UMPI CBE IS EXPANDING

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Here's hoping for a non business or computer undergrad degree.

This is 100% speculation on my part: I wouldn’t be surprised if they start offering a psychology degree through YourPace. The other YourPace programs have largely relied upon existing faculty and UMPI offers psychology on campus and, according to one list I saw, as an online degree. 

There are other fields that would make sense, drawing on their current resources, like education and social work. The problem with these is that they require field placements, at least in their current on-campus configurations. I suppose they could offer them without the field placements (so, non-licensure for education) or have field placements that didn’t 100% align with the whole CBE thing. 

Particularly after UMPI has rolled out the CS programs, I also would not be surprised by a math degree. Around half of the math BA courses would already be on offer. 

Biology, exercise science, and recreation would all seem to be difficult because of the lab/field experience requirements in the current degree plans. Environmental science or agribusiness would seem to be possibilities. If I ran UMPI, I would really push for one or both of those programs because they are not readily available elsewhere.

UMPI hasn't designed or created all of the classes or degrees. Many have come from Brandman as they both use the Strut Learning Platform. That's where the MAOL came from and the 2 new concentrations.