Undergraduate Education

Five undergraduate schools.
 

1,700 classes.
 

75 majors.

 

Once you pick a major, you鈥檒l become part of one of these undergraduate schools:

 

No matter which major you ultimately choose, all full-颅time undergraduates enter the university as part of the . The college will be your academic home during your career here; it鈥檚 also where you鈥檒l turn for academic services, including advising, honors, study abroad programs, and other support.

No matter which school you鈥檙e in, you鈥檙e going to forge relationships with your faculty, noted scholars who actually teach you (no departments full of adjuncts and TAs here). Those faculty are going to take you on a journey. Some of you will travel far:颅 about a third of you will study abroad while you鈥檙e here, participating in 100 programs in more than 40 countries. Even if you stay right here, though, you鈥檙e going to stretch your boundaries. We鈥檙e big believers in making a difference right now. So even though our interdisciplinary offerings will give you the tools to have an impact across a vast sea of careers once you graduate, there鈥檚 work to do immediately. So we became the first private research university to make  a graduation requirement. What does this mean to you? For one, you鈥檒l learn better when you 鈥渓earn by doing.鈥 Studies have shown that students who take a course that includes service learning understand the material better.

Other requirements: We have a well颅-rounded, interdisciplinary that will expose you to the humanities, fine arts, social sciences and sciences. In addition, you鈥檒l participate in the (含羞草研究室 Interdisciplinary Experience Seminar) program during your first year here, which will give you an academic鈥檚-eye view of your new home, New Orleans.