Academics at Western Kentucky University | Online Bachelors Degree

Academics

Distinguishing Characteristics

School type	Public
Terms	Semester
First year of program	1998-1999

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	No
Full-time course development tech staff supporting faculty	30
Part-time course development tech staff supporting faculty	N/A
Average class size	25
Maximum class size	30

Programs

Online bachelor's degree programs

Online courses

564

Five most popular majors

Information Technology	1%
Engineering/Industrial Management	1%
Sociology	1%
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other	1%
Social Sciences, General	1%

All majors

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Organizational Leadership

Human Resources Management and Services, Other

Management Information Systems and Services, Other

Selling Skills and Sales Operations

Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services

Communications Technology/Technician

Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

Computer and Information Sciences, General

Information Technology

Computer and Information Sciences, Other

Information Science/Studies

Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields

Industrial Technology/Technician

Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician

Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences

Family and Consumer Economics and Related Services, Other

Family Systems

Child Development

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services, Other

Health Professions and Related Programs

Nursing Science

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services

Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

Social Sciences

Social Sciences, General

Sociology

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

WKU's online bachelor degree programs are also available face-to-face and through Interactive Video Services at Regional Campus locations, offering students a variety of flexible formats from which to achieve their goals. Online students at WKU have a variety of support services available including online tutoring, online writing center, online advising, research assistance, access to an online community, and much more!

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

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)	Yes
Skype or other visual software	Yes
New-student orientation	Optional
Review and sign ethics statement	No
Percentage of classes with lectures	51-75
Number of times per week students must login to a typical course	N/A
Number of times per month faculty evaluate student participation	5
Number of times per month faculty provide feedback to students on participation	2
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)
WKU uses a variety of methods to instill academic integrity including: requiring proctored exams arranged through the DL Testing Center; providing remote exam access recorded via Tegrity; utilizing timed exams and quizzes via Blackboard; Course intro videos/photos via Blackboard and/or Tegrity; Utilizing test banks in Blackboard which create different questions for each student taking the exam; Turn-It-In Software (papers are submitted through Blackboard, then this software crawls the assignment, flagging anything suspicious or uncited); Safe Assign, which works very similarly to Turn-it-in, SecureExam and Respondus.

List of Student Assessments Administered

Adult Learner Inventory (Noel Levitz)	Yes
Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (ACT)	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