Program Overview

University of Connecticut Academic Catalog

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

Undergraduate Programs

The university provides undergraduate programs in several fields, including:

• Accounting (BS)
• Agricultural and Resource Economics (BS)
• Allied Health Sciences (BS)
• Animal Science (BS)
• Anthropology (BA)
• Applied Data Analysis (BA)
• Applied Mathematical Sciences (BA or BS)
• Arabic and Islamic Civilizations (BA)
• Art (BA)
• Art History (BA)
• Asian American Studies (BA)
• Biological Sciences (BA or BS)
• Biomedical Engineering (BSE)
• Business Administration (BS)
• Business Data Analytics (BS)
• Chemical Engineering (BSE)
• Chemistry (BA or BS)
• Chinese (BA)
• Civil Engineering (BSE)
• Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies (BA)
• Cognitive Science (BA or BS)
• Communication (BA)
• Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies (BA)
• Computer Science and Engineering (BSE)
• Digital Media and Design (BA)
• Dramatic Arts (BA)
• Earth Sciences (BA or BS)
• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (BA or BS)
• Economics (BA or BS)
• Education (BA)
• Electrical Engineering (BSE)
• Engineering (BSE)
• English (BA)
• Environmental Engineering (BSE)
• Environmental Sciences (BS)
• Environmental Studies (BA)
• European Studies (BA)
• Finance (BS)
• Fine Arts (BA)
• French (BA)
• General Studies (BGS)
• Geography (BA or BS)
• German (BA)
• History (BA)
• Human Development and Family Sciences (BA)
• Human Rights (BA)
• Individualized Major
• Interdepartmental (INTD)
• International Studies (BA)
• Italian Literary and Cultural Studies (BA)
• Japanese (BA)
• Journalism (BA)
• Kinesiology (BS)
• Landscape Architecture (BS)
• Latino and Latin American Studies (BA)
• Linguistics (BA)
• Management and Entrepreneurship (BS)
• Marine Sciences (BA or BS)
• Maritime Studies (BA)
• Marketing (BS)
• Materials Science and Engineering (BSE)
• Mathematics (BA or BS)
• Mechanical Engineering (BSE)
• Medical Laboratory Sciences (BS)
• Molecular and Cell Biology (BS)
• Music (BA)
• Natural Resources and the Environment (BS)
• Nursing (BS)
• Nutritional Sciences (BS)
• Occupational Safety and Health (BS)
• Operations and Information Management (BS)
• Pathobiology (BS)
• Pharmacy (BS)
• Philosophy (BA)
• Physics (BA or BS)
• Physiology and Neurobiology (BS)
• Plant Science (BS)
• Polish (BA)
• Political Science (BA)
• Portuguese (BA)
• Psychological Sciences (BA or BS)
• Public Health (BS)
• Public Policy (BA)
• Russian (BA)
• Social Work (BSW)
• Sociology (BA)
• Spanish (BA)
• Speech, Language and Hearing Science (BA)
• Statistics (BA or BS)
• Translation Studies (BA)
• Urban and Community Studies (BA)
• Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (BA)

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 (Graduate Certificate)

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)

Maritime Studies (BA)

The Maritime Studies program is an interdisciplinary major that explores humankind's critical and continually evolving connections with the world's waterways and watersheds.

Overview

Maritime Studies is a flexible but focused major that students may shape to meet a wide range of occupational and educational goals. Depending upon the track of studies selected, Maritime Studies students may prepare for a range of careers including those in the maritime service and heritage tourism sectors as well as for graduate study in maritime and public history, English, journalism, marine policy and cultural resource management, planning and regulation, education, law, or business.

Requirements

Common Curriculum Recommended Courses

It is recommended that majors take MAST 1200 Introduction to Maritime Culture to satisfy Topics of Inquiry 1 and 2 and MAST 1300E People and Society in the Maritime Environment to satisfy Topics of Inquiry 4 and 5.

Core Courses

• MARN 1001E: The Sea Around Us (3 credits)
• MAST 2101: Introduction to Maritime Studies (3 credits)
• Select five of the Core Courses listed below. Students must select these five courses from five different disciplines:
  • Anthropology:
    • ANTH/MAST 3531: Maritime Archaeology of the Americas
    • ANTH/MAST 3532: Archaeology of the Age of Sail
  • Economics:
    • ECON/MAST 2467E: Economics of the Oceans
  • English:
    • ENGL/MAST 3652/ENGL 3652W/MAST 3652W: Maritime Literature to 1800
    • ENGL/MAST 3653/ENGL 3653W/MAST 3653W: Maritime Literature Since 1800
  • Geography:
    • GEOG/CE 2500: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
    • GEOG/MAST 3600: Global Dynamics of the Shipping Industry
  • History:
    • HIST/MAST 2210E: History of the Ocean
    • HIST/MAST 3544: Atlantic Voyages: European Maritime Expansion
  • Political Science and Policy:
    • MAST 2300E: Marine Environmental Policy
    • MAST/POLS 2460E: Maritime Politics

Thematic Concentration

Students must declare a concentration in one of the following areas: Blue Humanities, Marine Policy, Maritime Archaeology, or Fisheries Policy. One of the five core courses elected by the student can also contribute to the thematic concentration. Furthermore, the student must complete an approved sequence of three additional courses in the concentration at the 2000 level or above. Choice of concentration and course sequence must be approved by the MAST director or the student's advisor.

Related Areas

Students must complete 12 credits in related areas. Courses are selected in conjunction with the MAST director or the student's advisor.

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.

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Degree Requirements

Students must meet a set of requirements established by the college in addition to the University's Common Curriculum requirements.