The Pennsylvania State University University Park Campus: Distance Learning Programs

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THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY PARK CAMPUS

State College, Pennsylvania
Department of Distance Education/World Campus
http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu

The Pennsylvania State University University Park Campus was founded in 1855. It is accredited by Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. In fall 2003, there were 1,000 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, e-mail services, library services.

Contact World Campus Advising Office, The Pennsylvania State University University Park Campus, 207 Mitchell Building, University Park, PA 16802. Telephone: 800-252-3592. Fax: 814-865-3290. E-mail: [email protected].

DEGREES AND AWARDS

AA Letters, Arts, and Sciences

AS Business Administration; Dietetic Food Systems Management; Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management; Human Development and Family Studies

BA Letters, Arts, and Sciences

BS Organizational Leadership

Certificate of Completion Architectural Lighting Design; Communications Studies; Retail Management I; Supervisory Leadership

Certificate Adult Development and Aging Services; Advanced Business Management; Advanced Turfgrass Management; Business Management; Children, Youth and Family Services; Dietary Manager; Dietetics and Aging; Family Literacy; Food Service Supervision; General Business; Hospitality Management; Human Resources; Information Science and Technology; Marketing Management; Retail Management II; Retail Management; Small Business Management; Turfgrass Management; Writing Social Commentary

Certification Geographic Information Systems; Labor Studies and Industrial Relations

Graduate Certificate Addictions Studies; Community and Economic Development; Distance Education; Educational Technology Integration; Family Literacy; Logistics and Supply Chain Management; Noise Control Engineering

MBA-EP iMBA

MEd Adult Education; Curriculum and Instruction

MEngr Oil and Natural Gas Engineering Management

COURSE SUBJECT AREAS OFFERED OUTSIDE OF DEGREE PROGRAMS

Undergraduate— accounting;American history; animal sciences; anthropology; art history; biological and physical sciences; biology; business; business administration and management; business communications; business marketing and marketing management; chemistry; communications, general; comparative literature; creative writing; criminal justice and corrections; cultural studies; earth sciences; economics; educational evaluation, research and statistics; English composition; English creative writing; English technical and business writing; enterprise management and operation; environmental science; finance; fine arts and art studies; foods and nutrition studies; foreign languages and literatures; French; Germanic languages and literatures; gerontology; health and physical education/fitness; health services administration; history; hospitality services management; human resources management; individual and family development studies; industrial and organizational psychology; information sciences and systems; institutional food workers and administrators; investments and securities; journalism; journalism and mass communications; labor/personnel relations; management information systems/business data processing; marketing operations/marketing and distribution, other; mathematical statistics; mathematics; mathematics related; music; organic chemistry; organizational behavior; philosophy; physics; physiology; plant sciences; political science and government; psychology; religion/religious studies; Romance languages and literatures; science, technology and society; sociology; Spanish; speech and rhetorical studies; visual and performing arts; wildlife and wildlands management.

Graduate— alcohol/drug abuse counseling; architectural environmental design; business administration and management; business/managerial economics; business quantitative methods and management science; city/urban, community and regional planning; communications, other; curriculum and instruction; educational/instructional media design; electrical engineering; electromechanical instrumentation and maintenance technology; engineering/industrial management; environmental control technologies; marketing operations/marketing and distribution, other; mathematical statistics; transportation and materials moving workers, other.

Non-credit— architectural environmental design; business administration and management; business communications; engineering, other; geography; human resources management; wildlife and wildlands management.

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