A typical student will take one WCU course, plus one community college course to ful fill general education require ments, each semester. including the summer term, the students take six courses over a one-year period, and can graduate with their de grees in three to four years. Tu ition is the same as for on-campus courses, Winters said. Two of the degree programs started last January, and two more were added as the current fall se mester began in August. Bachelor s degree programs in criminal justice and emergency medical care are scheduled to be gin next fall, Winters said. The Internet is used as a supple mental tool in the four degree pro grams currently being offered.
Students go on-line to send in pa pers to their instructors, and to re ceive advisement.
Each program has an academic coordinator who advises students, develops a schedule of classes that will lead up to the degree, and pro motes the program. A WCU staff member in the Division of Con tinuing Education and Summer School handles all student ser vices, serving as the students on-campus liaison when they have problems or concerns, Winters said.