Innovative Programs Provide Work-School-Life Balance

By Anonymous

National University offers accelerated time frame for degree completion If you are one of the many Orange County residents interested in advancing your education but are worried you don’t have the time to balance work, family, and school, then National University was designed for you.

A unique, intensive one-course-per-month format, flexible scheduling, and year-round registration, enables working adults to complete their degree programs in an accelerated time frame while maintaining family and work responsibilities.

Since 1971 , National University has been providing diverse student populations with innovative educational programs that are relevant to their lives, careers, and the marketplace. Quality, access, relevance, accelerated pace, affordability, and community are the core values that have shaped the National University mission and its commitment to its students, staff and community. Now boasting over 103,000 alumni, National University is the second- largest nonprofit, private institution of higher learning in California.

Wide range of degree and certificate programs

National consists of five schools and one college, including the Schools of Business and Management; Education; Engineering and Technology; Health and Human Services; and Media and Communications; and the College of Letters and Sciences. Schools and College combined, National University is able to offer 100 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, 35 online degrees, and numerous credential and certificate programs.

Twenty-eight campuses across California and Nevada – two of those in Orange County – add to the accessibility and convenience of attending National University.

The instruction at National University finds a balance between the practical realities of day-today responsibilities with the necessary theories that become the foundation of a career. The curriculum, faculty selection, methods of instruction, and research provide a real-world atmosphere that augments the theoretical basis of the courses.

Relevant degree programs are one of the biggest reasons students say the course content at National University is extremely valuable to their careers. Students know they are learning only the most current, applicable material related to their field.

With one of the largest eLibraries in the country, National University’s library features in excess of 280,000 volumes, 70 electronic databases and more than 1 8,000 full-text journals.

Affordable education

Additionally, National University provides education that is affordable. Tuition increases have been lower than the average for institutions nationwide for the last 12 years. The flexibility of taking classes onsite, online, or a combination of the two, allows students to continue working full-time, and the Financial Aid Office is in place to assist with federal student aid and scholarships.

National University is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education, and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, and approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

For more information, call 1-800-NAT-UNIV, find us on the web at http://getinfo.nu.edu/SOBM, or visit one of our easy-to-reach centers at 765 The City Drive South in Orange or 3390 Harbor Boulevard in Costa Mesa.

Copyright CBJ, L. P. Aug 6-Aug 12, 2007

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