Program areas at Wesleyan University
Instruction and researchwesleyan University offers more than 1,000 courses in 45 major fields of study, 32 minor fields of study, and 3 certificates of study, and awards the bachelor of arts and graduate degrees. The master of arts degree and the doctor of philosophy are regularly awarded in six fields of study. In addition, students may be counted upon to devise, with the faculty, some 800 individual tutorials and lessons.instruction and research includes all expenditures for compensation and other expenses in support of instructional activity.- 801 bachelor of arts and 82 graduate degrees were awarded in 2021.- the student body is made up of approximately 3,000 students full-time undergraduates and 130 graduate students, as well as around 60 students per year in the graduate liberal studies program. An ongoing faculty of more than 430 is joined each semester by a distinguished group of visiting artists and professors. Today's student/instructor ratio is 8 to 1, and about two thirds of all courses enroll fewer than 20 students.
Librarieslibrary expenses include acquisition of books, periodicals and other materials, compensation of staff, and other expenditures in support of the library. The mission of the library is to provide the information services and resources required to support the learning, teaching, and research of the Wesleyan community.to carry out this mission the library will: - organize and provide intellectual and physical access to collections and information resources locally and world-wide- develop and preserve local collections - teach and guide users in the library research process - provide an atmosphere conducive to study, research, and learning - contribute to the larger scholarly worldthe Wesleyan library will provide unexcelled services. It is a dynamic place where library staff provide users with the information they need, as well as a keen sense that there are many paths, and a wide range of skills necessary for the effective use and evaluation of information resources.
Auxiliary services and otherauxiliary services include the costs of room and board for approximately 3,000 students residing on a 316 acre campus. There are 8 residence halls, 7 apartment complexes and over 25 program houses in addition to over 140 house units on campus for upper-class students. Working in partnership with students and collaboratively with other members of the Wesleyan community, the office of residential life strives to provide a safe and supportive residential environment that complements and extends students' educational experience. Student-centered programs and services are developed and implemented with an emphasis on holistic individual and community development, student leadership, individual responsibility, advocacy of academic inquiry, and freedom of thought, opinion and expression in the spirit of mutual respect. These are the hallmarks of the Wesleyan residential experience, and they provide the essential foundation for a quality liberal arts education within a diverse and dynamic community.
Student services includes the costs associated with administering the office of admissions, registrar, financial aid, career planning, health services, institutional research and dean's office.