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Academic Programs
Troy University has been recognized by Princeton Review, U.S. News and World Report, Military Times and more as having some of the best undergraduate programs in the Southeast and nation. Whether you are graduating from high school, transferring from a two-year school, or completing your degree as a working adult, TROY offers a wide variety of associate and baccalaureate degrees that will open doors to career opportunities.
Graduate study can help you achieve your career goals! Holders of advanced degrees will be in high demand in the next 10 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and U.S. Census data shows that advanced degrees increase pay and prosperity Troy University’s Graduate School offers advanced degrees in all five of the University’s academic colleges: education, business, arts and sciences, health and human services, and communication and fine arts. In addition, TROY’s commitment to flexibility means that you have in-class, online and blended options. Plan for your next career by completing your graduate education at TROY. Innovation, knowledge and creativity are all elements for success. Get started today!
Graduate Programs
Schedule your campus visit today and start getting to know TROY.
Campus visits are the most important aspect of the college decision making process. Visits give you the opportunity to discover what makes our unique University the right fit for you. TROY welcomes you to come and see what makes our campus different, one that you will want to consider your home away from home.
We invite you to register for a visit Monday - Friday at 10:00 a.m. or 2:00 p.m. or on specified Saturdays for a TROY Tour or Trojan Day event.
*Students interested in visiting other Alabama campuses must contact the specific campus for visit information and registration as available dates and times vary.
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TROY Service Centers meet the needs of working adults, including military, government agency civilians, teachers and future business leaders who want the opportunities that come with earning a degree. Because adult learners often have different educational needs than traditional students, courses are provided at times and in formats designed around people who work and have other commitments for their time.
TROY Service Centers
Are you curious about learning in the online environment? Would you like to take an online class, but feel that you need more information? Discover more about learning in the online environment, the skills and technologies that are required, as well as some helpful tips on how to become a successful online student.
TROY Online
Anonymous Names or identifiers are not given to the researcher by the research participant. Data are recorded in such a manner that responses cannot be traced back to the individual participant.
Assent An affirmative agreement to participate in research. Mere failure to object cannot be construed as assent.
Children/Minors Persons who have not attained the legal age for consent of treatments or procedures involved in the research, under the applicable law of the jurisdiction in which the research will be conducted. In Alabama, minors are people less than age 19.
Coercion Circumstances that may make a potential research participant feel that participation is not fully voluntary or without prejudice.
Confidential
When names or other identifiers may be given to the researcher by the research participant and/or data could be traced back to that participant; but, the Principal Investigator has implemented a means of protecting the privacy of that individual.
Debriefing The process of informing research participant(s) of the actual purpose of the research, furnishing additional information regarding the research and providing an additional opportunity to withdraw data provided by the participant. The IRB requires a copy of the debriefing procedure whenever deception is involved.
Deception Providing the participant with misinformation or withholding explicit information about the research that might influence the participant's response. The IRB requires debriefing whenever deception is involved.
Informed consent The process of informing potential participants with all the information they might reasonably need to know in order to decide whether to participate in the procedure.
Minimal risk When the risk(s) of harm anticipated in the proposed research is not greater than that ordinarily encountered in daily life or through routine physical or psychological examinations or tests.
Parental informed consent The process of informing potential participant's parents or guardians of all the information they might reasonably need to know to decide whether to allow the child's participation in the procedure.
Principal Investigator The person (student, faculty or staff) responsible for the conduct of the research.
IRB (Institutional Review Board) The Institutional Review Board is responsible for review of TROY research involving the use of human participants for all Troy University sites, including TROY Global Campus sites.
Research A systematic investigation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge.
Research Participant A living individual about whom an investigator conducting research obtains data or identifiable information.
Suspended Protocols If the IRB has not reapproved a research study by the study's current expiration date, the research will be suspended. While under suspension, new subjects accrual must stop. Interventions under the research protocol must be halted unless an over-riding concern for the safety or well-being of the subjects, or other ethical issues, are involved. In such cases, the investigator must contact the IRB immediately. The suspension will be lifted when and if the protocol is reapproved by the IRB.
Terminated Protocols A protocol will be terminated at the request of the Principal Investigator or as a result of protocol violation as described elsewhere. When a protocol is terminated, no further subjects may be accrued into the study and all subjects currently enrolled must be notified of the protocol's termination. Subjects may not be followed for research observation or data collection after such termination.