The School of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro was established in 2011, when the former Schools of Human Environmental Sciences (HES) and Health and Human Performance (HHP) merged into one. The school was originally comprised of seven departments, but has grown to… Continue reading…
Gerontology Program The Gerontology Program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), had its formal beginning in 1983. However, gerontological research at UNCG had been ongoing since 1969, and a variety of gerontologically focused classes had been offered in various departments. In the 1983-1984 academic year, UNCG began offering an Interdepartmental Studies Gerontology… Continue reading…
Established in 1928, the Beaufort Summer School was initially a biology course at the seashore in Beaufort, North Carolina, with the aim of teaching marine research and cataloging the marine diversity of the North Carolina coast. This new program used the laboratories at Beaufort High School. By 1931, the Biology… Continue reading…
The Middle College at UNCG was established 2011 and is a high school, where enrolled students can graduate with up to two years of transferable college credit, and a high school diploma. Middle College students attend classes full-time on the UNCG campus. The Middle College at UNCG is small and… Continue reading…
The Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program is a small, specialized Jazz Studies program within the School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). It offers classes in improvisation, arranging/composition, history, theory, ear training, pedagogy, and piano skills leading… Continue reading…
In 1917, the United States Congress passed the Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education Act, which, in part, created funding for vocational education in agriculture, home economics, trades and teacher training. This act led directly to the founding of the Department of Home Economics at the State Normal and Industrial College (later… Continue reading…
UNCG in 3 is a degree acceleration program which began in 2010. It allows students to earn bachelors’ degrees in three years or less. Many students enter UNCG with 10-20 credit hours earned by taking Advanced Placement classes in high school. However, with the rise of early and middle college… Continue reading…
The School of Visual and Performing Arts at UNCG, was created in 2016, by the incorporation of the School of Art into the existing School of Music, Theater, and Dance. The School of Music Theater and Dance had been created in 2010 by the merger of the then separate Schools… Continue reading…
In 1938, Dean of Administration Walter Clinton Jackson approved the first formal religious course for students which focused on the life and teachings of Jesus. It was not until thirteen years later, in 1951, that the university began adding more religious courses to its catalog under the Department of Philosophy…. Continue reading…
The Counseling and Guidance program at Woman’s College (now at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG)) begun in 1959 when Dr. Marian Franklin was employed to teach a course in “Principles of Guidance” through the School of Education. The program expanded in 1965 when the UNCG Graduate Board… Continue reading…
