Finding the Experience that Fits You with Rachel

Transcript

Okay, so now we’re heading over to ASU’s Polytechnic Campus to meet up with Rachel Shantz. She’s a junior majoring in air traffic management, and she’s gonna spend a few minutes talking about the many different campuses ASU offers its students. This is really cool. Rachel, please take it away.

Thanks, Alex. We’re here at the Polytechnic Campus, and the Polytechnic Campus was the perfect choice for me for a lot of reasons, the first of which being that it offers my very niche program in air traffic management. ASU is one of only a few institutions that offers an air traffic control program that is pre-approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.

When I was in high school, my brother attended the Polytechnic Campus as a software engineering major, so I was already very familiar with the campus. And I was mostly drawn to the size. My graduating high school class only had about 90 students in it, so I was already really used to knowing all of my classmates, having relationships with my teachers. And I personally feel that I learn much better in that environment. So I’m really grateful that ASU has the Polytechnic Campus as an option because you really get that small college type of environment while still maintaining all of the benefits of coming to an institution as large as ASU.

ASU has four main campuses located in the Greater Metropolitan Phoenix area, and they’re primarily organized by area of study. Our Tempe Campus, which is our largest campus, offers a range of programs from engineering, business, art and design, global futures, education, and much, much more. At the Downtown Phoenix Campus, you’ll find our nursing program, the majority of our health programs, public service, law, global management, and one of the top journalism schools in the country. The West Campus includes our criminal justice programs, our interdisciplinary arts and sciences, and some business, health, and education programs. The Polytechnic Campus is comprised of engineering degrees, including our four aviation programs. The Polytechnic Campus also includes some additional business, integrative arts and sciences, and education programs.

ASU also offers a wide variety of learning opportunities outside of the four main campuses in the greater Phoenix area, including ASU@Lake Havasu, ASU Local, which is located in downtown Los Angeles, and we offer a wide variety of programs on ASU Online. ASU has also partnered with many community colleges, which means that you can transfer your credits to a four-year ASU degree program without issue. There’s no doubt in my mind that the Polytechnic Campus is truly where I belong, and I firmly believe that with all of the options and opportunities available to you at Arizona State, you can find where you belong, too. Back to you, Alex.

Rachel, that was fantastic. First of all, thank you for being the future of keeping our sky safe and sound with air travel, and what a great walk through of all the campuses. ASU has options for anyone’s taste. That was great. Cheers, Rachel.