University of Maine at Farmington 2018-2019 Catalog

 
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Pre-Professional Study

Pre-professional Programs

If you are interested in preparing for admission to law school, to programs in medicine, dentistry, optometry and other health-related professional schools, or a M.B.A. program, you can readily do so at the University of Maine at Farmington. Academic advisors and counselors from the Center for Human Development will assist you with information about admission, testing and financial aid.

Pre-law Study

There is no universally recognized pre-law major. While many people recommend a major in the social sciences as most appropriate, the Law School Admission Council suggests that students need to "think, read, and write well, and have some understanding of what shapes human experience. Because a lawyer's work involves most aspects of our complex society, a broad liberal arts curriculum is the preferred preparation for law school." So a demanding liberal arts major is preferred, with courses in political science, history, philosophy (especially Critical Thinking and/or Logic), and theatre recommended. Associate Professor of Political Science, Dr. James Melcher is the current advisor for pre-law students. His office is located in the Roberts Learning Center.

Pre-medical and Other Health-related Study

There is no universally recognized pre-medical, pre-vet, pre-pharm, etc. major. Medical schools and other health-related professional programs require a minimum of one year of biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics, and usually one semester of calculus. Since additional recommended courses include genetics, cell biology, microbiology, biochemistry, and anatomy and physiology, most of these students choose to major in biology. However, you can choose any major that appeals to you while still taking the core required courses in science as general credits. Appropriate independent study, research, volunteering and internship opportunities are desirable to demonstrate your individual and humanitarian interests. For further information, contact the chair of the Natural Sciences division in Preble Hall.

Pre-professional, M.B.A Study

The majority of graduate schools which offer M.B.A programs do not require a specific undergraduate major in order to be admitted to an M.B.A program. However, a background in the core areas of business is advisable. If you are not pursuing a degree in business or a related area, (such as Business Economics, Business Psychology, Social Enterprise, Art Administration, Rehabilitation Administration or a minor in Business) then you should consider courses such as Principles of Accounting, Principles of Management, Principles of Marketing, Managerial Finance as well as principles of Economics. Additional courses in Business, Economics and Mathematics (such as statistics and Mathematics for Economics and Business) will be helpful.  For further information, contact Dr. S. Waleck Dalpour, Professor of Business.  Dr. Dalpour is the advisor for pre-MBA students. His office is located in Roberts Learning Center.

Pre-engineering

If you are interested in obtaining a degree in engineering, but want a liberal arts college experience at a smaller campus as part of your education, you will be able to begin your studies at the University of Maine at Farmington and then transfer to the University of Maine. It is a five year program: you will spend your first three years at Farmington, and your last two years at Orono. Civil engineering and environmental engineering are proposed. At Farmington you will take liberal arts courses along with certain mathematics and science prerequisites. At Orono you will take your engineering courses. After your fourth year you will receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from UMF: your options are a B.A. in Mathematics, a B.A. in Environmental Science, or a B.A. in an Individualized Degree. After your fifth year, you will receive a bachelor of science in engineering from UM. You will be assigned advisors from both campuses as soon as you enroll in the program. For further information contact the Associate Provost in Merrill Hall.

Certificates

General Education

Philosophical Statement

A liberal arts education liberates individuals from the particularity of their pre-college lives and provides entry into larger communities, both intellectual and social. At the same time, a liberal arts education liberates students to find their way in a complex, interconnected world both as individuals and as members of various communities. A liberal arts education combines the discovery of new perspectives with the acquisition of core knowledge and transferable skills to empower students to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In the end, a liberal arts education offers what life post-college in a global world demands: the capacity to negotiate the tension between personal freedom and social responsibility.
 
Thus, a liberal arts education liberates and empowers. Whereas a student's major empowers him/her to master a specific discipline and excel within the context of a particular field, the role of General Education in a liberal arts education is to liberate and empower the student as a citizen and inquirer in the broader world.

