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POINTS OF PRIDE

 

School of Extended Education

  • The School houses the following departments and programs:
    • A dozen Certificate Programs, including Child and Infant Mental Health, Construction Management, Green Building, Paralegal and Post-MA Family Nurse programs
    • EXCEL for Youth
    • Liberal Studies BA Degree Completion Program
    • MAs in Depth Psychology, Interdisciplinary Studies: Action for a Viable Future, Organization Psychology, and Spanish
    • MS in Computer and Engineering Science
    • MSW in Social Work
    • Notary Training
    • Sonoma State American Language Institute
    • Summer Reading Program
  • In 2007-08 the School of Extended Education provided more than 400 academic courses; 12 professional certificates including Wine Business, Paralegal Training, TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), Green Building, and Sustainable Landscaping; awarded over 2,500 Continuing Education Units; and 2 Bachelors and 6 Masters Degree programs via online, hybrid, and face-to-face formats.
  • Extended Education maintains the preeminent national Osher Lifelong Learning Institute which offers courses, international travel programs, and special cultural events to more than 1,500 individuals per year who are in their retirement years. SSU Extended Education maintains Osher program endowments totaling more than $2,250,000.
  • The Sonoma State American Language Institute provides American/English Language Programs for more than 200 foreign students from 23 different countries around the world per year.
  • For more than a quarter century Extended Education has provided the highest quality academic classes for more than 18,000 regional youth (grades 4-9) on the SSU campus.
  • Extended Education provides flexible course delivery and schedules through Special Sessions, Intersession, Open University, Extension, and online course delivery which accelerates students’ time to degree completion.
  • Extended Education provides Sonoma County and the region with entrepreneurial program development, outreach and engagement in the form of grants, economic development contracts, and specialized degree opportunities.
  • Extended Education provides specialized credit and non-credit education, training, and other instructional services for business, government, international, and community education.
  • School of Extended Education website

 

last updated: 07. 7.2009