BSCBirmingham-Southern College

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Preparing you to be the professional of tomorrow.

Birmingham-Southern College

We are

are you ready?

See why BSC was lauded as

just one of 40 schools nationwide “outdoing the lvy League schools and the major universities in producing winners,” according to the book Colleges That Change Lives. CTCL especially praised BSC for its commitment to experiential education: “The curriculum emphasizes one of the college’s long-standing assets: experiential learning in the form

of independent studies, student-faculty research, service learning, and study away.”

Preparing you to be the professional of tomorrow.

Birmingham-Southern College

We are

are you ready?

Whether it’s an internship, study abroad, research partnership, or service project, you’ll: explore your passions get hands-on experience and excel whatever your chosen field.

Find your own path. Learn from the very best. Study a subject you’ve never thought about.

Connect ideas in a new way. After all, there’s no one route to the future. And ultimately, the information you learn isn’t the most important thing. You’ll also gain what

tomorrow’s employers seek: communications skills, creative problem solving, and the ability to keep learning well after you graduate.

To help you on your way, we offer 35+ courses of study, including special programs in leadership, service-learning, international programs, research, entrepreneurship, Urban

Environmental Studies, and Media and Film Studies. Or design your own major.

explore beyond.

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4 weeks = flexibility for life

Learn more at www.bsc.edu.

Our unique January E-Term gives you a month each year to break free. Tackle an internship, complete your research, put on a play, or travel overseas—those are just a few of the options.

Best of all?

You get to choose.

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Birmingham is called the “Magic City” for good reason. It’s rich with parks, museums, and cultural and entertainment options—plus countless opportunities to learn outside the classroom. We’re just two miles from downtown, so you can go from campus to a hands-on project and back in minutes. And we’re a short drive from the verdant Appalachian Mountains and beautiful Gulf Coast beaches.

the best experience

At BSC, you get a classic college experience plus all the advantages of a city.

things to do in birmingham1. get an internship

2. crave some culture3. head for the hills

4. get connected with service-learning5. see the city after dark

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“Birmingham is a progressive city and there’s a lot of cool stuff going on. I spent the summer as an intern at Piper Place, a center for adults with severe mental illness, a position that’s only open to BSC students. I got to learn so much and it helped me discover my true passion. Now I want to go into occupational therapy or become a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner.”

Shelby Kilepsychology major with minors in biology and human rights and conflict studies

We know you learn best by doing. Our rise3 program challenges you to apply what you learn to the real world. Choose from research projects, internships, or service-learning conducted in courses or on your own. Imagine a business class on arts marketing, collaborating with a scientist on cancer drugs, learning leadership by serving in the inner city, or teaching English overseas. The possibilities are endless.

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ReseaRch | InteRnshIps | seRvIce | expeRIence

Where your educationprepares you to

excel

BSC alumni go on to change the world, no matter their field.

Our seniors get into the nation’s top graduate schools and

our students have an 80% acceptance rate to graduate and

professional schools.

We provide one-on-one advising and special programs to make

sure you have support every step of the way. You’ll know your

professors well—and they’ll help keep you on track and form

relationships that will last into the future..

Where your educationprepares you to

excel“BSC gave me more than just a degree. I learned to look at the bigger picture, and how to think for myself, and the professors there prepared me to tackle any challenge.”

Ansley Collins, planning officer for NASA’s lnternational Space StationClass of 2001

our numBers:

• 13:1 student-to-faculty ratio • 96% get merit-based scholarships

• 80+ student groups (including 13 national

fraternities and sororities)

• 40% our alumni go to graduate or

professional school

• Travelabroadto60+ countries

• About1200 students representing 38 states

& 19 foreign countries

life

Live with your new best friends. Have lunch with a professor—or even the college president!—in the Cafe. Study late-night in the library, or take it outside to our Ecoscape and lake park. Watch the sun rise over the city. Be a star on the field, the court, or the stage. Try a new sport, run through the woods, explore the mountains nearby, or cheer on one of BSC’s 22 NCAA Division III teams. #goPanthers!

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AlliesArt Student LeagueBass Fishing TeamBlack Student UnionConcert Choir15 honor societiesENACT (environmental awareness)Film ClubGlobal Peace ExchangeHabitat for HumanityIntrafraternity & Panhellenic CouncilLove AsiaOne-A-Chord Gospel ChoirPanther Pride Marching BandQuad Literary MagazineSoCo Music Festival ’Southern Outdoor ClubStudent Government AssociationWomen in Leadership DevelopmentUltimate Frisbee

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Here’s just a sampling of student groups and events:

Come visit us. Take a tour, meet with your admission counselor, attend

a class, see the residence halls, and talk with students and faculty. Call the Office

of Admission at (205) 226-4696 to schedule.

AccountingArtArt HistoryAsian StudiesBiologyBusiness AdministrationChemistryEconomicsEducationEngineering (dual-degree program)EnglishEntrepreneurship Environmental Studies (dual-degree program) Gender and Women StudiesGlobal & Comparative Studies HistoryHonors Program Human Rights and Conflict Studies

Latin American StudiesLeadership StudiesMathematicsMedia and Film StudiesMusicMusical TheatreNursing (dual-degree program)PhilosophyPhysicsPolitical SciencePre-HealthPre-LawPsychologyReligionSociologySpanishSpanish for the WorkplaceTheatre ArtsUrban Environmental Studies

Academic Programs

Birmingham Southern College admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

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Deadline

Nov. 15

Feb. 1

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