Lindenwood University System
The St. Charles, Missouri campus, located at 209 South Kingshighway in the heart of St. Charles is a 500-acre site and is the original campus founded by George and Mary Sibley in 1827. Historic buildings grace the tree-lined walks and house classrooms, administrative offices, and student residences.
The Belleville, Illinois campus of the Lindenwood University System is a full-service campus offering a wide range of traditional undergraduate degrees, as well as evening undergraduate and graduate programs. Within 15 miles of downtown St. Louis, LU-Belleville offers on-campus housing, intercollegiate athletics, campus dining, student activities, as well as modern educational facilities. Complete information on all academic programs at LU-Belleville may be found at www.belleville.lindenwood.edu/.
Note: Full-time day students who are admitted at either LU-St. Charles or LU-Belleville may enroll in classes at the other campus. However, they must also be concurrently enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours at their home campus.
- The Daniel Boone Campus and Boonesfield Village are located on Highway F near Defiance, Mo., approximately 40 minutes from Lindenwood’s main campus. This historic landmark merged with Lindenwood University in 1998. The 1,000-acre Boone property, with its rich heritage and historic buildings and features, remains a popular St. Charles County tourist attraction. The historic site also serves as a “laboratory” where students can study a variety of hands-on programs, learning the values, culture, and history of the American frontier. Classes held at the site involve historic preservation, frontier crafts, interpretation, museology, archaeological digs, and recreation skills. The Boone Home also provides opportunities for students to conduct internships or practica at the Boone location and earn credit toward nearly any major, from accounting and marketing to theatre and education. Contact (636) 798-2005 for more information.
- The Center for Nursing and Allied Health Sciences is the home of the School of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences. This facility consists of a 70,000 square foot classroom and laboratory building on approximately 28 acres. It is located at #1 Academy Place, Dardenne Prairie MO 63368. For more information please call 636-627-2932.
- Located at the intersection of Elm Street and Kingshighway, the Elm Street location features three classrooms.
- Lindenwood University Cultural Center (LUCC): Located at 400 N. Kingshighway, a few blocks from the main campus, the LUCC is the center for the Lindenwood College for Individualized Education. Classrooms, faculty offices, and a 600-seat auditorium, and the Student Counseling and Resource Center are among the building’s amenities. Contact (636) 949-4500 for more information.
At the graduate level, the University offers coursework leading to a Master of Arts (MA), Master of Science (MS), and Master of Fine Arts (MFA); the University also offers coursework leading to Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Public Administration (MPA), Doctor of Education (EdD), and Education Specialist (EdS) degrees. In all schools, individualized degrees may be developed on a contract basis for interdisciplinary studies or specialties. Descriptions of degree programs are listed in the Academic Programs section of this catalog.
Lindenwood University strives to make quality higher education accessible to traditional and non-traditional students. Graduate academic programs are offered in three distinct formats: the semester calendar, the quarter calendar, employed by the Lindenwood College for Individualized Education, and the 5-term calendar, employed by the School of Business & Entrepreneurship for all graduate business programs and by the Department of Human Services for the Master of Public Administration. Graduate degree courses in education, counseling, human performance, TESOL, communications, art, nonprofit administration, and theatre are held on a semester basis, with some classes meeting in the evenings