Educational Programs
Alverno offers weekday and weekend undergraduate programs, as well as a coeducational Master of Arts program for teachers and business professionals, the Alverno MBA, and a Master of Science in nursing. The Weekend College was opened in 1977 as the first alternative time-frame program in Milwaukee to serve working women in the Milwaukee area. It is still primarily a women's college. The baccalaureate degree programs, residences, etc. are still open only to women; graduate degree programs are open to both women and men. Men who are not pursuing a degree at Alverno can take courses within both the graduate and undergraduate programs.
Alverno has a student-centered approach to education, relying on lengthy and highly personalized performance assessment systems that provide feedback for students to use as they learn and develop. The school offers ability-based education focusing on eight areas of development: communication, analysis, problem solving, valuing, social interaction, developing a global perspective, effective citizenship, and aesthetic response.
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