Academics
The University of Maine at Augusta is divided into three primary academic units or colleges: Arts & Humanities, Mathematics & Professional Studies, and Natural & Social Sciences. Each college is an academic division of the university, which through its dean has administrative responsibilities. Colleges are organized into departments/programs, each representing an academic discipline (e.g. Architecture, Mathematics, and Nursing) or a related set of disciplines (e.g. Business, Humanities, and Natural Sciences). UMA offers 17 baccalaureate degrees, 15 associates degrees, and 13 non-degree cert programs.
UMA is noted nationally for offering an online baccalaureate degree in information and library science. In summer 2009, it will begin offering online courses to a Maine Army National Guard unit stationed in Kandahar, Afghanistan. For several years, UMA has been ranked among the top public comprehensive colleges in the north region by U.S. News and World Report. UMA is a Carnegie Classification Associate/Baccalaureate institution, and in 2005 awarded 337 associate degrees and 232 baccalaureate degrees.
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“Our first line of defense in raising children with values is modeling good behavior ourselves. This is critical. How will our kids learn tolerance for others if our hearts are filled with hate? Learn compassion if we are indifferent? Perceive academics as important if soccer practice is a higher priority than homework?”
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