Western Carolina University offers a broad range of instruction at the graduate level and a limited number of advanced undergraduate degree programs in specialized areas in Asheville. These programs of instruction, intended primarily for the adult professional, are taught late afternoons, evenings and weekends. Western Carolina University utilizes the educational facilities and resources of the University of North Carolina at Asheville and is affiliated with the Asheville Graduate Center.
The graduate programs offered in Asheville include: accountancy (M.Ac.); business administration (M.B.A.); comprehensive education, with concentrations in elementary education (M.A.Ed.), English education (M.A.Ed., M.A.T.), math education (M.A.Ed., M.A.T.), middle grades education (M.A.Ed., M.A.T.), reading education (M.A.Ed.), social science education (M.A.Ed., M.A.T.) and special education (M.A.Ed., M.A.T.); community counseling (M.S.); educational administration in two-year college (M.A.Ed.); educational leadership (Ed.S., Ed.D.), educational supervision (M.A.Ed.); entrepreneurship (M.E.); health sciences (M.H.S.); human resources (M.S.); nursing (M.S.N.); public affairs (M.P.A.); school administration (M.S.A.); school counseling (M.A.Ed.); technology (M.S.); and two-year college teaching (M.A.Ed.). Students enrolled in the counseling and certain secondary education and two-year college teaching programs will have to enroll in some coursework offered only in Cullowhee.
Western Carolina University administers its programs in Asheville through a staff whose offices are located in Room 120, Karpen Hall, on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Additional information is available from WCU Programs in Asheville, 120 Karpen Hall, CPO #2160, UNCA, Asheville, North Carolina 28804-3299; or by calling 828-251-6642 or 828-227-7423; or visit the Web site at www.wcu.edu/wcuasheville.
Western Carolina University Department of Nursing is located on the Enka campus of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, 1459 Sand Hill Rd., Candler, NC 28715, telephone # 828-670-8810.
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