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
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.
University College (UNC)
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 Seminar 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 295 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 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.