Preparing students for successful careers through a liberal arts education for more than 125 years.

To help students prepare for lives and careers in the 21st century, the faculty have designed a core curriculum that gives students opportunities to effectively prepare for their future. We call that curriculum Global Perspectives.

Our society expects certain things from college graduates. It is the commitment of Drury University, through the Global Perspectives program, to provide students with a degree that meets those expectations. In addition, the Global Perspectives program is designed to provide a context for the academic major that enhances a student’s ability to succeed in graduate school, professional school and careers. The combination of a majors, minors and Global Perspectives provides an innovative and solid degree on which students can build a satisfying future.

In addition, Global Perspectives provides students with a high degree of science and mathematical literacy, essential tools for the 21st century. Recognizing the growing importance of international understanding in all professions, each student who completes the Global Perspectives program will have a Global Studies minor.

Drury pays particular attention to the key transitions for students. The Alpha Seminar is designed to help students make a smooth transition into college, develop the skills and understanding that will help them best take advantage of the college experience and complete it with success. As part of the Alpha Seminar, freshmen students are required to attend a convocation series built around that year's theme. Drury brings some of the best scholars, business leaders, and activists from around the country to campus for this series.

For students transitioning out of college, the senior seminar or research experience in each major is designed to provide a fitting culmination to the college experience and an effective transition from college to the next phase of the student’s life whether it is graduate school, professional school or an immediate career placement.

Drury University is commited to excellence in teaching. 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. Drury has, for more than 125 years, maintained a commitment to small classes and personal interactions among students, staff, faculty, and administration.

As a liberal arts university, Drury is committed to a broadening of a student’s mental, cultural and social experience. Students can study abroad for a semester, a year, or through special short-term courses. Study abroad is available for all students, however, the architecture major, business majors, and the European studies minor programs require a mandatory study abroad experience as part of their degree requirements.

Drury’s honors program is designed to provide academically challenging courses that give an interdisciplinary dimension and enhancement to a student’s field of major concentration. Students who complete this program will receive the degree of bachelor of arts with honors. Departmental honors encourage superior, advanced students to do intensive, independent creative work in a field of concentration, usually their major. Successful completion of this program is noted on the diploma.

Drury University was founded to prepare students for successful careers through a liberal arts education. Drury’s founders recognized the need for a college that would bring the New England liberal arts tradition to a Midwestern setting. The tradition includes a commitment to helping students learn to serve their communities and the world. For more than 125 years, the mission has remained the same.

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