PROGRAMS AND FORMATS

Southern Wesleyan University seeks to meet the educational needs of diverse student populations through both traditional and innovative approaches.  For those students who seek an excellent residential campus experience in the context of a strong Christian environment, the university provides a residential campus program at its facility in Central, South Carolina.  There the rich traditions of academia are coupled with dorm-life, sports, chapel, and artistic performances.

SWU’s residential campus program offers a wide variety of undergraduate majors in areas such as business, sports management, teacher education, music, English, communication, religion & ministry, biology, chemistry, math, computer science, forensics, pre-medicine, medical technology, history, recreation, psychology, social science and human services.

To serve the needs of the working adult, Southern Wesleyan University offers adult evening programs in an innovative framework.  Learning centers in Greenville, Columbia, North Augusta, Charleston, and Central as well as facilities in Spartanburg and Greenwood provide opportunities to conveniently complete undergraduate and graduate programs attending classes one evening a week.  The Adult & Graduate Studies programs continue year round and students enter the program at a wide variety of times during the year.

Undergraduate programs offered in the adult evening format include associate degrees in business and general studies.  Also offered are bachelor of science programs in management, business administration, elementary education and human services.

Southern Wesleyan University also offers graduate programs for working adults at locations around the state of South Carolina including the Master of Business Administration (MBA), the Master of Education (MEd) and the Master of Science in Management (MSM).

CAMPUS AND LEARNINGCENTERFACILITIES

Central

Southern Wesleyan University occupies a two-hundred acre campus near the town of Central (the central point on a railway line running between Charlotte and Atlanta).

Instructional facilities on campus include Folger Fine Arts Building (1964), Brower Classroom Building (1964), Gibson Science Building (1964), Ellenburg Lecture Hall (1966), and John M. Newby Education Center (2003).

Claude R. Rickman Library (1975) is conveniently located at the center of the campus.  Providing individual and group reading and study areas, the library now contains approximately 95,350 volumes, including the Wesleyana Collection.

Student residence halls include Childs Hall (1947), Stuart-Bennett Hall (1963, addition 1967), and apartments for upper-classmen. Recently finished, a new residence hall, Mullinax Hall (May 2005), provides housing for 150 students.

The Lowell E. Jennings Campus Life Center (1991) houses snack shop, bookstore, mailroom, and student services; and J. Walden Tysinger Gymnasium (1969) contains locker rooms, shower rooms, official-size hard maple basketball floor, fitness center, recreation areas, and offices for athletic personnel. The new University Dining Commons (May 2005) houses conference services and student food services.

Most administrative offices are located in Correll Hall (1947).  Adult and Graduate Studies offices are located in Terry Hall (1989).

In 1997, the university acquired Eagles Rest, which is used as a retreat and conference center.  Bryant Lodge (2001) serves as a gathering place for university and community events.

Greenville

In Greenville, SWU offers its Adult and Graduate programs at its Learning Center in the Henderson Advertising Tower, 84 Villa Road, Greenville, SC.  The facility has 16 classrooms, a computer lab and office space.

Columbia

Charleston

In Charleston, SWU offers its Adult and Graduate programs at its Learning Center at 4055 Faber Place Drive, Charleston, SC.  The facility has 10 classrooms, a computer lab and office space.

North Augusta

In North Augusta, SWU offers its Adult and Graduate programs at its Learning Center in the Business Technology Center, 802 East Martintown Road, N. Augusta, SC.  The facility has 10 classrooms, a computer lab and office space.