Program Details

This major is only offered through the Adult Degree Program (ADP). Students must be over 22 years of age, have at least 30 transferable credits and a minimum 2.0 GPA. This is an undergraduate degree completion program that allows you to create a personalized interdisciplinary concentration or focus of study to meet your educational and career objectives. You can complete your major in Individualized Study through online courses and/or courses on our main campus. Most students choose to complete coursework totally online. Coursework is primarily asynchronous (on your own time), although there are some courses with evening meetings once a week. The Individualized Study major also offers you the opportunity to integrate other college-level learning such as professional or military experiences into the completion of your degree. All students complete a final capstone senior research project in an area related to their concentration.

Students with an approved transferable associate degree meet all general education requirements. Students without an approved transferable associate degree can take any missing courses online or in person at JMU.

• Create a schedule for all required courses, pay attention to prerequisites and when courses are offered, complete your first math and English courses in your first year
• Connect with an advisor at your community college and James Madison University within your first year via College Connect

This is an undergraduate degree completion program that allows you to create a personalized interdisciplinary concentration or focus of study to meet your educational and career objectives. Students have the option to create their own unique concentration and/or focus on online tracks in -Healthcare Leadership -Business & Information Technology -Human Resource Development & Management -Small Business Management & Entrepreneurship -Professional Workplace Communication -Family & Consumer Sciences -Child Development -Early Childhood Education (requires earned their Associate Degree in Early Childhood -Elementary Education (requires current work in VA public school system). Completers of the Education tracks earn a four-year degree and are eligible for a Virginia teaching license.

We founded our Adult Degree Program (ADP) more than 40 years ago and have been helping adults earn degrees ever since. Features of the program include dedicated scholarships for students in ADP, personalized advising, the opportunity to apply for credit for prior learning experience via portfolio submission, and a flexible path to degree completion for working adults.

• Completing your Associate transfer degree post-high school satisfies all lower division general education requirements and increases the chance of completing your bachelor's degree?
• Exceeding 3 years or 90 credits at your community college means you may have exhausted your financial aid at that college and have limited your future financial aid at: James Madison University