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    College Degree Program

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    The Alabama Prison Arts + Education Program’s (APAEP) college degree program through Auburn University offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, focusing on business, leadership, and human development and family studies. To earn a Bachelor of Science, students complete 120 credits, which is approximately 40 classes.


     

    Classes are taught by faculty members and graduate students from Auburn University and other colleges and universities around the state. The APAEP college degree program offers the same curriculum taught on the main Auburn University campus.


     

    A cohort of students is accepted to the program each year after successful completion of an application and interview process. Before officially accepted to Auburn, students complete a two-semester sequence of non-credit foundational classes in composition and math.

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    Testimonials

    College Program Student

    “At the beginning of my newfound journey with APAEP, I did not have the slightest clue of the true power of education. I am still amazed at the worldly insight and the profound hope that I encounter daily. APAEP has blessed us with not only the opportunity to obtain the tools needed for success, but also a gained sense of our value as individuals...These are my classmates, my friends, my brothers, and my symbols of a bigger life, a greater goal.”

    College Program Student

    “I am a 43-year-old father of five. When I received my acceptance letter, it still felt like a dream. No one in my family had ever attended a major university, and yet I was standing in a prison dorm reading a letter which said I had been accepted to Auburn University. That was one of the proudest moments of my life. This program has also helped me draw closer to family. Now when I call and write home, I have a positive outlook and am able to discuss accomplishments that eclipse the shame of the mistakes I made to get here. My eight-year-old son and I discuss our grades and studying."

    Community Education Student

    “No other class is compared to APAEP classes: the teachers, the information, the supplies, the kindness, and the sincerity are all genuine.”

    Funding

    Pell Grants, available to students through the U.S. Department of Education’s Second Chance Pell Experimental Site Initiative, funds approximately 1/3 of our student tuition expenses. The remainder of the tuition, instructor salaries, textbooks, and class supplies are funded through grant scholarships and philanthropic gifts.


     
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    Connect With APAEP

    Thank you for your interest in the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project. We look forward to hearing from you. Drop by the office, give us a call, or send us an email.


    Mailing Address

    Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project
    1061 Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum Auburn University
    Auburn, AL 36849

    Social

    @alprisonproject
    facebook.com/alprisonproject

    Email

    APAEPDirector@auburn.edu

    Phone

    334-844-8946

    A Note on Language

    APAEP uses human-centered language. For example, we refer to our students as students, and individuals who have experienced incarceration as system-impacted or people who are currently/formerly incarcerated.
     
    To learn more, and see other examples, please read this open letter from Eddie Ellis, Founder of Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions, the language guide created by the Underground Scholars Initiative, the “Words Matter” Initiative from The Fortune Society, and FWD.US’s People First Campaign.

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