Program Overview

University of Connecticut Academic Catalog

The University of Connecticut offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs across various colleges and schools.

Undergraduate Programs

The university provides undergraduate programs in several fields, including:

• College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
  • Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (BS)
  • Allied Health Sciences (BS)
  • Animal Science (BS)
  • Diagnostic Genetic Sciences (BS)
  • Dietetics (BS)
  • Economics of Sustainable Development and Management (BS)
  • Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (BS)
  • Environmental Sciences (BS) CAHNR
  • Environmental Studies (BA) CAHNR
  • Exercise Science (BS)
  • Individualized Major
  • Landscape Architecture (BS)
  • Medical Laboratory Sciences (BS)
  • Natural Resources (BS)
  • Nutritional Sciences (BS)
  • Pathobiology (BS)
  • Plant Science (BS)
• School of Business
  • Accounting (BS)
  • Analytics and Information Management (BS)
  • Business Administration (BS)
  • Business Data Analytics (BS)
  • Finance (BS)
  • Financial Management (BS)
  • Financial Technology (BS)
  • Health Care Management (BS)
  • Management (BS)
  • Management and Engineering for Manufacturing (BS)
  • Marketing (BS)
  • Marketing Management (BS)
  • Real Estate and Urban Economic Studies (BS)
• College of Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering (BSE)
  • Chemical Engineering (BSE)
  • Civil Engineering (BSE)
  • Computer Engineering (BS)
  • Computer Science (BS)
  • Computer Science and Engineering (BSE)
  • Data Science and Engineering (BS)
  • Electrical Engineering (BSE)
  • Engineering Physics (BSE)
  • Environmental Engineering (BSE)
  • Management and Engineering for Manufacturing (BS)
  • Materials Science and Engineering (BSE)
  • Mechanical Engineering (BSE)
  • Multidisciplinary Engineering (BSE)
  • Robotics Engineering (BSE)
• School of Fine Arts
  • Acting (BFA)
  • Art (BA)
  • Art (BFA)
  • Art History (BA)
  • Design and Technical Theatre (BFA)
  • Digital Media Design (BA)
  • Digital Media Design (BFA)
  • Jazz Studies (BM)
  • Music (BA)
  • Music (BM)
  • Puppet Arts (BFA)
  • Theatre Studies (BA)
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Africana Studies (BA)
  • American Sign Language Studies (BA)
  • American Studies (BA)
  • Anthropology (BA)
  • Applied Data Analysis (BA)
  • Applied Mathematical Sciences (BA or BS)
  • Arabic and Islamic Civilizations (BA)
  • Biology (BA or BS)
  • Chemistry (BA or BS)
  • Chinese (BA)
  • Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies (BA)
  • Cognitive Science (BA or BS)
  • Communication (BA)
  • Earth Sciences (BA or BS)
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (BA or BS)
  • Economics (BA or BS)
  • English (BA)
  • Environmental Sciences (BS) CLAS
  • Environmental Studies (BA) CLAS
  • French and Francophone Studies (BA)
  • General Studies (BGS)
  • Geographic Information Science (BA or BS)
  • Geography (BA or BS)
  • German (BA)
  • History (BA)
  • Human Development and Family Sciences (BA)
  • Human Rights (BA)
