These enrollment programs put students in secondary education courses so they can be on track to graduate high school with college credits or an associate's degree, a two-year credential that costs less than a four-year degree program and can be transferred to a university.
A master's thesis is required of students enrolled in the two-year degree program.
A two-year degree program in business administration or environmental management.
The MMA is a two-year degree program for external candidates, one year for internal applicants.
Katie Miller enrolled in the three-year degree program at Manchester, a liberal arts college southeast of Chicago.
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a campus of 17,500 students, enrolled five students last year in its inaugural three-year degree program.
This two-year degree program targets mid-career engineering professionals who are potential leaders in product development.
Dr. Nora Hernandez Hendrix, president of the InterAmerican Campus, which houses the four-year degree program, said that the college expected demand for bachelor degrees to increase, especially because of the shortage of teachers in Florida.
"It's an area that pure academics look down on". This semester, for example, George Washington's 36 credit hour, two-year degree program in "political management" includes courses on fundraising, international lobbying, communications strategy and principled political leadership.
Kenneth P. Walker, president of Florida's Edison Community College, which is establishing its own four-year degree program, said he began the push in Florida for a nonuniversity baccalaureate in the mid-1990's.
This two-year degree program is based at SAIS Europe.
