General Information
The close personal
relationship among students, faculty and the administration is one
of the most vital parts of the Millsaps experience. A liberal arts
college designed to train students for responsible citizenship and
well-balanced lives, Millsaps offers professional and pre-professional
training coupled with cultural and disciplinary studies. Students
are selected on the basis of their ability to think, desire to learn,
good moral character and intellectual maturity. The primary consideration
for admission is the ability to do academic work satisfactory to
the College and beneficial to the student.
Millsaps' 1,400-member
student body represents about 35 states and several foreign countries.
Students come from 25 religious denominations. All are urged to
take advantage of the educational and cultural offerings of Mississippi's
capital city of Jackson.
Research facilities
available to students include the Mississippi Department of Archives
and History, the State Law Library, the Jackson/Hinds Library System,
the Rowland Medical Library and a number of other special libraries
unique to the capitol area. Together, they provide research facilities
found nowhere else in the state. Cultural advantages include the
Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, New Stage Theatre, Mississippi Opera
Association, and musical, dramatic, and sporting events held at
the City Auditorium and the Mississippi Coliseum.
Millsaps is
accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools to award the degrees of Bachelor of Arts,
Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science, Master
of Accountancy, and Master of Business Administration. The College
is approved by the American Association of University Women and
the University Senate of the United Methodist Church. The Business
programs offered by the Else School of Management, Millsaps College
are accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of
Business. The Department of Chemistry is accredited by the American
Chemical Society and the Department of Education is accredited by
the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education.
Copies of any of these documents may be requested by writing the
Vice President and Dean of the College.
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