OpenFieldUNC Charlotte Extended · Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
UNC Charlotte Extended Academic Programs is the continuing education and distance learning division of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Situated in North Carolina's premier financial and technology hub, UNC Charlotte Extended delivers high-demand professional master's degrees, graduate certificates, and executive bootcamps in data science, construction management, health informatics, and educational leadership.
Charlotte · Queen City Professional Continuing Education, Data Analytics & Leadership. UNC Charlotte Extended Academic Programs is the continuing education and distance learning division of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Situated in North Carolina's premier financial and technology hub, UNC Charlotte Extended delivers high-demand professional master's degrees, graduate certificates, and executive bootcamps in data science, construction management, health informatics, and educational leadership.
Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution with a minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.75 for graduate certificate entry and 3.0 for master's programs. TOEFL iBT 83+ or IELTS 6.5+ for international candidates. Fall priority deadline June 15, 2027; Spring priority deadline November 1, 2026; Summer priority April 1, 2027.
Interdisciplinary graduate program exploring predictive healthcare analytics, machine learning for electronic medical records, clinical decision systems, and HIPAA data governance.
Professional graduate degree in Building Information Modeling (BIM), construction project finance, lean project delivery, and sustainable building asset management.
Post-baccalaureate credential in neural networks, computer vision, natural language processing, and cloud-scale model deployment (MLOps).
Degree program preparing K-12 school principals and district leaders in school law, instructional coaching, curriculum design, and organizational culture.
Targeted curriculum in global sourcing strategy, transportation network optimization, ERP warehouse management, and inventory stochastic forecasting.
Merit-based competitive fellowship for working professionals enrolling in fully online and extended graduate programs at UNC Charlotte.
Executive Director of Extended Academic Programs and Associate Professor
Division of Extended Academic Programs
Dr. Asher Cook oversees distance and extended graduate education at UNC Charlotte, researching asynchronous online adult learning retention, competency-based ed...
View researcher profile ↗Associate Professor of Software and Information Systems
College of Computing and Informatics
Dr. Yaorong Ge conducts research in health informatics data pipelines, medical image processing, machine learning for clinical risk prediction, and biomedical s...
View researcher profile ↗Professor of Construction Management and Civil Engineering
Department of Engineering Technology and Construction Management
Dr. Don Chen specializes in Building Information Modeling (BIM) interoperability, infrastructure digital twin modeling, sustainable building energy simulation, ...
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