New College at St. Edwards
Submitted by Valerie826 on Tue, 02/26/2008 - 7:56am.
I've noticed comments alluding to the fact that some people here are looking at changing careers. Often that requires additional education.
I heard about a program St. Edwards has called "New College". It is geared towards adults who need alternative education solutions due to inflexible work schedules.
http://www.stedwards.edu/newc/index.htm
Also they have a campus north.
It looks like they are catering to just undergraduate majors:
http://www.stedwards.edu/newc/academic/majors/index.htm
Just as an FYI, UT-Austin also has a weekend Masters program, of which I am graduate:
http://lifelong.engr.utexas.edu/index.cfm
One back-to-back Friday + Saturday a month, and graduate in 2 years.
I still have to get a BS. St. Eds seems to have more of what I want. At the rate I'm going I'll be so far on the other side of 35 it won't matter. I do love learning though.
Valerie Dennis
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I feel the same way. You know that question, "If you had 1 million/billion dollars, what would you do with your life?" In my case, I think I'd go back to school for another graduate degree. I love learning as well.
Looks to me like you are learning without the school.
I graduated St. Ed's "New College" in 2003. (To accommodate working students, the program started in the mid 1970s; the name is a bit outdated.) I enrolled in 2001, anticipating that I would finish off a bachelor of business administration while working as an engineer. (I had already finished AA degrees and most of my lower division classes.) Then, as things turned sour with my employer (a startup) and the 9/11 attack hit, I quickly changed my schedule and became a full-time student. I added a second major (CS) and graduated in only two years (five semesters, including one summer) with a pretty good GPA.
St. Edward's was wonderfully flexible, and the CS department was great and very up-to-date. I especially liked that it's a smaller school, so I could get to know my classmates and the faculty. I highly recommend St. Ed's and its New College.
Note that the north campus (in the Echelon complex on the south side of 183 just west of MoPac) is the professional development center. There, the school offers only continuing education and certification programs, not degree programs.
I just got my MSCIS from SEU this year. I also attended SEU for my undergrad. When I attended, the PEC hosted numerous undergraduate and graduate classes in the evening.
Here is a link to SEU's course schedules for FALL '08.
https://admin.stedwards.edu/schedule/index.htm
Anywhere you see PEC...well, you get the idea.
Regards,
pimy
Jesuits are NOT known for imaginative name generation, but are phenomenal when it comes to education. I am an ex-Georgetown Preppy. I started at the New College, but never completed my MBA. I intend to though. Thanks for the recommendation.