Academic Resources for your student

Academic Advising

Your entering PC student will be assigned a professor who will serve as his or her academic advisor. When your student declares a major, he or she will select an advisor within the appropriate academic discipline.

 

Students meet with their advisor each term to plan course selections. They are also encouraged to visit with them on a regular basis. The academic advisor is a part of the extensive academic support for students. Professors meet with students individually to assist them in their course work if needed, and many freshman courses offer evening help sessions to assist students with their studies.The college Writing Center helps students adjust to the demands of college writing.

 

Students may also visit with the Career Services office staff to help establish educational and career goals and strategies for success.

 

You will have an opportunity to meet your student's advisor during freshmen orientation. Later in the fall we hope you will join us for a special Parents' Weekend visit to campus. You will have the opportunity to enjoy social events with your student and meet again with their advisor and other professors.

 

Career Services and Internships

The Career Services and Internships office will offer your student programs and services that encourage them to become active planners of their educational and career future. In addition to helping your student develop the decision-making and goal-setting skills essential to successful planning, the career services staff offers self-assessment through psychological instruments to measure educational and vocational interests as well as personality traits.

 

An extensive educational and career resource center, coordination of internship prospects, and summer work opportunities are also available to your student.

The Career Services and Internships staff maintain contact with graduate programs, industry, commerce, and various school systems to assist with the placement of your student. They provide on-campus interviews and seminars on resume preparation and job search skills. An annual Career Fair, Education Center Day, Graduate-Professional Schools Fair, and Senior Interview Day will help your student as well.

 

Special Academic Opportunities 

Study Abroad

We want your student to understand the world in which they live and we encourage them to include an international opportunity into their academic plans. The Office of International Programs will help assist your student identify overseas opportunities that provide credit towards graduation and in some cases towards the student’s major.

 

PC offers a variety of opportunities in a number of foreign countries. Each year students have the opportunity to study in Australia, Austria, Central America, China, England, France, Germany, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, Wales, South Korea, South Africa, Finland, and Washington, DC. In addition, juniors and seniors have the option of participating in a Term-in-China or a Term-in-India, offered in conjunction with the South Atlantic States Association for Asian and African Studies.

 

Summer in Oxford

Presbyterian College offers a summer program that is taught by PC professors at Oxford University’s in England. This three-week course includes studies of two subjects in addition to travel and field trips in England.

 

Maymester

Perhaps your student is not interested in a full semester abroad program but does want an international or travel experience.  The college offers special courses through various departments during an optional May period. These three-week courses provide students with off-campus educational experiences in the continental United States and in various locations around the world, including Mexico, Guatemala, the Caribbean, the Galapagos Islands, Vietnam, China, Hawaii, and Europe.

PC Summer Fellows Program

The PC Summer Fellows Program provides an opportunity for motivated PC students to conduct research during the summer. As a Summer Fellow, your student could spend eight weeks conducting a research project while being mentored by a professor.  PC Summer Fellows receive a stipend of $2000 and are provided a room in a college residence hall for the duration of the research experience.

 

Honors Program

Your son or daughter may be selected for the Honors Program. This program consists of three parts: the dean’s seminar for freshmen, the Seminars in Great Ideas series, and departmental honors research.

 

Fifteen dean-selected students are chosen for the Honors program based on their superior academic achievement, recommendations, and interviews.
Upon approval by departmental faculty, students with a cumulative 3.2 GPA and a 3.4 GPA in their major field of study may participate in an Honors Research Project during their senior year. Students who successfully complete departmental research, a written report, and an oral presentation graduate with honors in their major discipline.

 

Students with Disabilities Affecting Academic Performance

 

Presbyterian College does not have special academic programs for students with disabilities; however, PC provides reasonable accommodation for these students to assist them in earning a degree. A student with a disability affecting academic performance should contact the provost's office to obtain the guidelines for accommodation as far in advance of matriculation as possible.