Academics

In year one you’ll make the leap to college-level learning with help from your First-Year Experience advisors. This is your chance to explore your interests, learn study strategies, and identify any areas where you need extra help. Your Second year Experience is designed to help you step up your studies, refine your career goals, and decide on a major. You might join a campus organization or even make plans to study abroad.

You’ll always have backup at Shaw. The trained professionals in our Office of Academic Success will advise you on classes and majors, and set you up with tutoring. Hitting a rough patch? A counselor will coach you as you work to right yourself. At the Writing Center, experts will help you outline a paper or make a grad school application shine.

If you are a standout student with a 3.25 cumulative grade point average and grad school hopes, you can apply to the Shaw University Honors Program. Honors students dive deep into academic topics and are eligible for special scholarships. As an honors student, you’ll also serve as a role model and mentor to your peers.

Some of the best internships and career opportunities are right in your backyard—in downtown Raleigh, a corporate and technology hub. Shaw’s career experts are here to help you take advantage of it all and point you to the best resources. You can learn how to polish your resume and ace a job interview, and land the perfect internship. They’ll even help you after you graduate.

You may dream of a college semester in another country. Ready to fly? Shaw’s Goal Getters grant will help you get a passport! And the Global Education Program can take you to the world’s far corners for a week or semester of study, even an international internship. These learning adventures are open and affordable.