Innovative new MS has energetic faculty and enthused students, with close ties to local industry in Research Triangle Park and the Triad area. The graduate program is growing with 65 Masters students taking online and traditional lecture courses. Most graduate students work on research projects or projects with local industry. The Vocational-Industrial Education major prepares students for teaching certain trade and industrial education courses in the public schools. Trade and industrial education is a specific service area of vocational education that trainspublic school students for careers in trades like printing, drafting, building trades, and machining.
Some majors teach in industry as trainers.