JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 13(7): 1002-1011, doi: 10.3217/jucs-013-07-1002
Creating Online Graduate Engineering Degrees at the University of New Mexico
expand article infoGregory L. Heileman‡, Chaouki T. Abdallah‡, Wei Shu‡, Christos G. Christodoulou‡, Debby Knotts§
‡ University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, United States of America§ New Media & Extended Learning University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, United States of America

Corresponding author: Gregory Heileman ( heileman@ece.unm.edu )

© Gregory Heileman, Chaouki Abdallah, Wei Shu, Christos Christodoulou, Debby Knotts.
This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.
Citation: Heileman GL, Abdallah CT, Shu W, Christodoulou CG, Knotts D (2007) Creating Online Graduate Engineering Degrees at the University of New Mexico. JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 13(7): 1002-1011. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-013-07-1002
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Abstract
This paper describes the motivation, strategies, and implementation details that lead to the creation of online graduate-level degree programs in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico. It also presents some of the benefits as well as the challenges encountered when designing and implementing these programs. The paper concludes with a discussion of lessons learned and the future directions of the program.
Keywords
online degree, WebCT, graduate education