Introduction to the School of Accelerated Degree Programs: Graduate Students
Graduate Programs offered by the School of Accelerated Degree Programs are specifically designed for the student with significant employment experience. Students are challenged to expand their knowledge with exercises, techniques, and instruments to update and reinforce learning and enhance understanding of difficult concepts. In addition, students continue to develop their analytical and conceptual skills by enlarging their perspectives and identifying a balance between theory and practice with regard to their particular areas of study. At the completion of the program, students will be prepared to contribute to their organizations’ goals by effectively administering and developing resources.
Throughout their programs of study, students will have opportunities to develop their communication skills, demonstrate workplace responsibility, use interpersonal skills, practice working within a team, and develop an appreciation of the importance of continuing growth and education with an emphasis on values-centered thinking. Students are encouraged to engage in speculative thinking and to develop original work and/or research in their major areas of interest. This work should be analytical rather than descriptive, demonstrating a distinct, defensible, methodological, and theoretical perspective.