USF 1999-2000 Undergraduate Catalog - Page 10

USF at Tampa, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Lakeland

The University of South Florida's four campuses are within reach of more than 3 million people, roughly one quarter of the state's population -- in a 10-county area.

The USF academic programs offered in St. Petersburg, Sarasota/Manatee and Lakeland are designed primarily to serve students of junior, senior, and graduate standing. Programs are offered at times that meet the special needs of students, many of whom are residents in the campus area and are employed in full- and part-time jobs. Selected courses and programs are offered on the campuses by the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Engineering and Nursing.

Students may enroll on a part-time or full-time basis on any one of the campuses or elect to enroll on more than one USF campus simultaneously. Dual enrollment may provide students with a schedule both academically flexible and personally convenient.

Resident faculty and Student Affairs staff provide students at all campuses with social, vocational, and academic counseling.

TAMPA: The central campus in Tampa, located on a 1,748-acre tract of land 10 miles northeast of downtown Tampa, serves a three-county area of over 2 million people. This is the largest campus, designed to serve students from throughout the state, nation, and many foreign countries from their freshman year through graduate school.

Nine schools and colleges are located on this campus, including, on the undergraduate level, the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts and Nursing.

The campus is home to three hospitals or institutions that work closely with the colleges of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health: the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, and the Psychiatry Center. The University is also home to the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute.

The Sun Dome, a multi-purpose facility with seating for 10,000, hosts an array of athletic contests, concerts, lectures, and programs.

The Phyllis P. Marshall Center, more so than any other campus facility, serves as a focal point for daily activity for students, faculty, alumni, guests, and visitors. The Phyllis P. Marshall Center houses a diversity of programs and services and a Special Events Center auditorium.

SARASOTA: The Sarasota/Manatee campus, which includes New College and is adjacent to the state-owned Ringling Museum, is located on the north edge of Sarasota about 10 miles south of Bradenton on U.S. Highway 41. The campus serves a population of more than 530,000 persons in a four-county area.

The University of South Florida at Sarasota/Manatee is an educational and cultural center of local, state and national significance. Its mission embraces two distinct academic opportunities: New College of USF and the University Program. New College is a residential, highly selective and innovative liberal arts college. The college encourages independent study and features small classes and tutorials. All students are four-year, full-time residential students. The University Program emphasizes junior, senior, and graduate courses and degrees in Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering and Nursing.They serve full and part-time commuting students and the educational needs of professionals in Manatee, Sarasota, Hardee and Desoto counties.The campus also has a significant responsibility for historic and environmental preservation and enhancement of the beautiful Ringlings' and Caples estates.

USF at Sarasota/New College has more than 40 buildings including a fitness center, student center, classrooms, science laboratories, and student residences. A $6.1-million campus library opened in 1986. The Sudakoff Lecture and Conference Center, a gift from Sarasota philanthropist Harry Sudakoff, opened in 1985.

ST. PETERSBURG: The St. Petersburg campus is located on Bayboro Harbor in downtown St. Petersburg. This waterfront campus hosts colleges of Business, Education, Nursing and Arts and Sciences, and is nationally recognized for its graduate program in Marine Science. USF St. Petersburg also houses a Center for Ethics, the Knight Oceanographic Research Center, a 160,000-volume library, a fitness center and other student recreational facilities.

Noteworthy programs include a respected graduate program in journalism studies that emphasizes public journalism and ethics, and related writing components such as the Florida Suncoast Writers' Conference. The campus holds several endowed chairs whose scholars are in the fields of media ethics, ethics and marine science.

USF St. Petersburg serves junior, senior and graduate students, and is the only public university in Pinellas County, an area of 1 milion people.

The 33-year-old campus is USF's largest regional branch and was the State University System's prototype for such campuses. The U.S. Geological Survey's Center for Coastal Geology, the Florida Institute of Oceanography and a branch of the Department of Environmental Protection are located here. A medical, research and cultural complex also surrounds the campus.

LAKELAND: The University of South Florida at Lakeland extends access to higher education into central portions of the state in the counties of Polk, Highlands and Hardee with population of 550,000.

The Lakeland campus opened in January 1988 on a 135-acre site in a new and innovative facility built for the combined use of Polk Community College (PCC) and the University. The facility is located on State Road 540 on the southeast side of the city, which allows ease of access to residents of the surrounding counties.

PCC offers freshman and sophomore courses while USF provides junior, senior and graduate courses in selected academic disciplines.

USF at Lakeland is designed to provide not only traditional classroom instruction but also to take advantage of advanced educational technologies. Lakeland has television receiving and transmitting classrooms and labs for individualized computer instruction. The television capabilities provide students access to outstanding faculty at USF through two-way video and audio communication. The computer labs allow students to work with personal computers and still have access to the main computing facility in Tampa, as well as from their homes.

Lakeland offers undergraduate degree programs in Business, Criminology, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Education and Engineering. Graduate programs are offered in Education, Engineering, Criminology and Public Administration. The presence of the campus plays an important role in the attraction of new industries to the area and the retention of existing companies by providing highly skilled professionals as a result of completing a bachelors degree in the same location.

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Effective Date: Semester I, 1999