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32-599: The Red River Athletic Conference began competition in fall 1998 with 16 charter members. The conference at present counts 14 members, one of the most recent additions being Texas A&M University–Texarkana in 2016. In 2019, St. Thomas Houston announced its departure from the conference to join the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) of the NCAA Division III as a provisional member. In March 2020, Texas A&M University–San Antonio

64-525: A master's or doctoral program. An academic major typically involves completion of a combination of required and elective courses in the chosen discipline. The latitude a student has in choosing courses varies from program to program. An academic major is administered by select faculty in an academic department . A major administered by more than one academic department is called an interdisciplinary major . In some settings, students may be permitted to design their own major, subject to faculty approval. In

96-566: A 294-bed furnished residence hall that features many amenities, including an in-ground swimming pool, sand volleyball court, and fitness center. Students have three-floor plans from which to choose. Its library is named after founding president John F. Moss. The Texas A&M–Texarkana (TAMUT) athletic teams are called the Eagles. The university is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in

128-429: A degree). In 2013, A&M–Texarkana and Northeast Texas Community College signed a matriculation agreement between their bachelor and associate nursing programs, respectively, followed by a dual admissions agreement between A&M-Texarkana and Texarkana College in 2014, and one between A&M–Texarkana and Paris Junior College in 2015. The College of Arts, Sciences and Education is partnered with all three of

160-499: A free-elective system, where students were endowed with a greater freedom to explore intellectual curiosities. The 1930s witnessed the appearance of first interdisciplinary major: American studies . Culture was the grounding concept and orchestrating principle for its courses. 1960s to 1970s experienced a new tide of interdisciplinary majors and a relaxation of curriculum and graduation requirements. ( Civil Rights Movement spawned Women's studies and Black Studies , for example.) In

192-440: A major until this time. A student who declares two academic majors is said to have a double major . A coordinate major is an ancillary major designed to complement the primary one. A coordinate major requires fewer course credits to complete. Many colleges also allow students to declare a minor field, a secondary discipline in which they also take a substantial number of classes, but not so many as would be necessary to complete

224-695: A major. The roots of the academic major as we now know it first surfaced in the 19th century as "alternative components of the undergraduate degree". Before that, all students receiving an undergraduate degree would be required to study the same slate of courses geared at a comprehensive " liberal education ". In 1825, the University of Virginia initiated an educational approach that would allow students to choose from an area of focus. Offering eight options (which included ancient languages, anatomy, medicine), other higher educational systems in Europe began to develop into

256-420: A minor or minor field refers to their secondary focus. For example, a doctoral student studying history might pursue their degree in history with a major field in war and society and a minor field in postcolonial studies. An impacted major is a major for which more students apply for than the school can accommodate, a classic example of demand exceeding supply. When that occurs, the major becomes "impacted" and so

288-429: A similar function to an academic minor at other universities, that is an academic discipline outside of the student's academic major in which they take a number of classes. At Brown University and Harvard University , however, the term "concentration" refers simply to the major field. At the doctoral studies level, an academic major or major field refers to a student's primary focus within their degree program while

320-595: A stricter specialization approach to studies after the American Civil War. In the United States, in the second half of the 19th century, concentrated foci at the undergraduate level began to prosper and popularize, but the familiar term "major" did not appear until 1877 in a Johns Hopkins University catalogue. The major generally required 2 years of study, while the minor required one. From 1880 to 1910, Baccalaureate granting American institutions vastly embraced

352-665: Is a public university in Texarkana, Texas , United States. It is part of the Texas A&;M University System . Students who reside in Oklahoma and Arkansas attend at in-state tuition rates, and historically 30 percent of the student body is from Arkansas . Louisiana residents who reside in a parish that borders Texas may also attend at in-state tuition rates. A&M–Texarkana first opened with 323 students in 1971 as East Texas State University Center at Texarkana , an upper-level branch of

