3. The Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
17 diverse departments
Art Professor Blane de St. Croix, Guggenheim Fellowship Award winner
Eminent Scholar Chairs in Holocaust Studies, the Humanities, Judaic Studies, the Performing Arts, and Philosophy
Peace Studies program
School of the Arts
Hoot/Wisdom recording label
School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
University Galleries

4. The College of Business
FAU’s largest college, serving about 7,000 students
Eminent Scholar Chairs in International Business, Small Business Research and Turkish Business Studies
School of Accounting consistently ranks in the top 10 nationally for its graduates ‘high passing rate’ on the national CPA exam
Accounting alumnus Jeremy Hurwitch, Elijah Watt Sells Award winner for scoring in the top 10 of the 85,000 people who took the exam
Stock exchange trading room simulator
The Princeton Review has included FAU’s College of Business on its 2011 list of Best Business Schools.
Named a Best Business School by The Princeton Review three years in a row
Ranked in the top tier of the “Best Business Programs” listings in U.S. News & World Report
Executive Education program nationally ranked by Business Week

5. The College for Design and Social Inquiry
Based in downtown Fort Lauderdale
Student-inspired Solar Roof Initiative one of the largest retro-fit projects of its kind in South Florida – energy savings fund an annual scholarship
Promotes safe, healthy, sustainable communities through education, research and design
Eminent Scholars in Growth Management & Development and Social Science
School of Architecture
School of Public Administration
School of Urban and Regional Planning
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
School of Social Work
Public Ethics Academy

6. The College of Education
Excellence and innovation in teacher preparation and education research
Eminent Scholar Chair in Community Education
Florida Institute for the Advancement of Teaching - a nationally recognized “earn while you learn” program
Troops to Teachers – training for new careers
Toppel Family Early Childhood Education Institute – discovering how the youngest children learn
Pine Jog Environmental Education Center – 50 years of leadership in “green” education
Communication Disorders Clinic – reaching out to the community with diagnostic services
Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education – teaching the lessons of history to the next generation
Center for Autism and Related Disabilities – a state-designated autism resource center

7. The College of Engineering and Computer Science
Based in Engineering East, a living learning laboratory of the highest and best sustainability practices (platinum LEED standard)
Home of the Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center
Eminent Scholar Chair in Engineering
Internationally known Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering – established in 1965, first in the U.S.
SeaTech, site of federally funded R&D activities in acoustics, marine vehicles, hydrodynamics, clean energy generation, and more
Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering
Computer and Electrical Engineering
Students compete in the International Human- Powered Submarine Races, the National Concrete Canoe Competition and the Formula SAE Collegiate Series

8. The Graduate College
Central point of contact for all graduate programs
New graduate student orientation
Teaching assistantship training
Graduate student workshops
Fellowships
Graduate Student Association
Graduate Student Research Day
GradTalk, the Graduate College’s e-newsletter provides a wealth of information on events, programs and opportunities for graduate students

9. The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Established in 1999 as the first public honors college in the U.S. to be built from the ground up
Located on the John D. MacArthur Campus at Jupiter
Offers top-flight students the best of all worlds – an outstanding liberal arts and sciences education in a supportive, small-college setting, with the resources of a large, comprehensive university
1:10 faculty-student ratio
Distinguished faculty known for mentorship of students
Faculty-student research and publications
Flagler Scholarship Program – full, four-year merit award that includes Outward Bound and Study Abroad components for outstanding student leaders
Wilkes Medical Scholars Program - early admission to FAU’s medical education program, M.D. in 7 to 8 years

10. The Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Established in 2010 by act of the Florida Legislature
Preliminary accreditation granted in 2011 by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education
Charter class of 64 students to enter in Fall 2011; total enrollment set at 256
Innovative curriculum, featuring early and continuous community based clinical experiences and problem-based learning
World-class faculty provides patient-focused approach
Joint MD/PhD degree offered through partnership with the Kellogg School of Science and Technology, an affiliate of The Scripps Research Institute
More than 250 local physicians are participating in the program
Affiliated with 8 top-ranked hospitals in Broward and Palm Beach counties
State-of-the-art Clinical Skills Simulation Center

11. The Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Based in beautifully designed headquarters facility built to the LEED Gold Standard
Internationally known for focus on Caring
Two Eminent Scholar Chairs in Nursing
Cutting-edge research on health disparities, aging, holistic health and care environments
Innovative curriculum accessible through distance learning
RN to BSN; BS/MS Dual Degree; BSN to PhD
Doctor of Nursing Practice program fully accredited in 2010
Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center – providing assistance to memory disorder patients and their caregivers
Center of Innovation in School and Community Well Being – a community outreach program delivering critically important services to under- served populations

12. The Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Providing the benefits of scientific understanding through teaching, research and service
Undergraduate and graduate degree programs in biology, chemistry, geosciences, mathematics, physics and psychology
Eminent Scholars in Science, Brain Sciences and Marine Biology
Education and research partnerships with Scripps Florida, the Max Planck Florida Institute and the Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies
Newly introduced Professional Science Master’s Degrees in Medical Physics and Business Biotechnology
Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences – an internationally recognized research center
Florida Center for Environmental Studies – a statewide center based at FAU
Home of the FAU Astronomical Observatory