University of Central Florida

The University of Central Florida opened in the fall of 1963. Its original name, Florida Technological University, was changed by the Florida Legislature on December 6, 1978. This name change reflects the changing role of the university in the Central Florida area. Initially, the university was developed in response to the Cape Kennedy space complex, but with its enthusiastic acceptance by the Central Florida community and its rapid growth, the university began to acquire a broader educational mission.

The university's presently assigned role within the ten-campus State University System of Florida is that of a general purpose institution offering degree programs at all levels of instruction. In addition, the university has the responsibility of assisting in the economic development of the Central Florida region, especially in the areas of high technology, electronics, and tourism.

Mission Statement

UCF is a growing metropolitan university with the responsibility to deliver a comprehensive program of teaching, research, and service. Its primary mission is to provide intellectual leadership through quality undergraduate and graduate programs.

UCF offers undergraduate education rooted in the arts and sciences, providing a broad liberal education while developing competence in fields of special interest. Unique aspects of UCF's approach are its commitment to educate students for a world in which cooperation is as important as competition; in which societal and environmental impacts of new developments are as important as their technical merits; and in which technology, the arts, sciences, humanities, and commerce work together to shape the future.

The complexity of modern society requires comprehensive graduate and professional programs. UCF provides advanced education that matches institutional strengths with evolving regional, state, national, and international needs. It supports these advanced programs by recruiting excellent students, faculty, and staff and by supplying the infrastructure that enables these programs to achieve national prominence.

Basic and applied research, as well as creative activity, are integral parts of a quality education. UCF faculty are scholar-teachers. As such, they create new knowledge, new points of view, and new means of expression in a broad range of academic, professional, and socially significant areas. Their creativity fosters innovation as they convey their results, methods, values, and expressions to students, colleagues, and the public.

Service to its community is an important extension of the teaching and research mission of the university. Public service is prominent at UCF, with the university developing partnerships with the community to enrich the educational, artistic, cultural, economic, and professional lives of those it serves in Central Florida and beyond.

Education is more than classroom experience. UCF students are involved in cooperative research and participate in artistic, social, cultural, political, and athletic activities. UCF provides academic diversity by bringing to its campus national and international leaders who expose students and the community to a wide range of views and issues. UCF achieves cultural diversity by using its multi-campus facilities to serve a diverse population of traditional and nontraditional students from various races, cultures, and nationalities.

UCF is committed to the free expression of ideas, the equality of all people, and the dignity of the individual.

Accreditation

The University of Central Florida is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award degrees at the associate, baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral levels.

In addition to the regional accreditation agencies, there are a number of scientific, professional, and academic bodies conferring accreditation in specific disciplines: College of Business Administration by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB); College of Education, Florida State Department of Education and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE); College of Engineering by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); College of Health and Public Affairs by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) and the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). UCF is listed with an "A" rating in the Report of Credit Given by Educational Institutions.

East Central Florida Area

UCF is located in East Central Florida, a region with a population of about two million. Known for its tourist attractions and high-technology industries, the area is one of the fastest growing regions in the nation. East Central Florida is noted for its many lakes. Atlantic beaches are an easy hour drive from the main campus. The area offers Walt Disney World and other attractions that draw vacationers from many countries. The area also offers Broadway productions, pop and classical music headliners, art festivals, a Shakespeare festival of UCF origin, professional sports teams such as the Orlando Magic, the Solar Bears, and the Orlando Predators.

The Orlando Campus

The 1,443-acre campus is located in the Orlando suburbs, 13 miles northeast of downtown. Sixty-seven permanent buildings—valued at more than $133 million—radiate outward from an academic core, where UCF's colleges, classrooms, and library are located. More than $22 million in new construction is underway, including a $14 million communications building and a new Health and Public Affairs building. New facilities recently completed include an $11 million student union and an $11 million building to house the Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers. UCF recreational facilities include lighted tennis and racquetball courts, an outdoor swimming pool, golf driving range, volleyball and basketball courts, and ball fields.

