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THE PUBLIC HONORS COLLEGE

PUBLIC. HONORS. COLLEGE. Rigorous, relevant, and experiential education should be open to ev eryone with the talent, ambition, and potential to do the work.

Welcome to the Public Honors College.

THE PUBLIC HONORS COLLEGE

In today’s competitive world, it’s more important than ever to choose a college that will make employers notice you first. That will challenge you to find your voice and reach further than you ever thought possible. St. Mary’s College of Maryland is the nation’s first public honors college and one of only two in the United States to have earned that designation: we clearly have expectations—for ourselves, and for you.

When you choose our honors-level education, you’re

asking for something special: elevated academics, a pathway to a prosperous career, prestige without the pretentiousness, and professors who genuinely care about your success. In return, all we ask is that you put in the work, be relentlessly motivated, and of course, get wet.

Have fun. Make lifelong friends. The best part about our honors education is that you get to experience it with some of the kindest people you’ll ever meet on one of the nation’s most beautiful campuses.

AN HONORS EDUCATION. You don’t have to study the galaxy in our new minor, astrophysics, to believe that everything is connected in the world. At least it’s what we believe in our own universe of St. Mary’s College. It’s why economics majors benefit from studying sociology and why music can relate to mathematics. We believe an interconnectivity of curriculum delivers the most well-rounded education. Which, in turn, creates the most well-rounded educated person. A person who isn’t a bystander, a person who is a force in the world. A true global citizen.

Prepare to roll up your sleeves, because if you think you’ll sit bored behind a desk all

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day, think again. Our approach to education is hands-on, in and out of the classroom.

The same political science discussion in the classroom can continue with your professor in the dining hall, which can turn into your capstone project, or as we call it St. Mary’s Project, presented at a national conference.

After all, you’ll be taught by the best of the best in their field, not by teaching assistants.

You’ll also learn real-world skills that employers demand for easy entry into the career of your choosing. That’s why our graduates go on to work at places like the Discovery Channel, Amazon, and J.P. Morgan.

382 2019 Best Colleges, Princeton Review 2018

Guide to Colleges, Fiske 2019

MAJORS

Tailored for excellence.

Let’s find what speaks to you.

As you might expect of an honors college, close personal attention is the norm here.

But as a public institution what you might not expect is our small, powerful size and one of the lowest student-to-faculty ratios in the nation. What does that mean for you? Our world-class professors are your advisers, advocates, confidants, and friends.

They care about your interests, believe

in your potential, and go above and beyond to help you succeed. And that includes assisting you in navigating our 78 academic programs to find an area of study just for you. From the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and mathematics, to cross-disciplinary studies and pre-professional programs, there’s a lot to choose from.

Anthropology Art Art History Asian Studies Biochemistry Biology Chemistry Computer Science Economics English Environmental Studies History International Languages & Cultures Mathematics Music

Philosophy Physics Political Science Psychology Public Policy Studies Religious Studies Sociology Student-Designed Theater, Film, & Media Studies Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

MINORS

African & African Diaspora Studies Anthropology Applied Mathematics

Art Art History Asian Studies Astrophysics Biology Business Computer Science Dance Democracy Studies Economics Educational Studies English Environmental Studies Film & Media Studies History International Languages & Cultures Materials Science Mathematics

Museum Studies Music Neurosciences Philosophy Physics Political Science Religious Studies Sociology Theater Studies Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

CROSSDISCIPLINARY

African & African Diaspora Studies Asian Studies Democracy Studies

Environmental Studies Museum Studies Neurosciences Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

PRE-PROFESSIONAL Pre-Dentistry Pre-Engineering Pre-Law Pre-Medicine Pre-Optometry Pre-Pharmacy Pre-Veterinary Science

GRADUATE PROGRAM

Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)

"21st century employers have spoken and they want graduates with liberal arts skill and a level of knowledge that puts them ahead of the game. St. Mary's College delivers on both."

Dave Kung

Professor of Mathematics PhD: University of Wisconsin-Madison Highlights: He has published two online “Great Courses” through the Teaching Company: “How Music and Mathematics Relate” and “Mathematical Paradoxes.” He has won multiple teaching awards and is the director of the MAA’s Project NExT, a national professional development program for new faculty in mathematics. He is a concert violinist and avid tri-athlete.

