Brown Mackie College – Greenville provides traditional and nontraditional students with convenient, focused and flexible post-secondary education options through bachelor’s degrees, associate’s degrees, and certificate programs, which enhance their career opportunities and expand their perspectives. Brown Mackie College – Greenville believes that education should be specific enough to provide for a meaningful career, yet broad enough to lay the foundation for lifelong learning.
Brown Mackie College – Greenville, through its educational programs, provides graduates with career-focused skills and abilities necessary to succeed at entry-level employment positions that contribute to the economic growth of both employers and the community served.
The following objectives are integral to the mission of Brown Mackie College – Greenville, South Carolina:
• Create a positive, friendly learning environment where each student’s personal and practical skill development is encouraged.
• Maintain qualified, experienced and dedicated staff and faculty who are committed to the College’s philosophy of promoting student development and education.
General Education Philosophy
The general education component of the College’s degree programs is designed to assist in the development of the knowledge and skills necessary for graduates to function more effectively in contemporary society. In developing this component of its educational programs, the College has established as its objectives that students will:
• Improve their skills in written and oral communication.
• Enhance their appreciation of the cultural diversity of contemporary American society.
• Increase their understanding of themselves and others.
• Develop their skills in reasoning and analysis.
• Improve their ability to “learn how to learn.”
The general education courses provide students opportunities to improve their communication skills, and to develop an enlightened and respectful accommodation of the diversity of behavior, knowledge, opinion and culture that they will encounter both within and beyond their formal education.