Our graduates have been prepared to enter fields ranging from social advocacy and market research to the criminal justice system and geriatric services. Recently students have worked at a shelter for battered women, assisted in the creation of a major exhibit at the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies and conducted field research among the Amish in rural Pennsylvania. Ursinus is home to the Pennsylvania German Studies program, focusing on the folklife of a uniquely important ethnic community. Study Abroad Students are encouraged to participate in college programs that promote intercultural awareness. Opportunities include the Musser Hall International Residence, semesters abroad and summer study in Europe, Mexico and Japan.
All students work closely with faculty.
This intimacy allows faculty to match course offerings and requirements with each student's interests. Upper-level students are strongly encouraged to carry out independent research projects guided by a professor. Recent papers presented at undergraduate research conferences include a study of the portrayal of women on MTV, a study of Chinese Americans in Baltimore and an ethnography of Philadelphia folk musical tradition. Whatever the field, from business to literature to environmental conservation, there is more contact than ever between people from diverse cultural traditions. This shrinking world has only made us more aware of these differences and the need to bridge them.