Practice makes perfect.

INTERNSHIPS

STUDY ABROAD

Graduate with a resume that stands out.

What makes our graduates sought after? The undeniable career-ready edge they get by our liberal arts and sciences honors curriculum, custom-designed just for you - active and hands-on from the very start.

You’ll intern at places like the Smithsonian or the Baltimore Aquarium, study abroad like Chiko Kulemeka ’18, who went to Malawi and then started her own nonprofit to help a village school build desks for their students. .

You’ll graduate with the career-long value of a topranked liberal arts honors education and with the professional skills employers told us they want now, not later. It’s a combination that gives you everything you need to handle whatever challenges the 21st century work world may have in store. And that’s an edge worth having.

UNDERGRADUATE FACULTYMENTORED RESEARCH

ST. MARY’S PROJECT

Forging your path to success.

In your first year at St. Mary’s College, you’ll be guided in developing your personal career and leadership development plan. Written proposals and reflections of career immersion placements all help to guide you to the right major and career path.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES OUR STUDENTS HAVE HAD Kennedy Center Smithsonian American Airlines

Habitat for Humanity ESPN NASA

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EXPLORE

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EXPERIENCE

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YEAR

Food and Drug Administration NAVAIR

Architect of the Capitol Cyber Point Int'l Ecosystems

Study abroad with no restrictions.

Enrich your academic experience through a study tour or a semester abroad. International internships are also an option. Your studies can take you anywhere you want to go: across disciplines, across cultures, across the world.

Morocco South Africa China

India Australia Japan

PLACES OUR STUDENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED Thailand Belize St. Croix

Peru Bahamas Costa Rica

Ireland France Italy

Hungary Greece Germany

Spain United Kingdom

You'll be placed with alumni, community members and employers in one-day career immersions to learn about the industries and expand your professional network.

Explore careers in more detail through our pre-internship placement program. You'll get an inside look at internship sites and employers before committing to a full internship your junior year.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES (41% of St. Mary's College students study away or abroad)

participated in an SMCM-led study tour

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REFINE

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LAUNCH

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YEAR

You'll continue developing your Career & Leadership Development Plan by conducting your personal Skills Gap Analysis and identifying the professional development opportunities that will make you successful in your chosen field.

On- and off-campus recruiting and interviewing programs put you in front of employers for face time that matters in the job search.

18%

% of students who studied away/ abroad for at least a semester

23%

“I talk with people outside my major and see other ways of researching and presenting. It’s nice to see everyone interested and excited about each other’s work.”

UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY-MENTORED RESEARCH

Bethany’s project was born from a CORE seminar she had during her first semester at St. Mary’s College. She is researching audience reception to the writing of Haruki Murakami in Japan and the United States.

Bethany Laffan ’20 Major: English Minor: History

This is wh at Honors looks like.

“This is the coolest thing I’ve ever done!” says Nick D’Antona ’20, of working on the viability of perovskite as an affordable light-absorbing layer in printable solar cells.

ST. MARY'S PROJECT

Nick presented his original research at the American Chemical Society national conference in New Orleans as a sophomore. While there, he talked about perovskite with an expert on that mineral’s viability in renewable energy. “What I’m doing right now is based on his suggestion.”

Nick D’Antona ‘20

Major: Chemistry Minors: Applied Math, Physics

BE HERE. BE PROUD. BE YOUR BEST. It's an image that will take your breath away, rounding the bend and seeing the campus for the first time. Our stunning waterfront location isn’t just aesthetically pleasing; the river actually extends our learning community.

Join the environmental studies students seed the oyster beds or connect with biology majors as they study the growth of moss on the shore.

Across our campus you’ll find green rooftops, outside classrooms, a campus farm, solar panels, and more. In fact, our sustainability practices have earned us a Top 6 Green Colleges

designation from the Princeton Review, 2018, and honored us with Tree Campus USA® recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation.

