Academics

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Southeast Missouri State provides opportunities that propel students forward on their individual paths so that they triumph and are highly accomplished and ready for their future.

Groundbreaking Academics 

What are groundbreaking academic programs? At SEMO, we believe your academic program should prepare you for your career not just as it exists today, but where it will be when you graduate and beyond. That means, we take quality very seriously. Accreditations? Check. Hands-on learning? Check. Assessing the marketplace to align programs with where industry is going? Check. That’s why we offered the state’s first cybersecurity and drone programs. You’re here to launch an extraordinary career. We’re here to help you do it. Find your program or explore colleges and departments.

Academic Quality

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Whether you’ve known what you want to do since kindergarten or you’re still searching for the perfect major, SEMO has a program for you. Our wide breadth of degrees and options will help you find your passion and launch an extraordinary career!

Need Flexibility? You Have Options

There are multiple programs and classes at SEMO that offer you the flexibility you need to help balance your education, life, and work successfully. Find out about those methods of study and what they mean for you.

Doing the Job Before Getting the Job

You’ll hear us talk a lot about experiential learning. What does that mean? That your academic program gives you the opportunity to not only experience what you’re learning but put it into practice hands-on. It’s the best way to make sure your career ready. So whether you’re an ag student managing crop research at the Barton Farm, an art student managing an exhibition at Catapult, or a STEM student managing research in the lab or in the field, at Southeast, you’ll be writing your resume with real-world learning opportunities before you graduate.
Wearing hardhats in a deteriorating theater, Dr. Hoffman briefs historic preservation students on the buildings status for experiential learning opportunities.

Dr. Steven Hoffman

Professor of History

We can talk about what you would do in a classroom context, and you need that theoretical background, but the experiences of actually being in the real-world and real environment and actively working on projects, there’s no substitute for that.

Personal Support

SEMO graduates exceed their potential because our campus is an environment where we care about supporting you when you struggle and celebrating your wins when you excel. And, we all know sometimes wins don’t come easily. It’s why each student has an entire support team, so they’re never going it alone.
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Elliot Siekmann

Personal Support

They really care about the students here at SEMO. They genuinely want you to succeed. That's not just a gimmick. They truly believe that.
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