Our curriculum is innovative and alive. Campus life is vibrant - everything at JMU is compelled by delivering on the promise made by our mission. What's most notable about the JMU experience is the incredibly high level of student involvement in the classroom, the lab and activities around and off campus. The amount of undergraduate research in the sciences here has been cited as peerless. Our Service Learning Program is nationally known for giving students the opportunity to apply classroom learning to real world situations.
Internships are an integral part of our curriculum.
All this adds up to an education that offers students an opportunity to apply what they learn and to see what works. And knowing what works is the key to leading a productive and meaningful life. Now as we near our centennial celebration in 2008, the university is strengthening its link to the great American for whom we're named. And while James Madison is known as the Father of the Constitution and America's fourth president, we hold in equal esteem his thoughts on learning. That's why the word 'citizen' is in our mission statement.