Students are encouraged to broaden their education and gain real-world experience through internships. The university works closely with each student to find an internship opportunity that matches the student’s interests and future goals. Quinnipiac students have completed internships at Hugo Boss, Dow Jones, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Yale’s Child Life Program, the Late Show with David Letterman, MTV, the Today Show, Good Morning America, and ESPN. Clinical placements for students in the health-care majors provide the link between classroom learning and patient care in a variety of clinical and hospital settings.
Cultural immersion in a foreign country can be one of a college student’s most memorable experiences, and a remarkable opportunity for learning. While traveling abroad, students develop a broader perspective on themselves, their values, and their future. Quinnipiac provides several options for foreign study, including an arrangement with University College Cork in Ireland. Students can spend a semester taking classes that integrate the location into their study. Through agreements with other universities and international programs, Quinnipiac offers study-abroad programs in a number of other countries. Students can spend six weeks, a semester, or even an entire year in countries like Ireland, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Ghana, Canada, Costa Rica, South Africa, Nicaragua, Austria, and Germany.
GREAT TEACHING
Quinnipiac’s Core Curriculum gives every student a broad exposure to the liberal arts, while their excellent degree programs and state-of-the-art facilities allow students to study in depth, for complete mastery of their discipline…
Marked by Excellence
Quinnipiac’s University Curriculum (UC) provides an introduction to the liberal arts, the humanities, and the sciences along with three seminar courses that explore the individual as a member of the local, national, and international community. The UC teaches students how to analyze ideas, think creatively, write clearly, and speak effectively by providing a solid background in a large number of disciplines. ‘Writing Across the Curriculum’ stresses the importance of developing excellent writing skills in all disciplines. Many students take more than eighty credit hours, including fifteen advanced electives, outside their major, developing a wide range of skills and interests as they delve into their major discipline.
State-of-the-art facilities enhance and enrich students’ learning. Quinnipiac’s academic buildings have won several awards for design; they offer students ample space for discussion, hands-on learning, and access to the latest technology:
On the Mount Carmel campus, the Ed McMahon Mass Communications Center gives students full access to a high-definition, fully-digital television production studio, digital editing suites, and a news technology center for journalism, the financial technology center is a high-tech simulated trading floor, providing students with an opportunity to access real-time financial data, conduct interactive trading simulations, and develop financial models preparing them for careers in finance, and the university’s Arnold Bernhard Library has multiple work areas for group and individual study, and is open 24/7 during the fall and spring semesters.
The North Haven campus, home to the professional level classes in the School of Health Sciences has four floors featuring state-of-the-art labs: CT scan, MRI, radiography, ultrasound, mammography, movement study and motion analysis lab, nursing clinical simulations labs, pediatric/neonatal and intensive care units, clinical skills labs, physical diagnosis lab, physical exam suite and health assessment labs, an orthopedics lab, rehabilitative sciences labs, model apartment and an ergonomics and assistive technology lab.
All campus buildings and residence halls are supported by a wireless computer network.
Quinnipiac’s students can get an up-close-and-personal lesson in current events by working as interviewers for the Quinnipiac Polling Institute, an independent research survey whose results are cited regularly by journalists, public officials, and researchers. The poll surveys individuals about political races, state and national elections, and issues of public concern, such as schools, taxes, transportation, municipal services, and the environment. Exact and thorough, results of the Quinnipiac Poll have been featured regularly in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and on national network news broadcasts.
Academic Programs Accounting, Advertising, Athletic Training/Sports Medicine, Behavioral Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedical Marketing, Biomedical Science, Chemistry, Communications/Media Studies, Computer Information Systems, CIS/Accounting, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Diagnostic Imaging, Economics, Education (5 year BA/MAT), English, Entrepreneurship, Film, Video & Interactive Media, Finance, Gerontology, Health/Science Studies, History, Independent Major, Interactive Digital Design, International Business, Journalism, Legal Studies, Management, Marketing, Mathematics, Microbiology/Molecular Biology, Nursing, Occupational Therapy (5 1/2 year BS/MOT), Physical Therapy (6 or 7 year BS/DPT), Physician Assistant (6 year BS/MHS), Political Science, Psychology, Public Relations, Social Services, Sociology, Spanish, Theater.
VIBRANT COMMUNITIES
Excellent residential programs, Division I athletics (21 teams), and a vast number of extracurricular options are sure to keep you busy when you’re not hitting the books…
Three Settings, One University
Quinnipiac is located in Hamden, Connecticut, just eight miles north of New Haven, and midway between New York City and Boston.
The Mount Carmel campus of 250 acres has academic, residential, recreational and student life buildings, athletic fields, plus the Arnold Bernhard Library. About 96% of freshmen live on campus, and all freshmen and sophomore housing is on the Mount Carmel campus in traditional double, quad and suite housing, some with kitchens. Although resident freshmen may not bring cars to campus, the university shuttle system transports student to area attractions, including shopping, eating, and sports events. The Mount Carmel campus is adjacent to Sleeping Giant State park with 1700 acres for hiking and walking.
Nearby, the York Hill campus of 250 acres and spectacular views of the surrounding landscape with views as far as Long Island Sound, is home to the TD Bank Sports Center with twin 3500 seat arenas for ice hockey and basketball, plus the lodge-like Rocky Top student center and 1800 beds in the Crescent and Townhouse residence halls housing juniors and seniors, and a 2000 car parking garage.
The North Haven campus, 104 acres, just 4 miles away is the former Anthem/Blue Cross campus, with broad fields, twin ponds, and three multi-floor buildings, connected internally. The first building houses the Schools of Health Sciences, Nursing and Education professional programs (Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Nursing, Diagnostic Imaging, Radiologist Assistant, and Physician Assistant). The second building is being developed as Quinnipiac’s School of Medicine (2013/14), and eventually the third building will house the School of Law, and other graduate programs.
The residential life program at Quinnipiac University provides a safe, comfortable environment where every student can make the most of the college experience. The university strives to sustain a college community focused on the individual as it prepares students for productive lives and careers. Residence staff provides programming to help students grow intellectually, emotionally, and socially. Every hall hosts faculty members for discussion groups, as well as workshops on real-world skills like balancing a checkbook, applying for a car loan, and understanding a lease. There are ample opportunities to socialize with students from a variety of different cultures and backgrounds.