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384-587: Is governed by its Board of Regents. The university's current president is Ross Alexander and provost Melinda Arnold is the academic head. A&M–Texarkana is organized into two academic colleges which both offer undergraduate and graduate programs, the College of Arts, Sciences and Education and the College of Business, Engineering, and Technology. Combined, the colleges provide 18 undergraduate majors , 20 master's degree programs, and several Extended Education and Community Development programs (for certifications without

416-954: Is inhibited due to parochial opposition to new sub-specialties and research methods." In many universities, an academic concentration is a focus within a specific academic major, that is a field of study within a specific academic major. For example, interdisciplinary programs in humanities or social sciences will require a student to pick a specific academic concentration as a focus within their academic major, such as an academic major in Interdisciplinary Humanities with an academic concentration in Film or an academic major in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences with an academic concentration in Geography. At several art schools and liberal arts colleges , an academic concentration serves

448-415: Is susceptible to higher standards of admission. For example, suppose that a school has minimum requirements are SATs of 1100 and a GPA of 3.0. If a person applies to an impacted major, the school can raise the minimum requirements as much as needed to weed out the students that it is unable to accommodate. Because of this, some students may opt to apply to a school as "Undeclared". If in the above example

480-413: Is the academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits. A student who successfully completes all courses required for the major qualifies for an undergraduate degree . The word major (also called concentration , particularly at private colleges) is also sometimes used administratively to refer to the academic discipline pursued by a graduate student or postgraduate student in

512-974: The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) invited founding Red River member Wiley College (now Wiley University) to become the GCAC's first Texas institution, effective later in July. On July 6, 2023, North American University was accepted as the RRAC's 14th conference member for the 2023–24 school year. The RRAC currently has 14 full members, all but five are private schools: The RRAC had 14 former full members, all but five were private schools:  Full member (non-football)   Associate member (sport)  The Red River Athletic Conference sponsors championships in seven men's and eight women's sports. Texas A%26M University%E2%80%93Texarkana Texas A&M University–Texarkana ( A&M–Texarkana )

544-714: The Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) since the 2016–17 academic year. The Eagles previously competed as an NAIA Independent within the Association of Independent Institutions (AII) from 2014–15 (the same season when it began its athletics program and joined the NAIA) to 2015–16. TAMUT competes in 11 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, and tennis; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball. The university added

576-521: The 1980s and 1990s, " interdisciplinary studies , multiculturalism , feminist pedagogy , and a renewed concern for the coherence and direction of the undergraduate program began to assail the Baccalaureate degree dominated by the academic major." The academic major is considered a defining and dominant characteristic of the undergraduate degree . "The ascendancy of the disciplines in the late nineteenth century and their continuing dominance throughout

608-579: The Red River area, including southeast Oklahoma, northeast Texas, southwest Arkansas, and northwest Louisiana. In 2020, A&M–Texarkana announced that it would launch a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering 2020 beginning fall 2020. The Texarkana metropolitan area is located one hour (72 miles) from Shreveport, Louisiana, two hours (145 miles) from Little Rock, Arkansas, and less than three hours (180 miles) from Dallas, Texas. Until 2010,

640-522: The Texarkana branch became a separate institution and was renamed to Texas A&M University–Texarkana . The university became a four-year college with graduate programs in 2010, moving to its new and current campus near Bringle Lake Park. In the late 2010s, the university received large funding grants from the state legislature, including $ 32 million worth of building construction in 2016, supported by State Representative Gary VanDeaver and Speaker of

672-542: The Texas House Joe Straus , and a 2019 $ 3.6 million funding addition for new academic programs, including support from VanDeaver and State Senator Bryan Hughes . As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States , the university transitioned to online classes for the spring 2020 semester and donated test kits to local hospitals. A&M–Texarkana is a member of the Texas A&M University System and

