Assignments, tests and diplomas are the same for campus and distance students. All exams are monitored by a Test Proctor. The offerings are regular graduate credit bearing courses taught on the campuses of the participating engineering schools at Binghamton, Buffalo, New Paltz, Stony Brook, ESFSyracuse and Alfred College of Ceramics. 225 North Ave. Classes are taped and express shipped to students daily.
Students complete assignments and communicate with porfessors via e-mail and fax.
Videotaped recordings of live classroom presentations are combined with periodic personal and teleconference meetings with instructors. Considering the size of the service sector and its importance to the economy, it is surprising that very few educational programs are devoted to research and education in services. This MEng program, the only one of its kind in the country, emphasizes the integration of people, systems, and technology. The program is designed to prepare professionals, with or without an engineering degree, to pursue technical and managerial careers in service industries. An accepted prototype must then be implemented using one or more competing graphical-user interface standards.