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Elon College will open your mind to new ideas and ways of thinking. Students and faculty are united by a shared love of learning and an insatiable desire to understand and improve their world. Diverse areas of study allow students to embark on interdisciplinary projects and learn from faculty across a variety of fields.
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Elon College, the College of Arts & Sciences
www.elon.edu/elon_college
42 Majors
42 Majors | 19 Departments | 18 Interdisciplinary Minors
Drs. Beth and Bud Warner, human service studies, work with students to
improve quality of life in a local lower-income neighborhood. The Warners
were awarded the N.C. Governor’s Award for Volunteer Service.
Britten Pund ‘06, named an “AIDS Hero” by national nonprofit,
Housing Works, for her work helping states reduce their waiting lists for the AIDS
Drug Assistance Program.
Dr. Prudence Layne, English, coordinates African and African-American Studies at Elon and leads a Winter Term service-learning trip to South Africa that examines the role of art in civil rights.
Elon Poll, results have appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post, as well as on CNN and NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Public Health Studies
Non-Violence Studies
79% of recent graduates were involved with community service.
ELON POLL
Political Science
and Public Administration
Elon College will open your mind to new
ideas and ways of thinking. Students
and faculty are united by a shared love
of learning and an insatiable desire to
understand and improve their world.
Diverse areas of study allow students to
embark on interdisciplinary projects and
learn from faculty across a variety of fields.
So what is Elon College really about? It’s
simple. Engaged Learning. Global Interest.
High Academic Standards. Interdisciplinary
Integration. Academic Discovery. Innovative
Facilities. Those guiding principles
reverberate in all that you’ll do at Elon and
will be an asset to your future career.
Engaged Learning
The university’s signature program, The
Elon Experiences, connects education to the
real world through hands-on learning.
1 Study Abroad - Elon offers 100+ study
abroad programs.
2 Research - Spend a semester, summer or
year conducting original research with a
faculty mentor.
3 Academic Service Learning - Elon connects
students with service opportunities
locally, regionally and around the world.
4 Internships - Elon students intern
at companies and nonprofits all
over the world and many say that
experience opened the door to their
first job. Seventy-nine percent of seniors
participated in at least one internship.
5 Leadership - Elon’s Center for Leadership
helps students learn more about their
leadership interests and empowers them
to be advocates in their communities.
Students involved with the Elon Poll
conduct regional and statewide surveys
on important economic and political
issues in North Carolina and beyond.
Human Service Studies
Britten Pund ‘06
ENGAGED LEARNING
ENGAGED LEARNING
19 Departments
www.elon.edu/elon_college
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Foreign Languages
Asian Studies
Middle East
Studies
Italian Studies
Latin American
Studies
Criminal Justice
Women’s/Gender Studies
African and African-
American Studies
Four years ago Dr. Beth Warner’s Working
with Groups and Communities service-learning
class conducted a neighborhood survey
that revealed unmet needs. Since then,
Elon faculty and students have helped
create an advisory board and secured
a state grant for improvements such as
street lighting, walking trails, outdoor
exercise equipment and a dance studio.
John Tumbleston ‘06, a postdoctoral
researcher at North Carolina State
University, is focused on a green energy
project to create materials and devices
that can absorb sunlight to convert into
electricity. He’s committed to academic
work that will make a tangible difference
in the lives of future generations.
Global Interest
The International Studies major provides a
broad knowledge of international affairs
and empowers students to become
experts on one of the world’s regions.
Study abroad and foreign language are
key, and students have considerable
freedom to design their studies.
Students often double major in fields
such as political science, history and
foreign languages.
Elon College offers programs in eight
languages and emphasizes comprehension
within cultural context. Foreign language
living-learning communities and
language clubs are great ways to immerse
yourself in your chosen field. Merveilleux!
Arabic Studies and Middle East Studies promote
a deeper understanding of regional issues
and perspectives. Supported by a grant
from the U.S. Department of Education’s
Undergraduate International Studies and
Foreign Language Program, the programs
include enhanced foreign language
offerings and study abroad opportunities
in the region.
72% of recent graduates spent at least one
term abroad.
Arabic
Spanish
Chinese
These majors are housed in the same department to give students a better understanding of societies. Professors collaborate on initiatives such as Project PERCS, Program for Ethnographic Research and Community Studies, which supports students, faculty and community
leaders in multi-year, interdisciplinary projects focused on social and cultural human interaction.
Sociology and
Anthropology
GLOBAL INTEREST
German StudiesGerman Studies
42 Majors | 19 Departments | 18 Interdisciplinary Minors
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND
CREATIVITY
Interdisciplinary IntegrationCollaboration is key in the arts and sciences.
