Featured Majors

With so many options, it can be difficult to choose a major. We can relate. The good news is we can help you decide, too.

Tell us a little bit about yourself, and we'll connect you with the people who can walk you through choosing a college and choosing a major.

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Accounting

While crunching the numbers to choose an accounting program, two figures you will want to consider are the CPA pass rate and CPA re-exam rate. A high pass rate coupled with a low re-exam rate is an indicator of students successfully completing the exam on the first try. Year after year, Southeast's accounting grads have a consistent above-average pass rate and one of the lowest re-exam rates in Missouri. Plus, graduates from the Accounting, Economics, and Finance department at Southeast have a 91% Successful Outcome Rate when it comes to employment after college.

Agriculture

Southeast's program is proof that agriculture is a booming business. Students can choose from options including:

/ Animal Science
/ Agribusiness Communications
/ Horticulture
/ Agriculture Industry
/ Plant and Soil Science
/ Agribusiness Systems Management
/ Agricultural Education
/ Pre-Veterinary Medicine

Agriculture students will also gain hands-on experience at our fully operational research farm and the country's largest student-run commercial greenhouse. Last year, 98.4% of graduates from Southeast's Department of Agriculture were employed or continuing education.

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Elementary, Early and Special Education

Students graduate from Southeast ready to excel in the modern classroom. Future educators learn the foundations of pedagogy while training on the latest classroom tech in the EDvolution Center, an Apple-based environment with tools like 3D printers, laser-cutting equipment, a podcasting booth, virtual reality room, coding equipment, and a green screen recording room. The program also offers the opportunity for student teaching abroad through our partnership with Eagles College in Iquique, Chile.

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Computer Science

High-paying careers in computing are on the rise, but they're not just a trendy trade to us. Southeast's Department of Computer Science has more than 50 years of experience. The program started in the 1960s and has been accredited by the Computing Accreditation Board of Engineering Technology (ABET) since 2010. Southeast is also home to one of the world's 14 ABET-accredited cybersecurity undergraduate degrees.

For students looking to continue education after their bachelor's, Southeast offers both a Master's in applied computer science and a master's in cybersecurity.

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Mass Media

The Department of Mass Media at Southeast is one of only two programs in Missouri accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC). We offer specializations in:

/ Advertising
/ Multimedia Journalism
/ Public Relations
/ TV/Film

Students study in the Rust Media Center, a 13,000 square-foot learning space in the heart of downtown Cape Girardeau's Media Row. The Center houses the Arrow, Southeast's national award-winning student multimedia newspaper; and SE Creative, Southeast's student advertising firm.

Nursing

Southeast's nursing students reported an impressive 100% Successful Outcome Rate and 100% NCLEX-RN licensure exam pass rate last year. As if those numbers aren't impressive enough, we have more. In the classroom, nursing majors enjoy faculty-to-student ratios of 1:8-9 their first year of nursing courses, and over 50% of nursing faculty have doctoral degrees.

Nursing students study in the newly-renovated Crisp Hall, complete with assessment and skills labs and a new simulation lab where students can learn and apply clinical and patient care skills before heading out to complete required practicum hours in real healthcare facilities.

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Theatre and Dance

Students studying in the Jeanine Larson Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance will train and perform at the beautiful River Campus, Missouri's only campus dedicated to the art, dance, music, and theatre. Each year, the conservatory produces six major, faculty-directed/choreographed productions and four student showcase productions, among numerous cabarets, showcases, staged readings, and more.

Programs are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD) and National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) and offer options in:

/ BFA in Acting
/ BFA in Design/Technology
/ BFA in Musical Theatre
/ BFA in Dance
/ BA in Dance

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Undeclared/Exploratory

Southeast is an undecided student's dream school. Nearly 25% of Redhawks enter freshman year without a major in mind. With a wide variety of programs of study, we're bound to have the right fit.

As an exploratory student, you'll have access to the tools you need to help you find the right path once you're here. If you haven't yet chosen an area of study, you'll be paired up with an academic advisor who can help you choose classes that fit general education requirements and allow you to explore your interests at the same time. Southeast also offers free 1:1 career counseling to help students make sense of their passions and priorities. At Southeast, all of our career counselors have, at a minimum, a master's degree in counseling or a related field.

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Southeast Missouri State University

Office of Admissions

One University Plaza

Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

(573) 651-2590

admissions@semo.edu