Adult Degree Program

 The North Carolina Wesleyan College Adult Degree Program (ADP) is a nonresidential baccalaureate degree program designed to meet the educational needs of adult learners.  ADP allows mature women and men to tailor their degree work to meet personal, career, and life goals.  Learners work at their own pace with the option of maintaining full-time or part-time course loads.  Because mature adults are highly motivated and capable of self-directed learning, ADP learners can take advantage of non-accelerated classes, as well as opportunities for earning credit through alternative options.

The Adult Degree Program provides a unique educational experience for adult learners.  Our educational philosophy is rooted in the literature and research of adult learning and adult teaching and emphasizes the following characteristics:  quality, flexibility, and distinctiveness.

• Quality in the ADP classroom focuses on the academic experienceand rigor of the classroom through the avenues of interactive learning activities; the relevant curriculum and course learning outcomes; faculty selected because of their academic credentials and their real-life professional experiences; and module and syllabus development.  Quality in learner services focuses on academic advising, as well as registration and financial processes that are geared to the needs of adult learners.
• Flexibility in that adult learners need class schedules that work for them.  The Adult Degree Program offers accelerated classes in a variety of session formats:
  (see campus specific formats by selecting a campus below)
  • Goldsboro Campus
  • Rocky Mount Campus
  • Triangle Campus
• Distinctiveness in that ADP administration, faculty, and staff provide a distinctive educational environment that takes into account the rich experience, maturity, and motivation of the adult learner while maintaining the College's high standards for academic learning and performance.