UCF Area Campuses

In addition to the academic programs offered on the Orlando campus, the University of Central Florida offers a number of upper-division programs and graduate programs at the Brevard and Daytona Beach campuses and at the Downtown Academic Center and the Professional Development Center at South Orlando. Times and dates for all courses are listed in the regularly published Schedule of Classes.

UCF Brevard Area Campus

Clark Maxwell, Jr., Lifelong Learning Center,
1519 Clearlake Road,
Cocoa, FL 32922
Campus Director:.......................................James A. Drake
(407) 632-1111, ext. 65567 • UCF ext. 506-5567

Assistant Campus Director:.......................Doyce Walter
(407) 632-1111, ext. 65563 • UCF ext. 506-5563
Financial Aid, Records, Registration, and
Undergraduate Admissions:.......................Charlene A. Stinard
(407) 632-1111, ext. 65609 • UCF ext. 506-5609

The UCF Brevard campus is co-located on the Brevard Community College campus in Cocoa. The university offers junior- and senior-level classes leading to the bachelor's degree in thirteen undergraduate majors. Eight graduate programs offer course work for the master's degree.

Graduate programs are offered in:
Business Administration (M.B.A.) [at BCC Melbourne]
Communicative Disorders (M.A.)
Educational Leadership (M.Ed.)
Elementary Education (M.A.)
Master of Arts in Varying Exceptionalities (M.A.) [partial]
Education - Varying Exceptionalities (M.Ed.) [partial]
Public Administration (M.P.A.)
Engineering FEEDS/ITV (on videotape at Kennedy Space Center,

BCC Palm Bay, and UCF Brevard - Cocoa)

The campus maintains its own undergraduate admissions, registration/records, and financial aid services offices, co-located with BCC offices in the BCC Student Center. The five colleges (Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, and Health and Public Affairs) maintain offices for staff and faculty, providing on-site advisement for graduate and post-baccalaureate students in all majors offered on the campus.

The UCF-BCC Joint Use Library offers full library services. The Florida Solar Energy Center, located adjacent to the UCF Brevard campus, conducts research on a broad range of energy-related issues. Other offices maintained on the Brevard campus include: Student Government Association, Student Affairs, cashiering services, a joint use computer lab, bookstore, and evening child care.

Records, financial aid services, and undergraduate admissions are located in the BCC Student Center. Business hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Graduate program services are offered in the college advising offices in the Lifelong Learning Center, Monday through Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Office hours are extended during registration cycles.

A Brevard Community College parking sticker is required for parking lots on the BCC campuses. Decals are free through the UCF Brevard administrative support office, suite 147 of the Lifelong Learning Center, with a valid UCF ID and proof of registration.

UCF Daytona Beach Campus

Associate Vice President and Campus Executive Officer.................Sarah H. Pappas
P.O. Box 2811,
1200 International Speedway Blvd.,
Daytona Beach, FL, 32120-2811
(904) 255-7423, ext. 4010
Associate Campus Director.................................................................William J. Wetherell
(904) 255-7423, ext. 4025

The UCF Daytona Beach Campus offers upper-division and graduate-level courses to residents of Volusia and Flagler counties. UCF courses are taught by twenty resident faculty, visiting Orlando faculty, and local adjuncts.

A wide range of services are offered for Daytona Beach students including admissions, registration, financial aid, student clubs and organizations, disability services, veterans' affairs, career resources, and others. The Daytona Beach Community College Library provides a full range of library services. Admissions, registration, and student services offices are located in Building 34. Business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Hours are extended during scheduled registration periods.

The following graduate degree programs are offered at the Daytona Beach Campus:

Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Criminal Justice (M.S.)
Educational Leadership (M.Ed.)
Educational Leadership (Ed.D.)
Engineering (FEEDS/ITV-video)
Exceptional Education
Health Services Administration (M.S.)
Nursing (R.N. to M.S.N.)

