Academics
We offer small classes with an upclose and personal learning environment.
We've got choices. Saint Joe's offers more than 40 academic programs with a strong liberal arts core. Our classes are small, averaging 17 students and courses in your major are often even smaller. That means our faculty will get to know you and inspire you.
choose your passion
- Arts
- Accounting
- Biology
- Biology, secondary education
- Biology/Pre-Dental
- Biology/Pre-Medicine
- Biology/Pre-Pharmacy
- Biology/Pre-Veterinary Medicine
- Business Administration
- Chemistry
- Chemistry, secondary education
- Classics
- Communications concentrations:
- Journalism
- Multimedia
- PR/Advertising
- Criminal Justice
- Elementary Education
- English
- English, secondary education
- Environmental Science
- Environmental Studies
- Exercise Science concentrations:
- Exercise Specialist
- Fitness Leader
- Finance
- History
- History, secondary education
- Human Resource Management
- International Business
- Literature and American Culture
- Management
- Marketing
- Marine Science
- Mathematics
- Mathematics, secondary education
- Nursing
- Philosophy
- Physical Education/Teacher Prep.
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Sociology - social work
- Sports Management
- Sports Management - coaching
- Theology
- Undecided
Partnership Degree Programs
- Biology/Pre-Optometry
(3+4 degree with PA College of Optometry) - Biology/Pre-Pharmacy
(2+4 degree with MA College of Pharmacy) - Biology/Pre-Physican Assistant
(4+2 degree with MA College of Pharmacy) - Chemistry/Pre-Engineering
(3+2 degree with Manhattan College in Chemical,
Civil or Environmental Engineering)
The college offers minors in biology, business administration, Catholic studies, chemistry, classics, communications, English, environmental science, history, journalism, marine science, math, philosophy, political science, psychology, secondary education, sociology, theology and writing.
faculty resident experts
Our professors are resident experts in digital media + pharmacology + learning strategies + Irish history and politics + juvenile clam die-off in the Gulf of Maine + restorative justice + comparative income tax structures + baseball and American society + post-Renaissance Venice + cognitive coaching + Christian scripture + lead poisoning prevention + re-entry process for inmates + photography of Thomas Merton + causes and consequences of red tide + nursing administration and leadership + much more
study abroad
My favorite part had to be the people I met. It’s really amazing …. The European Union has this program where every student in the EU can go to another EU country to study, so you really get to know students from all over the place. Plus, I went to Paris to visit my roommate, Nancy Le Gat, a French student who had studied at St. Joe’s! During my study abroad in Poland, I e-mailed my adventures to faculty and staff back on campus.”—Cabryn Gurdo ’07
39 countries, 275 colleges
real-world internships
I thought I would be making photocopies and getting coffee; instead I was surveying customers and traveling to trade shows.”
Read a few internship stories.
Where can I work as an intern?
Saint Joseph’s College fosters connections in the Greater Portland area with businesses and organizations. Typical intern placements include:
- American Red Cross
- Baker Newman Noyes, CPA
- Berry Dunn McNeil Parker, CPA
- Burgess Advertising
- Eastern Maine Medical Center
- Edward Jones Investments
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car
- Giraffe Events
- Green Tree Marketing
- Hannaford Supermarkets
- Idexx Laboratories
- Lake Region Animal Hospital
- Lakes Region Suburban Weekly
- Maine International Trade Center
- Maine Medical Center
- Maine State Government
- Memphis Redbirds
- Mercy Hospital
- Pan Atlantic Strategic Marketing
- Portland Magazine
- Portland Pirates
- Portland Police Department
- Portland Radio Group
- Portland Sea Dogs
- Portland Water District
- Sweetser
- Tripswithpets.com
- Unum
- WCSH-TV6
- WGME-TV13
- Windham Parks & Recreation
- Wolfe Public Relations
first year program
At Saint Joe’s we’re all about helping you succeed through our Year.One program. We provide you with
- important tools for success
- inform you with workshops and resources you can take advantage of
- tell you about study breaks that can help you refocus and refresh
- notify you about opportunities for extra-curricular involvement
The best part? You can access the information at your own pace and any way you like: online, in person, via telephone or e-mail. And the information is available to you when you need it.
I am involved as a Year.One mentor for the first year students. I just met with one of my students from last year (who is now a sophomore) and he really is an exceptional student who nearly transferred but didn’t because (I believe) this program gave him the encouragement that he needed to stay. From my perspective I believe this program has made a difference for students during that first crucial year of school and I have heard it from others that were my mentees and from the program coordinator.”
Kristina Foley Green '04,
Year.One mentor,
Assistant Director of Alumni Relations