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  Many nontraditional and professional students are unable to attend campus-based classes due to logistics, family demands and rigid schedules. Such students often benefit from the flexibility and convenience online degree programs offer. New York City has several public and private colleges and universities that offer online degrees.
  
  

New York University

• NYU is the largest private, nonprofit research university in the United States, and offers online degrees through its School of Continuing and Professional Studies located in Manhattan. NYU offers undergraduate online degrees in the following disciplines: social sciences, management, human resource management and international business with a focus on management. Additionally, NYU offers graduate online programs in the following areas: human resource management and systems management.
  
  According to NYU, online courses "are delivered using NYU-SCPS Online -- comprising the Epsilen™ learning platform and Horizon™ Wimba's embedded synchronous capabilities." This platform hosts both synchronous (live) lectures as well as asynchronous (archived) lectures, giving students both the flexibility of attending recorded lectures and the interactivity of live sessions. Students attending courses which offer live lectures utilizing web conferencing technology must be sure to have a headset, microphone and broadband internet access.
  
  New York University
  School of Continuing and Professional Studies
  scps.nyu.edu/areas-of-study/online/
  
  

The New School

• The New School is a private, non-profit research university located in New York City's Greenwich Village. The New School offers a unique undergraduate online degree program which allows students to build their own liberal arts online degree. Students can choose several specialized areas from the following general discipline areas: humanities, media studies and film, foreign languages, food studies, social sciences, writing program, English language studies, visual and performing arts and business.
  
  Additionally, students can receive an online master's degree in media studies. Online courses are delivered on a centralized platform which presents courses on an asynchronous schedule, giving students the freedom to take classes whenever and wherever they choose. Online students have access to assignments, lectures, research resources and student support services.
  
  The New School
  newschool.edu/online/default.aspx
  
  

State University of New York

• The State University of New York (SUNY) system, which has several campuses in New York City, is the broadest public university system in New York state, and offers a number of online degree programs. SUNY offers dozens of online bachelor's degrees in the following general areas of study: art, business and science. SUNY also offers online graduate programs in art, science, liberal studies, professional studies and library science. Online courses are delivered on a flexible, asynchronous schedule which gives students the ability to log in and learn when it is most convenient for them. Online students have access to assignments, learning materials, library resources and student support services.
  
  State University of New York
  sln.suny.edu/dg/dg_overview.shtml