How Our Distance Learning Works

This program is designed to be manageable for busy professionals. Courses run sequentially for six weeks at a time, allowing you to focus on a single course at a time. The normal time expected to complete this degree program is two years.

Basics of the Program
Students will be expected to purchase common textbooks and have access to common word processing, spreadsheet, and graphic presentation software. Other class materials from your professor will be accessible through a web site, so you will need reliable Internet access and web browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. This web site is also where you and your classmates will post projects and be able to chat with one another. The on-line classroom, email and telephone are the primary means by which you, your advisor, and your professors communicate with each other.

Residency Programs
During the course of your program, you will complete two short residencies at our Poultney campus. This is a time for you to work closely with GMC faculty and fellow students. Residencies will include workshops, seminars, and foundational courses that are continued through distance learning methods.

Student Support Services
Students in our distance learning graduate program will have access not only to outstanding business and economics faculty, but also to GMC's Griswold Library. Library resources include more than 24,000 on-line book titles, robust electronic research tools including Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, JSTOR, Proquest Research Library, and Oxford Reference Online Premium, more than 1,000 current and back-filed periodicals, Interlibrary Loan services, and the 72,000-volume main collection. Reference and research assistance from professional library staff is also available.