  • Individualized (BA or BS)
  • Italian Literary and Cultural Studies (BA)
  • Journalism (BA)
  • Judaic Studies (BA)
  • Latino and Latin American Studies (BA)
  • Linguistics (BA)
  • Marine Sciences (BA or BS)
  • Maritime Studies (BA)
  • Mathematics (BA or BS)
  • Mathematics-Actuarial Science (BA or BS)
  • Mathematics-Actuarial Science-Finance (BA or BS)
  • Mathematics-Physics (BS)
  • Mathematics-Statistics (BA or BS)
  • Molecular and Cell Biology (BS)
  • Philosophy (BA)
  • Physics (BA or BS)
  • Physiology and Neurobiology (BS)
  • Political Science (BA)
  • Psychological Sciences (BA or BS)
  • Sociology (BA)
  • Spanish (BA)
  • Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (BA)
  • Statistical Data Science (BS)
  • Statistics (BA or BS)
  • Structural Biology and Biophysics (BS)
  • Urban and Community Studies (BA)
  • Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (BA)
• Neag School of Education
  • American Sign Language Education (Grades 7-12) (IB/M)
  • Biology Education (Grades 7-12) (IB/M)
  • Chemistry Education (Grades 7-12) (IB/M)
  • Comprehensive Special Education (Grades PK-12) (IB/M)
  • Earth Science Education (Grades 7-12) (IB/M)
  • Elementary Education (Grades 1-6) (IB/M)
  • English Education (Grades 4-12) (IB/M)
  • French Language Education (Grades 7-12) (IB/M)
  • General Science Education (Grades 7-12) (IB/M)
  • German Language Education (Grades 7-12) (IB/M)
  • History and Social Studies Education (Grades 4-12) (IB/M)
  • Italian Language Education (Grades 7-12) (IB/M)
  • Latin/Classics Language Education (Grades 7-12) (IB/M)
  • Mandarin Chinese Language Education (Grades 7-12) (IB/M)
  • Mathematics Education (Grades 4-12) (IB/M)
  • Music Education (Grades PK-12) (IB/M)
  • Physics Education (Grades 7-12) (IB/M)
  • Spanish Language Education (Grades 7-12) (IB/M)
  • Sport Management (BS)
• School of Nursing
  • Nursing (BS)
  • Nursing (CEIN/BS)
• School of Pharmacy
  • Pharmacy Studies (Integrated BS/PharmD)
• School of Social Work
  • Social Work (BSW)
• Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture
  • Animal Science (AAS)
  • Plant Science (AAS)
  • Urban Forestry and Arboriculture (AAS)
• Minors
  • Accounting Minor
  • African Studies Minor
  • Africana Studies Minor
  • Agricultural and Health Biotechnology Minor
  • Agricultural Learning and Outreach Minor
  • American Sign Language and Deaf Culture Minor
  • American Studies Minor
  • Analytics Minor
  • Animal Science Minor
  • Anthropology Minor
  • Anthropology of Global Health Minor
  • Arabic and Islamic Studies Minor
  • Art History Minor
  • Asian American Studies Minor
  • Asian Studies Minor
  • Astrophysics Minor
  • Bioinformatics Minor
  • Biological Sciences Minor
  • Biomedical Engineering Minor
  • Business Fundamentals Minor
  • Business Management and Marketing Minor
  • Cannabis Cultivation Minor
  • Chemistry Minor
  • Chinese Minor
  • Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies Minor
  • Climate Science Minor
  • Cognitive Science Minor
  • Communication Minor
  • Computer Science Minor
  • Construction Engineering and Management Minor
