| Jackson, Tenn. - Union
University's LAUNCH program, which allows non-traditional
students with at lea st 60 semester hours completed to
earn a bachelor of science in organizational leadership
(BSOL), is set to begin its first semester of classes in
Selmer, Tenn., this fall. Beginning Aug. 16, Union's
degree completion program will allow working adults who
are at least 24 years old and have completed at least two
or more years of college to earn a bachelor's degree from
Union using the University of Tennessee - Martin's Selmer
facility. Students must complete 128 semester hours
including the 40 hours in the LAUNCH program, general
education requirements such as English/speech, natural
science and college algebra, and 42 semester hours of
general electives.
"The LAUNCH program gives working adults the
quickest way possible to complete their degree,"
Barbara Perry, director of MBA and the LAUNCH program,
says. "The program allows students to combine their
life experiences with theory in the classroom. It is an
enhanced educational opportunity."
Classes will be offered at the University of Tennessee
- Martin McNairy County Center/Selmer one night a week
from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Professors from Union's McAfee
School of Business Administration will teach some of the
classes.
Union's LAUNCH program operates in a cohort
environment, allowing students to earn 40 hours of credit
in 18 months for their bachelor's degree. With the cohort
structure, incoming students are grouped into classes of
25. Each group then makes its way through the program
together one course at a time, one night a week. The
Selmer program is still accepting applications for the
fall semester.
Union's LAUNCH program began January 1998. The first
cohort group of 24 students will complete its classes
later this month and graduate in August.
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