Academics at Central Michigan University | Online Bachelors Degree

Academics

School type	Public
Terms	Other
Academic calendar (as submitted by school)	2 X 8-week terms per semester
First year of program	2001-2002

Full-time instructional faculty that teach courses accessible online	98
Part-time instructional faculty that teach courses accessible online	113
Average online teaching experience	5 years
Faculty have at least 1 year online teaching experience	91%
Faculty have at least 2 years online teaching experience	82%
Faculty have at least 3 years online teaching experience	62%
Full-time faculty with doctorate	68
Part-time faculty with doctorate	63
Full-time faculty whose highest degree is a bachelor's	1
Part-time faculty whose highest degree is a bachelor's	2
School finances online instructor training	Yes
Continuing online instruction education required	No
Full-time course development tech staff supporting faculty	10
Part-time course development tech staff supporting faculty	25
Average class size	N/A
Maximum class size	25

Online bachelor's degree programs

Online courses

100

Five most popular majors

Organizational Behavior Studies	1%
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All majors

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Hospitality Administration/Management, General

Organizational Behavior Studies

Construction Management

Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields

Engineering/Industrial Management

Health Professions and Related Programs

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General

Psychology

Psychology, General

Public Administration and Social Service Professions

Community Organization and Advocacy

Public Administration

About the online bachelor's degree program (as submitted by school)

Knowledge, care, commitment, follow-through, community, learning, service.

Can earn degree entirely online

Yes

Possible in-person attendance requirements

Same academic track as campus-based program

Institution is G.I. Bill certified	Yes
Institution participates in Yellow Ribbon Program	Yes
Institution is SOC Member	Yes
Offers DANTES course(s) for credit	Yes

Archived classes	All
Classes can be received live	None
Live online/on-campus classes after 5 p.m.	N/A
Online chatrooms	Yes
Web conferencing (webinars)	Yes
Skype or other visual software	Yes
New-student orientation	Optional
Review and sign ethics statement	Yes
Percentage of classes with lectures	All
Number of times per week students must login to a typical course	10
Number of times per month faculty evaluate student participation	10
Number of times per month faculty provide feedback to students on participation	10
Courses requiring students to work collaboratively with other students	Majority
Class participation graded	Yes
Exams	Yes
Number of settings in which in-person exams are administered	Multiple geographically dispersed settings
Anti-plagiarism screening required for essay assignments	Depends
Measures to instill academic integrity (as submitted by school)
All CMU courses are governed by the same academic integrity policies. In addition, students taking online courses are required to authenticate upon login with a unique ID and password. Online courses have Safe-Assign for matched content and Respondus Lockdown Browser for security tools available. Faculty also have access to academic integrity resources for incorporation into their online classes.

Other assessment	Yes
Description of other assessment	CMU complies with university wide Academic Assessment requirements and included indirect program measurement in biennial surveys of both current students and alumni. These, in addition to direct measures, are evaluated on an annual basis.
Other assessment results publicly available	No

One-year retention rates

Limited time to complete degree	Yes
Target time to earn final 25% of credits	No target length
Maximum time to earn final 25% of credits	7 years
Graduation rates

School tracks graduates	Yes