MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY

Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Division of Continuing Studies
http://www.mtsu.edu/learn

Middle Tennessee State University was founded in 1911. It is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. It first offered distance learning courses in 1994. In fall 2003, there were 2,100 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, tutoring.

Contact Dianna Rust, Director of Academic Outreach and Distance Learning, Middle Tennessee State University, 1301 East Main Street, PO Box X109, Murfreesboro, TN 37132. Telephone: 615-898-5611. Fax: 615-896-7925. E-mail: [email protected].

DEGREES AND AWARDS

BS Liberal Studies; Professional Studies, Concentration in Information Technology; Professional Studies, Concentration in Organizational Leadership

BSN Nursing

MEd Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning

MS Mathematics

MSN Nursing

COURSE SUBJECT AREAS OFFERED OUTSIDE OF DEGREE PROGRAMS

Undergraduate— accounting; aerospace, aeronautical and astronautical engineering; agricultural business and management; American literature (United States); area, ethnic and cultural studies, other; astronomy; business administration and management; business communications; communications, general; criminal justice and corrections; economics; educational psychology; education, general; English composition; English language and literature, general; food sciences and technology; geological and related sciences; health and physical education/fitness; human resources management; journalism and mass communications; liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities; marketing operations/marketing and distribution, other; mathematics; nursing; political science and government; radio and television broadcasting; social sciences, general; social work; sociology.

Graduate— aerospace, aeronautical and astronautical engineering; economics; educational evaluation, research and statistics; marketing management and research; mathematics; nursing.

Special Message

Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) now offers accredited classes through a variety of technologies for students who may not be able to come to the campus.

Compressed video courses are instructed at one site and simultaneously sent to distant sites in Tennessee. Students and instructors can see one another on television monitors and talk to one another using microphones. Telecourses are offered via cable television or videotape. Students can view course segments on the MTSU cable channel or the local PBS affiliate or at the MTSU McWherter Learning Resources Center. Students consult with their instructors during telephone office hours or through e-mail. Students are required to attend an orientation, a midterm exam, and a final exam on campus.

Correspondence courses involve individual instruction of a student by an instructor. Typically, students study at home. Interaction between correspondence course faculty members and students consists of written assignments, testing, and assistance via such media as print/written word, telephone, fax, e-mail, and the World Wide Web. After registration, students receive a packet in the mail from the correspondence course coordinator, containing information about assignments and directions for completing and submitting them.

Online courses are taught primarily over the Internet through e-mail, newsgroups, distribution lists, and the World Wide Web. MTSU offers online Bachelor of Science degree programs in liberal studies and in professional studies with concentrations in information technology and organizational leadership as well as a Master of Education degree. These various distance learning programs are closing the gap between students and the campus.

Non-credit— area, ethnic and cultural studies, other; bilingual/bicultural education; business; business administration and management; business and personal services marketing operations; business communications; business information and data processing services; business management and administrative services, other; business/managerial economics; city/urban, community and regional planning; computer and information sciences, general; computer/information technology administration and management; computer programming; computer science; computer software and media applications; computer systems networking and telecommunications; crafts, folk art and artisanry; culinary arts and related services; dance; dramatic/theater arts and stagecraft; engineering/industrial management; English as a second language; financial services marketing operations; fine arts and art studies; foreign languages and literatures; health and medical assistants; human resources management; industrial and organizational psychology; industrial/manufacturing engineering; miscellaneous health professions; nursing; real estate; wildlife and wildlands management.