GENERAL INFORMATION
University Partnerships COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALLIANCE PROGRAM
Franklin University offers degree completion programs through articulation agreements with community colleges* in the United States.
The Community College Alliance Program provides opportunities for students at two-year colleges to complete their bachelor’s degree without leaving their local community. Students complete their associate’s degree with an option to complete an additional 24 semester credit hours of preparation (“bridge”)** coursework from their local community college. Students complete a minimum of 40 semester credits of bachelor’s degree completion courses from Franklin University.
These degree completion programs are designed to prepare students with an appropriate educational background (i.e., an associate’s degree or equivalent coursework) for career opportunities and advancement in business and industry.
Franklin University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, which has authorized Franklin to offer complete degree programs through distance delivery methods.
*Throughout the publication, “community college” refers to community, technical and other two-year institutions.
**Elective Bridge Courses - These are non-developmental level courses taken at your community college and not applied directly toward another Bridge requirement that will be applied to this area. An official evaluation of transfer credit will determine the need for electives. If you need additional courses to meet the hours required for your Bachelor’s degree, please select business or computer related courses from those offered at your community college. Other courses may be acceptable in this area. Please contact your Franklin University advisor for approval prior to taking the course.
DEGREE COMPLETION PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
Franklin University’s curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Science degree is intended to help the student achieve the following general objectives:
• An understanding of the activities that constitute their chosen profession and the principles underlying the administration of those activities;
• The ability to think logically and analytically about the kind of complex problems encountered in their profession and how to deal with them appropriately;
• Facility in the arts and skills of leadership, teamwork and communication;
• A comprehension of human interrelationships involved in an organization;
• Awareness of the social and ethical responsibilities inherent in modern society; and
• Skills in the art of lifelong learning that will help the student continue learning.
PHILOSOPHY
“The aim of education is the development of reflective, creative, responsible thought.” - John Dewey
Franklin University’s curriculum and overall design for its Community College Alliance Program is based on the latest research, pedagogical techniques and androgogical principles for designing online, interactive, responsive, collaborative, and expanded learning opportunities to be delivered to learners at a time, place, and in appropriate formats convenient to the learners.
This philosophy assumes a mix of technologies based on an analysis of student needs, content requirements and costs. It assumes a design based on a range of interactions between faculty and students, among students, and between the student and a broad array of media and other learning resources, including current content experts, real world problem solving, and collaborative work groups. Designing with these types of dialogues in mind ensures that the teaching and learning experience is an active and collaborative one.
Good teachers stimulate, encourage, guide and challenge students. Good students are mentally active, involved, and experiment in the real world. Franklin University’s curriculum is designed to create the experiences needed to build knowledge, perspective and compassion, and allows students to do it when and where they choose.
DESIGN PRINCIPLES
Curriculum design for our CCA Program is based on these principles:
• The core of education is dialogue and interaction, and balancing the use of the following three dialogues - faculty to student, student to student, and student to resources - promotes an effective learning experience.
• The latest learning research and industry certification standards are used to ensure that learning is focused on outcomes appropriate to student, industry and societal needs.
• The Program draws upon various advisory committees to provide feedback about skills that graduates need in their everyday work. In this way, the Program stays up- to-date with the changes in business and industry.
• A variety of learning activities and interactions are strategically integrated into the curriculum to build skills appropriate for each student and to build relationships within the learning community.
• Courses use multiple communication medias to enable and encourage active and collaborative learning. These medias include: audio, email, Internet, online seminars, chat rooms, bulletin boards, streaming video, PowerPoint, animation, white board, etc.
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