Examples of Online Programs that serve “Niche” Regional Needs
University of Tulsa
From the web site description (https://business.utulsa.edu/energy-economics/masters-energy-business/)
Centered in the heart of energy-rich Oklahoma, this energy master’s degree blends sound business principles and practices generally found in an MBA program with contemporary energy issues and perspectives to create an energy focused professional educational experience. US News & World Report ranks the program among the top online graduate business programs (excluding online MBA programs) in the country. The program is designed for working energy professionals with backgrounds in business, engineering, geosciences, law, and related disciplines who are seeking to advance their careers in the energy industry.
The Master of Energy Business is delivered in a technology-enriched online instructional format. Full lectures (audio and video) plus other course materials are available on-demand, and instructors and students routinely communicate via contemporary electronic media. Live sessions are periodically conducted via web conferencing, allowing instructors, guest speakers, and students to communicate directly. Students receive the same instruction and complete the same kinds of assignments as they would in a traditional graduate classroom setting using communication facilities and technologies that are already familiar to them on-the-job.
Students also participate in two executive-style weekend seminars, called residency seminars, conducted over the course of the program on The University of Tulsa campus. Courses are taught by seasoned, full-time faculty from across the university who have direct energy company experience, along with industry practitioners and other experts.
UCLA online Professional Program in Screenwriting Standards
(From the web site: https://professionalprograms.tft.ucla.edu/screenwriting-online)
Based in Los Angeles, the global center of the motion picture industry, this is the only graduate-level non-degree screenwriting program that has oversight by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Upon successfully finishing the program, students receive a certificate of completion from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
The thirty video lectures are taught by UCLA Screenwriting instructors, and include structural breakdowns of feature films, screenwriting techniques, exercises, thoughts on the writing process, and more. Lectures can be watched weekly or binged at the student's leisure.
The screenwriting workshop meets in an online video conference once per week and focuses on roundtable readings and an analysis of each student's work. It is limited to no more than 10 students per class. Students see and hear each other and their instructor just like they would in an on-campus classroom.
In Fall Quarter, students are introduced to the concepts of story and structure. They develop their stories in the weekly workshop and begin writing an original feature-length screenplay. In Winter Quarter, students complete their first screenplay. In Spring Quarter, students are assigned to a new workshop instructor and they are guided through the creation and completion of a second original feature-length screenplay. In our virtual campus, students will also participate in forums with fellow students and their instructors and will have access to the UCLA script library.
Case Western Reserve University Master’s in Biomedical Engineering Online From the program web site: https://engineering.case.edu/ebme/
Affiliated with the world-famous Cleveland Clinic, the university operates the largest biomedical research center in Ohio.
Biomedical engineering is one of the fastest growing professions today. The Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts a 23% growth in biomedical engineering jobs from 2014 to 2024.
Founded in 1968 as one of the first biomedical engineering programs in the world, the Case Western Reserve University Department of Biomedical Engineering has established highly successful and comprehensive graduate programs in research and education. The department consistently remains a top-ranked biomedical engineering program for graduate studies according to US News and World Report.
The department continues to evolve to match the recent accelerated pace of biomedical engineering developments. As a joint program in the Case School of Engineering and the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, our cutting-edge research spans a wide range of new interdisciplinary engineering discoveries and biomedical applications. The department is associated with more than twenty research centers and more than $41.7 million in current grants. Our research and education programs are strongly integrated with industry through job opportunities for graduates, sponsored research, and industrial training activities.
Our online program is designed to provide students with depth and breadth in the field with core courses in the instrumentation and analysis fundamentals as well as physiology, and specialty courses in imaging, neural engineering, and biomaterials. The degree will also provide significant depth in translational skills with courses in regulatory aspects of health technology, bio-design, engineering management and team projects.The coursework has been designed especially for our online students using best practices for effective online pedagogy adapted for engineering material. In particular, we have focused on teaching presentation and problem-solving skills to engineers online using dedicated simulation software and team projects with on-campus students. The material taught in these classes is the same as that offered to our on-campus students and online students are paired with on- campus students for design projects and presentations.
Stanford University: Stanford Online Certificate in AI
Drawn from web site description at: https://scpd.stanford.edu/public/category/courseCategoryCertificateProfile.do?method=load& certificateId=1226717
From the heart of Tech Country, Silicon Valley, students can take advantage of the opportunity to virtually step into the classrooms of Stanford professors like Andrew Ng, who are leading the Artificial Intelligence revolution.
Classes in the Artificial Intelligence Graduate Certificate provide the foundation and advanced skills in the principles and technologies that underlie AI including logic, knowledge representation, probabilistic models, and machine learning. Students can pursue topics in depth, with courses available in areas such as robotics, vision, and natural language processing. Students can prepare for advanced Artificial Intelligence curriculum and earn graduate credit by taking recommended courses; CS109 Introduction to Probability for Computer Scientists, or STATS116 Theory of Probability.
The certificate is designed to be completed in nine months, but a student may take up to three years to complete it. Courses are available during Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters.
The certificate is intended for Software engineers interested in artificial intelligence. The fast- paced, academically rigorous classes that are part of this certificate are appropriate for applicants who can demonstrate mastery of the prerequisite subject matter including statistics and probability, linear algebra, and calculus. Students should also have significant programming experience in Java, C++, Python, or similar languages.
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