{"id":5573,"date":"2014-09-05T09:51:46","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T14:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=5573"},"modified":"2014-09-05T09:51:46","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T14:51:46","slug":"nicholls-launches-online-business-administration-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2014\/09\/05\/nicholls-launches-online-business-administration-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicholls Launches Online Business Administration Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THIBODAUX \u2014 Beginning this fall, two new business education programs are being offered through Nicholls State University\u2019s online degree program, Nicholls Online.<\/p>\n<p>Online students can now obtain a bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration, providing a core education in business concepts including accounting, information systems and finance. In addition, a new post-baccalaureate certificate in business administration is available online to students who completed a bachelor\u2019s degree in another subject, but would like to further their education in business. The certificate will also help students meet the prerequisite courses required to earn a graduate degree in business, such as Nicholls\u2019 Master of Business Administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe created these programs to appeal to the non-traditional student who may be working full time, or for other reasons just can\u2019t make it to campus to attend classes,\u201d said Dr. Shawn Mauldin, dean of the College of Business Administration. \u201cWe know we have an excellent business school, and our goal is to meet the workforce development needs by expanding our educational offerings to serve the citizens of this region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nicholls Online launched in January 2013 and is designed to provide remote access to the university\u2019s nationally accredited degree programs and highly qualified instructors. The Nicholls College of Business Administration is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to business administration, Nicholls Online currently offers six bachelor\u2019s degree programs in English, general family and consumer sciences, history, interdisciplinary studies, nursing (for students who already have an unencumbered RN license) and sociology. An associates degree in safety technology is also available.<\/p>\n<p>Courses are taught in accelerated eight-week sessions, with classes scheduled to begin in October of this year and January, March and June of 2015. Students who take three courses per session can earn a bachelor\u2019s degree in just three years.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to those degrees available through Nicholls Online, the university also offers online master\u2019s degrees in community technical college mathematics, education leadership \u2014 K-12 leadership and education leadership \u2014 educational technology leadership, and an online bachelor\u2019s degree in organizational leadership. A master\u2019s in nursing is offered online through the Intercollegiate Consortium for a Master of Science in Nursing, a coalition of universities including Nicholls.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Nicholls Online, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/nichollsonline\">www.nicholls.edu\/nichollsonline <\/a>or call 985-448-4803.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIBODAUX \u2014 Beginning this fall, two new business education programs are being offered through Nicholls State University\u2019s online degree program, Nicholls Online. Online students can now obtain a bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration, providing a core education in business concepts including accounting, information systems and finance. 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