<p>New to this forum - love reading the posts! DD is interested in Tulane and has submitted her application EA. Are all majors in the School of Continuing Studies offered only as evening classes? Any insight would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>I believe that is correct. Courses offered at Tulane’s satellite campuses are also considered to be in the SCS. It is the arm of Tulane that is devoted to classes and majors more aligned with local (usually working) residents that want to earn a college degree or an additional degree in a new major. While there are certainly many classes that are the same as those offered to the full time students during the day and are taught by professors, there are also classes unique to the SCS that are taught by experts in the area, such as some journalists. I believe that while there are some restrictions on full time students signing up for classes in the SCS, for the most part they can take classes offered there.</p>
<p>Thank you for the insight fallenchemist. Both Digital Design and PR are programs that interest my DD. Both are Continuing Studies majors.</p>
<p>I believe that beginning this year, students in Newcomb-Tulane College can also earn the Digital Design and Public Relation majors.</p>
<p>Now that you mention it, labeille, I think I did see that announcement about digital design. I didn’t know they were doing the same with public relations though. That’s good news.</p>
<p>FC, I was told that there are two other Continuing Studies majors in addition to PR and Digital Design that Newcomb-Tulane students can earn: Applied Computing Systems & Technology and Homeland Security.</p>
<p>Can you tell me what this means? Not on my computer, is Newcomb one if the schools at Tulane? Will the classes still be held in evenings and mostly people going back to school?</p>
<p>Ah, OK a little history lesson. Newcomb College was established in 1886 (about 50 years after Tulane) as a coordinate college to educate women. It was actually the first of its kind, and was later copied by Harvard/Radcliffe, Columbia/Barnard, Brown/Pembroke, etc. It operated as a separate entity until Tulane reorganized after Katrina, in 2006, and rather than men being accepted to Tulane College and women to Newcomb College, all full time undergraduate students are in Newcomb-Tulane College. Within that college are several schools; business, liberal arts, science and engineering, public health and tropical medicine, and architecture. The School of Continuing Studies is part of Tulane University, but not under the umbrella of Newcomb-Tulane College. It would be a bit like taking a course at the law school or med school. They are all part of Tulane, but because they are not part of the full time undergraduate college there is a little (and it really is just a little) extra step involved sometimes. Advisors take care of these things all the time.</p>
<p>As far as details regarding class scheduling and other questions, I strongly suggest you contact Paul Greenberg. Here is a document that outlines the requirements for the degree and his contact info is towards the bottom. <a href=“http://tulane.edu/advising/upload/Digital-Design-BA.pdf[/url]”>http://tulane.edu/advising/upload/Digital-Design-BA.pdf</a> I think that will answer all your questions. If you find out anything interesting let us know</p>
<p>Here is something similar for public relations [Program:</a> Public Relations, B.A. - Tulane University - Acalog ACMS?](<a href=“http://catalog.tulane.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=41&poid=3458&hl]Program:”>http://catalog.tulane.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=41&poid=3458&hl)</p>
<p>From what I can see for both majors, the courses are still largely in the evening. But if they are expanding these programs, maybe that will change. Again, Paul Greenberg can tell you about that.</p>
<p>Thank you so much. Do you think it could be detrimental to inquire about this before being accepted? I’ve heard anecdotal stories about kids not being accepted because a university may feel the school doesn’t offer the major or program a student may want. Tulane has other things for her but I don’t want us todo anything to jeopardize her chance of admission. She really likes the school. Thanks.</p>
<p>fallenchemist: Thank you so much for the links you pointed me to. I printed them out and brought them to a Tulane Comes to You session tonight. The rep said this is the first year undergrads can take these classes and that more daytime classes for these majors will probably be phased in over the next few years. This is very exciting news for my DD as she is interested in both as well as Communications. The info session was very informative and had a very large turnout.</p>
<p>Hi again NYMom3Kids. So glad the links helped and that you enjoyed the session. I have attended several of those to assist the admissions counselors and they are fun.</p>
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I suspect those anecdotes are only that, and likely untrue virtually anywhere, but certainly not true at Tulane. Anyone familiar with the inefficient communication and bureaucracy at universities would laugh at the idea that an inquiry to a professor would somehow make its way to the admissions committee. But if anything, it would be a positive at Tulane. The vast majority of professors are very welcoming to inquiries about their departments and majors.</p>
<p>So bottom line, don’t be shy, just be polite and enthusiastic. I do recommend the inquiry come directly from your daughter, if that wasn’t clear before.</p>