Missouri Southern State University is a state-supported, comprehensive university located in Joplin MO and offering programs resulting in a bachelors degree and to certain masters degrees in partnership with other universities. The University has a statewide objective in international education granted to MSSU by special legislation. The University's' main objective is to offer a baccalaureate program that cultivates the overall education of each student. Central to that objective is the strong commitment to transnational education, to the liberal arts, to practiced and preprofessional programs, and to the integral relationship that must exist between liberal and expert education in order to prepare individuals for success in professions and lifetime learning. Inherent in its international reach to undergraduate education is the University's' desire to prepare its undergraduates to comprehend world affairs, international issues and other cultures as seen through their history, geopolitics, language, literature, philosophical views, economics and politics. Knowledge and understanding of other cultures of the world likewise promote much better understanding of our own important cultural diversity.
Missouri Southern State Universitys' commitment to the liberal arts is reflected in a comprehensive program of general education requirements for all undergraduates to guarantee that they have a breadth of educational experiences which will enable them to establish interaction and vital thinking abilities and to obtain and apply visual, contemporary, civic, worldwide, historical, mathematical, scientific and value-oriented perspectives.The professors and staff of Missouri Southern State University highlight quality instruction and understanding as the most crucial characteristics of the organization, complemented by academic and creative expression and dedicated community service. Community service includes responsiveness to the Southwest Missouri region as well as acting as the intellectual, creative and cultural center of the area. In order to remain loyal to the trust provided to the University by the individuals of the State of Missouri, Missouri Southern State University will: fulfill its objective and objectives in an honorable and ethical way; occasionally review its objective due to contemporary modifications in society and in the needs of individuals of Missouri; constantly assess the efficiency of its programs in order to guarantee their quality and integrity.
Institutional objectives that show our institutional objective: To supply and keep a culture of trainee success throughout the university experience in an academically difficult and helpful environment with a specific focus on the first year of college as the foundation for that success. To carry out the worldwide objective by supplying and keeping instruction, shows, and institutional systems developed to help trainees be successful in the multicultural-global communities in which they will live and work. To supply and keep a quality curriculum that balances the liberal arts with expert and pre-professional education to fulfill the needs of trainees and employers. To supply and keep quality teaching and discovering experiences improved by academic and creative expression. To improve access to college by supplying and keeping the innovation and assistance services that advance finest practices for distance learning programs. To react to the needs of the Southwest Missouri region through educational and cultural programming. To provide for continuous enhancement by implementing the full cycle assessment of academic and assistance programs and the ongoing assessment of functional effectiveness and effectiveness. To fulfill the Universitys Objective in an honorable way that cultivates and enhances the institutions integrity.
Our local town is ideal for college life
Missouri Southern State University is located in Joplin, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Missouri. Joplin is an expanding city home to greater than 50,000 individuals, situated on the historic Route 66.
Joplin is great for college life. From any restaurant-chain you can think about to charming neighborhood coffee shops, your options for dining and caffeine-fueled study-sessions are endless.
Joplin is home to the lovely Wild Cat Glades, a perfect hiking path and exterior experience for all nature-lovers. For those who long for exhilaration and city life, Joplin puts on a social and artistic event in our Historic Midtown District called Third Thursday. We likewise use frequently arranged Farmers' Markets, shows, live performances at Joplin Little Cinema, painting courses, first-rate displays in Spiva Art Gallery and professional sporting occasions at Joe Becker Stadium.
Joplin incorporates the welcoming sensation and knowledge of a town with the charm of the environment-friendly countryside and the market and growth of a big city. All profession are welcome in Joplin, and despite who you are, you'll locate a location to belong below in our town.