[ Words from Current Students]

Accounting

The Accounting Department provides B.S., M.S., and Ph. D. degree programs with major in accounting. The MS-Accounting degree program offers specializations in the area of :
- Audit and Financial Accounting
(Financial Auditing / Internal Auditing / Information Systems / Financial counting)
- Government and Non-for-Profit
- Managerial Accounting Systems
(Petroleum Accounting/ Accounting/ information Systems)
- Entrepreneurial Perspective
- and Taxation.

It has been one year for me at UNT. The most wonderful experience while studying accounting at UNT was the meeting with the very friendly teachers. And another thing is that they have lots of funds to give away to students as scholarships. Because the UNT is located very close to Dallas in which there are many large companies, we may get great job offers after graduating.

Also, the Accounting Department offers many internship programs during semester.
(Sung-Jae Lee, Graduate)

Communication Art

For those of you who are interested in being an art major should most definitely consider Communication Design as one of their choice. UNT offers many methods to help Communication Design majors achieve their goals.

Throughout the semesters, Communication Design majors not only broaden their creative minds but they will also gain responsibilities required after graduation. Communication Design is for students who have creative mind and love to visually communicate their mind.
(Sun-Kyu Lee, Undergraduate)

Communication Design

In "Introduction to Communication Design," I have learned that the average American sees four hundred advertisements everyday. Out of the four hundred advertisements seen each day, how many of them will remain in our memory at the end of the day? There is no doubt that advertising could change our life each day. When I was in Korea, I participated in the Red Cross Association, and tried to make differences by visiting orphanages house regularly helping children out, visiting nursing homes once in a while for old and abandoned people, and selling artwork to raise money for donations.

While I was in Korea, I studied Industrial Design at Induk Industrial college. Since I came to America, I have been confused as to whether I should change my major or not. Industrial Design was a very interesting field also, but the Industrial Age is over. Designing sharp looking car might be fun, but a charming looking car without a consumer would be useless.

With all the new technologies available, customers need problem-solving designers instead of just car designers or fashion designers. It has been seven years since I left my country to marry my husband Derek and I have decided to go back to school. While he was in school for five and half years, I worked instead of going to school because of financial reasons.

Now I am a sophomore in the Communication Design program with good grades. I can뭪 keep a job and go to school because of the difficulty imposed by my non-English language. In order to keep up with American students, I have to study two or three times harder or longer. There was a time, which I had to decide between either bad grade with a refrigerator full of food, or good grades with financial problems.

However, I don뭪 regret quitting my old job because I know for sure that after a couple of years, I will be a Communication Designer who makes advertisements that stand out amongst the four hundred advertisements we see each day.
(Sunmi S. Box, Undergraduate)

Computer Science (CSCI)

The department currently consists of 16 faculty, and offers BS/MS/PhD programs to approximately 800 undergraduate majors and 150 graduate students.

Current faculty research interests include algorithms, architecture, artificial intelligence, data compression, databases, distributed computing, graph theory, neural networks, high-speed networking, scientific computing, simulation, and VLSI.
( Eun-Kyung Chung, Graduate)

English

The English department offers course work in the traditional areas of British literature, American literature, linguistics, Creative writing and Technical writing. The Department of English offers the following degrees: Master of Arts with a major in English,

Master of Arts with a major in English and a concentration in technical writing, Master of Arts with major in English and a concentration in English as a second language (ESL), Master of Arts with a majors in English. Students in the graduate program in the Department of English will not only have the opportunity to study with active scholars who publish regularly but also have the experience to teach students.
(Seung-Pon Koo, Graduate)

Intensive English Language Institutes

영어를 정말로 열심히 공부해 보기를 원한다면 IELI는 좋은 선택이 될 수 있습니다. 특별히 미국에서 공부할 계획이라면 미국 대학에서 공부하기 위해서 필요한 여러가지 것들을 가르치는 IELI는 정말로 도움이 많이 될 수 있습니다. 다른 여러나라의 친구들도 사귈 수 있고, 그들에게서 그 들의 나라만의 독특한 문화도 배울 수 있습니다. 그러나, 단지 영어 회화만을 목적으로 하는 단기 어학 연수를 생각하고 계신 분들께는 개인적으로 그리 추천하고 싶지 않습니다. 그럼에도 불구하고 이 곳의 IELI가 인기 있는 이유는 문법과 작문에 상당한 자신감을 줄 수 있어서가 아닌가 생각됩니다. 특히 TOEFL에서 중요시 되는 작문은 확실하게 배울 수 있습니다. 미국 대학 진학을 목표로 하고 계신 분들께는 UNT의 IELI를 추천해 드리고 싶습니다.
(Hyung-Tae Cho, IELI)

Library and Information Science

The School of Library and Information Sciences offers several degree programs and certificates.

