Signature Programs
One of the things that makes Westminster College truly special is the wide range of signature programs we offer. Our students have so many opportunities to enhance their education, develop their leadership skills, and connect with people who can give them a new perspective on the world around them. Our programs are as diverse and a multifaceted as the students themselves. Whatever your interest, chances are Westminster has a program or event for you.
Westminster’s Signature Programs
Students may elect to study off-campus in a domestic or international program and can also participate in off-campus programs led by our faculty, to such destinations as Australia, Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Germany, Iceland and Peru to name only a few. Credit transfer and scholarship opportunities are available.
Westminster's Degree-in-Three is a carefully planned sequence of courses that allows a student to graduate with a bachelor’s degree and a certificate in Global Leadership, all in just three years.
This accelerated bachelor’s program can be applied to any major, and participating students will take 9 credit hours worth of on-campus courses from mid-June through the beginning of August each summer before their freshman, sophomore, and junior years.
More on Degree in ThreeSponsored in conjunction with the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, The Brauer Lecture Series seeks to highlight the leadership characteristics of its speakers. Featured lecturers are encouraged to discuss how their values guide their daily lives while also highlighting the importance free-market economics.
This lecture series is designed to bring to campus world-renowned speakers who will address the contributions of free enterprise to economic growth, public policy, and world affairs.
The Brauer Lecture Series is made possible by a generous gift from Stephen F., ’67 ΦΔΘ, and Camilla T. Brauer of St. Louis, MO.
Westminster College is pleased to offer pre-med and health professions students an experience that is nearly impossible to find at other undergraduate institutions - hands-on human cadaveric dissection through the Westminster College Cadaveric Dissection Program. At Westminster, students don't just watch cadaveric dissection done by an instructor - they do it themselves.
Westminster College understands and supports the value of experiential education. Click the link below for a summary of our most recent student internships.
Advised by Brock Ayers ’82 (Delta Tau Delta), who founded the group, and Dr. Ed Mirielli, Chair of Computer Sciences, this self-governing organization allows students to experience how investing in the stock market works firsthand.
Helping students become leaders of character is at the heart of everything we do at Westminster. Learn more about how leadership and service become a way of life for Westminster students.
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At Westminster, we start building a foundation for student success in the first semester. The Westminster First Year Experience is designed to help students make the transition to college by fostering academic skills and helping students take advantage of the resources and opportunities available at Westminster. This program enables students to chart a path toward achievement of their academic, personal, and professional goals.
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The Hancock Symposium occurs each September and is Westminster College's premier academic event designed to foster innovation, intellectual curiosity, and thought leadership. Globally-esteemed speakers are brought in and no classes are held as the entire Westminster community converges to explore a common topic or theme.
“The ideas discussed in this year’s Hancock Symposium were very much rooted in the brand of education Westminster extols and upholds. It is extraordinary to me that from the 350-year-old Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, we can explore, using modern methods of communication, big questions about important topics of today and tomorrow.”
Timothy Riley, Hancock Symposium cochair