James Madison University: Distance Learning Programs

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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 2003, there were 250 students enrolled in distance learning courses. Institutionally administered financial aid is available to distance learners.

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

Contact Jim Mazoue, PhD, Distance Learning Coordinator, Distributed and Distance Learning, James Madison University, 111A Carrier Library, MSC 1702, Harrisonburg, VA 22807. Telephone: 540-568-2591. Fax: 540-568-6734. E-mail: [email protected].

DEGREES AND AWARDS

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COURSE SUBJECT AREAS OFFERED OUTSIDE OF DEGREE PROGRAMS

Undergraduate— accounting; adult/continuing education; biological technology; business; communications, general; communications technologies; English composition; English technical and business writing; foreign languages and literatures; health and physical education/fitness; health professions and related sciences, other; human resources management; mathematical statistics; philosophy; psychology.

Graduate— special education.

Non-credit— American literature (United States); applied mathematics; archaeology; architecture; astronomy; astrophysics; biological and physical sciences; biological sciences/life sciences, other; business; business and personal services marketing operations; business communications; business management and administrative services, other; business quantitative methods and management science; communication disorders sciences and services; communications, other; computer programming; computer science; computer systems networking and telecommunications; conservation and renewable natural resources, other; construction/building technology; construction management; construction trades, other; consumer and homemaking education; cosmetic services; counseling psychology; crafts, folk art and artisanry; criminal justice and corrections; culinary arts and related services; data entry/microcomputer applications; education, general; English as a second language; English composition; English creative writing; English language and literature, general; entrepreneurship; film/video and photographic arts; financial services marketing operations; fine arts and art studies; fire protection; food products retailing and wholesaling operations; foods and nutrition studies; foreign languages and literatures; forestry and related sciences; gaming/sports officiating; general teacher education; geography; geological and related sciences; Germanic languages and literatures; health and medical diagnostic and treatment services; health and medical preparatory programs; health and physical education/fitness; history; home economics, general; hospitality/recreation marketing; human resources management; human services; information sciences and systems; international business; journalism and mass communications; landscape architecture; liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities; library assistant; marketing management and research; marketing operations/marketing and distribution, other; mathematics and computer science; miscellaneous biological specializations; miscellaneous health aides; miscellaneous health professions; miscellaneous mechanics and repairers; miscellaneous physical sciences; museology/museum studies; music; nursing; parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies, other; physical sciences, general; physical sciences, other; physics; plant sciences; political science and government; public administration; public health; public relations and organizational communications; quality control and safety technologies; radio and television broadcasting; real estate; Romance languages and literatures; social sciences, general; special education; speech and rhetorical studies; student counseling and personnel services; systems engineering; taxation; telecommunications; transportation and materials moving workers, other; urban affairs/studies; visual and performing arts.

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