New Century College
New Century College Living Learning Communities NCC students may elect to live in a Living Learning Community (LLC) on campus in apartment-style housing. The LLC provides students with the opportunity to learn while sharing academic and social interests with their peers. NCC coordinates three LLCs, attracting students interested in the following: ■■ Cornerstones: where students draw connections between their studies and the world around them ■■ Leadership and Community Engagement: where students address social change through meaningful community service ■■ Sustainability: where students help green the Mason campus and practice sustainability in their daily lives
Mason Cornerstones The George Mason University Office of Admissions offers all integrative studies students and a select group of qualifying freshmen the opportunity to enroll in the Mason Cornerstones program. Typically, integrative studies majors participate in Cornerstones. This innovative general education program lets students earn the majority of their university-wide general education requirements in a communitybased, seminar-style learning environment. Mason Cornerstones provides ■■ Small seminar-style classes where students learn and work closely with faculty and other students ■■ Hands-on active learning through field trips, off-campus research, and community service ■■ Learning structured to suit students who have or have not declared majors After Mason Cornerstones, students may pursue any of the majors at the university, including NCC’s own integrative studies BA and BS degrees. Please visit cornerstones.gmu.edu for more information.
SAIL Social Action and Integrative Learning (SAIL) is an evolving community of students, faculty, administrators, alumni, and community partners who are active and passionate collaborators in effecting positive social change. This work covers many contexts including ■■ Alternative breaks ■■ Civic engagement ■■ Community-based and service learning ■■ Field studies ■■ Living Learning Communities ■■ Mason Engage (faculty development) ■■ Nonprofit studies ■■ Leadership studies ■■ Undergraduate research Visit sail.gmu.edu to learn more.
New Century College
Connecting the Classroom to the World
New Century College Degrees ■■
BA in Integrative Studies
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BS in Integrative Studies
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BA in Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Integrative Studies Concentrations ■■
Advertising (BA)
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Applied Global Conservation (BS)
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Childhood Studies (BA)
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Education Options (BA) ●●
Early Childhood Education (PK-3)
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Elementary Education (K-6)
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Language Arts for Education (high school English) Natural Science for Education (high school science)
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Social Science for Education (high school government, history, and political science) Individualized (BA)
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Individualized (BS)
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International Studies (BA)
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Legal Studies (BA)
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Life Sciences (BS)
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Predental
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Premedical
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Preoccupational Therapy
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Prepharmacy
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Prephysical Therapy
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Prephysician’s Assistant Organizational Administration (BA)
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Social Innovation and Enterprise (BA)
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Social Justice and Human Rights (BA)
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Accelerated Degrees ■■
Five-Year BA/MEd/Teaching Licensure ●●
* BA in Integrative Studies and MEd (Elementary Education) and teaching licensure
* BA in Integrative Studies and Med (Social Science for Education) and teaching licensure 3+3 Accelerated Law Degree
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* BA in Integrative Studies and JD
Hallmarks of the New Century College Experience New Century College (NCC), a part of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, is a degree-granting program with 27 full-time faculty from disciplinary (e.g., natural sciences, math, psychology, English, history) and integrative teaching and research backgrounds. NCC provides a comprehensive undergraduate education characterized by small, seminar-style classes, collaborative teaching, and experiential learning through service, study abroad, field study, and internships.
