| The second largest state university of US is | | | | Provost. Under the Provost, there are various |
| Southwest Missouri State University, located | | | | colleges and departments in the university. |
| at Springfield, Missouri. As a fourth | | | | There is college of arts and letters, college |
| district normal school, the university was | | | | of business administration, education, health |
| founded in 1905 and it received its status of | | | | and human services, natural and applied |
| state college in 1945. With graduate and | | | | sciences, etc. various departments range from |
| undergraduate courses, the university offered | | | | Academic development center, agriculture |
| varied subjects to students in 1971. However, | | | | department, biology, computer science, |
| it is only recently in 2005, when its name is | | | | criminology, dietetics, economics, fashion |
| further changed to Missouri State University. | | | | and interior designing, hospitality and |
| The campus is located on 225 acres of land in | | | | restaurant administration, library science, |
| central Springfield. | | | | music, etc. |
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| Among the academics, the university offers | | | | Among the distance learning courses offered |
| more than 150 undergraduate major courses and | | | | by the university, Internet based |
| 43 graduate courses. To help students select | | | | instructions, tele-courses and interactive CD |
| their faculty and decide about future | | | | courses, off-campus and Bearnet interactive |
| planning, student academic support services | | | | video, off-campus high school dual credit |
| are there. The career counselors available | | | | program, etc are available. For students are |
| with the university aid in exploring the | | | | also available national and international |
| aptitude of the students especially while | | | | fellowships, scholarships and grants through |
| selecting majors. Also it offers cooperative | | | | fellowship office of the university. |
| education program and assists in job search | | | | |
| of the students. Different orientation | | | | The campus of the university contains nine |
| programs, special activities, immigration | | | | residence halls. There are also student |
| problems and their solutions, and providing | | | | organizations in the university. Whether |
| naturalized services to the international | | | | ethnic, political, religious or any special |
| students are also some of the works of | | | | interest, these organizations are the places |
| cooperative education programs. For campus | | | | for venting out the emotions of students of |
| based and internet based courses, one has to | | | | the university. Missouri Virtual School is |
| take support from blackboard system. | | | | operated through the Center for Scientific |
| | | | Research and Education where virtual learning |
| For evaluating all the academic performances | | | | communities are operational for the |
| and faculty affairs, there is Office of the | | | | educational needs of all the students. |