Drury University-Springfield, Missouri Semester

About ANAC Domestic Exchange at Drury University

Drury offers bright, achieving students a commitment to personalized education and diversity. Students expect -- and are expected -- to explore great ideas and confront questions that will successfully prepare them for dynamic careers and enhanced lives as active global participants.

The general education program offered at Drury, Global Perspectives for the 21 st Century (or GP21), explores the liberal arts tradition and applies that tradition to contemporary problems and challenges. The GP21 curriculum offers a broad array of courses that examine globalization, world cultures, and contemporary ethical issues. In addition to many offerings in the liberal arts, business, and education, exchange students can enroll in courses such as: global awareness and cultural diversity, global futures, environmental ethics, Asian ethics,
Arab-Israeli conflict, comparative genocide, Modern Africa, contemporary
European studies, Arabic, and Mandarin. In addition to these courses, exchange students can select courses from the University's course catalog in any academic discipline.

Students on exchange at Drury will also have the opportunity to become involved in the many on-campus groups and organizations. At Drury University, the out-of-classroom experience is an integral part of education. We support a wide variety of organized extra curricular activities and encourage students to participate. Student life includes service through Community Outreach, intramurals, activism groups, and dozens of other student organizations.

Drury's innovative, intense yet very personal approach to learning happens in a traditional campus setting. The 80-acre campus is surrounded by downtown Springfield , yet sheltered from the bustle of urban life --- until a student decides it's time to explore. Then the city reveals art, culture, and community service opportunities in abundance.

Students will have the opportunity to get to know their professors, staff members, and Drury students during their semester here. A key to the Drury experience is the way students develop friendships with faculty. A professor teaches every class; there are no teaching assistants. In classroom discussions, frequent conversation outside of class, and undergraduate research projects, students and faculty treat each other as colleagues. Exchange students will immediately experience the sense of community that has become the signature of Drury and the Springfield area.

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Student Exchange Application Deadlines

• For Spring 2009: Apply byOctober 15, 2008
• For Fall 2009: Apply by March 15, 2009

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On-Campus Accommodations

Contact Michael Thomas at 417-873-7503 or mthomas@drury.edu for information on accommodations.

Special Requirements

No special requirements. Just those required by all of the ANAC institutions involved in the Domestic Exchange Program.

Campus Contact

Contact Michael G. Thomas, Associate of International Programs at 417-873-7503 or mthomas@drury.edu.