NCC students will be able to ■■ ■■
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Create a degree to meet their personal and career goals Collaborate across disciplines, contexts, and cultures in hands-on, problem-solving classes Sharpen their critical-thinking abilities, leadership and teamwork skills, oral and written communication, and digital and financial literacy Apply lessons learned to settings outside the classroom such as internships, field studies, studyabroad, and community-based action projects Explore Washington, D.C.’s historic, cultural, and natural resources Transform their education into meaningful real-world application and social action
The Class of 2013 at a Glance
89 39 percent
four-year retention rate
83
percent
first-generation college students
percent
four-year graduation rate
Visit ncc.gmu.edu
Top 10 Employers for NCC Graduates U.S. Department of State Booz Allen Hamilton American Red Cross Teach for America U.S. Trust Defense Intelligence Agency International Justice Mission Fairfax County Public Schools Fairfax County Park Authority VCU Health System Family Care Center
61
percent
of NCC graduates entered the workforce
31
percent
continued their education through graduate studies
Mason Cornerstones The George Mason University Office of Admissions offers all integrative studies students and a select group of qualifying freshmen the opportunity to enroll in the Mason Cornerstones program. Typically, integrative studies majors participate in Cornerstones. This innovative general education program lets students earn the majority of their university-wide general education requirements in a communitybased, seminar-style learning environment. Mason Cornerstones provides ■■ Small seminar-style classes where students learn and work closely with faculty and other students ■■ Hands-on active learning through field trips, off-campus research, and community service ■■ Learning structured to suit students who have or have not declared majors After Mason Cornerstones, students may pursue any of the majors at the university, including NCC’s own integrative studies BA and BS degrees. Please visit cornerstones.gmu.edu for more information.
SAIL Social Action and Integrative Learning (SAIL) is an evolving community of students, faculty, administrators, alumni, and community partners who are active and passionate collaborators in effecting positive social change. This work covers many contexts including ■■ Alternative breaks ■■ Civic engagement ■■ Community-based and service learning ■■ Field studies ■■ Living Learning Communities ■■ Mason Engage (faculty development) ■■ Nonprofit studies ■■ Leadership studies ■■ Undergraduate research Visit sail.gmu.edu to learn more.
New Century College
Connecting the Classroom to the World
New Century College Degrees ■■
BA in Integrative Studies
■■
BS in Integrative Studies
■■
BA in Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Integrative Studies Concentrations ■■
Advertising (BA)
■■
Applied Global Conservation (BS)
■■
Childhood Studies (BA)
■■
Education Options (BA) ●●
Early Childhood Education (PK-3)
●●
Elementary Education (K-6)
●●
●●
Language Arts for Education (high school English) Natural Science for Education (high school science)
■■
Social Science for Education (high school government, history, and political science) Individualized (BA)
■■
Individualized (BS)
■■
International Studies (BA)
■■
Legal Studies (BA)
■■
Life Sciences (BS)
●●
●●
Predental
●●
Premedical
●●
Preoccupational Therapy
●●
Prepharmacy
●●
Prephysical Therapy
■■
Prephysician’s Assistant Organizational Administration (BA)
■■
Social Innovation and Enterprise (BA)
■■
Social Justice and Human Rights (BA)
●●
Accelerated Degrees ■■
Five-Year BA/MEd/Teaching Licensure ●●
* BA in Integrative Studies and MEd (Elementary Education) and teaching licensure
* BA in Integrative Studies and Med (Social Science for Education) and teaching licensure 3+3 Accelerated Law Degree
●●
■■
●●
* BA in Integrative Studies and JD
Hallmarks of the New Century College Experience New Century College (NCC), a part of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, is a degree-granting program with 27 full-time faculty from disciplinary (e.g., natural sciences, math, psychology, English, history) and integrative teaching and research backgrounds. NCC provides a comprehensive undergraduate education characterized by small, seminar-style classes, collaborative teaching, and experiential learning through service, study abroad, field study, and internships.
NCC students will be able to ■■ ■■
■■
■■
■■ ■■
Create a degree to meet their personal and career goals Collaborate across disciplines, contexts, and cultures in hands-on, problem-solving classes Sharpen their critical-thinking abilities, leadership and teamwork skills, oral and written communication, and digital and financial literacy Apply lessons learned to settings outside the classroom such as internships, field studies, studyabroad, and community-based action projects Explore Washington, D.C.’s historic, cultural, and natural resources Transform their education into meaningful real-world application and social action
The Class of 2013 at a Glance
89 39 percent
four-year retention rate
83
percent
first-generation college students
percent
four-year graduation rate
Visit ncc.gmu.edu
Top 10 Employers for NCC Graduates U.S. Department of State Booz Allen Hamilton American Red Cross Teach for America U.S. Trust Defense Intelligence Agency International Justice Mission Fairfax County Public Schools Fairfax County Park Authority VCU Health System Family Care Center
61
percent
of NCC graduates entered the workforce
31
percent
continued their education through graduate studies
