Silver City, NM - Central New Mexico has introduced a new online liberal arts degree for students seeking an associate degree and Western New Mexico University has partnered with the community college to accept students that successfully complete the program.

The full-time intensive degree program is completely online and can be completed in only 16 months. WNMU will accept the 60 credits earned by the CNM students. After earning the Associate Degree in Liberal Arts, the students can transfer directly to WNMU's Interdisciplinary Bachelor Degree program, which is also online.

The Interdisciplinary Studies program, offered at both the bachelor and master degree level, is designed for students who want to create their own degree focusing on two or three disciplines. At the bachelor degree level, WNMU offers online degrees in Business Administration, Criminal Justice, Education, English, Human Services, Interdisciplinary Studies, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Rehabilitation Services and Social Work.

WNMU has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CNM for the program. The CNM agreement is the latest in a growing number of partnerships that WNMU has developed with regional institutions and international universities to help ease the transition of students into full degree programs and for short-term programs.

The CNM program will begin in the fall 2015 semester.

Western New Mexico University has served the people of the state of New Mexico and its surrounding areas as a comprehensive, regional, rural, public coeducational university since 1893 and serves a student body diverse in age, culture, language and ethnic background.