INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

Terre Haute, Indiana
Division of Lifelong Learning
http://indstate.edu/distance

Indiana State University was founded in 1865. It is accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. It first offered distance learning courses in 1969. In fall 2003, there were 2,000 students enrolled in distance learning courses. Institutionally administered financial aid is available to distance learners.

Services Distance learners have accessibility to academic advising, bookstore, campus computer network, career placement assistance, e-mail services, library services.

Contact Chrys Ford, Assistant Director of Distance Support Services, Indiana State University, Office of Distance Support Services, Erickson Hall, Room 210-211, Terre Haute, IN 47809. Telephone: 888-237-8080. Fax: 812-237-8540. E-mail: [email protected].

DEGREES AND AWARDS

AS Aviation Flight Technology, general

BS Business Administration; Career and Technical Education; Community Health; Criminology; Electronics Technology; Human Resource Development; Industrial Supervision; Industrial Technology; Insurance; Mechanical Design Technology; Nursing

Certificate Corrections; Law Enforcement; Library Media Services; Private Security and Loss Prevention

Endorsement Driver Education

License School Administration

Graduate Certificate Library Media Services; Public Administration

MS Criminology; Electronics and Computer Technology; Health and Safety; Human Resource Development; Nursing; Student Affairs and Higher Education

PhD Technology Management

COURSE SUBJECT AREAS OFFERED OUTSIDE OF DEGREE PROGRAMS

Undergraduate— accounting; aerospace, aeronautical and astronautical engineering; business; business administration and management; business management and administrative services, other; construction/building technology; criminal justice and corrections; criminology; curriculum and instruction; economics; educational/instructional media design; education, general; education, other; electrical, electronics and communications engineering; English composition; English language and literature, general; fine arts and art studies; geography; history; human resources management; insurance/risk management; library science, other; mathematical statistics; mathematics related; music; nursing; psychology; sociology; technology education/industrial arts.

Graduate— criminal justice and corrections; criminology; curriculum and instruction; education administration and supervision; educational/instructional media design; educational psychology; education, other; electrical and electronic engineering-related technology; health and physical education/fitness; library science, other; nursing; political science and government; public administration; public administration and services, other; special education; student counseling and personnel services; technology education/industrial arts.

Non-credit— social work.

Special Message

The DegreeLink Program offers eligible individuals an opportunity to transfer college credit to Indiana State University and complete selected Bachelor of Science degrees via distance education. Individuals who have completed designated degrees from Ivy Tech State College and Vincennes University may transfer credit as a 2-year block into one or more DegreeLink programs. In addition, individuals who have earned credits or an associate degree from any accredited collegiate institution are eligible for and encouraged to transfer credit on a course-by-course basis and complete a Bachelor of Science degree via distance technologies.

Baccalaureate degree-completion programs offered include business administration, career and technical education, community health, criminology, electronics technology, industrial technology, human resource development, industrial supervision, insurance, mechanical design technology, and nursing.

A unique feature of the DegreeLink Program is a statewide network of area learning centers that offer free access to Internetconnected computers and student services coordinators who provide one-on-one assistance to in-state and out-of-state students and all individuals interested in DegreeLink.

Degree-completion courses are offered primarily via the Internet, print-based correspondence, videotape, and live televised courses accessible at receive sites. Most DegreeLink programs can be completed via distance education within Indiana. Selected DegreeLink programs are accessible globally via the Internet.

For more information, students should call the Office of Distance Support Services at 888-237-8080 (toll-free) or visit the Web site (http://web.indstate.edu/degreelink).

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