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Introduction

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County is part of the University System of Maryland and located in southern Baltimore County, Maryland. It was founded in 1966 and specializes in the natural sciences and engineering.

New degree programs include environmental science, financial economics and a B.F.A. in acting.

Academics

UMBC offers 37 majors and 32 minors or certificate programs in the physical and biological sciences, social and behavioral sciences, engineering, mathematics, information technology, humanities and visual and performing arts.

UMBC's Graduate School offers 27 master's degree programs, 21 doctoral degree programs and seven graduate certificate programs. Programs are offered in education, engineering, imaging and digital arts, information technology, life sciences, psychology, public policy and a host of other areas of interest. A new gerontology Ph.D. program is one of only six in the United States.

The Carnegie Foundation's new classification of American colleges and universities places UMBC in the top tier of America's research universities. Of the nearly 4,000 colleges and universities nationwide, UMBC is one of 152 to be included in the category, "Doctoral-Research Universities/Extensive."

The University has been criticized in the past and at present for its poor financial support of the humanities programs.

Finances and Scholarships

UMBC also is home to the Meyerhoff Scholars Program (http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad/s_mey.html), which is designed to assist gifted minority students, especially African Americans, in establishing science careers.

UMBC also has connections with several major businesses in the area such as Northrop Grumman, who provide scholarships and attempt to recruit UMBC students for internship opportunities.

UMBC is quite affordable for Maryland residents. (needs elaboration)

Departments

Computer Science

Computer Science is one of the largest majors on the campus, and takes the undergraduate through a series of courses starting with basic C programming at the 100 level all the way to theoretical analysis of algorithms at the 400 level. The upper level faculty in this department has generally gotten good ratings from the students, and several undergraduates a year choose to remain with the department for their graduate studies.

Mathematics

The Mathematics program at UMBC is almost exclusively focused on applied (as opposed to pure) mathematics, with every full time faculty member working in the former field. Faculty specialties include ordinary and partial differential equations, probability and Markov theory, numerical computation, functional analysis, optimization, and linear algebra. Part time faculty from the nearby NSA also teach courses in pure mathematics including combinatorics, coding theory, algebra, and number theory.

Other department descriptions here

Campus Life

The majority of students at UMBC commute to school, leading to what some perceive as the ambiance and feel of a community college, but with considerably better faculty. Hundreds of university-sanctioned clubs and organizations are present on campus to build a sense of community, but the campus has traditionally suffered on the weekends for lack of activities. The ethnically diverse student body has been criticized by some as being somewhat pedestrian. However, it offers an opportunity for cross-cultural enrichment which some say tends to be ignored by self-segregating groups of students of all ethnicities. Others on campus contend that some of their best friends are of another ethinicity. During the spring of every year the school holds a festival called Quadmania in which several different musical artists participate.

Clubs and Organizations

UMBC Chess

As a self-proclaimed honors university, a great deal of emphasis is placed on the chess team, which has won several Panamerican championships against ivy-league competitors including Harvard. However, the chess team is also largely comprised of students over the usual college age who have been specifically invited to the University on scholarships to play on the chess team (one of them is 42). UMBC is one of two schools in the United States to offer major scholarships for chess proficiency. Dr. Alex Sherzer, one of the previous players on the chess team, was accused of traveling across state lines to solicit sex from a minor.

(other clubs and organizations go here)