What do we mean? Here’s an example:
the Environmental Studies program offers
students a core of classes focused on
ecological understanding. The program’s
strength is considering the environment
from many perspectives, such as
discussing water resources in science,
social science and humanities classes.
Students use that knowledge to further
careers in any number of fields.
The Department of Foreign Languages
and Elon’s Martha and Spencer Love
School of Business collaborated to
create the Business German program, which
connects the study of German language
and culture with post-graduation
career opportunities. The program
features an online component as well
as biweekly labs to provide face-to-face
support. Learn more: www.elon.edu/
businessgerman.
Prelaw and Pre-Health Professions advising
programs help you get into graduate
programs in fields such as law, medicine,
dentistry and veterinary medicine. Both
programs offer opportunities to meet
professionals in the field.
Study abroad meets field research. Dr. Rissa
Trachman, sociology and anthropology,
developed an anthropological field
school in the Eastern Petén Forest of
Northwestern Belize, where she takes Elon
students for summer research.
“It’s a little different from most study
abroad programs because it is an actual
field school. Rather than going to different
places and seeing different archaeological
sites and learning about them, students
come to Belize with me to conduct hands-
on research.”
More than half the music faculty have had a book or composition published, or released a major recording in just the past three years.
Letitia Lee ‘99, has shown her work in galleries and museums across the country and served as a muralist in an episode of the ABC hit show “Extreme Makeover Home Edition.”
Business German
Art and Art History
Performing Arts
Arts Administration
Music
Music TechnologyDance
Music Theatre
Acting
INTERDISCIPLINARY INTEGRATION
Psychology
Neuroscience
www.elon.edu/elon_college
Dr. Geoffrey Claussen, coordinates the Jewish Studies program, which exposes students
to religious, cultural, philosophical and linguistic traditions. The program covers topics related to religious
studies, foreign languages, philosophy, history and geography, sociology and anthropology and English.
Periclean scholar Gloria So created her own major, human rights and social justice activism. Gloria and her mentor, Dr. Ken Hassell, art, pose in front of one of her photos taken during an internship in Lithuania. She found the internship through the Isabella Cannon Center for Leadership and plans to use imagery in her major.
Philosophy
Religious StudiesEnglish
History and
Geography
High Academic StandardsElon College students are academically
talented and intellectually curious.
They pursue a broad range of scholarly
interests and find success in professions
and graduate schools across the country
and around the world.
For an additional challenge, consider the
Elon College Fellows Program. Fifty Fellows are
selected each year based on their high
school academic performance, interviews
and essay. All Fellows receive a $1,000
Elon Experiences grant, research support
and a $4,500 scholarship. Learn more and
apply: www.elon.edu/fellows.
Dr. Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler,
psychology, serves as a mentor to students
developing research interests. She includes
students in her research and collaborates
with alumni on published work.
Each spring, Elon devotes an entire day to SURF
(Spring Undergraduate Research Forum), an
event during which hundreds of students
and faculty present original research.
Elon hosts a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa,
the nation’s oldest and most prestigious
academic honor society. Only about 10
percent of colleges and universities in the
U.S. shelter Phi Beta Kappa chapters.
Elon College alumni achieve and succeed across
the professional spectrum. Graduates
work with organizations such as the
Smithsonian Institute, SAS Institute, Inc.,
the Peace Corps, the Oakland Museum of
California, Credit Suisse, Teach for America
and the U.S. Census Bureau. Alumni also
pursue graduate degrees at institutions
including the University of Chicago,
Harvard University, Yale University,
Columbia University, Duke University and
American University.
42% of Elon students
work with faculty on research beyond
course requirements.
Jewish Studies
HIGH ACADMIC STANDARDS
42 Majors | 19 Departments | 18 Interdisciplinary Minors
Dr. Rissa Trachman, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology, developed an anthropological field school in the Eastern Petén Forest of Northwestern Belize, where she takes Elon students for summer research.
Academic Discovery
The Elon College faculty believe
scholarship and teaching are inseparable
because scholarship is the foundation of
teaching. They share their knowledge in
publications, presentations at national
and international conferences and in their
daily interactions with students.
Like all Elon College faculty, Dr. Ben
Evans, physics, is a teacher and a mentor. He
co-authored a manuscript with three
Elon students, worked with students as
they presented at the annual meeting of
the Biophysical Society and mentored
a student who received an Honorable
Mention from the Goldwater Foundation.
Elon’s campus is designed for academic
discovery. Students learn and explore in
high-tech spaces such as McMichael Science
Center, which is being renovated for three
new teaching labs and classrooms for
environmental science, engineering and
biology. The new space will also feature
enhanced undergraduate research areas
for physics and biology, and will include
a new space for engineering students
and an enhanced space for the Center for
Environmental Studies.
