Lone Star College-University Center at The Woodlands is recruiting students to participate in new degree plans offered on-site through Stephen F. Austin and Lamar universities.

Lamar University degree plans have yet to be decided but will consist of various engineering degrees, said Karen Vance, program coordinator at LSC-University Center at The Woodlands.

SFA will offer bachelor’s degrees in social work, a master’s of social work and Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Applied Science degrees, Vance said.

“[The programs] make it convenient for those students [who] can’t travel to Lamar in Beaumont or can’t travel [as far as] downtown,” Vance said. “The idea is that they can do two years with Lone Star and then complete their final two years for their bachelor’s program close to home.” 

Several other universities also partner with the University Center in The Woodlands. The University of Houston specifically offers an executive Master of Business Administration degree through the Bauer College of Business, and the University of St. Thomas offers education-based degrees. Our Lady of the Lake University offers various bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees, and Sam Houston State University offers various bachelor’s and master’s degree plans.

“When [students] sign on to a program at one of the universities, they get dual enrollment,” Vance said. “They are enrolled in both Lone Star and the university [of their choice] at the same time, even though they may still just be taking classes with us. They get the benefits of being at that university as well, so they get their library services and so forth.”

Vance said LSC offers scholarship incentives for students who transfer from LSC to one of the on-site four-year university programs.

When students take classes through one of the university partners, tuition costs go to the corresponding university.

“When they’re a Lone Star student taking classes at Lone Star, that is our tuition, and once they start taking classes with a university, that’s their tuition,” Vance said.

Lamar and SFA will begin offering classes this fall.