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Providing global access to a Penn State education . . .
A “real-university” curriculum. World Campus courses are developed and taught by the same Penn State faculty members teaching in “traditional” Penn State classrooms. The credits you can earn from your living room are the same credits you would earn on campus.

With the growing online learning options ranging from traditional institutions to new Web-only schools, how can you determine what will best meet your needs in an online university? Take a look at some of the considerations listed below, and then see how the World Campus measures up.

Accreditation
Accreditation is a national system of monitoring the quality of the credits you receive from an institution of higher education. You should choose an online academic degree program offered by an accredited institution to avoid “fly-by-night” operations that might take advantage of you.

Penn State is accredited by the Middle States Association and has an outstanding reputation as a research and teaching university. Our courses are also accepted by most other colleges and universities in fulfillment of their requirements. If you are planning to take courses at another college for transfer to Penn State, the college must be accredited by one of the following accrediting agencies:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
New England Association of Schools and Colleges
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges
Southern Association of Schools and Colleges
Western Association of Schools and Colleges

History
Examine the background of the online universities that interest you before you apply.

Penn State has been a pioneer in World Campus since 1892, when it founded one of the nation's first correspondence study degree programs. The World Campus reaffirms Penn State's commitment to providing educational access to learners everywhere.

Student Support
Customer service is an important factor when considering education at a distance. You must be able to trust that your questions will be answered and any issues resolved despite not being able to interact face-to-face.

The World Campus Student Services team is ready to meet your needs. Whether you're looking for help with admissions, academic advising, or technical problems, we're here for you. We've also extended our Learner and Technical Support hours to accommodate your busy schedule.

Faculty Interaction
When you encounter a question or problem related to your course in an on-campus classroom, you look to your teacher for the answer. It's important that you have the same faculty support when you have questions in your online courses.

World Campus faculty members provide direction and feedback throughout your course experience. These educators are the same faculty members teaching in “traditional” Penn State classrooms and many are leading researchers in their fields. Your learning experience can be greatly enhanced by our faculty members' years of experience. They are accessible to you via e-mail and telephone throughout your course.

Course Design
While you may have many reasons for choosing an online university, the ability of the course design and delivery method to fit your busy schedule should undoubtedly influence your final decision.

World Campus courses can be accessed anytime, anywhere there is an Internet connection, and they all incorporate Web-based enhancements to varying degrees.

Basically, there are three different types of World Campus courses: “online group”, “online individual” and “independent learning.” Online group courses have standard start and end dates and are designed to facilitate group-related activities among classmates. Online individual courses have students move through course content independently, but on a prescribed schedule. These courses have set start and end dates. Independent learning courses are open for registration any time throughout the year and students interact one-on-one with their instructors.

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Certificate in Geographic Information Systems	Pennsylvania State University
The certificate program is designed to help give you cutting-edge skills that you can immediately apply in the workplace, as well as fulfill the requirements of the first year of Penn State's world-class online master's degree program in GIS. The certificate program allows you to study around your own schedule, where and when it's most convenien...

Master's degree Business Administration	Pennsylvania State University
Penn State's online MBA degree is designed for managers who have work experience in fields such as business, engineering, health care, and technology, and seek to position themselves for growth in the global economic environment. The online MBA curriculum is well suited for people with either business or nonbusiness undergraduate degrees. ...

Master of Business Administration	Pennsylvania State University
The Penn State World Campus Master of Business Administration (iMBA) degree program provides online delivery of a high-quality MBA degree to experienced managers whose location limitations and/or professional and personal responsibilities prevent them from attending an on-campus program. The degree is targeted at managers who have work experienc...

Postbaccalaureate Certificate Community and Economic Development	Pennsylvania State University
The World Campus Community and Economic Development (CEDev) Certificate degree program consists of four 3-credit courses, plus a 1-credit integrative project. The CEDev certificate is designed to deliver the knowledge and skills required to address important issues in community and economic development. Learners wishing to go on to complete a ma...

Postbaccalaureate Certificate Logistics and Supply Chain Management	Pennsylvania State University
The postbaccalaureate certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management consists of four 3-credit courses. The graduate-level certificate courses provide a much greater focus, challenge, and depth relative to the undergraduate course offerings. Greater emphasis is placed on the strategic and integrative dimensions of supply chain management. ...

Associate in Science Business Administration	Pennsylvania State University
The associate degree program in Business Administration (2 BA) is geared toward the adult learner who is interested in personal and/or professional development but does not have the time or financial resources necessary to pursue a degree full-time. This degree program is perfectly suited for the working adult learner who needs a flexible degree...

Associate of Science Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management	Pennsylvania State University
Penn State's career-focused online hospitality degree programs in Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management (HRIM) allow you the opportunity to create your own customized professional development plan whether you are interested in taking a single course, earning a hospitality management certificate, or even completing your associate degree...

Hospitality Management Certificate	Pennsylvania State University
Penn State's career-focused online hospitality degree programs in Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management (HRIM) allow you the opportunity to create your own customized professional development plan whether you are interested in taking a single course, earning a hospitality management certificate, or even completing your associate degree...

Business Management Certificate	Pennsylvania State University
This degree program covers the basic business principles necessary for successful performance in today's dynamic business environments. The curriculum of the Business Management Certificate degree program focuses on teaching students about the social, legal, and ethical environments of business, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, economic...

Human Resources Certificate	Pennsylvania State University
This interdisciplinary certificate degree program is designed to provide students with a background in human resource management. Businesses rely on human resource managers to handle the many challenges associated with proper labor force administration. In order for an organization's labor force to work at peak efficiency, the right people must ...

