Midway College announced new graduate and undergraduate
programs that will be offered beginning this summer.
“The new programs are
specializations within the existing Master of Business Administration in equine
studies, health care administration and sport management,” the college said in
a press release. A master of education program will also start this summer.
"Midway has offered an undergraduate Equine Studies
degree for many years,” Dr. Charles Williams, dean of the School of Business,
Equine and Sport Studies, said in the release. “We believe that the
specialization of equine studies within our MBA program will be attractive to
and beneficial for Kentucky's equine industry.”
Williams added, "Additionally the health care
administration concentration within the MBA provides an important industry
segment in our region."
The new undergraduate program is a bachelor’s degree in psychology
with an area of concentration in alcohol and drug abuse counseling. “This
concentration will add specific courses in substance abuse and counseling for
graduates to obtain licensing as an alcohol and drug counselor in the
commonwealth of Kentucky,” Ellen Gregory, the college's vice president of marketing and communications, said in the release. The psychology program will be offered on weekends in Hamburg at
the college’s Lexington location, to better accommodate working students.
The college said it is working on other areas of
concentration for its MBA program, looking at degrees in health care. “These
new programs will supplement other majors that were recently added including
marketing communication and criminal justice,” the release said.
The College’s three-year strategic plan includes development
of new programs. "Each time we add a new degree offering we look at what
the regional needs are for employers and try to match those needs with degrees
that lead to careers,” said Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Laura Armesto. --Megan Ingros
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