LIBERAL ARTS LEARNING

Emory encourages you to push your intellectual curiosity. From excellent teaching in small classes to lectures from prominent scholars to opportunities for study abroad, research, and internships, Emory provides a rich setting for learning.

Great Teaching
• Average class size: 19 students*
• Student/faculty ratio of 7 to 1*
• 88 percent of classes have fewer than 40 students.
• 98 percent of the 700 professors hold their field’s terminal degree.
• Unique seminar-style classes of fifteen students at the first-year level

* reflects all of Emory University's undergraduate colleges

Liberal Arts Strength
• The curriculum is grounded in the liberal arts, providing an education of across-the-board strength that emphasizes writing well and connecting ideas.
• Students can choose from 65 majors, 10 combined bachelor’s/master’s degrees, and 9 preprofessional programs.
• The Honors Program enables qualified seniors to conduct intensive research in the subject of their choice.
• Study abroad for a semester or summer in programs that span the globe.

Intellectual Community
• The campus is a place where ideas are not contained by classroom walls. On-campus speakers, lunchtime lectures at the Carlos Museum, poetry readings, and impromptu debates on the Quad enrich learning.
• Recent on-campus visitors and speakers include Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, Maya Angelou, Wynton Marsalis, Robert Redford, Kenneth Cole, Michael Ondaatje, Jesse Jackson, Spike Lee, Madeleine Albright, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and Nobel laureate Jimmy Carter.

Apply Your Knowledge
• Volunteer Emory provides more than 100 ways to serve the Atlanta and Emory communities.
• Conduct research with professors and graduate students to enhance undergraduate learning.
• Hold one of 2,000 Atlanta internships and gain practical knowledge before graduation.

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Life Outside Class