JSU to offer 4 new degrees

Jackson State University has been approved to offer four new degrees -- beginning in the fall – including doctoral programs in engineering and computational and data-enabled science. JSU was also approved to provide Bachelor of Science programs in biomedical engineering and statistics. The bio-med undergraduate program will be the only one in Mississippi. The engineering doctoral program will emphasize computer, industrial, electrical, computational, civil, environmental and geological engineering. The computational and engineering program will include disciplines in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, technology, public health, economics and finance; and civil, environmental, industrial and manufacturing engineering. Source: The AP, 02/27/14.