Hundreds of academic classes and many degree programs will be available through Sonoma State University's School of Extended Education in the spring 2010 semester despite the fact that traditional state-supported program admissions are on hold due to the state budget crisis.
The School of Extended Education Extended is self-supporting and does not rely on state-generated funding. The School is working closely with the academic schools and departments to help mitigate some of the negative effects caused by the economic crisis in the state, says Dean Mark Merickel.
The School currently offers academic degree programs in Liberal Studies (BA), Spanish (MA), Depth Psychology (MA), Organizational Development (MA), Action for a Viable Future (MA), and Computer/Engineering (CES). The School of Business and Economics will soon be offering a new Executive MBA through Extended Education.
All of these extended degree programs are fully accredited and are approved through the same curriculum and degree-granting schools as those offered traditionally through state-supported operations.
Extended Education also offers individual academic classes during January and August intersessions, summer term, online, evening/weekend, and through "Open University."
"We are making every effort to work in concert with the academic schools and departments to offer courses and programs for both non-traditional adult students as well as traditionally-enrolled students who need classes that can no longer be offered due to the severe budget cuts to higher education," he says.
"Providing greater access to Sonoma State University's intellectual, cultural, and educational resources is our role," says Merickel.
For information about offerings at the School of Extended Education, contact Barbara Brooks at (707) 664-2394 or visit online at http://www.sonoma.edu/exed/.
