Academics at East Carolina University | Online Bachelors Degree

Academics

Distinguishing Characteristics

School type	Public
Terms	Semester
First year of program	1996-1997

Faculty & Classes

Full-time instructional faculty that teach courses accessible online	N/A
Part-time instructional faculty that teach courses accessible online	N/A
Average online teaching experience	N/A
Faculty have at least 1 year online teaching experience	N/A
Faculty have at least 2 years online teaching experience	N/A
Faculty have at least 3 years online teaching experience	N/A
Full-time faculty with doctorate	N/A
Part-time faculty with doctorate	N/A
Full-time faculty whose highest degree is a bachelor's	N/A
Part-time faculty whose highest degree is a bachelor's	N/A
School finances online instructor training	Yes
Continuing online instruction education required	Yes
Full-time course development tech staff supporting faculty	N/A
Part-time course development tech staff supporting faculty	N/A
Average class size	16
Maximum class size	25

Programs

Online bachelor's degree programs

Online courses

396

Five most popular majors

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All majors

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Business Administration and Management, General

Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry

Finance, General

Hotel/Motel Administration/Management

Management Information Systems, General

Marketing/Marketing Management, General

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

Speech Communication and Rhetoric

EDUCATION

Special Education and Teaching, General

Elementary Education and Teaching

Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching

Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching

Business Teacher Education

Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields

Industrial Technology/Technician

Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician

Health Professions and Related Programs

Health/Health Care Administration/Management

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

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

The DE undergraduate degree programs are online degree completion programs. Students complete the first two years of college courses typically at a community college in their area. ECU is the leading provider of DE in the University of North Carolina System. ECU faculty teach both online and campus classes and online students receive the same high-quality education as the students who learn on campus.

Integration With Campus

Can earn degree entirely online

Depends

Possible in-person attendance requirements

Orientations	No
Classes	No
Group projects/simulations	No
Exams	Yes

Same academic track as campus-based program

Yes

Collaboration among online and face-to-face students

Neutral

Students enroll as online students

Yes, but can take classes on campus without notification

Credits earned online equal earned on campus

Yes

Faculty who teach online also teach on campus

All

Same curricula for online and face-to-face students

All

Veterans

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

Delivery

Archived classes	All
Classes can be received live	Minority
Live online/on-campus classes after 5 p.m.	N/A
Online chatrooms	Yes
Web conferencing (webinars)	N/A
Skype or other visual software	Yes
New-student orientation	Optional
Review and sign ethics statement	No
Percentage of classes with lectures	1-25
Number of times per week students must login to a typical course	N/A
Number of times per month faculty evaluate student participation	N/A
Number of times per month faculty provide feedback to students on participation	N/A
Courses requiring students to work collaboratively with other students	Minority
Class participation graded	N/A
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)
Faculty are provided with resources to assist in assuring academic integrity. Presenting students with guidelines or discussions concerning integrity early in each course go a long way to secure decisions to develop ethical behavior and improve Academic Integrity. The resources include strategies that will help foster Academic Integrity. The information is broken into several sections in order to easily locate information concerning particular topics. The first section lists unique scenarios are considered as integrity issues. Other sections include strategies to foster Academic Integrity, such as contingency plan suggestions, and helpful information faculty can easily cut and paste into course materials as necessary.

List of Student Assessments Administered

Graduation & Retention

One-year retention rates	N/A
Limited time to complete degree	No
Target time to earn final 25% of credits	No target length
Maximum time to earn final 25% of credits	N/A
Graduation rates	N/A
School tracks graduates	N/A