One Goal. 18-Months. Unlimited Opportunities.

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1 18 fast-track 18-Moth BACHELOR S DEGREE completio PROGRAMS Oe Goal. 18-Moths. Ulimited Opportuities.

2 Fast-Track Your Bachelor s Degree ad Career Goals Complete your bachelor s degree i just 18 moths. A bachelor s degree has become a stadard credetial for may career paths. Yet work ad family commitmets ofte compete with the time required to attai this essetial degree. That s why Northeaster Uiversity s College of Professioal Studies has developed Fast-Track programs a group of 18-moth bachelor s degree completio programs that fit your lifestyle ad your higher educatioal goals. If you have a associate degree or equivalet umber of credits, you ca complete your bachelor s degree i just 18 moths from a prestigious uiversity at a reasoable cost. Coveietly scheduled courses allow you to maitai work ad family commitmets while gaiig the skills ad kowledge eeded to get ahead. Fast-Track programs are completed i 18 moths Coveiet locatios Bosto Hutigto Aveue ad Fiacial District campuses, as well as olie New programs lauched multiple times per year Bleded, olie, ad o-campus program formats Desiged for Trasferrig Credits The 18-moth Fast-Track programs are desiged for studets who have eared a associate degree or equivalet umber of credits (80 quarter hours or 60 semester hours) from Northeaster Uiversity or aother regioally accredited college or uiversity. The Office of Admissios will work with applicats to evaluate ad accept as may previously completed credits as possible. Please visit or call for more iformatio.

3 What is Fast-Track? Choice of Subjects ad Formats The 18-moth Fast-Track programs are offered i a uique format where studets begi ad complete all courses with the same group of studets. Beefits of this structure iclude: Gai kowledge from your fellow classmates ad the professios ad idustries they represet Develop a valuable etwork of professioal cotacts Lear teamwork ad group process skills Acquire lifelog frieds Kow your six-term course pla whe you begi your program The College of Professioal Studies cotiues to expad the variety of subjects available withi the Fast-Track programs, eablig you to choose a course of study that aligs with your career goals. Programs are offered i multiple formats each providig distict beefits. Visit for a complete list of Fast-Track programs ad available formats. Olie Programs Bleded Olie ad O-Campus Programs Maximum flexibility ad coveiece for workig professioals with demadig schedules. Ear ay oe of the followig: BS i Maagemet BS i Health Maagemet BS i Leadership BS i Orgaizatioal Commuicatio These classes meet o-campus i the eveigs ad o weekeds, ad are augmeted with olie course work. Combies coveiece with face time betwee istructors ad fellow studets. Ear ay oe of the followig: BS i Fiace ad Accoutig Maagemet BS i Leadership* BS i Iformatio Techology BS i Maagemet *Also offered i a o-campus afteroo format. The o-campus afteroo format does ot iclude meals ad textbooks. The Coveiece of Fast-Track Fast-Track programs have bee desiged for your optimum coveiece, allowig you to focus o what s most importat your studies. The Fast-Track staff guides you through the applicatio process, registers you for all your classes, ad advises you throughout your academic career. Additioally, tuitio for most o-campus Fast-Track programs icludes all textbooks, materials, ad meals dier is provided durig o-campus weekight classes ad breakfast ad luch are available for o-campus Saturday classes. (Meals ad textbooks are ot provided for olie format programs.) The tuitio cost of each term varies, depedig o the umber of credits required for that term. See idividual degree program descriptios for details o tuitio cost. How to Apply Visit to complete a applicatio. Sealed official trascripts, curret resume, ad a statemet of purpose are also required. Prerequisites may be required for specific programs. See Frequetly Asked Questios for additioal iformatio. 18-Moth FAST-TRACK BACHELOR S Degree COMPLETION Programs

