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Faculty & Staff Annual Report Academic Calendar Site Header Search Search Site Show Search Search for: Take Control of Your Future Earn a career-focused education through UW Flexible Option on your schedule, on your terms – 100% online. Get Info Save Time and Money Designed for working adults with some college credit or on-the-job experience, UW Flexible Option breaks free from rigid semester schedules. Start any month, move at your own pace, and test whenever you’re ready. You can also use your current knowledge and prior experience to progress toward your degree—which may help save you time and money. Learn More about saving time and money Gain Useful Skills While traditional programs require students to sit through classes to accumulate credit-hours, UW Flexible Option’s competency-based format is all about what you know and are able to do. You’ll make progress by completing assessments or projects that prove you’ve mastered competencies—the skills and knowledge UW faculty and industry leaders have identified as essential to your chosen degree or certificate. Learn More about gaining useful skills The Value You Expect 98% of graduates recommend the UW Flexible Option* * 2019 Survey of Flex Graduates, UW Survey Center Learn More Explore Our Programs UW Flexible Option offers a variety of degree and certificate programs, with more on the way. Check them out now! Learn More and explore our programs See how UW Flexible Option works for you. What Flex Students Are Saying The UW Flexible Option won’t be like any college experience you’ve had before, and that’s a good thing! —Victoria Svejcar, Associate of Arts & Science, ’19 Read Victoria’s story. It [the UW Flexible Option] works great for me because it’s ing my knowledge, building on it, and taking assessments when I’m ready. —Craig Kilgo, BS-Information Science & Technology, ’15 Read Craig’s story. I can’t say enough about the flexibility. It’s essential. I’m running in every direction. I appreciate the ability to rely 100% on myself and not on another person’s timeline. —Tyler Coady, BS-Information Science & Technology, ’17 Read Tyler’s story. The best part about the UW Flexible Option is the ability to do my homework on my own schedule. I budget my time however I need, plan around my work schedule, and I can take a break if necessary. —Krysti Reece, BS-Diagnostic Imaging, ’18 Read Krysti’s story. My goal was to finish a BSN degree in one year, and I did it! Thanks to the self-paced Flexible Option format, I was able to complete 36 credits while working full time as an ER nurse. —Lori Kenyon, BS-Nursing, ’15 Read Lori’s story. 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