  • Crime and Justice Minor
  • Culture, Health, and Human Development Minor
  • Dairy Management Minor
  • Development Economics and Policy Minor
  • Digital Arts Minor
  • Digital Humanities Minor
  • Digital Marketing and Analytics Minor
  • Digital Public History Minor
  • Diversity Studies in American Culture Minor
  • Dramatic Arts Minor
  • Earth Sciences Minor
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Minor
  • Economics Minor
  • Electronics and Systems Minor
  • Engineering Management Minor
  • English Minor
  • Entertainment Engineering Minor
  • Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Minor
  • Entrepreneurship Minor
  • Environmental Economics and Policy Minor
  • Environmental Engineering Minor
  • Environmental Health Specialist/Sanitarian Minor
  • Environmental Studies Minor
  • Equine Business Management Minor
  • Equine Sports Rehabilitation Minor
  • European Studies Minor
  • Film Studies Minor
  • Financial Analysis Minor
  • Food Science Minor
  • French and Francophone Studies Minor
  • Geographic Information Science Minor
  • Geography Minor
  • German Minor
  • Gerontology Minor
  • Global Environmental Change Minor
  • Global Studies Minor
  • Healthcare Management and Insurance Studies Minor
  • History Minor
  • Human Development and Family Sciences Minor
  • Human Rights Minor
  • India Studies Minor
  • Industrial Design Minor
  • Information Assurance Minor
  • Information Technology Minor
  • Integrated Pest Management Minor
  • Interpreting Between American Sign Language and English Minor
  • Italian Literary and Cultural Studies Minor
  • Judaic Studies Minor
  • Latin American Studies Minor
  • Latino Studies Minor
  • Linguistics Minor
  • Literary Translation Minor
  • Logic Minor
  • Long-Term Health Care Management Minor
  • Marine Biology Minor
  • Marine Sciences Minor
  • Maritime Archaeology Minor
  • Materials Science and Engineering Minor
  • Mathematics Minor
  • Medieval Studies Minor
  • Middle Eastern Studies Minor
  • Molecular and Cell Biology Minor
  • Music Minor
  • Nanotechnology Minor
  • Native American and Indigenous Studies Minor
  • Neuroscience Minor
  • Nutrition for Exercise and Sport Minor
  • Ornamental Horticulture Minor
  • Personal Brand Entrepreneurship Minor
  • Philosophy Minor
  • Physics Minor
  • Physiology and Neurobiology Minor
  • Political Science Minor
  • Professional Sales Leadership Minor
  • Psychological Sciences Minor
  • Public Policy Minor
  • Puppet Arts Minor
  • Real Estate Minor
  • Religion Minor
  • Social Justice Organizing Minor
  • Social Responsibility and Impact in Business Minor
  • Sociology Minor
  • Software Design Minor
  • Spanish Minor
  • Statistics Minor
  • Studio Art Minor
  • Supply Chain Minor
  • Sustainable Community Food Systems Minor
  • Sustainable Environmental Systems Minor
  • Sustainable Food Crop Production Minor
  • Therapeutic Horsemanship Education Minor
  • Turfgrass Management Minor
  • Urban and Community Studies Minor
  • Wildlife Conservation Minor
  • Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor
  • Writing Minor

