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Be curious. Explore. Question. Challenge the status quo. Try the unfamiliar as well as the tried and true – and your academic experience will pay big dividends.
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The Good Life
Take advantage of everything the College has to offer. Use your imagination. Move outside your comfort zone. Look at every new experience as an opportunity. And have fun!
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Once a Cougar, always a Cougar.
Be an active part of the Cougar network. Lifelong connections start with the Alumni Association.
A Focus on Sustainability
Social justice, environmental stewardship and economic equity are at the heart of the College’s emphasis on sustainability.
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Campus Life!
New students quickly become immersed in activities on the CofC campus.
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Hands-on Research!
At the College, students get funding each summer to work closely with professors on pivotal research.
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Where Careers Get Launched
The College’s Career Center is a huge resource for students – and alumni.
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Go Global!
With more than 60 different study abroad programs taught by our own faculty, the College is ranked No. 3 among U.S. master’s level institutions.
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For her degree, Thea Kozakis explores solar systems far beyond our own. -
Goal: Lead a research team in chemical engineering or quantum chemistry. -
Ventilated hoods in year two; National Renewable Energy Lab after graduation. -
Studying large carnivores includes research on wild African elephants
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Using the power of entrepreneurial action to shape a more sustainable world. -
Using the psychology major to prepare for a career in occupational therapy. -
Combining music performance and composition can be very demanding. -
Build a résumé for a distinguished career in politics, nonprofits, investments, research analysis.
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Using mathematical research to predict the outcomes of March Madness. -
Imagine studying Hemingway in Trujillo, Spain, and learning Spanish also. -
Taking a database course can lead to an internship with a local software giant. -
Learning to become an essential piece that connects different industries.
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Helping people through nursing or physical therapy instead of medicine. -
Thomas Nash has beaucoup options with Data Science. -
Adapt your teaching style to the ways your students learn. -
Alizey Khan chose a practical major with internships attached.
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Professors are well connected in the business. Internships can lead to jobs. -
Explore the intersections of gender, class, race, ethnicity, ae, religion, ability and sexuality. -
From anthropology to medical school–fitting the trend in medicine today. -
Good urban planning impacts housing, economic development and education.
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Olivia Adams’ fieldwork led from southern slave cabins to southern France.
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Presenting black holes research at an international conference as an undergrad. -
Become a superb teacher for young children. -
Interning with a wealth-management team managing a $240-million portfolio. -
Using a SURF grant to conduct research and present at a national conference.
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After visiting campus, Leander Hamrick knew it was ideal for her studies. -
Before attending college, Brandon Olesh created a landscaping business. -
Transfer student Siera Barksdale spans disciplines and cultures. -
From acting to designing and directing to playwriting, experience thetre in a different way.
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Studying NASA Space Mission Design is a definite highlight.
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Research funding led to a study of the creative expression of mental illness. -
A study of college football merchandise sales turned into a senior thesis. -
Art history teaches you about cultures and how to analyze what you’re seeing.
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Discover a rich history of Jewish culture in the Holy City. -
A broad exposure to the scientific study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. -
A solid preparation for careers in law, public administration and education. -
Courses in physiology, anatomy and kinesiology–not your average PE teacher.
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The largest and most comprehensive undergraduate Spanish program in the Southeast includes a wide range of study abroad programs. -
Projects such as “creating a new school” and working as a substitute teacher, help future teachers make a difference. -
Double major in German and history, and study abroad for a semester. -
Palak Thakore is fascinated by the field’s research component.
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It’s amazing to have your name on a published piece as an undergraduate. -
On track for a career in public policy and the advocacy of local interests. -
Taking the classroom experience to Buenos Aires, Honduras and points south. -
A love of the French language will shape Salvador Lopez’s future.
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Juggling classes and a job, Hunter Werts finds the inspiration to teach. -
Learn all about the hospitality industry in the world’s No. 1 tourist destination. -
End of year one, a research assistant at the National Museum in Athens, Greece. -
Studying marine geology helps focus attention on environmental awareness.
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Take a holistic approach to health issues, doublemajor in public health and psychology, and prepare to be a health psychologist. -
Erin Galloway’s confidence and charisma translate into a French teacher. -
Dig into specific interests such as preservation law to sustainability. -
It’s amazing that professors with years of experience view you as an equal.
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Joining the debate around climate change by studying the ways that religions are mediators of environmental impact. -
Physics research means being in the field often and doing a lot of computing. -
A curriculum that’s as much about business as computer science. -
Love of music + computer science = an attempt to experience music in 3-D.