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It actually takes 30 hours to complete the program IF your prior credits are accepted. And the courses are not easy. There is a whole lot more reading and writing involved in EXD courses than in traditional classes on campus. I’ve taken correspondence courses at Bama, and they are much easier. I don’t know what his specific area of study was, but it takes a lot of work to complete those 30 hours. I know. I entered the program a few months after Joe did.

My husband is a graduate of the program, and he worked very hard to earn all As. He had already earned all his credits for his interdisciplinary study major (more science courses than I ever want to think about), but he never earned all the credits he needed in other subjects. When he went back to school, he took all Writing courses because writing is his love. He took the hardest professors and did his share of cursing them from long distances. But after reflecting on their criticism, he followed their advice and earned excellent grades. He would not have done that as a young college student. He was too rebellious.

There are students in the EXD program who know what they want to do with their degrees. They can design their classes around those goals and present their completed work to their employers. You would be amazed at the depth of courses designed by students and faculty. The program requires a great deal of discipline on the part of the students, and it requires a willingness among faculty to work one on one, often via mail and email, with adult students who usually cannot pop in to campus on a regular basis.