Graduate Programs

The university offers graduate programs in various fields, including:

• Accounting (MS)
• Advanced Manufacturing for Energy Systems (MS)
• Agricultural and Resource Economics (PhD)
• Animal Science (MS, PhD)
• Anthropology (MA, PhD)
• Applied and Resource Economics (MS)
• Applied Biochemistry and Cell Biology (MS)
• Applied Financial Mathematics (MS)
• Applied Genomics (MS)
• Applied Microbial Systems Analysis (MS)
• Art (MFA)
• Arts Leadership and Cultural Management (MFA)
• Athletic Training (MS)
• Biodiversity and Conservation Biology (MS)
• Biomedical Engineering (MS, PhD)
• Biomedical Science (MS, PhD)
• Biostatistics (MS)
• Business Administration (MBA, PhD)
• Business Analytics and Project Management (MS)
• Business Research (MS)
• Chemical Engineering (MS, PhD)
• Chemistry (MS, PhD)
• Civil Engineering (MS, PhD)
• Clinical and Translational Research (MS)
• Communication (MA, PhD)
• Computer Science and Engineering (MS, PhD)
• Curriculum and Instruction (MA, PhD)
• Data Science (MS)
• Dental Science (MDentSc)
• Digital Media Design (MFA, MA)
• Dramatic Arts (MA, MFA)
• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (MS, PhD)
• Economics (MA, PhD)
• Educational Leadership (EdD)
• Educational Psychology (MA, PhD)
• Electrical Engineering (MS, PhD)
• Energy and Environmental Management (MS)
• Engineering (MEng)
• Engineering Education (PhD)
• English (MA, PhD)
• Environmental Earth Sciences (4+1 MS)
• Environmental Engineering (MS, PhD)
• Exercise Prescription (MS)
• Financial and Enterprise Risk Management (MS)
• Financial Technology (MS)
• Genetic Counseling (MS)
• Geography (MA, PhD)
• Geological Sciences (MS, PhD)
• Health Care Genetics (MS)
• Health Promotion Sciences (MS, PhD)
• Higher Education and Student Affairs (MA)
• History (MA, PhD)
• Human Development and Family Sciences (MA, PhD)
• Human Resource Management (MS)
• Human Rights (MA)
• Integrative Studies (PhD)
• Intersectional Indigeneity, Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (MA)
• Kinesiology (MS, PhD)
• Latina/o and Latin American Studies (MA)
• Learning, Leadership and Education Policy (PhD)
• Linguistics (MA, PhD)
• Literatures, Cultures, and Languages (MA, PhD)
• Materials Science (MS, PhD)
• Materials Science and Engineering (MS, PhD)
• Mathematics (MS, PhD)
• Mechanical Engineering (MS, PhD)
• Molecular and Cell Biology (MS, PhD)
• Music (MMus, MA, DMA, PhD)
• Natural Resources and the Environment (MS, PhD)
• Nursing (DNP, MS, PhD)
• Nutritional Sciences (MS, PhD)
• Oceanography (MS, PhD)
• Pathobiology (MS, PhD)
• Personalized Nutrition (MS)
• Pharmaceutical Sciences (MS, PhD)
• Philosophy (MA, PhD)
• Physical Therapy (DPT)
• Physics (MS, PhD)
• Physiology and Neurobiology (MS, PhD)
• Plant Science (MS, PhD)
• Political Science (MA, PhD)
• Politics and Popular Culture (MA)
• Polymer Science (MS, PhD)
• Psychological Sciences (MS, PhD)
• Public Administration (MPA)
• Public Health (MPH, PhD)
• Public Policy (MPP)
• Quantitative Economics (MS)
• Regenerative Engineering (MS)
• Social Responsibility and Impact in Business (MS)
• Social Work (MSW, PhD)
• Sociology (MA, PhD)
• Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (MA, PhD, AuD)
• Sport Management (MS)
• Statistics (MS, PhD)
• Supply Chain Management (MS)
• Surgical Neurophysiology (MS)
• Survey Research and Data Analysis (MA)
• Systems Genomics (PhD)

Certificate Programs

The university offers various certificate programs, including:

