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Students plan courses of study, select advisers V
and receive credit for a range of projecte in
and out of the university classroom
By Ron Ruggless and Terri WOIson
Satisfying the trend towards a nontraditional
curriculum for the highly motivated student is
the main inspiration behind University Studies.
The program, in its third year at UNL, allows
60 students, including 40 to 50 University .
Studies majors and other taking special courses in
the College of " Arts and Sciences, to acquire
academic credit by working outside of the class
room, according to University Studies graduate
student advisers.
Senior Sue Smiley, a personal communica- .
tions and psychology major in University
Studies, works at the Child Guidance Service in
Lincoln for six hours of credit She carries an
additional academic load of nine' hours, with six
hours of independent study.
Smiley said she-thinks University Studies is an
excellent program because it allows for a flexible
schedule.
As an example, Smiley said she has all her .
classes scheduled on Tuesday and Thursday
mornings. She works with children all day
Wednesday and on Friday mornings.
Rewarding work
A rewarding factor to her, she said, is working ; ;
closely with her advising professors.
She cited Martin Peterson from the Anthro
pology Dept. as her main advoser since she enter- "
ed the program in the fall of her junior year.
Planning to graduate in December 1976,
Smiley said the small number of students and
high quality courses in University Studies provide
her with the personal attention she needs.
The only drawback she foresees is trying to
explain her University Studies degree to a
potential employer.
Her Child Guidance employers have dispelled
this fear by encouraging her in her chosen study,
sne saw.
Positive responses seen
John Scholz, former director of the University
Studies program, said he has seen positive re
sponses by employers toward University Studies
graduates. .
Scholz has been involved in the program since
its beginning.
Many students, when visiting a potential
employer, are given the chance to explain their ,
non-traditional curriculum, he said.
Students with traditional college majors do
not get this chance to explain their course
selections and are at a disadvantage from the
beginning.'Scholz said. ,
Scholz, vice chairman of the Chemistry Dept.,
helped originate the program after a $250,000
Ford Foundation Venture Fund Grant was
awarded to UNL for the development of experi
mental educational programs.
Program evolved
He said the program further evolved through
the cooperation of the College of Arts and
Sciences and the UNL faculty Senate
Curriculum Committee. .
The Curriculum Committee on University
Studies recommended last spring that University
. Studies remain a university program indefinitely,
Scholz said. a
Since the Ford Foundation grant runs out at
the end of the 1975-76 school year, Scholz said
the program will have to seek financial help from
. the University and teaching time from the
faculty from Arts and Sciences departments.
Scholz works along with professors from the
English, Geography and History Depts. under the
Director of University Studies 'Joan Wadlow,
College of Arts and Sciences dean and political
science professor. .,
Brian Blouet, associate professor of geo
' graphy, works part-time specializing in Third
World politics; Leslie Duly, history professor,
specializes in British , Commonwealth studies,
and Robert Haller, professor of English, special
izes in medieval literature and creative writing.
Applicants screened
Those professors screen applicants by evaluat
ing the motivation and academic goals of the
prospective University Studies students.
The student, once accepted, forms a proposed
curriculum of Arts and Sciences and 'field study
courses. This mixture of academic work becomes
the platform on which the student builds his or
her University Studies program.
Don Window, graduate student adviser,
graduated with a University Studies degree,
Originaly interested in journalism, Winslow
studied African History, writing and theater and
spent the summer of 1974 in South Africa.
Winslow s co-worker, graduate student
adviser Mark Hoeger stressed the fact that Uni
versity Studies is not an "anything goes"
program. He said students within the system in
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