East Carolina University
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Greenville, NC 27858
http://www.ecu.edu

For nearly a century, East Carolina University has served the people of North Carolina and the nation. From modest beginnings as a teacher training school, ECU has grown to become an emerging, national research university with an enrollment of more than 23,000.

In 1907, East Carolina was founded to alleviate the desperate shortage of teachers in the eastern part of the state. Our College of Education continues to supply the nation with some of its best educators, and now it has been joined by programs of high distinction in health care and the fine and performing arts. The university is no longer a small school but an engine of economic development and a hotbed of discovery.

Today, East Carolina is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina and offers 106 bachelor’s degree programs, 71 master’s degree programs, 4 specialist degree programs, 1 first-professional MD program, and 16 doctoral programs in our professional colleges and schools, the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, and the Brody School of Medicine.

With a mission of teaching, research, and service, East Carolina University is a dynamic institution connecting people and ideas, finding solutions to problems, and seeking the challenges of the future.

Academics at East Carolina

• Regular faculty members teach 95 percent of nonlab courses.
• Student-to-faculty ratio is sixteen to one.
• The average undergraduate class size is twenty-six students.
• The full-time faculty at ECU numbers 1,442; 78 percent hold PhDs or other terminal degrees.
• Faculty and students are supported by almost 3,200 staff members.

Accreditation
East Carolina University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees.

Division of Academic Affairs
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
College of Business
College of Education
College of Fine Arts and Communication
--School of Art and Design
--School of Music
--School of Theatre and Dance
--School of Communication
College of Health and Human Performance
College of Human Ecology
College of Technology and Computer Science
Academic Library Services
Academic Advising and Support Center
Division of Continuing Studies

Division of Health Sciences
School of Allied Health Sciences
The Brody School of Medicine
School of Nursing

Division of Research and Graduate Studies
Graduate programs are offered in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, the Schools of Allied Health Sciences, Medicine, and Nursing, and the Colleges of Business, Education, Fine Arts and Communication, Health and Human Performance, Human Ecology, and Technology and Computer Science.

Degrees

Baccalaureate
bachelor of arts (BA), bachelor of science (BS), bachelor of fine arts (BFA), bachelor of music (BM), bachelor of social work (BSW). Discipline-specific BS degrees include accounting, applied physics, biochemistry, business administration, business education, and nursing.

Master’s
master of arts (MA), master of arts in education (MAEd), master of arts in teaching (MAT), master of business administration (MBA), master of fine arts (MFA), master of music (MM), master of public administration (MPA), master of public health (MPH), master of school administration (MSA), master of science (MS), master of science in accounting (MSA), master of science in environmental health (MSEH), master of science in nursing (MSN), master of science in occupational therapy (MSOT), master of social work (MSW), master of library science (MLS)

Educational Specialist
EdS in counselor education and educational administration and supervision

Doctorate
doctor of medicine (MD); doctor of philosophy (PhD) in anatomy and cell biology, biochemistry, bioenergetics, biomedical physics, coastal resources management, communication sciences and disorders, health psychology, interdisciplinary biological sciences, medical family therapy, microbiology and immunology, nursing, pharmacology, physiology, rehabilitation counseling and administration, technical and professional discourses; doctor of education (EdD) in educational leadership; doctor of physical therapy (DPT)

Certificate of Advanced Study
CAS in library science and school psychology

Facilities

Main Campus
About 520 acres in a residential area of Greenville; more than 4.7 million square feet of academic, research, and residential space in 162 buildings

Health Sciences Campus (Brody School of Medicine)
About 205 acres with nearly 950,000 square feet of academic and research space in thirty-nine buildings

West Research Campus
About 650 acres with an administrative and several support buildings that house the North Carolina Institute for Health and Safety in Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries

Pitt County Memorial Hospital
The 755-bed facility serves as a teaching hospital for the Brody School of Medicine at ECU.

Libraries
• Joyner Library: Holds more than 1.2 million bound volumes, 2.4 million pieces of microform, 531,687 government documents, more than 13,000 periodical subscriptions, and more than 12,000 journals in electronic form
• Music Library: A branch of Joyner housing nearly 80,000 items
• Laupus Library: 167,208 bound volumes, 24,909 microform volumes, 853 print journals, and 5,500 e-journals

Athletics
• NCAA Division I-A member in all sports
• Conference USA member in all sports
• Men’s sports: baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field
• Women’s sports: basketball, cross-country, golf, soccer, fast-pitch softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, volleyball
• Facilities include the 43,000-seat Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, the 8,000-seat Williams Arena in Minges Coliseum, and the new 3,000-seat Clark-LeClair Stadium. The Ward Sports Medicine Building (82,095 square feet) houses the athletics department and the Human Performance Laboratory. Athletes train in the Murphy Center.

By the Numbers 2005–2006

Established: 1907
Living Alumni: 117,000-plus
Location: Greenville, North Carolina

Students, Fall 2005
Total enrollment: 23,164
Undergraduate: 17,728
Graduate: 5,150
Doctoral (EdD and PhD): 334
Medical (MD): 286

• 14.9 percent of students enrolled are African Americans; 4.7 percent are other minorities.
• 12.6 percent of students are from out of state, coming from forty-seven states and the District of Columbia.
• 19.7 percent of first-time freshmen are from out of state.
• 189 students are from fifty-six foreign countries.