Great things in life start with a great education. UDM offers just the right balance of challenge, support, and hands-on experience to meet your educational goals.

Undergraduate Programs

school of architecture

Architecture (5-year Master's Degree)
Digital Media Studies

college of business administration

5-Year BSBA/MBA Program 
Accounting

Business Administration
Concentrations in:
- Finance
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
Business Administration (Certification)

school of dentistry

Dental Hygiene
Seven-year BS/DDS Program

college of engineering and science

Biochemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Computer Science
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Pre-Med
Pre-Dental
Pre-Physician Assistant

Seven-year BS/DDS Program

college of health professions

Health Services
Health Services Administration
Physician Assistant (5-year Master's Degree)

college of liberal arts and education

5-Year Teacher Education Program
Academic Exploration Program (for undeclared majors)
Addiction Studies (and Certificate)
African American Studies (Certificate)
Catholic Studies (Certificate)
Communication Studies
Computer Information Systems
Criminal Justice Studies
Economics
Education
Elementary Education
English
History
Human Services
Language and Cultural Training (Certificate)
Legal Administration
Legal Assistant (Certificate)
Liberal Studies
Performing Arts
Philosophy
Political Science
Pre-Law (Legal Studies Certificate)
Psychology
  - General
  - Developmental
  - Industrial/Org.
Religious Studies
Secondary Education
Social Work
Sociology
Special Education
  - Emotionally Impaired/Behaviorally Disordered
  - Learning Disabilities
Women's & Gender Studies (Minor)

McAuley school of nursing

- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- BSN Completion Program
- Second Degree Option
- Grand Rapids Program (with Aquinas)

Graduate and Professional Programs

school of architecture

Architecture
Community Development

college of business administration

Business Administration (MBA)
Business Turnaround Management
Executive MBA
MBA for Healthcare Professionals
Global Entrepreneurial MBA
Joint JD-MBA

school of dentistry

Endodontics
Orthodontics
Periodontics
AEGD

college of engineering and science

Chemistry
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Computer Science

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mechanical Engineering
Master of Engineering Management*
Product Development
Doctor of Engineering
Teaching of Mathematics

college of health professions

Health Services Administration
Nurse Anesthesiology
PA Masters Program
PA Masters Completion Program

school of law

JD
JD-MBA
JD-LLB (Program with University of Windsor, Canada)

college of liberal arts and education

Counseling
 - Addictions
 - Community
 - School Counseling - School Counselor Endorsement
Computer Information Systems
Criminal Justice
Curriculum and Instruction
Economics
Financial Economics
Educational Administration
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Information Assurance
Intelligence Analysis
Liberal Studies
Psychology
Religious Studies
Security Administration
Special Education
 - Emotionally Impaired
 - Learning Disabled
Specialist in School Psychology

McAuley school of nursing

Family Nurse Practitioner
Health Systems Management
Nursing Education
Clinical Nurse Leader
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Outcomes Performance Management
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Nursing Leadership and Financial Management
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Nursing Education

Meet Our Faculty

“Cities all over the country are in desperate need of a redefinition of what architecture is.”
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Amy Green Deines
Associate Professor, Architecture

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“You will have a better understanding of what architecture encompasses — not just the pure creativity, but also the technical demands.”
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Stephen J. LaGrassa
Professor of Architecture

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“Manual sketch is a good skill to have when you can’t rely on computers. And students share the opinion it’s an art worth preserving.”
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John Charles Mueller
Professor, Architecture

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“You will come away with knowledge of someone else's experience as your beginning point, so you will enter the profession with 30 years of experience.”
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Joe Odoerfer
Professor of Architecture

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“As a student, you're not just gaining information. You're part of a process of making better architecture, and better cities.”
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Daniel Pitera
Associate Professor, Architecture; Director, Detroit Collaborative Design Center

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“At UDM, we strive to prepare not just great designers and great thinkers but great professionals.”
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Noah Resnick
Assistant Professor, Architecture

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“You'll think about things you may never have thought of before about sacred architecture and public space.”
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Gilbert Sunghera, S.J.
Assistant Professor, Architecture