Learning Goals

In order to fulfill the above mission, Farmington's General Education Program provides a means for students to achieve the following goals:
 
(Note: All general education courses will address Goals 1 and 2)
 
 
1.  Critical Thinking and Decision Making

Goal: Students as critical thinkers will use others' ideas in order to continue their own thinking process and to make informed decisions.
 
Outcomes:
 
a. Students will be able to fluidly combine a variety of intellectual procedures, including categorizing, comparing and contrasting, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating, as a way of understanding a subject through close examination of it and what others say about it.   
 
b. Students will be able to evaluate the validity of support for claims, reference these to general principles where appropriate, and generate responses to others’ ideas that go beyond simple agreement or disagreement, including suggestions for revisions, implications, and further questions. 
 
c. Students will be able to use others’ ideas to continue their own processes of thinking. 
 
d. Students will be able to use a broad range of information research strategies and to evaluate considerations common to all forms of inquiry.
 
e. Students will regularly practice fact gathering as a means of pursuing informed judgment.
 
 
2. Reading, Writing, and Speaking

Goal:Students will read, write and speak effectively both as a means of communication and in pursuit of knowledge.
 
Outcomes:
 
a. Students will be able to read and interpret a broad range of texts, including difficult texts, where their interpretations shall be clear, coherent, and well grounded in the text.
 
b. Students will be able to write clear, coherent, well-organized documents with nearly flawless mechanics.
 
c. Students will be able to formulate and defend a thesis.
 
d. Students will be able to recognize different written forms and be able to adapt their writing to accommodate such forms (as in the various forms of papers in different disciplines).
 
e. Students will be able to use writing as a mode of gaining access to, interpreting, and reflecting on the knowledge that evolves through their personal, academic, and discipline-specific experiences.
 
f. Students will be able to listen and speak effectively in a discussion group and to present their work to audiences.
 
 
3. Commitments to Health and Wellness
 
Goal: Students will be well prepared to act responsibly as advocates for lifelong health and wellness.
 
Outcome:
 
Students will demonstrate knowledge and engage in activity conducive to health and wellness. (Students will use the Health and Fitness center, or engage in other physical activities.)
 
 
4. Interdisciplinary Thinking
 
Goal:  Students will be able to think and work across disciplinary boundaries.
 
Outcomes:
 
a. Students will be able to apply something learned in one disciplinary or discursive context to other contexts or create new contexts. 
 
b. Students will be able to synthesize facts and ideas learned in different contexts to create a unified whole.
 
c. Students will be able to draw on material from different disciplines in their exploration of a single question over more than one semester.
 
 

5. Disciplines as Modes of Inquiry

Goal: Students will develop a broad base of knowledge in several disciplines and be able to evaluate and critique disciplinary perspectives.                                                                

Outcomes: 

a. Students will be able to understand and contribute their own thoughts in the language, methods, and       concepts of disciplines in the arts, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and mathematics.

b. Students will be able to apply disciplinary processes, language, and concepts, to real questions or problems.

c. Students will be able to understand the historical significance and power to reveal knowledge of several disciplines.

d. Students will be able to think critically about  disciplinary claims, both for their value as knowledge and in the context of ethical, political, social and environmental issues.

 

Distribution-Specific Outcomes:

 

Humanities:

 

After completing an “H” course, students will:

 

a. be able to demonstrate their abilities as careful sensitive readers by interpreting, annotating, and/or otherwise discussing the significance of texts or linguistic artifacts from the course;

b. have developed their abilities as writers and/or their awareness of their strengths and weaknesses as writers as a result of course assignments and feedback from the instructor;

c. be able to demonstrate their awareness of the relation between language and meaning by discussing the significance of texts or linguistic artifacts from the course in a knowledgeable way;

d. be able to demonstrate their knowledge of the structure of language and/or the structure of texts or linguistic artifacts by analyzing examples from course materials in detail.

 

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Math:

 

After completing an “M” course, students will:

a. be able to demonstrate fluency in the language of mathematics, including mathematical operations, abstraction, and nomenclature;

b. be able to apply appropriate mathematical problem solving techniques and critically evaluate mathematical claims and solutions in both academic disciplines and their day-to-day lives;

c. be able to articulate the relevance of mathematical methods and models to the foundation and expression of ideas in a variety of disciplines.

d. be able to evaluate quantitative information critically.

