Department of Advancement Study

Dr. Parichart G. Thornton, Interim Chair

Shontrell Morgan, Administrative Assistant

Ms. Thomasina Austin, Ms. Jamicia Croskery, Dr. Cynthia Curtis-Steele, Mr. Corie Muhammad, Mr. Trevor Muhammad, Ms. Sondra Obas, Dr. Shafonda Spain, Ms. Margie Thomas, Angelica Evans, Anthony Hill, Elisha Dung, Seela Aladuwaka, Ramakrishnan Alagan, and Paris Chisholm

The mission of the Department of Advancement Studies is to provide skills and strategies to prepare academically vulnerable students for college level work and academic success in support of the mission of University College. Additionally, the Department of Advancement Studies First Year Experience program is an academic program designed to integrate new students into the academic and cultural community of the University. The Freshman Experience Program prepares new students for college success and includes test-taking, study skills and life skills. Activities related to life skills such as financial management and setting goals are the focus of this program. Advancement Studies provides Geography courses from the freshmen to graduate levels to help ASU students engage in Global Studies and prepare for worldly opportunities and for understanding the world’s landscape and others.

We aim to create opportunities and offer experiences that are directly informed by the educational philosophy and practices of the university, and through which students will be able to engage their passions, challenge their beliefs, and continue to grow intellectually, socially, and emotionally in support of the mission of University College.

• Alabama State University Reading Center
• Alabama State University Writing Center
• College Reading Program
• W.E.B. DuBois Honors Program
• Academic Placement for Entering Freshmen
• The Developmental Studies Program
• Federal TRIO Programs
• Office of Interdisciplinary Studies