GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES, COLLEGE OF
From Knob Knowledge
The Undergraduate Evening College program started in the second semester of academic year 1965-66. Graduate education began with General Order #5, 7 August 1968, at the direction of Citadel President General Hugh P. Harris. Dr. Morris A. King was the first Director of Graduate Studies. The first graduate degree offered was the Master of Arts in Teaching, beginning in August 1968 with seven courses offered and with 177 enrolled students. Dr. D. Oliver Bowman was the second Graduate Studies Director in 1969. Dr. Charles E. Hirshey was instrumental in developing the graduate curriculum and organizing the program to obtain accreditation. Over the years the teacher education programs expanded, and in 1979 all were accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. During the 1970s, masters-level programs were added in Business Administration, Engineering, Management, School Psychology and other disciplines. In 1976 the previously separate Evening College was brought under the Director of Graduate Studies. A masters degree in social sciences was approved for the Political Science Department, and in 1979 the History Department inaugurated a cooperative Master of Arts in History with the College of Charleston.
In 2007, the college was renamed Citadel Graduate College.
(Sources: Board of Visitors Minutes, October 1, 1965; "Special Issue: Graduate Education at The Citadel," Education Forum (Citadel Department of Education), vol. 3, Fall/Winter 1991, pp. 1-3) (DH & EC)