4 I was 38 whe I started the Fast-Track program, so time was a big factor for me. Fast-Track offered everythig I was lookig for cost, flexibility, a olie format, ad Saturday classes. Cheryl Leo, 2009 Graduate Fast-Track BS i Leadership questios Frequetly Asked Questios Q How do studets qualify for Fast-Track programs? A If you have eared a associate degree from a accredited school, or ca demostrate successful completio of the equivalet umber of credits (80 quarter hours or 60 semester hours), you may qualify for admissio. Some programs have specific requiremets. Please refer to the program descriptios o the web for these requiremets. Q Ca you describe the class structure? A For Bleded Programs: You will meet i the classroom oe ight per week ad alteratig Saturdays durig each quarter. The weekight ad Saturday dates have bee determied, ad you will receive a schedule so you ca pla accordigly. Classes meet for three hours o a week ight ad the alteratig Saturday classes meet for 7 hours at a time. I additio to i-class time, studets will be required to participate i olie course work. For Olie Programs: There is o desigated class meetig time for the olie classes. Usig the Northeaster Uiversity Olie system, the istructor will preset lectures, post discussio questios, ad assigmets. Q What is the workload like? A If accepted, you will be participatig i a Fast-Track degree completio program. Therefore, the workload each quarter will be sigificat. Studets typically carry quarter hours a term. You will have papers, projects, presetatios, ad olie work to complete throughout the term. Apply Olie:

5 Fast-Track udergraduate degree completio programs are desiged with the busy studet i mid flexible schedules ad dedicated staff help each studet balace school with work ad life commitmets. Q What types of istructors teach i the programs? A The istructor team icludes both full-time faculty from the Uiversity, as well as leadig practitioers i the areas of leadership, commuicatios, iformatio techology, accoutig, health maagemet, ad liberal arts. They are committed to your success ad dedicated to the program. Q Is there a applicatio deadlie? A Admissio is o a rollig basis. We ecourage studets to apply early so that all materials ca be reviewed before the program start date. Q Am I eligible for fiacial aid? A As a Fast-Track studet, you will be erolled as a full-time studet of Northeaster Uiversity ad will qualify to apply for fiacial aid. For further iformatio go to Q What computer ad techology requiremets are eeded for the Fast-Track programs? A I order to participate i the olie portio of the program, the followig hardware ad software are recommeded specificatios to work with the Northeaster Uiversity Olie applicatio used for olie study at Northeaster: Platform: PC (Widows 2000/XP/Vista) Mac (10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5) Hardware: 128 MB of RAM 2 GB of free disk space Soud card with speakers (for courses with multimedia) Etheret or Wireless etwork card (for high-speed Iteret coectio) or 56K modem (for dial-up Iteret coectio) T1, DSL, Cable, or Satellite high-speed coectio (56K dial-up will work, but the olie course system will ru slowly). Q How do I apply? A Applicatio for Admissio: You ca apply olie at Statemet of Purpose: Write a 500- to 1,000-word statemet of purpose that idetifies your educatioal goals ad expectatios from the program. Professioal Resume: Your resume should display job resposibilities, relevat experiece, ad educatio history. Academic Trascripts: Submit sealed official trascripts of all previous college coursework completed. If you have ot eared a associate degree, proof of high school completio (high school trascripts, GED, or equivalet) will also be required. If mailig ay of the documets refereced above, please sed them to: Northeaster Uiversity College of Professioal Studies Office of Admissios 50 Nightigale Hall 360 Hutigto Aveue Bosto, MA If faxig documets, fax to Moth FAST-TRACK BACHELOR S Degree COMPLETION Programs

6 Why Northeaster Uiversity? Fouded i 1898, Northeaster Uiversity is a private research uiversity that is cosistetly raked by Forbes ad U.S. News & World Report as a top-tier educatioal istitutio. Kow for itegratig classroom learig with real-world experiece, the Uiversity has a logstadig reputatio for beig a excitig ad vibrat place to lear. Our Bosto campus is a beautiful, award-wiig 67-acre campus of tree-lied walkways ad grassy quads set i a dyamic, multicultural city that offers a wealth of academic, social, ad recreatioal resources. For added coveiece, the College of Professioal Studies offers programs olie, allowig studets to complete their studies from aywhere i the world. Apply Olie:

7 Accreditatio Northeaster Uiversity is accredited by the New Eglad Associatio of Schools ad Colleges, Ic. Equal Opportuity Northeaster Uiversity is a equal opportuity/affirmative actio/title IX educatioal istitutio ad employer. 50 Nightigale Hall 360 Hutigto Aveue Bosto, MA