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“You’re going to learn what it means to design a green building.”
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William S. Wittig
Associate Professor, Architecture; Co-Director, MCD Program

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“I’ll challenge you to tell me what is not marketing and to show me headlines not generated by politics.”
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Mike Bernacchi
Professor, Business Administration

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“I want students to come to know themselves, their future, their lives.”
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Gerald Cavanagh, S.J.
Interim Dean, College of Business Administration; Charles T. Fisher III Chair, Business Ethics

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“You'll take away a better understanding of what numbers mean — for one thing, that they're not golden.”
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Jeanne M. David
Associate Professor, Accounting

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“We want you to not just have goals but to have dreams, and we want to be a part of you making them come true.”
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Mary Ann Hazen
Professor, Business Administration

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“Accountants aren't just 'bean counters,' but business partners.  Accounting helps plan what beans get planted in the first place.”
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Robert Hutchinson
Assistant Professor of Accounting

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“As a leader of tomorrow, you need to understand the impact that technology is going to have on you individually, in your work life and, more importantly, on our society.”
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Greg Ulferts
Professor, Business Administration

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“When you leave here, you will be ready on the first day to practice as a general dentist in a competent and honorable manner.”
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James R. Geist, D.D.S., M.S.
Professor, Bio. & Diag. Sciences; Director of O/M Imaging Center

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“Through developing your skills and applying cutting-edge technology, you will have the clinical skills to make a living offering patients the best in endodontic treatment.”
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Michael Hoen, D.D.S.
Director, Graduate Endodontic Program

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“We’re known for being innovative. We’re the most challenging program in the state because of our interdisciplinary program.”
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Judith Luxmore
Clinical Associate Professor, Dental Hygiene

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“I’m not buried doing research in the back of my lab. So you’ll know me well and I’ll know you well.”
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R. Gerard Albright, S.J.
Professor, Biology

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“Our doors are always open. Even if it’s not an office hour, you’re welcome to come in.”
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Mary Lou Caspers
Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry

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“My number one goal is to help you leave my class better prepared as an engineer.  I hold the bar high, but I put time into helping you reach that bar.”
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Rick Hill
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

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“There are jobs out there, and we'll prepare you for all of them.”
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Darrell Kleinke
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

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“If you have a question, you can either spend three and a half hours trying to figure it out yourself using Wikipedia and the text book, or 30 seconds asking me.”
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Matthew J. Mio
Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry

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“The main goal is to have you learn the material and be successful while you’re here.”
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Mark Paulik
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering; Chair, ECE Department

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“You may think, what can one person do? But I teach the importance of action. Locally, nationally, globally—it’s all connected.”
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Alexa N. Rihana-Abdallah
Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

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“You're going to take away, when you finish my class, the relevance that biochemistry has to your life.”
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Liz Roberts-Kirchhoff
Associate Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry

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“My goal is to teach you thermodynamics better than it was taught to me.”
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Mark R. Schumack
Professor, Mechanical Engineering

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“It's a huge transition from high school to college math. I can ease the way for you.”
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Katy Snyder
Associate Professor, Math & Computer Science; Chair, Math & Computer Science Department

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“Whether it's pharmacology, professional aspects, pathophysiology, we'll bring that all together so that what you are talking about is real-world experiences.”
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Greg Bozimowski
Assistant Professor, Nurse Anesthesiology

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“When you graduate, you will have several offers for great paying jobs.  People love to hire our graduates.”
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Amy Dereczyk
Instructor and Clinical Coordinator, Physician Assistant Program

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“You’re going to have a great job when you graduate from UDM’s Physician Assistant program.”
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Rachel DeWitt
Coordinator, Five-Year Accelerated Physician Assistant Track

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“Becoming a nurse means you are taking on a lot of obligations and responsibilities in our society. That can be challenging, but also profoundly rewarding.”
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John Knisely
Clinical Track Assistant Professor of Nursing

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“UDM is the #1 PA program in the state. So hospitals actually seek out our graduates for employment.”
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Sharon S. Moser
Associate Professor, Physician Assistant Program

