The Pennsylvania State University University Park Campus

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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. It first offered distance learning courses in 1999. In fall 2005, there were 25,454 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 The Pennsylvania State University University Park Campus.

DEGREES AND AWARDS

AAS Letters, Arts, and Sciences
ABA Business Administration
AD Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management; Human Development and Family Studies
AS Dietetic Food Systems Management, Dietetic Technician Emphasis; Dietetic Food Systems Management, School Food Service Emphasis; Information Sciences and Technology
BA Law and Society; Letters, Arts, and Sciences
BN Nursing–RN to BS
BS Criminal Justice; Organizational Leadership; Turfgrass Science
Certificate Adult Development and Aging Services; Autism; Business Management; Business Management; Children, Youth, and Family Services; Communications Studies; Family Literacy; Hospitality Management; Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management; Human Resources; Information Science and Technology; Labor Studies and Industrial Relations; Organizational Communication; Reading Instruction for Special Education–RISE; School Food Service Management; Turfgrass Management; Turfgrass Management, advanced; Weather Forecasting; Writing Social Commentary
Certification SNA Level 3 Certification Module
Graduate Certificate Applied Behavior Analysis for Special Education; Bioterrorism Preparedness; Children's Literature; Disaster Readiness; Institutional Research; Project Management; Project Management, advanced; Supply Chain and Information Systems
MA Geographic Information Systems
MBA Business Administration (iMBA)
ME Oil and Gas Engineering Management
MEd Adult Education; Curriculum and Instruction Teacher Leadership; Curriculum and Instruction–Children's Literature; Instructional Systems Educational Technology
MPM Project Management
MS/MPH Homeland Security in Public Health Preparedness

COURSE SUBJECT AREAS OFFERED OUTSIDE OF DEGREE PROGRAMS

Undergraduate —accounting and related services; animal sciences; anthropology; biological and physical sciences; biology; business administration, management and operations; business/commerce; business/corporate communications; chemistry; communication and media; comparative literature; creative writing; criminal justice and corrections; economics; educational assessment, evaluation, and research; English composition; entrepreneurial and small business operations; ethnic, cultural minority, and gender studies; finance and financial management services; fine and studio art; foods, nutrition, and related services; gerontology; health and medical administrative services; health and physical education/fitness; history; hospitality administration; human development, family studies, and related services; human resources management; industrial and organizational psychology; information science/studies; journalism; languages (Germanic); languages (Romance languages); linguistic, comparative, and related language studies; management information systems; marketing; mathematics; mathematics and statistics related; music; philosophy; physics; physiology, pathology and related sciences; plant sciences; political science and government; psychology; religious studies; sales, merchandising, and related marketing operations (general); science, technology and society; sociology; speech and rhetoric; statistics; technical and business writing; visual and performing arts; wildlife and wildlands science and management.
Graduate —business administration, management and operations; business/managerial economics; city/urban, community and regional planning; communication and journalism related; curriculum and instruction; educational/instructional media design; electromechanical and instrumentation and maintenance technologies; engineering/industrial management; environmental control technologies; environmental design; management sciences and quantitative methods; mental and social health services and allied professions; sales, merchandising, and related marketing operations (general); statistics; transportation and materials moving related.
Non-credit —business administration, management and operations; business/corporate communications; engineering related; environmental design; geography and cartography; human resources management; wildlife and wildlands science and management.

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