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Undergraduate MajorsAccountingArtArt – Fine ArtsArt – Graphic DesignArt EducationArt HistoryAthletic TrainingBiochemistryBiologyBusiness AdministrationBusiness Administration/MathematicsChemistryChemistry/MathematicsCommunication and New MediaStudiesComputer Information SystemsCriminologyEducation – Inclusive EarlyChildhoodEducation – Middle ChildhoodEducation – Special (5-21)EnglishGeneral StudiesHistoryInteractive Media Design &ComputingInterior Architecture & DesignMathematicsMathematics/BusinessAdministrationMathematics/ChemistryMusicNatural ScienceNeuroscienceNursingOrganizational LeadershipParalegal StudiesPsychologyReligious EducationReligious Pastoral MinistryReligious StudiesSocial WorkSociologySpecial EducationSport ManagementCollege ProfileWhat is the College of Mount St. Joseph educational experience? It’s learning through action – servingothers, graduate-level research, paid co-op positions, and leadership development. It’s a Catholic liberalarts education that helps you develop the knowledge to make a difference and the integrity to leadothers. Students with a liberal arts education seek to challenge, explore, and uncover. The Mount canhelp you do just that.The foundation of a Mount education comes from career-minded academic programs combined withdedicated support service and a 12:1 student-to-faculty ratio. New on campus this year is a major inneuroscience and a minor in Catholic studies.At the Mount, you’re encouraged to take your lessons outside of the classroom, into the community.Through the Service Learning program, students earn academic credit while volunteering to feed thehungry, building homes for Habitat for Humanity, or comforting the elderly. The Cultural Immersionprogram offers the chance to live, learn and work amidst other cultures. The Cooperative Educationprogram, available for all majors, is a way for students to gain valuable, paid career experience whilevalidating their choice of a major.Student-athletes are among the Mount’s most active leaders on campus. Competing in the HeartlandCollegiate Athletic conference, the Mount fields more than 20 NCAA Division III sports teams. Studentsalso participate in 40 student-run clubs and organizations including Student Government Association andBlack Student Union.The Mount is committed to working with students to explore all financial aid options, especiallyeligibility for financial assistance including scholarships. In 2011-2012, 97% of undergraduate studentsreceived some sort of gift aid; more than $12.5 million in grants and scholarships were receivedby Mount students.Fast Facts• Top Five Majors: nursing, business administration,sport management, criminology/sociology,psychology• The Academic Advising Resource Centerprovides effective, ongoing academic advisingwith a focus to intervene early andcontinuously so that students have thegreatest chance of success.• Students can complete courses of study thatachieve requirements for pre-health professions,pre-medicine, pre-art therapy, and pre-law.College InformationLocation: Cincinnati, OhioEnrollment: 2,400Founded: 1920President: Tony Aretz, Ph.D.Nickname: LionsColors: Blue and GoldAffiliations: NCAA IIIConference: HCAC – Heartland CollegiateAthletic ConferenceMain Phone: (800) 654-9314 / (513) 244-4200Web Site: www.msj.edu / www.msjsports.comMailing Address: College of Mount St. Joseph5701 Delhi RoadCincinnati, OH 45233-1670• Project EXCEL is a comprehensive, fee-basedacademic support program for students withlearning disabilities who are enrolled atthe Mount.• The Mount was named to the 2012 President’sHigher Education Community Service HonorRoll by the Corporation for National andCommunity Service.2COLLEGE OF MOUNT ST. JOSEPH