Fall 2021 Curriculum

St. Mary’s College of Maryland has aggressively pursued several impressive strategies to ensure the College addresses the financial and curricular (within and beyond the formal classroom) needs of the 21st century liberal arts student. Among them, the College:

• Developed and launched the unique LEAD initiative, which stands for Learning Through Experiential and Applied Discovery. It is a blend of inquiry-based discovery and professional career development skills that every graduate will have.
• Rebranded under the National Public Honors College because St. Mary’s College holds a unique place in America among public liberal arts honors colleges.
• Created The Honors College Promise as part of the LEAD initiative, guaranteeing each student the chance to pursue an internship, undergraduate research experience or international study opportunity.
• With Board of Trustee approval, froze tuition, fees, room and board for this academic year and authorized student rates for tuition and fees for academic year 2021-2022 to remain equal to current rates.
• Established a new unit on Inclusive Diversity, Equity, Access and Accountability—IDE(A)2—which aims to ensure our College is welcoming, transformative and empowering for all.
• Created a task force with trustees, faculty and staff that resulted in the development of four new, market-tested degree programs: neuroscience, marine science (both to be available in fall 2021 pending approval by the Maryland Higher Education Commission), applied data science, and business administration (in development with an anticipated start date of fall 2022), as well as the creation of a track & field program and a pep band.
• Conducted an intensive review, with faculty input, of all existing academic programs — a process many colleges and universities perform every so many years.