Colleges & Schools

About CEHSP:
The faculty and administrative officers of the College of Education and Human Service Professions are dedicated to preparing highly qualified leaders in human service professions, including education, social work, allied clinical health, mental health, and selected human service fields. Students are prepared for employment in industry, school and non-school educational settings, community agencies, and government.

About CLA:
The College of Liberal Arts emphasizes the foundations of knowledge and techniques of analysis and expression essential for lifelong learning. Critical thinking, imagination, curiosity, and healthy doubt tempered by wisdom, tolerance, and a sense of humor are attributes of the truly educated individual. The college is dedicated to accomplishing diversity through greater representation of minorities and women in the faculty, staff, and student population as well as through the integration of materials relating to cultural diversity in the curriculum.

About COPD:
The College of Pharmacy, Duluth, through its Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences, provides outstanding education, excellence in research, and service to the public and other health professions. The department emphasizes the provision of pharmaceutical care in rural areas and rural health care issues, and we are committed to providing these services to the communities of Greater Minnesota. The college offers a four-year, professional program. Through faculty collaboration and the use of distance teaching technology, course work and practice experiences are the same as offered on the Twin Cities campus.

About CE:
Continuing Education provides credit and noncredit learning opportunities for a variety of students and participants. Through partnership with other UMD colleges, Continuing Education offers evening, weekend, summer and Individualized Instruction (INI) courses, and access to undergraduate and post-baccalaureate degree and certificate programs. CE also offers travel programs, professional development conferences and workshops, distance learning opportunities, and programs for high school students and older adults. Many Continuing Education courses and programs are open to the public and official admission to UMD is not required for participation.

About Graduate School:
Through the auspices of the University of Minnesota Graduate School, programs exist at the University of Minnesota, Duluth Campus (UMD) leading to the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree in Art (emphasis in graphic design). Additionally Master of Art (M.A.) degrees are offered in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Criminology, and English. The Master of Science (M.S.) degree is available in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geological Sciences, and Physics. In addition, the Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Master of Electrical and Computer Engineering (M.S.E.C.E.), the Master of Science in Engineering Management (M.S.E.M.), the Master of Liberal Studies (M.L.S.), the Master of Music (M.M.) (emphases in Music Education and Performance), and the Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) are offered.

All-University M.S./Ph.D. programs in Toxicology and Water Resources Science are offered jointly with the Twin Cities Campus. Also in cooperation with the Twin Cities Campus are M.S./Ph.D. programs in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics; Cellular and integrative Physiology; Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology; and Pharmacology.

About LSBE:
The Labovitz School of Business and Economics is dedicated to creating, disseminating, and applying knowledge and information about accounting, business, management, and economics to benefit individuals and private and public organizations in Minnesota within a regional, national, and global context.

About Medical School Duluth:
The School of Medicine offers the first two years of the four-year medical school curriculum. It covers basic medical and clinical science studies with principal emphasis on the training of family physicians. Students who successfully complete the program at UMD will automatically transfer on a noncompetitive basis to complete the last two years of their M.D. requirements at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis.

About SFA:
The School of Fine Arts---composed of the departments of art, music, and theatre; the Tweed Museum of Art, Glensheen; and the Marshall Performing Arts Center---plays a leading role in fostering the arts and serving as a cultural and artistic center for the campus and northern Minnesota. The school provides a comprehensive education for students in the visual and performing arts, including majors in art and music education, and opportunities for those whose study in other disciplines is complemented by the fine arts curriculum. The school also offers selected graduate programs in art and music.

About SCSE:
The Swenson College of Science and Engineering has a fourfold mission: to help each student develop a foundation for a career by learning the substance and methods of an academic discipline; to participate fully in the liberal education mission of the campus; to foster significant scholarly research; and to serve the well- being of the community, state, and region. The college offers students a broad range of curricula covering the natural sciences, mathematical sciences, engineering, and technology.