Wednesday, January 26, 2005
WRITER: Sharron Hannon,
706/583-0728,
shannon@uga.edu
CONTACTS: Bob Boehmer,
706/542-2558 or 678/407-5188,
bboehmer@uga.edu
Cheryl Dozier, 678/407-5189,
cdozier@uga.edu
UGA to provide information on
degree programs offered in
Gwinnett at Feb. 22 open house
Athens, Ga. -- Prospective
students interested in learning
about degree programs offered by
the University of Georgia at
Gwinnett are invited to attend
an open house from 5:30 to 7:30
p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22, at the
Gwinnett University Center in
Lawrenceville.
Representatives from the various
undergraduate and graduate
degree programs UGA offers at
the center will be on hand. The
event will be held in the atrium
of Building B of the Gwinnett
University Center, located just
off Highway 316 at Collins Hill
Road.
UGA currently offers seven
bachelor's degree programs at
the Gwinnett University Center,
plus a variety of graduate
degree programs. The newest
graduate program is a Master of
Internet Technology offered by
UGA’s Terry College of Business.
Applications are now being
accepted for fall enrollment in
that program.
Students interested in applying
for UGA’s undergraduate programs
offered at the center have until
March 1 to complete applications
for summer enrollment and until
April 1 for fall enrollment.
Applications received after
those deadlines will be
considered pending academic
program availability and
adequate administrative
processing time.
The undergraduate degree
offerings include:
- A Bachelor of Business
Administration offered by
UGA’s Terry College of
Business.
- Two bachelor's degrees
offered by UGA's Franklin
College of Arts and
Sciences, including a BS in
Biology and an AB in
Interdisciplinary Studies
emphasizing the social
sciences.
- Three Bachelor of
Science in Education degrees
offered by UGA’s College of
Education, including teacher
certification programs in
science education and
special education and a
unique interdisciplinary
program in instructional
psychology, training and
technology.
- A Bachelor of Social
Work offered by UGA’s School
of Social Work.
These are degree-completion
programs open to transfer
students with at least a 2.5
grade point average who have
earned at least 60 hours of
transferable course work at
other institutions, as well as
students who already hold a
bachelor's degree and are
seeking a second degree.
UGA has been providing graduate
degree programs and continuing
education in Gwinnett since the
mid-80s. The College of
Education offers master's degree
programs in several fields,
ranging from early childhood
education to occupational
studies. Other master's degree
programs are offered in business
administration, social work,
public administration, and food
science and technology.
UGA's College of Pharmacy, in
conjunction with the University
System’s Intellectual Capital
Partnership Program (ICAPP),
also offers a special
graduate-level certificate
program to train regulatory
affairs professionals in the
biosciences industry.
UGA began offering undergraduate
degree programs in Gwinnett in
2002, when the Gwinnett
University Center moved from
temporary leased space to its
current 177-acre campus.
However, these programs are
scheduled to be phased out once
a new four-year Gwinnett State
College begins operating from
that location.
“We are waiting to see whether
the proposal for Gwinnett State
College is approved and funded
by the Georgia General
Assembly,” says Bob Boehmer,
senior administrator for UGA at
Gwinnett. “The current timetable
we are looking at is to
discontinue our undergraduate
programs in fall 2008. But that
will be affected by the General
Assembly’s actions.”
Regardless of the fate of the
undergraduate programs, UGA
plans to continue offering both
graduate degree programs and
non-credit continuing education
courses in Gwinnett.
The standards for admission to
UGA's undergraduate and graduate
degree programs in Gwinnett are
on par with the standards at the
main campus in Athens. In
addition to the minimum
credit-hour and GPA
requirements, transfer students
applying for the undergraduate
degree programs must meet the
criteria for admission into the
specific program they wish to
pursue. "The degree earned is a
UGA degree, though the course
work is delivered in a setting
other than Athens," Boehmer
noted.
For more information about UGA
degree programs in Gwinnett,
call 678/407-5364 (undergraduate
inquiries) or 678/407-5302
(graduate inquiries) or visit
www.uga.edu/gwinnett. |