Additional courses and programs will be added as needs are identified.

Division of Continuing Education

Interim Director.........................Dale A. Badger
TR 547 • (407) 823-6115

Center for Outreach Credit

Director.......................................Elizabeth Baab
TR 547 • (407) 823-6114

The Center for Outreach Credit serves as a facilitator for the academic colleges and performs the overall planning, coordination, and management of approved off-campus credit courses, degree programs, sponsored contract courses, and accelerated on-campus instruction for students. The Center also provides consultant support to all colleges and area campuses for distance-learning entries in the Master Schedule. Registration and other logistic support services are provided to open enrollment distance-learning courses.

Credit courses and programs offered by the academic colleges and coordinated by the Center are tailored to meet the educational needs of local residents and area business, industry, and government employees. The goal of the Center for Outreach Credit is to unite the university and public/private sector resources for the purpose of providing to participants an opportunity to achieve personal aspirations and to maintain or enhance their professional and technical competencies. Open enrollment registrations facilitated by the Center for Outreach Credit do not constitute admission to the university.

Professional Development Center at South Orlando

Director............................................John Duryea
Orlando Central Park •
(407) 856-6585

The Professional Development Center offers noncredit educational programs designed to meet the professional development needs of individuals and organizations throughout the state and the region. Offerings include seminars, workshops, conferences, symposia, and certificate programs that enable practitioners to seek personal enrichment and/or professional advancement. Programs are developed in cooperation with the academic colleges and institutes, and university faculty and support services are utilized to bring maximum benefit to both nontraditional and traditional learners.

Working closely with business, professional, and service organizations, the Center designs programs that best meet the needs of the working community. To substantiate the content of professional programs, as well as to offer credentials to verify a learner's participation, Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are offered to qualified and eligible participants.

The Center is located in Orlando Central Park, a site convenient to students who live or work in southwest Orange County and north Osceola County. A television studio at the Center has the capacity to receive signals for five interactive television courses. There is a small computer lab for student use, and the library is equipped with LUIS terminals. Admissions and financial assistance information is available.

Center for Multilingual Multicultural Studies

Director...............................................Consuelo Stebbins
TR 547• (407) 823-0088

Assistant Director...............................Myrna Creasman
TR 547• (407) 823-5515

Using contemporary teaching methodology and computer-assisted instruction, the Center for Multilingual Multicultural Studies provides English language instruction for international students. Four levels of instruction are offered which range from beginning to advanced, and special attention is given to preparing students for academic course work in their specialized fields of study. Full-time students enrolled at the advanced level may elect to take courses as non-degree-seeking students while enrolled in the Intensive English program. Students are required to take an entry placement test to determine their level of proficiency. Student (F-1) visas are extended to qualified applicants. The Center also offers English for Special Purposes for international business personnel.

Downtown Academic Center

Director..............................................Cecelia H. Rivers
36 West Pine Street,
Orlando, FL 32801•
(407) 317-7700

The Downtown Academic Center is located in the heart of downtown Orlando. Situated near Orlando's Church Street Station, access to the center is easy. With four classrooms, including a 140-seat lecture hall, a multitude of credit and noncredit courses and programs are made available to UCF students as well as to the business and residential community of Orlando. The Institute of Government, housed at the center, further expands opportunities for professional development through ongoing workshops and seminars. In addition, a distributed learning center features an interactive television system that connects students to courses on the main campus and to satellite conference sites. A state-of-the-art computer lab provides the latest technology to aid student learning and enhance computer literacy. Selected courses are available by video to meet the needs of students unable to attend classes offered at set times. Admission, financial assistance, and other college information is readily available.

The Downtown Academic Center also serves as a centralized place for meetings, mini-conferences, and retreats. The AT&T executive conference room and flexible classroom space create an atmosphere conducive to hosting a variety of educational activities and cultural events to promote the mission of the university.

