学校信息

• 学校名称：College of the Atlantic
• 学校性质：Private
• 学校类别：Liberal Arts Colleges
• 学校排名(Ranking)：N/A
• 学校等级(Tier)：3
• 官方网站地址：http://www.coa.edu/
• 申请邮箱：inquiry@ecology.coa.edu
• 学校电话：(800) 528-0025
• 申请最后期限：2/15
• 申请费用：$45
• 学费：2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $31,470

官方简介

Located between the Atlantic Ocean and Acadia National Park, College of the Atlantic is distinctive for its mission, structure and size. COA awards two degrees: a B.A. and M.Phil., both in Human Ecology. Students prepare their own academic trajectory, integrating knowledge from all academic disciplines and personal experience to fulfill the mission of Human Ecology: investigating and improving relationships between humans and our social, natural, built and virtual communities. COA is fully interdisciplinary: no departments exist. Coursework consists of readings, usually from primary sources, as well as active investigation. Students may conduct research on heavily metalized plants, look into whale activity in the Gulf of Maine, contribute to the human genome project, participate in international meetings on climate change, investigate the impact of big box stores, prepare GIS maps for town planners, create health posters for local nonprofits. Still others compose CDs, write novels, produce dance concerts. COA's small size encourages tutorials, intensive seminar-style classes and frequent faculty-student interchange, as common in the college's one dining room as in faculty office hours. Ultimately, a COA education is based upon the mentoring relationships formed between faculty and students and upon the depth and self-direction of an individualized curriculum. COA is also a democratic institution, with students involved on all levels of governance. Decisions involve students, all committees include participation by students. To graduate, students must complete a one-semester internship and a one-semester capstone project. Opportunities for travel abroad abound, as do international connections on campus, as COA has one of the highest percentages of international students of any college. A degree in human ecology means that knowledge from the arts, sciences and humanities are valued and applied by faculty and students helping to shape a more sustainable, just and balanced world.

开设专业

	AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE OPERATIONS, AND RELATED SCIENCES: agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences
	NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION: natural resources/conservation, environmental studies, environmental science, natural resources conservation and research, natural resources conservation and research, natural resources management and policy, natural resource economics, water, wetlands, and marine resources management, land-use planning and management/development, natural resources management and policy, natural resources management and policy, fishing and fisheries sciences and management, fishing and fisheries sciences and management, forestry, natural resources and conservation; ARCHITECTURE AND RELATED SERVICES: architecture (B.Arch., B.A./B.S., M.Arch., M.A./M.S., Ph.D.), architecture, city/urban, community, and regional planning, city/urban, community, and regional planning, environmental design/architecture, environmental design, landscape architecture; AREA, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, AND GENDER STUDIES: area studies
	COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES/TECHNICIANS AND SUPPORT SERVICES: animation, interactive technology, video graphics, and special effects, graphic communications, graphic communications; COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS: communication and media studies, journalism, political communication
	COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES: computer and information sciences, computer programming; EDUCATION: education, education, bilingual and multilingual education, multicultural education, bilingual, multilingual, and multicultural education, bilingual, multilingual, and multicultural education, curriculum and instruction, educational/instructional media design, international and comparative education, special education and teaching, kindergarten/preschool education and teaching, early childhood education and teaching, teacher education and professional development, agricultural teacher education, art teacher education, teacher education and professional development; ENGINEERING: engineering
	FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS: foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics; FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES/HUMAN SCIENCES: work and family studies
	LEGAL PROFESSIONS AND STUDIES: legal studies, pre-law studies, nonprofessional general legal studies (undergraduate) , legal professions and studies; ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS: creative writing, American literature (United States and Canadian), English literature (British and Commonwealth), speech and rhetorical studies, technical and business writing, English language and literature/letters; LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES STUDIES, AND HUMANITIES: liberal arts and sciences/liberal studies, general studies, humanities/humanistic studies, liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities, liberal arts and sciences studies, and humanities, liberal arts and sciences studies, and humanities
	BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES: biology/biological sciences, biomedical sciences, biology, biochemistry, biophysics, molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, and molecular biology, plant physiology, plant molecular biology, botany/plant biology, botany/plant biology, anatomy, developmental biology and embryology, neuroanatomy, cell/cellular and molecular biology, cell biology and anatomy, cell/cellular biology and anatomical sciences, entomology, animal physiology, animal behavior and ethology, wildlife biology, zoology/animal biology, zoology/animal biology, molecular genetics, animal genetics, genetics , biotechnology, ecology, marine biology and biological oceanography, evolutionary biology, aquatic biology/limnology, environmental biology, population biology, conservation biology, ecology, evolution, systematics, and population biology; MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS: mathematics; MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES: biological and physical sciences, biological and physical sciences, peace studies and conflict resolution, multi/interdisciplinary studies
	PARKS, RECREATION, LEISURE, AND FITNESS STUDIES: parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies
	PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES: philosophy, logic, ethics, philosophy, religion/religious studies, Buddhist studies, Christian studies, Hindu studies, Islamic studies, Jewish/Judaic studies, religion/religious studies; PHYSICAL SCIENCES: physical sciences, chemistry, physics
	PSYCHOLOGY: psychology, clinical psychology, environmental psychology; SOCIAL SCIENCES: anthropology, economics, geography and cartography, international relations and affairs, political science and government, American government and politics (United States), Canadian government and politics, political science and government, sociology, sociology, urban studies/affairs, urban studies/affairs, social sciences
	VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS: graphic design, illustration, design and applied arts, playwriting and screenwriting, film/cinema studies, cinematography and film/video production, photography, film/video and photographic arts, film/video and photographic arts, art/art studies, fine/studio arts, art history, criticism, and conservation, drawing, intermedia/multimedia, painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramic arts and ceramics, fine and studio art, music, music history, literature, and theory, music performance, music theory and composition, musicology and ethnomusicology, conducting, piano and organ, jazz/jazz studies, music, visual and performing arts
	HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED CLINICAL SCIENCES: health professions and related clinical sciences; HISTORY: history