College of Coastal Georgia Viewbook

The question is not simply where do you

want to go to college.

It’s where do you want to go in life.

At the College of Coastal Georgia, we’re into

helping you shape the answers to that question.

We’re into dreams.

And your dreams start here.

We welcome you tothe College of Coastal Georgia.We’ve been an educational landmark on Georgia’s coast

since 1961. Yet the last half century was but a preface to

all that is new, now, and next for us and for you.

A time of remarkable transformation is energizing

virtually every dimension of student life here:

• Eight bachelor’s degrees with fourteen tracksin five Schools of study

• Over 50 pre-baccalaureate and career programs

• Brilliant new educational facilities, including the newHealth and Science Building

• A spectacular new Campus Center with dining,bookstore, theatre, and lounges

• New Service-Learning programs

• New all-suites on-campus residences

• New athletics programs

We have so much we want toshare with you.

QuickFacts

LocationMAIN CAMPUS—BRUNSWICK, GEORGIACAMDEN CENTER—KINGSLAND, GEORGIA

Founded1961

Main Campus Size193 ACRES

EnrollmentFALL 2011: 3,465

Student Faculty Ratio23:1

Academic CalendarTWO 15-WEEK SEMESTERSONE SUMMER SEMESTER

AcademicOptionsBACHELOR’S DEGREES,PRE-BACCALAUREATE DEGREES ANDCAREER PROGRAMS

AccreditationSOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES ANDSCHOOLS COMMISSION ON COLLEGES (SACSCOC)

Tuition, Fees, On-Campus Residence,and Dining, 2011-2012

IN-STATE OUT OF STATE

FULL-TIME RESIDENTS $10,976 $18,458COMMUTER STUDENTS $ 4,426 $1 1,908

RANKED IN THE TOP 10% OF AMERICANFOUR-YEAR SCHOOLS FOR DOLLAR VALUEBY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Scholarships and Financial AidCCGA FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS TONEARLY 300 STUDENTS ANNUALLY

GEORGIA’S HOPE SCHOLARSHIP

FEDERAL PELL GRANTS

FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS ANDFEDERAL WORK-STUDY

RecreationFREE PASSES TO GEORGIA’S MOST POPULARBEACH—JEKYLL ISLAND

WORLD-CLASS GOLF (MORE THAN 14LOCAL COURSES)VARSITY, CLUB, AND INTRAMURAL SPORTS

Campus OrganizationsSTUDENT PUBLICATIONS

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

OVER 20 SERVICE-BASED, ACADEMIC, ANDSOCIAL-INTEREST ORGANIZATIONS

ThemeEXPERIENTIAL, SERVICE-LEARNINGCOASTAL GEORGIA IS AN ENGAGED CAMPUSWITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE NATURALCOASTAL ENVIRONMENT AS CLASSROOMS.

Application RequirementsSAT/ACT SCORESTRANSCRIPTIMMUNIZATION RECORDS

Find yourself among fellow, eager learners.Discoveries flourish in small, inspiring classes led by professors and instructors who are as enthusiastic and student-

centered as they are gifted. Find yourself on a campus where new facilities are the very latest, where fields of study lead

to careers that are the brightest, and where student life and new experiences are alive to their fullest.

8OO.675.7235 ccga.edu

Involvement in the classroom. Engagement in the community. At the College of Coastal Georgia, you’re more than

deeply immersed in the pursuit of a degree in fields like biology, business, education, mathematics, nursing, and

psychology. Through the College of Georgia Georgia’s Center for Service-Learning, you’ll be actively engaged in

hands-on, credit-bearing, and experiential learning that relates your studies to the service needs of the greater

community. As theory is connected to practice, understanding of course content is deepened, community

leadership and problem-solving skills are sharpened, and an appreciation of social responsibility and global

awareness is gained.

Serve. Learn. Succeed.