 

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Arts:

 

After completing an “A” course, students will:

a. Either

i)   (in performance/practice courses) be able to sustain a critical engagement with the formal,  technical and conceptual languages of an artistic medium or practice and employ current interpretive methodologies and technical/practical approaches, or

ii)  (in history/theory courses), be able to employ current critically interpretive and/or investigative methodologies and write critically and persuasively using specific vocabulary of the discipline;

b. (in performance/practice courses) be able to apply problem-solving strategies and an applied understanding of intertextuality;

c. (in history/theory courses) have a strong, consistent, historically and theoretically informed critical voice.

 

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Natural Sciences:

 

After completing an “N” course, students will:

a. be able to articulate an understanding of the scientific process, both in terms of its underlying philosophical perspective and its practical methods and applications;

b. be able to demonstrate a practical understanding of the scientific  process including the abilities o

i.)      developing hypotheses and making predictions about the natural world

ii.)     designing experiments and making observations to test hypotheses

iii.)    critically evaluating results and drawing conclusions

iv.)    communicating findings in a scientific manner;

c. be able to distinguish science from non-science;

d. be able to articulate (a) the importance of science in the 21st century, and (b)  an understanding of the place of science among other disciplines between science and society (i.e. the importance of science in context).

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Social Sciences:

After completing an “S” course, students will:

 

a. be able to demonstrate an understanding of social science methods for exploring the causes of human behavior and the origins and functions of the social structures in which we operate;

 

b. be able to apply theory and research from the social sciences to discipline-specific issues and questions;

 

c. be able to demonstrate cognizance of the value, advantages, limitations and distinctiveness of the social sciences. This could include an understanding of:

--the nature and limits of objectivity,

--the provisional status of knowledge in the social sciences, and

--the social sciences’ distinctiveness from the natural sciences and humanities.

 

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Cultural Competence:

After completing a “C” course, students will do three of the following:

a.  be able to demonstrate understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of anotherculture in relation to history, values, communication styles, economy, or beliefs and practices

b.  be able to recognize cultural differences in expression or communication, recognize that misunderstandings in communication can occur due to cultural differences, and be able to work towards developing a betterunderstanding based on those differences

c.  be able to articulate insights about their own culture and perspectives in comparison with people of other cultures

d.  be able to communicate in a culturally basic language other than English beyond the beginner level (i.e. at a level associated with successful completion of 8-9 credits of language study)

Requirements

In the first year: both of the following, in consecutive semesters:

FYS 100 First-Year Seminar (4 cr)*

ENG 100 Writing Seminar (4 cr) (C- or higher required)

*Transfers entering with 16 or more credits are exempt from the First-Year Seminar requirement (FYS 100). Transfers matriculating in January with 8 or more credits, but still needing ENG 100, should take ENG 100 in the first semester; they are then exempt from the First-Year Seminar requirement (FYS 100).  Exempt students still must meet the 40 credit requirement for General Education.

 

 

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Physical Activity Requirement - All students (including transfer students) must sign up for and participate in a physical activity (PHE 010, 0 cr) at the Health and Recreation Center. Students are strongly encouraged to take PHE 010 during their first year at UMF.

 

Distribution Courses - Eight courses, appropriate for non-majors (except for some classes in the C category) and generally not carrying a prerequisite, found in the course catalogue with a distribution designation following the course number: A for Arts, H for Humanities, M for Math, N for Natural Science, S for Social Science.  Cultural Competence courses are noted on each course section. (Distribution requirements fulfilled by Honors courses are announced when the courses are offered.)

