

The first printed Christmas card is among the collections of the Bridwell Library of Perkins School of Theology, also known for its rare books, leaves from the Gutenberg Bible, and 350,000 other items.
Arts
- Meadows
Community Education offers children and adults quality, affordable
noncredit classes in the fine arts year-round. Classes offered in various
lengths cover:
- Communication arts: basic and advanced computer skills, corporate communications,
electronic media and film.
- Creative arts: event planning and entertaining, Feng Shui.
- Performing arts: dance, music, theatre.
- Visual arts: art, art history.
Business
- The Full Time MBA Program is
an intensive two-year program with classes offered during the days and evenings.
- The Professional MBA Program is
a three-year program designed for those who want to enhance their current
career progression without leaving the workforce.
- The Executive MBA Program is
designed to allow successful practicing managers to enrich and enhance their
organizational effectiveness through theoretical founding in core business
functions.
- The Division of Executive and Management
Development offers non-credit certificate seminars for business executives,
managers, and professionals seeking current, practical knowledge and strategies
to enhance their careers.
- The (MA/MBA) and
(JD/MBA) are offered by the Cox School in conjunction with SMU's Meadows
School of the Arts and SMU's School of Law.
- The Caruth Institute of Owner-Managed
Business offers education, training and special programs for today's
fast paced entrepreneur and aspiring entrepreneur.
School of Education and Human Development
- Teacher
Education programs range from an undergraduate curriculum designed
for state teacher certification to graduate endorsements, certifications,
degrees, and enrichment programs.
- Dispute
Resolution teaches formal conflict-management skills in negotiation,
mediation, domestic relations, and dispute resolution.
- Evening
Bachelor's Degree Program provides motivated adults with a convenient
and affordable opportunity to complete their undergraduate education with
a focus on the Humanities or Social Sciences in the evening on a part-time
basis.
- Exam
Preparation offers graduate
admissions exam preparation for Graduate Record Exam (GRE), Graduate
Management Admissions Test (GMAT), and the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT),
as well as Certified
Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) Exam Preparation.
- Master
of Liberal Arts Program allows adults to pursue classical learning
in the liberal arts in a uniquely modern format.
- Informal
Non-Credit Enrichment Courses include over 300 short courses for adults
each fall, winter, and spring in the cultural arts, personal development,
creative writing, International languages, academic enrichment, and professional
enhancement.
- Non-Degree
Credit Studies provides convenient access on a non-degree basis to
day and evening credit courses in a variety of academic disciplines and
professional areas of study.
- Summer
School comprises three primary terms—two five-week terms and a combined
ten-week term.
- Youth
and Pre-College programs include the TAG
Program for gifted middle school students, the College
Experience for academically advanced high school students, the Challenges Program
for gifted elementary school students, Reading,
Writing and Study Skills Enhancement workshops, and Summer
Youth programs.
Engineering and Computer Science
- SMU Engineering--Advanced Computer
Education Centers offer part-time and full-time classes during days,
evenings, and weekends. Topics cover Microsoft Windows NT/2000, Microsoft
BackOffice, Cisco, Oracle, A+, Novell NetWare, UNIX, Microsoft Visual Basic,
and C/C++ programming. Courses are available for Microsoft Certified Systems
Engineer (MCSE), Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) and Cisco
Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification.
Theology
- Perkins School of Theology offers
continuing education programs for laity and church professionals in the practical
ministry, theology, Christian education, church music, and youth and children's
ministry.