The Rabb School of Continuing Studies extends the traditional excellence of a Brandeis education to the greater community with opportunities for professional development, personal enrichment and lifelong learning. With over 3100 enrollments, college and adult students participate each year in its non-credit and credit undergraduate and graduate programs.

Our Divisions:

The Division of Graduate Professional Studies provides a variety of distinctive niche master's degree programs that reflect current and future areas of study for emerging professionals. The division offers year-round, part-time graduate courses in the evenings for working professionals leading to:

1) Master's Degrees in Management of Projects and Programs, Software Engineering, Bioinformatics, and Information Technology Management., as well as opportunities for sequential, multiple degrees.

2) Credit-bearing graduate certificates in Project Management, Bioinformatics, Software Engineering, and Information Technology Management.

3) Online graduate certificates and master's degrees in Software Engineering and Information Technology Management.

The Division also works with companies in the Greater Boston area to offer certificate and degree programs on site.

Classes generally meet one night a week for 10 weeks; terms begin in September, January and May.

 
The Division of the Brandeis University Summer School is an open admission program offering courses and special summer programs for college-level credit. Small classes taught by experienced and dedicated Brandeis faculty are the hallmark of summer offerings. Special programs and institutes include the Hebrew Language Summer Institute, the Lydian String Quartet Chamber Music Festival as well as courses and programs developed specifically for the Hebrew day school community. Summer school proivdes the opportunity to experience innovative course formats, such as on-line offerings, or evening and extended sessions to accomodate work and other summer activities.

Brandeis Summer School courses do not have to be pre-approved for transfer of credit to the Brandeis degree. Courses may be used to address the University's residency requirement, general requirements, as well as major and minor requirements. Grades received for Brandeis Summer School courses are included as part of any degree candidate's permanent academic record and in the calculation of GPA's.

The Division of the Osher Institute for Lifelong Learning at Brandeis is a community of mature adults that offers non-credit, peer-led study, in a spirit of conviviality, on a wide range of topics, such as history, literature, art, music, religion, philosophy, science, and writing. Study groups meet one day a week; 10 week terms begin in late fall and late spring. At mid-day, the Lunch & Learn program features excellent speakers, e.g. journalists, academics, artists, on an eclectic array of topics. Each year in early June, the program offers an Interim Session, a one-week learning opportunity led by Brandeis faculty and focused on a single theme.

New and Noteworthy:

Rabb School Overview 2007: Powerpoint | PDF
Distance Learning: Want to broaden your career potential? Want to do it on your own time? The Division of Graduate Professional Studies offers distance learning coursework in Software Engineering and Information Technology Management.
   

Now Available Online: Masters and Graduate Certificate in Information Technology Management: This program is designed to prepare professionals to meet the requirements for managing the information technology and systems of organizations. It combines technological and managerial components to develop graduates who can deal effectively with the complexity and variety of issues involved in applying information technology successfully within organizations. Read more...

 

"Norman and Eleanor Rabb have chosen to give where the need has been the greatest and they have done so eagerly and selflessly .... The naming of the Norman S. and Eleanor E. Rabb School of Summer and Continuing Studies is a fitting tribute to a man and woman who personify the very best in the Brandeis tradition of philanthropy." -- Former Brandeis President Samuel Thier

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