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About LanderLander AcademicsSmall class sizes, individual attention and accomplished professorsare Lander’s trademarks for outstanding education. Throughouttheir time at Lander, students are encouraged to explore pathsin the humanities, sciences and arts. Lander provides students theopportunity to turn their goals into reality!FacultyLander’s 150 full-time faculty members with excellent academiccredentials have trained in some of America’s finest graduateschools. The majority of our faculty hold terminal degrees in theirareas from renowned universities in the United States and aroundthe world.Faculty and StudentsWith the University’s 17:1 student/faculty ratio, the professorsare more than teachers -- they are advisers who help students definetheir career goals, and friends who encourage them to workdiligently toward these goals. Lander’s faculty and staff offereach student a personal invitation to learn, to discover, to growand to accept life’s challenges with excitement and determination.MAJORSAthletic TrainingBiologyGeneticsMedical TechnologyBusiness AdministrationAccountingFinance/EconomicsHealth Care ManagementManagement/MarketingChemistryComputer Information SystemsNetworkingSoftware DevelopmentCriminal Justice Management(Online only)Early Childhood Education*MontessoriElementary Education*Engineering(Dual Degree with Clemson University)ChemistryComputer Information SystemsMathematicsEnglish*Professional WritingEnvironmental ScienceExercise ScienceHistory*Mass Communication and TheatreMass CommunicationTheatreMathematics*Music*NursingR.N. to B.S.N. Completion for RegisteredNursesPhysical Education*Political SciencePublic AdministrationPsychologySpanishSpecial Education*Visual ArtsGraphic Design* Denotes Teacher Certifi cation AvailableMINORSAfrican-American StudiesAnthropologyArt HistoryBiologyBusiness AdministrationChemistryChild and Family StudiesComputer Information SystemsDanceEconomicsElectronic ArtEnglishEnglish - Professional WritingEnvironmental ScienceFrenchHealth Care ManagementHistoryInformation TechnologyInternational BusinessInternational StudiesLatin-American StudiesMass CommunicationMathematicsMilitary Science and LeadershipMusicMusical TheatrePhilosophyPolitical SciencePre-LawPsychologyPublic AdministrationReligionSociologySpanishTheatreTherapeutic HorsemanshipVisual ArtsPRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMSPre-DentistryPre-LawPre-MedicinePre-Occupational TherapyPre-OptometryPre-PharmacyPre-Physical TherapyPre-Physician’s AssistantPre-Veterinary MedicineGRADUATE STUDIESMaster of Arts in Teaching (Art)Master of Education in Montessori EducationCERTIFICATE PROGRAMHealth Care Management
About LanderHISTORYLander University was founded by Methodist clergymanSamuel Lander in 1872 as Williamston Female College in Williamston,S.C. It remained a private institution for 26 years. In1898, the College gained support of the South Carolina Conferenceof the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1904, theCollege was relocated to Greenwood, S.C., and was renamedLander College in honor of its founder.In 1948, when the Methodist Conference, pursuant to a policyof consolidation in its education efforts, decided to end supportof Lander College, interested citizens of Greenwood formed TheLander Foundation as a nonprofit corporation and leased theCollege from the Church.In 1951, the county of Greenwood obtained the College nameand property fromthe MethodistConference. TheSouth CarolinaGeneral Assemblycreated the GreenwoodCountyEducation Commission,knownas The LanderFoundation, toserve as the boardof control for theCollege. Landerthus became theonly four-year liberalarts college inthe United Statesto be controlledand financed bya county government.On July 1, 1973, Lander College came under the control of theBoard of Trustees of the State Colleges of South Carolina, makingLander a state-supported college. The State College Board ofTrustees governed Lander, the College of Charleston and FrancisMarion College. Effective July 1, 1988, governance of Landerwas vested in the Lander College Board of Trustees.On July 1, 1992, by action of the Board of Trustees, the institutionbecame Lander University.Lander was founded as a college for women. Men were admittedin 1943, and the institution is now completely coeducational.Lander University subscribes to a policy of equal educationaland employment opportunity for all.Mission StatementGrounded in the belief that education is a liberating forcewhich makes it possible for an individual to live a life ofmeaningful activity, of personal satisfaction, and of service toothers as a neighbor and a citizen, Lander University has chosenteaching and learning as its principal concerns and providinga challenging education for qualified students as its mission.Through its liberal arts programs and its professional schools forbusiness, education and nursing, the university offers an undergraduatecurriculum that combines a broad liberal education withspecialized study leading either to immediate application in acareer or to more advanced study. The undergraduate programsprovide opportunities for students to achieve competence in amajor discipline and to explore a broad core curriculum designedto assist them in developing the ability (1) to gather and criticallyanalyze information from a variety of fields and to use thatinformation as a basis for reasoned judgments and for effectiveproblem solving, (2) to synthesize diverse ideas and information,and (3) to understand and convey ideas clearly. In addition to itsundergraduate programs, Lander provides a limited number ofmaster’s programsand post-graduatecourses thatrespond to criticalneeds of theimmediate regionand the state. Supportingthe university’srole as ateaching institutionand recognizingthat scholarshipis essentialto establishingand maintainingexcellence of instruction,Landerfaculty engagein scholarly andcreative activitiesappropriateto their teachingfields. In addition,the faculty and staff recognize Lander’s responsibility to thepublic and to the local economy; therefore, the university servesas an intellectual and cultural center and cooperates with variousagencies, schools and businesses.STUDENT ACTIVITIESLander University has over 60 organizations and clubs, eachoffering students different opportunities. The choices, challengesand opportunities students face by participating in these organizationswill assist them in classes and will allow them to meet newfriends and socialize with old friends. There are many differentareas to choose from, such as academic organizations, clubsand interest groups, media organizations, club sports, honorarysocieties, religious organizations, and Greek fraternities andsororities.
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