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Type of College: four-year collegiate liberal arts institution founded
in 1856 and operating under the auspices of the Alabama-West Florida
and North Alabama Conferences of the United Methodist Church.
Campus and Location: 192 wooded acres in the western section of Birmingham.
The city is served by six major airlines, AMTRAK, and Interstate highways
20, 59, and 65.
Academic Calendar: two semesters and a January interim term. Four units
of credit required each semester and one each interim.
Enrollment: Approximately 1,500 students from 30 states and 23 foreign
countries.
Faculty: of the full-time members of the faculty, more than 92% hold
either the doctorate degree or the highest degree in their field.
Advising/Counseling: faculty advisors, academic and personal counseling,
career counseling, and pre-professional guidance in business, church-related
vocations, health-related careers, and law.
Degree Programs: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of
Fine Arts, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Music Education, Master of
Arts in Public and Private Management, Master of Music in composition,
organ, piano, and voice.
Disciplinary Majors: accounting, art (art history, painting, photography,
printmaking, and sculpture), art education, biology, business administration,
chemistry, computer science, dance, dance education, economics, education,
English, French, German, history, mathematics, music (composition,
church music, music history, music performance), music education, philosophy,
physics, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, Spanish,
theatre arts.
Interdisciplinary Majors: Asian studies, biology-psychology, computer
science-mathematics, history-political science, international studies,
musical theatre, philosophy-politics-economics, religion-philosophy,
sociology-political science, sociology-psychology. Students who desire
a more specialized or personally designed major may develop an individualized
major with the guidance of a faculty committee.
Special Programs: Vail College Fellows, Foreign Language Across the Curriculum,
Graduate Studies, Honors, Leadership Studies, Service-Learning, Biomedical
Research Scholars, Marine Environmental Science Consortium, Costa Rica
Science Semester, Central Europe Semester, British Studies at Oxford,
Air Force and Army ROTC, Dual Degrees in Engineering, Environmental
Studies, and Nursing.
Library: Housed in the Charles Andrew Rush Learning Center, the N.E.
Miles Library includes a collection of 257,000 volumes; 57,000 government
documents; 1,100 periodical subscriptions; 49,000 microfiche; 14,500
microfilm; 3,800 video and audiovisual packets; 6,300 slides; and 20,000
recordings, compact discs, and cassettes; and numerous full text, electronic
databases. A total of 38 computer workstations are located in the Learning
Center/Library, 28 of which are for public use. The Learning Center/Library
was extensively renovated and remodeled in the summer of 1997 and includes
a variety of facilities for individual and group study, research, and
instruction, including an electronic classroom, seminar rooms, and research
carrels.
Computer Facilities: two host computers; a campus wide ethernet network
with 830 college owned personal computers plus connectivity for student-owned
machines in the residence halls; twenty-one student laboratory locations,
each equipped with a varying number of computers and a network-shared
laser printer; a full time dual T1 Internet connection offering access
to all members of the College community; and nine media development locations
equipped with an optical scanner, color printer, computer with CD RW
drive, and appropriate software. All students receive access to an e
mail account and may create a personal World Wide Web home page.
National Honor Societies: Phi Beta Kappa plus nineteen other honorary
or professional societies in various academic areas.
Student Activities: newspaper, yearbook, literary magazine, scholarly
review, dance and theatre productions, a full range of musical groups
including four choirs and a variety of instrumental groups, plus numerous
special interest, service, and honorary organizations. A full range of
men's and women's intramural sports as well as a variety of planned and
impromptu outdoor activities.
Student Government Association: the official organization of the student
body, responsible for planning student activities and for administering
regulations governing student behavior and the Honor Code through the
Honor Council. The SGA enables students to play a major role in the governance
of the college community and in the maintenance of the academic integrity
of the College.
Religious Life: several weekly offerings from diverse Christian traditions
are held in Yeilding Chapel. In addition, for non-Christian traditions,
there is an interfaith room available for reading, meditation, and
prayer in the Campus Ministry Lounge, in the Solarium, in the Hanson
Residence Hall. Religious, academic, and social life at the College
provide various additional opportunities for worship, study, service,
and intentional growth in faith and understanding.
Social Life: six men's national social fraternity chapters, six women's
national sorority chapters, Quest II film/lecture series, Entertainment
Fest, Southern Comfort, Homecoming, a Black Student Union, an International
Student Association, Southern Outdoor Recreation outdoor activity group,
and a diverse schedule of social and cultural activities sponsored by
the SGA.
Intercollegiate Athletics: baseball, women's
and men's basketball, women’s
and men's cross country, women’s and men’s golf, women’s
rifle, women's and men's soccer, softball, women's and men's tennis,
and women's volleyball. The College is a member of the National Collegiate
Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I.
Residence Halls: seven residence halls on the residence hall quad, two
apartment buildings, six fraternity houses on Fraternity Row, and six
sorority town-houses behind the Bruno Residence Hall. Each student living
on campus is automatically a member of the Residence Hall Association.
RHA meets regularly to plan activities promoting community among on-campus
residents and to hear concerns they may have.
Cost Summary (2003-2004):
Tuition $18,530
Residence Hall 3,744 - 4,742
Books and supplies (approximate) 1,000
Meals 2,080 - 3,100
Student Activity Fee 284
Automobile Registration 25
Student Health Insurance 475
Computer Usage Fee 150
Financial Aid: more than $20 million in federal, state, and institutional
programs, including scholarships, loans, grants, and work-study.
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