GREENSBORO, N.C. — The University of North Carolina at Greensboro announced that several programs have been cut Thursday.
Chancellor Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. said 20 programs will be cut after it was recommended by the school's deans due to the low enrollment rates. The cuts are impacting nearly 230 students; however, the students already in the programs will be able to finish as long as they remain in good academic standing.
The following programs the school said will be discontinued and will no longer be accepting students:
Undergraduate Majors
- BA, Anthropology
- BA, Secondary Education in Geography
- BS and BA, Physics
- BS, Physical Education, Teacher Education (K-12)
- BA, Religious Studies (will now be a concentration within the Liberal and Professional Studies Program — see below for details)
Undergraduate Minors, Certificates, and Course Offerings
- Chinese minor
- Russian minor
- Korean language courses
Graduate Programs
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Nursing
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Advanced Practice Foundations (Nursing)
- MA, Applied Geography
- MFA, Drama Concentration in Directing (Concentrations in Musical Direction for Musical Theatre, Theatre for Youth, and Design will continue)
- MFA, Interior Architecture
- MA, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- MAT, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures in Teaching
- MA, Mathematics (all concentrations)
- MEd, Special Education
- Dual Masters in Nursing Science and Business Administration (The stand-alone MBA and standalone MSN are not affected)
- PhD, Communication Sciences and Disorders
- PhD, Computational Mathematics
Chancellor Gilliam also said it would take years for the changes to take effect.
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