ESU, Butler to offer on-site business degree completion program
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Emporia State University and Butler Community College are joining forces to make a bachelor’s degree in business possible for place-bound students in the region.
Under a recently-signed articulation agreement, ESU will grant bachelor’s degrees to students completing requirements for the degree. Students may choose from two majors — business administration and information systems. Classes will be taught at BCC’s El Dorado campus.
The program is enrolling students who will start in the Fall 2010 semester. Classes will be scheduled in the late afternoon and evening hours, making the program ideal for students who need to balance school with fulltime employment.
“We’re excited to have another opportunity to work with more of Butler’s exceptionally well-prepared students,” said Michael Lane, ESU president.
Under the agreement, students will complete four semesters of classes offered by BCC and six semesters of ESU coursework to obtain a bachelor of science in business degree.
“An onsite location is an attractive advantage, especially for nontraditional students,” said Joseph Wen, dean of ESU’s School of Business. “We’ll begin advising the students during their sophomore year,” said Wen.
“One of our core values at Emporia State University is putting student success at the front of everything we do,” said Lane. “That’s why it’s great to partner with Butler Community College, an institution which shares those same values, and offer another group of Butler’s students an attractive option for obtaining their bachelor’s degree,” he continued.
In 2004, ESU and Butler launched the BEST program — Butler and Emporia from Students to Teachers. Since that time, 86 students have earned their teaching degrees from Emporia State through this nationally acclaimed elementary education program — all without setting foot on the ESU campus. Most of them have gone on to teach in elementary school classrooms in Butler County and the surrounding area.
“Butler is thrilled to be partnering once again with Emporia State University on a program that will make it possible for our time- and place-bound students to earn a baccalaureate degree in business from a university of Emporia State's caliber without ever having to leave our El Dorado campus,” said Jackie Vietti , BCC president. “The model for this kind of collaborative endeavor has stood the test of time with the BEST program, which is a raving success by all accounts. So, we have absolute confidence that this initiative will be equally effective.”
Emporia State’s AACSB Internationally accredited School of Business is recognized for its depth of instruction across a wide range of disciplines. Only about one-third of U.S. business schools and five percent of the business programs worldwide are accredited by AACSB International.
For more information on bachelor of science in business degree programs offered through Emporia State University at Butler Community College, contact Larry Falcetto, director of ESU’s Business Advising Center, at 341-5523 or e-mail lfalcett@emporia.edu.
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