University of Georgia
United States
University Attributes:
The University's main campus, in Athens, Georgia, covers 605 acres and includes 313 buildings. To its north, the campus adjoins historic downtown Athens, which features many boutiques, restaurants, entertainment and service businesses. The University covers 4,308 acres in Clarke County and owns a total of 43,261 acres throughout the state. Traditional North Campus is the home of the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, and Journalism and Mass Communication, and the schools of Environmental Design and Law, as well as the Main Library. Noteworthy buildings on North Campus are Old College (1801), New College (1823), Demosthenian Hall (1824), the University Chapel (1832), and Phi Kappa Hall (1834). The Ladies' Garden Club Founders Memorial Garden enhances the area near Denmark Hall. South Campus, with an array of modern structures, has grown southward as the University continues to expand. Buildings include the Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center, colleges of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Family and Consumer Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, Education and Pharmacy, and the schools of Forest Resources and Social Work, as well as the Georgia Center for Continuing Education, the Coliseum, and Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall. State funds complemented by liberal private gifts, grants from foundations, and federal grants continue to increase the building program on campus. Buildings recently completed include the Life Sciences Building, which provides state-of-the-art facilities and equipment for biotechnology research and teaching; the Ramsey Student Center for Physical Activities, which provides a comprehensive fitness/exercise facility for students and faculty; and the Performing and Visual Arts Complex, which provides a home for the University's art and music departments as well as the Georgia Museum of Art.
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Subject Areas :
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- Accounting
- African Studies
- Agricultural Economics
- Anthropology
- Art/Fine Arts
- Biochemistry
- Biology (General)
- Botany
- Business Admin. & Mngmt.
- Chemistry
- Comm. Science & Disorders
- Comparative Literature
- Computer Science / IT
- Criminal Justice / Corrections
- Economics
- Education
- English
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- Entomology
- Environmental Sci. (Atmosph.)
- Finance
- Food Science and Nutrition
- Forestry
- French
- Geography
- Geology
- German
- History
- Horticulture / Floriculture
- Human Res. Management
- Information Systems
- Languages / Linguistics
- Latin American Studies
- Marketing, Ad., & PR
- Mathematics
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- Music
- Pharmaceuticals
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science/Politics
- Psychology
- Public Admin, Public Policy, Govt
- Religious Studies
- Russian & Slavic Studies
- Social Sciences
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Statistics
- Theater, Drama, Dance
- Zoology & Wildlife Sciences
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