Summer 2003 - University of the Cumberlands

PACE Yourself!
Cumberland College is pleased to introduce the PACE
Program, named according to its initiative to Provide
Adults a College Experience. The PACE Program is a
non-traditional degree completion program designed to
provide students with an interdisciplinary experience in education
while majoring in Organizational Management. The College has
implemented this new program to meet the unique educational
needs of adults who wish to complete a bachelor’s degree in the
evening through an accelerated academic program. PACE allows
adult students the opportunity to return to college one night each
week while working toward a bachelor of science degree.
Students entering the program ideally:
• Have completed at least two years of college, university, or technical
school so that they have the equivalent of 60 semester hours credit
or more.
• Have professional work experience.
• Are highly motivated to finish their degree.
• Can schedule their time carefully and discipline themselves to meet
the rigorous demands of this program.
• Want to complete their degree in a Christian setting where the faculty
and staff are sincerely interested in students and their future.
• Are employed full-time.
• Want to develop their gifts for leadership and management so that
they can enhance their careers and their place within God’s kingdom.
Program Emphasis
The PACE Program is unique in many ways. First, the curriculum
contains 18 modular courses to be taken in sequence. The term
modular course signifies the integrated nature of this curriculum. It
is not a collection of independent courses but a unified curriculum
where each course is taken in sequence. The curriculum consists of a
major in Organizational Management and prepares students for the
widest range of career choices. In addition to the major, students in
the PACE program must also take 15 semester hours of restricted
electives to complete their major. These courses are specifically chosen
to fulfill an interdisciplinary program to allow students to apply
what they learn in a broad array of professional settings. Since students
entering the program should have professional employment
experience, the course of study will help them apply this practical
experience in formal education for their greatest benefit.
Each modular course is scheduled to be taken sequentially. Students
are encouraged to plan ahead so that they can fit the program
into their already busy schedule.
The classes meet one night each week from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m.
for 24 months. The schedule is planned to allow time for holidays
and a brief summer vacation. Students register as a group and move
through the program together taking one modular course at a time.
Such groups are called cohorts. The courses are scheduled over four
semesters equaling 54 semester hours of credit. The curriculum is
distributed in a series of Student Guides bound into notebooks with
detailed assignments for each week, helping students plan their study
schedules accordingly.
Tuition and Fees
Cumberland College will charge a standard tuition rate for each
semester of the program. Students will be guaranteed that the tuition
rate will remain constant if they continue with the same cohort
group. Each semester the student will be charged $180 to cover college
services and materials related to this curriculum. Students in the
PACE Program are considered full-time students; therefore, they
may qualify for various forms of financial assistance.
Evaluating Alternative Education Experience
The College will evaluate formal educational experiences gained in
non-college settings. Where such courses have been evaluated by the
American Council on Education (ACE), the College will use the
evaluation in the appropriate guide as a source for determining what
credit might be given. Students may have had courses in specialized
institutes such as banking or real estate, courses as part of vocational
training in industry, courses in a technical institute, or as specialized
training in the military. Cumberland College will evaluate such
work according to standards established by accrediting associations.
Credit by Examination
Cumberland College will accept the results of testing by CLEP
(College Level Examination Program) DANTES (the military equivalent),
or by departmental examination.
Credit by Demonstrated Competency (CDC)
CDC allows a student the opportunity to prepare a portfolio
describing specific work activities and life experiences and then to
document the learning that resulted from these experiences. Material
for this portfolio can come from a number of different sources,
including workshops, seminars, self-study, non-credit classes, training
courses and work experiences.
On Site Locations
Adults who are working full time may not have time to travel to the
Williamsburg campus of Cumberland College. While the first cohort
group will meet on the main campus of the College, later cohorts will
form at other sites. Possible off campus sites will be in London/Corbin,
Somerset and Harlan/Cumberland (in conjunction with the Southeast
Community College). The College anticipates that two different
cohort groups will start at each of these sites during the year.
For more information on the PACE Program, contact:
PACE Program
Cumberland College
7887 College Station Drive
Williamsburg, KY 40769
(606) 539-4177
pace@cumberlandcollege.edu
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