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UCLA Engineering Launches Online Master’s
Degree Program
Working
Engineers and Computer Scientists Offered Flexible New Education
Option for Enhancing Skills, Keeping Abreast of Cutting-edge Technologies
Online learning has never been more accessible, and a new degree
program at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied
Science will allow top-notch engineers to join in reaping the
benefits.
Applications are now being accepted for UCLA engineering’s
online Master of Science degree program, launching in spring 2007.
The program will enable engineers and computer scientists the
needed flexibility to enhance their skills — and they won’t
have to quit their jobs to do it.
“UCLA Engineering is delighted to be able
to offer a new opportunity for working students to continue to
learn. We are always looking for ways to further enhance our mission
of education, research and public service,” said Dean Vijay
K. Dhir. “For those students who simply can’t give
up their fulltime jobs to further their education, our online
degree program will give them a quality educational option.”
The program will initially offer five areas of study, including
communications and telecommunications, signal processing, computer
networking, mechanics of structures and manufacturing and design.
These study areas will expand after the program is launched.
All of the courses, assignments and projects will
be accessed via the Web. Each online course will be fully equivalent
to the corresponding on-campus course and taught by the same faculty
who teach on campus. The online lectures, however, will be specially
prepared for the different environment, and students will be able
to view the lectures as often as they choose. The structured program
will allow students to complete the degree requirements at a part-time
pace.
“We’ve designed the new online M.S.
degree program for engineers already working in the field who
want to keep their skills sharp and want to learn the latest cutting-edge
technologies,” said Associate Dean of Academic and Student
Affairs Stephen Jacobsen, who oversees the program. “By
structuring the program to allow participants to choose specific
areasof study, the degree is equivalent to an on-campus degree.
Busy students can focus on areas that are critical to their own
careers in the limited spare time they have.”
To find out more about the new Master of Science
degree program at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering
and Applied Science, or to enroll, visit http://MSENGROL.seas.ucla.edu/index.html,
or email jacobsen@MSENGROL.seas.ucla.edu.
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