-Master of Science
-Joint Master's Degree Program
-Certificate of Advanced Study
-Learning Resources Endorsement
-Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Information Science

The UNT is famous for the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program which combines the traditional Library Science and Computer Science
( Jung-Won Yoon, Graduate)

Music (Organ, Vocal, & Jazz)

Organ
There are three professors who have very different backgrounds so you can lern not only very specific one but also various genre, period, and area and they are pretty generous and willing to help international students. We have about 7 organ which is for practicing and having recital, and going to get quite an awesome one. Scholarship audition is available in every spring semester so that you can get real cheap one than normal tuition, only if you get over it
(Eun-Ha chang, Graduate)

Vocal
One and half years ago, I came to the United States to study my major, voice. I had to take several auditions to enter a great music school such as, Indiana music school, New England conservatory, and the University of North Texas. After I passed all of music schools, I spent much of the time deciding school that would be appropriate for me. The UNT college of music I decided to study is one of the most famous music schools in the United States.

The UNT offers a lot of opportunities, great faculties and five building including more than 300 practice rooms, five performance halls and numerous rehearsal halls. The most important reason that I decided to study in UNT is my instructor's teaching in voice. I am sure that not only will her experiences lead me a great singer, but also curriculum in UNT will help me achieve my performance in the future. If your major, in vocal, and you hesitate to enter any of schools, I want to actively recommend this university, UNT.
(Young-Sun Hong, Graduate)

Jazz
University of North Texas's jazz studies program in the college of music is widely regarded as not only the largest studying college jazz program in the world, but also the most respected since it was established in 1947. The North Texas jazz program retains its role as the leading jazz education program. America's Best Graduate Schools, published annually by U.S. News and World Report magazine since 1987, began ranking graduate jazz programs in 1994 and the UNT jazz studies program has been ranked No.1 every year.

As a jazz studies major, you will take courses in jazz harmony and scales; the singing, dictation, and transcription of jazz chords, melodies and rhythms; jazz keyboard skills, arranging; improvisation; contemporary jazz composition and recordings; the history of jazz; and the role of jazz in radio, television and film. If you play an instrument, you must enroll in one of the jazz studies program's nine lab bands for six semesters and in another student performing group for two semesters. Regardless of your emphasis, the lab bands are each open to 20 students.

Especially, the One o'clock lab band has established an international reputation for its world tours and recordings. Two of the band's recordings were nominated for Grammy Awards on the category of best large jazz ensemble. If you are a vocal jazz student, you must enroll in the UNT jazz singers for two semesters. Members of the jazz study faculty are dedicated teachers as well as nationally and internationally known performers. Absolutely, UNT is the greatest jazz school in the nation.

For more information on jazz studies
http://www.music.unt.edu/jazz
E-mail: dhaerle@music.cmm.unt.edu
Phone: (940) 565 - 3743
Fax: (940) 369 - 7227
(Young-Sin Lee, Undergraduate)

Political Science

Political science is a science. It is neither pseudo nor quasi science. It is a true social science in which we are seeking for causal relationships among socioplitical and sometimes econopolitical events. As far as we define "SCIENCE" as a human intellectual activity to seek out objective knowledge about all phenomena, we, political scientists, are scientists. In the program of political science department at UNT, all degree seekers need to be familiar with juggling THEORY, LOGIC, and METHODOLOGY, which is the trinity in positivistic traditions as a whole.

Political scientists are supposed to set their own THEORIES about political affairs based on LOGICAL CONSISTENCY, and then test the THEORIES with statistical METHODS. This is a major difference between a Korean tradition of politics and an American tradition of political science. Political science department offers interesting minor subfields such as Comparative Politics, International Relations, American Politics, Methodology, Political Theory (Philosopy), and Public Law. And each subfield includes various interesting research topics. These are the main ideas about what is the ongoing mission of the political scientists. Anyone who is interested in empirical studies can join and experience true political science here in UNT. General information for admission is available in official web page (http://www.psci.unt.edu) of political science department.

In addition to official information, foreign students who need financial aids from the school are required 600 or more and 1,200 or more scores in TOEFL and GRE, respectively. Of course, GPA is supposed to be 3.5 or higher in 4.0 scale. These are personal information from political science students.
(Seong-Woo Yi, Graduate)

Therapeutic Recreation

You might know about music therapy or art therapy: however, therapeutic recreation is really unfamiliar part. Therapeutic recreation refers to the specialized application of recreation and experiential activities or interventions that assist in maintaining or improving the health status, functional capacities, and ultimately the quality of life of persons with special needs.

