Ivy Tech is offering select students an opportunity to earn an associate degree in Business Administration in less than one year.

Officials at the school say the Associate Accelerated Program (ASAP) at Ivy Tech Columbus provides select students with an opportunity to complete an Associate of Science in Business Administration, traditionally a two-year program, in 11 months. The accelerated style of the program encourages students to think of college as a job, attending school full time for almost 40 hours per week.

Upon completion, students are eligible to transfer to any public four-year institution in Indiana with junior status once they are admitted to that college or university.

Ivy Tech says that guidelines for admittance into the ASAP program include a referral or nomination by a high school guidance counselor, a minimum 2.5 high school GPA, a strong high school attendance record, must be under 22-years-old and a parent or guardian agreement to provide room and board while the student is enrolled in the program.

Ivy Tech Columbus is accepting applications for next year’s ASAP class, which begins in June.