What could UMPI do better?

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What do you think UMPI YourPace could do to be a better program?

In Liberal Studies degree, I think that allowing students to define their major (or concentration, or area of study) AND to have that major listed in the diploma (and the transcript of course) will be a huge improvement. Imagine if you can design your own Math degree. Of course this has to be after getting the permission of UMPI academic advisor, but it will be extremely helpful if such opportunity is possible.

From what I can tell on these forums so far:
1) Add a Computer Science or a Technical degree.

I disagree on using "or" here. Computer Science degree will be much better and will have a greater impact. We already have a competancy-based IT degrees (nau, umassglobal, purdueglobal). The missing degree is Computer Science, especially for non-U.S. students.

The BLS diploma lists your minors. There are no majors in the BLS only minors. And they are printed right on the diploma and transcripts. You can't create a major because that's not how colleges work. They have to follow regulations set forth by their accreditation agency. Also YourPace is very limited in the courses they offer. It's not a full university program like on campus. 

Don't expect any sort of IT degrees anytime soon. There hasn't been enough demand for it. They only added an on campus program in January through a federal grant program. There's 1 professor for the degree program. UMPI's focus is not on international students or online students. It's on Maine residents.