Melanie Hoell, Director
The University College is the academic home for exploratory students.
It also provides academic advising to freshmen business administration,
pre-psychology, pre-communication studies, and pre-elementary education
students. University college activities include early assessment of
entering students' academic difficulty, placement of under prepared
students in appropriate developmental courses, and creation of special
sections of established courses and of new courses to meet the needs
of entering students.
Four Bear Four-Year Graduation Plan
The aim of the Four Bear Four-Year graduation Plan is to facilitate,
through commitments made by the participating student and The University
of Montana-Missoula, the student's goal of graduating from the University
in four years. (Pharmacy is an exclusion to the four year plan. The
students in this program are given five or six years to complete their
degree.) The plan is intended for first-time UM freshmen, including
freshmen with Advanced Placement or High School Pilot Program credits,
but excluding freshmen admitted on provisional, part-time status and
transfer students.
Four Bear gives the student registration priority beginning his or
her first registration after signing the Four Bear contract and will
pay incidental and mandatory fees past the planned graduation time
provided the student has met all contract conditions and followed
an advisor -approved four year graduation plan. If a student is not
meeting the conditions as set forth in the Four Bear contract, he
or she will be dropped from the program, but no other penalties are
incurred.
Many departmental sections in the catalog include a suggested four-year
course of study for students to follow in order to graduate in four
years. These are suggested course plans. Four Bear students must meet
with their advisor in order to customize their plan to fit individual
circumstances and academic goals.
For more information and to sign up for the program, contact the Four
Bear Coordinator, Lommasson Center 269.
Courses back
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U=for undergraduate credit only, UG=for undergraduate or graduate
credit, G=for graduate credit. R after the credit indicates the courses
may be repeated for credit to the maximum indicated after the R.
U 101 Freshman Seminar
I 2cr. Offered autumn. Introduction to academic life: readings
in current social and ethical topics, extensive practice in listening
and composition skills, applied research skills, individual and group
presentations, and individual academic advising. Course is anchored
by a mandatory lecture series.
U 102 Freshman Seminar II 2 cr. Offered spring. Development
of writing and speaking skills, time management, goal setting, values
clarification and other college survival issues. Intended for at-risk
students who exhibit high academic potential.
U 180 Freshman Interest Group Discussion 1 cr. Offered autumn.
Coreq., enrollment in a Freshman Interest Group. Discussion section
for Freshman Interest Group in which the theme of the FIG is articulated
in interdisciplinary terms as well as terms related to the separate
courses that make up the FIG.
U 194 Seminar Variable cr. (R-6) Offered autumn.
U 195 Special topics 1-6 cr. (R-6) Offered autumn and spring.
Restricted to freshmen. Topics variable. Experimental offerings of
visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time
offerings of current topics.
U 196 Independent Study 1-2 cr. (R-2) Offered intermittently.
U 198 Cooperative Education Experience Variable cr. (R-12)
Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of director. Extended classroom
experience which provides practical application of classroom learning
during placements off campus. Prior approval must be obtained from
the faculty supervisor and the Center for Work-Based Learning.
U 298 Cooperative Education Experience Variable cr. (R-12)
Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of director. Extended classroom
experience which provides practical application of classroom learning
during placements off campus. Prior approval must be obtained from
the faculty supervisor and the Center for Work-Based Learning.
U 380 FIG Leader Training Seminar 2 cr. Offered autumn and
spring. Prereq., consent of director of FIG program. Training seminar
for discussion leaders in the Freshman Interest Group program.
U 398 Cooperative Education Experience Variable cr. (R-12)
Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. Extended classroom
experience that provides practical application of learning during
placement off-campus. Prior approval must be obtained from the faculty
supervisor and the Center for Work-Based Learning.
U 495 Special topics 1-6 cr. (R-6) Offered every term. Experimental
offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses,
or one-time offerings of current topics.
U 496 Independent Study 1-6 cr. (R-6) Offered intermittently.
Prereq., consent of instr.
U 498 Cooperative Education Experience Variable cr. (R-12)
Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. Extended classroom
experience that provides practical application of learning during
placement off-campus. Prior approval must be obtained from the faculty
supervisor and the Center for Work-Based Learning.