Customized videos distributed by PBS featuring experts addressing critical issues and industry trends. The UW's industry-recognized certificate is awarded upon successful completion of the program. Participants in these programs benefit from instructional materials that integrate textbooks, CD-ROMs, videos, and other tools. The curriculum helps students develop job skills for the Internet business environment for certification exams, and meet other advancement goals. Course Descriptions Classroom sessions meet Tuesday and Friday evenings in downtown Seattle beginning in October 2000.
Instruction is project-centered with lecture and demo lab format.
Distance learning courses, which may be started anytime, are Web-based with online discussion. Courses must be taken in sequence. Earning the Certificate Participants are evaluated in each course on the basis of standards established by the advisory board and instructors . At the end of each course, participants are notified of successful or unsuccessful completion. Because courses are arranged sequentially and are offered only once each year, participants need to successfully complete each course in the previous term before they advance to the next term.