Program Overview

University of Connecticut Academic Catalog

The University of Connecticut offers a wide range of academic programs, including undergraduate and graduate degree programs, as well as certificate programs and accelerated degree programs.

Undergraduate Programs

The university offers various undergraduate programs, 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)
• Chemistry (BA or BS)
• Chinese (BA)
• Civil Engineering (BSE)
• Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies (BA)
• Cognitive Science (BA or BS)
• Communication (BA)
• Computer Science (BS)
• Computer Science and Engineering (BSE)
• Data Science and Engineering (BS)
• Digital Media 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 Physics (BSE)
• English (BA)
• Environmental Engineering (BSE)
• Environmental Sciences (BS)
• Environmental Studies (BA)
• European Studies (BA)
• Finance (BS)
• Fine Arts (BFA)
• French and Francophone Studies (BA)
• General Studies (BGS)
• Geography (BA or BS)
• German (BA)
• Health Care Management (BS)
• History (BA)
• Human Development and Family Sciences (BA)
• Human Rights (BA)
• Individualized Major
• Information Assurance (BS)
• 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 (BS)
• Management and Engineering for Manufacturing (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 (BS)
• Natural Resources and the Environment (BS)
• Neuroscience (BS)
• Nursing (BS)
• Nutritional Sciences (BS)
• Occupational Safety and Health (BS)
• Operations and Information Management (BS)
• Pathobiology (BS)
• Pharmacy Studies (Integrated BS/PharmD)
• Philosophy (BA)
• Physics (BA or BS)
• Physiology and Neurobiology (BS)
• Plant Science (BS)
• 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 Sciences (BA)
• Sport Management (BS)
• Statistics (BA or BS)
• Studio Art (BFA)
• Supply Chain Management (BS)
• Sustainable Environmental Systems (BS)
• Theatre Studies (BA)
• Translation Studies (BA)
• Urban and Community Studies (BA)
• Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (BA)

Graduate Programs

The university offers various graduate programs, 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 various 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)

Accelerated Degree Programs

The university offers various accelerated degree programs, including:

• Accelerated MS in Accounting
• Accelerated Applied and Resource Economics MS
• Accelerated Biodiversity and Conservation Biology BS/​MS
• Accelerated Business Analytics and Project Management MS
• FastTrack BA/​MA in Communication
• 4+1 FastTrack Dietetics B.S./​Health Promotion Sciences M.S.
• Environmental Earth Sciences (4+1 MS)
• Exercise Science/​Athletic Training 3+2 (BS/​MS)
• Accelerated Financial and Enterprise Risk Management MS
• Accelerated Financial Technology MS
• 4+1 Accelerated Master of Arts in Human Rights
• Integrated Bachelor's/​Master's (IBM) Teacher Education
• Marine Science and Oceanography 4+1 BS/​MS
• Accelerated Nutritional Sciences BS/​MS
• Political Science 5th Year Master of Arts
• Accelerated Psychological Sciences MS
• Public Health MPH FastTrack
• Public Policy MPP Fast-​Track
• Accelerated Social Responsibility and Impact in Business
• Accelerated Sociology Master of Arts (4+1)
• Accelerated Supply Chain Management M.S.

Health Care Genetics (MS)

The Department of Allied Health Sciences, under the umbrella of the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources and the Institute for Systems Genomics, offers an innovative Professional Science Master’s Degree in Health Care Genetics.

A Professional Science Master’s Degree in Health Care Genetics is a science degree “plus” experiential and professional development training designed to increase knowledge and prepare leaders in health care genetics who translate discoveries in genetic sciences to products, policies, and practices.

Requirements

The successful graduate student will have established a three-faculty member Advisory Committee, completed a minimum of at least 33-credits and demonstrated passing performance on an exit examination. The typical plan of study includes 17 credits of conceptual coursework, eight credits of practical coursework (laboratory or research experience) and eight credits of professional master’s cohort courses, including an internship. Didactic, practical and professional cohort courses are selected from a menu of classes in consultation with the students’ academic advisor and advisory committee. The plan of study will be designed and individualized based on a student’s prior experience, career goals and those needed to gain mastery of the body of knowledge of the field. Coursework is selected to assure students can apply knowledge of genetic principles and genomic technologies to improve quality of health-care through the diagnosis, screening, intervention or prevention of disease and the maintenance of health. Laboratory training provides hands-on experience and case analyses in basic molecular biology techniques, chromosome testing, and next generation technologies. Skills development in scientific communication, ethical considerations, laboratory regulations, literature appraisal, and leadership assures graduates are effective, productive, and compassionate professionals. There is no specific required sequence of courses, unless a course has a specific pre-requisite course indicated in the course description. The Program may be completed on a part-time basis, does not include required summer components with the exception of directed study/internship that may be scheduled during the summer months. The final requirement for the Professional Science Master’s Degree is passing performance on an exit exam, the format of which may include, but is not limited to, a written and/or oral scholarly piece of work. The exit exam timing and format are determined and designed by the Advisory Committee and internship supervisory personnel to reinforce the discipline-specific competency and provide an evaluation tool for relevant problem-solving abilities.