
  • Music Education
  • Music Performance
  • Natural Sciences
  • Physics
  • Psychology
  • Public Administration
  • Rehabilitation Counseling
  • Resource Interpretation
  • School Counseling
  • School Psychology
  • Secondary Education
  • Social Work
  • Spatial Science
  • Special Education
  • Speech-Language Pathology
  • Statistics
  • Student Affairs in Higher Education

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 3 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP general
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for Regents College Exams (RCE)
  • placement for ACT PEP
  • neither credit nor placement for DANTES
  • credit and/or placement for school's own challenge exams
  • credit for relevant military experience
  • credit for relevant life experience
  • credit for international baccalaureate
Restrictions on CEEB Advanced Placement options:
some scores must be higher than 3.

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