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What
does a great education really mean, anyway? At St.
Ambrose, it means getting in-depth experience in
something you're passionate about. It means living what
you're learning and loving what you're doing. It means
"hands-on" and "interactive," not
"textbook." It means learning from people who
really know their stuff.
At St. Ambrose, you'll
find a top-notch education tailored to your ambition and
personalized to your needs. We start by offering more
than 75 majors—a huge number for a small,
student-centered school like us—and the flexibility to
mix majors, minors and electives to match your
interests.
Our
Focus on Student Success
Whether you admit it or not, college is a whole
different ball game than high school. New surroundings,
new freedom and new responsibility—it’s a lot of
fun, and a little stressful. That’s where student
success programs come in. They’re geared to make the
transition a little smoother for incoming students, and
to provide academic support during students' first
couple of years. You could probably adjust to college
life without them, but consider it a safety net, or a
little security blanket (we won’t tell anyone).
The
Mentor Program
All first-year students are assigned a mentor—an SAU
faculty or professional staff member who is especially
interested in helping new students be successful. The
mentor is there to help with all aspects of the
transition to college life—academic, social and
spiritual. Usually at the end of their first year,
students transfer to an advisor in their major.
New
Student Seminar
This is a one-credit orientation course for first-year
students designed to help you with the transition to St.
Ambrose and to college in general, and includes topics
such as time management, study strategies, personal
development, career orientation and library orientation.
Seminar instructors serve as mentors to the students in
their classes. It’s not mandatory, but more than 80
percent of first-year students take the class because
they learn what they need to know to be successful in
college.
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