You’ll catch students using our kayaks, standup paddleboards and sailboats on the beach.

You might even find the student next to you in class still dripping from being out in the water.

Meet us at the river, and soak in the energy of this place and let it inspire your spirit and daily life.

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Among small colleges, Peace Corps Volunteers, 2018

First- to Second-Year Retention Rate

THE ST. MARY'S WAY

As a member of St. Mary's College of Maryland, I accept the St. Mary's Way and agree to join in working with others to develop this College as a community: Where people respect the natural environment and the tradition of tolerance which is the heritage of this place

Love where you live.

Where you are informs who you are.

The St. Mary’s Way is a concept adopted by the College community that centers on respecting one another and the world around us. As a community, we strive to exemplify the St. Mary’s Way every day.

Where people cultivate a life-long quest for disciplined learning and creativity Where people take individual responsibility for their work and actions Where people foster relationships based upon mutual respect, honesty, integrity, and trust Where people are engaged in an ongoing dialogue that values differences and the unique contributions of others’ talents, backgrounds, customs, and world views Where people are committed to examining and shaping the functional, ethical values of our changing world Where people contribute to a spirit of caring and an ethic of service.

Welcome to St. Mary’s College By choosing to join this community, I accept the responsibility of helping to build on its past heritage, of living its ideals, and contributing to its future.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Make a difference. Lots of St. Mary’s College students do. They tutor all ages, build houses, feed the hungry and work for social justice. At a rate of 9K hours per year! We are so proud of our students and to be on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll (2016).

CLUBS

Find what you love. Put your passion into dance club, Intervasity Chrisitian Fellowship, College Democrats or Republicans, Habitat for Humanity, St. Mary’s Triangle and Rainbow Society, Jewish Student Union, organic farming, windsurfing, Black Student Union, climbing, Maryland Student Legislature, Latinos Unidos, Relay for Life, or many other options.

GREEN CULTURE

We’re proud to be green. We grow our own organic produce and eat it in the dining hall.

If we’re eating on the go, we take it in a green box. When we’re done, we compost and recycle the rest. We also build tiny houses, and our buildings are LEED certified: even the roofs are green.

70%

95+

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of students do community service or volunteer

student-led clubs and activities

Top Green College, Princeton Review, 2018

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CAPITAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

INTRAMURALS Dodgeball Badminton Floor Hockey Volleyball Soccer Basketball

(NCAA DIVISION III)

Baseball Basketball (M/W) Cross Country (M/W) Field Hockey Lacrosse (M/W) Soccer (M/W) Swimming (M/W) Tennis (M/W) Volleyball

INTER-COLLEGIATE SAILING ASSOCIATION Coed Sailing Women’s Sailing

Live what you love.

Men’s Rowing Women’s Rowing (NCAA Division III)

Jamie L. Roberts Stadium opens with lighted grass and turf fields

Fencing Yoga Scuba Aqua Aerobics Spin Swimming Kickball Fly Fishing Self Defense Bowling Golf

CLUB SPORTS

MID-ATLANTIC ROWING CONFERENCE

2019

FITNESS

19 Varsity Sports

Ultimate Frisbee (M/W) Rugby (M/W) Women’s Lacrosse Windsurfing Soccer (M/W) Sculling Fencing Equestrian Softball

A CULTURE OF SUCCESS. You want results. Get them at St. Mary’s College.

We encourage a focus on integrated career preparation that will ensure when you graduate you’re ready to challenge the world.

And being Maryland’s public honors college means we’re devoted to accessibility, diversity and affordability. That’s why we offer a selective education similar to private schools at an affordable public college price, with financial

aid, grants, and scholarships available. Our graduates land well-paying jobs at diverse companies like the FDA, Pathways, Inc., and the U.S. Navy at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, and earn admission into competitive graduate and PhD programs at top-tier institutions such as Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, and University College Dublin.

CAREER OUTCOMES

Based on a survey of Class of 2017 graduates, with 77% response rate.

Seeking

5%

Continuing Education

23% 6%

Employed

66%

Gap Year

Defense & Space

Government

Higher Education

Finance

Hospitals & Healthcare

“Take your passions, your skills, and the knowledge you have gained at this place to create a more just and humane society for all.”

