Baccalaureate and Master Degree Program
Opportunities on the WPCC Campus

Western Piedmont Community College works in partnership with area public and private colleges and universities to provide opportunities for the citizens of Burke and surrounding counties to have access to baccalaureate and master degree programs offered by these senior institutions on the Western Piedmont campus. Appalachian State University, Lees McRae College, and Western Carolina University currently utilize classrooms on the WPCC campus to offer coursework toward a variety of baccalaureate and master degree programs including Business Administration, Business Entrepreneurship, Social Work, Criminal Justice, Elementary Education, Middle Grades Education, Special Education, Higher Education, Public Administration, School Administration and Child Development. Contact Student Services for more information about these programs or Western Carolina University at (828) 227-7317, Appalachian State University at 1-800-355-4084 or Lees McRae College at 1-800-280-4562.

Appalachian State University
Contact information: 1-800-355-4084
http://www.appstate.edu/

Bachelor’s degree in Special Education (Grades K-12) will begin Fall, 2005
Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education began Fall, 2003.
Bachelor’s degree in Middle Grades Education began Spring, 2004
Bachelor’s degree in Business Management to begin Fall, 2004.

Master’s degree in Middle Grades Education will begin Fall, 2005.
Master’s degree in Elementary Education will begin Fall, 2005. 
Master’s degree in Public Administration began Spring, 2004.
Master’s degree in School Administration will begin Summer, 2006.

Lees McRae
Contact information:1-800-280-4562
www.lmc.edu

Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice – New cohort begins every January and accepts about 20 students per cohort.

Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education - New cohort begins every January, and accepts about 20 students per cohort.

Western Carolina University 
Contact information - 828-227-7317
http://www.wcu.edu

Educational Outreach - If you can’t make it to campus, or if you have a challenging schedule, you can still work toward your degree through WCU's distance-learning program. (http://edoutreach.wcu.edu/)

Academically or Intellectually Gifted Licensure

Bachelor’s degrees in Birth to Kindergarten AND Birth to Kindergarten (Teacher Licensure) - through NCIH.

Bachelor’s degree in Business – major in Entrepreneurship.

B.S., Engineering Technology

Nursing Capstone RN to BSN

Public Safety and Security Management

Graduate Certificate in Gerontology

M.H.S., Gerontology

Master’s degree in Two-Year College Administration.