 

Arts (4 cr): One course (art, art history, dance, music history, theatre)

Humanities (4 cr): One course (English literature, foreign language, philosophy, religion)

Math (4 cr): One course

Natural Sciences (8 cr): Two laboratory science courses in two different disciplines (biology, chemistry, environmental science, geology, physics)

Social Sciences (8cr): Two courses in two different disciplines (anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, sociology, women's and gender studies)

 

Cultural Competence (4 cr): One course that includes both skills and knowledge which equip someone to interact successfully with people from other cultures. Courses in many disciplines fulfill this requirement.

 

Foreign Language Requirement: Students enrolled in Bachelor of Arts programs must have passed either two years of one foreign language in high school or two semesters of one foreign language at the college level. In addition, specific majors may have more stringent requirements; see the program description in the catalogue. 

 

Can a course count for both General Education and the Major? Courses in the primary discipline of a major may be used to satisfy the Cultural Competence requirement, but may not be used to fulfill any other General Education distribution requirements . Some required courses for a major may be outside of the primary discipline and these courses may be used to fulfill General Education distributionrequirements. There are also exceptions for ENG 100 and mathematics. If you have any questions your academic advisor will be able to assist you.             

 

Transfer Course Evaluation: For transfers, transcript analysis done at the time of matriculation at UMF will determine which of the Distribution requirements have already been met. Transfers might need to do more "Open" General Education coursework in order to reach the 40 credit minimum (e.g. to offset their exemption from FYS 100 and/or their transferring in distribution courses that were worth 3 credits at their former institutions).

 

Students transferring to UMF seeking a second degree after having earned a bachelor’s degree at another institution must satisfy both the requirements for their new major and UMF’s residency requirements, but are not required to satisfy the UMF General Education requirements.

 

Pathway Requirement -  As a requirement for graduation and part of the General Education program, students will take four courses around a theme or big-picture issue -- called a pathway --and write an integrative paper discussing how their consideration of that pathway from different disciplines’ perspectives illuminated their thinking on the issues involved.

The Pathways requirement is required for all new first-time students entering the University in Fall 2018 or after.  This requirement does not apply to transfer students entering Fall 2018.

Students must declare a Pathway (by submitting a Pathway Declaration or Change Form) either at or before registration during the semester in which he or she will have earned 64 or more credits. Typically, this will occur in the spring of sophomore year.  Students can switch from one Pathway to another by submitting a revised Pathway Declaration or Change Form.

Students are required to take a minimum of 4 classes related to one of several approved interdisciplinary Pathways.  Courses in a student’s major, General Education requirements, or electives can be used to fulfill the Pathways requirement subject to the following restrictions:  only two courses in a Pathway may be 100-level classes; and no more than two classes in a Pathway can come from any one discipline.  Students are encouraged to keep artifacts, such as syllabi and papers they have written, from each Pathways course.

After a student has completed a Pathway, or during the final Pathway course, he or she must satisfactorily complete an essay of 500-750 words integrating the learning from different disciplines around the theme of the Pathway. Guidelines and a rubric for the essay will be available on myCampus.  Students who would like to demonstrate the integration of learning from the  different disciplines in a Pathway in some creative manner other than a paper may submit a proposal to the Gen Ed director.

 
 

Requirements

In the first year: both of the following, in consecutive semesters:
 
FYS 100 First-Year Seminar (4 cr)*
 
ENG 100 Writing Seminar (4 cr) (C- or higher required)
 
*Transfers entering with 16 or more credits are exempt from the First-Year Seminar requirement (FYS 100). Transfers matriculating in January with 8 or more credits, but still needing ENG 100, should take ENG 100 in the first semester; they are then exempt from the First-Year Seminar requirement (FYS 100).  Exempt students still must meet the 40 credit requirement for General Education.
 

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Physical Activity Requirement - All students (including transfer students) must sign up for and participate in a physical activity (PHE 010, 0 cr) at the Health and Recreation Center. Students are strongly encouraged to take PHE 010 during their first year at UMF.
 
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Distribution Courses - Seven courses, appropriate for non-majors and generally not carrying a prerequisite, found in the course catalogue with a distribution designation following the course number: A for Arts, H for Humanities, M for Math, N for Natural Science, S for Social Science. (Distribution requirements fulfilled by Honors courses are announced when the courses are offered.)
 
