Students can conveniently attend classes at our downtown Pittsburgh campus or at off-site centers in Butler or Westmoreland counties. For directions to the offsites please click here . The Applied Corporate Communications student will learn to analyze, implement and improve existing concepts through a combination of theoretical study and hands-on implementation. The format has been created to accommodate the working adult and is designed to be completed in two years of intensive, Saturday-only sessions. Students attend classes for 28 Saturdays in the Fall and Spring, and also must complete a practicum or take required classes over the course of the two summers.
Students follow the traditional calendar of semesters.
Each semester is 15 weeks long and consists of two seven-week quarters with a week off between quarters. It is open to students who already have either an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 credits in a degree-track program at an accredited school. Admission for students who have graduated from high school less than five years ago is subject to department approval. The Criminal Justice program allows students to obtain their bachelor of science degree in Criminal Justice with concentrations in Corrections or Law Enforcement. The accelerated format has been created to accommodate the working adult and is designed to be completed in two years of intensive, Saturday-only sessions.