– President Tuajuanda C. Jordan

Your life after SMCM. Where will the river take you?

Class of 2018 graduates work as business analysts at J.P. Morgan, sports medicine assistants at Salisbury University, and contract specialists at Booz Allen Hamilton. More than 60% of St. Mary’s College graduates pursue advanced degrees within five years of graduation, like Brian Tennyson ’11, who is finishing a doctorate

in physics at Yale Univeristy. Nicole DeAngell ’14 and Erin Knutson ’15 earned National Science Foundation fellowships: Nicole is a doctoral student in neuroscience at Dartmouth University and Erin is a doctoral student in physics at Tulane University.

Dave Elseroad ’01

Major: Political Science Current Position: Works in Switzerland for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, running a global public health advocacy program. Specific initiatives he has shaped are for road safety and tobacco-free kids.

St. Mary's challenged and expanded my narrow worldview and sparked a desire to better understand the contours of the world order. This spark inspired my career path as an international development and humanitarian worker and, in all honesty, changed my life. The public honors college experience fostered intellectual debate about international affairs and politics within a community of individuals who were all, in one way or another, looking to leave the world a little bit better.”

Nina Mercedes Rabin ’13

Major: Political Science Current Position: Attorney, Lennon Murphy & Phillips, LLC, Westport, Connecticut “I love that political science internships allow students to see why and how the political system actually works. Sometimes it’s frustrating to watch but it’s amazing when it all comes together to cause change.”

Stephon Dingle ’12

Major: History Minor: African & African Diaspora Studies Current Position: TV Anchor/Reporter for CBS WLKY News Louisville, Kentucky Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University ’13 “Little did I know SMCM would be the place I embraced wholeheartedly and that would in turn embrace me back, making it a place to truly always call home.”

Getting to know you.

DATES TO REMEMBER

FIRST-YEAR APPLICANTS NOV. 1

Early Decision deadline Early Action deadline

JAN. 1

Regular Decision deadline

As an honors college the admission process at St. Mary’s College of Maryland is rigorous. The admission committee takes great pride in the careful review of all required credentials as it strives to admit and enroll an entering class that meets institutional goals. Your academic record carries the greatest weight with careful attention also paid to co-curricular activities, essays, letters of recommendation, and standardized test scores as the committee strives to determine your fit with the advantages of a St. Mary’s College education.

FIRST-YEAR APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

- The Common Application along with a $50 application fee - All secondary school and any college transcripts - Secondary school report - Teacher recommendation - Standardized test scores

ARE YOU A TRANSFER STUDENT?

While the application process is similar to the first-year admission process, we understand that transfer students have unique needs. Visit us at smcm.edu/ admissions/transfer to learn more.

ARE YOU AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT?

Visit us at smcm.edu/admissions/ how-to-apply/internationalstudents/ to learn more.

WE CAN HELP

As a public institution, St. Mary’s College of Maryland is committed to assisting admitted students and their families with the financial aid process in order to provide access to our unique honors college education to students from all backgrounds. In addition to a competitive merit scholarship program, we will work with students and their families to identify additional resources through federal, state, and campusbased financial assistance programs.

Students who qualify for financial aid receive it in the form of scholarships, grants, loans, and/or work-study. A FAFSA must be filed in order to be eligible for need-based resources.

IT’S WORTH IT!

With our high retention and graduation rates as well as extraordinary career placement and graduate school rates, St. Mary’s College is a great investment in your future! For more information, visit www.smcm.edu

2018-2019 TUITION & FEES Tuition In-state $11,878 Out-of-State $27,640 Washington D.C. $21,878 Room & Board

$13,202

Fees

$2,928

TRANSFER APPLICANTS DEC. 1

Priority date for Spring admission

JUN. 1

Priority date for Fall admission

FIRST-YEAR STUDENT PROFILE (2018): GPA (unweighted) (middle 50%): 3.18 - 3.76

SAT (combined) (middle 50%): 1110 - 1320 ACT (composite) (middle 50%): 23 - 30

86% of students receive some form of financial assistance

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