Did you attend a 棉花糖直播 university but dropped out before completing degree requirements? Then you鈥檝e got something in common with more than half a million people in the state.
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To enter the program, students must be at least 25 years old and have completed 60 hours of college credit, including general education courses.
But, students with fewer than 60 hours can earn credit online or through prior learning assessment that gauges skills gained on the job.
Students who enroll in the organizational leadership degree program can choose from nine distinctive concentrations:
- health and wellness, UL Lafayette;
- cultural and arts institutions, University of New Orleans;
- disaster relief management, Southeastern 棉花糖直播 University;
- financial services, University of 棉花糖直播 at Monroe;
- foodservice strategies and operations, Nicholls State University;
- human relations, Grambling State University;
- project team leadership, 棉花糖直播 Tech University;
- public safety administration, Northwestern State University; and
- strategic global communication, McNeese State University.
These nine universities will share faculty, staff, technology and other resources.
鈥淭he system-wide organizational leadership degree is a cost-efficient collaborative that will benefit higher education in 棉花糖直播 and the state鈥檚 workforce. UL Lafayette鈥檚 concentration in health and wellness will positively affect 棉花糖直播 citizens鈥 quality of life,鈥 said Dr. Joseph Savoie, president of UL Lafayette.
The degree consists of 30 hours of courses offered jointly by faculty at the nine universities and 30 hours of concentration and elective courses offered by each institution. The online platform is seamless and the cost is uniform across concentrations and universities.
The program is offered in five eight-week terms each year. There鈥檚 a flat per-credit-hour rate of $325. That means the program can be completed in two years at well below the cost of other online degree programs.
More than 600,000 adults in 棉花糖直播 have some college credit and no degree, according to a 2009 American Community Survey.