Goucher College

Goucher College is a coeducational liberal arts college located in the northern Baltimore suburb of Towson, on a 287 acre (1.2 km²) campus. The school has approximately 1,250 students studying in 33 undergraduate subjects and about 1 000 students studying in graduate subjects. It was one of the first colleges to embrace internships and allow its students to take a more individualized approach. In 2004, Newsweek called Goucher the college with the happiest students.

History

Founded in 1885 as The Woman's College of Baltimore. Gained its present name in 1910, after founding members and benefactors John Goucher and Mary Fisher Goucher. The original campus was in the southern part of what is now the Charles Village neighborhood in Baltimore City. Goucher moved to its present suburban location in 1953. The college has been co-educational since 1986.

Campus Demographics

Female students are still in the majority on the undergratuate level at almost 70 %, a vestage from Gouchers days as a womens only school. This number is even higher at the graduate level where almost 80 % of the students are female. About 11.5 % of the undergraduate population are either African-American, Asian, Hispanic or Native-American. At the graduate level the number is 14 %. Two of the most popular majors are Communications and Psychology. Politically most students lean towards the Democratic side of the spectrum. [1]

Academics

Undergraduate Level

Being a Liberal arts college, Goucher requires its students to complete general educations requiremets in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and the arts. There are special introductory courses for freshmen. Undergraduate students are also expected to meet an internship requirement. Many Goucher students also choose to go abroad on special three week intensive programs or for longer. Goucher is well-known for its creative writing department.

Graduate Level

Goucher offers the following graduate programs:

• Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction
• Master of Arts in Historic Preservation
• Master of Arts in Arts Administration
• Master of Arts in Teaching
• Master of Education

Extra-Curricular Activities

Goucher offers many student-run clubs in different areas such as the French club, the theater club or a philosophy club. It has a weekly school newspaper called the Quindecim and a literary arts journal called Preface.

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