22-04-2025
To be 'Future Focused' for students, what majors will Jacksonville University leave behind?
Jacksonville University startled some alumni when it outlined plans April 15 to retire 'under-enrolled' fields of study and focus on majors in high demand.
But at a school that until now boasted more than 100 majors, minors and study programs, what programs made the cut?
The university's 'Future Focused' initiative made a list of what will stay and what's slated to end after current students complete their degrees.
College of Healthcare Sciences will have majors in exercise science; health science; and nursing.
of Business & Technology will have majors in accounting; aviation flight operations; aviation management; business administration; business analytics; communication; computer science; cybersecurity; electrical engineering; finance; management; marketing; mechanical engineering; and sport business.
Linda Berry Stein College of Arts and Sciences will have majors in biodiversity; biology; biochemistry; cellular and molecular biology; chemistry; dance; education for instruction; English; economics; history; media arts (includes animation, film, game design and visual design); marine science, biology track; mathematics; physics; political science; psychology; sociology; sports in society; sustainability, geography and environmental planning; and visual arts (ceramics, illustration and photography).
Future Focused: A Message From The President
Jacksonville University announced today that the premier private university has reimagined its academic offerings to propel student success and academic excellence, meet community needs and create long-term financial sustainability. The University continues its commitment to producing graduates who are critical thinkers, well-qualified in their fields and ready to solve real-world challenges. This initiative was introduced by administrative and academic leadership to students, faculty and staff across campus details here:
Posted by Jacksonville University on Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences will have graduate-level applied health sciences programs in clinical mental health counseling; speech language pathology; medical sciences; and doctor of occupational therapy.
In dentistry, there will be programs in orthodontics and implantology.
In nursing, there will be MSN and DNP programs in advanced practice; adult gerontology nurse practitioner; family nurse practitioner; psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner; leadership in healthcare systems; clinical nurse educator; nursing informatics; MSN-MBA dual degree; RN to BSN and RN to MSN.
Davis College of Business and Technology will have MBA programs in general, management track and accounting and finance tracks as well as degrees in applied business analytics and organizational leadership.
Linda Berry Stein College of Arts and Sciences will have graduate programs in choreography; public policy; and marine science, biology track.
JU's will continue all its offerings and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine's LECOM at JU, a four-year medical school, is slated to open as planned in fall 2026, JU said in a release about the changes in majors.
Current students 'will be taught out through a program that fully complies with our university accreditation,' JU says in a four-page fact sheet about the changes in studies. But things will be different for incoming students.
Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences is ending its respiratory care BS completion major; its minor in communication sciences and disorders; and its play therapy certificate.
Davis College of Business and Technology is ending its majors in engineering management, FinTech and healthcare administration; its MBA tracks in fintech, health informatics, healthcare management and portfolio management; and its certificate programs in business foundations; business law; executive thought leadership; and FinTech.
The current (which will be merging with the Linda Berry Stein College of Fine Arts & Humanities) is ending its education for instruction tracks for community and ESOL; its data science major and minor; its social sciences major; and its marine science oceanography track.
The Linda Berry Stein College of Fine Arts & Humanities is ending its majors in philosophy and music (jazz and commercial music, music education, music technology, music therapy, music performance, musical theatre and music composition); majors and minors in theatre and world languages; and its MFA in visual arts as well as its art history and glass concentrations in visual arts.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: What majors will Jacksonville University cut as it refocuses for future?
