Undergraduate Catalog

College Profile

Classification:	Private, coeducational undergraduate and graduate-degree granting college with a liberal arts and sciences foundation. Carnegie Foundation classification: Baccalaureate Colleges II.
Location:	Home campus in Columbia, Missouri (population 76,000 plus over 25,000 college students at three separate colleges), on Interstate 70, halfway between St. Louis and Kansas City. Air service via major airline commuter and regional airline to Columbia Regional Airport. Twenty-two Extended Studies campuses throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. The Extended Studies Division locations are Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Coast Guard Island, and Los Alamitos, California; Orlando, Patrick Air Force Base, and Jacksonville, Florida; Park City, Freeport, and Crystal Lake, Illinois; Aurora, Colorado; Syracuse, New York; Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico; Marysville, Washington; and, within Missouri, Independence, Fort Leonard Wood, Jefferson City, Moberly, Rolla, St. Louis, and Lake Ozark (with additional teaching locations at Christian County and Marshfield, Missouri).
Degrees Conferred:	Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Social Work, Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Business Administration, and Master of Science in Criminal Justice.
Home Campus:	18 buildings on a 30-acre campus four blocks from Columbia's downtown area.
Library:	70,000 volumes, 500 periodicals, nearly 2,500 audio-visual items, access to on-line resources.
Enrollment:	More than 800 full and part-time day students, representing 19 states and 25 foreign countries; more than 1400 evening and graduate students, and more than 6,000 Extended Studies students.
Athletics:	Member, American Midwest Conference (men's soccer and basketball; women's volleyball and softball) and a variety of intramural sports.
Accreditation:	Accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Approved for teacher preparation by the Missouri State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Associate in Science degree in Nursing accredited by the Missouri State Board of Nursing and the National League for Nursing. Bachelor of Social Work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Institutions of Higher Education 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400 Chicago, IL 60602-2504 Telephone: 312/263-0456 or 1-800/621-7440 E-mail: info@ncacihe.org Council on Social Work Education 1725 Duke Street, Suite 500 Alexandria, VA 22314-3457 Telephone: 703/683-8080 E-mail: info@cswe.org (social work education) or accred@cswe.org (social work accreditation) Department of Elementary and Secondary Education P.O. Box 480 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Telephone: 573/751-6504 E-mail: mlucas@mail.dese.state.mo.us Missouri State Board of Nursing 3605 Missouri Boulevard P.O. Box 656 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0656 Telephone: 573/751-0681 E-mail: http://www.ecodev.state.mo.us/pr/nursing National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) 61 Broadway--33rd floor New York, NY 10006 Telephone: 212/363-5555 ext. 153 or 1-800/669-1656 ext. 153 E-mail: www.accrediting-comm-nlnac.org