The Department of Continuing Education coordinates the offering of short courses, video-based courses and conferences to students locally and nationally, as well as intensive English instruction for foreign students. Short Courses Short courses of varying length, with most from one to three days duration, are offered throughout the year to assist professionals with acquiring knowledge of different fields and new technologies. Courses are offered on various topics in engineering, architecture, science, management, and computing. During 1993-94, there were over 330 courses with more than 9,500 participants. Video-based Instruction Graduate courses leading to master's degrees in electrical engineering, environmental engineering, health physics, industrial and systems engineering, mechanical engineering and nuclear engineering are available throughout the state of Georgia and the nation by videotape.
Selected courses are available at some locations by video-teleconferencing and satellite.
Qualified candidates are enrolled as regular part-time graduate students. Individual courses, or sequences of courses, also may be taken without a degree objective for professional development. Undergraduate courses are delivered by videotape to Georgia Tech coop students on work quarter. Undergraduate engineering courses are delivered by videoteleconferencing to pre-engineering students at other units of the university system. The Language Institute provides services to both foreign students and the business community.