The Virginia Tech Roanoke Center provides working professionals complete graduate degree programs and classes from nationally ranked programs based on the main campus in Blacksburg . Typically, most courses meet in the evening one night a week for fifteen weeks. The following programs are currently available through the Center.
Using the Pamplin College of Business' strong focus on an entreprenurial style of management that uses technology innovation in a global market, Virginia Tech delivers a Professional Master's in Business Administration program. Classes meet once a month, Fridays and Saturdays, and alternate between Virginia Tech facilitites in Roanoke and Richmond. Admission requirements for the PMBA program include competitive GMAT scores, satisfactory undergraduate GPA, letters of recommendation, an interview, and at least two years of work experience.
Contact information:
E-mail: mjohnston@vt.edu
Voice: (540) 231-6152
Web: http:www.mba.vt.edu/programs/pmba/index.html
Career Transition-Vocational Special Needs
An optional career transition endorsement in Vocational Special Needs is offered by Virginia Tech. This area of concentration evolved from vocational special needs and secondary special education. Transition services offer individuals with disabilities coordinated activities promoting movement into adult roles in employment, further education, community and independent living. Planning and delivery of these services involves students with disabilities, their families and teachers, and human service agencies.
Contact information:
E-mail: sasselin@vt.edu
Voice: (540) 231-8206
Web:
http://www.soe.vt.edu/specialed/programs/voc_special_needs.htm
The Master of Arts in Education (Counselor Education) is targeted at full-time students and requires 51 semester hours of coursework including a 600-hour internship. Students are able to complete coursework that satisfies Virginia School Licensure (K-12), Virginia Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and National Counselor Certification (NCC). The program is CACREP accredited. A new cohort will begin in Summer II, 2008.
Contact information:
E-mail: glawson@vt.edu
Voice: (540) 231-9703
Web: http://www.soe.vt.edu/counselored/
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
A Master of Arts in Education or Educational Specialist program was developed by Virginia Tech in cooperation with school divisions to prepare principals and supervisors for leadership in schools.
Contact information:
E-mail: parks@vt.edu
Voice: (540) 231-9709
Web: http://www.ELPS.vt.edu
The Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program is a distance learning graduate program sponsored by five universities in the Commonwealth of Virginia : Virginia Tech (VT), University of Virginia (UVA), Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Old Dominion University (ODU) and George Mason University (GMU). The CGEP offers individuals an opportunity to earn a master's degree part-time through traditional face-to-face instruction as well as two-way video classes. Virginia Tech offers graduate degree programs in Civil Infrastructure, Civil and Environmental, Electrical and Computer, Computer Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering and Engineering Administration.
Contact information:
E-mail: cgepvt@vt.edu
Voice: (540) 231-9754
Web: www.eng.vt.edu/cgep/
The Master of Science in HPE (Health Promotion) is an on-line program designed to help students develop skills and competencies that will enable them to deliver health promotion programs to various clientele. Program completion enables graduates to take the Certified Health Specialist examination.
Contact information:
E-mail: kredican@vt.edu
Voice: (540) 231-5743
Web: http://www.soe.vt.edu/hp/index.html
Virginia Tech offers a web-based masters/certificate in information technology. Certificates can be earned in one of six different areas: communications, networking, computer engineering, software development, business information systems, and decision support systems.
Contact information:
E-mail: mit@vt.edu
Voice: (703) 538-8397
Web: www.vtmit.vt.edu
The Instructional Technology (IT) Master's Degree program offered through the School of Education's academic unit of Learning Sciences and Technologies at Virginia Tech is specifically designed to meet the needs of practicing professional educators as they confront the increasingly important role technology is playing within local, state, and national educational systems. The Instructional Technology Master's program is a rigorous graduate program designed to prepare you to be a professional instructional technologist. Because this is a distance program, all courses are offered electronically via the World Wide Web. Depending on the nature of the course, supporting materials may consist of Web-based tutorials, textbooks, CDs, or other appropriate materials.
Contact information:
E-mail: itma@vt.edu
Voice: (540) 231-1741
Web: www.itma.vt.edu
The on-line Master of Arts in Political Science is an innovative experience in graduate education at Virginia Tech. Through the capabilities of VTOnline, Net.Work Virginia, and the internet, the Department of Political Science offers a Master's program to new audiences in the Commonwealth, across the nation, and anywhere in the world.
Contact information:
E-mail: pscigrad@vt.edu
Voice: (540) 231-6572
Web: http://www.olma.vt.edu