UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Department of Continuing Education
http://www.usm.edu/cice/ce/index.html
University of Southern Mississippi was founded in 1910. It is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. It first offered distance learning courses in 1941. In fall 2005, there were 2,672 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 Dr. Lin Harper, Director, Distance Education and Alternative Learning, University of Southern Mississippi, Distance Education and Alternative Learning, 118 College Drive, #9649, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001. Telephone: 601-266-6197. Fax: 601-266-4409. E-mail: lin.harper @usm.edu.

DEGREES AND AWARDS

BS Construction Technology; Construction Technology
MAT Teaching of Languages (MATL)
MEd Music Education–Master of Music Education
MLIS Library Information Science
MS Child and Family Studies; Sport Coaching Education; Sport Management

COURSE SUBJECT AREAS OFFERED OUTSIDE OF DEGREE PROGRAMS

Undergraduate —accounting and related services; anthropology; biblical studies; biology; chemistry; community health services; community organization and advocacy; comparative literature; creative writing; criminal justice and corrections; criminology; educational administration and supervision; educational assessment, evaluation, and research; education related; engineering technologies related; English; English composition; English literature (British and Commonwealth); foods, nutrition, and related services; geography and cartography; health and physical education/fitness; health professions related; human development, family studies, and related services; liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities; library science related; linguistic, comparative, and related language studies; management information systems; marketing; mathematics and statistics related; microbiological sciences and immunology; music; nursing; philosophy and religious studies related; social work; sociology; special education; technical and business writing.
Graduate —biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology; biology; city/urban, community and regional planning; cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics; communication and media; community health services; construction engineering technology; criminal justice and corrections; curriculum and instruction; demography and population; economics; education; educational administration and supervision; educational assessment, evaluation, and research; geography and cartography; health and physical education/fitness; human development, family studies, and related services; linguistic, comparative, and related language studies; marketing; music; nursing; parks, recreation, and leisure related; public health; social and philosophical foundations of education; social work; special education; statistics.