UNIVERSITY MISSION

Eastern Oregon University is an exemplary student-centered institution.

We are dedicated to serving Oregon and beyond through intellectually challenging and personalized programs of instruction, research, and service. We have a special commitment to the educational, social, cultural, and economic needs of eastern Oregon.

VISION

We focus on learning.

We recruit and retain students who are motivated, prepared, and responsible, ready to enter our learning partnership.

We recruit and support faculty who have high professional standards, who view teaching as the sharing of learning, and who employ innovation in their courses and in their scholarship. They are active mentors to students as accessible and caring advisors, teachers, and researchers. They are enthusiastic generalists who create an open intellectual community through inter-disciplinary collegiality.

Our curriculum is vital and flexible, retaining the best of the traditional liberal arts foundation and welcoming opportunities to meet new learning needs.

We prepare professionals in education and other selected fields.

Students share a broad-based general education experience that prepares them to be critical thinkers, effective communicators, life-long learners, and aesthetically, ethically, and scientifically literate citizens.

Students experience the opportunity for independent artistic creation, research, and scholarship, and we publicly celebrate the results of such accomplishment.

Our student services are integrated into academic life as essential components of a successful and productive learning experience.

We value a sense of place.

We hold in high regard the natural beauty of our region and value respectful stewardship of the land that sustains us.

We apply what we learn to the global context, testing the lessons of our place in the world through study abroad, service learning, internships, and practica.

We recognize and honor differences as well as celebrate the similarities we share as human beings. We welcome diversity in our students and employees and strive to understand and appreciate other cultures, traditions, and approaches to learning.

We believe that learning is a communal endeavor requiring mutual respect. We practice collaborative governance.

We use technology to bring the remote to Eastern and to extend Eastern to a geographically broad student body.

We welcome collaborations and learning partnerships that enhance and amplify the possibilities of our place.

We serve as a resource center and catalyst for regional achievements in public service, business, education, and the arts.

ACADEMIC DEGREES AND PROGRAMS

Academic programs at Eastern Oregon University are offered
through the School of Arts and Sciences
and the School of Education and Business.

In addition, programs in Agriculture, in cooperation with Oregon State University, and the baccalaureate degree in Nursing through the Oregon Health Sciences University, and the Engineering Program offered through Portland State University are offered on this campus.

Eastern also offers an Honors Baccalaureate degree for qualified students and the Cornerstone Experience.

Cornerstone Program

Eastern Oregon University is committed to challenging students to explore the world
outside of the regular curriculum. By looking towards the future, and the impact of
globalization, students are strongly encouraged to participate in all four cornerstones.
These four are:

I International Experience

Whether through travel, study abroad, language preparation or a combination, an International Experience will help prepare students for careers in the global society. If students choose to study abroad the opportunities are endless.

II Community Service Learning

Engaging in the community to fill a need by working with an agency is a very important learning opportunity. Students may work with young children, develop a city-wide recycling program, develop a brochure for a non-profit organization, develop a birthday party plan for a local retirement home, etc. Many classes on campus have a Service Learning component within that class, or the student may sign up for SSCI 207—a one credit class with a service learning component.

III Internships

Classroom knowledge can be put to work through structured internships or practica. This provides the student with valuable hands-on work-related experience in their major prior to graduation. Internships are available for pay and/or credit in business, education, government and industry, locally and around the world. Students work with their advisors and incorporate career-related experiences into their academic plan by registering for academic credit (209 or 409.)

IV Research or Creative Activity with Faculty

In each degree program students have the opportunity to conduct research with faculty members and then present this research at the annual spring symposium and/or at regional or national conferences.

All students are highly encouraged to engage in the four cornerstones prior to graduation.
Students completing the experiences will be recognized at graduation and will have that
completion noted on their transcripts.

The opportunities at Eastern Oregon University are endless; the experiences are
unforgettable; the benefits are limitless.

THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Baccalaureate Degrees
Anthropology/Sociology
Art
Biology
Biochemistry
Chemistry **
Computer Science / Multimedia Studies
English / Writing
History
Liberal Studies *
Mathematics
Music
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics *
Physics **
Psychology
Theatre