Niclas Stiernholm ’89 is the CEO
of Trillium Therapeutic, a Canadian
biopharmaceutical company. After
graduating from Elon, he earned a
doctoral degree in immunology from
the University of Toronto and worked
for several corporate and scientific
advisory boards, including the Ontario
Genomic Institute and the Ontario
Bioscience Industry Organization.
Dr. Toddie Peters, religious studies, is a
well-published author and has become
the go-to person within the field of
Christian social ethics when it comes to
addressing issues facing the church and
Biology
Leadership Studies
“Elon prepared me for my professional life by giving me a broad background. As CEO you deal with a lot of people, and nothing makes a person feel more appreciated than when they see you know about their culture or background. I know for instance
about Hinduism because I took that in my years at Elon.”
Niclas Stiernholm ‘89CEO, Trillium Therapeutic
46% of Elon students hold at least one
leadership position before graduating.
79% of recent graduates undertook at least
one internship.
ACADEMIC DISCOVERY
PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS
Environmental Studies
www.elon.edu/elon_college
McMichael Science Center
Duke Building
Physics
Computing Sciences
Exercise Science
the world. “My philosophy of scholarship
incorporates four complementary tasks:
writing and publishing, teaching and
mentoring, service to the profession and
service to society,” Peters says.
Innovative Facilities
Elon’s 30-acre Loy Farm is being
transformed into a multidisciplinary eco-hub.
The innovative learning environment will
serve as a lab, meeting area and storage
space to be used by faculty and students
pursuing projects related to sustainable
food production, environmental studies
and green architecture.
Martha S. and Carl H. Lindner Hall is the
35,590-square-foot home of Elon College. It
has LEED Gold certification and includes
flexibile teaching spaces and changing
rooms for those who choose to bike
to campus. A touchscreen in the lobby
displays real-time energy expenditures
for all the major uses in the building
including the energy generation of the
building’s solar systems.
A new math and statistics computer lab in
Duke Building allows the Department
of Mathematics and Statistics to offer
a wide variety of courses that use
specialized software.
Powell House provides a new home for art
history, a renovated space for the Elon
Academy and a new resource room for
women’s/gender studies and the LGBTQ
student organization.
The Global Neighborhood will be an
international-themed residential area that
will include the Isabella Cannon Global
Education Center and foreign language
living-learning communities. Elon’s
Lakeside Dining Hall will be next door and
will feature food selections from around
the world.
Robot wars: Students build and program robots with ultrasonic sensors to seek, track and push their opposition
out of the ring in a “Sumo Bot” tournament. The program brought together students from a variety
of disciplines - physics, engineering, computer science - to hone their programming and design skills.
Engineering
INNOVATIVE FACILITIESChemistry
Mathematics and
Statistics
National Rankings: Elon was named the #1 school “Focused on Their Undergrads” by U.S. News & World Report in its 2012 “America’s Best Colleges” guide. The guide also ranked Elon #2 among 127 Southern universities. The Princeton Review lists Elon among the nation’s top schools in its 2012 “The Best 376 Colleges” guide. The National Survey of Student Engagement consistently names Elon one of the top master’s-level schools in the country for actively engaging students in their educational experience.
Enrollment: Elon’s 5,225 undergraduates and 691 graduate students come from 48 states, the District of Columbia and 57 other countries. Admission to Elon is selective; two-thirds of incoming first-year students rank in the top 25 percent of their high school classes.
Majors and Degrees: Elon offers more than 60 degrees leading to the bachelor of arts, bachelor of science or bachelor of fine arts degrees. Elon awards master’s degrees in business administration, education, interactive media and physician assistant studies. A doctor of physical therapy degree is also offered. The Elon University School of Law offers the J.D. degree.
Faculty: Eighty-six percent of Elon’s full-time faculty hold the highest degree in their fields. The student-to-faculty ratio is 13:1, and the average class size is 21.
Elon Experiences: The Elon Experiences encourage students to participate in study abroad, service, undergraduate research, internships and leadership. Seventy-two percent of Elon students study abroad at least once before graduating — Elon is #1 in the percentage of students studying abroad among U.S. master’s-level schools. Seventy-nine percent of students complete at least one internship and 79 percent participate in service. Almost half of all Elon students
hold at least one leadership position before graduating; more than 1,000 students conduct research projects.
See for Yourself: Visit Elon, tour the campus and sit in on a class or talk with a professor. Visit www.elon.edu/visitelon to make an appointment. Office hours are Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.
Connect with us: Telephone: (336) 278-3566 or (800) 334-8448 Email: [email protected] Web: www.elon.edu/admissions Facebook: Elon University Admissions » “Like” Us Twitter: ElonUAdmissions » Follow Us
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