University of Central Missouri

The University was founded in 1871 as Normal School No. 2 and became known as Warrensburg Teachers College . The name was changed to Central Missouri State Teachers College in 1919, Central Missouri State College in 1945 and Central Missouri State University in 1972. In 1965, the institution established a graduate school. In 2006, the name was changed to the University of Central Missouri . There are 150 majors and minors, 32 professional accreditations and 45 graduate programs. UCM has a high-tech, STEM-focused facility called the Missouri Innovation Campus in Lee's Summit, Missouri [ 6 ] and provides numerous online courses and programs. [ 7 ]

The university is considered a Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense. [ 8 ] College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences departments include: School of Visual and Performing Arts Music Theatre and Dance Art and Design Government, International Studies and Languages Political Science English and Philosophy History and Anthropology Communication and Sociology Religious Studies Women's Studies Harmon College of Business and Professional Studies: The Harmon College of Business and Professional Studies is accredited by AACSB International . Other accreditations include Aviation Accreditation Board International and the Council on Social Work Education. [ 9 ] Departments include: School of Business Administration Economics, Finance and Marketing School of Accountancy and Computer Information Systems Management School of Professional Studies Aviation Criminal Justice Communication Disorders and Social Work Military Science and Leadership College of Education departments include: Career and Technology Education Educational Leadership and Human Development Educational Foundations and Literacy Elementary and Early Childhood Education College of Health, Science, and Technology academic units include: School of Nursing School of Industrial Sciences and Technology Agriculture Biological and Clinical Sciences Computer Science and Cybersecurity Mathematics, Actuarial Science and Statistics Nutrition, Kinesiology and Health Occupational Risk and Safety Sciences Physical Sciences Psychological Science The Honors College: Benefits of being an Honors College student include, but are not limited to, early enrollment, one-on-one advising, smaller classes, Honors-only courses and colloquia. [ 10 ] GIMPS The University of Central Missouri continues to hold an important role in the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search . The GIMPS project at UCM is a university-wide effort managed by Curtis Cooper and Steven Boone.

As of 2022, UCM's team ( curtisc ) is currently the 10th place contributor to that project in terms of CPU power devoted to the project, [ 11 ] and is the only GIMPS team that has discovered four Mersenne primes : M43 2 30402457 - 1 with 9,152,052 digits, [ 12 ] M44 2 32582657 - 1 with 9,808,358 digits, [ 13 ] M48 2 57,885,161 -1 with 17,425,170 digits, [ 14 ] and M49 2 74,207,281 -1 with 22,338,618 digits. [ 15 ]

More information Race and ethnicity, Total ... Undergraduate demographics as of Fall 2023 [ 16 ] Race and ethnicity Total White 76% Black 9% Hispanic 7% Two or more races 5% International student 2% Asian 1% Unknown 1% Economic diversity Low-income [ a ] 32% Affluent [ b ] 68% Close The university has more than 185 student organizations with academic, cultural, recreational, community service and special interest clubs and associations. There are also more than 20 intramural sports to compete in, free movie nights on campus and a bowling alley and movie theater in the student union. Freshman and sophomore students are required to live in one of the 9 residence halls their first year to help ease the adjustment from high school to college. Students can also choose to live in one of ten Learning Communities, which places students with the same program of study together in the residence halls. [ 17 ] Greek life The University of Central Missouri is home to 26 Greek organizations. Ten percent of UCM students are involved in Greek life. [ 18 ]