Certificate in Labor Studies and Industrial Relations	Pennsylvania State University
The Certificate in Labor Studies and Industrial Relations degree program provides a foundation in industrial relations, including law, policy, and practices.

Master of Education Adult Education	Pennsylvania State University
The master's degree program in Adult Education focuses on how to help adults build on their existing knowledge to allow them to continue to learn in a purposeful way. This learning may take place individually, in groups, or in community settings. Adult education is a continuous process in the life span that extends from late adolescence to advan...

Addiction Studies Certificate	Pennsylvania State University
The postbaccalaureate credit certificate in Addiction Studies has emerged over the past several years in response to the growing need among counselors, educators, nurses, and other helping professionals, as well as individuals working directly in chemical dependency treatment and prevention settings, for greater specialization in addiction couns...

Distance Education Certificate	Pennsylvania State University
This 18-credit graduate-level certificate degree program offered by Penn State's College of Education is designed to increase the knowledge and skills of those who work with adult learners at a distance. Students will have the unique opportunity learn the content of distance education through the process of distance education With th...

Certificate in Family Literacy	Pennsylvania State University
The Penn State Certificate in Family Literacy can be earned entirely online with successful completion of five courses, for a total of 15 credits. Program courses can be taken to: -earn the Certificate in Family Literacy -meet professional education requirements -earn college credits to apply toward a Penn Sta...

Associate in Science Human Development and Family Studies Adult Development and Aging Services	Pennsylvania State University
The associate degree in human development and family studies was created with working adult learners in mind. The degree program offers an excellent professional development opportunity for those who already work in a human service-related field, but additionally serves as an appropriate entry point for those who aspire to human service relate...

Associate in Science Dietetics Dietetic Technician Emphasis	Pennsylvania State University
Our 67-credit Associate Degree in Dietetic Food Systems Management, offered by Penn State's College of Health and Human Development, School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Recreation Management, provides an excellent advancement opportunity for current employees in nutrition care or food service operations. The Dietetic Technician Program ...

Associate in Science Dietetics School Food Service Emphasis	Pennsylvania State University
Associate Degree in Dietetic Food Systems Management with a School Food Service Emphasis Our 67-credit Associate Degree in Dietetic Food Systems Management, offered by Penn State's College of Health and Human Development, School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Recreation Management, provides an excellent advancement opportunity for current...

Certificate in Children, Youth, and Family Services	Pennsylvania State University
This certificate degree program helps to prepare students for a wide variety of service roles in day and residential child and youth care systems, preschools, Head Start centers, and other child and youth service settings, family planning, and family health and welfare agencies. The program's ultimate goal is to improve the quality of planned se...

School Food Service Management Certificate	Pennsylvania State University
The 24-credit certificate program in school food service management is designed for employees in school food services or child nutrition operations who are interested in: broadening their job opportunities preparing for supervisory responsibilities You can expand your knowledge and skills in management, nutrition, and food ser...

Bachelor of Arts Letters, Arts and Sciences	Pennsylvania State University
The Letters, Arts, and Sciences bachelor of arts degree is from Penn State's College of the Liberal Arts. It is multidisciplinary, with an emphasis on organizational leadership and employment issues in the twenty-first century. Courses in this degree program use a variety of technologies to create a learning environment. Print content is supplem...

Bachelor of Science Organizational Leadership	Pennsylvania State University
The bachelor of science degree program in organizational leadership is a highly practical course of study developed for the World Campus by the faculty of Penn State's College of the Liberal Arts. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the degree program addresses twenty-first-century employment issues and organizational leadership from different a...

Associate in Arts Letters, Arts and Sciences	Pennsylvania State University
The 2LAS is a liberal arts/general studies associate degree program that can give you a solid educational base. Among the areas studied are writing/speaking skills, the arts, the humanities, social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, and quantification. In addition, you may use the elective requirements for the degree to focus on a partic...

Writing Social Commentary Certificate	Pennsylvania State University
The Certificate in Writing Social Commentary degree program can help you develop as a writer, while providing you with the knowledge essential for understanding the form and content of social commentary. This is also an appropriate first step toward obtaining a college degree. The curriculum will foster significant improvements in the skills you...

Associate in Science Human Development and Family Studies Children, Youth and Family Services	Pennsylvania State University
The associate degree in human development and family studies was created with working adult learners in mind. The degree program offers an excellent professional development opportunity for those who already work in a human service-related field, but additionally serves as an appropriate entry point for those who aspire to human service relate...

Associate degree Associate in Science in Business Administration	Pennsylvania State University
Associate in Science in Business Administration The business world demands that successful professionals have a comprehensive knowledge of the economic climate in today's workplace. We designed the associate degree in business administration with this in mind and with the aim of helping you achieve your academic goals through flex...

Master of Education Curriculum and Instruction-Children's Literature	Pennsylvania State University
Whether you are a teacher, a librarian, a writer, or an illustrator, Penn State's online programs in children's literature can give you the skills to transform the lives of young readers. Penn State offers a master of education in curriculum and instruction--children's literature and a graduate certificate in children's literature. Choose the pr...

Certificate in Adult Development and Aging Services	Pennsylvania State University
The certificate degree program in Adult Development and Aging Services is a flexible way for people interested in working with older adults to gain knowledge and professional development. Designed in concert with the Penn State Gerontology Center, the certificate can supplement a student's prior education by providing a foundation of...

Communications Studies Certificate	Pennsylvania State University
Prepare for the modern information age by studying a field that affects all others—mass communications. Through the Communications Studies Certificate, a 15-credit degree program designed to teach you the major theoretical and historical foundations of mass communications, you'll develop critical skills for gathering and analyz...