Lamar University: One Free Graduate Level Course

[SpartacusPM]

Lamar University is offering free graduate and undergraduate level courses for non-degree seeking students. It is stated for the Fall 2025 term, about half of the courses have already started, with the other half starting in October. I applied and it took 2 weeks to hear that they accepted me.

It is first come first serve, but it also mentions a waiting list, so possible they extend this into Spring 2026

https://www.lamar.edu/lamar-university-p...n-network/

Here are the courses listed:

Graduate level:

• Information Assurance and Security
  
• Human Resources Management
  
• Personal Leadership
  
• Special Education Law
  
• Nutrition Education and Counseling
  
• Fundamentals of Leadership
  
• Foundations of Professional Counseling
  
• Reliability (Statistics)
  

Undergraduate level:

• Data Mining
  
• Industrial Engineering-Intro
  

[NotJoeBiden]

Where did you find out about this? It is a great find!

[SpartacusPM]

Where did you find out about this? It is a great find!

My algorithm showed it to me. I guess between my searches for education and living in the Houston area, it figured I would be interested

[Endercreeper01]

Incredible!

[xor]

Any idea if there's a residency requirement? It mentions a residency questionnaire, but nothing about the offer being restricted to in-district students

[SpartacusPM]

Any idea if there's a residency requirement? It mentions a residency questionnaire, but nothing about the offer being restricted to in-district students

Unsure. Apply and find out.

[xx234xx]

Any idea if there's a residency requirement? It mentions a residency questionnaire, but nothing about the offer being restricted to in-district students

I applied and got in and live across the country from Texas. Currently, just waiting for registrar, gave my course number and they noted they received it and will be proceeding soon.

[MichaelGates]

Got an acceptance email and I am in Ohio.

[BradburyFan]

I was able to enroll from New England.

I chose Special Education Law.  3 graduate-level credits, 5 week course.

Blackboard platform 
Textbooks not provided, but I was able to rent it (by the month) for $7.50/mo from the publisher, Pearson.

Classroom opened 2 days before official start.  People started submitting week 1 discussions before official start, so nothing seemed to be locked when the classroom became available.

Coursework includes:
*Reading 3 chapters/wk from the text.
*Weekly discussion board post ("at least 2 paragraphs of 6 to 10 sentences each")
- respond to at least 3 classmates ("at least 1 paragraph of 6 to 10 sentences")
*Weekly webinar (live, or can watch replay)
- submit 1 paragraph summary of webinar (minimum 3-5 sentences) PLUS
- submit bulleted list of key ideas listed by instructor during the video
*Weekly assignment (based on text reading and additional readings provided on Blackboard)
- Each week has a template that has to be used to respond to presented questions
- Can't be submitted late, submissions get locked
*Quizzes - Week 2, 4 (multiple choice, 20 questions each)
* Final exam - Week 5 (multiple choice, 30 questions)

Some of the courses available are undergrad, some grad.  The SPED Law class was big, nearly all current educators, many working toward Education Diagnostician credentials.

Once I was approved for a class, the links sent weren't working to enroll in the specific class.  The registrar was VERY helpful and responded quickly.  IT had the issue solved within an hour.  I didn't receive any info about books, etc., with enrollment - the registrar looked it up for me.

[MissRN]

Thank you for sharing. Waiting for my response now. Was it a $25 application fee for anyone else? Still a deal even for just an application fee for the 1 course.