Sustainability • Health & Wellness • Business & Communications • Arts & Sciences PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA Chatham is a stunning park-like setting in the middle of Pittsburgh. 1 1 Chatham is a stunning park-like setting in the middle of Pittsburgh. 1 Shadyside Campus is a 32-acre arboretum set in the middle of one of America’s most livable cities and great college towns (75,000 college students call Pittsburgh home). It’s so green and leafy, you’d never guess Chatham FOUR BLOCKS to trendy Walnut Street’s TWO MILES to the University of Pittsburgh, is only: stores and restaurants Carnegie Mellon University, and the Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History FIVE MILES to river kayaking SIX MILES to SEVEN MILES to Heinz Field and riverside trails PNC Park (Go Pirates!) (Go Steelers!) 3 FIVE MILES to Pittsburgh’s Cultural District, with over 90 shops, 50 dining establishments, seven world-class theaters, eight public parks and art installations, and a dozen art galleries Pittsburgh ONE HOUR to FOUR HOURS to Top 15 Best College Town in America Seven Springs Resort Washington, DC Best College Reviews Top 10 Smartest Place to Live Kiplinger America’s Most Livable City Forbes Top 15 Hottest Cities of the Future Business Insider Top 10 Cities to be a Sports Fan Bleacher Report 3rd Safest Major City in U.S. Farmers Insurance Top 10 Least Stressed Out Cities CNN Money Eden Hall Campus: where the campus is the classroom. 5 5 5 Chatham is also home to Eden Hall Campus, nearly 400 acres just north of Pittsburgh. At Eden Hall, students live and work on a campus powered by renewable energy, explore research into sustainability and food, and experience boundless opportunities to connect with nature and the land. Learn more at chatham.edu/edenhall Academic challenge. Plenty of support. You’ll prepare for future success—and stimulate your mind—by pursuing a major that falls under one of our four areas of excellence: sustainability, health & wellness, business & communications, and the arts & sciences. 7 Undergraduate Majors Many majors may also be studied as a minor. For a full list of academic programs, visit chatham.edu/academics. SUSTAINABILITY ARTS & SCIENCES Environmental Science Arts Management Sustainability: Natural Resource Management, Sustainable Biochemistry Technology, Sustainable Business & Management, Sustainable Biology: Cell & Molecular Biology, Human Biology Policy & Communication Chemistry Creative Writing (BFA) HEALTH & WELLNESS Criminology Exercise Science Cultural Studies Pathways to Nursing (BSN) Education, Pre-K-4/Early Elementary* Psychology English RN-to-BSN (online) History RN-to-MSN (online) Interior Architecture (3- or 4-year) BUSINESS & COMMUNICATIONS International Studies: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East Mathematics Accounting Media Arts: Graphic Design, Film & Digital Technology, Photography Applied Data Science Analytics Music Business Administration Physics Communication: Graphic Design, Human Communication, Journalism, Policy Studies Public Relations Political Science Economics Social Services Administration Healthcare and Business Management (online) Social Work International Business Visual Arts: Art History, Studio Arts Management Women’s and Gender Studies Management Information Systems Marketing *Certification in K-12 Visual Arts and Secondary Education also offered Integrated Degree Programs Well-qualified students have the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree along with a related master’s degree in as little as five years. Master of Sustainability Master of Accounting Master of Arts in Food Studies Master of Business Administration Doctor of Physical Therapy Master of Professional Writing Master of Physician Assistant Studies Master of Arts in Communication Master of Occupational Therapy Master of Interior Architecture Master of Science in Athletic Training Master of Science in Interior Architecture Master of Science in Counseling Psychology Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Master of Arts in Psychology Master of Fine Arts in Film & Digital Technology Master of Science in Biology Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Design Master of Science in Green Chemistry Master of Arts in Teaching Master of Education in Special Education We help you save time and money. College is an investment. That’s why in addition to our ample scholarship packages, we’ve developed ways to help you and your family streamline your investment without shortchanging your education. Credit Where Credit is Due Did you earn college credits in high school or at another institution? Chatham’s generous credit transfer policies helped over 1/3 of our recent incoming class transfer in an average of nine college credits through College in High School, dual enrollment, and/or AP and IB transfer of credit. In addition, Chatham’s streamlined general education requirements make it easy to stay on track to graduate while pursuing a double major, switching majors, or developing a second area of expertise with a minor or an interdisciplinary major. WE MAKE TRANSFERRING EASY For students looking to transfer from a community