As
an Ohio State employee, you can take advantage of exciting learning opportunities
through the Bridge Program. If you’ve been thinking about taking
courses at Ohio State, and you want to use your tuition
benefit, but you’re not quite sure how to begin, Bridge may
be the program for you.
Easy
and Convenient
Since
1983, the Office of Continuing Education (CEd) has provided this “bridge”
to learning for staff who want to make the transition from work life to
academic life. The Bridge Program helps ease the anxieties of staff who
have little or no college experience and offers schedules convenient to
regular working hours. When you’re juggling work, school and family,
it helps to have courses scheduled with your time constraints in mind.
Bridge courses are scheduled in the late afternoon and early evenings
(right after work in many cases).
It’s
a Benefit You Can Use
The Bridge Program is open to all regular university employees who hold
a high school diploma or equivalent. If you are eligible for Ohio State’s
fee authorization program, you pay no tuition if you successfully complete
the course. See ced.osu.edu/bridgefees.html for complete rules. When
you participate in the Bridge Program, you are an Ohio State student.
An Academic
Core
The Bridge Program offers one core course dedicated solely to Bridge students
in the autumn, winter and spring quarters. CEd also works to secure a
limited number of seats for Bridge participants in “Bridge Reserve
Courses.” These are regular sections of evening courses in which
seats are reserved especially for Bridge students. Click
here for a list of all Bridge courses for the upcoming quarter.
Nontraditional
Academic Advising
In the Bridge Program, you’re surrounded by peers and supported
by CEd, with academic advisors who understand the needs of working adult
students. To talk to one of our academic advisors about the Bridge Program,
call (614) 292-8860.