Art. Music. Theatre. To learn fully to appreciate even one of these is to live a life enriched by beauty, mystery, and magic. To create and share one of these is to give the world a gift of your talent, discipline, and vision. And to teach one of the fine arts, to nurture in the young a love and a spark, is to open up their eyes, ears, and hearts to the beauty they possess.

An artist might paint or sculpt, design a magazine or a Web site, teach a child. A musician might perform or compose, manage or promote concerts, repair instruments. A theatre person might star on Broadway, paint sets, sew costumes, launch a community theatre, or write reviews. All of them are doing what they love. All of them are making art possible.

The fine arts graduate might do all of this and much more.

English. Foreign languages. Philosophy. Human thought and expression, our complex ideas and the power of language to communicate them -- this is the province of the humanities major. Take on one or more of these subjects and you will see more clearly those qualities of intellect and spirit that make us human. You will strive to understand how we touch and transform one another through words and ideas. And you will develop in yourself the ability to reason and communicate with strength and subtlety, in one or more languages.

Many professions welcome people trained in the humanities -- journalism, business, education, and law are but a few. But the biggest reward by far is the one you will give yourself: a mind made open to the infinite scope, variety, and potential of human ideas.

What are the sciences and mathematics?

Why study science? Why pursue mathematics? If you've picked up this booklet, chances are you already have the answer to these questions: because you want to know. You want to uncover, investigate, take apart the pieces of the world and put them back together again. Find out how it all works - and maybe how you can help make it work better.

Biology. Chemistry. Earth Science. Physics. Mathematics. These are disciplines for the relentlessly curious, the painstaking observer, the bold experimenter.

The biologist looks at life itself. The chemist explores the most elemental aspects of our world. The earth scientist looks for clues in the skies, in the soil, in the deepest reaches of the seas. The physicist probes motion, matter, the relations of time and space. And the mathematician searches for the order, the design, the answers.

Has there ever been a more exciting time for science and mathematics? Biotechnology, superconductors, the computer revolution. Unlocking the secrets of our genes and the mystery of the stars are all in a day's work for today's science professionals. Scientists and mathematicians are at the center of it all.

If you want to join them, then Southern's science and mathematics programs offer what you've always wanted: a chance to work hard, learn the answers to questions you've been asking yourself for years (and some that haven't even occurred to you yet), and in the process have the intellectual and educational time of your life.