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Programs
In addition to the Graduate School (described on p. 8), UMUC
also offers the following programs.
National Leadership Institute
The National Leadership Institute (NLI) offers a wide range of
noncredit programs and services designed to help managers and
executives become more effective as leaders in their organizations
and to help organizations enhance their overall leadership
effectiveness. NLI programs and services are offered to individuals
through open enrollment and to organizations on a contractual
basis. NLI programs include the Leadership Development
Program and Foundations of Leadership, both offered in association
with the Center for Creative Leadership‚ the preeminent
education and research institution devoted to the development
of creative leadership and effective management. NLI also offers
an online leadership assessment program, designs training programs
and consulting services to meet an organization’s unique
leadership development needs, and provides executive coaching
in highly individualized coaching sessions especially suitable for
senior managers.
For more information, students should call 877-999-7195 or
e-mail nli@umuc.edu.
School of Undergraduate Studies
At the undergraduate level, UMUC offers the Associate of Arts
(for military servicemembers only), the Bachelor of Arts, the
Bachelor of Science, and the Bachelor of Professional and
Technical Studies* degrees. Students may choose an academic
major in accounting, Asian studies, biotechnology, business
administration, communication studies, computer and information
science, computer information technology, computer science,
computer studies, criminal justice, English, environmental
management, fire science, general studies, history, humanities,
human resource management, information systems management,
legal studies, management studies, marketing, psychology,
and social science. Minors are available in accounting, African
American studies, art, art history, Asian studies, biology, business
administration, business law and public policy, business
supply chain management, communication studies, computer
studies, criminal justice, customer service management, economics,
English, environmental management, finance, fire science,
gerontology, government and politics, health care administration,
history, human resource management, humanities, international
business management, journalism, management studies,
marketing, mathematical sciences, microbiology, natural science,
psychology, sociology, speech communication, strategic and
entrepreneurial management, and women’s studies.
Most of these programs are available online. UMUC also offers
43 undergraduate certificates covering business and management,
communications, computing and technology, gerontology,
paralegal studies, and science and security; almost half are available
online.
Undergraduate students may take advantage of a number of
innovative credit options that can accelerate their progress
toward their degree. These include Cooperative Education,
which offers credit for new learning in the workplace, and Prior
Learning, which offers credit for college-level learning acquired
through previous life or work experience.
For more information, students should call 800-888-UMUC or
e-mail umucinfo@umuc.edu.
Leadership for the Future
The Maryland Higher Education Commission projects that by
2011, one-third of all students enrolled in the University System
of Maryland will be studying at UMUC. Since 1997, enrollments
in UMUC’s online courses have grown almost 2,200 percent
and are expected to continue to climb. Agreements with
community colleges are also expanding with the introduction of
the new Bachelor of Technical and Professional Studies degree
program. UMUC also plans to pilot a new associate’s to master’s
degree program in secondary education to help the state meet its
critical shortfall of secondary school teachers.
Under the leadership of UMUC President Gerald A. Heeger,
UMUC is taking the lead in higher education to enable students
in Maryland and worldwide to reach their academic goals.
* The BTPS degree currently is available only for students who have earned
an Associate in Applied Science degree in biotechnology.
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