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Two Degree Programs Available Online
Starting this fall, the College will offer two of its most popular
degree programs for adults entirely online. Liberal studies, the
accelerated undergraduate degree program, and the master of science
in strategic leadership will be available from the comfort of home
in late August.
The Division of Continuing Adult and Professional Studies (CAPS)
has worked for a year to prepare for the online launch. CAPS trained
professors to deliver top-notch online instruction, transferred
the exact curricula into electronic format, collaborated with the
department of Information Technology Resources to prepare a help-desk
plan, and engaged a variety of other office to provide necessary
student support services.
Neumann has been educating working adults since 1974 and has offered
online courses for nine years. Making entire degree programs available
online is the natural next step in the College's educational evolution.
The most attractive feature of online study, of course, is convenience.
Classes are taken on personal computers, with students completing
assignments according to their own schedules. Carving out one or
two nights per week to travel to campus classrooms is no longer
necessary. A late day at work or a child's evening soccer match
does not cause a scheduling crisis with online instruction. Pajamas
and slippers are standard online attire.
Both the liberal studies and strategic leadership programs will
maintain the accelerated formats that have made them so popular.
The undergraduate degree completion program is offered in six-credit
courses, a feature which allows adults to earn a bachelor's degree
in half the time that it might normally take. The M.S. in strategic
leadership takes just 18 months to complete.
Neumann continues to offer both degree programs in the traditional
face-to-face format and as a combination of classroom and online
courses.
For more information about online degree programs, call 610-558-5616
or come to one of this summer's information
sessions.
6/11/06
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