Integrated Degree college, Chatham offers transfer agreements that support seamless transfer from your associate’s Programs (IDP) degree to completion of your bachelor’s degree. Qualified students pursuing an Integrated Degree Program: 2+2 and 3+1 articulation agreements are offered • Are guaranteed admission to their graduate program upon admittance in an array of programs and help save you money as an undergraduate and ensure you graduate on time. • Take graduate classes during their senior year • Can earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees in as few as five years Three-year Degrees, Innovative Partnerships Here’s just a sample: • Our three-year Bachelor of Interior Architecture degree includes the courses you need without summer study—freeing you up for internships, travel, or job preparation. • Through our Pathways to Nursing partnership with UPMC-affiliate Shadyside School of Nursing, students can earn their nursing diploma after three years, then finish by taking online classes for one year while they practice as a nurse—and FINANCIAL AID graduate with their Bachelor of Science in Nursing. In addition, Chatham provides nearly $10 million • We also have collaborative partnerships with Lake Erie College of Osteopathic in merit and need-based aid to students each year Medicine, Duquesne University College of Law, Stetson University College of Law, helping to make a top-notch Chatham education and Carnegie Mellon University. Visit chatham.edu/idp to learn more. more affordable than you may think. Turn to page 21 to learn more. 9 Opportunities other schools can’t provide. Why? Lots of reasons—our small size; the fact that our faculty are here because they prize helping our students; our location in Pittsburgh, a city that’s a national hub for healthcare and education, focused on ideas and innovation (and in which we’ve built tons of connections across disciplines over our nearly 150 years here). “I realized my education was surprisingly better than my friends’. In my second year, I was doing internships, research, and other experiences. They were all just sitting in the classroom.” — Emily Simons ’18, Bachelor of Policy Studies 11 We’ll push you farther (and be there every step of the way). “I knew I was going to write a business plan for “The research that I’m doing is going to Bottle Thread, my sustainable fashion company contribute to a comprehensive picture of anyway, but having the opportunity to do it what Japanese barberry is doing to our as my Senior Capstone project under the forests and give me valuable job skills guidance of a professor meant that I was able to keep up with the industry’s demands.” to focus more on how to make the company as — Trey Turnblacer ’18 sustainable as possible.” — Allie Frownfelter ’17 Visit youtube.com/chathamu Visit chatham.edu/views to learn more about Trey’s to read a blog story experience at Eden Hall Campus. about Allie’s sustainable fashion business. 13 We’ll push you farther (and be there every step of the way). “I switched the first-year Chatham Scholar’s science “The program director said the fact that I course to focus on scientific literacy—how to was awarded the fellowship speaks volumes recognize bad data, and how bad science gets used about the experience I’ve gained as an to bolster arguments, on purpose or accidentally. undergraduate, since a lot of graduate and Students choose a debate in the news, assess the doctoral students also apply.” arguments, and present their conclusions in a — Christina Austin ’17 video presentation. I want them to feel like they On being awarded the Gina M. Finzi Memorial Student Summer Fellowship, which funds students to conduct could be on TV, presenting information. A bit of medical research under the guidance of a mentor. empowerment is the idea.” — David Fraser, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology How to have your job not stolen by a robot. It might seem like a paradox, but ever- increasing technology shows that to be prepared for the future, you need what will set you apart—a thoughtful blend of liberal arts skill-building and professional preparation. That’s where Chatham comes in. 15 Employers tell us repeatedly that what they’re looking for—and The Chatham Plan having a hard time finding—are candidates with skills like The Chatham Plan reflects a promise that Chatham makes to its teamwork, problem-solving, creative thinking, communication, students—to prepare you for a fulfilling life. It’s a 5-step approach and leadership. Why? Because they have been under-emphasized to infusing your whole time at Chatham with everything you need to in higher education. launch your career. Not at Chatham. STEPS 1 & 2: ASSESSMENT AND GOALS We weave these values into coursework, into extracurricular Beginning your first year, we help you launch your “My Chatham activities, into advising sessions, and into campus life as a whole. Plan” and identify what strengths and skills come naturally to you, We help you connect to opportunities at Chatham and in the which might be good to work on, and how these can help get you broader community where you can not only develop these skills, to where you want to go.