University of Texas of the Permian Basin

Academics

Distinguishing Characteristics

School type	Public
Terms	Semester
First year of program	2001-2002

Faculty & Classes

Full-time instructional faculty that teach courses accessible online	28
Part-time instructional faculty that teach courses accessible online	7
Average online teaching experience	4 years
Faculty have at least 1 year online teaching experience	100%
Faculty have at least 2 years online teaching experience	77%
Faculty have at least 3 years online teaching experience	63%
Full-time faculty with doctorate	23
Part-time faculty with doctorate	4
Full-time faculty whose highest degree is a bachelor's	0
Part-time faculty whose highest degree is a bachelor's	0
School finances online instructor training	Yes
Continuing online instruction education required	No
Full-time course development tech staff supporting faculty	6
Part-time course development tech staff supporting faculty	N/A
Average class size	N/A
Maximum class size	35

Programs

Online bachelor's degree programs	5
Online courses	72
Five most popular majors
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All majors
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Human Development and Family Studies, General Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services Criminal Justice/Safety Studies Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Humanities/Humanistic Studies Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other Social Sciences Sociology
About the online bachelor's degree program (as submitted by school)
The most distinguishing characteristics about UTPB's online bachelor programs are dependent on particular online programs of interest. Humanities OBD offers flexibilty of course lengths, shortened formats to work into their schedules. All instructors are UT faculty representing their discipline in quality online programs.

Integration With Campus

Can earn degree entirely online	Yes
Possible in-person attendance requirements
Orientations No Classes No Group projects/simulations No Exams No
Same academic track as campus-based program	Yes
Students enroll as online students	Yes, they are bound to courses as online students after enrollment
Credits earned online equal earned on campus	Yes
Faculty who teach online also teach on campus	Majority
Same curricula for online and face-to-face students	Most

Veterans

Institution is G.I. Bill certified	Yes
Institution participates in Yellow Ribbon Program	No
Institution is SOC Member	No
Offers DANTES course(s) for credit	No

Delivery

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	1-25
Number of times per week students must login to a typical course	1
Number of times per month faculty evaluate student participation	4
Number of times per month faculty provide feedback to students on participation	4
Courses requiring students to work collaboratively with other students	Minority
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)
Timed tests, adaptive release, essays and writing samples, plagiarism software, code of honor agreement

List of Student Assessments Administered

Collegiate Learning Assessment (CAE)	Yes
Collegiate Learning Assessment results publicly available	Yes
National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)	Yes
National Survey of Student Engagement results publicly available	Yes

Graduation & Retention

One-year retention rates	N/A
Limited time to complete degree	No
Target time to earn final 25% of credits	4 years
Maximum time to earn final 25% of credits	N/A
Graduation rates	N/A
School tracks graduates	No