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“You’re going to come away with a sense of how important your role as an advocate is.”
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Judith Mouch, RSM
Assistant Professor, Nursing

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“When you’re done, I’ll ask you to look back to the first week of class and see how much you’ve grown.”
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Patricia A. Rouen
Assistant Professor, Nursing

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“In nursing, you need to be spot-on with medical knowledge. You can't wing it because it's life and death.”
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Mitzi M. Saunders
Associate Professor, Nursing

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“The reputation of University of Detroit Mercy, especially within nursing, holds its own within the hospital setting.”
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Nutrena Tate
Assistant Professor, Nursing

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“You will utilize your gifts, skills and talents to become not only a wonderful nurse, but also a wonderful human being.”
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Roberta (Robi) Thomas
Associate Professor, Nursing; Chair, Grand Rapids campus

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“You will feel prepared to deal with the 'pattern of chaos' we are experiencing in health care.”
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Patricia (Tricia) Thomas
Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Clinical Nurse Leader Program

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“You’ll see how the science of nursing and the art of nursing come together.”
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Mary White
Associate Professor, Nursing

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“I will treat you as a colleague — as a lawyer — and provide you an education that will get you where you want to go.”
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David Koelsch
Clinical Associate Professor of Law

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“You will begin to see yourself as a lawyer and grow on both an intellectual and personal level.”
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Gary Maveal
Professor of Law; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Law

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“You will feel very competent about your grasp of the material and confident in your skills.”
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Bonita Reid Gardner
Assistant Professor of Law

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“We really get to know you at the law school, and we pride ourselves on our small, cohesive community.”
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Pam Wilkins
Assistant Professor of Law

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“After taking a class with me, you will have a greater sensitivity and respect for children.”
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Libby Balter Blume
Professor and Director, Developmental Psychology and Program in Certified Family Life Education

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“You’ll become responsible, you’ll mature, you’ll perform, you’ll work in groups well, you’ll show leadership.”
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Antonio Drommi
Assistant Professor, Computer and Information Systems

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“You will take away a "questioning" mind and the ability to use appropriate research methods to get the answers you want.”
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Harold H. Greene
Associate Professor, Psychology

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“I will teach you to become a responsible, critical thinker with the ability to look at topics from multiple perspectives.”
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Heather Hill-Vásquez
Associate Professor, English; Director, Women's and Gender Studies

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“What philosophy does for you is bring you into contact with the most fundamental questions that human beings can ask.”
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David R. Koukal
Associate Professor, Philosophy; Director, Honors Program

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“Science education is such an exciting field and so much on the cutting edge that you can go out there and you can make a real difference.”
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Lorri MacDonald
Assistant Professor, Education

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“If math terrifies you, you’ll find you were overly anxious for no reason in my Statistics class.”
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Victoria Mantzopoulos
Associate Professor, Political Science; Director, Pre-Law Program

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“My favorite part about teaching you is seeing the light go on for you.”
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Isaiah McKinnon
Associate Professor, Education

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“At different times in life, people are open to focus on philosophical questions.  My courses will be such times for you.”
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Gail Presbey
Professor of Philosophy

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“We want you to think about the world in a skeptical way, and to think more deeply about your place in it.”
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Nicholas Rombes
Associate Professor, English; Chair, English Department

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“Journalism is an adventure, and it's intriguing, and it's compelling and it matters in this world.”
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Tom Stanton
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies

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“I'll take you on field trips, where instead of seeing images on slides, you'll actually walk around historical sites.”
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Sarah Stever
Associate Professor, History

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“History isn’t names and dates, but flesh and blood people just like you, and you’re standing on their shoulders.”
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Gregory D. Sumner
Professor, History

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“You’ll get an appreciation for things richer and more complicated than they seem at first. You’ll have an eye for the obscure.”
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Rosemary Weatherston
Associate Professor, English

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“After my class, you will appreciate the differences between males and females at any age.”
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Carol C. Weisfeld
Professor, Psychology

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