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CONTENTS Table of Graduate Degree Programs and Degrees Colleges, Schools, Departments, Certificates and Degree Programs The Graduate School: Objectives, Regulations, Degrees The Graduate School of Business The Graduate School of Business: Departments and Course Descriptions The Graduate School: Departments and Course Descriptions Academic Resources and Research Units
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2003-2004 Graduate School CatalogUniversity ProfileThe University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, serves as the major center of liberal and professional education and as the primary land-grant campus in the state. It is Arkansas' major source of theoretical and applied research and the provider of a wide range of public services to people throughout the state and nation. In serving its threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service, the University strives to be recognized for excellence and continues to expand and strengthen its nationally and regionally competitive programs while maintaining a high level of competence in all programs. The University offers a broad spectrum of academic programs leading to baccalaureate, master's, doctoral, and professional degrees in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, and also in the professional areas of agricultural, food and life sciences; architecture; business; education; engineering; human environmental sciences; and law. Through its faculty and its student body, the campus seeks to have all of its programs regionally competitive and to offer nationally competitive programs in selected areas. Arkansas offers 87 bachelor's degrees in 78 fields of study. In addition, the University offers a wide range of graduate degrees, including the Master's, the Educational Specialist, the Doctor of Education, the Doctor of Philosophy, and two graduate certificate programs. The University has statewide responsibility to provide research leadership in advancing the frontiers of knowledge. The research programs serve three purposes. First, as part of graduate instruction, research promotes students' abilities to appreciate, implement, discover, and teach. Second, research programs serve as vital sources on the economic and social needs of Arkansas. Third, in selected areas, research on the Fayetteville campus serves a national and international scholarly community. The University is committed to a future that includes sustained growth in its research and scholarship. The University provides technical and professional services to various groups and individuals in the state, helping to further Arkansas' economic growth. The Fayetteville campus serves as a significant resource. It operates nationally respected high school and college-level correspondence programs; it assists other institutions in developing educational programs; it offers graduate programs, both cooperatively and singly, throughout the state; and it makes campus resources such as computing services and library resources available to other institutions. HISTORYThe University of Arkansas was established at Fayetteville in 1871. It opened its doors to students on January 22, 1872. The UA Graduate School was established in 1927. Before that year, graduate work was under the supervision of a Graduate Committee. There were few facilities and practically no money for that first academic year, but the new institution had a distinct advantage that has been of increasing importance throughout the years. It was established under provisions of the Morrill Act as both the State University and the Land-Grant College of Arkansas. This gave Arkansas an academic heritage and bestowed the educational responsibilities in "agriculture and mechanic arts," as envisioned by Senator Justin Smith Morrill of Vermont, on the University. The location of Fayetteville for the University was determined by elections held throughout the state for the purpose of voting bonds or subscriptions to establish the University. The largest bid came from Washington County and the City of Fayetteville for a combined total of $130,000. To this amount and the Congressional land grant of 150,000 acres, the state added an appropriation of $50,000 for the benefit of the institution. The 160-acre homestead of William McIlroy was selected as the campus site and purchased for $12,000. The McIlroy home was converted into classrooms, and a new, two-story, frame building was constructed with one classroom on each floor. From a small beginning of eight students and three faculty members, the University of Arkansas has developed into a mature institution with eight schools and colleges. It is the major center in Arkansas for graduate-level instruction as well as basic and applied research. In addition, its public service activities reach every county in Arkansas. A SENSE OF PLACEAll units of the University of Arkansas, except those indicated below, are located in Fayetteville, a community of more than 62,000 residents. The population of the surrounding metroplex is approximately 225,000. The area is of great natural beauty, situated in the northwestern part of the state along the western and northern edges of the Ozark Mountains at an elevation of 1400 feet, and the climate of the region is pleasant in all seasons. The academic units on the Fayetteville campus include eight colleges and schools: the Graduate School; the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences; the School of Architecture; the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences; the Sam M. Walton College of Business; the College of Education and Health Professions; the College of Engineering; and the School of Law. The state office of the Cooperative Extension Service is located in Little Rock. The Division of Agriculture Arkansas Experiment Station operates the Main Station located in Fayetteville; research programs in the Division of Agriculture are also at the University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff; Arkansas State University; the department of forestry at the University of Arkansas, Monticello; four research and extension centers, and at 10 outlying stations. The University of Arkansas is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. In 1997, North Central continued accreditation through the doctoral level for the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and recommended that the next comprehensive evaluation be made in 2006-07. |
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