• Accounting Fundamentals (Graduate Certificate)
• Addiction Science (Graduate Certificate)
• Adult Learning (Sixth-Year Certificate)
• Advanced Business Certificate in Accounting Analytics (Graduate Certificate)
• Advanced Business Certificate in Business Analytics (Graduate Certificate)
• Advanced Business Certificate in Digital Marketing Strategy (Graduate Certificate)
• Advanced Business Certificate in Financial Technology (Graduate Certificate)
• Advanced Business Certificate in Health Care Analytics (Graduate Certificate)
• Advanced Business Certificate in Health Care Finance and Insurance (Graduate Certificate)
• Advanced Business Certificate in Human Resource Management (Graduate Certificate)
• Advanced Business Certificate in Project Management (Graduate Certificate)
• Advanced Business Certificate in Supply Chain Analytics (Graduate Certificate)
• Advanced Materials Characterization (Graduate Certificate)
• Advanced Systems Engineering (Graduate Certificate)
• American Studies (Graduate Certificate)
• Arts Leadership and Cultural Management (Graduate Certificate)
• Biomedical Science Research Experience (Graduate Certificate)
• Bridge Engineering (Graduate Certificate)
• Clinical and Translational Research (Graduate Certificate)
• Clinical Genetics and Genomics (Graduate Certificate)
• Cognitive Science (Graduate Certificate)
• College Instruction (Graduate Certificate)
• Composites (Graduate Certificate)
• Contaminated Site Remediation (Graduate Certificate)
• Corporate and Regulatory Compliance (Graduate Certificate)
• Culture, Health, and Human Development (Graduate Certificate)
• Curriculum and Instruction (Sixth-Year Certificate)
• Dementia Care (Graduate Certificate)
• Diagnostic Genetic Sciences (Post-Baccalaureate Certificate)
• Digital Humanities and Media Studies (Graduate Certificate)
• Digital Media and Design (Graduate Certificate)
• Disability Studies in Public Health (Graduate Certificate)
• Diversity Science (Graduate Certificate)
• Educating Bilingual Learners (Graduate Certificate)
• Educational Administration University of Connecticut Administrator Preparation Program (UCAPP) (Sixth-Year Certificate)
• Educational Psychology (Sixth-Year Certificate)
• Emerging Women's Leadership (Graduate Certificate)
• Engineering Data Sciences (Graduate Certificate)
• Executive Leadership Program (Graduate Certificate)
• Exercise Prescription (Graduate Certificate)
• Financial Risk Management (Graduate Certificate)
• Foundations of Public Health (Graduate Certificate)
• Genomic Data Analysis (Graduate Certificate)
• Geographic Information Systems (Graduate Certificate)
• Gifted Education and Talent Development (Graduate Certificate)
• Global Health (Graduate Certificate)
• Global Risk Management (Graduate Certificate)
• Health Care Innovation (Graduate Certificate)
• Health Professions Education (Graduate Certificate)
• Health Promotion and Health Education (Graduate Certificate)
• Health Psychology (Graduate Certificate)
• Holistic Nursing (Graduate Certificate)
• Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Post-Baccalaureate Certificate)
• Human Rights (Graduate Certificate)
• Intersectional Indigeneity, Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (Graduate Certificate)
• Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (Graduate Certificate)
• Leadership and Diversity in Sport Management (Graduate Certificate)
• Leadership and Public Management (Graduate Certificate)
• Licensed Professional Counselor (Graduate Certificate)
• Life Story Practice and Research (Graduate Certificate)
• Literacy and Deaf Education (Graduate Certificate)
• Literacy Leadership (Graduate Certificate)
• Literacy Supports (Graduate Certificate)
• Literary Translation (Graduate Certificate)
• Logic (Graduate Certificate)
• Long-Term Health Care Management (Graduate Certificate)
• Medical Laboratory Sciences (Post-Baccalaureate Certificate)
• Music Performance (Graduate Certificate)
• Neurobiology of Language (Graduate Certificate)
• Nonprofit Management (Graduate Certificate)
• Nurse Educator (Post Master's Certificate)
• Nursing Administration and Leadership (Post Master's Certificate)
• Obesity Prevention and Weight Management (Graduate Certificate)
• Occupational Health Psychology (Graduate Certificate)
• Occupational Safety and Health (Post-Baccalaureate Certificate)
• Oceanographic Science and Technology (Graduate Certificate)
• Pain Management (Graduate Certificate)
• Plant-Based Food and Nutrition (Graduate Certificate)
• Post-Graduate APRN Certificate Program (Post Master's Certificate)
• Postsecondary Disability Services (Graduate Certificate)
• Power Engineering (Graduate Certificate)
• Power Grid Modernization (Graduate Certificate)
• Pre-Medical and Health Professions (Post-Baccalaureate Certificate)
• Precision Nutrition (Graduate Certificate)
• Process Engineering (Graduate Certificate)
• Program Evaluation (Graduate Certificate)
• Public Financial Management (Graduate Certificate)
• Puppet Arts (Graduate Certificate)
• Quantitative Research Methods (Graduate Certificate)
• Remote Sensing and Geospatial Data Analytics (Graduate Certificate)
• School Law (Graduate Certificate)
• School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (Graduate Certificate)
• Social Determinants of Health and Disparities (Graduate Certificate)
• Special Education Transition to Adulthood (Graduate Certificate)
• Survey Research (Graduate Certificate)
• Sustainable Environmental Planning and Management (Graduate Certificate)
• Systems Genomics: Clinical Communication and Counseling (Graduate Certificate)
• Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Graduate Certificate)
• Writing Minor

Dual Degree Programs

The university offers dual degree programs, including:

• Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD)/Biomedical Science (PhD)
• Doctor of Medicine (MD)/Biomedical Science (PhD)
• Doctor of Medicine (MD)/Clinical and Translational Research (MS)
• Juris Doctor (JD)/Public Administration (MPA)
• Juris Doctor (JD)/Public Policy (MPP)
• Public Health (MPH)/Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD)
• Public Health (MPH)/Doctor of Medicine (MD)
• Public Health (MPH)/Juris Doctor (JD)
• Public Health (MPH)/Pharmacy (PharmD)
• Public Health (MPH)/Social Work (MSW)
• Social Work (MSW)/Juris Doctor (JD)

Diagnostic Genetic Sciences (BS)

The Diagnostic Genetic Sciences (DGS) major is an educational and clinical training program in genetic and genomic testing leading to a Bachelor of Science degree. Genetic and genomic testing information is used for screening, diagnosing, prognosticating, and monitoring many human diseases. Diagnostic genetic scientists are credentialed professionals critical to the research, application, and translation of genetics and genomics to personalized or precision medicine.

Requirements

The course requirements listed below may also be used to satisfy the University's Common Curriculum requirements.

• Mathematics and Science Courses:
  • Select one of the following:
    • CHEM 1124Q & CHEM 1125Q: Fundamentals of General Chemistry I and Fundamentals of General Chemistry II
    • CHEM 1127Q & CHEM 1128Q: General Chemistry I and General Chemistry II
  • CHEM 2241: Organic Chemistry
  • BIOL 1107: Principles of Biology I
  • MATH 1060Q: Precalculus
  • MCB 2400: Human Genetics
  • MCB 2610: Fundamentals of Microbiology
  • STAT 1000Q: Introduction to Statistics I
• Professional Courses:
  • AH 2001: Medical Terminology
  • AH 3021: Environment, Genetics and Cancer
  • AH 3121: Immunology for the Medical Laboratory Sciences
  • AH 4241: Research for the Health Professional
  • DGS 3100: Cytogenetic Technologies
  • DGS 4234W: Diagnostic Molecular Technologies
  • DGS 4235: Laboratory in Molecular Diagnostics
  • DGS 4236: Case Studies in Molecular Pathology
  • MLSC 4500: Laboratory Operations and Professional Practice
• Molecular Practicum Courses:
  • DGS 4402: Specimen Preparation, Nucleic Acid Isolation and Assessment
  • DGS 4503: Amplification Methods
  • DGS 4604: Sequencing Techniques and Data Analysis
  • DGS 4850: Investigative Topics in Laboratory Genetics
  • DGS 4997: Honors Research
• Writing in the Major:
  • DGS 4234W: Diagnostic Molecular Technologies

Information Literacy

Competencies will be met through successful completion of program major courses.

Supplemental Academic Standards

The Department of Allied Health Sciences requires a cumulative grade point average of not less than 2.2 in order to gain admission to the professional majors. Thereafter, students must maintain the following standards of scholastic achievement to continue in the professional major. Students who fail to maintain the minimum grade point averages or minimum course standard in any of these areas are subject to dismissal from the professional program and in some cases the Department of Allied Health Sciences.

1. Students must maintain a minimum semester grade point average of 2.2.
2. Students must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.2.
3. Students must maintain a minimum major grade point average of 2.2. Major GPA includes all courses offered with the following departmental designations: AH, DGS, and MLSC.
4. Students must obtain a "C" or better in all courses required for graduation that are in the Department of Allied Health Sciences (AH, DGS, and MLSC).
5. No student may take a course in the Department of Allied Health Sciences for which another course in the department is a prerequisite unless that student has earned a grade of "C" or better in that prerequisite course.
6. No course in the Department of Allied Health Sciences may be repeated more than once (for a total of two times).

For information about admission and clinical placement requirements, please see "Department of Allied Health Sciences Professional Majors" at the end of the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources section of this catalog.

University Common Curriculum Requirements

Every student must meet a set of core requirements to earn a baccalaureate degree, in addition to those required by the student's major course of study and other requirements set by the student's school or college. For more information about these requirements, please see Common Curriculum Requirements.

College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources Degree Requirements

Students must meet a set of requirements established by the college in addition to the University's Common Curriculum requirements. For more information, see the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources section of this catalog.