School of Business


and Public Affairs

Degrees offered in theSchool of Business andPublic Affairs:

Bachelor ofBusiness Administration

Bachelor of Sciencein Health Informatics

The School of Business and Public Affairs stresses excellence in

undergraduate education. Experiential learning and community interaction occur

with service-learning projects required prior to declaring a businessmajor and

with internships required for graduation. The results are engaged students able to

work independently or in teams because they’ve been in the actual workplace

and out in the community.

The science of health informatics includes designing systems to integrate data

electronically from history, including from doctor and hospital charts, and then

mining the data to recommend the best treatment for each patient. Health

practitionersmake better decisions about patient care and service. The business

of healthcare is healthier with the B.S. in Health Informatics, one of the fastest

growing professions in the nation.

The BBA degree is genuinely foundational as students learn about the various

areas of business before embracing areas of concentration. They are able to

competently use the language of finance, accounting, andmarketing while

digging deeply into areas of specific interest. This quality BBA program offers

fundamental principles and best practices—tools for success—for healthcare

administrators, entrepreneurs, large and small businesses, government agencies,

and non-profits, including churches.

The combination of Business and Public Affairs provides a unique opportunity to

develop strength in policy analysis from a firm grounding in best business

practices. Such a linkage is increasingly valuable for policymakers.

The School’s focus is what’s going on in the real world.

Associate of ScienceBaccalaureate Pre-Majors

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS

COMPUTER SCIENCE

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Career Associate ProgramsHOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT

- CULINARY ARTS

- HOTEL OPERATIONS

Learn more at ccga.edu/Academics/SchoolBPA

The Culinary Arts track of

the Hospitality Management

program is accredited by

the American Culinary

Federation Educational

Foundation.

School of Education and

School of Education and Teacher Preparation

Teachers are the role models of the world, challenged every day to meet the needs of children.

To learn how to meet these diverse needs, students are out in real-world P-12 classroom environments every

week—not just during the capstone practicum—learning, planning, and teaching.

Our program includes other things not commonly found, such as a cohort-based learning community—

a maximum of 30 students moving through four semesters together; teacher candidates attending professional

development seminars in addition to the courses they complete each semester; seminars taught by public

school colleagues covering education information that they commonly present to new teachers in their school

districts; and drilling down into educational issues within the context of our local schools. Additionally, teacher

preparation is viewed as a shared responsibility of the entire faculty of the College to assure that teacher

candidates posses strong content knowledge of the subjects and effective teaching strategies.

Our learning environment is synergistic, preparing top-notch new teachers with the knowledge, skills,

and dispositions to become teacher leaders in today’s schools.

The Teacher Education and

Learning Center

The new 30,000 square-foot,

$8.7 million Center with

state-of-the-art classroom

technology, under construction

during 2012, highlights the

College’s commitment to

preparing the highest-caliber

teachers for the most critical

areas of need in education and

teacher preparation.


Teacher Preparation

Degrees offered in theSchool of Education andTeacher Preparation:

Bachelor of Science inEarly Childhood/SpecialEducation

Bachelor of Science inMiddle Grades Education

Secondary Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE INBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE INMATHEMATICS

Learn more at ccga.edu/Academics/SchoolED

School of Nursing and


Degrees offered in theSchool of Nursing andHealth Sciences:

Bachelor of Sciencein Nursing (BSN)

Bachelor of Sciencein Nursing (RN to BSN)

Associate of Sciencein Nursing (RN)

Associate of Sciencein Radiologic Science

Associate of Sciencein Clinical LaboratoryTechnology

Health Sciences

School of Nursing and Health Sciences

The Institute of Medicine’s 2010 Report, The Future of Nursing: Leading

Change, Advancing Health, calls for nurses, as the largest component of the

healthcare workforce, to lead the charge to ensure that accessible, high

quality care is available to the nation’s diverse population. Our vision for the

School of Nursing and Health Sciences is to graduate students who will be

caring, compassionate, and capable nursing leaders, able to have a

significant impact in transforming the healthcare delivery system.

