For Information Contact:
Dean of Admissions
Pine Manor College
400 Heath Street
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
617-731-7104
800-PMC-1357 (toll-free)
Fax: 617-731-7102
2006-2007 COSTS:
Tuition:
$15,538
Room and Board:
$9,500
Fees, books, misc.:
$700
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Overview
Founded in 1911, Pine Manor College (PMC) is a small, private four-year liberal arts college that prepares women for roles of inclusive leadership and social responsibility. PMC enrolls approximately 500 students from a wide range of cultural, racial, educational, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Students come from twenty-four countries and twenty-six states. Pine Manor provides an educational environment that supports individual growth and empowers young women for responsible leadership. The College’s small size helps accomplish this, but so do interactive teaching, interdisciplinary study, and active learning techniques such as portfolio development and internships for all students. At Pine Manor, students learn to think critically, act cooperatively, and develop leadership skills in new ways, focusing on inclusiveness and responsibility for the common good. Pine Manor College is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
Location and Community
Pine Manor College is located in the affluent Boston suburb of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, just 5 miles from the heart of the city and minutes away via public transportation. More than thirty buildings are nestled on the 60-acre wooded campus, which provides a safe environment for students. With more than fifty colleges and universities in the area and a wide array of intellectual, social, and cultural facilities, the range of activities offered is almost endless. Cape Cod, New England ski areas, and New York City are easily accessible.
Academic Life
For the B.A. degree, students must complete thirty-two full-semester courses, or 132 semester credit hours. To receive the A.A. or A.S. degree, students must successfully complete sixteen full-semester courses, or 64 semester credit hours. Core curriculum requirements create a solid academic foundation for students by framing the major requirements with courses from the following: humanities, social sciences, natural and behavioral sciences, arts and communication, mathematics, and English composition.
Pine Manor College views education as a relationship between and among learners that requires the active engagement of students, faculty members, and others to be successful. These collaborative relationships provide a more focused method of teaching and learning. Classes are open discussions where everyone’s contribution matters.
A student’s learning portfolio forms the central focus of her educational experience at Pine Manor College. Presentation of a learning portfolio is a graduation requirement for all PMC students. The formal presentation of the portfolio takes place twice, ordinarily during the sophomore and senior years. The portfolio contains evidence of and reflections upon student learning related to the general education outcomes and accomplishments within the major. The portfolio approach promotes leadership skills by providing a holistic perspective on growth by requiring the student to take responsibility for her own learning. A key to leadership development is the ability to be reflective, to establish goals, and to assess progress toward them.
Portfolio Learning Seminars are led by a faculty member and a resource team of peer mentors and student life professionals. This program offers a comprehensive approach that is designed to help students become reflective, self-directed learners. The program offers opportunities to develop effective mentoring and leadership skills, which strengthen the students’ capacity to work collaboratively and productively toward common goals.
Recognizing a fundamental link between a liberal arts education and the professional world, Pine Manor College integrates the required fourteen-week internship experience into the curriculum. The PMC internship combines students’ academic knowledge with practical experience in the workplace, while students explore career options and develop the leadership skills that employers seek. Many PMC interns are offered permanent positions at their internship sites. After working with top professionals at Boston’s best corporations, hospitals, museums, laboratories, publications, and social service agencies, PMC seniors are prepared to make informed career choices.
Adult learners may apply CLEP, transfer credits, or credits for prior learning toward their degrees and may take courses part-time or full-time. A certificate program is offered in community health-care outreach.
Teaching is the number one priority of Pine Manor’s faculty members. Eighty percent of Pine Manor’s full-time professors hold terminal degrees, and 77 percent of faculty members are women. Part-time faculty members are professional practitioners in their fields of expertise. Seventy-five percent of classes have less than 20 students, and the low student-faculty ratio of 10:1 allows faculty members to take an active part in every phase of College life.
The English Language Institute at Pine Manor is a coed program designed for men and women whose native language is not English. Noncredit instruction in English is offered at the elementary and intermediate levels on a year-round basis. Sessions begin every four weeks and last anywhere from four to forty-eight weeks, depending on the individual needs of each student.
PMC participates in a program of cross-registration with Boston College, Babson College, and the Marine Studies Consortium. Study-abroad options are available throughout the world, along with the Washington Semester program for juniors sponsored by the American University in Washington, D.C.
