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Welcome to the University of South Carolina Beaufort. Friends call us USCB. We're located in the heart of the South Carolina Lowcountry, midway between Charleston and Savannah, Georgia, on the state's eastern shore. We're the Sand Sharks, represented by Finnegan, our loyal mascot.
The weather is great here! We're minutes from the ocean and Lowcountry salt marshes, both of which figure prominently in some of our academic programs. This whole region is steeped in American history. Its architecture harkens back to colonial times. Our own historians trace the university's heritage to 1795 and the founding of Beaufort College.
Our 2,000 plus students attend classes on campuses in Bluffton, Beaufort and Hilton Head Island. We'll tell you more about our 21 academic majors, our honors programs, and our new Hilton Head Island Campus in just a minute.
But before we get started, let me explain how our virtual tour works. Right now, we're facing the Hargray Building on the Bluffton Campus. This is our main campus, home of the university administration, classrooms, lecture halls, our main dining hall, residential apartments for students, our recreation center, and so much more.
If you already know where you want to go, you can select any location by using the list OR by clicking directly on the map. You can explore a particular location in more detail by clicking on the 360, Photos, or Video icons.
Let's begin our tour on the Bluffton Campus. It's spread over 200 acres on the main route to Hilton Head Island from Interstate 95. Work on the campus began in 2003 when USCB was accredited to become a four-year, baccalaureate degree-granting institution. Here you'll find all the amenities needed to sustain your educational experience and enjoy college life.
Hargray Building
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The Hargray Building is the administration center of the university. It's the building most people recognize from Highway 278 on their way to Hilton Head Island. The Hargray Building is the capstone of the Bluffton Campus, providing a central location for prospective students to visit Admissions, Financial Aid, the Registrar, the Cashier's Office, as well as classrooms and faculty offices for Business Administration, Spanish, and Education.
Science & Technology Building
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After conducting fieldwork in the marsh or recording dolphins communicating in the May River aboard one of three university vessels, the Science and Technology building will be the place to analyze your findings. It houses science and mathematics classrooms, coastal ecology and conservation labs, a state-of-the art nursing simulation lab, an experimental psychology lab, and faculty offices for Mathematics, Computational Science, Public Health, Biology, and Nursing.
Main Library
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The Bluffton Campus Library is our university's main library located directly opposite the Hargray Building on the Bluffton quad. The main library supports a large residential student population on campus and offers comprehensive program support for all academic disciplines.
It features a 72-station computer lab, a collection of rare books, individual study carrels, including those that are handicap-accessible; six group study rooms, a conference room, and The Hawks Nest Café. Stop in for Starbucks coffee, tea, sandwiches, salads and breakfast items. The Nest is a great place for a quick bite to eat or to get in a little studying.
Academic support for students is available at the Student Success Center in the main library. Here you'll find academic advising, free professional and peer tutoring, the Writing Center, career services, and counseling and disability services. The library also houses IT support, faculty offices and general classrooms.
Campus Center
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The USCB Campus Center is the home of the Sand Bar dining hall, Sharks Cove bookstore, University Housing and The Office of Student Life. From campus-wide programming, fraternity and sorority life, student organizations, and advisement of the Sand Shark Activities Board and Student Government Association, The Office of Student Life will help you complement your academic life with hands-on learning opportunities, leadership development, and fun. With seating both indoors and outdoors, The Sand Bar, the main dining hall for the Bluffton campus, is where you will discover meals that are not only made fresh, but are healthy and appealing. Situated within the Campus Center, The Sand Bar is open seven days a week, with weekend brunch options available both Saturday and Sunday.
Palmetto Village Housing
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The Bluffton Campus features all of the amenities you'll need to enjoy college life. Palmetto Village, our residential community, houses more than 1,000 students in comfortable, apartment-style residence halls. Each one comes with a fully furnished living room, full kitchen, in-room laundry, two full-baths, and individual, private bedrooms. They're not only brand new, they also have the latest technology, including premium cable packages, and wireless and hardwired internet access.
Outdoor Recreation
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The weather at USCB lends itself to frequent outdoor activity year round. Seeing students enjoying tennis, beach volleyball, outdoor basketball, soccer, and even roasting marshmallows with friends around the outdoor fire pit is commonplace at USCB.
Sand Shark Recreation Center
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One of our newest campus additions is this striking, 20,000-square-foot, indoor recreation center. It features a modern gymnasium with two full-size basketball courts, a fitness center and athletic training room, and offices that house the coaching staffs for our athletics teams. The center provides all of the equipment you'll need to stay fit. Shared athletic activities are also available in the form of fitness classes, intramurals, and club sports. If you're not clinching conference titles or contending for NAIA championships on one of our nine sports teams, then you'll enjoy being part of the Sand Shark Nation and cheering along with the rest of our campus community.
The indoor rec center is also home to Finnegan's Health Bar, named for Finnegan, our mascot. Here you'll find those cold, thirst-quenching smoothies that go so well with a variety of ready-to-eat deli sandwiches, salads and wraps—all made fresh for you each day. If you've just finished a workout, a basketball game, or you're just looking for something healthy to start the day, stop by Finnegan's.
