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Is
online education right for you?
• How
it works... • Online
Readiness Quiz • Getting
Started •
• Register
for classes • Contacts • Prerequisites
and Success Factors • |
Do
you...
- want to go to school but haven't found the time?
- find scheduled classes inconvenient?
- need additional business expertise or credentials to qualify
for promotion?
- feel very comfortable using the Internet, email, and Microsoft
Office software [Word, Excel, and Powerpoint]?
If the answer is YES, then perhaps Business
Fastrack Online and Business
Express Online is for YOU! The Business Fastrack Certificate
program consists of 11 accelerated, practical, project-oriented
courses designed to develop the skills and aptitudes you need in today's
competitive business environment. A two-year
associate degree is also available. Fastrack Online s start every
2 weeks. Five start dates are available for Fall and Spring semesters,
three during the summer. Financial
aid is available for qualified students and many companies offer
tuition reimbursement programs. |
Online
Business Classes...
are designed to maximize your learning experience while eliminating
your time in a structured class environment. Your assignments will
be both meaningful and practical. Projects are applicable to real-world
situations occurring in your business life each day. |
How
it works...
- Assignments are posted online
for convenient access 24/7.
- Asynchronous learning,
no specified "meeting" times. Log on from home, work,
or on the road.
- Weekly assignments due
every Monday by noon.
- Students and instructors
communicate and exchange assignments via email.
 CAUTIONS:
- Due
to the accelerated nature of these classes, students are allowed
to only take one online class at a time.
- Students
without strong time management, reading, computer and Internet
skills should strongly consider the on-campus programs.
- All
students considering online s should take the Online
Readiness Quiz
- All students must have
textbook at start date. Contact the Business Institute at 480.425.6910
for information on required texts for each class.
- Warning: Deliveries
from online text vendors are not always reliable. It remains
student's responsibility to have text at start date-no extensions
will be granted.
- Students
may only withdraw within the first two weeks of each 5 week
class.
- Refund
requests must be received by Admissions Office within 3 calendar
days of start date.
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| Prerequisites
and Success Factors by Delivery Type |
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On-campus |
Online |
| Two+ years of full time
work experience |
X |
X |
| Very good computer skills |
X |
X |
| Microsoft Office software
[Office 2000 or better preferred. Office '97 at a minimum, Mac
Office 2000] |
X |
X |
| Very good reading
and time management skills |
X |
X |
| Must feel comfortable
in a self-directed learning environment |
0x |
X |
| Internet connection 56K
at a minimum |
x0x |
X |
| Internet skills including
but not limited to: sending emails with attachments, basic browser
and software troubleshooting, and file management |
x0 |
X |
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