Arts (4 cr): One course (art, art history, dance, music history, theatre)
 
Humanities (4 cr): One course (English literature, foreign language, philosophy, religion)
 
Math (4 cr): One course
 
Natural Sciences (8 cr): Two laboratory science courses in two different disciplines (biology, chemistry, environmental science, geology, physics)
 
Social Sciences (8cr): Two courses in two different disciplines (anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, sociology, women's and gender studies)
 

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Cultural Competence (4 cr): In addition to the distribution requirements, students must take one more course that includes both skills and knowledge which equip someone to interact successfully with people from other cultures, especially the ability to speak another language, but also instruction and practice in perspective taking and developing shared understanding with people whose cultural backgrounds differ from one's own.


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Pathway Requirement -  As a requirement for graduation and part of the General Education program, students will take four courses around a theme or big-picture issue -- called a pathway --and write an integrative paper discussing how their consideration of that pathway from different disciplines’ perspectives illuminated their thinking on the issues involved.

 The Pathways requirement is required for all new first-time students entering the University in Fall 2018 or after.  This requirement does not apply to transfer students entering Fall 2018.

 Students must declare a Pathway (by submitting a Program/Plan Change Form) either at or before registration during the semester in which he or she will have earned 64 or more credits. Typically, this will occur in the spring of sophomore year.  Students will be able to switch from one Pathway to another by submitting a revised Program Plan Change Form.

 Students are required to take a minimum of 4 classes related to one of several approved interdisciplinary Pathways.  Courses in a student’s major, general education requirements, or electives can be used to fulfill the Pathways requirement subject to the following restrictions:  only two courses in a Pathway may be 100-level classes; and no more than two classes in a Pathway can come from any one discipline.  Students are encouraged to keep artifacts, such as papers they have written, from each Pathways course.

 

 After a student has completed a Pathway, or during the final Pathway course, he or she must satisfactorily complete an essay of 500-750 words integrating their learning from different disciplines around the theme of the Pathway. Guidelines and a rubric for the essay will be available on myCampus.  Students who would like to demonstrate the integration of learning from the different disciplines in a Pathway in some creative manner other than a paper may submit a proposal to the Gen Ed director.


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Foreign Language Requirement: Students enrolled in Bachelor of Arts programs must have passed either two years of one foreign language in high school or two semesters of one foreign language at the college level. In addition, specific majors may have more stringent requirements; see the program description in the catalogue. 
 

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Can a course count for both General Education and the Major? Courses in the primary discipline of a major may not be used to fulfill general education requirements. Some required courses for a major may be outside of the primary discipline and these courses may be used to fulfill general education requirements. There are also exceptions for ENG 100 and mathematics. If you have any questions your academic advisor will be able to assist you.             
 
Transfer Course Evaluation: For transfers, transcript analysis done at the time of matriculation at UMF will determine which of the Distribution  requirements have already been met. Transfers might need to do more "Open" General Education coursework in order to reach the 40 credit minimum (e.g. to offset their exemption from FYS 100 and/or their transferring in distribution courses that were worth 3 credits at their former institutions).
 
Students transferring to UMF seeking a second degree after having earned a bachelor’s degree at another institution must satisfy both the requirements for their new major and UMF’s residency requirements, but are not required to satisfy the UMF general education requirements.

Liberal Arts Undeclared

Liberal Arts Undeclared Program


The Liberal Arts Undeclared Program allows students the opportunity to explore career and major
options before declaring a traditional or self-designed major. Students begin to research majors
during their first semester, and are not required to declare a major until achieving 64 credits
(typically near the end of the sophomore year). We encourage students to take time to explore
possible majors. It is important to keep in mind during the exploration process that some majors
are highly competitive in their selection process and some require a strict adherence to a
sequence of classes in order to graduate in four years. With certain programs, students are
encouraged to declare by 32 or 48 credits.

