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Birmingham-Southern College

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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, studentfaculty research, service learning, and study away.”

Southern College be the professional of tomorrow.

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.

are you ready?

exploreb 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.

4 weeks = flexibility for life 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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Learn more at www.bsc.edu.

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

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things to do in birmingham 1. get an internship 2. crave some culture 3. head for the hills 4. get connected with service-learning 5. see the city after dark

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.

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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 Kile psychology major with minors in biology and human rights and conflict studies

Research | Internships | Service | Experience

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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you to 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 • Travel abroad to 60+ countries • About 1200 students representing 38 states

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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..

“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 Station Class of 2001

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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!

Here’s just a sampling of student groups and events: Allies Art Student League Bass Fishing Team Black Student Union Concert Choir 15 honor societies ENACT (environmental awareness) Film Club Global Peace Exchange Habitat for Humanity Intrafraternity & Panhellenic Council Love Asia One-A-Chord Gospel Choir Panther Pride Marching Band Quad Literary Magazine SoCo Music Festival ’Southern Outdoor Club Student Government Association Women in Leadership Development Ultimate Frisbee

Academic Programs Accounting Art Art History Asian Studies Biology Business Administration Chemistry Economics Education Engineering (dual-degree program) English Entrepreneurship Environmental Studies (dual-degree program) Gender and Women Studies Global & Comparative Studies History Honors Program Human Rights and Conflict Studies

Latin American Studies Leadership Studies Mathematics Media and Film Studies Music Musical Theatre Nursing (dual-degree program) Philosophy Physics Political Science Pre-Health Pre-Law Psychology Religion Sociology Spanish Spanish for the Workplace Theatre Arts Urban Environmental Studies

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.

Check out our virtual tour at

www.bsc.edu/ tour

Apply by

Deadline

Early Action

Nov. 15

Regular Decision

Feb. 1

are you ready?

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.