About FSC

Description
Founded in 1883, Florida Southern has a superb liberal arts and sciences core, as well as outstanding professional programs in business, nursing, and education and pre-professional programs in dentistry, law, medicine, physical therapy, theology, and veterinary medicine.

Read the 2008 edition of The Princeton Review's prestigious college guide, “The 366 Best Colleges,” to learn what FSC students have to say about their college experience. Only 15% of all undergraduate institutions in the nation meet this publication’s rigorous standard for excellent academics and campus life. U.S. News & World Report ranks Florida Southern in the Top 5 among “The Best Baccalaureate Colleges in the South.” As for value, U.S. News & World Report rates FSC #4 in its “Best Value” rankings, which relate a school’s academic quality with the cost of attendance. The Princeton Review also consistently ranks FSC as a “Best Value College,” and Barron’s calls us one of the nation’s “Best Buys in College Education.”

Academic Programs
Florida Southern offers the following undergraduate degree programs:

Bachelor of Arts	Bachelor of Music Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts	Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Music	Bachelor of Science in Nursing

The College offers 48 majors and 40 minors.

Master’s degree programs are offered in business, nursing, and education.

Undergraduate and graduate degree programs are offered at centers in Orlando and Ocala, Florida. See the Orlando/Ocala program Web site for more information.

Distinctive Programs
Florida Southern College is nationally known for engaged, active learning. Programs of distinction include:

Student-Faculty Collaborative Research - Students have the opportunity to work in groups of 2 to 5 students with a faculty member on key research projects in a variety of disciplines. Results are often published or presented at national conferences.

Study Abroad - Florida Southern sponsors trips to 13 international destinations including China, United Kingdom, Australia, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Fiji, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, and Spain. Students can choose to spend a semester abroad or take shorter courses in a variety of disciplines.

Honors Program – Academically talented students who seek a highly-rigorous program of study may apply for admission to the FSC Honors Program, which provides exciting exploration of interdisciplinary topics, as well as more extensive study of selected topics.

EXL courses – designed specifically for incoming first year students, EXL is conducted in a dynamic discussion format, allowing students to work together in groups to explore interesting and very unusual topics such as Restaurant Nation: The Menus Tell the Tale of Our American Culture and Everything I Need to Know About College, I Learned from Disney, while providing a great way to become acquainted with other students and faculty.

Career Center – Services include personalized career coaching; job search assistance; Career Expos; seminars; resume critiques; mock interviews; and graduate school planning.

The Festival of Fine Arts – This exceptional arts forum presents world-class artists in concert, plays, ballet, opera, art exhibits, and jazz events. All full-time students receive complimentary admission.

Other distinctive programs include internships, independent study, ROTC, and many more.

Students
Florida Southern is home to 1,710 undergraduate and 108 graduate students from 41 states and 31 foreign countries.

Faculty
Florida Southern has an extraordinary faculty of teacher-scholars deeply committed to their students' success. There are 107 full-time faculty members who teach undergraduate courses. 88% hold the highest degree in their area of expertise.

Student-Faculty Ratio
Florida Southern's student-faculty ratio is 13 to 1, with an average class size of 20.

Costs for the 2008-2009 Year

Full-Time Residential Tuition, Room/Board, and Fees $29,995

Full-Time Commuting Tuition and Fees $22,145

Financial Aid
Florida Southern provides more than $14 million annually in institutionally-funded scholarships. Adding federal and state financial aid awards to the equation, FSC students receive more than $26 million in overall financial aid assistance. In fact, 96% of our students receive financial aid annually!

Contact our Financial Aid office at 1-800-205-1600.

Honor Societies
Florida Southern College is proud to have the following honor societies:

Alpha Gamma Rho	Phi Eta Sigma
Association of Honor Students	Phi Kappa Phi
Beta Beta Beta	Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Delta Omicron	Phi Sigma Tau
Delta Sigma Pi	Pi Gamma Mu
Gamma Sigma Epsilon	Psi Chi
Kappa Delta Pi	Sigma Beta Delta
Kappa Mu Epsilon	Sigma Delta Pi
Kappa Pi	Sigma Rho Epsilon
Omicron Delta Kappa	Sigma Tau Delta
Order of Omega	Theta Chi Beta
Phi Epsilon Kappa

Campus
Florida Southern is located on a 100-acre campus, with 60 structures including a renovated science building, modern auditorium that seats 1,800, student-recital auditorium that seats 200, 19 computer labs, a communications building equipped with its own computer labs and television studio, modern residence halls, a remodeled dining hall and a cyber café located within the library, a state-of-the-art wellness center with a world-class Olympic swimming pool and gymnasium, tennis courts, ball fields, soccer stadium venues, and intramural facilities that are home to soccer, basketball, tennis, and a wide variety of other activities.

Athletics
The Florida Southern College Moccasins are members of the NCAA Division II and include student-athletes on 18 varsity sports. The Mocs are proud of 26 NCAA Division II national championship titles and more than 420 All-American athletes. FSC offers 12 intramural sports, in which almost 50% of all students participate.

Activities
Florida Southern students are actively engaged in more than 70 clubs and organizations, including special interests clubs, Student Government Association, Young Republicans, Young Democrats, sororities and fraternities, and many more! Students are nationally known for outstanding leadership skills, which result from these outstanding activity opportunities. Students are also very involved in student service projects and volunteer more than 32,000 hours each year to benefit local agencies.

Residence Halls
Florida Southern College believes that an important part of a student's education is achieved within the group living atmosphere maintained in its residence halls. Single and double room choices are available. The FSC Resident Advisors are outstanding campus leaders and coordinate great hall activities.

Alumni
Florida Southern has approximately 25,000 alumni living all over the world.

Location in Lakeland, Florida
The campus is located in Lakeland, Florida, one of Florida’s most beautiful cities, in the heart of Florida’s high-tech corridor. The campus is situated on Lake Hollingsworth, which is home to the FSC water ski team. The 3-mile lake perimeter walking trail is a favorite gathering place for students. The city has wonderful restaurants, theatres, golf courses, shopping options, and museums. It is a short drive to some of the nation’s most popular beaches.