Students range in age from the twenties to the seventies, but most fall between 25 and 60. The weekend format offers an opportunity to earn a degree by enrolling in specially designed classes that meet on the weekends. This design offers many students an alternative means of completing their education. Classes are intensive learning experiences adapted to a weekend time frame. Courses cover the same class material as traditional courses but follow a different methodology, with fewer class contact hours and more directed study.
Most classes meet for three and one-half hours per weekend and earn three semester credit hours.
Three terms are scheduled during the September to June school year. Module courses are held in some programs for a shorted time span than the 15-week term. Degrees may be earned in management, psychology, American studies, and social work. A certificate in gerontology is also available. The majority of graduate faculty members also teach in the undergraduate programs.