This process is not limited to certain categories of individuals or a particular setting. TR is applicable to all individuals whose needs and goals would seem to benefit from such an intervention in whatever setting they find themselves. TR also helps to prevent maladaptive behaviors with all recreation activities.
(Ah-Ra Lee, Graduate)



	[ Words from Current Students] Accounting The Accounting Department provides B.S., M.S., and Ph. D. degree programs with major in accounting. The MS-Accounting degree program offers specializations in the area of : - Audit and Financial Accounting (Financial Auditing / Internal Auditing / Information Systems / Financial counting) - Government and Non-for-Profit - Managerial Accounting Systems (Petroleum Accounting/ Accounting/ information Systems) - Entrepreneurial Perspective - and Taxation. It has been one year for me at UNT. The most wonderful experience while studying accounting at UNT was the meeting with the very friendly teachers. And another thing is that they have lots of funds to give away to students as scholarships. Because the UNT is located very close to Dallas in which there are many large companies, we may get great job offers after graduating. Also, the Accounting Department offers many internship programs during semester. (Sung-Jae Lee, Graduate) Communication Art For those of you who are interested in being an art major should most definitely consider Communication Design as one of their choice. UNT offers many methods to help Communication Design majors achieve their goals. Throughout the semesters, Communication Design majors not only broaden their creative minds but they will also gain responsibilities required after graduation. Communication Design is for students who have creative mind and love to visually communicate their mind. (Sun-Kyu Lee, Undergraduate) Communication Design In "Introduction to Communication Design," I have learned that the average American sees four hundred advertisements everyday. Out of the four hundred advertisements seen each day, how many of them will remain in our memory at the end of the day? There is no doubt that advertising could change our life each day. When I was in Korea, I participated in the Red Cross Association, and tried to make differences by visiting orphanages house regularly helping children out, visiting nursing homes once in a while for old and abandoned people, and selling artwork to raise money for donations. While I was in Korea, I studied Industrial Design at Induk Industrial college. Since I came to America, I have been confused as to whether I should change my major or not. Industrial Design was a very interesting field also, but the Industrial Age is over. Designing sharp looking car might be fun, but a charming looking car without a consumer would be useless. With all the new technologies available, customers need problem-solving designers instead of just car designers or fashion designers. It has been seven years since I left my country to marry my husband Derek and I have decided to go back to school. While he was in school for five and half years, I worked instead of going to school because of financial reasons. Now I am a sophomore in the Communication Design program with good grades. I can뭪 keep a job and go to school because of the difficulty imposed by my non-English language. In order to keep up with American students, I have to study two or three times harder or longer. There was a time, which I had to decide between either bad grade with a refrigerator full of food, or good grades with financial problems. However, I don뭪 regret quitting my old job because I know for sure that after a couple of years, I will be a Communication Designer who makes advertisements that stand out amongst the four hundred advertisements we see each day. (Sunmi S. Box, Undergraduate) Computer Science (CSCI) The department currently consists of 16 faculty, and offers BS/MS/PhD programs to approximately 800 undergraduate majors and 150 graduate students. Current faculty research interests include algorithms, architecture, artificial intelligence, data compression, databases, distributed computing, graph theory, neural networks, high-speed networking, scientific computing, simulation, and VLSI. ( Eun-Kyung Chung, Graduate) English The English department offers course work in the traditional areas of British literature, American literature, linguistics, Creative writing and Technical writing. The Department of English offers the following degrees: Master of Arts with a major in English, Master of Arts with a major in English and a concentration in technical writing, Master of Arts with major in English and a concentration in English as a second language (ESL), Master of Arts with a majors in English. Students in the graduate program in the Department of English will not only have the opportunity to study with active scholars who publish regularly but also have the experience to teach students. (Seung-Pon Koo, Graduate) Intensive English Language Institutes 영어를 정말로 열심히 공부해 보기를 원한다면 IELI는 좋은 선택이 될 수 있습니다. 특별히 미국에서 공부할 계획이라면 미국 대학에서 공부하기 위해서 필요한 여러가지 것들을 가르치는 IELI는 정말로 도움이 많이 될 수 있습니다. 다른 여러나라의 친구들도 사귈 수 있고, 그들에게서 그 들의 나라만의 독특한 문화도 배울 수 있습니다. 그러나, 단지 영어 회화만을 목적으로 하는 단기 어학 연수를 생각하고 계신 분들께는 개인적으로 그리 추천하고 싶지 않습니다. 그럼에도 불구하고 이 곳의 IELI가 인기 있는 이유는 문법과 작문에 상당한 자신감을 줄 수 있어서가 아닌가 생각됩니다. 특히 TOEFL에서 중요시 되는 작문은 확실하게 배울 수 있습니다. 