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The Academic Structure of IWU
As the breadth and diversity of IWU’s
academic programs have grown, IWU has organized the licensure
and degree programs it offers into three colleges: the College
of Arts & Science (traditional four-year liberal arts education),
the College of Graduate Studies (traditional semester-based
graduate degrees) and the College of Adult & Professional
Studies (non-traditional, accelerated programs for working adults).
The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) provides over 50 undergraduate degree programs to traditional–age students on its Marion campus. The 2007–2008 CAS enrollment was 3050 after 20 consecutive years of record enrollment.
The CAS degree programs are grouped into the following divisions:
Division
of Art
Division
of Behavioral_Sciences Sciences
Division of Business
Division
of Education
Division
of Health, Kinesiology, Recreation and Sports Studies
Division of Modern Language, Literature, and Communication
Division
of Music
Division
of Natural Science and Mathematics
Division
of Nursing Education
Division
of Religion and Philosophy
Division
of Social Sciences
Center
for Life Calling and Leadership
For a list of majors and minors offered through the College
of Arts and Sciences, click on the drop down menu above.
The College of Graduate Studies (CGS) offers four graduate degrees in the traditional semester format. Graduate Counseling, Organizational Leadership and Nursing courses are offered on our Indianapolis and Marion campuses. Graduate Ministry is offered at the Marion campus only.
To learn more about these programs, click the drop down menu
above.
The programs
offered by the College of Adult & Professional Studies (CAPS)
came about as a result of a decision in 1983 to begin offering
business degrees in the evenings to working adults. CAPS began
offering classes in 1985, and in less than 20 years it has become
the premier college for working adults across Indiana and beyond.
National publications now cite IWU’s adult programs as
one the best in the nation.
After 22 years, IWU's adult programs have rapidly expanded to nearly 11,000 students. Classes meet at various sites- including 14 regional campuses- in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky.
The CAPS classes are taught in an accelerated format, allowing
adults to complete their program in the shortest time possible.
CAPS programs are taught in a lock-step or cohort method, which
means students move through the program as a group, providing
them with a support system while they study and learn together.
In the cohort model, students take only one class at a time,
with each class session meeting one time per week, typically
for four hours. In this way students complete a standard course
in three to six weeks. Small groups of student are encouraged
to meet independently once per week.
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