UCF Campuses
University of Central Florida
The University of Central Florida is one of the largest and fastest growing research universities in the country, and it is located in Orlando, one of the most dynamic metropolitan areas in the United States. With a total enrollment of nearly 47,000 students, UCF is now one of the largest universities in the nation.
The UCF community includes a large international student body, 145,000 alumni, and 8,900 faculty and staff. The university offers 95 bachelor's degrees, 96 master's degrees, three specialist degrees and 25 Ph.D. degrees as well as 75 graduate certificate programs. In addition to offering classes on the 1,415-acre main campus in Orlando, UCF's regional campuses serve students throughout an 11-county area in central Florida. More than 13,000 students are enrolled in online courses.
UCF is the university that seeks opportunities, creates opportunities, and brings them to fruition. The university's culture of opportunity is driven by the people it attracts and serves, its Orlando environment, its history of entrepreneurship, and its youth, relevance, and energy. Students and faculty enjoy state-of-the-art wireless classrooms and modern facilities, including a Barnes and Noble Bookstore with a cyber café, and a 185,000-square-foot Student Union with 11 restaurants and seven retail stores. Major construction projects recently completed include College of Engineering and Computer Science, the third major building to complement its current 107,000-square-foot, high-tech wireless facility, and the new Rosen School of Hospitality Management is housed in a 159,000-square-foot campus on a 20-acre site in the heart of Central Florida's tourist corridor.
Again, this year, UCF surpassed the $100 million level in research funding from federal, state and private sources. By moving the university from promise to prominence in optics, lasers, photonics, nanoscience, engineering, education, simulation and biomolecular science, UCF researchers are demonstrating that imagination has no limits and anything is possible.
UCF's main campus is located 13 miles east of the city of Orlando, 45 miles from the Atlantic Ocean and Cape Canaveral, and 100 miles from Tampa and the Gulf of Mexico. The area boasts world-class shopping and dining, lakes, golf courses, jogging trails, nature preserves and theme parks.
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Center for Distributed Learning
Director: Randall S. Upchurch
rupchurc@mail.ucf.edu or call 407-823-4910
Visit our website at http://online.ucf.edu/
The UCF Virtual Campus provides opportunities for students to enroll in credit courses and select degree and certificate programs delivered over the Internet. The instructional design of these courses maintains a high-quality learning environment for nontraditional and campus-based students. The course materials and methods were developed by UCF faculty to maximize the learner's achievement of course and program objectives.
Web-based graduate programs are offered in:
- Criminal Justice (M.S.)
- Exceptional Education (M.Ed. and M.A.)
- Forensic Science (M.S.)
- Instructional Technology, Educational Media Track (M.Ed.)
- Instructional Technology, Educational Technology Track (M.A.)
- Instructional Technology, E-Learning Track (M.A.)
- Instructional Technology, Instructional Systems Track (M.A.)
- Nonprofit Management (M.N.M.)
- Nursing (M.S.N.)
- Vocational Education (M.A.)
Online graduate certificates are offered in:
- Community College Education
- E-Learning Professional Development
- Gifted Education
- Initial Teacher Professional Preparation
- Instructional Design for Simulations
- Instructional/Educational Technology
- Nonprofit Management
- Nursing Education
- Online Educational Media
- Pre-kindergarten Handicapped Endorsement
- Professional Writing
- Special Education
Online courses are identified in the Class Schedule Search available at https://my.ucf.edu/. Select the Advanced Search Dialogue and use the drop-down list next to Mode of Instruction to search for the descriptive value of "World Wide Web (W)." Complete listings of all fully and partially webbased classes from the class schedule are also excerpted and available on the Virtual Campus website at http://online.ucf.edu. Students who plan to enroll in any course with a web component must have access to the Internet, a Web browser such as Internet Explorer, basic web-browsing knowledge, ability to use e-mail, and basic computer skills such as word processing. For additional information, refer to the Learning Online website ( http://learn.ucf.edu).
UCF's Virtual Campus is supported and facilitated by the Center for Distributed Learning. The Center's mission is to provide support to students, faculty and staff in the development and planning of distributed learning courses and programs. The Center serves as a clearinghouse for processes and resources, providing planning and marketing support for online credit programs. The Center also coordinates the university's standards and accreditation changes resulting from web-based instruction.
UCF Regional Campuses
Vice Provost, UCF Regional Campuses: David T. Harrison, Ph.D.
The University of Central Florida also offers a number of programs through UCF Regional Campuses in your neighborhood. Strategically located within an 80-mile radius of the UCF Orlando campus, the multiple nonresidential locations operate in partnership with six Florida community colleges, fostering seamless and convenient advancement from completion of an associate's degree (A.A. or A.S.) to upper division studies that culminate in the awarding of a baccalaureate degree and a variety of complete graduate degree programs. Academic programs include 20 distinct bachelor's degrees, 19 minors and certificates, 13 master's degrees, with each of the UCF colleges represented within the system.
UCF Regional Campuses utilize convenient schedules, and a wide variety of instructional formats, including online class availability. Times and dates for all courses are listed online prior to registration each term and all registration periods correspond to the overall UCF schedule.
Admissions, registration, financial assistance and advising professionals are located at the following full-service campuses: UCF at Cocoa, UCF at Daytona Beach, and UCF at South Lake. In addition, advising services are provided through UCF at Sanford/Lake Mary and UCF at Palm Bay.
Additional resources available at the UCF Regional Campuses include: student clubs and organizations, disability services, veteran's affairs, libraries, computer labs, "smart classrooms," and more.
Even the smaller instructional locations provide students with an opportunity to enroll in selected courses contributing to undergraduate and graduate degrees in a variety of disciplines. In response to community needs, the UCF Regional Campuses also offer programs and courses in other, off-campus locations on an "as needed" basis. UCF Orlando students may register full time or part time for courses available at any of the locations without additional paperwork.
For the most current information on any of the multiple UCF Regional Campus locations, programs or class schedules, check the website at www.regionalcampuses.ucf.edu.
For program listings: www.regionalcampuses.ucf.edu/programs/index.asp
- UCF Daytona Beach (Full-service campus) (386) 506-4021
- UCF Heathrow (407) 531-5466
- UCF Sanford/Lake Mary (407) 708-2805
- UCF Cocoa (Full-service campus) (321) 433-7821
- UCF Palm Bay (321) 433-7838
- UCF Downtown (407) 235-3901
- UCF MetroWest (407) 299-5000 x5500
- UCF Osceola (352) 436-2160
- UCF South Florida (407) 856-6585
- UCF South Lake (Full-service campus) (352) 536-2175
- UCF Ocala (352) 854-2322 x1824
- UCF Leesburg (352) 536-2113
