USF 2007-2008 Undergraduate Catalog - USF Sarasota-Manatee - Pages 217-218
USF’s Sarasota-Manatee campus is currently located on the county line about 60 miles of Tampa. Situated near the beautiful Sarasota Bay and adjacent to the Sarasota-Bradenton Airport, the campus is a convenient and easily accessible location for students coming from the surrounding counties. USF Sarasota-Manatee’s new Campus Center opened in the fall of 2006. The 100,000 square foot facility offers 24 classrooms; a 190-seat lecture/exhibition hall; seminar and video-conferencing rooms; computer labs; a daycare center; faculty and staff offices; a technology and learning center: dining facilities; and a training facility for the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management. USF Sarasota-Manatee offers upper-division (junior and senior) undergraduate, graduate, and certification programs. Full and part-time students are provided with a flexible schedule of daytime, evening, and weekend classes to accommodate commitments to work, family and community.
USF has always been on the forefront of economic development in Sarasota and Manatee counties. Leading in the production of teachers, nurses, accountants, business people and community leaders, USF Sarasota-Manatee is educating a workforce that is tremendously important in this economy and community.
In 1974, USF began offering evening courses in education, business and liberal arts at some of the public schools in Sarasota and Manatee counties. In less than a year, the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus opened on a shared site with New College of Florida, providing courses for upper-level undergraduates, graduates, and continuing education students. Now, 32 years later, USF Sarasota-Manatee attracts more than 3,400 students annually to an expanded and growing schedule of offerings that includes more than 800 courses in 39 academic programs. In recognition of its strategic location and in response to feedback from the local community, USF decided to locate its School of Hotel and Restaurant Management on this campus in 2002.
Many say the reasons for choosing USF Sarasota-Manatee are small class size and a convenient close-to-home location. USF Sarasota-Manatee has continued to expand its academic and extracurricular offerings, thus more effectively serving the needs of the community.
Noteworthy and popular programs include the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, and master’s degrees in social work, special education, and criminal justice administration. The MA in educational leadership now meets 100 percent of the local needs for school principals and assistant principals.
USF Sarasota-Manatee offers classes at the Venice location of Manatee Community College (MCC Venice). The first class started in 2004, thanks to a private grant given by the Gulfcoast Community Foundation of Venice. The program is now permanently funded by the state of Florida. USF Sarasota-Manatee at MCC Venice offers classes in business, elementary education, interdisciplinary social science, psychology, and criminology, enabling students to take courses toward a bachelor’s degree near where they live or work in the south county area.
In 2007, USF Sarasota-Manatee at MCC Venice began offering master’s and certificate programs in Educational Leadership.
College of Arts and Sciences
Criminology
English and American Literature
History
Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Professional and Technical Writing (English)
Psychology
Social Work
College of Business
Accounting
Finance
General Business Administration
Information Systems and Decision Sciences
Management*
Marketing
College of Education
Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
Secondary English Education*(partial)
Secondary Social Science*(partial)
Special Education
College of Nursing
RN to BSN Nursing
College of Undergraduate Studies
School of Hotel and Restaurant Management
Hospitality Management
Information Technology
Bachelor of Applied Science with concentrations in:
Business
Criminal Justice
Early Childhood Development
Hospitality Management
Public Administration
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Hotel Management
Information Technology Management
Leadership In Developing Human Resources
Reading Certificate and Endorsement Program
Restaurant Management
Criminal Justice Administration
College of Arts and Sciences
Criminal Justice Administration
Library and Information Science
Rehabilitation Counseling
Social Work
College of Business
Masters of Business Administration
College of Education
Adult Education
Educational Leadership
Elementary Education
MAT Elementary Education
Reading Education
Special Education
College of Nursing
MS Nursing - Clinical
Nurse Leader Concentration
Reading Education
3,250 Students
Undergraduate: 30
Graduate: 36
(Undergraduate)
42 % Full-Time
57.8 % Part-Time
Fastest Growing Area on the Southwest Coast of Florida
Students come from Sarasota, Manatee, DeSoto, Charlotte, Lee, southern Hillsborough counties and other surrounding counties.
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Effective Date: Semester I, 2007
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