The Downtown Academic Center offers upper-division and graduate-level courses in Health and Public Affairs, Arts and Sciences, Business, and Education.

Information Technologies and Resources

The Division of Information Technologies and Resources includes the Library, Computer Services, Telecommunications, and the Office of Instructional Resources. The Division has responsibility for planning, implementation, and support of information resources to serve the university's primary functions of instruction, research, and administration. Specific services and facilities provided by each of the above units are described in the following sections.

University Libraries

Director.....................................................Barry B. Baker
Interim Associate Director......................Roger D. Simons
LR 512 • (407) 823-2564

Professional Staff:
Ellen P. Anderson, Joseph C. Andrews, R. Rochelle Ballard, Norris S. Bazemore Jr., Elba C. Grovdahl, Carole S. Hinshaw, Athena R. Holcomb, Suzanne Holler, Phyllis J. Hudson, Gary L. Hyslop, Selma K. Jaskowski, Patricia Kenly, Marcus D. Kilman, Cynthia M. Kisby, Chang C. Lee, Cheryl G. Mahan, Kimberly K. Montgomery, Jeanne M. Piascik, Margaret K. Scharf, Meredith C. Semones, Roger D. Simmons, Marilyn R. Snow, Peter Spyers-Duran II, Mem T. Staley, Linda J. Sutton, Linda Swartz, Jeannette A. Ward, Jack L. Webb, Andrea P. Winship, Ying Zhang.

The University Library, housed in a facility of 200,000 square feet, has a collection of over 1,000,000 volumes (books, journals, government documents) with approximately 5,000 subscriptions (journals, newspapers, and other serials) and over 11,000 media titles. The Library is a partial depository for U.S. and Florida documents, and U.S. Patents. LUIS, the Library's on-line catalog, may be accessed through terminals in the Library, at other campus locations, or from off-campus computers. Through LUIS, Library users are able to determine whether the UCF Library owns a particular item, and the location and availability of the item. LUIS also provides on-line access to catalogs of all state university libraries in Florida, and to ERIC, IAC, and other indexes.

Education and training for effective use of information technology and resources is made available in a state-of-the-art facility, where students have opportunities for immediate hands-on experience with presented techniques. The Library is open approximately 95 hours each week, including evenings and weekends. A shortened schedule is maintained during vacation periods, and hours are extended during the last few weeks of each semester. A staff of librarians and paraprofessionals is available to assist and advise those using the Library. Arrangements may also be made for class or small group instruction. Materials not in the Library's collections are available through the Interlibrary Loan Service. The Library also provides customized computer-produced bibliographies from any of approximately 500 different commercially available databases.

Special services are provided for the disabled. By using a computer terminal, disabled students can determine the availability of the books they need, and telephone the Library to request that books be brought to them at a convenient location on campus. A Kurzweil reading machine is available in the Library for the visually impaired; students or faculty may arrange for instruction in its use. Through the cooperation of the University's Office of Student Disability Services and the Florida Bureau of Blind Services, the Library staff will aid disabled students in obtaining special equipment they may need to use Library resources.

A Curriculum Materials Center, located in the College of Education, provides a variety of K-12 curriculum materials in various formats for student and faculty use. The collection numbers over 20,000 books and 3,500 units of all types of media.

Students enrolled in the university's area campuses in Daytona Beach and Brevard County receive a full range of services from the Daytona Beach Community College Library and the Brevard Community College Library. The UCF Library purchases library materials for addition to these libraries in support of UCF academic programs taught there. On-line access to the catalog of the main Library collection is available from all branch campus locations and materials are delivered through a regular courier service.

Computer Services and Telecommunications

Computer Services and Telecommunications provides central support services for administrative data processing, instruction and research computing, telecommunication networks, e-mail, telephone, information technology training, user help, and microcomputer technology to the university.

