Get a degree from the University of Texas without setting foot on campus.
The University of Texas System Online Consortium offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, certification and endorsement programs online, as well as hundreds of non-degree-program courses. UT takes pride in its online-education standards, and goes to great lengths to ensure the quality matches that of as its traditional classes. According to their website, "All of the programs offered through the UT Online Consortium can be completed entirely at a distance," with online classes scheduled as traditional semesters. UT is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, current as of February 2011.
Undergraduate Programs
Four undergraduate completion programs are offered online: Applied Arts and Sciences; Applied Business Technology-Legal Studies; Applied Technology in Health Services; Criminology and Criminal Justice; and Multidisciplinary Studies. UT Online Consortium educators are currently working on a group of accelerated completion programs they hope to have available for the 2011 fall semester. You can sign up to receive updates on this program at bac.utsystem.edu/.
Graduate Programs
Eleven master's programs are offered online: a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership-Principal Certification; Special Education; Special Education-Autism; Developmental Disabilities in Early Childhood Teaching-Science Education; and a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction; Literacy Studies; Educational Technology; Instructional Specialist-Bilingual Education; Early Childhood Education. Also available are Master in Business Administration, Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Master of Public Administration and Master of Science in Kinesiology programs.
Certification and Endorsement Programs
Online certifications offered include Alternative Teacher; Chess in Education; E-Learning; Graduate Nursing Education; Master Reading Teacher; Master Technology Teacher; Principal; Reading Specialist; Autism and Developmental Disabilities in Early Childhood; and Superintendency. Also available is an endorsement program in English as a Second Language.
Non-Degree-Program Courses
The UT Online Consortium offers hundreds of non-degree-program courses; to view them go to utcoursesonline.org/programs/nonprogramcourses.html.
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