Academics
The academic calendar consists of two semesters and a summer-school session. Full-time undergraduates must carry a minimum academic load of 12 credit hours per semester.
The college offers four undergraduate degrees: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Music, and Bachelor of Science. It offers four master's degrees: M.Ed. in elementary education, M.Ed. in special education/general curriculum, M.Ed. in special education/adapted curriculum, and M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.
Undergraduate majors: The college offers majors in accounting, art, athletic training, biology, birth through kindergarten education, business administration, business administration and economics, chemistry, criminal justice, elementary education, English, English and communication studies, exercise and sport studies, French (effective with the 2009-2010 academic year, enrollments in the major and minor in French are suspended until further notice), history, history and political science, liberal studies, mathematics, mathematics education, middle grades education, music, music education, health/physical education, political science, psychology, religion, secondary comprehensive science education, sociology, Spanish, special education, theatre, and urban ecology. Most departments also offer minors.
Teacher licensure: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction licensure is offered in birth through kindergarten, elementary education (K-6), middle grades education (6-9), special education (K-12) (general curriculum and adapted curriculum), health/physical education (K-12), art (K-12), music (K-12), Spanish (K-12), theatre (K-12), and ESL add-on licensure. Students seeking secondary licensure (9-12) must select one or more academic majors from the following: English, mathematics, biology, secondary comprehensive science education and social studies.
Special programs: Allied Health Programs (medical technology, radiologic technology), Ethics Across the Curriculum, First Year Seminar, George Center for Honors Studies, International Studies Program, Women's and Gender Studies, Writing Across the Curriculum, and consortia arrangements.
Academic Honor Societies:
- Alpha Chi, a national honor society recognizing superior academic achievement
- Alpha Kappa Delta, national sociology honor society
- Beta Beta Beta, national biology honor society
- Delta Mu Delta, international business honor society
- Kappa Delta Pi, international education honor society
- Phi Alpha Theta, national history honor society
- Pi Delta Phi, international French honor society
- Pi Sigma Alpha, national political science honor society
- Psi Chi, national psychology honor society
- Sigma Delta Pi, national Spanish honor society
- Sigma Tau Delta, international English honor society
- Theta Alpha Kappa, national religion honor society.
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“Our first line of defense in raising children with values is modeling good behavior ourselves. This is critical. How will our kids learn tolerance for others if our hearts are filled with hate? Learn compassion if we are indifferent? Perceive academics as important if soccer practice is a higher priority than homework?”
—Fred G. Gosman (20th century)
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