Time running out to enroll in UGA bachelor’s degree programs offered in Gwinnett

Athens, Ga. – Time is running out for prospective students to enroll in bachelor’s degree programs currently offered by the University of Georgia at the Gwinnett University Center in Lawrenceville. Applications are still being accepted for summer and fall semester 2005, but no additional students will be admitted to UGA’s undergraduate degree programs in Gwinnett after fall semester.

“Acting on a recommendation from the Board of Regents, the Georgia General Assembly passed a resolution during the session that just ended approving the creation of a new stand-alone, four-year state college to be located at the Gwinnett University Center,” said Bob Boehmer, UGA’s senior administrator in Gwinnett. “This means that UGA will discontinue its undergraduate programs offered at the center in spring 2008. To allow students to complete their degrees within that time frame, we determined that fall 2005 would be the last opportunity to enroll.”

UGA has been offering bachelor’s degree-completion programs at the Gwinnett University Center since 2002 and has offered graduate degree programs and non-credit continuing education programs in Gwinnett since the mid 1980s.

“UGA remains committed to providing educational opportunities in the Gwinnett area,”
Boehmer said. “We anticipate significantly expanding our graduate degree programs in Gwinnett in the coming years.”

Prospective students can learn more about UGA at Gwinnett programs at an open house on Tuesday, April 12 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. in the Building B Atrium of the Gwinnett University Center, located just off highway 316 at Collins Hill Road. Representatives from UGA’s various undergraduate and graduate programs offered in Gwinnett will be on hand, as well as staff from financial aid and other offices.

Information sessions for the undergraduate programs also are held on Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m. in suite A1970 of the Gwinnett University Center. Although the official deadline to apply to the undergraduate programs has passed, applications will still be accepted for summer and fall 2005 pending academic program availability and adequate administrative processing time.

Students can currently pursue one of seven UGA bachelor’s degree programs at the Gwinnett University Center:

• 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: a B.S. in biology and an A.B. 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 degree-completion programs are 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 graduate programs currently offered in Gwinnett include master’s degrees in business administration, internet technology, social work, public administration, and food science and technology. In addition, UGA’s College of Education offers master’s degree programs in several fields, ranging from early childhood education to occupational studies. 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.

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.