Academics
The University of Minnesota, Crookston delivers 29 undergraduate degree programs, 40 concentrations, and 18 minors through four academic departments: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Business; Liberal Arts and Education; and Math, Science and Technology. Since 2004 the campus has earned approval from the University of Minnesota Board of Regents to offer additional bachelor's degree programs in Biology, Communication, Criminal Justice, Environmental Sciences, Health Sciences (pre-professional), Marketing, Quality Management, and Software Engineering. The addition of these programs has offered increased options and broadened the appeal of the campus for prospective students.
The top five degree programs with the greatest enrollment (in order) are Business Management, Natural Resources, Equine Science, Animal Science, and Sport and Recreation Management.
The curriculum for programs offered by the Crookston campus has a focus on experiential learning, applied skills, and technology, and graduates of UMC have high placement rates in positions within their chosen discipline. Class sizes range from 10 to 65 students with a student-faculty ratio of 17:1. Numerous opportunities exist for students to "learn by doing" through special projects for campus offices, undergraduate research projects, service learning activities, and applied internships, which are required in all degree programs.
As of fall semester 2011, ten degree programs are offered entirely online (as well as on-campus). They include Accounting (B.S.), Applied Health (B.A.H.), Applied Studies (B.S.), Business (B.S.), Communication (B.S.), Health Management (B.S.), Information Technology Management (B.S.), Manufacturing Management (B.M.M.), Marketing (B.S.), and Quality Management (B.M.M.). These online programs are administered through the Center for Adult Learning . In January 2011, the New Century Learning Consortium (NCLC), founded at the University of Illinois, Springfield, added the University of Minnesota, Crookston as its 10th member. The NCLC is designed to assist universities in implementing high quality, large-scale online and blended learning programs.
In 2006, the University of Minnesota, Crookston received full accreditation for the maximum period of ten years from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Since that time the campus has received approval to use the HLC's Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) as its assessment process for accreditation. With AQIP, an institution works on continuous quality improvement activities, and accreditation becomes a continuous process.
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