Our online degree programs have the same relative amount of credit hours as our on-campus programs, and therefore require the same effort to successfully complete. The unique attributes of Full Sail's online learning environment add significant amounts of communication and collaboration to the typical online education experience, allowing for much of the same interaction between classmates and instructors that one could get on Full Sail's campus.

At Full Sail, courses are taught by industry professionals. Our instructors are required to have a minimum of at least three years of real world experience, yet most have been a part of the industry for many years. Many instructors are still involved in the industry and bring back real world knowledge to the classroom.

Yes, and to help you with that, Full Sail has teamed up with Apple for Project LaunchBox initiative, which provides every student with a MacBook Pro laptop available at a deep institutional discount.

In order to successfully graduate from Full Sail, students are required to maintain at least a 70% grade point average and 90% lecture and lab attendance rate in all courses.

Full Sail students have four weeks of vacation throughout the school year. They will have one week for Spring Break, one week for July 4th and two weeks over Christmas and New Years. Students also receive additional days off for Memorial Day, Labor Day and Thanksgiving.

As with any degree program there will be a mixture of writing assignments, tests, quizzes and group discussions. Your projects will consist of research papers, case studies, multimedia presentations, and much more. Take a Test Drive and explore Full Sail's online learning environment.

You will usually have a mid-week deadline for initial discussion board posts; however typical deadlines will occur each Sunday at midnight, which is when all your assignments for that week are due.

Online degrees typically require 25-35 hours a week to complete your assigned course work. This time frame will vary dependent on the student’s level of proficiency with the course content and technology.

Activities and assignments are distributed on a weekly basis – you can complete tasks as quickly as you’d like in any given week.

Your instructor may make exceptions based on circumstance. Documentation must be provided to support your need for an exception or extension. The Course Director is solely responsible for determining if an exception will be granted. Unforeseen circumstances, such as natural disasters, technical difficulties (with documented proof from Tech Support), illness and other emergencies will be given serious consideration for exceptions.

No – there are synchronous events in which you can participate, but you aren’t required to be there at the exact time they happen. The events do need to be viewed, but they are archived for you to review at your leisure.

No – you need to choose one or the other. However, for programs that we offer on-campus as well as online, you can move from being an on-campus student to being an online student and vice-versa, just not on a course-by course basis. You will need to discuss this with your financial aid and student advisors before doing so.