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We know your life is busy, so we’ve prepared a convenient guide that summarizes the more than 90 undergraduate and graduate degree, diploma and certificate programs AU offers.
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Highlights
AU Openness: feel free to pursue your educational dreams
AU doesn’t close the doors on your educational pursuits. We make sure they’re wide open. That’s because our philosophy is to remove geographical, financial, social and cultural barriers that limit post-secondary access.
As Canada’s Open University, we provide many opportunities for students to pursue a post-secondary education. If you’re from another university in Canada, you may want to pick up AU courses to be used as credit at your home university. Or if you’re thinking about an AU degree, your two-year diploma can count for two years of credit toward your degree.
AU Flexibility: you're unique, and so is your schedule.
AU is structured to fit the specific needs of your lifestyle. So it’s education on your terms, not ours. There’s no need to worry about an old-fashioned application deadline, and all the anxiety that comes with it. With AU’s continuous enrolment philosophy, you enter your area of study when you’re ready.
And once you get started, you can keep right on studying. More than 90 per cent of AU students study all year around. And there’s no need to sacrifice your career for your education–81 per cent of AU students work while studying for their degrees.
AU Innovation: New ideas, new technology, new learning solutions.
Fresh thinking means providing learning solutions tailor-made for the courses you’re taking. At AU, courses are delivered in a variety of ways, from online to print-based to teleconferencing and video.
Post Diploma Programs: AU’s post diploma degree programs let students with a two or three year diploma from recognized post-secondary institutions receive blocks of transfer credit for their diplomas. Often, approved two-year diplomas in an area directly related to an AU degree program can receive two years of credit (60 credits).
PLAR–You may be eligible for additional credits through AU’s Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition process. PLAR awards credits for learning you have acquired from non-formal education such as work and life experience, job training, and workshops.
AU Excellence: You deserve the best learning experience possible.
As a world leader in distance and online education, AU strives to make your educational experience an excellent one. From the world’s first online MBA in 1994, to our first online doctoral programs in 2008-09, AU is always looking for new ways to expand educational horizons.
In Canada, AU is recognized by the Government of Alberta, and the Government of British Columbia. In the United States, its is fully accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). No other public Canadian university holds this level of foreign accreditation.
Updated October 22, 2009
