(LifeWire) - Marist College Online Basics:
Phone: (845) 575-3000Website: www.marist.edu
Address: 3399 North Road
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12601
Marist College Online Academics:
Marist College focuses its online programs on master's degrees and degree-completion for undergraduates. The school's eCourses are open to qualified students around the world. The content is transmitted via Marist's e-learning system called Educator. Marist's eCourses for undergrads are eight weeks in length, and up to 15 weeks for graduate students. An online orientation takes 30 minutes to prep students on how to navigate their virtual classrooms. The school tries to keep the learning environment intimate with a 15-to-1 student to instructor ratio. Professors post chat-room office hours, and some give out phone numbers for more personal contract. Marist recommends in the accelerated format that students devote three to four hours a week to their Internet classrooms and eight to 12 hours to homework. Grad students will need to maintain a 3.0 grade-point average in many master's disciplines to obtain a degree. Marist holds the distinction of being the first school in New York state to establish an online master's of business administration.
Marist College Online Accreditation:
Marist is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
Marist College Online Degrees and Programs:
The school's online branch offers a Master of Arts in communication, an master's of business administration, a master's in educational psychology, a master's in public administration, a Master of Science in information systems (which Marist says is one of its more popular graduate programs) and an Master of Science in technology management. The undergrad eCourses -- designed for adult continuing-education students and undergrads to finish basic and elective requirements -- include such titles as world religions, child development, and issues in environmental science in a recent online listing. Enrollees should note that there are online-course limitations for undergraduate students who attend classes on campus.
Marist College Online Admissions:
Graduate candidates need a bachelor's degree or a verifiable substitute from an accredited institution. From there, entrance standards vary. Many departments require an "acceptable score" on the GRE, a resume, an essay and letters of recommendation.
Marist College Online Costs:
The cost for Marist undergraduates is $585 per credit; for graduate students, it's $695 per credit. Other fees may apply.
Interesting Fact:
Before it became a liberal arts institution, Marist College was a seminary established by the Marist brothers in 1905. The college's seal reads in the translation from Latin, "To pray and to work."
