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McCourt School Announces New Undergraduate Degree Program

McCourt School Announces New Undergraduate Degree Program

By Kate Loughran April 2, 2023

Georgetown University’s board of directors approved in February 2023 a new undergraduate degree program offered jointly between the McCourt School of Public Policy and the College of Arts & Sciences...

Georgetown Partners with Coursera to Launch Virtual Undergraduate Degree

Georgetown Partners with Coursera to Launch Virtual Undergraduate Degree

By Abraham van Zanten December 2, 2022

Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies (SCS) is partnering with Coursera, an online learning platform, to offer a virtual Bachelor of Arts in liberal studies. The partnership, which...

ROCHELLE VAYNTRUB FOR THE HOYA | Many students enrolled in summer courses in order to meet the former course minimum requirement. Tuition for Georgetown summer sessions is $1,496 per credit.

Georgetown College Removes Course Minimum Requirement

By Amy Li April 26, 2019

A degree from Georgetown College will no longer require a minimum number of courses in an effort to alleviate the academic burden placed on students. Previously, students needed to take at least 38...

FILE PHOTO: ALEXANDRA BROWN/THE HOYA | Mickey Lee (COL 05), an admissions interviewer, drafted a petition urging Georgetown to rescind the degrees and admission of students implicated in the admissions bribery investigation. The University of Southern California revoked the admission of six students March 14.

Petition Urges GU to Rescind Degrees of Students Involved in Admissions Bribes

By Sana Rahman and Riley Rogerson March 21, 2019

An online petition calling for Georgetown University to revoke the degrees and admission of all current and former students involved in the college admissions bribery scheme has gained 16,691 signatures...

A More Inviting Peace Corps

By The Editorial Board September 30, 2014

Applying to the Peace Corps is a big commitment — one that, until recently, came with a lot of uncertainty. The two-year program has, since 1961, assigned its corps members to the countries where...

Reconsidering the Humanities Crisis, Part I

Reconsidering the Humanities Crisis, Part I

By Paul Healy May 29, 2014

Over the past year, the humanities have come under close scrutiny in our public discourse. Last summer, Harvard released a report that showed a decline in enrollment in humanities majors. In January,...

Valuing Your Degree

By The Editorial Board May 16, 2013

Many factors contribute to the value of a degree: whether it is a bachelor’s or an associate, the major it signifies, the prestige of the university by which it was awarded and so on. However, the determinant...

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