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SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Each year some undergraduate colleges consider upon application a number of highly motivated students who have clear educational goals and the ability to achieve those goals. These students may be appointed Dean's Scholars. These students are freed of all college general education requirements so that they can build their entire program with faculty advisors. They are generally selected after they have finished three semesters at the University. Additional information is available from the Dean's Office.
These five-year programs combine work in liberal arts and engineering and lead to the simultaneous awarding of a bachelor's degree in Arts and Science and a bachelor's degree in the appropriate engineering field. For complete details on these programs, see the Arts and Science-Engineering Curricula section.
The College of Arts and Science offers teacher education programs for students who wish to prepare themselves to be certified teachers in Delaware or in twenty-seven other states and the overseas dependent schools. For secondary certification (high school, junior high school, middle school), programs are offered in biology, chemistry, earth sciences, English, foreign languages (Classics, French, German, Italian, Latin, Russian, Spanish), mathematics, physics, and social studies (anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology). For K-12 certification, teacher education programs are offered in music (instrumental, keyboard, voice) and in foreign languages.
Each degree program in teacher education requires a certain minimum G.P.A. for enrollment in EDDV 400, Student Teaching, a course required for the degree. The appropriate teacher education program advisor (See the list of advisors for teacher education programs.) should be consulted for the exact G.P.A. requirements and other policies concerning qualifications for student teaching.
See Teacher Education Programs in the College of Human Resources, Education and Public Policy section of this catalog for more information, including a list of program advisors.
For more information, consult the Advisement Committee's bulletin board
on the third floor of Smith Hall or the Pre-Law web site at http://copland.udel.edu/stu-org/prelaw/.
Questions may be addressed to Committee Chair Professor Leslie Goldstein,
458 Smith Hall, telephone (302) 831-1931, or by e-mail to committee advisors
at as-advise@mvs.udel.edu.
Preparation for admission to professional schools in medicine, dentistry, and related fields must include specific course work in biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics. Although many preprofessional students major in biology or chemistry, because these disciplines include the science training required, nonscience majors are acceptable and, in fact, encouraged by many professional schools.
Preprofessional students usually begin their career-related course work in the first semester of the freshman year in order to complete the relevant courses before taking professional aptitude tests as juniors. Early academic advisement is essential to ensure that the preprofessional curriculum requirements are met. The Health Sciences Advisory and Evaluation Committee (Room 117A, Wolf Hall) coordinates advisory services for all students preparing for admission to health-related professional schools. Call 831-2282 for information.
The Medical Scholars Program has been developed by the University of Delaware and Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia to educate men and women to meet society's changing health care demands. This unique approach to medical studies unifies college, medical school, and residency years by integrating liberal arts, science, and professional studies across both institutions. Utilizing faculty and courses at the University of Delaware and Jefferson Medical College, the curriculum includes traditional studies in the life and health sciences, as well as courses in the humanities, ethics, social sciences, economics, political science, and health policy. Group discussion, problem-based instruction, hands-on science, computer and video disc technology are part of the program. Under this program, students receive a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies degree and conditional acceptance to Jefferson Medical College as early as their sophomore year at the University of Delaware. For information, contact Professor Paul Durbin at 831-8202.
Many students may benefit from a semester devoted to a carefully planned field studies program away from the campus. Opportunity is available under this option to develop an academic program involving field research and data collection or involving associated work in a government organization or private company. Such an academic option must be developed in detail with an academic advisor. More information is available from the Dean's office, to which proposals should be submitted by October 15 or by March 15.
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