Idaho Falls — Students at the College of Eastern Idaho soon have the opportunity to earn an Associate of Arts degree without ever stepping foot on campus.

The community college recently received the green light by its accreditation body, the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, to offer an Associate of Arts (60 credits) all online. The degree program is already mostly online for students to get started, although it won’t be fully operational until this summer when a nutrition science class is added to the online roster.