Florida State University College of Social Sciences

The Florida State University College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, located in Tallahassee, Florida, is one of fifteen colleges comprising Florida State University (FSU). The college was founded in 1973 and includes six departments: Economics, Geography, Political Science, Sociology, Urban and Regional Planning and the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy and interdisciplinary programs in African American Studies, Demography, International Studies, Interdisciplinary Social Science, and Public Health.

Florida State University College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
TypePublic
Established1973
DeanDean Tim Chapin
Students4,684[1]
Location,
Florida
,
U.S.

30°26′35.9″N 84°17′45.0″W / 30.443306°N 84.295833°W / 30.443306; -84.295833
Websitewww.coss.fsu.edu

The college also contains the following centers and institutes: Center for Demography and Population Health, Center for Disaster Risk Policy, Claude Pepper Center, DeVoe L. Moore Center for the Study of Critical Issues in Economic Policy and Government, Geographical Information Systems Laboratory, L. Charles Hilton Jr. Center for the Study of Economic Prosperity and Individual Opportunity, LeRoy Collins Institute, Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy, Stavros Center for Economic Education, Survey Research Laboratory , William H. Kerr Intercultural Education and Dialogue Initiative .[citation needed]

The college is home to 150 faculty members.

In the 2018-2019 academic year, the college's enrollment was 4,684, with 4,064 undergraduates and 620 graduate students, making it the third-largest college in the university. In the 2017-2018 academic year, 1,812 degrees were conferred: 1,526 bachelor's degrees, 264 master's, and 22 doctoral.[2]

References

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  1. ^ http://www.ir.fsu.edu/studentinfo.cfm?ID=grad [dead link]
  2. ^ [1] Florida State University - College of Social Science, "About Us" Retrieved on 7-25-2016.