UM seeks to terminate master's degree programs in literature, economics

University of Montana proposes cutting master’s programs in literature and economics

The University of Montana has proposed terminating its master’s degree programs for literature and economics and pausing minors in both Chinese and Irish studies.   The minor programs were identified for a moratorium due to declining enrollment, Dave Kuntz, UM’s director of strategic communications, wrote in an email to Montana Free Press. The decision to cut the master’s programs was driven by “broader institutional considerations to steward in…

UM seeks to terminate master's degree programs in literature, economics

The University of Montana has recommended master’s degree programs in literature and economics be terminated and recommended a “pause” for both their Chinese and Irish studies minors, citing declining enrollment.