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CONTINUING EDUCATION
Director of Educational Outreach Degree Programs Office: 167 Elkins MISSIONThe Division of Continuing Education is primarily responsible for helping students to gain access to and to register for off-campus and distance education credit courses sponsored by the division. The office fulfills this role by extending the University?s academic degree programs and student services to remote sites and by using innovative methods to deliver courses. The division distributes and manages schedule information for distance learning courses taught using current technologies, including compressed video and the internet, as well as videocassette courses. Students can also receive a schedule of other accessible, evening courses offered on campus which they may need to take to complete their degrees, in particular, those courses offered in the new Degree at Night Program.Off-campus
courses are offered in cooperation with the academic colleges of the
University. These courses may provide initial access to college for
traditional or non-traditional students seeking an associate or
baccalaureate degree or they may provide new skills and knowledge needed
for career enhancement or a more fulfilled life. Continuing Education is
especially structured to assist nontraditional students, including those
with full-time jobs, homemakers, or retirees. Internet Courses Beginning
fall 2000 students can now earn credit for a variety of courses taught
over the internet. Students work independently by accessing the course
website and will attend some class meetings scheduled on the Nicholls
campus. At these meetings, instructors may provide an orientation to
the course and examinations. Specific
information about the course content and computer requirements can be
obtained by contacting the academic departments and requesting a syllabus.
There is an additional $50 fee per course charged to students
scheduling a course taught on the internet and designated as a WWW
section. Courses by Videocassette Students
rent videocassette tapes from the Nicholls Bookstore.
These courses require five class meetings scheduled on the Nicholls
campus, and at these meetings, instructors provide an orientation to the
course, reviews of the material, and examinations.
A $40 extra fee is paid to Public Broadcasting Service to license
the programs. An additional
fee of $35 and a $50 deposit is charged by the Nicholls Bookstore to rent
the tapes. Videocassette are
especially helpful for students whose work and home responsibilities
require them to have a very flexible schedule. Compressed
Video Courses ON-CAMPUS DEGREE AT NIGHT PROGRAM The
new ?Degree at Night? program provides students the opportunity to earn
an associate degree in General Studies, Legal Assistant Studies, Criminal
Justice or General Business while never attending a class during the day.
Every course required to earn these degrees is offered in the
evenings on the Thibodaux campus each fall or spring semester.
Most courses are taught two nights per week instead of one (either
Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays) during three class periods
(either 5:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., 6:25 p.m. to 7:40 p.m., and 7:50 p.m. to
9:05 p.m.) according to a special schedule.
Earlier starting times and shorter night classes provide more
possible choices for students and the opportunity to schedule up to six
classes and 18 credit hours each semester at night. |
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