Fast-track IT courses coming to Lone Star College-University Park

Lone Star College-University Park News

Published on: March 03, 2014 Lone Star College-University Park will begin offering a faster, self-directed 100 percent online competency-based IT certificate starting March 17.
As one of the most innovative colleges of the 21st century, LSC-University Park chose to deliver to students the accelerated IT competency-based courses that are in high demand now and in the years to come, said Shah Ardalan, LSC-University Park president.
LSC-University Park faculty Alan Gandy, Roselyn Branch-Leavell and Gina Sprowl designed the competency-based online program for both college students and individuals with IT experience looking for a flexible and customized approach to earn college credits or certification. Students work on one competency at a time, mastering it before moving on to the next one.
By utilizing skill sets students already have, they can work through the modules at their own pace and demonstrate their understanding of the concepts when they are ready to move forward toward earning the certificate at a pace that makes sense to them, explained Mark Curtis-Chavez, LSC-University Park dean of instruction. This not only saves time, but also money. And it allows them to get back out to the workforce faster.
As demand for IT professions skyrockets in Houston and across the country, industry professionals and students can now improve their chances of getting these jobs through a faster, self-directed, 100 percent online course of study offered by Lone Star College-University Park.
Curtis-Chavez also pointed out that by offering the program totally online, LSC-University Park can provide specialized and essential education at a time and place convenient to the student.
The program, a total of 26 credit hours, costs an estimated $1600 for resident of the district plus standard fees and books.
The new program starts with a Certificate in Information Technology Core. In the fall, LSC-University Park will expand its competency course offerings to include an Associate of Arts in Business.
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