Extended Education programs offer resources for learning new career skills, for updating professional skills and meeting relicensure requirements, for broadening personal interests, and for academic achievement through degree and certificate programs. The university Summer Session offers university credit coursework during a nine-week period with sessions of three, four and six weeks, featuring general education and other courses required for graduation. In addition to certificate program offerings, Summer Extension presents a large selection of courses for professional development with an emphasis on continuing education for teachers and counselors. January Intersession Extended Education offers a three-week program featuring a selection of resident university courses held during the break between Fall and Spring semesters. Open University Through Open University, also known as Concurrent Enrollment, you may enroll without formal admission as an extension student in resident courses offered at the university.
Professionals seeking to upgrade skills, maintain licenses or make career changes.
Those with personal interest in a particular subject who have no degree objective. Those interested in exploring college coursework before committing themselves to a degree program. Up to 24 units of academic credit taken through Open University may be applied toward a bachelor's degree, and up to 9 units may be applied toward a master's degree. Complete program information is published each semester in the Extended Education catalog. Free copies, as well as brochures detailing the many specialized programs, are available in Extended Education.