This self -directed program allows
students to design and complete unique courses of study. Students
can pursue a special interest or customize college courses to
meet their specific goals.
Associate
of Specialized Studies:
The Associate of Specialized Studies
allows you to design your own program of Study to meet particular
goals through the Specialized Studies Program. It is a useful
degree for those with a specialization that are not interested
in pursuing a bachelor's degree. While it is possible to coordinate
an SS degree with a bachelor's degree, we generally do not recommend
that the Associate in SS if your final goal is the bachelor's
degree.
The Bachelor
of Specialized Studies (BSS) degree
affords undergraduate students at Florida Vedic College the opportunity
to design an area of concentration which stands as the equivalent
to an established major. The program permits you to combine available
courses to create a unique field of study.
Possibilities: The BSS degree
is particularly well -suited to our distance students, as it allows
greater freedom in combining courses earned in transfer with FVC
courses. The area of concentration needs to include courses from
Florida Vedic College, but it can also include, and our students
regularly use, courses earned in transfer. Some sample areas might
include:
Humanities - including courses
in English, humanities, philosophy, history, languages,
and religion
Sanskrit Literature-including
courses in Vedic Philosophy and Religion, Literature, and
Sanskrit language.
Comprehensive Business - including
courses in Management, Vedic Business,
Economics, Psychology, Communications
These are just some of the
possibilities for the BSS. What you area of concentration will
be depends on your past education, access to courses other than
those offered by Florida Vedic College, and your ability to earn
credit for your experiences. The more flexibility you have, the
easier it will be for you to design your own degree.
BSS rule: The BSS cannot duplicate
an established Major program at Florida Vedic College in either
area of concentration title or course selection. For example,
FVC offers a major in a "Vedic Business Management",
so a BSS student cannot call their area of concentration "Business
Management" nor can you follow the business curriculum and
simply add a different title. However, it is possible to create
a degree in a similar area like "Behavioral Sciences"
using courses from psychology, sociology, and other areas.
Limitations: Through our distance
program, the BSS is not well suited as a scientific, technical,
or professional education degree. Areas like education and accounting
have a variety of state licensing or professional certification
requirements that cannot be met through our program. If you have
questions, do not hesitate to contact
our office and speak with an advisor.
Fees: Fees for the program
fall into three categories: application fee, matriculation fee,
and course fees. Our fees are the same for all students, we do
not charge different fees for out of State students.
Application Fee: $100.00 (one
time)
Pays for the processing your application, evaluating transcripts,
and your first
Year in the program.
Matriculation fee: $75.00 (yearly)
The matriculation fee is charged on a yearly basis beginning on
the anniversary of
your admission to the program. The matriculation fee keeps your
file current and
helps to cover the cost of our toll-free number and other basic
office costs.
A billing reminder is sent out before
your admission anniversary. If you do not
Pay your matriculation fee, then your records are moved to our
"inactive " files for
Two years. If your are considered "inactive", then you
do not have access to
Advising or course choice approvals. If you have not paid your
matriculation fee
Within two-years, your file is destroyed. Any course work that
you have completed
with Florida Vedic College does remain on permanent file with
Florida Vedic
College .
Courses Costs: Vary
Correspondence Course: $125 per
semester hour
Course Credit by Exam: $50 per
Semester hour
Specialized Study Project: $133 per Semester hour
More detail about course fees is
included with the course information.
You should also budget $75.00 per
course for textbooks and materials. Some courses may be more,
some less.
