James Madison University

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JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY

Harrisonburg, Virginia
Distance Learning Center, Office of Continuing Education
http://jmuonline.jmu.edu

James Madison University was founded in 1908. It is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. It first offered distance learning courses in 1996. In fall 2005, there were 380 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 Dr. Jim Mazoue, Distance Learning Coordinator, Distributed and Distance Learning, James Madison University, 7D Carrier Library, MSC 1702, Harrisonburg, VA 22807. Telephone: 540-568-2591. Fax: 540-568-6734. E-mail: [email protected].

DEGREES AND AWARDS

MBA Information Security
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COURSE SUBJECT AREAS OFFERED OUTSIDE OF DEGREE PROGRAMS

Undergraduate —accounting and related services; biology/biotechnology laboratory technician; business/commerce; communication and media; communications technology; education (specific levels and methods); English composition; health and physical education/fitness; health professions related; human resources management; linguistic, comparative, and related language studies; philosophy; psychology; statistics; technical and business writing.
Graduate —special education.
Non-credit —allied health diagnostic, intervention, and treatment professions; American literature (United States and Canadian); applied mathematics; archeology; architecture; astronomy and astrophysics; biological and biomedical sciences related; biological and physical sciences; building/construction finishing, management, and inspection; business/commerce; business/corporate communications; business, management, and marketing related; communication and journalism related; communication disorders sciences and services; computer programming; computer science; computer systems networking and telecommunications; construction engineering technology; construction trades related; cosmetology and related personal grooming services; counseling psychology; crafts, folk art and artisanry; creative writing; criminal justice and corrections; culinary arts and related services; data entry/microcomputer applications; education; education (specific levels and methods); English; English as a second language; English composition; entrepreneurial and small business operations; family and consumer sciences/human sciences; film/video and photographic arts; fine and studio art; fire protection; foods, nutrition, and related services; forestry; geography and cartography; geological and earth sciences/geosciences; health aides/attendants/orderlies; health and physical education/fitness; health/medical preparatory programs; history; human resources management; human services; information science/studies; international business; journalism; landscape architecture; languages (Germanic); languages (Romance languages); liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities; library assistant; linguistic, comparative, and related language studies; management sciences and quantitative methods; marketing; mathematics and computer science; museum studies; music; natural resources and conservation related; nursing; parks, recreation, and leisure related; physical sciences; physical sciences related; physics; plant sciences; political science and government; precision systems maintenance and repair technologies; public administration; public health; public relations, advertising, and applied communication related; quality control and safety technologies; radio, television, and digital communication; real estate; sales, merchandising, and related marketing operations (general); sales, merchandising, and related marketing operations (specialized); social sciences; special education; speech and rhetoric; student counseling and personnel services; systems engineering; taxation; transportation and materials moving related; urban studies/affairs; visual and performing arts.

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