JWU 3 Year B In Person

90-96 Credits Bachelor's Degree

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241022107421/en/Johnson-Wales-University-Launches-First-in-the-Nation-Three-Year-90-credit-In-Person-Bachelors-Degree/

"October 22, 2024 10:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time
PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Johnson & Wales University (JWU) today announced the launch of three-year (90-96 credit) bachelor's degree programs in Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Graphic Design, and Hospitality Management. With this announcement, Johnson & Wales University becomes the first higher education institution in the nation to offer this type of three-year, in-person bachelor's degree option.

The new programs will begin accepting applications immediately in Fall 2024, with the first class of students starting in the Fall 2025 semester. Prospective students can apply through the JWU website at www.jwu.edu/3year which includes detailed information about the application requirements, deadlines, and the selection process.

The new programs will require the same core general education foundation credits as the current four-year bachelor's degree and the same major study classes. Unlike accelerated degrees where students graduate early by taking classes year-round and/or bring in credits from high school, students in the three-year degree programs will carry a regular semester load of classes during the academic year. Students in the three-year bachelor's programs will count workplace experiences gained during the academic year and summers toward degree requirements and will take fewer or no elective classes, instead focusing on their major course of study."

 

You got that right.
They should go ahead and create a new degree? Between Masters and PhD?

 

Mean between Masters and PhD. A Masters II. Get an 18hrs certificate after your Masters and that can be a Masters II.
Associates, Bachelors, Masters, Masters II, PhD.
Tidbit. The Chancellor is above the PhD.

 

I managed to do my BA in seven semesters and had I been more aggressive, six would have been doable. It depends on how you spent your senior year in H.S. I didn't take full advantage but I could have planned better.

I don't mean CLEP testing or whatever they call it now although that's worthwhile too. I mean getting general ed and intro classes waived based on H.S. performance. If you did a solid prep program in H.S. you really don't need that freshman year in college.

 

CAGS?
Only offer the Masters II degree to add money to the coffers. Instant prestige?

 

It's interesting that the degrees they approved were applied technology degrees; no history, sociology, economics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, physics, linguistics, English literature, etc.

As for credit hours: My undergrad science degree required a couple of labs each semester. They were 3-4 hours long, but only counted for one credit. It may be different now--that was 4 decades ago--but if the physical hours matched the credit hours, l'm probably due credit for another 48 hours(?).

 

That's what one of my sons did, he attended a top university and took every summer additional classes, earning 4 years 120 SH degree in 3 years.
Then continued to a graduate school, earning teaching credential and master’s degree.