Majors Offered:
Pine Manor College offers a four-year liberal arts program leading to the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree and a two-year program leading to an Associate in Arts (A.A.) or Associate in Science (A.S.) degree. B.A. majors are offered in biology, business administration, communication, English, history, liberal studies, psychology, social and political systems, and visual arts. The College also offers a nursing program in which qualified students study two years at Pine Manor and complete a B.S.N. at the Boston College School of Nursing. Concentrations within these majors and associated minors include accounting, advertising and public relations, allied health, American political systems, art and museum studies, art history, biopsychology, child care, child development, community systems, counseling, creative writing, criminal justice, cultural history, dance, design, drama, electronic media programming and production, entrepreneurship, environmental studies, French, global studies, graphic design, health sciences, history and government, history of race and ethnicity, human resources management, human services, industrial/organizational psychology, international business, international systems, journalism, literature, mathematics, management, marine biology, marketing, music, photography, political science, predental, prelaw, premedical, preveterinary, the school-age child, sociology, Spanish, studio arts, theater arts, and women’s studies. Students majoring in liberal studies may elect to pursue teacher certification in elementary education (1–6). Students majoring in psychology may elect to pursue teacher certification in early childhood education (pre-K–2). Secondary certification is available in biology, English, and visual arts. Individualized and interdisciplinary majors may be arranged by the student in consultation with her adviser. A certificate program in community health-care outreach is also available.
Facilities and Resources
The Ferry Administration Building accommodates most of the administrative offices and student services; Haldan Hall contains modern classrooms, faculty offices, and language laboratories; the recently renovated Dane Science Center has classrooms, laboratories for science courses, and computer laboratories; and Ellsworth Hall, the performing arts center, has a theater, classrooms, computer facilities, and listening and practice rooms. The Abercrombie Fine Arts Wing has studios for sculpture, printmaking, painting, design, and photography, as well as a state-of-the-art visual arts computer lab. The Annenberg Library and Communications Center houses the library, Learning Resource Center, Cherry Computer Center, radio and TV production studios, Hess Art Gallery, lecture halls, seminar rooms, and music-listening areas. The gymnasium includes basketball, volleyball, and badminton courts; a dance and exercise studio; and a fitness room with multistation exercise equipment. Other athletic facilities include new tennis courts, paddle tennis courts, softball fields, and the Hedley soccer/lacrosse field.
Campus Life
Student organizations provide many opportunities for cocurricular learning at PMC. Students are sure to find a club, athletic team, performance ensemble, affinity group, or service organization that provides a place to use their talents and expand their abilities. Fun activities abound on campus and there is always room for new groups to form with student interest.
Students participate in decision making at Pine Manor through the Student Government Association. In addition, student representatives sit on the Curriculum Committee, Library Committee, President’s Leadership Group, Speakers and Programs Committee, and Academic Ethics Council.
Members of the performing arts department and their students present musical, dramatic, and dance performances throughout the year. The visual arts department sponsors professional and student art exhibits throughout the year in the Hess Gallery.
There are three residential villages on campus, each of which includes five wired residence units, lounges, and computer facilities. All first-year students are encouraged to live on campus, and housing is guaranteed for students for four years. Housing is also available to all adult learners who wish to reside on campus. Meals are served in the residential restaurant.
Sports / Varsity Athletics
Intercollegiate athletics (NCAA Division III) are offered in basketball, cross-country, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball. Instruction is available in lifetime fitness activities and other areas of physical education.
Expenses
For 2005–06, tuition was $15,538. The cost of room and board (double-occupancy) was $9500, and the orientation fee for freshman students was $150. Private music lessons and student parking facilities are available for an extra charge.
Financial Aid / Scholarships
The College’s financial aid resources include Pine Manor grants, merit grants, Federal Work-Study Program jobs, Federal Stafford Student Loans, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, Federal Pell Grants, and state scholarships.
To apply for aid, a copy of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) must be submitted by April 30.
Admission Requirements / Application
Students are selected on the basis of an evaluation of their secondary school performance, SAT or ACT scores, program of studies, school recommendations, and personal essay. While an interview is not required for admission, it is strongly recommended. SAT scores are not required of international students; TOEFL scores, however, are required. Applicants are expected to have 16 academic credits, distributed among the following: English, social studies, mathematics, science, and foreign languages. Transfer students must submit transcripts of previous college courses completed. Accepted students may choose to enroll on a part-time basis. All applications are handled on a rolling admission basis. The College uses the College Board’s Candidates Reply Date of May 1.
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