Eight more majors, minors and pre-professional programs at St. Cloud State are in jeopardy of being discontinued. The university recently completed its second phase review of academic programs amid the state’s considerable budget deficit. In an email sent to faculty and staff, SCSU Provost Devinder Malhotra put the rumors to rest about what additional programs might be dropped, and announced the university’s official recommendations.

The recommendations call for a discontinuation or reduction of eight programs at St. Cloud State, including undergraduate programs in Applied Computer Science, Aviation, and General Biology and master’s programs in College Counseling and Student Development, Computer Science, Geography and History. Malhotra says, for the programs that do end up getting cut, students already enrolled will be grandfathered in, but those programs will stop accepting new admissions.

These are only recommendations. SCSU President Earl Potter will make the final call later in the semester. Between now and then, the University is hosting open meetings where students, faculty and staff can voice their opinions on the future of St. Cloud State’s academic structure. Those meetings will take place Wednesday, September 8th from 2-4 pm in the Atwood Ballroom, as well as Thursday, September 9th from 10 am to 12 pm in the Atwood Cascade Room.

Last semester, it was announced that 26 programs would be cut from the St. Cloud State academic catalog.