We highly recommend that Liberal Arts Undeclared students work closely with an academic
advisor during their exploration process. The academic advisor is a faculty or staff member who will
provide guidance with academic decisions while at UMF (pursuing career goals, selecting courses,
understanding policies, etc). Students are notified about advisor assignment in the summer before
arriving on campus. Career counselors are also available to students in this program. The Center
for Student Development administers the advising program for Liberal Arts Undeclared students.

 

Advisors assist with course selection and scheduling. When choosing courses, it's helpful for
students to have an idea which subjects and careers interest them so that their advisor can make
General Education course selections with their interests in mind (see General Education
Requirements). Discussing General Education options with an advisor provides students with a
greater ability to transition to a major once they decide on one. UMF also gives students the
ability to create a self-designed study plan which allows them to customize a major to fit
particular interests.

 

Students in the Liberal Arts Undeclared Program explore majors by taking General Education Requirements and/or introductory courses in majors of interest. There is a lot of flexibility in what courses students can take. In their first semester students will take a First Year Seminar or a Writing Seminar (FYS 100 or ENG 100), and three general education courses in areas of interest (art, humanities, math, natural sciences, or social sciences). Information about specific courses is available by consulting the listing of courses by major or by reviewing the programs of study for Bachelor's Degree Programs.


Transfer students participating in Maine's AdvantageU program (or any transfer student who will
have 30 college credits or more before entering UMF) are encouraged to visit and make
connections with UMF early in their community college career. By talking with UMF faculty
members while they are enrolled in classes at a community college, students will be better
prepared and informed about the academic programs and co-curricular opportunities before
entering Farmington. This assures a smooth transition to UMF. Please call or email Admission at
(207) 778-7050 or umfadmit@maine.edu to schedule an individual visit.


For more information about the Liberal Arts Undeclared Program, visit our website at:
http://advising.umf.maine.edu/liberal-arts-undecided/ or call 207-778-7040.

Honors Program

About The Program:

The Honors Program brings students and faculty together in a community committed to inquiry and discussion. It is designed for students in any major who are highly motivated and intellectually curious. The program offers a series of interdisciplinary seminars while supporting student independent research and experiential learning.  The program culminates in the Honors Thesis, which can be completed through a variety of approaches.  Successful defense of the thesis before the Honors Council grants the student the title of University Honors Scholar, the highest academic recognition bestowed by UMF.  Seminars are typically conducted in the Honors House, which contains seminar rooms, quiet study and meeting space, a private student office with desk and computer, a kitchen, and the Honors Office. The Honors House also opens onto a lovely back deck and yard with seating for use in the warmer months. Honors students have access to the Center from 7:00 am until 10:00 pm seven days per week. Incoming first-year and transfer students must take at least one Honors course during their first two semesters. All students in the program must maintain a GPA of at least 3.300. Three levels of Honors recognition are possible. Honors courses are open to students who are not in the Honors Program on a space available basis.

REQUIREMENTS:

UNIVERSITY HONORS SCHOLAR :

A minimum of 20 credits in Honors, including Honors Thesis  20
 
 
UNIVERSITY HONORS:
 
A minimum of 20 credits in Honors, including at least one 300- level course or above  20

HONORS CERTIFICATE:

A minimum of 12 credits in Honors         12

HONORS COURSE ENHANCEMENT:

1. Honors students may take one time only for Honors credit one 300 or 400 level course outside of the HON offerings.  In theory, any upper level course could count for this credit.  However, it is the student’s responsibility to consult with the Honors director and arrange with their instructor a suitable plan of study.  No instructor at the university is under obligation to agree to the arrangement.  Honors provides a document with general guidelines for students and faculty as well as basic registration information.

 

2. Students who pursue this option are expected to offer a brief account of their work in the course at an Honors event attended by their instructors and fellow Honors students.

HONORS EXPERIENCE:

Honors students may apply one of the following one time only towards their Honors credits.  It is the student’s responsibility to receive approval from the Honors director for these credits prior to the experience:


  1. 4 credits of global experience (study abroad, travel courses, etc.)

  2. 4 credits from select internships or community service

  3. 4 credits from independent research (Wilson scholarships, independent study in Honors, etc.)


