GRADUATE SCHOOL RECEIVES $85,000 IN FUNDING FOR NEW PROGRAMS
6/6/2005 10:19:15 AM
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By Larry Pakowski, PR Intern
June 6, 2005
WILMINGTON, N.C.—The Graduate School at University of North Carolina Wilmington has received $85,000 in funding from Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) for four new professional master’s programs. The new Master of Science in Computer Science and Information Systems will receive $25,000, while the proposed Master of Arts in Gerontology, Master of Arts in Applied Social Science, and Master of Arts in Psychology with a concentration in Applied Behavioral Analysis will receive $60,000 for the three programs.
Two foundations, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Ford Foundation, provided the grants to the CGS, which administers the funds. This year, UNCW was among only 27 of the more than 400 CGS member institutions that received funding as part of the two-year Professional Master’s Implementation Project. About one year ago, UNCW also received grants for planning these programs through the CGS.
Dean of the Graduate School, Dr. Robert Roer, said the grants will help UNCW continue to be a “nationwide leader in professional master’s degrees.” Dr. Roer noted that “UNCW received seven professional master’s planning awards last year, more than any other CGS member university. This year, all four of the implementation proposals we submitted were funded.” A professional master’s degree differs from the more traditional master’s degree in a sense that it provides cross-training in a core discipline with practical skills. That is, graduates of these programs are not only well-educated in their given subject areas, but are ready to lead and manage in their fields as well.
Emphasizing the correlation between increased funding and being able to add more innovative programs, Dr. Roer also added that the number of programs being added is in keeping with the continued growth in graduate programs and enrollment at UNCW. These programs will have seen a two-year timeline from planning to implementation. The MS in Computer Science and Information Systems and MA in Applied Social Science will have students in their initial classes beginning this fall, while the MA in Gerontology and MA in Psychology programs are expected to begin in fall 2006.
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For more information, contact Dr. Robert Roer, Dean of the Graduate School at 910/962-3135.
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