Historic Beaufort
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Surrounding Sea Islands, with hundreds of local residents contributing to the art scene, USCB's Historic Beaufort campus is an arts and cultural hub for people throughout the community. It's no wonder Beaufort has been recognized as one of America's top 100 art towns by author John Villani, designated as a Small City Arts Destination by AmericanStyle Magazine, and is known as the happiest coastal town by Coastal Living. If you haven't discovered the art scene in Beaufort, it's never been a better time to do so. Discover creative treasures, emerging artists, and entertaining shows that bring art to life in the Lowcountry.
Center for the Arts
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Stroll down historic Carteret Street on the Beaufort Campus and you're never more than a few steps away from a rewarding cultural experience. The Beaufort International Film Festival showcases local artists here. The USCB Center for the Arts, a focal point for the campus community, features a 400-seat auditorium with newly designed lighting and sound, two public art galleries, and ceramics studio.
Historic Beaufort Library
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The Beaufort Campus Library supports the diverse curriculum of our institution and affords specialized support for the Visual Art and Design Program as well as the Beaufort College Honors program. Here you'll find a 20-station computer lab, a "Beaufort College" collection of books relating to South Carolina, a distinctive monograph collection to support the Visual Art and Design Program, a State Documents collection, small-group study rooms, and a children's and young adult literature room.
New Castle Dining Services
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We are excited to announce new dining services that will begin in fall, 21 with multiple dining options on both the Bluffton and Beaufort Campuses. The New Castle Building, located adjacent to Beaufort Housing will be the new home of on campus dining, with grab and go service adjacent to the library.
Mac Lab
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State-of-the-art technology is waiting to be discovered at USCB's Mac Lab. Designed for use by our Visual Art and Design students, the Mac Lab provides multiple 27-inch iMacs featuring Adobe Creative Cloud and a large-format printer. Use them to design unique magazine covers illustrated with gorgeous high-quality photographs as a class project. Learn how to create video games using Unity in one of our game-design classes, or practice your video-editing techniques in Adobe Premiere. The USCB Mac Lab is where your creativity flourishes.
Beaufort Campus Housing
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Beaufort Campus housing features a 92-bed residential housing unit for students in our Visual Art and Design, Marine Biology, History, and Beaufort College Honors programs. These wonderful accommodations consist of apartment-style residence halls with individual private bedrooms, a fully furnished living room, full kitchen, two full-baths, and in-room laundry, all just minutes from downtown Beaufort. The apartments are not only brand new, they also have the latest technology, including premium cable packages, and wireless and hardwired internet access.
Visual Art & Design Building
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The Visual Art and Design building houses classrooms are available for your creative pleasure. These classrooms features nearly 20 easels for your painting and drawing needs, while the others features large tables and open space for two and three-dimensional projects, color composition and theory, or just a space to catch up on your sketchbook. These rooms feature a large projection screen for your nationally recognized professors to give demonstrations and instruction.
Printmaking Studio
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The Printmaking Art Studio on the Beaufort Campus represents a blend of period architecture, historical culture and modern purpose. It was built more than a century ago when it served as an African-American Presbyterian Church. Later, it housed the first public library for African-Americans in the city. The beauty and history of this restored historic structure serve as an inspiration for our Visual Art and Design students every day.
Research Vessel
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Step aboard one of USCB’s three research vessels while researching the biodiversity and populations of fish and marine mammals through our new Marine Biology program. World-class research is being performed by our faculty, and you as a Marine Biology student can be part of that research. From dolphin eco-location to the human environmental impact on the Lowcountry marshes and Intercoastal Waterways, research opportunities are available at the undergraduate level not seen at many other universities.
Waterfront
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Nestled on the Beaufort River, USCB's Beaufort Campus is located on prime waterfront real estate. Here's where you'll go seine fishing with your marine biology class, where you'll capture the incoming tide on canvas, watch dolphins frolic or thrill to the sight of a mother osprey feeding her young.
Hilton Head Island Campus
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USCB opened its third and newest campus in the spring of 2019 here on Hilton Head Island, the world-famous tourism destination. The Hilton Head Island Campus is home to our Hospitality Management Program. Students enrolled in this degree program take core classes on the Bluffton Campus, then focus on advanced courses specific to the discipline in their junior and senior years at this modern, purpose-built facility situated in the middle of the Island's resort/vacation district.
Hilton Head Island provides our students with access to the highest-quality internship and work experience at a variety of upscale resorts, spas, restaurants and country clubs.
For students seeking research opportunities, USCB's Lowcountry and Resort Islands Tourism Institute and the Center for Event Management and Hospitality Training offer opportunities to engage in real-world data-collection and analysis while participating in world-class events.
Our Locations Make Us Unique
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USCB's campuses are wonderfully situated on the coast, and provide a wealth of opportunities because of our location. Not only can you enjoy the beauty of our local beaches and coastal living, you can prepare for your future. Our locations in Bluffton, Beaufort, and Hilton Head Island and close proximity to Savannah allows you to engage with the local community. You have an opportunity to enrich your academic life with real-world experiences due to the large number of businesses and corporations situated close to our campus. Many students work during the academic year or complete internships with top tier businesses, or nonprofit agencies in our region. The university has many connections with business owners, plus companies large and small that support our campus and students. These connections only enrich your time at USCB, and we encourage you to explore the area and network with others outside of the university. So come enjoy what the Sea Islands and the Lowcountry have to offer. We are excited about your interest in USCB, and we hope that you have enjoyed getting to know more about the university. Be sure to check out uscb.edu for an application and more details.
