Whether you are just starting your college journey, are returning to get a new degree, or want to gain valuable skills for the next steps in your career, the College of Integrated Studies at the UW-Whitewater at Rock County campus offers a variety of courses and curriculum designed for your specific needs.
What makes your academic experience unique at URock?
To help you succeed on your journey, we offer flexible degree pathways in both in-person and remote formats to best fit your busy schedules.
Learn more about our academic programs below!
The fully online Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (BAAS) is for students who hold an applied associate degree from a technical college and want to take the next step in furthering their education. With an associate degree, students transfer in at least 60 "applied" credits, entering the program with "junior" status.
The Associate of Arts and Sciences is designed to serve as the general education portion of a four-year liberal arts degree, allowing students to complete core requirements. By completing the 60-credit degree, students can prepare to transfer to any college in hundreds of potential majors. The AAS degree generally fulfills the first two years of general education requirements and offers guaranteed admission into all UW System colleges and universities.
Employers consistently list effective communication as the primary skill they want new employees to have. This certificate program provides intensive study of written and oral communication skills that will your enhance professional, social and personal interactions and make you more competitive and effective in the workforce. To apply, first complete the UW System application.
We offer two flexible pathways to an engineering degree. Through the Partners in Engineering Program at UW-Platteville, students can complete a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering without leaving the Rock County area. Or you can significantly reduce the cost of your education by starting your engineering degree at Rock and completing at many other institutions through the Pre-Professional Engineering program.
Become a nurse through this accredited program that places Edgewood College’s nursing program in Rock County, complete with a full faculty, clinical coordination expertise, and an innovative curriculum that integrates classroom instruction with hands-on clinical and simulation experiences.
With our wide variety of regularly offered courses, you can complete courses required for entrance into professional programs such as nursing, physical therapy, medicine, and others. Many of the top professional programs in our region have accepted our students, and such students often excel. Students in these pathways may or may not choose to complete an associate degree at URock before transferring. Completion of an associate degree may provide greater flexibility as career goals change.
Students can also work with their advisors on pathways to specific majors. By taking particular prerequisite coursework, you can shorten your time to a bachelor’s degree when you move on ( to UW-Whitewater or wherever you plan to transfer).
Typical courses include:
Introduction to Business
Personal Finance
Introductory Accounting
Managerial Accounting
Intro to Management Information Systems
Business Communication
Business Statistics
Micro Economics
Typical courses include:
Introductory Chemistry
Introductory Psychology
Survey of Biochemistry
Concepts of Biology
Anatomy and Physiology
General Survey of Microbiology
Organic Chemistry
Life Span Developmental Psychology
Typical courses include:
Concepts, Issues, and Field Experience in Education
Educational Psychology
Education in a Pluralist Society
Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence