| 3.18 DIVISION OF ACADEMIC OUTREACH
The Division of Academic Outreach accommodates distance and adult
learners through a variety of programs. Evening, weekend, distance,
and off-campus programs serve students who are limited by time,
geography, work schedules, or personal obligations. Distance courses
and degrees are available through the Internet, written
correspondence, videotape, and videoconferencing, and degree
completion programs are offered in the evening and on weekends. In
addition, Academic Outreach facilitates a number of off-campus
programs. Through Academic Outreach students can
initiate the admission process
learn about financial aid, work-study, guaranteed students loans,
and available scholarships
attend the Returning Adult Students Seminar, where various offices
on campus present services available to students
be referred to appropriate offices at the University for additional
assistance with individual needs
attend special registration periods
receive assistance with child care referrals receive assistance with academic advising and schedule building.
For more information on these programs, please write The University
of Alabama, College of Continuing Studies, Division of Academic
Outreach, Box 870388, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0388 ; telephone (205)
348-0089 or toll free 1-800-467-0227; fax (205) 348-0249; or visit
the website http://academicoutreach.ua.edu.
Online Courses
Academic Outreach delivers high school and college courses over the
Internet directly to the student's computer. Students are instructed
through a secured Internet site, and they interact with their
professors and complete lessons via e-mail. Online courses
accommodate the educational needs of individuals who have access to
and experience with a computer and the Internet.
Video Courses
Academic Outreach delivers undergraduate and graduate courses via
videotape to students who cannot attend classes on campus. Courses
are filmed as they occur, and videotapes are mailed to students the
same week. Students complete the same course requirements as
on-campus students and take proctored exams at convenient sites.
Students choosing this program may enroll in engineering, social
work, computer science, education, and human environmental sciences
courses.Video courses are entered on a University of Alabama
transcript and are fully accredited toward degree programs.
IITS (Videoconferencing)
The Intercampus Interactive Telecommunication System (IITS) is a
network of conference rooms connected to a statewide
videoconferencing network. Approximately 30 sites throughout Alabama
are equipped with cameras, monitors, and other devices that allow
teachers and students to interact as if they were in the same room.
Presenters use traditional visuals, such as slides, overheads, and
videotape as well as digital options unique to IITS. Anyone using
IITS can offer two-way interactive classes or meetings at all
locations. Courses are offered in education, engineering, math,
science, communication, law, library studies, foreign language, and
other disciplines.
Weekend College
Designed to meet the needs of both part-time and full-time students,
Weekend College offers a number of courses in the fall, spring, and
summer on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings and afternoons.
Scheduling weekend classes is especially convenient for part-time
students who would like to pursue academic studies while working.
All Weekend College courses are approved by the appropriate
department chairpersons and academic deans and are taught by UA
faculty members. Weekend College students are admitted through
regular University admission procedures and have full use of UA's
educational resources and services.
Gadsden Education and Research Center
Established in 1946, The University of Alabama's Gadsden Education
and Research Center is an off-campus program serving residents of
Northeast Alabama. The center offers graduate coursework for
credit, noncredit programs for professional development, and test
services as well as serving as a liaison to the University's main
campus. Currently the center offers more than 25 complete graduate
degree or certification programs in education, including master's
degree, Ed.S. degree, class A, and class AA certification programs.
The center also offers a bachelor's degree in human environmental
sciences with a concentration in general studies or family financial
planning and counseling. For more information, please call (256)
456-2886 or 1-888-223-4131 or visit the website (http://www.gadsden.ua.edu).
Evening Program
The Evening Program offers classes at times convenient for working
adults. Students unable to continue their education in the
traditional format (day classes) may complete degrees in business,
geography, and criminal justice through this program. Many other
courses from the College of Arts and Sciences, the Culverhouse
College of Commerce and Business Administration, the College of
Communication and Information Sciences, the College of Human
Environmental Sciences, and the School of Social Work are offered
after 5:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday.
Adult Students Services
The Division of Academic Outreach provides a University-wide point
of entry for adult students returning to campus or entering the
University for the first time. The division provides the services
listed below to meet the particular needs of adult students, the
most rapidly growing portion of the student population.
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