UMUC - What's with the name?

[HawkGuy]

Ok, now I understand that state school systems have different campuses such as the University of California System has UCLA, UC Berkley, UC San Diego, etc.. But the University System of Maryland there are several similar names. We have:

University of Maryland - Baltimore
University of Maryland -Baltimore County
University of Maryland - College Park
and so on, until we get to...
University of Maryland - University College

Now for the life of me I can't understand why you'd have such redundancy in a name. I get the University of Maryland, but why add on the additional "University"? Or the "College"?

Wikipedia says: "Universities such as Washington University in Saint Louis, Arizona State University, Rutgers University, California State University, Long Beach... use "University College" for the name of the division dedicated to continuing education and the needs of the non-traditional student. The University of Maryland University College is a separate institution dedicated to non-traditional education."

But does anyone know why?