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Custom Options: Sponsoring agencies requiring graduate education in a specific
technical area such as communication systems, computer networking, power systems,
radar/EW systems, signals intelligence, and others, are invited to explore the design of
a specific part-time M.S.E.E. option for their employees.
Minimal Job Interference: Students participate in resident courses at the Naval
Postgraduate School through real-time video teleconferencing (VTC). Course
attendance requires three to five hours per week, conducted on-site without the need
to commute or attend classes after hours.
Quality Learning: The real-time full two-way VTC classroom environment allows
students to participate with NPS resident students in questions and discussions of the
material and examples being covered. In addition, VTC office hours are scheduled for
students to discuss and further clarify course concepts, homework problems and other
course related material directly with the professor. Internet connections permit the
instructor to view computer-oriented laboratory work of remote students in a window
on a local workstation while the instructor interacts with the students themselves through VTC.
Cost Effectiveness: The cost per student to the sponsoring agency is highly
competitive with other local university or distance learning options, even while most
other programs do not offer the full interaction capability with the instructor. Although special preparation and VTC facilities are needed for the distance learning
courses, these same courses are being offered to resident students at NPS. Dual enrollment of courses reduces our marginal costs in providing the distance learning
program. This cost reduction is passed onto sponsoring agencies. Agencies can
leverage their education and training funds by a factor of at least 5 to 1 through the
distance learning program when compared to the cost of sending a student for on-
campus study.
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