Agnes Scott College , USA

               Agnes Scott College (commonly known as Agnes Scott) is a private liberal arts college in downtown Decatur, Georgia.
               The college was founded in 1889 as Decatur Female Seminary by Presbyterian minister Frank H. Gaines. In 1890, the name was changed to Agnes Scott Institute to honor the mother of the college's primary benefactor, Col. George Washington Scott. The name was changed again to Agnes Scott College in 1906, and remains today a women's college.
               Agnes Scott currently enrolls 914 students. In 2006, the student to faculty ratio was 10:1.Eighty-seven percent of the faculty are full-time, and 100% of the tenure-track faculty hold terminal degrees.
The college offers 30 majors and 25 minors and is affiliated with numerous institutions, including Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University School of Nursing, and Washington University. Students who graduate from Agnes Scott receive a Bachelor of Arts degree.
                Agnes Scott is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and is considered one of the Seven Sisters of the South. The current mission of the college, adopted in 2002, states: Agnes Scott College educates women to think deeply, live honorably and engage the intellectual and social challenges of their times.

Academics: 

Special curricula:

• Coeducational graduate programs:
• Master of Arts in teaching secondary English (program ending May 14, 2011)
• Master of Arts in teaching secondary math and science (program ending May 14, 2011)
• Post-baccalaureate pre-medical program

Undergraduate programs:

• Combined bachelor and master's degree in art and architecture with Washington University
• BA/BSN degree with Emory University School of Nursing
• BA/BS degree in engineering with the Georgia Institute of Technology
• BA/BA or BS degree in computer science with Emory University
• exchange program with Mills College
• Washington Semester: students spend one semester at American University in Washington DC
• Irene K. Woodruff return-to-college program - a program for Non-traditional students