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-==Description==
+==Introduction==
-The '''University of Maryland, Baltimore County''' is the red headed step child of the [[University System of Maryland]] and located in southern [[Baltimore County, Maryland]].  It was founded in 1966 and panders to the natural sciences and engineering.
+The [[University of Maryland, Baltimore County]] is part of the [[University System of Maryland]] and located in southern Baltimore County, Maryland. It was founded in 1966 and specializes in the natural sciences and engineering.
+New degree programs include environmental science, financial economics and a B.F.A. in acting.
-UMBC offers 37 majors and 32 minors or certificate programs in the physical and biological sciences, social and behavioral sciences, engineering, mathematics, information technology, humanities and visual,construction of buildings yet lacking parking and performing arts.
+==Academics==
-UMBC's Graduate School offers 27 master's degree programs, 21 doctoral degree programs and seven graduate certificate programs. Programs are offered in education, engineering, imaging and digital arts, information technology, life sciences, psychology, public policy, and other areas of interest.
+UMBC offers 37 majors and 32 minors or certificate programs in the physical and biological sciences, social and behavioral sciences, engineering, mathematics, information technology, humanities and visual and performing arts.
+UMBC's Graduate School offers 27 master's degree programs, 21 doctoral degree programs and seven graduate certificate programs. Programs are offered in education, engineering, imaging and digital arts, information technology, life sciences, psychology, public policy and a host of other areas of interest. A new gerontology Ph.D. program is one of only six in the United States.
-UMBC also has connections with several major businesses in the area such as Northrop Grumman, which actively goes after UMBC students.
+[[The Carnegie Foundation]]'s new classification of American colleges and universities places UMBC in the top tier of America's research universities. Of the nearly 4,000 colleges and universities nationwide, UMBC is one of 152 to be included in the category, "Doctoral-Research Universities/Extensive."
+The University has been criticized in the past and at present for its poor financial support of the humanities programs.
+==Finances and Scholarships==
+UMBC also is home to the [[Meyerhoff Scholars Program]] (http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad/s_mey.html), which is designed to assist gifted minority students, especially African Americans, in establishing science careers.
+UMBC also has connections with several major businesses in the area such as Northrop Grumman, who provide scholarships and attempt to recruit UMBC students for internship opportunities.
+UMBC is quite affordable for Maryland residents. ''(needs elaboration)''
+==Departments==
+===Computer Science===
+Computer Science is one of the largest majors on the campus, and takes the undergraduate through a series of courses starting with basic C programming at the 100 level all the way to theoretical analysis of [[algorithm]]s at the 400 level.  The upper level faculty in this department has generally gotten good ratings from the students, and several undergraduates a year choose to remain with the department for their graduate studies.
+===Mathematics===
+The Mathematics program at UMBC is almost exclusively focused on applied (as opposed to pure) mathematics, with every full time faculty member working in the former field.  Faculty specialties include ordinary and partial differential equations, probability and Markov theory, numerical computation, functional analysis, optimization, and linear algebra.  Part time faculty from the nearby [[NSA]] also teach courses in pure mathematics including combinatorics, coding theory, algebra, and number theory.
+''Other department descriptions here''
 ==Campus Life==
-UMBC is a small school with around 12,000 students. The student population is quite diverse and if you want to you can meet lots of different people (some of my best friends are asian or indian). The majority of students at UMBC commute to school, though a good amount do live on campus, however, a lot of these people go home on the weekends leaving UMBC rather quite during this time. During the Spring the school holds a festival called Quadmania in which they get several different musical artists to preform.
+The majority of students at UMBC commute to school, leading to what some perceive as the ambiance and feel of a community college, but with considerably better faculty. Hundreds of university-sanctioned clubs and organizations are present on campus to build a sense of community, but the campus has traditionally suffered on the weekends for lack of activities.  The ethnically diverse student body has been criticized by some as being somewhat pedestrian.  However, it offers an opportunity for cross-cultural enrichment which some say tends to be ignored by self-segregating groups of students of all ethnicities.  Others on campus contend that some of their best friends are of another ethinicity.  During the spring of every year the school holds a festival called [[Quadmania]] in which several different musical artists participate.
+==Clubs and Organizations==
+===UMBC Chess===
+As a self-proclaimed honors university, a great deal of emphasis is placed on the chess team, which has won several Panamerican championships against ivy-league competitors including Harvard. However, the chess team is also largely comprised of students over the usual college age who have been specifically invited to the University on scholarships to play on the chess team (one of them is 42). UMBC is one of two schools in the United States to offer major scholarships for chess proficiency. Dr. Alex Sherzer, one of the previous players on the chess team, was accused of traveling across state lines to solicit sex from a minor.
+''(other clubs and organizations go here)''
 ==External links==
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 *[http://trw.umbc.edu/articles/2775 Little Abner's]
 *[http://www.collegejournal.com/aidadmissions/newstrends/20030721-zimmerman.html UMBC Chess Debacle]
+*[http://www.lagriffedulion.f2s.com/blackelite.htm "Educating a Black Elite"]
+*[http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad/s_mey.html Meyerhoff Scholars Program]
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