CTC Bachelor's Pilots
In fall 2007, more than 100 students began their junior year in one of four applied
baccalaureate
degree programs in the CTC system:
- Bellevue Community College – Bachelor of Applied Science in Radiation and Imaging Sciences
- Peninsula College – Bachelor of Applied Science in Applied Management
- Olympic College – Bachelor of Science Nursing
- South Seattle Community College – Bachelor of Applied Science in Hospitality Management
These pilot programs stem from the 2005 Legislature enacted E2SHB 1794, sponsored by Representative Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney, which provided new means for expanding baccalaureate capacity in the state, including expanding the university branch campuses for both upper division and lower division students, creating a university center at Everett Community College, authorizing three pilot contracts between community and technical colleges and universities to provide bachelor’s degrees for placebound students, and authorizing four community and technical colleges to pilot applied bachelor’s degrees. The State Board was given the authority to choose the colleges for both types of pilot projects.
The 2007-09 biennial budget
authorized the State Board to select two additional pilots. The new pilots and the four that enrolled students in fall 2007 met the objective selection criteria for the pilots out lined in the RFP.
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For more information or to add a site to the conference, contact Loretta Seppanen at lseppanen@sbctc.ctc.edu.