Undergraduate Degree Completion
Your Undergraduate Degree is Within Reach
The traditional path to getting a college degree isn’t the same for everyone. Design your own solution at RIT.
Flexible and customizable
Whether it’s been months or years since you’ve been in school, it’s never too late to get your bachelor’s degree. And studies show having one is necessary. Up to ¾ of all jobs are now requiring a bachelor’s degree, yet only 59% of college students seeking a bachelor’s degree graduate in 6 years.
According to Burning Glass Technologies research, jobs which require multidisciplinary, hybrid skills sets not traditionally associated with one occupation are growing at twice the rate of the overall job market, are higher paying than their more specialized counterparts, and are immune to the threat of automation.
Whether you have some college credits or none yet, RIT’s online bachelor of science in applied arts and science, delivered out of our innovative School of Individualized Study, is a flexible and customizable option to complete your undergraduate degree.
This degree program gives you a voice--and a choice--in the creation of your educational experience. It’s ideal for students who would like to combine different disciplines, or topic areas tailored to their goals and interests. This program is also ideal for students who may have prior college learning, and would like to continue, change, or expand their previous major to finish their undergraduate degree.
The degree comprises a minimum of 40 courses, half of which are in general education. The remaining consist of specific areas of focus or professional concentrations. Students work closely with an advisor to choose concentrations, designing their plan of study.
Here’s just a sampling of some of the undergraduate online professional concentrations to choose from.
Stackable credentials
RIT’s School of Individualized Study believes in integrating alternative forms of learning into a student’s individualized degree curriculum. This means you may be awarded credit for:
- Taking independent exams
- Prior learning experiences (college, and non-college)
- Experiential learning
- Related work experience
- Community partnerships and internships
- Co-ops
- Study abroad
- Undergraduate research
- Entrepreneurial ventures
- Non-credit learning (e.g., edX)
- Military credit
You and an advisor will work together to assemble the credentials relevant to the customized plan of study you have designed, which could significantly lower your costs and decrease time-to-completion of the degree.