AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, one of the top ten undergraduate business programs in the nation according to U.S. News and World Report1, today opened virtual doors to the Texas Business Foundations Program (BFP) Online providing working professionals everywhere with greater access to a world-class business education.
Texas BFP Online has taken a decades-long successful on-campus program and transformed it into a digital classroom that rethinks how students learn. This online educational experience delivers comprehensive business essentials, an accelerated pace of courses, and an immersive and interactive curriculum. The program fills the business fundamentals gap between having a non-business degree and advanced programs like an MBA.
“Texas Business Foundations Program Online gives students a true McCombs educational experience,” says Dean Tom Gilligan. “Each course features one or more of our most effective faculty members, the same professors who teach our full-time business students. We’re confident Texas BFP Online students will gain business knowledge and skills that will find direct application in their own career.”
Open to prospective students and professionals anywhere in the world, Texas BFP Online features the latest learning sciences such as interactive learning modules, animated storytelling and gamification. Courses are available on-the-go, pairing essential curriculum with exclusive, one-of-a-kind digital teaching tools, including: engaging video lectures, immersive learning modules, interactive, real-world simulations and self-paced courses. Corporate guests and case study scenarios from leading global brands, such as Starbucks, Apple and Southwest Airlines provide students with real-world examples.
The curriculum includes six fundamental business courses, including:
Starting today professionals may enroll in three-credit courses for $600 each or pre-purchase all six courses for a 10 percent discount. Students will earn the Texas BFP Online Certificate from the McCombs School of Business upon completion of all six courses. Each course is designed to be completed at the student’s convenience and is written and taught by the same award-winning faculty who teach on-campus classes but are designed to be accessible 24-hours a day and at a pace that complements individual schedules. Select classes will start January 2015.
For more information on the Texas Business Foundations Program Online offered through McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, please visit onlinebusiness.mccombs.utexas.edu. The McCombs School of Business YouTube channel features an introductory video to Texas BFP Online as well as video introductions to each course.
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