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Accreditation and Memberships
Valdosta State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia, 30033-4097: Telephone 404-679-4501] to award associate, bachelor’s, master’s, educational specialist, and doctoral degrees. Numerous academic programs have attained accreditation from national professional organizations.
Valdosta State University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design and of the National Association of Schools of Theatre. Also in the College of the Arts, programs in music are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. The Public Relations emphasis within the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a major in Speech Communications has been awarded Certification in Education for Public Relations by the Public Relations Society of America.
The Bachelor of Science degree program in chemistry has been approved by the Committee on Professional Training of the American Chemical Society. Students who complete the approved program are eligible to have their degree certified by the American Chemical Society.
Both the undergraduate Applied and Clinical Sociology program and the graduate Applied Sociology program are accredited by the Commission on Applied and Clinical Sociology.
Both the bachelor’s degree (BSN) and the master’s degree (MSN) programs in the College of Nursing are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education [One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530, Washington, DC 20036, Phone: 202-887-6791 Fax: -202-887-8476].
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education has accredited the College of Education as the unit primarily responsible for the preparation of teachers and other professional school personnel. All of the programs housed within the College, as well as the Art Education and Music Education programs, are approved by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission.The Sports Medicine/Athletic Training program is accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Athletic Training Education Programs, and the master’s degree program in Communication Disorders is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. The graduate program in School Psychology is accredited by the National Association of School Psychologists.
The Master of Public Administration program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration. AACSB International–The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business accredits the programs in the Harley Langdale, Jr. College of Business Administration.
The Master of Social Work program is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.