Several significant academic changes were approved by Samford University’s board of trustees executive committee in their regular fall meeting Oct. 30.
Trustees gave approval to the names of two new schools in the College of Health Sciences: School of Public Health and School of Health Professions. A department of physical therapy was approved in the School of Health Professions, and a department of public health was approved in the School of Public Health. Creation of doctor of physical therapy and master of public health degrees was approved in the respective schools.
Additionally trustees approved a name change for the Department of Speech-Language Pathology to Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and the creation of two new degrees in the department: a bachelor of science in communication sciences and disorders and a master of science in speech language pathology.
The creation of a non-degree dietetic internship certificate program was approved in the School of Public Health.
And two new funds for the McWhorter School of Pharmacy were approved — The Ray R. and Peggie L. Wood Endowed Scholarship Fund and an International Pharmacy Education and Development Fund.
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