University of Michigan - Flint

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The Executive Board of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies (on the Ann Arbor campus) has approved UM-Flint's new Master of Arts in Arts Administration program.  Students in the Arts Administration program, like students in the MLS and MPA programs at UM-Flint, are considered to be Rackham graduate students and graduate with a degree conferred by the University of Michigan with a recommendation from the Rackham Graduate School and UM-Flint.

The MA in Arts Administration program is now accepting students and will begin offering courses in Fall 2010.

The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved the Flint campus to offer an Education Specialist degree at its meeting on September 17, 2009.

The University of Michigan Flint tentatively plans to offer the Education Specialist degree in Fall 2010 for education professionals who wish to enhance their credentials - and possibly their paycheck.

In the field of education, specialist degrees are aimed at education administrators and teachers who have a previous master's degree in education.

A specialist degree is also often a credential that bumps educators up to a top-tier salary.

The program will include 30 credit hours over 18 months in a cohort-structured program.  Courses will be offered online with a once-a-month, all-day Saturday session.

Students will specialize in curriculum or educational leadership.  To compliment coursework and research wtih practical experience, there will be field based-learning in a post-secondary or K-12 environment and a mentorship with a school leader.

Those who might benefit from the program include practicing administrators seeking to strengthen leadership skills and teachers in or seeking leadership positions in curriculum.  At least three years of professional experience will be required for admission to the program.

The program will be offered through the U-M Flint School of Education and Human Services.

A limited number of Rackham Fellowships will be available for University of Michigan-Flint Master of Liberal Studies and Master of Public Administration students for the Winter 2010 semester.

Fellowship awards cover a portion of tuition for a maximum of three (3) credit hours per semester.  The deadline for filing a fellowship application for the Winter 2010 semester is 5:00 p.m. on December 1, 2009.

You may download the fellowship application and guidelines at http://www.umflint.edu/graduateprograms/rackham_fellowship.htm or obtain them from the Office of Graduate Programs, 251 Thompson Library.  Please consider this opportunity as you plan for the winter semester.

A new Master of Arts in Arts Administration program has been approved to begin in the Fall 2010 semester. The program addresses the needs of individuals wishing to prepare for roles as leaders in designing, implementing, and managing arts activities.

The program will provide you with leadership and other advanced skills in a wide range of areas such as artistic traditions and aesthetic styles, grant writing, personnel policies, fiscal management, and marketing.

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The University of Michigan-Flint has approved two new dual degree programs effective Fall 2009.  Students with an interest in the MBA program and either a MS in Computer Science and Information Systems or a MA in Social Sciences (Global Studies concentration) can now pursue two degree programs and double count 9 credit hours toward the two programs.  For more information, visit the Dual Degree page.