Our dynamic partnership with Southeast Georgia Health System allows the

majority of our nursing students to experience a rotation in a clinical unit of

one of the finest health systems in Georgia—opportunities for interaction that

move beyond training.

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing is a four-year prelicensure degree

program that prepares a nurse generalist for practice and leadership in the

role of professional nurse in a variety of healthcare settings. The RN-to-BSN

program is designed to offer registered nurses who already have earned an

associate’s degree (ASN) the opportunity to earn a baccalaureate degree.

The prelicensure ASN program prepares nurses for the challenges of today’s

complex healthcare environment. The Radiologic Science program is a

degree enabling students to enter the field of radiography. Clinical

Laboratory Technology prepares individuals to perform laboratory

procedures in clinical chemistry, hematology, microbiology,

immunohematology, urinalysis, and immunodiagnostics.

We provide excellent practitioners for healthcare in Georgia and beyond.

Learn more at ccga.edu/Academics/SchoolNursing

All programs of the School of Nursing

and Health Sciences are fully

accredited by their respective national

accreditation associations.

School of Arts, Humanities


Degrees offered inthe School of Arts,Humanities and SocialSciences:

Bachelor of Sciencein Psychology

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATIONALLEADERSHIP

HUMAN SERVICES

Associate of ArtsBaccalaureate Pre-Majors

ART

COMMUNICATION

ENGLISH

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES

PHILOSOPHY


GENERAL STUDIES

HISTORY

POLITICAL SCIENCE

SOCIOLOGY

and Social Sciences

School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

We live in the age of information. Given the current trends of increasing

globalization and exponential growth in digital media, an interdisciplinary

approach providing a solid background in written and oral communication,

critical thinking, ethics, diversity, and conflict resolution is a natural choice for

globally-aware students.

The School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences includes courses in visual

art, communication, theater, English, foreign languages, music, philosophy,

psychology, anthropology, global issues, geography, history, political science,

sociology, and psychology.

As a science, psychology incorporates quantitative methods, research, and

theory—knowledge to improve individual and social health through education,

prevention, and intervention. This program helps to meet workforce needs in

business, non-profits, and social service agencies, as well as providing

graduates the option to pursue post-baccalaureate education. With three

distinctive tracks, the psychology degree is about community, leadership, and

helping others at the intersection between psychology, health, and business.

In addition to the B.S. in Psychology, the School offers Associate of Arts and

Associate of Science degrees, preparation for four-year degrees in social

sciences or majors requiring a liberal arts background.

Learn more at ccga.edu/Academics/SchoolAHSS


School of Mathematics and

School of Mathematics

and Natural Sciences

The intellectual challenge of problem-

solving in fields linked directly to the

physical and economic well-being of the

state, the nation, and the planet—this is

the attraction of math and the sciences

at Coastal Georgia.

Physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology—all of the natural sciences require

math as a foundational element. Secondary education and applied

mathematics are typically the most popular of the mathematics degree

tracks, but the elegance of theoretical math draws students anticipating

graduate studies.

The B.S. in Biological Sciences prepares students for careers as professional

scientists. Three optional tracks provide a range of opportunities from

pre-professional and high school biology instruction to ecological research

and natural resource management.

With the coastal ecology track, for instance, students take to the water in

kayaks and boats as well as hike the beaches and trails of our regional

ecosystems for field-directed learning. The unique coastal environment—

one of the first designated, protected wetlands area in the nation—provides

a living laboratory for science students.

Undergraduate students work with cutting-edge professors. Career

possibilities extend beyond preparation for graduate studies in

mathematics, science, and technology—including engineering, medicine,

veterinary medicine, dentistry, or pharmacy—to secondary school

education, environmental consulting, numerical analysis for research,

industry and government positions in finance, and many more opportunities

requiring bachelor’s level proficiency.


