University of Maryland University College

[Jagshund]

Really? Who names these things?

[emcon5]

The Department of Redundant Names Department.

[genrex]

^^^ Firesign Theatre lives!

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by 1968Cayman

Really? Who names these things?

Universities contain 'colleges' and 'schools'. University College is one of them. How it was named...?

[Jagshund]

This one apparently contains both and they're fighting for top billing on the marquee.

[azasadny]

Sounds dodgy to me....

[VincentVega]

Funny. It's known as UMUC around here. I went grad school at UB, my dad went there when it was BU. MD is for crabs, the Bay and odd school names?

[Zeke]

Because it's part of the University System of Maryland

Bowie State University
Coppin State University
Frostburg State University
Salisbury University
Towson University
University of Baltimore
University of Maryland, Baltimore
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
University of Maryland University College
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

[Jagshund]

So they're in the UM's branch and the name of the school is University College? It's still crazy. They should run an ad like: "University of Maryland University College. Yes, We're a Real School."

[imcarthur]

Originally Posted by Zeke

University of Maryland, College Park

My father taught there from '56 - '61. CP is where I learned the pledge of allegiance & the atomic bomb drill & how to outrun a train.

Ian

[DARISC]

Wiki describes it well:

"UMUC is a college in the traditional American sense of the word, albeit one associated with a university—hence, "University College." The "University of Maryland" prefix indicates the historical entity to which the college belonged originally. In the university's name, "University College" represents "the specialized concentration on professional development," while "University of Maryland" represents the affiliation of the university with the University System of Maryland.[9] To American ears, the words "university" and "college" may sound synonymous, and "University College" would be redundant in its name. Among the collegiate universities of Europe, however, the practice of giving one college in the university the name "University College" is not uncommon. In England, for example, one of the 39 colleges of the University of Oxford is called University College, Oxford.

When UMUC first opened in 1947, the school was named College of Special and Continuation Studies to distinguish it as an institution independent from the University of Maryland, College Park.[9] In 1953, Raymond Ehrensberger, chancellor of the institution at that time, wanted to change the name to something more meaningful and less cumbersome for people to say and remember. Early suggestions for the name included College of General Studies, College of Adult Education and University College.[9]
In 1959, Chancellor Ehrensberger persuaded the University System of Maryland's Board of Regents to change the name to University of Maryland University College. The name "University College" was adopted from the British university system to depict an educational institution offering "courses and programs from all academic departments outside the university's walls and normal class times."[9] Therefore, UMUC is not a division of the University of Maryland, College Park, but rather a separate institution within the University System of Maryland."