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Greensboro College

Greensboro College
815 West Market Street
Greensboro, NC 27401-1875

Official telephone: (336) 272-7102
Toll-free telephone: (800) 346-8226
Fax number: (336) 271-6634
Website: www.greensboro.edu
Screen last updated on: December 2016
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Semester/term begin dates: in late August and mid-January.
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students held in August and January.
Number and length of summer sessions: Two summer sessions of five weeks each.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Average freshman GPA: 2.7 on a 4.0 scale
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 52%
Student:Faculty ratio: 12:1
Total faculty: 48 men, 55 women
Full-time faculty: 26 men, 15 women
Part-time faculty: 22 men, 40 women

Greensboro College
REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes
Minor requirements: not required for graduation
Physical education is required: yes
There are religious requirements for graduation: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, accelerated program, honors program, pass/fail grading option, internships, weekend college, distance learning
Minors and other miscellaneous programs offered:
Minors offered in most majors and computer science, computer information systems, dance, ethics, legal administration, and philosophy.
Preprofessional programs offered:
pre-law, pre-medicine, pre-veterinary science, pre-dentistry, pre-theology
Education certifications are offered: yes
Education certifications:
early childhood, elementary, middle/junior high, secondary, special education, bilingual/bicultural
Cooperative programs are offered: yes
Cooperative education programs:
art, business, computer science, education, health professions, humanities, natural science, social/behavioral science, technologies
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Qualified undergraduates may take graduate-level classes: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study abroad in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, China, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and Zambia.
Other special or unique academic programs:
Ethics Across the Curriculum. Writing Across the Curriculum. Academic Success.
Army ROTC: offered off-campus at North Carolina A&T St U.
Navy ROTC: not offered
Air Force ROTC: offered off-campus at North Carolina A&T St U.

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Allied Health
  • Art
  • Athletic Training
  • Biology
  • Birth-Kindergarten Education
  • Business Administration
  • Business Administration/Economics
  • Chemistry
  • Criminal Justice
  • Education
  • Elementary Education
  • English
  • English/Communication Studies
  • Exercise/Sport Studies
  • Health/Physical Education
  • History
  • History/Political Science
  • History/Religion
  • Liberal Studies
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics Education
  • Middle Grades Education
  • Music
  • Music Education
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Religion
  • Secondary Science Education
  • Sociology
  • Special Education
  • Theatre
  • Urban Ecology
Master's Degrees

  • Birth through Kindergarten Education
  • Elementary Education
  • Special Education
  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit and/or placement for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 3 or higher)
  • credit and/or placement for CLEP general
  • credit and/or placement for CLEP subject
  • neither credit nor placement for Regents College Exams (RCE)
  • neither credit nor placement for ACT PEP
  • credit and/or placement for DANTES
  • credit for school's own challenge exams
  • neither credit nor placement for relevant military experience
  • credit for relevant life experience
  • credit and/or placement for international baccalaureate

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