Central instruction and research computing is provided primarily by computers located on the main campus as follows: Novell LAN fileservers, IBM RS/6000 model 580, IBM ES/9000 model 170 and other Internet and campus facilities. There are four public access IBM PC labs in Computer Center II (CCII), the Engineering Building (ENGR), Education (EDU), and the Business Building (BA). UNIX equipment is available in CCII and ENGR. PowerMac and Macintosh labs are available in CCII and EDU. Public access labs are available for faculty and students. Most labs are open seven days a week with extended hours.

Voice Response systems are available for dial-up registration, grades, and financial aid information. Campus KIOSK workstations are available in the Administration and Library buildings for frequently asked questions and individual student record information. Additional information is available on the Knight Information System Gopher and UCF World Wide Web servers. Access to Internet and campus information servers is available to our students through Pegasus accounts provided to all newly enrolled students.

The university also operates a full-service on-campus Computer Store (Bldg. 541), which provides the UCF community a source for quality computer products and services at competitive prices. The store is an authorized campus re-seller for Dell, Apple, IBM, Sun, Microsoft, Lotus, and many other products. Maintenance and training support is also available from the store.

Office of Instructional Resources (OIR)

LIB 157 • (407) 823-2571

Instructional Resources supports UCF with multimedia design and production, television production, audio production, photography, graphics (print and nonprint) technologies, and a full range of audiovisual and classroom support services. OIR's facilities include the Digital Image Processing Lab (DIPL), located in the Research Pavilion in the Central Florida Research Park. In association with its community partners, DIPL offers UCF faculty access to state-of-the-art digital imaging technologies including digital image processing, digital document scanning, and CD-ROM production. OIR's Faculty Multimedia Center (LIB 156) provides multimedia production and training resources for faculty using Macintosh and Windows personal computer systems.

OIR provides UCF with a full array of distributed learning delivery systems including live interactive video, which services several rooms on the main campus, the Orlando Downtown Academic Center, and the branch campuses at Brevard and Daytona; an ITFS network that serves the main campus, the Downtown Academic Center in Orlando and the Branch campuses in Brevard and Daytona; Ku and C-band satellite reception; and cable television delivery on the main campus. OIR supports UCF's Web-based distributed learning programs with Web training for faculty and Web design and production facilities.

Distance and Distributed Learning

Course Development for Interactive Distributed Learning
Course Developer......................................Barbara Truman
Academic Affairs, Administration (AD) 395-C • (407) 823-3718
World Wide Web: http://distrib.ucf.edu/

UCF offers students convenient opportunities to take credit courses through a variety of interactive distributed technologies. Interactive (ITV) courses are broadcast in real-time using two-way video and two-way audio between the main campus, Brevard and Daytona campuses, and Downtown Academic Center. ITV courses may be enhanced with multimedia delivery and may originate from any of the receive sites using a compressed video system.

Learning on-line through distributed courses allows students to participate virtually via computer using e-mail, computer conferencing, and the World Wide Web. Traditional courses use on-line components to enhance classroom activity, while distributed on-line courses replace some class meetings. Fully on-line courses have minimal class meetings and involve additional media such as audio and video tapes. UCF's virtual campus puts the home back in homework by bringing the university to students with on-line courses and services. See http://distrib.ucf.edu/
for more information. Courses are listed each semester in the Schedule of Classes.

Instructional Television

ENGR 387 • (407) 823-2481

The university offers a variety of courses by way of television. They are available either live or on tape at various locations both on and off campus. Live courses may be viewed at the Brevard and Daytona Beach campuses, as well as at selected sites around the Greater Orlando area. Live courses may also be viewed on a cable channel in the dorms and at several fraternity and sorority houses. Some courses are also broadcast to individual homes through local cable companies in Brevard and Orange counties. Courses on tape are available in the learning centers or libraries at all of the university's campuses. Courses available on tape or live television are listed each semester in the Schedule of Classes.

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