As an online student at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, you'll find accelerated 8-week and traditional 16-week courses as you make your scheduling choices.

Taking an online course — or enrolling in an online degree program — requires a lot of self-motivation and time management to complete assignments and tasks, meet deadlines, and plan for exams.

Business runs on technology, driven by data. Skilled informatics professionals are in-demand to develop and manage the systems that aggregate, analyze, and put data to use to drive business decisions. 

As an online student, you get used to fitting coursework or study sessions in between everything else.

But when the end of the term is approaching, having a definitive study strategy can have big payoffs for your sanity and your degree plan.

As an online student at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, you have a support team to help navigate your academic degree program as well as University processes.

One of your star players will be your academic advisor.

No first day of class looks the same for University of Louisiana at Lafayette online students.

How strong is your “netiquette?”

Netiquette refers to your Internet etiquette, or the way you behave online and on social media. Because the majority of online communication is completely non-verbal, you cannot see or use facial expressions or tone of voice to back what you are typing.

 Before you’ve even started cramming for that final exam, the prospect of graduation sets in motion a series of events that will hopefully lead to a job offer or promotion.

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette Spring 2019 semester is underway and by now you should be aware of whether your course will require proctored exams and which service you’ll be asked to use.

Among the top skills online students need to be successful are strong written communication skills.