Southeast Missouri State University

university, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States

Also known as: Southeast Missouri Normal School, Southeast Missouri State Teachers’ College(Show More)

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Southeast Missouri State University, public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S. About 12 undergraduate degrees are offered in about 150 fields of study through the Donald L. Harrison College of Business, the Polytechnic Institute, and the colleges of education, health and human services, liberal arts, and science and mathematics. The School of University Studies prescribes a general undergraduate curriculum in the liberal arts. The School of Graduate Studies awards master’s degrees...