Students who pursue this option are expected to offer a brief account of their experience at an Honors event and to complete any additional requirements as determined by the Honors Council.


With prior permission, Honors Experience may also constitute the basis for an Honors Thesis. 

 

HONORS THESIS:

 

A primary distinguishing feature of an Honors thesis is the defense.  At an agreed upon date, those completing a thesis will submit their finished thesis to the Honors Director, who will forward to the Honors Council.  (A list of the current members of the Council, including two student representatives, are available on the UMF Honors website or by request.)

The Honors Council conducts the defense, usually held in the Honors House.  The student and faculty director both attend the actual defense, and the faculty director is encouraged to introduce briefly the student and the significance of the project.  A majority of the Council must agree to pass or fail the thesis.  On occasion a thesis may be passed contingent on revisions, but given the late timing of the defense, students should present to the Council a finished draft.


Honors provides a document for proposing a thesis, including general expectations and standards.


The thesis can be completed along multiple pathways:


  1. No credit model (student independent work, Wilson scholarships)

  2. 0-credit model (Honors add on to equivalent capstone work in major, teaching portfolio, etc.)

  3. 4-credit model (traditional Honors directed thesis)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minors

Johnson Scholars Trio Program

Johnson Scholars is a UMF TRIO advising program that provides personal, transitional, and academic support to students who are the first in their families to attend a four-year college. Becoming a college student is exciting and life-changing, but learning the way things work on campus can be confusing. Whether students have already declared majors or need time to decide, their Johnson Scholars advisors will offer assistance in understanding the college process. From their first year to graduation, Johnson Scholar students will have access to individualized advising, professional tutoring, peer or professional mentoring, leadership experience, and cultural enrichment. The Johnson Scholars program provides a welcoming space--a home base--where students can build the relationships that will support their success at UMF and beyond. Each semester a limited number of merit scholarships are awarded to eligible students.


To learn more about the Johnson Scholars Program opportunities, call or email Admissions at (207) 778-7050 or umfadmit@maine.edu Visit the Johnson Scholars Program website at www.umf.maine.edu/majors-academics/johnson-scholars-program.

National Student Exchange Program

National Student Exchange Program

Farmington is a member of the National Student Exchange program, which enables you to study for a semester or academic year at another participating college or university in the United States or Canada. Nearly 170 different institutions in 49 states, the District of Columbia, 3 U.S. territories, and 4 Canadian provinces participate in this program. Students pay their regular tuition and fees to UMF and room and board to the host campus. For more information, visit the Office of International and Exchange Programs website at http://www2.umf.maine.edu/international/national/ 

Study/Intern/Teach Abroad

Study/Intern/Teach Abroad

UMF sponsors the following study abroad programs:

Semester in China

For students with at least one year of college-level Chinese language, study is available in two locations:

  • Beijing: Study Chinese Language and Culture at Beijing University of Technology, a 20,000 student university of science, engineering and management.

 

Semester in England

This program with the University of Hull, a cosmopolitan university of over 20,000 students located on the north-eastern coast, offers courses in a variety of areas including business, humanities and social sciences, performing arts, sciences and education.

 

Semester in France

For students with intermediate to advanced French language proficiency, opportunities to study in a variety of academic areas are available in two locations:

  • Le Mans: Le Mans Université, a 7,500 student campus situated on the Sarthe river, is located about an hour by train from Paris.

 

Additional Study Abroad Opportunities

Farmington students also have the opportunity to study abroad through provider programs in many other countries such as Ireland, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Japan, Scotland, Ecuador, Poland, Hungary, Spain, Greece, Switzerland, New Zealand and more.

Intern Abroad

Opportunities to complete an internship abroad are available for several majors and in a variety of locations.

Student Teach Abroad

Elementary and Secondary Education majors may be eligible to participate in the student teach abroad program for their final teaching experience. Currently, we offer this opportunity in Hong Kong and South Korea.

For information on any of these opportunities, visit the Office of Global Education http://www2.umf.maine.edu/international


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