The University of Montana - Missoula
2002-2003 Course Catalog
 

Community Services


Bureau of Business and Economic Research

The Bureau of Business and Economic Research is the research and public service branch of the School of Business Administration.

Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit

The Unit investigates basic and applied problems in wildlife ecology and management. Graduate students, majoring in Wildlife Biology or Biological Sciences, conduct much of the research supported through the Unit by USGS-Biological Resources Division, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and numerous other agencies and groups.

Montana Campus Compact

The University of Montana-Missoula is a member is good standing of The Montana Campus Compact. Through this affiliation, UM has shown its commitment to creating a supportive campus environment for the civic engagement of UM students, faculty, and staff. In addition, UM hosts The Montana Campus Compact headquarters office on its Missoula campus.

The Montana Campus Compact is a coalition of college and university presidents, chancellors, and deans representing two-and-four year, public, private, religiously affiliated, community, and tribal colleges across Montana. These campus leaders are committed to fostering the values and skills of citizenship in Montana students through active involvement in civic engagement activities. To meet this goal, the Montana Campus Compact works to:

-Award student scholarships, faculty grants and resources to member campuses to support civic engagement activities.
-Organize conferences, forums, and workshops to develop civic engagement initiatives.
-Foster partnerships between campus, business, community, and government leaders.
- Provide timely research and service related information to its member campuses.
-Assist in state legislation promoting public and community service.

For more information regarding MTCC programs and member benefits, please contact the MTCC headquarter office at (406) 243-5177 or browse the MTCC website at www.umt.edu/mtcompact.

Continuing Education and Summer Programs


Mission

Continuing Education reflects The University of Montana's commitment to quality and leadership through innovative outreach programs that serve the lifelong learning needs of the citizens of Montana and beyond. This is accomplished through partnerships on- and off-campus with the goal of providing access to education to those individuals who cannot come to the UM campus for traditional programs, for whatever reason.

Credit, non credit, grant funded, sponsored and self supporting programs are developed and managed by two departments within Continuing Education: Educational Outreach and Community and Professional Services. In addition, CE has a facility which offers state-of-the-art technology as well as six climate-controlled conference rooms providing seating for 8 - 200 people. These rooms offer audio-visual capabilities featuring the latest in technological advances including access to Montana's METNET system, Internet and satellite downlink services. In addition, we provide conference and event planning, equipment rental, technical support and catering upon request. For more information, check out our web site at www.umt.edu/ccesp/facility.asp.

Educational Outreach back to top

The Educational Outreach Department is an integral part of the instructional program of The University of Montana, offering credit courses and programs for individuals on- and off- campus through a variety of delivery methods. Educational Outreach is home to the following divisions: Extended Studies; Summer Semester; Summer Spectrum; External Degree Programs; UM Online and Winter Session.

Extended Studies offers ad hoc courses in a variety of subjects throughout Montana and beyond. For updated course offerings go to our web site at www.umt.edu/ccesp/essp/extended.studies.
Summer Semester offers several options for traditional and non-traditional student through out the summer months. Graduate and undergraduate courses are offered in more than thirty disciplines along with workshops and seminars. The summer catalog includes complete information about summer semester and may be obtained by writing to the Division Manager, Summer Programs. View the website at montanasummer.com.

External Degree Programs administer several UM off-campus programs around the state including the MBA program in Butte, Kalispell, Great Falls, Billings, Helena, Missoula and Bozeman; Education cohort programs at the Masters and Doctoral levels; an online PharmD program; as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies in Kalispell. For more information, view the website at www.umt.edu/ccesp/external.

UM Online courses are available to students both on- and off- campus at times and places convenient to the learner. Courses are offered in cooperation with academic units, to students locally, throughout Montana, nationally and globally. For more information, visit our web site at umonline.umt.edu.

Community and Professional Services

The mission of the Community and Professional Services Department is to provide comprehensive credit and non-credit training opportunities to a broad spectrum of professional and community groups using a variety of delivery media. The Department is responsible for the development and implementation of programs that are outside the traditional education format and cover professional development, technical support, training, creative solutions, enhanced solutions and communications. Community and Professional Services is home to the following two divisions: Grants and Contracts; and Health and the Environment.

The Grants and Contracts Division is responsible for responding to Requests of Proposals; managing successful sponsored projects; project evaluations; and conducting grand-writing workshops for non-profit groups.

The Health and Environment division is responsible for providing training opportunities to health and human services professionals as well as those working with environmental issues related to natural resources, ecosystem management, fire, water, soil and air.

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Internships are available to students in most disciplines offered at The University of Montana-Missoula. Work-Based Learning allows a student to work in a field related to his or her academic and career goals while utilizing skills learned in the traditional classroom setting. Information, applications and other forms are available at the Center for Work-Based Learning, Lommasson Center 154, phone 406-243-2815; fax 406-243-5866; or visit the web site at: http://www.umt.edu/internships.


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