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704-579: The Texas Legislature for the construction of buildings at the new campus near Bringle Lake in Texarkana, Texas. Construction of the new campus began in 2006. Six buildings have been built: Science & Technology, University Center, Central Plant, Bringle Lake Village, the Student Recreation Center, and the Building for Academic and Student Services, completed in 2019. Bringle Lake Village is

736-403: The United States, students are usually not required to choose their major discipline when first enrolling as an undergraduate. In addition, most colleges and universities require that all students take a general core curriculum in the liberal arts . Normally students are required to commit by the end of their second academic year at latest, and some schools even disallow students from declaring

768-641: The above as well as Collin College . In 2015, local ophthalmic group Texarkana Eye Associates partnered with the university to offer an ophthalmic assistant/optician training course, which was then offered beginning in 2016 as a professional (not for credit) course. In 2019 the History Department launched the Red River Center for Regional History and Culture to support the collection, preservation, exchange, and dissemination of locally and regionally significant materials relating to history and culture in

800-428: The intercollegiate athletics program in 2014 with women's soccer and men's & women's tennis. Texas A&M–Texarkana continued to expand the offerings with baseball in 2015, and men's soccer in 2016. It also announced the addition of softball in 2017. The university announced the addition of men's and women's basketball for the 2019–20 academic year, bringing the total number of intercollegiate sports to eight. Both

832-651: The main East Texas State University (ETSU) in Commerce, Texas . It originally shared a campus with local community college Texarkana College and "was established to provide third and fourth-year college instruction for people residing in an isolated region." The university received separate accreditation in 1980, and when ETSU joined the Texas A&;M System as Texas A&M University–Commerce in September 1996,

864-627: The men's baseball and women's soccer teams have made appearances in post-season tournaments. In addition, nearly all of the sports teams have appeared in RRAC conference tournaments, and the men's tennis team has appeared in the NAIA national tournament. There are over 30 recognized student organizations at A&M–Texarkana. [REDACTED] Media related to Texas A&M University–Texarkana at Wikimedia Commons 33°29′28″N 94°05′48″W  /  33.4911°N 94.0967°W  / 33.4911; -94.0967 Academic major An academic major

896-473: The purpose and nature of the undergraduate major. Generally, proponents of the major and departmental system "argue that they enable an academic community to foster the development, conservation and diffusion of knowledge." In contrast, critics "claim that they promote intellectual tribalism, where specialization receives favor over the mastery of multiple epistemologies , where broader values of liberal learning and of campus unity are lost, and where innovation

928-424: The school implements requirements of SATs of 1300 and a GPA of 3.4 for the impacted major, a student may find it better to apply as "Undeclared" if they meet only the minimum requirements. However, many universities, such as the University of California, Berkeley , may in turn present more difficult requirements (such as a GPA requirement in certain prerequisite classes) to enter an impacted major even once accepted to

960-539: The twentieth century have left an indelible imprint on the shape and direction of the academic major" and research affirms that the academic major is the strongest and clearest curricular link to gains in student learning. While general education is considered to be the breadth component of an undergraduate education, the major is commonly deemed the depth aspect. Choice of major has a significant impact on employment prospects and lifetime earnings. Through its development, scholars, academics, and educators have disagreed on

992-595: The university shared the same campus with Texarkana College . On this campus, buildings included the construction of the A. M. and Welma Aikin Learning Center in 1978, a library in 1983, and a Center for Professional Development in 1985. In 2004, the university acquired 375 acres of land as a gift from the City of Texarkana, Texas (300 acres), and the Anita and Truman Arnold Foundation (75 acres). The university received funding from

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1024-487: Was approved for membership into the NAIA and it was simultaneously announced that the Jaguars would begin competition in the conference starting in the 2020–21 academic year, followed by Xavier University of Louisiana and Louisiana Christian University (formerly Louisiana College) in September and October respectively. Xavier and Louisiana Christian officially joined the RRAC for the 2021–22 academic year. On January 20, 2022,

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