mdcp dao program description
The Degree Advancement Option (DAO) is a collaborative effort between the Office of Academic Records at UNMC and the School of Allied Health Professions. Because this is a nontraditional educational program within the Clinical Perfusion Education Program, students are not classified as regularly enrolled students. Potential students apply directly to the Degree Advancement Option, Distance Education Office, School of Allied Health Professions, UNMC.
Accepted students will be approved to enroll in the MDCP and will register for classes and pay tuition and fees directly to the Distance Education Office. Coursework from UNMC must be completed to qualify for degree completion. Students must be awarded a minimum of 70 total semester hours of college credit to be eligible to graduate from UNMC with a Master's Degree. It MAY be necessary to complete additional coursework; to be determined on an individual basis. Students are allowed up to 36 months to complete the program, however it is possible to complete the program in less than one year.
Courses are available through a variety of distance learning technologies (mostly synchronous and asynchronous online activities, independent reading, and projects). Students are required to write papers, complete projects, conduct research, communicate with professors and students online, work independently on assignments and with coworkers on group projects, do case presentations, take quizzes and exams, etc.
The Perfusion Science Masters Degree Clinical Perfusion Program (MDCP) has these objectives:
- To enable Perfusion professionals in good standing to earn a Master's of Perfusion Science (MPS) degree.
- To utilize distance learning technologies; providing access to education and the opportunity for technologists to continue to work in their profession while they complete their degree.
- To provide Perfusion professionals the opportunity to advance professionally and personally, develop independent-thinking and critical-judgment skills, and to become more flexible and competitive in today’s healthcare environment.