AGRIBUSINESS

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

CHEMISTRY

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICSAND MANAGEMENT

FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE

FORESTRY

GEOLOGY

HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

MATHEMATICS

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

PHYSICAL THERAPY

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

PHYSICS

PRE-DENTISTRYPRE-ENGINEERINGPRE-MEDICINEPRE-PHARMACYPRE-VETERINARY MEDICINE

RECREATION

RESPIRATORY THERAPY

WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Learn more at ccga.edu/Academics/SchoolMNS

Degrees offered inthe School ofMathematics andNatural Sciences:

Bachelor of Sciencein Mathematics

APPLIED MATHEMATICS

PURE MATHEMATICS

SECONDARY EDUCATION

Bachelor of Sciencein Biological Sciences

COASTAL ECOLOGY

SECONDARY EDUCATION

PRE-PROFESSIONAL

Natural Sciences

Go Mariners!The College of Coastal Georgia athletic

department features ten varsity teams with

men’s and women’s soccer and baseball

coming soon. The Mariners compete as a

member of the Southern States Athletic

Conference with opponents across the

southeast, from Georgia and South Carolina to

Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

You can't think about the Golden Isles without

thinking about golf. The Mariner golf teams

compete on some of the finest courses and

practice facilities in the country, including

the world-renowned Sea Island resort.

The College’s tennis teams play on

the new 12-court campus tennis center.

Varsity Sports:

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S GOLF

WOMEN’S SOFTBALL

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TENNIS

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SOCCER (2012-2013)

MEN’S BASEBALL (2013-2014)

The College also offers a full range of

club sport and intramural opportunities

for all students including soccer, basketball,

flag football, dodge ball, and a host of other

competitive sports.


Every campus has a center of energy and interaction, buzz and relaxation. At College of Coastal Georgia, it’s our

new Campus Center—a place as expansive or as intimate as you need. Here, your books, study materials, and

Coastal Georgia apparel are available. The coffee, food, and beverages are ready and delicious. The Wi-Fi is

welcoming. The theatre is offering a movie. And your classmates are waiting.

The Campus Center: The hub of student life.

Living on campus.Our new Lakeside Village student residences are everything that living on

campus should be: the fun of roommates, the energy of 24/7 campus life, the

support of resident assistants, all-inclusive fees, and the short-stroll convenience

to everything on campus, from classrooms to dining.

Lakeside Village is a three-story, all-suite student residence facility offering

4-bedroom/2-bath and 2-bedroom/1-bath options. Elevators, multiple study

lounges, gathering spaces, and special events add to the enjoyment for its

350 residents.

Hungry? The new Mariners Galley in the Campus Center is cooking with

breakfast, lunch, and dinner—from fresh salads and pizza to sandwiches, burgers,

and Southern specialties. Meals here on campus are about more than just great

food—it’s a time to relax, refuel, hang out, and have fun. Economical meal plans

are available for students living on and off campus.

Our main campus, in the historic city of Brunswick, is on the Atlantic coast midway between Savannah, GAand Jacksonville, FL. A satellite campus is located on the coast just south of Brunswick in charming Camden County.

This corner of Georgia’s coast is internationally renowned as The Golden Isles—a place of natural beauty, history, andoutdoor recreation with the benefits of larger cities and the charm of a smaller town. Brunswick features shopping,dining, and cultural activities, while the Islands boast beaches, historic sites, golf, fishing, and more. Throughout theyear, students can enjoy a world of diversions, from great food and live entertainment to beach fun and arts festivals.

Through a special partnership with nearby Jekyll Island—among Georgia’s mostbeloved state parks—full-time students receive a complimentary pass to this

beautiful coastal island. Student passes include access to Jekyll Island’s 250-acreHistoric Landmark District, beaches, picnic areas, soccer complex, fishing pier,

bicycle paths, nature trails, and more.

It starts with a relaxed and reassuring campus visit ledby our enthusiastic team of student ambassadors.

Just call 800.675.7235 to schedule yourcampus experience.

If you simply have questions, call the same numberand ask for any assistance you need, from admissionsand degree programs to housing and financial aid.

Or explore our website at ccga.edu.

A location where dreams shine.

Put your dreams in action.

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