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Anderson University is a private university in Anderson, South Carolina. It offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in approximately 78 areas of study. Anderson is affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Anderson participates in NCAA Division II athletics and is a member of the South Atlantic Conference.

History

Anderson University traces its heritage and initial founding to 1848 in the form of Johnson Female Seminary (later renamed Johnson University) which was located in Anderson, South Carolina. The seminary was founded by Anderson citizens Daniel Brown, J.P. Reed, and Stephen McCulley. Johnson Female Seminary was named for the Rev. William Bullein Johnson, an early Baptist statesman, a founder and first Vice President of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, and the first president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Johnson served as the first chancellor of Johnson University. By 1857 Johnson University had around 600 students taking courses in calculus, Latin, and Greek. In 1858 Johnson's health declined and in 1862 he passed away. Johnson's home still stands in Anderson and his portrait hangs in perpetuity in the Truett Cathy Old Common Room in Merritt Hall on the Anderson University campus. Johnson was buried in the cemetery of First Baptist Church of Anderson.

The university closed its doors due to the combined impact of Rev. Johnson's untimely death and the onset of the Civil War. The main building of Johnson University became a Confederate treasury and printing press during the civil war until 1865 when Union forces occupied the building. After the war, the Carolina Collegiate Institute and Patrick Military Institute used the buildings of the seminary for educational purposes until 1920. The buildings of Johnson University were then demolished around 1920.

Mission Statement

Anderson University is an academic community affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention. It provides a competitive education in the liberal arts, professional, and graduate disciplines, and a co-curricular focus on the development of character, servant leadership, and cultural engagement. This is a diverse community that is intentionally Christ-centered, people-focused, student-oriented, quality-driven, and future-directed.

Vision Statement

For God and humanity, Anderson University seeks to be an innovative, entrepreneurial, premier comprehensive university where liberal arts, professional studies, and graduate studies thrive within an uplifting, welcoming, and distinctively Christian community of diverse faculty, staff and students dedicated to intellectually rigorous learning, a caring and hospitable campus culture, and personal transformation.

Values

Anderson University takes pride in being able to function as a community rather than a conglomerate. Accordingly, we have adopted a set of community values that support our aspiration to fulfill the University’s mission and achieve its vision, both of which are considerable aims. Values serve as guiding principles that shape our daily actions. These are dimensions of our community we believe are very important and should be known and understood by everyone within our institution.

Academics

o  The South Carolina School of the Arts

o  Johnny Mann Center for Commercial Music

o  College of Arts and Sciences

o  College of Education

o  School of Public Service and Administration

o  College of Health Professions

o  College of Business

o  School of Interior Design

o  College of Christian Studies

Degrees

·        Bachelor of Arts, Art - Ceramics     

·        Bachelor of Arts, Art - Education    

·        Bachelor of Arts, Art - Graphic Design      

·        Bachelor of Arts, Art - Painting, and Drawing     

·        Bachelor of Arts, Christian Ministry          

·        Bachelor of Arts, Christian Ministry - Youth Ministry   

·        Bachelor of Arts, Christian Ministry - Missions   

·        Bachelor of Arts, Christian Studies   

·        Bachelor of Arts, Christian Studies - Pastoral Ministry   

·        Bachelor of Arts, Christian Studies - Preaching   

·        Bachelor of Arts, Communication - Digital Media      

·        Master of Arts in Teaching - Elementary Education

·        Master of Business Administration

·        Master of Business Administration - Healthcare Leadership

·        Master of Business Administration - Human Resources

·        Master of Business Administration - Marketing

·        Master of Business Administration - Supply Chain Management

·        Master of Criminal Justice

·        Master of Divinity

·        Master of Divinity

·        Master of Divinity - Youth Ministry

·        Master of Education

·        Master of Education - Administration, and Supervision

·        Master of Ministry

·        Master of Ministry

·        Master of Ministry - Ministry Management

·        Master of Music in Music Education

·        Master of Organizational Leadership