미국 대학 진학을 목표로 하고 계신 분들께는 UNT의 IELI를 추천해 드리고 싶습니다. (Hyung-Tae Cho, IELI) 　 Library and Information Science The School of Library and Information Sciences offers several degree programs and certificates. -Master of Science -Joint Master's Degree Program -Certificate of Advanced Study -Learning Resources Endorsement -Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Information Science The UNT is famous for the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program which combines the traditional Library Science and Computer Science ( Jung-Won Yoon, Graduate) Music (Organ, Vocal, & Jazz) Organ There are three professors who have very different backgrounds so you can lern not only very specific one but also various genre, period, and area and they are pretty generous and willing to help international students. We have about 7 organ which is for practicing and having recital, and going to get quite an awesome one. Scholarship audition is available in every spring semester so that you can get real cheap one than normal tuition, only if you get over it (Eun-Ha chang, Graduate) Vocal One and half years ago, I came to the United States to study my major, voice. I had to take several auditions to enter a great music school such as, Indiana music school, New England conservatory, and the University of North Texas. After I passed all of music schools, I spent much of the time deciding school that would be appropriate for me. The UNT college of music I decided to study is one of the most famous music schools in the United States. The UNT offers a lot of opportunities, great faculties and five building including more than 300 practice rooms, five performance halls and numerous rehearsal halls. The most important reason that I decided to study in UNT is my instructor's teaching in voice. I am sure that not only will her experiences lead me a great singer, but also curriculum in UNT will help me achieve my performance in the future. If your major, in vocal, and you hesitate to enter any of schools, I want to actively recommend this university, UNT. (Young-Sun Hong, Graduate) Jazz University of North Texas's jazz studies program in the college of music is widely regarded as not only the largest studying college jazz program in the world, but also the most respected since it was established in 1947. The North Texas jazz program retains its role as the leading jazz education program. America's Best Graduate Schools, published annually by U.S. News and World Report magazine since 1987, began ranking graduate jazz programs in 1994 and the UNT jazz studies program has been ranked No.1 every year. As a jazz studies major, you will take courses in jazz harmony and scales; the singing, dictation, and transcription of jazz chords, melodies and rhythms; jazz keyboard skills, arranging; improvisation; contemporary jazz composition and recordings; the history of jazz; and the role of jazz in radio, television and film. If you play an instrument, you must enroll in one of the jazz studies program's nine lab bands for six semesters and in another student performing group for two semesters. Regardless of your emphasis, the lab bands are each open to 20 students. Especially, the One o'clock lab band has established an international reputation for its world tours and recordings. Two of the band's recordings were nominated for Grammy Awards on the category of best large jazz ensemble. If you are a vocal jazz student, you must enroll in the UNT jazz singers for two semesters. Members of the jazz study faculty are dedicated teachers as well as nationally and internationally known performers. Absolutely, UNT is the greatest jazz school in the nation. For more information on jazz studies http://www.music.unt.edu/jazz E-mail: dhaerle@music.cmm.unt.edu Phone: (940) 565 - 3743 Fax: (940) 369 - 7227 (Young-Sin Lee, Undergraduate) Political Science Political science is a science. It is neither pseudo nor quasi science. It is a true social science in which we are seeking for causal relationships among socioplitical and sometimes econopolitical events. As far as we define "SCIENCE" as a human intellectual activity to seek out objective knowledge about all phenomena, we, political scientists, are scientists. In the program of political science department at UNT, all degree seekers need to be familiar with juggling THEORY, LOGIC, and METHODOLOGY, which is the trinity in positivistic traditions as a whole. Political scientists are supposed to set their own THEORIES about political affairs based on LOGICAL CONSISTENCY, and then test the THEORIES with statistical METHODS. This is a major difference between a Korean tradition of politics and an American tradition of political science. Political science department offers interesting minor subfields such as Comparative Politics, International Relations, American Politics, Methodology, Political Theory (Philosopy), and Public Law. And each subfield includes various interesting research topics. These are the main ideas about what is the ongoing mission of the political scientists. Anyone who is interested in empirical studies can join and experience true political science here in UNT. General information for admission is available in official web page (http://www.psci.unt.edu) of political science department. In addition to official information, foreign students who need financial aids from the school are required 600 or more and 1,200 or more scores in TOEFL and GRE, respectively. Of course, GPA is supposed to be 3.5 or higher in 4.0 scale. These are personal information from political science students. (Seong-Woo Yi, Graduate) Therapeutic Recreation You might know about music therapy or art therapy: however, therapeutic recreation is really unfamiliar part. Therapeutic recreation refers to the specialized application of recreation and experiential activities or interventions that assist in maintaining or improving the health status, functional capacities, and ultimately the quality of life of persons with special needs. This process is not limited to certain categories of individuals or a particular setting. TR is applicable to all individuals whose needs and goals would seem to benefit from such an intervention in whatever setting they find themselves. TR also helps to prevent maladaptive behaviors with all recreation activities. (Ah-Ra Lee, Graduate)