How 3Year Program Works

The 3Year Honors Program is an integrated academic experience designed so students achieve proficiency in 10 competencies through interdisciplinary and cross-curricular modules. Foundations for the competencies are laid in the first year and are built upon and reinforced throughout each successive semester.

This program is based on students mastering the following competencies:

Although the 3Year Honors Program will be taught in the time frame of the traditional semester, the course content will be delivered through comprehensive and often interdisciplinary modules instead of typical 3-credit classes.  It is not a "rescheduling" or compression of our four-year program.  Students are required to complete all specially designed modules in the 3Year Honors Program.

Highly Integrated

Each semester concludes with a week-long integrating experience that brings together competencies learned through the modules offered during that semester.

Teams of four to five students spend a week working together, trying to find creative solutions for real-world business challenges.  At the end of the integrating experience, each team will present their research and recommendations to professors and classmates, just as they would for supervisors, board members and shareholders in the business world. Students receive team-based grades and college credit for their efforts.

Integrating experience helps students to see the relevance of their learning and serves as a vehicle for competency development. 

Real World Perspective

The 3Year Honors Program provides you with real world experience and perspective. As a 3Year student, you will apply what you learn every semester to real business challenges.  For example, our 3Year Business majors run a consulting firm called New Paradigm Design where you will have the opportunity to conduct research, prepare marketing campaigns and design Web sites and more for real clients. 

Past clients include American Express, Assured Computing and Dress for Success. 

120 Credits / Six Semesters

3Year students earn 120 credits; the same number as students in a traditional four-year degree program. Students attend the university for two 15-week semesters each year, for three years, from early September until early May. Summer sessions, weekend or night classes are not required in the 3Year Honors program.

Program Features

• Integration of computer and information technology
• Emphasis on team building
• Emphasis on 10 competencies essential for success in business
• Interdisciplinary approach combined with a hands-on learning experience