2001 - 2002
Undergraduate Catalog

Purpose Mission Goals

• Mission and Goals
• History
• Government
• Students
• Faculty
• Programs
• Semester System
• Facilities
• Campus Safety and Security
• Standard of Ethical Conduct
• Application Deadlines
• Critical Dates and Deadlines

Programs

The University of Florida is among the nation's 88 leading research universities as categorized in 1994 by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education. UF is one of 62 members of the Association of American Universities, the nation's most prestigious higher education organization. The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools - Commission on Colleges to award the degrees of bachelor, master, specialist and engineer, as well as doctoral and professional degrees. It has 20 colleges and schools and more than 100 interdisciplinary research and education centers, bureaus, and institutes. Almost 100 undergraduate degree programs are offered. The Graduate School coordinates more than 200 graduate programs throughout the university's colleges and schools. Professional postbaccalaureate degrees are offered in dentistry, law, medicine, pharmacy and veterinary medicine.

Last year, more than 32,000 people took advantage of the many university-sponsored opportunities made available through the Division of Continuing Education. More than 25,000 people participated in non-credit conferences, workshops, institutes, and seminars. And more than 7,500 students enrolled in Independent Study by Correspondence courses, both credit and non-credit.