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Georgia Tech's Center for Distance Learning (CDL) provides a way for you to
advance professionally and stay on the cutting edge in your area of specialty.
The program is available internationally and delivers high-quality, graduate-level
courses in the fields listed below. If you have been accepted into a Georgia
Tech graduate program, courses can be applied toward a master's degree in the
following areas:
WHY YOU Should EARN A Georgia Tech MS DEGREE?
By offering distance-learning master's degree programs Georgia Tech continues
to respond to the changing, and often challenging, needs of the professional
engineer. The technology-driven global economy of the information age rewards
individuals who are well grounded in fundamental knowledge and can adapt to
rapid and unrelenting change.
A master's degree from Georgia Tech provides precisely this type of preparation
and assures a credential necessary for long-term professional success. A master's
degree in engineering or science is a financially sound investment for the future.
Our MS programs allow you to stay abreast of advances and changes in your field
and offer you the opportunity to pursue a master's degree from one of the most
respected institutions of higher learning in the country.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Georgia Tech offers eight M.S. degree programs via distance delivery. To enroll
in the program, you must meet the same admission requirements as those who attend
classes on campus. You will need to adhere to Georgia Tech's rigorous academic
standards to earn the same degree as your on-campus counterparts. You may apply
any time to Georgia Tech for admission the following term. Upon acceptance to
the program, working engineers typically enroll in one course per term. Most
companies provide tuition reimbursement for these classes.
Most of the degree programs require thirty credit hours (typically, 10 courses)
to obtain a master's degree. A thesis is not required, and you must maintain
a 3.0 grade point average. Please refer to the web sites of each of the programs
for curricular details.
HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS
Courses are offered via the internet to off-campus students. Video cameras record faculty lectures and student-faculty interaction during regular graduate classes. These recordings can be viewed via video-on demand through the internet using T-Square (GT's learning management system) or DVDs. Supporting class materials are also accessed through T-Square. Student-to-student and student-to-faculty interaction occurs using telephone, email, fax server, bulletin boards and the threaded discussion capabilities of T-Square. Georgia Tech offers approximately 80-90 courses each semester, except during the summer when a small number of courses are available. Check the Georgia Tech web site for current and planned class offering.
Access to the electronic library, the computer facilities of Georgia Tech,
and the Internet is available to you with a home or business computer and high-speed Internet access (either DSL or cable).
Internet instruction includes links to other web-based materials and features
the power and capability of Georgia Tech's sophisticated computer network. Student-to-student
and student-to-faculty interaction occurs using bulletin boards and the threaded
discussion capabilities of T-Square.
ABOUT GEORGIA TECH
The Georgia Institute of Technology was founded in 1885 as a school of mechanical
engineering. Today, more than 18,000 students from more than one hundred and
ten countries are enrolled in more than thirty-five different degree programs.
The distance-learning program was started in 1977 and today enrolls more than
600 students.
The distance-learning program is housed in the new Global Learning Center, a state-of-the-art space for professional education programs. The facility
is equipped to send and receive programs worldwide.
According to U. S. News & World Report Georgia Tech's Graduate School of
Engineering is ranked 4th in the nation. Our online degree programs
the best and largest in the USA, and we are the number one public institution in engineering research.
In addition to the high quality graduate instructional programs, Georgia Tech
has a world-class research program with more than $357 million in new grants
and contracts awarded during the past fiscal year. This ranks Georgia Tech as
the South's largest engineering research university.
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